Chapter Summaries

Austin recorded his voyage and reassured Gick, who was angry that others doubted Austin’s strength, then tried to teach him flowing Armament Haki. Garp learned that Austin was rumored to be Roger’s brother and vowed to arrest him, while Austin began crushing challengers across the seas.

• Austin wrote in his voyage log as Gick complained that people were calling him weak and claiming Rocks had made him a smokescreen.
• Austin promised Gick he would fight seriously against a worthy opponent and asked how his flowing Armament Haki practice was going.
• Gick admitted he still could not make his Armament Haki flow, and Austin gave up on the lesson for the moment.
• Garp read secret intelligence describing Austin as a dangerous new monster and suspected brother of Gol D. Roger, then decided to arrest him.
• Austin gained authority over part of the Rocks Pirates’ forces and defeated challengers who doubted his reputation.
• A New World swordsman challenged Austin, whose strongest slash Austin caught between two fingers before mocking him.

Austin received Rocks' summons to attack God Valley and set out to preserve Rocks' spirit while claiming victory for himself. At God Valley, Austin revealed to Saint Saturn that he came from the future, then joined the Rocks Pirates' assault, determined to be the war's sole victor.

• Austin defeated a swordsman, received Rocks' message about the Celestial Dragons' hunt on God Valley, and ordered his crew to set sail.
• Austin met Saint Saturn at God Valley, where Saturn recognized him as a Celestial Dragon from the future.
• Austin told Saturn he intended to win the war as himself, without representing pirates or Celestial Dragons, then disappeared.
• The Rocks Pirates arrived at God Valley and began attacking the island as the captains argued over their prize.
• Austin joined the assault at the front of the crew and declared that he alone would win the God Valley war.

Austin searched God Valley for the treasure chests and brought Gick to the slaves’ gathering, where Ginny and Kuma planned to use the Devil Fruits to help them escape. After Charlotte Linlin seized the Azure Dragon Fruit, Austin took the Paw-Paw Fruit and stopped her from leaving with hers.

• The Roger Pirates arrived at God Valley, and Roger joined the battle while Austin sensed their approach.
• Austin explored God Valley with Gick, then teleported them to the slaves’ gathering after asking what Gick would do if he left piracy.
• Ginny explained that the Azure Dragon and Paw-Paw Fruits could help the slaves escape, and Kuma volunteered to draw the enemy’s attacks.
• Charlotte Linlin grabbed the Azure Dragon Fruit and tried to take the Paw-Paw Fruit from Kuma.
• Austin took the Paw-Paw Fruit, and Charlotte Linlin agreed to leave with the other fruit until Austin warned her she could leave but could not take it.

Austin took the Azure Dragon Fruit from Charlotte Linlin and offered it to Gick alongside the Paw-Paw Fruit, then defeated Linlin when she attacked. Before leaving, he promised Linlin a child of extraordinary talent if she kept her appearance and found him in twenty years.

• Austin refused to yield the Azure Dragon Fruit to Charlotte Linlin, despite her invoking Rocks and the Rocks Pirates.
• Charlotte Linlin attacked Austin with Napoleon and Prometheus, but Austin caught her flaming slash and used Warp · Conductor's Baton to take the Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Austin asked Gick to choose between the Paw-Paw Fruit and the Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Charlotte Linlin launched Elbaf Spear: Mighty Nation, and Austin countered with Divine Departure, breaking through her defenses and badly wounding her.
• Austin stopped Gick, Ivankov, and Little Bear from leaving and promised Charlotte Linlin a child more talented than Rocks and himself if she kept her current appearance and sought him out in twenty years.

Austin secured Devil Fruits from Big Mom and gave the Paw-Paw Fruit to Kuma before leaving the dangerous area. He revealed to Gick that he was Gick’s adopted grandson from the future, while Gick decided to save the Azure Dragon Fruit for him.

• Charlotte Linlin accepted Austin’s offer to owe him a favor for a Devil Fruit, but insisted he fulfill his promise to have a child with her twenty years later.
• Austin gave Kuma the Paw-Paw Fruit and told him and the other children to flee because the area was about to become hell.
• Austin gave Gick the Azure Dragon Fruit and explained that he was Gick’s adopted grandson from the future.
• Gick accepted the explanation, learned he would find and raise Austin after God Valley, and realized he had been calling his grandson brother.
• After Austin said the Azure Dragon Fruit and his Warp Fruit each had strengths, Gick chose to save the fruit for Austin rather than eat it himself.

Austin sent Gick away from God Valley before joining the battlefield and attacking a Divine Knight who challenged him. As pirates and Marines reacted to his arrival, Captain John approached Austin, who aimed a gun at him and warned that he could die for coming near.

• Austin told Gick to leave with Kuma and the others, and Gick wished his grandson success before departing.
• Kaido asked Charlotte Linlin about her wounds, but she concealed that her plan to find a Devil Fruit for him had failed.
• Rocks demanded to know where Austin was while he fought Garp and Roger, unaware that Austin was approaching the main battlefield.
• A Divine Knight from the Figarland Family challenged Austin, and Austin seized him and knocked him down with one punch.
• Austin's Conqueror's Haki drew the battlefield's attention, and Captain John approached him while asking if he had gone treasure hunting.
• Austin pointed a gun at Captain John and warned him that approaching did not make him safe from death.

Austin killed Captain John and challenged the powerful fighters gathered at God Valley, declaring himself the victor of the war. As Austin confronted the battlefield’s monsters, Newgate left to pursue his dream of family, and Golden Lion, Charlotte Big Mom, and the injured Kaido followed.

• Austin shot Captain John with a Seastone Bullet and discovered that his overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki could disrupt weaker opponents’ Observation Haki.
• Rocks confronted Austin over John’s injury, and the two clashed with their Conqueror’s Haki, shaking God Valley.
• Austin declared that he would win the war, then used Space Awakening: Instant Clone to create three clones and challenge the powerful fighters around him.
• Saint Saturn watched Austin’s display and considered that he might reach the pinnacle of mortals.
• Newgate left God Valley with the child in his arms, saying that family was his greatest dream, and Golden Lion, Charlotte Big Mom, and the injured Kaido followed.

Austin challenged Rocks, Roger, Garp, and Garling at once while Saint Saturn revealed that Austin was a Celestial Dragon and allowed the battle to continue. Saturn then ordered the Divine Knights to leave and killed a Marine officer who tried to stop them.

• Rayleigh and Gaban blocked the Marines and Divine Knights from reaching the battlefield.
• Saint Saturn appeared through a magic circle, and Austin fired at him, but Saturn blocked the shot with his staff.
• Saturn told Austin he had no intention of making an enemy of him and addressed him as Saint Austin, shocking Rocks and Roger.
• Austin split into four to fight Rocks, Roger, Garp, and Garling at once, while Saturn ordered the Divine Knights to leave.
• A Marine officer tried to question Saturn's withdrawal, and Saturn killed him with a glance.

Austin divided his strength across four battlefields at God Valley, where his clones fought Roger, Garp, and Garling while his main body faced Rocks. The Five Elders watched from Mary Geoise as Rocks steadily drove Austin back and waited to see how far he could go.

• Austin’s sword-wielding clone clashed with Roger in a contest of Divine Departure.
• Austin’s barehanded clone met Garp’s Fist Bone Impact with Fist Bone Shock, shaking God Valley and toppling its peaks.
• Austin’s clone confronted Garling and attacked with Conqueror’s Haki Infusion: Instant: Demon King Gale Kick.
• Austin faced Rocks with the Black Spear and launched King: Sky Annihilation—Thunder Bagua, but Rocks drove him back.
• Saint Saturn returned to Mary Geoise, and the Five Elders watched the four battles on surveillance footage.

Austin struggled against Rocks while his clones fought Roger, Garp, and Garling, until Roger and Garling withdrew and the remaining Austins backed him up. Austin unleashed his strongest combined attack, “Conquer the Sea,” splitting God Valley and the surrounding sea as the chapter ended.

• Austin’s clones began losing ground to Roger, Garp, and Garling while Austin struggled against Rocks, and Roger and Garling stopped fighting him.
• Austin sent two clones to help the others, and they struck Garp together with powerful attacks.
• Garp continued fighting Austin at close range, but Roger intervened with Divine Departure, drawing Garp away to fight him.
• The two remaining Austins joined the main body against Rocks, using their connected consciousness and teleportation to land attacks without letting Rocks seize them.
• Austin and a clone combined their sword and gun techniques to unleash “Conquer the Sea,” splitting God Valley and the vast surrounding sea.

Austin used a Compressed Rice Ball to regain some stamina, then unleashed the Black Spear’s full power and defeated Rocks at God Valley. The Chamber of Power ordered Cipher Pol to halt its investigation into Gick forever.

• Rocks survived Austin’s devastating attack and believed Austin was too exhausted to fight back.
• Rocks unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, dispelling Austin’s clones, while Austin sat down and ate a Compressed Rice Ball.
• Austin dodged Rocks’s attack, recovered some stamina, and declared that he would not lose.
• Austin fired Seastone bullets infused with Conqueror’s Haki, Ryou, Space Power, and flames, grievously wounding Rocks and weakening his Devil Fruit ability.
• The Chamber of Power discussed Austin’s Black Spear and ordered Cipher Pol’s investigation into Gick to be suspended forever.

Austin returned to his original time after his battle with Rocks and appeared in Elbaf in 1508, where he reunited with Gaban and Shanks. He greeted them in a hot spring, while Gick received Austin’s letter and discovered a crying baby in a basket.

• Austin grew transparent aboard the Oro Jackson, and Roger realized he was returning to his own time; the crew toasted their farewell.
• Austin sent Gick a letter describing his victory over Rocks and telling him that having him as a grandfather had made him happy.
• Gick cried over Austin’s letter and photograph, then found a basket with a crying baby at his courtyard entrance.
• Austin returned to 1508 above Elbaf, recognized the island, and avoided interfering in the fighting inside the castle.
• Gaban sensed Austin’s presence while bathing with Shanks, and Austin appeared in the hot spring to greet them.

Austin reunited with Shanks and Gaban after returning from the past and recounted fighting Rocks, Garp, Roger, and Saint Garling at God Valley. A commotion about Loki interrupted their conversation, and Austin went with Shanks to see what was happening, promising not to kill Loki.

• Austin appeared in the hot spring and reunited with Shanks and Gaban, who asked where he had been and how he had gotten so badly injured.
• Austin explained that he had traveled more than twenty years into the past, met the Roger Pirates, and fought Gaban and Roger.
• Austin revealed that he fought Rocks, Garp, Roger, and Saint Garling alone at God Valley and said he had won, leaving Shanks discouraged.
• Gaban and Shanks told Austin about Mihawk's rise to fame and a bird in the New World that had awakened Conqueror's Haki.
• A commotion outside interrupted the conversation, and Austin accompanied Shanks to investigate Loki, saying he would not kill him.

Austin and Shanks subdued Loki after he rebelled in Elbaf, then Austin recovered at Gaban's home and said farewell to the giants. He left Elbaf and returned to the sea.

• Austin warned Loki with his Conqueror's Haki when Loki tried to recruit him and Shanks to rebel against the World Government.
• Austin and Shanks defeated Loki, bound him in Seastone chains, and threw him into the underworld.
• Shanks visited Gaban's home with Austin, then departed after asking whether Austin would see Uta; Austin declined.
• Austin recuperated at Gaban's home and asked how Gaban had fathered a child with a Giantess.
• After his injuries mostly healed, Austin said goodbye to Gaban and the giant women of Elbaf, then sailed away.

The Revolutionary Army learned that Ginny had been abducted by a Celestial Dragon, and Ivankov urged Dragon and Kuma to seek help from Black Emperor Dotol Austin. While they worried Austin might have disappeared, he had already appeared aboard the Sun Pirates, where Fisher Tiger apologized to him.

• A Revolutionary Army subordinate reported that Ginny had been abducted and the unit sent with her had been wiped out.
• Dragon and Kuma despaired because the young Revolutionary Army could not challenge the World Government to rescue Ginny.
• Ivankov reminded Dragon and Kuma that Austin might be able to save Ginny, and Kuma eagerly accepted the possibility.
• Dragon explained that Austin had not appeared for two years and that unrest had grown after Fisher Tiger freed slaves in Mary Geoise, including Hancock and her sisters.
• Ivankov reassured Kuma that Austin might return, unaware that Austin had already appeared aboard the Sun Pirates.
• Fisher Tiger lowered his head and apologized to Austin for their clash.

Austin reunited with Fisher Tiger and heard how Tiger freed the Hancock sisters during his assault on Mary Geoise, despite knowing they were Austin’s slaves. Austin left Tiger uncertain of his judgment but promised not to punish Fish-Man Island as the ship reached Koala’s hometown, where Tiger’s journey was supposed to end.

• Tiger told Austin that he had freed the Hancock sisters during his raid on Mary Geoise, even though he knew they belonged to Austin.
• Tiger recounted how he overcame his hesitation, broke the sisters’ chains, and knocked out a Cipher Pol agent who threatened him with Austin’s wrath.
• Tiger continued freeing thousands of slaves, and people across the seas hailed him as a hero while speculating that Austin had gone soft.
• Austin told Tiger he had disappointed him and asked whether he had considered the danger his actions could bring to Fish-Man Island.
• Austin assured Tiger that he would not harm Fish-Man Island, then warned him to consider whether he could bear the price of saving others.
• The ship reached Koala’s hometown, which was supposed to be the end of Tiger’s journey.

Austin let Fisher Tiger take Koala home, then allowed the Marines to ambush and badly wound him. When Jinbe and the Sun Pirates arrived, Austin caused an earthquake that opened a chasm beneath Tiger, leaving his fate unknown.

• Austin sent Koala home with Fisher Tiger and asked the Sun Pirates for orange juice.
• Fisher Tiger reunited Koala with her family, then Marines led by Rear Admiral Stroberi ambushed him.
• Austin left the ship and watched as the Marines shot Fisher Tiger and wounded him severely.
• Jinbe and the Sun Pirates reached Tiger, and Austin caused a powerful earthquake that split the island.
• Fisher Tiger fell into a deep chasm, and his fate remained unknown.

Austin let Crocodile respond to Fisher Tiger freeing his slaves, though he did not want Fish-Man Island destroyed. News of Austin's apparent return spread across the sea, and the Five Elders concluded that the man on Fish-Man Island was an impostor.

• Little Sand demanded harsh measures against Fisher Tiger, and Austin gave Crocodile permission to act as she wished.
• Crocodile learned that the Black Emperor's subordinates had already conquered Fish-Man Island while Austin watched the news unfold through his advanced preview.
• Wounded Fisher Tiger heard that Fish-Man Island had been conquered and wept with regret before losing consciousness.
• Newspapers announced Austin's return and linked him to Fish-Man Island's calamity, stirring reactions across the sea.
• The Five Elders reviewed the evidence and concluded that the Austin seen on Fish-Man Island was an impostor.

The World Government's Five Elders agreed to send CP0 after a supposed Austin impostor, while Fish-Man Island was ravaged by Austin's followers. Mr. 5, posing as Austin, faced a new arrival who asked whether Austin was truly there.

• Saint Nusjuro persuaded the other Five Elders to send CP0, arguing that killing the impostor could restore the World Government's prestige whether Austin was alive or gone.
• Mr. 5, also known as Fung Kley, rallied Austin's followers and led them in attacking Fish-Man Island over Fisher Tiger's actions.
• Mr. 5 refused the followers' offer of captured mermaids, maintaining his impersonation of Austin as Neptune's army watched helplessly.
• A coated pirate ship arrived, and a mature-looking figure with a black cross-shaped sword asked whether Austin was really on Fish-Man Island.

Mr. 5 impersonated Austin to spread the Black Emperor’s fame, but Mihawk exposed him after arriving at Fish-Man Island. With CP0 confirming the impostor and powerful figures watching, the underlings demanded that the real Austin respond.

• Mihawk arrived at Fish-Man Island, and Mr. 5 forced himself to greet him while continuing to pose as Austin.
• Mihawk recognized Mr. 5 as an impostor, but Mr. 5 blurted out “Little Hawk-chan” and accepted Mihawk’s challenge to preserve his disguise.
• Mihawk became certain that Mr. 5 was not Austin and disappointedly called him out, shocking the watching underlings.
• Masked CP0 agents appeared and declared that the apparent Austin was an impostor, while Katakuri, King, and other major figures watched.
• The underlings turned toward the calm figure sitting nearby and demanded that Lord Austin say something.