Chapter Summaries

Xie Wen planned to head to Sky Island after Alabasta, both to pursue Enel’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit and to keep his group out of the World Government’s sight. He explained that reaching it from Jaya required the Knock Up Stream and trusted Klee Meow’s luck to help them find the way.

• Xie Wen postponed his plan to return to Drum Kingdom and target Wapol, choosing instead to continue toward Sky Island.
• Xie Wen invited Little Plushie and Meowrah to join the trip, and both cats eagerly agreed.
• Meowrah proposed building a tower to launch them into the sky, but Xie Wen said they lacked time and relied on Klee Meow instead.
• Hua Mei Meow asked about Sky Island, and Robin said she had read accounts of the island but knew no way to reach it.
• Xie Wen explained that they needed the Knock Up Stream near Jaya Island, admitted he had forgotten some details, and said someone on Jaya could guide them.

Xie Wen and Meowrah realized they could turn the Toot Toot Forward into a flying ship instead of relying on the Knock Up Stream, so they changed course for Water 7 to use its shipyard. Xie Wen warned Robin about Cipher Pol No. 9 and reassured her that the crew would protect her.

• Xie Wen had the crew prepare oxygen tanks, diving suits, and reinforcements for the Toot Toot Forward before realizing it could be fitted with a flight device.
• Meowrah agreed that the ship could be modified to fly, but said they needed a shipyard for the large-scale work.
• Xie Wen changed their plans and headed directly to Water 7, accepting the risk of attracting Cipher Pol or the Marines.
• Xie Wen told Robin about Cipher Pol No. 9 and advised her to disguise herself and stay with the crew; Meowrah, Link Meow, and Klee Meow promised to protect her.
• Robin petted the cats, and Xie Wen taught her his cat-petting technique while the cats sought his attention.

Xie Wen and the cats returned to Water 7 and showed Iceburg their finalized plans for upgrading the Toot Toot Forward. Robin used her new Calico Cat Raid Suit to conceal her identity, and Iceburg questioned what destination required such extensive ship modifications.

• On the voyage back to Water 7, Xie Wen and the others finalized the Toot Toot Forward’s upgrade blueprints after six revisions.
• Xie Wen persuaded Robin to wear her new Calico Cat Raid Suit, which let her disguise herself as a Calico Cat Mink and use cat-paw-shaped versions of her Devil Fruit powers.
• Xie Wen and the cats rented three small BULLs and traveled to Galley-La Company’s headquarters, where the receptionist recognized him and brought them to Iceburg.
• Xie Wen gave Iceburg the latest ship-upgrade blueprints, and Iceburg asked where they planned to go that required such major modifications.

Xie Wen and his companions refitted the Toot Toot Forward with Iceburg and Galley-La’s help, turning it into a transforming vehicle suited to land, sea, and air travel. As they prepared to leave Water 7 for Sky Island, an old acquaintance suddenly appeared before Xie Wen.

• Xie Wen showed Iceburg Meowrah’s blueprints, and Iceburg offered Galley-La’s labor and materials in exchange for learning about the ship’s design.
• Meowrah and Ai Haibara Meow agreed to share their design ideas, while Xie Wen’s group kept some important refit work to themselves because Cipher Pol agents were among Galley-La’s workers.
• Xie Wen visited the Franky House, met Sodom and Gomorrah, and received one Monster Standard Pool fragment from the Hunter’s Notes.
• Sanji Meow became furious when he saw Franky copying Meowrah’s “Check-it” pose, but Xie Wen dragged him away before he attacked.
• Xie Wen and his companions completed the Toot Toot Forward’s refit and prepared to head for Sky Island to seek the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• An old acquaintance suddenly appeared before Xie Wen as the group was about to leave Water 7.

Xie Wen reunited with Cody, a Cipher Pol No. 7 agent, in Water 7 and agreed to speak with him privately. Cody asked whether Xie Wen would replace Crocodile as a Shichibukai, leaving Xie Wen to consider the unexpected proposal.

• Xie Wen and the cats stocked up on ingredients, rubber products, and bomb-making materials in Water 7.
• Cody approached Xie Wen, greeted Klee Meow and Sanji Meow, and asked to speak with Xie Wen alone.
• Xie Wen sent Sanji Meow and Klee Meow back to warn Robin and prepare the crew to set sail.
• Cody took Xie Wen to Blueno's tavern, where Franky recognized Xie Wen but was persuaded not to start a fight.
• Cody revealed that he was a Cipher Pol No. 7 agent and asked Xie Wen whether he would replace Crocodile as a Shichibukai.

Cipher Pol No. 7 agent Cody tried to recruit Xie Wen as a Shichibukai, offering immunity and protection for his companions. Cody revealed the World Government had long known about Nico Robin and had deliberately allowed her to evade capture, then began to offer Xie Wen personal advice.

• Xie Wen rejected the Shichibukai invitation, saying he was a bounty hunter and had no use for the title.
• Cody revealed that Cipher Pol knew Xie Wen had killed King Bekori and promised the World Government would not pursue him or the people of the Sorbet Kingdom.
• Cody argued that the Shichibukai title could protect Xie Wen and the Cat Minks, and that the World Government would overlook many of his actions because he opposed pirates and had clashed with powerful figures.
• Cody told Xie Wen that Nico Robin was included among the Shichibukai's benefits and identified her former alias, Ottilia.
• Cody explained that the World Government had used Robin as bait to draw pirates searching for the One Piece, and that he had deliberately let her board Xie Wen's ship.
• Cody said he was now speaking to Xie Wen as a well-meaning friend rather than as a Cipher Pol agent.

Xie Wen learned that the World Government was willing to tolerate Nico Robin as long as she stayed with a small, manageable crew, but he refused to abandon her. Uncle Cody promised to conceal Robin’s presence and warned Xie Wen to be more careful, then recognized that Xie Wen’s diversion involving Purah had not been his own idea.

• Uncle Cody explained that Cipher Pol had recruited him as an adult and that the World Government largely left Nico Robin alone unless she joined a dangerous faction.
• Cody revealed that he had tracked Robin through her aliases and interest in Poneglyphs, and that Cipher Pol had considered using Crocodile to obtain information from the Alabasta Poneglyph.
• Cody urged Xie Wen to leave Robin, but Xie Wen insisted that she was already a companion and that he and the cats would not abandon her.
• Cody offered to hide Robin’s whereabouts and said the CP Agents in Water 7 had been misled by Xie Wen’s diversion involving Purah.
• Cody asked whether Xie Wen had come up with the diversion himself.

After Xie Wen told the crew about Cody’s offer and his promise to conceal Robin’s whereabouts, the group discussed whether he should become a Shichibukai. They decided to delay answering the World Government, leaving Xie Wen hopeful he could negotiate better terms later.

• Klee Meow welcomed Xie Wen back, and Hua Mei Meow asked whether Cody had discovered Robin’s presence aboard the ship.
• Xie Wen explained that Cody knew Robin was on board but Cipher Pol did not, and that Cody had offered to conceal her while inviting Xie Wen to join the World Government as a Shichibukai.
• Robin feared the crew would be endangered and considered leaving, but Xie Wen and Hua Mei Meow reassured her that they would stand by her.
• Robin and Hua Mei Meow reasoned that Cody wanted Xie Wen to delay accepting so he could negotiate from a stronger position, since the World Government did not know Robin was with them.
• Xie Wen decided to leave the World Government waiting, expecting it to become more eager to recruit him and offer better terms.

Xie Wen tested the Toot Toot Forward, reunited an old man with his family, and reached Mock Town on Jaya Island. After dealing with pirates who challenged him, he took the cats to the local bar to try its famous Cherry Pie.

• Xie Wen and the cats tested the Toot Toot Forward and found that it could hover and fly at low and medium altitudes, but sustained high-altitude flight would overwork Klee Meow.
• Xie Wen stopped at Long Ring Long Land, brought an old man down from his stilts, and reunited him with his family.
• Xie Wen and the cats reached Jaya Island and decided to map Mock Town before flying to Sky Island.
• Klee Meow asked to bomb the pirate ships, but Xie Wen refused and said they should head for Sky Island instead.
• Captain Maceo and his men challenged Xie Wen, who cut them down with a single flying slash; he then comforted Meowrah, who was upset by the violence.
• After word of Xie Wen's victory spread, the pirates in Mock Town backed down, and Xie Wen took the cats to the bar to try its Cherry Pie and drinks.

Xie Wen and the cats discovered that a bar’s ordinary cherry pie and drink tasted different to different people, and Sanji Meow learned the recipes to reproduce them. Sanji Meow recreated the pie successfully, delighting Hua Mei Meow and Purah while leaving the others’ reactions unchanged.

• Xie Wen and the cats tried the bar’s cherry pie and drink, which produced sharply different reactions among them.
• Sanji Meow asked the bar owner and cook about the recipes, then watched the cook prepare a pie and gathered ingredients.
• Back on the ship, the other cats and Robin tried the food, and Xie Wen speculated that personality or cooking ability might explain the different tastes.
• Sanji Meow served his recreated cherry pies, which Hua Mei Meow and Purah loved while Klee Meow found them even worse than the bar’s pies.

Xie Wen and the cats transformed the Toot Toot Forward into its Valstrax Form and flew toward Sky Island. Cricket and the Saruyama Alliance watched them vanish into the sky, while Klee Meow powered the ship and Ai Haibara Meow nervously endured the flight.

• Xie Wen sailed past Cricket's home without stopping, and Cricket kept Masira and Shoujou from challenging his crew.
• The Toot Toot Forward transformed into its Valstrax Form and launched itself into the sky, astonishing Cricket and his companions.
• Cricket recognized the ship's ascent as proof that Noland's journal was true and excitedly concluded that Xie Wen was heading to Sky Island.
• Link Meow and Meowrah praised the ship's performance as Xie Wen comforted the frightened Ai Haibara Meow and ignored Sanji Meow's jealous kicks.
• Klee Meow complained that Xie Wen had tricked her into serving as the ship's power source.

Xie Wen and the Palicoes explored the White Sea beneath Sky Island, caught its unusual seafood, and enjoyed a meal of Sky Fish. The cats spread out to fish in their own ways, while Xie Wen stopped Ai Haibara Meow from pouring a suspicious potion into the sea and Robin comforted a dejected Sanji Meow.

• After Klee Meow and Sanji Meow punished Xie Wen for tricking Klee, he explained that they had reached the White Sea below Sky Island and pointed out the White-White Sea above.
• Klee Meow blasted a hole in the clouds with her Buzz Bomb, but Xie Wen used his fishing rod to hook a sinking Sky Fish and gave it to Sanji Meow to cook.
• The cats praised Sanji Meow's pan-fried Sky Fish, and Ai Haibara Meow explained that Sky Fish would lose their special qualities if raised at lower altitudes.
• The Palicoes began catching seafood: Meow Jūshirō fished from the ship, Klee Meow and Meowrah used bombs and a net, Hua Mei Meow explored in her submarine, and Link Meow cast a large net.
• Xie Wen stopped Ai Haibara Meow from pouring a skull-emitting potion into the White Sea, then comforted her with his Kato Cat's Paw.
• Sanji Meow lay despondently on deck after missing the chance to join the other cats, and Nico Robin petted him to cheer him up.

Xie Wen and his cats encountered the Shandia warrior Wiper on the White Sea and quickly subdued him. Gan Fall arrived to plead for Wiper, then wondered whether Xie Wen’s group could help drive Enel away.

• Xie Wen remembered that Wiper was the Shandia attacker as Wiper boarded the Toot Toot Forward and threatened the crew.
• Xie Wen ordered Meow Jūshirō to stop Wiper without killing him, and Meow Jūshirō, Link Meow, and Robin disarmed and knocked Wiper unconscious.
• Gan Fall arrived on Pierre and asked Xie Wen to spare Wiper, while Xie Wen explained that his crew had only defended themselves.
• Gan Fall learned that Xie Wen’s crew had just come from the Blue Sea and heard Meow Jūshirō explain that the thin air had slightly weakened him.
• Klee Meow and Hua Mei Meow returned towing enormous Sky Fish, prompting Gan Fall to consider asking Xie Wen’s group to help defeat Enel.

Gan Fall explained the four-hundred-year conflict between the Skypieans and Shandians, including how Enel seized God's Island three years earlier. Xie Wen and his companions learned why Wiper resisted reconciliation and how formidable Enel seemed, while Klee Meow eagerly wanted to fight him.

• Wiper rejected Gan Fall's plea for peace and demanded that Xie Wen kill him rather than accept help from Skypieans.
• Gan Fall recounted how the Skypieans had wronged the Shandians after Jaya rose into the sky, and admitted he had tried to negotiate their return to God's Island.
• Wiper insisted the Shandians would never coexist with the Skypieans without their homeland being restored or Skypieans making a bloody sacrifice.
• Gan Fall explained that Enel and his followers had defeated both the Shandians and his God's Army three years earlier, taking God's Island and leaving him as the Sky Knight.
• Klee Meow urged Xie Wen to attack Enel, but Gan Fall and Wiper warned that Enel and his priests had overwhelmed their forces; Xie Wen questioned why they had not identified Enel's ability.

Xie Wen explained Enel’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit and his plan to build the Ark Maxim and travel to the moon, prompting the cats to prepare to fight him. Wiper learned more about Shandora and renewed his determination to reclaim it, while Klee eagerly looked forward to battling Enel.

• Gan Fall described Enel’s island-wide Mantra and devastating El Thor, while the cats recognized his power as Observation Haki and guessed that he had the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah began planning electrical defenses, and Sanji Meow realized Xie Wen had bought rubber in Water 7 because he had anticipated Enel’s ability.
• Xie Wen revealed that Enel planned to use Shandora’s gold to build the Ark Maxim and reach the moon, and that he intended to wipe out everyone on Sky Island before leaving.
• Wiper asked Xie Wen about Shandora, and they pieced together the history of Jaya, Noland, and Calgara; Wiper then vowed to reclaim the homeland and light Shandora’s flame.
• Xie Wen confirmed that Enel was one of their reasons for coming to Sky Island, and Little Plushie excitedly asked whether Klee could throw bombs at him.

Gan Fall and Wiper joined Xie Wen’s group in their plan to fight Enel, while Ai Haibara Meow tested an experimental Potion on Wiper. When Shandia guerrillas arrived, Hua Mei Meow and Link Meow subdued and captured them before they could attack.

• Gan Fall and Wiper volunteered to accompany Xie Wen’s group to fight Enel, and Wiper promised to accept their judgment afterward.
• Ai Haibara Meow gave Wiper Potion-1306, which healed his wounds but left him contorting and unresponsive.
• Klee Meow confirmed that Wiper was still breathing, then sensed angry and grieving people approaching.
• Gan Fall recognized the approaching figures as Shandia guerrillas and urged Ai Haibara Meow to wake Wiper before they misunderstood the situation.
• Hua Mei Meow used Conqueror’s Haki to immobilize the guerrillas while Link Meow captured them in a net, including Aisa before she could fall into the White Sea.

Xie Wen and the cats reassured the Shandians that Wiper was alive, then agreed to delay confronting Enel until they had prepared lightning-resistant gear and explored Angel Island. After paying Heaven’s Gate’s entry fee, they rode an Express Shrimp up to the Sky Island.

• Xie Wen explained that Wiper was unconscious rather than dead, and Klee Meow defended him before accidentally deciding he was a meanie.
• Wiper woke and told Ai Haibara Meow that her medicine had worked but tasted so awful that he would rather endure months of recovery than drink it again.
• Wiper told the Shandians what had happened, and Xie Wen refused to rush to God's Island until the cats had made lightning-protection gear and the group had toured Angel Island.
• Gan Fall gave Xie Wen the whistle for summoning the Sky Knight and asked him to notify Gan Fall and the Shandians before taking action.
• Xie Wen paid Amazon at Heaven’s Gate for the humans and cats, then an Express Shrimp carried the Toot Toot Forward up the cloud river as Klee Meow cheered.

Xie Wen and his companions arrived at Angel Island, where they explored the shore and learned about Sky Island’s laws and Dials. The group left for Lovely Street, and Meowrah and Ai Haibara Meow began considering how to use the Dials in their research and ship upgrades.

• Klee Meow dashed onto Angel Island while Xie Wen and the others landed on the White-White Sea and explored the shore.
• Xie Wen and Robin rested in a beach pavilion as Klee Meow found spherical leaves and tried a Sky Coconut.
• Xie Wen suggested Klee Meow ask Ai Haibara Meow and Sanji Meow about transplanting Sky Island plants, and Klee Meow ran off to find Ai.
• McKinley and the White Beret Force greeted the group and explained Angel Island’s eleven laws.
• Xie Wen led the group to Lovely Street, where Meowrah bought Dials and considered mechanical uses while Ai Haibara Meow thought about breeding and bioengineering them.

Xie Wen and the research cats developed limited electricity-resistant gear before sailing to confront Enel. Klee Meow reminded them that the Toot Toot Forward could transform, so the crew turned it into its Magnamalo Form and headed toward God's Island.

• Xie Wen learned that Seastone armor conducted heat and electricity, while Meowrah and Ai Haibara Meow developed rubber gear that could withstand only up to fifty million volts.
• Meowrah and Ai Haibara Meow chose to accompany Xie Wen to God's Island to explore its plants, and he warned them to stay close to the combatants.
• Klee Meow asked why the crew had not brought the Toot Toot Forward onto the island in its transformed form.
• Xie Wen praised Klee Meow and had the Toot Toot Forward transform into its flame-powered Magnamalo Form.
• The chapter ended with an author’s note discussing a detective mystery and criticizing Toilet TV for not featuring Chunshan Studies.

Enel learned that Xie Wen’s group had entered Sky Island and sent the Four Priests after them, while the Research Commission explored God’s Island in the Toot Toot Forward. The chapter left Meow Jūshirō preparing to fight Shura as the other cats cheered him on.

• Enel sensed the intruders on God’s Island and ordered the Four Priests to deal with them instead of sending Ōyama’s Divine Soldiers.
• Xie Wen and the Palicoes traveled through the forest, gathering supplies while Robin studied the ruins and helped determine their direction.
• Shura arrived on a South Bird, saw the Toot Toot Forward’s Magnamalo form, and asked what it was.
• Xie Wen asked which cat wanted to fight Shura, and Meow Jūshirō stepped forward and transformed with his Long Sword emblem.
• Meow Jūshirō announced his Bankai while Klee Meow and Meowrah praised him, and Sanji Meow regretted not volunteering.