Chapter Summaries

Roger was executed in Loguetown after the World Government turned his capture into a public spectacle, and his final words ignited a new era of piracy. As the seas grew chaotic, Lind fortified Oran’s routes, brought Rouge and Lulina to Oran Island, and the World Government established the Seven Warlords of the Sea system.

• The World Government promoted Roger as Pirate King, announced his execution, and Roger’s last words about his treasure sparked a new era before he was killed in Loguetown.
• Crocodile, Hawk-Eye, and Doflamingo agreed to join the Shichibukai, while Aio rescued Buggy and Shanks from the ensuing battle and took them toward Oran Island.
• Lind ordered tighter security along the Golden Route and sent the Oran Empire Intelligence Department to find Roger’s wife, Portgas D. Rouge, and Shiki’s wife, Lulina.
• The Oran Empire brought Lulina and Rouge to Oran Island, with Charlotte Linlin helping the agents take Rouge past Garp.
• The Five Elders introduced the Seven Warlords of the Sea system in December 1498 and confirmed Crocodile, Hawk-Eye, Doflamingo, and Hanafuda as its first four members.

Lind helped fill the Shichibukai ranks with Moria, Kuma, and Jinbe, securing the Oran Empire's influence over Paradise's remaining routes. The seas settled into four heavily controlled “dungeons,” while Lind stayed focused on developing the Oran Empire and watched as Buggy and Shanks prepared to set sail.

• Lind contacted Moria, Kuma, and Jinbe and discussed their joining the Shichibukai.
• The World Government announced Moria, Kuma, and Jinbe as the remaining Shichibukai, and they claimed positions along Paradise's three routes controlled by the Oran Empire.
• Charlotte Linlin and Whitebeard recognized Lind's success in securing three Shichibukai positions despite the World Government's plans.
• The chapter described the Four Blues as dangerous dungeons controlled by major powers, with Paradise's seven routes guarded by the Shichibukai.
• Pirates continued setting sail, but no standout newcomers emerged, and the Great Pirate Era slowed under the powers' combined suppression.
• Lind chose to develop the Oran Empire quietly while Buggy and Shanks prepared to form pirate crews under his watch.

Ace and Sakuragi were born on Oran Island, while Shiki learned of his son’s birth from Impel Down and vowed to reunite with his family. A month later, Buggy and Shanks began separate pirate careers, and Buggy met Weiss, who revealed herself as his angel attendant and future vice-captain.

• Rouge and Lulina safely gave birth to Ace and Sakuragi on Oran Island as Lind and other prominent figures waited outside.
• Shiki read the news of Sakuragi’s birth in Impel Down, released his Conqueror’s Haki, and promised to escape and find Lulina and Sakuragi.
• The Five Elders decided to leave Ace and Sakuragi alone for now and focus on the prophesied Nika.
• After Ace turned a month old, Shanks and Buggy left for the East Blue and formed plans to start separate pirate crews.
• Buggy struggled to recruit crew members until a tavern keeper gave him a note arranging a meeting with a prospective vice-captain.
• Weiss revealed that her Fruit Ability had identified Buggy as the God of Destruction, transformed into an angel, and offered to serve as his divine attendant and vice-captain.

Buggy and Shanks recruited their first mates and prepared to begin their pirate careers, with Buggy setting sail first and Shanks following later. After Shanks chose Syrup Village as his first destination, Lind asked his children and disciples whether they wanted to go to sea, but they chose other paths.

• Buggy appointed Weiss his first mate, while Shanks recruited Benn Beckman after Beckman tested his strength in a bar.
• Shanks entrusted Beckman with the Red Hair Pirates’ funds, and Weiss arranged a powerful ship for Buggy at a bargain price.
• Buggy and Weiss mocked Shanks before Buggy sailed the God of Destruction toward the East Blue’s most chaotic waters.
• Half a month later, Shanks and Beckman set sail aboard the Red Force, choosing Syrup Village as their first stop to recruit crew members.
• After Lind learned that Shanks had set sail, he asked Aio, Aileen, and Zeta if they wanted to go to sea, but they declined or chose to serve within the Oran Empire.

In 1500, Ohara’s scholars and materials were secretly evacuated, Robin became a transfer student, and Shiki escaped Impel Down before disbanding the Flying Pirates. Shiki, Judge, and Adolf headed to Maidan Island to learn what had happened to Germa, then set out to find it so Judge could fit Shiki with prosthetic legs.

• With the Navy and Oran Empire cooperating, Ohara was destroyed, but its researchers and materials were secretly evacuated, and Robin enrolled at Oran Elementary School.
• After escaping Impel Down, Shiki disbanded the Flying Pirates and said goodbye to his loyal subordinates.
• Shiki thanked Judge for arranging mechanical legs and invited him and Adolf to travel to Maidan Island.
• On Maidan Island, Shiki used his powers to kill the CP Agents patrolling the island, then went with Judge and Adolf to the parliament building.
• A legislator told Shiki that Judge’s wife had kept Germa stable and that the kingdom was in the Jero Sea, west of Maidan Island.
• Shiki and his companions headed for Germa so Judge could fit Shiki with prosthetic legs.

Adolf parted ways with Shiki and traveled across the North Blue, witnessing the World Government’s oppression and building support for a resistance movement. Three years later, the North Blue Parliament debated adopting Oran Currency as Beli continued to lose value.

• Adolf declined to leave with Shiki and told the North Blue parliament members he would travel before returning to political work.
• After learning that bread cost 500,000 Federal Currency in some places, Adolf promised to secretly gather strength and eventually return to lead the North Blue.
• Adolf traveled in disguise, witnessed poverty and Cipher Pol’s persecution of suspected rebels, and developed his ideas as his mental power reached Admiral level.
• Adolf began giving speeches and secretly founded the North Blue Revolutionary Party, killing Cipher Pol agents who tried to confront him.
• Three years later, a parliament member called for the North Blue to embrace Oran Currency after the World Government had destroyed Federal Currency and Beli had continued to depreciate.

Adolf launched a counterattack against Cipher Pol while shifting the North Blue’s trade from Beli to Oran Currency. The operation succeeded with help from the Oran Empire Intelligence Department, and Lind asked Darren whether he wanted to find his partner again.

• North Blue Parliament backed the transition to Oran Currency and agreed to preserve stability as Adolf prepared to attack Cipher Pol.
• Adolf rallied his followers and launched an assault across the North Blue, while his underground network and Oran Bank employees promoted Oran Currency to residents.
• Adolf’s fighters killed a quarter of the North Blue’s Cipher Pol agents in an hour, and other regional powers joined the attacks as Cipher Pol agents fled.
• The Oran Empire Intelligence Department took on powerful Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents, helping Adolf’s forces avoid heavier losses.
• Oran Currency replaced Beli as the North Blue’s primary currency without causing major disruption, and Lind asked Darren if he wanted to find his partner again.

Lind sent Sakazuki and other Oran Empire forces to help Adolf seize control of the North Blue, where Adolf’s counteroffensive drove Cipher Pol into hiding and brought hope to the population. The Five Elders underestimated Adolf and offered to recognize his authority in exchange for the North Blue’s heavenly tribute, threatening him if he refused.

• Darren declined Lind’s offer to join Adolf immediately, choosing to train on Oran Island until the decisive battle.
• Sakazuki volunteered to help Adolf, and Lind sent him with members of the Stellar Squad and other allies to the North Blue.
• Adolf welcomed the new arrivals and launched a larger counteroffensive, capturing two Celestial Dragons and forcing Cipher Pol agents to retreat into hiding.
• The Five Elders argued over Adolf’s growing power, then decided to tolerate his control of the North Blue as long as heavenly tribute continued.
• World Government officials sent Adolf a letter offering peaceful coexistence and recognition in return for tribute, while warning him of the consequences of refusal.

Adolf reached an agreement with the World Government and took control of the North Blue, while Buggy revealed his true power by defeating King and drawing the world's attention. As Buggy set out for the Grand Line, Shanks prepared to travel the other seas in search of new crewmates.

• Adolf agreed to support the World Government in exchange for Cipher Pol withdrawing from the North Blue, then formally took control as its king.
• Buggy transformed and used destruction energy to overwhelm King, while Weiss transformed and fought Ji; Ji eventually rescued King, leaving the Buggy Pirates victorious.
• News of Buggy's power and rumored connections to Rocks, Roger, and Lind spread worldwide, and Buggy announced that he would enter the Grand Line.
• Lind ordered Fia to let Buggy proceed and have Moria, Kuma, and Jinbe test him after he reached the Grand Line, while the Five Elders left him to the Navy.
• Kaido vowed to fight Buggy, while Whitebeard welcomed his success and Charlotte Linlin showed little interest.
• Beckman showed Shanks photographs of prospective crewmates Lucky Roux and Bonk Punch, and Shanks decided to leave the East Blue and seek companions in the West Blue.

Buggy defeated Crocodile and Doflamingo, then fought Hawk-Eye, Crocodile, and Hanafuda alongside Weiss and Gula. After defeating Hawk-Eye, Buggy set his sights on Moria, who summoned two colleagues for support.

• Buggy crossed Reverse Mountain before Kaido could intercept him and entered the Grand Line.
• Buggy defeated Crocodile, then found Doflamingo and beat him in front of the Donquixote Family.
• Hawk-Eye, Crocodile, and Hanafuda confronted Buggy, while Weiss and Gula held off Crocodile and Hanafuda.
• Buggy overwhelmed Hawk-Eye with his martial arts and defeated him with Divine Annihilation, cracking Yoru.
• Crocodile carried the unconscious Hawk-Eye away, and Buggy chose Moria as his next target.
• After learning Buggy was coming, Moria called two colleagues to help him face Buggy and Weiss.

Aio and Aileen visited Moria to wait for Buggy and sparred with him at his training ground. Moria overwhelmed Aio with his improved Shadow's Asgard, leaving Aio preparing to reveal a new move.

• Aio and Aileen met Moria and said they wanted to spar with Buggy when he arrived.
• Moria invited them to fight him first and led them to his specially built training ground.
• Aio attacked Moria in his Human-Beast Form, and they fought evenly for an hour.
• Moria used Shadow's Asgard to absorb over a thousand shadows and boost his strength to late or peak Admiral level.
• Aio released Beerus and the others and strengthened himself, but Moria kept him at a disadvantage throughout their renewed fight.
• After Moria sent him flying again, Aio praised Moria and said he would show him a new move.

Aio transformed using a materialized Saiyan bloodline and fought Moria to a draw before waiting with allies for Buggy to arrive. When Buggy finally reached Thriller Bark, Moria’s group overwhelmed his crew with their Conqueror’s Haki and Moria attacked him with Shadow’s Asgard, quickly sending him flying.

• Aio materialized a Saiyan bloodline, transformed, and resumed his fight with Moria.
• After several more hours of fighting, Moria called the match a draw to protect his training ground, and Aio agreed.
• Aio and Aileen stayed at Moria’s place, where Jinbe and Kuma later joined them and everyone sparred while waiting for Buggy.
• Buggy arrived at Thriller Bark with Weiss and Gula, and the five Conqueror’s Haki users on Moria’s side suppressed the trio’s auras.
• Moria activated Shadow’s Asgard and attacked Buggy, who was sent flying after only a few breaths.

After Buggy retreated from Moria’s territory, the seas remained relatively calm until Adolf resurrected Rocks and Roger in a hidden North Blue base. Rocks learned that the world had changed and agreed to work with Adolf as an ally while they considered overthrowing the World Government.

• Buggy ordered Weiss and the Buggy Pirates to retreat after Moria and his allies overwhelmed him, and Weiss trapped their pursuers in a spatial cube.
• Buggy’s challenge to the Shichibukai ended, and the seas remained calm until the year 1510.
• Adolf used his Necromancer Fruit to resurrect Rocks and Roger as special energy entities.
• Rocks tested his new body, thanked Adolf, and offered to split the world with him after overthrowing the World Government.
• Adolf proposed an alliance and told Rocks that the seas had changed, while Roger revealed an aura stronger than Rocks’s.

Adolf showed Rocks and Roger a video of the world’s strongest fighters, convincing Rocks that his strength alone could not overthrow the World Government. Rocks agreed to join the war in exchange for the chance to regain a physical body, and Roger asked to visit Buggy to recover his preserved corpse; Rocks went with him after Roger hinted at a mystery about Buggy.

• Adolf played Rocks and Roger an edited video showing Shiki, Lind, Imu, and Uranus displaying their strength, leaving Rocks shaken by how powerful the current fighters were.
• Rocks questioned whether he could help overthrow the World Government, and Adolf persuaded him that every Overlord mattered and offered him Imu’s or Uranus’s body after victory.
• Rocks agreed to join the war against the World Government, while Roger asked about recovering his own body for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Adolf told Roger that his corpse had been preserved and was likely in Buggy’s hands, so Roger proposed going to see him.
• Roger asked whether Rocks had a son, and Rocks denied it; Roger then hinted that their meeting with Buggy would explain his question, prompting Rocks to go along.

Adolf brought Roger to Buggy’s Cross Guild to use Roger’s preserved body for a full resurrection. Roger returned as a special undead sustained by Adolf, who explained that he could summon Roger and Rocks again if they died, but could currently maintain no additional Admiral-level fighters.

• Adolf arrived at Cross Guild with Roger and introduced him to Buggy, who tearfully reunited with his former captain.
• Buggy explained that he had preserved Roger’s body and led Adolf, Roger, and their companion to the crystal coffin holding it.
• Adolf used Reincarnation Art: Soul Entry to send Roger’s soul into his body, and Roger opened his eyes.
• Adolf told Buggy that Roger remained an undead dependent on his power and that he could sustain only Roger and Rocks at once.
• Adolf explained that Roger and Rocks would return to the Underworld if they died, but he could summon them again.

Buggy and Adolf’s strengthened forces launched attacks on the World Government, prompting Imu to order Uranus to destroy the Cross Guild’s headquarters. Warned by Lind, Buggy led an evacuation of Cross Island as Uranus’s attack approached.

• With Rocks and Roger joining their forces, Buggy and Adolf began hunting Celestial Dragons and Cipher Pol agents, while other powers and the Marines supported or tolerated the attacks.
• After the World Government lost powerful fighters, the Five Elders agreed to target the Cross Guild, and Imu approved using Uranus to destroy its headquarters.
• Buggy sensed danger at Cross Guild headquarters, then learned from Lind that Uranus had left Mary Geoise and was heading for Cross Island.
• Buggy and Weiss warned the Cross Guild to evacuate, and members fled the island as the two leaders took off ahead of the attack.

Uranus destroyed the Cross Guild’s headquarters, forcing Buggy to decide how the organization would recover. Although he first planned to lie low on Oran Island, Weiss’s taunts pushed him to keep opposing the World Government and make the Cross Guild mobile aboard the God of Destruction.

• Uranus struck the Cross Guild’s headquarters and destroyed the entire island, while some elite members escaped after Lind’s warning.
• Buggy asked Weiss to assess casualties, and Gula warned that the Cross Guild should keep a low profile because the World Government had targeted them.
• Buggy announced that the Cross Guild would stop taking jobs and stay on Oran Island while rebuilding, but Weiss mocked his plan to hide there.
• After Weiss challenged his resolve, Buggy abandoned his plan to lie low and declared that the Cross Guild would move its headquarters aboard the God of Destruction.
• Buggy ordered Weiss to organize the survivors’ boarding and began making arrangements to restart the Cross Guild.

After Uranus devastated the Cross Guild’s headquarters, Lind ordered Oran to rescue survivors and investigate the World Government’s apparent new energy source. Meanwhile, Buggy planned to retaliate by targeting Saint Laisimir, unaware that the Celestial Dragon was enjoying a vacation nearby.

• Lind ordered Fia to begin rescue operations and evacuate coastal residents ahead of an expected rise in sea level.
• Lind told Great Kun to discover and destroy the World Government’s new energy source powering Uranus.
• Buggy chose Saint Laisimir as the Cross Guild’s retaliation target, and Weiss agreed that Kelt could help prevent him from escaping.
• Buggy contacted Kelt, who flew to an island near Saint Laisimir to await the Cross Guild.
• Saint Laisimir relaxed on the beach, unaware that Buggy and Kelt were preparing to attack him.

Buggy, Weiss, and Kelt surrounded Saint Laisimir and began a fight to kill him, cutting off his escape and his chance to call for help. Saint Laisimir unleashed a life-burning power to battle Buggy, but Kelt joined in and began overpowering him.

• Buggy, Weiss, and Kelt approached Saint Laisimir, and Weiss froze him as he tried to flee into the sea.
• Buggy and Kelt attacked Saint Laisimir, driving him inland while Buggy blocked his Den Den Mushi signal.
• Saint Laisimir lost an arm to Kelt and half his body to Buggy, while Weiss revealed the bottle holding his final hope.
• Saint Laisimir burned his life force to reach peak Admiral level and fought Buggy, who answered by entering his god of destruction form.
• Buggy gained the upper hand, then withdrew as Kelt joined the fight and pressed the wounded Saint Laisimir back.

After helping Kelt defeat Saint Laisimir, Buggy withdrew with Weiss while Kelt promised to aid him in the future. Adolf gathered allies and revealed that the Celestial Dragons planned to restart their hunting game, and his coalition prepared to oppose it.

• Kelt discovered that Ghost Saint Lacymir retained nearly his former Admiral-level strength, while Buggy urged him to leave before the World Government arrived.
• Kelt promised Buggy a favor, and Buggy and Weiss flew back to the God of Destruction to hide with the Cross Guild.
• Adolf reunited with Shiki and told him that the Celestial Dragons planned to restart their triennial hunting game after Uranus found an energy source.
• Adolf explained that forces from the Oran Empire, Totto Land, and the Flower Country would support the operation, prompting his allies to worry that it meant war with the World Government.
• Adolf summoned his bone dragon and departed with his companions, keeping the coalition's plans secret until the operation began.