Chapter Summaries

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!”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At the Marine Branch, Kaido transformed into an azure dragon and clashed with Dragon, while Shane deliberately unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki for the first time. A reporter captured Shane facing Dragon with Kaido looming behind him, leaving Kaido annoyed at being used as a backdrop.

• Dragon declared that Kaido was not his opponent and focused on Shane, who had awakened Conqueror’s Haki at God Valley.
• Kaido became enraged when Dragon called him Shane’s crewmate and transformed into an enormous azure dragon.
• Sanjuan Wolf reached for Kaido, but Morley raised the harbor to block him; Kaido then fired a Bolo Breath at Dragon.
• Dragon countered Kaido’s flame with a gale that extinguished it, revealing his newly acquired wind Devil Fruit power.
• Shane stepped forward and deliberately unleashed his dark-purple Conqueror’s Haki as a reporter photographed him facing Dragon with Kaido behind him.
• Kaido complained that Shane had used him as a backdrop.

Shane and Kaido fought their way out of a Marine Branch, while Shane invited Dragon to join his crew and seek a path beyond piracy or serving the Celestial Dragons. The crew escaped by ship, leaving Dragon behind, hesitant as he considered Shane’s words.

• Kaido charged the Marines in anger, while Shane’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out more of them and Sanjuan Wolf toppled their captain.
• Morley assembled a makeshift ship from the ground, warships, and sails, using Sanjuan Wolf as its mast.
• Shane fought Dragon with Rokushiki and Haki, and challenged his belief that justice could be served within the Marines.
• Shane invited Dragon to sail with him and uncover the truths hidden by the Celestial Dragons, but Dragon answered with a storm of wind blades.
• Kaido carried Shane toward the ship as they fled, while Shane called to the hesitant Dragon to pursue what he wanted.

Shane set sail with Kaido, Morley, Wolf, and Moria after declaring himself captain of the newly founded Shane Pirates, though the crew disagreed over their plans and destination. Their ship drifted into the Flower Country, where Chinjao learned that Whitebeard and an unidentified giant ship were approaching.

• Dragon resolved to build his strength and gather like-minded Marines before questioning the world, then watched Shane’s ship leave the Marine Branch.
• Shane announced the founding of the Shane Pirates and claimed the captaincy, but Kaido, Morley, and Moria objected to his plans and leadership.
• Wolf hung Shane’s improvised pirate flag on his head, while Morley covered the unconscious Moria inside a small room made from the ship’s floor.
• Kaido urged the crew to return to Hachinosu, but Shane asked where they were and whether anyone knew how to sail as the crew ate and their ship drifted through the West Blue.
• The ship entered the waters of the Flower Country, where Chinjao heard that Whitebeard’s flag and an unidentified giant ship had appeared nearby.

Whitebeard’s crew stopped at Flower Country, where Chinjao challenged him, while Shane’s ship arrived nearby with Kaido, Moria, and giants aboard. Whitebeard spotted Shane and the others as the harbor shook from the fight.

• Marco asked Whitebeard whether they would resupply in Flower Country, and Whitebeard recognized Chinjao as the fighter approaching the harbor.
• Chinjao rushed toward Whitebeard and challenged him, prompting Whitebeard to leap from the ship to meet him.
• Marco noticed Shane’s enormous ship approaching while he kept the young Jozu from rushing into Whitebeard’s fight.
• Shane’s crew reached Flower Country, and Kaido sensed Whitebeard’s Haki before transforming into a dragon and driving the ship toward shore.
• Whitebeard’s punch shook the harbor, and he spotted Shane, Kaido, and the giants aboard the battered ship.

Whitebeard and Chinjao fought in Flower Country until Kaido and Shane arrived with their crew. A newspaper revealed Shane’s first bounty was 100 million Beli, while Moria received only 10,000, leaving Kaido furious at how he appeared on Shane’s Wanted Poster.

• Chinjao attacked Whitebeard with Hasshoken, but Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Haki overwhelmed him and shook Flower Country.
• Chinjao and Whitebeard clashed again, and Whitebeard sent Chinjao crashing through more than a dozen buildings.
• Kaido arrived in his dragon form and fired a Bolo Breath at Whitebeard, eager to test his new strength.
• Shane appeared with Sanjuan Wolf, Morley, Moria, and the giants as Chinjao questioned who he was.
• A News Coo dropped Wanted Posters showing Shane’s bounty at 100 million Beli and Moria’s at 10,000 Beli.
• Kaido raged at his Wanted Poster, which showed him circling behind Shane, while Moria lamented his tiny bounty and ruined fruit.

Shane’s crew clashed with Whitebeard and Chinjao while Shane received the Paw-Paw Fruit Lineage Factor and Moria accidentally ate the Shadow-Shadow Fruit. The chapter ended with Chinjao charging Shane and Shane firing a Pressure Cannon.

• Marco recognized Shane from God Valley and warned the Whitebeard Pirates that he was a dangerous monster.
• Whitebeard blocked Kaido’s Bolo Breath with a tremor, while Kaido confronted Shane about becoming captain.
• Shane completed his destiny choice and received the Paw-Paw Fruit Lineage Factor, then briefly collapsed as his crew protected him.
• Moria accidentally ate the Shadow-Shadow Fruit and discovered that he could manipulate darkness, while Shane explained that he had become a Devil Fruit user.
• Whitebeard sent his crew to buy supplies as Chinjao charged Shane, who answered with a Pressure Cannon.

Shane fought Chinjao using the Paw-Paw Fruit, whose power Whitebeard and Kaido initially mistook for a Mythical Zoan ability. As Chinjao pressed his attack, Shane unleashed a devastating lightning-charged pressure sphere and vanished with the fruit’s advanced ability.

• Chinjao attacked Shane with Hasshoken, but Shane blocked him with a paw-shaped Pressure Cannon.
• Shane and Chinjao exchanged attacks, with their clashes destroying the harbor’s paving, buildings, beach, seawater, and trees.
• Shane compressed a vast sphere of air and added purple lightning while Chinjao charged with his pointed head coated in Armament Haki.
• Whitebeard remarked that Shane’s talent made him want to protect him, and Marco noted that Whitebeard wanted him to join their crew.
• Shane’s Ursus Shock: Thunderstorm Field collided with Chinjao’s attack and unleashed a destructive paw-shaped shockwave infused with purple lightning.
• As Chinjao tried to continue attacking through the damage, Shane vanished using the Paw-Paw Fruit’s ability to repel people and all things.

Chinjao awakened the higher truth of the Hasshoken Secret Technique and renewed his assault on Shane, who fought back with his Hybrid Form and Paw-Paw Fruit powers. Their battle devastated the harbor as both pushed toward a decisive breakthrough.

• Chinjao endured Shane’s attacks, declared his resolve to claim the Ice Treasure, and awakened a higher level of Armament Haki tied to Hasshoken.
• Whitebeard explained that Chinjao’s pale green Haki represented an advanced level, while he shielded the spectators from the battle’s shockwaves.
• Shane asked Chinjao where he would travel, then entered his Hybrid Form and prepared to test Chinjao while mastering Observation Haki.
• Chinjao attacked with the truth of Hasshoken, and Shane countered with Purple Lightning, Paw-Paw Fruit impacts, and his dragon tail.
• Chinjao and Shane exchanged powerful techniques as their clashes wrecked the harbor, knocked civilians unconscious, and collapsed buildings.

Shane battled Chinjao at the Happo Navy harbor, mastering Observation Haki and awakening Conqueror’s Haki before defeating him with the Paw-Paw Fruit. Whitebeard invited Shane to become his son, while Chinjao was sent flying toward the approaching ships carrying Garp and Sengoku.

• Marco asked Whitebeard about Shane and Chinjao’s fight, and Whitebeard invited Shane to become his son if he won.
• Kaido rebuked Moria for wanting to interfere, prompting Moria to eat a piece of Chinjao’s shadow and resolve to become stronger.
• Shane mastered Observation Haki during the battle and clashed with Chinjao in a series of destructive attacks.
• Chinjao awakened his Conqueror’s Haki, but Shane revealed his own and overwhelmed him with a Paw-Paw Fruit strike.
• Shane sent Chinjao flying toward the ships carrying Garp and Sengoku, while Whitebeard and Kaido watched in surprise.

After defeating Chinjao, Shane prepared to sail to Ohara with Kaido while the Demon Compass searched for a new choice. Whitebeard departed for the Grand Line, warning that their next meeting would make them enemies, and Sengoku and Garp pursued Shane’s crew toward Ohara.

• Shane used the Paw-Paw Fruit to launch the unconscious Chinjao into the sea, where a tiger-toothed whale swallowed him.
• Shane ordered the crew to replenish their supplies at the Flower Country port while the Demon Compass began spinning again.
• Whitebeard told Shane and Kaido to refit their ship at Ohara, declared they would be enemies when they next met, and warned that Sengoku and Garp were nearby.
• Shane and Kaido discovered the battle had destroyed the Flower Country’s maritime facilities, so they set sail for Ohara using a Happo Navy Log Pose.
• Sengoku and Garp reached the ruined port, learned Shane’s crew had gone to Ohara, and turned their warships in pursuit.
• That night, the Demon Compass stopped in the same direction as the Log Pose and announced that a fate singularity had appeared.