Chapter Summaries

Ronglin arrived above the Marineford battle and drew the attention of its strongest fighters with his intimidating aura. Akainu attacked him in midair, but Ronglin dodged the first strike and faced his next blow.

• The Sea King understood Ronglin’s words, sank beneath the waves, and Ronglin flew to a raised section of Aokiji’s ice field.
• Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out Marines and pirates, while Inazuma cleared a path for him toward the execution platform.
• Ronglin watched Luffy charge ahead, then leaped into the battlefield to make a dramatic entrance.
• Mihawk, Crocodile, Doflamingo, Boa Hancock, Sengoku, and Whitebeard noticed Ronglin’s arrival and powerful aura.
• Akainu launched a Hell Hound at Ronglin, who dodged it with Shave as Akainu followed with an Armament Haki punch.

Ronglin fought Akainu at Marineford and drew the battlefield’s attention before moving to aid Luffy. He shattered Akainu’s magma attack with Rokuougan, but the molten debris rained down on the fighters below.

• Ronglin repelled Akainu’s attack with a copied CP0 skill, then struck back with Finger Pistol, which Akainu caught and destroyed with Armament Haki.
• Whitebeard watched Ronglin fight Akainu while Luffy raced through the Revolutionary Army’s passage toward the execution platform.
• Garp descended from the sky, crushing the hopes of those who had rallied around Luffy.
• Ronglin rushed toward Luffy, but Akainu sent a massive wave of magma after him.
• Ronglin fired Rokuougan into the magma, tearing it apart and sending scorching molten rock raining onto the battlefield.

Ronglin fought Akainu and then faced Garp, whose Entanglement Haki and Love Fist pierced Ronglin’s defenses. As Luffy drew closer, Ronglin prepared to meet Garp’s attack with Iron Body.

• Ronglin shattered Akainu’s magma-blocked Six King Gun and dove toward Garp, firing a barrage of Finger Pistols.
• Garp countered Ronglin’s attack with a powerful Finger Pistol in the Entanglement Haki state, and Ronglin crushed the black energy between his hands.
• Ronglin released 297 layers of air waves and coated himself in dense Haki, startling Sengoku and the fighters watching from the battlefield.
• Garp saw Luffy approaching, charged Ronglin with Moonwalk, and pierced through his Haki layers with Love Fist.
• Ronglin laughed and used Iron Body as the Marines watched Garp’s attack in awe.

Ronglin battled Garp, enduring his attacks and then driving him down from the sky with a relentless Tempest Kick barrage. As Luffy rescued Ace, Sengoku transformed into his golden Buddha form and flew toward Ronglin, making him wonder why he had become Sengoku’s target.

• Garp struck Ronglin with a powerful punch that finally caused him slight pain.
• Ronglin counterattacked with Tempest Kick and Sky Dance, forcing Garp to defend as he was driven down from the sky.
• Marines, pirates, and Whitebeard watched in shock as Ronglin suppressed the legendary Garp.
• Luffy rescued Ace from the execution platform.
• Sengoku transformed into his golden Buddha form and flew toward Ronglin.

Ronglin fought Sengoku in the sky after Sengoku confronted him over killing Celestial Dragons. Ronglin used his time-and-space power to evade Sengoku’s devastating attack, and the battle remained unresolved amid the destruction of Marineford.

• Sengoku struck Ronglin with a shockwave, but Ronglin broke through it with Conqueror’s Haki and escaped using Moonwalk.
• Sengoku asked Ronglin whether he had destroyed CP0 and sunk the Celestial Dragons’ ship, then condemned him for killing a Celestial Dragon.
• Ronglin challenged Sengoku’s idea of justice and used his Heaven-Defying Eyes to identify a flaw in Sengoku’s attack, though he could not copy the Devil Fruit ability.
• Ronglin slowed time and stepped outside the range of Sengoku’s attack before diving toward him.
• Sengoku’s attack erupted with enough force to shake Marineford, collapse buildings, and crack the ground.
• Ronglin continued the fight by using Fire Style: Five Dragon Flames.

Ronglin's five giant dragons clashed with Sengoku's attack, allowing the Whitebeard Pirates to retreat, but Akainu provoked Ace into turning back. Ace attacked Akainu and was blasted away.

• Ronglin sent five giant dragons at Sengoku, whose counterattack unleashed shockwaves that killed or injured people across the battlefield.
• Whitebeard shielded the retreating pirates from the shockwaves and coughed up blood, while Ace urged him to leave the battle behind.
• Akainu taunted Whitebeard and insulted Ace, prompting Ace to charge at him in rage.
• Luffy tried to stop Ace, but Akainu attacked him with magma and Ace answered with Fire Fist.
• Akainu's attack overwhelmed Ace and blasted him backward.

Ronglin intervened when Akainu threatened Ace and Luffy, giving Whitebeard time to strike Akainu and help the brothers escape. As the Whitebeard Pirates retreated, Akainu wounded Whitebeard, who thanked Ronglin, but Ronglin warned that the mastermind behind the war had yet to appear.

• Ronglin rushed in to protect Ace and Luffy, blocked Akainu's magma attack, and was briefly driven back.
• Whitebeard struck Akainu and pinned him down, allowing Ace to carry the unconscious Luffy toward the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Ace nodded his thanks to Ronglin and fled with Luffy as the Whitebeard Pirates began retreating under Marine pursuit.
• Akainu rose and wounded Whitebeard, who counterattacked by driving Akainu into the ground.
• Whitebeard thanked Ronglin for helping rescue Ace and pledged the Whitebeard Pirates' support, while Ronglin warned that the war's mastermind had not appeared.

Ronglin exposed Blackbeard as the mastermind behind the war as Blackbeard arrived at Marine Headquarters with escaped Level Six prisoners. Amid the chaos, Aokiji attacked Blackbeard’s group, while Kizaru ambushed Ronglin and was struck by a counterattack.

• Ronglin accused Blackbeard of orchestrating the war, and Blackbeard admitted he had been discovered.
• Blackbeard revealed the Level Six criminals he had freed from Impel Down and declared he would overturn the world.
• Aokiji arrived and covered Blackbeard and his group with ice.
• Kizaru attacked Ronglin at the speed of light, but Ronglin defended with Iron Body and was sent flying.
• Kizaru felt pain from the rebound of his kick as a black shadow appeared behind him.

Whitebeard fought on despite his wounds so the Whitebeard Pirates could escape with Ace, then died after Kizaru and Akainu attacked him. With his final words, he declared that the One Piece was real and reignited the Great Pirate Era.

• Whitebeard's surprise attack on Kizaru failed, and Kizaru pierced Whitebeard with a beam of light.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew not to turn back and urged Ace to live and pursue his dreams; Ace, Marco, and the others bowed and left in tears.
• Akainu emerged from underground and attacked Whitebeard, while Kizaru shot Whitebeard from behind.
• Whitebeard lost his remaining strength, proclaimed that the One Piece was real, and died as Sengoku and the Whitebeard Pirates reacted in grief.

After Whitebeard died, Blackbeard rushed to claim the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Ronglin tried to take Whitebeard’s body first. Ronglin slowed Akainu, Kizaru, and Teach with his time-based power and escaped their attacks, then faced Burgess’s assault.

• Ace ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to take back Whitebeard’s body, while Marco silently agreed.
• Blackbeard and Burgess rushed toward Whitebeard after his death, hoping to obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Ronglin attacked the six experts around Whitebeard with Finger Pistol: Infinite Barrage and seized Whitebeard’s body.
• Akainu, Kizaru, and Teach attacked Ronglin, but Ronglin’s time-based ability slowed them and let him retreat with the body.
• Burgess leaped at Ronglin with an Armament Haki-covered fist, and Ronglin began forming hand seals while holding Whitebeard.

Ronglin seized Whitebeard’s body, repelled Burgess, and held off Sengoku and Garp before Blackbeard pursued him. Blackbeard struck Marco and engulfed Ronglin, Ace, and Whitebeard with his Dark-Dark Fruit, but realized he had not obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

• Ronglin burned Burgess with a pillar of fire, then clashed with Garp’s shockwave as he stopped Sengoku and Garp from pursuing him.
• Blackbeard caught up to Ronglin, but Marco arrived in blue flames to block his path.
• Blackbeard’s Black Energy nullified Marco’s Devil Fruit ability, and he punched Marco away.
• Ace arrived and took Whitebeard’s body from Ronglin as Ronglin faced Blackbeard.
• Blackbeard charged through Ronglin’s Tempest Kick, then used his Dark-Dark Fruit to engulf Ronglin, Ace, and Whitebeard.
• Blackbeard laughed that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was his, then realized he had absorbed nothing and looked toward the black energy.

Ronglin helped Ace escape Blackbeard, then discovered that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had reincarnated inside his box and was now in his possession. Blackbeard retreated while Sengoku and Garp pursued him, and the Whitebeard Pirates fled under Marine attack.

• Ronglin broke Blackbeard's attack and helped Ace escape as Blackbeard searched for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Blackbeard's ally urged him to retreat, and he fled under Sengoku and Garp's pursuit.
• Marco thanked Ronglin, identified him as a friend, and returned to the Whitebeard Pirates with Ace and Whitebeard's body.
• Ronglin opened his box and found that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had reincarnated in one of the ordinary fruits inside it.
• Blackbeard's crew spotted the two Devil Fruits in Ronglin's hands, but Ronglin hid them before Blackbeard could see them clearly.

Ronglin secured two Devil Fruits and tried to escape the dangerous battlefield, but Doflamingo confronted him. After Ronglin exposed his knowledge of Dressrosa and threatened him, Doflamingo attacked, and Ronglin cut through his strings before flying away with Moonwalk.

• Blackbeard blocked Garp's attack and decided to retreat with his crew, while Ronglin put away the Devil Fruits and prepared to flee.
• Doflamingo approached Ronglin, but Ronglin evaded him with Shave and warned him to stop advancing.
• Ronglin revealed that he knew about King Riku, Kyros, and Sugar, then fired a warning shot that cut Doflamingo's hair.
• Doflamingo attacked Ronglin with strings, but Ronglin severed them with a Haki-coated Crescent Air Blade.
• Ronglin used Moonwalk to fly rapidly into the sky.

A week after the Summit War, Ronglin read about the changes it had caused and worried that his interference with history had made Luffy disappear. While waiting at Shakky's bar for Rayleigh to return and coat his ship, he learned that Shakky suspected him of looting the Celestial Dragons' base and destroying Doflamingo's Sabaody headquarters.

• Doflamingo seethed after Ronglin threatened to overturn the Celestial Dragons' world, while the Summit War ended with Ace rescued, Whitebeard dead, and the Blackbeard Pirates escaping.
• Ronglin read about the war's aftermath and wondered whether his changes to history had caused Straw Hat Kid Luffy to disappear.
• Ronglin waited at Shakky's bar on the Sabaody Archipelago for Rayleigh to return so he could get his ship coated for the journey to Fish-Man Island.
• Shakky told Ronglin that the Celestial Dragons' base had been looted and Doflamingo's business headquarters destroyed, revealing that she suspected him despite his careful secrecy.

Ronglin learned that people had connected him to the Celestial Dragons’ ransacked residence, while Rayleigh warned him that several powerful groups wanted the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Ronglin rejected their demands, and Rayleigh offered to coat his ship as Ronglin considered recruiting subordinates to give the Devil Fruits to.

• Shakky explained that Ronglin’s investigation of the Celestial Dragons’ residence and his appearance in the slums had made people suspect he robbed them, but she agreed not to report him.
• Rayleigh returned to Sabaody and told Ronglin that Straw Hat Kid had left the Whitebeard Pirates after waking, while Rayleigh had returned after seeing Ace and Straw Hat Kid survive Marine Headquarters.
• Rayleigh warned Ronglin that pirates and others were seeking the Devil Fruit he had revealed at Marine Headquarters, including Kaido, Doflamingo, and the Celestial Dragons.
• Ronglin refused to give up the Tremor-Tremor Fruit or join Kaido, and he vowed to visit Dressrosa and confront Doflamingo.
• Rayleigh offered to coat Ronglin’s ship, and Ronglin asked whether he should recruit subordinates and give one of them a Devil Fruit.

Ronglin rejected the idea of casually giving away the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and went looking for allies, but Admiral Kizaru confronted him under orders from the Celestial Dragons. Ronglin ended their exchange by declaring that he intended to uncover the Void Century and make its truth public.

• Rayleigh warned Ronglin not to entrust the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to the wrong person, and Ronglin admitted he no longer wanted it.
• Rayleigh agreed to coat Ronglin's ship, while Ronglin went out to search for people willing to join him.
• Kizaru confronted Ronglin and explained that the Celestial Dragons had ordered his capture.
• Ronglin asked Kizaru about the Void Century, and Kizaru visibly paled.
• Ronglin told Kizaru he intended to uncover the truth of history and make it public.

Ronglin and Kizaru fought with attacks powerful enough to devastate the island. Ronglin blasted Kizaru apart with his newly developed shockwave, but Kizaru reassembled and survived, leaving their fight to continue.

• Kizaru decided he could not let Ronglin leave and attacked him with golden light.
• Ronglin evaded Kizaru's Yata Mirror beams using Kami-e and struck back with a Haki-infused shockwave.
• Ronglin's attack blasted Kizaru apart and devastated the surrounding area.
• Kizaru reassembled after using Haki to reduce the attack's force.
• Ronglin regretted failing to kill Kizaru and challenged him to fight again.

After Kizaru abruptly fled their fight, Rayleigh confronted Ronglin over the danger his battle had caused on Sabaody Archipelago. Their argument over responsibility, the Celestial Dragons, and the truth of history left them at odds.

• Kizaru transformed into light and escaped after Ronglin pursued him.
• Ronglin discovered Rayleigh had been watching and heard him criticize the damage and danger caused by the fight.
• Ronglin argued that Kizaru had chosen to fight there, while Rayleigh said the admiral had left to protect the island’s people.
• Rayleigh told Ronglin that his reckless nature would keep him from understanding the true history, even if he reached Laugh Tale.
• Ronglin challenged Rayleigh’s judgment and questioned what he and the Roger Pirates had done for the world besides starting the Great Pirate Era.

Ronglin left Shakky and Rayleigh’s island after Rayleigh finished coating his ship, then became lost in the deep sea on his way to Fish-Man Island. As enormous sea creatures closed in on his boat, he faced the danger of being eaten.

• Ronglin challenged Rayleigh’s claims about righteousness, and Rayleigh left after suggesting they discuss it if Ronglin reached Laugh Tale.
• Ronglin found the streets deserted and returned to Shakky’s bar, where a clerk directed him to his completed ship.
• Rayleigh warned Ronglin to proceed cautiously, and Ronglin set sail while telling Rayleigh he had taken his words to heart.
• Rayleigh and Shakky watched Ronglin disappear beneath the sea, and Rayleigh said he hoped Ronglin would reach Laugh Tale.
• Ronglin realized he was lost in the dark deep sea without a navigator, then spotted the eyes of a huge creature moving toward his boat.

Ronglin was stranded in the deep sea until Hyozou and the New Fish-Man Pirates captured him and steered his boat toward Fish-Man Island. He pretended to submit, planning to settle the score once they arrived, and awoke as the boat entered a bright, clear stream.

• A Sea King swallowed a deep-sea monster near Ronglin's boat, and Ronglin lamented that he was lost on the way to Fish-Man Island.
• Ronglin reflected on his carelessness and decided to take the dangers of the Pirate World more seriously.
• Hyozou and dozens of fish-men boarded Ronglin's boat and demanded to know who he was and whether anyone else was aboard.
• Ronglin claimed the others had been eaten by sea monsters and offered his treasure, so Hyozou ordered the fish-men to bind him and take him to Fish-Man Island.
• Ronglin let the fish-men guide the boat while secretly planning to retaliate, and the boat later entered a clear, bright stream.