Chapter 274

Gan Fall looks back on the years preceding Enel's arrival, when the Skypieans held onto four centuries of prosperity their ancestors won over the Shandia, and wonders whether that history casts his own people as the wrongdoers. His advisor argues that as descendants they are bound to carry on the fight and guard their nation's treasure, recalling a rejected peace offer as proof the Shandia deserve no sympathy. Gan Fall answers that surrender is simply too bitter to accept after so long a struggle. At some point the island falls under assault, and its conqueror takes for himself the name God Enel.

Back in the current moment, three young Skypieans cluster at the home of Conis and Pagaya, one ashamed that her family defies God, another boasting his never-met father serves him. Conis, meanwhile, races toward town on her waver to expose Enel's plot to wreck the island. At Shandora's ruins, Enel laughs off the survivors' vow to undo him and decries the world's troubled lambs. Pressed by Gan Fall on his aim, he describes Fairy Vearth, a place of limitless vearth said to house God, and declares Skypiea's return to the blue seas a natural law. When Gan Fall snaps that the world needs no god, Enel reveals that his original six hundred fifty followers, beaten and put to labor, finished their work that morning and were executed for rebelling once they learned his intentions. Enraged, Gan Fall charges with his lance, but Enel slips aside and sears him with thirty million volts. The Straw Hats recognize his lightning power as the Goro Goro no Mi. Robin then tries to bait Enel into naming the bell's location, only for him to see through her, voice contempt for scheming women, and electrocute her.

Enel beats both Gan Fall and Robin. The chapter establishes that "God" was merely the title of Skypiea's ruler until Enel seized it and took the name literally. He discloses his destination of Fairy Vearth, his use of the Goro Goro no Mi is confirmed, and the fate of his original six hundred fifty militia members, forced into labor and then crushed for their revolt, comes to light.

The color spread, "Riding High Already," stages a four-against-one race over a bridge between Luffy on a turtle-carrying bicycle and Usopp's two-horse chariot bearing Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper. The wiki notes that an oratorio is a grand sacred composition, echoing Enel's claims about godhood and Gan Fall's reflections on God in society. The chapter was adapted in Episode 180 and falls within the Skypiea Arc.