Chapter Summaries

After a relaxing hot spring visit and lavish dinner, Kakarot and his companions learned about Nightmare Day and decided to attend. Overnight, the Nightmare Aura spread across the sleeping group, leaving a crisis poised to worsen by dawn.

• Kakarot teased Lilith about her looks, then appeased her and the other women by praising their beauty.
• Kakarot and his companions followed a maid to the dining room, where they enjoyed a lavish buffet and ate all the food.
• The maid explained that Nightmare Day commemorated the Lord of Dream Island’s defeat of nightmares, and the group decided to join the ceremony and feast.
• As Kakarot and the others slept, the Nightmare Aura spread across their bodies; silver spatial particles shielded Lilith, while Hades and Athena’s aura remained faint.

Kakarot and the others attended Nightmare Day, where Troius Jeno led the crowd in playing the Nightmare Song and drew a gigantic Nightmare from their Nightmare Aura. Zhebo and Troius Jeno prepared to use it against Kakarot, who remained unaware as it approached.

• Kakarot and the others joined Dream Fantasy City's residents at the mine for Nightmare Day and sat near Zhebo.
• Troius Jeno arrived, addressed the crowd, and led them in playing the Nightmare Song.
• The song drew Nightmare Aura from tens of thousands of people, which gathered into a huge Nightmare.
• Zhebo planned to use the Nightmare to plunge Kakarot's soul into a dream and take over his body.
• Troius Jeno controlled the Nightmare with a colored chain and sent it burrowing toward Kakarot while he listened unaware.

Nightmares possessed Kakarot and began taking over his companions on Dream Island, while Lilith escaped into her pocket dimension and found a way to reach safety. After Xiluo identified the threat as the Nightmare Fruit, Lilith and Hadro’s clones prepared to rescue the others.

• When Kakarot’s soul fell asleep, Hadro, Harlock, and Xiluo sensed danger, and Xiluo sent Hadro’s invisible clones to investigate Dream Island.
• A nightmare took over Kakarot’s body and began possessing Lilith and the others, but Lilith vanished into her pocket dimension before it could claim her.
• Lilith rescued Hades and Athena from the nightmares and returned with them to the ship, where Hadro told them his clones had seen a banquet but found no answers.
• Xiluo recognized the threat as the Mythical Zoan Nightmare Fruit and explained that the nightmares could replace their victims over time.
• Lilith and her companions entered the pocket dimension to rescue Kakarot and the others, while Hadro’s invisible clones began moving as well.

Kakarot woke in a hospital with no memory of Dream Island and began to believe his time with Lilith and the others had been a dream. Meanwhile, Lilith, Hades, and Athena confronted Troius Jeno and Zhebo as the nightmares continued their plan.

• Zhang Zhen told Kakarot he had found him unconscious after drinking and taken him to the hospital.
• Kakarot wondered whether his memories of transmigrating into Pirate King and being with Lilith and the others were a dream, unaware that a nightmare was taking control of him.
• Hadro's clones took Vian, Iris, and Nasha, but Zhebo's interference limited them to three captives from Lina's group.
• Lilith, Hades, and Athena appeared and used their auras and fighting spirit to knock out most of the crowd.
• Troius Jeno and Zhebo countered their pressure, while Zhebo protected Kakarot and the others and urged Troius Jeno to stall for the nightmares.
• Lilith grew wary of Troius Jeno and Zhebo, and Hades proposed attacking them head-on.

Lilith fought Zhebo after learning that he planned to take over Kakarot’s body, but his Nightmare Fruit trapped her in an illusion and hid Kakarot and the others from her. She escaped by using the pocket dimension to put distance between herself and Zhebo, then headed to help Athena while looking for Vian and Iris.

• Lilith, Hades, and Athena charged toward the group, but Zhebo used Future Sight to intercept Lilith before she could reach Kakarot.
• Zhebo revealed that he planned to move his soul into Kakarot’s body and replace him, then used an illusion to make Lilith think Kakarot and the others had disappeared.
• Zhebo sent three men to attack Lilith, who entered her pocket dimension but found that the illusion followed her inside.
• Lilith walked a great distance through the pocket dimension, broke free of Zhebo’s illusion, and realized she could avoid his power by staying far away.
• Lilith watched Hades battle Troius Jeno and headed to support Athena, who was being attacked by four people, while Zhebo braced for the arrival of more allies.

Hades fought Troius Jeno, using gravity and his Haki to disrupt Jeno’s speed while Nightmare controlled Jeno’s body. As Jeno began resisting from within his dream, Hades exploited Nightmare’s distraction, shattered its consciousness, and left Jeno awake with its memories.

• Troius Jeno used the Quick-Quick Fruit to attack Hades, but Hades blocked his kicks and disrupted his movements with shifting gravity.
• Hades’s Observation Haki tracked Jeno’s attacks, allowing Hades to land repeated heavy blows despite Jeno’s speed.
• Inside the dream, Troius Jeno realized that his life in the Troius Kingdom might be unreal and began trying to break free.
• Nightmare struggled to control Jeno while defending against Hades, and Jeno urged Hades to hit harder as his consciousness returned.
• Hades struck Jeno with all six arms and sent him crashing into an ore mountain, shattering Nightmare’s consciousness.
• Troius Jeno awakened, absorbed Nightmare, and gained its memories and increased mental power.

Hades defeated Troius Jeno, who broke free of Nightmare's control and explained that the others still had time to resist it. With Troius Jeno accelerating their weapons, Lilith's group overwhelmed Zhebo's fighters as Kakarot and the others began to recognize their dreams; Zhebo was left desperate as Nightmare failed to claim Kakarot.

• Troius Jeno emerged from the rubble free of Nightmare's control, and Hades joined Lilith's group.
• Troius Jeno explained that Nightmare would take at least a day to fully control powerful people, then accelerated Vian, Iris, and Athena's weapons.
• Vian, Iris, and Athena intensified their attacks, while Zhebo drew Nightmares from fallen fighters and tried to take Kakarot away.
• Kakarot felt Iris's arrow in his dream and realized he needed to return to his world, while Lina and others also began to understand their dreams.
• Zhebo sensed that Nightmare had failed to control Kakarot and cried out in despair as the dreamers began to break free.

Zhebo tried to possess Kakarot, but Kakarot fought him inside his mental world and overcame him. Before disappearing, Zhebo revealed that a devil inside his Devil Fruit had controlled him and warned Kakarot to protect his companions.

• Zhebo used ten people as guards to keep Lilith and the others from interfering, while Hades urged them to trust Kakarot.
• Kakarot said goodbye to Zhang Zhen as the dream dissolved, then faced Zhebo in the white mental world.
• Kakarot realized his fist intent and Conqueror's Haki could attack souls and fought Zhebo with both forms of fist intent.
• Kakarot weakened Zhebo with repeated blows until Zhebo stopped fighting and thanked him.
• Zhebo revealed that a devil inside his awakened Devil Fruit had influenced him and led him toward possession, then asked Kakarot to take care of Dream Island before his soul dissipated.

After escaping Zhebo’s Nightmare Fruit ability, Kakarot explained Zhebo’s corruption and proposed turning Dream Island into a headquarters. The chapter ended with Kakarot preparing his blood-based potions to help the island’s controlled people and recruit them as revolutionary comrades.

• Kakarot woke up after Zhebo died, reassured his companions that he was unharmed, and apologized for putting them in danger.
• Kakarot explained that a devil inside Zhebo’s Devil Fruit had influenced him, and told the group that strong wills could help them resist similar effects.
• Kakarot told Troius Jeno that the group planned to grow stronger and overthrow the World Government, and proposed making Dream Island their headquarters.
• Kakarot explained that Zhebo had brainwashed the islanders and nearby residents, and said the island’s remoteness and chaotic magnetic fields would keep its location secret.
• Kakarot sent Hadro to retrieve his pale red potions, intending to use them to reform the controlled fighters into revolutionary comrades.

After rescuing Dream Fantasy City, Kakarot agreed to help Troius Jeno reunify the Troius Kingdom and inspired recovered Marines to return to service. The group uncovered Zhebo’s treasure at the Hot Spring Hotel, where Vian found two swords and Kakarot identified two Devil Fruits; the story left them with the recovered riches and their next plans ahead.

• Troius Jeno revealed he was the prince of the Troius Kingdom and asked Kakarot to help reunify it after his uncle’s rebellion, which had divided the kingdom for decades.
• Kakarot asked his companions whether they would go to the Troius Kingdom, and they agreed, with Lilith eager to oppose the World Government.
• Dream Fantasy City’s residents and Nightmare’s controlled victims woke and recovered; some chose to stay, while others planned to spread revolutionary forces in their hometowns.
• Wor Mantun identified himself as a Marine Vice Admiral, rallied former Marines, and agreed to return to the Marines with like-minded comrades after reading Kakarot’s Ideological Program.
• Troius Jeno told Kakarot about Zhebo’s hidden treasure, and Kakarot led the group to a passage beneath the Hot Spring Hotel, where they found gold, jewels, and antiques.
• Vian found the Lightning Flash Sword and Thunderclap Sword, while Kakarot identified the two Devil Fruits as the Windmill Fruit and the Cat-Cat Fruit, Raccoon Dog Form.

Kakarot organized his companions into the secret Heavenly Punishment group and the public Revolutionary Army to pursue their goal of changing the world order. He tasked Lilith with developing a teleporter to help the two organizations stay connected as they built their strength.

• Kakarot proposed dividing the group into Heavenly Punishment, which would operate secretly, and the Revolutionary Army, which would work openly.
• Kakarot explained that Heavenly Punishment would support the Revolutionary Army and punish evildoers, while its members concealed their identities with cloaks and masks.
• Lilith asked how the secret group could help the Revolutionary Army while its members traveled and adventured.
• Kakarot asked Lilith to develop her spatial ability and research a teleporter made from dragon scales that could connect distant locations.
• Lilith eagerly agreed to work on the teleporter, and the others welcomed the plan.

Kakarot and Lina told Shu Laibao they had found a safe island for a revolutionary base and invited his comrades to join them. Shu Laibao revealed that Fira had developed a Mobile Den Den Mushi, and Kakarot asked him to add paid video viewing and contact an undercover agent at the World Economy News Paper.

• Kakarot asked Lina to contact Shu Laibao and told him they had found a suitable island for their base.
• Shu Laibao agreed to bring the comrades and students to the island, following Lina's Vivre Card.
• Shu Laibao revealed that Fira had used the Den Den Mushi Fruit to develop a Mobile Den Den Mushi with calls, video calls, and recorded videos.
• Kakarot asked Shu Laibao to have Fira add a top-up function and charge Beli for valuable videos.
• Kakarot asked Shu Laibao to contact the undercover agent at the World Economy News Paper and give him their Den Den Mushi number.

Kakarot sought to arrange cooperation with the World Economy News Paper, learning from Shu Feng that Big News Morgans was preparing to take over and relocate its headquarters. He obtained Morgans’s private Den Den Mushi number but decided to wait for a major event before contacting him, then went to dinner with Lina.

• Kakarot told Lina that partnering with the World Economy News Paper could help spread information beyond the World Government’s control, and said the paper would soon rise.
• Shu Laibao told Shu Feng that Mr. Lamplight wanted to speak with him and gave him Kakarot’s Den Den Mushi number.
• Kakarot contacted Shu Feng, learned that Big News Morgans was the vice president preparing to take over the paper, and asked for Morgans’s private number to discuss cooperation.
• Shu Feng gave Kakarot Morgans’s contact information, and Kakarot decided to wait for a major event before reaching out.
• Kakarot planned to use footage of the coming Roger Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates battle to demonstrate the value of mobile Den Den Mushi, then went to dinner with Lina.

After three months of developing Lilith’s spatial powers, Lilith and Kakarot tested the Spatial Rings and confirmed that Kakarot could teleport back to Dream Island from far away. The rings could absorb unlimited spatial power and hold unlimited storage, and Kakarot learned that his ring could teleport to others without permission, though it would alert them first.

• Lilith used scales from her Void Ancient Dragon form and rainbow iron ore to create Spatial Rings that resisted seawater and enabled long-distance teleportation.
• Kakarot tested Ring No. 0 while flying away from Dream Island, then teleported back to Lilith’s ring from roughly 1,000 nautical miles away.
• Lilith explained that the rings could absorb spatial power and store unlimited amounts because each was linked to a space in her pocket dimension.
• Lilith told Kakarot that his ring could teleport to someone without their permission, but their ring would grow warm to alert them.

Kakarot gathered Heavenly Punishment to review the group’s progress, noting its growing roster of powerful fighters and discussing their training and abilities. As the meeting ended, Troius Jeno reported on Dream Fantasy City’s transition and base construction, and Kakarot offered to help him develop his Quick-Quick Fruit.

• Kakarot said Heavenly Punishment would hold regular meetings and reported that he had reached the level of the sea’s top fighters, with four Admiral-level fighters in the group.
• Lilith described her 101 Spatial Rings and said she could bring people and a ship into her pocket dimension.
• Vian reported that her daily sword training had raised her overall strength by at least thirty percent, while Lina, Yingyue, Athena, and Yueli discussed their own progress and goals.
• Emily and Iris described training their close-combat skills, and Simba and Ailik reported that their Observation Haki had improved significantly.
• Hadro, Harlock, and Xiluo said they planned to develop a new kind of intent, while Hades reported advancing his Armament Haki to emission.
• Troius Jeno said he had handed over Dream Fantasy City and helped organize residents to build the base, and Kakarot offered advice on developing his Quick-Quick Fruit.

Kakarot encouraged Troius Jeno and the others to imagine broader applications for Devil Fruit powers, using examples from the Wash-Wash Fruit and Paw-Paw Fruit. He left Jeno excited to develop his Quick-Quick Fruit around new forms of acceleration.

• Troius Jeno asked Kakarot for ideas to expand the Quick-Quick Fruit's abilities beyond moving himself and objects faster.
• Kakarot explained that Devil Fruit powers could extend far beyond their obvious uses, citing the Wash-Wash Fruit and the Paw-Paw Fruit.
• Troius Jeno suggested accelerating his recovery and reactions, while Lilith proposed speeding up his thinking and learning.
• Kakarot suggested accelerating cell evolution, combat analysis, allies, plant growth, and chemical reactions with the Quick-Quick Fruit.
• Troius Jeno said Kakarot had opened up new directions for developing his power, and Kakarot urged everyone to keep imagining possibilities.

After encouraging the Devil Fruit Users to study and experiment with their abilities, Kakarot learned that Shu Laibao’s fleet was still nearly two months from Dream Island and decided to fetch them with Lilith. They reached the fleet after Lilith used Spatial Power to remove resistance from their flight, then prepared to approach in disguise.

• Kakarot encouraged Lilith, Troius Jeno, Hadro, and the other Devil Fruit Users to study their abilities and read books at the city library.
• Nasha told Kakarot that Shu Laibao’s fleet was near Dressrosa and would take nearly two more months to reach Dream Island, so Kakarot decided to retrieve them with Lilith.
• Kakarot took a Vivre Card from Nasha, and he and Lilith set out toward the fleet with Lilith in his arms.
• Lilith used Spatial Power to move them into the layer between her Pocket Dimension and the real world, letting them fly without resistance and increasing their speed.
• Kakarot spotted Shu Laibao’s fleet of more than twenty ships, and he and Lilith stopped to put on their masks before approaching.

Kakarot and Lilith arrived to collect Shu Laibao and his fleet, and Lilith used her Pocket Dimension to store the ships and everyone aboard. Exhausted, she then used a Spatial Marking Talisman and her ring’s Spatial Power to teleport herself and Kakarot to Dream Island.

• Kakarot and Lilith landed aboard the fleet’s main ship and identified themselves as Lamplight and Silver Dragon of the Heaven's Punishment Organization.
• Shu Laibao announced that Lamplight had come to collect the fleet, and Kakarot addressed the gathered comrades.
• Lilith warned the fleet that she would store them in her Pocket Dimension, then moved from ship to ship and stored the entire fleet.
• After Lilith became exhausted, Kakarot held her as she used her Spatial Marking Talisman and the Spatial Power in her ring to teleport them to Dream Island.

Lilith recovered after exhausting herself opening the Pocket Dimension, and Kakarot brought her and the others to Dream Island. The ships and their crews arrived safely at the harbor, where Shu Laibao thanked Kakarot and Lilith.

• Lilith rested in Kakarot's arms and recovered while the people inside the Pocket Dimension waited.
• After several hours, Lilith woke feeling better and explained that she could use Spatial Power from her Spatial Ring to conserve her stamina.
• Kakarot and Lilith opened the Pocket Dimension at an empty berth in Dream Island's harbor.
• The ships sailed out and moored in orderly lines, and their crews disembarked to explore Dream Island and Dream Fantasy City.
• Shu Laibao thanked Mr. Lamplight and Comrade Silver Dragon for bringing everyone to safety, and Kakarot welcomed the chance to work together.

Lina welcomed the returning comrades to Dream Fantasy City and led them to the Revolutionary Army base, where they settled in and shared a meal. Kakarot and Lilith returned to their room, discussed why Heavenly Punishment hid its members’ identities, and watched the city as the newcomers prepared to begin their new lives.

• Lina and Nasha welcomed the ship’s returning comrades, and Kakarot and Lilith said goodbye before teleporting back to their base.
• Lina led the comrades through Dream Fantasy City to the base, where they admired its facilities and agreed to live and work together.
• Kakarot and Lilith rested, then discussed keeping Heavenly Punishment’s identities secret from the World Government and future recruits.
• At dinner, Lina explained that Mr. Lamplight had formed the Heaven’s Punishment Organization and urged the comrades to unite and contribute.
• The comrades shared their dreams and plans after dinner, then returned to their dormitories to rest.