Chapter Summaries

Roy confirmed that the World Will had been interfering with his life and was backing Straw Hat Luffy, so he planned to weaken it by helping Luffy grow before killing him. He left Luffy alive and prepared to use Red Hair Shanks to drive Luffy into despair.

• God's Temple miraculously restored itself, and Wyper and the others celebrated its return.
• Roy told Lucifer that the World Will, not Straw Hat Luffy, had defeated him and explained how its hostility had once brought him misfortune.
• Roy reasoned that the World Will was empowering Luffy, and planned to let Luffy grow through hatred before killing him at the right moment.
• Lucifer confirmed that seeds had been planted to reveal Red Hair's location when they encountered him.
• Roy looked forward to Luffy learning that he had brought Red Hair to Roy and considered staging a final fight between Red Hair Shanks and Straw Hat Luffy.

Roy and Big Mom arrived at Elbaf with a force assembled to attack the Giants, while Roy prepared to conceal their movements and prevent the island from seeking help. As they reached the island, Big Mom encountered Hajrudin and other Giants, and Roy warned that Elbaf had changed since her memories of it sixty years earlier.

• At Whole Cake Island, Katakuri questioned why Roy and Big Mom would attack Elbaf without bringing their grand fleets, and Roy explained that the others would clear the battlefield while he and Big Mom conserved their strength.
• Roy arrived in the Baroda Sea Area with Big Mom and had a CP0 agent forget their encounter, then learned that Big Mom had brought the World Government's surveillance under his control.
• Roy ordered Solomon to deploy a signal jammer to prevent Elbaf from contacting Marine Headquarters or the World Government, and Big Mom praised Roy's preparations.
• On Elbaf, Hajrudin fought a Giant warrior as Cracker watched and Big Mom recognized Hajrudin, Gaelz, and Stansen as Giants from her past.
• Big Mom suggested that Roy's two Giant subordinates might mediate with the Giants, but Roy rejected the idea and warned that Elbaf was no longer as she remembered it.

Roy and his group revealed themselves to the Giants, and Big Mom’s return to Elbaf reignited the Giants’ hatred over Yoruru’s death. After Katakuri restrained Hajrudin and Goldo, the Giants refused to submit, and Goldo sacrificed himself while invoking Prince Loki’s vengeance.

• Roy removed the visual barrier, revealing his group and Big Mom to Hajrudin and the other Giant warrior.
• Hajrudin recognized Big Mom and charged at her, and the other Giant joined him once he learned who she was.
• Katakuri used Flowing Mochi to trap Hajrudin and the other Giant in the ground.
• Big Mom mocked the Giants, but Hajrudin and Goldo rejected her taunts and refused to fear her.
• Cracker threatened Goldo with a Biscuit Sword to make Hajrudin submit, but Goldo threw himself onto the blade and died while declaring that Prince Loki would avenge them.

Roy questioned Hajrudin about Elbaf’s transformation into a Giant kingdom and learned that Prince Loki had led the change after conquering the sacred War Tree. The group discovered Loki was already Elbaf’s strongest warrior twenty years earlier and would become king after his coming-of-age ceremony in three years.

• Roy overwhelmed Hajrudin with a spiritual assault and asked what had changed in Elbaf over the past sixty years.
• Hajrudin explained that Prince Loki had conquered the sacred War Tree and pushed for the creation of the Giant Royal Court.
• Big Mom told Roy that Loki was wise and adventurous, and recalled that Lola’s flight from their planned marriage had ruined her chance to control the Giants.
• Hajrudin revealed that Loki had been Elbaf’s strongest warrior twenty years earlier and would become king after his initiation ceremony at age sixty-three.
• Roy and the others realized Loki had been the strongest Giant at an age equivalent to eleven human years.

Roy’s dream power plunged most of Elbaf’s Giants into a dream while Prince Loki fought off those who attacked him. Roy and Big Mom observed the battle, and Roy realized that thirteen Giants, including Loki, had resisted his power and possessed strength comparable to Great Sword Masters.

• In a dream, Balun climbed a giant tree, met Wise Giant Mimir, and was offered a choice between a red pill and a blue pill.
• Prince Loki awoke with a premonition as chaos erupted in the Giant Royal Court and Giants rushed into his room to attack him.
• Loki knocked the attacking Giants unconscious while carefully restraining his strength, and Roy watched from the darkness.
• Big Mom praised Roy’s dream power, but Roy noted that some Giants had resisted it.
• Roy counted twelve resistant Giants besides Loki, concluding that thirteen Giants had Body Technique comparable to Great Sword Masters.

Roy and Big Mom confronted Prince Loki and the Giants after Roy’s Dream had turned some of them against their own people. The fighting devastated the Giant Royal Court, and Loki faced Roy and Big Mom as the battle threatened Elbaf’s fate.

• Roy assessed Elbaf’s powerful fighters and worried that Big Mom’s desire to destroy her enemies could make her lose control.
• Prince Loki and his twelve subordinates stabilized the battle, and Loki called for the hidden enemy to reveal itself.
• Roy appeared with Big Mom and his group, prompting the Giants to recognize Big Mom and charge at her and the others.
• The first clash destroyed much of the Giant Royal Court and killed many Giants who had been knocked unconscious and trapped in the Dream.
• Enraged by the losses, the Giants fought back against Enel and the others, while Prince Loki prepared to face Roy and Big Mom.

Loki charged Big Mom, hoping to wound her and gain leverage, but Roy intervened while the two exchanged powerful attacks. As Big Mom turned her fury on Roy and her own crew, Loki fled, and Roy pursued him with the Seven Star Sword.

• Loki chose to attack Big Mom, and Roy secretly stabbed Loki’s calf with the Seven Star Sword during their clash.
• Big Mom objected to Roy interfering and attacked both him and Loki, while Roy warned her that neither of them could afford to ignore the threat of Pluton.
• Smoothie apologized to Roy for Big Mom’s behavior, and Big Mom angrily threatened Smoothie for speaking up.
• Loki realized that Roy and Big Mom had come for Pluton, then fled despite his grievously wounded leg.
• Roy appeared above Loki and brought the Seven Star Sword down in a diagonal slash.

Roy severely wounded Loki, who plunged into the sea, while the defeated Giants and Big Mom’s rampage left Roy’s allies strained. Pluton rose from the sea as a colossal mechanical whale, and after its barrier blocked Roy’s attempts to enter, its Annihilation Ion Cannon forced him to teleport away.

• Roy slashed Loki across the back, but Loki continued into the sea to pursue the secret hidden there.
• Enel and the others defeated the twelve Giants, while Big Mom lost control and attacked them.
• Roy considered using Big Mom’s remaining strength to advance his plans to take command of the Big Mom Pirate Crew.
• Pluton emerged from the sea as a gigantic, mechanically modified whale, and Roy recognized it as a semi-mechanical lifeform.
• Roy tried to enter Pluton but was blocked by a vast Barrier-Barrier Fruit shield, so he decided to break through it.
• Roy glimpsed the future and teleported away just before Pluton’s Annihilation Ion Cannon blasted the coastline.

Roy realized Pluton's Annihilation Ion Cannon could threaten even top-tier fighters, but Enel's lightning attacks weakened its protective barrier. Pluton then attacked Enel directly with Armament Haki, and Roy rescued him as the battleship crashed back into the sea.

• Roy warned that Pluton's Annihilation Ion Cannon was fast enough to threaten powerful fighters, and Enel volunteered to test his Logia abilities against it.
• Pluton's cannon blasted Enel apart, but he reformed from lightning unharmed and struck the battleship with Ten Thousand Thunderbolts: Thunder Judgement.
• Enel's attack failed to break Pluton's barrier but drained some of its energy.
• Pluton leapt from the sea and charged Enel with its head covered in Armament Haki, while an invisible barrier forced Enel out of Elementalization.
• Roy cut through the barrier and carried Enel out of danger as Pluton crashed into the sea, sending enormous waves across the area.

Roy mentally directed Big Mom’s frenzy toward Pluton, and she and Roy damaged its protective barrier while suffering devastating injuries. Big Mom then sacrificed herself to block Pluton’s Annihilation Ion Cannon, vanishing on Elbaf as Loki prepared to defeat his enemies.

• Roy took control of Big Mom’s chaotic mind and steered her attacks toward Pluton.
• Big Mom’s attack drew an Annihilation Ion Cannon blast that evaporated her left arm, while Roy struck Pluton’s barrier and lost his right lower leg to another blast.
• Big Mom attacked Pluton with Elbaf Spear - Hakoku Sovereignty, but Prince Loki countered with the cannon and a water blast as Roy struggled to find an opening.
• Roy made Big Mom abandon defense and charge Pluton, while Loki prepared a Maximum Power - Annihilation Ion Cannon to eliminate his enemies.
• Big Mom blocked the cannon for an instant and evaporated completely, dying on Elbaf as Smoothie and the others watched in horror.

Roy entered Pluton after destroying its barrier, found Prince Loki near death, and learned that the Giants’ history and the weapon’s secrets were recorded on the War Tree. After Loki died, Katakuri, Smoothie, and the others offered the Charlotte Family’s allegiance to Roy.

• Roy redirected the beam that killed Big Mom and shattered Pluton’s protective barrier, then entered the battleship.
• Roy found Prince Loki at an altar and learned that Loki’s royal blood could control or awaken Pluton and that the answers about its history and use were on the War Tree.
• Loki died after telling Roy to seek the Giants’ records, and Roy collected the remaining blood from his body.
• Katakuri, Smoothie, and the others knelt before Roy and asked to join his ranks to protect the Charlotte Family and survive the upheaval at sea.
• Roy asked whether they had decided without regret, and Katakuri pledged the Charlotte Family as Roy’s sharpest blade.

Roy climbed the War Tree and read the Giants’ record of the world’s true history, learning how the Lunar People and the three divine weapons once established peace before Devil Fruits reignited war. The account ended with Lord Heavenly God becoming a destructive demon and being sealed on Laugh Tale.

• Roy arranged for Katakuri to stabilize Whole Cake Island and bring Pudding to Elbaf to alter the Giants’ memories.
• Roy climbed to the crown of the War Tree and read its historical inscription in the Giants’ language.
• The inscription recounted how the Lunar People arrived, developed technology, and created Uranus, Poseidon, and Pluton to bring peace under the rule of three races.
• The record explained that Devil Fruits fueled rebellion and renewed wars, leading Lord Heavenly God to pursue the power of a god.
• Lord Heavenly God transformed into a demon, and an alliance used the Seal-Seal Fruit to imprison him on Laugh Tale.

Roy learned from the Poneglyph that Imu was a Space Pirate who had manipulated humanity into betraying its allies and planned to summon more Space Pirates, leaving Roy wary of provoking him before he could destroy the World Government. In Fantasy Kingdom, Kaido rampaged in search of Nightmare and Jack after King told him where Jack was imprisoned.

• Roy read the Giant history on the Poneglyph, learning that the World Will had possessed Lord Heavenly God and that humanity had betrayed its allies by turning Uranus into a weapon.
• Roy concluded that Imu had come from the Space Pirates and might be pursuing godhood, so he resolved not to drive Imu into a desperate attack before he could defeat the World Government.
• Roy judged his trip to Elbaf worthwhile despite losing Big Mom as an ally, since he had gained the Giants' strength and knowledge of their history.
• Kaido wrecked Fantasy Kingdom and demanded that Nightmare return Jack or face the destruction of the continent.
• King told Kaido that Jack was imprisoned in the Royal Palace, and Kaido charged toward the center to rescue him.

Roy’s crew learned that his apparent presence on the ship was a clone while Kaido stormed the Royal Palace to rescue Jack. Roy confronted Kaido and stopped his Thunder Bagua with one finger.

• Katakuri told Roy that news of Mama’s death was likely to spread after the Homies disappeared.
• King reported that Kaido had attacked the base to rescue Jack, and Roy revealed that the Roy aboard the ship was a clone.
• Crocodile explained that Roy’s clone had defeated Red Hair and Scopper Gaban, and Katakuri realized Kaido was heading toward Roy’s sleeping main body.
• Kaido broke into the prison and found Jack bound in Sea Stone chains, but Jack warned him to flee from Nightmare.
• Roy appeared behind Kaido, and he stopped Kaido’s Thunder Bagua by extending one finger.

Roy defeated Kaido with ease, took control of his body, and transformed him into another Nightmare. Meanwhile, the Whitebeard Pirates headed toward Teach but witnessed a fierce battle erupting on Banaaro Island.

• Kaido ignored Jack’s warning and attacked Roy, who crushed his club and pinned him to the ground with overwhelming force.
• Roy revealed that his earlier fight with Kaido had been a game, then used mental tentacles to take over Kaido’s body and soul.
• Roy left the prison, and the possessed Kaido shrank into a new Nightmare as the original Kaido disappeared.
• Near Banaaro Island, Marco, Vista, and Jozu discussed the danger posed by Nightmare and hurried to capture Teach for Whitebeard.
• Marco, Vista, and Jozu saw orange-red flames and darkness split Banaaro Island before the darkness overwhelmed the flames.

Marco, Jozu, and Vista confronted Blackbeard on Banaaro Island to rescue Ace, but Blackbeard revealed the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power to absorb attacks and nullify Devil Fruit abilities. The fight continued as the Whitebeard Pirates refused his offer to join his crew.

• Jozu hurled Vista away and Marco flew ahead after the three learned that Blackbeard had captured Ace.
• Blackbeard sent Burgess to take Ace away while he stayed behind to meet his former crewmates.
• Marco, Jozu, and Vista confronted Blackbeard, who declared his ambition to surpass Whitebeard and become Pirate King.
• Blackbeard used a pulling force to drag Marco close, and Marco struck him with a punch that made Blackbeard scream.
• Blackbeard explained that his Dark-Dark Fruit could absorb attacks and nullify Devil Fruit abilities, then offered the Whitebeard Pirates a place in his crew.
• Jozu and Vista rejected Blackbeard’s offer and vowed to make him suffer for his betrayal.

Blackbeard revealed that he planned to hand Ace over to the Marines and expose him as the Pirate King's son, setting the stage for a war. In the Dream Dimension, Roy gathered his allies and proposed turning the coming conflict into a worldwide tidal wave of war.

• Marco, Vista, and Jozu fought Blackbeard, who said Ace's identity would help ignite the era and that he intended to deliver him to the Marines.
• Blackbeard used Dark Hole: Reverse to escape the battle on Banaaro Island.
• Roy summoned Doflamingo, Dragon, Gild Tesoro, and Golden Lion to the Dream Dimension to discuss Ace's capture.
• Roy said Ace's identity as Roger's son would become public and force the Marines toward a public execution.
• Roy declared that he would expand the coming conflict into a great war sweeping across the world.

Roy outlined a plan to use the war between Marine Headquarters and the Whitebeard Pirates to draw CP0 away from the Holy Land, then attack the World Government. He revealed that he possessed Pluton and would send the Giants to help the Revolutionary Army assault Mariejois.

• Roy proposed three battlefields against Marine Headquarters, Impel Down, and the Holy Land, using the Marine-Whitebeard war to create an opening.
• Dragon and Gild Tesoro discussed the risks of attacking Impel Down, and Roy said its invasion would draw CP0 away from Mariejois.
• Doflamingo warned that the World Government possessed Uranus, but Roy offered Pluton to counter it.
• Roy explained that Pluton was a colossal mechanical lifeform awakened by Giant royal blood and revealed that the Giants had submitted to him.
• Roy promised to send Giants to assist the Revolutionary Army in attacking the Holy Land.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku convened an emergency meeting to prepare for war against the Whitebeard Pirates after the Marines decided to execute Gol D. Ace. The Marines also discussed the possibility that Big Mom had fallen, and Nightmare emerged as their leading suspect.

• Garp complained about the frequent meetings, while Sengoku announced that war with the Whitebeard Pirates might soon break out.
• Sengoku revealed that the Marines would publicly execute Gol D. Ace, prompting Garp to crush his chair’s armrest and fall silent.
• Doberman, Drake, and Yamakaji supported war, while Momousagi proposed summoning the Shichibukai to reduce Marine casualties.
• Sengoku and the vice admirals discussed Nightmare’s recent silence and Aokiji reported that more than half of Big Mom’s Homies had vanished.
• Tsuru cautioned that Big Mom might have staged her apparent fall, but Sengoku cited CP0 reports suggesting she had truly been killed.
• The Marines realized that whoever had killed Big Mom might surpass the Four Emperors, and many suspected Nightmare.

Marine leaders suspected Nightmare was eliminating the Four Emperors and planned to use his expected battle with Whitebeard to destroy both threats. At Sabaody, the Supernovas learned Whitebeard was heading to war with Marine Headquarters over Ace’s execution.

• Akainu argued that Nightmare had brought down or weakened the Four Emperors and would target Whitebeard in the coming war.
• Akainu proposed that the Marines let Nightmare and Whitebeard fight, then eliminate both while they were weakened.
• Sengoku approved Akainu’s plan and ordered the Marines to prepare for the war.
• Urouge, Bege, Apoo, Bonney, and Hawkins discussed the chaos at Sabaody and the vanished Straw Hat crew.
• Kid arrived and told the Supernovas that the Marines planned to execute Ace and had summoned the Shichibukai to face Whitebeard.