Chapter Summaries

Kaya, a transmigrator with Yhwach’s Quincy abilities, reclaimed the power he had lent to several pirate crews and rapidly grew from a child into a young man. Rocks was impressed by Kaya and invited him to join his crew.

• Rocks and his crew entered a looted house and found Kaya, while Shiki, Linlin, and Kaido wondered what had happened to the Devil Fruit.
• Rocks recalled that he had come to investigate a battle between pirate crews, one side of which had fought with powerful bows and arrows.
• After asking Kaya his name, Rocks watched as Kaya explained his power to reclaim soul fragments and used Auswählen to take back the power he had shared with the pirates.
• Kaya grew into a young man before the stunned crew, and Rocks invited him to join them.

Kaya challenged Rocks to test the sharpness of his sword, then used his power over Reishi to create a military-style outfit. The pirates gathered on Hachinosu to watch as Kaya approached Rocks, leaving the duel about to begin.

• Rocks introduced Kaya to the rowdy pirates at Shakky's tavern, where the crew bickered and boasted about their desires and romances.
• Kaya listened as Rocks described pirates as lawless people who pursued freedom and everything they wanted.
• Kaya asked Rocks how sharp his sword was and challenged him to a fight, prompting Rocks to head outside.
• Kaya manipulated Reishi to reconstruct his clothes into a white robe and military uniform, surprising Shakky.
• News of Kaya's challenge spread across Hachinosu, and pirates gathered to watch as Kaya made his way toward Rocks.

Kaya tested his newly acquired Quincy powers against Rocks, demonstrating Reishi weapons and Hirenkyaku while learning to use Haki. The chapter left Rocks astonished that his sword strike had barely affected Kaya.

• Kaya appeared in a white Quincy uniform and explained that his arrival had brought a new power system based on Reishi into the pirate world.
• Kaya formed a Reishi sword, and Rocks attacked him with powerful flying slashes that Kaya evaded using Hirenkyaku.
• Kaya clashed swords with Rocks and coated his blade in Haki, surprising Rocks, who realized Kaya had been using him to improve.
• Kaya tried another Quincy ability, but Rocks struck him and sent him flying while the spectators worried about the fight.
• Kaya stood unharmed in a crater after Rocks's attack and brushed a little dust from his sleeve.

Kaya transformed a group of defeated pirates into Quincy by having them drink wine mixed with his blood. The new Quincy discovered their powers and pledged themselves to Kaya, who had already left.

• Kaya defeated a group of pirates and offered them the choice to drink blood-mixed wine or face his refusal.
• The pirates drank the wine, endured a painful transformation, and learned the essence of the Quincy through Kaya's blood.
• The transformed pirates called Kaya their king and discovered they could perceive Reishi and create Spirit Bows.
• One pirate fired a Reishi Arrow that smashed through a load-bearing wall and brought down the building.
• The pirates found Quincy Crosses in their hands and wondered what to do after Kaya left without instructions.

Kaya watched Rocks defend him after he spoke bluntly about the pirates’ devotion to Shakky, then began to understand Rocks’s idea of freedom and the force of belief. Kaya told Rocks he would not take his life for now, leaving their future rivalry unresolved.

• Kaya returned to Shakky’s tavern, where Rocks teased him about drinking and Shakky noticed Rocks seemed unusually satisfied.
• Roger arrived with his crew to visit Shakky, and Gloriosa tried to join his ship while Shakky asked after Rayleigh.
• Shakky suddenly collapsed, and Gloriosa took her away, leaving the pirates in the tavern dispirited.
• Kaya remarked that the pirates would lose the will to live if Shakky were kidnapped, prompting several of them to threaten him.
• Rocks unleashed his Haki against the pirates who had challenged Kaya and defended the freedom to speak and act without concern for rules.
• Kaya reflected on the importance of belief and will, then told Rocks he did not plan to take his life for now.

Kaya told Roger that Lodestar Island was not the true final island and explained that the Road Poneglyphs revealed the route to it. He left the tavern after sharing the secret, while Roger and Rocks were left to consider their common enemy, the World Government.

• Roger joined Kaya and Rocks for a drink and asked about the end of the Grand Line.
• Roger explained that Lodestar Island was where the Grand Line routes converged, and declared that he would go there to seek treasure.
• Rocks said his goal was to become King of the World and asked Roger to help him oppose the World Government, but Roger refused.
• Kaya told Roger that Lodestar Island was not the final island and that the Log Pose would fail to point onward; Roger reacted angrily and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, which Kaya calmly resisted.
• Kaya explained that Road Poneglyph coordinates led to the true final island and that it held the world's secrets, then left the tavern.

Kaya encountered a young Kaido on Hachinosu as he fought Red Eye and intervened with his Reishi powers. Kaya killed Red Eye, leaving Kaido and the other pirates watching him.

• Kaya saw Kaido surrounded by pirates who demanded that he apologize to Red Eye for spilling wine.
• Kaido fought Red Eye while Kaya watched, then Kaya fired a Reishi arrow that exploded between them.
• Kaya summoned a massive arrow from a blue bow, which struck the ground and transformed into a glowing Reishi sword.
• Kaido recognized Kaya as he approached Red Eye, and the pirates realized Kaya had attacked their leader.
• Kaya severed Red Eye at the waist, then cut his throat after Red Eye begged for mercy.

Kaya killed Red Eye and his pirates, then fought Kaido and nearly cut him in half before Charlotte Linlin intervened. Linlin carried the wounded Kaido away, threatening Kaya, who returned the way he had come.

• Kaya killed Red Eye with two slashes and crushed the rest of the pirate gang using Reishi.
• Kaya punched Kaido through a series of buildings, then caught his club strikes with one hand.
• Kaya explained that the cyan patterns protecting him were Blut and struck Kaido hard enough to cave in his stomach.
• Kaya slashed Kaido diagonally, nearly cutting him in half and severing his club.
• Charlotte Linlin arrived, attacked Kaya with fire, and carried the wounded Kaido away after Kaya emerged unharmed.
• Charlotte Linlin threatened Kaya, who sheathed his sword and went back the way he had come.

Kaya recruited pirates on Hachinosu by force and turned them into Quincy, then persuaded the one-armed swordsman Sege to serve him by promising to restore his missing arm. After Sege’s arm regrew, Kaya ordered him to recruit more people and left him in charge.

• Kaya forced surviving pirates to submit and shared his Quincy powers with them.
• Sege confronted Kaya over recruiting from other crews, and Kaya attacked him with a Heilig Pfeil before offering to restore his missing arm.
• Sege agreed to serve Kaya, drank the blood wine, and received Quincy powers that regrew his right arm.
• Kaya ordered Sege and the other pirates to recruit as many people as possible, gave them freedom to act, and departed.
• Sege gathered the pirates and declared that they were Quincy.

Kaya sent newly converted Quincy pirates out to spread their name, then encountered Ochoku, who tried to recruit him into an alliance to seize wealth and power on Pirate Island. Kaya rejected him and continued inland, while Ochoku threatened him and Kaya privately resolved to kill him.

• Kaya ordered the new Quincy pirates to go to sea and let the world know the Quincy existed, and they sailed away flying the Quincy emblem.
• Kaya reflected on his growing power and his uncertainty about where he ranked among the strong fighters of the seas.
• Ochoku approached Kaya and proposed an alliance to build their forces and rob the rich for profit.
• Kaya asked about Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, then refused Ochoku’s proposal after letting him believe he might agree.
• Ochoku cursed Kaya and threatened that he would regret refusing, while Kaya privately decided Ochoku was going to die.

Kaya explained Blut and Reishi to Kaido, then invited him to join the Sternritter. Kaido refused and left, while Kaya sensed someone else nearby.

• Kaido met Kaya atop the skull-shaped mountain and asked about the power Kaya had offered to share.
• Kaya demonstrated Reishi and explained how Blut Vene strengthened defense and Blut Arterie increased destructive power.
• Kaya told Kaido he was forming the Sternritter and invited him to join as a subordinate, partner, friend, or ally.
• Kaido refused because he distrusted Kaya and the unfamiliar power, then jumped from the mountain.
• Kaya remained on the mountain and asked whoever was hiding nearby to come out.

Kaya confronted Keel Bastar after the Rocks Pirates gunman overheard his conversation with Kaido. Kaya defeated Keel’s ghost attack, accepted his offer to join the Sternritter, and bound Keel’s soul to his own with blood wine.

• Keel Bastar revealed he had overheard Kaya and Kaido discussing Kaya’s powers and recruitment offer.
• Keel attacked Kaya with a ghost and pistols, but Kaya destroyed the ghost with a glance and left Keel gravely weakened.
• Keel begged Kaya to spare him and offered to become a Sternritter, claiming he had always dreamed of being a knight.
• Kaya agreed to take Keel in and made him drink blood wine, causing a Quincy Cross to form in Keel’s soul.

Kaya gave Keel Bastar Quincy power, and Keel learned to wield Reishi as bows and pistols before awakening his Schrift, "X," the X-Axis. Kaya left him behind after naming him a Sternritter, while Keel wondered whether he could reveal his new power.

• Keel screamed as Kaya's blood wine awakened his Spiritual Power, then sensed Reishi flowing through his body.
• Keel formed a dark green Spirit Bow, destroyed a distant building with an arrow, and fired volleys of Reishi arrows.
• At Kaya's suggestion, Keel transformed his bow into flintlock pistols and unleashed a barrage of Reishi bullets.
• Keel looked inward and awakened the Schrift Kaya had inscribed on his soul, identified as "X," the X-Axis.
• Kaya named Keel a Sternritter and left him to decide whether to kill Kaido; Keel asked if he could reveal his new power, but Kaya did not answer.

Kaya sailed with Rocks to Elbaf, where Rocks fought Harald, and declared that he would become King of the World. After meeting the giant child Loki, Kaya invited him to join his side, and Loki agreed.

• Kaya joined Rocks on a voyage to Elbaf after learning Roger had left Hachinosu for Lodestar Island.
• On the way, Kaya told Rocks he would never become King of the World and declared that he would claim the title himself.
• In Elbaf's Underworld, Rocks and Harald fought so fiercely that their Haki devastated the forest and forced the spectators to flee.
• After the battle, Loki met Kaya and asked to leave Elbaf and go to sea with Rocks.
• Kaya invited Loki to join his side, and Loki eagerly agreed.

After Rocks failed to recruit Harald, Loki asked to leave Elbaf with Kaya and Rocks, and Kaya agreed to take him. Kaya then used his power to form a huge ship from the surrounding ancient trees, leaving Rocks unsure whether it could sail.

• Rocks returned from his meeting with Harald and said the giant king had firmly rejected his invitation to join him.
• Kaya and Rocks discussed Harald’s wish to bring the giant race closer to the world, while Rocks warned that the World Government would exploit them.
• Loki asked Rocks to take him out to sea, and Kaya revealed he had already agreed to bring Harald’s son along.
• Rocks accepted Loki’s departure, then worried that his ship could not fit the giant child.
• Kaya shaped the surrounding ancient trees into a massive ship, and Rocks questioned whether it would stay afloat.

Kaya took Loki from Elbaf toward Hachinosu and revealed that Saint Nerona Imu secretly ruled the World Government from the Empty Throne. Loki accepted Kaya’s dangerous power and gained Spiritual Power, leaving with the Schrift “M,” The Miracle, sleeping within his soul.

• Loki eagerly joined Rocks and Kaya on their voyage, declaring that he would grow stronger and help conquer the world.
• Kaya told Rocks that Saint Nerona Imu sat on the Empty Throne and warned him that Imu would kill him.
• Kaya told Loki he was headed to Hachinosu and offered him the power to become stronger than Harald.
• Loki drank Kaya’s wine and awakened Spiritual Power, forming a Reishi Bow and firing a Heilig Pfeil over the sea.
• A blood-washed Schrift, “M,” The Miracle, was engraved in Loki’s soul and remained dormant.

Basard killed Nine with a summoned bow and arrow, drawing attention to a growing number of bow-wielding pirates on Hachinosu. Eileen tried to recruit Basard into the Quincy, but news that Rocks had returned interrupted them.

• Basard pinned Nine down in a tavern and killed him with a summoned blue bow and arrow.
• A man in a black suit heard that several pirate crews and individuals on Hachinosu had been using bows and arrows, and ordered the intelligence reported to the Godfather.
• Basard refused Eileen’s offer to join her Quincy group, despite her claim that their numbers and power were growing.
• A shout announced that Rocks had returned to Hachinosu.

Rocks brought Loki to Hachinosu, where Kaya urged the young giant to fight the pirates who mocked him. Loki’s rampage turned the port into chaos, and he faced the swordsman Mad Demon as the gathered pirates watched and wagered.

• Rocks arrived at Hachinosu with Loki and Kaya, drawing the pirates’ attention to the enormous child.
• Newgate, Shiki, John, and Ochoku questioned why Rocks had brought Loki, while Rocks asked where Linlin was and heard she had fought Kaido.
• After pirates laughed at him, Kaya told Loki to beat anyone who looked down on him, and Rocks encouraged the prospect of a fight.
• Loki charged through the port with his iron spiked club, striking pirates and wrecking buildings until the crowd began fighting back.
• Mad Demon attacked Loki with his greatsword, and Loki blocked the blow with his club but was forced backward.
• Kaya told the watching pirates that Loki would grow stronger than them and said he needed to learn to use his true power in battle.

Loki defeated Blood Sword Mad Demon, then John stepped forward and used his Devil Fruit ability to evade Loki’s attacks while teasing him. Kaya wondered why Loki was still holding back his power.

• Loki fought Blood Sword Mad Demon, who bit off a piece of his index finger, and then beat him into a pool of blood and flesh.
• Kyo, Ochoku, and Shiki argued as the pirates watched Loki, and John decided to challenge him after Kaya gave her permission.
• John walked up to Loki and dodged his club strikes so effortlessly that Loki could not tell whether he had hit him.
• Newgate recognized that John was using his Devil Fruit ability to toy with Loki, while Kaya wondered why Loki still had not used his power.

Loki unleashed Quincy powers against John, while John used his Magnet-Magnet Fruit to evade and counterattack. The two continued fighting as their attacks endangered the surrounding pirates, and John finally smashed Loki’s arrow with a metal-covered punch.

• John taunted Loki as Loki tired from repeatedly striking at him with his iron club.
• Loki revealed a silver chain and summoned a pinkish-purple bow, then fired powerful arrows that killed pirates and forced John to dodge.
• Loki used Heilig Pfeil and Rain of Light to send volleys of arrows across the battlefield, while Newgate stopped stray shots and Rocks urged Loki to keep showing his power.
• John drew metal weapons into the air with Punk Vise, and Keel Bastar noticed his own hidden pistols trembling under the magnetic force.
• Loki fired another arrow, but John formed a giant mechanical arm with Punk Gibson and smashed the shot with a punch.