Chapter Summaries

Sengoku worried that the Navy would split between commanders who opposed the World Government and Akainu’s loyalists, while Kuzan said Garen had a way to resolve the problem. After Garen spoke with Akainu and Spandain presented the Five Elders with a suspicious recording, they summoned Akainu for questioning.

• Sengoku identified the Navy’s Dove, Slacker, and Hawk factions and feared a clash with Akainu and the other Hawk commanders.
• Kuzan told Sengoku that Garen had a way to prevent the Navy from turning against itself.
• Garen called Akainu and reminded him of their agreement, and Akainu answered without rejecting the possibility of their future cooperation.
• Spandain brought the Five Elders a wiretapped recording of the call and claimed it showed Akainu colluding with pirates.
• The Five Elders debated whether the recording proved treason, then ordered Spandain to invite Akainu for a proper talk.

Akainu tried to restore discipline among demoralized Marines, but CP0 agent Spandam publicly accused him of colluding with Garen. A wiretapped call exposed Akainu’s connection to Garen in front of the troops, leaving his identity as an undercover agent revealed.

• Akainu found Onigumo struggling to control a young officer who questioned the war, then rebuked the officer and demanded that the Marines obey orders.
• Spandam arrived with CP0 agents and announced that they had come to arrest Akainu for secretly colluding with Deffs.
• Spandam accused Akainu of being Garen’s ally, shocking the Marines and prompting Akainu to demand evidence.
• Spandam played a recording of a call between Akainu and Garen, and Akainu’s angry reaction confirmed that the conversation was genuine.
• The Marines realized Akainu had secretly been working with Garen, exposing him as an undercover agent.

Akainu was publicly framed as a rebel and forcibly taken from Marine Headquarters by Golden Lion under Garen’s plan. After Garen revealed the trap, Akainu accepted that he could not return to the World Government and agreed to join the Alliance.

• Akainu agreed to go with Spandam to meet the Five Elders, while the Marines misread his compliance as heroic defiance and nearly mutinied to rescue him.
• Golden Lion arrived at Marine Headquarters, claimed Garen had sent him to help Akainu, and urged Akainu to return to the Alliance.
• Luo used Akainu’s preserved brain tissue to freeze his body, allowing Golden Lion to carry him away as the Marines watched.
• Garen had Luo restore Akainu’s control aboard the airship, and Akainu accused Garen of setting a trap.
• Akainu realized the World Government would no longer trust him and agreed to join the Alliance.

Imu ordered the Five Elders to join the coming war after they admitted the World Government had only a fifty-percent chance against Garen’s growing alliance. As the League of Heroes prepared for battle and revealed its intelligence, Smoker and Tashigi weighed whether to defect, while red cloth for signaling a rebellion proved impossible to find.

• Imu questioned the Five Elders about Akainu’s defection and ordered them to take the field in the final battle.
• At the League of Heroes’ prewar meeting, Garen presented detailed intelligence about Marine Headquarters and its defenders.
• Akainu asked why Garen had not counted the Navy’s hundred thousand troops, and Garen said everyone on the deployment map was already on their side.
• Smoker remained torn over joining Garen, while Tashigi told him Navy soldiers planned to wear red cloth to signal their support for the League.
• Smoker asked Tashigi to get him red cloth, but she returned with red ink after the shops had sold out of red clothing.

As the World Government assembled its forces for a live-broadcast execution to lure Garen out, the Marines revealed their secret unity by tying red cloth around their arms and rising against the Five Elders. The chapter ended with the entire Marine army bearing red marks while the Five Elders stood isolated.

• The World Government gathered its forces at Marine Headquarters and broadcast the battlefield worldwide as the Five Elders waited for Garen.
• Smoker noticed Marines, including Onigumo and Doberman, secretly gripping red cloth they had prepared.
• The Five Elders ordered Luffy brought to the execution platform and threatened to kill him unless Garen appeared within half an hour.
• Garp leaped onto the platform, declared his loyalty to justice rather than the Celestial Dragons, and tied red cloth around his arm.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, Blue Pheasant, and Fujitora joined Garp on the platform and marked their arms with red cloth.
• The one hundred thousand Marines followed their leaders, tying red cloth or using their own blood to mark their arms and openly rebelling against the Five Elders.

Garen arrived at Marine Headquarters as the Marines rebelled against the World Government and surrounded its remaining forces. The Five Elders and their allies launched an assault, deciding that killing Garen was their only chance to turn the battle around.

• The Five Elders saw that one hundred thousand Marines had surrounded the government agents, Celestial Dragon guards, and Pacifistas, and realized the rebellion had been planned by Kuzan and the other Marine leaders.
• Kuzan and Sengoku declared that the Marines were acting to uphold justice, while Kong warned that defeat would unleash a threat from the Holy Land; Fujitora urged the rebels to press on.
• Garen descended with more than a hundred alliance heroes and rallied the Marines, then offered the government agents and guards a chance to surrender and keep their Heroic Association positions.
• CP0 Chief Solaris refused Garen's offer and revealed that he was an elite Celestial Dragon, while threatening to kill anyone who surrendered.
• The Five Elders, Kong, and two CP0 fighters decided to target Garen and charged into battle, believing his death was their only chance.

The Marines and Garen’s forces overwhelmed the World Government remnants as Garp and Kong began a fierce duel and the Five Elders tried to reach Garen. Five Elder “Churchill” trapped Sengoku, Fujitora, and Blue Pheasant in a spatial barrier, but their combined attacks began to break it while his four companions advanced toward the front lines.

• Garen’s forces and the Marines opened fire on the World Government remnants, while Garp asked Tsuru to watch over Luffy before confronting the Five Elders and Kong.
• Garp and Kong exchanged powerful punches, creating a shockwave that nearly sent Luffy rolling off the execution platform.
• The Five Elders tried to break through the Marine commanders, but Fujitora’s gravity attack slowed them, and Five Elder “Churchill” stayed behind to confront the Marines.
• Five Elder “Churchill” raised an iron-curtain barrier that isolated Sengoku, Fujitora, and Blue Pheasant from Fujitora’s gravity field.
• Sengoku, Fujitora, and Blue Pheasant struck the barrier in succession, cracking it as Five Elder “Churchill” struggled to hold it while his four companions advanced toward Garen.

Five Elder Gandhi faced Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates to buy time for the other Five Elders to reach Garen. He revealed the Compassion Fruit’s power, forcing Shanks’s crew to contend with their own sympathy as Gandhi stood in their way.

• The four Five Elders encountered Shanks and his crew, and Gandhi stayed behind so the other three could advance toward Garen.
• Yasopp fired Haki-coated bullets at the departing Five Elders, but Gandhi cut them apart with First Generation Kitetsu.
• Shanks challenged Gandhi to a sword fight, but Gandhi sheathed his blade and declared that he needed to hold off the entire Red Hair Pirates crew.
• Gandhi charged into Shanks’s sword aura without defending himself and suffered severe wounds.
• Gandhi revealed that his Compassion Fruit released a mental shock when he was badly injured, stirring sympathy and weakening the crew’s resolve.
• Gandhi spread his arms and blocked Shanks’s path, leaving his fate dependent on whether the crew could maintain its killing intent.

The three Five Elders fought their way through the League’s forces as they tried to reach Garen, but Whitebeard, Akainu, and Kizaru blocked their path. The Five Elders faced an increasingly formidable line of enemies and were left exhausted.

• Teach attacked the Five Elders with Dragon Claw, but Lincoln blocked him with his giant axe.
• Vista joined Teach, but Lincoln repelled both of them with a single shake of his axe.
• Whitebeard intercepted the three Five Elders with a quake-infused naginata strike, and Lincoln countered with Cherry Blossom Slash.
• Akainu and Kizaru joined Whitebeard and confronted the Five Elders as traitors to the World Government.
• Whitebeard, Akainu, and Kizaru formed a defensive line that stopped the Five Elders from advancing toward Garen.

The Five Elders fought Whitebeard, Akainu, and Kizaru while one of them, Gorbachev, broke through to reach Garen. After Gorbachev’s Rupture ability defeated Jozu and cleared a path through the Whitebeard Pirates, Golden Lion blocked him and proved immune to the attack.

• Gorbachev volunteered to break through the battle and reach Garen while Lincoln and another Five Elder held back Whitebeard, Akainu, and Kizaru.
• Lincoln used Black and White Battle-Axe to destroy Akainu’s magma fist while taking Kizaru’s kick, creating an opening for Gorbachev to escape.
• Gorbachev used Rupture: Disintegration to grievously injure Jozu, then pushed past Teach, Ace, Vista, and the other Whitebeard Pirates.
• Gorbachev neared Garen and CP0 Chief Solaris, but Golden Lion descended to block his path.
• Golden Lion took Gorbachev’s full-power rupturing punch to the head without injury and explained that he had nothing left that could explode.

Solaris, the CP0 Chief, used his Mythical Zoan Phoenix Fruit to shield the World Government forces and attack Marine artillery, but Garen destroyed his Fire Spirits and overwhelmed him. Solaris was left isolated after the Five Elders were swallowed by the wider battle, and he considered using the green stone he carried.

• Solaris transformed into a giant fire phoenix and used Phoenix Impact to destroy an incoming cannon barrage in midair.
• Solaris created four Fire Spirits to attack Marine cannon towers and warships, but Garen destroyed all four with his body.
• Garen endured Solaris's Scorching Sun beam and answered with Ultimate Flash, causing a massive explosion over the harbor.
• Garen smashed through the remaining flames and struck Solaris, sending the giant phoenix flying.
• Solaris looked for help and saw that the Five Elders were occupied in the battle, then thought of the green stone he carried.

Solaris used the World Government’s supposed Kryptonite to strike Garen, but Garen survived and killed him. Solaris’s Phoenix Nirvana briefly became a blazing star before Garen kicked him into the sea, where the seawater extinguished his power and left him dead.

• Solaris charged through Garen’s tsunami and blade, pressing Kryptonite against Garen’s chest as he was impaled.
• Garen revealed that the stone had not stopped him, expanded into a giant, and pulverized Solaris’s torso with Death Descent.
• As he was dying, Solaris transformed and unleashed Phoenix Nirvana—Supernova, becoming a blazing sphere that scorched the sea and threatened Garen.
• Garen realized Solaris could not move in his Supernova form and kicked him into the ocean.
• The seawater extinguished Solaris’s flames, and his mangled corpse remained as CP0 Chief Solaris died.

After reaching Level 18, Garen gained Steadfast Bastion and used it to share his skills with Golden Lion, turning the tide against Five Elder "Gorbachev." The chapter left Golden Lion empowered with Garen’s abilities and Rupture power, while Gorbachev faced the pair in despair.

• Garen reached Level 18 and gained Steadfast Bastion, which let him cast non-targeted skills through a linked ally.
• Seeing Golden Lion’s Health Bar fall as he fought Five Elder "Gorbachev," Garen linked to him and shared Laurent's Eye of the Mind.
• Golden Lion blocked Gorbachev’s Rupture punch without losing health, then wounded him with a sword wave forced by the skill.
• Garen gave Golden Lion Courage, Spirit Turtle Stance, Fatal Strike, Twilight of the Gods, Justice Rage, and Great Demise, greatly increasing his strength and defenses.
• Garen used Klepto Hand to borrow Gorbachev’s Rupture power and share it with Golden Lion, leaving Gorbachev nearly in tears.

Garen and Golden Lion defeated Five Elder Gorbachev, forcing the remaining World Government forces to surrender and ending the war. Gorbachev then announced the dissolution of the World Government on a live broadcast, while Imu remained out of sight.

• Golden Lion and Garen overwhelmed Five Elder Gorbachev, and their Fatal Strikes left him unable to move.
• Garen rejected Gorbachev's warning about a world-destroying weapon and said he would bring the Celestial Dragons to trial instead of killing him.
• Garen announced the World Government's defeat, prompting the Marines and government forces to stop fighting and the other four Five Elders to surrender.
• The Alliance and Marines celebrated their complete victory, with no deaths among their forces and only a few hundred injured.
• Garen demanded that Gorbachev announce the World Government's end to the cameras, and Gorbachev declared that the World Government had dissolved.

After the World Government collapsed, Spandam led a rebellion in Mary Geoise, capturing Celestial Dragons and preparing to seize Pangaea Castle so he could win favor with Garen. The chapter ended with Spandam and his followers charging toward the Realm of the Gods.

• As the broadcast showed the Five Elders dissolve the World Government, Spandain panicked and decided to flee Mary Geoise with Spandam and his hidden fortune.
• Spandam pulled a gun on his father and claimed he had joined the League, then handcuffed Spandain and accused him of crimes against Nico Robin.
• Spandam and his followers rebelled across Mary Geoise, capturing Celestial Dragons and beating them while keeping them alive as gifts for Garen.
• Spandam looked toward Pangaea Castle and imagined earning a place in the new government by conquering it and offering its riches to Garen.
• Spandam led his followers toward Pangaea Castle, shouting, “Liberate Mary Geoise! Capture the Celestial Dragons alive!”

Garen questioned the captured Five Elders about Imu and Uranus, then learned Imu had appeared at Mary Geoise after Spandam launched a rebellion there. Imu warned Garen that the real battle was beginning, leaving him facing the threat of Uranus and an imminent confrontation.

• Garen learned from the Five Elders that Imu had secretly ruled for centuries, was exceptionally strong, and possessed the Ancient Weapon Uranus, which could destroy the world.
• Spandam called Garen to boast that he was attacking Pangea Castle and had arrested his father, Spandain.
• Garen warned Spandam that his sacrifice would not be forgotten, just as an unknown force struck Mary Geoise and killed him.
• Imu took over the call, identified Garen, warned him not to celebrate too early, and said the real battle was beginning.
• Garen mourned Spandam as his side's only casualty.

Five Elder "Gorbachev" revealed that Uranus was a hidden Sky Island built into the Red Line, and it rose into the sky as its ancient robots attacked Marine Headquarters. He explained that Imu planned to turn the island into a planet-striking projectile, leaving Garen to stop the destruction.

• Garen questioned Five Elder "Gorbachev" about Uranus, and he identified it as a fortress hidden beneath Sun Tree Eve in the Red Line.
• Uranus broke free from the Red Line and rose into the sky, opening a passage through the continent.
• Ancient robots awakened aboard the Sky Island and attacked Marine Headquarters with powerful lasers, while Whitebeard, Akainu, Blue Pheasant, Kizaru, Fujitora, and others fought them off.
• Five Elder "Gorbachev" told Garen that Uranus could only be stopped by taking control of it from Imu.
• Five Elder "Gorbachev" revealed that Imu intended to accelerate Uranus downward like a comet and asked Garen to stop him.

Garen confronted Imu aboard Sky Island and learned that Uranus was a kinetic weapon powered by huge propulsion engines. After Imu revealed that the engines had fully activated and Sky Island was beginning its inevitable descent, Garen laughed and challenged him, confident he had a way to stop it.

• Garen reassured Gorbachev that he could stop Uranus, then borrowed Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit ability and flew after Sky Island.
• Garen caught up to Sky Island at extreme altitude and saw its enormous propulsion nozzles charging while intelligent robots guarded them.
• Imu confronted Garen and tried to explain the truth about the D Clan, but Garen interrupted him with his own fabricated account of history.
• Garen refused to hear Imu's history lesson and said the past mattered only if it benefited him.
• Imu revealed he had been stalling while Uranus's engines activated and declared that Sky Island could no longer be stopped from falling.
• Garen laughed at Imu and asked why he would have wasted time talking if he had no way to stop Uranus.

As Uranus plunged toward Marine Headquarters, Garen used Laurent's Eye of the Mind through Golden Lion to halt the world-ending weapon for an instant. Golden Lion, Fujitora, and the Alliance fighters then stopped its fall and exhausted its engines, leaving Imu shocked and panicked.

• Imu watched Garen closely as Uranus's engines drove Sky Island into a fiery plunge toward Marine Headquarters.
• Golden Lion feared Uranus would crush him and the gathered Marine soldiers, but Garen ordered him to stand his ground.
• Garen activated Laurent's Eye of the Mind, making Golden Lion block Uranus with his head and halt its descent for 0.75 seconds.
• After the invincibility ended, Golden Lion and Fujitora slowed Uranus while Alliance officers used imitation Press-Press Fruits to stop it in midair.
• Uranus's engines failed under the strain, ending its final protocol, and Imu demanded to know how Garen had stopped it.

Imu revealed that he planned to use a powerful drug to surpass his limits after Uranus failed to eliminate Garen. He swallowed a large dose of the Forbidden Pills and transformed, leaving Garen facing an opponent whose strength had increased more than tenfold.

• Imu vowed to kill Garen and restart Uranus after his death, prompting Garen to question how Imu expected to defeat him.
• Imu admitted that his strength had reached its limit but said an external object could temporarily let him surpass it.
• Imu revealed that the Forbidden Pills were a Great Kingdom drug more potent than Fish-Man Island's ES Drugs, but that they consumed the user's life force.
• Garen realized that Imu's agelessness could let him withstand the pills' life-draining effects and convert his vast lifespan into power.
• Imu swallowed a handful of Forbidden Pills, grew dramatically stronger and more muscular, and warned Garen that he would die before Imu later fell into a decades-long slumber.