Recaps

The Straw Hats reached Jaya Island while searching for clues to Sky Island, and Liu Qing confronted the Blackbeard Pirates after learning they had captured Ace. The chapter ended with Liu Qing launching an attack on Blackbeard and his crew.

• Liu Qing raised the sunken pirate ship on a Wood Golem, and Nami found treasure worth over 500 million Beli.
• The Ape King gave Nami a Log Pose to Jaya Island in exchange for the wreckage, and the Straw Hats sailed there.
• Liu Qing warned the crew about Jaya's lawlessness, left a Wood Clone to guard the Going Merry, and stopped Luffy from taking a poisoned apple offered by Doc Q.
• Liu Qing sent Nami and the others to search for Sky Island clues as Blackbeard and his crew arrived and tried to recruit him.
• Blackbeard revealed that he had captured Ace and planned to send him to Marine Headquarters, so Liu Qing began fighting with the Wildwood Stakes Technique.

Liu Qing overwhelmed Blackbeard Teach and his crew, but let them escape after Teach used Black Vortex and Liberation to cover their retreat. Meanwhile, Luffy and the others learned how to reach Sky Island, found a South Bird, and prepared to ride the Knock Up Stream the next morning.

• Liu Qing ambushed Blackbeard Teach, struck him with Conqueror's Coating, and used Wood clones to defeat Jesus Burgess, Van Augur, Lafitte, and Doc Q.
• Teach swallowed nearby objects with Black Vortex and hurled them at Liu Qing with Liberation, then fled with his companions while Liu Qing blocked the debris.
• Robin identified Mont Blanc Cricket as Noland's descendant, and Luffy asked him how to reach Sky Island.
• Cricket told the group to find a South Bird to navigate south, and the crew found one that also wanted to go to Sky Island.
• Cricket explained that a Knock Up Stream would appear south of Jaya Island the next morning, and the group reunited with Liu Qing before returning to the Going Merry for the night.

Nami worked out how the Knock Up Stream formed and guided the Going Merry into its path. The ship rode the current skyward, and the crew headed for the clouds where Sky Island might lie.

• Nami explained the underwater volcano behind the Knock Up Stream and organized the crew to locate its outlet.
• Liu Qing used his Wood Dragon to move the Going Merry to the position Nami identified as small Knock Up Streams erupted.
• A massive whirlpool formed and then subsided before a huge water pillar launched the Going Merry into the sky.
• Nami directed the crew to adjust the sails and align the ship with the wind and current as its hull broke free of the water pillar.
• Luffy urged the crew toward the Milky Road beyond the clouds, where Nami said Sky Island might be.

The Going Merry reached the White Sea, where the crew recovered from the climb and learned more about the sky above. At Heaven’s Gate, the gatekeeper Amazon demanded an enormous entry fee, leaving Nami furious.

• The Going Merry landed on the White Sea, and Chopper revived Usopp after he stopped breathing from the high altitude.
• Nami checked the Log Pose, and the crew decided to keep sailing upward toward the Sky Island.
• Gan Fall introduced himself as the Sky Knight, explained the White Sea and White-White Sea, and gave the crew a whistle for help in exchange for a fee.
• The crew reached Heaven’s Gate and met Amazon, who asked whether they had come to sightsee or invade.
• Amazon demanded an entry fee of one billion per person, and Nami angrily accused her of extortion.

The Straw Hats arrived at Angel Beach in the Sky Island, where they met Conis and learned about the island and its ruler, Enel. When Nami disappeared after riding a Waver, the crew suspected she had entered God's Island, and Zoro's challenge to God immediately drew a lightning strike that he cut apart.

• Amazon sent the Straw Hats to the Sky Island on an Express Shrimp, then secretly reported their illegal entry to the priests and Divine Soldiers.
• The crew explored the soft cloud ground, and Conis introduced herself, reclaimed her pet fox Sisi from Zoro, and welcomed them to Angel Beach.
• Conis's father arrived on a Waver and crashed into a Coconut Jelly tree; Liu Qing learned to ride it, then Luffy and Nami took turns.
• After Nami failed to return, Conis warned that she might have entered Upper Yard, also known as God's Island, where Enel ruled.
• Zoro questioned whether God lived up to his name, prompting a lightning strike that he deflected with One Sword Style: 36 Pound Phoenix.

After defeating the White Berets, Luffy and his crew challenged Enel, and Luffy awakened Conqueror's Haki while shielding Conis from a lightning strike. They reached Upper Yard, recognized it as the legendary Golden City of Shandora, and headed toward the island's center to confront Enel.

• Nami struck McKinley, and Luffy defeated the White Berets after they threatened to arrest the crew; Conis warned them that they had to face God's Trial.
• Conis led Luffy and the others to the harbor and confessed that she had to guide criminals to God's Island, drawing Enel's lightning toward her.
• Luffy awakened Conqueror's Haki, overwhelmed the nearby residents, and shattered the lightning pillar with a Haki-coated punch to save Conis.
• Enel sensed Luffy's powerful presence from the Temple of God, grew furious, and decided to wait for the crew to reach him.
• The crew sailed the Going Merry to Upper Yard, where Robin and Liu Qing identified the land as the missing half of Jaya and the legendary Golden City of Shandora.
• Luffy led the crew toward the center of Upper Yard to defeat Enel before investigating the island further.

The Straw Hat Pirates faced Enel’s four Priests while the Shandians advanced toward the Temple of God from the opposite side. Chopper, Sanji, and Usopp defeated three Priests, leaving Ohm as the last opponent.

• Wyper learned that Luffy’s group was heading to Upper Yard, then allied with Gan Fall and planned a direct attack on Enel’s temple.
• Enel sent the four Priests to intercept the Straw Hat Pirates and chose to confront the Shandians himself.
• The four Priests challenged Luffy’s group to God’s Trial, and Liu Qing encouraged Chopper to face Gedatsu.
• Chopper knocked Gedatsu into the Swamp Ordeal, and Sanji defeated Satori with a powerful kick.
• Usopp overcame his fear, used Observation Haki to predict Shura’s movement, and struck him with Firebird Star and Oil Star.
• With Gedatsu, Satori, and Shura defeated, only Ohm remained among the Priests.

Zoro defeated Ohm as the Straw Hat Pirates continued toward Enel, while Conis, Gan Fall, Wyper, and their allied forces attacked Upper Yard. Wyper and Gan Fall appeared to kill Enel with modified Reject Dials, but Enel revived and unleashed a storm of lightning against them.

• Zoro defeated Ohm with Three-Sword Style: Gyuki-Brave Claws, and Liu Qing urged the group onward to find Enel.
• Conis, Gan Fall, Wyper, and the Angel Island and Shandia forces stormed Gate One and entered Upper Yard.
• Enel revealed his plan to destroy Sky Island and began charging the Ark Maxim as dark clouds gathered overhead.
• Gan Fall and Wyper struck Enel with three modified Reject Dials, apparently stopping his heart.
• Enel revived aboard the Ark Maxim, then summoned countless lightning pillars against Gan Fall, Wyper, and their followers.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates confronted Enel after Liu Qing, Zoro, Nico Robin, and Chopper rescued people from his lightning attack. Enel transformed into a giant of lightning and summoned Raigo, leaving Sky Island facing destruction.

• Zoro, Nico Robin, and Liu Qing used their abilities to shield and rescue the Shandians and the people of Angel Island from Enel's lightning.
• Luffy reached Enel aboard the Ark Maxim and proved immune to his lightning, then attacked him while Enel dodged and fought back with a trident.
• Enel kicked Luffy from the ship, raised the Ark Maxim, and began gathering a thundercloud to destroy Sky Island.
• Liu Qing sent Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro to stop Enel, while Nami spotted the cloud-making device and told Usopp to destroy it.
• Enel transformed into his 200 Million Volts: Amaru form, but Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji broke his lightning trident and injured him before he escaped to the Ark Maxim.
• Enel revealed his hatred of Sky Island and summoned Raigo, a huge ball of lightning that began descending over the island.

Liu Qing destroyed Enel’s descending lightning sphere with Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, saving Sky Island and making the spectacle visible across the Grand Line. The blast revealed the Golden Bell and a Poneglyph, while Robin discovered its message about Poseidon and Roger’s inscription, and Luffy added his own declaration before urging the crew onward toward Laugh Tale.

• Zoro rescued Luffy and leaped down with Sanji as Enel sent his enormous lightning sphere toward Sky Island and flew toward the moon.
• Liu Qing summoned True Several Thousand Hands and smashed the lightning sphere, whose explosion was witnessed by people across the Grand Line.
• The blast exposed the Golden Bell and a Poneglyph, and the bell’s ring reached Jaya Island, where Cricket celebrated that Noland had not been a liar.
• Robin read the Poneglyph’s message mentioning Poseidon and translated Roger’s inscription, while Wyper recognized the tablet as a relic his people had long sought.
• Luffy carved his name and Pirate King ambition beside Roger’s message, and Robin reflected that the Poneglyphs could guide her to the missing history at Laugh Tale.

After Sky Island’s inhabitants celebrated their peace with an all-night banquet, Luffy, Liu Qing, Nami, and Robin planned to steal gold from the Golden Bell and return to the Blue Sea. They carried two enormous pillars to the Going Merry, where Liu Qing cut them into bricks and Robin moved them into the ship’s storeroom.

• Luffy called for a banquet to celebrate Sky Island’s safety, and Priests, angels, and Shandians celebrated together.
• Wyper gave Usopp a backpack of Dials, while Luffy, Nami, and Liu Qing secretly agreed to take gold from the Golden Bell after everyone fell asleep.
• Robin joined their plan, and after the banquet ended, the group quietly woke their crewmates and explained the scheme.
• The Straw Hat Pirates carried two enormous gold pillars to the Going Merry, with Liu Qing and Luffy and Zoro helping transport them.
• Liu Qing cut the pillars into gold bricks, and Robin used her ability to move them into the Going Merry’s storeroom, weighing the ship down.

The Straw Hats left Sky Island aboard the Going Merry, but the ship began plummeting toward the Blue Sea after the Balloon Octopus released it. Liu Qing used wooden wings to slow their fall, and the crew continued safely toward the sea with their gold and new plans for their wealth.

• Conis guided the Going Merry through Cloud's End, and the crew said goodbye to Sky Island as they headed back to the Blue Sea.
• A Balloon Octopus caught the Going Merry and carried it downward, but released it after ten hours in the sky.
• As the Going Merry fell, Liu Qing used Wood Release: Gliding Wings to slow the ship and keep it from crashing.
• Robin agreed to give a relationship with Liu Qing a try, while Sanji protested and Nami teased them.
• The crew celebrated their safe descent and discussed spending their gold, with Luffy wanting a statue and Usopp and Sanji proposing other purchases.

The Straw Hats arrived at Navarone Fortress, where Vice Admiral Jonathan discovered their identities and prepared to attack. Garp intervened by Den Den Mushi to persuade Jonathan to let them leave, and Liu Qing arranged to meet Garp in Water 7.

• The Going Merry landed at Navarone Fortress, and Jonathan questioned the crew while Nami pretended they were tourists swept up by the Knock Up Stream.
• Jonathan ordered Drake to inspect the ship, then had the sail lowered, revealing the Straw Hat flag and exposing the crew as pirates.
• Jonathan ordered the Marines to attack, but Liu Qing used a Den Den Mushi to connect him with Garp, who warned that fighting Liu Qing could destroy the fortress.
• Garp urged Jonathan to let the Straw Hats go, and Jonathan reluctantly ordered the Marines to stand down and open the sea gate.
• As the Going Merry prepared to leave, Liu Qing asked Garp to meet him in Water 7, and Garp agreed to arrive within a day and a half after they reached it.

The Straw Hat Pirates debated replacing the Going Merry because it struggled in the Grand Line, and agreed to preserve it by merging it with a new ship at Water 7. As they reached an inexplicably frozen island, Robin feared that Marine Admiral Kuzan was nearby.

• Nami proposed dividing the gold, but Liu Qing and Robin pointed out that the Going Merry was struggling to sail and the crew needed a stronger ship.
• Zoro and Sanji agreed that the Going Merry could no longer keep up, upsetting Usopp, who feared the crew would abandon their companion.
• Liu Qing offered to carry the Going Merry aboard a new ship or merge the two ships, and Luffy chose the merger so the Going Merry could continue their adventures.
• Nami agreed to save the gold for a shipyard, and Robin suggested Water 7 for its shipwrights; Luffy also wanted to recruit a musician.
• Usopp spotted an ice-covered island, and Robin suspected Kuzan had frozen it; Liu Qing comforted her as the Going Merry approached shore.

The Straw Hats landed on a frozen island and discovered that its animals and plants were unusually long. After Luffy chopped down towering bamboo poles, he rescued an old man named Tonjit, who explained that they had been his stilts.

• Nami and Zoro suggested confronting the Marine Admiral if he was on the island, but Luffy led the crew ashore to investigate first.
• Liu Qing made ice skates, and the crew skied across the frozen island before spotting its giant-length animals and plants.
• Usopp spotted a house, and Luffy found two enormous bamboo poles beside it and began chopping them down despite Nami's warning.
• Luffy used Gum-Gum Grab to pull a ragged old man from the bamboo, and Nami shook him awake.
• The old man introduced himself as Tonjit and explained that he had spent ten years stranded atop stilts that had taken root and grown taller.

Luffy and his companions explored a frozen pirate ship and found Admiral Kuzan aboard it. Kuzan explained that he had come to see Nico Robin, who declared that she would stay with her companions, while Kuzan chose to rest instead of fighting.

• Tonjit thanked Luffy for saving him, then invited the Straw Hat Pirates into his house before Luffy led everyone away to explore the island.
• Luffy and his companions found a fox-themed pirate ship frozen in the ice, and Luffy boarded it to inspect the crew trapped aboard.
• Liu Qing sensed a powerful presence inside the ship and warned the group that the Marine Admiral who froze the island might be there.
• Kuzan appeared on deck and said he had come to see how Nico Robin was living after letting her go years earlier.
• Robin told Kuzan she would not run away again and that she belonged with her companions and Liu Qing.
• Kuzan teased Nami with an invitation to dinner, prompting Sanji to confront him, but Kuzan lay down and said he did not want to fight.

Kuzan confronted the Straw Hat Pirates on Long Ring Long Land and tested whether they would abandon Robin, but the crew refused and fought him together. After their opening attacks briefly caught him off guard, Kuzan froze Zoro, Sanji, and a shrunken Luffy, leaving the rest of the crew facing him.

• Usopp, Chopper, and Nami urged Luffy to leave, but Liu Qing warned Zoro and Sanji that Kuzan had come for Robin.
• Kuzan admitted he intended to arrest the crew and offered to let them go if they abandoned Robin, but Liu Qing, Zoro, and Luffy refused.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji attacked Kuzan, and the other Straw Hat Pirates joined in, using their attacks to block his ice spears and briefly dishevel him.
• Kuzan recognized that the entire crew knew Armament Haki and decided to defeat them before finding a chance to leave.
• Kuzan froze Zoro and Sanji with Ice Time, then froze Luffy after Gear Third left him shrunken.

Chopper ate his third Rumble Ball to protect his frozen companions and fought Kuzan after losing his reason, while Liu Qing considered the Straw Hat Pirates’ need for two years of training. The chapter ended with Liu Qing freeing Robin, Nami, and Usopp from the ice as cracks spread around Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji.

• Zoro and Sanji broke out of Kuzan’s ice and attacked him, but he dodged their strikes and blocked or froze the attacks from Robin, Nami, Usopp, and Chopper.
• Kuzan used Ice Time to freeze the Straw Hat Pirates, leaving only Liu Qing and Chopper outside the ice.
• Chopper refused Kuzan’s offer to spare the others if Robin was abandoned, ate his third Rumble Ball, and soon lost control of himself.
• Chopper fought Kuzan, repeatedly breaking free when Kuzan froze him, while Liu Qing decided the crew would need two years of training in locations such as Torino Kingdom, Boin Archipelago, and Weatheria.
• As cracks appeared around Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, Liu Qing shattered the ice around Robin, Nami, and Usopp.

Liu Qing and Robin saved Chopper from Kuzan’s attack, while Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji broke free and unleashed newly awakened strength. The three launched a coordinated assault on Kuzan, who reflected on Robin’s place among them as their attacks closed in.

• Liu Qing stopped Kuzan’s ice bird with Hakoku while Robin pulled the exhausted Chopper to safety.
• The shock wave shattered the ice trapping Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, and each emerged with a surge of power.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepared to fight Kuzan, while Liu Qing promised to protect them and took Robin and Chopper aside.
• Zoro attacked Kuzan with Asura: Demon Nine Flash, and Kuzan raised massive ice spikes to block the slashes.
• Luffy smashed through the ice spikes with Gum-Gum: Giant Gatling, and Sanji charged through a gap with Diable Jambe: Rotten Meat.
• Kuzan watched their attacks approach and wondered where his own path lay as he saw Robin with Liu Qing.

Kuzan tested Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, then ended their fight after confirming Robin had found where she belonged. Liu Qing bound Kuzan and let the others beat him to help Robin move past her fear; afterward, they joined the Straw Hats aboard the frozen pirate ship to retrieve food.

• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji attacked Kuzan, but he reformed after being cut apart and fought them until he chose to stop.
• Kuzan told Robin he had come to see whether she would abandon the crew, and Robin vowed to fulfill Ohara's scholars' dream.
• Liu Qing restrained Kuzan with Wood Release, and Kuzan reluctantly let the group beat him rather than fight Liu Qing alone.
• After Robin laughed and grew more cheerful, Liu Qing released Kuzan, whose face soon recovered through Life Return.
• Liu Qing, Robin, and Kuzan boarded the pirate ship and found Luffy and the others breaking ice to get at the frozen food.

Liu Qing considered how to gain enough strength to protect Robin and plotted to obtain Byrnndi World's More-More Fruit through Blackbeard and Impel Down. The Straw Hats sailed onward after a night of celebration, then encountered a Sea Train and a lighthouse beside a small house.

• At the banquet, Liu Qing decided that the More-More Fruit could greatly amplify his Sage Art and considered contacting Blackbeard to reach Impel Down and take it from Byrnndi World.
• Robin joined Liu Qing at the banquet, and a clone of Liu Qing urged Aokiji to seek him out if he lost faith in the Marines.
• The next morning, the Straw Hats trained aboard the Going Merry while Chopper continued recovering from his rampage.
• A Sea Train thundered across the water and knocked away a giant frog that tried to punch it.
• Usopp spotted a lighthouse and a small house, and Luffy told Sanji to steer the Going Merry toward them.

The Straw Hats met Kokoro and Chimney, learned that the Log Pose pointed toward Water 7, and set sail there to find a shipwright for the Going Merry. In Water 7, Celestial Dragon Saint Echarri arrived and ordered Mayor Iceburg to take him to the city's best shipyard.

• Nami befriended Kokoro and Chimney with Sanji's food, and Kokoro explained the Sea Train's routes and Water 7's shipbuilding reputation.
• Kokoro gave Luffy a map of Water 7 and a letter of introduction for Iceburg, and Luffy announced the crew would go there to find a shipwright.
• The Going Merry sailed toward Water 7 as Luffy and the crew waved goodbye to Kokoro and Chimney.
• Saint Echarri arrived in Water 7 aboard a luxurious ship, accompanied by CP0 agents and a chained slave.
• Iceburg greeted Saint Echarri at the harbor, and the Celestial Dragon ordered him to lead the way to the best shipyard.

The Straw Hat Pirates arrived in Water 7 and clashed with CP0 after Saint Echarri ordered them to capture Robin, Nami, and Chopper. Liu Qing fought CP0 captain Ma Tongshuazhi while Luffy and the others battled the remaining agents, and the fight continued as CP0 tried to regroup.

• The Going Merry docked beside Saint Echarri's ship, and he ordered CP0 to seize Robin and Nami as his wives and Chopper as his pet.
• Liu Qing struck a CP0 agent when the group demanded the Straw Hat Pirates surrender their crewmates, sending Water 7's civilians fleeing in panic.
• Ma Tongshuazhi ordered CP0 to attack the Straw Hats while reserving Liu Qing for himself, and Liu Qing charged the Admiral-level agent.
• Zoro's Three-Sword Style attack defeated three CP0 agents, while Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Robin, Usopp, and Chopper launched attacks against the rest.
• The CP0 agents recognized the Straw Hats' strength and decided to spread out, but Zoro saw their plan and prepared to stop them.

The Straw Hat Pirates fought CP0 at Water 7 while the World Government and Marines rushed reinforcements to protect Saint Echarri. CP9 joined the battle, but Luffy and the others quickly defeated them, leaving CP0 captain Ma Tongshuazhi still facing Liu Qing.

• Chopper blocked a CP0 agent’s Finger Pistol with his enhanced fur while CP0 guards reported the fight to the Five Elders.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro ordered Sengoku to send an Admiral to Water 7, and Sengoku dispatched Kizaru.
• The Five Elders ordered Spandam to reinforce CP0, and Rob Lucci, Kaku, and Kalifa ate Devil Fruits before CP9 headed to the harbor.
• Luffy’s group had already incapacitated most of CP0, while Liu Qing and Ma Tongshuazhi continued fighting cautiously to avoid harming bystanders or Saint Echarri.
• Rob Lucci attacked Luffy but was knocked into a wall by one Gum-Gum Giant Pistol, and Liu Qing sent three Wood Clones toward Saint Echarri while blocking Ma Tongshuazhi.
• Zoro struck at Blueno and Fukurou, Nami’s group knocked Kalifa unconscious, and Sanji sent Kaku flying unconscious with a Mincemeat Kick.

Liu Qing captured Saint Echarri and negotiated with the Five Elders, who agreed to provide two prisoners, Treasure Tree Adam, and ten billion Beli in exchange for his safe release. The Straw Hat Pirates then found Mayor Iceburg and headed with him to his office to discuss building a ship, while Kizaru watched over the captive Celestial Dragon.

• Liu Qing's clones defeated the CP0 guards and Spandam, then bound Saint Echarri with Wood Release and brought him to Liu Qing.
• Kizaru arrived and contacted the Five Elders, who agreed to Liu Qing's demands: Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, and Byrnndi World, enough Treasure Tree Adam for a ship, and ten billion Beli.
• The Five Elders ordered Kizaru and Ma Tongshuazhi to watch Liu Qing and ensure Saint Echarri was not harmed; Kizaru accepted after being promised a bonus.
• Nami learned that Mayor Iceburg had guided Saint Echarri, and the Straw Hat Pirates went to Iceburg with Kokoro's envelope.
• Iceburg agreed to help the Straw Hat Pirates build a large pirate ship and led them to his office, while Kizaru followed to watch Saint Echarri and Ma Tongshuazhi treated the wounded at the harbor.