Chapter Summaries

As the Ren Pirates pressed their attack on Wano Country, Red-Hair and Hawk-Eye watched the battle and discussed Ren’s hidden strength and the danger he sensed. Red-Hair then found himself surrounded by Garp’s Marines, while his crew joked about surrendering him to escape.

• Ryder used blood to move at high speed and wounded Feld, while Shiryu challenged Wano Country’s Great General.
• The Twelfth Division fought Wano’s samurai as Jace and other fighters engaged a group of Great Swordsmen.
• Hawk-Eye told Red-Hair that Ren seemed wary of another powerful enemy, and Red-Hair wondered why Ren had found so many gifted fighters.
• Red-Hair lamented that his crew lacked the resources to train powerful fighters like Ren’s, as Benn Beckman explained the costs involved.
• Garp’s Marines surrounded Red-Hair’s ship after hiding underwater, and Garp laughed about his plan to beat Red-Hair.
• Red-Hair panicked, while Benn Beckman and Lucky Roux joked about tossing their captain to Garp.

As Ren attacked Wano Country, the Marines were pulled into battles with Red-Hair, Kaido, and Buggy while the New World descended into chaos. Sengoku learned that the Revolutionary Army had invaded Allied Countries and the Whitebeard Pirates had appeared at Sabaody, leaving the Marines overwhelmed and unsure of their enemies’ plans.

• Garp attacked Red-Hair, and the Marines and Red-Hair Pirates began fighting as Benn Beckman challenged Kizaru.
• Buggy and Kaido attacked G-1 Base, where Fujitora, Akainu, and Qing Zhi confronted them.
• Tsuru urged Sengoku to focus on the missing Whitebeard while the Den Den Mushi showed battles across the New World.
• Kong ordered Sengoku to send Marines to support Wano Country, but Sengoku said the Marines were already stretched thin.
• Sengoku received a report that the Revolutionary Army was invading Allied Countries, then learned that the Whitebeard Pirates had appeared at Sabaody.

Sengoku and Tsuru struggled to respond to worldwide unrest as Ren fought Kouichirou in Wano and faced his newly revealed Killing Sword. Ren unleashed his own overwhelming killing intent and charged at Kouichirou, while the sword-bearing Five Elder watched from hiding.

• Sengoku asked Kong for reinforcements, but Kong refused and hung up; Tsuru ordered the Shichibukai to help at the Marine Base and Garp to return after his battle.
• In Wano, Ren countered Kouichirou's sword techniques while sensing another powerful presence nearby.
• Kouichirou revealed Blood Thorn, his Supreme Grade Blade, and claimed he had been trained to kill from childhood.
• Kouichirou unleashed Blood Thorn's killing intent and Conqueror's Haki, prompting Ren to identify the hidden presence as the sword-bearing Five Elder.
• Ren released his own killing intent, overwhelmed Kouichirou's aura, and rushed at him with the Baleful-Slaying Sword as Kouichirou thrust Blood Thorn at him.

Ren’s clash with a mysterious swordsman split Wano Country and the sea, while the stranger was revealed as Koukurou, one of the Five Elders and Kouichirou’s father. Ren left Koukurou furious and bewildered on the battlefield as he rose into the sky and unleashed tremendous thunder, prompting observers to suspect he had eaten two Devil Fruits.

• Ren destroyed Blood Thorn and struck at Kouichirou, but a concentrated sword attack from Wano forced him to meet it with his own sword light.
• The two sword strikes split Wano Country in half and cut through the seabed, astonishing Hawk-Eye and the other witnesses.
• The old swordsman demanded a duel with Ren to save his son, and Ren revealed that Kouichirou was already crippled by the thunder that had ravaged his body.
• The old man was identified as Koukurou, one of the Five Elders, and Hawk-Eye recognized his sword as the First Kitetsu and suspected he was the World's Greatest Sword Master from three hundred years ago.
• Kuina was stunned to learn that a Five Elder was her grandfather, while Koukurou threatened to kill Ren.
• Ren challenged Koukurou to act, transformed into thunder, and summoned a vast storm, leaving onlookers wondering whether he possessed two Devil Fruit powers.

Ren destroyed Wano Country with lightning while Koukurou withdrew with his forces, and Ryder fought Feld as the battle ended. Ren spared the Hayate Clan and watched the defeated Feld face Ryder.

• Ren taunted Koukurou and warned him that the Celestial Dragons were modifying Uranus, prompting Koukurou to retreat with twelve Great Swordsmen and the wounded Kouichirou.
• Ren unleashed the Roar of Ten Thousand Dragons, killing the remaining samurai across Wano Country.
• Ren spared the Hayate Clan after one of its swordsmen cut through the lightning and thanked him.
• Ryder attacked Feld with a blood-red blade while Feld fought back using the Weather-Weather Fruit.
• Ren sat with red wine and declared the battle over as Wano Country lay in ruins.

Marco awakened a black phoenix form by coating his Phoenix Fruit transformation in Armament Haki, then clashed with Ace in the sky. Ace and Marco’s attacks collided in an explosion, leaving their fight underway.

• Whitebeard told Marco to strengthen his Armament Haki so he could coat his phoenix form and become a Black Phoenix.
• Ace and Indigo spotted the Whitebeard Pirates from their flying ship and decided to leave.
• Marco challenged Ace, and Ace provoked him into transforming and flying toward the ship.
• Marco’s phoenix wings turned pitch-black as he awakened the power Whitebeard had described.
• Ace unleashed nine Sword Qi Divine Dragons, and Marco answered with a gale of black, flaming feathers; their attacks collided.

Ace and Marco fought in the sky until Whitebeard freed Marco and stopped their battle. Whitebeard declared Ace his son, and Ace resisted as the crew welcomed him as their new younger brother.

• Ace and Marco exchanged sword attacks, with Marco using his Black Phoenix form and Ace summoning Divine Dragons.
• Ace used seawater to restrain Marco, but Whitebeard shattered it with his vibrations and forced both fighters down.
• Whitebeard asked Ace to become his son, and Ace refused, declaring that he would rule the world.
• Whitebeard announced that Ace was now his younger brother to the crew, while Ace protested and Indigo explained Whitebeard's habit of adopting sons.
• Ace unleashed his Conqueror's Haki against Whitebeard's, astonishing Marco, Jozu, and the watching pirates.

Ace was captured by Whitebeard and unwillingly welcomed as his son, while Ren learned that major battles were unfolding across the New World. The chapter ended with Ren shocked by a photo of Red-Hair after Garp had beaten him.

• Whitebeard forced Ace to join his crew as his son, and Marco and Jozu celebrated by making him eat and drink.
• Ren heard from Bing Jieke that Whitebeard had taken Ace in and decided to leave him alone while keeping watch.
• Bing Jieke reported that Buggy and Kaido were fighting the Three Admirals with heavy losses on both sides.
• Bing Jieke told Ren that Garp had beaten Red-Hair and that Red-Hair had drawn Garp into Big Mom's territory.
• Ren saw a photograph of Red-Hair's battered face and wondered what had provoked Garp.

Garp brutally outmatched Red-Hair by exploiting his familiarity with Roger’s fighting style, while Ren hurried from Wano Country to watch the battle. Ren arrived as the larger clash between the Red-Hair Pirates and the Marines remained evenly matched, leaving Red-Hair battered and furious.

• Red-Hair attacked Garp with Conqueror's Slash, but Garp shattered the Sword Aura with Bone Fist and explained that he knew Roger’s techniques and weaknesses.
• Garp grabbed Red-Hair and pummeled him until his face looked like a pig’s head, while Ren laughed at the intelligence Bing Jieke had sent him.
• Ren ordered his warship toward Red-Hair’s waters, and Hawk-Eye headed for the Marine base to see the fighting there.
• Ren arrived and saw that the Red-Hair Pirates and Big Mom were evenly matched against Garp, Kizaru, and Momousagi, though Garp was still crushing Red-Hair.
• Ren joked that Red-Hair looked like someone who had eaten the Pig-Pig Fruit, and Garp praised him as a satisfying punching bag.

Ren ended the battle between Garp and Red-Hair, then had World rob the pirates before departing with his fleet. He left by teasing Momousagi with an offer of dinner, while Kizaru joked about the invitation afterward.

• Ren asked everyone to end the battle, and Garp ordered the Marines to treat their wounded and prepare to leave.
• Ren told World to rob the pirates, explaining to Red-Hair that he had saved him to keep the New World stable and expected payment.
• Big Mom backed down from confronting Ren when his killing intent and the bloodlust of his captains became clear.
• World returned with the stolen goods, and Ren invited Momousagi to dinner before leaving with his twelve warships.
• Momousagi vowed to catch Ren and send him to Impel Down, while Kizaru joked that Ren would treat prison as a vacation.

After the battle, Ren returned to Emperor Island and had Robin and Olvia examine a Road Poneglyph from Wano, learning that its locations dated back 800 years and would take years to map to the present. The chapter left Ren waiting for their research and wondering why his people still had not settled down by morning.

• Garp punched Red-Hair, then left with the Marines as Red-Hair's crew departed and Big Mom cursed Red-Hair for disrupting her plans.
• Red-Hair complained that Wall had stolen the crew's belongings, while Benn Beckman and Lucky Roux reacted to their losses.
• Ren returned to Emperor Island, where Kuina and Shiryu argued over Wano's famous blades until Ren assigned the division of spoils to the Logistics Department.
• Ren showed Robin and Olvia the Road Poneglyph from Wano, and Robin confirmed its recorded geography was 800 years old and needed extensive study.
• Olvia told Ren that Kaya's research was progressing well and that the project Ren anticipated would soon be completed.
• The next morning, Ren asked why his people still had not settled down.

Ren learned that Whitebeard had joined the war against the Marines and arranged to lure Teach into targeting the Admirals, while the Five Elders confronted the threat of the Celestial Dragons completing Uranus. The chapter left the Five Elders uncertain whether Ren’s warning was true and fearful of the Ancient Weapon.

• Ren refused to intervene directly in Kaido and Buggy’s battle and instead ordered Dragon’s Revolutionary Army to create a diversion.
• Garp returned with Momousagi and Kizaru to surround Kaido and Buggy, while Whitebeard’s fleet joined the war after Ace entered the conflict.
• Ren explained that Whitebeard was using the battle to display his strength and promote Ace, then ordered a spy to tell Teach he would reveal the Dark-Dark Fruit’s location if Teach killed an Admiral or badly injured two.
• Koukurou told the Five Elders that Ren claimed the Celestial Dragons had nearly completed Uranus, leaving them fearful and unable to confirm the report.

The Five Elders agreed to keep watching the Celestial Dragons while Ren raced toward the battlefield. After Ace charged into the fighting and encountered Garp, Teach learned that Ren knew where the Dark-Dark Fruit was and launched himself at the Navy, ending in a clash with Akainu.

• Koukurou and the Five Elders discussed Wano Country, Ren's killing of Fidel, and their plan to give Kouichirou a cloned body.
• Ren sped toward the battlefield aboard the Golden Ship as Ryder said they would arrive soon.
• Teach learned that Ren knew where the Dark-Dark Fruit was and resolved to pursue it.
• Ace cut through Navy soldiers with his sword and Conqueror's Haki, drawing the attention of Buggy, Kaido, Qing Zhi, and Garp.
• Teach crushed a Navy Vice Admiral and charged at Akainu, who attacked him with Great Eruption.

Teach revealed his immense Armament Haki and overwhelmed the exhausted Akainu, but Kaido interrupted his attempt to kill the Admiral. Akainu unleashed a magma eruption against both men, who emerged from the lava lake unharmed and mocked its heat.

• Teach revealed his hidden strength, fought Akainu with powerful Armament Haki, and punched him into a distant wall.
• Teach rushed to finish Akainu, but Kaido claimed the Admiral as his prey and attacked Teach.
• Teach and Kaido clashed with Armament and Conqueror’s Haki as Akainu erupted into a column of magma beneath them.
• Teach and Kaido emerged from the lava lake still standing, while Akainu glared at them in frustration because his magma could not penetrate their Haki.

Teach attacked Akainu while Whitebeard and Garp fought, and Ren watched Ace face Aokiji on the battlefield. After Garp revealed that Ace was his grandson, Whitebeard unleashed an enraged Airquake against him.

• Kaido withdrew from Akainu and left him to Teach, who charged at the Admiral while the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates continued fighting.
• Whitebeard challenged Garp, and the two exchanged powerful blows as Garp angrily blamed him for leading Ace into the New World.
• Ren watched Ace and Teach fight, noting Ace’s inexperience and Teach’s formidable Armament Haki as Teach pressed Akainu.
• Ace confronted Aokiji and countered Ice Block: Pheasant Beak with Dragon Might: Tornado, creating Ice Dragons that collided with Aokiji’s ice bird.
• Garp declared that Ace was his grandson, and an enraged Whitebeard struck the air with Airquake as Garp met the shockwave with his fist.

Ren watched the war as Ace fought Qing Zhi and Whitebeard battled Garp, then learned from Kaya that the research and trials had succeeded. His excitement made his aura sweep across the battlefield, drawing alarm and Momousagi’s furious attention.

• Whitebeard and Garp fought fiercely while Ace used the Float-Float Fruit and his Sword Aura against Qing Zhi, who froze Ace’s cloud-formed lions with Ice Age.
• Ace continued fighting Qing Zhi, impressing the onlookers, while Buggy resumed his fight against Fujitora.
• Ren and Ryder agreed to let the battle continue, which Ren expected to become a prolonged war of attrition.
• Kaya called Ren to report that the research and trials were complete with a one hundred percent success rate, and Ren ordered his crew to return.
• Ren’s uncontrolled aura swept across the battlefield, alarming the fighters and prompting Momousagi to glare at him with murderous fury.

Ren defeated Momousagi’s attacks, then left the battlefield after telling Teach he would reveal the Dark-Dark Fruit’s location if Teach killed one Admiral or seriously injured two. Back on Emperor Island, Ren secured the island while Kaya reported that her team had found a way to alter a person’s genes through cellular fusion.

• Momousagi attacked Ren with Kompira and a Haki-coated kick, but he stopped both attacks and sent her back to the ground.
• Ren told Teach he knew where the Dark-Dark Fruit was and set a condition for sharing that information; he then departed aboard the Golden Ship with Ryder.
• After Ren left, the Marines and pirates resumed fighting, while Teach became fixated on the Dark-Dark Fruit and Akainu returned to the slaughter.
• Ren hurried back to Emperor Island and ordered all twelve divisions to secure the island as he went to the laboratory.
• Kaya told Ren that her team had analyzed a strand of golden hair and developed a method to alter a person’s genes through cellular fusion.

Ren began a dangerous genetic modification using cells from Goku’s golden hair to make his own cells evolve. After three days of agony and Makino’s healing, the procedure was still underway as the crew guarded the research institute.

• Olvia and Kaya explained how they had developed a method to use Goku’s hair as a catalyst to alter Ren’s cells.
• Ren agreed to the procedure, and Makino transformed into an angel while Olvia and Kaya began modifying his heart, blood, and bone marrow.
• Ren’s cells repeatedly broke down and healed, and Makino used Angel’s Kiss to restore him despite its severe cost.
• Kaya and Olvia accelerated the modification as Ren endured the pain, and the procedure continued for three days.
• Ryder, Kuina, Perona, Robin, Nami, and Baby 5 guarded the research institute and speculated about Ren’s procedure and the Immortality Surgery.

Olvia, Kaya, and Makino completed an operation that transformed Ren’s cells, and he emerged with enormous new strength and golden Haki. After struggling to control his power, Ren headed into the sea to test himself, followed by Ryder.

• Olvia and Kaya completed Ren’s cellular transformation, causing his cells to battle and his body to shrink as the strongest cells survived.
• Three days later, Thunder struck the laboratory, and Ren emerged from the wreckage wrapped in lightning and golden flames.
• Ren discovered that his Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki had turned golden and become far more powerful, while his evolved body contained dense, energy-filled cells.
• Ren accidentally cracked the ground as he struggled to control his increased strength and told the exhausted Kaya, Olvia, and Makino to rest.
• Ren stepped into the sky, then plunged into the sea, and Ryder transformed into a Vampire and followed him.

Ren trained his Haki beneath the sea, causing tsunamis and damage around Emperor Island, while Bing Jieke recounted the end of the war between the Five Emperors and the Marines. Ren watched footage of Teach desperately trying to reach Akainu and reflected on Ace and Teach’s prominence in the battle, leaving Whitebeard’s choice of successor uncertain.

• Ren’s underwater Haki training stirred up tsunamis, drove away Sea Kings, and destroyed nearby islands, prompting Bing Jieke to ask him to stop.
• Bing Jieke told Ren that Teach had attacked Akainu during the war, and Whitebeard had forced Teach to withdraw before the Marines departed.
• Ren watched footage of Teach resisting Marco, Jozu, Ace, and the division commanders as he pleaded to keep fighting Akainu for information about the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Ren praised Ace for holding out against Aokiji, and Ryder suggested Ace might inherit Whitebeard’s legacy.
• Ren wondered whether Whitebeard would choose Ace or Teach as his successor, while Whitebeard himself faced the decision with a headache.