Chapter Summaries

Whitebeard killed Vice Admiral Rounds and rallied his forces to charge Marineford in support of Ace and the Straw Hat Pirates. He then confronted Garp, and their clash of Conqueror’s Haki and immense power devastated the plaza and shook the island.

• Whitebeard slammed Rounds onto the Moby Dick’s deck, shattered his skull with a shockwave, and threw his corpse onto the ice.
• Whitebeard ordered his pirates to charge and help Ace and the Straw Hat Pirates, while the Marines reeled from their losses.
• Whitebeard launched himself toward Garp, who had defeated Ronan, and the two prepared to fight with Armament and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Whitebeard’s naginata and Garp’s fist collided without touching, releasing a shockwave that tore through the plaza and split the ground with fissures.

After Ronan vanished, Zoro believed he might be dead and awakened a powerful Ghost Qi form that overwhelmed Gion Momousagi. Hawk Eyes Mihawk recognized that Zoro had reached the realm of a Great Swordmaster, and Zoro headed toward Sanji and Jinbe's fight with Akainu.

• Zoro tied his bandana around his head and vowed to slaughter everyone on the island if Ronan was truly dead.
• Zoro unleashed Ghost Qi: Nine Sword Style: Asura and struck Gion Momousagi with Piercing Might.
• Zoro's attack blasted Gion hundreds of meters away and caused fighters across Marineford to stop and stare.
• Hawk Eyes Mihawk declared that Roronoa Zoro had entered the realm of a Great Swordmaster.
• Zoro spotted Sanji and Jinbe fighting Akainu and told Sanji to move aside if he could not handle the magma Marine.

Zoro unleashed his Nine Sword Style attack against Akainu, cutting through the Admiral’s Hell Hound and inflicting a severe wound across his chest. Akainu survived the strike and began cauterizing his wound with magma as Zoro collapsed to one knee.

• Sanji and Zoro faced Akainu’s taunts, and Zoro declared that he wanted to cut down the Admiral.
• Akainu launched Hell Hound at Zoro, sending a massive magma creature charging across the plaza.
• Zoro summoned Ghost Qi · Asura and charged through the magma with The Play of the Dead.
• Zoro’s attack carved a thousand-meter scar through Marineford Plaza and opened a deep wound across Akainu’s chest.
• Akainu dropped to one knee and pressed magma onto his wound to stop the bleeding, while Zoro knelt and panted nearby.

Zoro exhausted himself striking Akainu, then left Sanji and Jinbe to continue the fight while he recovered. In the crater where Garp’s blow had left Ronan for dead, Ronan faintly breathed again as the System warned that his vital signs had fallen to 1%.

• Zoro used a Qi Replenishing Pill and sat down to recover after entrusting the fight against Akainu to Sanji and Jinbe.
• Sanji struck Akainu with a thunder-charged Diable Jambe as Akainu countered with Hell Hound, creating a devastating explosion that swept through the battlefield.
• The clash’s aftermath killed or injured nearby Naval Elites and left ordinary navy soldiers despairing at their powerlessness.
• At the bottom of the crater, Ronan showed a faint breath despite his shattered body and lack of detectable vital signs.
• The System warned Ronan that his vital signs had fallen to 1% and that his organs and meridians were failing.

After Garp nearly killed him, Ronan’s body and spirit were rebuilt under the system’s desperate cultivation mode, greatly increasing his power. He awakened Conqueror’s Haki and its infusion technique, leaving the chapter at Overlord-class strength.

• The system activated its ultimate protection, increased Ronan’s cultivation multiplier to twenty times, and triggered Spiritual Grinding.
• Purple-Gold True Qi rebuilt Ronan’s shattered body, bringing his Indestructible Diamond Body to Great Accomplishment.
• Ronan rose from the crater with a transformed body and heightened awareness across the battlefield.
• The system announced that Ronan had awakened Conqueror’s Haki and mastered Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• Ronan reviewed his updated attributes and received a system assessment of Pirate World · Overlord Class.

Ronan reached the Overlord-class evaluation and prepared to retaliate, while the Marineford battle continued to devastate the island. Aokiji faced Marco’s Phoenix Stamp and Jozu’s charge, and the chapter ended as he used Ice Ball against Jozu.

• Ronan examined his Overlord-class evaluation, took up his Eighteen-Foot Spear, and vowed to repay those who had hurt him.
• Aokiji surveyed the destruction at Marineford as Sengoku fought Luffy, Kizaru fought Nami, Akainu faced Sanji and Jinbe, and Whitebeard clashed with Garp.
• Marco attacked Aokiji with Phoenix Stamp, shattering Aokiji’s Ice Spears and forcing him back across the ice.
• Jozu charged Aokiji with his diamond body, and Aokiji thrust out his hand and unleashed Ice Ball.

Aokiji tried to hold off Marco and Jozu, but their coordinated attacks kept him tied down as the pirate forces gained ground at Marineford. Whitebeard and Garp continued their desperate clash at the front of the plaza.

• Aokiji froze Jozu inside an Ice Ball, while Marco attacked him with a flaming goose and Aokiji countered with an ice bird.
• Jozu broke out of the Ice Ball and charged Aokiji as Marco swooped in for a pincer attack, forcing Aokiji to evade.
• Aokiji concluded that Marco and Jozu had pinned him down while Whitebeard's crews overwhelmed the naval forces under Whitebeard's call to cover Ace.
• Aokiji sensed the war's momentum turning toward the pirates as Whitebeard and Garp continued their clash with Murakumogiri and Conqueror's Haki-infused fists.

Whitebeard’s failing heart opened him to a devastating punch from Garp, sending him crashing into fortress ruins and turning the battle’s momentum in the Navy’s favor. As the pirates fought to protect him and help Ace escape, a strange hum and immense pressure erupted from the crater where Garp had buried Ronan.

• Whitebeard’s heart convulsed during his clash with Garp, weakening his attack and exposing him to Garp’s Iron Fist.
• Garp struck Whitebeard in the chest and sent him flying into the fortress ruins.
• Marco tried to reach Whitebeard, but Aokiji blocked him with a massive Ice Wall.
• Whitebeard’s defeat spurred the Navy into a fierce counterattack while the pirates fought to protect their Old Man and cover Ace’s escape.
• A strange hum and overwhelming pressure erupted from the meteorite crater where Garp had buried Ronan.

Ronan returned from the ruins after surviving Garp’s attack and awakened overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, clearing the battlefield of weaker fighters. He challenged Garp to end the Navy Hero’s legend, and the two launched into another clash.

• Ronan emerged from the pit alive, his body healed and his awakened Conqueror’s Haki sweeping across Marineford.
• Nami cried with joy at Ronan’s survival, while Zoro expressed relief from among the ruins.
• Ronan saw the badly wounded Whitebeard and told Garp that age and illness had decided their battle.
• Ronan pointed his spear at Garp and declared that he would take over Marineford’s battlefield and end Garp’s legend.
• Garp laughed and charged Ronan at immense speed, and Ronan detected him with Observation Haki.
• Ronan met Garp’s attack with his spear, coating it in Armament Haki and infusing it with black-red Conqueror’s Haki lightning.

Ronan blocked Garp’s full-force punch with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused spear, shocking the fighters across Marineford. As their clash shook the battlefield, the onlookers recognized Ronan as a new power capable of challenging the world’s strongest.

• Ronan’s Eighteen-Foot Spear collided with Garp’s Iron Fist, and their Conqueror’s Haki clashed without their weapons physically touching.
• The shockwave tore through Marineford, and Garp realized Ronan had mastered Conqueror’s Haki Infusion shortly after awakening his Haki.
• Sengoku resolved that the Navy had to eliminate Ronan, while Luffy rejoiced at seeing him alive and Zoro vowed to reach the same heights.
• Hawkeye praised Ronan’s strength as Doflamingo reacted with jealousy and declared that Ronan deserved to die.
• Ronan and Garp’s Haki clash reached its peak as Marineford’s fighters watched.

Ronan and Garp fought to a standstill after Ronan awakened Conqueror’s Haki, and Garp resolved to kill him for the threat he posed to the Navy and the world. Ronan challenged Garp to a decisive duel, and Garp unleashed a devastating long-range punch.

• Ronan and Garp’s Haki-infused clash exploded, sending both fighters backward without either gaining the advantage.
• Garp recognized Ronan’s newly awakened Conqueror’s Haki and decided he could not allow him to escape, citing Koby’s death and the slaughter of Navy forces.
• Ronan dismissed Garp’s threat and declared that he would defeat the Navy Hero.
• Ronan released his full Thunder True Qi and surrounded himself with a storm of black-red Conqueror’s Haki lightning.
• Garp unleashed his own overwhelming Haki and fired a destructive shockwave punch at Ronan from dozens of meters away.

Garp caught Ronan in midair and slammed him into Marineford with his devastating Sea Bottom Drop. The attack pierced the island’s crust and unleashed a shockwave that began sweeping across the battlefield.

• Ronan dodged Garp’s initial shockwave, but Garp’s afterimage vanished as he moved above Ronan at blinding speed.
• Garp grabbed Ronan’s left shoulder despite Ronan’s attempt to evade his grasp.
• Garp flipped Ronan in midair and hurled him toward the ground with Sea Bottom Drop.
• Garp’s attack smashed Ronan through Marineford’s crust and sent a destructive shockwave across the surrounding area.

Garp’s full-force attack shattered Marineford, but Ronan emerged unharmed and revealed that his Indestructible Diamond body countered Garp’s blunt-force strikes. Garp was left doubting his strength as Ronan recovered his spear and faced him.

• Garp’s attack detonated beneath Marineford, tearing the island apart and sending Marines and pirates into the fissures.
• Sengoku shouted at Garp as the battlefield collapsed, while Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp sensed that Ronan remained unharmed.
• Garp realized through Observation Haki that Ronan had survived his full-force blow without injury and questioned whether age had weakened him.
• Ronan leaped from the deep pit, taunted Garp about failing to scratch him, and explained that his Indestructible Diamond body absorbed blunt impacts and vibrations.
• Ronan summoned the Eighteen-Foot Spear back into his hand.

Ronan confronted Garp over the Navy casualties caused by Garp’s Sea Bottom Drop, driving the old soldier into guilt and shaking his Haki. Ronan seized Garp’s moment of hesitation and launched a supersonic spear attack as Garp struggled to defend himself.

• Ronan pointed out the Marineford destruction and accused Garp’s attack of killing more Navy soldiers than his own charge had.
• Garp saw the dead and wounded soldiers and fell into grief and doubt about his Justice.
• Garp’s Haki faltered as he imagined young soldiers being swept into the abyss by his attack.
• Ronan seized Garp’s hesitation and unleashed Chase Wind and Catch Moon, crossing the fifty-meter distance at supersonic speed.
• Garp snapped out of his guilt and tried to raise his right fist to defend himself.

Ronan defeated Garp with a devastating spear strike that split the sky and left the Navy in despair. Sengoku transformed into a furious Golden Buddha and ordered an indiscriminate purge of Ronan, the Straw Hat Pirates, and the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Ronan shattered Garp’s Haki-coated fist, pierced his chest, and hurled him into the ruins of Marineford’s Execution Platform.
• Ronan’s attack split the clouds above Marineford, and the stunned battlefield watched as Garp disappeared beneath the rubble.
• Luffy silently grieved over his grandfather, Zoro acknowledged Ronan’s victory, and Navy soldiers lost hope.
• Sengoku overcame his grief, transformed into a colossal Golden Great Buddha, and ordered the Navy to kill Ronan and both pirate crews.

The Navy drove the Whitebeard Pirates back with a desperate counterattack, then unleashed hundreds of Pacifistas whose lasers devastated the trapped pirates. As Sengoku confronted Ronan amid Marineford’s ruins, Garp emerged from the rubble where Ronan had buried him.

• Sengoku rallied the Marines into a reckless counterattack that forced the Whitebeard Pirates from Inner Bay Plaza onto the Outer Bay ice.
• Onigumo, Doberman, and other Navy officers drove the pirates back while the Marines pressed forward at the cost of heavy casualties.
• Hundreds of Pacifistas marched onto the battlefield and fired lasers into the pirates’ rear ranks, trapping them between the machines and the Navy.
• Sengoku ignored the collapsing pirate line and confronted Ronan, declaring that he would bury him beneath Marineford’s ruins.
• Garp burst out of the rubble where Ronan had pierced and buried him.

Garp overcame his despair and rose despite Ronan’s spear wound, restoring the Marines’ fighting spirit. He and Sengoku prepared to face Ronan together as Ace feared the Navy would destroy the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Garp saw the young Marines fighting to protect civilians and resolved to keep fighting for his fallen comrades.
• Sengoku welcomed Garp back, and the two old friends agreed to fight Ronan side by side.
• Ronan admired Garp’s resilience and prepared to attack him with more spears.
• Garp’s renewed Haki and fighting spirit rallied the Marines, who cheered as he stood again.
• Ace worried that the Navy’s renewed fury would wipe out the Whitebeard Pirates and Old Man’s life’s work.

Ace raced to give Whitebeard Usopp’s Qi Replenishing Pill, while Luffy and Zoro held off Sengoku. Fearing Whitebeard’s return to the fight, Sengoku ordered every Marine in the Inner Bay to kill Whitebeard and stop Ace.

• Ace asked Luffy for a Qi Replenishing Pill to restore Whitebeard, but Usopp threw his own pill to Ace instead.
• Ace raced toward Whitebeard with the pill as Sengoku attacked him with Buddha’s Shock.
• Luffy intercepted Sengoku’s shockwave and held it back with a powerful punch.
• Zoro, fully recovered after taking a Qi Replenishing Pill, joined Luffy and told Ace to continue.
• Sengoku ordered all Marine officers in the Inner Bay to kill Whitebeard and stop Ace from reaching him.

Ace fought through the Navy’s forces to deliver the Qi Replenishing Pill to the severely wounded Whitebeard. Whitebeard realized why Sengoku had ordered his death and prepared to prove he was still dangerous.

• Ace used his Flame-Flame Fruit powers to break through the Navy’s bullets, sword attacks, and Vice Admirals as he raced toward Whitebeard.
• Izo and the other captains defended Whitebeard while he sat badly injured in the Inner Bay ruins.
• Whitebeard admitted that Garp had defeated him and rejected Izo’s claim that the loss was only due to his illness.
• Whitebeard and Izo realized Ace was carrying the same miraculous pill that had restored Ace to his peak.
• Whitebeard declared that his injuries had not made him a toothless old tiger and challenged the Navy to try taking his head.

Despite his catastrophic injuries, Whitebeard rose and swept away the Marines attacking him, then roared that he was still standing. His call reached the Outer Bay and rallied the Whitebeard Pirates to fight back against the Marines and Pacifistas.

• Whitebeard used Murakumogiri to rise despite his shattered ribs, then unleashed a devastating shockwave that crushed dozens of attacking Naval Officers.
• Whitebeard declared himself and urged his men to show the Marines the Whitebeard Pirates' strength.
• Whitebeard's roar reached the Outer Bay, where the scattered pirates recognized his voice and regained their resolve.
• Doma rallied the pirates to fight for Whitebeard and help cover his and Ace's escape.
• Rakuyo and Blamenco led the pirates in attacking the Pacifistas, destroying several and turning the battle on the ice field.