Chapter Summaries

News of Kaya and Rocks’s assault on God Valley shook the world, while Morgans published the surviving evidence and the Marines issued Kaya an unprecedented bounty. Roger, devastated that he had missed the incident, set out for God Valley with Shakky, and a newcomer arrived asking to join him.

• Newspapers reported that Kaya and Rocks had killed the Marines, Celestial Dragons, Holy Knights, and Five Elders at God Valley, spreading panic across the sea.
• Morgans recalled how Ginny had leaked information about God Valley and kept a photograph of a mysterious figure that he dared not publish.
• The Marines issued Kaya a bounty of 9,999,999,999, which Morgans angrily noted was one short of a round figure.
• At Shakky’s bar on Hachinosu, Roger mourned missing both the Paramount War and the God Valley Incident, then announced he would go to God Valley.
• Roger agreed to take Shakky with him, and an unidentified person entered the bar and asked to join the trip.

Garp and Zephyr investigated the ruined God Valley, where they found a mysterious black hole and jumped inside. They emerged in an unknown world of white buildings beneath a black sky, unsure where they were.

• Garp and Zephyr arrived at God Valley and found the island reduced to a devastated wasteland.
• The two explored the ruins, learned nothing about the attack, and discovered a dead native beneath rubble.
• Garp noticed black vapor rising from a collapsed building, and he and Zephyr uncovered a circular black hole surrounded by flames.
• After Garp tested the hole with a rock, Garp and Zephyr jumped into it and fell through a disorienting darkness.
• Garp and Zephyr emerged in a strange world filled with white buildings beneath a black sky, and Garp wondered where they had landed.

Garp and Zephyr investigated the Wandenreich in Silbern, learning that its people were Quincy and disguising themselves in stolen uniforms. When a patrol confronted them, Garp bluffed that they outranked the squad and claimed their boss was Kaya.

• Garp and Zephyr overheard Quincy discussing His Majesty and a royal guard, then watched them from the rooftops as Zephyr struggled with the air.
• Garp and Zephyr abducted Allen and Saiki to question them, and Allen confirmed they were in God Valley before revealing that His Majesty was revered as the Quincy’s supreme god.
• Allen recognized Garp and Zephyr as Navy officers and passed out after declaring he would tell them nothing, so they took his uniform and changed into Quincy clothes.
• A patrol squad caught Garp and Zephyr sneaking around, and Garp claimed the patrol had no authority to question them and told them to take their complaint to his boss, Kaya.

Garp and Zephyr infiltrated the Quincy city, learned from Marine Ensign Resadax that some captured Marines had joined the Quincy while others remained imprisoned, and headed for the palace. Inside, they found two corridors and split up to search them.

• Garp and Zephyr hid from pursuers, then discovered that the man leaving a room was Marine Ensign Resadax, who had joined the Quincy.
• Resadax demonstrated Quincy techniques and warned Garp and Zephyr to leave, while admitting he wanted to become a Sternritter.
• Garp and Zephyr learned that some captured Marines were alive but that others had joined the Quincy or remained imprisoned.
• Garp and Zephyr reached the palace, waited eighty minutes without seeing guards, and rushed inside.
• Garp and Zephyr found two corridors and agreed to meet back at the entrance in two and a half hours before splitting up.

Garp searched the Wandenreich palace, entered a woman’s room, and read Magnolia’s diary, learning about her children and the people of God Valley. He overheard Dragon speaking with her and realized his son had betrayed the Marines over the God Valley tragedy.

• Garp wandered through the palace corridors until he found a hall lined with doors and entered one of the rooms.
• Garp found two red-haired children sleeping and briefly woke one of them.
• Garp read Magnolia’s diary and learned that she lived in the Wandenreich with her children, Shamrock and Shanks, and still resented Garling.
• Garp heard Dragon talking with Magnolia and apologizing because the Marines had been accomplices in the God Valley tragedy.
• Garp recognized Dragon’s voice and concluded that the tragedy explained why his son had betrayed the Marines.

Zephyr infiltrated the newly established Wandenreich, searching for information about the missing Marines and Garp’s son, Dragon. He reached a vast, strangely humid throne hall, where Kaya welcomed Haschwalth as his successor and then calmly addressed Zephyr as an invited guest.

• Zephyr captured several Quincies, learned that the Wandenreich had only recently been founded, and disguised himself in their uniform.
• Zephyr followed converging passages to a large door and entered a dim, nearly empty hall with a steel throne and a Quincy flag.
• Zephyr discovered that the hall’s dense air had turned liquid and searched the room for clues.
• Kaya and Haschwalth appeared behind Zephyr, and Kaya announced Haschwalth as his successor.
• Kaya took the throne, with Haschwalth standing beside him, and greeted Zephyr by name as a guest.

Kaya sent Zephyr to witness the World Government’s Human Hunting game at God Valley, where Celestial Dragons slaughtered enslaved people for sport. Zephyr rescued a girl despite being forbidden to interfere, admitted that he had lost, and left the vision having seen the Celestial Dragons’ cruelty firsthand.

• Kaya offered to show Zephyr what happened at God Valley and transported him into the past as a powerless observer.
• Zephyr witnessed the Celestial Dragons begin Human Hunting, killing enslaved people for points and treating the slaughter as a competition.
• Zephyr learned that the World Government had repeatedly allowed the Celestial Dragons to wipe out nations for their games.
• Zephyr saved a girl from a Celestial Dragon who had threatened her, then saw her reach her dead father.
• Zephyr stopped another Celestial Dragon from shooting the girl and acknowledged to Kaya that he had lost.

Kaya persuaded Zephyr to become a Quincy while allowing him to remain a Marine, and Zephyr accepted the blood despite refusing to pledge loyalty. Zephyr left with a restored arm and enhanced Haki, while Kaya and Haschwalth discussed his undercover intentions and the people gathered in God Valley.

• Kaya tested Zephyr with a vision of his future, and Zephyr admitted he would defy Marine orders to protect civilians.
• Kaya offered to make Zephyr a Quincy and argued that he could keep serving as a Marine; Zephyr drank the blood but insisted he was still a Marine.
• Zephyr's severed arm regrew, and he discovered that his Haki had grown stronger.
• Kaya told Zephyr to find Garp and let him leave for the World of the Living.
• Haschwalth warned Kaya that Zephyr was an undercover agent, and Kaya said Zephyr's willingness to drink his blood showed sincerity.
• Haschwalth counted 2,080 beings in the area, and Kaya led him out to meet everyone.

After learning the truth about God Valley, Dragon rejected the Marines while Garp chose to remain and protect its ordinary soldiers. Kaya gathered the Wandenreich and announced Haschwalth as his successor, while Rocks prepared to leave for Elbaf and continue their rivalry.

• Dragon told Garp he despised him and declared that he was leaving the Marines to seek answers, while Garp said he would remain a Marine to protect its soldiers.
• Zephyr arrived at the dormitory and led Garp away; Garp left Dragon with his reasons for staying, and Magnolia called Garp remarkable.
• Rocks told Kaya he planned to go to Elbaf and convince Harald, and Kaya and Rocks reaffirmed their intention to face each other as enemies.
• More than a hundred thousand Quincies and other residents gathered in the Wandenreich's central plaza after Kaya summoned them.
• Kaya introduced Haschwalth to the crowd and announced that Haschwalth would be his successor.

Kaya appointed Haschwalth to govern the Wandenreich while he slept, then tasked him with preparing a Celestial Dragons Hunting Competition. Haschwalth began considering the plan, but Sternritter members confronted him over his new position.

• Kaya announced that Haschwalth would handle the Wandenreich’s affairs as its king of the night, then left with Haschwalth’s appointment unchallenged by the crowd.
• Kaya met Rocks and his family, opened a portal for them, and told Rocks that Newgate had already left.
• Kaya ordered Haschwalth to prepare the Celestial Dragons Hunting Competition, recruit the remaining Sternritter, and use his own judgment while Kaya slept.
• Haschwalth concluded that the competition would gather pirates and weaken the World Government, then encountered John, Maron, Ganzui, Keel, Kaido, and Gloriosa questioning his authority.
• Haschwalth turned to leave without answering them, but two figures moved in front of him and blocked his path.

Haschwalth fought John and Ganzui after they challenged his authority, demonstrating the overwhelming power of his Sklaverei and The Balance. He defeated them both, and the onlookers accepted that he was the emperor’s successor.

• John and Ganzui confronted Haschwalth and challenged him to fight after he refused to join them for a drink.
• John and Ganzui activated their Vollständig and attacked Haschwalth, while Gloriosa, Kaido, Maron, and Keel watched.
• Haschwalth used Sklaverei to decompose the surroundings and strip John and Ganzui of their Reishi, forcing them out of Vollständig.
• Haschwalth cut Ganzui down, then used The Balance to overcome John’s steel-hard body and leave him unconscious.
• Haschwalth sheathed his sword and walked away as the others silently accepted his status as the emperor’s successor.

Rocks and the Davy Clan flew with Loki toward Elbaf, where Rocks expected Loki’s father Harald to be furious about the trouble Loki had caused. They spotted Roger and Garp fighting at sea, as Roger’s crew moved to attack the Marines led by Vice Admiral Zephyr.

• Loki met Rocks and offered to fly Rocks and the eleven other Davy Clan members to Elbaf, and they set off together.
• Loki said he planned to find Giant Tribe subordinates, and Rocks warned that Harald would be angry about Loki’s actions in God Valley, including killing one of the Five Elders.
• Rocks decided that the whole Davy Clan would travel to Elbaf before returning to Lulusia.
• Rocks and Loki spotted a fight below, where Roger and Garp clashed after their ships encountered each other near God Valley.
• Shakky offered Rayleigh a cookie, prompting jealous complaints from the Roger Pirates while Gaban tried to charge at him.
• Roger ordered his crew to seize the Marines’ ship and take its people, and Vice Admiral Zephyr watched the pirate ship approach.

The Roger Pirates raided a Marine ship, where Gaban fought Vice Admiral Zephyr. Zephyr transformed into the Superstar of God, overwhelmed Gaban, and grew stronger as the Marines cheered him on.

• The Roger Pirates boarded the Marine ship and began fighting, while Gaban searched for valuables and found only supplies.
• Gaban confronted Zephyr, then attacked him with a Conqueror’s Coating axe strike when Zephyr left himself undefended.
• Zephyr’s Blut Vene stopped Gaban’s axe, and he transformed into his Vollständig form, the Superstar of God.
• Zephyr punched Gaban into the hold, prompting the Marines to cheer for him.
• Zephyr realized that the Marines’ support continually increased his power and declared that a Superstar never backed down.

Zephyr used his new Quincy powers to overpower Gaban, while the Roger Pirates withdrew from the Marines. After learning that Saint Nerona Imu had taken control of the World Government and that a military draft was beginning, Garp and Zephyr anticipated a major war; meanwhile, Roger’s crew reached God Valley and discovered Basard had vanished.

• Zephyr transformed and used his Quincy abilities to defeat Gaban, who returned to his ship and convinced Rayleigh to withdraw with the Roger Pirates.
• Garp let Roger’s crew escape, then asked Zephyr about his Quincy powers and heard his warning of a future world-spanning war.
• Sengoku told Garp that Saint Nerona Imu had been named to control the World Government and that the Marines would begin a World Military Draft.
• Roger and his crew arrived at God Valley and found the island desolate.
• Rayleigh and the others realized Basard had disappeared during the clash with the Marines, leaving Roger furious.

Haschwalth ordered the Quincy to spread throughout the world and await a future summons, while Basard challenged him for access to Kaya. Ten years later, as Shamrock and Shanks sparred in the nearly empty Wandenreich, a signal reached Magnolia, who realized the time had come.

• Haschwalth ordered the Quincy to leave the Wandenreich, establish their presence across the world, and wait until they were summoned.
• Haschwalth found Basard being beaten by other Quincy and led him to the palace, where he blocked the door to Kaya's chamber and fought Basard.
• Keel, Gloriosa, Ganzui, John, Kaido, and the other Quincy left the Wandenreich and scattered across the world, where the name Quincy became widely known.
• Ten years later, Shamrock and Shanks sparred in the Wandenreich while Magnolia watched and Basard continued fighting Haschwalth in the palace.
• An invisible wave swept through the Wandenreich, and Magnolia recognized it as a signal that the time had come.

Ten years after the Quincy agreement, Reishi Signal Pillars activated around the world, shaking the planet and gathering their chosen people at the hidden empire’s palace on God Valley. Kaya awoke as Haschwalth announced that the appointed time had come, and Kaya declared that the world’s future lay within his sight.

• Haschwalth threw Basard out of the hall as the pillar trembled and the Wandenreich watched a vortex form in the sky.
• Pillars activated across the seas, and people including Jack, Lucy, Maron, and the shopkeeper responded as the world shook.
• Shuri found Brook among the abandoned ships and embraced him before blue light made them vanish.
• Kaido acknowledged that the ten-year term had ended, while Loki challenged Harald to join him in turning the world upside down.
• Zephyr told Marine leaders he had prevented the Marines from making a Reishi Signal Pillar, but Marineford began to shake.
• People selected by the pillars vanished and were brought to the palace on God Valley, where Haschwalth told Kaya the time had come to decide the world’s future.

Kaya summoned the world’s powerful figures to the Wandenreich for a Quincy hunting competition, declaring everyone except the Quincy prey. As the killings began, Zephyr discovered the massacre and turned on a Quincy before confronting Kaya’s motives.

• Kaya expanded the Wandenreich and summoned pirates, marines, bounty hunters, and Celestial Dragons to take part in the Quincy Hunting Competition.
• Kaya declared that everyone was prey and ordered them to survive the Quincy hunters and reach the central area.
• Loki, Keel, and Shuri took their posts as Schutzstaffel members while Quincy hunted people across the Wandenreich.
• The Wandenreich released its weakened prisoners, and Zephyr hurried to help the marines and Celestial Dragons.
• A Quincy killed a marine Zephyr was assisting, so Zephyr killed the Quincy and demanded to know how Kaya’s actions differed from the World Government.

The Wandenreich became a slaughterhouse as Quincy hunted pirates, Marines, and Celestial Dragons, while powerful fighters fought back. Shiki headed for the central castle but was stopped by John, who powered up for a clash with him.

• Quincy attacked the people trapped in the Wandenreich, and Kaido killed Markas Jess with Thunder Bagua.
• Rayleigh watched a slain Quincy dissolve into Reishi and resolved to find others and unite their forces.
• Shiki used Lion's Might: Earth Roll to crush airborne Quincy, then set off toward the castle at the heart of the Wandenreich.
• John appeared in Shiki's path and effortlessly slapped aside Shiki's Chopping Wave with Blut Vene.
• John used Sklaverei to gather Spiritual Power as Shiki attacked with Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley.

Harald, Garp, and Kyo fought the Quincy during the invasion, and Garp and Kyo joined forces against Kaya, who claimed the conflict would create a better, eternal world. Kaya escaped after revealing himself to be a red-haired boy impersonating His Majesty, then reunited with his older brother and called them Sternritter trusted by Haschwalth.

• Harald charged the Quincy but was slowed by their numbers, aerial attacks, and endless supply of Reishi.
• Garp met Kyo, who persuaded him to cooperate against the Quincy despite their opposing affiliations.
• Kaya confronted Garp and Kyo, described the battle as a game to crown the King of the World, and promised an eternal world without death or sorrow.
• Kyo and Garp attacked Kaya together, but Kaya drove them back with Spiritual Pressure and left them to continue onward.
• Kaya's appearance changed into that of a red-haired boy after he escaped, and he revealed that his imitation of His Majesty had been nearly perfect.
• Kaya's older brother warned him not to get caught, and Kaya declared that they were Sternritter trusted by Uncle Haschwalth.

Gloriosa and Shakky realized the Wandenreich’s entrance had been sealed, trapping everyone inside Kaya’s deadly game. As Charlotte Linlin and Streusen headed for the central castle, they encountered Shuri, whose absolute-direction attack threatened Streusen.

• Gloriosa told Shakky that Quincy could no longer leave the Wandenreich because the entrance had been sealed.
• Charlotte Linlin used Zeus and Prometheus to defeat the Quincy blocking her path, then joined up with Streusen, who said the Quincy king was in the central castle.
• Charlotte Linlin and Streusen continued toward the castle, finding that Observation Haki did not work in the oppressive Wandenreich.
• Shuri killed the fleeing Celestial Dragons with her arrow-tipped sleeve as Charlotte Linlin and Streusen encountered her.
• Streusen charged Shuri, but her arrowhead caught him by surprise, and she declared that the direction of her attacks was absolute.