Chapter Summaries

The Navy, Holy Knights, and pirate factions gathered as Roy surfaced atop a gigantic lanternfish and revealed the Pure Gold inside its glowing lantern. After Roy claimed the metal, the wounded beast thrashed through the sea, and Whitebeard used his Conqueror's Haki to drive it underwater.

• Sengoku ordered the Navy to wait while the pirates weakened each other, and Saint Garling instructed Aokiji to freeze the sea once the Pure Gold appeared.
• A ten-thousand-meter lanternfish burst from the sea, with Roy, Myskina, and Olga standing atop its head.
• Roy cut open the lanternfish's glowing lantern, revealing a piece of Pure Gold that sent smaller pirate crews charging toward him.
• Roy released his control of the injured lanternfish, which thrashed and swept nearby pirate ships away with enormous waves.
• Whitebeard unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, causing the lanternfish to flee beneath the sea.

Roy used the Pure Gold to draw the emperors and their crews into battle on Golden Lion’s islands, then brought the floating archipelago down to create a battlefield. As the fighting spread, the Marines and Holy Knights closed in, and Roy welcomed their arrival while holding the imitation Pure Gold.

• Whitebeard questioned why Roy was not retreating, then joined Golden Lion and Big Mom in fighting for the Pure Gold.
• Roy used his Telekinesis to lower Golden Lion’s floating islands onto the sea, and the rival pirate crews charged onto them.
• Roy told his crew to spread out and hold off the enemy officers while he waited for the fighting to escalate.
• Sengoku tightened the Marines’ encirclement as Saint Garling led the Holy Knights toward the islands.
• Aokiji froze the surrounding sea, trapping the battlefield, while Roy watched and declared that the real hunt had begun.

The Roy Pirates overwhelmed their enemies as Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Big Mom joined forces to seize the Pure Gold. Roy’s three strongest fighters intercepted them, leaving Bullet, Hawk Eyes, and Kaido facing off against the three emperors.

• The Roy Pirates and Beasts Pirates slaughtered the opposing forces across the floating archipelago.
• Whitebeard and Marco recognized that the Roy Pirates were causing severe losses, while Big Mom and Golden Lion grew furious at Roy.
• Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Big Mom agreed to attack Roy together and charged toward the Ark Maxim.
• Bullet intercepted Whitebeard, Hawk Eyes struck Golden Lion with a slash, and Kaido attacked Big Mom from the sky.

As the Roy Pirates fought the emperors, Doflamingo led six allies in a sneak attack on the Ark Maxim to seize the Pure Gold. Tesoro intercepted them and used his Rumble-Rumble Fruit to strike down Heavy Drinker and Catarina Devon before counterattacking Corrupt King.

• Roy directed his crew through Telekinesis while monitoring the battlefield with Observation Haki.
• Doflamingo persuaded Corrupt King, Heavy Drinker, Catarina Devon, Blizzard Light, Vinsmoke Judge, and Hanafuda to circle around and attack the Ark Maxim.
• Tesoro intercepted the seven attackers with a lightning strike that blasted a crater into their path.
• Corrupt King, Heavy Drinker, Catarina Devon, and Blizzard Light attacked Tesoro together, but he dodged them with his lightning speed.
• Tesoro struck Heavy Drinker with lightning, then hit Catarina Devon as she tried to flee.
• Tesoro dodged Corrupt King's charge and punched him in the abdomen.

The Roy Pirates’ allies turned against the Corrupt King’s group while the battles across the floating archipelago intensified. As the underworld brokers waited for the Navy and Holy Knights to act, Roy anticipated their arrival.

• Tesoro defeated Blizzard Light with lightning, while Doflamingo revealed he had always served Roy and struck down Catarina Devon; Hanafuda attacked the Corrupt King and Heavy Drinker.
• Doflamingo confirmed his alliance with the Roy Pirates, and Roy silently approved, recognizing that Doflamingo had earned a chance at Bloodline Transplantation.
• After finding no opponents left nearby, the Red Count returned to the Ark Maxim, where Roy told him that someone would arrive soon.
• Giberson, Umit, Big News Morgans, and Stussy watched from a concealed ship and planned to act after the Navy and Holy Knights had entered the conflict.
• Bullet fought Whitebeard, Hawk Eyes clashed with the Golden Lion, and Kaido battled Big Mom across the floating islands.

The Roy Pirates and Beasts Pirates fought the forces charging toward the Ark Maxim for Pure Gold, while Roy directed the battle and Tesoro joined the fray with devastating lightning attacks. The Roy Pirates gained the upper hand, and Doflamingo and Hanafuda killed four captured Shichibukai as the battle continued.

• Marco, Jozu, Vista, Thatch, Katakuri, Smoothie, Cracker, Indigo, and their forces charged toward the Ark Maxim to seize Pure Gold.
• Roy’s officers and the Beasts Pirates’ commanders met the attackers in a chaotic battle while Roy used Observation Haki to guide his side and counter threats.
• Tesoro joined the battlefield and unleashed Raigo: Mamaragan, striking enemies with pinpoint lightning and clearing a large area.
• Marco attacked Tesoro with Phoenix Brand, and the two clashed as Tesoro’s lightning helped the Roy Pirates gain the upper hand.
• Doflamingo and Hanafuda killed the captured Corrupt King, Catarina Devon, Heavy Drinker, and Blizzard Light.
• Doflamingo watched the distant battlefield and said the outcome was now up to Roy.

Aokiji froze the sea around the Eye of the Abyss, trapping the pirates and allowing the Marines to encircle the floating islands. The Holy Knights arrived to seize the Pure Gold, and the Red Count confronted their commander, Saint Figarland Garling, while Roy watched from the Ark Maxim.

• Aokiji froze the sea, ships, and stranded pirates as Sengoku ordered the Marines to tighten their encirclement and wait.
• Saint Figarland Garling led the Holy Knights toward the floating islands, cutting down pirates on their way to the Ark Maxim.
• Marco, Jozu, Katakuri, Smoothie, and Cracker recognized the Holy Knights and reacted with alarm as the newcomers charged toward Roy.
• The Red Count left the Ark Maxim to block Saint Garling, and the two clashed blades in a powerful shock wave.
• The Red Count revealed his blood-red bat wings and charged Saint Garling again as their battle continued.

Roy faced the nine Holy Knights who charged the Ark Maxim for Pure Gold, using his awakened Telekinesis Fruit to trap and overwhelm them. Although he blasted them away with a Haki-infused slash, the Holy Knights healed their wounds and regrew severed limbs with black mist, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The nine Holy Knights left Saint Garling's fight and charged toward the Ark Maxim while the other fighters paused to watch.
• Roy expanded his Domain around the Ark Maxim, disrupting the Holy Knights' movements and Observation Haki as he attacked them with Shusui.
• Roy mocked the Holy Knight who resembled Shanks and called him “Stanks,” then fought all nine as they joined forces against him.
• Roy used his Hundredfold Gravity Field to pin the Holy Knights down and struck them with a Haki-infused slash that blasted them away.
• Black mist healed the Holy Knights' wounds and regrew severed arms, restoring all nine to full strength.

Roy discovered that Conqueror’s Haki could stop the Holy Knights’ tattoos from healing them and used it to defeat most of the nine attackers. He left Stanks incapacitated and examined a badly wounded blonde Holy Knight as she begged him to stop.

• Roy noticed the strange tattoos on the Holy Knights and suspected they were the source of their immortality.
• Roy coated Black Blade Shusui with powerful Conqueror’s Haki and wounded a Holy Knight, preventing his black mist from healing him.
• Roy attacked the remaining Holy Knights with Haki-coated slashes, and the onlookers watched in shock as six fell.
• The Red Count kept Saint Garling from reaching the battle while Roy overwhelmed Stanks and the last two Holy Knights.
• Roy sensed the fallen Knights’ life forces fading, approached the wounded blonde woman, and heard her plead with him.

Roy defeated the Holy Knights’ remaining fighters and used his Conqueror’s Haki to erase the tattoo on one woman’s severed arm, while a shadowed figure in Mary Geoise murmured about D and Joy Boy. As the Navy encircled the battlefield and Sengoku tried to isolate the Roy Pirates, Roy displayed the Pure Gold, reigniting the pirates’ greed.

• Roy used his Conqueror’s Haki to make the glowing tattoo on the Holy Knight’s severed arm disappear.
• A shadowed figure in Mary Geoise murmured, “D! Not... Not Joy... Bo...” before closing their eyes.
• The surviving Holy Knights struggled on the battlefield as Whitebeard, Big Mom, and the others reacted to Roy’s victory; Saint Garling tried to reach Roy, but the Red Count blocked him.
• The Navy completed its encirclement, and Sengoku declared that the Navy would target only the Roy Pirates while allowing the other pirates to leave.
• Sengoku rebuked Akainu for demanding an immediate attack, while Roy recognized the plan to divide the pirate crews.
• Roy held up the Pure Gold, drawing every pirate’s attention and stirring their greed, though no one dared approach him.

Roy destroyed the Pure Gold and scattered its fragments among the navy, provoking pirates and emperors to charge for eternal life. As the battlefield erupted, Akainu attacked indiscriminately and Aokiji raised an ice wall to stop the pirates, which was struck by a tremendous force.

• Roy cut the Pure Gold into pieces and claimed that even a tiny fragment could grant eternal life.
• Roy flung five fragments toward Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, the marines, and Saint Garling, then urged everyone to seize them by force.
• Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Big Mom, and a mass of pirates charged for the fragments, while Sengoku ordered the marines to defend them.
• Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano against the charging pirates, hitting marines as well, while Roy protected his side with a transparent shield.
• Aokiji froze the magma aimed at his ranks and raised a huge ice wall in front of the pirates, but a tremendous crash shook it.

The Marine and pirate forces fought over the fallen Pure Gold fragments as Whitebeard and Big Mom seized fragments and Kizaru secured one for Sengoku. Roy secretly manipulated the battlefield to help Saint Garling escape with another fragment, then drew Akainu’s suspicion from aboard the Ark Maxim.

• Whitebeard shattered Aokiji’s ice wall, while Kizaru collected a fragment and Golden Lion drove him away with a barrage of slashes.
• Sengoku transformed into his Golden Great Buddha form and ordered the Marines to protect the Pure Gold fragments.
• Whitebeard fought Akainu, while Big Mom broke through the Vice Admirals’ defenses, killed the Marine holding a fragment, and took it for herself.
• Kizaru handed his fragment to Sengoku, while Golden Lion used his powers to carry another fragment away from Kizaru.
• Roy used telekinesis to disrupt the pirates pursuing Saint Garling, allowing Saint Garling and three Holy Knights to escape with a fragment.
• Roy’s interference opened a gap in the Marine formation, letting Whitebeard seize a fragment; Akainu noticed the opening and saw Roy watching him from the Ark Maxim.

Roy used the Pure Gold fragments to disrupt the battle, leaving Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Big Mom with one each while the Navy claimed the remaining two. After Saint Garling took the Navy's fragment and withdrew, Roy ordered his allies to attack the Navy before they pulled back.

• The three pirate emperors each kept a Pure Gold fragment, while Sengoku and Saint Garling held the Navy's two fragments.
• Garp mocked Saint Garling, and Sengoku handed over the Navy's fragment before Garling and the Holy Knights departed.
• Roy watched Garling leave, then asked Kaido what to do as the Navy and pirate forces regrouped across the bloodied battlefield.
• Kaido called for another fight, and Roy ordered everyone to attack the Navy and make the World Government pay before withdrawing.
• Enel formed a thundercloud for Tesoro, while Kaido led the Beasts Pirates and Roy's other allies charged the Navy.

The Roy Pirates and Beasts Pirates devastated the marines as Roy coordinated the assault and kept Sengoku occupied. Roy ordered a withdrawal after the marines were nearly wiped out, then escaped aboard the Ark Maxim with the Pure Gold.

• The Roy Pirates and Beasts Pirates launched a coordinated attack, while Tesoro struck the marines with precise lightning from the sky.
• Sengoku, Garp, and the Three Admirals joined the battle, but Bullet, Hawk Eyes, the Red Count, and Kaido engaged them and blocked their advances.
• Roy used Observation Haki and Telekinesis to coordinate his allies, suppress the marines, and prevent Sengoku from reaching the battlefield.
• The Red Count wounded Chaton, Hawk Eyes endangered Momousagi, and marine forces suffered catastrophic losses as Garp realized Bullet was stalling for time.
• Garp vowed to kill Bullet the next time they met, and Roy ordered the pirates to withdraw toward the Ark Maxim.
• Roy taunted Sengoku with the half-piece of Pure Gold before the Ark Maxim vanished, leaving the battlefield strewn with corpses.

After Roy escaped with most of the Pure Gold, Sengoku ordered the Navy to surround Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Big Mom and seize their fragments. Big Mom fled after throwing her fragment to Sengoku, Golden Lion escaped on his floating islands, and Whitebeard remained locked in battle with Akainu and Aokiji.

• Sengoku redirected the Navy to surround the three emperors and take their Pure Gold fragments.
• Whitebeard chose to fight rather than retreat and resumed his battle with Akainu, while Aokiji joined in.
• Garp and Sengoku overwhelmed Big Mom's side, and Big Mom threw her fragment to Sengoku before escaping with her surviving children.
• Golden Lion raised his floating islands and escaped into the clouds after using a barrage of slashes to stop Kizaru's pursuit.
• Kizaru gave up chasing Golden Lion and turned toward Whitebeard, who was still fighting Akainu and Aokiji.

Whitebeard held Akainu and Aokiji back so Marco could lead the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates off the ice field, then escaped himself. Back aboard the Ark Maxim, Bullet and the others crowded around Roy and demanded to see the Pure Gold.

• Garp refused Sengoku's order to help Akainu and Aokiji, warning that the Whitebeard Pirates would fight desperately if he joined the battle.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco to take the crew to Sphinx Island while he covered their retreat, and Marco led Jozu, Vista, Thatch, and the others away.
• Whitebeard fought off Akainu and Aokiji, then used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to create an opening and escape across the shattered ice.
• Akainu tried to pursue Whitebeard but collapsed after his injuries caught up with him, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to clean up the battlefield and withdraw.
• Aboard the Ark Maxim, Bullet, Tesoro, Savi, Yamato, Pea, Hawk Eyes, the Red Count, and Crocodile gathered around Roy and demanded to see the Pure Gold.

Roy revealed the real Pure Gold and had its inventor, Myskina, explain that it could extend life but would halt the wearer’s physical development. The crew decided not to use it for now, and Roy stored Kaido’s share for when Kaido wanted it.

• Roy showed the crew the real Pure Gold, and Kaido and the others eagerly examined it.
• Roy summoned Myskina, who explained that Pure Gold slowed metabolism and could extend life for centuries, but might stop the wearer’s strength from growing.
• Kaido chose fighting and getting stronger over wearing Pure Gold, but asked Roy to keep his share for later.
• Roy stored the Pure Gold and told everyone not to claim any for now, and the crew agreed.

Roy and the returning group arrived safely at Hachinosu, where the residents welcomed them with an island-wide feast. The next morning, a newspaper exposed the battle for Pure Gold and Roy’s role in it, leaving the world to react to the confrontation.

• Roy returned to Hachinosu aboard the Ark Maxim and reunited with Stella and the others.
• Roy welcomed the returning crew and residents with a feast, where the group celebrated through the night.
• Kaido thanked Roy for the adventure and Pure Gold, then departed for Wano Country with King, Queen, Jack, and the Beasts Pirates.
• The World Economy News Paper published a front-page report showing Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Big Mom, the navy, and Roy at the center of the battle for Pure Gold.

The world reacted to Roy’s victory over the Holy Knights and the Emperors, making him a legendary pirate, while he brought Myskina and Olga to Hachinosu’s research base. Myskina began studying modern science and hoped the Bloodline Transplantation technique could cure Olga without Pure Gold, as Marines gathered at Marineford.

• The newspaper reported Roy’s battle against the Holy Knights, the Emperors, and the Marines, and the Five Elders vowed to kill him.
• Sengoku, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Big Mom, the Underworld figures, and people across the world reacted to the report and the fragments of Pure Gold.
• Roy introduced Myskina and Olga to Dr. Gracia at the Hachinosu research base, where Myskina eagerly examined its advanced equipment.
• Myskina and Dr. Gracia bonded over their research, and Myskina hoped Bloodline Transplantation could let Olga grow up without relying on Pure Gold.
• A meeting of Marine Headquarters’ top brass began in Marineford.

After the battle over Pure Gold, the Marines and pirates recovered from their heavy losses while the Five Elders consulted Lord Imu, who ordered them not to attack Hachinosu yet. Roy reflected on the threats and mysteries ahead as night fell over the island.

• Sengoku received the Marine casualty report, then traveled to Mary Geoise after the Five Elders summoned him.
• The Five Elders ordered the Marines to expand their forces, increase training, and strengthen surveillance, while giving the recovered Pure Gold to Vegapunk for study.
• The Five Elders asked Lord Imu whether to use Uranus against Hachinosu, and Imu said Roy did not belong to the D. Clan and forbade a rash attack on the New World.
• The Marines began recruiting, training, and building warships as they recovered, while the Whitebeard Pirates, Golden Lion, and Big Mom's crew dealt with the aftermath of the battle.
• Roy watched the sunset from Hachinosu and considered the World Government, the emperors, Blackbeard, the Void Century, the Ancient Weapons, Laugh Tale, and Lord Imu.