Chapter Summaries

Loki fought John with a sword and shield after abandoning his bow, but John built a massive metal robot and appeared to defeat him. Rocks and the others reacted to something unexpected on the battlefield, leaving Loki’s fate uncertain.

• Loki abandoned his bow, revealed that his wounds had healed, and challenged John to a second round with a sword and shield.
• John failed to control Loki’s weapons with magnetism, and Loki shaved a patch of hair from John’s head with a thrown shield.
• Enraged, John gathered metal from the harbor and transformed it into a crude giant robot called Magnetic Machine: Demon.
• John’s robot struck Loki with its fists, cannons, and an anchor, then pinned him beneath its foot.
• Shiki, Newgate, and Kyo commented on John’s victory while Rocks glanced toward Kaya.
• The crowd cried out, and Rocks turned back toward the battlefield with a changed expression.

Loki revealed his transformed form and fought John, explaining that his Schrift, The Miracle, returned damage to whoever damaged his sword. He told John about the ability and claimed he was doing so to make their fight fair.

• Loki rose unharmed, removed his bandages, and revealed demonic eyes, wings, and a red star halo as he grew larger.
• John charged Loki in his robot, but Loki stopped him with one hand and cut into the machine with his greatsword.
• John discovered he had suffered a mysterious wound, while Loki noticed a tiny nick in his sword.
• Loki revealed his Schrift, M, and explained that The Miracle returned the sword’s damage to John as despair.
• John questioned why Loki had disclosed his ability, and Loki said he wanted to even out the unfair fight.

Kaya revealed that he could awaken Quincy Schrifts in others as Rocks and the crew questioned him, while Loki’s battle with John escalated. Loki transformed into a Quincy form and stood ready to continue fighting.

• Kaya told Rocks that Loki’s ability was even stronger than it seemed, and the others realized Kaya might have caused the island’s earlier power-granting incident.
• Rocks stopped the crew’s joking and asked about Loki’s power, while Kaya explained that he could grant people Quincy powers through blood.
• John condensed his metal armor into a massive greatsword and crushed Loki beneath it.
• Loki pushed the greatsword aside unharmed, having grown larger and recovered from his injuries, while John regretted challenging him.
• Loki transformed with a mask, enlarged wings, a holy sword, and a shield, then announced, “Vollständig: Power of God!”

Loki endured John and Ganzui’s attacks, regenerated from catastrophic injuries, and grew into a towering giant. He then drove the two pirates to flee and prepared a devastating Spiritual Power attack as they ran.

• Ganzui arrived to help John, and the two attacked Loki with explosions and metal while claiming to avenge Koden.
• John’s iron ball struck Loki’s head and Ganzui’s bombs severed his foot, but Loki quickly repaired both injuries and continued growing.
• Loki hurled a ship into the ground and blew pirates away with his breath, terrifying John and Ganzui into fleeing.
• Loki formed a Reishi Bow and unleashed a massive wave of Spiritual Power toward the fleeing pirates.

Kaya carried off the unconscious Loki after the Rocks Pirates stopped his attack from destroying Hachinosu. Witnesses then spread exaggerated stories that Loki had fought the entire crew alone, including rumors that he was Rocks and Harald’s illegitimate son.

• Rocks slashed through Loki’s Spiritual Power attack, and Shiki caught the falling giant on a floating mass of earth.
• Newgate destroyed the remaining Spiritual Power, ending the battle, while Loki’s wounds healed and he remained unconscious.
• Charlotte Linlin demanded Loki, but Kaya refused to hand him over, and Rocks backed Kaya’s decision.
• Kaya lifted Loki and left Hachinosu as the others watched.
• Pirates spread a tale that Loki had taken on the Rocks Pirates alone, and rumors claimed he was Rocks and Harald’s illegitimate son.

Kaya explained how Loki’s Schrift, the Miracle, had transformed him into a giant and revealed that it had drawn on Kaya’s power before Kaya ended the fight. He granted all Quincy the ability to create new Quincy, then noted that the God Valley Incident was drawing near.

• Kaya explained that the Miracle healed Loki’s injuries, increased his vitality, and enlarged his body, while its final state had consumed Kaya’s power.
• Kaya severed his connection to Loki, leaving the exhausted fighter asleep in a building Kaya had built to house him.
• Keel Bastar brought food for Loki and urged Kaya to let other Quincy help create more of their kind.
• Kaya told Keel that he had granted all Quincy the ability to transform others, but explained that indirectly created Quincy would be mixed-bloods with less control over their powers.
• Kaya considered the timeline from Marshall D. Teach’s birth to the God Valley Incident and murmured that the event was not far off.

Sege’s Quincy crew fought the Marines on a small Grand Line island, where Sege escaped while his companions were captured and questioned about their powers. At Marine Headquarters, Kong and Sengoku learned of the Quincy’s connection to Kaya of Hachinosu, then received orders sending Kong to God Valley and later to collect someone near Hachinosu.

• Sege used a Rain of Light to draw the Marines away, allowing him to escape as the rest of his crew were captured.
• Marine officers reported the pirates’ unusual energy-based arrows and learned the name “Quincy” from their prisoners.
• Kong told Sengoku that the report linked Kaya and the Quincy to Hachinosu, raising concerns about the pirate island’s growing strength.
• Sengoku told Kong that the Celestial Dragons were preparing an event, and Kong received an order to send a fleet to God Valley.
• The Fleet Admiral ordered Kong to collect someone outside Hachinosu, and Kong left Headquarters while Sengoku stayed behind to examine the Quincy report.

Ochoku attempted to kill Maron with a poisoned drink and a dagger, but Kaya arrived before he could finish the job. Kaya defeated Ochoku with his power, leaving him buried in rubble and apparently dead.

• Maron learned that a pirate had used a bow and arrow with power resembling Loki's.
• Ochoku visited Maron while he guarded Shakky and joked with him about her underwear.
• Ochoku stabbed Maron, killed his subordinates, and revealed that he had poisoned Maron's wine.
• Kaya arrived before Ochoku could deliver the finishing blow, and Maron explained that he had invited Kaya as a guest.
• Ochoku attacked Kaya, but Kaya trapped him in a barrage of blue arrows and buried him under rubble.

Rocks’s crew captured Ochoku after he attacked Maron and tried to take Shakky, then Rocks executed him. Kaya revealed that the Navy had made a deal with Ochoku and had a ship near Hachinosu, leaving Rocks and the crew to decide what to do next.

• Ochoku woke bound to a cross in Shakky’s tavern, where Rocks and the others had gathered after Kaya subdued him.
• Ochoku denied the accusations and blamed Maron and Kaya, but the crew concluded he had targeted Shakky.
• Rocks cut off Ochoku’s ear and demanded to know where he planned to take Shakky.
• Ochoku tried to accuse Kaya of creating the Quincy bowmen, but Rocks cut off his head before he could finish.
• Rocks ordered the crew to search the waters around Hachinosu, and Kaya revealed that the Navy had made the deal with Ochoku and already had a ship nearby.
• Kaya left the tavern, telling Rocks that what happened next was his business.

Kong waited for Ochoku’s agent to exchange Shakky for treasure, but the Rocks Pirates arrived as the deal ended, revealing that the meeting was a trap. Kong realized he had been set up and ordered headquarters to be told that he had died fighting the Rocks Pirates.

• Kong waited for the expected contact, then sent Marines to bring two black-robed figures aboard when their boat arrived.
• Keel Bastar revealed himself and the unconscious, bound Shakky; Kong handed over the treasure in exchange for her.
• Keel claimed that his boss, Ochoku, was the mole, took a chest of treasure, and disappeared from the warship.
• A Rocks Pirates ship appeared, and Kong realized the meeting had been a planned ambush involving Keel and Shakky.
• Kong prepared to face the attackers and ordered headquarters to report that he had died fighting the Rocks Pirates.

Kaya and the pirates’ plan to ambush the Navy succeeded, while Maron asked Kaya for the power to become stronger. Kaya welcomed him as a companion, gave him blood wine that made him a Quincy, and Maron gained the Arms-Arms Fruit before awakening his Schrift.

• Kaya explained that Shakky and Keel had carried out the pirates’ plan to lure the Navy into an ambush, and she revealed that it had already succeeded.
• Maron admitted that his weakness had left him vulnerable to Ochoku’s assassination attempt and asked to become Kaya’s subordinate.
• Kaya called Maron a companion and gave him blood wine, which made him a Quincy and healed his injuries.
• Maron told Kaya that he possessed the Arms-Arms Fruit, and he ate it at Kaya’s command.
• Silver light appeared in Maron’s eyes as his Schrift awakened: “K,” The Kaleidoscopic.

The Rocks Pirates celebrated their victory over the Marines and displayed the captured Admiral Kong at Shakky's bar. As they debated what to do with Kong and noticed Maron was absent, Rocks left to find him.

• The pirates woke to news that the Rocks Pirates had defeated a Marine force and captured Marine Admiral Kong, then celebrated with a parade.
• Loki found the crowded gathering at Shakky's bar, ripped off its roof to get inside, and asked Shakky for juice and food.
• Rocks called the pirates to discuss Kong, who lay bound in the middle of the bar after the Marines had been wiped out.
• Babel suggested trading Kong to the Marines for money, while Kaido questioned why they had captured him instead of killing him.
• Stussy asked about Maron, and Keel said something had happened to him; John also noted that Kaya was absent.
• Rocks abruptly left the bar to find Maron, surprising the pirates who had expected him to continue discussing Kong.

Kaya suggested publicly executing the captured Marine Admiral Kong on Hachinosu, and Rocks turned the idea into a challenge to the Marines. The pirates embraced the plan, which spread across the island and drew the attention of a young man who saw the coming war as an opportunity.

• Kaya and Rocks discussed what to do with Kong, and Kaya proposed a public execution to force the Marines to respond.
• Rocks approved the plan and declared that the pirates would stage the execution on Hachinosu.
• Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Newgate, Shiki, Kyo, John, Shakky, Loki, and Maron reacted to the plan, with most supporting it despite its dangers.
• The crew settled on calling the conflict the Paramount War, while Keel worried about the Marines and World Government mobilizing against them.
• News of the plan spread across Hachinosu, and a young man decided the war would be a chance to impress someone.

Morgans publicized Pirate Island’s plan to execute Marine Admiral Kong, triggering worldwide shock and preparations for a major war. As people reacted across the seas, Magnolia thought of her absent lover while raising her twin sons, Shamrock and Shanks.

• Morgans learned that Pirate Island planned to execute Kong publicly in three days and ordered the World Economy News Paper to spread the news across the seas.
• People in an East Blue village discussed the coming war, and a vacationing Marine hurriedly prepared to return to headquarters.
• The king of the Kanjiki Kingdom argued with his subjects about asking Marine Headquarters to broadcast the war, then hurt his back and was taken to a doctor.
• On God Valley, Magnolia pushed her six-month-old twins, Shamrock and Shanks, through town and hoped their father would return.
• In a North Blue town, newspaper reports about the coming war emptied the crowd watching a sword duel, and the two swordsmen called off their fight to get drinks.

After Kong was captured during a failed mission to retrieve Shakky from Hachinosu, Fleet Admiral Maxson Sha Adam ordered Bright and most of Marine Headquarters’ forces to rescue him. In Mary Geoise, Saint Figarland Garling persuaded the Five Elders to bring the Hunting Competition forward and target God Valley, leaving three days until the incident began.

• Sengoku questioned Adam about the secret deal with the pirates, and Adam explained that the Marines had tried to bring down Hachinosu from within while retrieving Shakky.
• Adam rallied the Marines to fight for Kong and ordered Bright to lead ninety percent of Headquarters’ forces to the New World.
• Garling asked the Five Elders to start the Hunting Competition early because the Marines had failed to bring him Shakky.
• Garling revealed that he wanted to destroy God Valley because he had discovered members of the Davy Clan there, and the Five Elders approved his plan.
• Garling left the Room of Authority furious over losing his chance to take Shakky, and three days remained until the God Valley Incident.

On Hachinosu, John confronted Maron over stolen valuables, and the two fought while Maron revealed his Arms-Arms Fruit and the Attack Kaleidoscope. Maron transformed into his Vollständig, Familiar of God, as the battle escalated.

• John took several chests of valuables from Maron's men, and Maron confronted him on Hachinosu.
• John returned one chest, but Maron challenged him to a fight and attacked with Armament Haki.
• John used Punk Gibson to form mechanical arms and clashed with Maron, who shot him with a finger transformed into a pistol.
• Maron transformed into a landmine and then launched his hands as missiles, while John defended himself with metal.
• John used magnetism to pull Maron toward him, but Maron adapted to the ability with the Attack Kaleidoscope and stopped the magnetic force.
• Maron revealed a silver chain, activated Vollständig: Familiar of God, and sent a colossal pillar of light into the sky.

Maron used his new Quincy powers to overwhelm John in a destructive fight on Hachinosu. John survived and left considering his place among the Rocks Pirates.

• Maron transformed his arm into a Gatling gun and fired Reishi bullets at John, forcing him to dodge through the ruined streets.
• John unleashed Magnetic Current Great Waterfall, clearing the space between them, but Maron answered with a barrage of missiles that devastated the area.
• John circled behind Maron and stabbed him with a metal spear, but Maron blocked the strike with Blut Vene and knocked John through a building with Blut Arterie.
• Maron wiped the blood from his hand and left, while John crawled from the rubble, furious and worried that he could no longer get by in the Rocks Pirates.

Keel’s Quincy power caught Kaido’s attention, and Kaya confirmed that he had granted it. Kaido accepted the power and left to pursue strength without agreeing to serve Kaya.

• Keel shot through Kaido’s meteoric-iron club with his Quincy pistol after Kaido threatened him.
• Kaido went to Kaya, who admitted he was behind Keel’s power and said Keel had not meant to kill him.
• Kaido told Kaya he wanted power to become the strongest pirate and viewed the coming Paramount War as a chance to leave the Rocks Pirates.
• Kaido drank Kaya’s blood wine, gained Quincy power, and declared that accepting it did not make him Kaya’s subordinate.
• Kaya let Kaido leave and thought that everything he gained would eventually return to Kaya.

As the battle of Hachinosu approached, Rocks’s pirates displayed the captured Kong while Morgans’s team prepared a live broadcast and surveyed the assembled forces. The Marines finally appeared on the horizon, as an unidentified young man stood beside Rocks on the execution platform.

• Pirates brought the poisoned Kong to the execution platform, where Rocks and Kaya watched him refuse to kneel.
• News Coo and Image Den Den Mushi began broadcasting Hachinosu to Morgans and the World Economy News Paper staff.
• Morgans told his staff that the World Government was making a move in the West Blue and had transferred some Marines away.
• The broadcast revealed the pirate forces assembled on Hachinosu, including Whitebeard, Shiki, Kyo, Shakky, and Gloriosa.
• A subordinate noticed an unfamiliar young man in white robes beside Rocks, and the Marines appeared on the horizon.

The Marines arrived at Hachinosu to rescue Kong, with Admiral Bright leading a force that included Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Zephyr. Giants from Elbaf joined the Marines, setting the stage for a battle against the pirates as Rocks and Harald faced each other across the island.

• Garp arrived with the Marine fleet, and pirates on Hachinosu prepared to defend the shore.
• Bright and the other senior Marine officers discussed their attack and sent word for a special force to clear the way.
• A colossal ship emerged from the mist carrying giants from Elbaf, who had come to reinforce the Marines.
• Loki panicked when he realized his father had arrived, while Harald and Rocks exchanged looks across the battlefield.
• Kaya noticed that birds were lingering overhead as the pirates faced the Marines and giants.