Chapter Summaries

Ross learned that Platinum Lead Ore was toxic and that his family’s ancestor had known about its dangers, then decided to expose the truth and confront those obstructing his plans. At the family palace, he asserted his authority by overpowering Shamrock and smashing his head into the floor.

• Sola explained that the Saint Gringu faction could exploit any test results about the Lead Bone Ornaments and that Ross’s family had known Platinum Lead Ore was toxic.
• Ross ordered Sola to announce that ancestral records confirmed the ore’s toxins could affect genes and future generations.
• Stella reported that Queen Maureen and the princesses were healthy, while the Lead Bone Ornaments contained weak toxins that posed little danger to ordinary people.
• Edith demanded to leave, but Ross silenced her with his presence and declared that he was the rule in the Holy Land.
• Shamrock challenged Ross, who seized him and smashed his head into the white jade floor.

Ross crushed Shamrock beneath his foot, then turned to Edith and Queen Maureen, forcing them to submit to his orders. The chapter ended with Ross making Maureen crawl while Edith crawled beside her.

• Ross broke many of Shamrock’s bones and ordered Stella to have him crawl out of the Jaygarcia estate.
• Ross confronted Edith, who insisted that killing lowborn people was their honor, and lifted her by the neck.
• Ross asked Queen Maureen whether Edith was lowborn, and Maureen agreed while pleading for mercy.
• Ross ordered Maureen to get down, then made her and Edith crawl as he stepped onto Maureen’s back.

Ross humiliated Maureen and three princesses, then sent them back to Perth as a warning that frightened the gathered rulers. In a hot spring, Ross explained that the spectacle would strengthen his plans, while Didi reflected on Alabasta’s vulnerability and Crocodile’s recent threat.

• Ross summoned Stella after abusing Maureen and the three princesses, then ordered her to wrap them up and return them to King Perth as they were.
• Perth broke down when the four women were delivered, while the gathered rulers grew more afraid of Ross.
• Saint Gringu was pleased that Ross’s actions would make the allied nations hesitate to unite and oppose him.
• Didi asked Ross whether the day’s events had damaged his plans, and Ross argued that witnessing Maureen’s fate would make the allied rulers too afraid to resist.
• Didi told Ross that Crocodile had recently tried to take control of Alabasta and that Zany had only barely driven him away.

Ross observed the Allied Nations’ kings negotiate with Otohime, who secured rapid peace agreements after they became afraid of opposing him. He explained how force and aligned interests could advance her ideals, leaving Otohime newly resolved to pair peacebuilding with military deterrence.

• Saint Ross attended the Allied Nations’ conference and told the kings they could speak freely, while he would settle issues they could not negotiate.
• Otohime hosted the meeting and advocated peace between races and nations, and the intimidated kings quickly accepted her proposals and settled their disputes.
• Ross left the conference with Otohime and discussed their bet about whether the kings’ attitudes would change.
• Otohime questioned how peace and equality could be achieved, and Ross explained that people weighed benefits and losses when choosing whether to cooperate.
• Ross described the Employment Association as a way to replace old nobles with powerful people whose interests aligned with reform.
• Otohime concluded that words alone could not achieve peace and that military deterrence was also necessary.

Stella told Ross that Dragon and the Revolutionary Army had attacked Drum Island, and Ross decided to lead a response after the Reverie announced the news. On the Reverie’s third day, Ross revealed the devastation to the assembled rulers with the Knights of God at his side.

• Nia admitted Stella, who reported that Dragon had planned a Revolutionary Army strike against a member kingdom, with Figarland possibly behind the move.
• Stella identified Drum Island as the target, and Ross refused to send Zany, saying he would lead the response himself after the Reverie announced the news.
• Ross attended the Reverie with Vanessa and the Knights of God, including the injured Shamrock.
• Ross told Ramen and the assembled rulers that the attack had nearly wiped out Drum Island’s royal family and nobles and taken over half its doctors and medical equipment.

At the Reverie, Wallyt reported that Dragon’s Revolutionary Army had devastated Drum Island, and Ross promised justice while asking Moi to identify the attackers. Moi revealed the captains’ identities and explained that Dragon had lost control of the Revolutionary Army to a mysterious leader tied to the Holy Land Incident.

• Wallyt told the kings that Dragon’s forces had killed Drum Island’s nobles and royal family, destroyed its factories and pharmaceutical plants, and taken away most of its doctors.
• Ross promised to protect Drum Island and asked Wallyt who had taken part in the attack.
• Wallyt described three captains, and Ross turned to Moi to identify them.
• Moi projected the captains’ faces and identified Ivankov as a Revolutionary Army founder and a powerful officer.
• Moi told King Sally that Dragon had abandoned the Revolutionary Army, lost his leadership position, and been replaced by a mysterious leader who helped plan the Holy Land Incident.

Moi briefed Ross and the Allied Nations’ kings on the Revolutionary Army’s split factions and Dragon’s officers, criticizing Dragon’s actions on Drum Island. Ross ordered bounties for the Revolutionary Army leaders, and Didi agreed to supply Drum Island’s reconstruction, leaving Wallyt grateful and the other kings envious.

• Moi explained that the Revolutionary Army had split between a cautious faction led by a mysterious leader and Dragon’s more aggressive faction.
• Moi identified Bartholomew Kuma and Ginny as Dragon’s officers and described their backgrounds and abilities.
• Moi condemned Dragon’s destruction of Drum Island’s factories and removal of its doctors, which threatened the island’s civilians with starvation.
• Ross ordered the Allied Nations to circulate portraits of three Revolutionary Army leaders and offer 500 million for information about their whereabouts.
• Ross said Drum Island needed supplies to rebuild, and Didi pledged that Alabasta would provide them.

Dragon and Shanks discussed the Revolutionary Army’s spies and Moi’s role in its division after Fegrandu’s message reached them. Dragon concluded that Moi was trying to take control of the army for Ross and asked Fegrandu to have her killed.

• Dragon said the Revolutionary Army would scatter and hide, while Shanks warned that the World Government could track them and might have spies inside their ranks.
• Dragon explained that he had suspected spies since Saint Jarlen’s attack and described how he had refused to rescue Moi because he feared a trap.
• Shanks condemned Dragon for abandoning Moi, but Dragon insisted he had prioritized the Revolutionary Army over one companion.
• Dragon said the Revolutionary Army had split between newer members loyal to him and older members who had distanced themselves, and he suspected Moi was its hidden leader.
• Dragon told Shanks to ask Fegrandu to kill Moi if the opportunity arose, and Shanks agreed to pass on the message.

After Moi was seriously injured by a Fish-Man, Ross went with Otohime to question the captured attacker, Fisher Tiger. Tiger condemned the Celestial Dragons, while Moi demanded to know why he had attacked her instead, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Stella told Ross that a Fish-Man had used the Mermaid Kingdom's identity to approach Sola's group and seriously injured Moi.
• Ross brought Otohime to meet Sola and Moi, and Otohime stayed with Moi until Stella had treated her.
• Otohime agreed to bring Moi to question the captured Fish-Man, whom Zephyr had pinned down.
• Otohime recognized the captive as Fisher Tiger, who accused her of joining forces with the Celestial Dragons.
• Tiger denounced the Celestial Dragons and mentioned their brutal murder of an allied nation's princess and queen.
• Moi challenged Tiger for attacking her instead of the Celestial Dragons, insisting that she was not one of them.

Fisher Tiger explained how he escaped captivity and why he attacked Moi, while Otohime and Ross questioned the gaps in his story. Ross and Sola suspected Moi was a clue to the people behind the incident, but Fisher Tiger’s inconsistent knowledge left open the possibility that someone had manipulated him.

• Fisher Tiger insulted Moi and claimed the Celestial Dragons planned to hunt down innocent Fish-Men, but Otohime used her enhanced Observation Haki to reveal that he had lied about infiltrating the Holy Land recently.
• Fisher Tiger admitted that he had escaped the Holy Land months earlier, been captured again because of his Celestial Dragon Hoofprint, and fled from a dungeon during the Reverie.
• Fisher Tiger described the tower of the family that had imprisoned him, and Ross and Sola discussed whether the Donquixote Family could be involved.
• Ross and Sola identified Moi as a clue, and Otohime asked Fisher Tiger why he had attacked her instead of Moi.
• Fisher Tiger said he had not known Otohime was in the Holy Land, while Moi pointed out that his knowledge seemed inconsistent and raised the possibility that someone had manipulated him.

Moi learned that Fisher Tiger had attacked her based on a rumor, while Ross identified the Revolutionary Army and the Figarland family as likely conspirators. After Fisher Tiger was killed, Ross took Moi to confront Figarland despite their lack of evidence.

• Otohime questioned Moi and Fisher Tiger, revealing that Fisher Tiger had acted on a false rumor that Moi was killing Fish-Men.
• Ross told Moi that the Figarland family and the Revolutionary Army were likely behind the attack, and Moi suspected Dragon was involved.
• Fisher Tiger was shot and killed, while Sola and the others continued on with Otohime.
• Moi warned Ross that they had no evidence, but Ross said Figarland would be held responsible and landed at the family's gates.

Ross confronted Saint Gringu at the Figarland estate, claiming he had come to spar after learning that Gringu had orchestrated the attack on Moi. Ross left Gringu battered in the estate’s ruins, and Gringu realized Ross’s strength might even surpass the ruler on the throne.

• Saint Gringu confronted Ross at the estate gate, suspecting Ross had discovered his role in the attack on Moi.
• Ross set Moi beside Gion and announced that he had come to spar with Saint Gringu.
• Saint Gringu drew his sword and attacked, but Ross stopped the strike with a single punch.
• Ross’s blow sent Saint Gringu through the estate gate, across the avenue, and into a palace nearly a thousand meters away.
• Saint Gringu struggled to recover amid the ruins and feared that Ross was stronger than even the ruler on the throne.

Ross left Fegrandu’s estate in ruins after defeating Saint Gringu, and Saint Nusjuro and Saint Maz sought guidance from the figure on the Empty Throne. That figure told them not to care about Ross’s bid to stand above the Five Elders, leaving the two elders to cautiously court Ross and lie low.

• Ross dismissed Saint Gringu after destroying the Fegrandu family estate, and Gion followed with Moi.
• Saint Nusjuro and Saint Maz discussed Saint Gringu’s surrender and whether Ross had reached a power beyond the known limits.
• Saint Nusjuro and Saint Maz went to the Flower Chamber and reported that they could not stop Ross from standing above the Five Elders.
• The figure on the Empty Throne told them, “No need to care,” and the two elders concluded they should avoid offending either that figure or Ross.

After Ross forced the Figarlands to apologize, he ordered Moi to lead an expedition against the Revolutionary Army and locate Dragon and his officers. Moi agreed while planning to secretly warn the Revolutionary Army, driven by her hatred of both Ross and Dragon.

• Moi questioned how easily the Figarlands had surrendered, and Ross explained that their family was weak without the World Government's support.
• Ross told Moi she could challenge anyone in the Holy Land and ordered her to lead an expedition against the Revolutionary Army, with Vanessa protecting her.
• Moi resisted the assignment, but Ross insisted she find Dragon and his three officers with help from Devil Fruit users and the Figarlands.
• After Ross left, Moi reflected that neither his rule nor Dragon's revolution would create a just world, and she resolved to continue opposing them.
• Moi contacted the Revolutionary Army to warn them about the expedition and the Figarlands' betrayal, anticipating that Dragon would abandon his comrades.

Ross sent Kaido to test whether destiny protected Luffy while Moi traveled with the Knights of God to hunt Dragon. After learning the Revolutionary Army had been exposed, Dragon arranged a four-way escape from the World Government.

• Ross sparred with Kaido and said Dragon would likely abandon his companions to save himself.
• Ross told Kaido to kill the pregnant woman in Foosha Village, and Kaido agreed to try before joining the Employment Association if he failed.
• Ross watched his Conqueror's Haki clash with a vast stellar river as he reflected on challenging the heavens.
• Dragon learned the Revolutionary Army had been exposed and decided to split his people into four groups to escape toward the New World.
• Ivankov, Bear, and Ginny urged Dragon to lead the withdrawal, and the Revolutionary Army members rallied for liberation.

After the Reverie ended, Scarlet reported the entertainment city's profits and proposed a pact that would align more than forty Allied Nations with Ross. Ross recognized that the pact was a way for royal families to pledge allegiance early in exchange for protection and future World Noble status.

• Scarlet reported that the entertainment city earned an average of ten billion Beli per day during the Reverie, and Ross explained that its broader purpose was to circulate wealth.
• Scarlet suggested opening entertainment cities around the world, while Ross described Sola's planned bank system for recording deposits and spending across Allied Nations.
• Scarlet told Ross that Dressrosa had signed a mutual assistance pact with more than forty nations, including Alabasta and the Mermaid Kingdom.
• Scarlet said the pact members would stand with Ross and that her royal family would move to the Red Line in exchange for becoming World Nobles.
• Ross understood Scarlet's plan to secure her family's future and learned that the Kingdom of Goa had also joined the pact and left its six-year-old princess in the Holy Land for Scarlet to care for.

Ross traveled to Moi’s ship after Vanessa reported that the Revolutionary Army had been captured one group at a time, with Dragon still missing. He confronted Bear and ordered the crew to release all forty-two prisoners, leaving them scrambling to obey.

• Vanessa told Ross that the group had captured Ivankov and Ginny and was closing in on Bear, but Dragon had disappeared.
• Ross declined to bring Otohime and teleported with Vanessa to Moi’s ship, where Moi welcomed him and recounted the pressure from the Knights of God.
• Ross spotted a merchant ship carrying Bear and the Revolutionary Army and went after it himself.
• Bear challenged Ross, but Ross’s Conqueror’s Haki forced him to the deck, and Ross sat on his back.
• Ross ordered the crew to bring out all forty-two prisoners within five minutes, and after one member collapsed under his Haki, the others rushed below deck.

Ross rescued the forty-two imprisoned doctors and let them return to Drum Island after they denounced the Revolutionary Army for the damage it had caused. The doctors shackled their captors as Bear lay unconscious, still alive.

• Ross appeared on deck, and the forty-two doctors celebrated his arrival as their savior.
• Revolutionary Army members argued with the doctors, who blamed them for burning and destroying Drum Island.
• A Revolutionary Army member tried to punch a doctor, but Ross stopped the blow with a curtain of water.
• The doctors knelt to thank Ross, and he told them they had done well.
• Ross ordered representatives to shackle the Revolutionary Army members and said his ship would take the doctors back to Drum Island.

Ross used Ginny to break Bear’s resistance and force him to agree to lure Dragon to him. Bear chose Ginny over the Revolutionary Army and the world, while Ivankov warned him that capturing Dragon would doom everyone.

• Moi, Ivankov, and Ginny arrived aboard the ship, where Ross held the Revolutionary Army members captive.
• Bear struggled when he saw Ginny and Ivankov, and Ross mocked him for caring more about Ginny.
• Ross humiliated Ginny in front of Bear while Vanessa kept Bear pinned down.
• Ross asked Bear to lure Dragon to him, and Bear hesitated because it would endanger others.
• When Ross threatened Ginny again, Bear agreed to lure Dragon if Ross spared her.
• Ivankov warned Bear not to betray Dragon, but Bear said Ginny mattered more to him than the world.

Ross forced Bear to call Dragon and ask him to save Ginny, offering to release the captives if Dragon came within seven days. Dragon weighed rescuing Bear and the others against reaching his pregnant wife, then chose to go to Foosha Village after learning she and their unborn child were in danger.

• Ross made Bear call Dragon and claim that Shamrock had captured them, while keeping Ross's presence secret.
• Bear told Dragon that Ginny and Ivankov had been violated and begged him to save them, then ended the call.
• Dragon considered whether the call was a trap and weighed rescuing Bear against his plans to reach his wife.
• A caller from Foosha Village told Dragon that his wife had fainted and their unborn child might be in danger.
• Dragon decided to go to Foosha Village and said he would avenge Bear and the others.