Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A rookie pirate crew reached Twin Cape and was shipwrecked on Laboon, where they saw the overwhelming forces gathered under Shane. The crew witnessed Kaido and a woman clash, then watched Shane arrive with a fruit stall and praise someone for growing stronger before the startled rookies recognized him as the Sun God.

• A confident rookie captain led his crew through Reverse Mountain, expecting to conquer the Grand Line while powerful pirates were occupied with the Celestial Dragons.
• The crew failed to avoid Laboon and their ship was smashed, leaving survivors to scramble ashore at Twin Cape.
• The rookies saw the Kingdom of D's enormous steel ships and gathered fighters, including Kaido facing off against a tall woman.
• The crew fainted as a powerful force unleashed lightning, fierce winds, and towering waves.
• Shane flew in carrying a fruit stall, and the gathered figures told him he had grown stronger.
• The captain recognized Shane as the Sun God of the D. Clan and fell into the sea in fright.

Shane reunited with Kaido and revealed that he planned to seize the Empty Throne and break the Celestial Dragons’ will, using the Black Pearl as a new Pluton. As the coming Hunting Game approached, Kaido realized that Shane remained as reckless and forceful as ever.

• Shane gave out a crate of Devil Fruits, and Kaido’s crew selected Zoans from it.
• Kaido told Shane that the Five Elders had grown stronger and that his allies had fought them across the world.
• Shane announced that he would end the conflict and become the world’s new ruler.
• Shane explained that he had turned the Black Pearl into Pluton using the reactor and blueprints he obtained from Wano Country.
• Shane said he would smash the game board and its players rather than let the Celestial Dragons dictate the conflict, and Kaido laughed that Shane had not changed.

Shane led the Kingdom of D’s fleet toward the East Blue to attack the Celestial Dragons’ forces at Loguetown. The fleet arrived overhead as the town’s guards realized the invasion had begun.

• Shane confirmed that Garp and Dragon had infiltrated the Goa Kingdom while Roger prepared to start the battle at Loguetown.
• Shane removed the ship’s wheel from Golden Lion’s head and healed his wound, then ordered the crew to board the Black Pearl.
• Golden Lion led the aerial forces as Shane’s fleet departed for Loguetown, declaring the East Blue territory of the Kingdom of D.
• Two guards in Loguetown discussed the Celestial Dragons’ oppression and feared the Kingdom of D’s attack.
• The guards looked up as a fleet of ships darkened the sky above Loguetown.

Shane’s airborne fleet defeated the Celestial Dragons’ forces in Loguetown, and the townspeople welcomed Roger and recognized Shane as the legendary King of the World. After peace returned, Shane sampled Loguetown’s food and sailed on.

• Shane’s fleet descended over Loguetown behind his barrier, while a Celestial Dragon fled toward the ship he hoped would carry him to safety.
• A falling ship crushed the Celestial Dragon’s escape vessel, and Shane’s soldiers defeated the enemy forces and imprisoned those who surrendered.
• Fish-men waited underwater as the wounded Celestial Dragon sank, watched him die, and prepared to retrieve his body.
• Roger’s return reassured Loguetown’s residents, who recognized him as a Kingdom of D captain and speculated that Shane was the giant at the port.
• Shane sampled Loguetown’s food and then set sail again.

Shane sent his fleets across the East Blue before heading toward the Goa Kingdom, reflecting on God Valley and the shadow it had left on his companions. Meanwhile, war spread across the sea, Shanks and Buggy clashed with Yasopp, and Garp brought displaced Foosha Village residents to Dadan as the Kingdom of D approached.

• Shane ordered his fleets to split up, attack in different directions, and gather in the Goa Kingdom.
• Shane explained to Linlin that he had resurrected Rocks by restoring him to the moment before death, while Rocks fought God's Knights in the North Blue.
• Kingdom of D warships arrived at Orange Town as Shanks and Buggy challenged Yasopp to a fight.
• Garp brought the displaced people of Foosha Village to Dadan's territory, and Dadan realized the approaching group was the Kingdom of D.

Garp realized Shane intended to defeat the Five Elders and use the resulting acclaim to claim Imu’s position as the world’s new god. As a fleet gathered outside Foosha Village, the Five Elders rejected the Goa Kingdom’s nobles, and Saint Warcury spotted Shane leading the approaching ships.

• Garp recalled that the new Five Elders were not the originals and had been created through advanced Lineage Factor technology.
• Garp concluded Shane had made his ambitions known so the world would accept him as its ruler after Imu fell.
• Hundreds of ships gathered near Foosha Village as Dragon announced that the Kingdom of D had arrived.
• The Goa Kingdom’s royals and nobles begged the Five Elders to let them become Celestial Dragons, but Saint Warcury said they lacked the power that qualified the original founders.
• Saint Warcury looked out at the warships and saw Shane at their head.

Shane used his Tanuki Form to summon powerful replicas of legendary fighters, overwhelming the middle-aged Five Elders during a broadcast battle. He then replaced the summons with elderly and middle-aged versions of the Elders and ordered them to fight, while he prepared to awaken the Door-Door Fruit.

• The middle-aged Five Elders charged Shane, confident that their restored strength would let them defeat him.
• Shane summoned replicas of famous fighters, whose powerful Haki let them overpower the Elders in pairs.
• Saturn realized Shane's summons could rival the world's strongest fighters, while the Elders struggled against their opponents.
• Shane dismissed the first summons and created elderly and middle-aged versions of the Five Elders.
• Shane ordered the summoned Elders to fight the real middle-aged Elders and told the real ones to fight among themselves.

Shane turned the Celestial Dragons’ Hunting Game into a hunt against them, trapping the Goa Kingdom and using his Devil Fruit powers to overwhelm the Reverie’s forces. As commoners and allies joined the fight, Saint Nusjuro ordered the Five Elders to fuse.

• Shane called Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Rayleigh, Linlin, Kaido, Dragon, and Garp into the battle against the Five Elders and the God's Knights.
• Shane declared a hunt against the Celestial Dragons and the Reverie, offering one billion Beli or an excellent Devil Fruit for each Celestial Dragon killed.
• Shane opened escape routes with Air Doors, then sealed the Goa Kingdom beneath a Haki-coated dome while the Door-Door Fruit separated bodies, shadows, and souls and sent enemies into its alternate space.
• Shane captured another Devil Fruit Demonic Will and told the Dark-Dark Demonic Will that it would be the next fruit to awaken.
• After Shane returned to Goa Kingdom, the Five Elders faced three opponents each, some commoners joined the attack, and the battle was broadcast worldwide.
• Saint Nusjuro shouted for the Five Elders to fuse.

Shane used his awakened Door-Door Fruit and other abilities to overwhelm the Five Elders in their fused form. As the survivors fled the ruined Goa Kingdom, the Five Elders realized that Demonic Will was assailing Shane.

• Saint Saturn urged the others to fight, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter helped the Five Elders fuse into a powerful skeletal dragon-like being.
• The fused Five Elders destroyed Shane’s summons and attacked him, but their blows vanished against his distorted body as he unleashed Conqueror’s Haki.
• Shane opened a door around the Five Elders’ head, tore it away, and revealed that he had awakened the Door-Door Fruit.
• Shane used his speed and the Slow-Slow Fruit to strike the Five Elders, overwhelming them despite their strongest fused form and defenses.
• The D. Clan drove the Holy Knights from the ruined Goa Kingdom while survivors escaped through the Air Door, and the Five Elders recognized that Demonic Will was assailing Shane.

The Five Elders fused their strength into a devastating attack against Shane, but the blast failed to harm him and instead destroyed much of the island. As they kept attacking, black energy appeared beneath them and Shane identified it as the awakening of the Dark-Dark Fruit.

• The Five Elders combined their power and unleashed Fallen Starburst at Shane, determined to restore the Celestial Dragons’ rule.
• The attack spread as white light across the island, killing Celestial Dragons and destroying the surrounding land before reaching the barrier.
• Stussy, Linlin, Olvia, Kaido, Moria, Aokiji, and King discussed Shane’s chances, while Crocodile and Bullet watched in awe.
• The Five Elders continued attacking but realized Shane remained completely unscathed.
• Black energy appeared beneath the Five Elders, and Shane said the Dark-Dark Fruit was awakening.