Chapter Summaries

Ren acknowledged that he sought to rule the world and use its resources to grow stronger, while Whitebeard entrusted his children to him. Back at the palace, Ren overpowered Jewelry Bonney and explored the limits of her Age-Age Fruit.

• Whitebeard told Ren he had recognized Ren's role in weakening the World Government and asked him to look after his children after his death.
• Ren assured Whitebeard that his children would see the New World, then returned to the palace.
• Jewelry Bonney challenged Ren to use her Age-Age Fruit on him, but Ren restrained her and explained that Haki could counter Devil Fruit powers.
• Ren used the Direction Fruit to control the devil energy in Jewelry Bonney and change her age, identifying her power as the Age-Age Fruit.
• Ren reflected on the fruit's stamina costs and limitations while continuing to change Jewelry Bonney's age.

Ren subdued Jewelry Bonney after helping awaken her Age-Age Fruit, then decided to travel to Alabasta despite Ryder and Bing Jieke warning that his presence could disrupt the world's balance. He arranged protections for Emperor Island and brought Robin along to help investigate Alabasta's hidden site, leaving his departure poised to affect the wider conflict.

• Ren explained that Jewelry Bonney's awakened Age-Age Fruit could change the ages of living beings and objects, but it could not alter his immortal body, and she eventually surrendered after failing to defeat him.
• Ren summoned Ryder, Bing Jieke, and Robin, then announced that he would personally go to Alabasta to deal with important matters.
• Bing Jieke and Ryder warned Ren that his movements could draw attention to the Pluton Remains and destabilize the world's situation, but Ren insisted on going in disguise by changing his age.
• Ren ordered Ryder to recall Zero Division to protect Emperor Island, keep Bing Jieke's intelligence network active, and notify Shiryu to continue causing trouble and stand ready to cooperate.
• Ren agreed to take Robin to Alabasta because her Flower-Flower Fruit could aid intelligence gathering and her archaeological knowledge could help investigate the hidden site.

Ren used Jewelry Bonney’s Age-Age Fruit to return to his sixteen-year-old appearance, while his physique and abilities remained unchanged. After Robin and Jewelry Bonney became children too, the group spotted Doflamingo’s ships fighting nearby, and Jewelry Bonney urged Ren to rob them.

• Jewelry Bonney changed Ren into his sixteen-year-old form, and Robin hugged him as she admired his appearance.
• Ren reflected that the God Tree might explain why his physique did not change with age.
• Robin and Jewelry Bonney changed themselves into eight- or nine-year-old girls, and they teased Ren about it.
• Ren spotted Doflamingo’s flag on one of two pirate ships battling nearby.
• Ren explained that his divisions repeatedly robbed Doflamingo’s ships, and Jewelry Bonney eagerly suggested robbing them again.

Ren arrived in Dressrosa and found Diamante fighting King Riku, while a one-legged robot intervened and revealed Doflamingo had framed the king. Ren killed Diamante and demanded that the robot explain what was happening in Dressrosa.

• Ren spotted Diamante overpowering King Riku and recognized Doflamingo’s scheme to control Dressrosa.
• A one-legged robot attacked Diamante, and Ren identified its transformation as the result of the Mechanical Fruit.
• Ren realized Doflamingo had concealed the Mechanical Fruit despite Ren’s orders to search for it.
• Ren leaped onto the warship and killed Diamante with a swift slash.
• Ren questioned the robot about its origins and the situation in Dressrosa.

Ren learned that Doflamingo had stolen the Mechanical Fruit, imprisoned Dressrosa’s opponents as robots, and used the factory to copy weapons and develop Artificial Devil Fruits. After restoring Kyros to human form and regrowing his leg, Ren recruited him and set course for Dressrosa with King Riku.

• King Riku explained that Doflamingo had hidden the Mechanical Fruit and imprisoned his political opponents as robots in an underground factory.
• Kyros revealed that Doflamingo used the factory to copy Emperor Island’s weapons, exploit the Tontatta Tribe, and make Artificial Devil Fruits for Kaido.
• Ren decided to kill Doflamingo and used his Direction Fruit to turn Kyros back into a human and regrow his missing leg.
• Ren invited Kyros to serve him, and Kyros accepted after King Riku urged him to join.
• Ren ordered the group to head straight for Dressrosa, and King Riku told Kyros to get the ship moving.

Ren headed for Dressrosa in his sixteen-year-old form, planning to confront Doflamingo without revealing his identity. As Kyros went ahead to rescue Rebecca, Doflamingo learned that Ren’s power had turned one of his robots back into a human and feared Ren would discover the Mechanical Fruit.

• Ren told Robin and Jewelry Bonney to call him Young Lord in Dressrosa, while Zero Division secretly followed him and sent Ryder updates.
• Ryder and Bing Jieke laughed at Ren’s disguise and arranged for Wall to warn Doflamingo that the Young Lord was approaching.
• Kyros asked Ren to let him go rescue Rebecca from the colosseum, and Ren agreed as the ship neared Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo learned that powerful energy had reversed one robot’s transformation and ordered his people to keep the robots secret.
• Doflamingo warned the robot before him to hide because Ren was searching for the Mechanical Fruit.

Doflamingo ordered Dressrosa locked down and raised a Birdcage while his men searched for the escaped mechanical man. Wall warned him that Ren’s supposed young master might arrive, and Ren soon reached Dressrosa with Kyros and Rebecca, where he destroyed the Birdcage with one sword slash.

• Doflamingo ordered Dressrosa placed under lockdown and created a Birdcage while his subordinates searched for the escaped mechanical man.
• Wall called Doflamingo and told him to welcome Emperor Island’s young master, leaving Doflamingo and his officers baffled by the claim that Ren had a son.
• Doflamingo ordered his men to prepare a welcome and rushed toward the shore after sensing that the Birdcage was trembling.
• Kyros failed to cut through the Birdcage, and Ren explained that Doflamingo’s awakened powers made it too strong for Kyros.
• Ren drew Muramasa and shattered the Birdcage with a sweeping Sword Aura, shocking Doflamingo.

Ren arrived in Dressrosa after rescuing Rebecca, while Doflamingo mistook his sixteen-year-old appearance for Ren’s son and welcomed him as a young master. Ren was left bewildered by the misunderstanding, which deepened when Doflamingo mentioned World.

• Doflamingo learned that powerful Sword Aura had struck his forces and headed to the coast, suspecting Ren’s child had arrived.
• Ren let Kyros, King Riku, and Rebecca grieve, then waited for Doflamingo while preparing to kill him for his schemes.
• Doflamingo spotted Ren’s ship and mistook the sixteen-year-old Ren for Ren’s son.
• Doflamingo and his subordinates respectfully welcomed Ren as the young master, leaving Ren confused.
• Doflamingo began explaining that World had instructed him to let the young master enjoy himself, and Ren reacted to hearing World’s name.

Ren confronted Doflamingo over his hidden weapons and Devil Fruits while playing along with the false identity of Ren’s son. After their Conqueror’s Haki clashed, Ren cut through Doflamingo’s Haki-coated threads, and Doflamingo ordered the Donquixote Family to attack him.

• Ren realized Ryder and Bing Jieke had spread the claim that he was Ren’s son, and he told Doflamingo not to mention Wall.
• Doflamingo saw King Riku, Kyros, Rebecca, and Diamante’s corpse on the deck and suspected Ren knew about his secrets.
• Ren accused Doflamingo of concealing the Mechanical Fruit, secretly manufacturing weapons, and hiding Devil Fruits, then threatened him with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Doflamingo challenged Ren and met his Haki with his own, but Ren taunted him and cut through his Haki-coated threads with Muramasa.
• Doflamingo retreated with Geppo and ordered the Donquixote Family to attack Ren’s son.

Ren battled Doflamingo in Dressrosa, revealing his eighteen-winged Fallen Angel form and overwhelming the Donquixote Family leader. After Ren sent Doflamingo crashing into the arena, he raised Muramasa and unleashed a massive sword strike at him.

• The Donquixote Family rushed toward Ren after Doflamingo ordered them to kill him.
• Doflamingo attacked Ren with his awakened threads, but Ren transformed into an eighteen-winged Fallen Angel and sent dark Divine Dragons against him.
• Doflamingo blocked Ren's dragons with Ever White, but Ren appeared behind him and shrugged off his Five Color Strings.
• Ren kicked Doflamingo through Dressrosa's buildings and sent him crashing into the arena.
• Ren raised Muramasa and slashed a massive wave of black sword energy toward Doflamingo as Trebol stood nearby.

Ren killed Trebol and taunted Doflamingo, who attacked him in a fury. Ren answered with a single sword stroke that split Dressrosa in two, leaving Doflamingo bloodied and stunned.

• Ren's black Sword Aura cut through Trebol's Sticky Giant and killed him before Doflamingo escaped its path.
• Doflamingo mourned Trebol and swore to kill Ren, while the Zero Division secretly transmitted the scene to Ryder.
• Ren mocked Doflamingo and called him a mortal, provoking him to turn the arena into thread and unleash the Roar of Ten Thousand Beasts.
• Ren swept Muramasa through the sky, destroying Doflamingo's thread beasts and cutting a vast chasm through Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo stood bloodied and stunned as seawater flooded the chasm separating the island into two halves.

Ren overwhelmed Doflamingo in Dressrosa, but an elderly man with a spatial Devil Fruit arrived and rescued him. The man claimed Doflamingo was his son and confronted Ren, leaving Ren stunned by the revelation.

• Doflamingo unleashed his awakened Holy Bullets: God Thread, but Ren blocked and shattered the thread spears before wounding him again.
• Ren threatened to kill Doflamingo's companions, but a man teleported in, caught Doflamingo, and gave him a blood-red pill.
• The old man ordered Pica to care for Doflamingo, and Pica called him Master while addressing Doflamingo as Young Master.
• Ren questioned the old man's connection to Doflamingo, as people around the world watched the encounter through Den Den Mushi broadcasts.
• The old man clashed his Conqueror's Haki with Ren's and said Ren had nearly killed his son, prompting Ren to realize he meant Doflamingo.

Marshall D. Fran revealed that he was Doflamingo’s biological father and explained Doflamingo’s origins, including how his name concealed his D. lineage. The revelation spread worldwide, where it fueled rumors about Ren and Momousagi and left Momousagi heading out to confront Ren.

• Ren challenged Marshall D. Fran’s claim, while Doflamingo denied that Fran could be his father.
• Marshall D. Fran explained that he had fathered Doflamingo with Donquixote Liming, abandoned him after Liming died in childbirth, and later watched over him through his followers.
• Fran revealed that Doflamingo’s birth name was Marshall D. Franmingo and that “Do” concealed the D. in his name.
• Ren connected Fran’s revelation to Doflamingo’s temperament, his officers’ loyalty, and the Marshall Family’s ties to Teach.
• People across the world spread the story, and rumors claimed that the sixteen-year-old Ren was Ren and Momousagi’s child.
• Momousagi left the meeting room to confront Ren as rumors about them spread.

Marshall D. Fran revealed that he was Doflamingo’s father and that Doflamingo belonged to the D Clan, then clashed with Ren. After their fight ended in a stalemate, Marshall tried to take Doflamingo away, but Ren attacked them with a lethal sword strike.

• Garp praised Marshall D. Fran for winning over a Celestial Dragon, while Sengoku and others reacted to the revelation that Garp and Tsuru were Dragon’s parents.
• Doflamingo rejected Marshall D. Fran’s claim, but Pica confirmed that Marshall had sent him to Mary Geoise and that Pica’s group had later rescued Doflamingo in the North Blue.
• Ren announced that he wanted to capture beautiful Celestial Dragons as servants, prompting Marshall D. Fran to attack him.
• Ren and Marshall D. Fran exchanged countless blows and both stepped back, with Marshall realizing Ren’s strength exceeded that of an Admiral.
• Marshall ordered Pica to carry the stunned Doflamingo away, but Ren sent a deadly sword strike after them, and Marshall moved to block it.

Ren fought Marshall D. Fran as the twelve D. Family elites arrived to help protect Doflamingo’s escape. After Marshall D. Fran ordered them to retreat and pledged them to his son if he died, Ren attacked him again and the battle continued.

• Marshall D. Fran blocked Ren’s Sword Aura, then summoned twelve black-clad D. Family elites to protect Doflamingo’s retreat.
• Ren clashed his Dragon-infused Conqueror’s Haki with the elites’ Haki and unleashed Dark Roar at them and Marshall D. Fran.
• Ren attacked Marshall D. Fran with Dark Wing Strike, and their Haki-coated blows caused explosions that wrecked buildings.
• Marshall D. Fran ordered the twelve elites to pursue Pica and told them to pledge loyalty to Doflamingo if he died.
• Ren declared that he would rule the world, then struck at Marshall D. Fran with Muramasa; Marshall D. Fran dodged with Space Jump and countered with Jumping Fist.

Ren defeated Marshall D. Fran in Dressrosa after learning how the old man had developed the Jump-Jump Fruit, then killed him with Great Darkness Shrouds the Heavens. The battle shocked the world, and the Five Elders debated whether the powerful sixteen-year-old was Ren’s son.

• Ren realized Marshall D. Fran’s Jump-Jump Fruit let him stack punches by jumping through time and space, but said he would kill him because he had saved Doflamingo.
• Marshall D. Fran accepted his impending death and urged Doflamingo to hide and avoid seeking revenge.
• Ren transformed into a black dragon and engulfed Dressrosa and the surrounding seas in darkness, turning Marshall D. Fran to ash.
• People around the world reacted to the battle and widely believed the sixteen-year-old Ren was Ren’s son.
• The Five Elders questioned how Ren could have a son and argued over whether the boy was truly his child.

The Five Elders, Celestial Dragons, and Marines discussed the powerful sixteen-year-old believed to be Ren’s son and weighed their plans for the world’s unstable forces. They decided not to provoke the Ren Pirates, while Sengoku tasked Garp with finding Doflamingo.

• Koukurou said Ace remained hidden in the East Blue, where the Five Elders had sealed off the region, and the elders agreed to leave Ren’s child to the Celestial Dragons.
• Koukurou warned that Ren’s sixteen-year-old son had developed the Fallen Angel Fruit Beyond Awakening and possessed strength and Haki comparable to Ren’s, prompting the Five Elders to plan to wait out their enemies.
• The Celestial Dragons studied footage of the youth’s battle in Dressrosa, debated whether he could be Ren himself, and acknowledged that their eight-hundred-year rule was weakening.
• An elderly Celestial Dragon urged the others to target Rayleigh’s Crew and divide the Marines, while leaving the Ren Pirates alone and allowing them the New World.
• Sengoku, Garp, Akainu, Qing Zhi, and Tsuru discussed the youth and Doflamingo; Sengoku assigned Garp to use his Hidden Tribe connection to find Doflamingo.

Teach learned that his second uncle Marshall D. Fran had been killed after handing his forces to Doflamingo, and he ordered Lafitte to find his cousin. In Dressrosa, Ren recruited a weak Mechanical Fruit user who claimed to know Vegapunk’s research, while Number Six’s spying exposed how Ren’s allies had helped orchestrate his return to age sixteen.

• Teach complained that Marshall D. Fran had given his forces to Doflamingo and ordered Lafitte to locate his cousin.
• Ren questioned the weak robot who had eaten the Mechanical Fruit and learned that it had followed Vegapunk since childhood and remembered his research.
• Ren promised the robot a position as Emperor Island’s chief scientist if it could produce results.
• Number Six admitted that Ryder and Bing Jieke had made him report on Ren, and he praised Ren’s plan to pose as his own son.
• Ren revealed to the robot that he was both Ren and the Young Lord, leaving it stunned.

Ren left Dressrosa with Rebecca and continued toward Alabasta, while Momousagi set out to capture Ren's son to force Ren to confront her. The chapter ended with Ren unaware of the pursuit as he trained Rebecca aboard his warship and answered a Den Den Mushi call.

• Ren sent the robot with Number Six to Emperor Island to review its research and consider involving it in Pluton's construction.
• King Riku reclaimed Dressrosa, and Ren left Kyros behind to train on Emperor Island and join the Second Division while taking Rebecca with him.
• Momousagi ignored Sengoku's orders and mobilized her forces to capture Ren's son, hoping to use him to draw Ren out.
• Ren coached Rebecca's sword training aboard his warship as they traveled toward Alabasta.
• Robin held a ringing Den Den Mushi, and Ren asked who was calling.

Ren learned that powerful, Haki-skilled fighters had gathered in the East Blue and warned Kuina to leave after retrieving Tashigi. At Sabaody Archipelago, Momousagi attacked Ren's disguised son and demanded a ransom, leaving Ren facing her powerful sword strike.

• Kuina told Ren that numerous powerful pirates had arrived in the East Blue, and Ren warned her to retrieve Tashigi and leave quickly.
• Ren and Robin suspected the East Blue upheaval was connected to Ace, then continued toward Sabaody Archipelago.
• Ren arrived at Sabaody Archipelago and planned to restock supplies, but Momousagi approached aboard a Navy warship.
• Momousagi attacked Ren's disguised son and demanded that his father pay a ransom; Ren caught and crushed her Sword Aura.
• Momousagi charged Ren and brought down a heavily reinforced sword strike as Ren maintained his Young Master disguise.