Chapter Summaries

Lind coordinated with Shiki and dozens of nations to declare independence from the World Government, using Shiki’s worldwide broadcast to denounce its rule. The declaration left the Marines bracing for upheaval as the World Government faced a serious blow to its legitimacy and influence.

• Lind persuaded Shiki to deliver a declaration of independence and contacted nations and powers across the world to join it.
• Lind and the Oran Empire prepared for possible war as pirates, armies, and Marines mobilized around the world.
• Morgans broadcast Shiki’s speech, in which he accused the Celestial Dragons and World Government of oppression and named fifty nations seeking independence.
• Lind and other leaders appeared on the broadcast to confirm their nations’ withdrawal from the World Government.
• Kong and the senior Marine officers feared the consequences and prepared to preserve order as the World Government’s authority weakened.

Shiki, Lind, and the other great pirates divided the seas among themselves and began occupying territories, prompting the Five Elders to prepare a response. Lind learned that the World Government had chosen to confront him and Shiki, leaving war as the next step.

• Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Lind assigned the North Blue, South Blue, West Blue, East Blue, and Paradise to themselves, respectively.
• Shiki and Lind moved into the North Blue and Grand Line, taking over kingdoms that had declared independence from the World Government.
• Saint Nusjuro urged the Five Elders to send the Holy Knights against Shiki and Lind, but Imu rejected the proposal and ordered the elders to handle them.
• The Five Elders decided to teach Shiki and Lind a lesson and alerted the Marines to prepare.
• Lind received Great Kun's intelligence about the World Government's decision and concluded that war was unavoidable.

Lind and Shiki launched a coordinated offensive, seizing territory while Lind fought the Five Elders at Marineford and the Kunpeng Squad joined the battle. With the Marines and World Government stretched thin, Charlotte Linlin prepared to attack the South Blue using Charlotte Brulee’s Mirror-Mirror Fruit.

• Shiki transported the Flying Pirates across the Calm Belt, and they rapidly conquered territory in the North Blue as Lind’s forces attacked Marine bases throughout Paradise.
• The Five Elders went to Marineford to break Lind’s blockade, where Lind wounded Kong and then battled all five Elders on his own.
• After fighting the Five Elders for nearly a day, Lind called Feng Yan, Raditz, and the Kunpeng Squad to join the battle while he watched and intervened when needed.
• Axel, Liana, and the other commanders continued expanding their territories in Paradise as Lind aimed to control three routes and key islands on the rest.
• Charlotte Linlin decided to attack the South Blue and asked Charlotte Brulee, who had eaten the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, to help.

Charlotte Linlin invaded the South Blue Marine Branch, harvested its Marines’ souls, and fought Kizaru until Black Pipe sacrificed himself with a Dyna Stone explosion. Kizaru escaped to Marine Headquarters as Charlotte Linlin lay gravely injured, and Lind reflected on the devastating losses and the need to hasten the war toward a stalemate.

• Charlotte Brulee opened a Mirror World passage to the South Blue, allowing Charlotte Linlin and the Queen Pirate Group to enter the Marine Branch.
• Kizaru ordered the Marines to evacuate, and Charlotte Linlin claimed the branch as the Queen Pirate Group’s base before attacking the departing ships with Soul Pocus.
• Kizaru charged at Charlotte Linlin to stop her from taking more souls, but Black Pipe intervened and urged him to escape.
• Black Pipe transformed himself into Dyna Stone and detonated, destroying the South Blue Branch, killing the Queen Pirate Group’s forces, and gravely injuring Charlotte Linlin.
• Flower Sparrow rescued the unconscious Charlotte Linlin, while Kizaru flew to Marine Headquarters grieving the loss of his colleagues.
• Lind let Kizaru enter Marine Headquarters and resolved to strengthen his forces and bring the war to a stalemate sooner.

Lind prepared Mock Town for a showdown after the World Government mobilized the Holy Knights to stop his expansion, while Kuma and Ginny arrived to support him. When Saint Saturn offered him a chance to withdraw, Lind refused and chose to fight.

• The Five Elders withdrew from the fighting and sent the Marines to keep confronting Shiki while Lind’s forces conquered half of Paradise and then fortified their territory.
• The World Government mobilized every active Holy Knight and reserve, and Saint Garling declared that he would lead the new generation to Mock Town to defeat Lind.
• Lind summoned his commanders and the Kunpeng Squad to Oran Island, while Kuma and Ginny traveled to Mock Town to help him.
• Lind assembled his powerful fighters, including the recovered Charlotte Linlin, and prepared to face the Holy Knights at Mock Town.
• On September 9, 1490, the Holy Knights arrived on Jaya Island, and Saint Saturn offered to spare Lind if he withdrew from the first half of the Grand Line.
• Lind rejected Saint Saturn’s terms and declared that his side would fight to the end.

Lind's forces battled the Holy Knights and Five Elders, then used poisoned assassins to turn the tide. Imu appeared and demanded Lind end the war and stop expanding; Lind challenged Imu, and the chapter ended as Lind and Zhang Liang prepared a combined assault.

• Lind rejected Saint Saturn's approach and attacked, while his allies engaged the Holy Knights and Five Elders in a fierce stalemate.
• Lind wounded the Five Elders, while Charlotte Linlin held off Saint Garling and two other Celestial Dragons; Axel's forces struggled but relied on potions to endure.
• After hours of fighting, Black Bird and five assassins struck six opponents with Deadly Poison, killing one Admiral and five Admiral Candidates and shifting the battle in Lind's favor.
• Imu appeared above Jaya Island, ordered the Holy Knights to withdraw, and warned Lind not to expand beyond his current territory.
• Lind transformed into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and attacked Imu's Cloud Shield with Dragon Breath as Zhang Liang prepared Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin and a Meteor Shower descended.

Lind ended the war with Imu by accepting a restriction to Oran Island in exchange for the Holy Knights staying in Mary Geoise and the Marines and Five Elders handling Shiki and the others. The Oran Empire began consolidating its new Paradise territories, while Imu prepared to strengthen Saturn against the rising powers of the sea.

• After Lind's forces struck Imu, Imu's weakened cloud form negotiated a truce that confined Lind to Oran Island and kept the Holy Knights from leaving Mary Geoise.
• Lind celebrated the victory as the Five Elders and Holy Knights withdrew, then Imu reprimanded the Five Elders and ordered Saturn to undergo modifications to gain power against Charlotte Linlin.
• Lind returned to Oran Island and suggested that Sakazuki go to sea with Kuma and Ginny to gain experience during the coming years of peace.
• The Oran Empire sent administrators, troops, and supplies to its three new Paradise routes and began bringing their islands under its rule.
• Lind allowed the Fish-Man Kingdom to remain independent under his influence, and its security and trade improved under Oran protection.

The Oran Empire rapidly developed the three routes Lind controlled in Paradise, turning them into safe, prosperous trade corridors while the other routes descended into chaos. As Lind remained confined to Oran Island, he sought covert ways to keep Shiki’s war against the Marines going, and the North Blue was poised to become a major battlefield.

• Oran Island’s government expanded infrastructure, factories, and public services across its territories, while regular crackdowns made Lind’s three routes safer and more prosperous than the other routes.
• The three routes became known as the Golden Route, while pirates crowded into the remaining four routes, which became known as the Chaotic Route; Marine leadership refused to imitate Oran’s comprehensive crackdowns.
• Lind learned that Sengoku and Garp had pushed Shiki’s forces back in the North Blue, and that Shiki’s arrival of Silver Axe had only helped him retain a quarter of the sea.
• Shiki repeatedly asked Lind for reinforcements, but Lind could not openly intervene while confined to Oran Island, so he contacted Bullet and offered to send an airship to bring him to the North Blue.
• Lind left it to Shiki to seek help from Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin, while the Roger Pirates considered joining the conflict and Sakazuki prepared to leave for training.

Forces from across the seas converged on the North Blue for the coming war between Shiki and the Marines, including Bullet, Kuzan, former Rocks Pirates, and several major powers. Lind and John stayed behind on Oran Island, reflecting on their former crew and the strength Charlotte Linlin had reached as the battle approached.

• Bullet told the Roger Pirates that Lind had summoned him to the North Blue, and Roger agreed to take his crew there while Bullet left ahead of them.
• Shan took his seventeen-year-old student Kuzan toward the North Blue so Kuzan could experience a real war and make an impression on Marine Headquarters.
• Robert, Hilbert, Lazuli, Lapis, Chinjao, Li Yunfei, and Ochoku headed toward the North Blue, while Chinjao had already broken through to the Admiral level.
• Dragon led East Blue Marines north, and Kuma and Ginny's rebel army also prepared to join the growing conflict; Sakazuki, Moria, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Katakuri, and Whitebeard set out as well.
• Lind visited John on Oran Island, and they discussed the former Rocks Pirates, their different paths, and Charlotte Linlin's strength before wishing their old comrades well.

As the Marines and Shiki’s forces prepared for a decisive battle in North Blue, the Five Elders arrived with reinforcements to confront Shiki’s growing alliance. The battle began at Maidan Island, where the World Government’s forces initially gained the upper hand, though the pirates’ motives and cooperation remained uncertain.

• Sengoku requested reinforcements from Kong, prompting Saint Nusjuro and the other three available Elders to lead Mary Geoise’s Army and Air Force to North Blue.
• Bullet joined Shiki’s forces and fought Garp, while Zephyr, Tsuru, and Kizaru arrived to help the Marines push back Shiki’s commanders.
• After Lind warned Shiki that the Elders were coming, Shiki withdrew to Maidan Island and used his fruit ability to bring Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido to North Blue.
• The Elders advanced on Maidan Island before more reinforcements arrived, and Shiki confronted them with Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Saro at his side.
• Saint Nusjuro assigned opponents and the two sides began fighting, with Garp holding back Charlotte Linlin and the other Elders and Marines initially suppressing the pirates.
• Saint Nusjuro observed that the pirates were not fully cooperating: Whitebeard and Zephyr appeared to stage a mock fight, while Charlotte Linlin fought halfheartedly to prevent Shiki from gaining power.

The battle for the North Blue remained at a stalemate on Maidan Island while World Government forces intercepted West Blue reinforcements at Reverse Mountain. Brook joined Robert in the fight against the Naga Kingdom and Yao Kingdom, leaving Nani near death and Naren unable to save him.

• Charlotte Linlin held back against Garp, while Sakazuki faced Darren and Moria challenged Kuzan on Maidan Island.
• The Naga Kingdom and Yao Kingdom sent reinforcements with Saint Ethanbaron V. Yasujuro and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, who intercepted the West Blue forces at Reverse Mountain.
• Chinjao and Ochoku fought Saint Yasujuro and the other swordsmen, while Brook appeared aboard Robert's Shadow Asura and answered Robert's call for help.
• Brook pierced Nani with Soul Solid: Straight Piercer as Robert's Oxygen-Oxygen Fruit deprived Nani of oxygen, and the two attacked him together.
• Naren tried to rescue Nani, but Robert and Brook stopped their assault only after Nani had lost the ability to breathe and was left close to death.

Robert and Brook used the Oxygen-Oxygen Fruit to overwhelm the Celestial Dragons’ forces in the North Blue, prompting Saint Nusjuro to negotiate a ceasefire with Shiki. The fighting stopped at Maidan Island’s boundary, and Saint Nusjuro then ordered his forces to pursue the Roger Pirates.

• Robert and Brook trapped Naren within Robert’s oxygen-control range, while Robert weakened him enough to keep him alive as a sparring opponent.
• Saint Yasushuro and Saint Light fled after driving back Chinjao and Ochoku, leaving the Naga and Yao Kingdom reinforcements behind.
• Saint Yasushuro warned Saint Nusjuro that the reinforcements had overwhelmed their forces, and Kaido struck Nusjuro while he was distracted by the call.
• Saint Garling relayed their lord’s order for Nusjuro to seek peace, and Nusjuro offered Shiki a one-year ceasefire with Maidan Island as the boundary.
• Shiki accepted the temporary ceasefire, ending the war, and Nusjuro ordered the troops to withdraw before turning toward the Roger Pirates.

Saint Nusjuro’s forces surrounded the Roger Pirates and began capturing or killing the crew, but Kuma secretly sent most of them away. Roger, Rayleigh, Gaban, and Kozuki Oden remained to fight as Kuma left them to turn the battle around.

• Saint Nusjuro led the Five Elders and elite Navy, Army, and Air Force troops to surround Roger’s ship, the Oro Jackson.
• Roger launched a Divine Departure at Saint Nusjuro and the others, then fought alongside Rayleigh, Gaban, and Kozuki Oden as the rest of the crew faced the enemy forces.
• Zephyr defeated several Roger Pirates and had them taken away in Seastone Handcuffs while Army and Air Force troops killed others.
• Kuma rescued Buggy and sent more than twenty Roger Pirates away, then used a shock wave to reach Kozuki Oden and sent him flying to safety.
• Bullet held Zephyr back while Kuma continued rescuing the crew, but Rayleigh and Roger told Kuma to leave as the four remaining fighters prepared to fight on.

Lind and Brook began researching a meditation-based method to cultivate telekinesis on Oran Island, while the Roger Pirates escaped the World Government after a devastating battle. Charlotte Linlin defeated Shiki and took Judge to Oran Island to seek help with her Resurrection Experiment.

• Lind invited Brook to help develop a telekinesis cultivation method, and they began researching meditation as its foundation.
• Roger and his companions fought Saint Nusjuro's forces for a day and night, then escaped toward the Calm Belt as the Oro Jackson sank.
• Saint Nusjuro ordered a withdrawal, while Kong and the Marines faced pressure to defend their remaining territories against pirates.
• Charlotte Linlin defeated Shiki on Maidan Island and persuaded Judge to accompany her to Oran Island for her Resurrection Experiment.

Lind prepared Judge and Charlotte Linlin to conduct research on Oran Island, then departed with his children and a small entourage for Ohara to seek inspiration at its library. Meanwhile, Whiskey Peak prospered under Oran rule, allowing tavern owner Wang Qiqiang to grow his business and strength, and he sent his younger siblings to seek admission to Oran University.

• Lind placed Judge and Charlotte Linlin in charge of a well-equipped laboratory and arranged for Dawa and Laxi to assist them.
• Lind entrusted Oran's defenses to Pande Lia, and Allison and Liana used rock-paper-scissors to decide which of them would stay behind.
• Lind boarded the First Emperor Ship with his children and entourage and set sail for Ohara in the West Blue.
• Oran's crackdown on crime and investment in Whiskey Peak brought merchants and travelers, helping Wang Qiqiang expand his tavern into a brewery.
• Wang Qiqiang bought the Basic Taijutsu and Basic Swordsmanship manuals, trained until he could rival low-bounty pirates, and built a family with Elsa.
• Wang Qiqiang sent his younger brother and sister to take Oran University's entrance examination, hoping they could raise the family's fortunes.

After visiting Little Garden and meeting Dr. Clover on Ohara, Lind studied the island’s records and refined his theory that Divine Dragon Coconuts enabled telekinesis. He tasked the Science Institute with developing a Telekinesis Awakening Potion and a way to measure the mental power needed to awaken.

• Lind subdued Dorry and Brogy on Little Garden, contacted Elbaf to collect them, and shared intelligence before they left.
• The Oran Empire began developing Little Garden for tourism while Lind kept Alabasta and the Drum Kingdom independent and strengthened his influence through trade.
• Lind arrived on Ohara with his family and met Weiss and Dr. Clover, who took them to the Tree of Knowledge.
• During their half-month stay, Liana and Allison studied Ohara’s collections while Lind searched for mental power training methods and found no direct way to awaken telekinesis.
• Lind concluded that Divine Dragon Coconuts acted as a key to telekinesis and asked Asa and the Science Institute to develop an awakening potion and mental power measurement equipment.
• Lind planned to offer the potion free to Oran students at eighteen and sell it through official stores to others.

Lind completed a basic Meditation Method after studying Ohara’s books, then decided to return to Oran Island with his family after a tour of West Blue. The chapter ended with Lind and his family heading home after enjoying their trip.

• Lind studied mental cultivation manuals at the Library of All Knowledge and combined three approaches into a basic Meditation Method centered on Incantation Stimulation.
• Lind completed the method, developed the Oran Empire Visualization Diagram for his own training, and considered how Imu might already know about mental power cultivation.
• Lind arranged with Dr. Clover to have Ohara’s books copied for preservation and prepared to leave the island with his family.
• Lind promised his restless children a West Blue tour before returning to Oran Island, and they cheered at the news.
• Lind and his family traveled around West Blue, enjoying its scenery and food, before deciding it was time to return home.

Lind returned to Oran Island and helped Roger prepare for his next voyage, including a possible rescue of captured crewmates from Impel Down. He then livestreamed the launch of the Basic Meditation Method, announced four cultivation systems, and began presenting a new combat-power ranking.

• Lind returned to Oran Island, where Roger thanked him for housing the Roger Pirates and said the New Oro Jackson was ready to sail.
• Lind suggested Roger rescue the crewmates imprisoned in Impel Down and offered the Oran Empire's Intelligence Department's help; Roger agreed to plan the operation.
• Lind and Oran Empire officials prepared to release the Basic Meditation Method, and Roger's crew gathered intelligence on Impel Down while readying to depart.
• On June 1, 1491, Lind livestreamed an introduction to the mental power cultivation system and announced that the Basic Meditation Method would be sold worldwide.
• Lind revealed four cultivation systems—body, haki, special ability, and mental power—and announced new handbooks and a combat-power measurement system.
• Lind outlined Warrior, Elite, War General, and Quasi-King combat-power tiers, leaving the rankings unfinished.

Lind introduced a hierarchy of combat strength and ended his broadcast by recruiting talent for the Oran Empire, prompting the Marines to plan how to classify and publicize fighters. In Totto Land, Charlotte Linlin prepared her resurrected subordinates as the Saint Legion and gave them access to new ways of awakening and training their powers.

• Lind named the realms Warrior, Elite Warrior, War General, War King, and Overlord, and described Rocks as an Overlord.
• Lind invited people with useful skills to join the Oran Empire, while Kong ordered Sengoku and Tsuru to assess Marine and pirate strength and conceal the power of Emperor crews.
• Charlotte Linlin revealed that Judge had cloned her dead subordinates and that she had used their souls to restore them in the clones.
• Judge and the Science Institute developed custom Battle Suits for the clones, and Charlotte Linlin named the troops the Saint Legion and divided them into Gold Saints, Silver Saints, and Bronze Saints.
• Charlotte Linlin introduced the Saint Legion to Awakening Potions and Lind's Constellation Visualization Method for cultivating mental power.

After Lind’s speech, Roger sailed from Oran Island aboard the new Oro Jackson to rescue his imprisoned crew at Impel Down. The chapter surveyed the major powers’ rivalries and preparations, leaving the Roger Pirates as the group most likely to act soon.

• Lind wished Roger well as the Roger Pirates departed Oran Island aboard their new ship, bound for Impel Down.
• Kong read the World Economy News Paper’s praise of Lind and criticism of the Marines, then ordered a media campaign to restore their reputation.
• Darren and Shiki fought a media war in the North Blue while civilians fled Shiki’s brutal rule for Marine-controlled territory.
• West Blue powers invested in Whitebeard’s territory, improving life in the Sphinx Waters and giving the Whitebeard Pirates new sources of income.
• Lind and the other major powers held back from major moves while they strengthened their forces, leaving the Roger Pirates poised to attack Impel Down.