Chapter Summaries

Ren found the Sagittarius Gold Cloth and discovered that it gave him immense defense, including protection from Sword Aura and Seastone. Dragon then asked him to travel to the East Blue to meet Koushirou and retrieve an important item, revealing that Koushirou helped found the Revolutionary Army.

• Ren found the Sagittarius Gold Cloth in the ruins and wore it, but sensed no Cosmo or boost to his abilities.
• Ren tested the Cloth against Shiryu's Sword Aura and found that it could not harm him.
• Ren discovered that the Cloth protected him from a Seastone sword's effects and decided to wear it at all times.
• Dragon arrived and asked Ren to go to Shimotsuki Village in the East Blue to find Koushirou and retrieve something.
• Ren questioned why Dragon had chosen him, and Dragon confirmed that Koushirou was a founding elder of the Revolutionary Army and a powerful Great Swordsman.

Dragon revealed that Koushirou was his childhood friend, a Revolutionary Army founder, and the son of a Five Elder, then asked Ren to retrieve Koushirou’s information about the Ancient Weapons. Ren agreed and traveled alone toward the East Blue, where he began searching for a treasure location.

• Dragon told Ren that he and Koushirou had founded the Revolutionary Army together and that Koushirou had gathered information about the Ancient Weapons.
• Dragon revealed that Koushirou was the son of one of the Five Elders, and Ren agreed to retrieve the information in exchange for a copy.
• Ren told Shiryu he would travel alone to the East Blue, then rode a fast cloud he called the Nimbus Cloud toward the Calm Belt.
• Ren crossed the Calm Belt, sliced through attacking Sea Kings with wind blades, and used a map to locate a nearby treasure site.

Ren encountered Kaya aboard a merchant ship in East Blue and used his power to transfer her illness out of her body. After several days at sea, the now-healthy Kaya stayed by Ren's side and asked him to tell her stories about the ocean.

• Ren recognized a treasure map's location near East Blue and heard Kaya call out from a passing merchant ship.
• Ren appeared on the ship, where Kaya's father recognized him as a wanted criminal with a 1.2-billion bounty, and Kaya introduced herself as being from Syrup Village.
• Ren used Illness Transfer to remove Kaya's illnesses, leaving her asleep and weak but expected to recover with proper nutrition.
• Kaya's father agreed to take Ren to Shimotsuki Village, and they traveled together for several days.
• Kaya, now healthy, stayed beside Ren and asked to hear stories about his life at sea.

Ren reached Miracle Island after destroying a massive storm and met Koushirou, who explained the island’s legend and its strengthening Rainbow Fruits. Ren fed the fruits to Kaya, then uprooted the Rainbow Tree and stored it in his Amethyst Ring.

• Ren destroyed the storm and tsunami with a command, clearing the way toward Shimotsuki Village.
• A misty island appeared, and Koushirou arrived on a trail of Sword Aura to meet Ren.
• Koushirou identified the island as Miracle Island, a wandering island said to appear with storms and strengthen those who visited it.
• Ren, Kaya, and Koushirou landed on the island, where Koushirou gathered Rainbow Fruits from a tree.
• Koushirou explained that Rainbow Fruits strengthened children’s physiques, and Ren gave several to Kaya.
• Ren sensed Kaya growing stronger, then uprooted the Rainbow Tree and stored it in his Amethyst Ring.

Ren watched Kaya depart safely, then visited Shimotsuki Village with Koushirou and learned about Uranus, one of the Ancient Weapons. Koushirou revealed that he joined the Revolutionary Army because he was enraged by the Celestial Dragons’ contempt for human life.

• Ren sent Kaya away with her father and trusted crew members to protect her, and Koushirou discussed training her into a future powerhouse.
• Ren and Koushirou reached Shimotsuki Village, where Ren watched Kuina defeat Zoro in a wooden-sword duel.
• Kuina recognized Ren as a Great Swordsman and wanted to challenge him, but Koushirou led Ren away to discuss an important matter.
• In a secret chamber full of famous blades, Koushirou showed Ren scarce information about Uranus and explained that the World Government suppressed Poneglyph research.
• Ren asked why Koushirou, the son of one of the Five Elders, joined the Revolutionary Army, and Koushirou said he wanted to overthrow the Celestial Dragons after witnessing their disregard for human life.

Ren learned more about the Celestial Dragons’ rivalry with the Five Elders and reviewed intelligence on Uranus and the Revolutionary Army. Kuina and Zoro challenged him to test their swordsmanship, and Ren began sparring with Kuina using a wooden sword.

• Koushirou explained that the Celestial Dragons and the Five Elders were rival factions within the World Government, and suggested the Celestial Dragons might control Uranus.
• Ren declined Koushirou’s offer of the Supreme Grade Blade Thunder and left the sword collection to study the documents on Uranus.
• Ren discovered that the Revolutionary Army’s twelve founders had powerful backgrounds and decided to continue cooperating with the organization without becoming part of it.
• Kuina asked Ren to fight her, and Zoro emerged to challenge him as well; Ren invited them to attack together.
• Koushirou cautioned Kuina that she was not yet a qualified swordswoman, but Ren agreed to face her with a wooden sword.
• Kuina attacked with Wado Ichimonji, and Ren stopped her blade with a swift strike from his wooden sword.

Ren demonstrated his swordsmanship to Kuina and Zoro, encouraged Kuina to become a Sword Master despite Koushirou's objections, and accepted her as a future member of the Ren Pirates. The next day, Koushirou offered Ren his collection of famed swords, including a sword Ren recognized with surprise.

• Kuina failed to cut Ren's wooden sword with Wado Ichimonji, and Ren told her that sharpness came from the heart and will.
• Ren cut apart Zoro's three wooden swords with a swing, then revealed that Koushirou was also a Sword Master.
• Kuina feared that women could not become Sword Masters, but Ren gave her a Rainbow Fruit and promised to take her into the Ren Pirates and challenge Wano Country's custom.
• Koushirou accepted Ren's decision to take Kuina and offered him his collection of famed swords the next day.
• Ren recognized Masamune among the swords, then picked up a black-sheathed sword and asked Koushirou if he was giving it to him.

Ren left Shimotsuki Village with Kuina and his crew, then began training her aboard the battleship. After learning that Red-Hair had returned to the East Blue, Ren decided to go meet him.

• Ren collected Muramasa and the other famous blades, then left Shimotsuki Village with Kuina and Shiryu aboard the battleship.
• Kuina promised Zoro she would grow stronger and told him to find her at sea if he wanted to keep challenging her.
• Ren ordered the battleship to sail for Foosha Village and began training Kuina with medicinal meals and flexibility exercises.
• Shiryu offered to teach Kuina swordsmanship, but Ren said her style should focus on technique and allowed Shiryu to teach her the basics.
• Shiryu told Ren that Red-Hair had returned to the East Blue, and Ren ordered him to find Red-Hair's location so they could meet.

Ren took Kaya from Syrup Village to join the Ren Pirates and planned for her to study medicine under Olvia. Meanwhile, Shanks and the Red-Hair Pirates discussed the chaos in the New World before encountering Ren’s ship at sea.

• Ren learned that Shanks had left Syrup Village with Yasopp, then told Kaya’s father he would take Kaya as a crew member.
• Ren brought Kaya aboard his warship and told Shiryu to arrange for Olvia to teach her medicine; Shiryu planned to train swordsmen for his division.
• Shanks, Mihawk, and Benn Beckman discussed the turmoil in the New World and the powerful figures threatening the World Government and Marines.
• Shanks sensed Conqueror’s Haki and unleashed his own, stirring up a tsunami as Benn Beckman spotted the Ren Pirates.
• Shiryu identified the Red-Hair Pirates’ ship, and Ren looked up from instructing Kuina as it approached.

Ren and Red-Hair clashed their Conqueror’s Haki before launching into a direct fight, leaving their battle raging over the sea. Their first collision of fist and sword produced a massive shockwave, and Ren praised Red-Hair’s powerful Haki.

• Ren unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and approached Red-Hair aboard a seven-colored cloud.
• Red-Hair and Ren clashed their Conqueror’s Haki, creating a Tsunami and knocking out people on both ships.
• Red-Hair drew his saber and challenged Ren, while Shiryu called Wall for backup.
• Ren attacked Red-Hair with Killing Fist—Killing Heart, and Red-Hair met the strike with his Haki-wrapped saber.
• Ren and Red-Hair collided fist and sword in the sky, unleashing a violent gale and monstrous Tsunami.

Ren and Red-Hair ended their clash and shared a feast, where Red-Hair explained how Roger shaped his Haki, swordsmanship, and plans to pass on his will. Ren challenged Red-Hair to a future Haki-only fight, while Red-Hair revealed he had candidates in mind to inherit Roger’s straw hat.

• Ren and Red-Hair compared their Haki, then Ren told Shiryu to keep World and the others in West Blue and accepted Red-Hair’s invitation to drink.
• At the feast, Red-Hair explained that Roger had taught him Haki and swordsmanship, and that Roger’s greatest strength had been Taijutsu.
• Red-Hair admitted he had followed Roger’s path too closely and now intended to pass on the straw hat and Roger’s will to someone else.
• Ren rejected inherited ambitions and declared that he wanted only to become stronger than anyone, including Roger.
• Ren challenged Red-Hair to a future fight using Haki alone, and Red-Hair promised to keep growing stronger in the New World.
• Red-Hair said he had a candidate for Roger’s straw hat whom he had heard about from a division commander, along with another possible successor.

Ren and Red-Hair discussed the mysterious Roger Pirates Captain-Commander and the boy he had recommended as a successor, while Ren guessed the boy was Luffy. Ren then sailed for Loguetown as the Marines learned of his meeting with Red-Hair and planned to keep Garp from returning to the East Blue.

• Red-Hair explained that Roger's crew had a formidable Captain-Commander who recommended a boy resembling Roger, and Ren guessed the boy was Luffy.
• Red-Hair toasted Ren as a future rival before Ren warned that news of their meeting might draw Garp after him.
• As Ren's ship departed, Kuina vowed to defeat Hawk-Eye, and Ren assigned her to spar with Shiryu daily.
• Ren ordered the crew to sail for Loguetown, Roger's hometown.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Ren and Red-Hair's presence in the East Blue and decided to keep the news from Garp while preparing a Marine operation in the New World.

Ren took the Ren Pirates to Loguetown, where he suspected Roger had left something for his child, and began searching for clues and treasure. Shiryu’s Nidai Kitetsu reacted to Sandai Kitetsu, leading Ren to wonder whether Zoro was connected to the swords’ legendary former wielder.

• Ren told Kuina to train Wave-Cleaving with increasingly heavy swords and saw Kaya studying a medical text.
• Ren explained to Shiryu that Roger likely had a child and that a crewmate known as Copper had come to the East Blue to visit him.
• Ren brought the Ren Pirates into Loguetown and said they would search for Roger’s legacy and other hidden treasures.
• Shiryu’s Nidai Kitetsu led him into a weapons shop, where he found Sandai Kitetsu.
• Shiryu said the three Kitetsu blades had once been wielded together, and Ren wondered whether Zoro might be descended from that swordsman.

Ren and Shiryu discovered that the Sandai Kitetsu was being kept for Zoro, whose ancestor had created a legendary Three-Sword Style, and Ren gave the blade to Kuina. News of Ren’s arrival in Loguetown reached the Marines, where Sengoku and Tsuru wondered whether he was searching for something Roger had left behind.

• Shiryu threatened the shopkeeper over the Sandai Kitetsu, but Ren stopped him after learning the shopkeeper was a Great Swordsman waiting for Zoro.
• Ren took the Sandai Kitetsu and gave it to Kuina, telling the shopkeeper that anyone who wanted the blade would have to find her.
• Shiryu revealed that he had killed a green-haired swordsman who wielded the Nidai Kitetsu and suspected that Zoro was the swordsman’s descendant and heir to the Three-Sword Style.
• Shiryu asked Ren not to interfere if Zoro came to claim the Nidai Kitetsu, and Ren agreed.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Ren’s arrival in Loguetown and wondered whether he was searching for information or Ancient Weapons connected to Roger.

Ren used the Direction Fruit’s uncanny sense of direction to find a skull tied to Roger and follow its bearing. The trail led him to a Marine branch, where his search for Roger’s Treasure was left poised to continue.

• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Ren’s arrival in Loguetown, worried he might discover the Marines’ New World plan or the Ancient Weapons, and Sengoku reported the news to the World Government.
• Ren visited Roger Bar with Shiryu and listened as the owner told stories about Roger’s childhood and time in Loguetown.
• Ren discovered that a skull Roger had taken from a defeated pirate always pointed east, and he snapped off a bone fragment to use as a guide.
• Ren explained to Shiryu that the Direction Fruit was guiding him toward a secret, then followed the bone fragment’s bearing through Loguetown.
• Ren and Shiryu reached a building that Ren recognized as a Marine branch.

Ren and Shiryu found Roger’s chest hidden in the old Loguetown Navy branch and discovered items Roger had left for Ace, including a Flame-Flame Fruit, a Supreme Grade Blade, and a cultivation notebook. Ren read Roger’s explanation of Devil Fruit development and awakening, learning that he would need to defeat and devour the devil within his fruit to fully control its power.

• Ren used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out everyone nearby and entered the old Navy branch with Shiryu.
• Ren found Roger’s chest in the branch chief’s office and uncovered a hat, a blade, a map, a book, a letter, a Devil Fruit, and an Eternal Pose.
• Ren gave Shiryu the Flame-Flame Fruit and Kikuichimonji Norimune, then read Roger’s letter describing the items and training he had prepared for his child.
• Ren stored Roger’s letter and took the cultivation notebook back to his warship.
• Ren read Roger’s account of Devil Fruits and learned that awakening involved assimilating the fruit’s devil and that devouring it could grant full control.

Ren set sail for Foosha Village after finding Roger’s treasure and learned from Dragon that the World Government was preparing a war against the New World’s great pirates. In Foosha Village, Ren met Red-Hair, Luffy, and Makino, and said he would help Roger’s child once in the future.

• Ren told Shiryu to sail for Foosha Village so he could see Roger’s son, then continued studying Roger’s notes.
• Dragon warned Ren that the World Government was gathering forces to attack the New World’s great pirates, but Ren said the conflict had nothing to do with them and ended the call.
• Red-Hair and his crew learned that Ren’s group had arrived in Foosha Village, where Luffy was visiting the bar.
• Ren gave Luffy cola and explained to Red-Hair that his Sagittarius Gold Cloth was armor with formidable defenses.
• Ren told Red-Hair that he had come to see Garp’s grandson, had found what Roger left in Loguetown, and would help Roger’s child once in the future.

Ren and Red-Hair searched for Eight Extremes Island while visiting Foosha Village, where Luffy announced that he wanted to train there and become the Pirate King. Garp learned that Red-Hair had encouraged Luffy to become a pirate and erupted in fury, though he could not return from the New World.

• Ren asked Makino about Eight Extremes Island, but the village chief warned her not to reveal the village’s secret and contacted Garp.
• Garp learned Ren and Red-Hair were in Foosha Village and grew furious when Luffy declared he wanted to become a pirate with Shanks.
• Ren teased Red-Hair about Garp’s reaction, while Benn Beckman said he wanted to see their captain chased and beaten by Garp.
• Ren asked Garp about Eight Extremes Island, and Luffy revealed that he wanted to train there, find Roger’s Treasure, and become the Pirate King.
• Garp realized Luffy’s words implicated Ren in finding Roger’s Treasure and roared at Red-Hair for corrupting his grandson.

Luffy’s careless remarks exposed Ren’s possession of Roger’s Treasure, drawing the attention of the Marines and threatening to bring the World Government and pirates after him. After learning about the hidden Eight Extremes Island, Ren prepared to move his forces toward the New World and intervene in the coming era-defining war.

• Luffy’s declaration that he would become Pirate King led Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru to learn that Ren had found Roger’s Treasure, while Garp asked them to keep Foosha Village out of the matter.
• Ren reassured Tsuru that the treasure was ordinary, then realized Luffy’s words had exposed him and forced him to change his plans.
• The village chief explained that Eight Extremes Island was a dangerous underwater training ground with eight environments and a special connection to the Monkey Family.
• Ren declined to go to Eight Extremes Island immediately and warned that anyone who targeted him over Roger’s Treasure would face the consequences.
• Ren contacted World and ordered him to gather troops and finish the steel warships, saying they would soon advance into the New World to witness and end the coming war.

Ren prepared to leave the West Blue for the New World and took his crew to Eight Extremes Island to train before the coming war. In the Thunder Region, he began smashing incoming lightning and using the island’s dangers to strengthen himself.

• Ren discussed the World Government’s planned purge of the New World with Shiryu and ordered Bing Jieke to prepare the West Blue evacuation, including Olvia’s research team and Ohara’s scholars.
• Ren told Shiryu to head for Eight Extremes Island, where the mayor of Foosha Village warned them about its extreme environments and described Garp’s training there.
• Ren entered Eight Extremes Island with Shiryu, directing the rest of the crew to train on the outskirts and Kuina to stay in the outer ring.
• Ren stepped into the Thunder Region, where stored lightning from the ground tempered his body while bolts from above threatened to destroy his cells.
• Ren used Armament Haki and his resistance to lightning to smash the incoming Thunder, advancing into the region as its bolts grew red and black.