Chapter Summaries

As the World Government deliberated over war with the Rocks Pirates, Lind strengthened Oran Island’s defenses with reinforcements from Rocks and decided to send the Kunpeng Squad to the West Blue. Axel led the squad out to attack the World Government’s affiliated nations and protect Lind’s existing gains.

• After Kuld’s assassination, Lind prepared Oran Island for a possible attack while the World Government debated its response.
• Zhang Liang and Zhu Feng returned to Oran Island with more than a dozen elite fighters from the Flower Country, and other recalled officers and pirates gathered there.
• Rocks sent Charlotte Linlin’s Third Squad and Kaido’s Ninth Squad to reinforce Lind, while Whitebeard and Kozuki Oden supported Shiki.
• Lind decided to deploy the Kunpeng Squad to the West Blue to attack affiliated nations and aid the officers still carrying out his strategy there.
• Lind ordered Axel to lead the Kunpeng Squad to the West Blue, with Great Kun providing intelligence and instructions to retreat from enemies they could not defeat.

Axel and the Kunpeng Squad seized the Lanhe Kingdom, capturing its nobles and turning the kingdom into a merchant-run base for Lind’s forces in the West Blue. The World Government responded to the resulting panic by sending Red Tiger to restore order, while Axel began investigating God Valley as Lind had requested.

• Axel led the Kunpeng Squad into Dan'a, where the king and residents fled as the squad appeared above the capital.
• At Axel’s signal, the Kunpeng Squad raided the nobles’ treasuries, crushed resistance, and captured the king and every noble in the city.
• Axel arranged for merchants under Oran Island’s control to take over the Lanhe Kingdom and establish a parliament, then stayed to build it into a West Blue base.
• Axel put Feng Yan, Raditz, and others in charge of the Kunpeng Squad’s operations while he recruited men, trained troops, and sent agents to investigate God Valley.
• The affiliated nations of the West Blue appealed to the World Government and Marines for protection, threatening to withhold heavenly tribute.
• The Five Elders decided to send Red Tiger to the West Blue, reserving Sengoku and the other Marine officers for the Rocks Pirates’ Division Commanders.

Axel prepared to confront Red Tiger near Reverse Mountain while Lind arranged Oran Island’s defenses and escape routes. Lind used three fixed mutation opportunities on himself, gaining Dragon Might and a transformed appearance.

• After learning Red Tiger was sailing to the West Blue, Axel rejected Lind’s offer of reinforcements and took Raditz and the Kunpeng Squad to ambush him near Reverse Mountain.
• Axel let Raditz and the squad rest in Munger Town while they waited for Red Tiger to arrive.
• Lind built defenses around Oran Island, relocated residents, and prepared Teleportation routes to protect his people and supplies if the war went badly.
• Lind used his accumulated and upcoming fixed mutation opportunities on himself, and golden scales and dragon horns appeared as his Dragon Might erupted.
• Lind quickly withdrew the aura, which had disturbed the ordinary people on Oran Island.

Axel and Raditz ambushed Red Tiger at sea and defeated him after Axel weakened him in close combat. Red Tiger was captured, and Axel planned to preserve him as a specimen for research into Devil Fruit extraction.

• Axel used the Steel-Steel Fruit to sink Red Tiger's battleship before Red Tiger escaped with Geppo and unleashed Meteor Volcano.
• Axel attacked Red Tiger at close range, using Armament Haki and his Watermelon Knives to make him defend instead of spreading magma across the battlefield.
• Raditz took over the fight, enhanced himself with buffs and Angel's Heart, and battered Red Tiger with a powerful combo that sent him into the sea.
• Kunpeng Squad members stopped Red Tiger's subordinates from rescuing him, and Axel sent non-Devil Fruit users into the water to capture Red Tiger.

As the Marines and World Government prepared to fight the Rocks Pirates, Lind trained with Kaido and Kozuki Oden to strengthen Oran Island’s forces. Sengoku was held in the West Blue by the Lanhe Republic crisis, while Axel and Raditz returned to Oran Island for the coming war.

• Saturn ordered Sengoku to handle the West Blue after Red Tiger was captured and the affiliated nations called for help.
• Lind sparred with Kaido and Kozuki Oden, pushing them hard and judging that his new strength rivaled the world’s strongest fighters.
• The Marines and World Government gathered at G-1 over the following month, preparing to fight the Rocks Pirates.
• Axel halted operations in Munger Town as the Lanhe Republic emerged publicly, and Sengoku stayed in the West Blue to contain the political crisis.
• Axel left half the Kunpeng Squad under Feng Yan in the West Blue, then returned to Oran Island with Raditz and the remaining members.

Lind outfitted his allies in capes and Battle Suits, then flew to confront the Marines and tried to recruit Garp, Zephyr, and their fellow officers. He returned to his lines expecting Kong's forces to attack soon and told Zhang Liang and Kaido to prepare for battle.

• Lind ordered Fia to have capes made for Oran Island's Battle Suits, specifying blue outside and red inside for his own.
• Lind reviewed the World Government's deployments and learned that Kong's Marine force was meant to hold him off while Saturn's forces attacked Golden Lion.
• After the capes arrived, Lind led Kaido and the others through the air to face the Marines, and Kong brought his senior officers out to meet them.
• Lind praised his Battle Suits and urged Garp, Zephyr, and other Marines to join Oran Island, highlighting its benefits and technology.
• Zephyr interrupted Lind's recruitment pitch, and Lind withdrew with Zhang Liang and Kaido after inviting the Marines to join him.
• Back aboard his ship, Lind celebrated the encounter and told Zhang Liang and Kaido to prepare for the Marines' likely attack.

Kaido fought Zephyr at the Oran Sea while Lind and his allies watched, but Zephyr’s enhanced strength overwhelmed him until Kozuki Oden joined the battle. As Zephyr continued to suppress both men, Lind decided to enter the fight against Kong, with Zhang Liang joining him and Charlotte Linlin watching for Sengoku.

• Kaido fought Zephyr at the first defensive line, but Zephyr’s speed and Armament Haki steadily wore him down.
• Kaido transformed into his Azure Dragon Form and unleashed several powerful attacks, only for Zephyr to activate his enhancement and brutally batter him.
• Lind urged Kozuki Oden to help Kaido, and Oden charged in with Enma and Ame no Habakiri.
• Kaido returned to his human-beast form and fought alongside Oden, but Zephyr countered their Conqueror’s Haki-coated attacks and kept them suppressed.
• Lind told Zhang Liang to join him and asked Charlotte Linlin to watch for Sengoku before heading to fight Kong.

Rocks redirected his forces to reinforce Shiki and launched a night raid on Saturn’s fleet. He killed Golden Wolf and took the Glint-Glint Fruit before Saturn discovered the attack.

• Rocks ordered Lind to hold the Marines on Oran Island while he led reinforcements toward Shiki’s territory.
• Lind sent Kaido and Kozuki Oden to reinforce Shiki, then continued fighting Kong and taunting the Marines.
• Kaido and Kozuki Oden reached Flying Sky Island, and Shiki withdrew his pirates to Leni Island to rendezvous with Rocks.
• Rocks and Shiki approached Saturn’s fleet, where Rocks infiltrated Golden Wolf’s warship and killed him in his quarters.
• Rocks took the Glint-Glint Fruit and escaped to Shiki, while Saturn shouted furiously from the fleet.

Rocks gathered the Rocks Pirates at Leni Island and led them to attack Saturn’s fleet after the World Government summoned reinforcements. The battle began in a massive slaughter, with both sides’ strongest fighters occupied and the outcome still uncertain.

• Saturn called on the Holy Knights and Celestial Dragon families for reinforcements, building a force that outnumbered Rocks’s troops.
• Rocks grew impatient as Saturn’s forces increased, so he rallied his pirates to sail against Marineford and Mary Geoise.
• Rocks led his fleet from Leni Island, and the pirates met Saturn’s fleet in a deadly battle.
• Rocks fought Saturn and Garling while Kaido, Kozuki Oden, Whitebeard, Shiki, and the other fighters engaged their opponents.
• Shiki knocked a female knight in black armor away and mocked her lack of strength.

Shiki used Life Return: Golden Lion Descends to overwhelm a Holy Knight, but the battle remained deadlocked until the Roger Pirates arrived. Roger called for both sides to stop fighting, and Rocks and Saturn began considering a retreat as the casualties and threat from other powers became clear.

• Shiki activated Life Return: Golden Lion Descends and drove the armored female knight into mortal danger, forcing the World Government to send an Admiral Candidate to help her.
• After a day of heavy fighting, the Roger Pirates arrived, and both sides paused to assess Roger's intentions.
• Roger asked both factions to end the battle, while Rayleigh warned that Lind and the Navy could exploit the losses to seize control of the seas.
• Rocks and Saturn considered the cost of further fighting as they saw the heavy casualties and worried about weakening their factions.
• Rocks challenged Roger to prove himself worthy of the favor, using his arrival as a face-saving excuse to withdraw.

Roger challenged Rocks, and their battle ended with Roger nearly dying and Rocks badly injured before the pirates withdrew. Roger explained to Rayleigh that he had intervened to protect the pirate forces, while Rocks ordered a campaign against the World Government and prepared to attack its territories.

• Rocks offered Roger a place among the Rocks Pirates, but Roger drew Ace and fought him instead.
• Rocks and Roger clashed with Divine Departure and World Ender, and Roger was outmatched in their first exchange.
• Roger pushed the fight until he nearly died, while Rocks also suffered serious injuries and lost much of his stamina.
• Rocks called off the battle and returned to Hachinosu, while Rayleigh carried the unconscious Roger back to the Oro Jackson.
• Roger told Rayleigh that he had intervened because Rocks, Whitebeard, and the other pirates could not afford to be wiped out by the World Government.
• Rocks ordered Shiki and Lind's territories to serve as the front line, assigned Newgate and Lind to command, and set out with Shiki to attack the Grand Line and the Four Blues.

After the battle in the Oran Sea, Lind sent Charlotte Linlin back to Totto Land and prepared to expand his influence into the West Blue while keeping his territories ready for war. Meanwhile, Rocks’s plundering spree ended in a devastating ambush that forced him to retreat to Hachinosu and rebuild his battered forces.

• Rocks ordered his subordinates to train and told Lind to find a way to kill the World Government’s Mirror-Mirror Fruit user.
• Lind delegated the search to Great Kun and Morgans, arranged wartime preparations, and sent Charlotte Linlin back to Totto Land.
• Lind ordered Fia to have officers and specialists draft plans for restarting the West Blue Strategy around Sengoku.
• Rocks led his forces on a violent plundering spree across the seas, destroying World Government-affiliated nations and drawing widespread anger.
• The World Government, marines, Celestial Dragons, and civilian fighters ambushed Rocks’s force, heavily injuring Shiki and killing many of Rocks’s men.
• Rocks escaped with his strongest fighters and decided to return to Hachinosu to recover and replenish his forces.

In 1483, Rocks and the World Government rebuilt their forces while extending their influence across the seas, with many factions secretly backing Rocks. By year’s end, Rocks had recovered and strengthened his ranks, while the Navy had also expanded rapidly as the story reached a key point in its original timeline.

• Rocks focused on the first half of the Grand Line, occupied the Fish-Man Kingdom, and recruited pirates across the Grand Line and Four Blues while Lind planted agents in West Blue.
• The Five Elders, including Saturn, allowed Rocks to expand while the Navy managed its overstretched territory and prepared to rebuild its strength.
• Rocks spent the year recruiting and training, and Kozuki Oden and Kaido reached Admiral-level as his Admiral Candidate-level fighters rose to sixteen.
• Zhu Feng sent Chinjao and Li Yunfei to join Rocks, while Elbaf, Blue Queen Lazuli, the Olin Kingdom, and Hunter's Heart also provided fighters.
• The Navy expanded under the World Government’s approval, gaining many Rear Admiral-, Vice Admiral-, and Elite Vice Admiral-level fighters.

Lind consolidated control over the Oran Sea and poured wealth into its development as the World Government’s inflation weakened the value of Beli. With the region under his administration and his gold reserves sufficient, he began considering an independent currency system.

• The Marines expanded their command structure under Kong, Sengoku, and Zephyr, but remained unable to take the fight to the Rocks Pirates.
• As Beli lost value, Lind converted his wealth into infrastructure, land, and other assets, focusing much of his attention on the Oran Sea.
• Through coercion and negotiation, Lind brought the Oran Sea’s powers under his direct administration and reshaped the region’s government.
• Lind funded Lazuli’s salvage fleet and supported Liana’s organizations, helping Lazuli and Robert rise as rulers of the Dark World.
• Lind encouraged spending across Oran Island and the Oran Sea to boost economic growth, while recognizing that residents still needed savings.
• With the Oran Sea under his control and his gold reserves strong, Lind began preparing an independent currency system.

Lind sent the Kunpeng Squad to Sabaody Archipelago to eliminate Gul'dan, the World Government's Mirror-Mirror Fruit user. The team ambushed a Cipher Pol birthday banquet, and Gul'dan was drenched with seawater and stabbed.

• Lind ordered Great Kun to arrange for someone to deal with Gul'dan within ten days.
• Black Bird paid Donald for information about Gul'dan, and Donald revealed that Gul'dan would attend Ginyu's birthday banquet at the Prince Hotel.
• Black Bird and the Kunpeng Squad used a Pinhole Camera to monitor the banquet and prepared to strike and withdraw quickly.
• Ginyu criticized the Celestial Dragons at his birthday celebration, and Lind entered the private room and suggested that Ginyu work elsewhere.
• The squad drenched Gul'dan with seawater and stabbed him before he could escape.

Zhang Liang's forces killed Gul'dan and Ginyu, prompting Rocks to prepare for an assault on God Valley while the World Government debated how to stop him. Saturn proposed drawing Rocks into a decisive battle at God Valley and using Uranus to destroy him.

• Black Bird poisoned Ginyu during the battle at the Prince Hotel, and Zhang Liang beheaded him before the Kunpeng Squad retreated to Oran Island.
• Lind reported Gul'dan's death to Rocks, then discussed forming the Oran Army or the Lind Army with Zhang Liang.
• After learning that the Celestial Dragons planned a ritual at God Valley, Rocks ordered John to gather the cadres and began recalling forces to Hachinosu.
• The Five Elders argued over how to counter Rocks after Gul'dan's death and the threat of his raids on Affiliated Nations.
• Saturn proposed using the God Valley ritual to lure Rocks into a decisive battle and deploying Uranus to kill him.

Lind urged his allies to expand aggressively in the West Blue while the World Government and Rocks prepared for the decisive battle at God Valley. After three months of fighting, the major factions had seized control of the sea, leaving the World Government with little influence.

• Lind sent letters urging Zhu Feng, Linlin, Loki, Zeus, and other allies to commit more forces to the West Blue without drawing attention to themselves.
• Zhu Feng planned to unite Flower Country by subduing the Second and Four Treasures Navies, while Lady Chang agreed to ask her grandfather to keep Sengoku occupied.
• Totto Land, Elbaf, the Olin Kingdom, and other factions joined the expansion, routing local forces and driving survivors to surrender to Flower Country or seek Sengoku's protection.
• After nearly three months of fighting, the major factions controlled the West Blue's businesses and territories, while the World Government retained little influence beyond nominal affiliated nations.

Lind prepared to join Rocks’s assault on God Valley, gathering five hundred elite fighters while arranging for Oran Island’s defense. Shiki arrived to transport Lind’s troops, and the Rocks Pirates’ senior officers assembled on Hachinosu as the campaign approached.

• After Rocks called for five hundred powerful fighters, Lind told Allison and Liana to remain on Oran Island and protect the children.
• Lind ordered the Kunpeng Squad and five other squads to send eighty elite members each, while the rest stayed behind to defend Oran Island.
• Lind decided not to ask Roger to guard Oran Island and instead called Redfield, who agreed to stay there for a while.
• Shiki arrived on Oran Island, shared a brief meal with Lind, and then began collecting troops from the division commanders’ territories.
• The Rocks Pirates’ senior officers gathered in the castle on Hachinosu to await Rocks before the war.

Rocks rallied the Rocks Pirates and led them toward God Valley, while the Celestial Dragons mobilized the Holy Knights and prepared the island as bait for an ambush. With both forces converging and camera-carrying birds hidden across the island, the battle was about to begin.

• Rocks rallied the pirates on Hachinosu, and the Golden Lion led their warships toward God Valley.
• Saint Garling mobilized nearly a hundred Holy Knights reserves and led them toward God Valley aboard airships.
• The Marines, Roger Pirates, Flower Country, and Elbaf watched or prepared for the conflict without committing their full forces.
• Cipher Pol agents found God Valley deserted, captured pirates to serve as slaves, and set up the Celestial Dragons' ceremony.
• Camera-carrying birds secretly spread across God Valley as both sides prepared for war.

The Rocks Pirates arrived at God Valley in full force and clashed with the World Government’s assembled forces. Although Rocks and his commanders outmatched many opponents, the battle remained nearly even, leaving the outcome uncertain as Uranus and other potential new arrivals loomed.

• The Rocks Pirates descended on God Valley, where Rocks confronted Saturn and the World Government’s forces joined the standoff.
• Rocks ordered his crew to attack, then overwhelmed Saturn and Garling until Kong intervened, while Lind gained the advantage over Zephyr.
• The Rocks Pirates’ top fighters proved stronger individually, but the World Government fielded eighteen Admiral-level fighters and more than thirty Admiral Candidate-level fighters.
• Lind’s Kunpeng Squad used their training, battle suits, coordination, and Recovery Potions to hold off the enemy’s Admiral Candidate-level fighters, bringing the battle back toward a stalemate.
• The battle’s outcome remained uncertain as Uranus, an approaching troublemaker, and a missing crown prince were suggested as possible variables.