Chapter 1086

The Levely wraps up before any word of Cobra's death gets out, sending his Arabasta retainers Igaram, Chaka, and Pell hunting everywhere for the absent king and Vivi. Neither realizes that Vivi has stowed aboard an Eigis-bound ship with Wapol, that Bonney has hidden on a Tajine vessel, and that a wounded Sabo has boarded one from Lulusia. Wapol rings Morgans for a pickup, yet refuses to tell Vivi what he saw in the throne room and warns her off contacting her father. Imu, in turn, reaches the Elders and declares it time to wield one of Vegapunk's creations, the Mother Flame. Brushing aside a harmless forest, Imu picks Lulusia Kingdom as the target, heedless of those who live there. With the order accepted, the five finally receive their titles: Saturn over Science and Defense, Mars over the Environment, Warcury over Justice, Nusjuro over Finance, and Ju Peter over Agriculture.

In the present, Sabo tells Ivankov and Dragon how the people of Lulusia embraced him, swallowing the falsehood that he had slain Cobra, a lie he allowed to stand because it fed their revolt. He bounced his transmission off the island while putting out to sea, tricking the Government into believing he was still ashore. The kingdom was annihilated mid-call, and Sabo describes a colossal shadow drifting above the clouds, neither a living thing nor a natural calamity. Ivankov then identifies a founding ruler from the original twenty as Saint Imu, born of the Nerona Family, and given that a path to eternal life is known to exist, he suspects it was already used on that very figure. He further floats the idea that the sky-borne weapon was an Ancient Weapon. Back in Mary Geoise, Mjosgard is put to death for protecting Shirahoshi and fish-men, his judge being Saint Figarland Garling, a one-time God Valley champion who heads the Knights of God.

This Egghead Arc chapter links the earlier riddle of Lulusia's destruction to the Mother Flame and sets the Eight-Nation Revolution in motion, with Eigis and Tajine joining the rebellion. Seraphim built in the likenesses of Crocodile, Doflamingo, and Moria appear. Per trivia, this was the third chapter Oda put out ahead of a hiatus, here for astigmatism surgery. The cover, from Crazy Downy, asks for a cat and Chopper stepping over a rainbow mirrored within a puddle.