Chapter Summaries

Ivan tested his new Diamond Pickaxe and then used Wood Release to create a vast, fruit-bearing forest in Alabasta’s desert, giving the city’s residents shade and water. Vivi thanked him tearfully as Ivan prepared to continue toward Crocodile’s stronghold in Rainbase.

• Ivan obtained the Steve: Diamond Pickaxe and Apocalypse: Enhancement templates, then summoned the Diamond Pickaxe at the cost of most of his stamina.
• Ivan showed Tashigi and Nami how the pickaxe could turn part of a tree into a small, reusable block, and he tested its abilities and durability.
• After the Orange reached Alabasta, Ivan left the marines behind and traveled inland with Nami, Tashigi, and Vivi.
• Ivan bought seeds in a city, scattered them across the desert, and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to grow a vast forest of native trees bearing water-rich fruit.
• The residents rushed into the forest for shade and fruit, and Vivi embraced Ivan with tears of gratitude.

Crocodile ordered Baroque Works to kill Ivan after learning that Ivan’s forests had disrupted his plan to take over Alabasta. As Ivan’s group left Alubarna for Rainbase, Mr. 1, Mr. 3, Mr. 5, and other agents ambushed them, but Ivan’s devastating slash killed Mr. 5 and left Mr. 3 facing him in terror.

• Robin told Crocodile that Ivan’s forest-making ability had disrupted Baroque Works’ plan, and Crocodile ordered every agent to kill Ivan.
• Ivan created a vast forest near Alubarna, where King Nefertari D. Cobra welcomed him and thanked him for helping protect Alabasta.
• Ivan asked Cobra to help him collect Devil Fruits, then declined the king’s invitation to stay and set out for Rainbase with his companions.
• Baroque Works agents ambushed Ivan’s group as they left the capital, and Mr. 1, Mr. 3, and Mr. 5 attacked through wax, explosives, and blades.
• Ivan emerged from the smoke and used One Sword Style: Finger Sword: Asura to split Mr. 5 in two, frightening Mr. 3.

Ivan overwhelmed the Baroque Works agents, defeating their coordinated assault with ease. He left Mr. 1 gravely wounded and the rest unable to fight, severing Crocodile’s agents from the battle.

• Mr. 3 saw his injured companions and trembled as Ivan taunted the remaining agents.
• Mr. 1 and Mr. 2 charged Ivan while Mr. 3 and Miss Valentine attacked from the front and above.
• Ivan blocked Mr. 1’s steel slashes with one finger and kicked Mr. 2 away from the fight.
• Ivan destroyed Mr. 3’s wax spears and armor with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, knocking him unconscious.
• Ivan broke both of Miss Valentine’s legs with a kick, leaving Mr. 1 as the only agent still able to fight.
• Ivan struck Mr. 1 with One Sword Style: Red: Asura, badly wounding him and defeating the Baroque Works agents.

Ivan recruited most of Crocodile’s captured agents, killed Mr. 1 for refusing to betray his boss, and reached Rainbase. At Rain Dinners, he recognized Miss All Sunday as Robin and offered to protect her, leaving her startled by his knowledge and intentions.

• Ivan killed Mr. 1 after he refused to abandon Crocodile, then made the remaining agents join his command under Mr. 3.
• Ivan planted timed Sealing Jutsu in the agents’ hearts and assigned them menial work and front-line combat duties.
• Ivan used Deep Forest Emergence to green the desert and traveled to Rainbase, Crocodile’s headquarters.
• At Rain Dinners, Ivan repeatedly won high-or-low bets, turning one million Beli into sixty-four million in chips.
• Miss All Sunday led Ivan and his companions toward the VIP area, and Ivan asked her to change bosses.
• Ivan called Miss All Sunday Robin and offered to protect her, surprising her by revealing that he knew her identity.

Ivan confronted Crocodile in Rainbase after exposing his knowledge of Crocodile’s plan to seize Alabasta, then sent him flying out of Rain Dinners with a Haki-infused blow. Their desert battle continued as Ivan defeated Crocodile’s sand tornado with a water-based sword technique, leaving Crocodile stunned.

• Robin cautiously told Ivan she would consider his invitation after he met her boss, and she led him and the others to Crocodile’s private room in Rain Dinners.
• Crocodile threatened Ivan and warned him to leave Alabasta, while Ivan accused Crocodile of plotting to seize the kingdom and challenged him to surrender.
• Crocodile launched an attack, but Ivan struck him through the wall and sent him crashing into the desert, where Crocodile escaped by turning into sand.
• Robin was astonished by Ivan’s strength, and Nami urged her to trust his invitation.
• Crocodile attacked with a sand tornado, but Ivan used Yubashiri and a water-based sword technique to destroy it, shocking Crocodile.

Ivan used his fight with Crocodile to train his Observation Haki and finally awakened it, then unleashed a colossal water dragon against the Shichibukai. The chapter ended as the water dragon descended on Crocodile.

• Crocodile and Ivan exchanged powerful attacks, and Crocodile gained the upper hand as Ivan appeared to weaken.
• Robin worried that Ivan was losing, but Nami and Tashigi explained that he was using Crocodile to train his Observation Haki.
• After hours of fighting, Crocodile realized Ivan would not go down and retreated as Ivan closed his eyes and awakened Observation Haki.
• Ivan dodged Crocodile’s Desert Spada without opening his eyes, and Crocodile realized he had been used as a training tool.
• Ivan covered Yubashiri in black Haki and summoned a hundred-meter water dragon that crashed down toward Crocodile.

Ivan defeated and killed Crocodile, then received Rainbase as his fief from King Cobra and returned to build up the city. He used three system draws, which stopped on a card depicting a two-faced, four-armed man.

• Crocodile failed to stop Ivan with Desert Grande Spada, and Ivan defeated him with the water dragon.
• Crocodile begged Ivan for his life and offered to share the secret of an Ancient Weapon, but Ivan revealed that Pluton was in Wano Country and killed him.
• Vivi cried with relief in Ivan's arms, and Tashigi came over to check his injuries.
• Ivan and his companions returned to Alubarna, where King Cobra hosted a banquet and granted Ivan Rainbase as his fief.
• Ivan returned to Rainbase, settled into Crocodile's former office, and used three draws from the system.
• Ivan's draw stopped on a card showing a two-faced, four-armed man.

After killing Crocodile, Ivan gained the Ryomen Sukuna and Sandman templates and planned to strengthen Fox with Sandman's abilities. News of Crocodile’s death spread worldwide, and the Marines promoted Ivan to Headquarters Vice Admiral.

• Ivan obtained the Ryomen Sukuna template and the Cursed Technique: Dismantle skill, then drew the Hexplosives Expert template and Bouncing Bomb skill.
• Ivan obtained the Sandman template and Elementalization, and planned to give the template to Fox to strengthen him.
• Morgans learned that Ivan had killed Crocodile and ordered the World Economy News Paper to publish the news immediately.
• Whitebeard and Ace read the report; Ace recognized Ivan and vowed to help Whitebeard defeat him as a potential enemy.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku asked how the Marines should respond, and Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru supported commending and promoting Ivan.
• Sengoku promoted Rear Admiral Ivan and appointed him a Headquarters Vice Admiral.

Ivan enhanced Tashigi, Nami, Vivi, Robin, and Barton, then received a promotion to vice admiral and set out for Marineford. Before leaving, he revealed to Robin that he was Fox of the Shadow Garden and invited her to help assassinate a Celestial Dragon and overthrow the old order.

• Ivan used Apocalypse: Enhancement to give Tashigi Water Breathing and Getsuga Tenshō, exhausting himself in the process.
• After recovering, Ivan enhanced Nami, Vivi, Robin, and Barton, raising their strength substantially.
• Sengoku promoted Ivan to vice admiral and ordered him to report to Marine Headquarters within the month.
• Ivan left Tashigi in Rainbase and sailed to Marineford with Nami and Barton, while Robin stayed behind with him.
• Ivan told Robin he was Fox of the Shadow Garden, revealed he had located a Celestial Dragon, and asked her to join him in an assassination and revolution.

Ivan awakened Conqueror’s Haki after sharing his ambitions with Robin, who chose to remain his companion. At Sabaody Archipelago, Ivan intervened to save a mother and daughter, then Ace confronted him, convinced he was Fox.

• Ivan’s Conqueror’s Haki awakened as he affirmed his resolve, and Robin decided to stay with him.
• Ivan revealed his Shadow Clone and Wood Release to Robin, then sailed with her to Sabaody Archipelago.
• Ivan and Robin settled in Area 70, while Ivan planned to kill every Celestial Dragon on the island.
• In Area 36, Ivan killed a thug who was abducting a little girl and secretly gave the girl’s mother fifty thousand Beli to escape.
• Ace confronted Ivan and accused him of being Fox, saying his spirit rivaled Pops’.

Ivan revealed himself as Fox to Ace and warned him that killing a Celestial Dragon would endanger his loved ones, then prepared with Robin to strike at the Sabaody Archipelago auction. At the auction, Ivan bought Rayleigh and challenged Saint Charlos’s bid on a Fish-Man.

• Ace recognized Ivan as Fox and asked to join his plan against the Celestial Dragons, but Ivan warned that the World Government would target Ace’s family and friends.
• Ace abandoned his request, and Ivan told him to remain a spectator while Shadow Garden carried out its plan.
• Ivan returned to Robin and explained that Ace would not expose their identities; several days later, his Shadow Clones had mapped the Celestial Dragons and lawless zones across the archipelago.
• Ivan enhanced Robin, and they disguised themselves as wealthy criminals to enter the Area 1 slave auction, where Ivan recognized and bought Rayleigh for 500,000 Beli.
• Saint Charlos bid 500 million Beli for a Fish-Man, and Ivan countered with a bid of 510 million Beli.

Ivan outbid Saint Charlos at the Sabaody auction, revealed himself and Robin as members of Shadow Garden, and killed Saint Charlos despite the Seastone barrier. The chapter ended with Saint Charlos dead and the agents who protected him eliminated.

• Ivan used Conqueror's Haki to frighten an acquaintance and continued outbidding Saint Charlos as other guests fled.
• Saint Charlos shot and killed a CP Agent, then ordered the agents to seize Ivan and make him a slave.
• Ivan revealed that he was Fox, and he and Robin changed into their Shadow Garden disguises as the guests ran and an officer called Admiral Kizaru for support.
• Robin killed the CP Agents who tried to stop Ivan as he approached Saint Charlos inside the Seastone enclosure.
• Ivan struck Saint Charlos with Conqueror's Kill, and the terrified Celestial Dragon suffered a heart attack and died.

After killing Saint Charlos, Ivan began broadcasting his execution to expose the Celestial Dragons to the world. As the broadcast reached the Whitebeard Pirates and others, Whitebeard recognized Ivan’s plan to usher in a new era.

• The auction guests fled after Saint Charlos was killed, while Rayleigh freed some slaves and sensed the strange effects of Ivan’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Rayleigh and the gathered pirates, including Cavendish and Ace, watched as Ivan switched on a Visual Den Den Mushi to broadcast Charlos’s execution.
• Ivan’s signal interrupted Projection Den Den Mushi broadcasts around the world and showed his fox-masked face.
• Aboard the Moby Dick, Whitebeard recognized Fox on the broadcast, and the crew noticed Ace standing nearby.
• Whitebeard declared that Ivan was killing a god to usher in a new era.

Ivan broadcast the execution of Celestial Dragons to the world, challenging the claim that they were gods. After dismissing Sengoku’s demand to surrender, he brought three more Celestial Dragons to the auction house and announced that his investigation would begin.

• Yasopp showed Red Hair and Hawk Eyes the live broadcast of Fox’s plan to execute Celestial Dragons in public.
• Pirates, Marines, and other powers around the world watched the broadcast, while Sengoku ordered the Admirals to Sabaody and tried to stop the signal.
• Ivan showed Saint Charlos’s corpse and argued that the Celestial Dragons were mortal, then rejected Sengoku’s order to surrender and hung up.
• Ivan used Flying Thunder God to seize Saint Shalria and two other Celestial Dragons and bring them to the auction house.
• Ivan presented the three captives as specimens and announced that he would investigate the truth hidden by the World Government.

Ivan killed three Celestial Dragons during a live broadcast, declaring that they were mortal humans rather than gods. His speech inspired people across the seas and shattered the World Government’s long-standing hold on their beliefs.

• Ivan lifted a defiant Celestial Dragon and mocked his ignorance as the broadcast showed him to the world.
• After the Celestial Dragon saw Saint Charlos’s corpse and panicked, Ivan tore off his arm and exposed his heart to demonstrate that he bled and beat like anyone else.
• Ivan crushed the wounded Celestial Dragon with yellow sand, then killed another stunned Celestial Dragon in front of the broadcast.
• Ivan told viewers that all people were born equal and that even gods died when they were killed.
• Pirates and commoners across the seas cheered, and the World Government’s centuries-old hold on their beliefs was broken.

Ivan executed Saint Shalria and ended his broadcast with a call for people to fight the World Government, sparking unrest across the world. He then destroyed slave-trading sites in Sabaody before escaping Kizaru and the Holy Knights, while the broadcast’s effects continued to spread.

• The Five Elders ordered the Holy Knights and Three Admirals to attack Fox, then learned that slaves had already killed seven Celestial Dragons after hearing his speech.
• Ivan killed Saint Shalria and used his final broadcast to call for equality, the fall of the Holy Land, and resistance against the World Government.
• After the broadcast ended, Ivan took Robin to safety and vanished before Ace could speak with him.
• Ivan returned to Sabaody and destroyed gang strongholds, slave-trading operations, and auction houses across Areas 1 to 18.
• Kizaru and the Holy Knights confronted Ivan, but Ivan escaped with his spatial ability as the broadcast’s effects spread across the world.

After Fox’s broadcast and execution of three Celestial Dragons, Hancock considered leading Amazon Lily into Shadow Garden, while Fish-Man Island’s residents and Neptune’s sons rallied behind the revolution. The chapter ended with the Fish-Man royal family urging Neptune to join Shadow Garden and invoking Shirahoshi’s Power of Poseidon as their strength.

• Hancock praised Fox after watching the broadcast and asked Gloriosa whether Amazon Lily could join Shadow Garden.
• Gloriosa warned Hancock that the World Government could destroy Amazon Lily, but Hancock argued that Fox’s actions had weakened its prestige and inspired hope for a new world.
• Fish-Man Island residents reacted to Fox’s call for equality, and an elderly Fish-Man declared that he wanted to follow Fox.
• Fish-Man Island’s residents embraced the revolution, while a mother told her child that they had decided to devote themselves to it.
• Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi, and Manboshi urged Neptune to join Shadow Garden and cited Shirahoshi’s Power of Poseidon as their fighting strength.

Shirahoshi chose to join the revolution despite the danger, while Doflamingo halted his slave trade after recognizing that Shadow Garden was stronger than his family. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku asked newly promoted Vice Admiral Ivan to give his opinion of Fox.

• Shirahoshi told Neptune and her brothers that she wanted to join the revolution and change the world.
• Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family mocked Fox’s broadcast until Baby 5 pointed out that Shadow Garden could target their slave trade.
• Doflamingo ordered the family to stop slave trading temporarily because he feared Shadow Garden’s power.
• Kizaru reported that Fox had escaped using his spatial ability after destroying areas 1 through 29.
• Garp suggested that the Marines ask Ivan what he thought of Fox, and Sengoku asked Ivan for his opinion.

At a Marine conference, Vice Admiral Ivan proposed luring Shadow Garden with Devil Fruits and trapping Fox in a mist of Seastone powder and seawater. Sengoku approved the plan, and Ivan called on Sengoku and Garp to help grind the Seastone.

• Sengoku asked Ivan how the Marines could bring Fox to justice, and Ivan called for raising Fox’s bounty and capturing him.
• Ivan suggested using Devil Fruits to lure Shadow Garden and argued that its members might be able to acquire or copy multiple Devil Fruit abilities.
• Sengoku silenced the doubting Vice Admirals with Conqueror’s Haki and urged Ivan to continue.
• Ivan proposed covering a kilometer-wide area with Seastone powder and seawater when Fox appeared, and Sengoku, Akainu, and Aokiji supported the plan.
• Kizaru asked how they could grind the Seastone, and Ivan said Garp and Sengoku could use Conqueror’s Haki Coating to break it.

After the Marines appointed Ivan deputy commander of a trap for Shadow Garden, he reviewed the powerful new skills he had gained and decided to seek out Whitebeard. He arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago wearing an azure dragon mask, attracting everyone’s attention.

• Sengoku appointed Aokiji commander and Ivan deputy commander of the bait operation, ordering them to use Devil Fruits and uncover information about Shadow Garden.
• Ivan and Aokiji planned to use three Devil Fruits as bait near the G-2 Branch base by Alabasta, and Ivan considered how to ensure the Marines benefited even if the trap failed.
• Ivan checked his system and gained Hollow Technique "This," Water Release, Rasengan Technique, Black Flowing Fang Thrust, High-Speed Calculation, and Agelessness as his templates’ approvals increased.
• Ivan left a Wood Clone to help Aokiji prepare the operation, then used Flying Thunder God to travel to a remote island in the Sabaody Archipelago and head toward the New World to meet Whitebeard.
• After the Marines lifted the Sabaody Archipelago blockade, Ivan appeared in an alley wearing an azure dragon mask, drawing the attention of people on the street.