Chapter Summaries

Loki repeatedly charged Rocks and asked to join him, while Rocks and his crew were led toward Elbaf’s Sun World. A giant barred Ron from entering, but Ron knocked him down, and Rocks defended the attack as normal for the Cold-Blooded Butcher.

• Loki kept charging Rocks after being thrown aside and asked him to take him in, promising to help him become King of the World.
• Two giants met Rocks’s group and said King Harald had ordered them to lead the crew to the Sun World.
• One giant stopped Ron and cited his wanted poster, saying the Cold-Blooded Butcher could not enter; he moved Kaido aside instead.
• Silver Axe, Whitebeard, and Rocks challenged the giant’s decision, but the giant refused to let Ron pass.
• Ron covered himself in Nine-Tails Mode and struck the giant with a golden chakra arm, knocking him down.
• The leading giant demanded that Rocks control Ron, and Rocks replied that random violence was normal for his companion.

Ron stayed behind while Rocks met Harald, and he joined Kaido and Silver Axe in considering a treasure hunt on Elbaf. At a palace feast, Harald asked Rocks to make Ron leave the Rocks Pirates so Elbaf could join the World Government Member States, leaving Rocks stunned.

• Ron returned toward the Saber of Xebec while Kaido and Silver Axe stayed with him, and Loki asked them to help him join the Rocks Pirates.
• Kaido suggested proving his worth, and Ron changed plans after Kaido pointed out that they might find treasure on Elbaf.
• At the palace, Rocks thanked Harald for inviting him and promised to help with Elbaf's crisis.
• Harald asked Rocks to make Ron leave the Rocks Pirates so Elbaf could join the World Government Member States.
• Rocks stopped mid-meal and asked Harald if he was serious.

Rocks confronted Harald after realizing the World Government had pressured him to drive Ron away, but Harald refused to risk Elbaf by resisting. When Harald threatened Ron, Rocks chose to defend him, and the two former friends began fighting in the palace.

• Rocks questioned Harald about why he wanted Ron expelled, and Harald challenged Rocks's loyalty to their friendship.
• Rocks deduced that the World Government had threatened Harald, but Harald said he would not risk Elbaf by resisting.
• Harald offered to spare their friendship if Rocks kicked Ron off the crew, then threatened to kill Ron if Rocks refused.
• Rocks rejected Harald's demand and said he would stand in front of Ron, even if Harald was the enemy.
• Harald and Rocks clashed with their swords and Conqueror's Haki as Whitebeard and Stussy left to tell Ron the truth.
• The palace collapsed around Harald and Rocks as their battle continued.

Rocks and Harald’s negotiations ended with Harald insisting that Ron leave the crew or die, while Rocks refused to abandon Ron and left for the Underworld. Whitebeard warned Ron that Harald wanted to kill him, but the crew soon stopped fleeing and Kaido charged at a giant.

• Harald told Rocks that he would kill Ron unless Ron left the crew, or Rocks killed Harald first.
• Rocks said he would not resent Harald if Harald killed him to reach Ron, and left without condemning Elbaf.
• Ron and the others wandered through the Underworld with Loki following them, while Silver Axe taunted the young giant.
• Whitebeard rushed back and warned Ron to flee because negotiations had failed and Harald wanted to kill him.
• Ron and Silver Axe realized the threat was aimed at Ron, and Kaido stopped running when he spotted the giant Ron had knocked down.
• Kaido charged the giant and smashed down his club, declaring that he had been sick of him for ages.

After learning that Harald’s deal with the World Government led to his falling-out with Rocks, Ron and several Rocks Pirates headed to the Sun World to intervene. Rocks and Harald had begun fighting in the Underworld, where Rocks held the advantage.

• Kaido knocked the giant into the snow, then argued with Silver Axe while Stussy urged everyone to leave Elbaf.
• Whitebeard told Ron that Harald had agreed to make Ron leave the Rocks Pirates, and Rocks and Harald had fallen out after Harald threatened Ron.
• Loki rushed toward the Sun World to ask Harald why he had made his choice, and Ron followed, saying he could not stand by while the conflict unfolded.
• Kaido joined Ron and asked him to lend him strength later, while Whitebeard and Silver Axe also followed; Stussy was left astonished by their decision.
• Rocks and Harald fought in the Underworld, where Rocks surpassed Harald in strength and Haki despite Harald’s Ancient Giant Tribe bloodline.

Harald and Rocks fought after Harald insisted Elbaf’s path to peace required Ron’s sacrifice, while Rocks refused to accept the terms. Aboard the Saber of Xebec, the crew felt the battle’s shock waves and descended into bickering as Annika worried about Ron.

• Harald attacked Rocks and argued that he would pay any price to lead Elbaf away from violence, while Rocks condemned his methods and defended Ron.
• Rocks and Harald clashed repeatedly, their Conqueror’s Haki sending shock waves across Elbaf and out to sea.
• On the Saber of Xebec, Linlin explained that negotiations had failed and the fighting had begun, prompting Annika to pray for Ron’s safety.
• Golden Lion teased Annika for worrying about Ron, and Marlon and the others accused Golden Lion of holding a grudge against him.
• Gan Sui and Streusen traded insults, and the crew’s arguments spiraled into a full quarrel while Gloriosa advised Annika to stay clear of the troublemakers.

Stussy returned to the Saber of Xebec and reported that Harald was pursuing Rocks over stolen treasure, sending the crew rushing after Golden Lion toward the island. In the Underworld, Loki confronted Harald over his plans for Elbaf and declared he would side with Rocks, while Ron and the others arrived to support Rocks and Harald challenged Ron to face him.

• Stussy returned and told the crew that Rocks and the others had stolen Harald's treasure and were being chased, prompting Golden Lion to steer the ship away and rush toward the island with most of the crew following.
• Marlon realized Stussy had tricked them about the treasure and stayed aboard the ship.
• Loki arrived during Harald and Rocks's fight, argued against Harald's plans for Elbaf, and said he would help Rocks overthrow the World Government.
• Harald slapped Loki and ordered him away, but Loki stood by his declaration; Silver Axe then kicked him aside when he blocked the groups.
• Ron, Whitebeard, Silver Axe, and Kaido arrived to help Rocks, and Harald challenged Ron to withstand three moves before he would let them leave.
• Ron offered to make the first three moves, while Kaido urged him to attack Harald together.

Ron launched a gigantic Tailed Beast Bomb at Harald, who met it with a Haki-charged sword strike. The blast devastated the Underworld and began reducing Harald to dust.

• Harald agreed to Ron’s proposal and prepared to face his three moves, confident he would kill Ron with his strongest strike afterward.
• Ron formed a Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon and brought Whitebeard, Silver Axe, and Kaido inside it.
• Ron assembled an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb while Harald held his ground and Rocks retreated far away.
• Harald swung his greatsword into the incoming Tailed Beast Bomb, triggering a colossal explosion that tore through the Underworld.
• Harald’s body began turning to dust from his fingertips and spreading away in the shock wave.

Harald dodged Ron’s enormous Tailed Beast Bomb after his Observation Haki showed him a fatal future, only to learn that the attack was merely the first of a hundred forms. Meanwhile, Imu awoke from a dream of Joy Boy and realized he had returned in this era.

• Harald used Observation Haki to foresee the Tailed Beast Bomb killing him, then dodged by charging toward Rocks as Ron fired.
• Ron’s Tailed Beast Bomb exploded across the Underworld, destroying much of the ground and ending the snowfall.
• Harald announced that the first move was over, and Ron revealed it had ninety-nine more forms.
• Imu woke from a dream of Joy Boy and recognized that he had returned.

Imu ordered the World Government to monitor the Gum-Gum Fruit user and capture them alive while waiting for news from Elbaf. In Elbaf’s Underworld, Ron’s relentless attacks kept Harald at bay as Golden Lion and Linlin arrived, both believing the battle concerned a valuable treasure.

• Imu learned that the new Davy had found a helper who did not belong in this world, and that the stranger had appeared wounded in a village in the Maka Mountains about a year earlier.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders to closely monitor the Gum-Gum Fruit user at sea and prioritize capturing them alive.
• Harald realized Ron had tricked him about the promised hundred forms, then charged at the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon.
• Ron unleashed a sustained barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs, Ice Release, and lava-energy attacks, forcing Harald to dodge as the Underworld crumbled.
• Rocks, Whitebeard, Silver Axe, and Kaido watched Ron’s seemingly inexhaustible attacks, while Golden Lion arrived and suspected Elbaf’s national treasure was involved.
• Linlin arrived behind Golden Lion, who decided to enter the battle first so he could later claim a share.

Golden Lion and Linlin bickered while fighting the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, as John’s group considered ambushing them for treasure. Golden Lion then offered to help Rocks’s crew, convinced they were hiding something valuable, and Linlin demanded a share too.

• Golden Lion launched sword auras at Linlin, then dodged her lightning bolts while keeping his attention on the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon.
• John, Gan Sui, Babel, and Basuda proposed ambushing Golden Lion and Linlin on their way back, while Streusen refused to join them.
• Golden Lion flew up to the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon and offered to help Rocks’s crew, making Ron, Kaido, and Silver Axe suspicious.
• Golden Lion asked Rocks for compensation for his help, and Linlin arrived and demanded a share.

Golden Lion and Silver Axe tried to use Harald’s attack to prove their courage, but both dodged at the last moment. The Rocks Pirates watched as Harald’s strike devastated the ground and the two emerged from the dust alive.

• Linlin asked Rocks what they would gain from the trip, and Rocks said there was nothing in it for her or Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion asked Ron to stop his bombardment so he could fight Harald, while Silver Axe claimed he was Ron’s ally and asked to be released from the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon.
• Ron ejected Silver Axe from the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, and Kaido offered to borrow Ron’s power to help him.
• Silver Axe confronted Golden Lion as Harald descended on them with a Haki-coated greatsword.
• Golden Lion and Silver Axe agreed that whoever ran would be a low-class pirate, but both dodged Harald’s blow and leapt out of the dust alive.

Kaido used the Sixth Gate to attack Harald, but realized Harald vastly outmatched him and withdrew his threat to shorten Harald’s lifespan. Meanwhile, Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban spotted a strange purple fruit at a roadside stall, and the old stallholder began to explain it.

• Golden Lion and Silver Axe exchanged insults until Kaido raced past them and called them low-class pirates.
• Golden Lion and Silver Axe followed Kaido toward Harald, with Silver Axe warning Shiki to stop scheming.
• Kaido attacked Harald with flame-wrapped shock waves, but Harald countered with his sword and Haki-coated fist.
• Kaido recognized Harald’s superior strength and combat experience, then said he would leave shortening Harald’s lifespan for another time.
• Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban found a peculiar purple fruit among tomatoes at a roadside stall, and Roger asked the old stallholder where it came from.

Roger and his crew took the Gum-Gum Fruit from an old vendor and discovered it repeatedly rolled back to Roger, as if it had chosen him. Roger wondered whether the fruit had acknowledged him.

• The old vendor refused to sell the strange fruit until Rayleigh warned it might bring disaster, but Roger admitted he had no money.
• Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban fled with the fruit, leaving a few thousand Beli for the old vendor.
• Rayleigh identified the fruit as the Paramecia Gum-Gum Fruit, though Roger suspected the encyclopedia’s description was incomplete.
• Gaban and Rayleigh refused to eat the fruit, unwilling to give up their ability to swim.
• The fruit repeatedly rolled back to Roger, prompting Rayleigh and Gaban to say it had chosen him.
• Roger picked up the fruit and wondered whether it had acknowledged him.

Roger ate the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika, while Rocks’s forces fought Harald in Elbaf’s Underworld. After Ron startled Silver Axe and Golden Lion into revealing they were conscious, Rocks called on his allies to end the battle.

• Rayleigh and Gaban warned Roger that eating the Gum-Gum Fruit would cost him the ability to swim, but Roger ate it anyway.
• Harald sent Silver Axe and Golden Lion crashing to the ground, and Loki shook them while mistaking them for unconscious.
• Ron threatened the two men with a giant lava ball, making them spring up and reveal they had been pretending to pass out.
• Rocks drew his saber and called on Whitebeard and Ron to join him, while Kaido and Linlin also offered to fight.
• Rocks leaped into the air to end the battle.

Rocks and his allies overwhelmed Harald in a coordinated assault, though Ron’s Tailed Beast Bomb nearly caught his own teammates. Harald finally conceded defeat to Rocks, kneeling amid the rubble with his sword broken and his body bloodied.

• Rocks attacked Harald, and Ron, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Linlin joined the fight with their own strikes.
• Harald endured the assault and countered, but Rocks and Whitebeard forced his greatsword back while Kaido and Zeus added their attacks.
• Ron fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Harald, making Rocks, Whitebeard, and Kaido scatter to avoid the blast.
• Rocks cursed Ron for his reckless teamwork as the dust settled and Harald appeared badly wounded with his greatsword broken.
• Harald knelt before Rocks and admitted, "You win, Rocks."

Rocks spared Harald and left Elbaf with his crew, while Loki asked to join them. Rocks promised to return if Loki had grown taller, leaving Loki hopeful and eager to see him again.

• Loki pleaded with Rocks to spare Harald, and Harald urged his son to stay out of it.
• Rocks chose to leave Harald alive and departed Elbaf with Whitebeard, Linlin, and Ron.
• Linlin complained that they had missed the treasure, while Kaido caught up with Ron and celebrated their victory.
• Kaido sang Ron’s tune, which Ron named “True Hero” or the “Rocks March.”
• Loki asked Rocks to let him join the crew, and Rocks told him he might reconsider when he returned to Elbaf if Loki had grown taller.

Loki watched Rocks and the others depart, vowing to join the Rocks Pirates one day. At a crowded harbor, Shakky learned from Alice that Ron had left the Rocks Pirates and was recruiting companions nearby.

• Loki wiped away his tears and promised to wait for the day he could stand beside Rocks and help him become King of the World.
• The Kuja Pirates arrived at a harbor packed with pirate crews, whose members cheered for Shakky and Gloriosa.
• Shakky asked the gathered pirates why they had assembled, but Alice explained that Ron had left the Rocks Pirates and was recruiting companions on the island.
• Shakky asked Alice whether she was interested in Ron's recruitment, and Alice said she had come to see the so-called Cold-Blooded Butcher.
• Shakky recalled meeting Ron aboard the Rocks Pirates' ship, while Alice described him as lustful, bloodthirsty, and vicious, leaving Shakky puzzled.

Shakky suspected that the Ron recruiting wives and concubines was an impostor and prepared to leave. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku awoke and learned Garp had been suspended, while a man impersonating Ron promised an unseen handler that his next plan would succeed.

• Alice told Shakky that Ron was recruiting wives and concubines, and Shakky concluded that the Ron on the island was likely an impostor.
• Shakky ordered the Kuja Pirates to restock their supplies and leave as soon as possible, while turning down offers to share drinks.
• Sengoku awoke in a Marine Headquarters hospital and learned from Tsuru that his Den Den Mushi had received no calls from Ochoku.
• Tsuru told Sengoku that Garp had been suspended under the guise of taking leave while the World Government investigated him.
• A man who looked like Ron told a voice on the Den Den Mushi that he had devised another plan, and the voice warned him to produce results.

On the return voyage aboard the Saber of Xebec, Ron trained Kaido while the Rocks Pirates kept busy and mostly avoided fighting. Annika accidentally revealed that Golden Lion had tried to trick Ron into drinking hard liquor, and Golden Lion fled before Ron could confront him.

• Rocks put Ron and Kaido through Haki and swordsmanship training, while Kaido complained that Rocks was going easier on Ron.
• Kaido avoided another punch from Rocks by claiming his stomach hurt and hurrying into the cabin.
• Golden Lion teased Whitebeard for watching the training, and Whitebeard retorted that Golden Lion was an idiot.
• Annika told Ron that Golden Lion and Streusen had made the supposed Life Water as an apology, prompting Ron to test it with Golden Lion's lighter.
• The liquid burst into a blue flame, revealing it was hard liquor, and Golden Lion escaped into the cabin as Ron called after him.