Chapter Summaries

Ren lured the Hidden Tribe, the D Clan, out of hiding during the battle by drawing out the fight and striking Buggy. The D Clan arrived and rescued Buggy, while their leader acknowledged their responsibility for the conflict.

• Ren hit Buggy with Lightning Plasma, sending him through the ice and into the sea.
• An immense wave of seawater and broken ice froze solid in an extreme cold that Qing Zhi had not created.
• Ryder called the Zero Division to regroup as eighteen mysterious figures appeared above the battlefield.
• Ryder identified the newcomers as the Hidden Tribe, the D Clan, whom Ren had deliberately lured out of hiding.
• An elderly D Clan member ordered Batu to retrieve Buggy, and Batu carried the injured pirate to Rayleigh.
• Ren explained that he had tried to force Tia to reveal the D Clan's location, and a middle-aged man angrily accused him of setting the trap.

Ren confronted the Hidden Tribe and declared that he would expose and destroy Roger’s arrangements, using the Navy and World Government to bring them into the open. Rayleigh decided to kill the Navy forces before they could report what they had learned, while the Three Admirals worried that their Den Den Mushi could not transmit in the freezing cold.

• Ren identified Kiya as the Temperature-Temperature Fruit user and gave a gathered fireball to Zero Division’s Number One, strengthening his heat.
• The Great Elder asked Ren to end the chaos, but Ren mocked Roger’s legacy, attacked Rayleigh with a Thunder Dragon, and threatened to destroy Roger’s plans.
• Ren explained that he had left the Three Admirals behind to inform the Navy and World Government about the Hidden Tribe and Roger’s arrangements.
• The Great Elder recognized Ren’s scheme and confirmed that the Hidden Tribe could no longer remain hidden.
• Rayleigh resolved to kill the Three Admirals and Navy soldiers before they could send news, while Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji assessed their danger and possible reinforcements.

Ren revealed Poseidon’s threat to the Hidden Tribe’s grand elder, then left Rayleigh and the Three Admirals facing off as the World Government mobilized. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and Tsuru prepared for the crisis while Garp remained unconcerned.

• Ren showed the Hidden Tribe’s grand elder the Sea Kings beneath the ice, and the elder suspected Shirahoshi was Poseidon.
• Ren told the grand elder to take Red-Hair and his people against the World Government, then departed aboard the Small Golden Ship with Shirahoshi and the Ren Pirates.
• Rayleigh, Shakky, and the grand elder decided they could not flee and considered attacking the Three Admirals before reinforcements arrived.
• Sengoku ordered the Three Admirals to stay alive and retreat if possible, while Kizaru suspected Ren had left them behind as messengers and bait.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and Tsuru assembled troops for the New World, while Garp told Sengoku to stop worrying and rest.

Ren learned that Rayleigh and the D. Family were struggling against the Navy, while a rival D. Family faction joined Teach against Ace and the wounded Whitebeard. Ren sent Ryder to protect Whitebeard as Ace fought Teach, and a powerful figure approached the battle.

• Tsuru left to confront Shakky, while Sengoku and Garp argued over Tsuru’s history and Dragon’s parentage.
• Shirahoshi told Ren that the real Sea Kings remained near Fish-Man Island, and Ren asked Makino to summon Ryder.
• Ryder reported that the Navy’s reinforcements had stalled Rayleigh and the D. Family’s attack on the Admirals.
• Ren learned that one D. Family faction had joined Teach against Ace and Whitebeard, and he ordered Ryder to keep Whitebeard alive.
• Ace attacked Teach to stop him taking Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit, while an ally warned Teach that a powerful aura was approaching.

Teach’s forces drove Whitebeard and Ace to retreat, while Ren ordered Ryder to find and treat Whitebeard to counter Teach’s plans. Meanwhile, the World Government and Celestial Dragons began destroying Roger’s legacy and targeting the D. Family, whose resistance was already underway.

• Teach and his eighteen D. Family rebels pressed their fight against Whitebeard, while Whitebeard ordered his exhausted crew to retreat and struck Teach with a tsunami.
• Dilia used his Impact Fruit to shatter the tsunami, but Ace used his Float-Float Fruit to lift Whitebeard’s crew away beyond Teach’s reach.
• Ren told Ryder to investigate Teach’s D. Family followers and find Whitebeard so Emperor Island’s medical team could treat him and potentially restore his strength.
• Ryder departed to find Whitebeard, while Ren explained that treating him would hinder Teach from seeking help from the Marines or World Government to obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Cipher Pol, the Celestial Dragon Guards, and the Marines appeared across the world and began erasing Roger’s traces and pursuing the D. Family.
• In Mary Geoise, Koukurou and the other elders discussed Roger’s preparations, Rayleigh’s actions, and the threat posed by the D. Family.

The D Clan sheltered the wounded after their retreat from a fierce battle with the Marines, while Red-Hair struggled with the loss of his sword and conviction. The chapter ended with Kiya urging Shanks to rise again after his defeat.

• The Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons discussed how to respond to the D Clan, while the D Clan fought to grow stronger.
• The Great Elder explained that Ren had shattered Red-Hair’s sword and will, and that Buggy’s cells had been damaged by Ren’s Thunder.
• Kiya reported that the Second Elder had freed Alide and others, stolen weapons, and disappeared, while Alide’s group had joined Teach.
• Red-Hair warned that Teach’s ambition to rule the seas would soon make him Blackbeard.
• Rayleigh, the Great Elder, and Kiya worried that Red-Hair’s broken conviction could end his strength as a pirate.
• Kiya reminded Shanks that he had always stood back up after defeat and asked him to rise again.

Red-Hair refused to eat a Devil Fruit, while Buggy and Shakky assessed the damage from the World Government’s purge and the coming alliance against it. At Whitebeard’s island, Ace grieved the dead and resolved to become stronger before confronting Ryder’s arrival in Whitebeard’s sickroom.

• Kiya promised to bring Red-Hair a powerful Devil Fruit and make him eat it, despite his refusal.
• Buggy told Shakky that Ren’s lightning-fast punches had badly damaged his body, and Shakky described the destruction of Roger’s arrangements across the First Half of the Grand Line.
• Shakky said Rayleigh had gathered former companions and activated the New World arrangements, and that their forces would unite against the Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons.
• Ace mourned the Whitebeard Pirates’ dead and told Marco he wanted to become strong enough to defeat Teach and fight Ren.
• Jozu reported that Ryder had entered Whitebeard’s room, and Ace and Marco rushed there.
• Ryder defended his captain to Whitebeard, who grew angry and asked whether Ryder had come to provoke him.

Ryder told Whitebeard why Ren admired Garp, Kalpo, and Whitebeard while criticizing Roger’s treatment of his family, prompting Ace to confront his complicated past. He then turned to the reason for his visit, leaving Whitebeard waiting to hear his purpose.

• Ryder warned Whitebeard that he was too weakened to face Teach and the D. Family, while Whitebeard insisted he would settle Teach’s betrayal himself and named Ace as his successor.
• Ryder encouraged Whitebeard to face whatever came with a glorious end and explained that Ren admired Garp for his family’s influence on the world.
• Ryder said Ren admired Kalpo for loving Rouge and protecting Ace despite his resentment toward Roger, and Ace wept as he remembered Kalpo’s care.
• Ryder explained that Ren admired Whitebeard for giving pirates a home, but criticized Roger for neglecting his family and bringing Rouge and Ace suffering.
• Whitebeard asked Ryder to state his purpose, and Ryder replied that he had been about to do so.

Ryder persuaded Whitebeard to seek treatment on Emperor Island after explaining that Teach and the Navy were preparing to target the Whitebeard Pirates. Ren prepared to restore Whitebeard and sent Shiryu to find Jewelry Bonney and Ain, whose abilities could help make Whitebeard young again.

• Ryder explained that Teach planned to ally with the Navy and use the resulting war to seize Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Ace explained that the Navy would use Teach as an excuse to avoid attacking Rayleigh’s Crew while choosing the Whitebeard Pirates as an easier target.
• Ryder warned Whitebeard that the Navy had six Admirals and overwhelming forces, and Whitebeard agreed to go to Emperor Island for treatment.
• Ren learned Whitebeard had accepted and confirmed that the Medical Department was ready, though Olvia warned that the available Fruits might not cure his terminal illness.
• Ren ordered Shiryu to find Jewelry Bonney and Ain, explaining that their Age-Age Fruit and Return-Return Fruit could help restore Whitebeard’s youth.

Ren discussed the coming threat to the Revolutionary Army with Dragon, rejecting an alliance until the war between Rayleigh's Crew and the World Government revealed their strength. He then used his spiritual energy to awaken Makino's Angel-Angel Fruit, transforming her into a twelve-winged angel.

• Ren ordered Wall to find Edward Weevil, who claimed to be Whitebeard's son, and bring him to meet Whitebeard.
• Dragon warned Ren that Rayleigh's Crew would likely fall and proposed that they join forces to attack Mary Geoise afterward.
• Ren refused to commit to an alliance and told Dragon that the exposed Revolutionary Army had lost its greatest advantage and was headed for failure.
• Ren summoned Perona, Monet, and Makino, then said he would raise Makino's strength because the sea had become too chaotic.
• Ren poured spiritual energy into Makino, awakening her Angel-Angel Fruit and giving her six pairs of wings.

Ren awakened several Devil Fruits in his Guard Corps and fused the Fallen Angel Fruit into Muramasa. The fusion erased the fruit’s devil and transformed Ren, leaving him with black wings and altered hair.

• Makino awakened the Angel-Angel Fruit, while Perona and Monet also awakened their fruits under Ren’s power.
• Several days later, Kaya used her awakened Cell-Cell Fruit to turn a wine cup into a living but soulless rabbit, then went to find Perona to test how their powers might combine.
• Ren decided to fuse the Fallen Angel Fruit with Muramasa, which resisted the fruit’s devil as the two forces clashed.
• Muramasa erased and absorbed the Fallen Angel Fruit, changing into a jet-black blade with black wings on its hilt.
• Black radiance from Muramasa enveloped Ren, giving him black wings and lengthening his silver hair with a faint crimson tint.

Ren transformed into a Fallen Angel and learned that Muramasa had pushed the Fallen Angel Fruit to Beyond Awakening through its link to his soul. After Ryder brought Whitebeard and Ace to Emperor Island, Ace rejected Roger’s gifts and made clear that he still hated his father.

• Ren revealed his Fallen Angel form and explained how the Cloth and Muramasa let him share their Devil Fruit powers through their soul links.
• Muramasa’s energy caused the Fallen Angel Fruit to reach Beyond Awakening, granting Ren its power, though killing Devils consumed Muramasa’s energy.
• Bing Jieke told Ren that Ryder had returned with the Whitebeard Pirates, and Ren concealed his transformation as a secret.
• Ryder arrived with Whitebeard, Ace, Marco, and Jozu, and Ace showed Ren the hat that Ren had sent him through Luffy.
• Ren presented Ace with Roger’s Flame-Flame Fruit, Masamune, and cultivation notes, but Ace rejected them and said he would never accept anything from Roger.

Ace revealed his hatred for Roger and asked Ren how Roger could be revived, while Ren explained that Roger’s corpse had been destroyed. Ren told Whitebeard he wanted the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Whitebeard began treatment on Emperor Island, where doctors discovered the grave damage throughout his body.

• Ace said he wanted to revive Roger, defeat him, and kill him, but Ren explained Roger could not be revived through Moria’s power because his corpse had been shattered.
• Whitebeard questioned why Ren was helping him, and Ren said he wanted to see Whitebeard fight in his prime and asked for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit at Whitebeard’s death.
• Whitebeard agreed to Ren’s condition and was reassured that Ren also wanted the Dark-Dark Fruit, which could put Teach in danger.
• The next morning, Kaya and the medical staff anesthetized Whitebeard and examined his body, finding extensive injuries, illnesses, and internal damage.
• Kaya began treatment by separating the cells in Whitebeard’s arm, and the doctors removed old blade fragments from his blackened bones.

Kaya removed countless weapon fragments and diseased cells from Whitebeard while treating him. Ace left to visit his mother’s ancestral homeland, and Wall brought Edward Weevil to Ren, where Weevil asked where his Pops was.

• Kaya and the medical staff removed a large amount of weapon debris from Whitebeard’s body, and Marco and Jozu grieved over how much he had suffered.
• Kaya used Cell Recombination to expel toxins, diseased cells, and infected cells from Whitebeard, which formed a dark lake.
• Ace told Ren that a Vivre Card hidden in his hat had led him to Portgas Island, and he planned to go there while Whitebeard recovered.
• Ace asked Ren to tell Whitebeard not to declare war before he returned, then left for Portgas Island.
• Wall returned with Edward Weevil, saying Weevil might be Whitebeard’s son and had been difficult to subdue.
• Edward Weevil entered the palace looking for Pops and fixed his vacant gaze on Ren.

Ren confronted Miss Bakkin and Edward Weevil, whose revelations suggested that Crocodile was Whitebeard’s daughter and Miss Bakkin’s associate. Ren pieced together Crocodile’s missing fortune and suspected Miss Bakkin had ties to Baroque Works, leaving the claims and identities unverified.

• Ren questioned Miss Bakkin’s claim that Whitebeard loved her and used Conqueror’s Haki to demand the truth.
• Edward Weevil attacked Ren, who caught and broke his Haki-coated blade before offering to replace it.
• Edward Weevil said his sister was named Edward Crocodile, and Ren and World realized he meant Sand Crocodile.
• Edward Weevil confirmed Crocodile was his sister and said she gave him money for meat.
• Ren concluded that Miss Bakkin may have taken or received Crocodile’s missing fortune and suspected she had been Baroque Works’ Mr. 6.

Miss. Bakkin claimed Edward Weevil and Crocodile were Whitebeard’s biological children, leaving Marco and Vista stunned by the revelations. Ren asked whether Weevil wanted to meet Whitebeard, but Miss. Bakkin refused, insisting they had come only to claim Whitebeard’s inheritance for Weevil.

• Miss. Bakkin recovered from Ren’s Conqueror’s Haki and struck Edward Weevil before agreeing to explain Whitebeard’s past.
• Miss. Bakkin told Marco and Vista that Edward Weevil was Whitebeard’s biological son and heir.
• Miss. Bakkin claimed Crocodile was Whitebeard’s biological daughter who had changed her sex, taken the name Sha, and repeatedly challenged Whitebeard.
• Marco and Vista discussed using Crocodile, Weevil, and Ace to restore the Whitebeard Pirates, while Ren considered Crocodile’s past actions and her apparent protectiveness toward Luffy.
• Ren asked whether Weevil wanted to see Whitebeard, and Weevil eagerly agreed, but Miss. Bakkin refused and said they had come to assert his claim to the inheritance.

Miss Bakkin revealed how she saved Whitebeard’s biological children, Crocodile and Edward Weevil, after pirates slaughtered their village. She also admitted that Jewelry Bonney was conceived using Whitebeard’s cells, while Shiryu captured Bonney and Ren pressed Miss Bakkin to explain.

• Miss Bakkin received a call from Jewelry Bonney, who said Shiryu was trying to take her, and Ren denied ordering anyone to capture Crocodile.
• Shiryu took Bonney’s Den Den Mushi, and Ren ordered him to capture her; Shiryu knocked Bonney unconscious.
• Miss Bakkin told Ren, Marco, and Vista that Bonney was her biological daughter, conceived using Whitebeard’s cells, while Crocodile and Edward Weevil were Whitebeard’s biological children.
• Miss Bakkin recounted how Whitebeard settled in her village, protected its people, and had Crocodile and Edward Weevil with a woman he loved.
• After the Blood Axe Pirate Ship massacred the village, Miss Bakkin used her awakened Nerve-Nerve Fruit to save the wounded Crocodile and Edward Weevil, then later took them to the New World to find Whitebeard.

Miss Bakkin revealed that she had conceived Jewelry Bonney using Whitebeard’s blood and planned to raise a crew of his children to take revenge on him. Ren learned more about Whitebeard’s violent past from Marco, while Miss Bakkin and Edward Weevil remained on Emperor Island to confront Whitebeard.

• Miss Bakkin explained that Crocodile, Edward Weevil, and Jewelry Bonney were tied to Whitebeard and that she intended to use their children to destroy him.
• Ren asked Shiryu to keep an eye on Jewelry Bonney and bring her back, while Marco and Vista left the matter to Ace, who had gone to train in his mother’s ancestral homeland.
• Miss Bakkin and Edward Weevil announced that they would stay on Emperor Island and wait for Whitebeard so they could take revenge.
• Marco told Ren how Whitebeard had once slaughtered pirates across the Grand Line and New World until he destroyed the Blood Axe Pirates, after which he stopped killing and formed his family.
• Ren reflected on the similarities between Crocodile and Edward Weevil and concluded that Jewelry Bonney’s tears over Whitebeard suggested a close connection to him.

Ren learned that Jewelry Bonney had been captured and ordered Shiryu to bring her to Emperor Island, while speculating about her connection to Whitebeard. He also ordered Jace to find the Moonlight Clan on Zou Island and investigated why the Straw Hat Pirates had escaped the World Government’s notice.

• Ren told Wall to watch Edward Weevil, then heard from Shiryu that Jewelry Bonney had been captured; Bonney loudly rejected the capture and threatened Ren.
• Ren ordered Shiryu to find Kuina and have her bring Bonney to Emperor Island, while continuing the search for Ain.
• Bing Jieke told Ren that the Moonlight Clan had been hiding among the Mink Tribe, and Ren ordered Jace to lead a team to Zou Island to seize them and complete the map tied to the Pluton Remains.
• Bing Jieke reported that the World Government had not noticed the Straw Hat Pirates and that information about Luffy had been concealed.
• Ren suspected that Rayleigh and others were hiding Luffy’s identity as Roger’s successor to prevent the World Government from targeting him.

After learning about the Straw Hat Pirates’ clash with Crocodile, Ren sent Bing Jieke to watch Alabasta and tested his newly strengthened power. His next haul of trash opened a passage to the Fairy Tail world, where his sword attack collided with Zeref’s magic.

• Ren told Bing Jieke to keep watch on Alabasta and left him puzzled by his prediction of true love between Crocodile and Luffy.
• Ren drew Muramasa, transformed into his Fallen Angel form, and went to collect a new haul of trash.
• The Trash Station’s Artifact Spirit explained that Ren’s Fallen Angel Fruit reaching Beyond Awakening had granted him one new haul, with no further hauls for his other fruits reaching that level.
• Ren recognized Fairy Tail on the screen as Zeref made Mard Geer disappear into a book after Mard Geer failed to awaken E.N.D.
• Ren’s spatial vortex appeared above Zeref, Natsu, and Gray, and he sent a Sword Qi Divine Dragon through it to attack Zeref.
• Zeref summoned a black magical dragon, and it collided with Ren’s Sword Qi Divine Dragon in a powerful shockwave.