Chapter Summaries

Raditz killed his opponent and joined Feng Yan, easing pressure across the battlefield while Lind used Autumn to attack the Celestial Dragons’ fighters. The fight returned to a stalemate when Saint Mars joined Zephyr against Lind, but Lind’s Marine infiltrators then launched a surprise assault that began wiping out the Holy Knights Reserves.

• Raditz unleashed his full power, killed his opponent with help from Black Bird, and went to support Feng Yan.
• With Raditz helping Feng Yan, Lind surveyed the other fights and sent Autumn to attack the Admiral Candidates alongside Axel.
• Saturn summoned Saint Mars, who joined Zephyr against Lind and forced him to stop controlling Autumn on the other battlefields.
• Lind’s Marine infiltrators struck the exhausted Holy Knights Reserves, killing five and injuring more than a dozen.
• Lind’s officers used Life Return to press the attack, rapidly eliminating Celestial Dragon elites as their relatives watched helplessly.

Roger arrived at God Valley and challenged Rocks, drawing him away from Saturn while Garp joined the fight. The Roger Pirates then fought Lind’s forces, but Rayleigh and Axel quietly arranged a staged battle as Garling and Saturn remained the real threat.

• Saturn weighed whether to use Uranus as Lind and Rocks’s forces overwhelmed the Celestial Dragons’ side.
• Roger landed on God Valley with Rayleigh, Gaban, and elite crew members, then challenged Rocks to stop him from ruling the world.
• Rocks abandoned Saturn to fight Roger, and Garp joined Roger against Rocks while Saturn, Garling, and Kong watched.
• Garling restarted the fighting by attacking Shiki, while Rayleigh led the Roger Pirates against Lind’s forces.
• Rayleigh and Gaban engaged Zhu Ying and Axel, who understood Rayleigh’s intentions and helped stage the fight against Lind’s forces.
• Lind’s men cooperated with the Roger Pirates, leaving Garling and Saturn as the main threats.

With Rocks absent from the front, Lind and the other Rocks Pirates struggled against the World Government’s stronger forces while Lind searched for the hidden Devil Fruits. He discovered Ginny, Kuma, Pande Lia, and Molly had found the treasure, and contacted Pande Lia to arrange a purchase and ask for her help in the battle.

• Lind and the senior Rocks Pirates divided up their opponents as the World Government’s Admiral-level fighters overwhelmed their side and casualties mounted.
• Lind searched for the Devil Fruits, Ginny, and Kuma while holding off Zephyr and Saint Mars, then spotted Molly, Ginny, Kuma, and Pande Lia near the royal palace.
• Molly dug a tunnel to the palace, where Ginny opened a hidden compartment containing six treasure chests of Devil Fruits.
• Lind used telepathy to contact Pande Lia, who quietly told Ginny and the others that Lind had found them and offered to buy the remaining fruits.
• Pande Lia said she would support Lind after Molly helped the others escape God Valley, and warned them not to join a battle beyond their abilities.

Pande Lia joined Raditz and Black Bird in killing a poisoned Holy Knights fighter, while the World Government withdrew after its losses mounted. The remaining elite fighters were drawn away from Rocks, leaving Lind to suspect that the World Government would use Uranus to end the battle.

• Pande Lia sent Molly, Ginny, and Kuma toward Flower Country or the Lanhe Kingdom for safety, then headed to the battlefield.
• Pande Lia helped Raditz and the invisible Black Bird kill another Holy Knights fighter with deadly poison.
• Saturn signaled the Celestial Dragons to retreat, unwilling to risk further losses among their top fighters.
• The exhausted Rocks Pirates did not pursue the retreating forces, and the remaining elite fighters continued fighting around Rocks.
• World Government forces drew Lind, Shiki, John, Whitebeard, Kaido, and others away from the central battle.
• Lind watched Rocks, Roger, and Garp fight and suspected the World Government would deploy Uranus.

After surviving Uranus’s attack, Rocks was left badly injured and surrounded by Roger and Garp, while the other pirates prepared to retreat. Lind and Roger escaped with their crews, leaving Rocks behind as the World Government’s forces closed in to kill him.

• Roger, Garp, and Rocks rose after surviving Uranus’s attack, with Rocks in the worst condition because he had taken the brunt of the blast.
• Roger and Garp moved to finish Rocks, while the World Government’s forces stopped the Rocks Pirates from reaching their captain.
• Lind and Shiki began withdrawing, prompting the other pirates to abandon the battlefield and return to their ships.
• Lind drove back his opponent and fled with his men, while Roger suddenly knocked Rocks and Garp away and raced to the Oro Jackson.
• The pirate ships retreated, and the World Government abandoned pursuit as Saturn ordered its forces to surround Rocks and kill him.

Rocks drank the potion Lind had given him and launched a final, life-consuming assault against the World Government’s forces at God Valley. He killed several opponents and took Saturn down with him before dying, bringing the battle to an end and ushering in the Legendary Pirate Era.

• Rocks drank the Recovery Potion Lind had left him, unaware that Allison had altered it to consume his life force and unleash his strength.
• Rocks used his renewed power to fight the World Government’s forces, killing a top-tier fighter and wounding many others.
• The attackers changed their tactics and cornered Rocks as the potion’s effects wore off, and Rocks realized Lind’s gift had been a final rally before death.
• Rocks abandoned escape and focused his attacks on Saturn, suppressing Saturn’s Devil Fruit with the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Garp shattered Rocks’s heart as Rocks killed Saturn, and the battle of God Valley ended with Rocks’s death.

After Rocks's death, the remnants of his crew scattered and ten powerful pirate crews rose across the New World. Lind declared the Lind Army independent and reorganized it into thirteen divisions, setting strict strength requirements for their commanders.

• Shiki brought the remnants of the Rocks Pirates back to the New World before the Division Commanders and other officers went their separate ways.
• The former Division Commanders founded pirate crews, and turmoil drove many weaker pirates from the New World to Paradise and the Four Blues.
• Lind used the lull in fighting to declare the Lind Army independent and reorganize its original thirteen elite squads into divisions.
• Lind gave the thirteen Division Commanders greater authority and required future commanders to meet high strength standards, with the first commanders facing a two-year deadline to reach Admiral Candidate level.

Lind’s army completed a major reorganization into three institutes, nine departments, and thirteen squads, assigning leaders to each. The chapter left Lind’s established followers at the center of power while newer talents waited to prove themselves and earn a place in his core circle.

• Lind and his commanders reorganized the army, handing specialized administrative work to qualified subordinates so Division Commanders could focus on their squads.
• The army established three institutes led by Larry, Asa, and Axel, and nine principal departments led by Lind and his core followers.
• The thirteen Division Commanders were assigned to their squads, with most possessing Elite Vice Admiral or Admiral Candidate strength.
• Holt found a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit suited to him, and Lind expected the young commander to become an Admiral-level powerhouse.
• Lind’s established followers retained the army’s key positions, while talented newcomers such as Lazuli and Lapis still had to earn their way into his core circle.

The World Government gave Borsalino the Glint-Glint Fruit and Dragon the Storm-Storm Fruit, while Lind struggled to decide what to do with the imprisoned Red Tiger and sought Sakazuki for his army. In the North Blue, Axel waited in a tavern for a chance to approach Sakazuki.

• Kong gave Borsalino the Glint-Glint Fruit and Dragon the Storm-Storm Fruit, urging them to train and become future Admirals.
• Asa told Lind that the Science Institute had made no progress extracting Devil Fruits, and Lind considered recruiting former MADS scientists.
• Lind agonized over whether to kill or keep Red Tiger and sent Axel to find Sakazuki in the North Blue.
• Axel reached Sakazuki’s town, considered taking the boy in and grooming him as his successor, then waited in a tavern for him.

Axel met seventeen-year-old Sakazuki in a North Blue tavern and used the young bounty hunter’s interest in expensive liquor to draw him into conversation. After offering him a bottle of Dragon’s Tears, Axel invited Sakazuki to leave town and see the wider world with him.

• Sakazuki arrived at the tavern and ordered vodka from Oran Island, drawing attention because the liquor cost one million Beli a bottle.
• Sakazuki drank the vodka and felt its warmth boost his strength, though its price left him discouraged.
• Axel explained that the vodka sold cheaply on Oran Island and presented Sakazuki with a bottle of Dragon’s Tears, a rare liquor reputed to grant great strength.
• Sakazuki told Axel he was a bounty hunter who had heard of Hunter’s Heart but lived too far from any branch to join.
• Axel told Sakazuki he had potential and invited him to come see the wider world.

Axel began mentoring Sakazuki in Taijutsu and swordsmanship, hoping to recruit him as a disciple and eventually take him away. After a month of training, Sakazuki had improved greatly but remained reluctant to leave because of his younger sister, Olsen; meanwhile, Great Kun prepared for Saint Pineapple’s arrival in Red Lotus Town.

• Sakazuki asked for time to consider Axel’s offer, and Axel invited him to train while he stayed in town.
• The next day, Axel gave Sakazuki a Six Powers manual and began teaching him.
• Axel trained Sakazuki for a month, during which Sakazuki mastered Shave and Iron Body and improved his fitness by drinking Dragon’s Tears.
• Though Sakazuki grew moved by Axel’s dedication, he hesitated to leave town because he worried about bringing his sister, Olsen, along.
• Great Kun ordered everyone to prepare for Saint Pineapple’s imminent arrival in Red Lotus Town.

Saint Hariberro arrived in Sakazuki’s town and claimed Olsen as his wife, forcing Sakazuki to beg for her release before standing between her and the Celestial Dragon’s bullets. As Saint Hariberro ordered his guards to attack, Axel told Sakazuki to eat the strange red fruit in Olsen’s basket, leaving Sakazuki poised to gain its power.

• Great Kun arranged for Saint Hariberro to visit Sakazuki’s town in the North Blue, hoping to use the Celestial Dragon for his plans.
• Saint Hariberro spotted Olsen and declared that she would become his twenty-eighth wife.
• Sakazuki asked Axel for help, then pleaded with Saint Hariberro to spare Olsen and offered to do anything in return.
• Saint Hariberro rejected Sakazuki’s plea, threatened to kill him and Olsen, and shot at them.
• Sakazuki blocked Saint Hariberro’s bullets with his hand as Axel told him to eat the red fruit in Olsen’s basket.

Axel gave Sakazuki the Magma-Magma Fruit and moved the battle outside Red Lotus Town so he could fight without endangering its residents. Sakazuki defeated the CP Agents and turned to the terrified Saint Hariberro, who begged for mercy.

• Lind scolded Great Kun over the dangerous scheme and left Sakazuki’s situation to Axel.
• Axel knocked away the CP Agents, sent them and Saint Hariberro outside town, and urged Sakazuki to eat the Magma-Magma Fruit.
• Sakazuki ate the fruit, learned to use its power quickly, and killed a CP Agent with a magma-coated punch.
• Sakazuki developed Hound-Biting Red Lotus and injured the CP leader while battling the surrounding CP Agents.
• Sakazuki used Great Eruption to kill the CP leader, leaving Saint Hariberro to kneel and beg for mercy.

Sakazuki killed Saint Hariberro despite his threats and offers, then struggled with what the Marines’ idea of justice meant to him. With Axel’s guidance, he turned his attention to protecting Red Lotus Town and urged its residents to seek refuge with North Blue Governor Darren.

• Saint Hariberro pleaded with Sakazuki, threatening him with the Marines and offering to help him join them, but Sakazuki rejected his words and burned his cap marked with “Justice.”
• Sakazuki declared that he would fight any Marine Admiral who hunted him and killed Saint Hariberro with a magma punch.
• Axel comforted Sakazuki and reminded him that he could pursue his own justice, then urged him to help protect Red Lotus Town from the World Government’s retaliation.
• Sakazuki returned to town, reunited with Olsen, and told the residents that he had killed the Celestial Dragon.
• Sakazuki advised the residents to leave Red Lotus Town and seek refuge on Black Tortoise Island with North Blue Governor Darren, whom he trusted to protect them.

After Sakazuki killed Saint Hariberro, Axel helped him accept that he would have to become a pirate and arranged for him to travel to the New World. The World Economy News Paper publicized the killing, making Sakazuki famous and prompting reactions from Whitebeard, Kizaru, and Dragon.

• Sakazuki told the townspeople he would leave for the New World with Axel, and Axel described the protection the Rocks Pirates' former commanders could offer there.
• Sakazuki cursed the Celestial Dragons by the shore, but Axel urged him not to abandon the justice in his heart, and Olsen reassured him that she was not to blame.
• Axel arranged for Sakazuki and the others to leave Red Lotus Town aboard a Blue Route ship bound for Oran Island.
• Lind instructed Fia to have Morgans publish the news of Saint Hariberro's death after Axel and the others had boarded Lazuli's ship.
• The World Economy News Paper portrayed Sakazuki as a brave defender of justice, and its coverage made him famous across the seas.
• Whitebeard praised Sakazuki and considered taking him in, Kizaru wondered why he seemed familiar, and Dragon condemned the Celestial Dragons for driving a promising Marine into piracy.

Dragon questioned why Lind had become a pirate and began to feel the stirrings of rebellion, while Sakazuki struggled with fear after killing a Celestial Dragon. After reading a newspaper report about himself, Sakazuki reaffirmed his own sense of justice and awakened Conqueror's Haki.

• Dragon wondered whether Lind had become a pirate for reasons like Sakazuki, and Kizaru warned him to watch what he said.
• Zephyr decided he would steer Sakazuki toward Lind's territory if he were sent to pursue him, believing Lind could shelter him without corrupting him.
• Raphael showed Sakazuki a World Economy News Paper report about the Celestial Dragon's death and reassured him that Blue Route would get him safely to Oran Island.
• Sakazuki read the report, decided the World Government did not represent justice, and resolved to uphold the justice in his heart.
• Sakazuki awakened Conqueror's Haki, and Axel congratulated him while telling him to prove his convictions through his actions.

While Axel trained Sakazuki in Haki on the voyage to Oran Island, Lind and the senior Rocks Pirates agreed that Golden Lion Shiki would inherit Rocks's banner and lead the Dragon-Slaying Order. Shiki announced the order and added his own bounties in a worldwide broadcast, becoming more famous than Sakazuki.

• Axel trained Sakazuki in the Three Types of Haki, and Sakazuki made rapid progress as they sailed toward Oran Island.
• Lind invited Shiki, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin to discuss Rocks's successor and the leadership of the Pirate Alliance.
• Shiki argued that his Flying Fleet was best suited to lead, and Lind agreed to fund the Dragon-Slaying Order's bounties.
• Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin supported Shiki, and Lind arranged for Morgans to broadcast his announcement after the other Division Commanders agreed.
• Shiki announced that the Dragon-Slaying Order remained in effect and promised additional bounties for the first hundred Celestial Dragon killers.
• Shiki's broadcast reached the world, and his fame eclipsed Sakazuki's.

After Shiki’s announcement brought a wave of attacks against the Celestial Dragons, the World Government ordered the Marines to strike Shiki, reigniting war in the New World. Shiki gathered reinforcements and launched an attack on G-3 Base, where Sengoku, Zephyr, Garp, Kizaru, and Dragon awaited him.

• Shiki’s announcement spread worldwide, and attackers killed numerous Celestial Dragons abroad, filling the first ten Dragon-Slaying Order slots and driving the survivors back to Mary Geoise.
• The Five Elders ordered Kong and the Marines to eliminate Shiki, and Sengoku led a major force toward his territory with plans to seize a foothold in the New World if Shiki retreated.
• Lind worried that the other pirates would avoid supporting Shiki to protect their own territories, but Zhang Liang, Whitebeard, and Kozuki Oden arrived at Flying Sky Island to reinforce him.
• The Marines assembled at G-3 Base under Sengoku, with Zephyr, Garp, Kizaru, and Dragon among the forces preparing to fight.
• After Kozuki Oden arrived, Shiki used his Float-Float Fruit powers to fly with his fleet to G-3 Base and challenged Sengoku.

Shiki attacked G-3 Base with floating islands, then fought Sengoku as the battle spread across the battlefield. Bogard revealed Admiral-level strength by holding off Kozuki Oden.

• Shiki hurled enormous islands at G-3 Base, and Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr shattered them, though falling debris damaged the base.
• Sengoku charged Shiki, and their Haki-coated blows and powerful techniques clashed evenly.
• Shiki realized he could not match Rocks through strength alone and considered relying more on schemes, alliances, and his Devil Fruit.
• Garp, Zhang Liang, and others joined the escalating battle between Shiki's forces and the Marines.
• Kozuki Oden clashed with Bogard and recognized that the Marine Rear Admiral possessed exceptional strength.
• Bogard explained that years of dangerous battles as Garp's adjutant had honed his skill, while Garp marveled that he could hold Oden off.

Zhang Liang unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin and grievously wounded Garp, shifting the balance of the battle. With Zhang Liang exhausted and Garp’s fate unknown, the combatants began preparing to end the stalemate.

• The Marines and Golden Lion’s allied fleet remained locked in a stalemate while their strongest fighters continued battling.
• Dragon fought relentlessly against the pirates, killing nearly half of those lost across the battlefield and drawing their attacks.
• Zhang Liang told Garp he would demonstrate a new move, then unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.
• Garp’s Iron Fist could not withstand the sword attack, and he was struck down with wounds across his body as Sengoku and Zephyr cried out.
• Zhang Liang, drained of nearly all his stamina, retreated to recover while Shiki and Whitebeard decided not to press the Marines further.