Chapter Summaries

Roger and his crew raided Impel Down, freed fourteen captured crewmates, and learned that the Navy Science Defense Force had taken Doringo. They sailed for Hunter's Heart's West Blue headquarters to seek information, while Columbus covered up the prison raid.

• Roger and his crew overwhelmed Impel Down's lax defenses, seized Warden Columbus, and made him lead them to Levels Five and Six.
• Roger rescued Langram and, with Columbus's keys, freed fourteen crewmates, including Eye Dragon.
• Eye Dragon told Roger that Doringo had been taken by the Navy Science Defense Force, and Columbus explained that the force kept its location secret.
• Roger made Columbus promise to delay reporting the raid, then escaped aboard the Oro Jackson with the rescued crew.
• Columbus and Deputy Warden Dagama staged a fierce battle and blamed the delay in reporting on unconscious Den Den Mushi.
• Roger and Rayleigh learned that Kaido might have been taken for research, then decided to seek information by posting a request at Hunter's Heart's West Blue headquarters.

Roger and the Roger Pirates used Hunter's Heart to search for the Science Defense Force base, then followed Gula's divination to Punk Hazard. As they arrived, Queen freed Kaido and Caesar detonated his unfinished research while the World Government evacuated Vegapunk.

• Roger posted S-rank rescue and B-rank investigation missions at Hunter's Heart, then stayed in town with his crew to take bounty-hunting jobs under disguises.
• Over three months, Roger and four crewmates became renowned as Mercenary King Jello and his masked team, while Lind watched their antics without revealing their identities.
• Gula told Roger that his tarot-based divination had located the Science Defense Force base, and the Roger Pirates followed his cards to Punk Hazard.
• As the Roger Pirates approached Punk Hazard, the island sounded an alarm, and Cipher Pol began evacuating Vegapunk and the other scientists by submarine.
• Queen freed Kaido during the evacuation, while Caesar detonated the unfinished results of his experiments, plunging the island into chaos.

Kaido and Roger’s crews escaped Punk Hazard, while Lind’s forces captured the evacuated scientists and an artificial Azure Dragon Devil Fruit. Kaido brought the injured Abel and Shayna to Oran Island for treatment, where Lind asked Asa whether the Lunarians could be cloned.

• Kaido, Abel, Shayna, and Doringo destroyed Punk Hazard, and Roger arrived to reunite with Doringo.
• Doringo introduced Della, who joined the Roger Pirates, while Gula declined Roger’s invitation and asked to be dropped near a Hunter’s Heart branch.
• Lind ordered Black Bird to capture Vegapunk, but Black Bird’s team seized the submarine carrying the other scientists and recovered an artificial Azure Dragon Devil Fruit.
• Black Bird and Robert withdrew with the captured scientists as the Navy prepared to pursue the Roger Pirates, who set course for the North Blue to find Shiki.
• Kaido brought Abel and Shayna to Oran Island for treatment, and Lind asked Asa whether the Lunarians could be cloned.

The Roger Pirates fought their way past a Marine ambush at Reverse Mountain and escaped into the North Blue aboard the upgraded Oro Jackson. Shiki planned to meet Roger on Maidan Island, while Lind prepared to use the meeting to elevate the Four Dark Kings into major powers.

• Roger rejected the idea of disguising the Oro Jackson and led his crew into a head-on clash with Kong and the Marines at Reverse Mountain.
• Roger, Rayleigh, and the other senior fighters held off the Marine officers while Sambel steered the Oro Jackson through the mountain and into the North Blue.
• Roger celebrated the Oro Jackson's speed and set course for Maidan Island, prompting Shiki to travel there and consider recruiting Roger's crew into a grand plan.
• Lind learned that Roger and Shiki were heading to Maidan Island and decided the Four Dark Kings could use the opportunity to announce themselves as top powers.
• Lind told Robert, Hilbert, Lazuli, and Lapis to seek an introduction to Shiki through Zhu Feng, and promised them Quasi-King fighters and Oran University recruits to strengthen their forces.

Robert and the others formed the West Blue Alliance with Flower Country, making Zhu Feng its first Alliance Leader and uniting five factions under a treaty. The alliance rapidly attracted West Blue factions and drew the World Government’s anger, while Ochoku contacted Shiki to discuss cooperation.

• Zhu Feng proposed that Flower Country join Robert’s coalition and form the West Blue Alliance, and Robert agreed, offering Zhu Feng its leadership.
• The five founding factions finalized the West Blue Alliance Treaty, appointing its leaders and establishing a unified navy and intelligence department.
• Lind offered to send Zhang Liang, Zhu Ying, and their followers back to Flower Country, and Zhu Feng accepted while promising the alliance’s support in the final battle.
• News of the alliance spread worldwide, prompting West Blue factions and the former Navy branch there to join it as the World Government and Kong protested its secession.
• Shiki celebrated the alliance as a source of new allies, and Ochoku called him to discuss cooperation on Zhu Feng’s behalf.

Shiki, Zhu Feng, and Roger met on Maidan Island and agreed to a secret Non-Aggression Pact, while Zhu Feng pursued deeper cooperation with Shiki. After Saint Saturn emerged from his year-long transformation with Overlord-level power, the Five Elders prepared to mobilize against the West Blue Alliance, bringing the world closer to war.

• Shiki invited Roger, Rayleigh, and Zhu Feng to discuss cooperation, but Roger rejected joining an alliance because he wanted to remain free to travel.
• Roger, Rayleigh, and Zhu Feng agreed to a secret Non-Aggression Pact, and Zhu Feng stayed behind to discuss deeper cooperation with Shiki.
• Alliance-building spread worldwide as Lind established the Oran Alliance, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin formed the Two Emperors Alliance, and seven nations created the G7 Summit.
• Saint Saturn emerged from his transformation with newfound power, and the Five Elders identified the West Blue Alliance as their first target.
• Saint Saturn ordered the Navy and allied fighters to mobilize, as the World Government prepared for conflict amid the growing alliances.

Saint Saturn led the World Government’s massive invasion of the West Blue Alliance, while Zhu Feng prepared Dian Island for a decisive battle. The battle began with a fierce artillery exchange, and Saturn ordered his fleet to charge under the Celestial Dragon elites’ protection.

• After days of sparring, Saturn learned to wield his new strength but remained weaker than Rocks had been.
• Saturn and the Five Elders organized forces to attack the West Blue Alliance while Garp’s Marines kept Roger occupied and other forces restrained Shiki.
• Lind warned Zhang Liang about the invasion, and Zhang Liang promised to protect Zhu Feng as the West Blue Alliance prepared for war.
• Zhu Feng gathered the alliance’s forces on Dian Island, joined by small contingents from the Giant Kingdom, Olin Kingdom, and Fish-Man Island.
• On January 18, 1492, Saturn ordered a two-hour bombardment, and Zhu Feng’s coastal guns damaged many World Government ships.
• As the artillery duel stalled, Saturn ordered the fleet to charge while Celestial Dragon elites intercepted the alliance’s shells.

The West Blue Alliance struggled against the World Government’s assault on Dian Island as Whitebeard revealed his Tremor-Tremor Fruit awakening and overwhelmed Saint Saturn. With the Alliance still close to collapse, John and Silver Axe arrived to fight beside Ochoku.

• The World Government’s forces landed on Dian Island, and the Celestial Dragons’ experts led by Saint Nusjuro pushed Zhu Feng’s West Blue Alliance into a costly battle.
• Saint Saturn tried to attack Zhu Feng, but Whitebeard intercepted him and initially lost their contest of strength.
• Whitebeard activated Life Return: Immortal Warrior Form and awakened the Tremor-Tremor Fruit with Catastrophe Domain, reversing the fight and pinning Saint Saturn down with spatial vibrations.
• The West Blue Alliance continued to buckle despite the Kunpeng Squad and the four Dark Kings helping hold the line, while Whitebeard’s stamina began to run low.
• John and Silver Axe used Lind’s Teleportation Gate to reach Dian Island and joined Ochoku, forming their old fighting trio again.

Zhu Feng surrendered and agreed to dissolve the West Blue Alliance after the catastrophic battle on Dian Island, while Zhang Liang helped negotiate an armistice with the World Government. The Dian Treaty ended the war, and Lind considered how the World Government’s losses might affect its plans for Shiki and Roger.

• Saint Waltz grievously wounded Lapis, but Zhang Liang intervened and urged the Celestial Dragons to end the battle.
• Zhu Feng admitted the West Blue Alliance had lost and offered to dissolve it if the World Government withdrew, while Zhang Liang promised Flower Country would resume paying heavenly tribute.
• Saint Saturn accepted the terms, and the two sides halted hostilities and signed the Dian Treaty, which dissolved the West Blue Alliance and imposed tribute and Navy requirements on Flower Country and Lanhe Totto Land.
• The World Economy News Paper publicized the West Blue Campaign’s immense casualties and Whitebeard’s growing reputation as the World's Strongest Man.
• Lind decided to keep building Oran’s strength quietly and wondered whether the World Government would still target Shiki and Roger after its losses.

The Five Elders followed Imu’s orders to leave Roger and Shiki alone while rebuilding Cipher Pol and establishing the Science Defense Force. After Sengoku warned Shiki, Buggy urged Roger to eat a Devil Fruit to reach the Overlord realm, but Roger refused, and Buggy decided to seek a powerful fruit for himself.

• Saint Saturn told the Five Elders that Roger would eliminate Shiki and would soon die afterward, and ordered them to avoid intervening in conflicts unless another force like the West Blue Alliance emerged.
• Sengoku warned Shiki on Maidan Island to obey the North Blue Armistice Agreement, then shattered Shiki’s flying slashes and departed using Geppo.
• Shiki raged after Sengoku left, unleashed attacks that shook the sea and sky, and shifted his focus toward growing stronger.
• Rayleigh and the Roger Pirates studied the news of the West Blue Alliance’s swift defeat, and Buggy suggested that Roger eat a Devil Fruit to reach the Overlord realm.
• Roger laughed and refused, saying he had his own principles and believed he could break through without a Devil Fruit.
• Buggy accepted Roger’s decision but declared that he would seek a powerful Devil Fruit, preferably one as strong as the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Shiki surrounded the Roger Pirates at Edd War and demanded that Roger join the Flying Fleet, but Roger refused and challenged him to battle. Their clash pushed both toward breaking through their bottlenecks as their crews fought around them.

• Shiki led the Flying Fleet in surrounding the Oro Jackson and demanded that Roger join him in ruling the world.
• Roger refused Shiki's offer and declared that he wanted to become the freest man in the world.
• Shiki attacked Roger with his Lion King technique, and Roger recovered by unleashing his Conqueror's Haki.
• Roger and Shiki clashed with their swords and Haki, driving their powers toward the Overlord level.
• Shiki's thirteen Division Commanders led the Flying Pirates in a large-scale assault on the Roger Pirates.

Lind watched Roger and Shiki’s battle by satellite as he considered the growing super forces and the likelihood of another war in the North Blue. The footage suddenly changed, and Lind wondered whether the original story’s events were still being restored despite the altered world.

• Shiki exploited Roger’s distraction to overwhelm him, while the Flying Fleet’s numbers left the Roger Pirates close to defeat.
• Lind and Zhang Liang watched the battle on satellite footage and predicted Shiki would abandon the North Blue Armistice Agreement if he defeated Roger and broke through to Overlord.
• Lind reviewed the strengths and limitations of the Saint Legion, Divine Beast Legion, Kunpeng Squad, and Navy Pride Troopers, noting that only the Saint Legion could join the coming conflict.
• Lind considered whether Shiki might form a super force of his own and wondered whether Indigo had joined the Flying Fleet and developed the IQ Potion.
• The footage changed unexpectedly, prompting Lind to wonder whether the world was correcting itself toward the original story.

During the Edd War, a colossal storm swallowed the Flying Pirates’ fleet and swept Shiki into its center. Shiki awakened the Float-Float Fruit and reached the Overlord tier, leaving Lind to consider how this breakthrough might change the world and Roger’s path to Laugh Tale.

• Roger and Shiki stopped fighting and returned to their flagships as the storm engulfed the sea.
• Roger led the Oro Jackson away while Shiki used his Float-Float Fruit to rescue ships from the Flying Fleet.
• The storm intensified and swept Shiki away from his rescued subordinates.
• Shiki roared three times, awakened his Float-Float Fruit, and brought the storm under control.
• Lind recognized Shiki’s Overlord-tier breakthrough and wondered whether it would alter Roger’s journey to Laugh Tale.

After Shiki’s breakthrough at Edd War, the world’s powers assessed the threat posed by his awakened Float-Float Fruit and prepared for the upheaval ahead. While the World Government and Navy planned their responses, Charlotte Linlin unveiled her Saint Legion and readied it to march.

• Roger rallied the shaken Roger Pirates and ordered the Oro Jackson deeper into the New World toward Laugh Tale, while Shiki led the surviving Flying Pirates back to Flying Sky Island.
• Lind and Oran Empire officials monitored Shiki’s rapid return and worried that his awakened fruit and fleet’s mobility could disrupt world stability and damage their businesses.
• The Five Elders convened an emergency meeting, deciding to send the Navy against Shiki and strengthen Cipher Pol Aigis Zero’s intelligence network in the New World.
• Kong warned Garp and Sengoku to be careful when facing Shiki, while Tsuru asked whether any Navy officers could reach Overlord Level; Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr admitted they saw no path to a breakthrough.
• Charlotte Linlin revealed her Saint Legion on Whole Cake Island and ordered Katakuri and Kelt to oversee its training and prepare it to march.

Lind arranged covert support and intelligence for Shiki as the Marines prepared to publicly execute two Flying Pirates commanders. Shiki gathered his forces and planned a rescue at Marineford, but Lind’s account of the defenders revealed how dangerous the trap would be.

• Lind told Shiki that he could not openly act but would provide covert fighters, intelligence, and newspaper support, then tasked Black Bird with coordinating the operation.
• Aokiji captured Hoover and Marshall after defeating Hoover in battle, and the Marines announced that both would be publicly executed at Marineford on August 28.
• Shiki angrily ordered Reinhardt to assemble the Flying Pirates and resolved to attack Marineford, but the major powers refused to send direct reinforcements.
• Shiki called Lind for intelligence, and Lind revealed that the admirals, Tsuru, Bogard, Kuzan, and many powerful commanders were stationed at Marineford awaiting him.

Shiki led the Flying Pirates to Marineford to rescue Hoover and Marshall, and initially fought Garp and Sengoku on even terms. After the Marines unleashed their hidden weapons and devastated his fleet, Shiki took a potion and used Sky Domain, shaking all of Marineford as the chapter ended.

• Shiki arrived at Marineford and battled Kuzan, Garp, and Sengoku with his awakened Float-Float Fruit and Conqueror's Haki.
• Shiki rescued Hoover and Marshall from the execution platform with Earth-Roll.
• Kong ordered Plan B, and Marineford's concealed cannons and the Marines' attacks destroyed the Flying Pirates' ships and killed or captured many of their crew.
• Lind, Charlotte Linlin, and other powers reacted with alarm and anger as the Marines overwhelmed the Flying Pirates.
• Shiki drove back the Marines surrounding him, swallowed a vial of potion, and unleashed Sky Domain, causing Marineford to shake.

Shiki destroyed Marineford with his Planetary Devastation, inflicting devastating losses on the Marines before collapsing into the sea. Black Bird’s team rescued him and began withdrawing underwater, while Lind and Charlotte Linlin considered how the Marines’ weakened state could benefit them.

• Shiki endured the Marines’ attacks, then transformed Marineford into a sphere and launched it into the sea with Planetary Devastation.
• The impact and ensuing tsunamis devastated Marineford and killed many rank-and-file Marines, while Shiki exhausted himself and fell into the water.
• Black Bird ordered Fisher Tiger and the Fish-Man warriors to take the unconscious Shiki underwater and arranged for a submarine to retrieve them.
• Lind watched the broadcast and noted that Shiki’s display could boost sales of Oran Island’s potions.
• Charlotte Linlin saw the Marines’ losses as an opportunity to resume her plan to conquer half the South Blue.

After the Marines failed to find Shiki, Fisher Tiger brought him to Oran Island, where he lay in a vacant, unresponsive state as his territory collapsed. Lind agreed to secretly support Charlotte Linlin’s plan to expand into the South Blue, and the chapter ended with him coordinating allies for her campaign.

• Fisher Tiger’s squad rescued Shiki and brought him to Oran Island, where John, Silver Axe, and Ochoku visited him and mocked his condition.
• Lulina cared for Shiki, whose vacant behavior baffled the doctors, while the Marines reclaimed his North Blue territory and Germa Kingdom abandoned him.
• Charlotte Linlin called Lind to discuss Shiki and explain her plan for the South Blue, and Lind offered covert support through Black Bird.
• Lind suggested that John, Silver Axe, Ochoku, and the four powers in the West Blue could join Linlin’s campaign, while Linlin planned to deploy Katakuri, Abel, Shayna, and the Saint Legion.
• Linlin claimed she had mastered the fusion technique that let her draw on the Saint Legion’s power, and she and Lind discussed their plans before ending the call.
• Lind contacted Black Bird and the four West Blue powers, instructing them to coordinate with Linlin’s South Blue plan.

Darren established the North Blue Parliament and backed Hill Adolf as its first speaker, using promises of reconstruction and investment to consolidate his influence. The chapter ended with the North Blue’s leaders winning public support and attracting merchants interested in the region’s recovery.

• Darren declared the North Blue Parliament established on Maidan Island and handed the podium to elected speaker Hill Adolf.
• Darren recalled how Adolf had lost his family and fortune in a Celestial Dragon’s attack, fallen into extremism, and later become his adviser.
• Adolf delivered an inaugural speech promising to restore safety and prosperity, secure a 300 billion Beli loan from Oran Bank, and seek relief from heavenly tribute.
• Darren pledged to invest most seized Flying Pirates’ assets and future criminal spoils in the North Blue’s development.
• Representatives and viewers applauded the leaders’ plans, while merchants from Oran Island and the West Blue considered investing in the recovering region.

Lind prepared to expand Oran’s influence as Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, and the Four Dark Kings mobilized fleets toward the South Blue. With the Marines depleted and the World Government short on troops, Lind also moved forces toward Jaya Island, leaving the World Government facing a widening crisis.

• Lind planned to seize more affiliated nations in the East Blue and South Blue and strengthen his control of the North Blue, while Oran’s Intelligence Department placed Adolf under protection.
• Charlotte Linlin launched her fleet from Whole Cake Island toward Fish-Man Island, while Kaido and the Four Dark Kings assembled fleets and advanced toward the South Blue.
• Kong asked the Five Elders for reinforcements, and they initially withheld support while weighing the Marines’ weakened position.
• Lind ordered Axel and Zhang Liang to take Division Commanders and the Kunpeng Squad to Jaya Island, and Oran’s forces began mobilizing toward Fish-Man Island.
• Saint Saturn promised Kong that the World Government would handle Lind if he attacked, while ordering the Marines to focus on Charlotte Linlin and the other powers.
• Zhu Feng prepared to revive the West Blue Alliance and cut off heavenly tribute if the World Government performed poorly.