Chapter Summaries

Rocks used the Dark-Dark Fruit to engulf the sea and sent his pirates to seize the Celestial Dragons while the Marines and Roger’s crew fought to stop them. Yas prepared to strike the surrounding pirate fleet, but Saint Charlos’s capture brought his desperate pleas for rescue.

• Rocks spread the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power across the sea, sinking nearby Marine warships into the darkness.
• Rocks declared himself sovereign of his World of Darkness and ordered his crew to capture the Celestial Dragons.
• The Rocks Pirates charged toward the palace as Zephyr, Sengoku, Roger, and Garp fought to defend it.
• Yas watched the battle, then aimed his hand at the encircling pirate fleet and said he would destroy them all together.
• Saint Charlos was carried out of the besieged palace by a Rocks Pirates officer and begged Yas to save him.

Yas ignored the Celestial Dragons’ pleas and unleashed an overwhelming display of azure lightning over God Valley. He condensed the storm into a deadly star and flicked it toward the island and the pirate fleet, leaving everyone scrambling to stop its impact.

• Saint Charlos and the other captured Celestial Dragons begged Garp and the Marines for rescue, but the pirates mocked them.
• After Garp revealed that the Celestial Dragons held slaves, Roger ordered his crew to rescue them and kill anyone who stood in their way.
• Yas dismissed the Celestial Dragons as acceptable losses and began gathering a vast ocean of azure lightning above God Valley.
• Yas compressed the lightning into a fist-sized star and named the attack Divine Punishment: Heavenly Thunder Star Burial.
• Rocks ordered everyone to defend, and Sengoku desperately called on Garp to stop Yas as the star fell toward the sea.

Yas unleashed a blow of azure light that erased Rocks’s darkness and the Rocks Pirates’ fleet around God Valley. Rocks survived, but the attack left his power badly damaged, and he became obsessed with taking Yas’s body and power for himself.

• Sengoku begged Garp to stop Yas, but Garp sensed the attack was beyond anything he could oppose.
• Rocks summoned a vast maw of darkness to swallow Yas’s falling azure star, but Yas dismissed him as foolish.
• The star erupted into purifying light, erasing Rocks’s darkness and the fleets of Ochoku, Silver Axe, the Golden Lion Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Rocks Pirates.
• The light faded, leaving the surrounding sea empty and Rocks charred, with his Devil Fruit power severely damaged.
• Rocks stared at Yas and declared that Yas’s power and body were the perfect vessel he had set his sights on.

After Yas destroyed Rocks’s fleet with one strike, Rocks tried to capture Yas and claim his body, but Yas effortlessly purified his dark tentacles. Yas ignored the furious Rocks and challenged Whitebeard and the others to face him next.

• Sengoku, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion Shiki witnessed Yas’s overwhelming power and reacted with shock and fear.
• Rocks declared that he wanted Yas’s body and power for himself, then sent dark tentacles to capture him.
• Yas’s Purification Law annihilated Rocks’s tentacles, leaving Rocks horrified and enraged.
• Yas dismissed Rocks and focused on Whitebeard, whose Tremor-Tremor Fruit power had slightly caught his interest.
• Yas asked Whitebeard and the others which of them wanted to die first.

Yas dismissed Rocks and faced Shiki and Whitebeard as they joined forces against him. He erased their combined attack with a casual sweep and singled out Whitebeard as the more formidable opponent.

• Yas asked which of his enemies wanted to die first and dismissed Rocks as broken.
• Shiki challenged Yas and hurled more than a dozen floating mountains at him.
• Whitebeard shattered the space around Yas to trap him in the path of Shiki's attack.
• Yas repaired the shattered space and disintegrated the mountains with Azure Thunder Purification.
• Yas ignored Shiki and told Whitebeard he looked sturdier than the Golden Lion.

Yas ignored Shiki’s fury and challenged Whitebeard, whom he considered the only worthy opponent among the fighters at God Valley. As Yas’s first serious punch met Whitebeard’s devastating Seaquake slash, Garp and Roger warned everyone to brace for a collision that could erase the island.

• Yas dismissed Shiki as less sturdy than Whitebeard, enraging the Golden Lion and causing his Float-Float Fruit power to shake God Valley.
• Whitebeard stopped Shiki from attacking Yas and declared that Yas was targeting him, then accepted the challenge and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Yas showed interest in Whitebeard’s power and vowed to test whether Whitebeard’s tremors or his own fist would strike first.
• Yas crossed the distance in an instant and launched a concentrated punch as Whitebeard countered with his Seaquake slash.
• Garp ordered Sengoku and the others to retreat, while Roger warned Rayleigh and his crew to hold on as the two attacks neared collision.

Yas defeated Whitebeard with Three-Finger Nukite after their wills clashed, while Whitebeard’s final blow shattered God Valley. Yas hovered above the sinking island, disappointed that Whitebeard had been too weak.

• Whitebeard and Yas clashed with Conqueror’s Haki Infusion and Yas’s azure divine will, splitting the sky as their powers collided.
• Yas changed his attack into Three-Finger Nukite, and Whitebeard sensed the strike could pierce his body and soul.
• Whitebeard redirected his naginata toward the ground to shatter God Valley, but Yas struck his chest first and fatally pierced him.
• Whitebeard’s final slash struck the island, breaking God Valley apart and sending Marines and pirates into panic as it sank.
• Yas hovered above the destruction and withdrew his fingers, concluding that Whitebeard was still too weak.

Yas defeated Whitebeard and watched God Valley sink as the survivors fled, while Kaido escaped in fear. As Yas prepared to erase the island and sea with his Final Purification, Monkey D. Garp and Gol D. Roger appeared between him and Rocks D. Zebek.

• Whitebeard died after his final attack, and God Valley began collapsing into the sea.
• Sengoku and the Marines, CP agents, Celestial Dragons, and Shiki rushed to escape the sinking island.
• Kaido transformed into an Azure Dragon and fled, terrified of Yas.
• Rocks D. Zebek prepared a sneak attack on Yas, believing Whitebeard's clash had weakened him.
• Yas began gathering power for Final Purification, intending to erase God Valley and the surrounding sea.
• Monkey D. Garp and Gol D. Roger appeared between Yas and Rocks, interrupting Yas's attack.

Yas faced Gol D. Roger and Monkey D. Garp as the collapsing God Valley threatened everyone nearby. After Garp engaged Rocks D. Zebek, Roger attacked Yas, who stopped his Divine Departure and revealed that he knew Roger had a goal beyond finding ONE PIECE.

• Yas dismissed Garp’s warning that their battle would kill the Navy, civilians, and slaves, and continued preparing to purify everything.
• Roger and Garp agreed that they had to intervene, and Garp charged at Rocks D. Zebek to hold him off.
• Roger drew Ace, declared Yas was blocking his path to ONE PIECE, and attacked with Divine Departure.
• Yas halted his Final Purification and stopped Roger’s slash with two fingers using One-Finger Nukite.
• Yas said Roger’s goal seemed to involve more than ONE PIECE and looked toward the ancient object beneath God Valley’s Road Poneglyph, leaving Roger shocked and demanding to know who Yas was.

Yas defeated Roger with a flick and unknowingly saved God Valley’s survivors by erasing the center of a colossal tsunami. As Garp and Sengoku fought to hold Rocks back, Yas turned his attention to the surviving Celestial Dragons, and Saint Charlos faced an approaching Sea King.

• Yas cracked Roger’s sword, Ace, and sent Roger crashing through mountains into the ruins with a single flick.
• Yas’s purification field erased a huge hole through the tsunami, allowing the survivors on God Valley’s central refuge to escape destruction.
• Rocks struck Garp while Garp was distracted by Yas’s apparent rescue, then tried to rush toward Yas.
• Sengoku joined the recovered Garp to block Rocks and resume their battle.
• A CP0 member ordered Yas to protect Saint Charlos, but Yas considered whether to deal with Charlos or Rocks first.
• A Sea King lunged at Saint Charlos, who screamed for the Marines to save him.

Yas let the Sea King spare Saint Charlos but ignored orders to rescue him, choosing instead to attack Rocks. The chapter left Yas appearing behind Rocks with a lethal One-Finger Nukite as Garp and Sengoku fought to survive.

• The Sea King nearly swallowed Saint Charlos while Rocks used his Dark-Dark Fruit to attack Garp's last foothold, and Garp struggled against the force of Rocks's blow.
• Yas's overwhelming will froze the Sea King before it could eat Saint Charlos, who passed out from terror.
• A CP0 member urged Yas to rescue Saint Charlos, but Yas decided the Five Elders' orders and the Celestial Dragon were no longer worth his concern.
• Garp spotted Yas's intent as Yas abandoned Saint Charlos and vanished toward Rocks.
• Yas appeared behind Rocks and announced his One-Finger Nukite.

Yas killed Rocks with a single-finger strike, but Rocks revived through a dark awakening and trapped Yas inside his God's Cage. Yas dismissed the darkness as too weak to nourish his armor, then declared the battle over.

• Yas abandoned his mission to attack Rocks and pierced his heart with One-Finger Nukite, destroying it with the laws of penetration and purification.
• Rocks's Black Coffin vanished, and Garp and Sengoku escaped his grasp as they and the others watched him apparently die.
• A deeper darkness revived Rocks by devouring his flesh and the surrounding space, and he vowed to steal Yas's power.
• Rocks unleashed Dark Era: God's Cage and swallowed Yas, believing he had captured him.
• Yas remained unfazed inside the cage and told Rocks his darkness could not nourish his armor before declaring the game over.

Yas escaped Rocks’s Dark Era’s Cage with his Azure Thunder Armor unharmed, prompting Rocks to unleash his full physical power and challenge him to a direct fight. As they charged at each other, Rocks revealed that his attack was aimed at tearing out Yas’s soul.

• Yas walked out of Rocks’s Dark Era’s Cage, and his Azure Thunder purified the darkness without being damaged.
• Rocks rejected Yas’s explanation of their powers and transformed himself into a destructive Primordial Demon God.
• Garp recognized Rocks’s strength and desperately urged Yas to retreat.
• Yas awakened his Battle Form and met Rocks in a head-on clash of fists.
• Rocks spread his fingers at the last moment and revealed that he intended to rip out Yas’s soul.

Yas overwhelmed Rocks after purifying away his right arm and overpowering his final attack with a clash of fists. As Rocks's body broke beneath Yas's strength, Yas prepared to end the fight with Raikage Style Taijutsu.

• Rocks tried to drag Yas's soul from his body, but Yas revealed that his soul and body were fused with the Azure Thunder Law.
• Yas's purifying power erased Rocks's dark attack and destroyed his right arm.
• Yas lunged at Rocks and met his remaining fist in a devastating clash that shattered God Valley and injured Garp, Roger, Sengoku, and the other spectators.
• Yas overpowered Rocks in the fistfight, breaking his arm and declaring that his strength had disappointed him.
• Yas's gauntlet blazed as he announced that it was time to end the game and asked Rocks if he had heard of Raikage Style Taijutsu.

Yas overwhelmed Rocks with Raikage Style Taijutsu, using overwhelming speed and precision to tear apart his defenses. Rocks gambled everything on a final punch, but Yas prepared a single-finger strike to finish him.

• Yas unleashed his azure thunder power and used Raikage Style Taijutsu to outpace Rocks and land a devastating series of attacks.
• Roger and Garp watched in shock as Yas battered Rocks without giving him a chance to fight back.
• Badly injured and humiliated, Rocks abandoned defense and launched his final attack, Dark Conqueror's Fist: End.
• Yas stopped before Rocks's punch and raised a single armored index finger, declaring that the strike would be Rocks's funeral.

Yas killed Rocks D. Zebek by piercing through his final attack with One-Finger Nukite, splitting his body and annihilating his soul. As Yas prepared to leave, he noticed the Dark-Dark Fruit remained intact and was absorbing the darkness left behind.

• Rocks launched his life-burning Fist of Finality at Yas, while Garp shouted for Yas to dodge.
• Yas thrust forward with One-Finger Nukite, piercing Rocks's attack and splitting his body in two.
• Rocks asked why before his body and soul were completely annihilated, and Yas said Rocks had chosen the wrong opponent.
• Yas dismissed the fight as over and turned to leave the collapsing battlefield.
• Yas noticed the Dark-Dark Fruit floating intact in Rocks's remains and absorbing the lingering dark energy.

After Yas killed Rocks, the surviving pirates and Roger's crew reeled at the gulf between his power and their own. Yas reached for the Dark-Dark Fruit, but Roger attacked it, declaring that he would destroy it to change Blackbeard's fate.

• The surviving Rocks Pirates and Golden Lion Shiki watched in horror as Rocks's body fell apart, while Roger and Rayleigh recognized their defeat and questioned whether their dreams still mattered.
• Garp furiously confronted Yas for risking his life against Rocks's final attack, but Yas dismissed him and asked about the Dark-Dark Fruit appearing above Rocks's corpse.
• Yas sensed the fruit's immense power and drew it toward himself, suspecting that Rocks had only served as its host.
• Roger rose from the ruins and struck the Dark-Dark Fruit with a wave of Conqueror's Haki, announcing that he would destroy it to change Blackbeard's fate.

Roger tried to destroy the Dark-Dark Fruit before Yas could take it, but the fruit detonated and unleashed an expanding realm of absolute nothingness that swallowed God Valley. Trapped inside with Roger and Garp, Yas dismissed their offer to join forces and continued analyzing the darkness.

• Roger attacked the Dark-Dark Fruit with Divine Departure while Garp tried to stop his Haki blast.
• The fruit burst apart on its own, releasing darkness that devoured Roger’s Haki blade and rapidly expanded.
• The darkness swallowed God Valley, the surrounding sea and sky, and Yas, while Rayleigh and other survivors watched from afar.
• Marco sensed three faintly shining figures struggling at the center of the darkness, and Garp warned that it threatened to turn them and the sea into nothingness.
• Roger proposed that he, Garp, and Yas join forces to escape the darkness.
• Yas rejected Roger and Garp as trash and told them not to interfere with his analysis.

Trapped in an all-devouring darkness, Garp and Roger joined forces to attack it, while Yas analyzed the cage and used their strikes to expose its hidden core. Yas pierced the core and shattered the darkness, leaving the survivors outside stunned.

• Yas rejected Garp and Roger's offer to join forces and called them trash, so Roger persuaded Garp to attack without him.
• Garp unleashed Galaxy Impact, and Roger followed with Divine Departure, briefly carving a passage through the darkness before their Haki began to be consumed.
• Yas analyzed the darkness, identified its hidden law singularity, and used the opening created by their attacks to reach it.
• Yas struck the singularity with One-Finger Nukite: Godslayer, causing the darkness to crack apart and explode.
• Rayleigh watched the black sphere shatter and screamed in horror.

Yas shattered the darkness that had swallowed God Valley, leaving the island erased and a vast whirlpool in its place. After rescuing a Marine warship with a flick of his finger, he prepared to leave as Shiki declared the Rocks Pirates finished and claimed the era for himself.

• Yas destroyed the darkness, revealing that God Valley had vanished beneath a colossal whirlpool and leaving Garp and Roger exhausted.
• Yas used Azure Lightning and repulsion to push a Marine warship out of the whirlpool's reach.
• Yas surveyed the survivors and retreated forces, then declared the battle over and deactivated his Battle Form.
• Shiki announced that Rocks was dead and the Rocks Pirates no longer existed.
• Shiki claimed the era for himself and ordered his crew to search for a new ONE PIECE.