Recaps

Zoro fought Enel, awakened Observation Haki under pressure, and used it to overcome Enel’s lightning attacks. He left Enel badly wounded but nearly exhausted.

• Enel attacked Zoro with lightning, and Zoro took heavy damage while struggling to land another hit.
• Zoro closed his eyes and awakened Observation Haki just before Enel’s Thunderbird struck, then split the attack with a sword slash.
• Zoro used Observation Haki to evade Enel’s Lightning Dragon, prompting Enel to realize Zoro had awakened Mantra.
• Zoro charged through Enel’s Discharge with a 108 Pound Phoenix and wounded him with Oni Giri.
• Zoro nearly collapsed from exhaustion as Enel unleashed a 100 million volt Discharge.

Zoro collapsed after fighting Enel, and Luffy arrived to take over while Xia Chen watched over the injured swordsman. Luffy used his immunity to lightning and Enel’s attacks to practice Observation Haki, leaving Enel increasingly frustrated as Luffy began dodging even with his eyes closed.

• Enel prepared to kill the badly injured Zoro, but Luffy punched him away and took over the fight.
• Zoro fell asleep while Xia Chen stayed beside him to keep him safe.
• Luffy’s immunity to lightning let him repeatedly strike Enel, who grew desperate after his attacks proved ineffective.
• Enel activated Mantra and dodged Luffy’s attacks, prompting Luffy to recognize it as Observation Haki and use the fight for practice.
• Enel discovered Luffy’s weakness to slashing attacks and charged with his trident, but Luffy kept dodging to improve his Observation Haki.
• Luffy eventually closed his eyes and continued evading Enel’s attacks, leaving Enel stunned.

Luffy mastered Observation Haki and defeated Enel while Xia Chen and the others watched. After killing Enel, Xia Chen tested whether the Rumble-Rumble Fruit would reincarnate into nearby fruit, and one pineapple transformed.

• Luffy thanked Enel for helping him master Observation Haki, then fought him with his eyes open.
• Sanji, Nami, and Robin joined Xia Chen and watched Luffy battle Enel while Zoro rested nearby.
• Luffy landed a Gum-Gum Rifle that knocked Enel unconscious and defeated him.
• Xia Chen kicked Luffy away from a basket of fruit, then crushed Enel's neck to kill him.
• A pineapple in Xia Chen's basket changed into a blue fruit with lightning stripes, confirming his experiment worked.

Xia Chen successfully recreated the Rumble-Rumble Fruit after Enel’s death and offered it to the crew. After the others declined, Nami decided to eat it.

• Xia Chen revealed that Enel’s power had turned a nearby fruit into the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and explained his theory about Devil Fruits reappearing after their users died.
• Xia Chen kicked the sleeping Zoro, who woke and started a fight with Sanji instead of confronting Xia Chen.
• Chopper and Usopp arrived, and Xia Chen gathered the crew to discuss the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp declined the fruit, each for his own reasons.
• Nami considered the chance to become stronger and told Xia Chen that she would eat the fruit.

Nami ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and produced only a tiny spark, then knocked Zoro out with Conqueror's Coating when he mocked her. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji challenged Xia Chen to test their strength, and their opening attacks failed to harm him.

• Nami took a bite of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and discovered she could make only a tiny arc of electricity.
• Zoro mocked Nami's weak display, so Nami used Conqueror's Coating to defeat him.
• Luffy asked Xia Chen for a fight, and Zoro and Sanji joined the challenge.
• Xia Chen set up a barrier for the others to watch as he faced Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji.
• Luffy and Sanji hurt themselves striking Xia Chen, while Zoro's swords cut only his clothes and left his body unharmed.
• Xia Chen taunted the three fighters and said their attacks were too weak to interest him.

Xia Chen overwhelmed Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji in a fight, even after they unveiled stronger techniques. He sent all three crashing to the ground, and Chopper went to treat them after Xia Chen promised him cotton candy.

• Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy attacked Xia Chen, but he easily blocked their moves and knocked them down repeatedly.
• Luffy activated Gear Second and surprised Xia Chen with his speed and stronger punches, but Xia Chen endured his attacks and struck him down.
• Zoro used his Nine-Sword Style, Sanji activated Diable Jambe, and Luffy used Gear Third as they attacked Xia Chen together.
• Xia Chen countered with Thunder Bagua, leaving all three injured and sprawled on the ground.
• Chopper scolded Xia Chen for giving him more patients, then went to treat the three after Xia Chen promised him cotton candy.

Xia Chen revealed the Golden Bell, and Luffy rang it to prove the City of Gold existed and clear Noland’s name. The sound reached the Shandia, Gan Fall, and Cricket, while Xia Chen kept the bell and Gan Fall hurried to announce Enel’s death.

• Xia Chen showed Luffy and the others the Golden Bell and asked Luffy to ring it for Cricket.
• Luffy struck the bell with a Giant Elephant Gun, and its ringing spread across Sky Island and down to the Blue Sea.
• The Shandia elder recognized the sound as the Light of Shandora, and Wyper wondered whether Luffy and the others had lit it.
• Gan Fall heard the island’s song and rushed to Upper Yard, while Cricket recognized the Golden Bell’s ringing and rejoiced that Noland had not been a liar.
• Xia Chen returned the Golden Bell to his System Space and told Gan Fall that Enel was dead.
• Gan Fall flew off to tell Angel Island the news, and Luffy suggested that the group explore more of the island.

After defeating Enel, Xia Chen and the others left Sky Island, descended through the clouds, and admired the sunset. Days later, while the crew fished at sea, Zoro spotted something on the horizon.

• Luffy and the others said goodbye to Conis, her father, and Gan Fall before sailing away from Angel Island aboard the Going Merry.
• Xia Chen punched holes through the White-White Sea and White Sea, slowing the Going Merry's fall and then carrying it down with the Flying Nimbus.
• The crew watched the sunset as they descended, then spent several days at sea without reaching another island.
• Xia Chen blasted fish out of the water after failing to catch any, then scolded Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper for teasing him.
• Zoro, keeping watch at the bow, said he saw something out at sea.

Luffy and the crew opened a barrel marked as an offering to the Sea God, triggering a flare that may have drawn attention to them. After Nami steered the ship through a storm, Xia Chen identified their location as the Florian Triangle, the Devil's Sea where over a hundred ships disappear each year.

• Luffy, Usopp, Nami, Robin, and the others found an offering barrel, and Nami explained that it held provisions meant for the gods.
• Luffy prayed, then opened the barrel and was blasted away when a flare shot into the sky.
• Robin warned that the flare might have alerted someone to their presence, while Zoro and Sanji welcomed the chance to fight whoever came.
• Nami sensed an approaching storm and directed the crew to safety at its edge.
• Xia Chen identified the surrounding sea as the Florian Triangle, and Robin said more than a hundred ships disappeared there each year.

The Straw Hats encountered a ghost ship in the Florian Triangle, where stories of ghosts, skeletons, and zombies terrified Nami, Usopp, and Chopper but excited Luffy and the others. Xia Chen stayed with Nami at first, then sent a clone to join the group aboard the ghost ship, where they met a moving skeleton.

• Robin said ships and crews had disappeared in the Florian Triangle because ghosts killed anyone who entered, and Xia Chen confirmed that ghosts, living skeletons, and zombies existed there.
• A strange laugh sounded through the fog as a ghost ship approached the Going Merry, frightening Nami, Usopp, and Chopper while Luffy and the others eagerly anticipated exploring it.
• Luffy swung over to the ghost ship, and Zoro, Sanji, and Robin followed; Xia Chen agreed to stay aboard the Going Merry after Nami clung to him.
• Xia Chen revealed that he had sent a clone to the ghost ship, where Robin, Sanji, and the others heard footsteps and saw a dark figure approach.
• The figure emerged as a moving skeleton, and Luffy cried out in shock.

The Straw Hats met Brook, a polite but eccentric living skeleton who accepted Luffy’s invitation to join the crew before learning about Laboon. Brook then revealed he could not leave the waters, and Xia Chen invited him to explain aboard the Going Merry.

• Zoro and Sanji took fighting stances when Brook appeared, but he greeted the Straw Hats politely and joked with them.
• Brook asked to see Robin’s panties, and Sanji kicked him, sending him flying.
• Luffy invited Brook to join the crew, and Brook readily agreed despite Sanji’s objections.
• Sanji recognized Brook, and Luffy told him that Laboon had been waiting for his old pirate crew and had kept ramming the Red Line.
• Brook thanked Luffy for stopping Laboon, then accepted Luffy’s invitation to sail around the world and return to Laboon.
• Brook remembered he could not leave the waters, so Xia Chen invited him to explain the reason aboard the Going Merry.

Luffy brought Brook aboard the Going Merry, where the crew learned how Brook had returned to life as a skeleton and discovered that his shadow had been stolen. Brook said he could not leave the foggy sea until he got it back, but Luffy offered to help, and Brook revealed that Gecko Moria had taken his shadow.

• Brook introduced himself to the frightened crew, and Luffy announced that he had invited Brook to join the crew.
• Brook explained that the Revive-Revive Fruit had returned his soul to the living world after his body had decayed, leaving him a skeleton.
• Usopp noticed Brook had no shadow, and Brook explained that a man had stolen it and that sunlight would turn him to ashes.
• Brook said he had to remain in the fog-shrouded sea until he reclaimed his shadow, and Luffy offered to help him.
• Brook warned that the man was too powerful to risk the crew's lives, then revealed that Gecko Moria had stolen his shadow.

Xia Chen explained Gecko Moria’s standing among the Shichibukai and promised Brook the crew would help recover his shadow. When ghosts appeared, Xia Chen detected and seized the invisible Absalom, one of Moria’s subordinates, and confronted him.

• Xia Chen identified Gecko Moria as the likely thief of Brook’s shadow and explained that the Shichibukai varied greatly in strength.
• Luffy promised to help Brook get his shadow back, but Brook admitted he did not know where Moria was.
• Xia Chen sensed that their target had arrived and led the crew outside, where they saw ghosts flying around.
• Xia Chen used his senses to find the invisible Absalom and grabbed him by the throat, while the crew detected his faint presence with Observation Haki.
• Absalom struggled and warned Xia Chen that he served Moria, but Xia Chen stared at him coldly and asked if he thought he was afraid.

Xia Chen killed Absalom aboard the Going Merry and obtained the Clear-Clear Fruit, which Sanji declined. Brook revealed that they were inside Thriller Bark and left to deal with his stolen shadow himself.

• Xia Chen dispersed Perona’s ghost avatar with Haki, injuring Perona and prompting her to hurry to warn Moria about Absalom.
• Xia Chen shattered Absalom’s bones, killed him, and kicked his body into the sea.
• Xia Chen’s fruit basket transformed an apple into the Clear-Clear Fruit, but Sanji tossed it back and Xia Chen stored it away.
• Brook identified Absalom as one of Moria’s top officers and explained that the crew had entered Thriller Bark after opening the floating barrel.
• Brook jumped from the Going Merry and ran across the sea, telling the crew he would retrieve his shadow himself.

Luffy led the crew onto Thriller Bark to help Brook recover his shadow, while Xia Chen gained a major increase in strength from a system check-in. After the crew encountered and fought a three-headed beast, Perona warned Moria that their new prey had overwhelmed her and Absalom.

• Luffy insisted that the crew enter Thriller Bark, claiming they had a duty to help their friend Brook, and everyone set off despite Usopp and Chopper's protests.
• Xia Chen checked in at Thriller Bark, upgrading his Indestructible Vajra Body to advanced and reaching a physique he compared to Kaido's.
• The crew encountered a three-headed beast in a gloomy alley, and it bit Luffy before he persuaded it to release him.
• Luffy struck the beast after it let him go, while the crew watched.
• Perona told Moria that she and Absalom had been defeated by the newcomers and that she had seen Xia Chen crush her ghost.
• A subordinate arrived to report that he had learned the newcomers' identities.

Moria learned that the Straw Hat Pirates, led by the powerful Xia Chen, had captured Absalom and decided to confront them. Meanwhile, Luffy and the others explored Thriller Bark and wondered where Brook had gone before Nami remembered she had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

• Moria dismissed his zombie messenger’s warnings until he learned the enemy was the Straw Hat Pirates and that Xia Chen had a two-billion bounty.
• Moria stripped the messenger of his shadow, then blamed his underlings for provoking Xia Chen and worried about Absalom.
• Moria ordered Perona to wake the zombie generals so they could set out to find Absalom.
• Luffy rode and punched a howling three-headed zombie dog while Xia Chen, Sanji, and the others discussed Brook and his missing shadow.
• Nami grabbed Xia Chen in fear, then remembered that she had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, leaving the others stunned.

Nami tested her Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers on the zombies of Thriller Bark and found she could destroy them with lightning. After Xia Chen disappeared, the others hurried after Nami while Xia Chen investigated a lavish tomb.

• Nami blasted a path through the forest with her Thunder Beast, and Luffy chased after the fleeing trees to recruit them.
• Nami punched Luffy away from a tree-spirit zombie, then killed it with Thunder Finger as it ran from him.
• Nami faced a cemetery horde and drove the zombies away with repeated lightning attacks.
• Zoro noticed Xia Chen had disappeared, and the crew followed Nami while Usopp and Chopper hurried after them.
• Xia Chen stood before a lavish tomb and wondered what was inside.

Xia Chen discovered a man sleeping in a coffin beneath the ground, only to learn that the man was Rocks D. Zebek, whose immense Conqueror’s Haki shook Xia Chen’s confidence in how well he understood the world. Meanwhile, Nami and the others encountered a powerful group of zombies after Xia Chen disappeared.

• Xia Chen followed a presence through an underground corridor and opened a coffin with his clone.
• A man awakened in the coffin and overwhelmed Xia Chen with his powerful Conqueror’s Haki.
• The man introduced himself as Rocks, and Xia Chen recognized him as Rocks D. Zebek and asked to question him.
• Nami and the others regrouped after fleeing zombies, and Nami explained away Xia Chen’s disappearance.
• Nami’s lightning attack was cut apart by a sword-wielding zombie, so she sent Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to fight the group.

Moria confronted the Straw Hats, learned Xia Chen was away, and demanded to know where Absalom was before ordering his zombie generals to attack. As the crew struggled against the zombies, Ryuma appeared behind Nami and struck her with a sword technique.

• Moria arrived with Perona and Hogback, confirmed that he controlled the zombies, and asked where Xia Chen was.
• Moria revealed Xia Chen's bounty had risen to two billion after defeating Golden Lion, then asked the Straw Hats where Absalom was.
• Luffy blurted out that Xia Chen had killed Absalom, while Nami said Absalom was aboard their ship; Moria believed Luffy and vowed to avenge his subordinate.
• Moria ordered the zombie generals to attack, and Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Robin, and the others fought them.
• Nami recognized the kimono-clad zombie as the swordsman Ryuma, then realized he had appeared behind her and used Hanauta Sancho: Yahazu Giri.

Nami used her lightning to finish off the zombie generals while Zoro and the others fought them, and Zoro and Nami combined their powers to defeat Perona as well. Zoro claimed Ryuma’s sword, Shusui, before a huge red humanoid creature emerged from the castle.

• Nami realized the zombies could not use Armament Haki and helped Luffy’s group by striking down the zombie generals they knocked over.
• Moria sent Perona to attack the group with her Negative Hollows, while he went to wake someone and Hogback followed him.
• Zoro swept the zombie generals and Perona into the air with his Three-Sword Style: Black Rope Dragon Twister, and Nami electrified the tornado, defeating them.
• Zoro identified Ryuma’s sword as Shusui, one of the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords, and claimed it for himself.
• A violent tremor shook the castle, and an enormous red humanoid creature burst through its wall.

Xia Chen learned from Rocks that Imu had killed Rocks and that Imu would target Xia Chen because he possessed divinity. Meanwhile, Luffy and the others confronted Oars, the giant zombie animated by Moria’s shadow, and braced for his attack.

• Xia Chen asked Rocks why he had lured him to the mausoleum, and Rocks proposed joining forces against Imu.
• Rocks claimed Imu had killed him, then controlled his body during the battle with Roger and Garp, and said only people like him and Xia Chen could hurt Imu.
• Xia Chen questioned why he should oppose the World Government, and Rocks revealed that Imu would want to kill him because he possessed divinity.
• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Robin, Usopp, and Chopper charged toward the enormous giant while Xia Chen remained with Rocks.
• Moria identified the giant as Oars and said he had merged Oars with his own shadow before swinging a fist at the crew.

The Straw Hat Pirates teamed up against Oars, while Xia Chen learned from Rocks that Imu would eventually target him and agreed to seek a way to defeat Imu. Xia Chen left to rejoin his companions, and Rocks stayed behind in his coffin.

• Oars knocked the Straw Hat Pirates aside, but they combined their attacks to topple him and send him crashing through Moria’s fortress.
• Oars put out the flames and stood up again, threatening to kill the crew and take their shadows.
• Brook arrived after recovering his shadow and offered to fight alongside the Straw Hat Pirates; Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji charged at Oars.
• Rocks told Xia Chen that Imu would come after him and that they needed to find the host of the Sun God Nika Fruit to defeat Imu.
• Xia Chen learned that Rocks had recovered from his injuries and could leave, but chose to stay in his coffin; Rocks gave Xia Chen a Den Den Mushi.
• Xia Chen left to check on his companions fighting Moria and asked Rocks whether he wanted him to repair the hole in the coffin room.

Xia Chen confronted Kuma when he appeared beside the Going Merry, then learned that Dragon had arranged places for the Straw Hats to train during a two-year separation. After reviewing Kuma’s notes and taking the Eternal Log Poses he offered, Xia Chen was left with a possible alternative to the original plan.

• Xia Chen sensed Kuma’s arrival and appeared beside the Going Merry, where Kuma asked for Luffy’s whereabouts.
• Xia Chen refused to let Kuma approach the crew unless he intended to help, and warned him off with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Xia Chen deduced that Dragon had sent Kuma using Luffy’s Vivre Card, and Kuma confirmed that Dragon had told him about Xia Chen.
• Kuma explained that the crew would need more strength to survive in the New World, and Xia Chen learned that Dragon had planned the places for their two-year growth.
• Kuma gave Xia Chen his notes on the crew’s abilities and suggested growth paths, then handed him several Eternal Log Poses.

Xia Chen and Kuma watched as Luffy and the others defeated Moria-controlled Oars through teamwork. As the Straw Hats celebrated, Moria declared that he had not lost yet.

• Xia Chen put the items away and told Kuma they would revisit his plan when they reached Sabaody, then went to check on Luffy and the others; Kuma followed.
• Chopper explained how Oars's injuries could disable him, then directed the group to break his remaining leg and spine.
• Nami, Zoro, Brook, Sanji, and Luffy worked together to topple Oars and smash his face, leaving him unable to rise.
• Luffy and the others celebrated their victory while Zoro and Sanji argued over who had done the most damage.
• Xia Chen and Kuma watched from a nearby building as Kuma remarked on the crew's growth, and Xia Chen said they still needed more strength for the New World.
• Moria interrupted the celebration and declared that he had not lost yet.

Moria revealed his hidden strength and Conqueror's Haki, overwhelming the Straw Hats after Luffy briefly awakened the same power. The chapter ended with Luffy badly injured and unable to rise as Moria prepared to finish off the others.

• Moria appeared after Oars fell and angrily accused the Straw Hats of destroying his corpse and killing Absalom.
• Moria unleashed Conqueror's Haki, forcing Nami, Usopp, and Chopper to their knees, and Luffy briefly released Conqueror's Haki in response.
• Moria transformed into a muscular form, revealed he had concealed his recovery from his defeat by Kaido, and attacked with powerful shadow-blade sword waves.
• Moria caught Luffy's Gear Second and Armament Haki punch, then struck him with an Armament Haki punch that sent him flying through trees and left him badly injured.
• Sanji and the others realized how vastly stronger Moria was than they expected, while Moria dismissed Crocodile and threatened to kill them.