Chapter Summaries

Roy killed Meredith by forcing him to cut off his own head, then left Water 7 as witnesses and powerful groups reacted to his return after two years away. The Revolutionary Army's Belo Betty was furious that Roy had abandoned their alliance after only one transaction.

• Roy used his ability to make Meredith cut off his own head, then left the bar with his group.
• The bar patrons realized Meredith and the Headtaker Pirates had been defeated, and Bruno opened a door to lead the group away.
• Spandam ordered CP9 to avoid provoking Roy and to prioritize obtaining Pluton's blueprints, while Rob Lucci suspended their operations until Roy left.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Roy's growing threat after learning Meredith had died by his own hand.
• Doflamingo and Tesoro discussed Roy's return, and Doflamingo warned Tesoro that Roy was difficult to deal with.
• Belo Betty complained that Roy had left the Revolutionary Army waiting for two years after their first transaction.

Roy used the Emerald Dream to make Iceberg and Franky relive memories surrounding Tom and Pluton's blueprints. After they woke without remembering the dream, Roy learned the blueprints were hidden inside Franky's body and claimed them for himself.

• Iceberg ordered Kalifa to watch Roy and Robin, then woke in Tom's Workshop, confused by the familiar surroundings.
• Franky punched Spandam on sight, and both Franky and Iceberg admitted they felt an instinctive urge to hit him.
• Tom gave Iceberg Pluton's blueprints, explaining that the World Government knew about them and had begun acting against him.
• Four years later, Iceberg entrusted the blueprints to Franky, who hid them inside his body and refused to leave Water 7.
• Iceberg and Franky woke from the dream without remembering it, while Roy realized where Franky had concealed the blueprints and claimed them.

CP9 relaxed after Roy left Water 7 without causing trouble, while Roy secretly took the [Pluton] blueprints and had Judge examine them. Roy's fleet then entered the Devil's Triangle, where Enel considered challenging Moria, but Roy explained that the World Government would not let two members of the same fleet become Shichibukai.

• CP9 members, including Bruno and Kalifa, concluded that Roy had visited Water 7 for leisure and left without causing damage.
• Roy showed Judge the [Pluton] blueprints he had secretly swapped out of Franky's body, and Judge studied them.
• Judge told Roy that [Pluton] was larger than most islands, ran on life force, and could erase a large island with a full-powered shot.
• Judge estimated that building [Pluton] would require at least ten trillion Beli, five hundred thousand shipwrights, and twenty years.
• Crocodile the Sand reflected on his and Moria's similar defeats in the New World as the fleet entered the Devil's Triangle.
• Enel proposed defeating Moria and becoming a Shichibukai, but Roy said the World Government would not allow two Shichibukai in one fleet.

Roy’s crew captured Perona and Absalom after the Thriller Bark subordinates boarded their ship, and Roy showed that he could overpower Perona’s ghosts and bind her soul. The crew set out to confront Gecko Moria, while Crocodile killed Absalom.

• Crocodile the Sand captured Absalom and exposed Perona and her ghosts aboard Roy’s ship.
• Perona threatened Roy, but her ghosts fled when he released a terrifying aura.
• Roy bound Perona’s soul, leaving her unable to escape.
• Roy ordered the crew to take Perona to see what had become of Gecko Moria.
• Crocodile the Sand crushed Absalom to death, and Roy approved.

Roy confronted Gecko Moria at Thriller Bark and overpowered him with the Seven Star Sword, leaving Moria wounded and questioning how he had survived his battle with Kaido.

• Moria woke after four days of sleep and learned that Absalom and Perona had found valuable prey while Hogback worked on a new zombie body.
• Roy and his crew arrived at Central Castle, where Roy chose to confront Moria himself to avoid drawing too much attention.
• Moria recognized Roy, saw that Perona had been captured, and tried to take Roy's shadow to create a powerful Special Zombie.
• Roy shattered Moria's Shadow Warrior and pierced his Shadow Horn Spear with the Seven Star Sword.
• The Seven Star Sword wounded Moria and unnerved Perona, while Roy challenged Moria to explain how he had survived fighting Kaido.

Roy overwhelmed Moria inside the Dream Domain, then allowed him to use his strongest technique before defeating him. Moria lay unconscious as Roy reached into his head, and Perona fainted after seeing him.

• Moria attacked Roy with shadow spears, but Roy dodged and struck him repeatedly while Perona realized their fight was isolated inside a mirror-like space.
• Moria tried to use Shadow Assembly, but the Dream Domain had separated him from the shadows he controlled, so the technique failed.
• Roy lifted the domain’s restrictions, allowing Moria to absorb countless shadows and grow to the size of a castle, but Moria lost control and Roy’s Conqueror’s Haki defeated him.
• The Dream Domain vanished, and Roy approached the unconscious Moria and reached into his head.
• Perona saw Roy’s hand enter Moria’s head, met Roy’s gaze, and fainted in her spirit form.

Roy brought Perona along and discussed the Supernovas gathering at Sabaody Archipelago with his crew. As their golden ship approached a Marine base, the Marines mistook them for ordinary pirates and prepared to fire, but Major White recognized the danger just in time.

• Perona nervously served Roy tea, and Roy considered using her Negative Hollows to create a domain of fear.
• Roy read that seven Supernovas had arrived at Sabaody, while Crocodile reflected on how the New World had defeated him and Moria; Enel voiced his wish to fight the Four Emperors.
• Roy and his companions approached Sabaody Archipelago aboard their golden ship.
• Marines at Groves 61 and 62 spotted the ship, assumed its crew were pirates, and aimed their cannons at it.
• Major White arrived, approved the Marines' plan to attack, then recognized the golden ship and screamed for them not to fire.

Roy and his crew arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, where the Marines recognized the Golden Ark and agreed to guard it rather than risk provoking a Shichibukai. As the crew faced attacks and witnessed the island’s slave trade, Roy condemned the Celestial Dragons but said he was not ready to openly oppose the World Government.

• White knocked a Marine cannon off target, then reprimanded a subordinate for nearly attacking Roy’s Golden Ark without authorization.
• Roy told King and Robin that the Marines could guard their conspicuous ship while the crew explored the chaotic archipelago.
• A rear admiral ordered his Marines to protect the Golden Ark, calling Roy and his crew allies of the Marines.
• Patch and Kenkon defeated another group of attackers, while King noted that the crew had already faced pirates, slave traders, and bounty hunters.
• Roy rejected the idea of killing Celestial Dragons to fix the world’s corrupt system, but warned that he would retaliate if they provoked him.

Harvey and Natasha ended their fight when Roy arrived, drawing Harvey’s challenge as Roy gathered powerful Sword Intent. Roy warned Harvey that he could not hold back and asked if he was prepared to die.

• Harvey and Natasha fought fiercely through the streets of Sabaody Archipelago, destroying nearby buildings.
• Natasha persuaded Harvey to stop fighting by reminding him that the Marines might block their route to the New World and that Wano Country offered stronger swordsmen to challenge.
• Harvey sensed Roy’s powerful Sword Intent, stopped pursuing Natasha, and eagerly turned to face him.
• Harvey recognized Roy as Calamity Bringer Great Sword Master Roy and challenged him to demonstrate the power of a legendary Great Sword Master.
• Roy acknowledged Harvey’s courage but warned that, with his Sword Intent gathering, he could not hold back and asked whether Harvey was prepared to die.

Roy defeated Harvey with a single sword strike, then asked Natasha to invite Harvey to join his ship so he could pursue the pinnacle of swordsmanship. Natasha fled with the badly injured Harvey as onlookers turned their greed toward the helpless swordsman.

• Harvey recognized Roy's terrifying strength but refused to retreat, and Roy revealed the legendary Seven Star Sword before offering Harvey one chance to attack.
• Harvey unleashed One Sword Style, Thunder Slash, but Roy cut him down with a simple sword strike, leaving him gravely wounded and his weapon shattered.
• Roy told Natasha to invite Harvey aboard his ship if he wanted to reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship, then left before she could ask what he meant.
• Onlookers eyed the helpless Harvey as a 170 million Beli bounty, so Natasha grabbed him and ran.

Roy brought his crew to Shakky’s bar on Sabaody to challenge Dark King Rayleigh and seek guidance breaking through the Great Sword Master realm. Rayleigh agreed to fight him in swordsmanship, partly to repay a favor from Roy’s captain.

• Roy explained that his Sword Intent had reached its peak and revealed that he had come to challenge a legend from the previous era.
• Roy’s group entered Shakky’s Rip-off Bar, where Roy immediately challenged the old man beside Shakky.
• Roy identified the old man as Dark King Rayleigh, and Rayleigh eventually admitted that he was the Pirate King’s former right hand, now living as a coating worker.
• Crocodile the Sand questioned Rayleigh about Roger’s execution, and Robin asked about his visit to Ohara; Rayleigh explained himself and apologized to Robin.
• Roy asked Rayleigh for swordsmanship guidance to break through the Great Sword Master realm and promised to keep their battle undetected by others.
• Rayleigh accepted Roy’s challenge, saying he would consider it repayment of a favor, and Roy hinted that he knew the favor was connected to his captain.

Roy fought Rayleigh in a dream to test his swordsmanship and discovered the secret behind a Great Sword Master's power. Their final clash shattered the dream, leaving Roy at the threshold of a breakthrough.

• Rayleigh sensed that Roy had overlapped a dream with reality and agreed to fight there.
• Rayleigh recognized Roy's Seven Star Sword as a rare weapon comparable to a Supreme Grade Sword.
• Roy struggled against Rayleigh but realized that the older swordsman unified heart, body, and skill in his swordsmanship.
• Roy understood that he had focused too much on Sword Intent and needed to unite heart, body, and skill.
• Roy broke through his limits and struck Rayleigh with a clash so powerful that the dream exploded.

Roy and Rayleigh’s clash destroyed the bar and its surroundings, but Roy restored the Rip-off Bar with his Dream Domain. After Roy left, Rayleigh explained to Shakky why he feared Roy’s growing power and ambition, and why he had taught him about becoming a Great Sword Master.

• Roy contained the clash’s destructive energy within his Domain, then faced Shakky’s anger over the damage.
• Roy used Dream Domain · Reality Shift to restore the Rip-off Bar, and Shakky and Rayleigh asked him to create Beli for them.
• Roy refused to hear what One Piece was and left, declaring that the era belonged to him.
• Rayleigh told Shakky that Roy reminded him of Golden Lion in ambition, but was more dangerous because he knew how to endure and had gathered a formidable crew.
• Rayleigh said Roy had forced him to accept the swordsmanship challenge and that their powers might be close if Roy used everything he had.

While Roy waited for the Golden Ship’s coating, Natasha protected the badly wounded Harvey from bounty hunters. Harvey agreed to join Roy’s crew so he could grow stronger by fighting powerful opponents.

• Roy decided to avoid Mary Geoise and travel through Fish-Man Island after the Golden Ship’s coating was finished.
• Natasha hid with the unconscious Harvey and stayed to protect him from his pursuers.
• Harvey awoke and insisted that he and Natasha stop running and fight the bounty hunters.
• Natasha and Harvey killed the pursuing bounty hunters, though Harvey reopened his wounds in the battle.
• Natasha told Harvey that Roy had asked him to join the crew, and Harvey accepted, hoping to grow stronger under Roy.

Roy agreed to help the mummy reach Wano Country and accepted an invitation to an auction from an underworld slave trader. After Roy’s campaign against Sabaody’s slave traders, his crew encountered three Celestial Dragons, who unexpectedly moved aside to let them pass.

• Roy agreed to the mummy’s request concerning Wano Country and considered using Harvey’s identity to enter the closed nation.
• A slave owner invited Roy to an auction on Island Number One, revealing that the order came from an underworld figure known as “boss.”
• Roy’s group had eliminated nearly a third of Sabaody’s slave traders, prompting Marine Headquarters to reinforce the island and recall an Admiral.
• Charloss, Sharliya, and Rosward approached Roy’s group as the crowd and hidden Marines braced for a clash.
• The Celestial Dragons quietly stepped aside for Roy’s group, then returned to the center of the street after they passed.

Roy manipulated the Celestial Dragons into yielding the street and revealed that he had planted revolutionary ideas in their minds. He explained why he supported the Revolutionary Army despite doubting it could build a lasting, just government, then entered the 1st Auction House without trying to destroy it.

• Roy’s crew discussed how he had manipulated the Celestial Dragons’ senses and left them a gift meant to plant seeds of revolution.
• Roy told Crocodile the Sand that the Revolutionary Army could threaten the World Government but lacked the ideals needed to prevent a corrupt replacement regime.
• Roy explained that he supported the Revolutionary Army because its growth would give neutral factions more room to survive amid greater turmoil.
• Roy’s crew arrived at the 1st Auction House, where its slave trader welcomed him with distinguished VIP seating.
• Roy entered the auction house, reasoning that destroying it would not end human trafficking while the Celestial Dragons remained its source.

Roy attended a lavish auction featuring slaves, Devil Fruits, weapons, and arms deals, and told Robin to buy the Devil Fruits and Great Grade Sword. Celestial Dragons and several Supernovas gathered at the venue, where Yorkson silenced a crew member who tried to restrain him.

• The slave owner described the auction’s four categories and promised to provide Roy with a detailed list.
• Roy told Robin to bid on the Devil Fruits and Great Grade Sword, which could replace Harvey’s shattered weapon.
• Saint Rosward, Saint Charloss, and Shalria Palace arrived and took VIP seats beside Roy without demanding that the other attendees kneel.
• Onlookers noted that several Supernovas, including Ace, Yorkson, and Harvey, had gathered alongside Roy and the Celestial Dragons.
• Ace reassured the Spade Pirates that he would not challenge Roy without confidence in victory.
• Yorkson threatened to prove the Marines wrong about his bounty ranking and silenced a crew member who tried to calm him.

Roy attended an auction on the Sabaody Archipelago and bought a pirate crew for their cooking skills, but his presence frightened the other bidders into silence. He met the auction’s hidden organizer, Golden Emperor Gild Tesoro, who revealed that he had invited Roy to ask for the Poneglyph in his possession.

• Roy signaled Robin to bid 5 million Beli for all twelve members of the Gourmet Pirate Crew, and no one dared to compete.
• Roy grew bored with the auction and accepted the slave owner’s invitation to meet the person behind the event.
• The slave owner led Roy to a golden chamber, where Roy recognized Gild Tesoro and Baccarat.
• Tesoro said he had organized the auction as a gift for their first meeting and asked Roy for the Poneglyph he possessed.

Gild Tesoro visited Roy to bargain for information about a Poneglyph, and Roy demanded three top scientists in exchange. Roy suspected Tesoro sought the Ancient Weapons to take revenge on the Celestial Dragons and considered connecting him with the Revolutionary Army.

• Roy asked how Gild Tesoro had learned about the Poneglyph, and Tesoro said he used money to obtain information from World Government officials.
• Roy refused to trade the Poneglyph’s details for gold and requested three leading scientists, preferably former colleagues of Vegapunk.
• Gild Tesoro accepted and agreed to send the scientists to Dressrosa after Roy went to the New World.
• Baccarat asked whether Roy was as difficult as the rumors claimed, and Gild Tesoro said Roy was even more terrifying.
• Roy suspected Tesoro wanted revenge on the Celestial Dragons and considered bringing him together with the Revolutionary Army.

Roy returned to the auction hall after Fire Fist Ace attacked the Celestial Dragons, then suspected their unusual resilience might reveal something about their nature. He ordered Judge to take their blood, leaving the injured nobles even more diminished.

• Roy returned to the auction hall and found panicked crowds fleeing after Ace had struck two Celestial Dragons and blasted Charloss through the ceiling.
• Robin told Roy that Fire Fist Ace had attacked the Celestial Dragons, and Reiju explained that their remarks about slaves from Goa had made Ace shout Sabo’s name and lash out.
• Roy realized Charloss had taken the blame for Chalmak and noted that the injured Celestial Dragons were still alive despite Ace’s powerful blows.
• Roy speculated that the Celestial Dragons’ resilience and weakness might mean they were livestock meant to be slaughtered, then ordered Judge to draw their blood.
• Judge used a giant syringe to collect blood from the Celestial Dragons, leaving them visibly shrunken as Roy’s crew watched.