Chapter Summaries

Shane fought Chameleon at the port, testing his Haki and pushing his strength to its limits. Their evenly matched battle left the port in ruins, and Shane searched for a higher realm of Haki as blood splattered.

• Shane challenged Chameleon to a fight, determined to strengthen his Haki through battle.
• Chameleon attacked with his Lion-Tiger form, Haki, and Door-Door Fruit, while Shane countered with lightning, Observation Haki, and his other abilities.
• Shane transformed the place where his heart had been into a lightning head to thwart Chameleon’s attempt to seize it, then tried to devour Chameleon with the Munch-Munch Fruit.
• The two abandoned their wide-area abilities and exchanged punches, demolishing the port while neither could inflict serious damage on the other.
• Chameleon taunted Shane that his Haki was too weak, and Shane searched for a higher realm of Haki amid the lightning and blood.

Shane overwhelmed Chameleon by combining his Devil Fruit powers, Haki, and extreme speed, forcing the CP0 fighter into a desperate final attack. As Chameleon unleashed a hundred Haki-coated fists through Air Doors, Shane vanished beneath the thunderclouds, leaving their decisive clash unresolved.

• Shane combined Purple Lightning, repulsion, and Haki to pierce Chameleon's shoulder and develop a faster, stronger fighting style.
• Shane used lightning-fast movement and repeated attacks to outpace Chameleon's Air Door and Observation Haki, then battered him with kicks, punches, and claws.
• Chameleon opened hundreds of Air Doors and launched more than a hundred advanced Armament Haki-coated fists at Shane.
• Shane vanished beneath the thunderclouds as he and Chameleon prepared to deliver their final blows.

Shane pushed his Hybrid Form beyond its limits by combining his Azure Dragon and Thunder God forms with his other powers, then battled CP0 chief Chameleon. Shane defeated Chameleon with Ascending Dragon: Heavenly Pillar, leaving Jaya Island silent and the battle’s outcome transformed.

• Shane transformed into a lightning-infused dragon form and shattered Chameleon's smoke-fist attacks.
• Chameleon attacked Shane with Haki and defended his service to the Celestial Dragons, while Shane mocked him and kept fighting.
• Shane's kicks grew faster, his Haki strengthened, and he used a lightning mouth to swallow Chameleon's smoke and fire a thunderstorm blast.
• Shane struck Chameleon with Ascending Dragon: Heavenly Pillar, engulfing him in a lightning dragon and crushing his will.
• Chameleon fell, and the people of Jaya Island witnessed Shane defeat the CP0 chief in a battle later called the Battle of the Ascending Dragon.

Kaido and Shane overwhelmed the CP0 agents, killing Chameleon and Mendo as Shane captured the Copy-Copy and Door-Door Fruits. After claiming the Ice-Ice Fruit, Shane faced a sudden threat when Shihu Kelin used an apprentice crew member as leverage.

• Kaido defeated the CP0 agents while Shane killed Chameleon and took the Copy-Copy Fruit.
• Mendo fled toward the tavern, hoping to seize the Ice-Ice Fruit, but Kaido and Shane cornered him.
• Kaido struck Mendo down as Shane crippled his hand and claimed the Ice-Ice Fruit from the Treasure Chest.
• Shane ate a newly formed Door-Door Fruit and explained how he planned to distribute his Devil Fruit powers among his organs.
• A bullet passed Shane as he kicked Mendo's corpse away, and Kaido raged when Shihu Kelin threatened them with an apprentice crew member.

Shane and his crew confronted CP9 chief Shihu Kelin, who held Kuzan hostage after nearly killing him. Shane’s crew overwhelmed Kelin, rescued Kuzan, and killed their opponent, prompting the marines and judicial forces to flee.

• Shihu Kelin held the gravely wounded Kuzan hostage while Shane and his crew gathered to rescue him.
• Shane had Kuma bring the fallen CP0 agents to him and stored their Devil Fruits while Kelin watched in alarm.
• When Kelin threatened Kuzan again, Shane and his crew attacked, and Shane rescued Kuzan as they struck Kelin down.
• Shane and his crew killed Kelin and took his Ancient Zoan Lion-Tiger Form Devil Fruit.
• The marines and judicial forces fled after witnessing Kelin’s death.

After Kuzan was mortally wounded, Shane saved him by having him eat the Ice-Ice Fruit and gave him the epithet Aokiji. The crew replenished its supplies and set sail for Water 7 to replace their damaged ship, while the Five Elders prepared a response to Shane and debated confronting him at Sabaody.

• Kuzan was dying from his injuries, so Shane offered him an Ancient Zoan fruit or the Ice-Ice Fruit; Kuzan chose the Ice-Ice Fruit, and Shane used his powers to help him recover.
• Shane named Kuzan Aokiji and warned him to keep training his body even with his new Logia powers.
• On Jaya, Mont Blanc Cricket decided to go to sea with his son after witnessing the battle, and the Shandia rang the Golden Bell for Shane.
• After hearing the bell, Shane ordered the crew to leave Mock Town, but Urouge pointed out that their Archaeology Ship was too damaged to keep using; Shane chose Water 7 as their destination.
• Shane received a Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire Form, from the Demon Compass.
• At Mary Geoise, the Five Elders learned that Spandine's dried-out corpse had been found on the Red Line, finalized Shane's Wanted Poster, ordered a World Military Draft, and considered acting at Sabaody.

Shane arrived in Water 7 with the Dragon Emperor Pirates and commissioned Tom to build a massive ship from Treasure Tree Adam wood. After discovering that his battered Archaeology Ship could speak, Shane decided to preserve its bow as part of the new vessel, the Black Pearl.

• Water 7's shipwrights discussed the Dragon Emperor Pirates' victory at Mock Town as Shane and his crew arrived to buy supplies and arrange shipbuilding.
• Olvia brought Shane to Tom, who agreed to build a ship the size of the Moby Dick after Shane supplied blueprints, Adam wood, and gold.
• Shane named the new ship the Black Pearl, and Tom began planning its construction with the shipwrights.
• Shane sensed something unresolved and went with Olvia to inspect the battered Archaeology Ship.
• Shane spoke to the ship, and it replied; he decided to use its bow as the core of the new ship's dragon-headed bow, while Olvia wept.

Shane prepared to leave Water 7 after briefly clashing with Red the Aloof, who judged him too weak to be worth fighting. After several days of training, Shane and his crew departed aboard the completed Black Pearl, bound for the Florian Triangle.

• Shane read alarming newspaper reports about Vegapunk's laboratory, weapons, and a mysterious race member at Sabaody Archipelago.
• Shane spotted Red the Aloof near Tom's shipbuilding company and chased him into an alley, where their Haki clashed.
• Red the Aloof used his Observation Haki to read Shane's thoughts, then left after dismissing Shane as too weak; Shane resumed eating and experimented with his Devil Fruit powers.
• Red the Aloof watched Shane from afar, reflected on his unusual abilities, and departed Water 7 by boat.
• Shane trained in Haki and his Devil Fruit powers for several days while Tom completed the crew's gigantic treasure ship.
• Shane and his crew set sail from Water 7 aboard the Black Pearl, heading for the Florian Triangle, as Tom said he had also heard the Klabautermann's voice.

Shane gained the Gum-Gum Fruit’s powers while the Black Pearl sailed into the Florian Triangle. The crew encountered Byrnndi World’s ship near Vegapunk’s floating laboratory and Brook’s vessel, and Kaido prepared for a fight.

• Ginny warned the crew that they had entered the Florian Triangle, and Moria complained about the gloomy mist.
• Kaido read about Vegapunk’s laboratory and identified Queen and a young Lunarian as targets for his crew.
• Shane completed the synthesis of his demonic spleen and stomach, gaining the Gum-Gum Fruit’s powers.
• Shane planned to synthesize the Copy-Copy Fruit with his liver as the Black Pearl pushed through the mist.
• Ginny spotted three ships, including Byrnndi World’s pirate ship, and Morley recognized World as an old adversary.
• Kaido woke at the sight of Byrnndi World, while World, Stussy, and Brook noticed the Black Pearl.

Kaido challenged Byrnndi World and discovered that World’s peak strength still surpassed his own. Shane left their fight to raid the laboratory ship for the Lineage Factor and an Artificial Devil Fruit prototype, where Caesar and Gairam confronted him.

• Kaido rushed to fight Byrnndi World after Shane gave him permission to test the legendary pirate’s strength.
• World’s amplified speed let him dodge Kaido’s Thunder Bagua and punch Kaido in the stomach, sending him flying.
• Kaido enjoyed the fight, while Shane concluded that World had weakened during his decades frozen in Impel Down.
• Shane entered the fortress-like laboratory ship seeking the Lineage Factor and the first Artificial Devil Fruit prototype.
• Caesar and Gairam confronted Shane as Brook played piano nearby.

Shane defeated Gairam and captured Caesar after they underestimated him, but Marine warships attacked the Seagull Laboratory. Using Mantra, Shane spotted the approaching fleet and realized Tsuru was not leading it.

• Gairam and Caesar mocked Shane and boasted about their Devil Fruit powers and the strength of their captains.
• Shane unleashed his lightning and Haki, destroying Gairam’s cubes and driving Caesar’s gas back.
• Gairam attacked Shane, but Shane pierced his abdomen and knocked him unconscious with one blow.
• Shane seized Caesar by the throat and used Observation Haki and Armament Haki to capture him.
• Marine cannon fire struck the Seagull Laboratory, and Shane used Mantra to locate the approaching warships.
• Caesar said Tsuru had been pursuing them, but Shane saw that someone else was leading the fleet.

Zephyr launched a Buster Call against Shane and Vegapunk’s floating laboratory after Tsuru captured Vegapunk. As the bombardment began, Shane reached the laboratory’s core and found Queen, Stussy, Judge, and Caesar there.

• Zephyr returned from the North Blue with Marine recruits Sakazuki and Borsalino, whom he warned about Shane and Kaido.
• Zephyr received confirmation from Tsuru that there were no civilians in the laboratory and ordered the Buster Call.
• Tsuru seized Vegapunk from Judge, leaving Judge dazed after using the Wash-Wash Fruit on him.
• The Marines began bombarding the laboratory while Shane entered its core and found Caesar, Queen, Stussy, and Judge.
• Caesar offered to reveal the laboratory’s research, while Stussy and Queen called out to Shane.
• Shane discovered that Queen had become his fan and wore a shirt printed with Shane’s face.

Shane raided Seagull Laboratory for its research records and took Queen, Stussy, and Caesar with him as the Marines’ Buster Call threatened the battlefield. With Zephyr and Tsuru joining the attack, Shane prepared to test his strength against them.

• Queen fawned over Shane and offered to develop weapons for him, then led him to the laboratory’s central records room.
• Caesar begged Shane for mercy, while Stussy asked to travel with him to the New World and proposed a deal to preserve her youth.
• Shane swallowed the laboratory’s research results and equipment, while Judge fled toward the North Blue with some records.
• Shane ordered Queen to stuff Caesar into an Oak Barrel and escaped the laboratory with Queen and Stussy.
• They reached the deck as Kaido and Bondi fought and the Dragon Emperor Pirates battled the Marines’ Buster Call.
• Stussy urged them to run from Zephyr and Tsuru, but Shane gave the barrel to Queen and readied lightning to fight.

Brook was trapped by the Buster Call, but Kuzan froze the sea to protect Shane’s crew and keep the Marines at bay. Shane led his allies into battle against the Marines, where he faced Zephyr.

• Brook fled his sinking ship but found the sea surrounded by Marine Battleships, and Kuzan saved him from a cannon blast before freezing the waters.
• Shane ordered Sanjuan Wolf and Morley to defend the Black Pearl while the rest of his crew attacked the Marines.
• Olvia used Shane’s weapons documents to assemble new High-Tech Weapons, while Stussy introduced herself to her.
• Queen charged Borsalino, and Kuzan blocked Sakazuki’s attack on Shane; Sakazuki struck the ice and had to be rescued by a Vice Admiral.
• Tsuru led Marines against the World Pirates as Shane confronted Zephyr and called him “Purple Hair.”

Shane fought Admiral Zephyr and assessed how his strength compared with the New World's top fighters. After surviving Zephyr's attacks, Shane vowed to develop advanced Haki before his sixteenth birthday as the battle continued.

• Zephyr confronted Shane on the ice and threatened to send him to Impel Down, while Marines and elite Vice Admirals joined the attack.
• Shane invited Zephyr to join his pirate crew, then used his rubber body, lightning, Haki, and Paw-Paw abilities to evade Zephyr and the Vice Admirals.
• Zephyr intercepted Shane's attacks, struck him repeatedly, and kicked off his lower leg, which Shane restored with lightning.
• Shane endured Zephyr's blows and judged his strength to be near the peak of the All-Stars and Sweet Commanders, but below an Emperor's first mate.
• Shane said he wanted to gain advanced Haki as a birthday present before turning sixteen, while Zephyr prepared to keep fighting.

Shane fought Admiral Zephyr and used the battle to push his Haki and abilities further, while resolving to pursue eternal life and greater strength. After expelling the damage he had endured onto the elite vice admirals, Shane prepared a compressed, elastic attack as Zephyr ordered his allies to withdraw.

• Shane clashed with Zephyr, who used advanced Haki and speed to block his attacks and strike his true body.
• Shane reflected on the weakness of aging and resolved to obtain eternal life.
• Shane distracted Zephyr with an explosive combination of lightning, flames, and compressed air, but Zephyr countered it with a ranged Haki attack.
• Shane expelled his accumulated pain and fatigue onto several elite vice admirals while Zephyr was occupied, forcing them out of the fight.
• Shane compressed his elastic body to build power for a decisive attack, and Zephyr recognized that Shane had found a gap in his defenses and ordered the vice admirals to withdraw.

Shane fought Zephyr and pushed his strength to the limit, using their clash to sharpen his Haki. As Zephyr began to consider killing him, Shane welcomed the threat and continued fighting through his injuries.

• Shane used his Thunder Tyrant form to match Zephyr's speed and strike him with a Haki-charged blow that cratered the ice.
• The elite Vice Admirals recognized that Shane's combined fruit powers, recovery, and Haki put him beyond their reach.
• Shane urged Zephyr to fight without holding back, explaining that surrender would leave him at the mercy of the Celestial Dragons.
• Zephyr accused Shane of being consumed by the will of Rocks and struck harder as Shane argued that the God Valley battle had changed them all.
• Zephyr felt an urge to kill Shane, who smiled through his pain and coughing blood, happy that Zephyr had finally made that decision.

Shane fought Zephyr while challenging the justice he upheld in service of the Celestial Dragons, forcing him to confront the compromises he had long known about. After Zephyr defended the Marines’ role and revealed the Celestial Dragons’ formidable forces, Shane’s Haki evolved into Violet Haki, and he prepared to attack.

• Zephyr’s Armament Haki surged as he attacked Shane, who accused him of being lost and questioned the justice of protecting the Celestial Dragons.
• Shane asked whether Zephyr would still defend the Celestial Dragons if they killed civilians, and Zephyr angrily argued that the Marines protected people from pirates despite having to bow to their superiors.
• Zephyr explained that the Holy Knights, the Five Elders, and the Celestial Dragons’ many allied nations made opposing them far more dangerous than Shane understood.
• Shane endured Zephyr’s blows, healing his battered body and trading punches with him until their collision tore through a warship.
• Shane used his remaining strength to restore himself, developed pale violet Haki beyond his hardened dragon scales, and announced his Advanced Armament Haki as he pointed at Zephyr.

Shane awakened advanced Armament Haki and fought Zephyr, whose overwhelming Justice Shock battered him despite his desperate counterattack. Zephyr declared his mission was to prepare a stronger Marine generation, while Shane warned that waiting ten years would cost lives in the Celestial Dragons’ Hunting Games.

• Shane’s violet Haki emerged as advanced Armament Haki, and Zephyr warned that Shane would have to endure his accumulated pain if he could no longer transfer it.
• Zephyr attacked Shane, and Shane’s violet Haki fused with purple lightning and dyed his Lunarian flames purple.
• Shane and Zephyr exchanged blows as Zephyr unleashed Purple-Hair: Justice Shock, shattering the ice and knocking Marines aside.
• Zephyr said he would spend his life preparing a stronger Marine generation so they could one day enforce justice.
• Shane countered with all his strength but was battered by Zephyr’s larger, more powerful Haki, then warned that three unaffiliated countries might be destroyed in the Celestial Dragons’ Hunting Games within ten years.

Shane fought Zephyr until his body was shattered and he could no longer move, but he remained defiant as Zephyr prepared to kill him. A colossal creature in the Florian Triangle intervened, giving Shane a chance to recover while Bondi launched an enlarged, accelerated Marine battleship toward it and Kaido moved to save Shane.

• Zephyr overwhelmed Shane with thousands of punches and sent him crashing into the colossal being hidden in the Florian Triangle's fog.
• Shane realized the towering creature had saved him and transferred his pain and exhaustion to its knee.
• Zephyr found Shane unable to move and prepared to kill him, while Shane asked him to protect the Sorbet Kingdom if he died.
• As Zephyr struck, the colossal creature slapped its knee, unleashing powerful wind that forced Zephyr to defend himself.
• Shane used the opening to stretch and turn into electricity, while Zephyr accused him of planning the creature's intervention.
• Bondi enlarged and accelerated a Marine battleship toward the colossal being, and Kaido intercepted a tiny black speck while trying to save Shane.