Chapter Summaries

The six powers launched their war against the Marines at Water 7, overwhelming them with superior ships, weapons, and fighters. As the Marines faced annihilation, Robert used his Oxygen-Oxygen Fruit to stop the ground battle and ordered the pirates to take prisoners.

• Kizaru attacked Charlotte Linlin, igniting the war, while Reinhardt charged Kuzan and the senior fighters clashed in the sky.
• The six powers' fleet outgunned the Marines, and their elite fighters drove the Marines back while artillery killed troops on both sides.
• Charlotte Linlin urged Kong to surrender the South Blue, but Kizaru rejected the demand and Katakuri ordered the armies to land on Water 7.
• The landed forces fought a bloody battle that left the Marines close to collapse as their senior officers watched helplessly.
• Robert enveloped the battlefield in an Oxygen Deprivation Field, then ordered his allies to stop fighting and capture the Marines.
• Katakuri agreed to take prisoners, and his forces began capturing Marines who had collapsed from oxygen deprivation.

Charlotte Linlin defeated Saint Saturn’s challenge and negotiated a treaty that gave her half the South Blue, while the Marines agreed to disband their South Blue Branch and release prisoners. After Linlin sailed for her new territory, Saturn returned to Mary Geoise and learned that Zhang Liang had been provoking them and Saint Garling had been defeated.

• Robert recovered after using his Oxygen Deprivation Field as Charlotte Linlin pressed Kong to surrender, but Saint Saturn arrived with a masked CP Agent and stopped him.
• Saint Saturn accepted Linlin’s offer to endure one attack in exchange for a ceasefire treaty, and Linlin struck him with the Zodiac Divine Fist, sending him through Water 7.
• Saturn survived and negotiated with Linlin, who claimed half the South Blue; Kaido asked for compensation, while Robert and his allies requested freedom to operate there.
• Linlin agreed to release one-quarter of the Marine prisoners and the Marines accepted the disbandment of their South Blue Branch before both sides reached an agreement in principle.
• Linlin sailed toward New Orchid Island, while Saturn returned to Mary Geoise and was told that Zhang Liang had been provoking them and Saint Garling had been defeated.

Zhang Liang challenged Saint Saturn at Marineford to use the Overlord’s strength to break through his swordsmanship bottleneck. After a moment of enlightenment during their fight, Zhang Liang reached a new realm and declared himself the world’s first Supreme Great Swordsman.

• Zhang Liang told Axel he intended to fight Saint Saturn alone, and Axel agreed to support him with Raditz.
• On February 2, 1494, Zhang Liang and Saint Saturn began their battle at the ruins of Marineford as the World Economy News Paper broadcast it.
• Zhang Liang’s initial attack wounded Saint Saturn, but Saturn’s superior strength and healing made a prolonged exchange dangerous.
• Zhang Liang used refined swordsmanship to control the fight and entered a state of enlightenment, breaking through to the Overlord realm as Axel, Raditz, and Lind watched for interference.
• Zhang Liang finished the fight by sending Saint Saturn flying, then declared himself the world’s first Supreme Great Swordsman.

After Zhang Liang became the first Supreme Great Swordsman, swordsmen across the world reacted to his breakthrough, while he began a new battle against Saint Saturn. Lind returned to Oran Island, where Redfield announced he would leave to pursue greater strength and Pande Lia sought permission to travel as well.

• Redfield decided to leave Oran University and travel, while Pande Lia appointed Sakazuki acting Grand Fleet Admiral of the Oran Empire so she could pursue her own journey.
• Lulina saw no response from the vacant Shiki, the John Trio lamented that their era had passed, and fifteen-year-old Hawk-Eye revealed he had become a Swordsman by cutting an iron block.
• Zhang Liang, whose Sword Immortal Fruit had awakened alongside his Supreme Great Swordsman breakthrough, resumed fighting Saint Saturn, and their clash shook Marineford as rain and lightning swept across the battlefield.
• Lind returned to Oran Island and met Redfield and Pande Lia, who had come to see him.
• Redfield told Lind he planned to leave and pursue a higher level of strength, and Lind agreed while asking him to hand over his duties at Oran University.

Lind approved Axel’s proposal to turn Marineford into a fixed sparring ground for the Oran Empire and the World Government, and Axel began seeking Saint Nusjuro’s support. As Axel and Raditz discussed the plan aboard their ship, Raditz discovered that the fruit he had bitten had changed into a Devil Fruit.

• Lind arranged for Pande Lia and Sakazuki to meet with him about transferring command of the Oran Empire’s National Defense Force.
• Lind approved Axel’s proposal and put him in charge, with Zhang Liang ordered to cooperate.
• Axel proposed to Saint Nusjuro that the two sides use the ruined Marineford as a battlefield for sparring and training, and Saint Nusjuro agreed to discuss it with the Five Elders and Celestial Dragon families.
• Axel and Raditz left Zhang Liang’s ongoing fight with Saint Saturn to Zhu Ying and went aboard their ship to eat and talk.
• Raditz bit into an apple that tasted rotten, then noticed it had changed into a fruit marked with golden patterns.

Raditz and Bullet discovered that they had eaten mythical zoan Devil Fruits modeled after Saiyans and Frost Demons, prompting Lind to mobilize the Oran Empire to search for more. The empire collected five additional fruits, while Buggy secretly ate a fruit he believed was modeled after Beerus.

• Raditz told Axel that his Devil Fruit was the Human-Human Fruit, mythical zoan, Model: Saiyan, and Lind later congratulated him and urged him to learn its abilities.
• Lind identified Bullet's unfamiliar fruit as the likely Human-Human Fruit, mythical zoan, Model: Frost Demon, and Bullet ate it and confirmed its identity.
• After hearing Raditz's news, Lind ordered Fia to inform department heads and direct the Oran Empire to collect Devil Fruits, while Raditz swore to protect him.
• Buggy showed Shanks a fruit with catlike ears, claimed it was modeled after Beerus, and ate it while boasting about his future power.
• The Oran Empire collected five more suspected mythical zoan fruits, which Lind tentatively identified as models of Master Roshi, an Android, Pichu, Squirtle, and Weedle.

The emergence of new Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits stirred the world as Lind ordered the Oran Empire to monitor and eliminate dangerous users, while Lazuli and Lapis kept an Android Fruit. After Zhang Liang defeated Saint Saturn, Axel negotiated Marineford’s conversion into a battlefield for the Oran Empire and World Government, leaving the Navy furious and preparing to grow stronger; Lind returned to training to prepare for a possible confrontation with Imu.

• People around the world learned that new Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits had appeared, and Lind ordered the Oran Empire’s Intelligence Department to recruit powerful users or kill them.
• Lazuli and Lapis received an Android Fruit despite already having Devil Fruits, and they decided to store it for possible future use.
• Zhang Liang defeated Saint Saturn after a nine-day battle, then collapsed from exhaustion as Axel carried him back to Zhu Ying and the others.
• Axel signed a secret treaty with the World Government establishing Marineford as a colosseum for both sides’ elite fighters, and Saint Saturn informed Kong after the agreement was complete.
• Kong rallied the Navy’s senior officers to train its elites and younger fighters, while Lind placed Axel in command at Marineford and ordered him to coordinate the forces sent there.
• Lind returned to training, determined to reach Overlord peak and surpass it before Luffy set sail.

The World Government prepared for war against the Oran Empire by reinforcing New Marineford and transforming the Celestial Dragons’ education and training. Doflamingo returned to Mary Geoise and entered their school, while Axel mobilized Oran’s forces on Jaya Island for the coming battle.

• Axel sent Oran Empire construction crews to reinforce New Marineford as both sides prepared their forces.
• Saint Saturn addressed the Celestial Dragons’ elite trainees, while the major families ordered young Celestial Dragons to attend school and receive training suited to their talents.
• The Donquixote Family Patriarch brought Doflamingo back to Mary Geoise after learning he had awakened Conqueror’s Haki, and Saint Saturn directed the teachers to train him for a possible future in Cipher Pol.
• Doflamingo attacked a fellow student with his String-String Fruit and Conqueror’s Haki, then chose to stay in the school dormitory rather than return to his family’s former home.
• Axel deployed the first wave of troops on Jaya Island and arranged further forces, reserves, Healing Potions, and support personnel for the approaching war.

The Oran Empire and World Government began their battle at Marineford, where Raditz discovered that the Empire’s troops vastly outclassed the opposing army. The fighting focused on the elite forces, and Raditz transformed into a Super Saiyan to face Saint Garling.

• Doflamingo watched the war’s opening through a live broadcast at school and saw the Oran Empire and World Government forces assemble at Marineford.
• Raditz scanned the World Government troops, mocked their combat power, and revealed that the Oran Empire’s soldiers averaged 420.
• Axel ordered Raditz to keep the army in reserve and send only officers and elite fighters against the Celestial Dragons; Saint Garling agreed and selected his own elite force.
• The two sides sent large numbers of Admiral-level fighters into battle, while Doflamingo and others watching were struck by the power gap between ordinary and top-tier forces.
• Raditz faced Saint Garling and transformed into a Super Saiyan, dazzling the battlefield with his golden aura.

Raditz defeated Saint Garling with his Super Saiyan transformation, Kamehameha, and Prince's Barrage, then withdrew as Zhu Ying entered the battlefield to face Saint Grujaya. Elsewhere, Buggy secretly imagined using his God of Destruction Fruit against Mary Geoise, while his companions kept the fruit's identity hidden.

• Raditz transformed into a Super Saiyan and overwhelmed Saint Garling with a redirected Kamehameha and a barrage of Ki Blasts, leaving him badly injured.
• Raditz conserved his remaining stamina and requested a replacement, while the World Government sent Saint Grujaya to take over from Saint Garling.
• Doflamingo questioned the value of his String-String Fruit after watching Raditz's victory, while Buggy fantasized about destroying Mary Geoise with his God of Destruction Fruit.
• Buggy's crewmates kept his fruit secret, believing its identity would make him a target until he grew strong enough to protect himself.
• Zhu Ying arrived with the Golden Plume Sword, relieved Raditz, and challenged Saint Grujaya to a fight.

After reaching Laugh Tale and becoming the first non-Devil Fruit User Overlord, Roger disbanded his crew and arranged for Shanks and Buggy to attend school on Oran Island. As the Roger Pirates prepared to part ways at the harbor, a familiar voice called out to Roger.

• Zhu Ying fought Saint Grujaya while the other battles at Marineford remained deliberately balanced, and news spread that Roger had reached Laugh Tale and become Pirate King.
• Lind learned Roger had reached Laugh Tale in early Year 1495, then ordered the news published; Roger’s treatment on Oran Island had greatly extended his life, and reaching Laugh Tale had made him an Overlord.
• A month after Roger became Pirate King, he told the Roger Pirates at the Oran Grand Hotel that he intended to disband because he had finished his adventure and wanted to retire.
• Roger enrolled Shanks and Buggy at Oran Elementary School, gave them the Oro Jackson, and left Buggy his captain’s hat before entrusting the boys to Bullet.
• The Roger Pirates gathered at Oran Island’s harbor to say goodbye, but as Roger prepared to board, a familiar voice called out to him.