Chapter Summaries

Ross slaughtered Ringo’s defenders, then killed the remaining survivors in front of Toki Heavenly Moon, bringing him closer to reaching SS-class. He ordered Moriah to clear the road and keep the wounded Ushimaru Shimotsuki alive as they prepared to leave.

• Ross intensified his Conqueror’s Haki until Ushimaru Shimotsuki collapsed, then continued killing Ringo’s defenders as their numbers and morale dwindled.
• After an hour, Ross had killed five thousand people, and the survivors begged for mercy or offered to become his slaves.
• Ross snapped his fingers, causing the remaining survivors to explode into blood mist before Toki Heavenly Moon, who turned and vomited.
• Ross received nearly two million experience points and reflected that sacrificing more people could bring him to SS-class.
• Ross ordered Moriah to clear the road and bring Ushimaru Shimotsuki along, keeping him alive; Moriah used shadows to raise corpses as zombies.
• Ross washed the blood from his clothes, and Moriah’s zombies cleared the road.

After Ross massacred the people gathered at Ringo Castle, Oden prepared to stop him but decided to wait for reinforcements. Ross revealed that his strength had surged and assigned Toki Heavenly Moon and Moriah to oversee Ringo as Whitebeard and Golden Lion approached Wano.

• Kanjuro reported that Ross had killed nearly everyone at Ringo Castle, leaving about 10,000 survivors to join Ross's new guard.
• Oden cursed Ross and Toki Heavenly Moon, then set out to intervene, but Kin'emon and Denjiro urged him to wait for reinforcements.
• Oden learned that Golden Lion would arrive soon and Whitebeard might follow, so he decided to contact them again and wait.
• Ross told Gion and Zephyr that Golden Lion and Whitebeard were approaching, while Sakazuki would arrive later, and displayed his newly awakened power.
• Ross ordered Moriah and Toki Heavenly Moon to take responsibility for Ringo after Moriah reported that its corpses had been cremated.

Ross reflected on the deaths in Ringo and spoke with the captured Ushimaru Shimotsuki before Gion killed him. As Ross and Gion watched over the silent city, she explained that Zephyr had been shaken by the massacre and affirmed that she had abandoned her own justice to follow Ross.

• Toki Heavenly Moon agreed to help with the work in Ringo, though she remained troubled by those who had died.
• Ross sat atop the Ringo Daimyo Residence and mocked Ushimaru Shimotsuki for cursing him while excusing Oden Kozuki's killings.
• Gion slashed Ushimaru Shimotsuki's throat, killing him as his body fell from the residence.
• Gion told Ross that Zephyr had been deeply shaken by witnessing the massacre, while Ross said Zephyr had been overly protected.
• Gion rested her head on Ross's shoulder and said she had abandoned her justice to follow his path.

Ross explained that Zephyr would have to decide for himself whether to accept the sacrifices involved in the Land of Wano operation, while Gion agreed not to interfere. With Golden Lion and Whitebeard expected to arrive in two days, Ross revealed that he had broken through to a new level and planned to offer his enemies an apparent chance to kill him.

• Ross told Gion that Zephyr was struggling with the civilians endangered by the operation and should be allowed to make his own choice.
• Gion agreed to let Zephyr decide whether to continue, and Ross promised to respect whichever path he chose.
• Ross said Golden Lion and Whitebeard would arrive in two days to join Kaido and Oden Kozuki against them.
• Gion asked Ross how many top fighters he could face, and he claimed he would still win even if Whitebeard and Roger joined forces.
• Ross told Gion he would give his enemies an opportunity that seemed capable of killing him, leaving them to decide whether to pay the price.

Ross and Gion entered the Flower Capital to force Oden Kozuki and the other powerhouses to decide whether they would risk destroying the city to kill Ross. As Oden Kozuki struggled over the cost, Golden Lion made clear that he might start the fight regardless of Oden's wishes.

• Gion realized Ross had brought her to the Flower Capital to test Oden Kozuki's resolve, while Ross reassured her and wondered whether Oden would sacrifice the city's hundreds of thousands of residents.
• Kurozumi Orochi reported to Oden Kozuki that Ross and Gion had appeared in the Flower Capital, with Zephyr and Moria still in Ringo.
• Golden Lion urged Oden Kozuki to attack Ross, but Oden refused because a battle could destroy the Flower Capital.
• Whitebeard warned Oden Kozuki that he had to choose between fighting Ross and risking the city or offering his own life to protect Wano.
• Golden Lion and Whitebeard argued over Rocks's death and past choices before Oden Kozuki asked them to stop and give him time to think.

Ross and Gion visited a pleasure quarter in the Flower Capital, where they saw Ugetsu Tempura abuse the nine-year-old Black Maria. As Ugetsu approached her, Ross watched without intervening, believing she could do more.

• Gion suggested that she and Ross visit a pleasure quarter, and they went inside together.
• Ross noticed a private room open and saw Black Maria thrown into the corridor after resisting Ugetsu Tempura.
• A courtesan identified Ugetsu as the daimyo of Udon and tried to persuade Black Maria to apologize and return with him.
• Black Maria refused, and Ugetsu kicked her to the floor as Gion looked to Ross for a response.
• Black Maria recalled being sold by her parents and auctioned off, then met Ugetsu's advance with a look of madness.

Ross intervened when Ugetsu Tempura attacked Black Maria and gave her a seawater dagger, urging her to kill him. With Ross’s Conqueror’s Haki preventing Ugetsu Tempura from resisting, Black Maria repeatedly stabbed him, driven by hatred and fear of further abuse.

• Black Maria bit Ugetsu Tempura’s hand, and he struck her, sending her flying toward Ross.
• Ross stopped Ugetsu Tempura and turned the hand he was holding into seawater, leaving Ugetsu Tempura with only part of his arm.
• Ross offered Black Maria a seawater dagger and encouraged her to kill Ugetsu Tempura.
• Black Maria charged at Ugetsu Tempura, while Gion’s cold gaze silenced the nearby courtesan.
• Ross’s Conqueror’s Haki immobilized Ugetsu Tempura, allowing Black Maria to stab him repeatedly.

Black Maria killed Ugetsu Tempura and, after Ross promised she would no longer be bullied, chose to follow him. As armed men surrounded them, Ross showed her that they feared her, while she focused on the safety and approval she found in him.

• Black Maria stabbed Ugetsu Tempura to death and reflected on how killing him had freed her from her fear.
• Ross asked whether she was ready to face what came next, and Black Maria said she no longer wanted to be bullied.
• Black Maria asked Ross if he would bully her, and he said he needed her and would protect her from anyone who tried.
• Black Maria accepted Ross's hand and resolved to serve him as the blade he needed.
• Ugetsu Tempura's retainers and the pleasure quarter's warriors surrounded Ross and Black Maria, but hesitated to attack after seeing Ugetsu's defeat.
• Ross pointed out that the warriors feared Black Maria now, while she leaned against him and savored his reassuring presence.

Ross encouraged Kuro Sumaria to make the samurai fear her, then watched as she slaughtered them and rewarded her with affection. He and Gion arranged for her to study swordsmanship and eventually eat the Mythical Zoan Jorōgumo Fruit, while Ross prepared for the arrival of Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Oden Kozuki.

• Ross stopped Gion from intervening and told Kuro Sumaria to make the samurai fear her.
• Kuro Sumaria charged into the immobilized samurai and killed them all with seawater daggers.
• Ross and Gion decided Kuro Sumaria would eat the Jorōgumo Fruit and train in swordsmanship under Gion.
• Ross told Gion that Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Oden Kozuki had arrived for the main event.
• Kuro Sumaria sought Ross's praise, and he embraced her despite her bloodstained appearance.

Ross left the pleasure district with Kuro Sumaria and confronted Oden Kozuki, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Kaido in the Flower Capital. Oden hesitated to fight there for fear of harming civilians, while Ross challenged all four to attack him together.

• Ross told Kuro Sumaria to stay close to Gion and assured her she never needed to bow to anyone, then left the pleasure district with her.
• Oden Kozuki confronted Ross, and Kuro Sumaria defended Ross when Oden mistook her words for mockery.
• Ross’s Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed Oden’s, forcing Whitebeard and Golden Lion to join their Haki with his to resist it.
• Golden Lion and Whitebeard prepared to attack Ross together, but Oden stopped them and challenged Ross to a fair one-on-one fight outside the city.
• Ross refused Oden’s proposal and invited all four opponents to attack him in the Flower Capital, while Oden hesitated over the danger to its people.
• Kaido watched Oden struggle to choose and grew increasingly angry, regretting that he had not used the Flower Capital’s civilians to force Oden out of Wano earlier.

Ross kept the confrontation in the Flower Capital at a stalemate by threatening the people nearby, while Oden Kozuki hesitated to fight. The chapter ended with Kaido offering to join Ross in exchange for part of Wano, as he prepared to turn against Oden if Ross agreed.

• Whitebeard said he respected Oden Kozuki's choice, while Golden Lion urged Oden to stop hesitating and attack Ross.
• Oden Kozuki worried about endangering the Flower Capital, even as samurai gathered behind him to face Ross.
• Ross mocked Oden's offer to kill himself and remained confident he could face the four opponents.
• Oden promised to kill himself if Ross left Wano forever and swore never to harm its people, moving the gathered samurai and civilians.
• Kaido lost hope in Oden and offered Ross thirty percent of Wano in exchange for helping him keep the others there.

Ross fought Golden Lion, Oden Kozuki, and Whitebeard after Kaido suggested switching sides. He left the pirates badly outmatched and invited them to attack him together.

• Golden Lion attacked Ross to stop him from reaching an understanding with Kaido, while Oden Kozuki blocked Golden Lion and let him try to flee.
• Ross appeared in front of Golden Lion and knocked him into a crater with one punch, killing hundreds of nearby people in the shockwave.
• Golden Lion warned Whitebeard that Ross was stronger than Rocks, and Whitebeard joined Oden Kozuki in attacking him.
• Ross stopped Oden Kozuki's swords with his arm, grabbed him by the head, and slammed him into the ground while Whitebeard's quake attack left him unharmed.
• Ross told the pirates to attack him together, while Gion kept Kuro Sumaria at a distance and she regarded Ross as her god.

Ross revealed his awakened, godlike power and effortlessly defeated Kaido’s full-strength attack. Golden Lion refused to accept his decline and tore the ship’s wheel from his head, risking his life to unleash his Conqueror’s Haki.

• Golden Lion and Whitebeard recognized that Ross’s strength surpassed anything they had encountered, while Oden Kozuki rejected the idea that Ross was Joy Boy’s reincarnation.
• Kaido decided he would not submit to Ross and charged him with Great Vajra · Thunder Bagua.
• Ross manifested his awakened form and struck Kaido down, preventing him from coming within ten meters.
• Gion recognized Ross’s form as a likely Devil Fruit awakening, while Black Maria knelt as if worshipping him.
• Golden Lion tore the ship’s wheel from his head, drawing blood and unleashing a surge of Conqueror’s Haki.

Golden Lion and Whitebeard combined their Devil Fruit powers to turn the Flower Capital into a vibrating land tsunami and launch it at Ross’s sky-borne sea. As Oden Kozuki and Kaido joined the assault, the four pirates’ attack collided with Ross’s ocean above the city.

• Golden Lion removed the ship's wheel from his head, awakened his Haki, and used the Float-Float Fruit to lift the Flower Capital’s streets and buildings into the air.
• Whitebeard struck the air with Seaquake, channeling his vibration force into Golden Lion’s floating debris to create a land tsunami aimed at Ross.
• Oden Kozuki and Kaido charged behind the land tsunami, attacking Ross with their swords and Hassaikai.
• Ross’s divine light made his summoned sea real, and it collided with the floating city in a devastating clash of sea and land.

Ross overpowered Kaido and Oden Kozuki when they attacked him together, despite Golden Lion and Whitebeard keeping him occupied. Oden’s hesitation left him open, and Ross impaled him with the Sea God Halberd.

• Kaido and Oden Kozuki launched a coordinated attack against Ross while Golden Lion and Whitebeard pressured him.
• Ross met Kaido’s and Oden Kozuki’s attacks head-on with the Sea God Halberd and sent both fighters flying backward.
• Oden Kozuki grew shaken by Ross’s strength and lost focus during the battle.
• Kaido shouted at Oden Kozuki as Ross suddenly appeared before him and thrust the Sea God Halberd toward his heart.
• Ross pierced Oden Kozuki through the abdomen, breaking through his defenses.

Oden Kozuki was badly wounded by Ross and forced out of the aerial battle, where Gion confronted him while Vanessa watched Ross fight Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Kaido. Vanessa believed Ross’s transcendent strength might let him kill the person she had long hoped to see defeated.

• Oden Kozuki retreated from Ross’s attack with severe wounds as Kaido intercepted Ross’s next strike.
• Oden Kozuki crashed into the ruined Flower Capital, where Gion appeared and challenged him with Konpira.
• Gion attacked Oden Kozuki with a Flying Slash and then pressed him with a rapid assault, which he barely defended against.
• Vanessa revealed that her Pierce-Pierce Fruit let her travel between marked anchor points and that she had reached Wano through an anchor on Ross.
• Vanessa watched Ross battle Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Kaido, and believed he might be strong enough to kill the person she sought.

Ross defeated Golden Lion and forced the allied attackers to retreat, while Golden Lion spent his final strength to help Whitebeard escape. Golden Lion died without wounding Ross, but was satisfied to have fought at the summit once more.

• Golden Lion burned through his life and coordinated with Whitebeard to briefly suppress Ross's illusory sea, while Kaido harassed Ross from above.
• Ross counterattacked with the Sea God Halberd as Golden Lion shot upward and used the Float-Float Fruit to send Whitebeard fleeing from the battlefield.
• Vanessa aimed her pistol at Whitebeard, but Ross told her to let him go, and she put the weapon away.
• Ross defeated Golden Lion, who died laughing after failing to wound him and reflecting that he had reached the summit again.

Ross killed Golden Lion and captured Kaido after the battle, while Kaido secured the Beasts Pirates’ safety by bargaining with Ross. The chapter left Oden Kozuki still fighting Gion as Kaido accepted his capture.

• Ross hurled the Sea God Halberd through Golden Lion, killing him and earning S-class Swordsmanship and the Float-Float Fruit.
• Kaido asked Ross why Whitebeard had been allowed to leave, and Ross said he wanted to see what Whitebeard and his allies would do next.
• Ross told Kaido he would be captured for Sola’s experiments, and Kaido surrendered without resistance.
• Kaido threatened to kill himself unless Ross let the Beasts Pirates leave unharmed and free of hostility toward the World Government.
• Ross agreed to Kaido’s condition while Oden Kozuki continued struggling against Gion.

Oden Kozuki blamed Kaido for the destruction of the Flower Capital and their defeat, while Kaido accused Oden of repeatedly making the wrong choices. Kaido then connected the Holy Land Incident to Ross, leaving his suspicions about Ross’s role unresolved.

• After Kaido surrendered and joined Ross, Oden Kozuki broke down over the destruction of the Flower Capital and their failure to hurt Ross.
• Kaido mocked Oden for losing hope and blamed his mistakes for ruining their chances of taking the Land of Wano.
• Oden blamed Kaido for provoking the battle, while Kaido asked why Oden had joined the Holy Land Incident to help Whitebeard.
• Kaido recalled suspicious events surrounding the Holy Land Incident, including a Five Elder’s death, the promotions of two Knights of God, and false rumors that his crew was mobilizing.
• Kaido suspected Ross had planned or helped orchestrate the Holy Land Incident, and judged Oden foolish for willingly becoming involved.

Kaido blamed Oden Kozuki for bringing Ross and the World Government’s attention to Wano, while privately concluding that Ross possessed both overwhelming power and a far-reaching plan. Oden and Kaido fought as Ross watched, leaving Wano’s future uncertain.

• Kaido accused Oden Kozuki of causing Wano’s troubles by getting involved in the Holy Land incident and returning instead of hiding with Whitebeard.
• Kaido suspected Ross had anticipated the Holy Land disaster, protected his loved ones, and obtained the Sea God fruit, making him both powerful and calculating.
• Oden defended staying in Wano, saying he feared Ross would slaughter its people, but Kaido argued his presence had not saved the Flower Capital.
• Kaido told Oden to feel guilty for the deaths in the Flower Capital, and Oden charged him with both swords.
• Kaido suppressed Oden in their fight while Ross watched as a spectator.