Chapter Summaries

Roy mobilized Hachinosu’s forces and weapons production as the Revolutionary Army’s attacks strained the Marines and Mary Geoise. The Straw Hats reached Elbaf, where Luffy sensed danger, the Five Elders arrived, and Roy ordered Hachinosu’s officers to move out.

• Roy inspected Hachinosu’s preparations as Stella reported that supplies, Seastone weapons, and warships were being readied for battle.
• Stella reported that the Five Elders and Holy Knights were missing, CP0 agents might have infiltrated the Giant Kingdom, and Marine fleets were gathering in the New World.
• Akainu learned that the Revolutionary Army was attacking across the Four Blues while the Marines had lost contact with the New World and could not protect both it and Mary Geoise.
• Nami guided the Thousand Sunny through dangerous fog and reefs until the Straw Hats reached Elbaf, where Sanji sensed approaching threats and Luffy prepared to face them.
• The Five Elders emerged from a teleportation circle in an ancient room on Elbaf.
• Roy pressed the Den Den Mushi’s bottommost button and ordered all Hachinosu officers to move out.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached Elbaf, where Dorry and Brogy welcomed them and carried the Thousand Sunny to a village feast. Robin wandered away from the celebration and reunited with Saul by the shore.

• The fog cleared to reveal Elbaf, a vast island formed by Treasure Tree Adam, and Luffy shouted that he had arrived.
• Dorry and Brogy stopped their duel after recognizing Luffy, who leaped onto Dorry’s shoulder and greeted them.
• Dorry and Brogy carried the Thousand Sunny across the sea to their village as the crew traveled aboard the ship.
• The giants welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates with a huge bonfire feast, where Luffy eagerly ate roast meat.
• Robin left the feast and found Saul by a small fire near the coast; they recognized each other and embraced.

At the Elbaf feast, Jarul told Luffy about Nika and the imprisoned prince Loki, whom Shanks had helped capture. Eager to learn about Shanks, Luffy went to the Underworld and jumped into its abyss, arriving beneath Treasure Tree Adam before a chained Loki.

• Robin reunited with Saul and wept as he told her he had waited for her to find him.
• Jarul described Elbaf’s legend of Nika, and Luffy insisted that becoming Pirate King was his own ambition.
• Jarul explained that Loki had been accused of killing King Harald, escaped six years earlier, and was captured by Shanks and the giants.
• Luffy decided to visit Loki to ask about Shanks, and Jarul warned him not to release the dangerous prisoner.
• Hajrudin led Luffy, Zoro, and Nami toward the Underworld, but Luffy jumped from the bridge into the abyss.
• Luffy reached Treasure Tree Adam and found Loki chained to its trunk with seastone.

Luffy met the chained Loki in Elbaf’s Underworld and agreed to find his key in exchange for information about Shanks. After returning to the upper world, Luffy reunited with Nami, Zoro, Hajrudin, and the others.

• Luffy ignored Loki’s claim to be the Sun God and repeatedly asked where Shanks was, so Loki offered to trade that information for the key to his chains.
• Loki summoned five enormous beasts to intimidate Luffy, but Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki made them all submit.
• One of Loki’s subordinates revealed that Shanks had once come to the Underworld, and Loki called Shanks a coward.
• Luffy struck at Loki in anger, then stopped his fist beside Loki’s face after Loki said he knew about Shanks and offered a deal.
• Luffy agreed to find Loki’s key, threatened to bind him again if he lied, and rode the giant wolf back to the upper world.
• Luffy reunited with Nami, Zoro, Hajrudin, and the others, and confirmed to Hajrudin that he had seen Loki.

Luffy set off with Zoro and Nami to find Loki’s key so he could learn about Shanks, while the World Government launched plans to seize control of Elbaf. The Holy Knights began targeting the giant children and recruiting Loki, who rejected them and was beaten by Gunko.

• Luffy told Hajrudin he would find Loki’s key for information about Shanks, then escaped the giants with Zoro and Nami.
• Saint Warcury ordered Saint Killingham to take control of the giant children and sent Shamrock and Gunko to recruit Loki.
• Saint Killingham used his Nightmare-Nightmare Fruit to bring monsters from the children’s drawings to life and compelled the children to leave the school.
• Shamrock offered Loki a place with the World Government, but Loki mocked the offer and refused to serve them.
• Gunko attacked the bound Loki with repeated punches after he called himself the Sun God and Elbaf’s strongest warrior.

Luffy fought Gaban at the Giant Tribe’s castle to obtain a key, then received a golden key to take to the Underworld. Meanwhile, monsters attacked the giant school, and Saul was pricked by invisible thorns while trying to wake the children.

• In the Underworld, Shamrock stabbed Loki with an ice bird-shaped blade and left with Gunko after telling Loki to contact them when he had decided.
• Luffy and his companions reached the Giant Tribe’s castle, where Gaban warned Luffy not to enter and challenged him to a fight.
• Gaban repeatedly defeated Luffy and criticized his reliance on instinct, while Luffy kept getting back up and fighting.
• Gaban gave Luffy a golden key and told him to take it to the Underworld and not die there.
• Monsters from the children’s nightmares rampaged through the giant school, resisting the giants’ attacks and trapping a young giant with tentacles.
• Saul tried to wake the sleepwalking children, but invisible thorns pricked his palm when he touched them.

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami raced back to the Underworld with the key, pursued by Hajrudin and the New Giant Warrior Pirates. They found Loki gravely injured, and Zoro agreed to unlock him before his wounds killed him.

• Luffy, Zoro, and Nami escaped Hajrudin's pursuit through the forest on the giant wolf and crossed the suspension bridge and cliffside path to the Underworld.
• Luffy found Loki still chained, battered and barely conscious, with a frozen hole in his chest.
• Zoro examined Loki's Seastone chains and wound, warning that Loki would die without treatment.
• Nami urged Luffy to leave Loki behind, but Luffy insisted on freeing him to learn about Shanks.
• Zoro sided with Luffy, and Nami reluctantly stepped back as they prepared to unlock Loki.

Luffy nearly freed Loki when Hajrudin and the New Giant Warrior Pirates arrived to stop him, but Loki rose, retrieved Iron Thunder, and struck the Treasure Tree Adam. Dark red lightning tore through the tree and ignited fires across Elbaf.

• Luffy unlocked Loki’s chains one by one as Loki’s aura began to awaken.
• Hajrudin and the New Giant Warrior Pirates arrived and ordered Luffy to stop freeing Loki.
• Loki stood, pulled Iron Thunder from the Treasure Tree Adam, and overwhelmed the giants with his aura.
• Loki struck the Treasure Tree Adam with Iron Thunder, sending dark red lightning racing through its trunk.
• The lightning burst from the tree’s crown, and flames spread through the tree and across Elbaf.

Luffy freed Loki in exchange for information about Shanks, but Loki immediately admitted he had lied. As Luffy erupted in anger, the fires and attacks above Elbaf continued to threaten its people.

• Saul told Hajrudin that the giant school was under attack by controlled children and monsters from paintings, so Hajrudin sent Rivera and two giants to rescue them.
• Loki struck Hajrudin and blasted away the remaining New Giant Warrior Pirates when they tried to stop Luffy from approaching the last chain.
• Luffy told Nami he wanted information about Shanks, then unlocked Loki’s final chain despite Hajrudin’s warning.
• Loki’s strength returned and his wounds rapidly healed, but he laughed and admitted he had lied about telling Luffy where Shanks was.
• Luffy erupted with black and red lightning and launched Gear Fifth: Giant Pistol.

Roy and the allied fleet reached the waters near Elbaf as the island erupted in a violent display of Giant Tribe Iron Thunder. Roy held the fleet back while he assessed the battle and ordered part of his forces to destroy the World Government’s CP blockade.

• Roy arrived off Elbaf aboard the Ark Maxim with the allied forces and three Pluton Battleships as a pillar of dark-red lightning burst from Treasure Tree Adam.
• Roy used Observation Haki to survey the fighting on Elbaf, sensing Luffy, Loki, the Giant Tribe warriors, and the Five Elders.
• Roy ordered Kyros to lead the Pluton Battleships against the CP blockade southwest of Elbaf and commanded the allied fleets to destroy the CP forces and seal off the island’s waters.
• Roy told Kaido, Ace, Marco, King, and Katakuri to remain behind, while Kaido left with the All-Stars and Big Mom’s surviving forces to join the assault on the blockade.
• Ace returned to the Whitebeard Pirates’ flagship after asking Roy to protect Luffy, and Roy continued monitoring the battle across Elbaf with Observation Haki.

Luffy stopped Hajrudin’s crew from re-chaining Loki, insisting the injured giant had to live long enough to tell him about Shanks. Luffy and the others then returned to the upper world, where they found Elbaf engulfed in flames and swarming with monsters that re-formed after being cut apart.

• Luffy’s punch missed Loki, who collapsed from his reopened chest wound and severe blood loss.
• Zoro judged that Loki had reached his limit, while Luffy insisted he should not die before revealing what he knew about Shanks.
• Hajrudin ordered his doctors to treat Loki and let Luffy lead the group back toward the upper world.
• Luffy, Zoro, Hajrudin, and the remaining New Giant Warrior Pirates raced up from the Underworld as the tremors and fires intensified.
• The group emerged to find the Treasure Tree Adam burning and endless monsters pouring from the flames, reforming after the giant warriors struck them down.

Luffy and the others fought monsters conjured from the Giant Tribe children’s nightmares while the children walked toward the wilderness under Saint Gham’s control. Gaban explained how focused Conqueror’s Haki could defeat the monsters, Sanji awakened his own, and the battle turned in the fighters’ favor as Gaban struck Saint Killingham.

• The monsters overwhelmed a young giant and kept returning, while the children marched toward the wilderness and Saul, Robin, Chopper, and the others failed to wake them.
• Luffy used Conqueror’s Haki to destroy a monster and warned Zoro and Sanji that ordinary Haki did not work.
• Gaban explained that the monsters were manifestations of the children’s dreams and that focused Conqueror’s Haki could defeat them.
• Gaban recognized that Sanji’s kick had already used Conqueror’s Haki, and Sanji awakened the power by focusing on those he wanted to protect.
• Sanji joined Gaban and Zoro in destroying the nightmare monsters with Conqueror’s Haki attacks.
• Saint Killingham tried to ambush Gaban, but Gaban smashed his head with a Conqueror’s Haki-charged palm.

Gaban, Zoro, and Sanji helped defeat the Holy Knights while Luffy fought the Five Elders after they arrived in Elbaf. As the battle escalated, Gaban confronted Saint Garling, and the scene shifted to the Flower Room in Mary Geoise.

• Gaban, Sanji, Zoro, and Brook defeated the Holy Knights, while Shamrock escaped and the children began waking up.
• Roy watched the battles across Elbaf with Observation Haki and told Tesoro they would join the fight at the final showdown.
• The Five Elders arrived and surrounded Luffy, who fought them in Gear Fifth but began to tire under their combined assault.
• Zoro, Sanji, and Gaban arrived to support Luffy, and Gaban challenged Saint Garling to fight.
• Gaban clashed with Saint Garling, then the scene shifted to the Flower Room in Mary Geoise.

Imu activated the Pentagram Array and descended upon Elbaf, empowering the Five Elders and unleashing black flames that transformed the village into demonic creatures. Luffy protected Nami, Chopper, and the children, but Imu’s flames rapidly drained his strength.

• Imu used Black Turn Domination to watch the battle on Elbaf, then activated an ancient altar in the Flower Room.
• The Five Elders transformed into their Mythical Zoan forms and overwhelmed Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Gaban until the group’s Haki weakened their Black Turn Domination.
• A pentagram array appeared over Elbaf, and the Five Elders realized that Imu had left the Flower Room and come in person.
• Imu’s black flames twisted trees, buildings, and weapons into demonic minions, while the exhausted children collapsed under the effects of his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Nami and Chopper dragged the children toward safety as Luffy entered Gear Fifth and protected them with a Haki barrier.
• Luffy punched through some of the flames, but their endless fall drained his stamina and life force.

Imu descended over Elbaf, buried Luffy with overwhelming power, and revealed that he had waited for Joy Boy. Luffy broke free and faced him again as Roy and the allied forces advanced toward the island for a decisive battle.

• Imu appeared above Elbaf in a pentagram formation, destroyed Aurous Castle, and crushed the island’s warriors with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Imu buried Luffy underground and sent Zoro and Sanji flying when they tried to intervene.
• In the Underworld, Loki stirred as Imu’s presence reached him, while Shanks continued fighting Shamrock.
• Luffy broke through the earth, confronted Imu, and declared that he would become Pirate King; Imu called him Joy Boy and said he had waited for him.
• Roy led his officers and allied forces toward Elbaf as Kaido flew ahead, and Kyros reported that the CP fleet to the southwest had been eliminated.

Imu used Black Turn Domination to transform Dorry, Brogy, and the other giant warriors into raging attackers, forcing Luffy to confront them. As Luffy demanded to know what Imu had done, Imu formed a black sword resembling Dracule Mihawk's Yoru.

• Roy sensed Imu's Conqueror's Haki across Elbaf and ordered the allied commanders to hold back while Luffy and the giants fought.
• Kaido and Bullet argued over Roy's decision, but both obeyed when Roy insisted it was an order.
• Imu appeared among the giant warriors and used Black Turn Domination to transform Dorry, Brogy, Haimik, George, and others.
• Dorry and Brogy attacked their comrades, wounding several giants and knocking Hajrudin through a watchtower.
• Luffy caught Dorry's sword strike, evaded Brogy's axe, and demanded to know what Imu had done to the giants.
• Imu formed a thin black sword from mist, and Luffy recognized its shape as nearly identical to Dracule Mihawk's Black Blade Yoru.

Luffy fought Imu while Zoro, Sanji, and Gaban tried to stop the Five Elders from freeing the subdued Holy Knights. Imu overwhelmed Luffy’s giant attack and kicked him through the trees, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Imu slashed Luffy with black flames, burning his arm, then clashed swords with his Haki-coated fist and shattered the ground around them.
• Saint Warcury and Saint Nusjuro returned to the battlefield and tried to free the restrained Holy Knights.
• Zoro and Sanji attacked the Elders, while Dorry and Brogy blocked their path and Gaban fought the controlled giants.
• Gaban ordered Zoro and Sanji to stop the Five Elders and held off the giants as they joined the fight.
• Luffy charged Imu with a giant Haki-coated pistol, but Imu stopped it with one finger, redirected the blow, and kicked Luffy through several trees.

Imu overwhelmed Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates, pinning Luffy to an ancient tree with the Black Blade as black flames burned away Gear Fifth. Gaban stepped in to protect them and charged Imu with both axes, bringing the chapter to a clash between their weapons.

• Imu disrupted Luffy's Haki, evaded his attacks, and pierced him with the Black Blade, pinning him to a tree.
• Chopper, Zoro, Sanji, Robin, Brook, and Franky tried to reach or attack Imu, but the Black Turn giants and Imu's allies stopped them or drove them back.
• Luffy warned the Straw Hat Pirates to stay back because Imu was too strong.
• Gaban stood between Imu and the Straw Hat Pirates, and Imu recognized him as a survivor of God Valley.
• Gaban invoked Roger and Whitebeard, then charged through Imu's black flames and brought both axes down as Imu raised the Black Blade to block.

Loki awakened his Nidhogg Fruit and confronted Imu after Imu defeated Gaban and wounded him severely. Loki blamed Imu for controlling his father and began a fierce battle with him.

• Imu shattered Gaban’s twin axes, severed his right arm, and sent him crashing into rubble as Zoro cried out.
• Loki awoke in the Underworld, transformed into the Nidhogg, and burst through the cavern walls with Iron Thunder.
• Imu approached Gaban and declared him defeated, but Loki emerged from the Underworld and revealed his dragon form to the battlefield.
• Loki returned to his giant form, saw Dorry and Brogy’s devilish appearance, and accused Imu of controlling his father.
• Imu dismissed Loki’s father as too weak to be his pawn, and Loki attacked Imu with Iron Thunder and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Imu blocked Loki’s hammer strikes as lightning and black flames clashed across the battlefield.

Loki battled Imu while Luffy recovered and learned from Gaban that Imu had defeated Joy Boy and that Roger had left the truth at Laugh Tale for the right time. As Luffy headed toward the fight, Roy ordered the Pluton Battleships to attack the CP fleet and prepared his forces to join the battle.

• Loki traded fierce blows with Imu, healing from a deep shoulder wound before blasting him into a mountain.
• Luffy regained consciousness, approached the critically wounded Gaban, and heard that Imu had ruled the World Government since defeating Joy Boy eight hundred years earlier.
• Gaban urged Luffy to finish what Roger could not, and Luffy set off toward Imu as Chopper tried to save Gaban.
• Zoro and Sanji continued holding off the Five Elders while Robin, Brook, Franky, and the giants fought the demonized giants.
• Roy ordered the Pluton Battleships to fire seastone shells at the CP fleet, then sent his forces to advance while he, Kaido, Bullet, and Hawk Eyes waited to enter later.
• Loki pressed Imu with another hammer strike, but Imu caught Iron Thunder's head and absorbed the lightning flowing into his palm.