Chapter Summaries

Tesoro’s golden giant struggled against Ryokugyu’s regenerating vines, but Kizaru struck its eye and helped create an opening for Ryokugyu to bind it completely. Tesoro was left immobilized in the ruins as Ryokugyu declared his giant helpless against the Woods-Woods Fruit.

• Ryokugyu used his Woods-Woods Fruit to bind Tesoro’s golden giant in thick vines, but Tesoro tore through them and fired Golden Divine Fire to burn them away.
• Ryokugyu mocked Tesoro and renewed his vines as Tesoro prepared to fire at him again.
• Kizaru appeared above the golden giant’s blind spot and fired a laser into its energy-gathering left eye.
• The collision inside the giant’s eye caused a devastating explosion that shattered part of its face and made it stagger.
• Ryokugyu seized the opening and covered the golden giant in vines, pinning its limbs and leaving Tesoro unable to move.

Ronan unleashed overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki across Gold City, shattering Kizaru’s attack and forcing Ryokugyu to kneel while suppressing his Devil Fruit ability. As the assembled Marines and Five Elders reeled from his power, an enraged voice roared at Ronan.

• Kizaru prepared to strike the golden giant with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi as Luffy realized Gild Tesoro could not hold out much longer.
• Ronan released a vast Conqueror’s Haki that darkened the sky and engulfed Gold City in a domain of black-red lightning.
• Ronan’s Haki shattered Kizaru’s Light Sword, knocked him hundreds of meters away, and forced him out of his elemental form.
• Ronan commanded Ryokugyu to kneel, and his Haki drove the Admiral to the ground while withering and suppressing his vines.
• Ronan confronted the Five Elders, the Commander-in-Chief, and the two Admirals as a furious voice roared, “Brat!!!”

Ronan met Steel Bone Kong’s crushing punch with his Eighteen-Foot Spear and overwhelmed him, while their clash’s shockwave devastated Gold City and destroyed the Navy fleet surrounding it. Ronan remained unshaken as Steel Bone Kong retreated wounded and the surviving Five Elders, Vice Admirals, and Rob Lucci faced his pressure.

• Steel Bone Kong charged Ronan with a powerful Armament Haki punch after condemning him for dividing his attention.
• Ronan infused the Eighteen-Foot Spear with Thunder True Qi and Haki, then clashed with Steel Bone Kong and split the clouds above Gold City.
• Ronan’s Conqueror’s Haki shockwave knocked out the Navy soldiers surrounding Gold City and unleashed a tsunami that scattered dozens of warships.
• Ronan’s spear blasted Steel Bone Kong backward, leaving his arm trembling and bleeding as he struggled to stop himself.
• Ronan’s aura intensified over the ruined city, silencing Rob Lucci and making the surviving Five Elders and Vice Admirals tremble.

Ronan overwhelmed Steel Bone Kong in a clash of strength and Conqueror’s Haki, terrifying the Five Elders with how far he had grown. The Five Elders ordered Kong and Saint Warcury to hold Ronan off while the others attacked the surviving Straw Hat Pirates and their allies.

• Ronan taunted the defeated Marines and challenged the Five Elders and Steel Bone Kong to use their full strength against him.
• Steel Bone Kong realized Ronan had overpowered him in a direct physical clash and surpassed the legends of the Old Era in Conqueror’s Haki.
• Topman Warcury and the other Five Elders agreed that Ronan had to be killed before he grew stronger.
• Saint Warcury ordered the other four Five Elders to attack the surviving Straw Hat Pirates and everyone else while he and Kong held Ronan back.
• Saint Warcury transformed into his awakened Fengxi form and unleashed his own Conqueror’s Haki against Ronan.

Ronan shattered Saint Warcury’s fang and sent his beast form crashing through Gold City. As Ronan prepared to attack again, Steel Bone Kong unleashed his full strength and charged him with a resolve to fight to the death.

• Saint Warcury transformed into a giant boar and charged Ronan while their Conqueror’s Haki Domains clashed.
• Ronan struck Saint Warcury’s fang with Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain and broke it.
• The blow hurled Saint Warcury through Gold City’s ruins, where he carved a deep canyon before stopping.
• Steel Bone Kong arrived, admitted he had underestimated Ronan, and vowed to fight seriously.
• Steel Bone Kong covered himself in a deep purple aura and charged Ronan at full speed.

Ronan overpowered Steel Bone Kong in a clash above Gold City, badly wounding the old commander and declaring that the Old Era was ending. Steel Bone Kong refused to yield, and the two remained set to continue their battle.

• Ronan abandoned his pursuit of Saint Warcury and collided head-on with Steel Bone Kong's attack above Gold City.
• Their clash sent shockwaves across the battlefield, fracturing the city and throwing the Navy Vice Admirals back.
• Ronan drove Steel Bone Kong away and wounded his right arm, while suffering only a slight pushback.
• Ronan taunted Steel Bone Kong as old and declared that he would kill him and ring the death knell of the Old Era.
• Steel Bone Kong insisted the battle had only begun and studied Ronan's steady, seemingly untroubled stance.

Ronan fought Saint Topman Warcury and Steel Bone Kong in a devastating two-against-one battle above Gold City, while Zoro faced Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro. Zoro unleashed his Thunder True Qi, and his suit burst as his body transformed.

• Saint Topman Warcury burst from the crater and joined Steel Bone Kong in a pincer attack on Ronan.
• Ronan charged both opponents, and the three began a fierce battle that shattered the remains of Gold City.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro revealed his skeletal horse form and charged Zoro with Shodai Kitetsu.
• Zoro stood his ground and unleashed his power, sending blue thunder through his Eight Extra Meridians.
• Zoro's muscles rapidly expanded, tearing apart his white suit.

Zoro unleashed a blood-red Shura Aura and challenged Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, who finally recognized him as a worthy opponent. Nusjuro launched a freezing sword attack, and Zoro began to counter with Nine Sword Style Asura.

• Zoro’s killing intent erupted as a blood-red Shura Aura, frightening the Navy Vice Admirals and forcing back Nusjuro’s freezing aura.
• Zoro coated his Three Swords in Armament Haki and Shura Aura, then vowed to cut the Five Elder in half.
• Nusjuro acknowledged Zoro as an opponent and attacked with Yomi Sword Style: Ghost Shadow Flash, freezing the battlefield as he thrust toward Zoro’s throat.
• Zoro’s Fighting Spirit intensified against the freezing strike, and he activated Nine Sword Style Asura with crimson beams shooting from his eyes.

Zoro unleashed a devastating nine-sword attack that tore Nusjuro apart, but the Five Elder regenerated from the damage and revealed his apparent immortality. Zoro prepared to continue fighting the revived Nusjuro.

• Zoro charged through Nusjuro’s Ghostly Blue frost Sword Qi and struck him with One Hundred Thirty Feelings: Flying Dragon Samurai Extreme—Tiger Hunt.
• Zoro’s attack blasted Nusjuro into shattered fragments, leaving his skeletal horse body split apart and his right arm and shoulder destroyed.
• Kizaru and Aramaki stopped to react in shock as they saw Zoro seemingly defeat one of the Five Elders with a single strike.
• Nusjuro launched a surprise frost slash from the ruins, and Zoro deflected it with One Sword Style: Harbor Bird.
• Nusjuro regenerated his body and right arm, while Zoro recognized that he could recover from being cut apart and readied himself to fight again.

Zoro overwhelmed Saint Nusjuro in a brutal sword fight as the other three members of the Five Elders transformed and attacked Luffy. Luffy met their assault by unveiling his Black Gold Body Form, combining Haki and Thunder True Qi.

• Zoro relentlessly battered Saint Nusjuro, whose freezing air and regenerative powers could not keep pace with Zoro's attacks.
• The remaining Five Elders transformed into monstrous awakened Zoans and focused their attacks on Luffy.
• Peter Saint burrowed underground and erupted beneath Luffy, attempting to swallow him with his enormous sandworm maw.
• Luffy leapt skyward and activated Third Gear: Black Gold Body Form, coating himself in Armament Haki, Thunder True Qi, and Conqueror's Haki.

Luffy transformed into a black-gold form and used Peter Saint’s Sandworm body to batter Mars Saint and smash the ruins of Gold City. Saint Saturn then struck Luffy in the face with his Evil Eye, leaving his condition unknown.

• Luffy caught Peter Saint’s Sandworm form in midair and hurled him into the air.
• Luffy swung the Sandworm into Mars Saint’s diving Itsumade form, sending Mars crashing into a distant bay.
• Luffy repeatedly slammed Peter Saint into Gold City’s ruins, shattering his shell and drawing alarmed reactions from Kizaru and Ryokugyu.
• Saint Saturn attacked Luffy with his Evil Eye, detonating a blast against Luffy’s face as Chopper and the others cried out.

Luffy smashed the Five Elders Shepherd Ju Peter and Jaygarcia Saturn Saint into the ruins of Gran Tesoro, while the other battles raged across the city. In the aftermath, awakened Rob Lucci targeted Sanji, who calmly surveyed the battlefield before their confrontation.

• Luffy shrugged off Saint Saturn's Evil Eye and swung Shepherd Ju Peter's Sandworm form into Saturn, breaking his spider legs and burying both Elders in the ruins.
• The impact devastated Gran Tesoro, and the stunned Navy forces watched as Mars Saint Marcus was flung away while Ju Peter and Saturn lay unable to move.
• Ronan fought Steel Bone Kong, Luffy continued battling the Five Elders, and Zoro pressed the immortal martial god of finance into a desperate fight.
• Rob Lucci, fully awakened in his leopard form, confronted Sanji and vowed to tear out his organs.
• Sanji lit a cigarette and calmly surveyed Ronan, Luffy, and Zoro fighting across the battlefield.

Sanji abandoned his restraint and used his transformed power to overwhelm Lucci in a single clash. Lucci was left battered and furious, vowing to erase Sanji.

• Sanji realized he needed to defeat Lucci quickly and crushed his cigarette beneath his shoe.
• Sanji's eyes turned cold as dark red lightning and a powerful aura erupted around him, lifting nearby rubble.
• Lucci attacked Sanji with an awakened Finger Gun, but Sanji met the blow with a kick.
• Sanji shattered Lucci's finger bones and sent him flying hundreds of meters into a ruin wall.
• Lucci struggled out of the rubble, rejected the defeat in disbelief, and sprang up in a frenzied rage.

Sanji defeated Rob Lucci by overpowering his ultimate attack with a golden-flame kick. Meanwhile, Ryokugyu Aramaki's Toxic Ecosystem corroded Gild Tesoro's golden giant, leaving Tesoro struggling to break free.

• Lucci launched his ultimate Rokuogan at Sanji, who chose to meet the attack head-on.
• Sanji's Demon God Wind Leg: Beef Burst shattered Lucci's arms and chest and sent him flying beyond the horizon.
• Sanji turned back toward Luffy and Ronan and prepared to confront the main battle.
• Ryokugyu Aramaki covered Tesoro's golden giant with poisonous vines, man-eating flowers, and corrosive acid.
• Tesoro tried to shake off the plants, but his golden armor melted under their acid.

Kizaru and Ryokugyu defeated Tesoro, destroying his golden giant and leaving him near death. Although Kizaru had been ordered to capture Tesoro alive, the worsening main battle led him to prepare to kill him instead.

• Ryokugyu restrained Tesoro's golden giant with corrosive vines while Kizaru cut through its head and chest with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
• The golden giant collapsed, and Ryokugyu sent more venomous vines to attack its wreckage.
• Seeing the Straw Hat Pirates gaining ground against the World Government's forces, Kizaru bombarded the ruins with Yasakani no Magatama.
• The laser barrage shattered the golden body and blasted the exhausted Tesoro out of its core.
• Ryokugyu asked whether they should execute Tesoro, and Kizaru explained that he had been ordered to capture him alive but raised his hand to kill him rather than carry dead weight into the next battle.

Gild Tesoro prepared to die after entrusting his hopes and the oppressed people's fury to Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates, but Sanji rescued him by kicking Kizaru apart and vanishing with him. Kizaru re-formed and faced Sanji with wary respect, while Ryokugyu attacked too late to stop their escape.

• Gild Tesoro accepted his apparent death and urged Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates to overthrow the corrupt world.
• Sanji kicked Kizaru's laser aside and struck Kizaru so hard that his upper body scattered into light.
• Sanji stood between Gild Tesoro and the Admirals, declaring Tesoro an important ally.
• Kizaru re-formed and admitted that Sanji's kick would have badly injured him if he had not dodged.
• Ryokugyu sent poisonous vines bursting toward Sanji and Gild Tesoro, but Sanji grabbed Tesoro and vanished with him.

Sanji hid Gild Tesoro from Ryokugyu, then challenged Kizaru and fought him in a fierce aerial battle, gaining the upper hand. Unable to reach Sanji, Ryokugyu turned his attention to the Straw Hat Pirates as more than twenty Navy Headquarters Vice Admirals moved in to attack them.

• Sanji swiftly hid Gild Tesoro in the ruins and appeared high above Ryokugyu, leaving the Admiral unable to track his movements.
• Sanji challenged Kizaru and charged at him with golden flames, meeting Kizaru's photon sword in the sky.
• Sanji and Kizaru exchanged hundreds of blows, with Sanji's speed and kicks forcing Kizaru onto the defensive.
• Ryokugyu, unable to interfere with their aerial fight, turned toward the Straw Hat Pirates and threatened to crush them.
• More than twenty Headquarters Vice Admirals charged Nami, Usopp, Robin, Brook, Chopper, and Franky, determined to defeat them one by one.

Nami used a lightning clone to trick Vice Admiral Doberman and evade his sword attack. The clone exploded, leaving Doberman shocked as the other Vice Admirals arrived and searched for Nami’s real body.

• Three Navy Vice Admirals cornered Nami in the ruins, but she unleashed a powerful display of lightning without showing fear.
• Doberman charged at Nami with his sword coated in Armament Haki and slashed through her waist.
• The apparent Nami turned out to be a high-pressure-plasma lightning clone, which exploded and blinded Doberman with a flash and electromagnetic pulse.
• Doberman recoiled in shock after his Observation Haki failed to distinguish the clone from Nami.
• The other two Vice Admirals arrived and joined the search for Nami’s true body.

Nami ambushed three Navy Vice Admirals with a lightning strike, then used her electromagnetic powers to defeat Doberman. The other two Vice Admirals remained standing as Doberman was knocked unconscious.

• Doberman sensed danger and tried to evade as Nami's lightning attack engulfed the three Vice Admirals.
• Nami emerged from the smoke and revealed that she had used a Lightning Clone to trick them.
• The three Vice Admirals survived the strike but were badly burned, and Doberman charged at Nami in anger.
• Nami increased the gravity around Doberman, pinning him face-first to the ground.
• Nami pulled Doberman toward her and then blasted him away with Almighty Push, leaving him unconscious among the ruins.

Nami faced a coordinated attack by several Navy Vice Admirals after overpowering Doberman. The chapter left her blasted into the air and engulfed by a net of Rankyaku blades.

• The remaining two Vice Admirals used Armament Haki and Rokushiki to rush Nami from both sides.
• A swordsman Vice Admiral abandoned his pursuit of Usopp and attacked Nami from behind, forcing her to block his strike with her Golden Staff.
• While Nami blocked the swordsman, another Vice Admiral struck her left fist with Finger Gun and sent her flying toward the ruins.
• A Rokushiki Vice Admiral attacked Nami from above with Rankyaku: Chain Blades, filling her path with vacuum blades.