Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhi tried to escape Rosen’s Hyōrinmaru, but Ice Flowers kept blooming across his body wherever he fled, draining his strength. Accepting that he was already doomed, he resolved to face Rosen and take him down with him.

• Wang Zhi used Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki to shatter the Ice Flowers, but they immediately regrew and multiplied.
• Wang Zhi teleported farther from Rosen, first across Hachinosu and then out to sea, only to find the surrounding waters frozen within Hyōrinmaru’s reach.
• Wang Zhi unleashed his full Haki to destroy the Ice Flowers, but their freezing energy and his injuries left him exhausted as dozens bloomed again.
• Wang Zhi realized that escaping would not change his certain death and decided to stop fleeing and drag Rosen down with him.

Rosen killed Wang Zhi by freezing him inside a hundred-flower ice pillar, wiping out the Wang Zhi Pirates on Hachinosu Island. The live broadcast showed the Marines that Rosen had defeated the Four Emperor crew without suffering an injury.

• Ochoku returned to Hachinosu Island and launched a final attack on Rosen, despite the ice flowers spreading across his body.
• Rosen stood still as Ochoku’s blade neared his chest, and the ice flowers rapidly covered Ochoku again.
• The hundredth ice flower sealed Wang Zhi inside a pillar, and Rosen sensed his aura disappear.
• The remaining Wang Zhi Pirates were frozen, leaving no one alive on Hachinosu Island besides Rosen.
• The live broadcast showed Wang Zhi’s black blade lose its Haki, and the Marines at Marieford understood that he and his crew had been defeated.
• The Marines saw that Rosen had wiped out the crew without being injured or appearing exhausted.

Borsalino, Sengoku, Zefa, and the others watched footage of Rosen defeating the Wang Zhi Pirates and recognized the scale of his strength. On Hachinosu, Rosen showed that Wang Zhi’s final strike had only left a speck of dust on his Justice Coat, then wiped it away.

• Borsalino realized Rosen’s ice and fire Zanpakutō could devastate vast areas, while Sengoku reflected that Rosen had single-handedly destroyed a Four Emperor’s crew and no longer needed his support.
• Zefa understood that Rosen had defeated Wang Zhi to help him leave twenty years of regret behind, and Gion and Tokikake resolved to become Admirals so they could keep up with Rosen.
• Hina told Smoker he could boast about having challenged Rosen, and Smoker reconsidered his old defeat as an enduring story.
• On Hachinosu, Rosen pinched Wang Zhi’s sword between two fingers and saw that his body and Justice Coat had resisted the Four Emperor’s dying strike.
• Rosen wiped away the tiny speck Wang Zhi’s blade had left on his coat and remarked that the entire crew had only managed to dirty it.

After defeating the Wang Zhi Pirates, Rosen measured his strength against the Four Emperors and witnessed Toshiro Hitsugaya complete Great Crimson Ice Ring in a vision. The vision gave Rosen a new exclusive skill: the complete Bankai, Great Crimson Ice Ring.

• Rosen judged that only Whitebeard and his crew in their prime might be able to fight him after he overwhelmed Ochoku and the Wang Zhi Pirates.
• Rosen compared the Four Emperors, concluding that peak Kaido and Whitebeard would pose greater challenges than Ochoku or Big Mom.
• Rosen's vision shifted from frozen Hachinosu Island to the ruined Soul Society, where he saw Toshiro Hitsugaya facing the final shattering ice flower of his Bankai.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya's last ice flower broke, and his body matured as he released the complete Great Crimson Ice Ring.
• Rosen's Heaven-Defying Comprehension granted him the exclusive skill Great Crimson Ice Ring, which could freeze all things and completely freeze elements within four steps of his blade.

After defeating the Wang Zhi Pirates, Rosen took Wang Zhi’s frozen head as Zefa’s birthday gift and left Hachinosu Island, where all the ice and everything it had frozen shattered. Marines gathered at Navy School to await Rosen’s return, and he emerged from a Black Hole above Marine Headquarters carrying the head.

• Rosen comprehended the complete Bankai skill Great Crimson Ice Ring during the battle against the Wang Zhi Pirates.
• Rosen removed Wang Zhi’s frozen head from the Hundred Flowers Ice Pillar to give to Zefa, then entered a Black Hole with it.
• After Rosen left Hachinosu Island, the frozen island, its inhabitants, and the pirate corpses shattered into ice fragments, leaving the Wang Zhi Pirates destroyed.
• Marines, including Sengoku, Borsalino, and Kuzan, gathered at Navy School and watched the live broadcast as they waited for Rosen’s return.
• Rosen opened a Black Hole above Marine Headquarters and descended into view carrying a block of ice containing Ochoku’s frozen head.

Rosen returned to Marine Headquarters after killing Wang Zhi and discussed his plan for fighting the Great Pirate Era with Kuzan. Kuzan recognized Rosen as the future Fleet Admiral and pledged to join his battles against the Four Emperors.

• Rosen arrived at Marine Headquarters carrying Wang Zhi’s head and found Kuzan and other senior Marines gathered at Military Academy Square.
• Rosen praised Kuzan’s years of protecting Paradise and explained that their different approaches came from differing ideas of justice.
• Kuzan asked how Rosen planned to calm the Great Pirate Era, and Rosen described a strategy using Tesoro’s gold, Judge Vinsmoke’s Battle Suits, and Sky Eye surveillance.
• Rosen said the North Blue model would be expanded across the other Four Seas, Paradise, and the New World.
• Kuzan asked Rosen to call him when he next fought the Four Emperors, addressed him as Fleet Admiral Rosen, and bowed to him.

Rosen returned to Marine Headquarters, agreed to Kuzan’s request, and discovered that Zefa’s illness had worsened. On Zefa’s birthday, Rosen gave him Ochoku’s head, bringing his teacher relief and joy.

• Rosen agreed to Kuzan’s request after Kuzan bowed before him.
• Rosen used Observation Haki to learn that Zefa’s injuries had worsened and that he needed regular medication.
• Rosen greeted Zefa and reassured him that he had returned safely from Hachinosu.
• Rosen gave Zefa Ochoku’s frozen head as a birthday gift.
• Zefa accepted the gift and cried with joy and pride.

After Ochoku’s death, Rosen showed Zefa the memory of his wife and son’s murder, including his young son’s defiant courage. Zefa left to visit their graves, while Rosen reunited with Gion and Tokikake and prepared to heal him.

• Zefa thanked Rosen and left with Ochoku’s head to visit his wife and child’s graves.
• Rosen used Observation Haki to show Zefa the memory of Ochoku killing his family and his son standing up to him.
• Zefa wept, then thanked Rosen and continued on his way.
• Rosen told Sengoku, Borsalino, and Kuzan that Zefa’s son had roared at one of the Four Emperors.
• Rosen reunited with Gion and Tokikake, and Gion indicated that she wanted to serve beside him as an admiral.

After approving Gion’s enlistment, Rosen celebrated her and Tokikake’s graduation by giving them admiral Justice Coats. The ceremony ended, and Rosen moved into a villa in Marieford, where he finally rested after his exhausting return from Hachinosu Island.

• Rosen approved Gion’s enlistment, welcomed her back, and congratulated her and Tokikake on graduating.
• Rosen gave Gion and Tokikake Navy Admiral Justice Coats and encouraged them to become Admirals.
• Kuzan and Borsalino discussed Rosen’s plans for his own Three Admirals, while Sengoku took them and Tensei to his office to discuss an important matter.
• After the graduation ceremony ended, Zefa took Ochoku’s head to the Marine cemetery, and the graduates said their farewells.
• Rosen took commemorative photos with Gion, Tokikake, Smoker, Hina, and others, then moved into a furnished villa in Marieford and rested.

After Rosen destroyed the Wang Zhi Pirates, Gion brought him to Marine Headquarters for a highest-level meeting attended by Marine leaders and the Five Elders. Sengoku revealed that the meeting would consider promoting Rosen to Navy Admiral and holding an Admiral Investiture Ceremony.

• Gion told Rosen that Sengoku had summoned him to a meeting attended by every Headquarters vice admiral and above.
• Rosen and Gion went to the Marine Headquarters Building, where two vice admirals admitted them to the meeting room.
• Rosen found Sengoku, the Admirals, other Marine leaders, Sakazuki and Garp joining remotely, and the Five Elders on a video call.
• Sengoku told Rosen that the meeting's two proposals concerned granting him the rank of Navy Admiral and holding an Admiral Investiture Ceremony.

Sengoku made the case for promoting Rosen to Navy Admiral, citing his military victories, reforms, and popularity across the Four Seas. The Five Elders stayed silent as Marine Headquarters prepared to vote, accepting the promotion as a way to repair their relationship with the Marines.

• Sengoku listed Rosen’s achievements in seven months, including reforming the Four Seas, subduing two Shichibukai, and killing a Four Emperor.
• Sengoku argued that Rosen’s strength, administrative record, and prestige made him worthy of the rank of Navy Admiral.
• Sengoku called for a vote and asked the high-ranking Marines to raise their hands if they opposed Rosen’s promotion.
• Garp, Sakazuki, Borsalino, Kuzan, Tensei, Tsuru, and Zefa showed no support for opposing the promotion.
• The Five Elders remained silent, recognizing that opposing Rosen’s promotion could deepen the rift between the World Government and Marine Headquarters.

Marine Headquarters unanimously supported Rosen’s promotion to Navy Admiral, and Sengoku proposed giving him the taboo codename Death God. The Five Elders confronted Sengoku over his apparent willingness to defy the World Government.

• Sengoku called for a vote on Rosen’s promotion, and Borsalino, Kuzan, Sakazuki, Zefa, Tsuru, Garp, and Tianzheng all raised their hands in support.
• The Five Elders waited for Sengoku’s vote, which could veto the promotion, while hoping he would prioritize the Government as he had during the Ohara incident.
• Sengoku asked the meeting what they thought of using Death God as Rosen’s Admiral codename, alarming Rosen and the other Marines because the word violated a Celestial Dragon taboo.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn rebuked Sengoku for his proposal as the Five Elders turned against him and the conference room grew tense.

Sengoku argued that the Navy needed a god to preserve its many forms of justice and urged Rosen to become its Death God, while the Five Elders tried to forbid the title and contain the Zefa incident. Rosen left their terms unanswered and sensed a storm rising over Mary Geoise, where a terrifying howl suddenly rang out.

• Sengoku told the Five Elders that the Navy and the world needed a god who could oversee its forms of justice and end the Great Pirate Era, and he staked his Fleet Admiral position and reputation on Rosen.
• The Five Elders rejected the idea of a Navy god, but Garp supported Sengoku and Rosen accepted Death God as an Admiral code name.
• The Five Elders warned Rosen not to challenge the World Government and offered concessions, provided he abandoned the Death God title and settled the Zefa incident.
• Rosen looked toward Mary Geoise and said the wind was rising, though the weather over Marine Headquarters was calm.
• Borsalino realized Rosen was watching Mary Geoise, where a hurricane-like roar suddenly echoed through the holy land and reached the Five Elders in the Power Hall.

During a high-level Marine meeting, Rosen spoke three short phrases that appeared to change the weather over Mary Geoise from hundreds of miles away. As the storm gathered, the Five Elders saw mysterious, terrifying eyes beyond the clouds, and Rosen announced that snow fell.

• The Five Elders noticed fierce winds rise over Mary Geoise after Rosen said, "The wind rose," but dismissed the change as coincidence.
• Rosen said, "Thunder rolled," and thunder shook Mary Geoise, startling the Five Elders and Marines listening through the video call.
• Zefa, Garp, Sakazuki, Borsalino, Kuzan, and Tianzheng realized Rosen was affecting the weather over the Holy Land from Marine Headquarters.
• Saint Warcury called the others to the window, where Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, Saint Saturn, and Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro saw pale, chilling eyes beyond the storm clouds.
• Rosen said, "Snow fell."

Rosen summoned an enormous Ice Dragon above Mary Geoise, freezing the Holy Land and confronting the Five Elders. As Marine Headquarters’ leaders watched, Saint Peter demanded to know whether Rosen meant to challenge the World Government, and they waited for his answer.

• Rosen declared that it was snowing, and freezing weather spread across Mary Geoise, leaving the Celestial Dragons vulnerable to the cold.
• Saint Nusjuro drew the First Generation Onigashima and slashed through the clouds and snow, revealing a colossal Ice Dragon above the Red Line.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn recognized the dragon as far larger than the one that had frozen Hachinosu and realized its destruction could entomb Mary Geoise in ice.
• Saint Topman Warcury stopped Saint Nusjuro from attacking the dragon, warning that his strike might unleash the freezing air gathered inside it.
• Saint Peter demanded that Rosen explain whether the Ice Dragon was a demonstration or a declaration of war against the World Government.
• Marine Headquarters’ senior officers watched Rosen without intervening, waiting for his response.

Rosen warned the Five Elders that Hyōrinmaru could freeze Mary Geoise for a century and demanded that the Marines control their own affairs. The Five Elders silently weighed whether to oppose Rosen or stand with him, leaving the fate of the Marines and World Government undecided.

• Rosen explained that Hyōrinmaru could command the sky, make it snow over Mary Geoise for a hundred years, or lower its temperature below two hundred degrees Celsius.
• The Five Elders realized that forcing a conflict over Rosen’s Death God codename could devastate Mary Geoise and undermine their goal of ending the Great Pirate Era.
• Rosen reminded the Five Elders of their role in the Ochoku incident and said Zefa’s family’s deaths were not their doing, then warned that the Marines alone would decide their affairs.
• Rosen used Observation Haki to speak directly into the Five Elders’ minds and demanded that they choose whether to stand with him or against him.
• The Five Elders silently considered whether to fight Rosen and reclaim Marine Headquarters or ally with him and let the Marines become independent.

The Five Elders backed down and agreed to stand with Rosen, allowing Marine Headquarters to declare independence from the World Government and recognize him as Shinigami Admiral. The meeting then turned to Sengoku’s confrontation with the Five Elders and his reasons for supporting Rosen, leaving the Marines to reflect on the hidden truth behind Zefa’s family’s murder.

• Saint Warcury said the Five Elders would stand by the Marines and accept Rosen as Shinigami Admiral, but insisted the matter of Zefa end there.
• The Five Elders disconnected from the meeting after conceding, and Sengoku and Kuzan reacted with shock at Marine Headquarters becoming independent.
• Sakazuki guessed that Rosen had challenged the Four Emperors Crew to prepare for independence, and Rosen confirmed he had also wanted to assess their strength and his own.
• Garp and Tsuru praised Sengoku for supposedly anticipating Rosen’s plan, but Sengoku admitted he had not known Rosen’s intentions.
• Sengoku explained that he had used Shinigami as Rosen’s admiral title because confronting the Five Elders was all he could do over Zefa’s family and the Elders’ crimes.

Rosen explained that he had seized Marine Headquarters to hold the Five Elders accountable and secure the Marines’ independence. The senior Marines accepted his leadership, leaving Rosen in control of Headquarters and free to pursue the Fleet Admiral position on his own terms.

• Sengoku praised Rosen for outmaneuvering the Five Elders and taking Marine Headquarters, while Garp envied Zefa for having such an outstanding student.
• Zefa felt guilty that Rosen had taken on the burden of avenging his family, but Rosen reassured him that he had acted for himself as well.
• Rosen told the Marines that positions had to be fought for and that Marine Headquarters was now independent of the World Government.
• Rosen declared that Marines could uphold their own forms of justice without Government coercion, moving Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Borsalino with the prospect of serving freely.

After the Marines became independent, Tensei warned the leadership that they could lose funding, intelligence, prison access, technology, and control of the news. Rosen revealed that Gild Tesoro would fund the Marines, and the chapter ended with Garp delighted at the prospect of having money for rice crackers.

• Garp and Tsuru celebrated the chance for the Marines to uphold purer justice after becoming independent.
• Tensei listed the support and resources the Marines could lose without the World Government.
• Rosen had Gion show the leadership a video call with Gild Tesoro, who announced that he would raise the annual Marine budget to more than two trillion Berries.
• Gild Tesoro told Sengoku that his daily net profit had grown to at least five Gol D. Rogers.
• Garp apologized to Tesoro and joked that he could now buy two bags of rice crackers, eat one, and throw one away.

Rosen reassured Marine Headquarters that independence would not leave it without funding, intelligence, prisons, or scientific support. The meeting ended with the senior Marines seeing how his plans could replace the World Government’s systems and strengthen the Navy.

• Rosen said Gild Tesoro’s wealth had settled Marine Headquarters’ funding concerns.
• Stussy introduced herself as a CP0 agent and explained that she had given Rosen the World Government’s CIPHER POL training and intelligence-network plans so the Marines could build their own system.
• Gild Tesoro promised to fund Impel Down as well as Marine Headquarters, boasting that his business would soon expand across Paradise.
• Rosen said Impel Down would remain supported and outlined plans to expand the North Blue Science Unit under Vinsmoke Judge.
• Rosen said Judge’s support would advance the Skynet Surveillance System, Battle Suits, and Marine medical system, impressing the senior Marines and showing Sakazuki and Kuzan how far he surpassed them.