Chapter Summaries

Ye Liangnai’s allies had grown powerful enough to serve as contingencies against the Marines, and Marco sensed that Ye Liangnai surpassed even Whitebeard. When Marine warships appeared behind them, Jesus Burgess hurled a cannonball at the fleet, leaving the Marines stunned as it hurtled toward their ship.

• Jesus Burgess told Ye Liangnai that sparring with him had greatly improved his strength and Devil Fruit abilities, bringing him to Katakuri’s level.
• Marco felt overwhelmed by the strength of Jesus Burgess, Nous, and Ye Liangnai, and doubted Ye Liangnai’s claim that he was about as strong as Whitebeard.
• Ruri spotted Marine warships following them and asked Ye Liangnai whether they should fire at them.
• Ye Liangnai agreed to test the Marines, and Jesus Burgess threw a cannonball at their fleet with his bare hands.
• A Marine colonel watched in shock as the cannonball neared the warship.

Garp joined the Marines’ battle against the Lightning Pirate Group and answered their cannonball barrage with his own overwhelming attack. He and the pirates traded fire across the sea, with the fight still raging.

• A rear admiral encouraged the Marine soldiers after a Sword Wave destroyed an incoming cannonball.
• Garp arrived, raised the Marines’ morale, and used beams of force to destroy three incoming cannonballs.
• Garp’s adjutant brought him cannonballs, which Garp hurled toward the Moby Dick.
• Jesus Burgess and Ruri recognized Garp and eagerly continued the exchange, excited to fight the Hero of the Navy.
• Garp unleashed his Fist Bone Meteor Shower, sending a torrent of cannonballs toward the Lightning Pirate Group and filling the sea with explosions.

Ye Liangnai wondered why the retired Garp was pursuing them instead of joining the high-end battles, and suspected Marine Headquarters had another plan. He charged Garp to test him and met the force of the old marine’s punch with his blade.

• Jesus Burgess and the others clashed with Garp, who treated their attacks as a warm-up.
• Ye Liangnai and Nous agreed that Garp’s presence on the pursuit mission seemed strange.
• Ye Liangnai suspected Marines might be waiting to surround them, but questioned whether Garp alone could be the whole plan.
• Ye Liangnai leaped toward Garp’s warship to test him.
• Garp punched at Ye Liangnai, and Ye Liangnai drew his blade and slashed in response.

Ye Liangnai landed on Garp’s warship and fought him while the Marines tried to keep the ship’s secret hidden. Garp was knocked into the sea, and Delusion Breaker returned to Ye Liangnai with blood on its blade.

• Ye Liangnai’s arrival shattered the sea around the Moby Dick, and he landed on Garp’s warship.
• Momousagi and Chaton worried that Ye Liangnai would discover the warship’s secret.
• Garp struck Ye Liangnai and sent him flying, but Ye Liangnai recovered with his flaming body and wings.
• Ye Liangnai swept Garp with his wings and blasted him backward into the sea.
• Ye Liangnai ordered Delusion Breaker to assassinate Garp, and the blade returned with blood on it.

Ye Liangnai and Garp exchanged powerful attacks at sea, revealing that both fighters could match the other's speed and strength. Their battle continued as Momousagi and Chaton watched from the warship, guarding its secret.

• Momousagi worried that Garp might be outmatched, while Chaton decided to wait before offering support so they could protect the secret aboard the warship.
• Garp emerged from the sea with a bleeding arm and laughed at Ye Liangnai's opening attack.
• Ye Liangnai mocked Garp as a remnant of the old era and unleashed a rain of Phoenix Fire Feathers, which Garp dispersed with his Iron Fist Wave.
• Ye Liangnai pierced what appeared to be Garp, but the wounded figure faded as an afterimage.
• Garp struck at Ye Liangnai from the side, and the two traded a series of powerful blows as Momousagi watched in astonishment.

Ye Liangnai fought Garp in a fierce battle and overwhelmed him with a burst of Haki, sending him falling toward the sea. As Momousagi and Chaton rushed to rescue Garp, Ye Liangnai attacked them with his saber.

• Ye Liangnai and Garp traded brutal blows, and Ye Liangnai pierced Garp with his saber.
• Garp countered with a Tempest Kick and a barrage of punches, but Ye Liangnai wounded his chest with Flash Erasure.
• Ye Liangnai descended on Garp with Phoenix Meteor Kill, and Garp met him with an Advanced Armament Haki punch.
• Ye Liangnai released Advanced Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, blasting Garp toward the sea.
• Momousagi and Chaton rushed to support Garp, but Ye Liangnai struck at them with Multi-Stage Assassination.

After Garp fell into the sea, the Marines moved to protect a crucial device aboard his warship while Bogard headed toward the Lightning Pirate Group's fleet. Garp emerged from the water and rapidly healed his wound, shocking Ye Liangnai.

• Ace watched Garp fall into the sea and worried that the Sea Kings would attack him.
• A Marine vice admiral reported Garp's defeat to Sakazuki, and Tsuru ordered the device moved into the Lightning Pirate Group's fleet.
• Bogard took a strange antenna-shaped Den Den Mushi and charged toward the Lightning Pirate Group's fleet.
• Jesus Burgess laughed at Bogard's approach, eager to fight.
• Garp burst from the sea after killing a Sea Cow Sea King and used Paper Drawing Body · Life Return to heal his chest wound.
• Ye Liangnai recognized Garp's technique and was shocked that Garp had removed his sword intent so easily.

Ye Liangnai and Garp fought with increasingly powerful attacks until Ye Liangnai defeated Garp again, sending him crashing into and splitting the Marine warship. As the ship broke apart and the Marines struggled in the waves, Ye Liangnai flew toward Momousagi and Chaton.

• Ye Liangnai charged Garp, who countered with Rokushiki secret techniques and wounded him with the Sky Piercing Spear.
• Ye Liangnai blocked Garp’s Iron Fist Gun with Phoenix Feather Slash, then attacked with a flurry of sword strikes as Garp met them with Fist Bone Meteor Shower.
• The two exchanged powerful attacks that shook the sky and sea while the Marine soldiers watched helplessly.
• Ye Liangnai transformed into a blazing phoenix and struck Garp down, sending him crashing into the warship and splitting it in two.
• As the Marines fled the sinking ship, Ye Liangnai flew toward Momousagi and Chaton.

Ye Liangnai defeated Momousagi and Chaton, then unleashed a fiery attack on the helpless Marine soldiers. A traveler on a bicycle intervened, shielding them with ice.

• Ye Liangnai struck Momousagi and Chaton with a storm of fire feathers and a series of midair sword attacks.
• Chaton shoved Momousagi out of danger, taking the full force of Ye Liangnai’s attack and becoming drenched in blood.
• Momousagi slashed Ye Liangnai, but he recovered and pierced her chest with a flash of his sword.
• Ye Liangnai threw Momousagi toward a warship, transformed into a Fire Phoenix, and rained fire feathers down on the Marine soldiers.
• A man with an afro arrived on a bicycle and raised an ice shield to protect the soldiers from Ye Liangnai’s flames.

Kuzan arrived to help the Marines and joined Garp in confronting Ye Liangnai. Ye Liangnai targeted Kuzan with a heat-based attack, but Kuzan and Garp struck him together, leaving an ice spear through his chest.

• Kuzan appeared and said he could not let his former comrades die, while Garp prepared to fight alongside him.
• Ye Liangnai charged at Garp, dodged his punch, and used Delusion Breaker to draw Kuzan into supporting Garp.
• Ye Liangnai redirected his attack toward Kuzan and used Assassinate, whose extreme heat slowed Kuzan's transformation into ice.
• Kuzan covered himself with Armament Haki, but Ye Liangnai's impact sent him flying as Garp attacked from behind.
• Ye Liangnai met Garp's punch with a flaming fist, and Kuzan pierced his chest with an ice spear.

Ye Liangnai faced Garp and Kuzan until Nous, Marco, Vista, and Ace joined the fight. After two hours, Garp and Kuzan were left badly injured on a wrecked warship, while Ye Liangnai's crew regrouped aboard the Manda Fusi.

• Ye Liangnai struggled to fight Garp and Kuzan at the same time and decided that running was his only option.
• Nous arrived and challenged Kuzan, allowing Ye Liangnai to focus on Garp.
• Marco and Vista joined Ye Liangnai, and Marco agreed to destroy the Marines' communications so Garp could not report back.
• Ace joined Nous in fighting Kuzan, leaving Kuzan worried he would suffer a crushing defeat.
• After two hours of fighting, Garp and Kuzan lay injured on a battered warship while Ye Liangnai, Marco, Vista, Nous, and Ace were left wounded aboard the Manda Fusi.

Garp and Kuzan were stranded aboard a crippled warship with their communications destroyed, while Ye Liangnai and Marco expected the Marines to ambush them near their destination. Near Water Seven Island, Tsuru noticed that contact with Garp’s side had been cut off.

• Garp and Kuzan reassured the three chefs that they would be rescued once Momousagi and the others recovered.
• Kuzan and Garp worried that Ye Liangnai’s strength exceeded their estimates and that they could not warn Tsuru’s group.
• Ye Liangnai asked Marco where the Marines would ambush them, and they agreed the likely location was near their destination.
• Tsuru noticed that news from Garp’s side had suddenly stopped reaching her.

With Garp unreachable after a clash with the Lightning Pirate Group, Tsuru ordered the Marines to stay alert. At Marine Headquarters, Dragon confronted Sengoku during the Revolutionary Army’s invasion and hinted that the Marines still underestimated Ye Liangnai before disappearing.

• Tsuru learned that Marine communications with Garp’s group had failed and alerted the top Marine officers.
• Kizaru, Fujitora, and Sakazuki reacted to Garp’s disappearance, and Tsuru ordered the Marines to monitor developments at sea.
• Ryokugyu faced Sabo at Marine Headquarters as Sengoku met Dragon.
• Dragon warned Sengoku not to underestimate Ye Liangnai but refused to reveal more because of an agreement with him.
• Dragon challenged Sengoku, who transformed into the Golden Buddha, and then Dragon vanished.
• A Five Elder noted that the Revolutionary Army was invading while Big Mom had clashed with Red-Haired, and blamed Ye Liangnai for destabilizing the seas.

The Five Elders agreed that Ye Liangnai had to be stopped before he became more dangerous than Rocks, while Ye Liangnai’s crew sailed toward the waters near Water Seven Island. Tsuru realized that Garp’s disappearance had disrupted the Marine plan, and Ye Liangnai had not yet noticed that his course was slightly off.

• The Five Elders warned that Ye Liangnai must not be allowed to grow stronger and hoped Sakazuki, Tsuru, and the others could subdue him.
• Ye Liangnai asked Nous how long remained until Water Seven Island, and Nous said the journey would take one more day.
• Ye Liangnai predicted that Marine Headquarters was preparing an ambush, while Marco agreed with his suspicion.
• Ye Liangnai’s route was revealed to be slightly off from Water Seven Island’s true location, though he had not noticed.
• Tsuru concluded that Garp’s prolonged silence required another change to the plan and acknowledged that Ye Liangnai was especially difficult to deal with.

Dragon challenged the Five Elders and Sengoku over the World Government’s rule, warning that the seas would change and that Ye Liangnai was prepared for the coming conflict. Sengoku then learned that Garp had gone missing, leaving him alarmed about Ye Liangnai’s strength.

• Sakazuki agreed with Tsuru’s plan, and both recognized that the coming battle would be difficult.
• Dragon confronted the Five Elders in ruined Mary Geoise and condemned the Celestial Dragons’ influence over the seas.
• Sengoku argued that changing the World Government required enough power to avoid harming ordinary people, while Dragon said he had founded the Revolutionary Army for that purpose.
• Dragon warned the Five Elders and Sengoku that Ye Liangnai would join forces with him and that they would lose the war of encirclement.
• Tsuru told Sengoku that Garp had lost contact and could not be located.
• Dragon told Sengoku that Ye Liangnai was stronger than anyone he had ever seen, even Whitebeard.

Dragon warned Sengoku and the Five Elders that Ye Liangnai was stronger than he was before the Revolutionary Army escaped. As the Lightning Pirate Group and New Whitebeard Pirates neared their route to Laugh Tale, Ye Liangnai reassured his crew despite Nous sensing they had gone off course.

• Dragon told Sengoku and the Five Elders that Ye Liangnai was even stronger than an Admiral, then used a gale to make the Revolutionary Army disappear.
• Sengoku urged Tsuru to return safely as the Marines prepared for the coming battle.
• Tsuru ordered the Marine warships to coat themselves and sink beneath the sea while they waited for the Lightning Pirate Group.
• Fifty kilometers away, the Lightning Pirate Group and New Whitebeard Pirates gathered at sea and discussed reaching Laugh Tale.
• Nous studied the Eternal Pose and worried that the crew had strayed off course, but Ye Liangnai reassured him and pointed to their prepared trump card.

Tsuru’s Marine force lured Ye Liangnai to an unnamed island and ambushed the Lightning Pirate Group and New Whitebeard Pirates, inflicting heavy casualties. Ye Liangnai realized the Marines had manipulated the earth’s magnetic field and prepared to fight Sakazuki as the battle began.

• Tsuru alerted the Marines that Ye Liangnai’s ships were approaching, and the soldiers braced for his arrival.
• Ye Liangnai landed on what he believed should be Water Seven Island and questioned why it looked deserted.
• Sakazuki, Kizaru, and a gravity attack struck the pirate ships from multiple directions, and Ye Liangnai and his allies counterattacked.
• The clash wrecked ships on both sides and left many dead in the water.
• Ye Liangnai accused the Marines of using Vegapunk’s technology to manipulate the earth’s magnetic field and lure him into the ambush.
• Sakazuki charged Ye Liangnai, who surrounded himself with flames and prepared to fight.

Ye Liangnai and his allies fought Sakazuki and Kizaru while Tsuru and the Vice Admirals arrived to surround the Lightning Pirate Group and the New Whitebeard Pirates. The battle escalated as the outnumbered pirates prepared to face the Marines, including Fujitora, whom they blamed for their comrades’ casualties.

• Ye Liangnai drove Sakazuki back after their first clash, shocking Kizaru and the others watching.
• Kizaru attacked Ye Liangnai, but Nous struck at him from behind; Kizaru dodged, then reappeared and evaded Ye Liangnai’s sword attack with his future-sight Observation Haki.
• Sakazuki launched Hound Devouring Guren at Ye Liangnai, who charged straight into the magma hound with Phoenix Meteor Kill.
• Tsuru and the Vice Admirals emerged on the sea and surrounded the Lightning Pirate Group and the New Whitebeard Pirates.
• Jesus Burgess welcomed the fight, while the Lightning Pirate Group showed no fear despite being outnumbered and losing most of their ships.
• Fujitora appeared on a Marine warship, drawing the pirates’ anger over the casualties caused by his earlier attack.

Ruri clashed with Fujitora while Ye Liangnai and his allies faced the Marines’ Vice Admirals. Ace answered the Marines’ taunts by unleashing Flame Emperor, startling Onigumo, Smoker, and Tsuru.

• Ruri charged Fujitora and struck against his gravity attack without being hindered.
• Ye Liangnai praised Ruri’s strength as Tsuru watched from beneath the sea and reaffirmed her resolve to defeat his crew.
• Sakazuki questioned Ye Liangnai’s confidence, but Ye Liangnai hinted that the Marines might soon regret it.
• Onigumo, Momonga, and the other Vice Admirals called Ace and the pirates failures, provoking Ace with memories of the Summit War.
• Ace responded by launching Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor, shocking Onigumo, Smoker, and Tsuru.

Ace’s overwhelming attack devastated the Marine fleet, forcing Tsuru to adjust her plan and prepare the SSG. As the battle continued, Ace repelled Smoker while Ye Liangnai taunted Sakazuki and suspected the Marines were still hiding forces.

• Ace unleashed a powerful attack that boiled the sea and destroyed nearly a dozen Marine warships.
• Tsuru ordered the Shipwreck Unit to drive the pirates toward the island and prepared to deploy SSG and the Pacifista robots.
• Ace blasted Smoker back with a fiery punch, shocking the Marine soldiers.
• Ye Liangnai mocked Sakazuki over the Marines’ losses and pointed out that their strategist and other forces had yet to appear.