Chapter Summaries

Rayleigh and Bullet attacked the Holy Land, with Rayleigh killing a Celestial Dragon and Bullet massacring Shepherd Family agents. Bullet’s assault led him into a fierce battle with Saint Maz of the Knights of God.

• Rayleigh landed in Mary Geoise and killed a Celestial Dragon after condemning the Celestial Dragons and deciding to break his promise to Roger.
• Bullet defeated dozens of Shepherd Family Cipher Pol agents in the family courtyard.
• Saint Maz of the Shepherd Family emerged and identified himself as a member of the Knights of God.
• Bullet charged Saint Maz, and their first clash devastated the courtyard and surrounding buildings.
• Bullet and Saint Maz recognized each other as formidable opponents and prepared to fight seriously.

The Holy Land was attacked by a coalition led by Golden Lion, and the Five Elders ordered Ross to bring the Navy to defend it. Ross agreed to go while privately considering the attackers’ strength and the possibility of an ambush, then left after Moi wished him victory.

• A CP0 agent told Saint Pitt and Saint Wokyu that enemies had entered the Holy Land, and Saint Pitt ordered the defenses to engage and the Navy to return.
• CP0 contacted Ross and reported that Golden Lion, Rayleigh, Gaban, Bullet, Dragon, and other pirates were attacking the Holy Land.
• Ross asked about the battle and learned that the Five Elders had not yet entered the fight, then said he would return with a force while Sakazuki guarded Navy Headquarters.
• Ross privately assessed the attackers’ strength and considered whether hidden powerhouses might try to intercept him.
• Moi wished Ross victory while secretly plotting revenge, and Ross kissed her before leaving the office.

Moi reported that Golden Lion’s pirates had attacked the Holy Land, but the Five Elders’ expedition continued its campaign against Whitebeard. Saint Nusjuro objected to leaving the Holy Land undefended, while Saint Saturn supported the decision to stay the course.

• After Ross left, Moi called Kong and reported that Golden Lion’s pirates had attacked the Holy Land and that Ross had returned to defend it.
• Kong told Tsuru the Holy Land was in danger, and Tsuru alerted Garp, Sengoku, and the others as Kong went to inform the Five Elders.
• Saint Saturn acknowledged Kong’s report but ordered him to leave without changing the expedition’s course.
• Saint Nusjuro challenged Saint Maz, Saint Saturn, and Saint Gringu for refusing to return to defend the Holy Land.
• Saint Maz and Saint Gringu argued that eliminating Whitebeard mattered more, while Saint Saturn backed continuing the campaign and concealed his private deal with them.

Dragon intensified the fires across the Holy Land while waiting for the defenders to be distracted so he could attack the Celestial Dragons. At sea, Ross continued toward the Holy Land, punched Shanks off his ship, and confronted Mihawk.

• Dragon judged that the destruction in the Holy Land would not seriously weaken the World Government unless the Celestial Dragons were killed.
• Dragon joined his power with the wind, making the fires spread more violently toward the Celestial Dragons’ refuge.
• Shanks intercepted Ross’s fleet and said he had chosen on his own to stop Ross.
• Ross moved aboard Shanks’s ship and struck him so hard that he flew across the sea.
• Ross turned to Mihawk, recognized him, and recalled that Gion had defeated him.

Ross fought Shanks and Mihawk, who had come to help at another's request, and easily overpowered them. He took Shanks's sword, Griffin, as the price for sparing them.

• Mihawk confronted Ross and said he had come at someone else's request.
• Shanks emerged from the water and joined Mihawk in attacking Ross.
• Ross blocked Shanks's Griffin and Mihawk's Black Blade - Night with his Armament Haki.
• Ross kicked Shanks and used the clash to wrench Griffin from his grip.
• Ross claimed Griffin as his trophy while sparing Shanks and Mihawk.

Ross fought Shanks and Mihawk after they intercepted him, while the Five Elders discussed the Holy Land’s invasion and the missing reinforcements. Oden Kozuki learned that Saint Warcury had entered the battle and warned Dragon.

• Ross shrugged off Mihawk’s slash and charged him, using the fight with Mihawk and Shanks to practice his swordsmanship.
• Saint Pitt and Saint Wokyu questioned CP0 about Ross’s delay and suspected Shanks and Saint Gringu’s faction were interfering with reinforcements.
• CP0 reported that Dragon was slaughtering World Government officials and that the Holy Land’s defenders were struggling to contain the invaders.
• Saint Warcury left the Five Elders’ hall to confront the attackers, while Saint Pitt stayed to guard the door.
• Oden Kozuki, who had infiltrated the area to gather intelligence, alerted Dragon that one of the Five Elders had mobilized.

Dragon’s plan to hunt the Five Elders began when Saint Warcury attacked him, and Dragon sent a signal for the others to converge. Rayleigh broke away from the CP0 battle while Gaban held their opponents off, and Golden Lion moved to join Dragon.

• Dragon chose the overt plan to hunt the Five Elders, with Oden Kozuki hidden as a trump card.
• Saint Warcury destroyed the villa where Dragon had been staying, but Dragon escaped and faced him in battle.
• Dragon signaled the other fighters and clashed with Saint Warcury, discovering that the Elder had strength comparable to Whitebeard’s raw power.
• Rayleigh caught Dragon’s signal and left the CP0 battlefield while Gaban stayed behind to fight both agents.
• Bullet and the other great pirates helped Golden Lion disengage so he could rush toward Dragon.

Saint Maz and Vanessa fought Bullet while Golden Lion advanced toward Saint Wokyu and Dragon. At sea, Ross defeated Shanks and Mihawk, spared them, and sailed toward the Holy Land, leaving Shanks shaken by the gap between them.

• Vanessa kept firing Haki-coated bullets at Bullet and refused Saint Maz's request to support Saint Wokyu.
• Saint Maz tried to head toward Saint Wokyu but was blocked by pirates, then eased off his attacks.
• Ross told the battered Shanks and Mihawk that he spared them because of their identities and claimed Griffin as his trophy.
• Ross ordered the Navy warship to sail for the Holy Land, leaving Shanks and Mihawk stranded on broken planks.
• Shanks doubted himself after seeing what he considered a real monster.

Dragon, Rayleigh, Golden Lion, and Oden Kozuki cornered and killed Saint Warcury during the invasion of Holy Land Mariejois. Ross arrived to find the Holy Land burning and anticipated that Saint Pitt would call on a powerful figure after Warcury's death.

• Dragon evaded Saint Warcury's attacks while waiting for Rayleigh and Golden Lion to arrive, with Oden Kozuki concealed nearby.
• Dragon, Rayleigh, Golden Lion, and Oden Kozuki launched a coordinated assault that overwhelmed Saint Warcury.
• Saint Pitt tried and failed to reach Nusjuro, then decided to let Saint Warcury die so he could ask another person to intervene.
• Ross traveled toward the Holy Land with the Marines and saw that the invasion force had devastated Mariejois.
• Rayleigh, Golden Lion, and Oden Kozuki fatally wounded Saint Warcury, who died after cursing his attackers.

After Saint Warcury was killed, Rayleigh urged the pirates to retreat before more World Government forces arrived, but Golden Lion refused to leave without confronting Ross. Ross joined Saint Maz and two CP0 agents in a standoff against the four pirates, confident his side had the advantage.

• Saint Maz arrived too late to save Saint Warcury and faced Golden Lion, Rayleigh, and the others.
• Golden Lion laughed over Saint Warcury's corpse, while Gaban joined Rayleigh and praised their victory.
• Rayleigh told Golden Lion that the pirates should retreat now that World Government reinforcements had arrived.
• Golden Lion refused to leave without testing the World Government's rising star, Ross.
• Ross arrived with Saint Maz and two CP0 agents, facing Rayleigh, Gaban, Oden Kozuki, and Golden Lion.

Oden Kozuki attacked Ross to avenge the Whitebeard Pirates, but Ross effortlessly stopped his Flying Slashes. As the fighting spread across the battlefield, Ross challenged Golden Lion’s Conqueror’s Haki and began overpowering him.

• Oden Kozuki accused Ross of causing his comrades’ deaths and launched two Flying Slashes at him.
• Ross blocked and dispelled Oden Kozuki’s attacks with his bare hand, then Oden Kozuki charged him.
• A CP0 agent intercepted Oden Kozuki as Rayleigh fought Saint Maz and Gaban engaged the other CP0 agents.
• Golden Lion confronted Ross and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Ross’s Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed Golden Lion’s, and Ross told him his blade had dulled.

Ross and Golden Lion clashed after their Conqueror's Haki contest, and Ross revealed that he could infuse his Sea God Halberd with Conqueror's Haki. Their full-power attacks collided, leaving a massive crater as nearby fighters fled the shockwaves.

• Golden Lion acknowledged Ross's strength and launched an aerial attack with Sakura Ten and Kogarashi.
• Ross summoned his Sea God Halberd and infused it with both his Devil Fruit power and Conqueror's Haki.
• Golden Lion was shocked that Ross had mastered Conqueror's Haki infusion but continued his attack.
• Ross and Golden Lion met in a devastating clash that pulverized the ground and created a huge crater.
• Nearby powerhouses scattered to escape the shockwaves.

Ross and Golden Lion fought fiercely in the sky while Rayleigh kept Saint Maz occupied without trying to win. Meanwhile, Dragon entered the empty Jaygarcia Family palace complex to find Olvia and her daughter.

• Golden Lion acknowledged that Ross had overpowered him, then charged back into the fight rather than give up.
• Ross met Golden Lion in the air, and the two exchanged rapid, powerful blows above the Holy Land.
• Rayleigh and Saint Maz continued their restrained sword fight, each recognizing the limits and risks of confronting the other directly.
• Dragon entered the largely undamaged Jaygarcia Family palace complex, where Olvia and her daughter lived, to search for them.

Dragon infiltrated Olvia’s residence in the Holy Land to retrieve her Poneglyph research and discovered that it described Devil Fruit users as reincarnations of gods. The revelations strengthened his hopes of undermining the World Government, and he ended by thanking Saint Jaygarcia Ross for leaving the manuscripts accessible.

• Dragon entered Olvia’s residence and searched for the Poneglyph translations she had left behind.
• Dragon found the manuscripts spread across Olvia’s desk and began reading them.
• Dragon learned that ancient records described Devil Fruits as wishes of living beings and their users as reincarnations of gods.
• Dragon realized the revelation could destroy the World Government’s legitimacy and inspire nations and Devil Fruit users to rebel.
• Dragon read the god-type names for several Devil Fruits, including his own, and concluded that Ross’s decision to leave Olvia and Robin alive had given him a perfect opportunity.

Dragon read Olvia’s records about the Sun God and Sea God, learning that their reincarnations shaped the world and that the Sea God helped establish the World Government. The chapter left him shocked to discover that Saint Jaygarcia Ross was the Sea God’s reincarnation and was nearby defeating Golden Lion.

• Dragon read that Sun God Nika liberated humanity in the First Era and Sea God Watatsumi submerged much of the land in the Second Era.
• Dragon learned that Joy Boy, the Sun God’s reincarnation, was defeated by the Sea God’s reincarnation before the World Government was established.
• Dragon read that the Nika Fruit was prophesied to reappear in twenty years and saw Jace, Shanks, and himself listed as possible candidates.
• Dragon considered Shanks more likely than Jace to be Nika’s reincarnation and ruled himself out because his Devil Fruit was unrelated.
• Dragon recognized Saint Jaygarcia Ross as the Sea God’s reincarnation and realized Ross was nearby defeating Golden Lion.

Dragon learned that Ross was the Sea God’s reincarnation and resolved to spread the information to undermine the World Government and give Nika’s reincarnation room to grow. As Ross pressed Golden Lion in battle, Golden Lion dropped a Sky Island over the Holy Land and began gathering his pirates to retreat.

• Dragon read the documents identifying Ross as the Sea God’s reincarnation and Shanks as the still-unawakened reincarnation of Sun God Nika.
• Dragon decided to publicize the information and exploit divisions among the Celestial Dragon families to weaken the World Government.
• Ross and Golden Lion continued fighting in the sky, and Golden Lion’s damaged body and dwindling stamina made him decide to withdraw.
• Golden Lion released his control of a massive Sky Island, sending it crashing toward the Holy Land and halting the battles.
• Golden Lion used the Float-Float Fruit to gather nearby pirates into the air as Rayleigh and the others recognized the falling island as their retreat signal.

Golden Lion’s island crashed down on the Holy Land Mariejois, killing many Celestial Dragons, but it stopped unnaturally on impact and left the building of the world’s highest authority untouched. Ross and the others were left to wonder what power had halted the destruction.

• Saint Pitt transformed into a sandworm, swallowed dozens of Shepherd Family members, and fled underground with them as the island fell.
• Vanessa appeared beside Ross and said Saint Imu would not save the Celestial Dragons, while Saint Maz joined their conversation.
• Golden Lion and his companions watched the island approach, ready to attack if the others tried to escape.
• The island struck Mariejois, crushing many Celestial Dragons, but a strange ripple halted it and the building beneath it remained undamaged.
• Golden Lion asked Ross what trick had stopped the island, unable to identify the power behind it.

Ross and his allies stopped the pirates from escaping after Imu's power saved the Holy Land from being destroyed. Rayleigh offered himself in exchange for Gaban and Bullet, leaving Ross to decide whether to accept.

• Ross saw Imu's SS-plus combat rating and told Golden Lion that he was too weak to destroy the Holy Land.
• Borsalino arrived to reinforce Ross, who demanded that the pirates leave one man behind or fight their way out.
• Golden Lion ordered the pirates to scatter, and Ross's forces intercepted Rayleigh, Gaban, and Bullet while the others fled.
• Rayleigh offered to surrender without resisting if Ross let Gaban and Bullet go.

Ross and the World Government forces attacked Bullet, Rayleigh, and Gaban as they tried to escape, leaving the Roger Pirates’ former fighters overwhelmed and separated. Ross then focused on defeating Bullet, whom he viewed as an opportunity to gain strength for his eventual fight against Imu.

• Bullet told Rayleigh and Gaban to leave while he stayed to face Ross and the five other powerful fighters.
• Ross struck Bullet with the Sea God Halberd and sent him crashing into the Red Line, then attacked him again with a wave he had gathered from the air.
• Borsalino and Saint Maz attacked Rayleigh, who was blasted to the ground after blocking Saint Maz’s strike.
• The two CP0 fighters and Palace Vanessa overwhelmed Gaban and knocked him down onto the battlefield.
• Bullet merged with the Red Line’s rocks to become a stone giant, and Ross attacked him with his Conqueror’s Haki-coated halberd.

Ross defeated Douglas Bullet by breaking through his defenses and using seawater to weaken him before delivering a fatal blow. After killing Bullet, Ross received a major strength increase, the Combine-Combine Fruit, and S-class Armament Haki.

• Ross shattered Bullet’s Haki-coated rock armor with his Sea God Halberd, and Bullet eagerly charged him with a powerful punch.
• Ross met Bullet’s punch with a Haki-coated kick and sent him crashing backward through the Red Line.
• Ross appeared behind Bullet and pierced him through the lower back and abdomen with the Sea God Halberd.
• Ross sent seawater into Bullet’s body, weakening him and rendering his resistance futile.
• Ross revealed his name as Saint Jaygarcia Ross and killed Bullet with a Haki-coated strike through the heart.
• Ross received five million strength, the Combine-Combine Fruit, and S-class Armament Haki as rewards for the kill.