Chapter Summaries

Ren ordered Ryder to conquer the Big Mom Pirates after Rayleigh’s Crew was defeated, then traveled to Alabasta to search for the hidden realm containing the Pluton Remains. There, he found Ace fighting Crocodile and noticed Luffy nearby.

• Ren learned from Bing Jieke that Rayleigh’s Crew was nearing defeat after exhausting its supplies and strength in the bloody war.
• Ren ordered Shirahoshi to have the Sea Kings clear the battlefield and told Ryder to demand the Big Mom Pirates’ submission or destroy them.
• Ren reached Alabasta and searched its desert for the hidden realm, but failed to find its entrance.
• Robin told Ren that Ace had arrived and gotten into trouble, so Ren went to see what had happened.
• Ace fought Crocodile after she became enraged by his refusal to marry her, and Ren realized Luffy was standing nearby.

Ren reunited with Luffy in Alabasta, where Luffy challenged him after learning he had crippled Shanks. After Ren overwhelmed the Straw Hats with Conqueror's Haki, Vivi begged him to protect Alabasta, leaving Ren to face the consequences of having secretly stolen the kingdom's Poneglyph.

• Luffy recognized Ren as the man who had given him Ace's hat, and Ren told him he had crippled Shanks after Shanks challenged him.
• Luffy declared that he would defeat Ren, who unleashed Conqueror's Haki and forced the Straw Hats and others to struggle against its pressure.
• Ren praised Zoro and Sanji for enduring his Haki and noted Vivi's willpower and Humanoid Pluton bloodline.
• Vivi knelt and begged Ren to save Alabasta from Crocodile, explaining that Crocodile was searching for the royal family's Poneglyph.
• Ren remembered that he had ordered Shiryu to steal Alabasta's Poneglyph and began summoning dark clouds as Crocodile watched nervously.

Ren protected Alabasta after bringing rain to the desert, while Shiryu reported that he had found Ain and defeated Zephyr. Ren then discussed Sanji’s unusual nature with Shiryu and Robin, leaving them unsettled by the possibility that Sanji could become a real Devil.

• Ren offered to protect Alabasta, and Crocodile abandoned his plan before clashing with Ace over their supposed family relationship.
• Kuina and Shiryu arrived, and Shiryu told Ren that he had found Ain and captured Zephyr after defeating him.
• Ren healed Shiryu by extracting blood from one of Crocodile’s subordinates, then ordered Zephyr kept imprisoned.
• Ren told Ace to find him after the fighting so Ace could lead him to the secret realm’s entrance.
• Ren explained to Shiryu that Sanji’s blood carried Lineage Factor and that a Devil seemed to dwell in his soul, alarming Robin.

Ren accompanied Ace into a hidden Alabasta secret realm to search for Pluton and discovered the final Road Poneglyph. After finding the Sea Emperor’s skeleton and storing the Poneglyph, Ren moved closer to reaching Laugh Tale.

• Ren waited for Ace after Vivi left, while Kuina explained that the Straw Hat Pirates were saying goodbye after being compensated by Alabasta.
• Ace led Ren to a secret realm beneath the place where Alabasta’s Poneglyph had stood, and said he had only explored its outer region before.
• Ren sensed the lifeless realm with Observation Haki and flew toward its center, where he entered a smaller space filled with abundant vitality.
• Ren and Ace found an enormous upper-body skeleton radiating Conqueror’s Haki beside a lake, and Ren identified it as the previous Sea Emperor’s remains.
• Ren discovered the final Road Poneglyph beside the lake, read its route information, and stored it in his Amethyst Ring.

Ren found the Barrier-Barrier Fruit powering an ancient lampstand within the Pluton Remains and realized the Ancient Weapons drew their power from Devil Fruits. Taking the fruit caused the hidden space to collapse, while a violent disturbance erupted across Alabasta and the desert began to surge.

• Ren tried to store the Pluton Remains in his Amethyst Ring, but their spatial energy blocked it.
• Ren and Ace discovered the glowing Barrier-Barrier Fruit on a lampstand and identified it as the source of the hidden space.
• Ren took the fruit, causing the space to collapse, and explained that the lampstand drew out Devil Fruit powers to fuel weapons.
• Ren punched the collapsing space with Airquake, shattering it and revealing sunlight.
• Number Six, Number Seven, and Number Eight escaped the shaking palace and met Vivi as the desert erupted.
• Number Six sensed powerful spatial fluctuations, and a wave of scorching sand surged across Alabasta, forming a sandstorm.

Ren restored the Scarlet Continent to Alabasta, and the torrential rain transformed the desert into solid land. At the Sea Emperor Skeleton, Ace struggled against an urge to bite the bones while Crocodile confronted him, and Ren teased them about getting married.

• Crocodile watched sandstorms and a massive sand wave threaten Alabasta as Vivi pleaded for help.
• Number Six opened a giant doorway, Kuina froze the desert, and the Zero Division attacked until Shiryu reduced the wave to dust.
• Rain swept across Alabasta, revealing the Scarlet Continent where the desert had been, and Ren explained that taking the Barrier-Barrier Fruit had returned the land to its original place.
• Ace admitted he felt compelled to bite the Sea Emperor Skeleton, but fought the urge and moved away from the lake.
• Crocodile arrived, misread Ace's pained expression as an insult, and attacked while Ace could not fight back.
• Ren teased Crocodile about marrying Ace, and Crocodile angrily denied it as sand wrapped around Ace.

Ace’s bloodline awakened, making him beastify and eat the Sea Emperor Skeleton before he collapsed. Ren’s crew searched the Scarlet Continent and prepared to return to the New World, while Ace woke in horror and mistook Crocodile’s concern for romantic feelings.

• Ace broke free of Crocodile’s sand, transformed under a blood-red aura, and began biting the Sea Emperor Skeleton.
• Ren explained that eating the skeleton had triggered mysterious power in Ace’s Portgas Family bloodline, and Crocodile caught Ace when he lost consciousness.
• Ren’s crew searched the Scarlet Continent, collected its remains and treasures, and learned that the land might be the outer shell of Pluton.
• After hearing that Rayleigh’s Crew and the World Government had entered their final battle, Ren ordered Shiryu to prepare for their return to the New World.
• Ace woke up disgusted that he had eaten bones, then misread Crocodile’s concern as love and wept as Ren and the others left them behind.

Ren watched footage of the final battle between Rayleigh's Crew and the World Government, where the Restore-Restore Fruit had returned Red-Hair and Rayleigh’s severed arms. As the war’s enormous death toll became clear, Rayleigh clashed with the Five Elders’ Snape, and the world watched the fight turn toward its climax.

• Ace told Ren that eating Poseidon's bones had awakened energy that strengthened his body and Haki, though the experience disgusted him.
• Ren returned to his warship, and Shiryu reported that the half-month war had killed at least thirty million people and was nearing its end.
• Ren watched battlefield footage showing Red-Hair fighting with a restored arm; Shiryu explained that Red-Hair had eaten the Restore-Restore Fruit, which had not restored his will.
• The footage showed Buggy fighting a Celestial Dragon, Rayleigh fighting the Five Elders, and the D Clan's Great Elder battling an aged Celestial Dragon.
• Sengoku learned that Rayleigh had fallen, and Rayleigh charged at Snape as their Haki and weapons collided.

Rayleigh, Buggy, and Red-Hair used the Cost Fruit to burn their lifespans for overwhelming power against the Five Elders and Celestial Dragons. Rayleigh and Buggy died, while Red-Hair restored his youth and launched a devastating final attack.

• Rayleigh called on Kaya, who used the Cost Fruit to let him burn his life for power, and he wounded Snape in battle.
• Buggy unleashed his Chop-Chop power, killing Celestial Dragons and soldiers before dying and leaving behind a Devil Fruit-bearing tree.
• Rayleigh severed Snape’s right arm, then burned away his remaining life and died as Shakky, Red-Hair, and Buggy mourned him.
• Buggy sacrificed his entire life and Soul Sacrifice to reach Beyond Awakening, disintegrating a million people before vanishing.
• Red-Hair used Soul Sacrifice to reach Beyond Awakening and restore his youth, then formed a domain with his Conqueror’s Haki and Sword Aura and attacked.

Shakky burned the life granted by the Immortality Elixir to destroy the remaining Five Elders, and the war ended in an apocalyptic clash that killed millions more. After Aokiji froze the blood-red sea, Sengoku ordered the Marines to recover the Devil Fruits, while Garp declared they would fight the World Government if it stood in their way.

• Red-Hair, Rayleigh, Buggy, and many soldiers died beneath the Sword Aura, and a small tree grew from the blood and bore a fruit.
• Shakky burned her remaining life and unleashed a devastating Armament Haki attack that killed the remaining Five Elders before she was consumed by a spatial black hole.
• The D Clan and Rayleigh's surviving crew burned their lives and charged into battle, triggering catastrophic explosions, eruptions, and tsunamis across the sea.
• Aokiji froze the boiling sea at Sengoku's command, preserving the blood-red ice and the Devil Fruits that had appeared on saplings.
• Sengoku ordered the Admirals to search for the Restore-Restore Fruit, Chop-Chop Fruit, and especially the Cost Fruit, while Garp vowed to fight the World Government if it obstructed them.

After the war, the Marines, Ren’s crew, the Revolutionary Army, and Teach raced to collect the fallen fighters’ Devil Fruits as the World Government’s remaining authority crumbled. Ren’s forces and the Marines confronted the Celestial Dragons over the fruits, and World’s arrival brought the conflict to their doorstep.

• Garp told the Admirals that the World Government had lost its power and should be treated like a powerful pirate crew, while Aokiji argued that many forces had contributed to its decline.
• Aokiji and Akainu resolved to collect Devil Fruits for the Marines and considered the possibility of the Marines becoming the new world power.
• Ren ordered Shiryu and Bing Jieke to search the battlefield for Devil Fruits, especially the Cost Fruit, and told them to watch the Celestial Dragons for clues to Uranus.
• Ren, Garp and Sengoku, Dragon, and Teach each headed toward the New World to claim Devil Fruits, while Big Mom chose to submit to Ren and go help him.
• Aokiji took a Tyrannosaurus Fruit from the Celestial Dragons and declared that the Marines had broken away from the World Government; Vince then killed a Celestial Dragon.
• World arrived with a warship, claimed the New World for Ren, and ordered the Celestial Dragons to surrender the Devil Fruits and apologize.

The Ren Pirates and Marines fought over Devil Fruits on the battlefield as the Celestial Dragons and Five Elders fled, hoping to rebuild their power with Uranus. Ryder pursued them to seize their hidden resources, while Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp raced toward the battlefield and realized Ren’s people had likely eliminated their intelligence agents.

• Wall and Vince demanded that Aokiji hand over the Tyrannosaurus Fruit, while Akainu searched the battlefield for the Cost Fruit and found Buggy’s Chop-Chop Fruit.
• Wall fought Akainu and took the Chop-Chop Fruit as Jace, Vince, Yamata no Orochi, and the Golden Giant Ape attacked Marines over the Devil Fruits.
• The Celestial Dragons and Five Elders agreed to cooperate, retreat from the battlefield, and rely on their hidden forces, wealth, and Ancient Weapon Uranus to reclaim power.
• Wall let the Celestial Dragons and Five Elders flee, while Ryder sent Number One, Number Two, and Number Three of the Zero Division to eliminate those following them and then pursued the fleeing group.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp headed toward the battlefield, concluded Ren’s subordinates had likely eliminated their intelligence agents, and discussed the World Government’s hidden resources and Uranus.
• Golden light radiated from Ren’s side as the forces converged on the battlefield.

Ren hurried toward the Scarlet Battlefield as the Navy, Big Mom Pirates, Teach, Doflamingo, and Ren Pirates divisions gathered there. World claimed the Devil Fruits for the Ren Pirates, while Doflamingo proposed that the assembled forces unite against them.

• Ren accelerated his warship toward the Scarlet Battlefield, where he expected a struggle for world supremacy to begin.
• World and Akainu stopped fighting as Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru arrived with Navy reinforcements.
• Big Mom and Teach traded insults, and Big Mom said Ren was her son-in-law and stronger than her sons.
• Doflamingo challenged Teach, then revealed his enhanced strength and twelve powerful fighters inherited from his father.
• Ren's Third, Fourth, and Fifth Divisions arrived with thirty-six Demon Oars and countless Giants.
• World declared that the Ren Pirates would claim the Devil Fruits, and Doflamingo proposed that the gathered forces join against them.

Big Mom submitted to Ren, and Ren arrived to claim the Devil Fruits and confront those plotting against him. Sengoku and Dragon refused Doflamingo’s proposed alliance, while Dragon challenged Ren to a fair battle over the position of world ruler.

• Sengoku and Garp warned against attacking Ren, and Big Mom chose to submit to him.
• Doflamingo proposed an alliance against Ren, and Teach agreed before Ren’s lightning struck him.
• Ren arrived, shattered the ice holding the Devil Fruits, and gathered them onto his warship.
• Teach and Doflamingo admitted they wanted to join forces to kill Ren, but Sengoku withdrew the Navy and yielded the Devil Fruits.
• Dragon refused to ally with Doflamingo and challenged Ren to compete fairly for control of the world.

Ren’s forces defeated Teach and Doflamingo’s escape attempt, while Ace fought Teach and Shiryu captured Doflamingo alive for experiments. The chapter ended with Doflamingo imprisoned as a test subject for the Marshall Family’s unusual ability to contain two Devil Fruits.

• Ace arrived and asked Ren to leave Teach to him, agreeing to capture Teach alive so Ren could use him to grow another Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Ace wounded Teach with Kogarashi and attacked him with Sword Aura and Conqueror’s Haki as Teach fought back with darkness.
• Doflamingo confronted Ren and attacked him with Armament Haki-coated threads, but Ren turned the threads against him.
• Doflamingo tried to escape using a follower’s Teleportation Fruit, but Ren’s black sword light shattered the teleportation space and killed the follower.
• Shiryu fought Doflamingo and kept him alive, while World attacked the remaining members of Doflamingo’s crew.
• World told imprisoned Doflamingo that Ren had kept him as a test subject to investigate the Marshall Family constitution that could contain two Devil Fruits.

Ren captured Doflamingo and his forces, then learned that Ace and Teach had drawn their pirate crews into a full-scale war. After Robin and Nami found Laugh Tale’s location, Ren set out for the island, hoping to find a way to become stronger.

• Wall left Doflamingo imprisoned among powerful captives, where the other prisoners told him escape was impossible.
• Wall told Ren that Doflamingo and the members of the D Clan had been captured and handed over for research.
• Ren sent Wall to check on Ace and Teach, but Bing Jieke soon reported that their crews had begun a full-scale war.
• Robin and Nami showed Ren the map to Laugh Tale and explained how the four Road Poneglyphs and dangerous weather revealed its changing location.
• Ren ordered his crew to spread word of his voyage and boarded a warship for Laugh Tale despite Shiryu and Bing Jieke’s concerns.
• Ren told Bing Jieke that he sought Laugh Tale for whatever might help him grow stronger, not for the title of Pirate King.

Ren revealed that his dream was to keep growing stronger, then sailed toward Laugh Tale while his words inspired his allies and unsettled the Marines. At Marine Headquarters, Dragon proposed merging the Revolutionary Army with the Marines, and Sengoku confirmed the two forces had secretly cooperated for years.

• Ren told Shiryu and Bing Jieke that he wanted to become truly strong and that his ambitions reached beyond the universe, then sailed toward the mist-covered route to Laugh Tale.
• Shiryu and the Second Division vowed to keep growing stronger, while Bing Jieke began arranging support to help Ren acquire the world's resources.
• Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru, Qing Zhi, Akainu, and Fujitora reacted to Ren's dream and his journey toward Laugh Tale.
• Dragon arrived at Marine Headquarters and proposed merging the Revolutionary Army and the Marines.
• Sengoku explained that the two forces shared the goal of justice, had secretly cooperated for years, and now needed to unite because Ren had grown too strong.

Dragon and the Navy discussed Ren’s hidden strength and prepared to merge with the Revolutionary Army while Kizaru and Fujitora went to observe Ace and Teach’s battle. Near Laugh Tale, Ren fought through violent weather and frenzied Deep-Sea Sea Kings as his warship approached the island.

• Dragon told the Navy that Ren’s displayed power was only a fraction of what the Ren Pirates had, and Tsuru revealed that Momousagi had joined Ren.
• Dragon warned Sengoku that Ren could swim in seawater, and the group agreed to merge the Navy and Revolutionary Army while monitoring Ace and Teach’s battle.
• Sengoku sent Kizaru and Fujitora to observe Ace and Teach, while the others continued discussing the merger.
• Ren and his crew sailed into a storm near Laugh Tale, where Robin explained that the island’s energy suppressed Devil Fruits.
• Ren destroyed an attacking Sea King with lightning, then summoned the Sagittarius Cloth and used the storm’s lightning to fight swarms of frenzied Deep-Sea Sea Kings.
• Ren’s warship advanced toward Laugh Tale as Nami and Robin celebrated nearing the island and its unknown history.

Ren and Robin explored Laugh Tale and discovered carved images that appeared to depict humanity’s origins and the world’s ancient wars. Ren interpreted the history as evidence that a God Tree created humans and Devil Fruits, and that the D. Family’s ancestor founded Haki; he then led Robin farther into the palace.

• Ren approached Laugh Tale, where the Devil Fruits inside his body weakened as he drew near.
• Ren and Robin explored the ruins, and Robin identified the buildings as roughly eight hundred years old while Ren said Laugh Tale had been the D Clan’s imperial capital.
• Ren entered the palace and examined a massive gate carved with images depicting the God Tree, humanity’s origins, and wars between humans and animals.
• The images showed humanity’s later conflicts, the God Tree’s punishment of fruit users with a weakness to seawater, and an Emperor who spread peace using a tree branch.
• Ren interpreted the carvings as the history of Devil Fruits, the D. Family, Haki, and the Celestial Dragons’ arrival from space.
• Ren invited Robin to continue inside the palace.

Ren and Robin discovered the God Tree in Laugh Tale, and Ren learned it could absorb Devil Fruit powers and regrow the Fruits. They then encountered the living Humanoid Pluton, who had waited there for eight hundred years and was tied to Roger’s plan to overthrow the World Government and restore the D. Royal Family.

• Ren and Robin opened the palace doors and found the thousand-meter God Tree covered in Devil Fruits, including many Logia Fruits.
• Ren touched the God Tree, lost the Direction Fruit power as his Devil entered the tree, then plucked and ate the newly grown Fruit to regain it.
• Robin let the God Tree absorb her Flower-Flower Fruit and ate its regrown Fruit, while Ren discovered his Cloth did not produce the same effect.
• Ren decided to claim the God Tree and continued through the palace as Robin eagerly explored its books and weapons.
• Ren and Robin encountered a living, powerful man, whom Ren identified as the Humanoid Pluton created through the Mechanical Pluton and Poseidon Gene.
• The Humanoid Pluton confirmed he had met Roger, and Ren concluded that Roger’s inheritor was meant to emerge from Laugh Tale and restore the D. Royal Family.