Chapter Summaries

Ronan revealed that Zephyr planned to destroy the New World by triggering the END POINT magma reserves, prompting the Straw Hat Pirates to oppose him. Zephyr abandoned any pretense and challenged them to settle the matter by force.

• Ronan revealed Zephyr's classified plan to destroy the New World, shocking Zephyr, Ain, and Binz.
• Nami explained that destroying the three END POINTs could trigger eruptions that would incinerate the New World, while Usopp panicked at the danger.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji condemned Zephyr's plan for endangering innocent people, and Luffy vowed to stop him.
• Zephyr recovered from his shock, raised his mechanical arm, and declared that he would fight the pirates who tried to stop the NEO Navy.

Ronan challenged Ain’s faith in Zephyr’s plan and warned Zephyr that the Navy would stop him before he could destroy the New World. Zephyr admitted Ronan was right about the Navy watching him but remained determined to carry out his plan.

• Ain drew her sword and Binz prepared to summon vines as the standoff escalated.
• Ronan told Zephyr that his plan was doomed and challenged Ain’s belief that mass destruction could be justice.
• Ain denied her doubts, insisting that she would follow Zephyr and his justice until her final breath.
• Ronan pointed out Zephyr’s declining health and warned that Navy Headquarters and its admirals would intercept him.
• Zephyr admitted that Ronan’s analysis was correct but declared that he would not retreat from his plan.

Luffy challenged Zephyr’s plan to destroy the New World, but Zephyr refused to abandon his revenge. Ronan then overwhelmed Ain and Binz with Conqueror’s Haki, prompting Zephyr to attack him with the Crusher.

• Luffy demanded to know why innocent people should die for Zephyr’s revenge, but Zephyr called their deaths a necessary sacrifice.
• Zephyr tore off his coat, powered up the Crusher, and vowed to destroy the New World unless Luffy and Ronan stopped him.
• Ronan called Zephyr old and weak and said Ain and Binz were unprepared for the New World’s strongest fighters.
• Ronan unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, pinning Ain and Binz in place and leaving them struggling under its pressure.
• Zephyr rushed to protect his disciples and launched a powerful Crusher strike at Ronan.

Ronan defeated Zephyr in their clash, but Zephyr refused to abandon his plan and charged again. Luffy blocked him, and the two began a fierce fight aboard the Sunny Merry.

• Ronan used his spear and Double-Layer Force to knock aside Zephyr's mechanical arm and send him crashing onto the Sunny Merry's deck.
• Ain and Binz helped Zephyr to his feet as he coughed blood from his injuries.
• Ronan warned Zephyr that the Navy would stop his plan and that he was heading toward certain defeat.
• Zephyr rejected Ronan's warning, pushed Ain and Binz aside, and charged at Ronan again.
• Luffy intercepted Zephyr and declared that he would not let him destroy the New World.
• Luffy and Zephyr began a brutal hand-to-hand battle across the Sunny Merry's deck.

Sanji confronted Ain about her loyalty to Zephyr’s destructive plan, forcing her to face her doubts. Luffy defeated Zephyr, who abandoned his plan and admitted that he was old, leaving Ain and Binz grieving at his side.

• Sanji asked Ain why she followed Zephyr despite knowing his plan could cause widespread destruction, and Ain declared she would die for her teacher’s Justice.
• Sanji challenged Ain to consider whether her loyalty meant sacrificing innocent lives, and she broke down in tears.
• Luffy struck Zephyr down and urged him to give up his destruction plan.
• Zephyr rose, acknowledged that he could no longer carry out his plan, and admitted that he was old.
• Ain and Binz rushed to Zephyr and supported him as they sobbed.

Ronan persuaded Zephyr to abandon his plan to destroy the New World and continue fighting evil pirates, while the Straw Hat Pirates promised to change the world’s corrupt order. Zephyr accepted, and hours later he joined the crew for a meal, where he began advising Luffy on his fighting technique.

• Ronan acknowledged Zephyr’s goal of eliminating evil pirates but urged him to abandon his plan to destroy the New World and let the Straw Hat Pirates reform the world.
• Ain and Binz’s concern helped Zephyr let go of his obsession, and he agreed to live and see what the Straw Hat Pirates would change.
• Chopper and Usopp celebrated the end of the threat, and the Straw Hat Pirates later shared a meal with Zephyr, Ain, and Binz aboard Sunny Merry.
• Luffy praised Zephyr’s punch, and Zephyr advised Luffy to focus his Armament Haki and unite heart, body, and skill.

Ronan warned Zephyr and the others that Navy Headquarters would mobilize to protect the remaining End Points and silence Zephyr. Luffy and the others resolved to stay and fight alongside him as the threat of Garp and Sengoku loomed.

• Zephyr explained advanced Haki and New World combat experience to Zoro, Luffy, and the others while Nami and Robin helped Ain relax.
• Ronan interrupted the gathering and warned that the Navy would come after Zephyr after he destroyed an End Point island.
• Luffy and Zoro welcomed the prospect of fighting the Navy, while Zephyr insisted the conflict was his responsibility alone.
• Ronan reminded Zephyr that Garp and Sengoku might personally join the pursuit, making Zephyr realize his old comrades could come after him.
• Luffy declared that he and the others would stay and fight beside Zephyr, excited at the thought of facing Garp, Sengoku, or an Admiral.

Zephyr joined Ronan and the Straw Hats, and they set course for the second End Point to face Navy Headquarters in battle. Meanwhile, Akainu learned that Zephyr had used Dyna Stone to destroy the first End Point and suspected the old man had died in the blast.

• Zephyr regained his fighting spirit and agreed to stand with Ronan and the Straw Hats against Navy Headquarters.
• Ronan proposed heading to the second End Point and waiting there to meet the Navy's forces.
• Luffy ordered the crew to set sail, and Nami charted a course for the second End Point.
• Akainu received a report that Dyna Stone had destroyed the first End Point and killed the Navy soldiers stationed there.
• Kizaru suggested that Zephyr might have been killed in the explosion.

Vice Admiral Tsuru argued that Zephyr was still alive, but Akainu ordered the Navy to recover the Dyna Stone and destroy the Neo Marines. The meeting erupted into chaos when a Rear Admiral reported that the Straw Hat Pirates had joined Zephyr’s forces at Second End Point Island.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru told the officers that Zephyr was too determined to die before completing his plans and had survived the explosion.
• Akainu declared Zephyr and the Neo Marines enemies of the Navy and ordered their destruction without mercy.
• A Rear Admiral burst into the meeting and reported that the Straw Hat Pirates’ Sunny Merry had landed alongside the Neo Marines at Second End Point Island.
• The report shocked the officers, and Akainu demanded confirmation before throwing the Rear Admiral to the floor.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru questioned why the Straw Hat Pirates would ally with Zephyr and suspected Luffy would oppose anyone threatening the New World.

Tsuru warned Akainu that Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates might be allied with Zephyr, prompting Akainu to mobilize Navy Headquarters for a full-scale assault on END POINT. When the Straw Hat Pirates and Neo Marines landed on the island, they heard a sorrowful song and realized Admiral Aokiji was there.

• Tsuru told Akainu that Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates could turn Zephyr's rebellion into a major war.
• Akainu ordered Navy Headquarters' available Admirals and Vice Admirals to deploy to END POINT and show no mercy.
• Luffy and the others landed on END POINT with Zephyr's fleet and heard a man's lonely song coming from the cliffs.
• Luffy sensed the Navy's arrival, and Zoro identified the presence as Admiral Aokiji.
• Nico Robin said something was wrong as Ronan closed his eyes and spread Observation Haki across the island.

Zephyr reunited with his former student Aokiji, who revealed that he had left the Navy after losing to Akainu in a ten-day battle for Fleet Admiral. Around the campfire, Aokiji recounted the fight and showed that his left leg had been replaced with ice, leaving Zephyr shaken by the cost of his departure.

• Zephyr recognized Aokiji’s elegy and went to meet his former student, bringing the Straw Hat Pirates with him.
• Aokiji greeted Zephyr and was surprised to see the Straw Hat Pirates alongside his teacher.
• Aokiji explained that he had completely left the Navy, shocking everyone except Ronan.
• Around a bonfire, Aokiji described how he and Akainu fought for ten days on Punk Hazard over who would become Fleet Admiral.
• Aokiji showed the group his missing left leg, replaced by an ice prosthesis, and Zephyr mourned the price he had paid.

Aokiji revealed that he had left the Navy and joined another force, then explained that he had come to stop Zephyr from carrying out his destructive revenge plan. After learning Zephyr had abandoned it and the Straw Hat Pirates would protect him from Navy Headquarters, Aokiji began to hint at the identity of his new organization.

• Aokiji told Zephyr that he had found a new goal and was working for another force connected to the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Aokiji revealed that he had come alone to stop Zephyr’s plan and, if necessary, see his former teacher through the end of his life.
• Aokiji learned that Zephyr had abandoned his plan after meeting the Straw Hat Pirates, and Luffy confirmed they would not let Zephyr destroy the Great Sea.
• Ronan told Aokiji that the Straw Hat Pirates intended to face Navy Headquarters’ pursuers and prevent them from taking Zephyr back as a war criminal.
• Zoro asked Aokiji to name the force he had joined, and Aokiji looked toward Luffy without revealing its identity.

Aokiji revealed that he had joined the Revolutionary Army and chose to stay with Zephyr and Ronan to help resolve the crisis. As dawn broke, Kizaru and Fujitora arrived with a massive Navy fleet surrounding End Point, poised to attack.

• Aokiji told Luffy and the others that he was working for Luffy’s father, Dragon, in the Revolutionary Army.
• Aokiji offered to help Zephyr and urged both sides to avoid a major war, while Ronan warned that Navy Headquarters would probably have to be forced to retreat.
• Ronan told the group that their strength could make the Navy negotiate and that they would try to spare ordinary Navy Soldiers.
• At dawn, Kizaru and Fujitora led dozens of Navy warships to surround End Point, with landing ships and troops ready to assault the island.

Kizaru warned Fujitora that Ronan was the real threat among the powerful figures on the island, while Fujitora prepared to attack to spare the Navy soldiers. On the island, Ronan spotted a mountain-sized flaming meteor descending toward them and warned everyone moments before it loomed overhead.

• Kizaru told Fujitora that Ronan was the man he feared, not Zephyr, and warned against sending the Navy soldiers into a full assault.
• Fujitora decided to take the vanguard and use his gravity to bury the island, protecting the troops and civilians from the Dyna Stone threat.
• Zephyr, Ronan, Aokiji, and the Straw Hat Pirates watched the Navy fleet surround the island.
• Ronan sensed a danger above the fleet and warned everyone that something enormous was falling toward the island.
• A mountain-sized meteor engulfed in crimson flames tore through the sky toward End Point's second island.

Fujitora Issho summoned a mountain-sized meteorite to destroy the island, but Ronan rose into the sky to confront it. The chapter left Ronan charging toward the meteorite and dismissing it as a trick that borrowed gravity.

• Zoro sensed a grave threat overhead, and Ronan warned Ain that a meteorite was about to fall on them.
• Fujitora Issho's burning meteorite emerged from the clouds and threatened to destroy the island and everyone on it.
• Zoro worried that cutting the meteorite apart would still rain deadly fragments onto the Neo Marines soldiers, while Zephyr prepared to act.
• Ronan stepped forward and told the others he would handle the meteorite.
• Aboard the Navy fleet, Kizaru praised Fujitora's power, and Fujitora explained that he hoped the attack would end the enemy without costing Navy lives.
• Ronan soared toward the meteorite with the Eighteen-Foot Spear and called Fujitora's attack a petty trick of borrowing gravity.

Ronan pulverized Fujitora’s enormous meteorite with a single spear strike, leaving the Navy stunned. Kizaru arrived above the island and faced Zephyr, who challenged him over his past in the Navy training camp.

• Ronan struck the meteorite with Force Splits Mount Hua and blasted it into dust.
• The shockwave battered the Navy fleet, while Fujitora, Kizaru, Zephyr, Ain, and the others watched Ronan’s feat.
• Kizaru judged that ordinary Navy troops could not face the monsters on the island and decided to confront them himself.
• Kizaru transformed into light and appeared above the island as Ronan landed beside Luffy and Zephyr.
• Kizaru greeted the Straw Hat Pirates and the Neo Marines, then addressed his former teacher, Zephyr.
• Zephyr raised his Seastone Mechanical Arm and rebuked Kizaru about the warnings he had given him during training.

Luffy charged at Kizaru to test his training and revealed a powerful Black-Gold form that overwhelmed the admiral with a single kick. Kizaru was badly injured and tried to steady himself in midair as Luffy pursued him.

• Luffy stopped Zephyr from facing Kizaru and declared that he wanted to test his training against the admiral.
• Zoro sheathed his sword and vowed to fight the blind admiral who had summoned a meteor.
• Luffy transformed into his eight-meter Black-Gold Body Form and struck Kizaru before he could use Elementalization.
• Luffy sent Kizaru flying into the clouds and declared that he was more than ten times stronger than two years earlier.
• Kizaru spat blood and fragments of internal organs, realized he had underestimated Luffy, and tried to stabilize himself in midair.

Luffy overwhelmed Admiral Kizaru with Conqueror’s Haki and Armament Haki, then hurled him into End Point Island. Kizaru lay badly injured in a crater as the Navy and Luffy’s allies reacted to his defeat.

• Luffy seized Kizaru after suppressing his Elementalization and crushing the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi he had formed.
• Luffy threw Kizaru down onto End Point Island, where the impact created a huge crater and a mushroom cloud.
• Navy officers watched in shock as Fujitora recognized Luffy as a dangerous opponent for the punitive expedition.
• Zephyr, Usopp, Zoro, and Ronan praised Luffy’s power and combat skill.
• Borsalino lay wounded in the rubble at the bottom of the crater.

Kizaru lay incapacitated after Luffy defeated him, while Sengoku and Garp watched from the Navy fleet. Garp launched toward the island and unleashed a terrifying Conqueror's Haki that darkened the sky and pressed down on everyone there.

• Kizaru, badly injured and unable to fight, admitted that Luffy had overwhelmed him and left the rest to Garp and Sengoku.
• Sengoku and Garp witnessed Luffy drive Kizaru into the island and knock him out of the fight.
• Garp secretly delighted in his grandson's victory, then hid his amusement when Sengoku glared at him.
• Garp declared that he would personally teach the pirates a lesson and raced toward the island using Geppo.
• Garp roared at the pirates and released his Conqueror's Haki, filling the sky with black-red lightning and crushing pressure.

Garp unleashed a devastating Haki-powered punch at the island while Luffy eagerly prepared to meet it with his own Third Gear technique. The chapter ended as Luffy concentrated his power into his right arm, just before their attacks collided.

• Garp's Conqueror's Haki knocked out thousands of Neo Marine soldiers and left Ronan admiring his strength while Zephyr reacted with shock.
• Luffy welcomed Garp's arrival and challenged his grandfather to fight.
• Garp launched himself down from the sky and struck toward the island with Fist Bone—[Impact], alarming Sengoku and impressing Fujitora and the Navy officers.
• Luffy stood his ground against Garp's attack and activated Third Gear—[Black Gold Body: Giant Form].
• Luffy compressed all his power into his right arm as Garp's shockwave bore down on the island.