Chapter Summaries

After Golden Lion declared that One Piece existed and announced his ambition to surpass Roger, pirates across the world reacted with excitement and alarm. As Golden Lion and Kaido withdrew from Marineford, Buggy prepared to escape but came face-to-face with Bullet.

• Golden Lion's declaration stunned the battlefield and the world, stirring new hopes of a pirate boom.
• Blackbeard ordered his crew to withdraw as a purple-black teleportation array appeared beside Saint Saturn.
• Kaido praised Golden Lion, warned Enel away from Caesar Clown, then attacked the array with Heat Breath before flying off with King and Queen.
• Roy urged his allies to leave, and Enel carried Caesar Clown into the clouds while Golden Lion sent debris toward the array and escaped.
• Buggy's men seized a warship, and Buggy agreed to withdraw before Bullet appeared behind him.

Buggy survived his encounter with Bullet and gained more admirers, while Bullet entered the battlefield and clashed his Conqueror’s Haki with Saint Maz’s. Roy left Marineford, planning to use the war’s aftermath to expand his forces and claim spoils for the Golden Lion Pirates.

• Buggy mistook Bullet’s decision to ignore him for a successful confrontation, and the pirates watching the broadcast praised him as a hero.
• Bullet reached the battlefield’s center as Whitebeard sent Akainu flying and shattered the ice with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• An enormous strange bird emerged from the teleportation array, and Bullet and Saint Maz unleashed dark auras that collided over the battlefield.
• Roy recognized Bullet, then departed on a modified island cloud with Caesar Clown, Enel, and Golden Lion’s help.
• Roy decided to exploit the coming chaos and use the Golden Lion Pirates’ name to gather spoils and expand his forces.

After the Summit War, Roy gathered fewer than five hundred survivors and chose to return to Sky City before pursuing his next goal: unifying the Sky Cloud Sea. He suspected the World Government was preparing to sink the world, so he wanted a refuge above the rising seas.

• Roy counted the fewer than five hundred survivors left from the nearly ten thousand troops and more than three hundred giant beasts he had sent to Marineford.
• Caesar Clown asked whether the group should meet Kuzan or return to Sky City, and Roy ordered them back to Sky City while Kuzan and the others continued expanding on the ground.
• Roy announced that he intended to unify the Sky Cloud Sea, though Caesar Clown doubted the value of conquering its barren territory.
• Roy reflected that sea levels and natural disasters had worsened, and suspected that the World Government was connected to the rising seas.
• Roy conjectured that the Celestial Dragons had caused a catastrophe during the Void Century and were preparing to sink the world, so he planned to secure the Sky Cloud Sea as a refuge.

Becky led Sky City’s forces in conquering the sky island of Achia, defeating its defenders and claiming its resources for Roy. As her soldiers celebrated their victory, Sky City’s expansion across the sea of clouds continued.

• Becky commanded a force of more than six hundred soldiers and slaves as they attacked Achia with advanced weapons.
• After an hour of resistance, Achia’s defenders were executed, and Becky’s soldiers seized the island’s resources and enslaved its people.
• Kado and Dali celebrated their victory and discussed their hopes of becoming citizens and attending Sky Training Camp.
• Becky hoped Roy would be pleased that she had captured the wealthy island for him.
• Roy remained in the Sabaody Archipelago while forces loyal to him continued conquering islands throughout the sea of clouds.

Five days after the Marines’ defeat at Marineford, Roy cared for the traumatized Spandam while reading about the ongoing pursuit of Whitebeard’s scattered forces. The Whitebeard Pirates remained at large, and the Marines and World Government continued their campaign across the first half of the Grand Line.

• Roy comforted Spandam as he ate, vomited, and wept over the horrors he had witnessed at Marineford.
• Spandam ate until exhaustion overcame him, and Roy had servants carry him to a bedroom.
• Roy read a newspaper reporting that Whitebeard and Bullet were still fleeing through the first half of the Grand Line as Marine and allied forces pursued them.
• Roy learned that Whitebeard had ordered his main force and allied crews to scatter, drawing pursuit away from the escapees.
• The Marines and World Government had destroyed three islands and damaged five more during the pursuit, which continued despite the war’s end.

Roy read the unprecedented bounties issued after the Summit War and considered why the World Government had raised them so sharply. As he wondered how Buggy had earned a billion-Beli bounty, a Den Den Mushi rang and interrupted his quiet moment.

• Roy read the newspaper’s report that Whitebeard had escaped Marineford and was stronger than expected.
• Roy examined the new bounty posters, noting that Whitebeard’s 5.6375-billion-Beli bounty had surpassed Gol D. Roger’s record.
• Roy considered why the World Government had assigned enormous bounties to Golden Lion, Ace, Blackbeard, Enel, Caesar Clown, and his alter ego, Black Emperor.
• Roy noticed Buggy’s billion-Beli bounty and wondered what Buggy had done after Roy left.
• Roy’s Den Den Mushi rang, and he realized his break was over.

Roy and Spandam sailed from Sabaody to pursue Whitebeard’s scattered pirate crews, using their connections to prepare for the mission while avoiding a direct fight with Whitebeard’s main force. They caught up with the Octopus Pirates, and Spandam directed their heavily armed warship’s attacks from a safe distance.

• Spandam panicked over the order to pursue the Whitebeard Pirates, while Roy told him to contact his father and arranged to call Carlos.
• Roy and Spandam left Sabaody aboard a warship, relying on their connections to avoid pursuing Whitebeard’s main force directly.
• Roy considered exploiting the World Government’s shortage of personnel to advance his influence and promote his agents.
• The exhausted Octopus Pirates rallied under Karma, Roz, and their combat commander as they tried to escape the Navy and reunite with Whitebeard.
• Spandam directed the pursuit from a distance, ordering the crew to keep away from the pirate ship while firing its abundant ammunition.
• Roy watched as the warship’s anti-aircraft shells mostly splashed around the Octopus Pirates’ vessel.

Roy and Spandam attacked the Octopus Pirates to capture their captain, Karma, and gain credit with the World Government. After Spandam ordered the damaged pirate ship boarded, Funkfreed pierced its deck and transformed into an elephant.

• Spandam ordered the Marines to bombard the Octopus Pirates' ship heavily, ignoring their reports about conserving ammunition.
• Roy watched the attack and relied on Samael, the giant Sea King lurking beneath the pirate ship, to prevent Karma from escaping into the sea.
• Roy and Spandam planned to present Karma's capture to the World Government as a joint achievement and strengthen their faction with Carlos.
• Spandam halted the bombardment, ordered the warship to approach, and threatened a Marine gunner into firing Funkfreed at the pirate ship.
• Funkfreed pierced the deck and transformed into an elephant, prompting Spandam to declare himself a genius.

Spandam’s Marines closed in on Karma’s battered pirate ship, unaware that Karma was hiding aboard and planning to take Spandam hostage. Roy cut Karma down just before his ambush reached Spandam, leaving the Marines stunned.

• Funkfreed rampaged through the exhausted Octopus Pirates while the Marines bombarded their sinking ship.
• Spandam ordered the warship closer, and Roy monitored Karma’s movements through the Echo Map.
• Spandam boarded the wreck, celebrated the victory, and ordered the Marines to collect the pirates’ heads.
• Karma lunged at Spandam, hoping to capture him and use him as a hostage to escape.
• Roy struck Karma with a powerful sword slash, killing him before he could reach Spandam.

Roy and Spandam received orders to join the forces gathering at Churumbados to encircle the Whitebeard Pirates. Roy saw the Marines’ withdrawal from the first half of the Grand Line as an opportunity to expand his influence, while Spandam panicked at the prospect of facing Whitebeard.

• A marine colonel delivered orders directing all forces pursuing pirates to sail to Churumbados and encircle the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Spandam first celebrated the chance to gain credit, then panicked when he realized the mission meant confronting Whitebeard.
• Roy recognized that the order would leave the first half of the Grand Line with fewer Marine and World Government forces.
• Roy realized Whitebeard planned to cross the Calm Belt and escape to the Four Seas, explaining the urgent mobilization.

The World Government mobilized most of Paradise’s forces to eliminate Whitebeard, leaving the Grand Line exposed and stirring panic among civilians and ambition among pirates. Saint Warcury, Saint Saturn, and Nusjuro also planned to use the campaign to test Vegapunk’s research and identify forces they could punish for disobedience.

• The World Government ordered nations across the first half of the Grand Line to close their borders and send forces to stop Whitebeard.
• An unknown figure leaked the mobilization order before Roy’s troops began moving, causing pirates to see an opportunity and exposed territories to fear an attack.
• Roy relayed the order to Kuzan and Bon Clay by Den Den Mushi.
• Saint Warcury confirmed that the troop orders were issued and Vegapunk’s preparations were ready for the campaign against Whitebeard.
• Saint Saturn backed the plan to test the research during the campaign, while Nusjuro revealed that the mobilization was also bait to identify disobedient forces and preserve the World Government’s authority.

Roy and Spandam guarded Ronnia Atoll as the World Government’s forces fought the Whitebeard Pirates near Galenbit. After Roy caught a rare fish and tried to reassure the anxious Spandam, Roy sensed an unprecedented danger and saw a brilliant flash beneath a darkened sky in the distance.

• Roy caught a Golden Elephant Trunk Fish near Ronnia Atoll and returned to the warship with it.
• Roy reflected on the World Government’s plan to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates at Galenbit and why he and Spandam had avoided joining the main force.
• Roy found Spandam anxiously watching the sea through a telescope and urged him to relax and prepare for a fish feast.
• Spandam warned Roy to heighten the warship’s guard because he feared Whitebeard despite the government’s careful plan.
• Roy felt an intense sense of danger, looked toward Galenbit, and activated his Echo Map when a bright flash appeared beneath the darkened sky.

Roy and Spandam faced a colossal tsunami triggered by a distant catastrophe at Galenbit, and Roy steered their warship onto the wave’s crest to survive. There, they saw that Galenbit had been replaced by an enormous, lightless void, which Roy suspected was the result of the World Government’s forbidden weapon.

• A blinding flash and tremendous roar from distant Galenbit stirred a massive tsunami that terrified Spandam and the Marines aboard the warship.
• Roy ordered Spandam to the engine room and took the helm, planning to ride the tsunami instead of trying to outrun it.
• Roy used the Echo Map to guide the warship through the dangerous waves and up to the tsunami’s crest.
• Spandam reached Roy at the helm and saw a vast void where Galenbit had been.
• Roy wondered if the World Government had used the weapon that defeated Joy Boy, and the void reminded him of Enies Lobby.

Roy watched the World Government search the Galenbit Sea for the critically injured Whitebeard and concluded that its unfinished Mother Flame had failed to destroy him. As the search expanded toward the Calm Belt, Roy worried that the strike had accelerated the world’s coming flood and considered advancing his Fish-Man Unit plans.

• Roy observed the sealed Galenbit Sea as warships searched for Whitebeard, whose Vivre Card had burned down to a fingernail-sized piece.
• Roy inferred that Whitebeard had survived the World Government’s strike because of his strength and a problem with the weapon, while most of his commanders had escaped toward the Calm Belt.
• Roy compared the Galenbit hollow with Enies Lobby and suspected that both were linked to the World Government’s ancient conflict with Joy Boy and its forbidden weapon.
• Roy reasoned from ruins and submerged structures that the world had suffered a great flood before, and feared the Galenbit strike had brought another flood closer.
• Roy considered expanding his Fish-Man Unit sooner and watched Admiral Aokiji while the Marines extended their search toward the Calm Belt.

Roy sent Samael to search for the severely wounded Whitebeard and seize him before the World Government could secure him. After two days, Samael found the unconscious Whitebeard and took him into its jaws, while Roy hid his excitement from Aokiji aboard the warship.

• Roy decided that capturing Whitebeard alive—or obtaining his corpse—could greatly strengthen his forces, and ordered Samael to search for him.
• Samael followed the scent Roy had imprinted in its mind and fought territorial Sea Kings while tracking the blood scent.
• Samael found the mangled, unconscious Whitebeard floating in the sea and took him into its jaws.
• Roy heard Samael's roar and eagerly ordered it to continue the plan, but told Aokiji he had only spotted a sea beast.

The World Government and Navy’s withdrawal to hunt Whitebeard left the New World in chaos as Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Blackbeard made their moves. Roy and Spandam were reassigned to suppress the unrest, while Trafalgar Law received a shocking wounded patient in Sky City.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin sent their forces into the New World, intensifying the struggle for territory.
• Blackbeard led his officers and new subordinates onto an island under Whitebeard’s control and began his plan.
• The World Government and Navy searched the Calm Belt for Whitebeard for four days but found no trace of him.
• Roy and Spandam received orders to leave the Calm Belt and suppress the New World’s unrest.
• Trafalgar Law received a wounded patient in Sky City who shocked him and presented a difficult problem.

Roy had Whitebeard delivered to Sky City's research institute, where Caesar Clown and Trafalgar Law examined his devastating injuries and began planning his treatment. Roy and Spandam returned to Sabaody, and Roy wondered how Bon Clay's work at Fish-Man Island was progressing.

• Roy ordered Caesar Clown and Trafalgar Law to spare no effort or expense in treating the unconscious Whitebeard.
• Caesar Clown and Trafalgar Law were shocked to see Whitebeard alive and recognized the opportunity to study and treat him.
• Trafalgar Law lost his remaining doubts about Roy's strength and grew confident that Sky City could help him deal with Doflamingo.
• Caesar Clown, Trafalgar Law, and the institute's staff examined Whitebeard and began developing treatment plans for his severe injuries.
• Roy and Spandam returned to Sabaody aboard a Navy warship, and Spandam wept with relief at surviving the recent battles.
• Roy wondered about Bon Clay's progress at Fish-Man Island and the fish-men hiding beneath the sea.

Spandam’s Marines destroyed the Lizard Pirates, while Roy learned that Bon Clay had prepared Fish-Man Island for a raid. Roy left the plan ready to proceed when Kuzan and Enel arrived, with instructions to bring him the island’s National Treasure.

• Spandam rewarded Marine gunners for hitting the Lizard Pirates’ ship and ordered the bombardment to stop once its rudder was destroyed.
• CP agents killed the pirates who resisted and returned with ten heads, including those of the Lizard Pirates’ core elites.
• Spandam celebrated the victory and promised the CP agents five million Berries each.
• Roy spoke with Bon Clay by Den Den Mushi and learned that Bon Clay had stripped Hody Jones of most of his power and prepared to raid Fish-Man Island.
• Roy told Bon Clay to proceed when Kuzan and Enel arrived and to bring Fish-Man Island’s National Treasure back to him.

Roy planned to seize Fish-Man Island’s population and eventually usurp the Fish-Man Kingdom, using Bon Clay, Enel, and Kuzan in coordinated schemes while keeping Jinbe away. Spandam then reported that the World Government claimed Whitebeard had been wiped out, and Roy realized the report was a lie born of desperation.

• Roy planned to have Enel eliminate Hody Jones and Bon Clay take control of the New Fish-Man Pirates to seize fish-men from Fish-Man Island.
• Roy planned for Kuzan and the Sea Fire troops to pose as heroes and take over the Fish-Man Kingdom, while he used the Golden Lion Pirates’ reputation to keep Jinbe occupied.
• Roy imagined possessing the Fish-Man Kingdom and Shirahoshi, Poseidon, when Spandam entered the command room with news from the World Government.
• Spandam told Roy that Whitebeard had been wiped out and his main force was heading for the New World, and Roy recognized the report as a lie.

After the World Government announced Whitebeard’s death, the news restored public confidence in its power while pirates across the seas intensified their attacks. Shanks tried to stop Marco, Ace, and the surviving Whitebeard Pirates from returning to war, but Marco questioned where they could go without Whitebeard.

• The World Economic Journal reported Whitebeard’s death, prompting civilians to celebrate and powerful figures to doubt the World Government’s account.
• Roy and Spandam relaxed aboard their warship after hearing the news, while ambitious pirates accelerated their raids across the seas.
• A cloaked attacker defeated Hody Jones and his officers in Fish-Man District, then Bon Clay and Kuzan began an uprising.
• Big Mom’s and Kaido’s pirates seized islands and replaced the World Government’s flags with their own.
• Shanks blocked Marco, Ace, and the Whitebeard Pirates from returning to fight, warning them that they would die and urging them to go home.
• Marco asked Shanks where the Whitebeard Pirates could call home without Whitebeard.