Chapter Summaries

Ivan sailed to Little Garden to seek Dorry and Brogy and learn Hakoku Sovereignty. He let Smoker decide whether to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates, then encountered Luffy and his crew in the jungle.

• Ivan sailed toward Little Garden, hoping to learn Hakoku Sovereignty from Dorry and Brogy.
• Smoker spotted the Going Merry and proposed arresting the Straw Hat Pirates, but Ivan told him to act on his own and said the crew did not deserve to be treated like violent pirates.
• Smoker reconsidered his view of justice and chose not to lump the Straw Hat Pirates together with criminals who harmed innocents.
• Ivan led Nami, Smoker, and the others into Little Garden, where they came face-to-face with the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Luffy recognized Ivan as the scary marine and tensed up, remembering White Dove's strength in Loguetown.

Ivan frightened the Straw Hat Pirates, defeated Luffy with ease, and left Smoker to handle the crew while he went deeper into Little Garden. After watching Dorry and Brogy duel and sharing wine with them, Ivan asked to see the giants’ Elbaph Spear: Hakoku Sovereignty.

• Ivan pretended he had come to capture the Straw Hat Pirates, then repelled Luffy with a single Conqueror’s Haki-infused kick and told Smoker to deal with the crew.
• Ivan headed deeper into Little Garden to find Dorry and Brogy and learn Hakoku Sovereignty.
• A volcanic eruption signaled Dorry and Brogy’s duel, and Ivan watched the giants fight to another draw.
• Ivan offered Dorry and Brogy barrels of fine wine, and the three shared drinks while the giants recounted their history and duels.
• Brogy asked Ivan why he had come to Little Garden, and Ivan said he wanted to see Hakoku Sovereignty.

Dorry and Brogy demonstrated Elbaph Spear: Hakoku Sovereignty and taught its principles to Ivan, who used his Mangekyō Sharingan to study their movements. As Ivan prepared to try the technique, the Straw Hat Pirates arrived with Smoker pursuing them, and Zoro spotted Ivan ahead.

• Dorry and Brogy unleashed Hakoku Sovereignty, carving a massive channel through the sea and killing an island-sized Sea King.
• Ivan asked to learn the technique, and Brogy warned that its recoil could cripple or kill anyone without a giant's physique.
• Dorry and Brogy explained how to concentrate Haki and physical strength into a weapon, and Ivan concluded that his recovery and Homelander-enhanced body could withstand the backlash.
• Ivan activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to study the giants' demonstration, then drew Yubashiri and began gathering strength to attempt Hakoku Sovereignty.
• The Straw Hat Pirates arrived while fleeing Smoker, and Zoro spotted Ivan by the shore and warned Luffy.

Ivan mastered Elbaph Spear: Hakoku Sovereignty, survived its devastating recoil through rapid regeneration, and invited the Straw Hat Pirates to celebrate with Dorry and Brogy. After leaving Little Garden, he sailed toward the waters near Alabasta, planning to reach Sky Island via the Knock Up Stream near Jaya Island.

• Ivan used Elbaph Spear: Hakoku Sovereignty to cleave the sea and kill several Sea Kings, stunning Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Dorry, and Brogy.
• The attack's recoil grievously wounded Ivan, but he regenerated completely, impressing Dorry and Brogy.
• Ivan told Luffy he would not arrest the Straw Hat Pirates because they had not harmed innocent people, and he explained that Smoker had been testing them.
• Ivan thanked Dorry and Brogy for teaching him, then departed Little Garden aboard the Orange with the Straw Hat Pirates and Smoker.
• Ivan ordered the Orange toward the waters near Alabasta, intending to ride the Knock Up Stream near Jaya Island to Sky Island.

Ivan and the crew rode a Knock Up Stream from the sea to the cloud sea near Sky Island, where a giant octopus attacked the Orange. Tashigi struck the creature with a Flying Slash, but the chapter ended before the result was revealed.

• Ivan and Nami left the cabin during a storm as Nami identified a coming Knock Up Stream and directed the Orange toward the whirlpool's center.
• Ivan used Wood Release to reinforce and steer the Orange through the violent sea while the Marines struggled to stay aboard.
• The whirlpool and storm abruptly subsided, and Nami warned that the sea was about to erupt.
• A Knock Up Stream launched the Orange skyward, and Ivan used vines to catch Marines thrown overboard.
• The Orange reached the cloud sea, where Tashigi attacked a giant octopus with a Flying Slash.

Ivan and his companions entered Sky Island, paid the entry fee, and explored its town. After sensing Shandora and the god on Upper Yard with Observation Haki, Ivan took Nami and Tashigi deeper into Sky Island to claim the City of Gold.

• Tashigi explained that Ivan had enhanced her strength, and Ivan promised to strengthen Smoker when they returned.
• The Orange passed through Heaven's Gate, where an old Skypiean woman demanded one billion Extol per person; Ivan paid several hundred million Beli for the group.
• Ivan and his companions arrived on Sky Island and strolled through the town, where Nami admired the local goods and the Marines bought souvenirs.
• Ivan asked Nami and Tashigi to accompany him farther into Sky Island and said they would take the entire City of Gold.
• Ivan spread his Observation Haki across Sky Island and sensed Shandora and the god on Upper Yard.

Ivan and his companions reached Upper Yard, where Enel and his priests confronted them. Ivan easily defeated the priests and prepared to face Enel’s lightning strike with Hollow Purple.

• Enel sensed Ivan looking toward him across the island and realized Ivan’s perception surpassed what he thought Blue Sea people could achieve.
• Ivan told Nami and Tashigi that he had found the City of Gold and their target, then continued toward the island.
• Satori and the other three priests blocked Ivan’s path and demanded that he come before Enel; Ivan sent Satori flying with an invisible force.
• The remaining priests attacked Ivan together, but he crushed them with a repulsive force and left them unable to fight.
• Ivan told Nami to finish off the priests while he faced Enel, who sent a massive pillar of lightning down from the clouds.
• Ivan formed Hollow Purple and sent it upward to collide with Enel’s lightning, but the expected explosion did not occur.

Ivan confronted Enel, dismissed his claims of godhood, and overwhelmed him with Haki and powerful attacks. Enel exhausted his strongest lightning techniques against Ivan, who remained unharmed as Enel’s strength faded and fear took hold.

• Ivan blocked Enel’s lightning attack, found him hiding in the clouds, and mocked his claim to be a god.
• Enel attacked Ivan, but Ivan stopped his lightning, seized him, and hurled him into the forest, leaving him injured in a huge crater.
• Enel transformed into lightning and challenged Ivan, but Ivan used Armament Haki to break his Elementalization and severely wound him.
• Ivan explained that Armament Haki could strike a Logia user’s real body and prepared Hollow Purple as Enel protested.
• Enel unleashed Raigo, Mamaragan, and El Thor, but Hollow Purple swallowed the lightning while Ivan remained unharmed and Enel’s strength ran out.

Ivan killed Enel and drew the Mikoto Misaka: Level 6 Shift template, gaining the Railgun skill. He and Nami then reached the Golden City of Shandora, where Nami became enthralled by its abundance of gold.

• Enel tried to flee, but Ivan blocked his path and killed him with a Conqueror's Haki-coated slash.
• Ivan used his system draw and received the Mikoto Misaka: Level 6 Shift template and the Railgun skill.
• Ivan realized the Level 6 template could give him immense power and decided to conceal it behind a new alternate identity.
• Ivan told Nami they would visit the Golden City Shandora, and the two traveled there.
• Nami saw Shandora's gold buildings and sculptures, then eagerly embraced a golden pillar and explored the city.

Ivan and Nami led the Marines in sealing all of Shandora’s gold into scrolls, then sailed the Orange back down to the Blue Sea. After spending the night together, Ivan learned from Tashigi that Nami was missing from her room.

• Nami asked Ivan how they could take all the gold from Shandora, and he proposed sealing it into scrolls with Sealing Jutsu.
• Ivan made sealing scrolls and showed Nami, Tashigi, Smoker, and the Marines how to use them.
• Everyone spent two weeks sealing Shandora’s gold, and Ivan stored the scrolls in the Orange’s secret room.
• Ivan used wooden wings and controlled airflow to guide the Orange safely down from the sea of clouds to the Blue Sea.
• Nami visited Ivan’s room that night, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Tashigi told Ivan that she had not seen Nami all day and that Nami was not in her room.

Ivan prepared to increase his strength before the approaching Paramount War, while the Marines assigned him to control the situation at Sabaody Archipelago. The chapter ended with Sengoku ordering him to prevent the Worst Generation from causing trouble near the Celestial Dragons.

• Tashigi learned that Nami was resting after spending the night with Ivan and resolved not to let Nami get ahead of her again.
• A month passed as Ivan lay low, while the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Gecko Moria and Blackbeard's betrayal of the Whitebeard Pirates became public.
• Ivan realized that Blackbeard was working with Marine leadership to trade information about Ace for a Shichibukai position, bringing the Paramount War closer.
• Ivan decided to build his stamina and raise recognition for his templates so Shadow Garden could appear at the Paramount War without exposing his weakness.
• Ivan returned to Marineford and reported that he had wiped out the 780-million-bounty Long Nose Pirates, pleasing Sengoku.
• Sengoku ordered Ivan to go to Sabaody Archipelago, where the Worst Generation would soon arrive, and prevent trouble near the Celestial Dragons.

Ivan arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago to take command of the Marine branch and found it reduced to a few ruined huts, with its remaining Marines terrorized by pirates. He killed the pirate gang’s leader, Beard, and faced the task of rebuilding the base he had once destroyed.

• Garp warned Ivan not to go easy on Luffy if they met, and Ivan promised to carry out his mission.
• Ivan sailed to the Sabaody Archipelago and reached Marine Base at Grove 66.
• Ivan found Beard taunting the frightened Marines at the dilapidated base while the locals watched with amusement.
• Ivan killed Beard’s men with a Flying Slash and then killed Beard after he begged for mercy.
• The Marines cheered for Vice Admiral White Dove, and Ivan surveyed the ruined base before snapping his fingers.

Ivan established a new Marine base on Sabaody, then disguised himself as Madara Uchiha and targeted Kid after hearing him insult White Dove and provoke Shadow Garden. He found the Kid Pirates’ ship, Victoria Punk, and approached it.

• Ivan used his Devil Fruit power to grow a new Marine base and told the Sabaody marines it would be their branch headquarters.
• Ivan left a Wood Clone at the base, teleported away, and disguised himself as Madara Uchiha in a Spiral Mask.
• Kid dismissed White Dove’s strength and said he wanted to fight a member of Shadow Garden, while Killer warned him not to provoke them.
• Ivan listened to Kid and Killer from the shadows and vowed that Kid would not leave Sabaody alive.
• Kid sensed a chilling presence but found nothing and continued exploring Grove 37 with Killer.
• Ivan spotted the Kid Pirates’ Victoria Punk moored at the shore and walked toward the ship.

Ivan confronted the Kid Pirates while hiding his true strength, then revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and killed Afro with black flames. The Kid Pirates became wary and asked Ivan who he was and why he had attacked them.

• Afro challenged Ivan to a fight as the Kid Pirates mocked him, while Trafalgar Law, Scratchmen Apoo, and Jewelry Bonney watched from the coast.
• Law, Apoo, and Bonney assumed Afro would easily defeat Ivan because they could not sense his true strength.
• Ivan's crimson Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan appeared as Afro approached, filling Afro with fear before he attacked with a giant axe.
• Black flames melted Afro's axe, spread to his hand, and consumed him even after he plunged into the sea.
• The Kid Pirates and the watching Supernovas realized Ivan had concealed his strength, and the Kid Pirates asked who he was and why he had attacked them.

Ivan, posing as Madara Uchiha of the Shadow Garden, massacred the Kid Pirates after Kid had threatened the organization. Kid and Killer returned to find the beach covered in bodies and their crew fleeing, while Killer faced the masked man warily.

• The Kid Pirates attacked Ivan, who used Genjutsu and Amaterasu to kill most of them.
• The surviving pirates blamed Kid and begged Ivan to spare them, but he continued killing them.
• Ivan revealed himself as Madara Uchiha of the Shadow Garden and declared that he had come to punish the Kid Pirates.
• Law, Apoo, Bonney, and the other arriving Supernovas watched Ivan's attack and were shaken by his power.
• Kid and Killer returned from the amusement park, found the slaughtered crew, and stopped in shock as Killer eyed Ivan warily.

Ivan, posing as Madara Uchiha of Shadow Garden, destroyed the Kid Pirates and fought Kid and Killer on the coast. Susanoo blocked their attacks and sent them flying, but both men rose again, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ivan's Fire Style attack killed the Kid Pirates' last remaining member while Kid was away, wiping out the crew.
• Kid saw the devastation, flew into a rage, and hurled metal spikes at Ivan, but Susanoo stopped them.
• Ivan revealed himself as Madara Uchiha, an officer of Shadow Garden, and mocked Kid and his crew.
• Kid and Killer attacked together with metal weapons and twin blades, but Susanoo deflected every strike.
• Ivan's Susanoo struck Kid and Killer with a skeletal arm, sending them flying; they got back up with little loss of strength.

Ivan overwhelmed Kid and Killer, then dismissed Kid’s crude use of magnetism and described advanced ways to develop the Magnet-Magnet Fruit. Kid was left stunned as Ivan’s explanation revealed how far his abilities could go.

• Ivan teleported in front of Kid, hurled him into a remote woodland, and punched Killer after he tried to intervene.
• The Supernovas followed and watched in shock as Kid and Killer lay injured beneath a tree.
• Kid formed a massive mechanical fist and attacked Ivan, but Ivan disintegrated it with a touch and kicked Killer into the tree.
• Ivan mocked Kid’s use of magnetism and told him that a companion of his had developed the power far more deeply.
• Ivan described using iron sand, magnetic acceleration rails, antigravity fields, and localized gravity distortion, leaving Kid pale and speechless.