Chapter Summaries

Green Bull ordered the Navy fleet to retreat after spotting the Starry, while Ronglin changed course to intercept them. When the Navy fled, Ronglin pursued, leaving Green Bull shocked that the Star Alliance dared to chase the Navy.

• Green Bull recognized the Starry and ordered the Navy fleet to retreat, despite Flying Squirrel warning that retreating would disobey their mission orders.
• Fujitora guessed that Green Bull was using the Starry as an excuse to avoid attacking Kerris Island, while Momousagi worried Bony-Sen would see through it.
• Jazz spotted the Navy retreating, and Ronglin used Observation Haki to confirm that they were pulling back.
• Ronglin explained that he had abandoned his original plan and ordered the Starry to pursue the Navy so it could not return to Kerris Island.
• Burgess was stunned by the order, while Shiryu welcomed the chance to chase the Navy and Ronglin warned his crew not to underestimate the fleet.
• Green Bull learned that the Starry was pursuing them and exclaimed that the Star Alliance had gone mad.

Green Bull reported that Ronglin had intercepted his force and withdrew from the Navy’s mission to sink Kerris Island. Meanwhile, Bony-Sen’s deep-sea fleet was attacked by a giant Sea King, but he ordered the Mary Geoise guards and Pacifistas to proceed to Kerris Island.

• Green Bull told Bony-Sen that Ronglin’s forces were driving them back, then said he could no longer help with the mission to sink Kerris Island.
• Bony-Sen left his cabin and watched a giant Sea King approach his fleet beneath the sea.
• The Sea King’s undercurrents wrecked three warships, while Bony-Sen used his Devil Fruit ability to affect the beast with negative emotions.
• Bony-Sen ordered the fleet to surface and sent the Mary Geoise guards with the Pacifistas to sink Kerris Island.

Bony-Sen surfaced his fleet and prepared to attack Kerris Island before the Star Alliance's Fourth Fleet arrived. At the island, Anrield's battered Third Fleet regrouped for one final assault, while Anrield lamented that he had failed to rescue anyone for Ronglin.

• Bony-Sen ordered his fleet to surface after recognizing the Star Alliance's two-front tactic had been disrupted.
• Bony-Sen learned the Fourth Fleet would arrive in ten hours and ordered an attack to sink Kerris Island before then.
• The Pirate Alliance's First Fleet repelled Anrield's sixth assault, inflicting grievous casualties on the Third Fleet.
• Anrield regrouped the remaining troops for one final attack after fires and civilian suffering fueled their rage.
• Anrield reflected that he had failed Ronglin's rescue mission and that the Third Fleet could no longer flank CP0.

Anrield led the Star Alliance's Third Fleet in a desperate assault to rescue people inside the city, fighting on despite heavy losses and serious wounds. Meanwhile, Ronglin halted his pursuit of the Marines after sensing an ominous unease he could not explain.

• Anrield rallied his subordinates to keep rescuing people and charged the city walls again with the Third Fleet.
• Anrield fought off four men who targeted him, killing two before the others wounded him with daggers.
• Anrield urged his surviving fighters to climb the city walls despite his injuries and exhaustion.
• Ronglin sensed a suffocating unease, stopped the pursuit of the retreating Marines, and ordered his forces to remain close enough to reinforce the other fleets.
• Burgess asked Ronglin what was wrong, and Ronglin admitted that he had an ominous feeling he could not shake.

Ronglin learned that five more Star Alliance islands had come under attack, while Capone’s Fourth Fleet clashed with CP0 at Kerris Island. Bony-Sen ordered his forces to kill the retreating Star Alliance troops and civilians and sink the island.

• Ronglin contacted headquarters’ Intelligence Department and learned that five islands besides Kerris Island were under attack, including one targeted by Edward Weevil.
• Ronglin remained concerned about Kerris Island and focused on the battle there.
• Capone’s Fourth Fleet opened fire on Bony-Sen’s CP0 fleet, but CP0 used Moonwalk to board the Star Alliance ships and start a close-quarters battle.
• Bony-Sen learned that the Star Alliance’s Third Fleet had been routed and was escorting rescued civilians toward the port as other troops held off the Pirate Alliance.
• Bony-Sen ordered his forces to kill everyone, sink Kerris Island, and leave no survivors.

Hongjun rejected Jieyin and Zhunti’s complaint, blacklisted them, and ordered the Demon Race to remain deployed near Spirit Mountain. Taiyi returned to the imperial court laughing, as Nuwa asked what had happened at Zixiao Palace.

• Hongjun rebuked Jieyin and Zhunti, excluded them from future appeals, and told them to leave Zixiao Palace.
• Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian departed in displeasure, while Jieyin and Zhunti stayed behind lamenting their failed complaint.
• Taiyi planned to station the Demon Race army behind Spirit Mountain, leaving Buddhism vulnerable to fierce beasts.
• Nuwa asked Taiyi whether the trip to Zixiao Palace had harmed the Demon Race, and Taiyi burst out laughing.

Taiyi sent a large Demon Race force into the Great Desolation to hunt ferocious beasts while Buddhism faced disgrace and attacks from the Demon Cult. In a separate naval battle, Bony-Sen’s World Government fleet began wearing down Capone’s Star Alliance Fourth Fleet, but an unidentified fleet appeared behind them, raising fears that the missing Second Fleet had arrived.

• Taiyi told Nuwa he would arrange for the Demon Race to enter the Great Desolation and then cultivate in seclusion.
• The Demon Race descended into the Far Western Land in force, halting the ferocious beasts’ advance and beginning a massive hunt.
• Buddhist disciples were shunned by other factions and attacked by Demon Cult members, prompting some to defect to the Demon Cult.
• Bony-Sen ordered the World Government fleet to spread out and wear down Capone’s fleet as the Star Alliance Fourth Fleet suffered mounting losses.
• A messenger reported an unidentified fleet behind Bony-Sen’s ships, and Bony-Sen asked about the missing Star Alliance Second Fleet.

Bony-Sen ordered the CP0 fleet to dive and retreat as Jinbe and the Star Alliance fleets arrived, but his other fleet reported that it had encountered the Star Alliance Leader. Kerris Island had already been destroyed, with the Star Alliance Third Fleet, the Pirate Alliance, and hundreds of thousands of civilians lost in the bombardment.

• Bony-Sen ordered the CP0 ships to dive and withdraw, and Capone’s forces began attacking too late to stop them.
• Hawkins spotted the retreating fleet, and Jinbe plunged into the sea to pursue it and enlist the sea creatures’ help.
• Bony-Sen hid his fleet in a reef forest using deep-sea stealth mode and ordered his other fleet to retreat.
• A messenger told Bony-Sen that the other fleet was under attack and had encountered the Star Alliance Leader.
• Ronglin had contacted Jinbe for aid, but Kerris Island had already fallen, and the World Government’s bombardment sank the island with its defenders and civilians.

After finding Kerris Island sunk by the World Government, Ronglin vowed to pursue those responsible and prevent another such tragedy. The Starry intercepted the fleeing World Government fleet, and Ronglin prepared his crew to attack.

• The Starry arrived at Kerris Island's former location and found the island and its population gone, prompting Ronglin to condemn the atrocity and order a search for the fleet that had fired on it.
• The Star Alliance's Second Fleet reached the island's waters, but Bony-Sen's CP0 fleet submerged before the Star Alliance could attack.
• The World Government fleet changed course to avoid the Star Alliance and ran into Ronglin's pursuing ship, the Starry.
• Ronglin ordered Caesar and Burgess to guard the ship and told the others to fight, while Burgess argued that Drake should stay behind because he was an ability user.

Ronglin attacked the World Government warships while Jazz helped Shiryu recover from falling into the sea, and Burgess threw Drake toward the battle. Ronglin killed a soldier who refused to reveal the Commander’s location, just as humanoid weapons resembling Bartholomew Kuma closed in on him.

• Ronglin flew toward the World Government warships while Jazz dove into the sea, and one warship was split in two.
• Burgess hurled Shiryu toward the battle, but Shiryu struck a Pacifista’s laser and fell into the sea.
• Burgess threw Drake toward the fight, and Jazz returned to rescue Shiryu underwater.
• Ronglin boarded a warship, dodged gunfire, and blasted groups of soldiers into the sea with Tempest Kicks.
• Ronglin demanded the Commander’s location from a soldier, then crushed the soldier’s neck when he refused to answer.
• Three humanoid weapons resembling Bartholomew Kuma approached Ronglin from multiple directions.

Ronglin destroyed three Pacifistas and obliterated a warship after confronting the soldiers over their attack on Kerris Island. Jazz sensed Ronglin’s fury and continued fighting the soldiers nearby.

• Tyrant Bear identified Ronglin as the Alliance Leader of the Star Alliance and reported his 900 million Beli bounty.
• Ronglin dodged the Pacifistas’ attacks and destroyed all three with his fists.
• Ronglin challenged the soldiers over their attack on Kerris Island, then unleashed Haki: City Crusher and shattered their warship.
• Burgess watched Ronglin’s strike in horror, while Jazz sensed the destruction and charged at more than a hundred soldiers with Fish-Man Karate - 4000 Brick Fist.

Ronglin and his allies devastated the military fleet while searching for its Commander, and Bony-Sen watched the battle without offering help. Ronglin continued killing officers and letting the surviving soldiers suffer in fear.

• Jazz used Fish-Man Karate and the Six Powers to defeat an officer, then dodged a Pacifista’s laser before Shiryu cut the Pacifista down.
• Jazz complained that Shiryu had stolen his kill, while Shiryu challenged him to take one of his own.
• Ronglin sank two warships, destroyed Pacifistas, and forced soldiers to reveal the Commander’s location as Image Bugs broadcast the battle to Bony-Sen.
• The Commander begged Bony-Sen for reinforcements, but Bony-Sen said the mission was complete and dismissed the soldiers’ pleas for help.
• Ronglin killed the fleet’s powerful officers and left the remaining soldiers panicking, while refusing to use Conqueror’s Haki against them.

Ronglin fought through the fleet and demanded to know who had ordered the attack on Kerris Island. He learned that CP0’s Commander-in-Chief had ordered the operation, while the Navy and Five Elders were not involved.

• Shiryu cleaved a warship apart as Ronglin continued sinking the fleet and approached its Commander.
• The Commander confessed his guilt over ordering Kerris Island destroyed, but Ronglin demanded to know who had issued the order.
• Ronglin used Arc Wall to scatter hundreds of soldiers who tried to stop him.
• Ronglin killed an officer who refused to answer, and another officer revealed that CP0’s Commander-in-Chief had ordered the attack after the Navy withdrew.
• Ronglin suspected that Bony-Sen had arranged the operation to take revenge on him.

Ronglin and the Star Alliance forces destroyed the World Government fleet after Ronglin condemned its officers for killing civilians. The survivors were left scattered across the sea as Jazz carried Drake and Shiryu back to the Starry.

• Ronglin confronted the officers over the bombardment that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, then struck down the men who attacked him.
• Ronglin defeated the warship’s soldiers and blasted the vessel apart with a punch, while Shiryu cut down nearby ships trying to rescue the survivors.
• Burgess destroyed the escort ships that attacked the Starry, fighting through gunfire and growing more powerful as he battled.
• Jazz, Shiryu, and Drake finished off the final warship, but Drake realized he could not swim because he was a Devil Fruit user.
• Jazz grabbed Drake and Shiryu and swam them back to the Starry at remarkable speed, surprising Drake.

After Ronglin destroyed a fleet and left its survivors stranded at sea, he calmly studied the New World’s shifting forces with Jazz. They concluded that the Five Elders and all three Navy Admirals might be moving to stop Ace, Shanks, and Buggy’s alliance from reaching Laugh Tale.

• Jazz rescued two men from the sea and returned to the Starry as Ronglin descended onto the ship unharmed.
• Burgess, Drake, Caesar, and Shiryu discussed the stranded fleet, while Drake said its people deserved to die.
• Ronglin asked Jazz to help locate the Five Elders, and Jazz reasoned that they were unlikely to be targeting the major pirate factions or the Star Alliance.
• Ronglin noticed that Ace, Shanks, and Buggy’s alliance was moving across the New World while avoiding major forces and withdrawing its garrisons.
• Ronglin and Jazz suspected the alliance was searching for Laugh Tale and that the Five Elders and all three Admirals had deployed to intercept it.
• Jazz worried that Marine Headquarters would be left vulnerable, but Ronglin pointed out that Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and other veterans remained there.

After the destruction of Kerris Island and the Third Fleet, Ronglin rallied the Star Alliance and reorganized its forces while the World Government spread a false account of the battle. Two months later, Ronglin had recaptured four of the five other rebel islands, leaving the alliance ready to continue its fight.

• Ronglin decided to seize the chance created by the Navy’s and Five Elders’ absence and ordered the Star Alliance to regroup for a renewed struggle against the World Government.
• Ronglin sent the Second Fleet to defend the Lodun Islands, kept Capone in command of the Fourth Fleet, and returned Jinbe to the Ashil Kingdom while Caesar continued developing Devil Fruits.
• Ronglin sailed aboard the Starry with Jazz, Shiryu, Drake, and twenty Phantom Group members to test their strength.
• The newspapers blamed the Star Alliance and praised the World Government over Kerris Island, but the promised compensation for fallen soldiers went missing and the responsible official was executed.
• Two months after the battle, Ronglin led the Starry to defeat attackers and recapture four of the five other islands rumored to have rebelled.

Ronglin reclaimed islands for the Star Alliance and used a heartfelt public speech to restore the alliance’s reputation. He arrived at Edward Weevil’s island while Momousagi and Fujitora watched from a distance, and Bony-Sen’s CP0 forces still had not taken the bait to attack.

• Ronglin found that his followers lacked governing experience, so he contacted Jinbe to work with the king of the Ashil Kingdom to cultivate administrators.
• Ronglin delivered a speech written by Caesar, and its broadcast helped restore public support for the Star Alliance.
• Ronglin deliberately made his campaign conspicuous to lure Bony-Sen’s CP0 into attacking, but they did not strike as he traveled to Edward Weevil’s island.
• The Starry arrived at the island, where civilians cheered Ronglin; he left Redfield and Phantom Group members to guard the ship while Drake assisted them.
• Momousagi watched the welcoming crowd with Fujitora and reported what she saw.

Ronglin arrived on an island occupied by Edward Weevil and discovered how eagerly the civilians welcomed the Star Alliance. Weevil demanded Ronglin surrender his Alliance Leader position, then attacked the civilians, prompting Shiryu to rush in and block his strike.

• Ronglin investigated the island with Jazz and was struck by the civilians’ enthusiastic welcome despite Weevil’s occupation.
• Shiryu confronted Edward Weevil, who claimed to be Whitebeard’s son and demanded that Ronglin make him Alliance Leader on Big Mom’s orders.
• The civilians cursed Weevil and recalled how he had killed their lord and abused the island’s people.
• Weevil flew into a rage and swung his weapon at the civilians.
• Shiryu leaped in and blocked Weevil’s blade, sending a shockwave through the crowd.

Shiryu fought Weevil but was badly wounded after Weevil caught him distracted by Ronglin. Ronglin ordered the Phantom Group to intervene, and the nine fighters quickly knocked Weevil down, leaving Ronglin wondering whether he had been a fraud.

• Shiryu blocked Weevil's attack and traded blows with him while Ronglin told Shiryu to leave the fight for the Phantom Group's training.
• Weevil exploited Shiryu's distraction, struck him across the chest, and pursued him as he fell back bleeding.
• Ronglin ordered the nine Phantom Group fighters to attack Weevil.
• One fighter seized Weevil's blade while the other eight struck him with energy, sending him flying into a crater and spitting blood.
• Ronglin wondered why Weevil had fallen so quickly after seeming capable.

Weevil feigned defeat and used sneak attacks to knock out Phantom Group members despite being surrounded. Ronglin realized Weevil had been hiding the true power of his Armament Haki, leaving the fight more dangerous than it first appeared.

• Shiryu refused help for his chest wound and learned from Ronglin that Weevil had fallen into a crater.
• Weevil pretended to be badly injured, then sprang up and knocked two Phantom Group members unconscious with a surprise attack.
• The remaining Phantom Group members transformed into their beast forms and surrounded Weevil, landing blows while he struggled to fight back.
• Ronglin noticed Weevil's attacks seemed weak until he saw the black sheen of Armament Haki coat Weevil's fist.
• Weevil struck a Phantom Group member in the shoulder with a powerful Haki-coated punch, leaving him unconscious and bringing his tally of downed members to three.