Chapter Summaries

Ares and Marine Admiral Sengoku fought at the G1 Base as Kaido and Shiki’s pirates stormed through the gates. Ares unleashed his newly learned Ryuo, sending Sengoku crashing into a city wall.

• Kaido slaughtered marines at the breached gate, and Shiki’s pirates poured into the G1 Base behind him.
• Sengoku challenged Ares, who returned to human form and landed on the battlefield.
• Sengoku evaded the fighting pirates and killed hundreds while approaching Ares.
• Ares and Sengoku exchanged punches, and Ares’s strength forced Sengoku backward.
• Ares used Ryuo in his Tiger Warrior King Fist, blasting Sengoku into a city wall and leaving him stunned by the attack’s power.

Ares overwhelmed Sengoku with a punch, forcing Sengoku to transform into his Buddha form and fight at full strength. While they battled at G1 Base, Garp confronted Golden Lion, who had been cutting through the Marines.

• Sengoku realized Ares had used a novel Armament Haki technique to strike him from within, and Marines were shaken by Ares's strength.
• Sengoku transformed into his golden Buddha form and clashed with Ares, using powerful shockwaves while Ares tried to understand the ability.
• Ares dodged Sengoku's attacks with Paper Arts and countered with powerful blows, but Sengoku kept him occupied as ordered by Fleet Admiral Kong.
• At G1 Base, Golden Lion fought through waves of Marines and complained about their numbers.
• Garp arrived and challenged Golden Lion, who recognized him and raised his twin blades.

Garp fought Shiki the Golden Lion at Marine G1 Base while Fleet Admiral Kong wondered why Rocks's main force had not appeared. At God Valley, the Human Hunting Tournament began, and young Ivankov promised Ginny he would protect her as they searched for a Devil Fruit and freedom.

• Garp struck Shiki with a powerful punch, then shattered the Sword Qi Shiki sent at him.
• Shiki questioned why Garp and Sengoku were both at Marine G1 Base and suspected the Marines had prepared a trap.
• Fleet Admiral Kong wondered why Rocks's main force had not appeared despite the news about the Devil Fruit.
• At God Valley, young Ivankov reassured Ginny that he would protect her and urged her to stay close while they searched for a Devil Fruit.
• A Celestial Dragon explained the tournament rules, including six Devil Fruit boxes and points for killing slaves, while the Holy Knights eagerly listened.
• Figarland Garling ordered the tournament to begin, and the slaves scattered across the island before the Celestial Dragons set out.

Saint Garling led the Holy Knights and Celestial Dragons into the Human Hunting Tournament on God Valley, beginning a one-sided slaughter of the slaves. Bartholomew Kuma tried to survive by holding onto his father’s hope, but other slaves beat and threatened him for attempting to flee.

• Saint Saturn praised Saint Garling and sent the Holy Knights and participating Celestial Dragons to hunt the slaves for points and Devil Fruits.
• Saint Garling charged onto God Valley, killed slaves who were hiding, and earned points with his attacks.
• Bartholomew Kuma watched slaves fight one another, then left while reminding himself that he had to survive until the warrior of liberation appeared.
• Several slaves struck Kuma with a club and threatened to break his legs if he tried to escape alone again.

Ivankov and Ginny searched God Valley for the six Devil Fruits and decided to find companions, while the Roger Pirates planned to infiltrate the palace and claim the fruits. Roger ended the chapter by declaring that they would take all six.

• Ivankov told Ginny that finding the Devil Fruits alone would be difficult, so they agreed to look for companions.
• Roger, Rayleigh, Gaban, and the other Roger Pirates discussed searching the palace for information about the Void Century and deciphering the inscriptions.
• Gaban and the crew urged Roger to seize the six powerful Devil Fruits to strengthen their crew against the Rocks Pirates.
• Shakky warned the crew about Ares's growing strength, and Rayleigh agreed that they should carefully seek the Devil Fruits.
• Roger declared that the Roger Pirates would take all six Devil Fruits.

The Roger Pirates disguised themselves as Celestial Dragons to seize a Devil Fruit, and Roger reluctantly shaved his beard to avoid recognition. At Marine G1 Base, Sengoku used Conqueror’s Haki to resist Ares, whose Advanced Armament Haki shocked the watching Marines; the battle remained unresolved.

• Rayleigh prepared Celestial Dragon disguises for the Roger Pirates, and Roger reluctantly shaved his beard so he would not be recognized.
• Sengoku evaded Ares’s powerful attacks and tried to recruit him into the Marines, but Ares refused and released his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Sengoku countered Ares’s Conqueror’s Haki with his own, surprising Ares and the other pirates who believed Marines could not possess it.
• Ares displayed Advanced Armament Haki, and Sengoku realized he had likely mastered it only recently while struggling to find a way to defeat him.
• Kong, Zephyr, Tsuru, and Gion reacted with alarm to Ares’s growing strength, and Tsuru explained that his technique used Conqueror’s Haki to strengthen attacks.

Gion recovered her resolve after Tsuru reminded her of her duty, while Ares’s fight with Sengoku was interrupted when a painful surge of memories left him unable to react. As Kaido rampaged inside Marine G1, Kong sent Black Arm Zephyr to stop him.

• Gion felt inferior after seeing Ares fight, but Tsuru encouraged her to keep pursuing her own justice, and Gion vowed to protect the weak with her sword.
• Ares used his speed and strength to overwhelm Sengoku, who defended himself with a golden shield and launched a Buddha Shockwave.
• A sudden flood of memories incapacitated Ares, leaving him standing still as Sengoku’s shockwave battered him and Sengoku prepared another attack.
• Kaido continued defeating Marines and several Marine Vice Admirals inside the fortress while Golden Lion fought Garp.
• Kong worried that the main force of the Rocks Pirates had not appeared and ordered Black Arm Zephyr to stop Kaido.

Zephyr fought Kaido at Marine G1, but Kaido revealed the growing power of his Hanuman Mythical Zoan and threatened to destroy the base. Fleet Admiral Kong shattered the mountain Kaido hurled at the fortress, leaving Kaido convinced the Marines had prepared an ambush.

• Zephyr attacked Kaido, who transformed into a many-armed demon ape and blocked Zephyr’s strongest Punch Wave without injury.
• Kaido used his speed and strength to overwhelm Zephyr, then tore a massive stone mountain from the earth and hurled it at Marine G1.
• Zephyr raced to stop the mountain while Gion drew Kompira and Vice Admiral Tsuru tried to calm the Marines.
• Fleet Admiral Kong punched the mountain apart before it could crush Marine G1.
• Golden Lion lost focus against Garp and was punched through a wall, while Kaido realized Kong, Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr had gathered at Marine G1 and suspected the pirates had been lured into an ambush.

The Marines’ ambush forced the Rocks Pirates to retreat, while Fleet Admiral Kong activated CP0 and warned the Five Elders that Rocks might be targeting the World Government. At the battlefield, Garp badly injured Shiki, who saw Ares unconscious and critically wounded as Sengoku prepared to finish him despite Slada’s desperate defense.

• Shiki ordered the Rocks Pirates to retreat, and Kaido tried to flee until Zephyr blocked his path.
• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered the Marines to attack, activated CP0, and told Saint Warcury that Rocks might be planning to strike the World Government.
• Garp chased Shiki, who used his Float-Float Fruit to raise a stone lion and briefly obstruct him.
• Shiki saw Ares bloodied and unconscious after Sengoku’s attack, then Garp struck Shiki from behind and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Slada defended Ares against Sengoku, but Sengoku broke his trident and knocked him down before preparing another attack.

Golden Lion Shiki fought Garp and Sengoku alone to protect the unconscious Ares, while CP0 joined the battle and surrounded Kaido. The chapter ended with Kaido trying to break through their coordinated assault.

• Shiki used his swords and Float-Float Fruit powers to hold off Garp and Sengoku while buying time for Ares to recover.
• CP0 arrived under Cloud's command and sent several members to capture Kaido, who was fighting Zephyr.
• Kaido recognized CP0 and charged at them with his kanabo, determined to escape the encirclement.
• A CP0 member braced himself with Iron Body as the others attacked Kaido with Finger Pistol, flying kicks, and close-combat techniques.
• Kaido blocked the air bullets with his hands and caught and crushed the flying slashes.

Kaido broke through Marine G1 Base’s wall and found Ares badly injured, leading him to suspect Rocks had betrayed the crew and set them up for a Marine ambush. As CP0 and Zephyr pressed their attack on Kaido, Ares’s unconscious mind heard a voice identify itself as Li Yang.

• Kaido blocked CP0’s attacks, struck down one agent, and smashed through the city wall with Thunder Bagua.
• Kaido saw Ares bloodied beside Slada and struggled to believe that Ares had lost.
• Zephyr’s attack briefly sent Kaido flying, but Kaido defended himself and then accused Rocks of not coming to G1 Base.
• Zephyr and the CP0 Chief feared Rocks might attack elsewhere, while Cloud received the Five Elders’ order to eliminate Ares and the other Rocks Pirates at the base.
• CP0 agents attacked the pirates and surrounded Kaido with Zephyr, forcing him into a desperate fight.
• Inside Ares’s mind, an echoing voice said it was Li Yang and that the two of them were now each other.

Ares confronted Li Yang, who revealed memories of his distant home and said he wanted his soul to find rest. Li Yang merged with Ares and left him overwhelmed by pain and memories, while an author’s note said the story might continue with Ares heading to the Land of Wano to become shogun.

• Ares resisted Li Yang’s voice in his mind until Li Yang explained that Ares’s father had named him after the War God to protect the Land of Wano.
• Li Yang told Ares that he was a dead soul named Li Yang who did not belong in this world and missed his home.
• Li Yang showed Ares memories of his rural childhood and the modern world he had come from.
• Ares realized Li Yang was preparing to leave, but Li Yang merged into his consciousness and said they were each other.
• Ares called for Li Yang as his memories flooded in and caused him intense pain.
• The author said the story might resume with Ares traveling to the Land of Wano and becoming shogun.

Ares awakened after sensing that Slada had fallen while protecting him, and he vowed to protect the injured Fish-Man Guard. He rejoined the battle against Sengoku as Shiki warned him that the Marines and CP0 had set a trap, leaving Ares confronting Sengoku while Garp attacked Shiki.

• Ares sensed that Slada was gravely wounded and unconscious after enduring Sengoku's attacks to guard him.
• Ares comforted Slada, promised to protect him, and rose to challenge Sengoku again.
• Staff Officer Tsuru, Gion, and Kong witnessed Ares's awakening and feared his monstrous strength and ability to grow during battle.
• Ares attacked Sengoku with Azure Dragon's Claw—Slashing Waves, but Sengoku dodged the slashes.
• Ares joined Shiki and agreed to face Sengoku while Shiki handled Garp, but Shiki warned that the battle was a trap involving CP0.
• Sengoku and Garp attacked, and Ares met Sengoku's Buddha Fist with Blood-colored Armament—Red Dragon's Roar.

Ares fought Sengoku at Marine G1 Base until Kong revealed that the Rocks Pirates had attacked God Valley and offered to release Kaido if Golden Lion transported the Marines there. Ares agreed to hear the Marines’ demand, then froze when he realized the God Valley incident had begun.

• Ares unleashed a furious barrage that forced Sengoku onto the defensive, while Kong prepared to join the fight.
• Saint Saturn told Kong that the Rocks Pirates had attacked God Valley, and Kong ordered support dispatched from G1 Base.
• The Marines captured Kaido with Seastone chains, and Kong used his capture to make Ares listen to a condition.
• Kong demanded that Golden Lion transport the Marines to God Valley in exchange for Kaido’s release, and Ares recognized the significance of the attack.
• Sengoku explained the plan to Garp, who loudly revealed that Rocks had attacked God Valley to everyone on the battlefield.

After learning that Rocks had attacked God Valley, Ares agreed to help the Marines in exchange for Kaido’s release and headed there, hoping to claim the island’s six top-tier Devil Fruits. Before the Rocks Pirates arrived, Charcoal Semimaru secretly failed to contact Ares and Shiki, and Rocks’s crew began its assault on God Valley.

• Golden Lion realized that Rocks’s attack on God Valley had prompted Kong to seek help, and Ares agreed to the deal after learning about the six Devil Fruits there.
• Kong halted the fighting, and the Marines escorted the unconscious Slada and shackled Kaido aboard a warship; Ares demanded that Kaido be released at God Valley.
• Rocks’s crew learned from a distress signal that the Celestial Dragons had hidden six top-tier Devil Fruits on God Valley as hunting prizes, and Rocks ordered his pirates to seize them.
• Whitebeard asked Rocks to notify Shiki and Ares, but Charcoal Semimaru secretly did not contact them and falsely claimed they would come after destroying Marine G1 Base.
• Rocks’s crew reached God Valley, and Rocks sent the pirates charging onto the island to claim the Devil Fruits.

Ivankov, Ginny, and Kuma discovered that the apparent rescuers were pirates slaughtering slaves, while the Rocks Pirates' attack plunged God Valley into chaos. As the Roger Pirates sought the palace treasury and Whitebeard confronted Saint Garling over the Devil Fruits, Linlin set off to claim some of the island's prized fruits.

• Ivankov told Ginny and Kuma that powerful newcomers had arrived, but Ginny saw them killing helpless slaves and warned that they were pirates who would not rescue them.
• Saint Saturn alerted the Marines and ordered the Celestial Dragons to gather and eat the Devil Fruits before the Rocks Pirates could take them.
• Roger and the Roger Pirates planned to use the invasion as cover to search the palace for Void Century history and Devil Fruits.
• Whitebeard confronted Saint Garling and rejected his offer to join the World Government before attacking him with Murakumogiri.
• The Rocks Pirates spread across God Valley as Linlin headed off to find the island's Devil Fruits.

Rocks confronted Saint Saturn at God Valley and revealed that he had sent Ares and Golden Lion to keep the Marines occupied at G1 Base. Saint Saturn transformed into a powerful Mythical Zoan form as Rocks prepared to fight him.

• Linlin sent Zeus and Prometheus to search God Valley for a Devil Fruit, but the Homies quickly became distracted by their surroundings.
• Rocks faced Saint Saturn and explained that Ares was attacking Marine G1 Base while the Rocks Pirates advanced on God Valley.
• Rocks revealed that Charcoal Higurashi had used her Copy-Copy Fruit ability to impersonate a CP0 member and discover that the Sun God Nika fruit was fake.
• Rocks said Ares had mastered Advanced Armament Haki and that Ares and Golden Lion would keep the Marines from helping Saint Saturn soon.
• Saint Saturn transformed into a strange Mythical Zoan form, and Rocks declared that he would not be stopped.

Rocks fought Saint Saturn while Kong revealed that the Navy was traveling to God Valley with Golden Lion and Ares, exposing Golden Lion’s apparent betrayal of the Rocks Pirates. Rocks ordered his crew to attack the Holy Knights and World Government soldiers, then launched a black dragon attack at Saint Saturn as the reinforcements approached.

• Rocks used the Dark-Dark Fruit and Advanced Armament Haki to repel Saint Saturn, drawing jeers from the Rocks Pirates.
• Kong called Saint Saturn and revealed that the Navy was heading to God Valley aboard Golden Lion’s Float-Float Fruit.
• Golden Lion spoke through the Den Den Mushi, accused Rocks of sending him and Ares into a Navy ambush, and threatened to settle the score at God Valley.
• Rocks ordered his pirates to kill the Holy Knights and World Government soldiers and seize the Devil Fruit before the Navy arrived.
• Rocks attacked Saint Saturn with the True Evil Dragon Roar, and the black dragon broke free after Saint Saturn tried to restrain it with his invisible force.

Rocks used the awakened power of the Dark-Dark Fruit to pressure Saint Saturn while Charcoal Semimaru and Charcoal Higurashi pushed through the battle toward the palace treasury. There, they ran into the Roger Pirates looting the treasury, and Semimaru’s barrier withstood Rayleigh’s sword strikes as Roger prepared to test it himself.

• Rocks’s black dragon pulled Saint Saturn toward it with gravity, but Saturn shattered its head with an invisible force and escaped by using Shave.
• Charcoal Semimaru protected himself and Charcoal Higurashi with his barrier as they crossed the battlefield and headed for the palace in search of treasure and Devil Fruits.
• Higurashi used the Copy-Copy Fruit to learn the treasury’s location, and the pair reached its locked doors without encountering serious resistance.
• The treasury doors opened to reveal Roger and the Roger Pirates carrying chests of treasure, and Rayleigh attacked the two intruders.
• Semimaru blocked Rayleigh’s sword and Flying Slash with his barrier, prompting Roger to eagerly volunteer to try breaking it.

The Roger Pirates found the Flame-Flame Fruit in the royal palace treasury, but Charcoal Higurashi called Rocks and revealed their presence. As Rocks headed to confront them and Saint Saturn let him pass, Roger’s crew escaped the collapsing treasury, only to be confronted by Charcoal Higurashi and Charcoal Semimaru demanding the fruit.

• Roger’s God-Dodge failed to break Charcoal Semimaru’s barrier, and the Roger Pirates marveled at its strength.
• A Flame-Flame Fruit rolled from a treasure chest, and Roger offered it to Rayleigh and the others, but they all refused.
• Charcoal Higurashi told Rocks that the Roger Pirates had found the Flame-Flame Fruit, and Rocks set off to stop them.
• Saint Saturn let Rocks and his men enter the royal city, hoping the two pirate crews would weaken each other while the World Government gathered the island’s fruits.
• Rayleigh urged Roger to leave, and Roger brought down the treasury by punching a damaged wall so the crew could escape with the treasure.
• Charcoal Higurashi and Charcoal Semimaru emerged from the rubble inside a spherical barrier and demanded that the Roger Pirates leave the Flame-Flame Fruit behind.