Chapter Summaries

Noah and Moria transformed villains into living-dead soldiers and developed new uses for wandering shadows, including scouting, restraint, storage, and combat. Noah strengthened Moria with vitality and Magic Cards before leaving Thriller Bark with his companions for their next destination.

• Noah and Moria implanted Okna Bug eggs into living-dead villains, creating wandering shadows and soldiers no longer vulnerable to sea salt or strong sunlight.
• Noah and Ray removed the prefrontal lobes of four villains, and Moria gave them Devil Fruits to create the Turtle, Dragon, Sheep, and Fish Generals.
• Moria tamed more than a dozen wandering shadows and developed techniques including Shadow Parasite, Black Shadow Kingdom, Juice-Bursting Octopus, and Shadow Stomach Pouch.
• Noah and Ray finished operating on more than eight hundred villains, and Noah ordered Moria to stay on Thriller Bark and recover.
• Noah gave Moria more than a hundred years of vitality and a stack of Magic Cards, then departed with his companions through a wormhole.

Noah retrieved Captain John’s treasure, including two Devil Fruits, then attacked Huazha’s Domain of Beasts and transformed its leaders into Minor Arcana Apostles. By the chapter’s end, the Domain of Beasts’ entire upper echelon had been dealt with.

• Noah met Juniper in the Rudolph Archipelago and learned that Huazha would sail to Sabaody to trade with Doflamingo.
• Noah and his companions found Captain John’s hidden treasure on Sea Sand Island and took the Wheel-Wheel Fruit, the Ankylosaurus Fruit, and the treasure.
• Noah ambushed Huazha’s ship at sea, defeated its crew, and transformed Leba into an Apostle after removing part of his brain.
• Noah rejected Huazha’s offer to submit and transformed him into a Minor Arcana Apostle.
• Noah ordered Huazha and Juniper to continue to Sabaody, then captured and transformed Sullivan, Harris, and Huazha’s two Zoan-using officers into Apostles.

Noah reorganized the Domain of Beasts, removed its hidden intelligence agents, and created new beast commanders before heading to Alabasta to target Crocodile. At Rain Dinners, Crocodile pursued the Poneglyph and Ancient Weapon with Baroque Works while Baccarat went to investigate a suspiciously lucky casino newcomer.

• Noah relocated civilians and beast soldiers across the Rudolph Archipelago, and Mary helped uncover all seventeen intelligence agents among the beast soldiers.
• Noah had the agents killed, sent twelve abusive beast soldiers to Moria, and turned three others into Minor Arcana Apostles, restructuring the Domain of Beasts around Huazha.
• Noah left the archipelago and set his sights on Crocodile, who was expanding Baroque Works and searching Alabasta for a Poneglyph and an Ancient Weapon.
• Baccarat told Crocodile that she needed to absorb the luck of about a thousand more people, so Crocodile ordered a casino promotion to attract newcomers.
• A casino manager reported that a newcomer had won fifteen times in a row, and Baccarat went to investigate while Crocodile looked at Robin's wanted poster.

Noah infiltrated Crocodile’s casino, overcame its luck-based defenses, and turned Baccarat, Crocodile, Mad, and other Baroque Works agents into Apostles. He left Crocodile in control of Baroque Works with orders to bring Alabasta under Noah’s control.

• Noah challenged Baccarat to Russian roulette, survived repeated shots, and exposed her luck when the final bullet misfired.
• Crocodile invited Noah to a private room, where Seastone gas weakened Crocodile, Baccarat, and Mad and Noah revealed his identity as Dawn Noah.
• Ray removed Baccarat’s frontal lobe, and Noah transformed her into the Major Arcana Apostle The Wheel of Fortune.
• Noah turned Crocodile into The Star and Mad into a Minor Arcana Apostle, then later subdued Eric the Whirlwind and the senior Baroque Works agents, including Bon Clay as The Hanged Man.
• Noah ordered Crocodile to redirect Baroque Works’ plan toward bringing Alabasta under his control and assigned Tomani and Gem to support the organization.

The Sky Empire expanded its territory and launched an invasion of the North Blue, prompting Doflamingo to abandon his base there and flee to the West Blue. Noah then obtained two Devil Fruits and helped Uncle Joseph overcome his strength bottleneck by exchanging the Blood-Blood Fruit for the Silverback Gorilla Fruit.

• Shiki moved Fusang Province and Gale Province onto the Sky Province clouds, relocated Rainbow Province near Baku Province, and reinforced Torrent Province.
• The Sky Empire conquered six Affiliated Nations and five non-affiliated nations in less than a week, throwing the North Blue into chaos.
• Doflamingo packed up the Donquixote Family's treasures and elite members and fled the North Blue for the West Blue.
• Noah's group entered the Lvneel Kingdom, where Noah used Moria's ability to steal the Salt-Salt Fruit and Blood-Blood Fruit from nobles preparing to flee.
• Noah traveled to the Rum Kingdom and exchanged the Blood-Blood Fruit for Uncle Joseph's Silverback Gorilla Fruit, allowing Joseph to draw on the life force stored in his body.

Noah refused to replace the Devil Fruits of his established allies and then took his group to confront Germa 66 in the North Blue. He defeated Judge, sent his family to the moon, and turned Judge into a Minor Arcana Apostle.

• Noah asked his allies whether they wanted to change their Devil Fruits, but they declined because they were satisfied with their abilities.
• Noah traveled with Lilith and the others to Germa 66’s snail-ship island in the North Blue.
• Noah entered the dining room, where Reiju recognized the Liberator Organization, and sent Yonji through a wormhole to the moon.
• Judge ordered Ichiji and Niji to stop their attack, then tried to escape as Noah sent them and Reiju to the moon.
• Noah overwhelmed Judge with electricity and iron sand, knocked him unconscious, and made him a Minor Arcana Apostle using the Wheel-Wheel Fruit.

Noah reorganized Germa 66 under Jay and had Judge develop affordable armored soldiers by combining cloning, human modification, and exoskeleton technology. After the first models proved effective, Noah ordered mass production and prepared Germa to expand its territory in the North Blue.

• Noah directed Judge to develop intelligent biological brains and exoskeleton mechs instead of relying on costly modified humans, and transferred Jay, Ladget, and Queen to Germa 66.
• Noah returned Niji, Ichiji, Yonji, and Reiju to Judge, while Jay became the real leader of Germa 66 behind the scenes.
• Noah planned for Germa to occupy non-affiliated nations in the northeastern North Blue and transferred King, Jack, and Yamato there as supposed Beasts Pirates remnants.
• Judge, Queen, and the others developed three first-generation armored soldier models for naval, aerial, and land combat, each roughly as strong as a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral.
• Noah approved mass production of the armored soldiers, and Germa began refitting snail ships into high-tech warships equipped with laser and electromagnetic cannons.

The Marines promoted Fujitora Issho, Ryokugyu Aramaki, and Momousagi Gion to Admirals, while Germa 66 invaded and conquered the Siru Kingdom. The chapter ended with Sengoku examining reports of Jack and powerful flying soldiers in Germa’s forces and realizing the intelligence deserved serious attention.

• Sengoku and the Five Elders agreed to promote Issho and Aramaki to Admiral, and also promoted Gion to preserve the Marines’ balance of power.
• The Marines announced Fujitora Issho, Ryokugyu Aramaki, and Momousagi Gion as their three new Admirals.
• Germa 66 invaded the Siru Kingdom with fifteen modified snail warships and 1,500 armored combat soldiers.
• Jack killed a slave trader at Stone Port, and Germa’s soldiers seized the harbor and declared the kingdom their territory.
• Komei brought Sengoku intelligence about Germa’s conquest, Jack’s presence, and its powerful flying soldiers, prompting Sengoku to study the reports with concern.

The Germa Kingdom conquered eight non-affiliated nations and seized control of the northeastern North Blue, prompting Sengoku to plan against the Sky Empire and the Five Elders to negotiate with Judge. The chapter ended with the Five Elders granting Germa control of the northeastern waters without receiving its robot technology.

• The Germa Kingdom deployed its Four Horsemen and armies to conquer seven surrounding nations in less than a week and establish patrols across the northeastern North Blue.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Germa’s expansion and decided to send Issho to the North Blue and Kuzan to the New World to counter the Sky Empire.
• Sengoku learned that Doflamingo had withdrawn to the West Blue and was preparing to fight the Capone and Gambino Families.
• King compiled information on the eight conquered island nations as Germa’s snail castle ships formed artificial islands and safe sea routes.
• Saint Mars demanded Judge’s robot technology, but Judge refused and threatened the Five Elders with what he knew about Uranus and the Mother Flame.
• Judge demanded control of the northeastern North Blue, and the Five Elders agreed without securing the robot technology.

Judge used the World Government’s need to protect Vegapunk’s secret projects to buy time, then Germa took control of eleven North Blue nations and clashed with the Sky Empire. The Sky Empire eventually retreated under Marine pressure, while Sengoku and the Five Elders became more wary of Germa’s growing strength.

• Judge used his knowledge of Vegapunk’s Mother Flame and Pacifista projects to force the Five Elders into a temporary compromise.
• Germa took control of eleven World Government Member States in the northeastern North Blue, joining its territory to the Sky Empire’s border.
• Issho drew Shiki away from the Sky Empire’s advance, while Monet and Wyper continued toward Germa and Yamato and King prepared to defend its border.
• Monet and Yamato fought for five days, then King and Wyper battled for five more before both sides sent reinforcements.
• After several more days of fighting and Marine pressure, the Sky Empire retreated, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to keep gathering intelligence on Germa.

The Sun Pirates suffered a devastating defeat, and Boa Hancock, Kuma, and Jinbe joined the Shichibukai as the World Government strengthened its position. In the West Blue, Doflamingo exposed Rosinante as a Marine informant and killed him, while Sengoku learned that Rosinante’s Vivre Card had burned away.

• Aramaki ambushed the Sun Pirates, killed Fisher Tiger, and drove Jinbe, Aladdin, and the survivors back to Fish-Man Island, while Arlong and others were captured.
• Boa Hancock, Kuma, and Jinbe became Shichibukai for the sake of Amazon Lily, Bonney, and the imprisoned Sun Pirates.
• Doflamingo confronted Rosinante about the Marines’ discovery of the Seastone weapons and revealed that he had suspected his brother was betraying him.
• Rosinante condemned Doflamingo for becoming a devil, and Doflamingo killed him before burning the house and leaving with Trebol and Pica.
• A Vivre Card in SWORD’s secret archives burned to ashes, and Sengoku wept when he learned of it.

Tequila infiltrated Impel Down as the prisoner Bolivar, escaped his restraints, and reached the Liberator Organization’s hidden base on level 5.5 with Ray and Moria. Moria began infiltrating the prison and turned Anduin into an Apostle to oversee the harvesting of Devil Fruit users, while keeping the operation hidden from the prisoners in Infinite Hell.

• Tequila arrived at Impel Down under the alias Bolivar and was sent to the fifth level after enduring the prison’s intake procedures.
• Tequila severed his own limbs to remove his Seastone restraints, then used Life Return and a Vivre Card’s life force to reattach them before killing his cellmates.
• Tequila used a Magic Card to dig a passage to level 5.5, where Ray and Moria joined him through a wormhole.
• Moria sent shadow soldiers to infiltrate the prison’s first five levels and the sea fortress, avoiding the sixth level to prevent detection by powerful prisoners.
• A shadow soldier brought Anduin to level 5.5, where Ray removed his frontal lobe and Moria transformed him into a Minor Arcana Apostle.
• Moria chose Anduin to oversee the harvesting of imprisoned Devil Fruit users while keeping the operation small enough to avoid Magellan’s suspicion.

Moria, Anduin, Ray, and Vic prepared to take control of Impel Down by faking Anduin’s death and redirecting the hidden Escape Passage. Vic then reinforced Level 5.5 and transformed it into Skeleton Hell, leaving Anduin and Moria to continue their plans there.

• Moria used dried corpses and Anduin’s Bone Remodeling to leave a corpse resembling Anduin in his cell, then sent a shadow soldier to return it to Starvation Hell.
• Moria sent Ray to bring Vic, and Vic used his Rock-Rock Fruit to map Impel Down and locate Morley’s hidden Escape Passage beneath the seabed.
• Vic sank the deserted island at the passage’s end and redirected the passage toward an uninhabited island previously used by the Liberator Organization.
• Vic returned to Impel Down, reinforced Level 5.5, and remodeled it into Skeleton Hell with bone murals, decorations, statues, and a throne.
• Moria and Anduin returned three days later and saw Vic’s eerie renovations; Anduin accepted the result while Ray took Vic back to the South Blue.

After Ray left with Vic, Anduin and Moria selected Devil Fruit users in Impel Down to reclaim their fruits and transform into Apostles. They chose seven candidates to become the Seven Deadly Sins and began preparing the switch.

• Moria and Anduin reviewed Impel Down's prisoner records and selected sixteen targets: nine for fruit reclamation and seven for transformation into Apostles.
• Anduin assigned the seven Apostle candidates new identities as Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Lust, and Gluttony.
• Anduin identified the Devil Fruits and abilities of the seven candidates, including the Repel-Repel, Copy-Copy, Expand-Expand, Sleep-Sleep, Money-Money, Paper-Paper, and Storage-Storage Fruits.
• Anduin, Moria, and Tequila began preparing to replace the selected prisoners, with some candidates in Starvation Hell and Freezing Hell needing no corpse stand-ins.

Noah received the prisoner intended to become The Tower, Kini, bringing his Major Arcana Apostles to twenty-one and leaving only The Lovers before his Card-Card Fruit could fully awaken. He postponed targeting Boa Hancock while Kuro’s General Staff Department began planning how to deal with her and Amazon Lily.

• Over two weeks, Moria arranged for the Repel-Repel Fruit and Storage-Storage Fruit users in Blazing Hell to die in staged accidents, while the other five candidates were modified and secretly returned to their cells.
• Anduin and Moria sent a prisoner to Noah, who used a Major Arcana card to create The Tower, Kini, the Crush-Crush Fruit user.
• Noah realized that only The Lovers remained to complete his Major Arcana Deck, but he judged that capturing Boa Hancock and her Love-Love Fruit was too risky for now.
• Noah ordered Kuro’s General Staff Department to devise a plan for Amazon Lily, while doubting that the Kuja Pirates could be peacefully brought into his fold.
• Noah condemned Boa Hancock and Baccarat for their crimes, arguing that painful experiences or attractive appearances did not excuse what they had done.

Noah obtained the Cloud-Cloud Fruit from a shipment at Cocoyasi Village and realized stored luck from the Lucky-Lucky Fruit could improve the fortunes of people around him. As Arlong’s Fish-Man Pirates closed in on the village, Noah and Kuro prepared for their arrival and waited for Dawn’s return.

• Noah joked with Genzo and Bellemere, gave Nami a navigation book, and left Kuro to oversee the Prosperity’s trading.
• Kuro found a Cloud-Cloud Fruit among the grapefruits, and Noah recognized it as a Logia Devil Fruit.
• Noah concluded that stored luck could passively benefit a group, and that its influence had helped him find the fruit and could protect Bellemere’s family.
• Noah and Kuro watched the sunset and confirmed their materials were ready for Arlong’s Fish-Men, who would land near Cocoyasi Village the next morning.
• Nami waved goodbye to the Prosperity and ran home with Bellemere while Genzo worried about an approaching danger.
• The Prosperity anchored in a secluded bay after nightfall, and Noah’s crew quietly awaited Dawn’s return.

Arlong attacked Cocoyasi Village, but Noah and Kuro arrived, killed him and the Fish-Man Pirates’ officers, and exposed the forces behind the village’s suffering. Bellemere chose to leave with Nami and Nojiko, and the next day the residents of the Conomi Islands disappeared while Captain Nezumi’s Marine Base was destroyed.

• Arlong and his Fish-Man Pirates attacked Cocoyasi Village, but an invisible force field protected the villagers from the worst of the destruction.
• Kuro wounded Arlong as he threatened Bellemere, and Noah arrived and explained that good and evil were not determined by race.
• Noah and Kuro killed Arlong and the Fish-Man Pirates’ officers, while Kuro knocked out the Fish-Men trying to flee.
• Noah gave Bellemere evidence of the Oykot Kingdom incident and Arlong’s collusion with Captain Nezumi, and Bellemere decided to find a new home with Nami and Nojiko.
• Noah planned to deal with the Oykot Kingdom after the Conomi Islands, and Kuro volunteered to confront its nobles.
• The next day, the residents of the Conomi Islands vanished, and Captain Nezumi’s Marine Base was razed.

Garp and Bogard traced Kuro’s recent movements to the Rum Kingdom, but they diverted to the Oykot Kingdom after learning the Liberators had seized its capital. As Borsalino attacked the city and Noah sensed Garp’s approaching warships, the Liberators’ evacuation was still incomplete.

• Captain Cockroach identified Kuro’s scent on a bottle of Crown Gold Rum, leading Bogard to suspect Kuro had recently visited the Rum Kingdom.
• Garp and Bogard set out for the Rum Kingdom while keeping their investigation quiet, but Headquarters ordered Garp to divert to the Oykot Kingdom after the Liberators captured its capital.
• Ray transferred Oykot’s civilians to the Storm Archipelago and sent the criminals to a secret prison on Angel Island, but eight towns’ criminals had not yet been moved when Borsalino arrived.
• Borsalino bombarded Oyi City with Yasakani no Magatama, and Vic rose in a stone giant to confront him.
• Noah sensed three approaching warships, recognized Garp’s dog-head ship, and suspected Garp’s arrival had caused the crisis he foresaw.

Noah intercepted Garp’s fleet and destroyed it, then pursued Garp toward the Oykot Kingdom. After fungi spread through Garp’s body, Noah killed him with a devastating strike.

• Noah sent shadow crows ahead and warned Vic, Kuro, Lilith, and the others to retreat if they encountered the Five Elders or their allies.
• Noah attacked Garp’s fleet, shattered the warships, killed most of the marines, and neutralized the tsunami caused by his attack.
• Noah killed Bogard and the surviving officers while Garp tried to fight back, then Garp fled underwater toward the Oykot Kingdom.
• Noah controlled the seawater to trap Garp, who escaped into the air but unknowingly inhaled fungal spores.
• Noah stopped Garp, dismissed the prophecy of Joy Boy, and killed him with a blast after the fungi spread through his body.

After Noah killed Garp and Bogard, the World Government recognized that the Liberator Organization’s surprise attacks were overwhelming its defenses. The Five Elders and other senior officials met in Mary Geoise and ordered a search for more spatial ability users.

• Marine Headquarters learned that Bogard’s Vivre Card had burned, and Tsuru and Komei witnessed Garp’s Vivre Card burst into flames.
• Komei told Borsalino that Garp and Bogard had been killed, while Tsuru reported their deaths to Saint Saturn.
• Saint Saturn canceled the trip to the Oykot Kingdom and returned to Mary Geoise, where he convened a secret meeting of senior officials.
• The CP chief proposed finding more spatial ability users so the World Government could rapidly reinforce forces across the seas.
• Tsuru explained the limits of the three known spatial ability users, and Saint Nusjuro ordered the CP chief to find and recruit the Teleport-Teleport Fruit user.