Chapter Summaries

Ren and Momousagi fought fiercely across the Sabaody Archipelago while Momousagi pursued him in hopes of drawing out his father. The battle drew attention away from them as turmoil erupted in Loguetown, where Ace gathered reporters and prepared to reveal his plan.

• Ren and Momousagi clashed with concentrated Sword Aura and Armament Haki as she said she would keep chasing him until his father appeared.
• Ren transformed into a Fallen Angel and countered Momousagi’s Crimson Lotus Sword Dance with Dark Roar.
• Momousagi attacked Ren with thousands of rapid kicks, and their fight sent dangerous shockwaves across Sabaody Archipelago.
• News from Loguetown diverted the world’s attention from Ren and Momousagi’s battle.
• Ace sat on a platform in Loguetown’s central square, asked whether the reporters had arrived, and an elderly man asked what he planned to do.

Ace rallied the people connected to Roger and called on them to gather in the New World, disrupting Rayleigh’s growing alliance. Ren then ended his fight with Momousagi, whose discovery of his identity left her restrained and shouting toward her warship.

• Ace told Qing Lao he would reclaim Roger’s legacy and face the people pursuing him, and Qing Lao pledged to help him.
• Qing Lao explained that he had gathered around a hundred thousand of Roger’s former allies and their followers from the Four Blues.
• Ace addressed the gathered crowd and summoned Roger’s former allies throughout the world to join him in the New World.
• Ace’s call prompted many people to rally to him, including some who had previously joined Rayleigh.
• After sensing the reaction to Ace’s call, Ren stopped playing around and overpowered Momousagi.
• Momousagi recognized Ren as the real Ren and identified his Direction Fruit power before yelling toward the warship.

Ren captured Momousagi after she recognized his identity, then went to Sabaody to watch Ace publicly claim Roger’s legacy. Ace’s declaration split Rayleigh’s forces, and the World Government prepared to attack Rayleigh’s Crew while debating the threat Ace might pose afterward.

• Ren silenced Momousagi, took her aboard his warship, and left Robin and Rebecca to manage her and her adjutant.
• Ren traveled to Sabaody and watched Ace challenge his pursuers and announce that he would settle matters with the World Government.
• Ace’s claim to Roger’s legacy drew away half the people Rayleigh’s Crew had gathered, leaving Rayleigh and his allies weakened.
• Rayleigh, Shakky, Red-Hair, Buggy, and the Grand Elder prepared for the World Government’s likely attack.
• The Five Elders and Celestial Dragons ordered forces at G5 Base to destroy Rayleigh’s Crew and argued over whether to prioritize Ace.

After Ace’s actions triggered the World Government’s attack on Rayleigh’s Crew, Sengoku confronted Garp over secretly helping Ace. Garp warned that the battle would devastate the World Government and then proposed that the Navy cooperate with it, leaving Sengoku furious and bewildered.

• The World Government assembled troops and warships at G5 Base to attack Rayleigh’s Crew after Ace gathered Roger’s Legacy.
• Tsuru accused Garp of using his notebook about Roger to help Ace, and Garp admitted he had acted to prevent Ace from being killed.
• Sengoku argued that Ace joining the Whitebeard Pirates with Roger’s Legacy could restore them and threaten the Navy, while Garp insisted Ace would never attack the Navy.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines at G5 Base to observe the World Government’s campaign without interfering.
• Garp predicted that Rayleigh’s Crew would inflict grievous losses before being wiped out, then spoke with Tsuru about their personalities and relationship.
• Garp told Sengoku to cooperate with the World Government and deploy Marines from Sabaody and the New World, prompting Sengoku to angrily question his judgment.

Garp ordered a massive Marine mobilization and urged Ren to exploit the resulting opening, then revealed that he had been hiding his true nature and was Roger’s half-brother. He explained his family’s ties to the Hidden Tribe and the World Government, leaving Sengoku, Tsuru, and Ren reeling from the revelations.

• Garp called Ren, exposed his Young Master disguise, and asked him to cause trouble while Marines deployed to surround Rayleigh’s group.
• Garp told Ren to exploit the Marines’ absence and explained that the deployment would train the forces stationed across the seas, even at an enormous cost in lives.
• Garp revealed that he had concealed his true nature for decades and claimed that Roger was his half-brother, shocking Sengoku, Tsuru, and Ren.
• Garp explained that he discovered his family’s origins on Eight Extremes Island, where his parents had died fighting a Celestial Dragon Guard.
• Garp said he learned from his father’s belongings that his father had another son with a woman he met at sea, and that son was Roger.

Garp revealed that he and Roger were half brothers who secretly worked together to destabilize corrupt nations and prepare a revolution. After explaining how Roger’s execution launched the Great Pirate Era, Garp demanded compensation from Ren, while Tsuru pressed him about Dragon founding the Revolutionary Army.

• Garp recalled witnessing the Celestial Dragons’ atrocities and deciding to join Roger in pursuing change.
• Garp explained that he and Roger staged their battles while secretly building alliances and undermining nations, with their efforts earning them their public reputations.
• Garp revealed that Roger surrendered to him and sparked the Great Pirate Era before his death, while Garp returned to the Marines and raised Ace and Luffy.
• Garp demanded compensation from Ren for exposing their plans and tried to claim a betrothal gift over Ren’s relationship with Momousagi.
• Ren suspected Garp had helped Dragon found the Revolutionary Army, and Tsuru demanded that Garp explain Dragon’s departure from the Marines.

Garp asked Ren to cause a major disturbance in Mary Geoise while the Marines were away, buying Ace time to gather Roger’s hidden resources. Garp revealed that Ace would likely hand those resources to Ren, while Ren joked about acquiring Garp’s resources through Luffy as well.

• Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru argued over who had shaped Dragon into the Revolutionary Army’s leader, and Garp admitted he had guided Dragon and given him resources from his plans with Roger.
• Ren deduced that Garp and Roger had divided their hidden plans, with Roger reserving his resources for a future Pirate King such as Ace or Luffy.
• Garp told Ren that much of the Marine force had left to pursue Rayleigh’s group and asked him to make as much trouble as possible in Mary Geoise to buy Ace time.
• Garp offered Ren intelligence on beautiful female Celestial Dragons, explaining that his daughter-in-law had gathered it while looking for a wife for Luffy.
• Garp explained that Ace was collecting Roger’s resources but would probably give them to Ren because of their relationship, prompting Ren to joke about gaining Garp’s resources through Luffy.
• Garp angrily rejected Ren’s suggestion and insisted that Roger’s resources should go to Ren through Ace, while his own resources should remain with the Revolutionary Army.

Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru agreed to commit the Marines to the coming New World war and abandon the Four Blues, leaving the Revolutionary Army room to take control there. Ren then learned that the World Government was moving against Rayleigh's Crew and ordered Zero Division to prepare for a direct attack on Mary Geoise.

• Ren told Garp he would cause trouble in Mary Geoise, while Garp agreed to withdraw the Marines from the coming conflict's other fronts.
• Sengoku ordered nearly all Marines in the First Half of the Grand Line to deploy to the New World and decided to abandon the Four Blues.
• Garp praised Sengoku's decision, and Sengoku explained that he was giving Dragon's Revolutionary Army a base to grow into a rival of the Marines.
• Ren spoke with Jewelry Bonney and Momousagi, then called Bing Jieke for intelligence on the impending war.
• Bing Jieke reported that the World Government had sent an elite vanguard against Rayleigh's Crew and that the Marines would join the battle.
• Ren ordered Bing Jieke to monitor the war and summon everyone in Zero Division so Ren could attack Mary Geoise.

Ren ordered Number Six of Zero Division to free Impel Down’s prisoners and bring them to Mary Geoise for an invasion while the World Government focused on Rayleigh’s Crew. Meanwhile, Buggy’s forces destroyed the World Government’s advance fleet, but Buggy doubted how long they could withstand the war.

• Ren gave Number Six a map of Impel Down’s Seastone-free spots and ordered him, with Number Seven and Number Eight, to free the prisoners and bring them to Mary Geoise.
• Ren revealed that a spy had secretly built a hidden floor between Impel Down’s fifth and sixth levels and recruited powerful prisoners there.
• Number Six used his awakened Door-Door Fruit to leave and carry out the mission, while Ren joked that Garp could take the blame for the chaos.
• Buggy and his officers destroyed ten World Government advance warships and cleared out their forces.
• After the battle, Buggy worried that Rayleigh’s Crew lacked manpower and heard someone in the darkness ask how long they could hold on.

Buggy and Red-Hair accepted that they had nowhere left to hide and sailed onward, while the World Government prepared to encircle Rayleigh's Crew. A surprise attack forced the Government fleet to begin its assault that night, and the battle continued into the morning with its strongest fighters still absent.

• Buggy and Red-Hair drank together and resolved to keep moving forward despite expecting to die.
• A World Government officer ordered the fleet to advance and planned an encirclement, while CP1 prepared to confront Rayleigh's Crew's fighters.
• A pirate ambush destroyed a warship, prompting the CP0 member to order an immediate assault.
• CP1 charged the pirate fleet, and Lucky Roux shattered their wind blades before fighting the CP1 captain.
• The battle lasted through the night as Ancient Zoan CP1 members fought the Red-Hair and Buggy Pirates, while Buggy, Rayleigh, Shakky, CP0, and the Celestial Dragon Guardsmen remained absent.

The World Government, Navy, and Rayleigh's Crew escalated their war in the New World, sending millions of fighters into a bloody battle while their leaders mostly reserved their strength. After learning of the fighting, Ren saw an opportunity to act against Mary Geoise and waited for Garp's intelligence about the Celestial Dragons' residences.

• World Government officials called for reinforcements as their forces suffered heavy losses against Rayleigh's Crew, and the Five Elders and Celestial Dragons ordered the Navy into the battle.
• The Three Admirals arrived with a million Marines, Qing Zhi froze the sea and charged at Yasopp, and Akainu sent the Marines into the fight.
• Kaido charged at Akainu while Drought attacked Green Bull, as the battle's leaders largely left ordinary soldiers to fight among themselves.
• Robin told Ren that the war had erupted and described the massive casualties and the Navy's arrival; Ren questioned why powerful fighters were avoiding attacks on the rank and file.
• Ren decided to wait for Garp's intelligence about where the Celestial Dragons lived before using the war as cover to make trouble in Mary Geoise.

Ren watched the war between the World Government, Marines, and Rayleigh's Crew while Garp and Sengoku accepted heavy Marine losses to forge elite troops and ordered Dragon to purge three of the Four Blues. Ren then prepared to attack Mary Geoise with Zero Division and prisoners from Impel Down.

• Robin explained that Red-Hair, Buggy, Kaido, and Rayleigh had gathered millions of pirates for the war, and Ren let the sides wear each other down.
• Tsuru protested the mass deaths, but Garp and Sengoku said the Marines needed to be hardened by battle.
• Garp ordered Dragon to purge the kingdoms in the East Blue, South Blue, and North Blue, while Sengoku said Ren controlled the West Blue.
• Ren announced that he was ready to attack Mary Geoise and told Garp to watch for the fireworks.
• At Mary Geoise, Ren confirmed that Number Six and Zero Division were ready to release every prisoner in Impel Down.

Ren and the twelve members of Zero Division invaded Mary Geoise with prisoners from Impel Down, launching a massacre against its inhabitants. After killing a Celestial Dragon, Ren ordered his forces to make a mess of the place.

• Number Six opened doors in the sky and released powerful prisoners from Impel Down as Ren and Zero Division descended toward Mary Geoise.
• Ren struck the ground in black flames, destroying buildings and killing people with the impact and shockwaves.
• Ren unleashed Conqueror's Haki, knocking many people unconscious, then cut down a crowd with a black gale.
• Several Celestial Dragons fired golden bullets at Ren, but he caught one and sent it back to kill a Celestial Dragon.
• Ren ordered the prisoners and Zero Division to attack, and they roared that they would slaughter the nobles.

Ren led Zero Division and prisoners escaped from Impel Down in an assault on Mary Geoise, killing Celestial Dragons and freeing slaves. As the chaos spread across the world, the Marines learned the raid had been planned in advance, while Dragon chose to keep the Revolutionary Army focused on its own campaign.

• Ren ordered Number Six to release the prisoners, who flooded into Mary Geoise and attacked the crowd.
• Ren told the combat slaves to free the other slaves and fight the Celestial Dragons, and Number Seven went with them.
• Sengoku and Garp watched the assault and struggled to understand how Ren had broken into Impel Down again.
• Tsuru reported that Ren’s spies had left prison loopholes and that a hidden floor had prepared prisoners for the raid.
• Dragon refused to intervene and told the Revolutionary Army to continue its plan to conquer the Four Blues.

Ren and the escaped prisoners ravaged Mary Geoise, while Ren confronted Koukurou of the Five Elders in a sword duel. Their clash continued to devastate the holy land, with Ren revealing strength that shocked Koukurou.

• Ren unleashed dark energy and Conqueror's Haki, destroying a palace and crushing the charging army as prisoners attacked Mary Geoise.
• Number Seven of Zero Division removed bombs from the slaves, who joined the assault against the nobles and Celestial Dragons.
• Koukurou emerged from a palace and clashed with Ren's sword aura, destroying buildings and tearing apart the clouds.
• Ren charged Koukurou with Muramasa, and the two exchanged powerful sword strikes that devastated the surrounding area.
• Koukurou realized Ren was far stronger than he had expected as their duel continued with compressed sword aura and Armament Haki.

Ren’s son used his Sword Domain to defeat and kill Koukurou, one of the Five Elders, as the world watched. Rayleigh ordered a full-scale assault after Koukurou’s death shattered the enemy’s morale.

• Ren’s son overwhelmed Koukurou with a vast Sword Domain, drawing shocked reactions from Hawk-Eye, Rayleigh, and Ace.
• Ren’s son explained that his darkness was a Sword Domain, then drove it forward in a massive slash.
• Koukurou unleashed his killing-intent swordsmanship, but Ren’s son’s attack broke through it and reduced him to ash.
• Garp, Sengoku, and Dragon reacted to the death of a Five Elder and the chaos it would bring.
• Rayleigh ordered a full-scale assault while Hawk-Eye resolved to create his own Sword Domain.

Ren killed Koukurou and took the First Kitetsu as the Celestial Dragons faced a revolt in Mary Geoise. The World Government chose to fight Rayleigh's Crew, while Ren confronted the six remaining members of the Celestial Dragon Cabinet.

• Four of the Five Elders vowed to avenge Koukurou, but the Celestial Dragon leader ordered them to focus on Rayleigh's Crew after its forces attacked.
• A dragon's roar signaled that the younger Celestial Dragon Cabinet members had entered the battle, and the elders sent reinforcements against Rayleigh's Crew.
• Ren surveyed the ruins of Mary Geoise, dismissed the dying Koukurou, and took the First Kitetsu.
• Six Cabinet Celestial Dragons confronted Ren, who declared that he would capture them and use their Devil Fruits to cultivate powerful fruits.
• One Cabinet Celestial Dragon transformed into an Ice Dragon and attacked Ren with Dragon Breath, but Ren countered with Dark Roar.
• Ren unleashed a torrent of black sword energy as escaped prisoners, slaves, and Zero Division members slaughtered the nobles across Mary Geoise.

Ren killed the Ice Dragon Celestial Dragon, collected his Devil Fruit, and confronted the five remaining dragon-form Celestial Dragons. They exposed that Ren was not his supposed sixteen-year-old son, so Ren resumed his true appearance and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki against them and all of Mary Geoise.

• Ren pierced the Ice Dragon with a Dark Iron Fist, killing him in an explosion that spread across a third of Mary Geoise.
• Ren used soil to collect the Ice Dragon’s corpse and obtain his Devil Fruit, then confronted the five remaining Celestial Dragons.
• The five Celestial Dragons transformed into elemental Mythical Zoan dragons and realized Ren was restraining them by controlling the air with the Direction Fruit.
• The dragons revealed Ren’s identity to the world, and Ren returned to his true appearance, admitting he had benefited from posing as the young lord.
• Ren unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki across Mary Geoise, knocking many people unconscious and leaving the five dragons dazed.

Ren killed the five dragons, ordered Mary Geoise destroyed, and gathered the Celestial Dragons’ treasures and captives. As the survivors withdrew, he unleashed a massive Tremor-Tremor attack that shattered the Red Line and sent tsunamis across the sea.

• Ren killed Golden Dragon, Fire Dragon, Wind Dragon, and the remaining dragons, then ordered Zero Division to destroy Mary Geoise.
• Number Six collected the Celestial Dragons’ treasures and captured women and men; he explained that Bing Jieke planned to auction the male Celestial Dragons in Dressrosa.
• Ren ordered the retreat and decided to leave behind those who ignored him to keep slaughtering or searching for treasure.
• The twelve members of Zero Division withdrew as Ren gathered Seismic Sources into a sphere a thousand meters wide.
• Ren struck Mary Geoise with Tremor—Earth Rift, causing the Red Line to crack and triggering tremors and tsunamis across the sea.

After Ren destroyed Mary Geoise and scarred the Red Line, news of the Holy Land’s fall sparked rebellions across the world and plunged the World Government’s allied nations into chaos. As Ren sailed toward Alabasta, Robin reported that hundreds of countries had already fallen, leaving a worldwide war looming.

• Ren left after unleashing a devastating attack on Mary Geoise and carving a vast scar into the Red Line.
• Dragon celebrated Mary Geoise’s destruction and ordered the Revolutionary Army to conquer the three seas within ten days.
• People across the world rebelled against the World Government and its allied countries, overthrowing governments and killing nobles.
• The Five Elders focused on fighting Rayleigh's Crew as rebellions spread, while Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru debated how Ren had triggered the crisis.
• Ren sailed toward Alabasta, reflected on the coming war, and heard Robin report that more than three hundred countries had been destroyed.