Chapter Summaries

Saint Nusjuro struck a Celestial Dragon to prevent a conflict with Garp, then allowed the Navy and World Government forces to depart for God Valley. On the Rocks Pirates’ flying island, Xia Chen questioned whether this era belonged to a parallel spacetime and planned to seek answers from Imu.

• Saint Nusjuro knocked out the Celestial Dragon and offered Garp a way to end the dispute, which Garp accepted.
• Sengoku wondered why the Five Elders treated Garp with such deference, while Kong warned Garp not to act impulsively.
• Kong ordered all forces to move out for God Valley after speaking with the Five Elders.
• Xia Chen recalled that the news agency head knew nothing about Eternal Night Island or Hades, Zeus, and Athena, leading him to suspect this was a parallel spacetime.
• Xia Chen decided he could test his theory by asking Imu whether They had Athena’s and Zeus’s powers.

The Navy and Celestial Dragons arrived at God Valley to begin a tournament in which slaves would be hunted, while Garp wrestled with his role in the event. Saint Figarland Garling slaughtered a village as three child slaves hid in a cave, wondering whether they could escape.

• Saint Saturn ordered the slaves released onto God Valley, and they fled into the forest as the Celestial Dragons watched with excitement.
• Kong arranged for the Navy’s warships to guard against incoming pirates, then urged Garp to obey orders and fight pirates; Garp eventually headed onto the island.
• Saint Figarland Garling massacred everyone in a village while searching for slaves to kill.
• Three children in slave clothing hid in an underground cave, where the pink-haired girl quietly asked whether they could escape.

Ginny, Emporio Ivankov, and Bartholomew Kuma hid in an underground cave and waited for pirates to distract the World Government so they could escape. At God Valley, a huge meteor appeared over the gathered Marines and World Government officials, forcing them to combine their attacks against it.

• Bartholomew Kuma offered to leave the cave to check the situation, but Ginny stopped him and said they should wait for the pirates drawn by her warning to arrive.
• Emporio Ivankov agreed that the three had a better chance of escaping once the pirates fought the World Government.
• At God Valley, Sengoku and the others waited uneasily as no pirates appeared near the six Devil Fruits guarded by CP0.
• A massive meteor darkened the sky above the platform, and Saint Nusjuro's first slash barely scratched it.
• Saint Nusjuro called for everyone to attack together, and the assembled fighters concentrated their strikes on one spot of the meteor.

Xia Chen’s allies arrived at God Valley after the meteor was destroyed, and Rocks tried to turn the Five Elders against Xia Chen. Xia Chen appeared on the platform where the Devil Fruits had been kept, holding one as a CP0 agent attacked him.

• The Five Elders, Marines, and CP0 agents survived the meteor’s destruction as a small island remained floating overhead.
• Rocks, Newgate, Shiki, and Linlin descended with Shiki’s power and landed near the Five Elders.
• Rocks taunted the Five Elders and tried to provoke them into targeting Xia Chen, while his officers recognized his self-serving motive.
• Saint Saturn asked where Xia Chen was, and Xia Chen appeared atop the platform with one of the six Devil Fruits in his hand.
• A CP0 agent charged at Xia Chen, who called him a bug and raised his hand.

Xia Chen burned a CP0 agent to ash, then confronted the Five Elders and revealed that Rocks was their real target. He promised to stay out of their way until they killed Rocks, then face them himself.

• Xia Chen burned a CP0 agent with crimson flames, shocking Kong and Saint Nusjuro, who could not identify the ability as any recorded Devil Fruit power.
• Saint Saturn warned Xia Chen to consider the Five Elders’ authority, but Xia Chen mocked them and called them beasts.
• Xia Chen reflected that Imu might be keeping the Five Elders alive and planned to ask about it before killing Imu.
• Xia Chen pointed out that the Five Elders’ true target was Rocks, and their surprise confirmed his guess.
• Xia Chen promised not to attack or flee until the Five Elders killed Rocks, then said he would face them afterward.

Xia Chen denounced Rocks for betraying him and challenged the Five Elders to choose whom to attack. The Marines and CP0 joined the battle, and Rocks overwhelmed Kong as the other fighters engaged their opponents.

• Xia Chen accused Rocks of being an ungrateful villain who feared Xia Chen would threaten his ambitions.
• The Five Elders chose to send Kong, Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, the Marines, and CP0 into battle while remaining near Xia Chen.
• Kong and Rocks exchanged blows, and Rocks's Haki and strength forced Kong back.
• Garp attacked Whitebeard, Sengoku fought Golden Lion, and Zephyr engaged Big Mom.
• Kong recognized that Rocks had mastered Observation Haki Killer and charged at him again, determined to keep fighting before asking the Five Elders for help.

Whitebeard and Golden Lion kept Garp and Sengoku occupied while Rocks fought Kong, and the clashes exposed how badly the Marines had underestimated Rocks. Golden Lion decided to continue holding Sengoku back for the moment, but planned to flee if Rocks lost.

• Whitebeard mocked Garp’s attempt to persuade him to stop Rocks, then struck the distracted Garp and sent him flying.
• Whitebeard exchanged a knowing smile with Xia Chen before running after Garp.
• Golden Lion and Sengoku fought to a standstill, with Sengoku’s Buddha-form palm shattering Golden Lion’s Flying Slash.
• Golden Lion judged that Rocks was no match for Xia Chen and decided to keep Sengoku occupied only because Rocks had once sheltered him.
• Golden Lion blocked Sengoku’s palm strike with Kogarashi, then used Lion’s Might: Earth Roll to raise earthen lion heads beneath Sengoku.
• Sengoku retreated and blasted a shock wave at the approaching lion heads.

The Roger Pirates landed on God Valley and rescued Ginny and her companions after Roger intercepted an attack aimed at them. They confronted Saint Figarland Garling, who had been hunting the fugitives, and Rayleigh promised to protect them as Garling challenged Roger and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.

• Roger led the Roger Pirates ashore toward the fighting on God Valley, and he blocked an enormous flying slash with Ace.
• The clash sent three children in slave clothing flying, and Rayleigh and Gaban rescued them before they hit the ground.
• Ginny told Rayleigh and Gaban that she and her companions were Celestial Dragon slaves, while secretly hoping to gain the Roger Pirates' help.
• Saint Figarland Garling approached and sent another flying slash at Roger, who countered it with his blade.
• Ginny identified Garling as the man who had been slaughtering civilians and slaves, and Rayleigh promised to protect the children.
• Garling confronted Roger and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.

Roger confronted Saint Figarland Garling in battle while Xia Chen watched from afar and gave Kaido the Devil Fruit he had promised him. Kaido swallowed it and offered to fight the Rocks Pirates, leaving Xia Chen to decide what he would do next.

• Rayleigh had pirates carry the unconscious Ginny and the others back to the ship as Roger faced Saint Figarland Garling.
• Garling identified himself as a Celestial Dragon and attacked Roger, who charged forward to meet him.
• Xia Chen sensed Roger and Garling fighting and recognized Garling as the man he had dealt with during the Paramount War.
• Xia Chen tossed Kaido the promised Devil Fruit, and Kaido swallowed it whole before waiting for its effects.
• Kaido offered to help Xia Chen fight the Rocks Pirates and explained that he felt no loyalty to their crew.

Xia Chen refused Kaido’s offer to attack the Rocks Pirates’ captains and sent one of the World Government’s Devil Fruits flying in a purple ice ball. When Saint Saturn demanded the remaining fruits, Xia Chen encased them in ice and prepared to kick them away too.

• Kaido asked Xia Chen whether he should target the Rocks Pirates’ captains, but Xia Chen told him to keep fighting the Marines and CP0 while learning to use his fruit.
• Xia Chen kicked one of the five remaining Devil Fruits beyond the horizon inside a purple ice ball, leaving its discovery to chance.
• Saint Saturn confronted Xia Chen and demanded that he hand over the four Devil Fruits still with him.
• Xia Chen refused, encased the four fruits in purple ice, and lifted them into the air as Saint Saturn shouted for him to stop.

Xia Chen overwhelmed Saint Saturn and the other four Elders, while Whitebeard told Garp that Xia Chen’s power made him a formidable potential enemy. Whitebeard said he would let Garp go support Kong only if Garp survived his next strike.

• Xia Chen struck Saint Saturn with a punch and sent the other four Elders flying with ice balls, leaving all five beaten.
• Xia Chen mocked the Elders for failing to defeat him five against one, as the battlefield’s fighters reacted to his strength.
• Whitebeard told Garp that Xia Chen had killed the Marines’ Three Admirals with ease and that none of them could match him.
• Garp questioned Whitebeard’s allegiance and asked why he was stopping him from helping Kong fight Rocks.
• Whitebeard said he belonged to Xia Chen’s camp or neither side, then leaped into the air and raised Murakumogiri for a Haki-coated strike at Garp.

Xia Chen told the Five Elders that they would all be killed in the future, then attacked Saint Topman Warcury with purple ice and crimson flames. The explosion blasted the other Elders away, and Xia Chen emerged unharmed behind a golden shield as the smoke cleared.

• Garp and Whitebeard clashed with powerful attacks, while Rocks warned Kong that he would reveal his true strength and began transforming.
• Saint Marcus Mars questioned Xia Chen about coming from the future, and Xia Chen confirmed it and said the Five Elders would all be killed.
• The Five Elders rejected Xia Chen's claim that they would die, so he said he would kill them a second time.
• Xia Chen encased Saint Topman Warcury in purple ice and detonated crimson flames around it, sending the other Elders flying and destroying the platform.
• Pirates and Marines fled or defended themselves as the explosion spread, and Golden Lion watched Xia Chen emerge from the smoke inside a golden shield.

Xia Chen summoned four powerful clones to fight the transformed Five Elders while revealing that Rocks had the Mythical Zoan White Tiger Fruit. Rocks, wary of Xia Chen’s hidden strength, asked Kong to join forces with him.

• The remaining four Five Elders transformed into Mythical Zoan forms and charged at Xia Chen, deciding he was a greater threat than Rocks.
• Xia Chen created four clones, each with eighty-five percent of his strength but without his rock, fire, and ice abilities, and sent them to fight the Five Elders.
• Xia Chen recognized Rocks’s Mythical Zoan Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: White Tiger, and remarked that he had not expected Rocks to possess it.
• Rocks regretted turning against Xia Chen and, believing he still had a trump card, quietly asked Kong to team up.

Rocks and Kong agreed to temporarily unite their forces against Xia Chen, but many Rocks Pirates rejected Rocks and left the crew. Xia Chen offered the departing pirates a chance to leave the island before the battle against him began.

• Rocks persuaded Kong that their battered forces had to join together to face Xia Chen, and Kong agreed to a temporary alliance.
• Rocks and Kong ordered the pirates and Marines to stop fighting and unite against Xia Chen, but Golden Lion and Kaido continued their battles.
• Golden Lion declared that he was leaving the Rocks Pirates, and Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, John, and most of the other officers and captains followed.
• Rocks threatened the deserters, while Xia Chen mocked him and told anyone unwilling to fight to leave the island or risk dying.

Golden Lion gathered the pirates who wanted to escape onto his floating island, but Rocks attacked him before they could leave. Xia Chen protected Golden Lion, knocked Rocks into a crater, and allowed the pirates to depart as the Marines and CP0 prepared to face him.

• Golden Lion raised an island with his Float-Float Fruit and offered to take the pirates away, while Whitebeard, Big Mom, and John persuaded him to let their crews aboard.
• Rocks attacked Golden Lion, but a golden shield protected him from the punch.
• Xia Chen struck Rocks with the Jingu Bang and sent him crashing into a crater, then reminded him not to defy his order to let the pirates leave.
• Xia Chen allowed Golden Lion to take the departing pirates, and Whitebeard and Big Mom hurried to board while the Marines and CP0 stood aside.
• Xia Chen called to Kaido and told him to hurry over before the coming fight.

Xia Chen unleashed a rain of flaming rocks on God Valley while the pirates escaped on Golden Lion’s floating island. The attack shattered the island, and God Valley sank beneath the sea.

• Golden Lion lifted the pirates into the air, and they flew away from God Valley as Whitebeard and Kaido called out to Xia Chen.
• After the island carrying the pirates departed, Xia Chen summoned enormous golden rocks from black holes above the Marines and CP0 agents.
• Kong ordered the Marines to attack Xia Chen, but Xia Chen launched the rocks in flames with Fire and Earth: Splitting Rock.
• The flaming rocks struck God Valley, creating explosions and a shock wave that reached the fleeing pirates.
• God Valley cracked apart and sank into the sea, disappearing from the world map.

Xia Chen revealed that his flames had stopped Rocks and the Five Elders from regenerating, forcing them to set aside their grievances and join forces against him. As Garp surfaced with the badly wounded Sengoku, Rocks claimed he had a way to deal with Xia Chen.

• Xia Chen found Rocks holding the four surviving members of the Five Elders above the sea and noted that all five were badly wounded.
• Saint Saturn and the other Five Elders discovered their injuries were no longer healing, and Xia Chen explained that his flames had entered their wounds.
• Saint Saturn proposed that Rocks and the Five Elders work together against Xia Chen, and Rocks agreed, saying the four Elders should create an opening for him.
• Garp surfaced carrying the gravely wounded Sengoku and complained about Devil Fruit users who could not swim.
• Garp emerged with his left arm missing and blood pouring from his left shoulder.

Garp sacrificed an arm to save Kong and urged Zephyr to take him and Sengoku to safety, while Kong chose to remain behind. Xia Chen let the three Marines leave, then struck down the Five Elders and Rocks before turning to confront an attacker behind him.

• Garp told Zephyr to flee with Sengoku, explaining that the Marines could not afford to lose more people, and revealed that he intended to stay and die.
• Kong knocked out Garp, credited him with saving his life, and ordered Zephyr to escape with Garp and Sengoku while he stayed behind.
• Xia Chen told Zephyr, Garp, and Sengoku they could leave, but refused to spare Saint Saturn, the other Five Elders, or Rocks.
• Xia Chen used Godfall to strike the Five Elders and Rocks into the sea, and Kong jumped in to rescue the Devil Fruit users.
• Zephyr flew away with Garp and Sengoku as Xia Chen turned and struck at someone behind him.

Xia Chen killed Saint Figarland Garling and tried to freeze Rocks and the Five Elders beneath the sea, but Imu intervened. Imu confirmed his identity and, believing Xia Chen was connected to Joy Boy, resolved to kill him.

• Saint Figarland Garling attacked Xia Chen, but Xia Chen struck him with Godfall and killed him.
• Xia Chen saw Kong carrying Rocks and the Five Elders toward the surface and sent purple frost to freeze the sea around them.
• Imu appeared and stopped Xia Chen's frost with a flame, then confirmed his identity after Xia Chen named him.
• Xia Chen said he knew Imu had lived for over eight hundred years and compared their encounter to Imu's pursuit of Joy Boy.
• Imu questioned how Xia Chen knew so much and decided to kill him, suspecting a connection to Joy Boy.

Xia Chen fought Imu in a physical clash and discovered that Imu's golden, god-level Haki could counter his peak king-level Haki. Eager to use the fight to break through, Xia Chen asked Imu to help him cultivate.

• Xia Chen attacked Imu with the Jingu Bang, and Imu blocked the blows with his fists.
• Xia Chen and Imu traded powerful strikes, while their shock waves swept Kong and the five people he carried through the sea.
• Xia Chen and Imu paused, and Xia Chen identified the golden light around Imu's hands as god-level Haki.
• Xia Chen decided to keep fighting with physical combat so he could use Imu as an opportunity to advance his Haki.
• Xia Chen pointed the Jingu Bang at Imu and asked him to help him cultivate.