Arc 2The Fall of God Valley

Shane fought through the God Valley battle, awakened Conqueror’s Haki, and witnessed Rocks unleash a disastrous Darkness Awakening before dying. After the Government erased the battle from history, Shane escaped captivity and began recruiting for his own pirate crew.

  • Shane fought Bogard and Dragon, then clashed with Zephyr as his drug-enhanced Sulong strength began to fail.
  • Shane took Stussy’s pills, fought alongside John, and reached God Valley’s final battleground as Rocks, Roger, and Garp began their decisive clash.
  • Shane awakened Conqueror’s Haki, and Rocks sent his Haki into him before the darkness engulfed God Valley.
  • Rocks awakened the Dark-Dark Fruit, attacked Devil Fruit users’ Lineage Factors, and wounded Roger before sacrificing himself to a demon.
  • After Rocks declared that Shane would inherit his darkness, Rocks’s powers faded and his body turned to stone as Shane vowed to become the next king.
  • Shane hid a recording of Rocks, refused Gaban’s invitation, escaped God Valley with Kaido, and gained the [Mutant Physique] reward.
  • The World Government erased God Valley’s history and credited Garp with defeating Rocks, while Morgans vowed to expose the truth.
  • After Shane and Kaido escaped a Marine Branch with Morley and Sanjuan Wolf, Shane invited Moria to join the Shane Pirates and awakened Conqueror’s Haki during a clash between Dragon and Kaido.
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Ch. 26Armament Haki, Awakening

Shane fought Bogard in God Valley, using their clash to condemn the Marines’ service to the Celestial Dragons and awaken Bogard’s doubts about his justice. As Bogard faltered, Shane continued toward the battlefield’s center, where young Marine sergeant Monkey D. Dragon called out to stop him.

  • Bogard challenged Shane with his sword and Armament Haki, while Shane coated parts of his fists in Armament Haki hardening.
  • Shane accused Bogard and the Marines of protecting the Celestial Dragons while ignoring their massacres of kingdoms and civilians.
  • Bogard attacked with One-Character Sword, and Shane countered with Fist-Cutting Sword, leaving both fighters injured.
  • Shane pressed Bogard with the bodies beneath their feet and the Celestial Dragons’ crimes, causing Bogard to lose his grip on his conviction and sword.
  • Shane moved toward the center of the battlefield, and young Marine sergeant Monkey D. Dragon called for him to stop.

Ch. 27Dragon's resolve, Dragon Claw Fist!

Dragon intervened in Shane and Bogard’s fight, challenging Shane with his Rokushiki and Haki. As Shane’s drug began to wear off, they unleashed rival Dragon Claw Fist techniques and remained locked in a desperate struggle.

  • Dragon urged Bogard not to be discouraged and rushed to fight Shane himself.
  • Dragon used Armament Haki and Rokushiki to attack Shane with rapid kicks, while Shane fought back and grew more proficient with Haki.
  • Dragon explained that Shane’s drug-induced strength would soon bring severe pain, but Shane kept adapting to Dragon’s speed.
  • Dragon revealed his Dragon Claw Fist, and Shane answered with his own Haki-hardened dragon claws.
  • Dragon and Shane clashed amid wind, rain, lightning, and thunder as the Marines watched.

Ch. 28The last Sulong!

Shane and Dragon fought across God Valley as they clashed over their ambitions and their use of Haki. When the moon rose, Shane entered Sulong for what he called his last time in the battle and charged back into the fight.

  • Dragon released Conqueror's Haki against Shane, who resisted and became convinced that he possessed the qualities of a king.
  • Roger asked Garp to let Dragon join his crew, but Garp refused and snapped Bogard out of his confusion about Shane.
  • Shane and Dragon traded attacks, with Shane complaining that stopping Celestial Dragons would save countless people.
  • As moonlight fell, Shane transformed into Sulong despite his exhausted body, and Dragon prepared to finish their fight before his power grew further.
  • Shane and Dragon collided in the middle of Whitebeard and Sengoku's battle, and Whitebeard invited Shane to become his son.

Ch. 29Zephyr: Where did you learn the Six Powers, kid?

At God Valley, Shane and Dragon fought through the exhausted battlefield while Rayleigh and Shiki argued over Roger recruiting Shane. Shane’s Sulong-enhanced strength and Six Powers drew Zephyr’s attention, and the chapter ended with Zephyr confronting him as the Drug’s side effects worsened.

  • Shane and Dragon fought through the sky, while Rayleigh and Shiki exchanged blows and argued about Roger wanting Shane for his crew.
  • Shane and Dragon crashed into Wang Zhi’s attack, and Zephyr rescued Dragon by smashing apart Wang Zhi’s stone hand.
  • Linlin rescued Kaido from Zephyr and flew toward Shane with Stussy, while Streusen held Bogard off.
  • Stussy explained that Shane’s Mink traits made him especially strong around the full moon, and Linlin imagined him serving in her future crew.
  • Zephyr asked Shane who had taught him all six of the Navy’s Six Powers, and Shane said he had taught himself as the Drug’s side effects intensified.

Ch. 30Eat, I'll Eat Anything!

Shane pushed himself to his limits fighting Zephyr, but escaped with Kaido’s help as Linlin and Tsuru intervened. Severely injured and burning with pain, he agreed to eat anything Stussy or Linlin could provide.

  • Linlin explained that Devil Fruit Awakening could overwhelm its user and ordered Zeus to take Shane with them, while Kaido and Linlin discussed the Rocks Pirates’ strength.
  • Zephyr battered Shane with powerful Haki attacks, overwhelming his defenses and leaving him badly injured as his Sulong-enhancing drug wore off.
  • Shane hardened more of his body with Armament Haki and used Bolo Breath to attack and propel himself away from Zephyr.
  • Kaido caught Shane on his back, while Linlin blocked Zephyr and Tsuru joined the fight against him.
  • Burning with pain and drained of energy, Shane accepted Stussy’s pills and Linlin’s offer of food Homies, saying he would eat anything.

Ch. 31An unexpected turn, listening to the voices within

Shane ate Homies and Stussy’s pills to keep himself fighting, enduring severe side effects as his perception sharpened and he began sensing the voices and movements of others. As Rocks’s battle neared its end, Shane and John fought off the Marines together on the shore of God Valley.

  • Shane ate the Biscuit Homies and Stussy’s Solid Pills, replenishing his strength while enduring their painful effects.
  • Stussy explained that the pills could draw out Shane’s physical potential, while Shane began seeing lights and hearing voices around him.
  • Shane closed his eyes and sensed Zephyr’s attack before it landed, then caught Dragon’s strike and fought him while feeling his way toward Observation Haki.
  • Dragon withdrew with Zephyr and Tsuru as Shane grew stronger, and Tsuru sent Marines to keep him occupied while the main forces entered God Valley.
  • Kaido left Shane behind, while John stayed beside him and spoke with him as Stussy secretly watched from a warship.
  • Shane and John launched Bolo Breath and Drunken Flame together against the elite Marines as Rocks’s battle entered its final stage.

Ch. 32The Whole World on the Other Side of the Scales

Shane and Captain John fought through the Marines at God Valley, where John explained how Rocks had wagered everything on the battle. They reached the final battleground as Shane struggled through the effects of the drug in his body.

  • Shane and John fought elite vice admirals as Marines continued to surround them.
  • John told Shane that the Rocks Pirates had been shaped by war and that Rocks had persuaded them to gamble on winning the world.
  • John's intoxicating mist knocked out Marines, and Shane ignited it with Explosive Heat Flame, setting the beach ablaze.
  • The Kurozumi Siblings helped Shane and John by blocking attacks, but stayed outside the valley until the battle's outcome was decided.
  • John explained that Rocks alone had truly committed to the gamble and that the battle had reached its final moment.
  • Shane and John reached God Valley's final battleground as Shane's body continued to endure the drug's effects.

Ch. 33The final battle, the war of D

After nearly three days of fighting at God Valley, the exhausted Marines and pirates watched Rocks D. Zebek, Monkey D. Garp, and Gol D. Roger prepare for their final showdown. Roger concealed his presence from Observation Haki, and the three men unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki as the battle of destiny began.

  • The wounded survivors of the Rocks Pirates, Roger Pirates, and Marines recovered while Shane arrived and saw Dragon holding a box containing the Devil Fruit destined for him.
  • Rocks, Garp, and Roger gathered strength for their final battle at the heart of God Valley.
  • Roger vanished from Observation Haki by coating himself in Conqueror’s Haki, astonishing Rocks, Garp, and the other Haki masters.
  • Kaido declared that only Haki stood above everything as the three men’s Conqueror’s Haki erupted together.
  • The clash sent waves of Haki across the sea, knocking out the Marines and pirates reinforcing God Valley and signaling that the final battle had begun.

Ch. 34King's Aptitude!

As Rocks, Roger, and Garp’s Haki clash devastated God Valley, Shane awakened his Conqueror’s Haki for the first time. Rocks then poured his Haki into Shane to keep him conscious as the captain’s battle continued.

  • Rocks, Roger, and Garp unleashed Haki that battered God Valley and knocked out many Marines and survivors.
  • Linlin urged Kaido to use his Conqueror’s Haki, prompting Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Linlin, Kaido, and Sengoku to raise Haki barriers.
  • Kaido and Dragon looked to Shane, whose inner struggle ended when he awakened a purple-black surge of Conqueror’s Haki.
  • Kaido, Whitebeard, Dragon, and Sengoku reacted to Shane’s awakening, while Rocks celebrated his bet and praised Shane’s ambition.
  • As Shane’s Sulong began to fade and he neared unconsciousness, Rocks sent his Haki into Shane and told him to watch his captain’s battle.

Ch. 35Roger, want to join my pirate crew?

Shane endured the severe backlash from Stussy’s drugs as his body and will struggled to recover, while Rocks and Garp’s battle devastated God Valley. Rocks plunged the island into darkness and invited Roger to join his crew, but Roger refused and attacked.

  • After Sulong ended, Shane suffered a surge of pain and damage, and Wang Zhi embedded him in a cliff to protect him from falling debris.
  • Stussy revealed that she had given Shane every rare drug and pill she had collected, while Golden Lion and Linlin remarked on the danger and Shane’s bad luck.
  • Rocks and Garp continued their fierce Haki battle, and Rocks mocked Garp’s ideas about justice while unleashing darkness to keep Zoan fighters unconscious and trap everyone on God Valley.
  • Roger declared that the Roger Pirates wanted Shane to join them, and Rocks laughed before asking Roger to join his crew.
  • Roger refused Rocks’s invitation and slashed at him, as Rocks’s darkness swallowed God Valley and Shane began to awaken inside the cliff.

Ch. 36Deciding Victory and Defeat, Life and Death

Shane recovered enough to eat as Rocks unleashed a devastating attack on God Valley, leaving the reinforcements petrified and the strongest fighters wounded. Roger and Rayleigh rallied their crew to face Rocks, while Roger invited Shane to join his ship as the final battle began.

  • Shane emerged from the rubble, evaded the arriving Marines and pirates, and found food in the Celestial Dragons' storehouse beside John.
  • Rocks released the darkness he had absorbed, blasting across God Valley and gravely injuring the Celestial Dragons, Marines, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and others.
  • Rocks used the Love-Love Fruit's power to petrify the reinforcements trying to flee God Valley.
  • Garp rose from the rubble and vowed to keep fighting, while Roger and Rayleigh rallied the wounded Roger Pirates against Rocks.
  • Roger met Shane's gaze and invited him to join his crew as the battle's outcome approached.

Ch. 37I Am the Final Winner

Rocks battled Roger and Garp at God Valley, then ate the Op-Op Fruit to gain new powers as the fight turned desperate. Shane recorded the events, while Rocks claimed victory as he continued fighting his exhausted opponents.

  • Rocks unleashed his Dark-Dark and Love-Love Fruit powers against Roger and Garp, who fought back together despite their injuries.
  • Rocks ate the Op-Op Fruit and used ROOM and Scapegoat to evade attacks and teleport around the battlefield.
  • Shane answered a call from the Five Elders, cut it off, and began recording what happened at God Valley.
  • Rocks used his new powers to evade Garp and strike both him and Roger, then declared himself the ultimate winner.

Ch. 38Will

Rocks battered Roger and Garp while Shane recovered and questioned what he wanted from his second life. Watching Roger and Rocks fight, Shane decided he wanted everything: overwhelming strength and a powerful force of his own, and Roger and Garp began to stir again.

  • Rocks struck Roger and Garp repeatedly, leaving them battered in craters while he described the power he had wanted from the Paw-Paw Fruit.
  • Shane recovered from his injuries by eating and argued with John about having no clear ambition of his own.
  • Roger’s Haki and heartbeat resonated through God Valley as he struggled to revive his will under Rocks’s assault.
  • Shane realized he wanted everything and resolved to gain both absolute strength and a powerful force so he would not stand alone like Rocks.
  • John noticed Shane had found a direction, while Roger and Garp showed signs of stirring in their craters.

Ch. 39Devil Fruit Awakening, Darkness Paradise!

Rocks, Roger, and Garp fought through exhaustion as Rocks revealed that the D. Clan’s gathering could shake the world’s eight-hundred-year order. Rocks awakened the Dark-Dark Fruit into Darkness Paradise, turning into a humanoid abyss that began attacking every Devil Fruit User, and the chapter ended as Shane recognized it was tearing at their Lineage Factors.

  • Roger held back Rocks’s fist while Garp broke free and joined the fight.
  • Rocks spoke of the D. Clan, the Void Century, and how three members of the clan gathering at the era’s pinnacle would unsettle the world.
  • Roger and Garp continued battling Rocks, and Rocks decided to rely on his remaining strength and Devil Fruit power.
  • Rocks awakened the Dark-Dark Fruit and transformed into a humanoid mass of darkness, declaring it the ultimate combination of Haki and Devil Fruit Awakening.
  • Rocks unleashed tendrils that devoured whatever they touched and began tearing at the cells of every Devil Fruit User present, while Shane realized they were seizing Lineage Factors.

Ch. 40Plunge the seas into fear

Rocks awakened the Dark-Dark Fruit and unleashed a growing abyss that devoured God Valley and everyone in it. Roger heard Rocks inside the darkness and rallied Garp, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion to help break through.

  • Garp attacked Rocks while Roger slashed him, but Rocks split apart and sent out more Darkness Tentacles.
  • Rocks explained that awakening the Dark-Dark Fruit created an uncontrollable force that devoured friend and foe alike, and he vowed to destroy everyone in God Valley.
  • Shane, Dragon, Zephyr, Tsuru, and Captain John struggled to hold on as Rocks's darkness pulled them toward its center.
  • Rocks grew into a towering Darkness Abyss, using Haki to guide its tentacles as it spread toward the island's rock walls.
  • Roger heard Rocks deep within the abyss and said they could open a path if they combined their Haki.
  • Garp, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion joined Roger in unleashing Haki against the darkness.

Ch. 41Farewell, Rocks

Rocks’s awakened Dark-Dark Fruit engulfed God Valley, trapping the island and drawing ships into a vast whirlpool as the Five Elders sought Imu’s orders. Roger, aided by Whitebeard and Garp, found a path through the darkness and struck at Rocks, while Shane witnessed the historic confrontation.

  • Darkness Tentacles attacked the fighters, and Shane, Captain John, Zephyr, and Tsuru used Haki to resist being devoured.
  • Shane and Captain John discussed Haki’s limits and how physical condition and training affected it.
  • Rocks’s Darkness Paradise engulfed God Valley, while the whirlpool pulled fleeing ships back toward the island.
  • The Five Elders lost contact with Saint Saturn and Saint Garling, and Imu ordered them to act if Rocks won, declaring that Rocks would not survive either outcome.
  • Whitebeard and Garp lit a path for Roger, who passed through the darkness and drove his blade into the abyss as Shane heard him say, “Farewell, Rocks!”

Ch. 42Demonic Will, revived!

Roger stabbed Rocks through the heart in the Darkness Abyss, but Rocks unleashed the demonic will within Devil Fruits to make every user suffer and threaten to destroy them all. As the others resisted, Rocks wounded Roger and warned that his Darkness Erosion would steadily ruin Roger’s body.

  • Roger drove his blade into Rocks’s heart, determined to kill him before he could recover.
  • Rocks revealed that the Dark-Dark Fruit could command the demons within Devil Fruits and caused demonic will to revive inside Devil Fruit Users across God Valley.
  • Linlin helped Kaido resist the demon, while Shiki and Newgate used their awakened powers and Haki to fight Rocks’s attack.
  • Rocks mocked the others for lacking ambition and declared that awakened fruit users would suffer while the rest would die with him.
  • Rocks plunged his fingers into Roger’s abdomen and warned that Darkness Erosion would corrode Roger’s blood and worsen the more he fought.

Ch. 43The Will of D, awakening

Rocks used the awakened Dark-Dark Fruit to erode Roger’s lineage factor, then sacrificed himself to a demon and trapped the battlefield in darkness. As Roger and his allies fought to survive, Rocks’s final words pointed to the will of D awakening and being passed on.

  • Rocks inflicted an incurable lineage-factor wound on Roger and taunted him with the cost of opposing him.
  • Roger rejected Rocks’s claim that he would regret his choice, and Rocks sacrificed himself to a demon, engulfing the battlefield in darkness.
  • Rayleigh carried Roger while the Roger Pirates, Garp, and Zephyr fought off the darkness tentacles; several Marines lost control to their Devil Fruits.
  • Rocks wondered why bearers of D had gathered and urged Roger and Garp to discover the truth behind the will of D.
  • Roger heard Rocks’s final message and looked toward God Valley, where Shane was caught in the darkness as the will of D awakened and passed on.

Ch. 44His life had burned out

Rocks’s final darkness eruption tormented everyone on God Valley as they struggled to survive until his strength ran out. Shane revealed that Rocks had awakened him before dying, and he sensed that Rocks’s life had burned out as the darkness reached its peak.

  • Roger told Rayleigh that someone else could hear the Voice of All Things, then returned to the fight despite his hidden injury from Rocks.
  • Golden Lion, Linlin, Kaido, Silver Axe, Wang Zhi, Tsuru, Sengoku, and others endured the darkness erosion as Rocks’s Devil Fruit Awakening consumed his remaining life.
  • Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the dangers of Devil Fruits and the Celestial Dragons’ use of them, while John drank through the pain and spoke with Shane.
  • Shane recalled that Rocks had awakened him during his vision of a Black Dragon, allowing him to hear Rocks’s words and the voices of others.
  • Shane stood and sensed that Rocks’s life had burned out as the pain peaked and Marine Headquarters’ powerful Zoan users were consumed by demonic will.

Ch. 45The Dark Throne

Rocks formed a Dark Throne above God Valley and declared that his death would unleash a war for power across the seas. As the survivors recognized that his ambition would endure, Shane resolved to become the next king.

  • Rocks condensed the darkness into a throne and climbed its steps while his tentacles attacked the battlefield.
  • Rocks told his enemies that the world needed a king and warned that the struggle for the throne would begin after his death.
  • Sengoku realized Rocks had awakened the ambitions of the powerful, while Garp insisted they could defeat and imprison them.
  • The Rocks Pirates celebrated their captain's fall, and John asked Shane who would be the next king.
  • Shane clenched his fists and answered that he would become the next king.

Ch. 46The dark choice sealed by fate

Rocks sacrificed himself to unleash the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power across God Valley, then survived the destruction long enough to confront Shane and declare that darkness had chosen him. Rocks used his final strength to ask what choice Shane would make before turning to stone.

  • Rocks merged with the Dark Throne and unleashed darkness that tore at everyone’s lineage factors, while Shane remained unharmed.
  • The darkness swallowed God Valley and then vanished, leaving the island shattered and its survivors gravely wounded.
  • Rocks emerged alive in the crater and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, claiming he was immortal and the King of the World.
  • Rocks told Shane that the darkness had settled on him and that powerful Devil Fruits would seek him wherever they were reborn.
  • Rocks’s powers and Haki faded as he approached Shane, and his body turned to stone while he still grinned.

Ch. 47Rocks Falls

After Rocks died and the Five Elders ordered God Valley erased, the surviving pirates and Marines scattered and the Roger Pirates escaped with two Treasure Chests. Shane fled with Kaido aboard a Marine warship, where the Demon Compass rewarded him with [Mutant Physique] and his Lineage Factor began to mutate.

  • Rocks turned to stone after his death, and Shane hid a petrified Recording Den Den Mushi as proof that Rocks had existed.
  • Gaban invited Shane to join the Roger Pirates, but Shane refused while recovering; Sengoku ordered the Marines to rescue survivors and avoid provoking anyone.
  • The Five Elders ordered God Valley sealed off and Rocks erased from history, while Garp tossed two Treasure Chests to the Roger Pirates, who seized them and escaped.
  • The Rocks Pirates broke apart, with Whitebeard, Linlin, Shiki, and others leaving to pursue their own paths as the Roger Pirates emerged as the strongest crew.
  • Shane and Kaido escaped aboard a Marine warship and ate in its storeroom, while Shane's Demon Compass granted him [Mutant Physique] for surviving the God Valley Incident.
  • Shane's Lineage Factor began mutating, and he collapsed asleep as Kaido complained about being left to deal with him.

Ch. 48World Deck, that man vanished

After God Valley, the World Government concealed the battle, erased the island and rewrote history to portray Garp as the hero who defeated Rocks. As the truth vanished from public memory, Garp rejected promotion, while Chinjao, Nico Olvia, and young Morgans doubted the official story.

  • Saint Garling returned to Mary Geoise with Saint Saturn and vowed never to lose again, while the Holy Knights stayed silent about their defeat at God Valley.
  • The Five Elders carried out Imu's orders to hide God Valley, erase the battle's details, monitor Roger, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion, and hunt Rocks's descendants.
  • Marine Headquarters credited Garp with defeating Rocks, and the World Government erased God Valley from maps and rewrote the historical record.
  • Garp rejected Fleet Admiral Kong's offer to promote him to Admiral, while Chinjao questioned the official account and vowed to challenge Garp.
  • At Ohara, Nico Olvia suspected the announcement concealed history, and fifteen-year-old Morgans vowed to reveal the truth about Rocks's defeat.

Ch. 49You brought me to the Marines for a buffet?

After Shane and Kaido woke in a Marine Branch prison in West Blue, Morley and Sanjuan Wolf broke them out. With their Seastone shackles removed, Shane and Kaido set off toward the Grand Line.

  • Shane woke beside Kaido in a Marine Branch cell and learned they had been captured after falling asleep following the battle at God Valley.
  • Kaido planned to break out with Shane, while Shane insisted he would form his own pirate crew and claim the Paw-Paw Fruit Lineage Factor reward.
  • Sanjuan Wolf broke through the cell wall, and Morley used his shovel and Devil Fruit power to free the prisoners.
  • Morley collected Seastone keys, and Shane and Kaido removed their shackles and regained their strength.
  • Shane led the group out of the Marine Branch as Wolf crashed into the harbor and sent up enormous waves.

Ch. 50Moria? An apprentice at best

Dragon arrived at the Marine Branch to escort the escaped pirates, bringing along the young gangster Moria, whom he had arrested on the way. Shane invited Moria to join his crew as Dragon and Kaido unleashed their powers at the harbor, leaving Shane determined to awaken his own King's Aptitude.

  • Sanjuan Wolf grabbed and ate supplies at the harbor while Marines fired at him without effect.
  • Dragon arrived with Moria and explained that he had been sent to escort Morley and Sanjuan Wolf to Impel Down.
  • Moria declared that he would become the strongest pirate, and Dragon punched him for bullying civilians.
  • Shane invited Moria to join the Shane Pirates, irritating Moria and prompting Dragon to silence him.
  • Shane's Conqueror's Haki knocked out the Marines, then Dragon summoned a hurricane as he clashed with Kaido's Haki.
  • Moria passed out from the impact, and Shane tried to awaken the King's Aptitude within him.
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