Chapter Summaries

Roy’s forces attacked the Mink Tribe after demanding Kozuki Momonosuke and Foxfire Kin'emon, while Enel overwhelmed Duke Inuarashi with lightning. As the battle devastated the island, Duke Inuarashi insisted the people Roy sought were not there, and Enel transformed into a massive Thunder God to attack him.

• Augustine demanded that the Minks hand over Kozuki Momonosuke and Foxfire Kin'emon, while Wanda and Old Monkey warned the intruders to leave.
• Enel summoned a vast sea of lightning over the kingdom, but Duke Inuarashi cut through it and confronted him.
• Enel overpowered Duke Inuarashi, striking him with lightning as the Minks called for help from Master Nekomamushi.
• Roy’s Nightmare Legion fought the Minks, killing many citizens while their wounds healed through Xun’s Chains of Life.
• Duke Inuarashi accused Roy’s forces of slaughtering his people and insisted that the people they sought were not on the island.
• Enel transformed into a Thunder God dozens of meters tall and prepared to strike Duke Inuarashi with 200 Million Volt Thunder God.

Master Nekomamushi joined Duke Inuarashi to face Enel as Roy headed for Whale Forest, where Momonosuke and the samurai were hiding. After hearing the battle begin, Momonosuke ordered them to flee and copy the Poneglyph so he could bargain for protection.

• Master Nekomamushi arrived in time to block Enel’s attack on Duke Inuarashi, and the two Mink kings agreed to fight together.
• Enel intercepted Master Nekomamushi when he tried to stop Roy from reaching Whale Forest.
• Roy entered Whale Forest and used Observation Haki to locate Momonosuke’s group near the Poneglyph atop the Whale Tree.
• Momonosuke dismissed Kin’emon’s reassurance and ordered the group to flee after the Whale Tree shook with the sounds of battle.
• Momonosuke ordered Kin’emon and the others to make a rubbing of the Poneglyph so he could trade it for protection, and they reluctantly obeyed.

Roy confronted Momonosuke and the surviving Kozuki retainers on Zunesha’s back, dismissing their attacks and refusing Zunesha’s plea to spare them. Momonosuke commanded Zunesha to fight Roy, and the trembling earth signaled the start of their clash.

• Roy entered the cave and revealed that Kin'emon’s attacks could not touch him.
• Momonosuke broke down and begged Roy to spare him by offering the Mink Tribe’s service.
• Roy prepared to kill the group, but Zunesha’s voice asked him to spare the Kozuki descendant.
• Roy rejected Zunesha’s appeal and told it to stay quiet while he killed Momonosuke.
• Zunesha urged Momonosuke to command it, and Momonosuke ordered it to attack Roy.
• The earth shook as Roy laughed and declared that he would kill Zunesha too.

Roy fought Zunesha on its back and severed its trunk after repeatedly attacking the same wound. Momonosuke watched the giant elephant fall into pain and despair, while Roy remained beyond the reach of its shortened trunk.

• Enel restrained Duke Inuarashi and Master Nekomamushi as Zunesha's cry shook Zou and its trunk appeared over Whale Forest.
• Momonosuke realized the Kozuki Family had once controlled Zunesha and fantasized about ruling the world, while plotting to kill Kin'emon and the others who had witnessed his humiliation.
• Roy dodged Zunesha's attacks and repeatedly slashed the same spot on its trunk, widening the wound and flooding Whale Forest with blood.
• Roy used Crescent Moon to sever the remaining half of Zunesha's trunk, which crashed onto its back.
• Momonosuke watched the trunk fall and sank into despair as Zunesha could no longer reach Roy.

Roy killed Momonosuke and began draining Zunesha’s life with the Seven Star Sword. When Inuarashi and Nekomamushi confronted him, Roy declared that he would destroy Zou and everyone on it.

• Kin'emon and the other two sacrificed themselves to protect Momonosuke, but Momonosuke stepped over them and tried to escape.
• Dark green flames consumed Momonosuke and reduced him to ashes.
• Roy drove the Seven Star Sword into Zunesha and began drawing life energy from the giant elephant.
• Nekomamushi and Inuarashi found the fallen trunk and Kin'emon's remains, then Enel knocked them down as they tried to confront Roy.
• Roy told the dukes that Momonosuke was dead and announced he would destroy Zou, its people, and Zunesha.

Roy killed Duke Inuarashi and Master Nekomamushi, then drained Zunesha to empower himself and his crew, destroying Zou in the process. After storing the Road Poneglyph and returning to the Ark Maxim, he discovered that the Seven Star Sword had evolved beyond Supreme Grade Swords.

• Duke Inuarashi and Master Nekomamushi burned their remaining life force and charged Roy, but he defeated them with a devastating Seven Star Sword slash that split Zou in two.
• Roy ordered his crew to share in Zunesha's life force, spreading blood-colored tendrils across Zou and wiping out the Minks.
• Roy drained Zunesha until it withered and fell into the sea, then stored the Road Poneglyph in the Dream Dimension and returned to the Ark Maxim.
• Roy's transformed Seven Star Sword overwhelmed some crew members with violent illusions until he calmed them.
• Roy recognized that the Seven Star Sword had surpassed Supreme Grade Swords and stood in a category of its own.

After defeating Kaido, Roy and his Phantom Sword Grand Fleet headed toward Whitebeard’s waters, prompting the World Government and the other Emperors to watch the coming encounter closely. Roy said he wanted to challenge Whitebeard eventually but did not want to become the world’s main target yet.

• Roy checked his Status Panel and judged that his strength now justified his reputation as the Fifth Emperor and Uncrowned Emperor.
• Enel welcomed the chance to fight a Four Emperors crew, and Roy said the fleet was approaching Whitebeard’s territory, though he would let Whitebeard’s intentions decide whether they fought.
• A CP0 agent alerted the Five Elders to the approaching fleets, and they chose to send Kizaru to observe rather than risk provoking Roy and Whitebeard.
• Kaido praised Roy and ordered his crew to prepare to join the expected war, then learned that Nicholas had destroyed their ship.
• Big Mom said she would invite Roy to her Tea Party, while Red Hair decided to head toward the coming confrontation after Beckman warned that other powers might join in.

Roy arrived aboard the Moby Dick with Enel, Crocodile the Sand, and Augustine, drawing the Whitebeard Pirates’ wary attention after rumors spread that the other Emperors expected a war. He offered Whitebeard medicine disguised as Moutai, and Whitebeard accepted it and asked for time alone with Roy.

• Marco explained to Jozu that Roy’s reputation made the other Emperors expect a battle, even though Jinbe had delivered medicine as a gesture of goodwill.
• Ace spotted the golden Ark Maxim descending and announced that Roy had arrived.
• Roy boarded the Moby Dick with his three powerful companions and casually said he had just destroyed an uncooperative country.
• Roy poured Whitebeard a bowl of liquor, calling it medicine for his illness, and Whitebeard praised its taste before drinking it.
• Whitebeard identified the liquor as Moutai, then told his crew to leave him alone with Roy.

Crocodile the Sand explained why he left Whitebeard and chose to support Nightmare Roy, while Whitebeard and Roy discussed the Great Pirate Era and strength. The chapter left Teach intent on taking Whitebeard’s legacy and becoming Pirate King before Roy.

• Marco greeted Crocodile the Sand, who recalled returning to the New World after twenty years and joining Roy because he believed in Roy’s ambition.
• Crocodile the Sand revealed that Whitebeard had spared him after his defeat and that he later became the Whitebeard Pirates’ Second Division Commander.
• Marco explained that Whitebeard had avoided seeking dominance to protect his sons, while Teach privately resolved to inherit Whitebeard’s power and surpass Roy.
• Crocodile the Sand said he had chosen his ideals over Whitebeard’s family and intended to make Roy the next Pirate King, prompting Marco to condemn him as not one of them.
• Whitebeard praised Roy as a product of the Great Pirate Era, and Roy said the era had taught him that only the strong could rule everything.

Roy tried to persuade Whitebeard to let him protect Fish-Man Island, but Whitebeard refused to give it up and challenged him to decide its ownership in battle. Their clash shook the Moby Dick, and the chapter ended with Vista realizing Roy's Seven Star Sword surpassed even Supreme Grade Swords.

• Roy told Whitebeard he could protect Fish-Man Island for a hundred years and asked him to relinquish his protection of it.
• Whitebeard demanded Roy reveal his true purpose, then rejected his argument and challenged him to settle Fish-Man Island's ownership by force.
• Roy and Whitebeard clashed, unleashing a torrent of energy that hurled much of the Whitebeard Pirates' crew into the sea.
• Marco ordered the division commanders to rescue the Devil Fruit users, and Jinbe used sharks to bring the crewmen back aboard.
• Roy was blasted onto the deck, but Marco recognized the exchange as even after Roy shattered Whitebeard's Naginata.
• Vista identified Roy's Seven Star Sword as a sword that surpassed Supreme Grade Swords.

Vista revealed that Roy’s Seven Star Sword surpassed the Supreme Grade Swords, and Roy and Whitebeard moved their fight onto a frozen sea. Their clash shattered the glacier and escalated into a battle of Conqueror’s Haki, which was abruptly joined by three powerful auras.

• Vista told the Whitebeard Pirates that Roy’s weapon could make even Whitebeard’s Naginata crumble, and Marco and the others reacted with alarm.
• Roy froze the sea with Diamond Starfall Fist, creating a battlefield for his fight with Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard’s punch and Roy’s Seven Star Sword collided, shattering the glacier and sending a violent storm across the battlefield.
• Whitebeard attacked again, but Roy used Virtualization to evade and strike back from above.
• Whitebeard and Roy unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki, and three other domineering auras joined the clash, tearing apart the remaining ice and sending enormous waves toward them.

Roy faced Whitebeard as Kaido, Big Mom, and Red Hair gathered in Whitebeard’s territory, and Big Mom invited Roy to her Tea Party on Whole Cake Island. When Kaido attacked Roy and the others intervened, all five Emperors began fighting, leaving Kizaru overwhelmed by the chaos.

• Vista, Jozu, Marco, and Izo reacted to the four Emperors’ arrival and compared their Conqueror’s Haki.
• Whitebeard mocked Kaido for arriving without a ship, and Kaido retaliated by pointing out that Whitebeard’s weapon was gone.
• Red Hair and Big Mom realized Roy had shattered Whitebeard’s Naginata, while Big Mom considered arranging a political marriage between Roy and one of her daughters.
• Big Mom invited Roy to her Tea Party on Whole Cake Island in half a month, and Roy asked Whitebeard whether they would continue fighting.
• Red Hair tried to prevent a war between the Emperors, but Kaido attacked Roy, Whitebeard struck at Kaido, and Big Mom blocked Red Hair with Zeus.
• The five Emperors clashed in a battle that devastated the surrounding sea, leaving Kizaru aghast.

Kizaru retreated while Whitebeard, Kaido, Red Hair, Big Mom, and Roy continued their devastating Five Emperors Melee. An enormous Giant Sea King surfaced, enraged by the destruction, and faced the five fighters without understanding the danger.

• Kizaru withdrew several hundred miles from the battle, while the Whitebeard Pirates watched anxiously from its edge.
• Whitebeard, Kaido, Red Hair, Big Mom, and Roy traded powerful attacks that tore through the sea and destroyed its creatures.
• Red Hair clashed swords with Roy and impressed him with his skill and mastery of Conqueror's Haki.
• Big Mom launched a massive wave at the other four, and Whitebeard, Roy, Red Hair, and Kaido each countered it.
• A Giant Sea King nearly eight thousand meters long surfaced, enraged by the battle's destruction, and hissed at the five emperors.

Roy and four other powerful pirates fought a fierce battle until Red Hair urged them to stop, warning that their crews’ conflict would draw the World Government’s attention. Roy claimed Fish-Man Island as his territory, and the others departed, leaving Kaido furious at Red Hair.

• The Giant Sea King was caught in the crossfire and killed while Roy and the others resumed their battle.
• Roy focused on Red Hair to study his Conqueror’s Haki, but his mental attack had little effect and Red Hair sent him flying with a sword strike.
• As the five fighters grew injured and tired, Red Hair used the Face-Face Fruit to ask them to end the battle and avoid provoking the World Government.
• Roy declared Fish-Man Island his territory and left for the Ark Maxim; Whitebeard and Big Mom also withdrew.
• Kaido charged after Red Hair, but Red Hair escaped aboard his ship, leaving Kaido stranded with a plank.

Roy assessed himself as close to Whitebeard’s level after measuring his strength against the Four Emperors. In the aftermath of the battle, Whitebeard accepted his defeat, while the other factions considered Roy an increasingly dangerous force and Marine intelligence revealed Whitebeard was still near his peak.

• Roy judged that his strength was roughly on par with Big Mom and Red Hair, and that mastering one of his abilities could bring him to Whitebeard’s level.
• Jozu and the other Whitebeard Pirates urged Whitebeard to declare war on Roy, but Whitebeard refused and accepted that Roy had defeated him.
• Big Mom asked her daughters whether any of them wanted to marry Nightmare, prompting them to regard one another as rivals.
• Red Hair told Beckman that Roy was about as strong as he was, had not yet reached his peak, and was difficult to understand.
• Kizaru reported to Sengoku that Roy was terrifying and that Whitebeard appeared to retain most of his peak combat strength, leading Sengoku to postpone plans against the Whitebeard Pirates.

Roy defeated Enel, Crocodile the Sand, and Augustine during a training battle, then explained that he was wary of the World Government’s hidden strength. After Judge reported that Shanks’s blood resembled that of the Celestial Dragons, Roy remained unconvinced and decided to speak with Doflamingo.

• Enel, Crocodile the Sand, and Augustine combined their attacks against Roy, but his new spatial teleportation let him evade them and defeat them with a sword slash.
• Crocodile the Sand asked about attacking Laugh Tale, and Roy said they would wait until they had enough power to challenge the World Government.
• Roy told Enel that the World Government likely had hidden strength and that he was using an alliance with the Revolutionary Army, Golden Lion, and Doflamingo to test its limits.
• Judge reported that Shanks’s blood had life potential resembling that of the Celestial Dragons, but Roy said the evidence did not prove Shanks was one of them.
• Roy decided that Doflamingo might know more and that it was time to talk with him.

Roy summoned Doflamingo to ask about the Celestial Dragons, and Doflamingo speculated that they were being raised as sacrifices tied to the World Government’s National Treasure. After Doflamingo left, Roy planned to use the Reverie to infiltrate Holy Land Mariejois and investigate further.

• Roy met Doflamingo alone in the Dream Dimension and asked him why the Celestial Dragons possessed extraordinary vitality.
• Doflamingo claimed the Celestial Dragons were puppets raised to grow fat and reproduce, and suggested their lives might unlock the National Treasure.
• Doflamingo said he had pieced together the theory from clues left by clever Celestial Dragons, then urged Roy to investigate Mariejois.
• Roy considered controlling Cobra to infiltrate Mariejois during the Reverie and suspected Doflamingo had withheld information about his own secrets.

Roy arrived at Whole Cake Island for Big Mom’s Tea Party and received an elaborate welcome from the Big Mom Pirates. While Katakuri and the other Sweet Generals waited for him, Katakuri explained why Big Mom regarded Roy as a future threat on the level of the strongest Emperors.

• Crocodile, Enel, and Augustine speculated that Big Mom might use the Tea Party to provoke Roy, but Roy said he wanted to see her intentions before considering a fight.
• Baron Tamago welcomed Roy and his companions with a hastily arranged ceremony, then escorted them toward the castle in a lavish pig carriage.
• Roy observed the many races living in Totto Land, and Baron Tamago proudly described Big Mom’s dream of creating a nation where all races could live together.
• Cracker complained about waiting for Roy, and Katakuri said his Observation Haki could not predict the arrival of someone whose mastery surpassed his own.
• Katakuri told Smoothie and Cracker that Roy’s balanced abilities made him capable of rivaling the Four Emperors and that he might eventually reach Whitebeard’s peak strength.

Roy arrived at Big Mom’s castle, where the Sweet Four Generals welcomed him as an honored guest and Katakuri discussed future cooperation. Pekoms then launched an assassination attempt with a Sea Stone dagger, but someone intervened before he could reach Roy.

• Roy entered Big Mom’s castle and was greeted with an elaborate ceremony by Katakuri, Cracker, Snack, and Smoothie.
• Big Mom’s officers discussed Roy’s strength, while Smoothie wondered whether her mother planned to arrange a marriage between them.
• Pekoms recalled how a mysterious figure had given him a Sea Stone dagger and urged him to use his death to drive the Big Mom Pirate Crew and Phantom Sword Pirates into conflict.
• Katakuri spoke to Roy about cooperation between their crews, including their shared interest in Fish-Man Island.
• Pekoms charged at Roy with the dagger, but someone struck before Katakuri could reach him.

Pekoms attempted to assassinate Roy with a Sea Stone dagger, but Roy killed him and extracted his fading soul to uncover the plot behind the attack. The Big Mom Pirate Crew learned that a mysterious person had recruited Pekoms to provoke a conflict, while the culprit watched in alarm.

• Pekoms attacked Roy with a Sea Stone dagger, but Roy killed him before the Big Mom Pirate Crew could intervene.
• Katakuri stopped Oven and ordered the crew to investigate how Pekoms had obtained the Sea Stone weapon.
• Roy extracted Pekoms's fading soul and asked who had supplied the dagger.
• Pekoms revealed that a mysterious person had promised him revenge and told him to use his death to drive a wedge between Roy and the Big Mom Pirate Crew.
• The Big Mom Pirate Crew realized a hidden force was trying to provoke them into conflict with Roy, while the mysterious person feared Roy had uncovered the scheme.