Chapter Summaries

Ronglin and Kaido traded powerful Haki attacks, and Ronglin managed to wound Kaido. The chapter left Kaido enraged and charging at Ronglin with a punch.

• Ronglin blasted Kaido's flagship with a Haki shockwave, and Kaido blocked the attack while the ship buckled under the pressure.
• Ronglin dodged Kaido's grab and struck the back of his head, making Kaido feel pain.
• Kaido trapped Ronglin in a sweeping curtain of light, but Ronglin broke through it with a powerful burst of Armament Haki.
• Ronglin's slash cut Kaido's arms and drew blood, startling Kaido.
• Kaido roared in fury, leaped into the air, and punched toward Ronglin.

Ronglin devastated the Beasts Pirates’ fleet while fighting Kaido, then overpowered him in close combat by smashing his head across the deck. Kaido recovered and continued searching for Ronglin as the battle went on.

• Ronglin dodged Kaido’s attacks and maneuvered them into destroying the flagship and injuring the Beasts Pirates’ own crew.
• Ronglin unleashed a blast that shattered Kaido’s flagship and sent huge waves crashing into the surrounding ships, pushing the Starry away.
• Ronglin used Haki: Starfall to bombard the Beasts Pirates’ fleet with meteor-like beams, sinking numerous warships.
• Ronglin seized Kaido by the horn and dragged his head across the deck, but Kaido blasted him away and leapt back into the fight.
• Ronglin taunted Kaido while moving rapidly around him, and Kaido used Observation Haki to search for his position.

Ronglin used the Time-Time Technique to slow Kaido’s attack and strike him, scattering the Beasts Pirates’ fleet and leaving its crew terrified. Kaido emerged battered but seemingly uninjured and charged again, interrupting Ronglin as he began a fire technique.

• Kaido attacked Ronglin, who blocked his claw and knocked it aside with a burst of light.
• Ronglin used the Time-Time Technique to delay Kaido’s movement and land a powerful punch to his abdomen.
• Ronglin released the technique, sending Kaido crashing through several warships and throwing the Beasts Pirates into chaos.
• Smoky considered attacking the scattered fleet, but Shiryu warned that interfering in Ronglin’s fight would be dangerous.
• Kaido emerged from the wreckage apparently uninjured and charged Ronglin again.
• Ronglin began preparing a Fire Release technique, but a dark, steel-like shadow struck him and sent him flying.

Kaido and Ronglin fought in the sky, with Kaido’s overwhelming strength failing to keep pace with Ronglin’s speed. Ronglin left Kaido reeling after striking his abdomen and slapping him across the face.

• Kaido used afterimages to catch Ronglin off guard and send him crashing through a warship’s mast.
• Ronglin unleashed his aura, and Kaido pushed through the air pressure with a barrage of punches.
• Ronglin dodged Kaido’s massive punch and struck him in the abdomen, making Kaido cry out in pain.
• Kaido tried to track Ronglin with Observation Haki, but Ronglin’s rainbow-like movements kept him out of reach.
• Ronglin evaded Kaido’s all-out punch, rushed along his arm, and slapped him across the face.

Ronglin overwhelmed Kaido with a rapid assault, then unleashed Jade Void Flame as Kaido demanded a direct fight. Their powers collided while the surrounding Beasts Pirates were burned or boiled alive, and the crew of the Starry began retreating.

• Ronglin battered Kaido with repeated punches, breaking several of his ribs as Kaido struggled to fight back.
• Kaido abandoned his defense and blasted Ronglin away with a powerful burst of air, then challenged him to face him head-on.
• Ronglin halted his backward momentum and formed the Sage Mode: Jade Void Flame, engulfing Kaido in intense heat.
• Kaido fired a massive cyan beam from his hands against Ronglin's sea of flames.
• The Beasts Pirates around the battlefield burned to ash or died in the boiling sea, while Smoky ordered everyone on the Starry to retreat.

Ronglin overwhelmed Kaido with a devastating sea of fire, forcing him to flee underwater while Ronglin destroyed the remaining Beasts Pirates ships. Afterward, Ronglin became lost at sea and was separated from the Starry.

• Shiryu watched Ronglin's attack engulf the sea in flames and realized Ronglin's strength far exceeded what he had imagined.
• Kaido escaped the fire badly burned, saw that most of his warships had been destroyed, and ordered his crew to flee by submarine.
• Ronglin detected Kaido's escape with Observation Haki but abandoned the pursuit because he lacked the means to fight underwater.
• Ronglin sank the remaining Beasts Pirates warships and discovered that Shiryu and Smoky had fled aboard the Starry.
• Ronglin searched for the Starry for hours, lost his bearings at sea, and ended up drifting alone.

Ronglin searched for a way back to the Ashil Kingdom and found a pirate fleet anchored near an island. After learning the Blackbeard Pirates were fighting a Star Alliance fleet, he knocked out most of the pirates with his Conqueror’s Haki and forced the survivors to take him to the battle.

• Ronglin searched the sea with Observation Haki and spotted an island with a fleet anchored in a bay.
• The pirates mistook Ronglin for a spy and told him that Blackbeard had encountered a Star Alliance fleet and started fighting.
• Ronglin unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, incapacitating most of the pirates and frightening the survivors.
• Ronglin ordered the remaining pirates to take him to the battle, and they raised the sails and set out under his control.

Ronglin searched for Blackbeard and Burgess, then encountered a massive Star Alliance fleet led by Absalom. The fleet recognized Ronglin as Alliance Leader, and he questioned Absalom about its commander, ships, and origins.

• Ronglin destroyed the Blackbeard Pirates’ anchored warships with a flaming dragon and forced the surviving hijacked pirates to obey him.
• Ronglin sailed to the place where Blackbeard and Burgess had fought, but found the sea empty and changed course for the Lodun Islands.
• Ronglin encountered Star Alliance patrol ships, which fled beneath the sea when he pursued them.
• A fleet of more than three hundred standard warships surrounded Ronglin’s ship, and its crew began recognizing him.
• Absalom leaped aboard Ronglin’s ship, greeted him as Alliance Leader, and prompted Ronglin to ask where Moria was and where the fleet came from.

Ronglin learned that Jazz had led the Star Alliance to crush Blackbeard’s forces while searching for him after his clash with Kaido. After returning to Ashil Kingdom, Ronglin found that Jazz had been accepted as his likely successor and heard that Caesar had violently dealt with someone who challenged Jazz’s authority.

• Absalom explained to Ronglin how Shiryu lost contact with him and requested reinforcements while holding Chaton and Bony-Sen aboard the Starry.
• Jazz mobilized the Star Alliance’s fleets and forces, which encircled Blackbeard’s fleet and routed it after successive attacks led by Jazz, Drake, Capone, and Hawkins.
• Jazz sent Drake, Capone, and Gecko Moria toward Kaido’s territory, dispatched Fujitora and Momousagi to meet the Starry, and went with Burgess to search for Ronglin.
• Absalom explained that Jazz had sent him to gather allied forces and defend Ashil Kingdom, where Ronglin was mistakenly surrounded as a suspected threat.
• Ronglin praised Jazz, returned to Ashil Kingdom with Absalom, and learned that the alliance had accepted Jazz’s leadership in his absence.
• Absalom told Ronglin that Caesar had captured and turned into a living specimen someone who urged Caesar to replace Jazz as Alliance Leader.

Ronglin recalled the Star Alliance’s forces and convened its largest senior commanders’ meeting after capturing Bony-Sen and Chaton. The alliance’s strength stunned the surrounding powers, and the story left the World Government facing Ronglin’s challenge as the Four Emperors Alliance gathered elsewhere.

• Ronglin ordered the Star Alliance’s factions to resume their duties and prepared to face Mary Geoise before dealing with Blackbeard.
• Fujitora and Momousagi reported that they had defeated CP0 rescue attempts, while Garp withdrew his Marines after seeing the Star Alliance’s fleets.
• Ronglin sent Capone and Gecko Moria to escort the returning forces, and Momousagi drove away Navy envoys who urged restraint.
• Ronglin summoned the alliance’s senior commanders, the Charlotte Family, the Vinsmoke Family, and other allies to the Ashil Kingdom for a major meeting.
• The Star Alliance’s growing power and Ronglin’s capture of a Celestial Dragon shocked the world, while Garp’s retreat made the Navy appear unwilling to confront the alliance.
• Another explosive meeting began elsewhere as the Four Emperors Alliance gathered.

Blackbeard met Kaido on a tiny island and offered to return the Poneglyph he had taken from Crocodile in exchange for an alliance against Ronglin and the Star Alliance. Kaido listened as Blackbeard blamed Ronglin for manipulating their factions, and the chapter ended with Blackbeard proposing that their combined Four Emperor-level forces destroy the Star Alliance.

• Kaido and Blackbeard gathered their forces on a small deserted island, both weakened by recent clashes with the Star Alliance.
• Blackbeard revealed the Poneglyph he had taken from Crocodile and offered to return it to Kaido.
• Blackbeard accused Ronglin of using schemes to turn pirates against one another and argued that the Star Alliance was driving pirates toward extinction.
• Kaido considered Blackbeard’s claims but asked what he proposed to do.
• Blackbeard offered to join forces with Kaido, claiming their combined power could destroy the Star Alliance.

Blackbeard pushed Kaido to consider joining forces against the Star Alliance, but news of the Navy and Five Elders wiping out the Fire Fist Ace Alliance transformed their disagreement into an urgent call for unity. Blackbeard declared that he and Kaido had to ally and fight rather than face their enemies separately.

• Kaido admitted that fighting the Star Alliance would mean risking their lives, while Blackbeard argued that joining forces was their only chance to survive.
• Blackbeard mocked Kaido for fearing Ronglin, provoking Kaido and angering his subordinates.
• A messenger arrived and reported that the Navy's three Admirals and the Five Elders had defeated the Fire Fist Ace Alliance after a day and night of fighting.
• The messenger said the Whitebeard Remnants and Red-Haired Pirates were wiped out, and that Shanks and Buggy died after trying to help Ace escape.
• Blackbeard urged Kaido to form an alliance and fight both the World Government and the Star Alliance.

After learning that the Navy and World Government had nearly destroyed Fire Fist Ace’s forces at enormous cost, Ronglin reassessed the Star Alliance’s strategy and concluded that war with the World Government was approaching. He asked his commanders to stand with him or leave before the fighting began.

• An intelligence officer reported that only six of the Navy’s twenty warships and one of the World Government’s fifty had returned, while the three Admirals were injured and the Five Elders survived.
• Ronglin said the Star Alliance needed to change its plans because the Navy had freed itself to continue its campaign against pirates.
• Kaido warned Ronglin that capturing a Celestial Dragon and a Navy Vice Admiral had made the Star Alliance a likely target of the World Government.
• Ronglin told the commanders that he had planned to attack Kaido before eventually waging war on the World Government, but now expected the World Government to strike first.
• Ronglin asked his core commanders to remain loyal and offered those afraid of the coming war the chance to leave the Star Alliance.

Ronglin warned the Star Alliance that the World Government intended to destroy it and offered his followers the freedom to leave. One by one, his allies pledged their loyalty, while Fujitora and Momousagi were left to make their choice.

• Jazz, Momousagi, Fujitora, and other subordinates stood to show they would face the crisis with Ronglin.
• Ronglin explained that the Star Alliance had disrupted the New World's balance and that the World Government now had the strength to wage a fight to the death against it.
• Ronglin told anyone who wanted to leave that he would not stop them.
• Jinbe pledged the Fish-Man race's loyalty, followed by Caesar, Old Cai, Chinjao, Trafalgar Law, and other allies.
• Cracker declared that the Charlotte Family would shield Ronglin from the World Government.
• Ronglin asked Fujitora and Momousagi to choose for themselves, and Fujitora reflected on the Star Alliance's impact on suffering kingdoms.

Fujitora saw the Star Alliance’s achievements and chose to remain with it, while Momousagi reaffirmed her place beside Jazz. Ronglin told Jazz to forge his own path, then announced that the Star Alliance would shift its main objective to opposing the World Government.

• Fujitora inspected Star Alliance nations with Hawkins and saw citizens gradually escaping hardship, convincing him that the alliance could fulfill his ambitions.
• Ronglin asked Fujitora to choose, and Fujitora declared that he would stay and fight anyone who threatened his livelihood.
• Momousagi said she intended to remain with the Star Alliance and continue protecting Jazz, whom Ronglin had raised to lead the alliance in the future.
• Jazz promised to stand by Ronglin, who told Momousagi to guide Jazz and then said he would let Jazz walk his own path without further support.
• Ronglin announced that opposing the World Government would become the Star Alliance’s foremost objective, and the alliance resumed its meeting to revise its plans.

At a Star Alliance meeting, Ronglin learned that the Blackbeard Pirates and Beasts Pirates had joined forces and were heading to Wano Country. He revealed their alliance with Wano Country’s Great General and suspected Kozuki Oden had already been killed, leaving the Star Alliance facing another powerful enemy.

• An intelligence officer reported that the Blackbeard Pirates and Beasts Pirates had allied, mobilized their full forces, and were likely heading to Wano Country.
• Ronglin realized Kaido planned to help Wano Country’s Great General kill Kozuki Oden and seize power.
• Ronglin explained that he had previously tried to disrupt Kaido and the Great General’s alliance by sending Fujitora and Momousagi to Wano Country.
• Jinbe suggested exposing the Great General’s conspiracy, but Ronglin said it was probably too late because Kozuki Oden had likely already been assassinated.
• Wally concealed that he had known about Kaido’s plan and worried Ronglin might blame him for keeping it secret.

Ronglin addressed the threat of the World Government, the Marines, and Kaido’s pirate alliance attacking the Star Alliance together. He ordered Judge to command the Four Blues’ armies to block reinforcements from entering the Grand Line and tasked Jinbe with guarding the Calm Belt.

• Jinbe warned that the Star Alliance would struggle to fight the World Government and Kaido’s grand alliance on two fronts.
• Ronglin pointed out that the Marines could also join the attack, leaving the Star Alliance facing three enemies.
• Ronglin ordered Judge to gather the allied nations’ forces across the Four Blues and block troops and envoys from entering the Grand Line.
• Judge asked how they would stop reinforcements from crossing the Calm Belt or being escorted by powerful fighters.
• Ronglin ordered Jinbe to send five hundred fish-man warriors to patrol the Calm Belt and overturn any enemy ships they found.

Ronglin ordered the Star Alliance to prepare for a world-scale war, then shifted the subordinate nations’ role from supplying the alliance to pressuring countries allied with the World Government. He committed the Star Alliance to uncompromising attacks on Kaido’s and Blackbeard’s territories, leaving the story with the Lodun Islands exposed and Ronglin declaring that Blackbeard would not be allowed to recover.

• Ronglin ordered Jinbe to mobilize Star Alliance member nations and stockpile wartime supplies, but Jinbe warned that the countries were not ready to bear that burden.
• Ronglin instead ordered the subordinate nations to pressure countries supporting the World Government and prevent it from deploying too many troops.
• Ronglin sent Katakuri, Cracker, and Capone to attack Kaido’s territory without retreating, and assigned Moria and the First Fleet to strike from the flank.
• Ronglin ordered Drake and Old Cai to lead the Third Fleet and the Eight Treasures Navy into Blackbeard’s territory, while Drake warned that the Lodun Islands would be left undefended.
• Ronglin said the Lodun Islands could be taken and vowed to prevent Blackbeard from making a comeback.

Ronglin announced that the Star Alliance would abandon the Lodun Islands and withdraw from Whole Cake Island to launch a campaign against Blackbeard and Kaido. He planned to lead the elite Second Fleet himself, leaving Hawkins to wonder whether his troops could stand against the Navy.

• Jazz urged Ronglin to send Fujitora to defend the Lodun Islands, but Ronglin assigned Fujitora to accompany Drake on a raid against Blackbeard's headquarters.
• Hawkins proposed splitting the Second Fleet to defend the Lodun Islands, but Ronglin said the entire fleet would join the campaign.
• Ronglin dismissed concerns about leaving Whole Cake Island exposed and said he would deal with anyone who seized Star Alliance territory after defeating Blackbeard and Kaido.
• Ronglin outlined a plan to divide the Star Alliance into three forces, raid both pirate groups' bases, and ambush them when they returned to defend their homes.
• Hawkins asked whether Ronglin would personally lead the Second Fleet, and he reflected on the unit's discipline and combat readiness.

Ronglin mobilized the Star Alliance’s forces and sent them openly toward Blackbeard and Kaido’s territories, intending to strike their alliance at Zou. The enormous fleet’s departure revealed the Star Alliance’s strength to the New World.

• Ronglin announced that he would lead the Second Fleet to Zou and attack Blackbeard and Kaido’s alliance by targeting the Poneglyph there.
• Crocodile and Trafalgar Law realized how Ronglin could use the Poneglyph to anger Kaido, then Crocodile was shocked when Ronglin revealed the plan openly.
• Ronglin assigned commanders and elite troops to the expedition, while Jazz’s Phantom Group boarded the newly built warship Nebula with Momousagi guarding Jazz.
• Six days after the meeting, Ronglin watched the Star Alliance’s fleets depart Ashil Kingdom with more than seventy thousand troops.
• Ronglin’s forces split into two routes and sailed openly toward Blackbeard and Kaido’s territories, stunning the New World with the scale of the mobilization.