Chapter Summaries

Zephyr warned Ron that pursuing Devil Fruit Awakening without the right mindset could turn him into a living Devil Fruit, so Ron agreed to take leave and reflect. While Ron traveled toward Alabasta on vacation, the Marines prepared a search operation for missing information, and an unexpected visitor arrived at his ship.

• Ron considered the Will of D. and asked Zephyr how to achieve Devil Fruit Awakening.
• Zephyr explained that Awakening required a calm mindset and warned Ron he could become a human Devil Fruit like Monet if he lacked control.
• Zephyr told Ron to take leave, and Ron agreed to reflect on what the Rumble-Rumble Fruit meant to him.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku assigned search tasks to recover missing information, while Kizaru and Garp reacted to Ron's unexpected leave.
• Traveling aboard the Euro, Ron asked Fujitora to warn Law that the Marines were preparing a major move and requested a detailed map of Alabasta.
• A hearty voice called out to Ron from outside his cabin, and Ron recognized the unexpected visitor with exasperation.

Ron tried to convince Lirisk that he was on vacation, but realized Lirisk had been sent to monitor him amid a power struggle between Oric and the Five Elders. Ron showed Lirisk a treasure map and recruited him to help dig for treasure in Alabasta.

• Lirisk barged into Ron’s room, assumed Ron was plotting against someone, and helped himself to Ron’s cigars.
• Lirisk revealed that he had sneaked out of the Holy Land because of a theft at the World Government building.
• Ron concluded that Oric had arranged for Lirisk to watch him as the Five Elders and Oric tested each other’s power.
• Ron showed Lirisk a treasure map and explained that the treasure site had become buried beneath the desert in Alabasta.
• Ron persuaded Lirisk to provide manpower for the dig and proposed that they split the treasure equally.

Ron and Saint Lisk arrived in Alabasta to search for a hidden treasure, and King Cobra welcomed them. After explaining the Nefertari Family’s estrangement from the Celestial Dragons, Ron and Lisk noticed disguised pirates near their lodging.

• Ron and Saint Lisk traveled by warship to Alabasta after leaving their merchant ship.
• King Cobra personally welcomed them at the harbor and escorted them to a secondary palace.
• Ron asked Cobra to find skilled digging workers and keep their mission secret.
• Lisk explained that the Nefertari Family had rejected the other founding families’ rule and lost the Celestial Dragons’ recognition after returning to Alabasta and marrying ordinary people.
• Ron and Lisk spotted disguised pirates near Rainbase and realized their arrival might not go unnoticed.

Cobra rejected relying on Marine Vice Admiral Azure Dragon and resolved to protect Alabasta through its own efforts. Ron set out with Lirisk and a recruited workforce to dig for treasure, then ordered CP0 to capture pirates near Alubarna and investigate the kingdom’s worsening condition.

• Cobra told Bell and Jaka that Alabasta had to seize its own fate, despite the chance to recover that Ron and the Nibelungen Family had provided.
• Ron gathered workers with Cobra’s cooperation, and Lirisk threatened them with death while promising rewards for digging up treasure.
• The workers cheered for Lirisk, and he explained to Ron that his upbringing had taught him how to command people.
• A CP0 agent reported that twenty groups were tracking the procession near Alubarna, and Ron ordered agents to capture and interrogate them.

Ron and Lirisk interrogated captured pirates and learned that rumors of an Ancient Weapon had drawn pirates into Alabasta, where they were being used in a political scheme. Ron then followed a treasure map to a site in the northern desert, where he noticed that Alabasta had only one princess.

• Ron questioned the captured pirates, killing two when they failed to offer useful information.
• A pirate revealed that rumors of treasure in Alabasta had brought them there, and the captives’ testimony identified the treasure as an alleged Ancient Weapon.
• Lirisk explained that an unknown faction was using pirates to destabilize Alabasta and profit from the resulting chaos, though he could not identify the mastermind.
• Ron and his group reached a location marked on a treasure map in the northern desert, and Willit confirmed the site was somewhere within three kilometers.
• Ron looked into the distance and remarked that Alabasta seemed to have only one princess.

Princess Vivi and Koza sought Vice Admiral Azure Dragon’s help against the pirate invasion of Alabasta, but Ron refused to intervene. He argued that Alabasta’s strength and repeated vulnerability pointed to a failure within the kingdom, leaving Vivi stunned by his accusation.

• Vivi reached Saint Lisk’s camp with Koza and asked to see Vice Admiral Azure Dragon, giving her family name to secure entry.
• Ron tested Vivi and Koza with a lightning bolt that Koza intercepted, then praised their performance and heard Vivi’s request for help.
• Vivi offered Ron a letter requesting aid from the Five Elders, but he said he would not intervene because he found Alabasta’s repeated troubles amusing.
• Ron contrasted Alabasta’s resources, trusted king, and vast army with its inability to prevent another invasion, while Koza blamed government officials for delaying their response.
• Ron suggested that Alabasta was simply too weak and easy to bully, leaving Vivi speechless.

Vice Admiral Azure Dragon challenged Vivi and Koza to confront Alabasta’s weakness and showed them a plan to reclaim the country from pirates. Vivi and Koza left uncertain, while Ron and Lirisk bargained over a share of Alabasta’s land.

• Ron condemned Cobra’s restraint and argued with Vivi that Alabasta needed strength to protect its citizens from pirates.
• Ron criticized hereditary rule and told Vivi that the Nefertari Family’s reputation mattered more to it than the people.
• Koza drew his scimitar in anger, but Vivi ordered him to stand down and asked Ron what Alabasta should do.
• A CP0 agent brought in a sand table showing pirates occupying two-thirds of Alabasta, and Ron presented Vivi with a military path to reclaim the country within a year.
• Vivi and Koza left in confusion, and Ron told Lirisk that he wanted to profit from Alabasta’s vacant land; Lirisk bargained for thirty percent, but Ron offered ten.

Rob Lucci and Kalifa investigated the powers gathered in Alabasta, while Lirisk told Ron that his Devil Fruit may already be awakened. The chapter ended with Ron agreeing to let Lirisk draw out that power.

• A furious Dark World trader complained that the Marine Azure Dragon and Celestial Dragons had disrupted his Alabasta operation, then vowed to find the Ancient Weapon as his butler silenced the witnesses.
• Rob Lucci and Kalifa reviewed CP0’s investigation, and Rob told Kalifa to report their findings to Lord Zero and pass Azure Dragon intelligence about BIG MOM and Katakuri.
• Rob Lucci left to inspect newcomers at Enies Lobby, while Kalifa wondered whether he could keep up with Azure Dragon.
• Ron told Lirisk that Zephyr had sent him to clear his head, and Lirisk concluded that Ron had already awakened his Logia Devil Fruit.
• Lirisk offered to draw out Ron’s awakening despite warning that Ron’s unstable mindset could make him lose himself, and Ron agreed to try.

Lirisk explained that Devil Fruit Awakening came from fusing a user's ability with their body or surroundings, then helped Ron pursue Logia Awakening by striking him with Armament Haki. After half an hour of repeated attacks, Ron began sensing the power of Awakening, and Lirisk realized it was about to emerge.

• Lirisk took Ron outside camp and told him Zephyr's research showed that Awakening depended on fusion.
• Ron reasoned that Paramecia users fused their abilities with their surroundings, Zoans fused with their bodies, and Logias could fuse with the environment through Elementalization.
• Lirisk said Ron could trigger Logia Awakening by maintaining Elementalization while enduring Armament Haki attacks.
• Lirisk punched through Ron's chest and launched a barrage of attacks as CP0 agents and workers watched in shock.
• After half an hour, Ron began sensing a peculiar quality as his body repeatedly dispersed and reassembled, and Lirisk sensed that Logia Awakening was imminent.

Ron entered a dangerous Logia awakening in the desert, retaining a trace of awareness while lightning began consuming his surroundings. After learning Katakuri was in Alabasta, he declared that he would kill BIG MOM and appeared ready to head for the New World.

• Ron’s awakening unleashed a lightning storm, and Lirisk ordered the others to retreat as the power began affecting the desert.
• Ron let the lightning take over while remaining connected to it, then blocked the group’s path and demanded they return to dig up the treasure.
• A Den Den Mushi call brought news that Katakuri of the BIG Pirates was in Alabasta.
• Ron said BIG MOM would cause trouble if he ignored Katakuri, then declared that he would kill her and surged away in a pillar of lightning.

Sengoku learned that Ron had awakened and lost some control while retaining his consciousness, then raced to track him as he headed toward BIG MOM. Ron instead crossed Alabasta, striking pirates and alarming Katakuri before speeding out to sea, while Sengoku ordered Marines to find him and accused the Celestial Dragons of causing the crisis.

• A CP0 agent told Sengoku that Ron had awakened, behaved like a drunken man, and announced that he would kill BIG MOM.
• Sengoku realized Lirisk and Oric intended to use Ron’s awakening as part of their conflict with the Five Elders, then demanded Ron’s location.
• Ron flew over Alabasta, spotted pirates attacking a town, and blasted them with lightning.
• Katakuri watched Ron pass overhead while monitoring him for BIG MOM, then reported that Ron had already left Alabasta.
• Sengoku ordered Marines and affiliated nations along Ron’s route to avoid him and locate BIG MOM, while blaming the Celestial Dragons for the danger.

The Five Elders discussed their responsibility for Oric’s rising ambitions and decided to turn Ron’s loss of control into a chance to redirect tensions toward BIG MOM. Ron traveled toward Totland while struggling to master his awakened lightning, and the Five Elders watched him pass Mary Geoise before ordering their forces to follow.

• The Five Elders argued over their role in Oric’s crisis before the white-haired Elder told them Ron was heading their way after trouble awakening his Fruit Ability.
• Ron sang and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki as he traveled toward BIG MOM’s territory, then stopped at Angel Island and devastated its food street while eating.
• Ron realized his awakened lightning consumed far less stamina but was merging with the environment and resisting control, so he sought a target to unleash it upon.
• Two days later, Ron sensed an active presence in the Holy Land and passed over Mary Geoise without stopping.
• The Five Elders ordered their prepared forces to follow Ron and took his passage as evidence that he had not completely lost consciousness.

Ron crossed into the New World and headed toward Totland as the Marines mobilized for war against the BIG Pirates. BIG MOM learned that the World Government was involved and suspected Alabasta might contain an Ancient Weapon, then asked where Katakuri was.

• Ron used his awakened senses to read the New World's chaotic magnetic fields and flew toward a clear route.
• Zero learned that Sengoku had dispatched Kizaru and Aokiji, then ordered the CP0 forces to advance at full speed.
• Spies across the New World saw Ron and the Marine forces heading for Totland, prompting widespread alarm.
• BIG MOM discovered the Marines had targeted her crew and questioned why the World Government had joined the attack.
• Smoothie suggested Alabasta might contain an Ancient Weapon, and BIG MOM asked where Katakuri was.

Ron destroyed Shortcake Island and continued advancing through Totto Land, prompting BIG MOM to learn that the Marines had launched an assault. BIG MOM flew out to confront Ron herself as Smoothie ordered the forces to support her.

• Ron unleashed his Conqueror's Haki over Shortcake Island, then destroyed the island with his awakened Divine Thunder Cannon.
• Kizaru watched the destruction while Zero moved his fleet to intercept enemy reinforcements.
• A messenger told BIG MOM that Shortcake Island had fallen, and Smoothie reported that Ron had also destroyed Chocolate Island and Taffy Island and was heading toward Whole Cake Island.
• BIG MOM's Homies offered to fight Ron, but she mounted Zeus and flew out to meet him herself.
• Smoothie ordered all forces to abandon their tasks and support BIG MOM, declaring that the war had begun.

The Marines began their assault on Totland while Shanks refused to intervene, fearing the government’s response if he tried to rescue Rayleigh. Ron reached Whole Cake Island and confronted BIG MOM, revealing his awakened Devil Fruit power despite having left his weapon behind.

• Aokiji received Sengoku’s orders to drive away pirates scouting Totland and watched Ron’s attack from afar.
• Shanks rejected Beckman’s suggestion that they use the battle to rescue Rayleigh, deciding the risk of becoming the government’s target was too great.
• Zero’s troops and the Wrathful Legion clashed across Totland as Ron’s uncontrolled power left every island along his route destroyed.
• Ron arrived at Whole Cake Island and challenged BIG MOM, who attacked him with Prometheus and Napoleon.
• Ron dodged BIG MOM’s strike, counterattacked with an incandescent spear, and revealed that he had awakened his Devil Fruit.

Ron fought BIG MOM on Whole Cake Island while Kizaru searched her treasure vault for Poneglyphs. Ron’s awakened lightning devastated the island, and he ended the chapter revealing a powerful new technique that astonished Kizaru.

• Ron told BIG MOM that his attack on her had nothing to do with the Marines, then struck her with a lightning spear and sent her flying with Human Cannonball.
• Ron summoned a vast storm of Meteor Spears that devastated Whole Cake Island and destroyed the Seducing Woods while Kizaru found two Poneglyphs in BIG MOM’s treasure vault.
• BIG MOM emerged from the wreckage and attacked Ron with Elbaf Spear: Ikoku, but he used lightning to grind the air pillar away.
• Ron activated the awakened skill Heavenly Thunder God: Drums of Heaven, and Kizaru was shocked that Ron had reached a second stage of fusion despite struggling to control his power.

Ron unleashed the awakened Drums of Heaven across Whole Cake Island, forcing BIG MOM to defend Totto Land against the devastating lightning. BIG MOM survived the attack, but the island and her forces were left in ruins, and she swore to kill Ron.

• Kizaru recognized that Ron had entered the second stage of Devil Fruit Awakening and ordered a retreat.
• Ron struck the Thunder Drums, sending lightning across Whole Cake Island as BIG MOM and Zeus tried to protect the island and its people.
• Ron intensified the attack, overwhelming Zeus and killing many residents while BIG MOM countered with Soul Storm.
• BIG MOM, Prometheus, Zeus, and the Wrathful Legion endured repeated strikes, but Smoothie collapsed and the Homies were torn apart.
• BIG MOM remained standing amid the devastation and vowed to kill Ron.

Kaido’s fleet appeared as BIG MOM unleashed her awakened Devil Fruit against Ron. The chapter ended with Ron recognizing that her seawater Homies were manifestations of the Soul-Soul Fruit itself.

• BIG MOM grieved over Whole Cake Island’s destruction and prepared to risk her life against Ron.
• Kizaru considered helping Ron, but worried that Ron’s awakened state might make him attack allies.
• Aokiji froze the surrounding sea and told Kizaru that Kaido’s fleet had appeared.
• Kizaru wondered whether Kaido had come to attack BIG MOM, while Ron and BIG MOM realized they needed to finish their fight quickly.
• BIG MOM awakened her Soul-Soul Fruit, turning a towering wave into ghostly ships and a giant sheep-faced Homie.
• Ron recognized that the seawater Homies were the Soul-Soul Fruit itself.

Ron revealed his Lightning Titan form and fought BIG MOM, breaking through her awakened Soul-Soul Fruit attacks and preparing a devastating strike. Zeus intervened to shield BIG MOM, and Ron moved to destroy it with Thunder Extreme Coffin.

• BIG MOM awakened her Soul-Soul Fruit and sent a towering wave of seawater at Ron.
• Ron transformed into the Lightning Titan and burst apart BIG MOM's wave with a lightning strike.
• BIG MOM attacked with Napoleon, Zeus, and Prometheus, but Ron's Lightning Spear cut through their combined assault.
• BIG MOM revealed her true attack by controlling the ice beneath Ron and sending enormous spikes at him.
• Ron used Tempest Kick: Lion Cut to shatter the ice spikes, then gathered power for Divine Thunder Cannon.
• Zeus shielded BIG MOM, and Ron charged at it with Divine Thunder Palace: Thunder Extreme Coffin.

Ron used his awakened electromagnetic power to trap Zeus and destroy him, then turned on Prometheus while BIG MOM struggled to contain an explosion threatening Whole Cake Island. Napoleon attacked to save Prometheus, and Ron met it with Cloud Dragon Kill.

• Ron locked the battlefield in place with Thunder Extreme Coffin, leaving Zeus unable to move and Prometheus trapped.
• BIG MOM used Ghostly Black Prison to contain Ron's Divine Thunder Cannon and protect Whole Cake Island.
• Ron impaled Zeus with Gungnir and destroyed it with Great Electric Generator, despite Prometheus and Napoleon's cries.
• Prometheus broke free, attacked Ron with a fire tornado and flaming serpents, and Ron seized it to unleash Great Electric Generator.
• Napoleon tried to rescue Prometheus by striking at Ron, but Ron countered with Cloud Dragon Kill and thrust his Lightning Spear forward.