Chapter Summaries

The ninja world enjoyed peace and rapid development under the order Ye Liangnai had helped establish, leaving him bored in Kirigakure. His system revealed a temporary route to a new world where he could seek battle, and Ye Liangnai suspected it was the One Piece world.

• People across the ninja world discussed how alliances and economic ties among the nations made war less likely.
• Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha agreed that preserving peace would prevent families from being displaced.
• Yahiko and Konan celebrated the peaceful ninja world and credited Ye Liangnai’s rules and economic system for keeping it stable.
• Deidara complained about the lack of opportunities to test his art, while Sasori of the Red Sands focused on making puppets.
• Jiraiya admired the peace and praised Ye Liangnai for achieving what others could not.
• Ye Liangnai lamented his boredom and learned from his system about a temporary route to a new world, which he suspected was the One Piece world.

Ye Liangnai traveled from the ninja world to the Grand Line, where he awoke in the body of a hunted fugitive and was nearly killed by a Marine warship. After washing ashore, he synchronized his abilities and gained Lv. 3 Swordsmanship and the Flash skill, leaving him injured but ready to make do with his new start.

• Ye Liangnai agreed to travel after the system promised the ninja world would remain safe for four years and offered to leave behind a physical clone.
• The system transported Ye Liangnai to Lewis Island, where Marines spotted him and fired cannonballs at him.
• Ye Liangnai learned that his body belonged to an escaped slave who had eaten the Bird-Bird Fruit, and he lost consciousness after falling into the sea.
• Ye Liangnai woke on an unnamed island and waited while the system synchronized his abilities.
• Ye Liangnai chose Swordsmanship because the other options were incompatible with the world, and the system granted him Lv. 3 Swordsmanship and Flash.

Ye Liangnai built a boat, sailed into the Grand Line, and became notorious as the “Lightning Killer” for hunting powerful pirates to gain Enhancement Points and earn money. After he turned in Bryce’s head and declined to immediately join the Marines, someone in the Bounty Office took an interest in him.

• Ye Liangnai learned that dying in the One Piece world would kill his original body, then set out to find an inhabited place and test his strength.
• In 1521, Ye Liangnai built a boat and sailed toward the permanent waypoint at Raftel.
• People at a Bounty Office discussed Ye Liangnai’s killings, including the death of Smoker, the Golden Pirate.
• Ye Liangnai handed over Bryce’s head and collected 9.41 million Berries in reward money.
• The clerk told Ye Liangnai that Fleet Admiral Sengoku wanted him to join the Marines, and Ye Liangnai said he would think about it.
• Ye Liangnai explained that he hunted strong pirates to gain Enhancement Points, survive, and support himself; a young man at the Bounty Office became interested in him.

Ye Liangnai enhanced his Bird-Bird Fruit into a Phoenix Model and bought a new ship in Water Seven. As he stocked it with supplies, Franky's House members planned to seize the vessel.

• A mysterious man watched Ye Liangnai leave and vowed not to let him reach Luffy.
• Ye Liangnai used 150,000 Enhancement Points to develop his Bird-Bird Fruit into the Phoenix form, gaining flight, powerful flames, and new skills.
• Ye Liangnai decided to buy a larger ship and seek information about the Poneglyphs.
• In Water Seven, Ye Liangnai paid 100 million Beli for the Moby Dick and set sail on it.
• Franky's House members spotted Ye Liangnai, and their leader ordered some of them to take his ship while he watched Ye Liangnai.
• Ye Liangnai bought several million Beli worth of supplies without noticing that Franky's House was targeting his ship.

Ye Liangnai drove Franky's House off his ship and met Fire Fist Ace, who challenged him over rumors that he planned to attack Straw Hat Luffy. They began fighting on a nearby island, where Ye Liangnai struggled against Ace's power and elementalization.

• Ye Liangnai warned Franky's House to leave his ship, then defeated its members with Delusion Breaker and spared their lives.
• The deliverymen fled after Ye Liangnai attacked Franky's House, and he loaded the abandoned goods onto his ship.
• Fire Fist Ace confronted Ye Liangnai about whether he intended to make a move against Straw Hat Luffy.
• Ye Liangnai challenged Ace to a fight and took him to a deserted island near Water Seven.
• Ace blasted Ye Liangnai with fire attacks, and Ye Liangnai's sword failed to hit Ace because he used elementalization.

Ye Liangnai fought Fire Fist Ace in Phoenix Form and was defeated after a fierce clash. Ace demanded to know whether Ye Liangnai planned to target Straw Hat Luffy, but Ye Liangnai denied knowing who Luffy was.

• Ye Liangnai transformed into a Fire Phoenix and attacked Ace with fiery feathers that could burn his Logia body.
• Ace fought back with Crossfire and Divine Fire: Unknown Fire, piercing both of Ye Liangnai's wings.
• Ye Liangnai used Phoenix Meteor Kill, but Ace stopped him with Flame Ring: Fire Pillar and knocked him into a crater.
• Ace held a Fire Gun to Ye Liangnai's neck and demanded to know whether he intended to attack Straw Hat Luffy.
• Ye Liangnai claimed he had never heard of Luffy and said he had killed Golden Pirate and Blood Blade only because they attacked him.

After surviving a stormy journey to Alabasta, Ye Liangnai set out to find the Poneglyph and learn its secrets. Meanwhile, Sengoku sent Aokiji to offer Ye Liangnai a Shichibukai position, as Ye Liangnai reached the Alabasta Royal Palace.

• Ace confirmed that Ye Liangnai had never heard of Straw Hat Luffy, then left with him for Water Seven.
• Ye Liangnai spent 500,000 Enhancement Points to improve his Devil Fruit ability and decided to travel to Alabasta for the Poneglyph.
• A storm battered Ye Liangnai’s ship, and he realized he needed to recruit a navigator.
• A newspaper spread news of Ye Liangnai’s battle with Fire Fist Ace, and Ye Liangnai reached Alabasta after three days at sea.
• Sengoku asked Aokiji to deliver Ye Liangnai a Shichibukai appointment, and Aokiji set out with the letter.
• Ye Liangnai crossed Alabasta’s desert and arrived at the Royal Palace, alarming its guards.

Ye Liangnai made a rubbing of Alabasta’s Poneglyph after King Cobra allowed him to see it, then decided to seek a navigator and make a name for himself by defeating Moria. Before he could reach a Bounty Office, Admiral Aokiji appeared and said he wanted to discuss something with him.

• Ye Liangnai knocked down the guards who blocked him, then introduced himself to King Cobra and asked to see Alabasta’s Poneglyph.
• Cobra led Ye Liangnai beneath the royal palace, where Ye Liangnai made a rubbing of the Poneglyph and promptly left.
• Bell wondered whether Ye Liangnai had truly come only for the Poneglyph, while Ye Liangnai decided to find a navigator and defeat Moria to build his reputation.
• As Ye Liangnai sailed across the sea, Aokiji froze the water ahead, appeared on a bicycle, and said he wanted to discuss something with him.

Ye Liangnai accepted the invitation to become a Shichibukai on the condition that he could fight Aokiji, though Aokiji refused to teach him Haki. After their battle left Ye Liangnai badly injured, Aokiji granted him the position, and Ye Liangnai received 250,000 Enhancement Points.

• Aokiji gave Ye Liangnai an invitation to become a Shichibukai, and Ye Liangnai accepted on the condition that he receive Haki training and fight Aokiji.
• Aokiji refused to provide a Haki training method but agreed to test Ye Liangnai's strength.
• Ye Liangnai attacked Aokiji with his sword, then transformed into a Fire Phoenix and fought him with blazing feathers and fire.
• Aokiji froze Ye Liangnai's wings and body, but Ye Liangnai broke free with his phoenix flames and launched Phoenix Meteor Kill.
• Aokiji defeated Ye Liangnai with Ice Block: Burst Pheasant Beak, then confirmed that Ye Liangnai could take the Shichibukai position.
• The system awarded Ye Liangnai 250,000 Enhancement Points for the incomplete battle with Aokiji.

After becoming a Shichibukai, Ye Liangnai drew pirates to Faluisi Island, where they planned to challenge him or watch the spectacle. As Ye Liangnai strengthened his Phoenix powers and waited for navigator applicants, an unexpected arrival approached.

• Aokiji left after telling Ye Liangnai that he would likely soon be invited to gather with the Shichibukai, and Ye Liangnai began recruiting a navigator.
• Newspapers announced Ye Liangnai's Shichibukai status, prompting pirates across the first half of the Grand Line to head for Faluisi Island and test his strength.
• Eustass Kid and Trafalgar Law decided to go to Faluisi Island to watch the gathering of pirates.
• On Banaro Island, Blackbeard said he intended to take the Shichibukai position from Ye Liangnai, while Vasco Shot and Jesus Burgess reacted to the prospect of a fight.
• Ye Liangnai enhanced his Mythical Zoan to the intermediate stage, gained Phoenix Form and Phoenix Feather Slash, and reached power level 52.
• After waiting for a navigator to arrive, Ye Liangnai realized that something else had shown up instead.

Ye Liangnai defeated Ares and destroyed the Mammoth Pirates, then fought off several other crews that challenged his Shichibukai position. News agency reporters recorded the battles near Faluisi Island and began investigating his mysterious appearance.

• Ares of the Mammoth Pirates attacked Ye Liangnai, demanding that he surrender his Shichibukai position.
• Ye Liangnai killed Ares with Delusion Breaker and burned his body with flames.
• Ye Liangnai destroyed the Mammoth Pirates’ ship with his Phoenix Fire Feathers, leaving the crew defeated or fleeing into the sea.
• Ye Liangnai destroyed the Tiger Pirates, Devil Pirates, Machine Band Pirates, Unicorn Pirates, and other crews that challenged him.
• Reporters aboard news agency ships recorded Ye Liangnai’s victories and discussed investigating his unknown origins.

Ye Liangnai confronted the Kid Pirates after destroying eight pirate crews, and Eustass Kid challenged him to test his strength. Their battle devastated the surrounding sea, and Ye Liangnai gained the upper hand over Kid.

• Trafalgar Law told Ye Liangnai he had come to watch rather than fight, then warned him that the Kid Pirates had arrived.
• Ye Liangnai flew to Eustass Kid’s ship and accepted Kid’s challenge.
• Kid used magnetic force to form a steel dragon while Slaughter Demon Killer helped fend off Ye Liangnai’s aerial fire-feather attack.
• Ye Liangnai knocked Killer into the sea with a Phoenix Feather Slash, prompting Kid to attack in anger.
• Ye Liangnai and Kid clashed with powerful attacks that battered Kid’s ship and sent nearby pirate crews fleeing.
• Ye Liangnai’s flames and power surged as he declared that Kid was no match for him.

Ye Liangnai defeated Kid and invited Trafalgar Law to join his crew, but Law refused because he doubted Ye Liangnai’s strength. Ye Liangnai recruited navigator Nous Timan and set sail for Mogutan Town as news of his battle spread, drawing Whitebeard’s attention.

• Ye Liangnai overpowered Kid, spared his life, and left Kid furious at being humiliated.
• Ye Liangnai invited Trafalgar Law to join his crew, but Law declined, saying Ye Liangnai was not strong enough to help him achieve his goal of taking revenge on Doflamingo.
• Ye Liangnai promised to prove his strength to Law and left him wondering how he knew about his revenge plan.
• Two days later, Ye Liangnai recruited the navigator Nous Timan and set sail aboard the Moby Dick for Mogutan Town to seek a Poneglyph rubbing on Skypiea.
• Newspapers spread news of Ye Liangnai’s victory, and Whitebeard remarked that the young pirate showed potential.

Ye Liangnai arrived in Mogutan Town with Nous after increasing his strength, and Bellamy confronted him in a restaurant to demand money. Ye Liangnai defeated Bellamy and left him near death, then drove off the rest of the Hyena Pirates.

• Ye Liangnai completed an enhancement that raised his power level to 56, then docked at Mogutan Town with Nous to rest and restock.
• Hyena Pirates underlings tried to intimidate Ye Liangnai and Nous, but Ye Liangnai warned them to leave.
• A man told Bellamy that a wealthy newcomer had arrived, and Bellamy went to the restaurant to demand money from Ye Liangnai.
• Bellamy attacked Ye Liangnai, who caught his punch, severed his right arm, stabbed him with Delusion Breaker, and blasted him with Phoenix Fire Feathers.
• Ye Liangnai threatened Bellamy's underlings, and they fled the restaurant in terror.

While Blackbeard’s crew planned to attack Ye Liangnai at night, Nous revealed that he could use Haki and began teaching Ye Liangnai after detecting the approaching pirates. The chapter ended with Ye Liangnai starting his Haki training as Blackbeard’s group prepared to strike.

• Blackbeard and his crew arrived near Mogutan Town and decided to wait until night to attack Ye Liangnai.
• Nous sensed powerful people on the island with Observation Haki, and Ye Liangnai recognized the group as Blackbeard’s crew and suspected they had come for him.
• Ye Liangnai and Nous left town to hide, and Ye Liangnai asked Nous to teach him Haki.
• Van Augur reported that someone among Ye Liangnai’s companions had detected them, but Blackbeard refused to attack before nightfall.
• Nous explained the three types of Haki and began training Ye Liangnai in its use.

Ye Liangnai learned Observation Haki and Armament Haki in half a day, then spent five hours fighting Nous to strengthen them. That night, he detected Blackbeard's group's attack and killed the sniper Yin Yue Van Augur with Delusion Breaker.

• Ye Liangnai drew out Observation Haki and Armament Haki in half a day, astonishing Nous with how quickly he learned.
• Ye Liangnai and Nous fought for five hours, improving Ye Liangnai's Haki before night fell.
• The system announced Ye Liangnai had gained six Strength Levels, and his attribute panel showed both Haki skills at beginner level.
• At nine o'clock, Ye Liangnai sensed a bullet from Yin Yue Van Augur and warned Nous.
• Ye Liangnai located Van Augur a kilometer away and killed him with Delusion Breaker.

Ye Liangnai attacked Blackbeard's crew, killing Vasco Shot and Lafitte while Blackbeard escaped through a sea of darkness. After Lafitte died, Ye Liangnai used his corpse to recover the Bird-Bird Fruit.

• Ye Liangnai charged Blackbeard while Nous engaged Jesus Burgess, and Van Augur lay wounded from Ye Liangnai's earlier attack.
• Ye Liangnai's strikes killed Vasco Shot and badly wounded Blackbeard, who tried to retreat as Lafitte attacked from the air.
• Ye Liangnai drove Blackbeard to the brink of death, but Blackbeard swallowed himself in darkness and escaped.
• Ye Liangnai pursued Lafitte with Phoenix Fire Feathers, overcame the suppression of Lafitte's Devil Fruit, and caught him in his talons.
• Ye Liangnai killed Lafitte despite his offer to serve, then placed a nearby fruit on his corpse and recovered the Bird-Bird Fruit.

Ye Liangnai forced Jesus Burgess to submit and gave Nous a Bird-Bird Fruit that transformed him into a lightning-wreathed Luan Bird. After their fierce battle, Nous demonstrated his increased strength, and Ye Liangnai estimated that his new power justified a bounty of at least 300 million.

• Ye Liangnai cut off Jesus Burgess’s escape and spared him after Jesus Burgess surrendered, appointing him helmsman.
• Ye Liangnai offered Nous the Bird-Bird Fruit, and Nous ate it and transformed into a lightning-wreathed blue Luan Bird.
• Nous’s new power resonated with Ye Liangnai’s ability, prompting a physical enhancement and a boost to Ye Liangnai’s Observation Haki and Armament Haki.
• Nous challenged Ye Liangnai, and the two fought until three in the morning, when Nous ran out of stamina.
• Nous asked whether his strength warranted a bounty of 300 million, and Ye Liangnai agreed that his aerial advantage justified it.

Ye Liangnai reached Skypiea, copied the Poneglyph on God's Island, and arranged for his crew to train there. The chapter left Jesus Burgess excited to learn Haki while Gan Fall and Wipper kept the newcomers under watch.

• After the Knock Up Stream carried Ye Liangnai, Nous, and Jesus Burgess to the White Sea, Skypiean guards questioned them about their purpose.
• Ye Liangnai asked to see the Poneglyph on God's Island, and Gan Fall agreed to escort the group there.
• Ye Liangnai copied the Poneglyph's information, while Jesus Burgess asked to stay and train on the island.
• Wipper agreed to let the group remain under guard, and Ye Liangnai told Nous to teach Jesus Burgess Haki.

After a week of training on Skypiea, Ye Liangnai returned to the Blue Sea with Jesus Burgess and Nous and learned that the Straw Hat Pirates had escaped Enies Lobby. He headed for Marineford to attend a Shichibukai meeting, then encountered the Straw Hat Pirates and approached them peacefully.

• Ye Liangnai improved his physical abilities and Haki during a week on Skypiea, while Jesus Burgess mastered Armament Haki and developed Shockwave Fist.
• Ye Liangnai, Jesus Burgess, and Nous descended to the Blue Sea and read news of the Straw Hat Pirates’ escape from Enies Lobby and their new bounties.
• Ye Liangnai learned that a Shichibukai meeting had been called and ordered his companions to set course for Marineford.
• Doflamingo and Hawkeye Mihawk reacted to the meeting summons in separate locations.
• Nami spotted Ye Liangnai’s ship approaching the Straw Hat Pirates, and Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepared for a fight.
• Ye Liangnai boarded the Straw Hat ship, told the crew he did not intend to fight, and remarked on the commotion they had caused.