Chapter Summaries

Ronglin confronted Rob Lucci, who had helped lead him into an ambush, while Jinbe and Burgess fought the forces aboard three warships. Ronglin overwhelmed Rob Lucci in their aerial duel, but Lucci accused him of attacking and killing Celestial Dragons.

• Ronglin challenged Rob Lucci to join him, but Lucci refused and revealed that many forces were waiting ahead.
• Rob Lucci transformed into his leopard form and charged Ronglin in the sky as three warships fired on the boat.
• Burgess destroyed the incoming shells with an Elbow Strike Wave, while Jinbe used a spiraling current to wreck the warships' gun emplacements.
• Ronglin shattered Rob Lucci's air blade and dodged his Maximized Six King Gun before striking Lucci in the waist and blasting him away.
• Rob Lucci stopped himself in midair, wiped blood from his mouth, and accused Ronglin of repeatedly attacking and killing Celestial Dragons.

Ronglin defeated Rob Lucci using his Time-Time Technique and captured him alive, then sent him to Caesar. Jinbe disabled the warships and defeated their crews as they tried to rescue Lucci.

• Rob Lucci attacked Ronglin with Impact Fang, but Ronglin slowed time and dodged the shockwave.
• Ronglin realized Rob Lucci had taken the World Government’s forbidden drug and taunted him about it.
• Rob Lucci charged Ronglin with a powerful attack, but Ronglin slowed time, moved beside him, and struck his chest without killing him.
• Ronglin caught Rob Lucci as he fell, then ordered Burgess to take him to Caesar.
• Jinbe battered the warships until they could no longer fight and defeated their crews when they tried to rescue Rob Lucci.

Ronglin evaded an ambush by changing course toward the Sea of Thunderclouds, then explained to Jazz why doing what was right could still make enemies of powerful groups. He unleashed his Observation Haki and prepared to sail into the lightning-filled waters, challenging the ambushers to follow.

• Ronglin left survivors from the warship behind to carry a warning to the World Government, then ordered Jinbe to change course once they had shaken off pursuit.
• Burgess worried that heading south would take them into the Sea of Thunderclouds, but Ronglin chose it over the ambush ahead, the Sea of Fire to the north, or leading enemies to their base.
• Jazz asked Ronglin whether the growing force would provoke the New World's major powers to unite against them, and Ronglin said such an alliance was unlikely.
• Ronglin told Jazz that people would oppose them whenever their actions harmed powerful interests, even if those actions were right.
• Ronglin climbed to the ship's highest point, unleashed his Observation Haki, and ordered the crew toward the Sea of Thunderclouds to see whether the ambushers would follow.

Ronglin sailed toward the Sea of Thunderclouds to evade the World Government’s pursuers while protecting Rob Lucci from Caesar’s experiments and trying to recruit him. Rob Lucci refused to join, and Ronglin explained that he needed Caesar’s Artificial Devil Fruit research completed to strengthen his growing forces.

• Jinbe changed the ship’s course toward the Sea of Thunderclouds, while Burgess muttered in alarm.
• Ronglin tried to recruit the bandaged Rob Lucci, arguing that he could uphold his own justice after joining him, but Rob Lucci refused.
• Caesar objected to Ronglin’s suggestion that Rob Lucci train Jazz, warning that Rob Lucci’s dark justice could corrupt him.
• Ronglin stopped persuading Rob Lucci and told Burgess that keeping him alive helped Caesar advance his research on Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Burgess felt guilty about Rob Lucci being used as a research specimen, panicked at the unfamiliar feeling, and rushed off to ask Caesar whether he was sick.

Ronglin grew increasingly wary of the unseen pursuers he believed were following his ship and decided to send Jinbe and the others into the Sea of Thunderclouds aboard Starry. As Starry headed toward the lightning, Ronglin prepared to face the powerful enemy alone.

• Jazz asked Ronglin whether they had helped reform Burgess, and Ronglin admitted he could not tell.
• Ronglin searched for pursuers with Observation Haki but sensed no one, increasing his suspicion that powerful enemies were hiding nearby.
• Ronglin concluded the enemy might be confident enough to provoke him and wear down his energy.
• Ronglin asked Jinbe whether the ship could survive the Sea of Thunderclouds, then said he would fight more freely with the others out of harm's way.
• Ronglin named the ship Starry, and Jinbe piloted it toward the sea of lightning as Ronglin rose into the air.

Ronglin discovered a fleet pursuing the Starry and stopped Admiral Aokiji’s attempt to freeze their path. The fleet’s commanders began clearing the ice and preparing to pursue Ronglin.

• A white-cloaked man aboard an eleven-warship fleet realized Ronglin had detected them and ordered Aokiji to stop the Starry.
• Aokiji used Ice Age to freeze the sea toward Jinbe’s ship, the Starry.
• Ronglin countered with Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique, halting Aokiji’s advancing ice and keeping the Starry safe.
• The white-cloaked commander ordered the warships to enter readiness and pursue, while Aokiji realized his ice had also obstructed his own fleet.
• Akainu criticized Aokiji and used Meteor Volcano to melt and bombard the ice blocking the warships.

Ronglin charged at the Marine forces pursuing the Starry and clashed with Aokiji and Akainu, who had joined forces to capture him for the Fleet Admiral position. The ambush was revealed to be Bony-Sen’s plan, and Ronglin recognized the man he had once killed in Dressrosa, now mostly rebuilt with metal.

• The man in the white cape ordered the Marine fleet to advance as Akainu’s Meteor Volcano shattered Aokiji’s ice across the sea.
• Ronglin realized Aokiji and Akainu were pursuing him, then flew toward them to hold them off while the Starry escaped.
• Ronglin launched his modified Rokuougan, Eternal Aurora, at the main warship, but Aokiji and Akainu combined their Haki to block it.
• Akainu explained that the Admiral who captured Ronglin would become Fleet Admiral, prompting Ronglin to question the arrangement.
• Bony-Sen revealed that he had devised the plan and said that eighty percent of his body had been replaced with metal since Ronglin killed him in Dressrosa.

Ronglin stalled Bony-Sen’s forces while Jinbe and the others escaped, then fought Akainu in a fierce exchange. The chapter ended as Ronglin’s Haki-coated punch met Akainu’s magma fist, and Ronglin realized the attack could still threaten him.

• Ronglin tried to delay Bony-Sen by talking, but Bony-Sen ordered the CP0 agents to beat him to death.
• Ronglin dodged the CP0 agents’ attacks, knocked several down with Arc Wall, and used a burst of dark-blue energy to render weaker opponents unconscious.
• Akainu charged Ronglin, and their attacks collided after Ronglin’s energy blast broke apart Akainu’s Hell Hound.
• Ronglin froze Akainu with Ice Release: Black Dragon Blizzard Kill, but Akainu broke free of the tornado and descended toward him.
• Ronglin and Akainu exchanged powerful punches, and Ronglin felt threatened when Akainu’s magma struck his Haki-coated arm.

Ronglin battled Akainu, overpowering him with Haki and unusual abilities, but Akainu struck back and Aokiji joined the fight with a surprise attack. The chapter ended with Ronglin trapped between Akainu’s magma and Aokiji’s ice.

• Ronglin shattered Akainu’s attack and struck him with an enhanced Rokuougan, sending him flying despite his Iron Body defense.
• Akainu launched Great Eruption, but Ronglin used Kamui to absorb the massive magma fist.
• Ronglin punched Akainu in the face and retreated, anticipating a counterattack.
• Akainu immediately countered with Hell Hound, and Ronglin defended with Armament Haki Hardening: Iron Body: Eternal Fortress.
• Aokiji ambushed Ronglin from the side with an ice attack while Akainu’s magma attack came from the front.

Ronglin escaped Akainu and Aokiji’s ambush, but the two admirals joined forces against him after he refused Bony-Sen’s offer to submit. Aokiji froze Ronglin in an Ice Ball, and Akainu launched a concentrated magma attack at him.

• Ronglin used his Eternal Fortress ability to slow time and escape Akainu and Aokiji’s pincer attack.
• Ronglin accused Aokiji of ambushing him, while Bony-Sen admitted he had requested it and again offered Ronglin a chance to submit.
• Ronglin refused to become a Celestial Dragon’s subordinate, and Akainu attacked him with waves of molten fists.
• Ronglin repelled Akainu’s magma and avoided Aokiji’s ice spears, but Aokiji surrounded him with ice pillars that formed an Ice Ball around him.
• Akainu gathered concentrated magma and blasted it toward the frozen Ronglin.

Ronglin fought Akainu and Aokiji aboard the warship, revealing powerful taijutsu and unusual abilities as he drove Aokiji back and evaded Akainu’s magma. Akainu’s attack nearly plunged the bow underwater, and Bony-Sen steadied the ship while the battle continued.

• Ronglin broke free of Aokiji’s Ice Ball and knocked Akainu away with an Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, surprising both admirals with his abilities.
• Akainu attacked again, but Ronglin dodged with Shave and shattered Aokiji’s arm with an Armament Haki punch; Aokiji regenerated it as a Logia user.
• Ronglin pursued Aokiji and blasted him apart with spiraling airflow, then used Moonwalk to chase after his falling body.
• Akainu launched a surprise wave of lava at Ronglin, who escaped by using Observation Haki and a burst of speed.
• Akainu’s lava wave struck the warship’s bow and drove it deep into the sea, so Bony-Sen used Kaisen Tsui to force the stern down and steady the vessel.

Ronglin fought Akainu and Aokiji above the sea, using lightning and Haki: Starfall to damage the pursuing warships before the admirals launched a coordinated attack. He escaped their pincer with teleportation and struck Akainu with a Great Ball Rasengan, blasting him apart as the battle continued.

• Akainu pursued Ronglin after his magma punch melted the warship’s bow, while Ronglin attacked him with six bolts of lightning.
• Aokiji raised an ice wall to block Ronglin’s lightning, and Akainu used the opening to launch a concealed magma counterattack.
• Ronglin crushed Akainu’s magma fist with Haki: Starfall, and the falling streams of light sank one warship and badly damaged two others.
• Bony-Sen ordered the warships to retreat, while Aokiji and Akainu attacked Ronglin together with ice vortices and erupting magma.
• Ronglin teleported behind Akainu, formed a Great Ball Rasengan without a clone, and overpowered Akainu’s backward punch, blasting him apart.

Ronglin fought Aokiji and Akainu, whose coordinated attacks finally struck him but caused little harm. He faced their renewed assault in the air as Akainu’s magma tornado pursued him.

• Ronglin shattered Akainu, but Aokiji evaded his strike with elementalization and froze him solid.
• Akainu hit the ice-bound Ronglin with Great Eruption, blasting him away, though he emerged largely unharmed.
• Ronglin challenged the two Admirals, and Aokiji advanced while intensifying the cold enough to slow Ronglin’s movements.
• Ronglin used Arc Wall to repel Aokiji’s frost, then Akainu attacked with a massive wave of magma.
• Ronglin fired a beam of black light at the magma, but Akainu shaped the wave to evade it, and the magma transformed into a tornado pursuing Ronglin into the sky.

Ronglin pierced Akainu’s magma attack with Eternal Aurora, but Akainu and Aokiji coordinated a counterattack. Aokiji froze Ronglin with Absolute Zero, leaving him unable to move as he fell from the sky.

• Ronglin unleashed Eternal Aurora, breaking through Akainu’s magma tornado and scattering molten lava into nearby warships.
• Bony-Sen watched the battle and feared that even two Marine Admirals might not be enough to capture Ronglin.
• Ronglin pursued the wounded Akainu, but Akainu suddenly attacked him with Hell Hound.
• Ronglin used the Time-Time Technique to halt Akainu’s attack, then sensed Aokiji approaching from another direction.
• Aokiji unleashed Eternal Moment: Absolute Zero, freezing Ronglin and cutting him off from his power.

Ronglin escaped Aokiji’s Absolute Zero attack with a powerful fire technique, while the freezing domain devastated the nearby warships. After the three fighters withdrew into a standoff, Ronglin suggested ending the battle for the day as all of them showed signs of exhaustion.

• Aokiji’s Absolute Zero froze Ronglin, Akainu, and Aokiji, then spread across the sea and overwhelmed most of the nearby warships.
• Bony-Sen ordered the CP0 agents to escape into the air, but only a little over two hundred people avoided being frozen.
• Ronglin began recovering inside the domain as Akainu’s magma also started to glow, then Ronglin unleashed Fire Style: Secret Technique: Phoenix Sky Nirvana and shattered the freezing field.
• Ronglin’s flames blasted Akainu away, while Aokiji retreated and acknowledged Ronglin’s strength.
• After the fighters entered another standoff, Ronglin noted their fatigue and proposed stopping for the day.

Ronglin struggled against Akainu and Aokiji until Bony-Sen joined them and used his Emotion-Emotion Fruit powers and a lightning-infused Tempest Kick to turn the fight against him. Surrounded by all three, Ronglin unveiled his new Overwhelming Body stance and prepared to face their assault.

• Ronglin began to tire while fighting Akainu and Aokiji, and Bony-Sen joined the battle.
• Bony-Sen revealed that he was helping the Admirals recover their stamina and attacked Ronglin with an emotion-affecting ability and a lightning-infused Tempest Kick.
• Akainu, Aokiji, and Bony-Sen surrounded Ronglin and launched a coordinated attack.
• Ronglin covered himself in Armament Haki and fiery energy, creating his new stance, Overwhelming Body, which made the three attackers feel intense pressure.
• Ronglin declared that Overwhelming Body was immune to attacks and used Finger Pistol.

Ronglin used his Overlord Body to overwhelm Akainu and Bony-Sen, but Akainu’s desperate counterattack injured him and forced him to end the transformation. Aokiji remained fit to fight as Ronglin assessed whether he could take him on alone.

• Akainu, Aokiji, and Bony-Sen attacked Ronglin with Finger Pistols, but their blows could not penetrate his Armament Haki-infused Hardening.
• Ronglin struck Bony-Sen in the heart with Haki: Stone Breaker, damaging his half-mechanical body.
• Ronglin unleashed Overlord Body: Infinite Starfall, scattering Akainu’s magma and battering him severely.
• Akainu used Great Eruption to catch Ronglin off guard and send him flying, then collapsed with most of his body shattered.
• Aokiji checked on Bony-Sen, who said his mechanical heart could be repaired, and asked the injured Akainu if he could keep fighting.
• Ronglin dispelled the power-draining Overlord Body state, saw that Akainu and Bony-Sen were badly injured, and believed he could still face Aokiji alone.

Ronglin fled when he sensed a powerful presence approaching, leaving Aokiji, Akainu, and Bony-Sen to face Kaido. Kaido arrived searching for Ronglin and was shocked to find three major opponents waiting for him.

• Ronglin sensed a threatening power and abruptly withdrew from his fight with Aokiji and Bony-Sen.
• Aokiji realized that an even more powerful figure was approaching, and he, Akainu, and Bony-Sen watched the dark clouds part.
• Kaido charged toward the three men, and Aokiji stopped him with Ice Bird Strike before Kaido smashed the attack apart.
• Aokiji identified Kaido as one of the Four Emperors, and Akainu reappeared, making Kaido wary of facing two admirals.
• Kaido explained that he had come looking for Ronglin, and Bony-Sen offered to give Ronglin to him.
• Kaido recognized Bony-Sen and asked in astonishment whether he was not dead.

Bony-Sen and the admirals bluffed Kaido into leaving, then withdrew because they feared he might return with Ronglin. As Ronglin fled toward the Starry, he found Red-Haired Shanks blocking Jinbe’s path into the Sea of Thunderclouds.

• Bony-Sen pointed Kaido toward Ronglin, and the admirals stepped aside to let him pass.
• Kaido escaped Aokiji’s attack and flew toward the Sea of Thunderclouds while Akainu and Bony-Sen collapsed from their injuries and exhaustion.
• Aokiji warned that Kaido might join forces with Ronglin, so Bony-Sen ordered an immediate withdrawal and postponed the operation.
• Ronglin fled through the sky after fighting the admirals, but his Observation Haki detected another powerful group blocking the Starry.
• Ronglin reached the ships and recognized Red-Haired Shanks speaking with Jinbe and the others.

Ronglin learned that Shanks had come to repay the Whitebeard Pirates’ debt by protecting him from Kaido, who planned to ambush him. He revealed that Akainu and Aokiji were also at the scene, leaving Shanks to reconsider how the confrontation might unfold.

• Shanks told Ronglin that Ace had asked him to repay the Whitebeard Pirates’ debt for Ronglin’s help rescuing Ace.
• Shanks warned Ronglin that Kaido planned to ambush him and the World Government forces after they had weakened each other.
• Ronglin dismissed the threat and explained that Bony-Sen’s plans might be constrained by the people accompanying him.
• Ronglin revealed that Marine Admirals Akainu and Aokiji were there and competing to capture him as a bargaining chip in the Fleet Admiral dispute.
• Shanks reacted with shock when Ronglin said he had injured Akainu, then considered whether the Admirals would turn against Kaido.