How The Elbaf Mural Revealed The Existence Of Emerald City.

The Elbaf arc of One Piece has been absolutely sensational for the fans, and it has, time and again, blown the fans away completely. This arc has proven to be phenomenal already, even though it’s just at its beginning, and a massive reason for that is the lore that this arc has revealed. In particular, One Piece chapter 1138 has introduced fans to a ton of exciting information pertaining to the history of the One Piece world, or Three Worlds, to be specific, and this segment has blown the fans away.

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Countless theories and ideas have already emerged and fans know that this is what One Piece is all about. Among the ideas, however, one thing that doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of attention is the futuristic city that existed long ago, which could also be tied directly to the fabled Emerald City of the One Piece world.

What The Harley States About The Three Worlds Of One Piece

The Harley Goes Over The Entire World Myth

One Piece chapter 1138 gave the fans their first look at Harley, which revealed the world myth across the Three Worlds to the readers. This was made possible thanks to the character of Saul, who handed a copy of the Harley to Nico Robin, who proceeded to translate it. Meanwhile, Franky, who was exploring the Adam Tree, came across a mural drawn by a child from 800-900 years ago, which depicted the Three Worlds perfectly. Here is what the Harley has to say about the Three Worlds:

First World

Flames engulfed the land, and humans succumbed to their desires, touching the forbidden Sun. The enslaved prayed, and the Sun God appeared. The Earth God was enraged, and together with the serpent of infernal flames, shrouded the world in death and darkness. They would never meet again.

Second World

Breath stirred within the void, and the Forest God sent forth demons. The Sun did nothing but spread the fires of war. The people of the half-moon dreamed, the people of the full-moon dreamed. Humans slew the Sun and became Gods, and the Sea God raged. They Would never meet again.

Third World

In chaos, there is void. The troubled shadow remembers the promised day, and hears the voice of the fractured moon. The Sun God dances and laughs, leading the world to its end. The sun will return once more, and a new dawn will arrive. Surely, this time, they will meet again.

Essentially, the Harley tells the fans that the world was once covered in flame, and that humanity had channeled this power successfully and created an undying energy source. At this point, someone had risen to rule the world already and ears became rampant due to the use of the energy source, which is, simply put, the Mother Flame. Slavery was rampant, likely because the rulers of the world wanted to mine more raw materials for the Mother Flame, and it was the wishes of the world that eventually led to the emergence of Sun God Nika. The Earth God was enraged and with the Serpent of Hellfire, the entire world was essentially destroyed.

The other parts of the Harley tell the tale of life returning during the Void Century, and then, the Devil Fruits being born. It tells the tale of the Motherflame spreading fires of war, and more importantly, Joy Boy becoming Nika and eventually perishing. Just like the First World, the Second World was destroyed as well.

The Third World tells the story of the current world of One Piece, and it is there that Luffy returns as Nika and fights against Imu, the sovereign of the world, and leads the world to its end. But this time around, he will be victorious.

The Mysterious Emerald City In One Piece

A Mythical City The Existence Of Which Has Never Been Confirmed

The Emerald City is a particular location in the One Piece world that not many likely care about. However, it most certainly is a part of the lore of the world. It has only been brought up once in the entire series, and that is in One Piece Chapter 224, Page 16.

When Luffy, Zoro, and Nami head to Mocktown, they encounter Bellamy and his people in a bar. In there, Nami asks how to get to the Sky Island, and the place erupts in laughter, because nobody believed in these legends. These pirates clearly didn’t want to believe in dreams and instead followed a more modern and laid-back approach. When Bellamy and the rest of the bar attack Luffy, the former clearly mentions three important places in the world.

The El Dorado, or the City of Gold: As fans know, El Dorado is the City of Gold, and it was first brought up in the Jaya arc. Bellamy made fun of the place, claiming it didn’t exist, but as the story revealed later down the line, it was most definitely real and existed long ago.

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The One Piece: Bellamy claimed that the One Piece didn’t exist either. According to him, it was all a tale that people made up and when they died for it, Bellamy could only feel pity for them, because he claimed it wasn’t real.

The Emerald City: The third place that Bellamy scoffed at was the Emerald City. According to him, this place didn’t exist either and was just a tale. But, if the other two were clearly real, then the Emerald City was real as well, and most definitely existed long ago.

Furthermore, the Emerald City being mentioned in the same breath as the City of Gold and the One Piece means that it must’ve been very important.

Why The First World Had The Emerald City

The Emerald City Must’ve Been In The First World

Although One Piece chapter 1138 revealed a ton of interesting information to the fans, one thing that very few people pay attention to is the modern city that existed in the First World. As stated by the Harley, the first world was quite modern, and it is there that the Mother Flame was first created as an infinite power source. This power source was used to create weapons of mass destruction, that is, the Ancient Weapons, or in other words, nuclear weapons. This is indicated by the writing “A&Mu” on the Motherflame created by Vegapunk, which reads in Japanese as “A to Mu,” or “Atom.” The serial number S-108 is also on the Mother Flame, and the Goroawase for S(Es) 10(The) 8(Ban), is Esteban, or the Child or Sun. In other words, the Forbidden Sun from the First World.

Mankind clearly built many nuclear power plants during this era. In the mural, fans can also clearly see the slaves of the world mining and transporting the fuel for the Motherflame. Since Motherflame is already established to be nuclear power, what exactly is the fuel for nuclear power? Uranium. That is precisely what the people of the world were mining long ago.

Uranium was most definitely used to create the Mother Flame, but that’s not its only use. Uranium is also used for craftwork and even glassware! This is called Uranium Glass. And when Uranium Glass is exposed to sunlight, it glows…you might’ve guessed it by now…Green!

The First World that is depicted in the mural and mentioned in Harley is the Emerald City. This city was likely crafted using the Uranium Glass, and glowed green. It is where the rich and the powerful existed, and the ruler was one obsessed with mining more Uranium, both for the creation of Ancient Weapons as well as craftware. Eventually, the world was destroyed, and it is highly likely that the Emerald City was destroyed with it. If not, then perhaps the Ancient Kingdom was able to preserve a portion of it as a part of itself.

One Piece is available to read via Viz Media. The series can be read by the fans officially and for free on the Shonen Jump and the Manga Plus apps. The release date for the next chapter of One Piece, One Piece 1139, is set to be February 9, 2025.

One Piece

Release Date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

Directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)