Highlights

Egghead Island arc in One Piece features intense plot with powerful villains like Saint Saturn.
Saint Saturn's regeneration power allows him to heal from any injury quickly, making him a formidable opponent.
Five Elders, including Saturn, likely possess unique Devil Fruit abilities with strong regenerative powers.

One Pieceis currently in the Egghead Island arc and, given that the story is tackling the final phase of the entire series now, it is no surprise that the plot is getting more intense than ever before. Of course, an intense storyline means stronger villains, and the final saga has certainly given fans some of the most intriguing and dangerous villains in the form of the Five Elders.

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The Five Elders certainly are not new to the fans. These characters were first introduced long before the timeskip of the story. However, they are only now coming into play, and that means that these powerful individuals are going to have their moment to shine. Saint Saturn, one of the strongest characters in the entire story of One Piece, is playing an active part in the Egghead Island arc. He has displayed some incredible abilities to the fans over the last few chapters, but one that particularly stands out is his incredible regeneration factor. While this might look like a regular ability on the surface, there is some sinister secret behind it.

Saturn's Regeneration Power

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Saint Saturn appeared as an antagonist and the Egghead Island arc and fans knew that he would play some sort of role in this story arc as soon as they saw him take part in the attack on Egghead with the Navy. Although Saturn did not want his identity known at first, when Kizaru started struggling on Egghead, he knew that he would have to jump into action and take things into his own hands. He did just that, and used the powers of a summoning circle to bring himself on Egghead. The Summoning Circle clearly looked demonic in nature, and the aura around it was certainly very malevolent as well. Saturn utilized this power to summon himself on Egghead, and just like a satanic ritual, he emerged from the circle, with giant flames and black lightning emerging from it.

Saturn then went on to showcase his powers and battle, especially when he fought against the likes of the Straw Hat Pirates. Fans got to see all of his abilities. He could inflict injuries on others by merely looking at them. Even strong characters, such as Sanji or Luffy, were not able to see where this attack was coming from. His second ability was the power to hold people down in their place using some bizarre power. Thirdly, and most importantly, Saturn was shown to have an incredibly powerful regeneration factor. No matter what injury he was dealt, he was able to heal from it as if nothing happened in the first place.

Saturn's regeneration factor was put on display on many occasions in the story, and the very first time fans got to see it fully was when Kuma landed a powerful blow on him. Kuma punched him right across the face and sent him flying across Egghead. Fans saw one of his horns break, and his entire facial structure get destroyed. He also lost his arm, by the looks of it when he was struck by this attack, however, and fans saw Saturn. Moments later, he appeared as if he wasn't even scratched, which was shocking. Fans also got to see more of Saturn regenerating later down the line. When the likes of Franky attacked him, and of course, when Luffy's Dawn Gatling blew him away, Saturn was seen regenerating again and again.

This was especially highlighted during his battle against Luffy. The Straw Hat Pirate was not able to harm him despite being in Gear 5, and clearly acknowledged the fact that Saturn's regeneration ability was incredibly annoying. No matter what Luffy did to him, he could not put him down, and this was a clear indication of the fact that something was unique about his regenerative powers.

The Regeneration Power Of The Five Elders

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Clearly, Saint Saturn is not alone when it comes to having these incredible regeneration powers. Fans know the Five Elders to hold unique Devil Fruit abilities which resemble monstrous creatures. This was confirmed in the Reverie arc, and it will certainly be put on display in One Piece chapter 1110 as well. As such, it shouldn't be a surprise for the fans to see all the other members of the Five Elders hold similar regeneration powers as well.

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This is especially true because the nature of the powers of these Elders is very similar. For instance, all of them emerge from big giant summoning circles with massive flames and black lightning emerging from them. All of them hold the power to communicate telepathically with each other, and, similarly, all of them will most certainly hold the regeneration power that Saturn has as well. It is a fair assumption to say that Saturn has everything that all the other Elders have as well, and that these powerful individuals have something more deep than just Devil Fruit abilities up their sleeve.

The Source Of Saturn's Regenerative Abilities

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The very first thing that one might consider when thinking of the regeneration factor of Saturn and the Five Elders is, of course, their Devil Fruit ability. Most Zoan Devil Fruits have a powerful regeneration factor associated with them. For instance, Zoans are known to be the best at close-range combat. They have a higher attack power, and, at the same time, a higher recovery rate as well. However, no Zoan fruit user can actually regenerate. That said, specific Zoan powers can have the ability to regenerate. This is especially true in the case of Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits.

Mythical Zoans are known to have unique abilities associated with them. It is possible that in the case of the Devil Fruit of Saturn and the other Five Elders, this unique power is the ability to regenerate. While this is a possible theory, it wouldn't make sense for all five of them to have this same power, given that all of them have a different ability.

One can also consider the idea that the Five Elders have an entirely different subclass of Zoan Devil Fruits. While Zoans are categorized into Ancient and Mythical Zoans, apart from the normal ones, it is possible that the Five Elders have Zoan Devil Fruits that belong to an entirely different subclass that has never been heard before. This wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary. Oda did something similar with the Paramecia Devil Fruit class in Whole Cake Island, when he gave Katakuri the Special Paramecia. For the Five Elders to have a special class, especially since they are the most exalted of all people in the One Piece world shouldn't be surprising at all. It would then explain why their Devil Fruits have unique powers that no other fruit has shown in One Piece.

There is also a prevalent idea that the Five Elders are actually satellites, similar to how Vegapunk has his own satellites created by Stella. According to this idea, the Five Elders are satellites created by Imu, and all the abilities that they show are Imu's very own. In this case, the regeneration power will then belong to Imu, however, there are quite a few holes in this idea, which make it less likely. The regeneration ability is not normal, and is certainly tied to a concept that fans do not know about just yet, but they most likely stem from the Devil Fruit-like ability that the Elders have.

One Piece is available to read via Viz Media. The series can be read by the fans officially and for free on the Shonen Jump and the Manga Plus app. The release date for the next chapter of One Piece, One Piece 1110, is set to be March 17, 2024.