Chapter Summaries

Roy suspected that a hidden treasure connected to the shrine and Golden Bell had awakened Mantra on Sky Island, and he ordered a search for clues. After three days of failure, he moved the bell to the Shandora Ruins, determined to uncover its secret by investigating the past.

• Wyper learned from Gan Fall and Enel that the Golden Bell had never been in the shrine, and he questioned what the Shandia had fought for over four hundred years.
• Roy asked Enel about the shrine and proposed that an unknown treasure there might have triggered Mantra in those who came into contact with it.
• Roy revealed that the Golden Bell stood above the shrine and urged everyone to search the shrine's fragments and sense the bell and Poneglyph for anything unusual.
• After three days of fruitless attempts and no surviving shrine fragments, Roy insisted that the Golden Bell was still the key.
• Roy ordered the Golden Bell moved to the Shandora Ruins and vowed to investigate history to find the answer.

Roy explained that he could travel through the dreams of generations of Shandia but could not change the past, then entered the dreams to uncover the ancient era. He reached a dream from eight hundred years ago involving the Atlantis clan and Lord Poseidon.

• Roy told Robin and the others that he could witness history through dreams but could not alter it.
• Robin wondered whether Roy would use his knowledge of history to lead the world.
• Roy placed the Great Bell Tower in Shandora and vanished into the dreams, prompting his companions to wait for his return.
• Roy witnessed Shandia ancestors’ dreams, including Calgara’s final effort to ring the Light of Shandora for Noland.
• Roy entered an older dream in which the Atlantis clan prepared to welcome Lord Poseidon, possibly from the Void Century.

Roy observed Jaya Island’s history as the previous Poseidon arrived with colossal Sea Kings and met the High Priest. Poseidon warned of a coming world destruction and gave him Mermaid Tears to help awaken the people’s hidden power.

• Roy concluded that the Shandia People had once been the advanced Atlantis People before their civilization collapsed.
• The previous Poseidon arrived on Jaya Island with enormous Sea Kings, and the High Priest and crowd greeted her.
• The High Priest said the D Clan had destroyed Atlantis and taken Apollo, but Poseidon insisted the D Clan could not have betrayed their covenant.
• Poseidon revealed that she had foreseen the world’s destruction but could not identify the powerful figure behind it.
• Poseidon learned that the Heavenly God’s inheritance had been severed and offered Mermaid Tears to help the people awaken their inner power.

Roy discovered that Poseidon’s Mermaid Tears had been hidden in the Golden Bell, and he learned that time moved far more slowly inside its dream. The chapter ended with Robin and Xia explaining the conflicting legends surrounding the treasure.

• Roy’s dream of Poseidon and the High Priest ended after a surge of soul power, and Poseidon sensed that someone had been spying on them.
• Roy returned from the dream and learned that only twenty-seven minutes and thirty-two seconds had passed in reality.
• Roy removed the Golden Bell’s inconspicuous bead and crushed it, revealing a sapphire Mermaid Pearl that had escaped his Observation Haki.
• Reiju recognized the treasure as Mermaid Tears, and Robin and Xia described legends about its wish-granting power and curse.

Roy used the Mermaid Tears to help his crew develop Observation Haki, then kept the Phantom Sword Grand Fleet hidden for two years. As the world forgot Roy and Marine Headquarters struggled with rising piracy, Sengoku showed Garp a wanted poster for Fire Fist Ace.

• Roy explained that the Mermaid Tears were the Sea God's Gift and the source of Mantra, while Robin wondered whether Poseidon was on Fish-Man Island.
• Roy said the exposed Mermaid Tears would lose their power within one or two years, and Reiju and Crocodile the Sand agreed the crew needed to lie low and grow stronger.
• Two years passed, and Roy and the nearly ten-thousand-strong Phantom Sword Grand Fleet remained untraceable as the world assumed they had vanished or died.
• Sengoku complained to Garp that Roy's disappearance had not stopped piracy from growing, while Garp joked that Roy might be dead.
• Sengoku showed Garp Fire Fist Ace's wanted poster, and Garp celebrated his grandson's 240-million-Beli bounty.

Ace and the Spade Pirates spotted a Golden Ship in the sky and realized it bore the flag of Nightmare Roy, the powerful Shichibukai. Despite his crew’s warnings, Ace eagerly decided he wanted to challenge Roy.

• Deuce and the crew celebrated Ace’s 240 million Beli bounty, while Ace said he still needed to grow stronger and make the name Portgas known.
• Ace compared himself to Nightmare Roy, recalling Roy’s rapid rise and saying he would reject a Shichibukai offer if the World Government invited him.
• Barry spotted a ship falling through the sky, and Miharu identified it as the legendary Golden Ship, prompting Ace to set out for it in search of Sky Island.
• Miharu recognized Nightmare Roy’s flag on the ship and warned that Roy was a formidable opponent who had defeated other Shichibukai and Logia users.
• Ace eagerly declared that he wanted to challenge Roy, while Deuce and the others tried to stop him.

Roy and his crew sailed aboard the flying Ark Maxim as they grew stronger over two years, with Roy awakening his Devil Fruit and reaching the highest stage of Observation Haki. The chapter left them watching Enel and Crocodile the Sand clash safely inside Roy’s Absolute Domain.

• Roy’s Ark Maxim took to the skies and headed out over the boundless sea after he abandoned plans to use Adam Treasure Tree for its keel.
• Roy and the Senior Executives advanced their Observation Haki, while King, Enel, and Crocodile the Sand reached the third stage and Roy attained the Seventh Sense, Sense of Time.
• Crocodile the Sand and Enel secretly considered conquering Fish-Man Island, believing their strength could overcome Jinbe, but they had mistaken the rare Mermaid Tears for an ordinary treasure.
• Enel and Crocodile the Sand awakened their Devil Fruit powers through daily sparring, while Roy’s own Devil Fruit Ability awakened as Dream Advent.
• Roy’s crew watched Enel and Crocodile the Sand fight inside his Absolute Domain, which prevented their battle from damaging the Ark Maxim.

Roy’s crew finished their training and descended from Sky Island, where several ships began pursuing them. Crocodile the Sand volunteered to deal with the pursuers, leaving the crew to bet on how quickly he would return.

• Enel defeated Crocodile the Sand after their battle, and Roy gave Crocodile a healing potion.
• Roy reflected on the crew’s scientific resources while Judge’s improved S-2 Potion healed Crocodile’s wounds.
• King warned Roy that several groups were pursuing the Ark Maxim, and Roy asked for someone to handle them.
• Crocodile the Sand volunteered to eliminate the pursuers and transformed into a gale to leave the Ark.
• Kayou, Kenkon, and Enel placed bets on how long Crocodile the Sand would take to return.

Greedy crews attacked one another over the Golden Ark’s treasure until Crocodile the Sand descended from Roy’s ship and destroyed them with Erosion Reincarnation. Ace protected the Spade Pirates with his flames, but Crocodile’s survival left Ace fearing for his crew.

• Pirates, merchants, and escorts turned on one another as they raced to claim the Golden Ark’s gold.
• Ace’s crew watched Crocodile the Sand fly down from Roy’s ship, while Ace hoped to meet Nightmare Roy.
• The surrounding ships fired on Crocodile, who revealed himself as a former Shichibukai and Sand-Sand Fruit user.
• Crocodile unleashed Erosion Reincarnation, reducing the ships and their crews to sand as Ace shielded the Spade Pirates with his flames.
• Crocodile noticed Ace’s Flame-Flame Fruit powers, and Ace realized his crew might not survive a fight against both Crocodile and Roy.

Ace fought Crocodile the Sand at sea and unleashed his strongest flames after Crocodile overwhelmed him with an awakened sandstorm and Armament Haki. Ace revealed Conqueror’s Haki and infused his final attack with black Haki, leaving Crocodile stunned as the dark sun exploded.

• Crocodile the Sand turned the sea into a vast desert and attacked Ace with Quicksand Waterfall and Sandstorm Burial.
• Ace escaped the sand and counterattacked with fire, but Crocodile pierced his flames with an Armament Haki-coated Desert Greatsword and badly injured his left shoulder.
• Ace invoked the people he cherished and released Flame Emperor, awakening Conqueror’s Haki strongly enough to make the Spade Pirates faint and unsettle the crew aboard the Golden Ark.
• Roy identified Ace as Fire Fist, while Enel asked to go down and observe the fight.
• Crocodile briefly lost focus at Ace’s Conqueror’s Haki, and Ace covered Flame Emperor in black Haki before the attack exploded and vaporized the surrounding waves.

Ace recovered from his fight with Crocodile the Sand, but learned that Crocodile could still fight and that Enel was another powerful Logia user. As Enel and Crocodile began battling, Ace wondered how strong their absent commander, Roy, must be.

• Ace recovered from his wounds as Enel appeared behind him and warned that Crocodile the Sand was not defeated.
• Crocodile the Sand emerged badly burned but ready to continue fighting, and Enel mocked him for struggling against Ace.
• Enel demanded that Ace release his Conqueror's Haki, but Crocodile the Sand blocked Enel's lightning and claimed Ace as his prey.
• Enel and Crocodile the Sand clashed with lightning and sandstorms, revealing their awakened Devil Fruit powers.
• Ace realized Enel wielded the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and wondered how strong Roy was to command the two Logia users.

Roy arrived aboard the Golden Ark and stopped Crocodile and Enel from fighting by separating them into different dimensions. He defeated Ace after trying to recruit him, but Ace rose again and demanded a full-strength fight.

• Roy descended aboard the Golden Ark as Crocodile and Enel's battle raged below.
• Roy used Different Dimension Space to prevent Crocodile and Enel from attacking each other.
• Ace confronted Roy, refused his offer to join the crew, and insisted he would not surrender his dream out of fear of death.
• Roy defeated Ace and briefly imagined asking him to become his son.
• Ace covered himself in flames, renewed his fighting spirit, and challenged Roy to fight with all his strength.

Roy healed Ace with a potion, then used his Dream power to strip temperature from Ace’s flames. Ace searched for a way around the restriction and began expanding a massive fireball, while Roy watched in surprise.

• Roy gave Ace a Milky White Potion, restoring him to peak condition, and said he wanted to show respect before defeating him.
• Ace attacked with a pillar of fire, but Roy made the flames lose their temperature and emerge unharmed.
• Crocodile the Sand and Enel recalled how Roy had previously restricted their abilities by changing the rules of their powers.
• Ace reasoned that Roy’s restriction must have a limit and decided to overcome it with stronger flames.
• Ace created a Great Flame Ring - Flame Emperor and poured more of his will into it, while Roy wondered whether it resembled a Spirit Bomb.

Roy defeated Ace with the Phantom Demon Emperor Fist but deliberately left him alive, then departed with his crew. After recovering from the near-fatal injury, Ace vowed to become stronger and make his name shake the world.

• Ace unleashed his tenfold Great Flame Ring - Flame Emperor, but Roy dispersed the attack and offered to spare the Spade Pirates if their memories of Sky Island were sealed.
• Roy told Ace to survive his Phantom Demon Emperor Fist and challenge him again, then struck him down while leaving the Spade Pirates' ship unharmed.
• Roy departed aboard the Ark Maxim, explaining that he had spared Ace because the living descendant of the Pirate King was valuable and killing him might draw dangerous survivors.
• Miharu woke and found the bloodied Ace, then summoned Deuce, who began a transfusion because his blood type matched the captain's.
• Ace regained consciousness, realized Roy had held back, and vowed not to run away or lose again as he resolved to make his name shake the world.

Roy traveled to Asuka Island to find the legendary Seven Star Sword, believing it could serve as a weapon worthy of his strength. After landing, he confronted villagers who denied that the ominous blade was on the island, and Roy prepared to handle the situation himself.

• Roy explained that Kikuichimonji was no longer suited to his strength and that he wanted the legendary Seven Star Sword.
• Robin recounted the legend of the Red Full Moon, the Asuka Seven Stars, and the sword that became a calamity blade.
• Roy and his companions arrived above Asuka Island aboard the Golden Ark and descended near the village altar.
• The villagers warned Roy and his crew to leave, while the former shrine maiden claimed the Seven Star Sword was not there.
• Enel suggested killing some villagers, but Roy said he would handle them more efficiently.

Roy seized the Seven Star Sword and learned that its seal could be broken using the shrine maiden bloodline and three jewels. He pressured Maya to choose between helping him unseal it and letting him sacrifice her village, leaving her facing an impossible decision.

• Roy used his power to control the old woman and others, while Maya resisted and was taken along with her grandmother to the stone chamber.
• Roy shattered the coffin and took hold of the Seven Star Sword, whose corrupting energy failed to affect him.
• The old woman explained that the sword was sealed until the Red Full Moon, but the shrine maiden could use the three jewels to summon and break its barrier.
• Maya refused to help unseal the sword, fearing it would plunge the world into darkness.
• Roy threatened to sacrifice the villagers and forced Maya to choose between their lives and the world's safety.

Roy persuaded Maya to summon the barrier around Asuka Island, then restored the Seven Star Sword’s power and forced the awakened weapon to submit to him. The sword’s consciousness was badly damaged and bound by Roy’s dream mark.

• Roy challenged Maya’s inherited legends about the Seven Star Sword until she agreed to summon the barrier.
• Maya placed the three jewels on the altar, and their pillars of light formed a barrier around Asuka Island.
• Roy destroyed the jewels and sent their power into the Seven Star Sword, greatly amplifying its strength.
• Roy seized the awakened sword and overcame its violent killing intent.
• Roy threatened to erase the sword’s consciousness, then bound its damaged core with a dream mark.

Roy arrived in Water 7 aboard the Golden Ark, and his return as a Shichibukai drew frightened attention from pirates and the World Government. Beheader Meredith learned Roy was in the city and set out to make him his next target.

• Roy merged the Seven Star Sword into his body and considered how it could grow by absorbing powerful people’s blood essence.
• Pirates tried to seize the Golden Ark, but its lightning destroyed their ships and killed those who approached.
• Water 7’s pirates recognized the ship’s flag as Roy’s, while CP9 agent Kaku decided to report Roy’s return to his superior.
• Beheader Meredith questioned a drunken pirate about Roy and decided to hunt him for his head.
• Meredith threatened to kill the drunken pirate after learning that Roy had arrived in Water 7.

Roy and his crew waited in Water 7 for their Log Pose to charge while Roy considered the island’s Pluton blueprints. At a bar, the returning Shichibukai faced off against pirate Beheader Meredith, who challenged him and threatened to add Roy’s head to his collection.

• Roy agreed to spend a week in Water 7 while the Log Pose charged, and considered seeking out Pluton’s blueprints to keep them from the World Government.
• Enel said he had protected the Ark with an electric grid, while Xia worried that pirates might steal its treasure.
• At a Central Street bar, patrons feared a fight after Meredith confronted Roy, and Bruno worried that the clash could expose his identity and endanger his mission.
• Meredith bragged about collecting the heads of notable people and said he wanted a strong man’s head for his collection.
• Roy calmly asked if Meredith meant to make him part of the collection, and his crew recognized that Roy was growing angry.

Meredith challenged Roy, but Roy used an illusion to make him believe he was repeatedly killing the Shichibukai while he actually slaughtered his own crew. Meredith realized Roy had deceived his senses and began looking for a chance to escape.

• Meredith bragged about his Speed Fruit and attacked Roy, who stayed seated while Kenkon and the others watched.
• Meredith thought he had beheaded Roy, but Roy remained unharmed as Meredith’s surroundings and perceptions shifted.
• Meredith repeatedly killed his own crew while believing Roy had resurrected, and the surviving pirates fled in terror.
• Bruno realized Roy had trapped the Headtaker Pirates in a strange loop without moving from his chair.
• Roy clapped to restore Meredith’s senses, and Meredith recognized that Roy had blinded him and began searching for a way to escape.