Chapter Summaries

Ye Liangnai defeated Sakazuki and forced the Marines to agree to a ceasefire. He took Sakazuki prisoner and led his crew toward Water Seven Island.

• Rob Lucci attacked Ye Liangnai from behind, but Ye Liangnai's flaming wings blasted him away.
• Ye Liangnai stopped Sakazuki's retreat, struck him down, and seized him while he was badly wounded.
• Ye Liangnai demanded that Vice Admiral Tsuru end the fight, and Tsuru agreed to a ceasefire after exchanging a glance with Kizaru.
• Ye Liangnai's pirates celebrated as he took Sakazuki prisoner and ordered his crew to Water Seven Island.

Ye Liangnai defeated the Marines and continued toward Raftel while holding Fleet Admiral Sakazuki captive. After Tsuru warned him that uncovering the Void Century could plunge the world into chaos, he clarified his goal was to leave the world, and Sengoku learned that the Marines had lost.

• Marco said he never expected to reach Raftel as the New Whitebeard Pirates mocked the Marines.
• Tsuru demanded to know when Ye Liangnai would release Sakazuki, and he promised to do so after reaching Raftel and seeing what he wanted.
• Tsuru warned Ye Liangnai that uncovering the Void Century would make every faction target him, but he said he only wanted to leave the world.
• Ye Liangnai ordered everyone to set sail, then used a Sword Wave and threatened Sakazuki to stop Tsuru from following.
• Tsuru reported the Marines' defeat to Sengoku, who concluded that they knew too little about Ye Liangnai and had made a strategic mistake.

Ye Liangnai and the Lightning Pirate Group reached Water Seven Island and prepared to continue toward Raftel, while Tsuru and the Five Elders struggled with the consequences of Sakazuki’s capture. The Five Elders decided that Sakazuki had to be rescued so he could remain Fleet Admiral.

• Ye Liangnai and the Lightning Pirate Group arrived at Water Seven Island and celebrated their approach to the path to becoming Pirate King.
• Ye Liangnai spread out the four Road Poneglyphs, determined their direction, and rested on Water Seven Island before setting out for Raftel.
• Tsuru followed behind Ye Liangnai’s group and worried about explaining the defeat, Marine casualties, and compensation to the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders reconsidered Ye Liangnai’s strength after he captured Sakazuki despite their deployment of SSG.
• The Five Elders decided to rescue Sakazuki and keep him as Fleet Admiral.

Ye Liangnai and his companions reached the peaceful, lush island of Laugh Tale, only to find its grass resistant to their attacks and a colossal Black Dragon emerging before them. The crew faced the dragon as it revealed itself to be large enough for its head to rival the entire island.

• Ye Liangnai, Marco, and Fire Fist Ace arrived at Laugh Tale and marveled at its vast tree and lush landscape.
• Fire Fist Ace suggested the island had been deliberately erased from maps, and Ye Liangnai ordered the crew to land.
• The island's grass attacked Ye Liangnai and his companions, resisting flames, lightning, and Vista's swordsmanship.
• A deep growl and powerful thumps shook the island as the crew spotted a gigantic Black Dragon.
• Ye Liangnai realized the thumps had been the dragon's heartbeat and saw that its head was as large as the island.

Ye Liangnai and his companions encountered a chained Black Dragon on Raftel Island, which revealed the ancient conflict between the White Star Tribe and the Sol People. The Black Dragon explained that Joy Boy was needed to free it and reach the Final Land, then warned that four powerful creatures guarded the island.

• Ye Liangnai saw that the Black Dragon was enormous and bound to the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree by massive chains.
• The Black Dragon said only Joy Boy could fulfill the mission of history and release it, but Ye Liangnai said he had come to explore rather than decipher ancient secrets.
• The Black Dragon revealed that the Sol People, also called the Soul Tribe, had destroyed the White Star Tribe and divided the world to establish the World Government.
• The Black Dragon described the Sun God ability associated with Joy Boy, and Ace recognized its traits as matching his brother Luffy.
• The Black Dragon warned that four powerful creatures guarded the island and that Joy Boy would have to defeat them to obtain the key to the Final Land.

After the Black Dragon warned Ye Liangnai and his companions about four other powerful beasts on the island, they continued exploring and were suddenly attacked by one of them. Ye Liangnai blocked its strike, and the group saw a gigantic, unfamiliar monster resembling a cheetah crossed with a snake.

• The Black Dragon disappeared into the treetops, and the tentacle-like grass returned to normal.
• Ye Liangnai and his companions continued across the island, eager to encounter the four beasts but remaining alert.
• A powerful black shadow attacked, and Ye Liangnai stepped forward to meet it with a Haki-covered fist.
• The clash shook the island and sent fierce winds and waves toward Caribou and the others.
• Marco, Nous, and Ye Liangnai saw the attacker: a huge, strange creature with a cheetah-like body, snake-like features, and a reflective tail.

Ye Liangnai fought a powerful flame-breathing cheetah monster while Marco, Nous, and the others faced bizarre creatures closing in around them. After Ye Liangnai wounded the monster with his sword and a barrage of flaming feathers, it counterattacked with a torrent of fire that forced him to retreat.

• Ye Liangnai struck the cheetah monster with Armament Haki, but it retaliated with swift attacks from its claws and tail.
• Marco and Nous saw bizarre creatures gather around them, including a lion-bodied beast with a monkey's face and a human-faced snake.
• The cheetah monster breathed flames, and Ye Liangnai dodged its fire and jaws before hitting it with a Phoenix Meteor Kill that broke its bones.
• The monster struck Ye Liangnai with a paw, sending him flying, but he recovered and wounded it with Flash Erasure.
• Ye Liangnai unleashed Phoenix Fire Feathers, burning and mangling the monster, but it extinguished the attack and charged him with another torrent of flames.

Ye Liangnai, Nous, and the others fought a powerful monster, but a Golden Ape appeared and attacked both pirate groups. The chapter ended with everyone facing the strange creature and its four extra arms.

• Ye Liangnai struck the monster with Delusion Breaker, sending it crashing to the ground.
• The monster lunged at Nous, but he evaded it and attacked with Thunderous Movement Nine Heavens.
• The monster endured the lightning and charged toward Ruri, Marco, and the others as Ace struck it with a giant flame palm.
• Marco shielded nearby pirates from a sudden black-shadow attack, and Ruri, Jesus Burgess, and others blocked the follow-up strikes.
• A vicious Golden Ape appeared before the two pirate groups, revealing four arms growing from its back.

The Golden Ape attacked Marco and the others, but Ruri’s Dark Tornado failed to hold it back. A wounded monster revealed that Observation Haki let humans communicate with the island’s creatures, and a gigantic nine-tailed fox appeared, leaving the group facing three towering beasts.

• The Golden Ape charged at the group with its bone spears and struck Jesus Burgess, blasting him backward.
• Ruri trapped the Golden Ape in a Dark Tornado and pulled Jesus Burgess out of danger, but the ape tore through the attack.
• The Golden Ape spoke to the humans, startling those who could hear it through Observation Haki.
• The wounded monster explained that Observation Haki came from elsewhere and served as a medium for communication, while praising humanity’s uses of the ability.
• A gigantic white fox with nine patterned blood-red tails appeared, joining the Golden Ape and the wounded monster before Marco and the others.

Ye Liangnai encountered the legendary creatures of Raftel, including a powerful Black Horse that recognized his strength and wondered why he had not been chosen as Joy Boy. Ye Liangnai revealed that he had met the current Joy Boy and pointed out that Fire Fist Ace was his brother.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox lamented that the creatures of Raftel were still waiting for the person destined to free them.
• The Black Horse appeared, and Ye Liangnai sensed that its strength rivaled a Yonko’s.
• The Black Horse praised Ye Liangnai as the strongest being in the world and questioned why he had not been chosen as Joy Boy.
• Ye Liangnai said he had met the current Joy Boy and pointed to Fire Fist Ace as his brother.
• Fire Fist Ace realized that the current Joy Boy was Luffy.

Ye Liangnai challenged the gigantic Black Horse to earn the right to move freely across the island and unleashed his full Phoenix power against it. Their battle shook the sea and sky, but Raftel remained largely intact as the fight continued.

• The gigantic Black Horse explained that defeating the island's guardians would grant Ye Liangnai and his companions freedom to move around and recognition from everyone except the Black Dragon.
• Ye Liangnai transformed into a gigantic Fire Phoenix, startling the hunched monster and earning the gigantic Black Horse's praise for his scorching power.
• The gigantic Black Horse pierced Ye Liangnai's wing with its tongue, but the phoenix's flames scorched the Black Horse in return.
• Ye Liangnai attacked with Phoenix Impact, and the Black Horse countered with Black Kick, creating an enormous clash that churned the surrounding sea.
• Ye Liangnai launched the Po Wang Saber at the Black Horse, then slashed with his wing and sent two crimson Sword Waves toward it.

Ye Liangnai and Black Horse fought a devastating battle on Raftel Island, with both colossal beasts inflicting severe wounds on each other. Marine soldiers watching from the sea were overwhelmed by their power as the battle left both fighters bloodied and exhausted.

• Ye Liangnai struggled against Black Horse's immense strength and bizarre, devastating tongue attacks.
• Ye Liangnai used his Fire Phoenix form, Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki, and Delusion Breaker to wound Black Horse.
• Black Horse bit Ye Liangnai's wing while Ye Liangnai stomped him hard enough to shatter bones and crater his body.
• The shock waves sent lackeys flying and drove the Marines back amid the surging sea.
• The battle left the island's ground ruined, Black Horse covered in burns and sword wounds, and Ye Liangnai pierced by bloody holes.

Ye Liangnai and Black Horse unleashed their final attacks against each other, shaking the island with their collision. The battle’s aftermath continued to devastate the ground as a huge crater expanded.

• Ye Liangnai proposed one final strike, and Black Horse agreed as his aura made the island tremble.
• Ye Liangnai gathered immense heat and power, then launched Super Phoenix Hao Ri with Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki.
• Black Horse unleashed King of Horse's Wrath, summoning a violent storm that battered the island and drove up enormous waves.
• The two attacks collided, shaking the space around them and leaving everyone stunned.
• The impact created a crater that rapidly grew from fifty meters to one hundred meters wide.

After defeating Black Horse, Ye Liangnai reached an ancient altar and found a door that the system said would take him back to the Naruto World. He prepared to leave the Lightning Pirate Group in Nous’s hands as he said goodbye to his companions.

• Ye Liangnai defeated Black Horse, who admitted defeat, and the three fierce beasts offered to lead everyone to the island’s secrets.
• The Nine-Tails fox showed the group an altar and said the knowledge they sought lay inside.
• Ye Liangnai entered the ancient structure and found a stone door that the system identified as a path back to the Naruto World.
• Ye Liangnai opened the door, said goodbye to Jesus Burgess, Ruri, and the others, and entrusted the Lightning Pirate Group to Nous.

Ye Liangnai left through the gate after arranging for the Lightning Pirate Group to ally with the New Whitebeard Pirates under Nous and Ruri, leaving Nous and Marco to manage the alliance. A week later, news spread that the Lightning Pirate Group’s captain had died on Laugh Tale and the group had allied with the New Whitebeard Pirates.

• Ace questioned how Ye Liangnai could leave without protecting his crew from the Marines after defeating Sakazuki.
• Ye Liangnai proposed that the Lightning Pirate Group ally with the New Whitebeard Pirates, with Nous as captain and Ruri as vice-captain.
• Marco agreed that the alliance would protect the Lightning Pirate Group, though he noted it would draw greater suspicion from the World Government.
• Ye Liangnai thanked everyone and hurried through the gate before they could react.
• Nous and Marco agreed to work together and considered learning secrets of the place as future bargaining chips.
• A week later, people said the Lightning Pirate Group’s captain had died on Laugh Tale and that the group had allied with the New Whitebeard Pirates.

News that Ye Liangnai had disappeared from Raftel shocked the seas, though his death remained unconfirmed. At Marine Headquarters, the Marines and Five Elders agreed to verify his fate before moving against his territory.

• People across the seas reacted with disbelief and fear to reports that Lightning Killer Ye Liangnai had perished at Raftel.
• Sakazuki told the gathered Marines and Five Elders that Ye Liangnai had not appeared on the return journey and had vanished from Raftel.
• Aokiji and Sengoku urged caution, warning that Ye Liangnai might have staged the disappearance as a trap.
• Sakazuki agreed that they should verify Ye Liangnai's fate before acting.
• The Five Elders ordered preparations for war so they could seize Ye Liangnai's territory if his disappearance was confirmed, while guarding against the Revolutionary Army.

Nous and Dragon joined forces, while Ye Liangnai returned to the Naruto World in the Land of Earth after three years away. He set out toward the Land of Water, intending to see how the Shinobi World had changed.

• Nous shook hands with Dragon and agreed to work together, while Dragon reflected on Ye Liangnai's mysterious nature.
• Nous looked to the sky and vowed not to disappoint Ye Liangnai.
• Ye Liangnai surveyed his surroundings with his perception abilities and discovered he had appeared in the Land of Earth.
• Ye Liangnai realized that three years had passed and considered the trouble that Hiruho, Kabuto Yakushi, Orochimaru, and Nagato might have caused.
• Ye Liangnai set off toward the Land of Water, planning to travel through several countries and observe the Shinobi World along the way.

Ye Liangnai traveled through the Land of Earth and heard rumors about powerful rogue ninja and Kirigakure’s formidable strength. The chapter left him amused by the Shinobi World’s changing events as he listened to more travelers’ gossip.

• Ye Liangnai heard travelers discuss Ryuu Inoue, who had killed five Iwagakure jonin and escaped the Tsuchikage, and learned that an S-rank bounty had been issued for him.
• The inn owner warned Ye Liangnai against investigating Ryuu Inoue, then told him he could ask at the underground Bounty Office.
• Ye Liangnai used Observation Haki at the hot spring to overhear that a mysterious young man had killed Murashita Yuu in one blow.
• Ye Liangnai recognized Murashita Yuu as the rogue ninja who had tried to silence him after he refused an invitation.
• Travelers debated Kirigakure’s power, citing Mei Terumi, its Jinchuriki, Yagura, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Konoha’s prominent shinobi.

After Murashita Yuu was killed by a swordsman powerful enough to challenge the Third Tsuchikage, leaders across the Shinobi World suspected that a formidable figure from Kirigakure had returned. Their reactions revealed growing unease as the Five Great Ninja Villages watched the shadows and the Hashirama Cells remained a focus of unrest.

• People credited Ye Liangnai's integrated Shinobi World exchange system with giving disadvantaged groups greater security and access.
• Leaders of the newly established Otogakure discussed Murashita Yuu's death, but the one-eyed middle-aged man warned against rash action against the united Five Great Ninja Villages.
• Nagato told Konan that the swordsman who killed Murashita Yuu was a man from Kirigakure who had finally returned.
• Itachi Uchiha told Sasuke Uchiha that the man's return could bring turmoil, while Sasuke eagerly hoped to seek his guidance.
• Kakashi Hatake worried that unrest would grow as people in the shadows targeted the Hashirama Cells.

Ye Liangnai resumed his journey to Kirigakure after years away, traveling through the chaotic Land of Grass. He left two would-be attackers stunned by his overwhelming strength.

• Mei Terumi and Reiko welcomed news of Ye Liangnai's return, while Kirigakure saw him as protection against Orochimaru and the threat linked to Kabuto Yakushi.
• Ye Liangnai set out for home and traveled from the Land of Earth through the Land of Grass.
• Ye Liangnai observed the poverty and disorder in the Land of Grass and encountered repeated attempts by rogue ninja to rob him.
• Two well-fed men confronted Ye Liangnai and one swung a blade at him.
• Ye Liangnai dodged the attack, shattered the man's blade with a finger, and sent him flying while coughing up blood.