Chapter Summaries

Ronglin killed Agula and the Fourth Fleet's commander after they challenged him, then forced the surviving Pirate Alliance commander to talk. He learned the man's identity and asked why three fleet commanders had gathered in an insignificant kingdom despite reports that CP0 had crushed the Alliance's leadership.

• The black rain of light dispersed after Agula died, ending the surrounding chaos and negative mental effects.
• Ronglin killed the Fourth Fleet's commander after the man threatened him and attacked.
• The surviving commander agreed to sit and talk, and Ronglin asked him to identify himself.
• The man introduced himself as Wally Anderson, Commander-in-Chief of the Pirate Alliance's Fifth Fleet.
• Ronglin asked Wally why three Pirate Alliance fleet commanders were together in the kingdom when CP0 had reportedly crushed the Alliance's leadership.

Wally told Ronglin that Agula betrayed the Pirate Alliance to pursue power and possessed the Alliance’s key, which was tied to Kaido’s research into strengthening the human body. Ronglin learned that Kaido had already targeted him after Captain Jack attacked Jinbe, and the chapter ended with Ronglin realizing he had become involved in the conflict.

• Wally explained that CP0 and the Navy ambushed the Pirate Alliance at Erebus Island after poison weakened its forces, then Agula’s Third Fleet attacked the survivors.
• Wally said the Alliance believed Agula planned to use the Ashil Kingdom and CP0’s support to become king, but Agula intended to build power by controlling influential people with the Spirit-Spirit Fruit.
• Wally revealed that the Pirate Alliance’s key was in Agula’s hands, prompting Ronglin to press him for details.
• Wally disclosed that Kaido was researching ways to break human limits and that Agula planned to join forces with him using research materials on the Ashil Royal Family’s mutated forest beasts.
• Wally told Ronglin that Kaido had already pursued him, since Captain Jack had attacked Jinbe after the Erebus Island incident.

Ronglin questioned Wally about Agula and the Pirate Alliance’s secrets, then killed Agula’s corpse and left the ruined city with Jinbe. As they walked through the aftermath of the black rain, Ronglin regretted not stopping Agula sooner.

• Wally explained that Agula had known a method for breaking human limits and that the Pirate Alliance had wanted to obtain it.
• Ronglin learned Wally’s theory that Agula planned to use the Blood Letter to recruit followers and flee after news of Ronglin killing Bony-Sen spread.
• Wally revealed that Agula had held the alliance’s “key,” and Ronglin admitted he had killed him before learning its importance.
• Ronglin told Wally to blame Agula for the Fourth Fleet Commander-in-Chief’s death and claim the commander had died fighting for the key.
• Ronglin incinerated Agula’s corpse and left with Jinbe, then regretted allowing Agula to unleash the black rain that devastated the city.

After the Ashil Capital disaster, Caesar redirected the survivors’ gratitude toward Ronglin, crediting him with fighting to save them. Ronglin and Caesar urged the crowd to stop kneeling and help the injured, leaving them focused on rescuing their fellow countrymen.

• Ronglin and Jinbe hurried toward the outskirts while survivors gathered around Caesar to thank him for stopping their fights and saving them.
• Caesar spotted Ronglin and told the crowd that his Boss had inspired him to help, then named Ronglin the real hero who ended the tragedy.
• The survivors began kneeling before Ronglin, who gently told them they were all friends.
• Ronglin signaled Caesar to handle the overwhelming show of gratitude, and Caesar urged the crowd to prioritize rescuing injured people.
• The survivors rose and agreed to help their fellow countrymen.

Ronglin organized rescue efforts in Ashil after the capital was destroyed, then heard a group of battered figures ask to join him. Jinbe urged Ronglin to take responsibility for Ashil and provide the strong, conscientious rule needed to prevent another tragedy.

• Ronglin ordered Caesar to guide the rescue and treatment of Ashil’s wounded, and the crowd began clearing rubble and helping survivors.
• Ronglin told the remaining figures that the Pirate Alliance’s mission concerned Human Body Limit Enhancement, then dismissed their questions about his conflicts with the Alliance and Kaido.
• Bilida and more than a dozen others asked to join Ronglin, and he warned them that serving him would limit their freedom.
• Jinbe compared Ronglin’s potential rule to Whitebeard’s protection of Fish-Man Island and argued that Ashil needed a conscientious leader to end its cycle of suffering.
• Ronglin acknowledged Jinbe’s words and joked that the usually reserved Jinbe had proved more persuasive than Caesar.

Ronglin demanded that the bandits who remained in Ashil follow his rules and declared the ruined country under his protection. Several notorious fighters joined him, while the others left, and Ronglin learned that most of their subordinates ashore had been killed.

• Ronglin asked the bandits to submit to him and accept his rule against killing innocent people.
• Ronglin rejected a bandit who insisted on living by plunder and declared that Ashil was under his control.
• Bilida, Anrield, and several others pledged to follow Ronglin, while the remaining pirates departed.
• Ronglin told the departing pirates to spread word that Ashil was under his protection.
• Ronglin asked Bilida where their subordinates were, and Bilida said nearly everyone who had come ashore had been killed.

Ronglin put his new followers to work guiding the rampaging beasts back to the Primordial Forest, then confronted Crocodile, who demanded information about the Poneglyphs. Ronglin revealed that two of the four road Poneglyphs were held by Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, leaving Crocodile asking how he had learned this.

• Ronglin ordered his followers to work with Jinbe to guide the beasts back into the Primordial Forest and entrusted Jinbe with supervising them.
• Jinbe handed Ronglin a box containing three Devil Fruits, and Ronglin found a fourth hidden beneath its false bottom.
• Ronglin confronted Crocodile, who accused him of using him to help seize the country and demanded to know where the Poneglyphs were and how to decipher them.
• Ronglin told Crocodile that four Poneglyphs marked the route to Laugh Tale and that Kaido and Charlotte Linlin each held one.
• Crocodile withdrew his sandstorm and asked Ronglin how he had learned that information.

Ronglin failed to recruit Crocodile, then restored the Ashil Kingdom’s royal family and continued toward Laugh Tale with Jinbe, Caesar, and Jazz. He left the kingdom as his first base while the Pirate Alliance and Kaido turned their attention toward him.

• Ronglin told Crocodile he planned to defeat Kaido and invited him to join the journey to Laugh Tale, but Crocodile refused and left with Mr. 1.
• The Ashil Kingdom was devastated, and news spread that Ronglin had conquered it and humiliated the Pirate Alliance.
• More than three months later, Ronglin returned authority to the surviving Ashil Royal Family and organized recruits to guard the kingdom as his base.
• Ronglin declined Bilida and the others’ requests to travel with him, then set off in a small boat with Jinbe, Caesar, and Jazz.
• Ronglin encouraged Caesar to research artificial Devil Fruits while Jazz trained his Haki, and he reflected on the powerful enemies he had made.

Ronglin told Jinbe he was delaying a fight with the Four Emperors until he could better protect his crew. When a ship approached, Ronglin identified its occupants as Revolutionary Army members Koala and Sabo and asked what they wanted.

• Ronglin explained that he had no clear next destination and would follow the Log Pose while avoiding a premature war with the Four Emperors.
• Ronglin sensed powerful fighters aboard an approaching ship and told Jinbe to sail past it.
• The other ship changed course and approached Ronglin and Jinbe, and Koala called out to them.
• Ronglin recognized Koala as a Revolutionary Army instructor and exposed her attempt to conceal the group's identity.
• Sabo introduced himself as the Revolutionary Army's Chief of Staff, and Ronglin recognized him and asked why he was traveling with a large entourage.

Ronglin questioned Sabo about the Revolutionary Army’s intelligence and its failure to intervene in crises, while Sabo explained the group’s plans and invited him to join. Ronglin rejected the offer and remained wary that the Navy might be tracking him.

• Sabo asked how Ronglin knew the Revolutionary Army officers’ identities, and Ronglin deflected by asking about Sabo’s recovered memories and the Battle of Marineford.
• Ronglin criticized the Revolutionary Army for gathering intelligence without rescuing people, and Sabo explained that Ronglin’s interventions had disrupted their plans for Dressrosa and the Ashil Kingdom.
• Ronglin realized the Navy might have been watching him in Ashil, but Sabo said the Navy was unlikely to act while Akainu and Aokiji prepared to duel for Fleet Admiral.
• Sabo praised Ronglin’s actions as beneficial to ordinary people and invited him to join the Revolutionary Army.
• Ronglin laughed at Sabo’s claim that he had noble motives and rejected the invitation.

Sabo tried to recruit Ronglin into the Revolutionary Army, but Ronglin refused and insisted he planned to fight Kaido and pursue his own ambitions. Sabo then sought an alliance by pointing out Fish-Man Island’s troubles, prompting Ronglin to declare the island under his protection.

• Ronglin rejected Sabo’s offer to join the Revolutionary Army, claiming he acted only for himself and planned to fight Kaido.
• Koala and the Revolutionary Army members laughed at Ronglin’s claim that his tiny crew would take on Kaido.
• Sabo accepted Ronglin’s refusal and proposed that they build a friendship so they could help each other when needed.
• Sabo brought up Fish-Man Island’s troubles and linked them to Jinbe, and Ronglin declared Fish-Man Island under his protection.

Ronglin learned that Charlotte Linlin had tried to take over Fish-Man Island and that the Revolutionary Army had helped defend it. Koala then urged Jinbe to persuade Ronglin to join the Revolutionary Army’s cause.

• Sabo told Ronglin that Pekoms had demanded Fish-Man Island surrender to Charlotte Linlin, but King Neptune had refused and placed the island under Ronglin’s protection.
• Sabo explained that Revolutionary Army officers had driven back Pekoms and his crew, while Ronglin suspected their intervention was intended to win his trust.
• Sabo warned that a Four Sweet Commander might be sent to Fish-Man Island if the BIGMOM Pirates attacked again.
• Ronglin thanked the Revolutionary Army for helping Fish-Man Island and promised to repay them, but he remained unmoved by their efforts to recruit him.
• Koala reunited with Jinbe and told him that his rescue had inspired her to join the Revolutionary Army.
• Koala asked Jinbe whether Ronglin should be encouraged to fulfill his potential.

After rejecting the Revolutionary Army’s offer of an alliance, Ronglin explained that he wanted freedom to build his own faction and expand through the New World. He decided to approach Charlotte Linlin on Whole Cake Island, offering the Sea Forest Poneglyph to draw her into conflict with Kaido and protect Fish-Man Island.

• Ronglin refused to join the Revolutionary Army, and Sabo’s delegation left without damaging relations.
• Jinbe asked why Ronglin had rejected an alliance, and Ronglin said their goals might clash as he expanded his own forces.
• Ronglin chose to sail to Whole Cake Island and negotiate with Charlotte Linlin about turning her attention away from Fish-Man Island and toward Kaido.
• Ronglin proposed using the Sea Forest Poneglyph as bait, while Jinbe worried Charlotte Linlin might refuse to cooperate.
• Ronglin said Charlotte Linlin would become his enemy if she rejected the offer, and Jinbe noted that Ronglin had already offended several powerful groups.

Ronglin discussed his conflicts with the Celestial Dragons and Blackbeard while the Revolutionary Army assessed his ambitions and tracked upheaval across the New World. Whitebeard’s remnants prepared to follow Ace into war against Blackbeard as the Marines deployed forces to monitor the conflict.

• Ronglin told Jinbe that Blackbeard’s pursuit of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had made him an enemy, and Jinbe wondered how Luffy and Ace were faring.
• Dragon reviewed intelligence about Ronglin and concluded that his potential ambitions could pose a danger to the world.
• Dragon learned that Ace had rallied Whitebeard’s remnants against Blackbeard, CP0 activity had surged in Mary Geoise, Kaido had assembled his forces, and the Pirate Alliance had placed a bounty on Ronglin’s whereabouts.
• Dragon ordered Sabo to watch the Celestial Dragons and sent the Mary Geoise news to another person.
• The Marines prepared to monitor the coming war, assigning Fujitora, Green Bull, and Momousagi to watch Ace’s and Blackbeard’s crews while Kizaru guarded Marine Headquarters.
• Ace continued gathering Whitebeard’s former subordinates as Blackbeard’s crew grew stronger and challenged them for control of Whitebeard’s territories.

Ronglin and Jinbe confronted Charlotte Cracker on Whole Cake Island, where Ronglin tried to turn the tense New World situation into an alliance with the BIGMOM Pirates. Cracker attacked, but Jinbe intercepted his strike, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ronglin and Jinbe arrived in BIGMOM Pirates territory, where Whole Cake Island officers attacked them without permission and were defeated and captured.
• Ronglin told Charlotte Cracker that the New World's precarious situation made it time for the BIGMOM Pirates to act and proposed turning conflict into friendship.
• Cracker objected to Ronglin's treatment of his men, but Ronglin released them and continued to provoke him.
• Cracker launched his Roll-Pretzel slash at Ronglin, and Jinbe countered it with Fish-Man Karate: Six Thousand Pound Cannon—Heart-Piercing Fin.
• Cracker retreated and raised his biscuit shield to block Jinbe's attack.

Jinbe battled Cracker, shattering his biscuit armor and revealing his true body before the two clashed again. Cracker created more armored copies and retreated in a rage, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Cracker blocked Jinbe’s attack with an Armament Haki-reinforced biscuit shield and challenged him.
• Jinbe destroyed Cracker’s twin swords and shattered the biscuit armor with Fish-Man Karate.
• Cracker emerged from the broken armor and explained that it was a creation of his Devil Fruit ability.
• Jinbe dodged Cracker’s greatsword and traded attacks with him, forcing both fighters back.
• Ronglin laughed at Cracker, who grew furious and retreated while creating multiple armored copies.

Jinbe defeated Cracker’s biscuit army by dousing it with water, then struck Cracker hard enough to break his nose. He told Cracker to leave and bring someone with authority to negotiate, but Cracker was furious at being dismissed.

• Cracker summoned a growing army of biscuit soldiers, which surrounded and attacked Jinbe.
• Jinbe blasted the soldiers away with Fish-Man Karate, then used a waterfall to dissolve them.
• Cracker attacked Jinbe with his Haki-coated greatsword, but Jinbe dodged and punched him in the face, breaking his nose.
• Jinbe told Cracker he was not qualified to negotiate and ordered him to bring someone who could make decisions.
• Cracker angrily protested being looked down upon.

Jinbe defeated Cracker by exploiting his weakness and countering his attempted sneak attack, while Ronglin restrained the BIGMOM Pirates officers. Jinbe continued attacking Cracker as he flew through the air.

• Cracker tried to sneak up behind Ronglin, but Jinbe redirected his strike with Fish-Man Karate: Breaking Current and knocked Cracker down.
• Ronglin’s aura kept the BIGMOM Pirates officers from rising as they tried to help Cracker.
• Cracker got back to his feet and insulted Ronglin, but Jinbe struck him with Fish-Man Karate: Tangled Roof Tile Fist.
• Jinbe chased the airborne Cracker and hit him repeatedly with Fish-Man Karate: Surfing.

Jinbe defeated Cracker, and Ronglin decided to end the fight before it ruined his chance to negotiate with the BIGMOM Pirates. Charlotte Pudding arrived to meet him, and Ronglin greeted her with brazen flirtation.

• Jinbe shattered Cracker’s shield with a punch and knocked him unconscious, then returned to Ronglin’s side.
• Ronglin decided to stop humiliating BIGMOM’s subordinates and wait for the newcomers so he could preserve the possibility of an alliance against Kaido.
• Jinbe told Ronglin that Cracker’s Haki and defenses were formidable, though Jinbe’s ability to counter his Devil Fruit had helped him win.
• Charlotte Pudding approached Ronglin despite her officers’ warnings, and Ronglin recognized her by name.
• Pudding asked how Ronglin knew who she was, and Ronglin openly flirted with her.

Ronglin confronted Pudding and the BIGMOM Pirates, revealing that he had already defeated Cracker and urging them to act against Kaido. When the crew members attacked him, Ronglin unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking many unconscious while some fighters resisted.

• Pudding acted bashfully toward Ronglin, while the officers warned her that he was deceiving her.
• Ronglin said he had come to discuss the New World’s direction with the Four Emperors, but criticized Big Mom for sending Pudding instead.
• Pudding asked about Cracker, and Ronglin pointed out that Cracker had been defeated and was lying in a pit.
• Ronglin left with Jinbe, warned that their opponent was Kaido, and silenced the officers with his killing intent.
• The BIGMOM Pirates charged Ronglin in anger, and he unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking many unconscious as stronger fighters resisted.