Chapter Summaries

Ronglin used his overwhelming Conqueror's Haki to defeat the BIGMOM Pirates’ forces and explained to Jinbe that he meant to steer Charlotte Linlin into a war with Kaido and the Marines. On Whole Cake Island, Charlotte Linlin learned of the defeat and questioned Pudding about Ronglin’s strength.

• Ronglin’s enhanced Conqueror's Haki knocked out the BIGMOM Pirates’ officers and Charlotte Pudding before he and Jinbe left.
• Ronglin told Jinbe that he wanted Charlotte Linlin to target Kaido while the coming conflict created an opportunity for their crew.
• Ronglin explained that the Marines would likely intervene in a war between major pirate crews, and Jinbe realized he wanted to drag everyone into the conflict.
• Ronglin told Jinbe to keep training Jazz because their crew lacked trusted people.
• Charlotte Linlin smashed a table and demanded an explanation after learning that Cracker, the officers, and more than three hundred people had been defeated.
• Pudding told Charlotte Linlin that Ronglin had used Conqueror's Haki to knock them all unconscious without fighting them directly.

Charlotte Linlin decided to marry Pudding to Ronglin so she could absorb his forces and later kill him, while Pudding concealed her reluctance and agreed. After leaving Whole Cake Island, Ronglin asked Jinbe how long their visit had lasted.

• Charlotte Linlin dismissed her subordinates and asked Pudding to assess Ronglin's bearing and strength.
• Linlin revealed she wanted to bring Ronglin and his forces under her command and make him submit through marriage to Pudding.
• Linlin told Pudding she planned to use Ronglin, defeat the other Emperors, and then kill him.
• Pudding hid her discomfort and agreed to marry Ronglin to please Linlin.
• Ronglin sneezed as Caesar complained, then asked Jinbe how long they had spent on Whole Cake Island.

Ronglin and his crew encountered a fleet flying the flags of his supposed subordinates, led by Bilida. After Ronglin slowed his boat, Bilida and several people approached him by rowboat, leaving Ronglin to find out why the fleet had gathered.

• Ronglin asked Caesar about his Artificial Devil Fruit research, and Caesar claimed he could produce Devil Fruits within a year.
• Jinbe steered the boat around a line of shadows, and Ronglin spotted a fleet of warships ahead.
• Jazz recognized the fleet’s flags as belonging to Ronglin’s followers and identified Bilida among them.
• Ronglin slowed the boat so the nine ships could catch up, then sensed the fleet with Observation Haki.
• Bilida led several people from one of the warships toward Ronglin in a rowboat.

Ronglin welcomed Bilida and learned that he had gathered new recruits by defeating pirate crews and forcing them to surrender, so he appointed Bilida Commander-in-Chief of the Second Fleet. Bilida also warned him that CP0 agents led by Adele Baiyu had entered the New World and reported that Anrield had been beaten by Boa Hancock after flirting with her.

• Bilida arrived with a fleet of pirate crews that he had recruited through force, and Ronglin promoted him to Commander-in-Chief of the Second Fleet.
• Ronglin reminded Bilida to enforce the crew’s rules and clarified that their main target was Kaido, not the BIGMOM Pirates.
• Bilida told Ronglin that Mary Geoise had sent CP0 agents into the New World under Vice Commander Adele Baiyu, information he had received from the Revolutionary Army.
• Bilida reported that Anrield was searching for Ronglin after Boa Hancock nearly beat him to death for flirting with her, but spared him because of the Straw Hat Kid.

Ronglin discovered that Hawkins had ended up among Bilida’s men and confronted him about joining his side. After Bilida struck Hawkins, Ronglin realized Hawkins was badly injured, and Bilida insisted he had never fought him.

• Ronglin learned that Boa Hancock was traveling with the Straw Hat Kid and planned to question Anrield when he arrived.
• Ronglin spotted Hawkins hiding among Bilida’s fleet, and Bilida brought him aboard Ronglin’s ship.
• Ronglin teased Hawkins about repeatedly meeting him and urged him to join, but Hawkins refused.
• Hawkins mocked Bilida, who punched him into the railing and left him coughing blood.
• Ronglin asked whether Hawkins was injured, and Bilida said he had not fought him.

Ronglin learned that Hawkins was badly injured from an ambush by Erid and arranged for him to recover with Bilida’s fleet. He made Hawkins Bilida’s deputy and asked him to help train the recruits before the coming war with Kaido, hoping to bring him into his service.

• Caesar examined Hawkins and said his internal injuries and exhaustion required proper rest and treatment.
• Hawkins explained that Erid had ambushed him in the Ashil Kingdom three months earlier, after which he hid among the Pirate Alliance until Ronglin’s subordinates captured him.
• Ronglin told Hawkins to recover under his men, then appointed him Bilida’s deputy despite Hawkins’s protests.
• Ronglin asked Hawkins to help train soldiers ahead of the planned war with Kaido, while Jazz recognized Ronglin’s effort to gradually win Hawkins over.
• Bilida took Hawkins back to his fleet, where the crew cheered and waved toward Ronglin.

Ronglin left Bilida in charge of his newly recruited fleet while he sailed on to investigate Anrield. Near Whole Cake Island, Charlotte Linlin decided to invite Ronglin to marry Pudding and join forces against Kaido.

• Ronglin's former captives cheered after Bilida was made commander of the Second Fleet and entrusted with training it for a future war against Kaido.
• A scout reported to Charlotte Linlin that Ronglin's fleet had gathered near Whole Cake Island before splitting up and leaving without attacking.
• Charlotte Linlin and her officers discussed the unfamiliar fleet and reconsidered Ronglin's strength.
• S. Smoothie suggested sending Pudding to Ronglin, and Charlotte Linlin formally pardoned the fleet's trespass while proposing marriage and an alliance against Kaido.
• Ronglin sailed with Caesar, Jazz, and Jinbe, asking Jinbe whether they might still find Anrield as he continued his investigation.

Ronglin's crew spotted Anrield's badly damaged ship and hurried to help, only to discover that a vast World Government fleet was approaching. The chapter ended with Ronglin wondering whether Celestial Dragons were involved.

• Ronglin teased Jazz about becoming capable enough to handle tasks on his own, while Caesar mocked Ronglin and then hurried back inside when Ronglin moved.
• Jinbe spotted smoke in the distance, and Jazz identified a damaged pirate ship flying a flag.
• Ronglin used Observation Haki to recognize Anrield aboard the ship and ordered Jinbe to steer toward it.
• Jazz saw Anrield's crew signaling them to run as a huge fleet appeared on the horizon.
• Jazz identified the fleet as belonging to the World Government, and Ronglin asked whether Celestial Dragons were involved.

Ronglin flew to rescue Anrield, whose crew had been attacked twice and was being pursued by a massive World Government fleet. After ordering Anrield to escape, Ronglin faced the fleet alone and discovered that Ade was commanding it.

• Ronglin used Moonwalk to reach Anrield's badly damaged ship and ordered Jazz to turn back and leave.
• Anrield explained that unidentified attackers had ambushed his crew before the World Government fleet attacked them again.
• Ronglin ordered Anrield and the wounded survivors to escape by lifeboat and meet up with Jinbe.
• The World Government fleet surrounded Ronglin's ship while Anrield's group departed.
• Ade appeared aboard the leading warship and revealed that the Celestial Dragons had given him full command of CP0 to kill Ronglin.

Ronglin attacked Adele Baiyu’s fleet and overwhelmed Ade with powerful Haki techniques, then destroyed Ade’s warship with a massive shockwave and set nearby ships ablaze. The chapter ended with Ronglin sensing that Ade had survived the destruction unharmed.

• Adele Baiyu ordered the surrounding warships to fire on Ronglin, but Ronglin dodged the shells and approached Ade’s ship.
• Ade transformed and attacked Ronglin with White Ripple, but Ronglin broke through the blast with Haki: Stone Breaker.
• Ronglin shattered Ade’s White Castle defense and punched him through the deck of the warship.
• Ronglin used Modified Eternal Aurora to blast Ade’s warship apart and send huge waves across the sea.
• Ronglin summoned a fire dragon that destroyed another warship and ignited nearby ships.
• Ronglin sensed that Ade was still alive and unharmed inside the destroyed warship.

Ronglin battled Ade, who used a forbidden drug to awaken his Mythical Zoan power and survive Ronglin’s attacks. Ade revealed hidden fighters aboard the surrounding battleships whose presence blocked Observation Haki, and Ronglin charged at him in fury.

• Ronglin used a fire dragon to attack Ade, but Ade endured the flames and weakened them with his power.
• Ronglin struck Ade with Haki: City Crusher, and Ade survived by using Iron: White Castle before revealing his awakened Mythical Zoan form and the forbidden drug he had taken.
• Ade said the drug had made him strong enough to withstand Ronglin, while Ronglin dismissed the claim that he had only recently grown stronger.
• Ronglin sensed powerful fighters emerging from the battleships and realized their presence had been hidden from his Observation Haki.
• Ade laughed as he healed by absorbing kinetic energy, and Ronglin charged at him in a vortex of energy.

Ronglin fought off a group of mysterious experts before seemingly killing Ade with a time-slowing attack. Ade fell into the sea after warning that his Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit had awakened, and Ronglin could no longer sense him.

• Ronglin used Tempest Kick: Snow Scene to drive back the mysterious experts surrounding him.
• Ronglin and Ade clashed with spiraling currents and rippling vibrations, neutralizing each other's attacks.
• Ronglin slowed the flow of time, pierced Ade's chest, crushed his heart, and sent him falling into the sea.
• Ade warned Ronglin that his Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit had awakened as CP0 members jumped into the water to save him.
• Ronglin searched with Observation Haki but could no longer sense Ade's aura.

Ronglin learned that the World Government fleet had ambushed his forces and unleashed his fury on the CP0 agents and warships. The battle became known as the Autumn of the Red Tide, and Ronglin emerged as a power the New World’s great figures could no longer dismiss.

• Ronglin changed course to confirm whether Ade was dead, but hundreds of CP0 agents charged at him to stop him.
• Ronglin swept the CP0 agents with repeated Tempest Kick attacks, killing hundreds in the sky.
• Ronglin declared war on the World Government and summoned two blazing flames above the fleet.
• Ronglin destroyed thirty-three World Government warships, while eight escaped and CP0 Vice Commander Adele Baiyu sank into the sea with his fate unknown.
• The two-hour battle became known as the Autumn of the Red Tide, and Ronglin gained recognition as an equal among the New World’s great figures.

After Ronglin’s defeat of CP0 spread around the world, Charlotte Linlin and Kaido both decided to offer him powerful positions and rewards to recruit him. Ronglin was then confronted by Sabo and other Revolutionary Army members, who had returned to contact him again.

• Charlotte Linlin praised Ronglin’s defeat of CP0 and offered to make him a Sweet Commander and let him marry her daughters if he joined her.
• Kaido learned that Ronglin had killed Bony-Sen and Adele Baiyu, then ordered his subordinates to offer Ronglin Devil Fruits and the first pick of spoils if he submitted.
• Kaido warned that Ronglin would have to die if he refused to join him.
• Ronglin complained when Sabo and the Revolutionary Army returned only days after their previous visit.
• Anrield offered to attack the Revolutionary Army, but Ronglin kicked him aside.

After destroying a CP0 fleet, Ronglin met with Sabo, who tried to recruit him to the Revolutionary Army and warned him about the Four Emperors seeking his allegiance. Ronglin rejected every offer, and Sabo then began to ask him a personal favor.

• Sabo confronted Ronglin over his attack on CP0, and Ronglin defended himself by saying they had attacked his subordinates first.
• Ronglin questioned how Sabo knew that Anrield's fleet had been ambushed, and Sabo said the Revolutionary Army had gathered the intelligence.
• Sabo urged Ronglin to use his strength to save the world, but Ronglin refused to join the Revolutionary Army.
• Sabo told Ronglin that Kaido wanted to recruit him and would otherwise target him after Fire Fist's war with Blackbeard; Ronglin rejected Kaido's offer and threatened him.
• Sabo revealed that Big Mom also wanted Ronglin to join her crew and marry one of her daughters, but Ronglin rejected that offer too.
• After Ronglin dismissed becoming king of the world and told Sabo to leave, Sabo said he had a personal favor to ask, and Ronglin asked what it was.

Sabo asked Ronglin to spare Straw Hat Kid, offering a personal favor in return, and Ronglin agreed. Sabo then revealed that CP0’s ambush involving Coachman had been a test of a new enhancement drug developed in Mary Geoise.

• Sabo apologized to Ronglin for Straw Hat Kid’s offense and offered him a favor in exchange for leniency.
• Ronglin questioned why Sabo would risk owing him a favor, and Sabo explained that he wanted to keep Luffy’s troubles from distracting Ace before his battle with Blackbeard.
• Sabo’s crew protested as he bowed to Ronglin, but Sabo insisted he had considered the consequences of his promise.
• Ronglin agreed not to trouble Straw Hat Kid and warned Sabo that repaying the favor might be difficult.
• Sabo told Ronglin that CP0’s ambush involving Coachman had been a test and that Adele Baiyu had taken a new enhancement drug developed in Mary Geoise.

Ronglin learned that the Celestial Dragons were trying to revive Bony-Sen with Beckman’s help, then sent Sabo away after refusing to join the Revolutionary Army. He praised Jinbe’s loyalty but confronted Anrield for abusing his name to stir up trouble, ending with a threat that shocked the crew.

• Sabo told Ronglin that the Celestial Dragons had sent Bony-Sen’s body to Beckman in hopes of reviving him, though the attempts had reportedly failed.
• Ronglin and Sabo ended their discussion, and Sabo left Ronglin’s ship after Ronglin rejected his recruitment efforts.
• Jinbe said he was glad Ronglin had spared Luffy, and Ronglin praised Jinbe’s loyalty and trustworthiness.
• Anrield eagerly declared his loyalty, prompting Ronglin to reprimand him for breaking the rules and recruiting pirate crews in Ronglin’s name.
• Ronglin accused Anrield of provoking the Straw Hat Kid and threatened that he had wanted to kill Anrield himself, horrifying everyone aboard.

Ronglin prepared to execute Anrield for repeatedly breaking his rules, but Jazz risked his own life to plead for him. Ronglin spared Anrield and ordered him to repay Jazz for saving him.

• Anrield begged Ronglin for mercy, but Jinbe refused to interfere and Caesar turned away.
• Jazz emerged and asked Ronglin why Anrield was kneeling, then pleaded for him to be spared.
• Ronglin said Anrield deserved to die for knowingly breaking his rules and offered to make him an example.
• Jazz promised to give his own life if Anrield offended again and asked Ronglin to let him live.
• Ronglin spared Anrield and told him to repay Jazz tenfold for staking his life on him.

After Jazz earned Anrield’s submission, Ronglin revealed that he intended to make Jazz Commander-in-Chief of the First Fleet and discussed the need to accelerate his growth. Ronglin then ordered the crew to find a prosperous island so he and Caesar could buy Den Den Mushi and assess the situation in the turbulent New World.

• Anrield pledged his life to Jazz, who urged him to obey Ronglin’s rules.
• Ronglin praised Jazz and said he was keeping the First Fleet’s Commander-in-Chief position open for him.
• Jinbe warned Ronglin that Jazz would need great strength and prestige to command the growing fleet, and Ronglin said Jazz had to develop faster.
• Ronglin ordered the crew to dock at a prosperous island to buy Den Den Mushi and scout the area.
• Ronglin refused Jazz’s request to go ashore and said he would go with Caesar to buy supplies and assess the island.

Ronglin went ashore with Caesar while Jazz and the others stayed with the ship. Anrield spotted members of the mysterious group that had defeated his fleet and secretly followed them, hoping to earn Ronglin’s trust.

• Ronglin docked at the harbor and took Caesar ashore, leaving Jazz and the crew behind.
• The crew discussed Ronglin’s trusted subordinates, and Anrield left after feeling overlooked compared with Bilida.
• Anrield recognized several people whose clothing matched that of the group that had ambushed his fleet.
• Anrield chose to investigate the group without reporting back to Ronglin, hoping to win recognition through a major contribution.
• Anrield followed the group through the crowded harbor, blending in with the crowds.