Recaps

After returning to Navy Headquarters, Yun Ye applied to graduate from the Elite Camp, and Zephyr approved his request while secretly choosing a flag-grade assessment. Several Navy officers sought to examine him, leaving Sengoku to decide between Rear Admiral Kage and Stroberi, who both wanted the role for opposing reasons.

• Yun Ye returned from the mission, continued training, and learned that Elite Camp graduates had to master Rokushiki and earn an officer’s recognition.
• Yun Ye asked Zephyr to approve his graduation application, and Zephyr agreed before secretly selecting a flag-grade assessment for him.
• Yun Ye discussed Ain’s Rewind-Rewind Fruit and encouraged Lun Lian’er, who vowed to catch up with him.
• Rear Admiral Kage and Stroberi both decided to become Yun Ye’s assessment instructor and arrived at Sengoku’s office.
• Sengoku heard their competing requests, while Kage and Stroberi each suspected the other had a reason to interfere with Yun Ye.

Sengoku chose Stroberi to examine Yun Ye after Stroberi beat Kage in rock-paper-scissors, and Navy Headquarters gathered to watch the highly publicized graduation assessment. Yun Ye overwhelmed Stroberi with a fierce sword assault, but Stroberi countered with Haki and a second sword, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Kage and Stroberi argued over who would examine Yun Ye, and Sengoku settled the dispute with rock-paper-scissors, which Stroberi won.
• Sengoku read Yun Ye's file and was impressed by Zephyr's high evaluation, while news of Yun Ye's assessment spread through Navy Headquarters.
• Yun Ye arrived at the crowded training ground and recognized the hostile Stroberi as his examiner.
• Zephyr began the assessment, and Yun Ye attacked Stroberi with Silver Fiber, forcing him onto the defensive.
• Stroberi counterattacked with Rankyaku and two swords, but Yun Ye broke through his flying slashes and met his Haki-coated blades in a powerful clash.

Yun Ye fought Rear Admiral Stroberi evenly, using his swordsmanship and Observation Haki to offset Stroberi’s advantages in strength and Armament Haki. After Yun Ye’s Moon Fang Heaven Piercer shattered against Stroberi’s defense, Yun Ye appeared beside him and prepared to strike again.

• Yun Ye and Stroberi exchanged kicks and sword attacks, and the Marines watched Yun Ye hold his own against the Rear Admiral.
• Momonga and the other officers recognized that Yun Ye’s formidable swordsmanship was neutralizing Stroberi’s stronger Armament Haki.
• Stroberi used Dual Sword Style: Shadow Sweep, but Yun Ye tracked every strike with Observation Haki and blasted him backward.
• Yun Ye unleashed Moon Fang Heaven Piercer, and Stroberi used both swords and his full strength to shatter the attack but was sent flying.
• Yun Ye appeared beside Stroberi and announced that he would swing another Moon Fang Heaven Piercer.

Patino Yun Ye defeated Rear Admiral Stroberi in his graduation assessment, forcing Vice Admiral Momonga to intervene to protect Stroberi from a potentially fatal blow. Zephyr confirmed Yun Ye had passed and promised to seek his promotion to rear admiral, while Stroberi left with faint killing intent and Navy Headquarters erupted over Yun Ye’s victory.

• Momonga blocked Yun Ye’s Moon Fang Heaven Piercer before it could strike the defenseless Stroberi, then staggered back after shattering the slash.
• The spectators and Yun Ye’s friends reacted with shock as his strength proved the rumors of his admiral potential.
• Aokiji and Zephyr watched the assessment, while Kizaru also witnessed Yun Ye’s defeat of Stroberi and repulse of Momonga.
• Yun Ye asked whether he had passed, and Zephyr prompted Stroberi to confirm the result; Stroberi conceded and left with faint killing intent.
• Zephyr declared Yun Ye had passed and said he would help him seek promotion to rear admiral.
• News of Yun Ye’s victory spread throughout Navy Headquarters, causing an uproar.

Yun Ye was promoted to rear admiral and assigned to the dangerous G7 Branch Base in the Grand Line. As his warship set sail, Smoker challenged him to prove his strength.

• Zephyr presided over Yun Ye's promotion ceremony and warned him about the responsibilities of his new rank.
• Yun Ye received orders assigning him to G7 Branch Base, a dangerous post near the Sabaody Archipelago and the Calm Belt.
• Yun Ye boarded a warship bound for G7 alongside Drake and Smoker, who doubted that he had earned his promotion.
• Smoker asked Yun Ye to demonstrate his strength so he could judge whether Yun Ye deserved to be his superior.

Smoker and Drake challenged Rear Admiral Yun Ye, who defeated them with ease and assigned them a month of toilet cleaning. Yun Ye left after his sword slash split the sea, leaving the soldiers and the two officers stunned by his strength.

• Smoker and Drake challenged Yun Ye to a fight, and Yun Ye agreed on the condition that they would clean the branch base’s toilets for a month if they lost.
• Yun Ye overwhelmed Drake and Smoker with Armament Haki attacks as they used their Devil Fruit abilities to fight back.
• Smoker and Drake coordinated another assault, but Yun Ye drew Silver Fiber and unleashed Moon Fang Heaven Piercer, freezing them with fear without striking them directly.
• Yun Ye ordered Smoker and Drake to repair the damaged deck and room and clean the toilets for a month, then left.
• The soldiers saw Yun Ye’s slash carve a ravine more than a hundred meters across the sea, while Smoker and Drake realized they could not have survived a direct hit.

Yun Ye’s warship encountered Demon’s pirate crew, who had fled the New World with a Devil Fruit after Foz F joined Kaido’s Hundred Beasts Pirates. Demon’s men overwhelmed the Marines until Yun Ye intervened, and the chapter ended as Yun Ye’s blade met Demon’s claws.

• Yun Ye read a report that Foz F had lost to Drought Jack and joined the Hundred Beasts Pirates.
• Demon led former Tiger Hunter Pirates in breaking away from Foz F and fleeing with a Devil Fruit, pursued by Drought Jack.
• Demon’s battered ship surfaced beside Yun Ye’s warship, and Demon ordered his pirates to seize it for supplies.
• Demon’s crew gained the upper hand, wounding Drake and Smoker and threatening the Marines on deck.
• Yun Ye blocked Demon’s attack and charged him with Silver Fiber, startling Demon when their weapons clashed.

Yun Ye defeated Demon and led the Navy to a decisive victory, then discovered a Devil Fruit among the spoils. After several uneventful days at sea, he arrived at the G7 Branch Base to assume command.

• Yun Ye killed Demon with a powerful sword strike and earned 100 Achievement Points.
• Yun Ye raised Zangetsu's proficiency to 60 and decided to save his remaining points for later.
• Yun Ye's forces defeated the remaining pirates, suffering only a few casualties.
• A Navy soldier delivered a Devil Fruit found on the pirate ship, and Yun Ye put it away rather than eat it.
• Yun Ye arrived at the G7 Branch Base, where Colonel Hill welcomed him as the new commander.

Jack learned that the Devil Fruit Kaido wanted had vanished from the sunken ship and set course for the G7 Branch Base, believing the Marines had taken it. Meanwhile, Yun Ye investigated the base and learned that captured pirate Demen had warned the Marines they were all idiots for taking his crew prisoner.

• Jack found a Marine cap among the salvaged wreckage and ordered his men to investigate the missing Devil Fruit.
• An underling pointed Jack toward the G7 Branch Base, and Jack led the Mammoth Ship there to confront the Marines.
• Yun Ye familiarized himself with the base and learned that Onigumo had previously commanded it before being killed by the Quincy.
• A Marine told Yun Ye that his captive, Beast Claw Demen, was the vice captain of the Tiger Hunter Pirates, with a bounty of 120 million berries.
• Yun Ye learned that Demen had called the Marines idiots for capturing his crew and had looked at them as though they were already corpses.

Drought Jack attacked the G7 Branch Base to reclaim the Devil Fruit, terrifying the Marines assembled there. Yun Ye realized the reason for the attack and headed to confront Jack, who had already charged into the base and begun demanding his property from the Marines.

• Jack ordered his pirates to kill the Marines and leaped from the Mammoth Ship onto the island.
• The Marines identified Jack as one of the Hundred Beasts Pirates’ Three Calamities and assembled under Smoker and Drake.
• Yun Ye connected Demon’s warning to Jack’s arrival and considered revealing Hyōrinmaru’s powers as a Devil Fruit ability.
• Yun Ye vanished as Jack smashed into the base, scattered Marines, and grabbed a soldier to ask where his stuff was.

Marine Rear Admiral Patino Yun Ye confronted Drought Jack after Jack attacked the Marine base and demanded his Devil Fruit. Yun Ye fought Jack alone while the other Marines went to stop the pirates landing ashore, and he ultimately sent Jack flying with a powerful slash.

• Jack crushed a Marine's hands, overpowered Smoker and Drake, and demanded the return of his things as he attacked the base.
• Yun Ye arrived in time to block Jack's punch and rescue the Marine, then identified himself as a Marine Rear Admiral.
• Jack demanded his Devil Fruit and attacked Yun Ye, who ordered the Marines to deal with the pirates outside while he held Jack back.
• Yun Ye and Jack traded powerful blows, but Jack's Fish-Man strength and Ancient Zoan durability let him withstand Yun Ye's slash and knock him through a building.
• Yun Ye charged back in and struck Jack with a massive silver slash that sent him flying.

Yun Ye mastered Armament Haki hardening while fighting Jack, then revealed that he had eaten the seized ice-type Devil Fruit and unleashed Hyōrinmaru’s freezing powers. The battle continued as the Marines rallied against the pirates, while Jack faced Yun Ye’s new attacks on the frozen ground.

• Yun Ye hardened Armament Haki around Silver Fiber and used it to wound Jack, though Jack’s Zoan endurance let him recover and keep fighting.
• Jack transformed into his full mammoth form and repeatedly attacked Yun Ye, who used Flash Step to evade and counter with Moon Fang Heaven Piercer.
• Yun Ye revealed that he had eaten the Devil Fruit Jack wanted, and the icy aura from his Hyōrinmaru ability chilled the G7 Branch Base.
• A soldier told the Marines that Yun Ye had eaten the seized fruit, and Colonel Hill rallied the troops while Smoker and Drake attacked the pirates.
• Yun Ye used Hyōrinmaru to fire ice bullets at Jack, then launched an icy slash that raised a huge block of ice and froze the ground around it.

Yun Ye raised Hyōrinmaru’s proficiency and defeated Drought Jack with a finishing slash that froze him and a huge stretch of the island and sea. Jack remained alive but trapped in the ice, and Yun Ye turned to deal with the aftermath as news of the battle spread.

• Jack charged Yun Ye after discovering that Yun Ye had eaten the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit intended for the Hundred Beasts Pirates.
• Yun Ye and Jack clashed for over a hundred moves, with Yun Ye using ice attacks and Flash Step to wound Jack and slow him.
• Yun Ye spent 500 Achievement Points to raise Hyōrinmaru’s proficiency to 60 as the cold across the battlefield intensified.
• Yun Ye gathered the battlefield’s cold around Jack, then struck with One-Sword Style, Extreme Ice Slash, combining Hyōrinmaru and Zangetsu.
• Yun Ye’s slash froze Jack, who remained alive with a weak aura, and the system awarded Yun Ye 888 Achievement Points for defeating him.
• Yun Ye turned to clean up the aftermath, and news of Jack’s defeat spread a few days later.

After receiving news that Rear Admiral Yun Ye had defeated Drought Jack, Sengoku called the Navy’s senior officers to discuss the threat of retaliation from Beast Kaido. The meeting ended with the Navy deciding to transfer Jack to Impel Down and prepare for war.

• Sengoku learned from a report from G7 Branch Base that Yun Ye had defeated Drought Jack using an ice ability and a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Sengoku summoned the Navy’s Vice Admirals and senior officers to discuss the news and its consequences.
• The officers expressed astonishment at Yun Ye’s victory, while Aokiji noted that Yun Ye’s ice might rival his own.
• Akainu proposed a decisive battle with Kaido at G7 Branch Base, but the officers did not reach agreement on how to respond.
• Sengoku decided to transfer Drought Jack to Impel Down, and the Navy prepared for a battle against Kaido.

Kaido learned that Jack had been defeated and captured by Marine Rear Admiral Patino Yun Ye, but he stayed in the New World while King set out to rescue Jack. News of the capture reached the other pirate powers, and Shanks reflected on the balance among the Marines, Shichibukai, and pirates.

• Kaido heard that Jack had been captured after losing to Patino Yun Ye and ordered King to rescue him while he remained in the New World.
• Whitebeard and Marco discussed Jack’s capture and speculated that Kaido would wait until his conflict with Shanks settled before confronting the Marines.
• Big Mom mocked Kaido’s forces, then learned that Umit could not transport her sweets because his forces were fighting Doflamingo and threatened the Donquixote Family.
• Ben Beckman shared the news of Jack’s capture at the Red Hair Pirates’ celebration, and Shanks remarked that new Marine stars were emerging and named the three powers balancing the seas.

Yun Ye read that King had rescued Drought Jack from the Navy and considered the rising conflict among the Four Emperors as he reached the Sabaody Archipelago. When a pirate ship tried to ram his boat, Yun Ye blasted it apart and continued toward the island.

• Yun Ye read that King had attacked the Navy convoy and rescued Drought Jack, prompting Sengoku to swallow the loss.
• Yun Ye considered the growing rivalry among Whitebeard Edward Newgate, Beast Kaido, Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, and Red-Haired Shanks as he approached the Sabaody Archipelago.
• A pirate ship’s captain ordered the crew to ram Yun Ye’s small boat instead of avoiding it.
• Yun Ye fired Azure Firefall at the pirate ship, blasting apart part of its hull and sending it sinking beneath the sea.
• Nearby ships saw the pirate ship go down and hurried to steady themselves against the resulting waves.

Yun Ye arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago and entered the Night Bar, where he found a group of pirates beaten and killed by the bar’s mysterious patrons. After the bar’s beautiful boss ordered Allen to serve him, Yun Ye removed his mask, and she reacted to his face.

• A merchant ship and nearby pirates recognized Yun Ye after he destroyed a Pirate Crew, and they kept their distance from him.
• Yun Ye reached island 17 of the Sabaody Archipelago and set out to find the Doflamingo Family’s auction house and a navigator to the New World.
• Yun Ye walked through the lawless islands without drawing an attack, then entered the Night Bar on island 7 despite its warning sign.
• Yun Ye saw the bar’s patrons surrounding kneeling pirates amid corpses, and the boss stopped Allen from attacking him and ordered him to serve Yun Ye a drink.
• Yun Ye removed his mask to reveal his previous-life face, the boss’s gaze flickered, and Allen angrily thought Yun Ye would have to pay at least a million Beli for the wine.

Yun Ye subdued Ye Qi’s Night Color Killer Organization and sent them to expand their influence before visiting the Donquixote Family’s human auction house on Island 1. There, he bid for Silvers Rayleigh, but a Celestial Dragon arrived and outbid him.

• Yun Ye suppressed Ye Qi’s assassins with Conqueror’s Haki, and Ye Qi agreed to place the Night Color Killer Organization under his command.
• Yun Ye healed Allen’s severed finger, gave Ye Qi one billion Beli to expand the organization, and asked her about the Donquixote Family’s businesses.
• Yun Ye went to the auction house on Island 1, where people were being sold, and watched the bidding.
• Yun Ye recognized Silvers Rayleigh among the auction items and bid three hundred thousand Beli for him.
• A Celestial Dragon entered the auction house with armed attendants and offered ten million Beli for Rayleigh.

Yun Ye clashed Conqueror’s Haki with Rayleigh at a Sabaody auction, then contacted Doflamingo to arrange passage to the New World. After the Celestial Dragon woke, he ordered a hunt for Yun Ye so he could enslave and torment him.

• Yun Ye bid against a Celestial Dragon, and Rayleigh knocked out the auction hall with Conqueror’s Haki before clashing with Yun Ye’s Haki across Sabaody.
• Rayleigh broke the slaves’ collars and escaped, while Yun Ye left the auction house and went to a private room.
• Yun Ye asked Lao G to connect him with Doflamingo and requested a ship to the New World, warning that he had nearly killed a Celestial Dragon.
• Doflamingo agreed to arrange the ship and secretly hoped Yun Ye would provoke Big Mom, who had threatened him over Umit.
• Lao G returned to the auction house and found the slaves and most attendees gone, while the Celestial Dragon recovered and ordered his men to find Yun Ye.

Yun Ye encountered two Celestial Dragons terrorizing civilians in Sabaody Archipelago and openly defied them. After Marguerite Palace shot at him, he grabbed her and condemned the Marines for serving the World Nobles, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yun Ye abandoned his plan to seek out Rayleigh and wandered from the lawless area into Sabaody Archipelago’s commercial district.
• Marguerite Palace rode through the street, shooting a civilian while the crowd cowered, and ordered Yun Ye to kneel when he kept walking.
• A second Celestial Dragon, Rory Richard, arrived, and Marines surrounded the area before identifying Yun Ye as the pirate Quincy, whose bounty exceeded 180 million Beli.
• Yun Ye called the Celestial Dragons idiots, and Marguerite Palace fired at him.
• Yun Ye dodged the bullet, used Flash Step to seize Marguerite Palace by the throat, and told her that Celestial Dragons were like ants in his eyes.
• Yun Ye rebuked a Marine Rear Admiral for protecting the Celestial Dragons and reflected that he still lacked the strength to make the Marines pursue true justice.

Yun Ye killed two Celestial Dragons in the Sabaody Archipelago, prompting the Navy and World Government to send Admiral Kizaru after him. As Yun Ye prepared to flee with the Donquixote Family, Kizaru confronted him at the harbor, and their battle began.

• Yun Ye killed Marguerite Palace with lightning, then killed the second Celestial Dragon as he tried to escape.
• The Navy, the Five Elders, Shakky, and Rayleigh learned that two Celestial Dragons had been killed, while panic spread across the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Sengoku sent Admiral Kizaru to the island, and Yun Ye returned to the Donquixote Family auction house to arrange his departure and ask about Shakky's Rip-off Bar.
• Yun Ye learned the bar was in Grove 13, then headed for the harbor where the Donquixote Family ship was being coated.
• Kizaru arrived at the harbor and attacked Yun Ye, who evaded his light-speed kick and met his sword strike with Lightning Ikotsu.

Yun Ye fought Kizaru at a disadvantage until he raised Instantaneous Burst to proficiency 80 and unlocked a powerful thunderflame form. After landing a devastating strike, Yun Ye fled toward Shakky's Rip-off Bar with Kizaru in pursuit, while Rayleigh sensed trouble approaching.

• Kizaru overpowered Yun Ye in their exchanges, and Yun Ye realized he could not use his Marine sword technique without exposing his identity.
• Yun Ye raised Instantaneous Burst to 80 and gained explosive orange-red flames alongside his lightning, naming the new state Instantaneous Burst: Thunderflame Dragon... Blaze-Lightning Mode.
• Yun Ye's increased speed brought the fight to a draw, and he used Way of Binding #30: Mouth Pierce Three Flashes and Conqueror's Haki to set up an attack.
• Yun Ye struck Kizaru with Lightning Dual Bone, sending him through a tree and carving a long trench into the ground before Yun Ye spotted a chance to escape.
• Yun Ye rushed toward Shakky's Rip-off Bar as Kizaru chased him, and Rayleigh sensed a foreboding presence near the bar.

Yun Ye drew Kizaru to Rayleigh and tried to make the retired pirate help him escape, while Kizaru suspected the two were connected. Kizaru called for Kuzan, and Yun Ye tried to persuade Rayleigh to help by mentioning the Portgas name.

• Yun Ye found Rayleigh on Grove 13 and claimed Rayleigh owed him help, while Kizaru questioned their relationship.
• Yun Ye struck Kizaru and contacted Lao G, ordering him to set the merchant ship sailing.
• Kizaru hesitated to attack while Yun Ye and Rayleigh stood apart, but he did not believe Rayleigh's denial of any connection to Yun Ye.
• Yun Ye attacked Kizaru to stop him from calling for reinforcements, but Kizaru relayed that something had happened to Kuzan.
• Yun Ye asked Rayleigh to help hold off Kizaru and offered information, bringing up the surname Portgas.

Yun Ye escaped Sabaody after Rayleigh held Kizaru back and Yun Ye repelled attacks from Kizaru and Aokiji. As the world reacted to the Quincy killing a Celestial Dragon, the Navy debated Rayleigh’s involvement and how to deal with him.

• Rayleigh stopped Kizaru from pursuing Yun Ye, revealing that he knew about Garp in East Blue, while Yun Ye boarded a merchant ship bound for sea.
• Yun Ye bluffed a Navy Rear Admiral by claiming the ship belonged to the Donquixote Family, but Aokiji and Kizaru returned and attacked as the ship began to submerge.
• Yun Ye destroyed Aokiji and Kizaru’s attacks with a powerful slash and escaped beneath the sea, while Kizaru reported that Rayleigh had intervened.
• News of the Quincy killing a Celestial Dragon and escaping the Admirals spread worldwide, and Monkey D. Dragon and Ivankov discussed whether to contact him.
• At Navy Headquarters, Kizaru and Aokiji described the incident, and the officers debated whether Yun Ye was connected to Roger before Akainu questioned how to deal with Rayleigh.

After escaping the Marines, Yun Ye’s bounty rose to 777 million Berries, drawing reactions from Doflamingo and the Big Mom Pirates. He traveled to Fish-Man Island and found a chaotic scene centered on the crying young Shirahoshi, whose unusual power interested him.

• The Marines issued Yun Ye a new wanted poster with a bounty of 777 million Berries.
• Doflamingo read the news in Dressrosa and looked forward to Yun Ye arriving in the New World with a gift prepared for him.
• Big Mom and Charlotte Snack reacted to Yun Ye’s bounty increase on Whole Cake Island.
• Yun Ye’s merchant ship descended toward Fish-Man Island, and he drove off an attacking Sea King with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Yun Ye entered Fish-Man Island and found it strangely deserted before following a powerful crying sound to a chaotic gathering.
• Jinbe sensed Yun Ye approaching as Yun Ye focused on the crying young Shirahoshi and the strange power emanating from her.