Chapter Summaries

Ron destroyed Napoleon and trapped Prometheus inside BIG MOM’s Divine Thunder Cannon before detonating it, while Aokiji and Kizaru fought Kaido near Mint Candy Island. Aokiji and Kizaru discussed Ron’s injuries and hoped he would survive the danger caused by his Devil Fruit Awakening.

• Ron used Lightning Titan Mode to destroy Napoleon, then turned to attack the remaining Prometheus.
• BIG MOM hurled the Divine Thunder Cannon at Ron, but he froze it and sent it into Prometheus before releasing its restraints and escaping the blast.
• Near Mint Candy Island, a distant gale disrupted Kaido’s attack, and Aokiji raised an Iceberg to block it.
• Kaido shattered the Iceberg with Thunder Bagua, but Aokiji struck him with Ice Age and Kizaru blasted his shoulder with a Light Speed Kick.
• Aokiji and Kizaru said Lord Zero would arrive in half an hour and worried that Ron might not survive the damage to his consciousness from his Devil Fruit Awakening.

Ron fought BIG MOM on Whole Cake Island after destroying her Homies, but her immense strength and defense forced him to change tactics. He unleashed his Eight Cannons of the Thunder God, sending BIG MOM flying as the battle continued.

• BIG MOM roared in grief after Prometheus was killed, and Ron attacked with Azure Dragon's Roar.
• BIG MOM broke through Ron's slash with a punch and repeatedly blocked his spear attacks with her Armament Haki-coated fists.
• BIG MOM launched a powerful Haki-infused punch, so Ron exploded his lightning body to evade and struck her from behind in a smaller form.
• BIG MOM burned her hand catching Ron's sneak attack, then countered his Thundercloud Kirin with an awakened ice whale.
• Ron charged BIG MOM with Awakened Skill: Extreme Martial Fist: Eight Cannons of the Thunder God, and his cannon fist sent her flying.

Ron unleashed the Eight Cannons of the Thunder God against BIG MOM, overwhelming her with a relentless series of blows. He killed Mosquito when the minister tried to intervene, then blasted BIG MOM into the sky with his final attack.

• Ron struck BIG MOM repeatedly, overpowering her counterattack and sending her crashing across the frozen plain.
• Mosquito rushed in to protect BIG MOM, but Ron shattered his sword and killed him with a punch.
• BIG MOM summoned a huge ice blade with her awakened Soul-Soul Fruit power and slashed at Ron.
• Ron blocked the blade with one hand, then struck BIG MOM in the abdomen and prepared his final attack.
• Ron unleashed Eight Cannons of the Thunder God: Heaven and Earth Universe, blasting BIG MOM high into the distance.

Kaido sensed Ron’s awakened power and fled the battle with the Marines rather than risk being defeated. Ron overwhelmed BIG MOM with his Eight Cannons of the Thunder God and left her gravely wounded, having targeted her womb to prevent her from bearing more children.

• Kaido recognized the force of Ron’s awakened power and decided he could not afford to keep fighting the Marines.
• Kaido smashed through Aokiji’s iceberg, swept Kizaru aside, transformed into a dragon, and ordered the Beasts Pirates to retreat.
• Kizaru tried to charge an attack but was engulfed by Kaido’s Heat Breath, while Aokiji froze the dragon’s body.
• Ron’s repeated cannon punches battered BIG MOM and tore open her lower abdomen, leaving her sprawled on the ice.
• Ron revealed that he had deliberately targeted BIG MOM’s womb to stop her from having more children, then struggled to control his newly awakened power.

Ron wounded BIG MOM badly, but she continued attacking until Aokiji arrived and Ron’s lightning clone exploded. Meanwhile, the Five Elders celebrated their plan to keep the war going and weaken Oric’s allies, unaware BIG MOM’s rage would not be easily quelled.

• Ron struck BIG MOM in the abdomen, and she erupted in rage, unleashing her awakened Dark Fairy Tale ability against him.
• Ron dodged BIG MOM’s soul-infused attack and destroyed the lifeless ice hand she sent after him with Gungnir.
• BIG MOM charged Ron on a staircase of snowmen, and Aokiji arrived and used Ice Age as she landed a blow on Ron.
• Ron’s lightning clone detonated, engulfing BIG MOM and Aokiji in an explosion while Kizaru watched from a distance.
• At Mary Geoise, the Five Elders declared their diversion successful, reasoning that the war would tie down the Marines and leave Oric without allies when he emerged from the Place of Refuge.
• The Five Elders decided they could use human lives to cover other threats, expecting BIG MOM to retreat once she realized she could not defeat the Marines.

After Ron escaped the aftermath of his fight with BIG MOM, news spread that the BIG Pirates had declared war on the Navy. In response, the Flower Country delayed deploying Lao G, while Smoker received orders to keep East Blue quiet as the Navy prepared for war.

• Ron realized the consequences of his fight with BIG MOM and fled, suspecting Nibelungen Lirisk had an unknown motive for targeting him.
• The BIG Pirates declared all-out war on the Navy to avenge the Azure Dragon, and the news spread across the world.
• In Flower Country, Huo Hai told the Little Dragon Country Lord that BIG MOM had been seriously wounded and the BIG Pirates were attacking Navy positions.
• The Little Dragon Country Lord decided to postpone orders for Lao G and wait to see how the conflict developed.
• Smoker read Marine Headquarters' notice ordering the Loguetown base and East Blue Anti-Corruption Bureau to crack down on pirates for six months.
• Smoker resolved to head for the Grand Line after completing the assignment.

Trafalgar Law learned that Garp had been sent to the war against BIG MOM and prepared to set sail with the Heart Pirates. Ron returned to Alabasta and confronted Lirisk, summoning his Thunder Dragon Halberd as Lirisk transformed to defend himself.

• Fujitora told Law that Garp was leading the Navy's latest reinforcements against BIG MOM, and Law decided the Heart Pirates could move safely.
• Bepo told Law that the Polar Tang had been repaired, and Law declared that they would make a name for themselves.
• Moria celebrated the war and said he would put the corpses of its casualties to use while Nico Robin continued reading.
• Ron flew over a battle in Alabasta, saw Koza leading the royal army against pirates, and continued toward the Desert of Death.
• Ron demanded an explanation from Lirisk, who tried to change the subject by proposing a fight.
• Ron summoned the Thunder Dragon Halberd, and Lirisk covered himself in eerie green scales.

Ron confronted Lirisk after realizing the Celestial Dragon had manipulated his forced awakening as part of a political plot. After Lirisk left, Ron turned to a newly discovered treasure site, where a massive stone door suggested the treasure lay inside a ruin.

• Ron stared down Lirisk with killing intent as CP0 agents rushed in to protect the Celestial Dragon.
• Lirisk told Ron that they could never be friends because Ron was a Marine and he was a Celestial Dragon, confirming their alliance had ended.
• Ron let Lirisk and the CP0 agents leave, then resolved to advance his Celestial Dragon extermination plan.
• An excavation foreman told Ron that the workers had found the treasure site but could not open its enormous stone door.
• Ron saw the ten-meter stone door in the mine and realized the treasure was hidden in a ruin.

Ron and an archaeologist concluded that a treasure map led to a noble pirate’s enormous tomb in Alabasta, and Ron opened its sealed entrance. He left the excavation to the scholar when his Mind Net alerted him to Katakuri’s arrival, then confronted Katakuri in the desert with a halberd at his neck.

• Ron questioned an archaeologist about the relief on the mine’s stone door, and the scholar identified it as a legend from outside Alabasta.
• The archaeologist argued that the map and relief pointed to a noble pirate’s mausoleum, and Ron agreed to let him excavate it.
• Ron warned the scholar that tombs were meant to remain undisturbed, but the stone door suddenly opened after Ron smashed it inward.
• Ron sensed an approaching acquaintance through his Mind Net and left the scholar to investigate the tomb.
• Katakuri rode an exhausted camel toward a large desert camp, but Ron appeared beside him and held the Thunder Halberd to his neck.

Katakuri asked Ron for help, offering to betray BIG MOM and provide intelligence in exchange for his siblings’ survival. He left Ron to consider the offer, while Ron rejected Katakuri’s claim that he had orchestrated the downfall of the Four Emperors.

• Katakuri approached Ron and asked him to help protect his younger siblings, offering him the chance to destroy a Four Emperor crew.
• Katakuri explained that BIG MOM had sent her pirate crews into a costly war against the Marines and ordered him to mobilize hidden forces for a pincer attack.
• Katakuri said BIG MOM’s injuries might be treated by Drum Island doctors, but the procedure would leave her too weak to remain a Four Emperor.
• Katakuri offered Ron maps, troop deployments, pirate crew rosters, BIG MOM’s Food Addiction triggers, and the weaknesses of their Devil Fruit abilities.
• Katakuri accused Ron of plotting to eliminate the Four Emperors, but Ron insisted that his original target had only been Blackbeard Teach.

Ron and Sengoku agreed to use Katakuri’s surrender to split the BIG Pirates, offering amnesty and safe lives to Charlotte family members who defected. After Katakuri left to carry out the plan, Sengoku warned Ron that events within the Government were complicated and told him to remain in Alabasta.

• Ron called Sengoku after Katakuri offered to surrender, and Sengoku initially berated him for the chaos in the New World.
• Sengoku offered Katakuri six months for Charlotte Descendants to leave the BIG Pirates and receive amnesty, while warning that the Marines would pursue them if Katakuri betrayed the agreement.
• Sengoku ordered Katakuri to continue following BIG MOM’s orders and lead a pincer attack, with the Marines arranging an ambush at Sabaody Archipelago as his pledge of allegiance.
• Katakuri accepted the plan, knowing Sengoku would require the family’s Vivre Cards and that the Marines would monitor him.
• Ron and Sengoku agreed to keep the operation secret, and Sengoku told Ron to stay in Alabasta until he could explain the Government’s complicated situation.

Law and his crew infiltrated Thriller Bark, but Bepo’s encounter with Cerberus exposed them and forced them to charge toward Moria’s lair. Meanwhile, Ron searched for the missing Rebek and his student in an underground cavern and concluded that the answer lay in the abyss below.

• Bepo panicked when Cerberus pursued him, and Law used ROOM and Shambles to cut the three-headed dog into seventeen pieces.
• Cerberus’s scream alerted the zombies, so Law told his crew to charge ahead because they had been discovered.
• Ron learned that Rebek and his student had been missing for five hours and examined the student’s scratched backpack at the excavation site.
• Ron used Lightning Prison: Thousand Birds Flow to search the cavern but found neither the missing people nor their attacker.
• Ron concluded that the answer was not inside the cavern and looked down into the abyss.

Ron tried to lure the attacker out by preparing to blast open the stone door, but Rebek revealed himself by killing the detonator operator. Ron captured the transformed archaeologist, who was bound with steel, and left him subdued beneath Ron’s foot.

• Workers built an iron bridge across the canyon, and the excavation team confirmed the stone door had never been opened.
• Ron ordered explosives placed at the door to provoke the hidden attacker, dismissing the danger to Rebek and his group.
• Rebek suddenly attacked and killed the detonator operator, whose falling body activated the explosives.
• Ron rushed into the blast and emerged unharmed, then had Rebek restrained with steel after ordinary ropes failed.
• The team recognized Rebek as their attacker, and Ron stomped his head into the ground when he cursed them.

Ron questioned Rebek, who invoked a mysterious Lord of the Styx, while an excavation team captain told a legend about a desert river that turned its drinkers into monsters. The chapter ended with Ron dismissing Rebek’s supposed god and stomping him quiet.

• Ron demanded that Rebek tell him everything, but Rebek refused and proclaimed that his lord would punish the heretics.
• The excavation team captain said he knew a clue about Rebek and recounted the legend of the River Styx.
• In the legend, a mayor led his people to a sudden river, where they rebuilt their town before the residents’ blood turned black and some transformed into monsters.
• A young excavation worker explained that his mother had told him the townspeople were already in the realm of the dead.
• Rebek prayed to the Lord of the Styx, and Ron stomped him into the ground and mocked the idea of a god who could not demonstrate its power.

Ron subdued Rebek, then led armed workers into the tomb and discovered enormous mountains of gold. He alerted the Marines and promised one pile to the hardest-working crew, but remained wary of an unknown threat in the burial chamber.

• Ron ordered Rebek beaten until he revealed information, then suspected he had killed the female student and destroyed evidence.
• Ron kicked open the stone door and led a selected group of workers into the underground passage, prepared to face the monstrous old scholar.
• A scout reported a burial chamber full of gold, and Ron found hundreds of heaps of ingots with no apparent traps or poison.
• Ron photographed the treasure and sent the images to Vice Admiral Grumir, whose reaction caused an uproar at G-2 Branch.
• Ron told the workers the gold belonged to the Marines and promised a pile to the crew that worked best, while privately sensing a threat in the chamber.

Ron defeated the oil monsters attacking the workers in the underground tomb and discovered that the apparent creatures were humans animated by black shells. He was about to execute them when one revealed that the monsters could speak, and Ron demanded an explanation.

• Ron used melted gold to block the seastone needle barrage, then trapped the oil monsters in a golden cage and killed those hiding in the ceiling.
• Ron covered the cavern in gold and assured the workers he would restore the area before ordering them to help move the gold out.
• Ron found that the bound monsters were dried-out human corpses animated by their black shells and prepared to execute them.
• One monster protested that Ron had told them to signal if they could speak, and another explained they had forgotten how after being underground so long.
• A worker compared their silence to a relative who had trouble speaking after an illness, prompting Ron to demand that the monsters rephrase their answer.

Ron learned that the tomb’s undying guardians had once been the pirate captain’s crew and that his first mate escaped with the treasure after drinking from the Styx. After uncovering Rebek’s failed search and the destroyed river mechanism, Ron prepared to investigate the Styx below the cliff.

• Ron questioned the tomb guardians and learned that the survivors had been trapped there for three hundred years after drinking from the underground river.
• The guardians revealed that the captain’s younger brother and other traitors had escaped with the treasure, and Ron concluded the first mate was likely dead.
• Ron questioned the guardians about their Seastone embroidery needles, but they only said their captain had brought the items back from the Grand Line.
• The excavation captain found a recently broken mechanism for drawing water from the river and recovered Rebek’s notebook about worshipping the Lord of the Styx.
• Ron explained that Rebek had sought the Styx to escape death, then looked into the canyon and set out to discover what the Styx was.

Ron discovered that the Styx was a sealed pool filled with mutating parasites, destroyed them by releasing magma into the canyon, and left. At Marineford, Grumir told Sengoku that Ron had found thousands of tons of gold and suggested borrowing some to fund the war against BIG MOM.

• Ron found that the Styx had no inlet or outlet and circulated endlessly within the canyon.
• Ron drank the pool water, used Life Return to expel the parasites, and determined that their high concentration caused rapid mutations.
• Ron incinerated the parasites with lightning, then struck the canyon floor with the Thunder Dragon Halberd and flooded the pool with magma.
• At Marine Headquarters, Grumir called Sengoku and reported that Ron had dug up a treasure.
• Grumir suggested that the Marines borrow some of Ron's thousands of tons of gold, and Sengoku reacted in shock.

Ron informed Sengoku that his excavation in Alabasta had uncovered seven thousand tons of gold, worth about twenty-one trillion Berry. He agreed to match the Marines’ spending on the war against BIG MOM’s pirates and waited for an airship to arrive.

• Ron answered Sengoku’s call and confirmed that he had found seven thousand tons of gold.
• Zephyr warned Ron that Sengoku wanted to take the gold, while Sengoku and Zephyr fought over the call.
• Ron explained the gold’s value, leaving Sengoku, Tsuru, and Zephyr stunned by the twenty-one-trillion-Berry fortune.
• Sengoku asked Ron to lend Headquarters one trillion Berry, but Ron warned that such a loan could make the Marines appear to be planning a rebellion.
• Ron offered to cover an amount equal to the Marines’ war expenses, and Tsuru arranged for an airship unit to meet him in the desert.

Momotaro attacked a hidden BIG Pirates fleet at Sabaody and clashed with Charlotte Katakuri. Meanwhile, Law defeated Moria on Thriller Bark and turned on Nico Robin, but an unknown figure intervened before he could kill her.

• Momotaro used his new Rokushiki technique to board and destroy a disguised pirate ship with a single strike.
• Charlotte Katakuri attacked Momotaro, then ordered the surviving fleet to retreat as Momotaro charged him.
• Law defeated Gecko Moria aboard Thriller Bark, and Robin congratulated him on the victory.
• Law refused the prospect of becoming a Shichibukai and revealed he planned to use Robin’s capture to strengthen his case.
• Law activated ROOM and attacked Robin, but an enormous air cannonball struck between them and blasted Law backward.
• Law recognized the towering figure who appeared after the blast.