Recaps

Luo Chen joined Enel’s rule over Sky Island, fought the Shandia, and spent years strengthening his Haki and body. After helping defeat an invading pirate crew and learning the Six Powers from Rear Admiral Hogg, Luo Chen followed Hogg as he confronted Enel.

• Luo Chen escaped the mining prison, joined Enel as the fifth divine priest, and watched Enel destroy Birka with Raigo.
• Enel seized Sky Island and ordered Luo Chen to suppress the White Berets and later drive the Shandia from Upper Yard.
• Luo Chen fought the Shandia, awakened Observation Haki under attack, and allowed Laki to leave after defeating their warriors.
• Luo Chen trained in Upper Yard for two years, improving his Haki and physical strength before New World pirates invaded Sky Island.
• Enel and Luo Chen fought the Green Vine Pirates, with Enel defeating Captain Green Will and Luo Chen killing first mate Samo.
• Luo Chen rescued Rear Admiral Hogg and Conis, then learned Hogg had come to Sky Island while pursuing the Green Vine Pirates.
• Hogg taught Luo Chen the Marine Six Powers as he recovered, then left before dawn to challenge Enel over his rule.
• Hogg defeated the priests and divine soldiers guarding the temple and confronted Enel, while Luo Chen followed him.

Luo Chen left Enel and joined the Straw Hats as Enel began a survival game across Upper Yard. The fighting scattered the crews and Shandia, while Luffy, Nami, and Aisa were trapped inside the giant snake and Enel set out to find the Golden Bell.

• Hogg refused to submit to Enel and was struck down in his Thunder God form, leaving Luo Chen to promise silently that he would care for Hogg’s sister.
• Luo Chen defeated Wyper and the Shandia warriors but spared them after Laki pleaded for their lives, then spent two years training before the Straw Hats arrived on Sky Island.
• Luo Chen fought the Straw Hats, then the crew entered Upper Yard to rescue their companions and face the trials, and he later challenged Enel and survived his lightning attacks before leaving his priesthood.
• Enel declared a survival game and said he planned to leave for Fairy Vearth, while Luo Chen joined the Straw Hats and explained that Enel had used much of Shandora’s gold to build the Ark Maxim.
• The priests, Shandia, and Straw Hats fought across Upper Yard as the giant snake separated Luffy, Zoro, Robin, and Chopper, and Wyper and Zoro confronted Ohm near the shrine.
• Nami and Aisa were swallowed by the giant snake after Luo Chen chose not to intervene, while Enel killed Laki and Wyper begged him to stop.
• Zoro defeated Ohm with 108 Pound Phoenix, Robin found Shandora’s buried ruins and read the Poneglyph, and Enel realized the Golden Bell had risen into the sky with Upper Yard.

The Straw Hats helped defeat Enel and rang the Golden Bell, ending the Shandia’s long vigil before leaving Sky Island with Luo Chen aboard. Their descent landed them inside the Marine fortress G-8, where the crew became separated and began evading capture.

• Enel took Nami to the Ark Maxim and revealed his plan to destroy Sky Island, while Luffy and the others regrouped to confront him.
• Luffy fought Enel, whose lightning could not harm Luffy’s rubber body, but Enel used Mantra and the Ark Maxim to keep the battle difficult.
• Sanji and Usopp tried to rescue Nami, and Sanji took Enel’s lightning strike so Nami and Usopp could escape.
• Enel unleashed Mamaragan and Raigo on the islands, while Luffy carried a giant golden ball up the vine and Nami helped him reach the Ark Maxim.
• Wyper toppled the vine with a Reject Dial, and Luffy used the gold fused to his hand to disperse Raigo before defeating Enel and ringing the Golden Bell.
• Robin deciphered the Poneglyph and Roger’s message, and the Shandia chief gave her the bell’s clapper before Conis helped the Straw Hats descend toward the Blue Sea.
• Luo Chen asked to travel with the Straw Hats, and Luffy agreed as the crew learned about his past with Enel and Birka.
• The Going Merry crashed into the Marine fortress G-8, where the Straw Hats scattered, Zoro surrendered to Jonathan’s Marines, and Sanji impressed the fortress cooks with his meatballs.

Luo Chen helped the Straw Hat Pirates escape Navarone while testing himself against Jonathan, who agreed to travel with him to Marineford. There, Luo Chen learned where Hogg’s sister Catherine lived as Saint Orange waited to claim her as his bride.

• Luo Chen told Jonathan that Enel had killed Rear Admiral Hogg on Sky Island and asked for passage to Marineford, while Luffy and Sanji began searching Navarone for Zoro and Usopp.
• Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, Usopp, and Robin escaped the fortress prison, then Nami and the others launched the Going Merry out of Navarone with the shipwright’s help.
• After discovering the Marines had taken their food and gold, the Straw Hat Pirates returned to Navarone, retrieved the gold from Jonathan’s office, and fought their way back toward the ship.
• Jonathan challenged Luffy to a fight, but Luo Chen intervened and took Jonathan’s challenge out to sea while Nami carried Luffy away on the Waver.
• The Going Merry escaped over Navarone’s fortress, and Luo Chen and Jonathan ended their duel with both acknowledging that Jonathan had held back before agreeing to travel to Marineford.
• Saint Orange set out for Marineford with Vice Admiral Califo, who ate the Lion-Lion Fruit, while the Five Elders ordered Sengoku to assist Orange and Garp was assigned to receive him.
• Garp escorted Orange to his residence, where Orange asked about Catherine, and Garp warned him not to involve the Marines in his plans and refused to say more about her and Hogg.
• Luo Chen left Jonathan’s ship, learned from a Marine that Catherine lived at apartment 52 on West Street, and headed to her residence.