Chapter Summaries

The factions raced to claim the Level 4 Chest after the Ten-Tails appeared badly wounded, but Blackbeard reached it first before Yasopp and the Red-Hair Pirates drove him away. The chapter ended with Blackbeard’s crew escaping underwater at a speed that suggested they faced no resistance.

• The Ten-Tails lay motionless after the explosion, and the factions realized the Level 4 Chest was near its eye.
• Whitebeard and the others fought to reach the Ten-Tails as Curiel launched a rocket and Momousagi and Chaton approached underwater.
• Blackbeard and his crew emerged beside the Ten-Tails, and Blackbeard moved to strike its eye and claim the chest.
• Yasopp shot Blackbeard’s fist and the Ten-Tails’ eye, then the Red-Hair Pirates appeared and forced Blackbeard’s crew to retreat.
• Ben Beckman told Yasopp that Blackbeard’s crew was diving without slowing down, as though the seawater offered no resistance.

Shen Mo appeared after the battle for the Level 4 Chest and revealed that the Ten-Tails they fought was only a toy he had created from a branch. He described the battle as an advance preview of how players might obtain higher-level Jars, then left the world with a promise of further opportunities for those willing to face the Sea of Stars.

• Blackbeard escaped using Water Repelling Talismans, while the others gathered around the motionless Ten-Tails and its Level 4 Chest.
• Shen Mo materialized beside the Chest, and reporters photographed him as Dragon asked whether he had come to announce the winner.
• Whitebeard complained about the battle, and Shen Mo explained that it had been a game introducing players to higher-level Jars.
• Sengoku asked whether players would need to defeat monsters to obtain Level 4 Chests, and Shen Mo said that was not entirely the case.
• Red-Hair asked what would happen if they lost, and Shen Mo revealed that the Ten-Tails was only a toy he had made from a branch.
• Shen Mo told the Destiny Ship passengers that he would offer opportunities to those with the courage to face the Sea of Stars.

After Yasopp won the Chest for his team, Shen Mo explained the qualifications for a Level 4 Chest and urged everyone to seek Jars while waiting for the next Arena. He left the people of the world with a vast vision of his power, and the next contest remained uncertain.

• Shen Mo gave Yasopp the Chest after declaring him the winner, and Sengoku questioned whether final blows made the battles too dependent on luck.
• Shen Mo explained that a Level 4 Chest required defeating the Ten-Tails alone or as a team, and that Yasopp could choose whose name went on the Contract.
• Yasopp deferred the decision to Shanks, who had commanded their team’s victory, while Sengoku resolved to trust only reliable people in future Chest battles.
• Akainu asked when the next Level 4 Chest would appear, and Shen Mo said it would come when the sea became livelier.
• Shen Mo urged everyone to search for Jars and then manifested a vast golden face across the sky before fading away.

After Shanks won the Level 4 Chest, the battle in Alabasta ended and the world began reacting to Shen Mo’s appearance and the Lord of Destiny’s Jars. Doflamingo ordered his followers to gather Jars and investigate the Destiny Ship, while Hancock saw a chance to remove the sisters’ slave brands.

• Shanks sheathed his sword, promised Sengoku he would not open the Level 4 Chest yet, and left with Yasopp.
• Whitebeard returned to cheers from his crew, while Dragon regretted spending so much Fortune during the battle.
• Hawk Eyes stayed with Shanks, helping prevent Sengoku from pursuing Yasopp and the Jar.
• Newspapers spread news of Shen Mo’s appearance, and Doflamingo ordered Monai to collect Jars and investigate the Destiny Ship.
• Hancock and Boa Sandersonia discussed whether Shen Mo could erase the sisters’ Hoof of the Flying Dragon brands.

After Shen Mo’s appearance sparked a worldwide rush to find jars and the Destiny Ship, the Grand Line entered the Treasure Chest Era. While he considered summoning a chef and using the system’s world-traveling function, guests approached his ship.

• Hancock set sail to find the Lord of Destiny after Gloriosa warned her not to provoke him.
• The Shichibukai, Kaido, Big Mom, the Revolutionary Army, and the Marines sent fleets out across the ocean, while the Revolutionary Army also rescued villages and recruited people.
• Pirates and dreamers poured onto the Grand Line, which newspapers named the Treasure Chest Era.
• Shen Mo caught a large golden fish, then considered summoning Nakiri Erina as a companion and using world travel to earn extra income.
• Shen Mo noticed guests approaching and expected he might go to sleep early that night.

The Red-Hair Pirates found the Destiny Ship and entered its boarding trial, joined by Rayleigh. Shanks’s Heart-Questioning Trial revealed his fear that the freedom he cherished would collapse, leaving Shen Mo to wonder what choice Shanks would make if the hopes he relied on failed.

• Shanks and the Red-Hair Pirates found the Destiny Ship and eagerly raced to board it.
• Lucky Roo and Ben Beckman entered the Heart-Questioning Trial, while Shanks paused to greet Rayleigh as he arrived by boat.
• Rayleigh entered the trial, and Shanks followed him into its second stage.
• Shen Mo saw a vision of a chaotic world in Shanks’s Illusionary Realm and recognized that Shanks feared losing his freedom.
• Shen Mo concluded that Shanks would have to choose whether to abandon freedom and step forward if his hopes failed.

Rayleigh passed the Heart-Questioning Trial and learned from Shen Mo about the multiverse and the chance to pursue new adventures. He asked how to revive Roger, and Shen Mo said it would take at least a Level 4 Chest, prompting Rayleigh and Hawk Eyes to look toward Shanks.

• Rayleigh became the first to pass the Heart-Questioning Trial and joined Shen Mo aboard the ship.
• Shen Mo demonstrated the multiverse to Rayleigh and Hawk Eyes and explained that they could travel to other universes.
• Rayleigh said he wanted to revive Roger and explore the endless universes with him.
• Shen Mo explained that fulfilling wishes depended on their own efforts and that Roger's revival required at least a Level 4 Chest.
• Rayleigh and Hawk Eyes turned toward Shanks after hearing that ten Level 4 Chests might be enough.

After passing the Heart-Questioning Trial, Shanks resolved to fight for the freedom of the entire world rather than leave that future to Luffy. Rayleigh then asked Shanks to decide whether to use the Red-Hair Pirates’ Level 4 Medical Series chests in hopes of reviving Roger.

• While Shanks remained in the Illusionary Realm, the Red-Hair Pirates’ officers bought and opened chests, showing off their prizes and new equipment.
• Shanks awoke after passing the trial and said he had nearly failed, while Shen Mo explained that the experience could strengthen his state of mind.
• Shanks told his crew that he now wanted to fight for the freedom of the entire world and would pursue the dream he had once intended to leave to Luffy.
• Rayleigh told Shanks that a Level 4 Medical Series chest might contain a way to revive Roger and asked for Shanks’s opinion on using the chests.

Shanks decided to pursue Roger’s resurrection by opening Level 4 Medical Series chests, even if Roger’s return brought upheaval. As Shanks opened the first six chests, he gained several powerful medicines and regrew his severed arm.

• Shanks chose to help bring Roger back, accepting that his return might make the era more chaotic.
• Shen Mo explained that a Level 4 Medical Series chest could contain a treasure capable of resurrecting Roger, and Shanks chose to open the Level 4 Chests first.
• Yasopp opened the Level 4 Drifting Jar and wrote Shanks’s name on the contract, causing ten chests to appear on deck.
• Shanks opened the first chest and found Longevity Pills, which he gave to Rayleigh and the other older crewmates.
• Shanks found medicines for injuries and blood loss, Purple Fire Pills, body-nourishing inheritance, and Dragon Vein Pills in the next four chests.
• Shanks opened the sixth chest, drank its Water of Life, and watched a new arm grow from his stump.

Shanks regenerated his severed arm and gained an Epic Purple Divine Protection that would revive him at full health after death. With only three jars left, Rayleigh worried they might not find a Resurrection Coin before the competition ended.

• Shanks drank the medicine and restored his severed arm along with its strength.
• Shen Mo explained that Intermediate Resurrection Coins were not especially difficult to obtain from the Medical Series.
• Shanks opened the seventh jar and received Phoenix's Blessing, a Divine Protection that revived him at full health once within a certain period.
• Shen Mo described how Divine Protections could impose rules on the world, and Shanks's crew celebrated his extra life.
• Hawk Eyes warned Shanks not to reveal his ability, but Shanks said he trusted everyone present and doubted it would help against a much stronger enemy.
• Rayleigh noted that only three jars remained and worried they might not obtain a Resurrection Coin.

Shanks opened the ninth jar and found a Resurrection Coin, which he used to bring Roger back to life. After Shanks cured Roger’s illness with Holy Water, Roger reunited with his old companions, met Shen Mo, and learned that the world had turned from searching for his treasure to seeking jars.

• Shanks opened the ninth jar and found a Resurrection Coin.
• Shanks used the coin to revive Roger, who reunited with Shanks and Rayleigh.
• Shen Mo explained that Roger had returned with his illness untreated, so Shanks gave him Holy Water and cured him.
• Roger thanked Shen Mo, admired the iron ship, and shared wine with him and Shanks.
• Shanks told Roger that Shen Mo’s arrival had ended the hunt for his treasure and begun the Treasure Chest Era.

Shen Mo explained the multiverse to Roger, who eagerly began the Heart-Questioning Trial to pursue new adventures. Shanks finished opening his chests and considered his next series, while Hawk Eyes argued that Shanks was not a pure Sword Master.

• Roger asked about the World Government, and Shen Mo revealed information about himself and the chests to him.
• Roger learned that the New World contained infinitely many worlds and possibilities, then jumped from the ship to begin the second trial.
• Ben remarked that the living Roger differed from his image of the Pirate King, and Shanks agreed that fame and reality could diverge.
• Shanks opened the final level 4 chest and received a body-strengthening cultivation technique that could extend his lifespan by a hundred years.
• Shanks considered opening the Swordsmanship Series, but Hawk Eyes said Shanks was a powerful man who wielded a sword, not a pure Sword Master.

Shanks chose the Swordsmanship Series and opened his newcomer chests, while Rayleigh and the Red-Hair Pirates discussed whether they would follow Roger again. Shanks’s guaranteed Fate-type Item turned out to be a blood-red, dragon-roaring sword rather than a Sword Body.

• Shanks explained why he chose the Swordsmanship Series instead of the Knight Series, and Shen Mo summoned his newcomer chests.
• Shanks opened the chests as Rayleigh asked what he would do if Roger wanted him to return; Shanks said he would not abandon his own crew.
• Yasopp and the other officers affirmed their loyalty to Shanks, and the crew watched as he opened the remaining chests.
• Shanks opened his guaranteed Fate-type Item chest and revealed a blood-red, scaled longsword that trembled and roared like a dragon.
• Hawk Eyes asked whether the item was a Sword Body, and Shen Mo clarified that Swordsmanship Fate-type Items did not have to be Sword Bodies.

Shanks underwent the Dragon Swordsman class change, resisting the Dragon Sword’s power until it merged with his body and will. Excited by his new strength, he planned to spend his remaining treasure on chests while reserving enough for Captain Roger to obtain the Badge.

• Shen Mo explained that the Dragon Sword could turn Shanks into a Dragon Swordsman, but failure would make him a Dragon Slave.
• Shanks resisted the invading Dragon Might with his Conqueror’s Haki as his crew cheered him on.
• The pressure finally dissipated, and Shanks collapsed, exhausted but with the dragon’s power merged into his body and will.
• Shanks embraced the class’s pride and said the power suited him perfectly.
• Shanks asked how many chests he could afford, then reserved money for two hundred Level 1 Chests so Captain Roger could get the Badge and planned to spend the rest.

Shanks used his wealth to open eight hundred Dragon Swordsman treasure chests, gaining powerful abilities that greatly expanded his combat strength. After the final chest, he and Rayleigh recognized that the new powers would make future battles more complex and unpredictable.

• Shen Mo produced eight hundred Level 3 Dragon Swordsman treasure chests for Shanks to open.
• Shanks received Dragon Wings from his eighty-ninth chest and tested his ability to fly.
• Shanks gained the Dragon Sword attribute Ignition Star: Corona and the Dragon Language Magic Boiling Burst.
• Hawk Eyes warned Shanks that a focused opponent could exploit the Dragon Swordsman's weaknesses, and Shen Mo explained that different series had different strengths.
• Shanks opened the remaining chests and concluded that his old combat experience might no longer apply, while Rayleigh welcomed the challenge of future battles.

Roger passed the Illusionary Realm, opened Strength Series Jars, and discovered that they offered a path into the multiverse. He began a new adventure with Rayleigh while encouraging Shanks to lead his own crew, and planned to reunite only with former companions who still wanted to sail.

• Roger passed the Illusionary Realm after confronting his guilt over Rouge, then asked Shen Mo to let him open Jars.
• With Shanks's money, Roger chose the Strength Series and opened two hundred Level 1 Chests, delighting in the strange objects and worlds they revealed.
• Shen Mo explained that Jars connected people to the multiverse and were the path to breaking free from their world's limits.
• Roger declared that he and Rayleigh would seek Jars as their new adventure, while Shanks decided to continue with his own companions.
• Roger chose not to disturb former crewmates who had settled into their lives and said that those still eager to adventure could come find him.

Roger and Rayleigh traveled to Sabaody Archipelago, where Roger planned to rob the Celestial Dragons to get treasure for opening Jars and announce his return to his companions. Shakky warned them that the plan could draw Garp and the Marines, then offered a risky way forward.

• Shen Mo sent Roger and Rayleigh back to the Red-Hair Pirates' ship, and Roger set out with Rayleigh to explore the sea.
• Shanks and Ben discussed the danger Roger's resurrection could bring and decided to limit the damage of the chaotic era.
• Roger and Rayleigh stole a pirate ship, reached Sabaody Archipelago, and met Shakky at her bar.
• Roger told Shakky he wanted information about the Celestial Dragons' treasure so he could open Jars and tell his companions he had returned.
• Shakky said Saint Charlos would visit the Human Auctioning House the next day and warned that capturing him could bring Garp and the admirals.
• Shakky offered Roger a risky plan.

Roger confronted Saint Charlos outside the Human Auctioning House, declaring himself the resurrected Pirate King and defeating the Celestial Dragon’s guards. The chapter ended with Charlos demanding that Roger become his slave.

• Roger and Rayleigh followed Shakky’s plan and went to the street outside the Human Auctioning House the next day.
• Saint Charlos shot at people in the crowd while heading to an auction for a mermaid, and Roger stepped in front of his procession.
• Roger split Charlos’s bullet with his dagger and announced that the resurrected Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, had kidnapped Charlos.
• Roger knocked out Captain Kest with one punch and defeated the other guards who attacked him.
• Charlos ordered Roger to become his slave, and Roger reacted with disbelief and anger.

Roger attacked Saint Charlos on the Sabaody Archipelago and declared that he had been resurrected aboard the Destiny Ship. After Marine Headquarters learned of the incident, Sengoku dispatched Garp and Kizaru and prepared to go himself.

• Roger punched Saint Charlos through a shop while Rayleigh slipped away to threaten him into revealing where his treasure was hidden.
• Roger used Conqueror's Haki to knock down the guards who rushed to rescue Saint Charlos.
• A vice admiral recognized Roger and challenged his claim that he had returned from the dead aboard the Destiny Ship.
• Sengoku received the report and ordered Garp to pursue Roger, then sent Kizaru after him.
• Sengoku ordered warships prepared, and Akainu rose to join the response.

Roger announced his resurrection by attacking Celestial Dragons, and Garp confirmed his identity before confronting him. Roger fled to reunite with his old companions, but Garp pursued him, revealing how much stronger he had become.

• Roger stood his ground after defeating a Marine vice admiral, while Marines awaited the arrival of Vice Admiral Garp.
• Garp arrived and recognized Roger, confirming to the gathered Marines and civilians that One Piece had returned from the dead.
• Garp asked why Roger had attacked the Celestial Dragons, and Roger explained that he wanted to announce his return and gather his former companions.
• Garp vowed to capture Roger, and Roger fled before Garp caught up and attacked him with a massive green hand.
• Roger admitted he had opened fewer Jars than Garp, then said the treasure at Laugh Tale was an extraordinary prize he had left for the next warrior to reach it.