Chapter Summaries

Ren learned from Dragon that members of the Hidden Tribe, the D. Family, had helped cause the war over the Pregnancy-Pregnancy Fruit, then ordered Ryder and the Zero Division to destroy their hideout in Totto Land. Ren found and killed the thief who stole the fruit, while Teach faced Ren’s forces in the Emperor Sea.

• Dragon told Ren that Garp and his family were connected to the Hidden Tribe and asked him to leave the rogue D. Family members in Totto Land to the Revolutionary Army.
• Ren agreed to spare no D. Family members in Totto Land, accepting Garp’s favor and an unconditional action from the Revolutionary Army in exchange.
• Ren ordered Ryder to lead the Zero Division to Totto Land and kill the Hidden Tribe members hiding there.
• Ren detected the thief beneath the sea, killed him with a Thunder Dragon, and recovered the Pregnancy-Pregnancy Fruit.
• Eighteen Demon Oars and three thousand giants prepared to fight as Teach stopped his ship and faced Ren’s forces.

Ren’s captains confronted Teach and Big Mom after they came seeking the Pregnancy-Pregnancy Fruit, and Nami joined the standoff with her awakened Gold-Gold Fruit. Ren arrived as Teach shattered his Thunder Dragon, leaving them facing each other.

• Big Mom demanded that Ren return the Pregnancy-Pregnancy Fruit, while Teach tried to claim it for himself.
• Wolf, Dorry, and Brogy stopped Big Mom and Teach’s attacks, and their strength shocked both pirates.
• Nami and Hancock arrived on a golden battleship, and Nami created a towering tree of Golden Elves armed with tens of millions of Haki-coated arrows.
• Teach challenged Nami’s arrows, but Ren attacked him with a 60 Million Volt—Thunder Dragon.
• Teach shattered Ren’s Thunder Dragon, and Ren confronted him for causing trouble.

Ren froze the sea and attacked Teach while Nami chose to face Big Mom alone. Ren’s allies fought Teach’s crew as Ren confronted Teach directly, while Nami’s battle with Big Mom began.

• Teach and Big Mom released their Conqueror’s Haki, and Big Mom asked Ren to return the Pregnancy-Pregnancy Fruit and let her leave.
• Ren used the Direction Fruit to concentrate the cold and freeze the surrounding sea, trapping Teach’s warship.
• Ren unleashed a Thunder Dragon at Teach as Nami fired golden arrows at Big Mom and their forces clashed.
• Nami stepped forward to face Big Mom, and Ren ordered Oars and the Giant Legion to attack Teach’s crew.
• Ren fought Teach with Muramasa and severed Teach’s claws before striking his chest.

Ren overwhelmed Teach, but Whitebeard intervened to save his sons, and their clashing powers drove Ren to unleash Heaven's Descent. As the sea and sky faced destruction, Big Mom and the others fled, while Nami learned Big Mom considered her a daughter.

• Ren defeated Teach in close combat and sent him plunging into the sea, but Whitebeard arrived before Ren could attack him again.
• Ren and Whitebeard collided with their shockwaves, destroying Teach's warship and killing many of Whitebeard's sons.
• Whitebeard used Tremor—Earthsplit to upheave the sea, and Ren responded by unleashing Heaven's Descent.
• Big Mom ordered her crew to retreat, told Nami she was her daughter, and left on her ship.
• Hancock took Nami to the Golden Warship, while the others escaped underwater or fled as Ren's attack threatened the region.

Ren’s Skyfall attack stirred up the Emperor Sea, but Shirahoshi calmed it with her song, allowing Ren’s forces to resume their pursuit. As they sailed after the enemy, Nami confronted Ren about Big Mom’s claim that she was her daughter.

• Whitebeard used Tremor Blade—Slash to clash with the falling Skyfall, unleashing explosions and a massive tsunami across the Emperor Sea.
• Ren asked Shirahoshi to calm the sea, and she used her song and her command over Sea Kings to restore calm.
• Ren ordered his divisions to emerge and continue the pursuit, then joined Nami aboard the Golden Battleship as the Guard Corps followed in the Golden Ship.
• Hancock asked Ren about Big Mom calling Nami her daughter, and Nami explained that she had believed herself an orphan before Bell-mère adopted her.

Ren learned that defectors from the Hidden Tribe had deceived Big Mom and helped spark a crisis, while the tribe itself was divided over Roger’s agreement. As Ren pursued Whitebeard, Big Mom escaped safely and ordered an investigation into Nami, whom she recognized as her daughter.

• Nami became overwhelmed after Ren told her that Big Mom was her biological mother, and Ren let her rest in Hancock’s care.
• Ryder told Ren that Zero Division was fighting defectors from the Hidden Tribe, whose members had used the tribe’s name to seek an alliance with Big Mom; Ren ordered him to capture a supporter alive.
• Ren pursued Whitebeard and struck scattered pirates with Thunder, while Whitebeard’s forces regrouped and sought Ace after suffering heavy losses.
• Big Mom learned that the Hidden Tribe’s representatives had deceived her and ordered her crew to hunt them down.
• Big Mom ordered Cracker to investigate Nami and described her as her daughter and Ren’s future marriage ally.

Ryder cornered Tia, who claimed to be Teach’s cousin and a member of the D. Family, after pursuing him from Totto Land. Ryder’s Zero Division killed one of Tia’s companions and brought another captive out through an awakened Door-Door Fruit, leaving Tia’s threats and royal pride in ruins.

• Ace’s ship was caught in the clash between Ryder and the fleeing Tia, and Ryder attacked Ace’s crew.
• Tia claimed he was Teach’s cousin and asked Ace to help stop Ryder, who was supposedly after the Devil Fruit he carried.
• Ryder’s Zero Division arrived, and one member threw Alide’s severed head at Tia.
• Ryder rejected Tia’s threats and said Tia’s lies had thrown the New World into chaos.
• A Zero Division member opened an awakened Door-Door Fruit portal, revealing a captive companion of Tia’s begging for mercy.

Ryder killed Tia’s companion and cornered Tia, who offered Ace the Dark-Dark Fruit to save his life. The fruit drew Teach, Ren, Red-Hair, Buggy, and Kaido toward the same waters, where Red-Hair learned that Tia was the only survivor of his group.

• Ryder’s Zero Division member tortured a man, and Ryder killed him with the blood-draining Blood Blade while mocking Tia.
• Tia begged Ace to save him and offered him the Dark-Dark Fruit, shocking everyone watching the scene.
• Teach learned Tia had the fruit and was with Ace, then set out to take the fruit and kill his cousin.
• Ren confirmed the fruit was genuine and ordered Ryder to seize it, accepting that Zero Division might be exposed.
• Ryder spotted the Red-Hair, Buggy, and Kaido Pirates arriving, while Rayleigh told Red-Hair that only Tia remained alive from his group.

Ace and his companions confronted Ryder, Red-Hair, Rayleigh, and the others over Tia and the Dark-Dark Fruit. Before the standoff could be resolved, Teach launched a surprise attack, killed Thatch, and took the fruit.

• Rayleigh told Buggy that the Hidden Tribe would honor its agreement and suppress those who opposed it, though the tribe’s exposure was a concern.
• Tia begged Ace to protect him and revealed that Teach could consume two Devil Fruits because of his rare Marshall Family constitution.
• Rayleigh explained that Roger had once considered Teach as a successor but chose Red-Hair after Teach revealed his true nature.
• Ace refused to hand Tia over to Ryder, while Ryder demanded both Tia and the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Teach burst from beneath the sea, pierced Thatch’s heart, crushed it, and seized the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Ace and Vista rushed to Thatch’s body in shock as Teach stared excitedly at the fruit.

Teach killed Thatch and ate the Dark-Dark Fruit, then fought Ace as Ace sought revenge. As Teach’s cousin Tia tried to join him, Ryder ordered Zero Division to capture Tia alive and recover the fruit, leaving the squad preparing to act.

• Teach ambushed Thatch, killed him, took the Dark-Dark Fruit, and ate it.
• Ace attacked Teach with his swords and Float-Float Fruit powers, but Teach’s darkness absorbed his strikes and returned a meteor toward him.
• Vista and Ace’s companions targeted Tia while Ace continued fighting Teach, and Tia fought Vista before running to Teach for protection.
• Ace called down hundreds of meteors toward Teach and Tia as Ryder watched with Zero Division.
• Ryder ordered Zero Division to capture Tia alive and seize the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Number Six opened a door for the squad to move through.

Teach tried to save Tia and overpower Ryder’s Zero Division, but Number Seven’s awakened Bomb-Bomb Fruit and Ace’s attacks forced him to unleash the Dark Emperor. Red-Hair’s group discussed Ren’s hidden strength as Kaido woke and spotted a Marine fleet approaching with four admirals.

• Teach used Dark Water to pull Number Six away from Tia, but Ace wounded Teach and Diego explained that the Dark-Dark Fruit made its user endure twice the pain of damage it devoured.
• Number Seven attacked Teach with an impact wave, escaped his Dark Water, and turned Ace’s summoned meteor into an enormous bomb with his awakened Bomb-Bomb Fruit.
• Teach unleashed Dark Emperor to swallow the meteor’s explosions and envied Ren’s powerful Zero Division, while Red-Hair’s group discussed how Ren’s resources helped him build his forces.
• Kaido woke and called for a fight, then spotted a Marine fleet with four admirals approaching.

Ace and Teach’s battle drew in Whitebeard and the Marines, while Red-Hair, Kaido, Buggy, and Ryder watched from nearby. The chapter left the gathered pirates uncertain about their purpose, with Kaido urging them to attack the Marines.

• Ace and Teach fought to a stalemate as Kizaru, Akainu, Qing Zhi, and Momousagi arrived with Marine warships.
• Whitebeard arrived to avenge Thatch, and Teach eyed him as a potential target for his Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Whitebeard attacked Teach, but Teach swallowed his shockwaves; Ace and Whitebeard then struck together, and Whitebeard’s wounds reopened.
• Ace told Whitebeard to leave Teach to him, while Whitebeard lamented that his sons were fighting each other.
• Red-Hair and Buggy wondered why they had come, and Kaido called for them to attack the Marines.

Ren arrived at the battlefield aboard a warship pulled by Sea Kings and faced Momousagi, who attacked him for revenge. He blocked her strikes and endured her rapid kicks, leaving their fierce clash ongoing.

• Ren surfaced aboard a coated warship pulled by Sea Kings and greeted the assembled fighters.
• Momousagi confronted Ren and attacked with Kompira, but he shattered her Sword Aura and caught her blade between two fingers.
• Momousagi kicked Ren with Armament Haki, but he blocked her full-strength strike without moving.
• Ren grabbed Momousagi's calf as she tried to withdraw, and she broke free and abandoned Kompira.
• Momousagi unleashed thousands of rapid kicks at Ren's weak points, and he blocked them with his hands.

Ren defeated Momousagi in their clash and sent her back toward Marine Headquarters, then confronted Teach after learning he had eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit. With the Red-Hair group and the Marines gathered, Ren challenged Shanks over whether they intended to become his enemies, leaving both sides poised for war.

• Ren caught Momousagi’s legs, called their fight a date, and sent her toward Marine Headquarters in a cloud carriage.
• Ryder confirmed that Teach had taken and eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit, while Teach admitted that Ren’s information had driven him to repeatedly ambush Akainu.
• Ren struck Teach with a lightning Kirin, and Teach endured the pain while using darkness to swallow the lightning.
• Ren accused Shanks of bringing a force prepared to oppose him as eleven warships, two flying ships, the divisions, and the Zero Division confronted the Red-Hair group.

Teach escaped after Ren's lightning attack, and Ace led the Whitebeard Pirates in pursuit while Ren let them leave. Kaido challenged Ren, was knocked into the sea with one punch, and Ren then ordered his divisions to begin the war.

• Teach escaped after using darkness to devour Ren's lightning, badly injured but alive.
• Ace told Ren that the Whitebeard Pirates would not join the war, and Ren allowed them to leave.
• Ace led the Whitebeard Pirates after Teach to avenge Thatch while Ryder asked Ren about pursuing them for the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Kaido charged at Ren, who met him with a Light-Speed Fist and blasted him through his warship into the sea.
• Ren ordered his men to begin the war, and Jace led the First Division's Zoan users toward Kaido's Beast Army.

The battle between Wall’s forces and Kaido’s allies spread across the battlefield as the First Division clashed with the Beast Army and Shiryu fought Rayleigh. Shakky then faced Hancock, proposing a duel to decide who would rule Amazon Lily.

• Jack challenged Jace, while Si Andrew and another First Division member battled Kaido’s Ancient Zoans.
• Wall confronted Kaido, and the two exchanged powerful blows as Wall declared he would handle him himself.
• Shiryu fought Rayleigh with Tiger Slayer, revealing that it had been forged from the three Tiger Kitetsu swords.
• Nami challenged Shakky, but Hancock intercepted Shakky and fought her with Perfume Femur.
• Shakky challenged Hancock to a battle between the former and current queens of Amazon Lily, with the winner becoming queen.

Ren’s forces fought Red-Hair, Kaido, and Buggy while the Marines hesitated to intervene, but Zero Division attacked the Three Admirals anyway. Ren revealed that he wanted to prolong the battle and called Shirahoshi to prepare, while Zero Division’s first clash with the Admirals began.

• Shakky and Hancock unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, and the Three Admirals watched the battle without choosing a side.
• Sengoku ordered Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru to retreat, but Zero Division arrived and attacked them before they could leave.
• Ren told Ryder that Zero Division’s attack would earn the division achievements, delay the Marines, and draw out a hidden “big fish.”
• Ren called Shirahoshi and told her to prepare and have Makino and the others protect her.
• Zero Division’s Number One attacked Akainu with “Scorching Impact,” and Akainu countered with “Great Eruption,” causing a fiery collision.

Ren's Zero Division fought the Marine Admirals, using their specialized Devil Fruit abilities to challenge Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji. Aokiji's ice attacks were countered by Number Seven and Number Eight, so he prepared to rely on physical skills and Haki.

• Number One burned Akainu with his Heat-Heat Fruit and fought him amid the magma.
• Number Two and Number Three confronted Kizaru, whose swordsmanship let him suppress them and support the Vice Admirals.
• Number Seven shattered Aokiji's ice with explosions while Number Eight manipulated a massive falling ice block to attack him.
• Aokiji shattered the falling ice block with Super: Pheasant Beak, then sent a thousand-meter iceberg tsunami toward Number Seven and Number Eight.
• Number Seven detonated himself to destroy Aokiji's avalanche, and Aokiji prepared to close in and fight with physical skills and Haki.

Zero Division held off the Navy Vice Admirals while Ren fought Red-Hair as both leaders’ forces were pushed back. Ren overpowered Red-Hair with a second devastating strike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Number Eleven used the Pain-Pain Fruit against Vice Admiral Volcano Burn and two Vice Admirals, while Number Ten fought Vice Admiral Momonga with the Rust-Rust Fruit.
• Ren and Red-Hair agreed that they had to fight as their forces struggled, and Red-Hair attacked Ren with his rapier.
• Ren and Red-Hair traded repeated sword strikes that shook the sky, while Buggy watched Ryder instead of joining the fight.
• Ren unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and struck Red-Hair, numbing his arm and forcing him to stagger.
• Ren immediately brought Muramasa down for a second strike as Red-Hair stared in disbelief.

Ren defeated Shanks with three increasingly powerful sword strikes, shattering Roger’s inherited rapier and leaving Shanks gravely injured. Benn Beckman carried Shanks toward their warship while Ren fought Buggy, trading blows and using freezing cold and heat against him.

• Ren’s third sword strike sent Shanks crashing through an iceberg, leaving him badly wounded.
• Shanks’s inherited rapier cracked and fell apart, and Shanks lost consciousness from his injuries.
• Buggy attacked Ren to protect Shanks while Benn Beckman reached Shanks and carried him toward the warship.
• Ren and Buggy exchanged a rapid series of punches, each meeting the other’s attacks head-on.
• Ren froze Buggy with a punch, but Buggy shattered the ice and broke through Ren’s frozen fist.
• Ren gathered heat into his fist and launched a blazing punch at Buggy.