Chapter Summaries

Big Mom, Kaido, and Shanks reacted to Vic’s growing power and the possible struggle to replace Whitebeard among the Four Emperors. After entering the New World, Vic began training Ace to produce flames hot enough to overcome Haki.

• Big Mom rejected the idea of seizing Whitebeard’s former territory, while Katakuri warned that Vic was destined to rise and Big Mom vowed to destroy him with an ally.
• Kaido drank on Onigashima while his crew argued about his failure to reclaim Yamato from Vic.
• Shanks told Beckman that he trusted Vic but feared Blackbeard, and he proposed meeting Vic; the bounty posters for Vic and Blackbeard drifted away from the Red Force.
• Vic and Ace reached the New World after passing Fish-Man Island, dismissed the pirates they had forced to handle the ship, and sailed toward Titan Island.
• Vic asked Ace to show his hottest flame, and Ace raised its temperature from about three thousand to nearly four thousand degrees while Vic tested how Haki could counter it.

Ace demonstrated increasingly powerful flames for Vic, culminating in a cyan flame hot enough to exceed ten thousand degrees before it exhausted him. Vic decided to begin Ace’s special training immediately and gave him a Soul Fruit to support his growth.

• Ace raised his flame’s temperature through milky white and pure white stages as Vic assessed the strain and limitations.
• Ace produced a brief cyan flame that exceeded ten thousand degrees, carbonized the deck, and forced Vic to protect himself with Haki.
• Vic praised Ace’s progress and explained that the cyan flame could eventually threaten even a Four Emperor if Ace learned to control and sustain it.
• Vic revised his plan and decided Ace would begin training in the illusion the next day, focusing on developing his Flame-Flame Fruit alongside his Haki.
• Vic gave Ace a Soul Fruit and told him to eat it and rest before training began.

Vic trained Ace in an illusion, where Ace improved his Flame-Flame Fruit abilities, then they shared a meal and discussed developing their powers. As their warship neared an uninhabited island, Vic sensed a fighter as powerful as Big Mom, who called out to him as the Dark Dragon.

• Vic ended Ace's illusion training after three days in reality and invited him to eat.
• Ace praised Vic's cooking and discussed the illusion ability and its potential uses in battle.
• Vic explained how developing a fruit ability in everyday life could lead to powerful applications.
• Ace spotted a lush island and suggested stopping there to restock supplies.
• Vic sensed a powerful fighter on the island and warned Ace to be careful.
• The fighter called out to Vic as the Dark Dragon and invited him ashore for a chat.

Vic and Ace went ashore after a powerful stranger called Vic by his old title, Dark Dragon, and challenged him with Conqueror's Haki. Vic protected Ace and matched the stranger's growing pressure, stopping nearby without yet learning his identity.

• A stranger used Secret Sound Transmission to invite Vic ashore, and Vic recognized that the man had mastered the technique on his own.
• Vic and Ace landed beneath a sheer cliff and walked toward the presence they sensed on the island.
• The stranger unleashed Conqueror's Haki, making Ace struggle until Vic released his own Haki to shield him.
• Vic and the stranger's Haki clashed, flattening trees, incapacitating animals, cracking the ground, and darkening the sky with lightning.
• Vic and Ace stopped about thirty meters from the cloaked man, who increased his Haki to test Vic, and Vic gradually matched him.

Vic confronted the escaped Red Count Redfield, who had sought him out after learning about him through Observation Haki. Redfield failed to read Vic’s memories and discovered that Vic could block his ability.

• Vic and Redfield ended their Conqueror’s Haki clash, and Vic recognized him as the Red Count.
• Redfield asked whether Vic was Garp’s disciple, then used Observation Haki to read Ace’s memories and learned he was Roger’s son.
• Vic explained that he had saved Ace to repay a favor, and Redfield revealed that his memory-reading was a special use of Observation Haki.
• Redfield admitted he had come to test Vic but gave up after sensing that Vic was stronger than him.
• Redfield reached toward Vic to probe his memories, but Vic’s power blocked his Observation Haki.

Vic learned the Red Count’s memory-reading technique in three days, then discovered he could use his control over electricity to alter and implant memories. He continued sailing with Ace toward Titan Island, realizing that his new ability could let him manipulate the Marines’ loyalties.

• Vic used Mind Power to block the Red Count from probing his memories, but the Red Count judged him upright and agreed to teach him memory reading.
• Three days later, Vic had mastered the technique, astonishing the Red Count, who chose to remain behind on the island.
• Vic sailed toward Titan Island with Ace and used Ace’s memories to make his training illusions increasingly realistic and layered.
• Vic realized that his control over lightning let him edit, erase, and implant memories by manipulating the electrical codes in the brain.
• Vic considered using his ability to turn the Marines against the World Government and influence Marines who remained loyal to it.

Vic returned to Titan Island with Ace and found Avalo Pizarro and Douglas Bullet waiting for him. Pizarro joined Vic’s crew, while Bullet challenged him to a rematch.

• Rebecca told Vic that two uninvited guests had arrived on Titan Island looking for him, and Vic said he would deal with them when he returned.
• Vic and Ace reached Titan Island, where Pizarro used two giant earth-and-stone hands to catch and gently set down their warship.
• Vic recognized the guests as Avalo Pizarro and Douglas Bullet, whom he had captured and sent to Impel Down before their escape.
• Pizarro knelt and asked to join Vic, saying Vic’s words had given him hope, and Vic accepted him as a companion.
• Bullet refused to join and told Vic that he had trained in prison so he could fight and defeat him.

Vic refused Bullet’s challenge and let his companions demonstrate their strength, forcing Bullet to kneel under their combined Conqueror’s Haki. The chapter left Bullet shocked by the Thunder God Pirates’ many kingly qualities, while Vic hinted that even more of his crew might wield Conqueror’s Haki.

• Bullet threatened Vic’s companions to force Vic into a fight, but Vic challenged him to try harming them.
• Rebecca released her Conqueror’s Haki, and Barnett added his, putting Bullet under strain.
• Kuina revealed her Conqueror’s Haki, further weakening Bullet and shocking him with the crew’s strength.
• A horned woman joined in with her own powerful Conqueror’s Haki, forcing Bullet onto one knee.
• Vic warned Bullet that he would fall onto both knees if the display continued and suggested that more companions had awakened Conqueror’s Haki.

Vic explained why his companions had the potential to awaken Conqueror's Haki, then pressured Bullet into agreeing to a duel with a wager. After Bullet objected to fighting under Titan Island's extreme gravity, Vic agreed to find a fairer battlefield.

• Vic argued that Yamato, Kuina, Fisher Tiger, Frodeku, Olvia, and his other companions had the qualities needed to awaken Conqueror's Haki.
• Bullet begged Vic to make the others stop using Conqueror's Haki, and Vic's crew withdrew their pressure after Bullet relented.
• Vic offered Bullet a duel, with the loser agreeing to do one thing for the winner, and Bullet accepted.
• Vic led Bullet and the others into a forest with gravity a hundred times normal, where Bullet, Pizarro, and Ace struggled to move.
• Bullet objected that the forest's gravity favored Vic and his crew, so Vic agreed to have Rebecca bring a small island for a fair battlefield.

Rebecca raised Hidden Sword Island to carry Vic and the others to a nearby battlefield, where Vic fought Bullet and overwhelmed him. Vic left Bullet unconscious and badly injured internally, then brought him back to the island as the others discussed his strength and whether Vic might recruit him.

• Rebecca used her Float-Float Fruit to lift Hidden Sword Island, and everyone boarded before it flew to a nearby island.
• Bullet jumped down to the battlefield, and Vic met his first attacks with Conqueror's Haki Coating, remaining almost unmoved.
• Bullet repeatedly attacked Vic, but Vic redirected his force and stayed standing, leaving Bullet frustrated and disheartened.
• Vic struck Bullet with a massive blood-red Conqueror's Haki palm that slammed him into the ground and knocked him unconscious.
• Vic carried Bullet back to Hidden Sword Island, where Rebecca found him bleeding from his seven orifices despite having no visible external injuries.

Vic arranged for Bullet to train Ace through two years of combat, offering Bullet a chance to challenge him again afterward. He taught Ace the advanced uses of Haki in an illusion, then left the two to fight while Rebecca sought a private conversation with him.

• Vic explained that Bullet had lost because he had not mastered advanced Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki, and offered to free him after two years of fighting Ace.
• Bullet accepted the arrangement after Ace questioned whether Vic would still teach him, and Vic promised Bullet another chance to challenge him in two years.
• Vic spent time with Rebecca and his companions, then taught Ace the advanced uses of the Three Types of Haki in an illusion that night.
• Rebecca visited Vic's house but found him teaching Ace, then spent the night sharing private conversation with Olvia.
• Vic set up a battlefield under thirty times normal gravity, left Pure Gold for Ace, and ordered that he would train Ace monthly while Bullet fought him without killing him.
• Rebecca asked whether Ace would join their crew, and Vic said Ace would more likely become an ally; she later invited Vic to answer her training questions that night.

Vic held a feast to welcome Avalo Pizarro to the Thunder God Pirates and discussed the crew’s plans and Fish-Man Island’s future. He declared that his crew would protect the island, then celebrated with his crewmates.

• Barnett asked Vic whether the crew would claim territory and pursue a place among the Four Emperors, and Vic said he preferred to become an uncrowned king rather than be drawn into the World Government’s schemes.
• Vic asked Fisher Tiger about Fish-Man Island, then ordered him to raise the Thunder God Pirates’ flag there and promised to protect it.
• Ain worried that claiming Fish-Man Island would anger the Whitebeard Pirates, and Vic promised to speak with Marco and Ace and help them when trouble came.
• Vic formally introduced Avalo Pizarro as the crew’s new Qilin Fruit user, and the pirates welcomed him with a toast.
• The crew drank, discussed current events and cultivation, and Vic shared long conversations with them.

Vic and Rebecca began a relationship, while bounty hunters and pirates who came to Titan Island were defeated by Kuina and Yamato. After half a month, Vic checked Ace’s training and ordered Bullet to intensify their fights so Ace could master Conqueror’s Haki.

• Vic embraced Rebecca and confessed that he would no longer let her down, and the two began a passionate relationship.
• Olvia, Ain, Yamato, and Kuina reacted to Rebecca and Vic’s relationship, while Kuina took out her frustration on bounty hunters.
• Greedy bounty hunters and pirate crews attacked Titan Island, but Kuina and Yamato defeated them, leaving Vic’s territory secure despite his removal from the Shichibukai.
• Vic visited Ace’s training and saw that Ace had learned Ryuo under Bullet’s pressure, though Ace still lost their fight.
• Vic told Bullet to make the fights more intense and use Conqueror’s Haki against Ace so Ace could learn to control his own.

Vic explored Titan Island’s central volcano and discovered that its gravity drew metal-rich meteorites into a crater filled with molten rare metals. He used the metals to forge two Supreme Great Grade Swords, Blood Wither and Allen, and left the volcano with both blades at his waist.

• Vic went deeper into Titan Island after saying goodbye to Ace and Bullet, investigating why the sense of being watched had vanished.
• Vic reached the island’s central volcano and discovered that its black metal walls and molten contents contained rare metals drawn in by falling meteorites.
• Vic realized Titan Island was the legendary source of rare swordmaking materials that Allen had described.
• After waiting several days and finding no Cast Blue Gold, Vic chose the crater’s molten metal to forge two Supreme Great Grade Swords.
• Vic left the central volcano with Blood Wither and Allen, both immersed in his Haki.

Vic returned to Rebecca after failing to find cast blue gold for a new sword, then confessed that he and Gion had been together for years and had twins. Rebecca accepted sharing Vic and agreed to meet Gion and her children.

• Rebecca teased Vic about returning to swords after spending days searching meteorites, and he told her he could not find the materials for a Supreme Great Grade Sword.
• Rebecca urged Vic to rest, and he teased her about what she meant by going to bed.
• Rebecca accused someone of corrupting Vic and asked who had made him so experienced and improper.
• Vic asked Rebecca to remember how Gion had nearly died for him, then confessed that he and Gion had been together since he visited her after they left the Marines.
• Vic told Rebecca that Gion had given birth to twins and had encouraged him to be with Rebecca too, and Rebecca interrupted him to say she accepted and did not want to leave him.
• Vic showed Rebecca pictures of the twins and said he would tell Gion about them and introduce Rebecca to the children.

Vic traveled to Punk Hazard to watch Akainu and Aokiji compete for Fleet Admiral, then intervened after Akainu narrowly won and both men were badly injured. He stopped Aokiji’s bleeding and offered to kill Akainu if Aokiji wanted the position.

• Ban told Vic that Akainu and Aokiji had begun their Fleet Admiral contest on Punk Hazard, so Vic delayed his departure to spend two days with Rebecca.
• Vic arrived at Punk Hazard and watched Akainu and Aokiji fight for five days and nights until Akainu won by a narrow margin.
• The fight left Aokiji with a severed leg and Akainu with parts of his body frozen, while both were too exhausted to continue.
• Vic appeared beside the injured men, stopped Aokiji’s bleeding, and asked whether he wanted to become Fleet Admiral, offering to kill Sakazuki for him.

Vic secretly altered Akainu’s memories after Aokiji refused to become Fleet Admiral, then left the Marines to believe the two Admirals’ duel had ended in a draw. Akainu was named Fleet Admiral, and Vic reunited with Gion and their children before leaving them again.

• Aokiji refused Vic’s offer to become Fleet Admiral, so Vic knocked out Aokiji and Akainu with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Vic added memories to Akainu that turned him against the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, then erased both Admirals’ memories of his visit.
• Sengoku and the Marines found the injured Admirals and treated them, while Vic slipped away; days later, newspapers announced Akainu as the new Fleet Admiral.
• Vic used Gion’s Vivre Card to find her and their children in the New World, and he reunited with Gion aboard her warship.
• Vic spent several days with Gion and their children in an illusion, then quietly left.

Vic took Olvia to the Bridge Nation to look for Robin, but they found that the Revolutionary Army had already rescued the bridge workers and Robin was gone. Vic contacted Dragon to learn where she had been taken.

• Olvia asked Vic to take her to see Robin, and he agreed to accompany her to the Bridge Nation in the East Blue.
• Vic and Olvia traveled by boat, discussing ancient history and watching films along the way.
• They reached the Bridge Nation and found it in disarray, with newly captured workers replacing those the Revolutionary Army had rescued.
• Vic called Ban for information, but Ban had no leads, so Vic contacted Dragon.
• Dragon asked Vic when he would come help Revolutionary Army soldiers awaken their Haki.

Vic learned Robin’s location from Koala and caught up with the Revolutionary Army ship carrying her, bringing Olvia to reunite with her daughter. After Robin felt safe with them, she thanked Vic and teased him about his relationship with Olvia, leaving their flirtatious exchange unresolved.

• Vic learned from Koala that Robin was aboard a Revolutionary Army ship bound for Baltigo and altered the memories of the World Government commanders in the Bridge Nation to make them treat the bridge workers better.
• Vic and Olvia caught up with the ship in half a day, and its officer recognized Vic and welcomed them aboard.
• Robin reunited with Olvia, embraced her, and shared how she had been captured by World Government agents before the Revolutionary Army rescued her.
• Robin thanked Vic for protecting her and bringing Olvia to see her, then suggested that he could fulfill any desire his companions had.
• Robin teased Vic about hiding aboard the Going Merry and possibly watching her and Nami, but Vic denied it.

Vic reassured Robin that Luffy and the others were safe and encouraged her to train with the Revolutionary Army, where she chose to go despite Olvia’s concerns. Robin and Olvia discussed their search for Poneglyphs, and Vic urged them to keep pursuing the truth before jokingly admitting he had taken Sky Island’s gold.

• Vic told Robin that the Straw Hats had been scattered so they could train for two years and suggested she join the Revolutionary Army, led by Luffy’s father, Dragon.
• Olvia worried that Robin would be in danger at Revolutionary Army Headquarters, but Robin decided to go there and Olvia accepted her choice.
• Robin asked Olvia about the Poneglyphs she had seen, and Olvia said most of their rubbings recorded locations, including Ancient Weapons.
• Vic encouraged Robin and Olvia to keep following the Poneglyph trail toward the truth of the Void Century, which he believed was recorded on Laugh Tale.
• Robin recognized that Vic had taken Sky Island’s gold and threatened to tell Nami, while Vic denied responsibility for the Straw Hats’ trouble finding money.