Chapter Summaries

After Roy declared East Blue Independence, the East Blue Fate Community Alliance rapidly took control and began reshaping the region for war. Roy’s land reforms won him the support of the lower classes, and the chapter ended with troops, recruits, experts, and supplies moving into defensive positions.

• Roy’s declaration of East Blue Independence prompted the East Blue’s governments to raise the banners of the East Blue Fate Community Alliance and bring key cities under its control.
• Roy planned to redistribute land and wealth, recruit the lower classes, and use the Kingdom on the Bridge to attract elites from across the world.
• After Roy’s speech in Loguetown, his forces departed Rode Town as the East Blue began reforms and prepared for war.
• Roy’s forces distributed land to common people and warned them that they would lose it if the World Government retook the East Blue.
• Recruitment stations filled with volunteers, while experts and newly trained soldiers moved into the East Blue’s fortresses and defensive lines.

Roy secretly mobilized the East Blue to build cloud islands and aerial towns as refuge from rising seas while expanding the conflict against the World Government. As major factions fought across the seas, the Whitebeard Pirates’ misty waters welcomed back a king missing for several years.

• Roy’s forces secretly mined resources across the East Blue and used them to build cloud factories, cloud islands, and aerial towns for the coming disaster.
• Roy’s workers learned that the world faced destruction and threw themselves into production to help save East Blue’s people.
• Roy sent forces through Twin Capes toward the Grand Line, declaring their intention to attack Mary Geoise and drawing more of the World Government’s military away from the East Blue.
• The North Blue Freedom Revolutionary Alliance attacked the World Government, while Blackbeard targeted Mary Geoise’s supply routes and triggered a food shortage.
• Buggy joined Roy’s forces in the South Blue and announced that the West Blue Fate Community Alliance would help liberate the region.
• The Whitebeard Pirates’ territory welcomed back a king who had been missing for several years.

Whitebeard secretly returned to Sphinx Island, where Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates joyfully welcomed him home. At the feast, Whitebeard resolved to join Roy’s cause and called Marco and Ace aside to explain.

• Whitebeard arrived alone on Sphinx Island and sensed the Whitebeard Pirates were thriving under Ace’s leadership.
• Ace recognized Whitebeard’s presence, rushed to the coast, and embraced him while apologizing for the events that had kept him away.
• Marco and the division commanders arrived, and the Whitebeard Pirates celebrated their captain’s return with a grand feast.
• Whitebeard decided the crew should join Roy to face the coming crises and summoned Marco and Ace for a private talk.

Whitebeard told the Whitebeard Pirates that he had joined Roy’s ranks and planned to move the main crew to the East Blue, where he believed they could survive the coming disaster. The chapter ended with the main crew leaving the Grand Line aboard floating cloud islands while Ace remained behind to oversee their territories.

• Whitebeard revealed that Roy had orchestrated major events and that he had joined Roy’s ranks, alarming the Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders.
• Whitebeard reassured his sons that he would not abandon them and explained that he intended to take the main crew to the East Blue for safety.
• Marco and Ace wondered why Whitebeard considered the East Blue their only way out, but kept their questions to themselves.
• Whitebeard assigned Ace to lead the Whitebeard Pirates in the New World and decided not to bring their subordinate pirate crews to the East Blue.
• Marco, Jozu, and the other division commanders led the main crew to the Calm Belt, where they boarded floating cloud islands and set off for the East Blue.

Marco led the Whitebeard Pirates into Sky City, where they saw Kaido and the Beasts Pirates serving under Roy. As the Whitebeard Pirates reported to Roy’s forces, his campaign expanded across the seas and began turning the Calm Belt into a barrier around the East Blue.

• Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates arrived at Sky City and marveled at its enormous size and prosperity.
• Kaido and King flew out of the city with giant beasts, and Marco realized the Beasts Pirates had joined Roy’s command.
• Marco calmed Jozu and the other Whitebeard Pirates, telling them to report to Sky City’s center rather than confront Kaido.
• The Whitebeard Pirates reported in as Roy’s forces began advancing toward other seas and the Red Line aboard warships and airborne islands.
• Enel led warriors in taking supplies from islands near the Calm Belt, while Roy planned to evacuate the residents to Terrachilf and make the Calm Belt a defensive barrier.

Roy, Whitebeard, and Caesar Clown reached the World Government and Navy’s secret material base, where they discovered a vast hidden force and supplies needed to make the Mother Flame. As they prepared to attack and secure the materials, a towering tree suddenly rose from the island and someone challenged them.

• Roy, Whitebeard, and Caesar Clown crossed a violent storm and approached the secret base hidden on a barren island near the Shadow Triangle and Calm Belt.
• Roy planned to destroy the base and obtain rare materials Vegapunk needed to create the Mother Flame, which were stored there.
• Roy used the Echo Map to discover that the island was hollowed out and packed with soldiers, Pacifistas, ships, and warships.
• Whitebeard and Caesar Clown urged Roy to destroy the World Government and Navy forces, while Roy reminded them that securing the materials was their main goal.
• A shout from the base challenged the intruders, and the island’s lone sapling transformed into a tree towering over a hundred meters tall.

Roy, Whitebeard, and Caesar Clown invaded a Navy restricted zone to find raw materials, but Ryokugyu discovered them and engaged Roy and Whitebeard while Caesar headed for the base. The fight escalated as Marine officers rushed to support Ryokugyu, who recognized Whitebeard by his voice.

• Roy ordered Caesar Clown to find the raw materials while he and Whitebeard drew the base's experts away.
• Ryokugyu used a device and Observation Haki to detect the intruders, then attacked Caesar Clown and Roy with his giant tree form.
• Whitebeard shattered Ryokugyu's wooden spears with a powerful slash, while Roy struck him with Sonic Thunder Crescent Cross Slash.
• Roy and Whitebeard's attacks badly wounded Ryokugyu, whose body began healing rapidly as Caesar Clown raced toward the base.
• Marine officers ascended to support Ryokugyu, who warned them that the attackers could turn invisible.
• Whitebeard closed in with a Tremor-Tremor Fruit-powered strike, and Ryokugyu recognized him by the vibration of his voice.

Whitebeard and Roy ambushed Ryokugyu at Leviathan Base, badly wounding him and forcing him to flee underground, where he healed by draining the prisoners. Ryokugyu escaped Roy’s lightning attack and was left unsure whether to hold the line or run while waiting for Borsalino’s reinforcements.

• Whitebeard split the wooden giant’s head with a Haki-coated naginata, and Roy followed with a slash that cut apart most of its body.
• Ryokugyu survived by retreating underground, where he found the prison beneath the secret base and drained the prisoners’ life force to heal his wounds.
• Ryokugyu called Borsalino for reinforcements and warned that Whitebeard and another attacker were assaulting Leviathan Base.
• Whitebeard and Roy pursued Ryokugyu underground, and Roy sent a lightning pillar through the ground that forced him to escape toward the surface.
• Ryokugyu emerged far from the island and wondered whether to hold the line or flee while awaiting Borsalino’s help.

Ryokugyu struggled to decide whether to flee while Roy and Whitebeard overwhelmed him in battle. After hearing that Kizaru was coming, Ryokugyu chose to defend Leviathan Base by turning his plant roots on the Marines stationed there.

• Ryokugyu weighed whether to escape as he recovered, while Roy attacked him and challenged the World Government’s claim to rule.
• Ryokugyu’s tree giant withstood Roy’s attacks and unleashed a barrage of fists, but Roy used clones and Conqueror’s Haki-infused slashes to wound him.
• Ryokugyu demanded to know Roy’s identity, and Whitebeard struck him from behind before Ryokugyu could respond.
• Momonga reported that Kizaru was rushing to the base, convincing Ryokugyu to stay and defend it.
• Ryokugyu sent roots surging through Leviathan Base, where they began draining the Marines’ nutrients as they cried out in shock.

Ryokugyu drained the life force of Marines and World Government soldiers at Leviathan Base to strengthen himself, provoking a confrontation among the officers over whether those sacrifices were justified. As Whitebeard and Roy continued to overpower Ryokugyu, the base began to collapse, and Ryokugyu waited anxiously for Borsalino.

• Ryokugyu drained the soldiers while Momonga and Doberman defended the sacrifices as necessary for Marine justice, and Major General Rick condemned them.
• Doberman drew his saber against Rick, but Momonga and Strawberry intervened before the dispute escalated into a fight.
• Strawberry confirmed that the drained soldiers were still alive, easing the Marines' tension, while Whitebeard and Roy struck Ryokugyu in the sky.
• Whitebeard and Roy's attacks cracked the sky and damaged Leviathan Base, prompting the officers to rush inside and rescue the unconscious soldiers.
• Ryokugyu admitted that he could not match Whitebeard and Roy together and wondered why Borsalino had not arrived.

Caesar Clown infiltrated Core Warehouse No. 6 and retrieved the Sunstones, shrinking them with Slockscaranz’s Devil Fruit ability. After Caesar reported that the goods were secured, Whitebeard prepared to unleash his power against the battered Ryokugyu.

• Caesar Clown killed the Marines guarding Core Warehouse No. 6 and opened its Seastone-mixed door with eight keys.
• Caesar Clown found the Sunstones Vegapunk used to research Mother Flame and summoned Slockscaranz from a wooden bottle.
• Slockscaranz shrank the Sunstones, and Caesar Clown gathered them while she exhausted herself.
• Caesar Clown told Roy and Whitebeard that they had the goods and then vanished with the cargo.
• Whitebeard tossed his naginata aside and reached for the air, while Ryokugyu realized he was about to use his Devil Fruit ability again.

Whitebeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s full power, devastating Leviathan Base as Roy helped him overwhelm Ryokugyu. Just as Ryokugyu prepared to flee, he sensed Borsalino’s arrival.

• Whitebeard’s earthquake split the island, sent tsunamis toward Leviathan Base, and left the Marines facing disaster.
• Momonga and Vice Admiral Gion feared that Ryokugyu’s attack on his own soldiers and the destruction of the base would provoke a crisis within the Marines.
• Roy struck Ryokugyu with a slash while Whitebeard continued their assault, leaving the Admiral badly wounded and losing strength.
• Ryokugyu tried to escape from Whitebeard and Roy but stopped when he sensed Borsalino nearby.

Roy and Whitebeard unleashed devastating attacks on the Leviathan Base after Kizaru’s arrival made killing Ryokugyu impossible. Kizaru reached the ruined battlefield as Ryokugyu struggled to save the surviving Marines.

• Roy and Whitebeard realized Kizaru’s approach had ended their chance to kill Ryokugyu, so they decided to destroy the base instead.
• Roy summoned a colossal thundercloud sphere and concentrated sonic energy within it above the island.
• Whitebeard gathered his remaining strength and struck the air, triggering a massive earthquake and a tsunami over a thousand meters high.
• Roy and Whitebeard’s combined assault shattered the island and overwhelmed the Marine and World Government forces below.
• Kizaru arrived and saw Ryokugyu, transformed into a giant tree man, trying to keep survivor-carrying warships afloat.

Roy, Whitebeard, and Caesar Clown escaped after crippling Ryokugyu and destroying the Leviathan Base, while Kizaru rescued the Marines from the tsunami and lightning storm. As they recovered, Roy planned to draw attention away from the independent East Blue by spreading the red Poneglyph and having Vegapunk announce that the One Piece was real.

• Roy and Whitebeard left the island after Kizaru arrived, and Kizaru let them go to deal with the approaching disaster.
• Kizaru used hundreds of light clones to rescue the Marines and World Government personnel before the tsunami and lightning storm destroyed Leviathan Base.
• Roy, Whitebeard, and Caesar Clown recovered at a prepared cloud-island supply point and celebrated their successful operation.
• Caesar Clown said he had taken photos of the battle and planned to have Morgans spread them across the world.
• Roy planned to scatter the red Poneglyph worldwide and have Vegapunk livestream an announcement that the One Piece was real.

Mary Geoise suffered famine and decay as Roy and the Revolutionary Army blocked its supply routes, prompting Sengoku to question the Marines’ justice. In East Blue, Roy developed his forces and asked Vegapunk to confirm that One Piece existed, and Vegapunk agreed to spread the news worldwide.

• Sengoku witnessed the suffering of Mary Geoise’s slaves and wondered whether he, Zephyr, and Aokiji had been wrong.
• Tsuru warned Sengoku to control his words before a meeting of the supreme authorities.
• Roy’s rule brought land, wealth, and improved transport to East Blue, while Wings of Freedom trained its military forces.
• Roy asked Vegapunk to confirm One Piece’s existence so East Blue could gain time to develop.
• Vegapunk agreed to spread the news of One Piece to the entire world.

As the world’s powers fought to expand amid an impending global catastrophe, Vegapunk broadcast that One Piece was real and could save the world, revealing a translated red Poneglyph to the seas. The revelation made the Blackbeard Pirates and Big Mom Pirates targets after their possession of two other red Poneglyphs was exposed.

• The Freedom Revolutionary Alliance, Blackbeard, Buggy, and other forces expanded their power as war spread across the seas.
• Vegapunk broadcast that the world faced a catastrophe and that One Piece on Laugh Tale was the key to saving it.
• Vegapunk revealed that reaching Laugh Tale required a map formed from four red Poneglyphs and broadcast his translation of one.
• The broadcast drove ambitious powers to seek the red Poneglyphs, while Blackbeard and Big Mom realized they had guides from three of the four stones between them and Vegapunk’s revelation.
• The World Economic Journal spread evidence that the Blackbeard Pirates and Big Mom Pirates possessed two red Poneglyphs, drawing the world’s attention to their alliance.

Ace arrived in Wano Country with cargo for the Ironstone Base and reunited with Yamato, who showed him the country’s transformation under Roy. Their reunion was interrupted by the capture of four time travelers, while Dr. Tracy agreed to leave for the East Blue with his family.

• Ace delivered cargo to Iceburg at Ironstone Base and reunited with Yamato.
• Yamato showed Ace the thriving fields and cities of Wano Country, and Ace grew eager to meet Roy.
• Soldiers told Yamato and Ace that they had captured four suspicious men claiming to be samurai from the old era, including a boy who called himself Wano Country’s true ruler’s son.
• Yamato took Ace with her to the prison, where Momonosuke and the other time travelers were being held.
• A black-clad man offered Dr. Tracy safe passage to the East Blue for his family, and Dr. Tracy accepted.

Roy reviewed the progress of his talent recruitment plan and weighed two strategies for securing his future power: conquering the world from East Blue or surviving a possible world-ending flood and taking over afterward. He decided to keep his forces entrenched in East Blue while gathering resources and adapting to developments.

• Brulee reported that the recruitment plan had attracted more than a thousand scholars, and Roy urged her to intensify the effort with help from Caesar Clown and Kuzan.
• Roy considered the Void Century and the World Government’s actions, concluding that he must conceal his strength until he could overwhelm his enemies.
• Roy planned to keep most of his forces in East Blue until Pluton was repaired and Sea King’s abilities were fully developed, then expand from East Blue and allied territories.
• Roy considered a second strategy for a possible world-ending flood: preserve East Blue, then take control of the world after much of it was submerged.
• Roy weighed the resource demands of both strategies and chose to remain entrenched in East Blue while gathering useful materials, people, and other resources and monitoring events.

As the Blackbeard and Big Mom alliance struggled against attacks on its territories, Burgess learned that Bullet had torn through the northern front and rushed to hunt him. Meanwhile, Roy’s improved Artificial Devil Fruits were being packaged for delivery across the East Blue, where people still found room for laughter amid preparations for the coming flood.

• Burgess killed a pirate as the Blackbeard and Big Mom alliance faced increasingly fierce attacks from forces seeking its Road Poneglyphs.
• A lackey told Burgess that Bullet and several famous pirate crews had broken through the alliance’s northern front.
• Burgess said he would hunt Bullet for his Devil Fruit ability and launched himself toward the northern front.
• At Roy’s Sky City factory, workers packaged improved Artificial Devil Fruits for shipment to the East Blue.
• A factory supervisor promised his workers a trip to Cloud Heaven after they finished packing, and they joked together during their break.

Roy gave two hundred of his most loyal warriors Artificial Zoan Devil Fruits to strengthen them, then named the group Dark Rose. They successfully suppressed their new transformations and were told they could begin emerging from the shadows for heavier tasks.

• Roy gathered two hundred elite warriors on a cloud platform and ordered them to open the boxes before them.
• The warriors found Artificial Devil Fruits and recognized that Sky City's technology had advanced enough for the fruits to be used safely.
• All two hundred warriors ate their fruits, gaining Zoan transformations and enduring the pain of their powers.
• The warriors used their strength and willpower to suppress their mutations, though the effort left them exhausted.
• Roy praised their success, said they could emerge from the darkness, and granted them the designation Dark Rose.