Chapter Summaries

Rocks launched himself from the Execution Platform to confront Harald, and their clash sparked an all-out battle between the pirates, Marines, and giants on Hachinosu. As the fighting spread across the island, Garp landed and devastated the battlefield with Fist Bone Impact.

• Rocks asked Kaya to launch him toward Harald, then flew from the Execution Platform with Rakshasa Dark Sun ready.
• Rocks and Harald met in midair, and their clash unleashed Conqueror’s Haki that split the sky and battered Hachinosu and the surrounding sea.
• Rocks and Harald traded accusations before attacking each other, signaling the start of the full-scale war as Marines, pirates, and giants advanced toward shore.
• Newgate left the Execution Platform to confront Garp, while Shiki and Kyo stayed behind.
• Bright landed on Hachinosu and rallied the Marine soldiers as the Marines and giants fought their way ashore.
• Garp unleashed Fist Bone Impact, sending a massive shockwave across the battlefield and proclaiming the pirates’ defeat.

Garp charged through the battlefield toward the Execution Platform, while Sengoku and the Marines advanced against the pirates. Newgate stopped Garp, and their clash threatened to destroy Hachinosu.

• Kong watched Garp arrive and questioned Kaya, who challenged him over the Marines’ sacrifices.
• Sengoku unleashed a shockwave that crushed pirates as Zephyr, Tsuru, and the giants helped the Marines advance.
• Charlotte Linlin clashed with an Elbaf giant, while Keel fled from Garp and Babel considered heading into the sea.
• Kaido challenged Garp with his new power, but Garp knocked him away before he could finish transforming.
• Newgate blocked Garp, and the two unleashed a massive battle of Haki and tremors that shook the island and threatened to sink it.

Kaya received news from Morgans that the World Government had mobilized Marines to God Valley, realizing the Celestial Dragons’ human-hunting game was about to begin. As the battle raged below, Kaya prepared to demonstrate his Quincy power, and Kong recognized him as the pirate from the report.

• Kaya caught Morgans’s News Coo, and Morgans told him the World Government had gone to God Valley with a Marine escort.
• Kaya deduced that the Celestial Dragons’ traditional country-wide hunting game was imminent and agreed to pass the information to Rocks.
• Kaya watched Rocks fight Harald while Garp, Whitebeard, Sengoku, Zephyr, the Marines, and the Rocks Pirates battled across the island.
• Kaya told Kong to watch the power of a Quincy, and Kong recognized Kaya from a report about a pirate who used a bow and arrow.

The Quincies’ numbers and Reishi weapons turned them into a major force across the battlefield, where they hunted Marines while clashing with powerful officers. The fighting settled into a stalemate, with Quincies and Marines both suffering casualties.

• Sengoku fought John, while Zephyr and Ganzui confronted John’s allies and Maron attacked with his Reishi Bow.
• John revealed his steel-like skin and ability to hover, then used magnetic force to hurl weapons at Sengoku, who destroyed them with a shock wave.
• Maron activated Vollständig and transformed parts of his body into machinery, trading attacks with Zephyr as Ganzui questioned his powers.
• Ganzui realized that John and Maron were both using Reishi Bows, while many other Quincies had spread across the battlefield.
• Quincy archers used Heilig Pfeil to kill Marines, and the fighting became a stalemate as powerful combatants on both sides fell.

Loki transformed and fought the giants who tried to stop him, while Keel and Basard battled Marines amid the chaos at Hachinosu. Far away, Roger learned that Hachinosu had captured Kong and planned to execute him, and lamented that he had missed the news.

• Loki gathered Reishi, transformed with wings and a shield, and knocked down a giant warrior as the fight spread across the battlefield.
• Keel shot Marines while moving through the battle, then killed a Marine who attacked him after his body proved intangible to the man's blade.
• Marines questioned and injured Basard, but he used Reishi strands to support his broken limbs and fought back with twin crossbows.
• Keel watched Basard's fight but chose not to help him.
• Roger read that Hachinosu had captured Kong alive and planned a public execution, then tore up the newspaper and cried out in frustration.

Kaya studied the Quincy fighters at Hachinosu and then disappeared from the Execution Platform, while Admiral Bright fought his way toward Kong’s position. After defeating Gloriosa and Shakky, Bright encountered a powerful stranger in white holy knight attire.

• Kaya recognized an injured Quincy’s use of Ransōtengai and assessed the strength of the Quincy fighters.
• Kaya vanished from beside Kong and appeared to leave the Execution Platform area.
• Bright, a Marine Admiral, fought Gloriosa while secretly working his way toward the far side of Hachinosu to rescue Kong.
• Shakky joined Gloriosa, but Bright struck both women down with his ultimate move, Black Mamba.
• Bright encountered a mysterious man in white holy knight attire whose presence stirred his instincts.

Kaya defeated Marine Admiral Bright in a brief, overwhelming battle and absorbed the power he had gained through years of swordsmanship and Haki. Bright died powerless, while Kaya wondered whether the world itself was limiting its strength.

• Bright challenged Kaya, accusing him of being a sinful man and vowing to avenge the Marine Admiral Roy, whom Rocks had killed.
• Kaya and Bright traded sword blows, and Bright used Severing Moon Flash to pin Kaya down while rushing toward the Execution Platform.
• Kaya blasted Bright from the air, then struck him with cyan flames and Great Heilig Bogen, leaving him badly injured in a crater.
• Bright charged again, but Kaya used Sankt Altar to drain his strength and take the swordsmanship and Haki he had cultivated.
• Bright died unable to speak, and Kaya crushed the gathered power while reflecting that the world might be holding back its own strength.

Kaya displayed Admiral Bright’s corpse, but Zephyr turned the Marines’ grief into renewed determination to fight. As Harald and Rocks crossed the battlefield and Harald attacked John’s group, Rocks struck Sengoku, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Kaya revealed Admiral Bright’s mangled corpse, causing the Marines to grieve and initially lose heart.
• Zephyr rallied the Marines, who renewed their attack and abandoned thoughts of retreat.
• Harald rejected Rocks’s arguments and fought his way toward the battlefield, with Rocks pursuing him.
• Sengoku told the Vice Admirals that someone would rescue Admiral Kong, then saw Harald and Rocks approaching with John and the others.
• Harald unleashed a devastating sword strike at John’s group, opening a chasm and scattering Marines and pirates.
• Rocks shattered Sengoku’s shockwave and struck him with his sword, making Sengoku reconsider whether their release might change the battle’s outcome.

Vice Admiral Tsuru reached the Execution Platform and found Kong, but Kaya appeared before she could get him to safety. The Marines’ rescue attempt stalled as Kaya confronted Tsuru and Kong.

• Shiki, Newgate, Kyo, and Garp fought near the Execution Platform, while Zephyr arrived and joined Kyo in battle.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru led a small unit around the rear of Hachinosu and waited for an opening to reach Kong.
• Tsuru rushed up the Execution Platform and helped the poisoned Kong try to stand.
• Kaya appeared before Tsuru and Kong, stopping their escape and filling them with fear.
• Kyo noticed Kaya confronting the pair and said they would be killed or injured.

Zephyr lost an arm while holding off Newgate and Kyo long enough for Garp to reach the Execution Platform and help Tsuru rescue Kong. As the battle shifted around them, Harald charged through the battlefield, grabbed Zephyr, and ran off while Rocks and Newgate watched in disbelief.

• Zephyr intercepted Newgate's quake attack, but Kyo struck him and severed his arm.
• Garp reached the Execution Platform and joined Tsuru in helping Kong, while Kaya challenged Garp's view of Marine justice and their clash toppled the platform.
• Tsuru emerged from the rubble with Kong, prompting Marines and pirates across the battlefield to rush toward them.
• Harald charged toward the fallen Execution Platform as Rocks pursued him, while Kyo prepared to kill Zephyr and Newgate decided to stop fighting.
• Newgate unleashed Air Quake at Harald, but Harald endured the attack, scooped up Zephyr, and fled, leaving Rocks and Newgate staring after him.

Kaya, Garp, Harald, and Rocks clashed in a four-way battle on Hachinosu as Kaya challenged Garp over the World Government and the Navy. Their powerful attacks collided in a burst of white light that shook the island.

• Kaya and Garp traded punches while arguing about the Navy and the World Government, and Kaya asked Garp whether he had considered changing things.
• Harald returned and carried Garp as he charged Rocks, while Kaya attacked Harald with Heilig Pfeil.
• Garp and Rocks exchanged blows as Harald pressed forward, and Kaya blocked Garp with a Reishi lightsword before attacking again.
• Rocks struck Garp with his sword, but Garp recovered and joined Harald in unleashing their ultimate attacks.
• Rocks launched a Haki-powered wave of sword energy, while Kaya fired a massive Heilig Pfeil, and all four attacks collided over Hachinosu.

The battle on Hachinosu ended as Sengoku joined Garp and Harald against Rocks and Kaya, while the Marines and pirates withdrew or stopped fighting. The surviving Marines sailed away to regroup and planned to question the captured Quincy about their unusual powers.

• Sengoku found Kong and Tsuru, then went to locate Garp and Zephyr while Kong and Tsuru headed for the coast.
• Sengoku joined the battle between Garp and Harald and Rocks and Kaya, but Kaya blocked their combined attacks with Blut Vene Anhaben.
• Rocks saw that the other fighting had ended and that the Marines were retreating, then sheathed his sword and accepted that the war was over.
• The surviving Marines escaped aboard a few damaged warships after Shiki stole most of their fleet, and Zephyr confirmed that he had lost an arm.
• Kong, Tsuru, Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr discussed the casualties and Kaya's strength, then decided to question the captured Quincy after they returned.

Kaya assembled five Quincy and invited them to join him and Rocks on a trip to God Valley for the Celestial Dragons’ Human Hunting Competition. On his way to Shakky’s bar, Kaya met Basard, who asked for greater power and became the Sternritter with the Schrift H: The Heat.

• Kaya gave Ganzui blood wine, awakening his Quincy power and Schrift E: The Explode, and gathered him with Keel, Maron, Kaido, and John as his Quincy group.
• Kaya invited the five Quincy to travel with him and Rocks, then explained that the Celestial Dragons planned a Human Hunting Competition at God Valley in West Blue.
• Kaya told the Quincy to gather early the next morning if they wanted to go, then left for Shakky’s bar.
• Basard emerged from the ruins and begged Kaya to make him stronger, so Kaya accepted him as a Sternritter and gave him blood wine.
• Basard’s wounds healed, and Kaya awakened his Schrift H: The Heat.

Kaya and Rocks discussed the coming human hunt on God Valley, where Rocks revealed that his wife and child were there. Kaya prepared to go for his own reasons, and Gloriosa joined them after gaining a new power.

• Kaya met Rocks, Shakky, and Gloriosa at the tavern and charged his expensive drink to Rocks.
• Rocks revealed that God Valley was his homeland and that his wife and child were there, confirming he would go there.
• Kaya said he had another reason for going to God Valley and did not explain it to Rocks or the others.
• Gloriosa joined Kaya and Rocks after drinking Kaya’s blood-infused liquor and gaining the Love ability.
• Kaya and Rocks declared their contest to become King of the World, agreeing they first had to overthrow the current king.

Kaya and Rocks gathered a large group of pirates and set out for God Valley to rescue Rocks’s family and confront the World Government. As Kaya carried them through the air, he told Big News Morgans that God Valley would disappear and dictated the report he wanted published.

• Kaya and Loki met John, Maron, Keel, Kaido, Gloriosa, Newgate, and Charlotte Linlin at the lighthouse before Rocks arrived.
• Rocks revealed that his wife and son were on God Valley and that the World Government was pursuing them, then disbanded the Rocks Pirates so everyone could choose whether to join him.
• The group stayed with Rocks, and Kaya used his Spiritual Power to lift part of Hachinosu into the sky and carry them toward God Valley.
• Kaya called Big News Morgans, who said his people were preparing a story about their departure.
• Kaya told Morgans that God Valley would disappear and instructed him to report that Kaya, Rocks, and other pirates had wiped out the Celestial Dragons and Marines and dealt the World Government a crushing defeat.

Marines and Celestial Dragons began a massacre and hunting competition on God Valley, while Teach’s mother tried to protect him. The Rocks Pirates crashed into the island, and Loki urged them to start a rebellion.

• Garling killed the woman who had borne his twin sons, while Marines rounded up and attacked God Valley’s civilians.
• A young Marine questioned the brutality of the operation but continued following orders as he was warned to put on a gas mask.
• Teach’s mother held him close and promised that she and his father would keep him alive.
• The Celestial Dragons began their hunting competition, displaying the Davy Clan slaves as the crowd jeered and threw weapons.
• A massive stone slab crashed onto God Valley, and Charlotte Linlin, Newgate, and others emerged from the smoke.
• Loki jumped out and called on the group to raise hell.

Kaya rescued Magnolia and her twin sons, then gave Monkey D. Dragon a way to enter the world of shadows. On God Valley, Rocks reunited with Alice and Teach before confronting Garling in battle.

• Kaya healed Magnolia, returned Shamrock and Shanks to her, and hid the three of them in a space inside a shadow.
• Kaya gave Monkey D. Dragon a Quincy Medallion and vanished, leaving Dragon conflicted about the Marines’ role in the slaughter.
• Garling rallied the Holy Knights as Rocks arrived and rescued Alice and Teach from the Davy Clan’s captors.
• Rocks urged the others to flee deeper into the island, and Alice ran with Teach rather than stay behind as a burden.
• Garling confronted Rocks over Shakky, and their swords clashed.

The Rocks Pirates fought the Holy Knights, whose bodies repeatedly regenerated after being destroyed. After Rocks revealed that Conqueror's Haki coating could slow their regeneration, Newgate struck back, and Keel tested whether his Reishi bullets could kill them.

• The Holy Knights confronted Loki and the others, and Newgate blasted them apart, but their bodies quickly regenerated.
• Ganzui used a deliberately off-target arrow to explode the ground beneath the Holy Knights, yet they recovered and launched a counterattack.
• Loki, John, Ganzui, Maron, Keel, and Gloriosa battled the Holy Knights, while Saint Shepherd Sommers charged at Gloriosa.
• Newgate observed the Holy Knights' repeated regeneration as Rocks announced that Conqueror's Haki coating could slow it.
• Newgate coated his naginata with Haki and cut down several Holy Knights, while Keel shot a fleeing gunman and wondered if his ability could break immortality.

Kaya took the Azure Dragon and Paw-Paw Fruits from a God Valley warehouse and faced Jaygarcia Saturn Saint, who demanded to know who he was. The Five Elders appeared in monstrous forms, and Kuma stood up to question the injustice of a world where some were born nobles and others slaves.

• Kaya collected the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, the Paw-Paw Fruit, and the warehouse treasure before Ivankov and Kuma arrived to search for prizes.
• Jaygarcia Saturn Saint confronted Kaya and asked who he was, and Kaya identified himself as a Quincy.
• Five pentagram arrays appeared, and Charlotte Linlin and Kaido arrived as the Five Elders were transported to God Valley.
• Kaya told Kaido he had already taken the two Devil Fruits, and Kaido backed down while Charlotte Linlin welcomed the chance to see the Five Elders' true forms.
• The Five Elders appeared as enormous monsters, and Kuma stood up and questioned why the World Government's highest authorities were monsters while slaves remained enslaved for generations.

Kaya confronted the Five Elders at God Valley and used Quincy spells to withstand their attacks and destroy two of their monsters. Kaido remained at his side, shaken by the power of Sanctuary Praise.

• Kaya persuaded Charlotte Linlin to take Ivankov and Kuma away by revealing Kuma’s Buccaneer and Giant heritage, while Kaido chose to stay and fight the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders attacked Kaya and Kaido, and Nusjuro struck at Kaya with his blade while Saturn’s shock wave knocked Kaido into the ground.
• Fengxi unleashed a Conqueror’s Haki roar and Itsumade rained fire, but Kaya shielded the area with his Sanctuary Praise spell.
• A sandworm erupted beneath Kaido as Bakotsu launched a lightning-fast sword slash, and Kaya answered with a barrage of Heilig Pfeil that killed both monsters.
• Kaido asked whether he could learn Kaya’s Quincy techniques, and Kaya declared that the Quincy stood above all else.