Chapter Summaries

Ross learned that Dragon had returned to Foosha Village and sent Kaido there to test the forces surrounding destiny. Kaido attacked the village, and Dragon rose to stop him as the chapter ended.

• Ross received word from Spandine that Dragon had been spotted in Foosha Village, confirming that Dragon had abandoned Bear and the others.
• Moi condemned Dragon as a coward who cared more about surviving to see a revolution than taking responsibility.
• Ross explained that Luffy was the first child chosen by the Nika Fruit and that another child could take his place if Luffy died.
• Ross revealed that his Conqueror's Haki could reach a mysterious place and resist the descent of Nika's destiny.
• Kaido plunged toward Foosha Village and hurled his lightning-wreathed Hassaikai at it, while Dragon flew up to intercept him.

Kaido attacked Foosha Village while searching for a woman identified by Ross, forcing Dragon and Crocus to try to protect her from his devastating strikes. As Kaido unleashed countless bolts of lightning over the village, a deep cry sounded from the nearby sea.

• Dragon charged Kaido to stop him from striking Foosha Village, while Crocus appeared and blocked the Hassaikai with Armament Haki.
• Kaido recognized Crocus, dismissed Dragon's challenge, and searched the village for the woman Ross had named as his target.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon and blasted toward Foosha Village, but Dragon split the attack and then rushed to save his wife.
• Crocus returned to Dragon's house to help protect one person as Kaido filled the sky with lightning aimed at the village.
• A deep, drawn-out cry came from the sea as Kaido's lightning descended.

Kaido abandoned his attack after the Giant Island Whale and Laboon intervened, while Dragon escaped with his family and Crocus. Ross confronted Bear, Ginny, and Ivankov about Dragon’s failure to rescue them, and Moi revealed how her hatred of Dragon and Ross had shaped her.

• The Giant Island Whale disrupted Kaido’s lightning attack, and Kaido recognized Laboon beside it before withdrawing.
• Ross recounted how Kaido had repeatedly attacked near Foosha Village and how Dragon eventually escaped with his wife and Crocus inside an island whale.
• Ivankov argued that Dragon might have had other priorities, but Moi challenged him over why Dragon had been in the East Blue at all.
• Ivankov fell silent, while Bear and Ginny remained downcast as Moi questioned them.
• Moi reflected on her own abuse by Ross and admitted that she hated Dragon and Ross and wanted others to suffer as she had.

Ginny and Bear tried to bargain with Ross to save each other and Ivankov, but Ross agreed to release only Bear in exchange for Ginny. After Ginny accepted, Ross offered her another choice: cooperate with him to earn Bear a small boat, or let Bear leave with only a life ring.

• Ginny offered herself to Ross in exchange for Bear and Ivankov, and Bear offered to become Ross's test subject to save Ginny.
• Ross rejected Bear's offer and agreed to trade Bear's freedom for Ginny, while ordering Ivankov taken to the dungeon for public execution on Drum Island.
• Ginny accepted the deal, and Ross touched her while Bear watched in distress.
• Ross offered Ginny a choice between cooperating with him to earn Bear a small wooden boat or letting Bear leave with only a life ring.

Ginny traded herself to Ross so Bear could escape, and Bear left by boat after promising to survive. Meanwhile, Shanks encountered Saint Gringu at a secret passage to the New World and resolved to lie low until he could bring about Nika’s destiny.

• Ginny accepted Ross's terms, endured his abuse, and secured a small boat for Bear.
• Bear left Ginny behind after she urged him to survive, while Moi warned him to stay away from Dragon.
• Shanks approached the secret Red Line passage and found Saint Gringu blocking the way.
• Saint Gringu warned Shanks to preserve himself and revealed that he had surrendered to the Holy Land's plans.
• Shanks accepted that he had to lie low for now but remained determined to make Nika's destiny descend.

Ten days after the doctors returned to Drum Island and Alabasta sent aid, Ginny challenged Moi over Ross’s popularity and the Revolutionary Army’s methods. The chapter ended with Ivankov executed as Dragon failed to come, leaving Ginny questioning what their struggle had achieved.

• The kidnapped doctors returned to Drum Island, and Alabasta delivered supplies and workers to aid its reconstruction.
• Ginny watched Ross celebrated by the people while Moi explained that Drum Island depended on its factories and outside aid to survive.
• Ginny insisted that people could live freely by fishing, and Moi challenged her to test how many could safely fish in the Grand Line.
• Moi condemned Ivankov for following Dragon, while Ginny struggled to defend the Revolutionary Army after Dragon failed to rescue them or attend the execution.
• Ivankov was beheaded as the crowd cheered, and Ginny watched in silence with tears in her eyes.

Ross took control of Drum Island and invited Hiruluk and Dr. Kureha to help establish a medical school there as part of a worldwide education system. He planned to create Ross University on the Red Line, while Kaido agreed to help the Employment Association after failing to find Dragon and the island whales.

• Ross discussed Kaido's failed search for Dragon and the island whales, then told Kaido to help the Employment Association for now.
• Wallyt brought Hiruluk and Dr. Kureha to meet Ross and explained their medical reputations.
• Ross proposed creating an Intermediate Medical School of the World Government in the Drum District to improve medical standards worldwide.
• Dr. Kureha asked about advanced medical education, and Ross announced plans for Ross University and its School of Medicine on the Red Line.
• Ross considered how the institutions would strengthen his rule and declared that the world needed only one dictator: him.

Ross chose Hiruluk to lead the Intermediate Medical School and described a future in which mass-trained doctors could make healthcare available across the world. Kaido was shocked by Ross’s ability to inspire people to devote themselves willingly, and understood the power behind his rule.

• Dr. Kureha questioned whether Ross would protect doctors sent to the Red Line, but Ross said their treatment depended on who broke his rules first.
• Ross named Hiruluk president of the Intermediate Medical School and offered Dr. Kureha the vice presidency, while Stella would lead Ross University School of Medicine.
• Ross explained that Hiruluk could train many doctors and spread medical care throughout the world, even if he could not cure every disease himself.
• Hiruluk knelt and tearfully promised to help bring Ross’s vision of a glorious age to the world.
• Kaido recalled Ross’s work in the Land of Wano and realized that Ross could inspire people to serve him willingly.

Ross ordered Ginny and Moi to compensate and apologize to the people harmed in a Sea King incident, impressing Hiruluk and Dr. Kureha while Kaido recognized the strategy behind Ross’s rule. After Spandine reported Dragon’s location on Karuro Island, Kaido set out with Moria and Linlin to pursue him.

• Ross told Wallyt to have Ginny and Moi handle the Sea King incident themselves, offering to lend them money for compensation.
• Kaido admired Ross’s combination of kindness and authority, while Hiruluk and Dr. Kureha left impressed by Ross’s plans for a medical university.
• Spandine reported that Dragon had been found on Karuro Island in East Blue.
• Kaido decided to go after Dragon with Moria and Linlin and asked Ross for the intelligence department’s contact information.

Ross oversaw the growth of the World Government, his family, and Ross University while Stella reported that researchers had developed a medicine for Lead Bone Disease. The chapter ended with Ross offering preferential treatment to Trafalgar Law’s family and learning that Law planned to train as a doctor.

• Ross’s rule brought stability, expanded the NEW Marines, and increased Marine pay under Sakazuki.
• Ross spent time with Shirahoshi and his other children, while Conia and Rouge were expecting children.
• Ross University opened near the Holy Land with eight majors, with Zephyr and Sola managing much of its work.
• Stella told Ross that Doctor Trafalgar, Law, and Dr. Kureha had helped develop a specific medicine for Lead Bone Disease.
• Ross offered Doctor Trafalgar preferential treatment at Ross University, and Stella explained Law’s plans to study medicine and train at Drum Island.

Ross ordered Kaido to return and serve as a test subject for Sola’s Bloodline Factor research, then prepared to purge the 1.31 million prisoners at Impel Down for experience. Two days later, he arrived there with Vanessa and was welcomed by Sakazuki and the guards.

• Ross told Stella to summon Kaido for Sola’s experiments, and Kaido reluctantly returned to serve as a test subject.
• Ross assigned Gion to oversee the experiments and learned that Sakazuki had prepared Impel Down for a purge.
• Ross decided to visit Impel Down in two days with Vanessa, leaving everyone else behind.
• Vanessa transported Ross to Impel Down, where Sakazuki and the guards saluted and welcomed him.

Ross praised Sakazuki’s growth and told him he might one day join the Five Elders. At Impel Down, Ross displayed his power by summoning enough seawater to flood the prison in minutes, leaving Sakazuki struck by the gap between their strength.

• Ross praised Sakazuki’s improved strength and credited his progress to battle and Ross’s guidance.
• Ross told Sakazuki to keep working hard and suggested he could earn a seat among the Five Elders.
• Ross and Sakazuki went to Impel Down, where Sakazuki explained that Fegrandu’s guards had withdrawn that morning.
• Ross transformed, summoned the sea, and flooded Impel Down in less than three minutes.
• Sakazuki recognized the vast difference between his strength and Ross’s power.

As prisoners drowned in Impel Down, Ross gained enough strength to reach SS-plus and expanded the prison’s island with help from Sakazuki. He decided against sacrificing his world to reach SSS-class and planned to use it as a base for exploring other worlds.

• Ross’s strength reached SS-class as prisoners died in the seawater flooding Impel Down.
• Ross used the Sea God Halberd to drive the seawater back and create a hundred-meter-wide gap around the island.
• Sakazuki poured magma into the gap while Ross cooled it into rock, beginning the expansion of Impel Down.
• Ross’s strength reached SS-plus, and the system said he needed the World Heart to advance to SSS-class.
• Ross sensed the world’s core and boundaries, rejected sacrificing his world, and considered using it to explore and devour other worlds.

Ross transformed Impel Down, then took Imu’s place as the World Government’s supreme ruler. He summoned the Five Elders and his trusted followers to the Flower Chamber as he prepared to settle matters in the pirate world and pursue a way to transcend SS-class.

• Ross and Sakazuki expanded Impel Down over three days, and Ross killed the surviving A-Class fighters before leaving with Vanessa.
• Ross confronted Imu in the Flower Chamber and told him to step down from the throne.
• Imu agreed to move into the Nairona Family’s tower, but Ross rejected his plans to eliminate the other families and arrange a marriage to Vanessa.
• Imu left the Flower Chamber, leaving Ross in sole control of the World Government’s seat of authority.
• Three days later, Ross summoned the Five Elders and his trusted followers, and the Five Elders found him seated on the Flower Chamber’s throne.

Ross consolidated his rule in the Room of Flowers, where the Five Elders and his trusted allies pledged allegiance and heard his plans for reorganizing the World Government. Saint Maz volunteered to leave the Five Elders in two years in exchange for a ministerial or university post, and Ross agreed.

• Saint Gringu, Saint Maz, Saint Nusjuro, and Saint Saturn knelt before Ross, accepting his authority.
• Ross’s trusted allies arrived at the Room of Flowers, and he announced personnel changes at the Reverie in two years.
• Saint Gringu enthusiastically offered to serve Ross, prompting Ross to leave future personnel changes dependent on performance.
• After Saint Gringu and the other outsiders left, Ross said the Five Elders would become Warrior Gods with authority beneath him, and that candidates would no longer be limited by family or Celestial Dragon status.
• Saint Maz offered to relinquish his seat among the Five Elders for a ministerial post or a dean position at Ross University, and Ross granted his request.

Ross traveled as a soul to Hueco Mundo, the world of Hollows, to seek the core of a world created by an SSS-class powerhouse. He discovered Tier Harribel fighting a weaker Arrancar and suspected that Aizen was secretly interfering.

• Ross decided to enter the world created by an SSS-class powerhouse and communicated with his World Origin to send his soul there.
• Ross arrived in Hueco Mundo and recalled its realms, spirit-based powers, and Hollow hierarchy while searching for the current point in its timeline.
• Ross sensed a fight twenty kilometers away and recognized someone nearby as possibly Aizen.
• Ross reached the battlefield and identified the blonde Vasto Lorde as Tier Harribel, whose attacks had repeatedly been diverted by an unseen ability.

Ross appeared in Hueco Mundo, agreed to help Harribel in exchange for Sun-Sun’s service, and killed the Arrancar who had nearly defeated her. Aizen recognized Ross as the powerful Hollow he had been searching for.

• Ross introduced himself to Apache, Sun-Sun, and Mira as a passing Hollow and warned them that Harribel was losing her battle.
• Sun-Sun offered to serve Ross in exchange for his help, and Ross accepted before heading to the battlefield.
• Ross caught the Shark Arrancar’s blade, endured his attack, and split him in two with a single strike.
• Ichimaru Gin commented on Ross’s strength, and Aizen identified him as the Hollow they had been looking for.

Ross introduced himself to Aizen as a self-made Arrancar and demonstrated that Aizen’s hypnosis and speed could not affect or match him. He left Aizen with a warning about the Soul King and Zero Division, while Aizen resolved to catch up to Ross.

• Harribel questioned Ross’s identity as Aizen and Tosen Kaname emerged from hiding, and Ross introduced himself as Jaygarcia Ross, a Vastod Hollow who had completed his own Arrancar transformation.
• Ross exposed Aizen’s disguise and revealed that he had never fallen under Aizen’s hypnosis; Aizen realized he could not sense Ross’s Spiritual Pressure.
• Ross outpaced Aizen’s Flash Step and touched his shoulder, showing that his speed surpassed Aizen’s understanding of Sonido.
• Ross left to collect his spoils and warned Aizen that he was far weaker than Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and Zero Division.
• Aizen recognized that Ross knew about his plans for the Soul King Palace and resolved to become strong enough to earn Ross’s respect.

Ross examined a failed Arrancar to learn how Hollow evolution worked, then realized his own devil power might offer another way to transform Harribel and her companions. He created six custom fruits with the World Origin and left the group wondering what they were.

• Harribel asked Ross why he had her carry the severed Arrancar corpse, and Ross explained how Hollows became Arrancar.
• Harribel inferred that Aizen had tried to recruit her through a scheme and said she wanted to understand Arrancarization.
• Ross compared the corpse’s Spirit Particles with Sun-Sun’s and found that the defective Arrancar contained a trace of Shinigami power.
• Harribel suggested Ross might share the power in his own body, prompting Ross to consider whether devil power could transform Hollows instead.
• Ross communicated with the World Origin and produced six custom fruits, which Apache asked about.

Ross began testing whether a Hollow could evolve into an Arrancar by using a Zoan Fruit on a captured Adjuchas. He secured Harribel's loyalty by promising a future beneath sunlight, then watched as the first experiment began.

• Mira, Apache, and Sun-Sun agreed to capture an Adjuchas and a Gillian for Ross's tests, then set out to hunt.
• Ross invited Harribel to become his subordinate and promised to help her and the others live beneath sunlight.
• Harribel accepted Ross's offer, knelt before him, and pledged to become his blade.
• Mira, Apache, and Sun-Sun returned with a dying Adjuchas, while Sun-Sun claimed credit for the capture.
• Ross put an ordinary Zoan Fruit into the Adjuchas's mouth, and its body began to change.