Chapter Summaries

Vic returned to the pirates’ base and found Yamato, who had come back after helping free Wano Country from Kaido’s rule. He warned Yamato and Rebecca that far stronger enemies threatened the Thunder God Pirates and pushed them to keep growing stronger.

• Vic returned to the New World base and learned that Yamato had come back three days earlier, satisfied that Wano Country could recover now that Kaido’s forces had left.
• Vic told Yamato that Emperor-level strength was not enough and warned him about a powerful enemy, then bound him with void lightning to demonstrate the gap between them.
• Rebecca rushed in and shielded Yamato, mistakenly suspecting Vic had improper intentions.
• Vic explained that he wanted Yamato to understand the danger facing them and told Rebecca she needed to become strong enough to defeat the Five Elders, warning that the Holy Knights also had undying bodies.

Vic restrained Yamato to test her strength, warned Rebecca about the World Government’s threat to the scattered crew, and used Ban’s Mirror World to bring his companions back safely. At a banquet welcoming Hancock, Uta told Vic she had reconciled with Shanks after learning the truth about their past, while Vic heard about a clash between Shanks and one of Luffy’s followers.

• Vic used lightning to restrain Yamato and urged Rebecca to focus on becoming stronger.
• Vic told Rebecca to warn the crew about the World Government and planned to bring everyone back through Ban’s Mirror World.
• Over the next few days, Vic reunited his companions at the base and held a banquet to welcome Hancock into the crew.
• Uta told Vic that she had met Shanks, learned the truth behind their separation, and cleared up their misunderstanding, though she chose to stay with the Thunder God Pirates.
• Uta described how she had saved one of Luffy’s followers from Shanks after the follower burned the flag Shanks had protected.
• Vic noted that the follower had likely acted loyally because Luffy’s crew was now competing with Shanks for territory.

Vic learned that Ace had led the Whitebeard Pirates to defeat and absorb the Cross Guild, making Ace a likely new Emperor. He caught up with Uta, Bullet, and Kuina, and the chapter ended with Kuina waiting for Zoro to challenge her for the title of World's Greatest Swordsman.

• Uta told Vic that a barrier user named Bartolomeo had failed to block Shanks's attack, and Vic encouraged Uta to keep developing her awakened Sing-Sing Fruit power.
• Vic asked Bullet about his trip to Cross Guild territory, and Bullet revealed that Ace had led the Whitebeard Pirates to defeat the Cross Guild and merge with it.
• Bullet said Buggy had yielded the top position to Ace, who was poised to become one of the Four Emperors, and Vic invited Bullet to challenge him whenever he wished.
• Vic told Kuina that Zoro had grown stronger but still needed time before meeting her again, and Kuina said she would wait for him to challenge her for the title.
• Vic praised Kuina for becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman after defeating Dracule Mihawk and offered to forge her a Supreme Great Grade Sword resembling the Wado Ichimonji.

Vic warned Kuina not to let becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman distract her from improving, then focused on giving his companions new goals and preparing them for the coming war. After Kuina's victory over Hawk-Eye became front-page news, Vic considered how to manage the challengers and learned that her bounty had risen to 2.3 billion Beli.

• Vic told Kuina to keep improving and not become distracted by the title of World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Vic met with his companions, set new goals for them, and later sparred with them to assess and correct their training.
• Olvia brought Vic a newspaper announcing Kuina's victory over Hawk-Eye and her new status as the World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Vic proposed screening challengers before they could reach Kuina, and Olvia suggested Kanbo fight them first; Vic agreed if Kanbo was willing.
• Vic read that the World Government had raised Kuina's bounty to 2.3 billion Beli.

After the Egghead incident, the World Government raised the bounties of several Thunder God and Straw Hat Pirates, while Vic wondered why Imu had not retaliated. Imu instead planned to attack Luffy on Elbaf, and the next day's paper announced that Ace had replaced Buggy as a Four Emperor, with reports implying Vic had helped him.

• The World Government raised bounties for the Straw Hat and Thunder God Pirates, while Marine Headquarters increased scrutiny of Garp's disciples Smoker and Koby.
• Vic wondered why Imu had not attacked and suspected Imu could not leave Mary Geoise because someone in black robes was watching him.
• Imu and the Five Elders chose to target Luffy on Elbaf before dealing with Vic, believing the Straw Hat crew could not withstand them without Vic's help.
• Olvia brought Vic a newspaper announcing that Ace had defeated the Cross Guild and replaced Buggy as one of the Four Emperors.
• Morgans reported Kuina's defeat of Hawk-Eye and Bullet's involvement, leading readers to speculate that Vic had helped Ace rise to power.

Vic kept the Thunder God Pirates in seclusion to strengthen their Conqueror's Haki and focused on mastering laws in preparation for a possible battle with Imu. Meanwhile, Shamrock and Gunko arrived in Elbaf to kill Nika and recruit Loki, and the chapter recounted how Imu had killed Harald fourteen years earlier before Loki and Jarul fought back.

• Morgans reported that the Whitebeard Pirates and Bullet outweighed the Cross Guild, while headlines drew attention to the New World's shifting Four Emperors.
• Vic warned Rebecca and the others that a great upheaval was coming, kept them from going out, and trained their Conqueror's Haki with Soul Fruit and illusions.
• Vic prioritized mastering the laws of speed and slowness and space because he doubted he could defeat Imu with his current strength.
• The Straw Hat Pirates were invited to Elbaf by the Giant Warrior Pirates, while Shamrock and Gunko arrived there through teleportation.
• Shamrock and Gunko came to kill Nika, recruit Loki into the Holy Knights, and bring Elbaf under World Government control.
• Fourteen years earlier, Imu possessed Gunko and killed Harald after he refused to surrender Elbaf's forbidden Devil Fruit; Loki and Jarul then fought back against Gunko and the Holy Knights.

Shamrock and the Holy Knights began forcing Elbaf to submit by taking the children of Walrus School hostage and threatening its people and history. Robin attacked Sommers and used a double to drag him off the branch, hoping to create an opening to rescue the children.

• Gaban sensed the aura associated with Harald's death and went to the abandoned palace to investigate, where Luffy and Zoro encountered him while searching for Loki's key.
• Shamrock and Gunko found Loki in the Underworld, but he refused to join the Holy Knights, so Shamrock had him brutally wounded and summoned Jiringomu and Sommers to subjugate Elbaf.
• Jiringomu made the Walrus School children dream of monsters that appeared in the Sun World, while Gunko led the sleeping children toward the edge of Treasure Tree Adam and Sommers trapped them with thorns.
• Sommers demanded that the giants burn the school and library or watch the children fall, and Robin emerged from Saul's hair to attack him with her Flower-Flower Fruit.
• Robin broke Sommers's spine, then grabbed him and fell from the branch to interrupt his control over the children, but Sommers pierced her with spikes.
• Robin's falling body turned out to be a double, revealing that she had planned to avoid sacrificing herself while trying to create a chance to rescue the children.

Jarul chose to save Elbaf’s children by ordering the school and library burned, while Robin was captured by Saint Shepherd Sommers. Scopper Gaban rescued her and defeated Sommers, but Gunko took Colon hostage and forced Gaban to surrender.

• Jarul ordered the school and library burned to save the children, and Robin wept over the books rescued from Ohara.
• Saint Shepherd Sommers trapped Robin with thorns, but Scopper Gaban arrived and severed Sommers’s hand with an attack that overcame his immortality.
• Gaban fought Sommers with his twin axes and cut him in half, stunning the Straw Hat Pirates and alerting Imu.
• Gaban rushed toward Gunko, but Colon called out to his father, giving Gunko the chance to hold him at swordpoint.
• After seeing a future in which Gunko killed Colon, Gaban dropped his axes and surrendered, apologizing to Elbaf.

Gunko's memories resurfaced, but Imu took control of her and unleashed a demon army and nightmare monsters across Elbaf. In the underworld, Gaban taught Luffy, Loki, and Zoro how to strengthen Conqueror's Haki against immortal enemies, while Hajrudin refused to release Loki to join the fight.

• Gunko remembered her past with Brook after Colon's cries stirred her, but Imu took over her body and ordered Jiringomu and Saint Shepherd Sommers to obey him.
• Imu empowered the Holy Knights, unleashed nightmare monsters, demonized the Giant Warrior Pirates, and ordered Dorry and Brogy to kill Elder Jarul.
• Luffy found Chopper and Gaban in the underworld, and Chopper explained the danger unfolding above; Gaban then taught Luffy and Loki how to counter the Holy Knights' immortality.
• Gaban noticed that Zoro had Conqueror's Haki and gave him pointers, while Sanji mistakenly thought Gaban had been talking about him.
• Luffy asked Hajrudin to release Loki so he could fight in the upper world, but Hajrudin refused because he feared Loki might threaten Elbaf.

After Gaban’s testimony and Loki’s account persuaded Hajrudin to release him, Aokiji, Zoro, and Sanji entered the Sun World to confront the chaos and rescue their allies. Aokiji freed Saul from the thorns, and Robin ran toward the former Marine who had once frozen her friend.

• Gaban told Hajrudin that the Holy Knights’ Haki matched the presence he had sensed at Harald’s palace fourteen years earlier, and Luffy sent Zoro, Aokiji, and Sanji ahead to the Sun World.
• Loki recounted finding Harald mortally wounded in the palace and killing the guards, after which Hajrudin accepted Gaban and Luffy’s belief in him and released Loki.
• Aokiji, Zoro, and Sanji arrived in the Sun World, where monsters and demonized giants rampaged while Robin and several others were bound and Ripley fled with Franky.
• Zoro freed Robin, Nami, Jinbe, Usopp, and Brook, while Aokiji set out to extinguish fires and Sanji confronted Saint Jiringomu.
• Aokiji found Saul bound in thorns and froze and shattered the vines, as Robin ran toward him and saw him helping the friend he had once frozen at Ohara.

Aokiji awakened Conqueror's Haki while saving Robin from Imu, but his injuries left them in danger until Luffy arrived and struck Imu away. Loki joined the battle, freeing Sanji from Jiringomu's nightmare monsters as Luffy confronted Gunko.

• Aokiji took Imu's Armament Haki-coated arrowhead through the chest while protecting Robin and awakened Conqueror's Haki.
• Aokiji used his ice abilities to recover his body, and Robin accepted him as a true companion, though Imu continued attacking them.
• Sanji struggled against Jiringomu's endless nightmare monsters while Zoro fought Sommers and adapted Gaban's swordsmanship to cut through Armament Haki-coated thorns.
• Luffy arrived in Gear Fifth and sent Imu flying with a Conqueror's Haki-coated punch, then challenged Gunko as Loki approached her.
• Loki cleared Jiringomu's nightmare monsters with his hammer and lightning, allowing the exhausted Sanji to leave the fight to him.

Loki defeated Saint Jiringomu and joined Luffy against Imu, while the Straw Hats and their allies fought the transformed giants and remaining monsters. The battle reached a rough standstill as Zoro gained the upper hand over Saint Shepherd Sommers and Aokiji reduced the nightmare monsters’ numbers.

• Loki overwhelmed Jiringomu with Iron Thunder, whose Conqueror’s Haki prevented Jiringomu from regenerating.
• Imu drove Luffy to exhaustion, but Loki knocked away Imu’s arrowhead and stopped an attack aimed at him.
• Luffy thanked Loki and accepted his help, allowing them to hold Imu to a rough standstill.
• Zoro’s Conqueror’s Haki and Enma overcame Saint Shepherd Sommers’s thorns, while Aokiji continued killing the nightmare monsters.
• Sanji, Jinbe, and the other Straw Hat Pirates fought the transformed giants, and Usopp subdued several with special seed projectiles.

After Gaban helped the Straw Hat Pirates free the Giant Warrior Pirates from demonization, Zoro and the others cornered Imu, who retreated with the remains of his fallen subordinates. Luffy resolved to train with Gaban before pursuing the One Piece, while Loki was left frustrated that he could not stop his father's killer from escaping.

• Gerd and Chopper stabilized Gaban's injuries, allowing him to use Conqueror's Haki to destroy the pentagrams transforming the Giant Warrior Pirates.
• Aokiji shattered the frozen nightmare monsters, and Gaban's presence distracted Saint Shepherd Sommers long enough for Zoro to cut him apart with Enma.
• Zoro, Gaban, Aokiji, Sanji, Jinbe, and Brook gathered near Luffy and Loki's fight, prompting Imu to retreat through a pentagram with the reassembled remains of Saint Shepherd Sommers and Jiringomu.
• Luffy decided to train his Conqueror's Haki with Gaban before setting out for the One Piece, then ask Vic how to grow stronger.
• Brook wondered whether Gunko was the little girl he remembered, while Loki felt defeated that his father's killer had escaped again.

Luffy invited Loki to join the Straw Hat Pirates, but Loki rejected him again and prepared to become Elbaf’s king. After Gaban also refused to join, the Straw Hats left Elbaf under the Giant Warrior Pirates’ escort, stronger from their training but still lacking a lead to the fourth Road Poneglyph.

• Loki was cleared of the massacre accusation and became the sole candidate for Elbaf’s throne while Hajrudin handled the country’s governance and unification.
• Luffy asked Gaban about the missing fourth Road Poneglyph, but neither Gaban nor Saul knew where it had gone after Roger returned from Laugh Tale.
• Loki rejected Luffy’s invitation to join the Straw Hat Pirates again, though he promised to help if they needed him against the World Government.
• Luffy invited Gaban to join next, but Gaban declined because of his family and age.
• The Straw Hat Pirates departed Elbaf on the day of Loki’s coronation, escorted by the Giant Warrior Pirates, after Luffy, Zoro, and Aokiji improved their Haki.

After leaving Elbaf, the Straw Hat Pirates continued toward Lodestar Island while searching for the fourth Road Poneglyph. Vic prepared Rebecca and his allies for the World Government’s growing hostility, and the Straw Hats repelled another Holy Knights attack before the chapter ended.

• Luffy decided the Straw Hat Pirates would sail for Lodestar Island and search their remaining routes for the fourth Road Poneglyph, retracing the Grand Line if necessary.
• Vic warned Luffy about the Holy Knights and advised him to develop the Gum-Gum Fruit, which Vic believed could become a power feared by Imu.
• Rebecca told Vic she feared the Holy Knights would overwhelm his allies if they remained scattered, and Vic explained why the World Government would keep targeting them.
• Vic chose not to interfere with Luffy’s growth, believing battle would strengthen Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• The Holy Knights pursued the Straw Hat Pirates by ship and were met by a stronger Luffy, a Zoro who controlled Conqueror’s Haki, and an Aokiji who could use it consistently.
• The Holy Knights retreated after gaining little advantage against the Straw Hat Pirates, whose fighters could counter their immortal bodies.

The Straw Hat Pirates fought off the Holy Knights on Lodestar Island, but Luffy found no clue to the fourth Road Poneglyph. After searching the final stretch of sea for three months, they reached Reverse Mountain and decided to sail the Grand Line again for answers.

• The Straw Hat Pirates defeated the Holy Knights’ attempts to stop them on Lodestar Island, but neither side gained a decisive advantage.
• Luffy, Zoro, Aokiji, and Sanji each struggled with the dead ends and personal frustrations facing them, while Nami and Robin remained committed to their goals.
• Luffy searched the sea beyond Lodestar Island for three months before the Straw Hat Pirates reached Reverse Mountain and abandoned their fruitless search.
• Shanks visited Lodestar Island briefly, then sailed with his crew to Wano Country for an unknown purpose.
• Ace settled on Lodestar Island and waited until Luffy returned, when the two pirate crews held a grand banquet.

After two years of searching for the fourth Road Poneglyph, Luffy received Vic’s advice to train his Voice of All Things on Zou and secretly sailed there with the Straw Hat Pirates. Meanwhile, the Thunder God Pirates grew stronger, and Vic’s children made names for themselves.

• At Lodestar Island, Luffy gave Ace copies of three Road Poneglyph rubbings, but Ace declined and Buggy took them, hoping to help Ace become Pirate King.
• Zoro and Hawk-Eye sparred after the banquet, and Zoro later made Vic his sole target after learning secret truths from Hawk-Eye.
• Over the next two years, the Straw Hat Pirates, Ace and Buggy, and the Red Hair Pirates failed to find the fourth Road Poneglyph, while Shamrock attacked the Straw Hats once and was repelled.
• Vic advised Luffy to stay on Zou and strengthen his Voice of All Things until he could sense the Road Poneglyph and speak normally with Zunesha.
• Luffy had Franky secretly coat the Thousand Sunny, and the Straw Hat Pirates vanished into the night to avoid leading the World Government to Zou.
• Vic advanced in his Space Law, his Haki-trained crew overcame their fear of undying enemies, and his children gained reputations while Gion secretly reached Admiral-level strength.

Vic reflected on his allies’ progress toward the God Realm and began giving key fighters guidance after realizing he had delayed them. After teaching Yamato and teleporting to the Cross Guild, he reunited with Ace and its other core members.

• Rebecca asked Vic what he should train next, and Vic advised her to keep developing the Float-Float Fruit’s gravity-based abilities.
• Vic decided that Dragon’s slow progress had taught him to guide his strongest allies toward the God Realm sooner, while keeping Luffy’s goal open-ended.
• Vic used Yamato’s Vivre Card to fold space to her, pulled her consciousness into an illusion to show her the God Realm’s power, and explained the World Government’s threat and how to grow stronger.
• Vic folded space to the Cross Guild’s base and entered its central tent under an illusion, surprising Ace, Hawk-Eye, Marco, and the other core members.
• Ace greeted Vic enthusiastically, gave up his main seat, and led him toward it.

Vic brought Ace into an illusion to explain that powerful enemies still existed and that Ace had become complacent about developing his Devil Fruit. He left Ace fighting illusionary versions of the Five Elders, whose strength and immortal bodies shattered Ace’s confidence.

• Vic ended the banquet early and isolated his conversation with Ace from outside observation and sound.
• Vic reminded Ace of the childhood illusion he had shared with Luffy, then invited Ace to enter another illusion.
• Inside the illusion, Vic asked Ace about his training and learned that Ace had stopped developing his fruit ability after mastering his white flames.
• Vic warned Ace that hidden enemies could be far stronger than he expected and created five monstrous versions of the Five Elders.
• The immortal monsters attacked Ace, blocked his flames with their Haki, and forced him back until his confidence in his strength collapsed.

Vic showed Ace the Five Elders’ powers and immortality, then revealed that a hidden figure behind them had caused Ace’s father’s terminal illness and would be their enemy. He warned Ace that the figure had power beyond Devil Fruit Awakening, in a realm called the God Realm.

• Ace used advanced Conqueror's Haki and his white flames to defeat Vic’s five immortal monsters one by one.
• Vic revealed that the monsters had taken the forms of the Five Elders: Saturn, Warcury, Mars, Ju Peter, and Nusjuro.
• Ace reasoned that the Five Elders’ immortality had likely been granted by someone else, and Vic confirmed that someone more powerful stood behind them.
• Vic told Ace that the hidden figure had plotted against his father, causing his terminal illness, and had become the true target of Ace’s revenge.
• Vic explained that the hidden figure’s power belonged to the God Realm, a realm beyond Devil Fruit Awakening.