Chapter Summaries

Noah’s forces massacred the Donquixote Family members and auction attendees on the deserted island, then looted the auction goods. After the killings drew attention in the North Blue and South Blue, Kuzan was ordered to investigate the island while continuing his mission to capture Catarina Devon, who was already Noah’s prisoner.

• Noah collected guns, ammunition, Heaven Mushrooms, antiques, and the auction’s prized items, including a treasure map to the Lost Sea.
• Ray and the Noah Family’s elites killed the Donquixote Family members on the island and destroyed their Den Den Mushi, leaving the island empty within an hour.
• Doflamingo ordered Trebol to investigate the massacre, while Rosinante considered reporting it to Sengoku.
• The auction attendees’ deaths created a power vacuum in the White Mountain Kingdom and neighboring kingdoms as rival factions moved to seize their territories and businesses.
• Komei informed Kuzan of the massacre and Sengoku’s request to investigate it; Kuzan agreed to stop at the White Mountain Kingdom while continuing his hunt for Catarina Devon.

After finding the Tone-Tone Fruit in the White Mountain Kingdom, Noah and his companions encountered Vice Admiral Kuzan, who investigated them over the deserted island incident. Noah fought Kuzan while Lilian and the others joined the clash, and both sides ended the chapter facing one another warily.

• Noah and his companions found the Tone-Tone Fruit on the eighth island and set sail toward the Lost Sea.
• A Marine fleet stopped the Wangcai, and Vice Admiral Kuzan confronted Noah after detecting the scent of Heaven Mushrooms on him.
• Noah rejected Kuzan’s request to return to Marineford and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out the sailors on a nearby warship.
• Noah and Kuzan exchanged attacks as their companions and Marines evacuated the weaker fighters from the battle.
• Lilian arrived and fought a two-sword commodore, while Kuzan was injured by Noah’s molten iron balls as he protected the commodore.
• Noah’s group and Kuzan’s larger Marine force paused to watch each other warily.

Noah and the Noah Family fought Kuzan and the Marines in a fierce battle that sank several warships and killed a Commodore. Borsalino’s arrival prevented Noah from killing Kuzan, and Noah’s group escaped through Ray’s wormhole, leaving the Marines to begin rescue operations.

• Noah, Lilian, and Galdino attacked Kuzan’s fleet with fire, explosives, and hail, sinking five warships and inflicting heavy Marine casualties.
• Kuzan wounded Galdino with an ice ambush, but the apparent target was a clone, and Noah counterattacked with iron sand.
• Borsalino arrived and exchanged powerful attacks with Joshua, whose Thunder Kirin clashed with Borsalino’s laser beam.
• Noah ordered his group to retreat, and Ray opened a wormhole that carried them away from the glacier.
• Kuzan and Borsalino waited for further danger to pass, then Kuzan ordered Gute to begin rescuing the surviving Marines.

Marine Headquarters assessed Noah’s six-person group after their clash in the South Blue and decided to brand them a terrorist organization. Tsuru then used the wanted notices and a sensationalized account to draw the New World’s pirates toward them and learn more about their strength.

• Tsuru presented reports identifying six members of Noah’s group, including Noah, Lilian, Galdino, Joshua, Kuro, and Ray, and described their abilities.
• Tsuru argued that the group was a secret organization developed on the Grand Line and posed a greater threat than ordinary pirates; the Marines dismissed the possibility that they were the Revolutionary Army.
• Kong approved Tsuru’s proposal to issue wanted notices and expand the intelligence investigation, and he agreed to move Borsalino into the general reserve force.
• Marine Headquarters rushed out wanted posters, and newspapers published altered accounts of the South Blue incident the next morning.
• Tsuru portrayed Noah’s group as nearly equal to the sea emperors to provoke the New World’s great pirates, while Morgans amplified the story with a sensational headline.

The Red-Haired, Whitebeard, Beasts, and Big Mom Pirates learned that the Hidden Ones Organization had been promoted as a possible fourth Emperor of the Sea after fighting Kuzan and Kizaru. The Yonko weighed the group’s strength and reacted in different ways, with Charlotte Linlin ordering an investigation.

• At Twin Capes, Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates read the newspaper reports and bounties for the Hidden Ones Organization, and Beckman noted that they had escaped Kuzan and Kizaru after killing a Marine Headquarters Commodore.
• Crocus warned Shanks to find a professional ship’s doctor after treating him for an illness caused by a Sick-Sick Fruit User.
• On the Moby Dick, Jozu told Whitebeard that the New World might gain a fourth Emperor, while Whitebeard dismissed the report as a World Government ploy and his crew said they did not fear the Hidden Ones.
• At Onigashima, King heard a report about the Hidden Ones but decided not to treat them as an urgent threat because they had shown no clear intent to enter the New World.
• On Whole Cake Island, Perospero told Charlotte Linlin about the Hidden Ones’ strength and their clash with Kuzan and Kizaru, and Linlin ordered an investigation into the organization.

The Five Elders and the Revolutionary Army discussed the Hidden Ones Organization after its clash with the Marines, while Noah’s group reviewed the battle and trained on Sky Island. After Galdino stayed behind for further training, Noah’s group departed aboard the Nautilus for the Lost Sea in the South Blue.

• The Five Elders discussed the Hidden Ones Organization, the Flame-Flame Fruit, and the Shichibukai plan, and ordered CP to investigate Lilian.
• Dragon and Ivankov decided to seek secret contact with the Hidden Ones Organization through Revolutionary Army branches.
• Noah’s group reviewed its fight with Kuzan and Borsalino, identified weaknesses in stamina and Haki, and resolved to improve their physical conditioning.
• After more than a month of rest and training on Sky Island, Galdino left for a year of training in the Rum Kingdom.
• Noah, Kuro, Ray, and the others boarded the Nautilus, submerged near the White Mountain Kingdom, and headed for the Lost Sea.

Noah and his companions crossed the dangerous Lost Sea and explored an ancient city on their destination island. Following a treasure-map riddle, they found a submerged ancient well that led to a cavern resembling a hidden harbor.

• Noah and Lilith guided the Nautilus through the Lost Sea's storms, hail, and waterspouts, reaching the island after four days of difficult sailing.
• Noah's companions explored the island's overgrown ruins and discovered murals showing that its temple had been a place of worship for Nika.
• Noah interpreted the treasure-map riddle and concluded that the ancient well lay in the island's northeast, but the group found no well on land.
• Noah realized rising sea levels might have submerged the well and located it on the seabed two kilometers offshore.
• Noah parted the water, and the group descended through the submerged well to a tunnel and a natural cavern with signs of human alterations and a destroyed passage, apparently a hidden harbor.

Noah's group explored the abandoned submarine harbor on Crab Island, uncovering Atlan Kingdom records, a Poneglyph, and valuable deep-sea technologies. Noah turned the Lost Sea's islands into a new settlement, establishing the Storm Archipelago Governorate and bringing workers from Sikasis Island to build it.

• Kuro searched a cave and recovered more than two hundred books made from sea-beast hide, along with ancient nautical charts.
• Lilith found a carved account of the Atlan Kingdom's destruction and its survivor's return to Crab Island, and Noah had the Poneglyph copied by rubbing.
• Noah's group found records of Atlan deep-sea technologies, including artificial gills, a deep-sea diving drug, and a Sea King aura simulator, and made rubbings of them.
• Noah decided the Lost Sea could serve as a Noah Family secret base and moved 13 islands into its calm central waters, reinforcing their foundations with rock and sediment.
• Noah established the Storm Archipelago Governorate, and Ray brought able-bodied young adults from Sikasis Island to begin construction.

Noah completed the Storm Archipelago’s initial development as an industrial center, reorganized the Kingdom of Dawn into three governorates, and prepared to set sail after the new year. He left Gairam behind to oversee industry and Cube-Cube Fruit research, while keeping Shiki and Kuma close for protection against the World Government’s hidden threats.

• Noah and Shiki used Gairam’s Cube-Cube Fruit and the Float-Float Fruit to build Storm City’s housing, defenses, warehouses, and other infrastructure, bringing its population to 32,000.
• Noah planned the Storm Archipelago as an industrial zone, assigned its islands to industry, livestock, farming, and mining, and transferred Jay there to direct industrial construction.
• Noah appointed Joshua governor of the Storm Archipelago, abolished the Sikasis Island Governorate, and organized the Kingdom of Dawn into the Storm Archipelago, Sky Paradise, and East Blue governorates.
• After more than two months of development, Noah had four mineral-rich islands added to the archipelago, moved factories to Storm Island, and established an ark shipyard and research into ancient technology.
• Noah left Gairam in charge of the Storm Archipelago’s industrial zone and Cube-Cube Fruit research, while keeping Shiki and Kuma with him because of possible attacks by the World Government.

Noah and Kuro traveled to the West Blue to capture Daz Bones, while Shanks sought Cipher Pol intelligence in the Sabaody Archipelago. After Kuro defeated Daz, Noah decided to give the sixteen-year-old bounty hunter a chance to change before considering turning him into a Card Apostle.

• Noah arrived in the West Blue aboard the Prosperity and learned from Kuro that Daz Bones and Capone Bege had been located, while Nico Robin remained difficult to find.
• Shanks asked Shakky to investigate Cipher Pol ships transporting secret treasures, and Beckman asked about the Hidden Ones Organization.
• Kuro confronted Daz in an alley on Perfume Island and outmaneuvered him before Noah told Kuro to end the fight.
• Kuro defeated Daz with an Armament Haki-covered punch and took him aboard the Prosperity.
• Noah decided not to turn Daz into a Card Apostle yet, believing the sixteen-year-old could still be reformed.

Daz joined Noah’s Hidden Ones Organization after learning about its goal to build a free, peaceful world. The Prosperity reached Sicily Island, where Noah waited for Capone Bege as Bege prepared to seize the Castle-Castle Fruit at auction.

• Daz woke aboard the Prosperity, ate, and was brought to Noah, whom he recognized as the leader of the Hidden Ones Organization.
• Noah explained his dream of liberating the world and creating a nation where all races could live in peace, and Daz agreed to join him.
• Kuro took Daz away to begin his training, while the Prosperity continued its voyage through West Blue and found a Mantis-Mantis Fruit.
• The Prosperity docked at White Harbor on Sicily Island, where Kuro learned that the Gambino Family’s auction would take place in three days.
• Noah expected Capone Bege to attend the auction and decided to wait on Sicily Island for him.
• On nearby Naples Island, Bege learned that the Castle-Castle Fruit was up for auction and ordered his family to begin plan B and attack the auction.

Noah acquired the real Castle-Castle Fruit and used it to turn Capone Bege into an Apostle, assigning him to unite the West Blue Mafia. After taking control of the Capone and Gambino families, Noah's group prepared to purge the other Mafia families and began searching for Nico Robin.

• Ray brought Noah the Castle-Castle Fruit while Capone Bege stole and ate a fake one during the Sicily auction.
• Capone Bege negotiated his escape from Gambino Off, then Noah ambushed his group and knocked them unconscious with Conqueror's Haki.
• Luo removed Capone Bege's prefrontal lobe, and Noah gave him the real Castle-Castle Fruit to create Apostle Bege.
• Noah appointed Bege provisional governor of the West Blue Governorate and ordered him to unite the West Blue Mafia.
• Ray and Noah seized control of the Gambino Family by turning Off into an Apostle and using the Bully Dog Fruit.
• Mary led the Department of Supervision in screening the Capone Family as Bege and Off ordered searches for Nico Robin.

Noah and Bege tested whether the Castle Fruit’s alternate space could force a Devil Fruit to reincarnate inside it, and the experiment succeeded. Noah reclaimed five more fruits and summoned six detachment captains to begin distributing the family’s reserves.

• Bege swallowed a Carp Fruit user into his castle space, where the man was killed among matching fruits.
• The Carp Fruit’s information body could not escape the castle space and reincarnated in an apple, confirming Noah’s spatial-lock theory.
• Noah explained why alternate spaces could trap reincarnating Devil Fruits and why the Dark-Dark Fruit was most likely to have revealed the method.
• Noah reclaimed the fruits of Guro, Dick, Austin, Catarina Devon, and Diamante, adding five Devil Fruits to the Noah Family’s reserves.
• Noah ordered Ray to bring the Distillery’s six detachment captains so he could distribute Devil Fruits to the newly promoted officers.

Noah rewarded the six Distillery branch heads with Devil Fruits and taught them how to develop their abilities. After a month of training, they returned to their posts, while news from the Gambino Family prompted Noah to set sail again.

• Noah welcomed Sherry, Tequila, Juniper, Rum, Vodka, and Champagne and offered them fourteen unassigned Devil Fruits.
• Sherry chose the Paste-Paste Fruit, Tequila the Rattlesnake Fruit, Rum the Glint-Glint Fruit, Juniper the Mantis-Mantis Fruit, Vodka the Red Spider-Spider Fruit, and Champagne the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Noah warned the new Zoan users about the risks of awakening and gave them guidance on developing their abilities.
• Rum studied the Book of Devils to develop the Glint-Glint Fruit, while Sherry tested Paste-Paste techniques by enveloping a prisoner and controlling his corpse.
• Noah advised Sherry to use Luo to modify special materials and cautioned her against controlling more than two or three modified humans at once.
• After a month of training on York Island, the Distillery officers returned to their posts, and Noah set sail after receiving news from the Gambino Family.

Kuro captured Nico Robin after killing the pirates who had planned to trade her for weapons, then brought her to Noah. Noah told Robin he wanted to keep her from becoming a pawn in his plans and showed her a book containing seven Poneglyph rubbings, revealing that he already knew what they said.

• Durk and One-Eye planned to trade Nico Robin to the Camorra Family, but Kuro and five subordinates boarded their ship and killed the pirates.
• Kuro took Robin aboard the Prosperity and destroyed the pirate ship before bringing her to Noah.
• Noah told Robin he would not hand her over to the Navy and explained that he would not let her become a pawn for his enemies.
• Noah gave Robin the Book of Years, and she spent more than two hours reading its seven Poneglyph rubbings and historical records.
• Noah identified the rubbings as mentioning Poseidon, Pluton Pluto, and Joy Boy, leaving Robin stunned that he already knew their contents.

Noah explained to Robin why he wanted her under his control and showed her the world he intended to build. After seeing Golden Lion Shiki serving as Noah’s Apostle, Robin chose to join his cause, and Noah began training her to develop her Flower-Flower Fruit.

• Noah told Robin that he rejected the idea of waiting for a child of destiny and described history on Laugh Tale as Joy Boy’s account of the past.
• Noah gave Robin books about the world he envisioned, and she spent the night reading them before returning with the Prosperity to York Island five days later.
• Noah introduced Golden Lion Shiki as his Apostle, and Robin said she looked forward to Noah’s New World and asked him to train her.
• Noah taught Robin to use her Flower-Flower Fruit to disguise herself and create organs at a distance for attacks.
• Robin developed an exoskeleton armor called Ant King 1.0, which greatly increased her strength but lasted only about a dozen minutes.

The Capone and Gambino Families dismantled two of the West Blue’s five great Mafia families while Noah prepared to confront the Camorra Family. After learning that Camorra Harry had contacted the antique dealer, Noah ordered Off to attend their meeting.

• Enel led the Capone Family’s forces in taking the Ndrangheta Family’s headquarters on Citrus Island, and the Ndrangheta Family was absorbed.
• Gambino Off attacked the Omerta Family during a secret meeting and took over its organization, prompting Camorra Harry to contact the antique dealer.
• Mary screened newly absorbed Ndrangheta and Omerta members, while the Capone and Gambino Families staged clashes as Noah prepared for the campaign against the Camorra Family.
• Robin brought Noah a record of the antique dealer’s call with Harry, and Noah ordered Off to attend their meeting.
• Noah told Robin that the Navy would not intervene while the Gambino and Capone Families were still fighting.

Off defeated Hanover and Moore as the Noah Family helped the Gambino and Capone Families eliminate the Camorra Family, leaving only two of the West Blue’s major mafia families. Meanwhile, Fisher Tiger’s escape of thousands of slaves from Mary Geoise became public, and the Five Elders began considering how to deal with the Ryugu Kingdom.

• Hanover ambushed Off at Red Coral Island with Corrosion Bullets while the Camorra Family fleet attacked the docks.
• Off used his hybrid form and Armament Haki to defeat Hanover, then killed Moore and helped wipe out the Camorra forces.
• Bege attacked the Camorra Family headquarters, where Harry and the other leaders were killed, leaving the Capone and Gambino Families as the West Blue’s remaining major mafia families.
• Fisher Tiger and thousands of slaves escaped Mary Geoise with help from Rayleigh and Shakky while Kong and Gion failed to stop them.
• Morgans publicized the escape, prompting the World Government to place bounties on the Sun Pirates and Fisher Tiger.
• The Five Elders returned to Mary Geoise and considered how to deal with the Ryugu Kingdom.

Noah created the seventh Major Arcana Apostle by remaking Kuma with the Strength card, while continuing to train with his growing powers. Robin reported several developments across the seas, and news of the Big Mom Pirates' Heat-Heat Fruit purchase led Noah to suspect Charlotte Brûlée had not yet obtained the Mirror-Mirror Fruit.

• Noah tested combining corrosion and float powers, then remade Kuma as the Strength Apostle with the Steel-Steel Fruit.
• Noah reflected on his crimson Conqueror's Haki and its Heart Resonance and Red Torrent abilities.
• Robin told Noah that Doflamingo had hijacked a Heavenly Tribute treasure ship to pressure the Five Elders into making him a Shichibukai.
• Robin reported that Mihawk and Dahlia had become the third and fourth Shichibukai, and Noah ordered surveillance of Dahlia.
• Robin reported leads on Bon Clay and the Big Mom Pirates' Heat-Heat Fruit, prompting Noah to suspect Charlotte Brûlée had not yet eaten the Mirror-Mirror Fruit.

Noah used Raijin Island’s lightning to locate Charlotte Oven’s ship and led a surprise attack that captured Oven and extracted the Heat-Heat Fruit. The Nautilus escaped toward the West Blue as Katakuri and Perospero discovered that Oven’s Vivre Card had burned away.

• Noah explained that Raijin Island’s persistent lightning was sustained by magnetized iron ore, while the Lost Sea’s storms were fueled by magma beneath Atlan Island.
• Joshua used Raijin Island to extend his electromagnetic surveillance to roughly 2,600 kilometers, putting Mary Geoise within range.
• Joshua spotted the Big Mom Pirates’ ship surfacing, and Noah ordered the Nautilus to intercept it.
• Noah and his companions attacked Charlotte Oven’s Homies ship, disabled communications, and overwhelmed Oven with water dragons, Cumuloregalis Clouds, and Seastone particles.
• Noah killed Oven inside his castle space, obtained the Heat-Heat Fruit after it respawned, and fled toward the West Blue with the Nautilus.
• Katakuri and Perospero found that Oven’s Vivre Card had burned away completely.