Arc 18The Five Elders Fall

Shane defeated the Five Elders, exposed the truth about the Celestial Dragons, and survived Imu’s attack on Marineford. He then revived Rocks, freed Impel Down’s prisoners to seize their Devil Fruits, and headed to Twin Cape as allies gathered for the coming campaign.

  • Sakazuki carried Borsalino to safety while Shane faced the Five Elders, and Saint Warcury ended the worldwide broadcast by destroying the Visual Den Den Mushi.
  • Shane used the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet’s attacks on Celestial Dragon homelands to expose Saint Warcury’s miscalculation, then fought the Elders with his Devil Fruits and Haki.
  • Shane used Reverse Observation Haki to overwhelm the Five Elders and summoned Sea Kings to destroy Marineford while he broadcast the history of the Ancient Kingdom and called on the world to resist the Celestial Dragons.
  • Shane trapped the fused Five Elders, killed them repeatedly, and erased them at sunrise, but Imu’s attack destroyed Marineford and left Shane’s fate uncertain.
  • After disappearing for a week, Shane returned to his allies, while Imu released cloned Five Elders and other monsters from a hidden facility beneath Mary Geoise.
  • Shane revived Rocks at God Valley, fought him after restoring his former strength for a day, and left him alive as Rocks prepared to gather Old Era pirates against the Celestial Dragons.
  • Shane entered Impel Down, demanded the Devil Fruits of the Level Six prisoners, and explained that he needed them for the coming war and the Celestial Dragons’ planned Hunting Game in the Goa Kingdom.
  • Shane defeated the old man guarding the prisoners, collected the final Devil Fruit, and flew toward Twin Cape as Crocus, Brook, Laboon, Kaido, Linlin, and Roger gathered there.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426The Eyes of the World

Shane faced Saint Warcury at Marine Headquarters as Sakazuki and Tsuru escaped, while allies made a final effort to help him. After the live broadcast was cut off, Shane’s forces around the world feared for him but continued their plans, unaware that Marine Headquarters would soon cease to exist.

  • Sakazuki carried Borsalino through an Air Door and resolved to fight Celestial Dragons as well as pirates.
  • Tsuru awakened her Devil Fruit to unleash a cleansing light, but Shane compressed its power, restored some of her life force, and sent her through an Air Door.
  • Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Rayleigh, and Marine fighters attacked Saint Warcury while Shane received advice from Red the Aloof through Observation Haki.
  • Saint Warcury destroyed the Visual Den Den Mushi, ending the worldwide broadcast and frightening viewers who feared Celestial Dragon retaliation.
  • Shane’s allies across the world worried about his fate, while Aokiji continued the plan to take over the world and Kaido flew toward Marineford to help.
  • The chapter ended with the revelation that Marine Headquarters would cease to exist after the battle’s outcome was decided.

Ch. 427You saw it coming!

Shane faced the Five Elders and revealed that he intended to take control of Marine Headquarters after winning, while Saint Warcury insisted the Elders could control the Marines through their families. Shane then exposed that he had anticipated their leverage and arranged attacks on the Affiliated Nations of the Reverie, leaving the Elders shocked by his planning.

  • Saint Warcury taunted Shane, claiming that the Five Elders were immortal and could revive while Shane had only one life.
  • Shane said that if he survived, he would command Marine Headquarters and use its forces alongside the pirates to wage a larger war across the seas.
  • Saint Warcury argued that the Elders held Marine families hostage and used Zephyr's fate as proof of their control over the Marines.
  • Shane emerged unharmed from Saint Warcury's attack and asked the Elders to guess whose homelands he had targeted.
  • Saint Warcury and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter realized that the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet had attacked islands across the Four Blues, the Grand Line, and the New World.
  • Saint Warcury recognized that Shane had planned the attacks from the beginning and shouted, "You saw it coming!"

Ch. 428The Five Elders held nothing back

Shane fought Saint Warcury after the Five Elders combined their powers into a colossal monster, using the Dark-Dark Fruit to weaken him before killing him and the other Elders. As the darkness faded, five tiny worms began regenerating, leaving Shane unsure whether the Five Elders could truly be killed.

  • Saint Warcury transformed into a towering hybrid of the Five Elders’ monstrous forms and attacked Shane with tusks and Saint Nusjuro’s Cursed Sword.
  • Shane blocked Saint Warcury’s strikes with layers of shields created by the Barrier-Barrier Fruit.
  • Shane trapped Saint Warcury in darkness, weakening his defenses, strength, and healing with the Dark-Dark Fruit.
  • Saint Warcury swallowed Shane, but Shane escaped through his back and struck him down with a devastating punch.
  • Shane destroyed Saint Warcury and eliminated the sealed Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, Saint Mars, and Saint Saturn, but five tiny worms appeared and began regenerating.

Ch. 429Grand Funeral Technique

Shane learned from Red the Aloof that the Five Elders grew stronger and healed faster when they were killed separately, then devised a way to destroy their bodies and souls together. As the Five Elders revived again, Shane awakened Reverse Observation Haki and prepared to make the world hear his voice.

  • Red the Aloof explained that the Five Elders healed faster when more of them died within a short time, and that sealing them might be the only reliable option.
  • Red the Aloof told Shane to strengthen his Observation Haki and use it in reverse to make the world hear his voice before sailing away.
  • The revived Five Elders told Shane that their souls returned from the underworld, but Shane realized he could suppress their bodies, extract their shadows, and let the sunlight destroy them.
  • Shane concentrated his Observation Haki like a Den Den Mushi and awakened Reverse Observation Haki of Listening to All Things.

Ch. 430Awakening, Listening to All Things

Shane unleashed his awakened Listening to All Things, flooding the Five Elders with overwhelming information from the natural world. As their fusion was interrupted and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter’s head exploded, Shane showed that he could use this power to attack them directly.

  • The Five Elders dismissed Shane’s defiance and began preparing to fuse so they could defeat him.
  • Shane used Air Doors to seize Saint Saturn and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter by the necks before the fusion could begin.
  • The Five Elders argued over which of them should be chosen for the fusion, and Saint Nusjuro selected Saint Shepherd Ju Peter.
  • Shane activated Listening to All Things and flooded the Five Elders’ minds with information gathered from the world.
  • Saint Shepherd Ju Peter’s head exploded under the information assault, and Shane challenged the Five Elders’ confidence.

Ch. 431The Five Elders' strongest enemy

Shane used awakened Listening to All Things and Haki to disrupt the Five Elders' fusion and suppress their strength, then tested ways to kill their immortal bodies. Saint Nusjuro admitted Shane was their strongest enemy as Shane met his Cursed Sword with a full-powered palm strike.

  • Shane's reverse Observation Haki overwhelmed the fused Elders and severed their ability to coordinate, leaving Saint Nusjuro able to control only his own power.
  • Shane slammed Saint Saturn into the ground and threw Saint Saturn and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter into the sea, testing whether drowning could kill them.
  • Shane explained that the Elders could be killed by ordinary methods but would be reborn unless all five were erased at once.
  • Saint Nusjuro warned that Shane would die eventually and declared that the Five Elders would return as long as God lived.
  • Shane answered that God would not die only because Shane had not reached him, then struck Saint Nusjuro's Cursed Sword with his full-powered palm.

Ch. 432Tempering a Blade with Conqueror's Haki, Creating Something from Nothing

Shane fought the fused Five Elders at Marineford, countering their weather and attacks before destroying Saint Nusjuro’s blade and hands with overwhelming Haki. After tempering his arms with Conqueror’s Haki, he struck the Three-in-One Five Elders with a devastating punch, leaving Saint Warcury demanding that the others act.

  • Saint Nusjuro, Saint Mars, and Saint Warcury attacked Shane together, but Shane dispersed their storm and lightning before striking back with a lightning-filled leap.
  • Saint Nusjuro urged the others to defend and attack with maximum Haki after Shane’s lightning damaged Saint Mars’s wings.
  • Shane’s Haki overwhelmed Saint Nusjuro’s blade, breaking it apart and erasing the hilt along with Saint Nusjuro’s hands.
  • Shane finished tempering both arms with Conqueror’s Haki and created an invisible blast of fist force.
  • Shane punched Saint Nusjuro’s head, enveloping the fused Five Elders in white light as Saint Warcury shouted at the others to respond.

Ch. 433I am Poseidon, God of the Sea

Shane revealed that he had tempered his body with Haki until it resembled Seastone, then used his power over Sea Kings to destroy Marineford and trap the Five Elders. After they revived, he declared himself Poseidon, God of the Sea.

  • Shane explained to Saint Warcury that Haki had transformed his body into a Seastone-like weapon that could withstand seawater.
  • Shane summoned the Sea King overlords, who hailed him as Joy Boy and offered to destroy Marineford at his command.
  • Shane killed Saint Warcury with one punch and explained how Haki and Listening to All Things could prevent the Five Elders from recovering or escaping.
  • Shane ordered the Sea Kings to demolish Marineford while he prepared to defeat the Five Elders together and erase them at dawn.
  • The Five Elders revived amid the ruins, and Shane told them that he controlled Sea Kings as Poseidon, God of the Sea.

Ch. 434The Five Elders Stood Like Lackeys

Shane overwhelmed the Five Elders at Marineford with his Haki and godlike control of the sky and sea, beating them down despite their immortal bodies. Saint Nusjuro was left as the last Elder standing, and the chapter ended with him fearing Shane would bring the world’s forces against Mary Geoise.

  • Shane claimed his Fish-Man lineage made him a Sea God and threatened to turn the Celestial Dragons into the targets of a worldwide hunting game.
  • Shane used lightning and Conqueror’s Haki to suppress the Five Elders, leaving Saint Saturn and Saint Warcury struggling to stay conscious.
  • Shane punched Saint Saturn into a mist of blood and battered Saint Warcury unconscious, then attacked Saints Ju Peter and Mars.
  • Shane confronted Saint Nusjuro after shattering Kitetsu and the Elder’s makeshift bone sword, while Nusjuro feared the prophecy of Joy Boy’s return would come true.

Ch. 435The Five Elders Stake Everything

Shane faced the Five Elders after they fused into a giant demon whose strength and healing were multiplied fivefold. Their battle began with Shane countering Saint Nusjuro’s attacks, but the fight remained unresolved as the Elders struggled to overcome him.

  • Shane waited for the Five Elders as they climbed to Marine Headquarters and transformed into their strongest forms.
  • The Five Elders merged into one enormous being, collapsing the last Marine Headquarters building beneath their combined weight.
  • Shane enlarged himself in Nika Form and welcomed the fused Elders as worthy opponents.
  • Shane drilled through Saint Nusjuro’s shield and struck him with a Haki Spiral Cannon.
  • Saint Nusjuro attacked with lightning, but Shane blinded him with Conqueror’s Haki and endured his hidden appendages and poisoned claws.

Ch. 436Get Me Closer!

Shane continued awakening and strengthening his Devil Fruit abilities while explaining how he planned to suppress the Dark-Dark Fruit and prevent its demonic will from controlling him. As the Five Elders faced him, Zunesha arrived, and Shane ordered it to attack Saint Nusjuro.

  • Shane reasoned that his Nika Form and Paw-Paw Fruit could accelerate his other awakenings and eventually let him fully suppress the Dark-Dark Fruit's will.
  • Shane threatened to erase the Five Elders' bodies and souls, while they feared that even Imu could only revive monsters in their place.
  • Zunesha arrived after the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet won part of the battle, and Saint Nusjuro recognized the ancient elephant as a major threat.
  • Saint Nusjuro attacked Zunesha with Frenzied Thunder, while Zunesha asked Shane for permission to strike back.
  • Shane, standing in Zou, told Zunesha to attack.

Ch. 437The most unlikely witness

Shane overwhelmed the Five Elders and accepted Saint Nusjuro’s challenge, promising to expose their defeat to the world. Garp the Hero began broadcasting from the Whale Forest as the battle continued.

  • Saint Nusjuro attacked Zunesha, but Zunesha shattered his shield and tore the Five Elders’ wings.
  • Shane protected Zunesha with Violet Haki and taunted the Five Elders as Saint Nusjuro failed to pierce his defense.
  • Saint Nusjuro challenged Shane, and Shane accepted before declaring he would show the world the Five Elders’ defeat.
  • Garp the Hero appeared in the Whale Forest and began broadcasting the Five Elders’ darkness and doom to the world.

Ch. 438You are all Nika

Garp revealed that Shane had saved him and that he had been hiding for six months, then helped Shane expose the Celestial Dragons’ history to the world. As the Five Elders attacked and warned that Imu would destroy the world, Shane declared that everyone could become Nika and that they would not lose.

  • Garp revealed that he had survived and explained that Shane had hidden him after the Celestial Dragons erased him.
  • Shane began broadcasting the secret history of the Ancient Kingdom, Joy Boy, Imu, and the Celestial Dragons, while people around the world reacted with fear, doubt, and hope.
  • Shane announced that the D. Clan and Great Kingdom would welcome everyone and reject Celestial Dragons, nobles, commoners, slaves, and divisions between races.
  • The Five Elders charged at Shane, but he seized Saint Nusjuro and mocked their fear of the god they served.
  • Shane turned back to the broadcast and told the world they would not lose because they were all Nika.

Ch. 439The Age-Age Fruit awakens

Shane held the Five Elders captive while people around the world lost their fear of the Celestial Dragons and began to rally behind him. As the Elders tried to flee, Shane awakened the Age-Age Fruit and prepared to finish them.

  • Shane restrained the Five Elders as the live broadcast inspired people to believe they could resist the Celestial Dragons, and Garp's support strengthened their resolve.
  • Shane decided he had to wait until dawn and eliminate the Five Elders while they were fused, so their deaths would inspire the final battle and prevent their return.
  • Shane considered the possibility that Imu possessed terrifying Ancient Kingdom technology and searched for a way to erase the Elders' consciousnesses, souls, and bodies permanently.
  • The Five Elders blew apart their wings to escape Shane's grasp, healed, and debated whether to attack him or flee while he stood motionless with his eyes closed.
  • As the Five Elders turned to flee, Shane awakened the Age-Age Fruit and called them back, saying he had promised to send them to their deaths.

Ch. 440How much imagination do you have?

Shane trapped the Five Elders and revealed how his awakened Nika Form and Age-Age Fruit powers had expanded. The Five Elders accepted that they had lost and asked Imu to kill them quickly.

  • The Five Elders fled through the Devil Teleportation Array while Shane pursued them through Air Doors.
  • Shane caught the Five Elders hundreds of miles away and trapped them inside violet-haki Air Doors before bringing them back to Marineford.
  • Shane explained that awakening had fused and strengthened his Nika Form and Age-Age Fruit abilities, letting him manipulate ages and time within an area.
  • The Five Elders realized they could not escape Shane and blamed their decision to execute Red the Aloof for strengthening him.
  • Saint Mars asked Imu to give them a quick death, and Saint Nusjuro admitted that they had lost.

Ch. 441Daybreak

Shane defeated the fused Five Elders at Marineford and kept them trapped until sunrise, while Imu’s world-shattering attack descended. The Five Elders cursed Imu as sunlight reached their body, and Shane stood unharmed, watching the sunrise.

  • The Five Elders transformed into a cloaked monster and tried to trap Shane with chains, but he escaped and dragged them toward him.
  • Shane destroyed Marineford Headquarters, then trapped the Five Elders in a rubber cage when Saint Nusjuro tried to flee.
  • Shane killed the Five Elders a thousand times, drained their life force, and took the shadow of their fused body.
  • As day broke, Saint Nusjuro cursed Shane while Shane watched the sunrise and held the Five Elders’ body in the sunlight.
  • Imu’s world-shattering power descended, and the Five Elders cursed Imu for abandoning them while Shane basked nearby.

Ch. 442The End of the Vanishing Shadows

Shane used his awakened Age-Age Fruit to hold Uranus’s attacks in place and let the Five Elders die in sunlight. As the world watched, the Five Elders revealed that Imu was their god before vanishing, while Shane remained silent about what he would do next.

  • Shane created a time-reversing field around the port, freezing Uranus’s attacks while the Five Elders struggled to heal.
  • The Five Elders confessed that Imu existed and controlled them, while Saint Nusjuro accepted his death and spoke of past battles.
  • Shane’s Annihilation Technique turned the Five Elders into smoke and shadows until they vanished.
  • Garp appeared with a Den Den Mushi, but Shane said nothing about attacking Mary Geoise or the Celestial Dragons.
  • A blast of energy struck Marineford as people watched from around the world and wondered how Shane would escape.

Ch. 443The vanished Marineford

Marineford was erased by the Celestial Dragons’ weapon, leaving the Marines and the world to choose between the Celestial Dragons, Shane, or neutrality. Tsuru warned the remaining Marines that the conflict would end either with the Celestial Dragons’ defeat or the world’s destruction, while rival newspapers made opposing claims about the war.

  • The Celestial Dragons’ attack destroyed Marineford and left a deep pit, chaotic seas, and persistent storms in its place.
  • Tsuru concluded that the world faced only victory over the Celestial Dragons or annihilation by Imu, and she warned the Marines to choose their sides carefully.
  • Bogard left with a group of Marines to find Garp, while Tsuru told the remaining Marines she would explain the truth once their unconscious comrades woke.
  • News spread that the world had divided into Celestial Dragon supporters, Shane’s allies, and neutrals, as kingdoms and Marine Branches chose sides.
  • The Reverie newspaper claimed the Celestial Dragons controlled nearly all kingdoms and forces, while the Hot Air Balloon News Agency reported Shane’s victories and his promise to take Marineford in one year.

Ch. 444Shane had disappeared again!

As the world speculated about Shane’s disappearance and the coming battle with Imu, Shane had actually spent a week asleep on Hachinosu. He returned to Marineford and called for a banquet before the next battle, while Imu had vanished from the Empty Throne.

  • People in a tavern debated Shane’s disappearance, and the owner predicted that he would eventually face Imu in the final battle.
  • A Holy Knight forced the Celestial Dragons to train and warned them that Shane had killed their commanders, the Five Elders, and hundreds of their kind.
  • Shane’s allies gathered at Marineford, where Crocodile and Bullet welcomed their captain back.
  • Shane revealed himself after a week sleeping on Hachinosu and proposed a banquet before the next battle.
  • Imu had already vanished from the Empty Throne.

Ch. 445Revelation of Fate

Shane sailed alone toward God Valley to prepare for the coming final battle, while Imu brought out a reserve army of cloned Five Elders and other monsters to stabilize the world. At God Valley, Shane cleared the poison and mist, met the stone statue of his former captain, and drew the Orb of Time from it.

  • Shane left Hachinosu aboard the Black Pearl and set out to travel the world, support battlefronts, and awaken more Devil Fruits.
  • Imu entered a hidden facility beneath Mary Geoise and released younger cloned versions of the Five Elders and other long-prepared monsters.
  • The cloned Five Elders learned that their original selves had been killed, and Imu warned them that Shane could kill them again.
  • Shane reached God Valley, used the Paw-Paw Fruit to disperse its poison gas and mist, and poured Hachinosu Wine before the statue of his former captain.
  • Shane touched the statue, and the Orb of Time fell out as sunlight reached its eyes.

Ch. 446Rocks returned

Shane resurrected Rocks on God Valley and told him how much the world had changed while he was gone. Rocks regained his former strength for one day and fought Shane, whose overwhelming power left him stunned.

  • Shane shattered Rocks's stone shell and resurrected him, but Rocks returned without his former Devil Fruit powers or memories of the past two years.
  • Rocks ate the Woods-Woods Fruit, learned about Shane's rise and the war against the Celestial Dragons, and used his new power to restore God Valley.
  • Rocks challenged Shane to a fight so he could test his strength and leave his old crew behind, but Shane said Rocks was too weak in his current state.
  • Shane used Distort the Present to restore Rocks's strength from two years earlier for one day, and Rocks unleashed several Devil Fruit abilities against him.
  • Rocks destroyed God Valley with a massive attack, but Shane revealed a strange new form that Rocks had never seen before.

Ch. 447Goodbye, Rookie!

Shane defeated Rocks in a battle that ended with Rocks acknowledging him as Hachinosu’s new overlord and captain. Shane left through a mysterious door, while Rocks began healing and the world entered a new period of upheaval.

  • Rocks praised Shane’s strength and agreed that victory would make Shane the new leader of Hachinosu.
  • Shane’s Haki and darkness overwhelmed Rocks, while the Dark-Dark Demonic Will revealed the chained Demonic Wills inside Shane.
  • Rocks accepted defeat, looked forward to meeting Shane again at their peak in a year, and thanked him before Shane broke his power with a final punch.
  • Rocks survived as a wounded tree and began healing, while Shane crossed a door above the sea and disappeared.
  • The Five Elders returned to middle age, and Rocks gathered Old Era pirates to attack the Celestial Dragons as events stirred at Impel Down.

Ch. 448The ignorant of Level Six

A long-imprisoned former sea overlord on Impel Down's Level Six read reports questioning whether Shane was real as a powerful man fought his way through the prison. When Shane appeared before the prisoners, the old man recognized him and laughed at how wrong they had been.

  • The old man read a newspaper in Level Six while the prisoners mocked reports about Shane and his achievements.
  • The prisoners unleashed their Conqueror's Haki, but the old man remained unmoved and reflected on his approaching death.
  • A powerful figure swept through Impel Down's levels, overcoming resistance and leaving only Level Six uncleared.
  • The old man reread reports about Shane's disappearance and the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet's advance against the Reverie.
  • Shane appeared before the prisoners, and the old man exclaimed that Shane truly existed and that they had been ignorant.

Ch. 449Hurry, save me!

Shane raided Impel Down’s Level Six to take the imprisoned criminals’ Devil Fruits and strengthen the D. Clan for the coming war. As he prepared to slaughter them, he turned the prisoners over to ten powerful figures and they cried out for help.

  • The chains binding the Level Six prisoners were unlocked, and Shane appeared with records of their crimes and a demand for their Devil Fruits.
  • Shane reflected on his awakened abilities, his plans to awaken the Dark-Dark Fruit, and his intention to master demonic will and become the Devil King.
  • Shane explained that he had conquered Impel Down to gather Devil Fruits for the coming war and to prepare the D. Clan for the final battle.
  • Shane said the Celestial Dragons planned a new Hunting Game in the Goa Kingdom after its exhausted king could no longer pay the Heavenly Tribute.
  • Rocks, Roger, Whitebeard, Garp, Kong, Golden Lion, Sengoku, Rayleigh, Zephyr, and Linlin rushed the Level Six prisoners, who pleaded for the jailers to save them.

Ch. 450Impel Down falls!

Shane defeated the last old-era fighter in Impel Down, collected the remaining Devil Fruits, and set out for Twin Cape to join the coming war against the Celestial Dragons. At Twin Cape, Kaido and Linlin clashed while Roger sensed Shane's imminent arrival.

  • The old man unleashed his ice and Haki against Shane, but Shane defeated him, and the old man died standing atop the fallen prisoners.
  • Shane collected the final Devil Fruit, left Impel Down with a chest full of them, and flew toward Twin Cape.
  • Shane headed to Twin Cape, where allies were gathering before the campaign against the Celestial Dragons and the Hunting Game.
  • Crocus met Brook, who disappeared into Laboon's mouth, while Laboon cheered.
  • Kaido attacked Linlin at Twin Cape, and Roger said he sensed Shane approaching.
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