Chapter Summaries

Ningyuan became Alabasta’s king and immediately arrested the ministers, accusing them of incompetence and corruption. With Vivi worried about how the country would be governed, Ningyuan introduced Baroque Works and the Wisdom Goddess as his replacement team.

• Ningyuan discussed Alabasta’s financial crisis with Vivi, then spent the night with her before they rose for his coronation.
• Cobra abdicated, and Ningyuan was crowned king after a series of ceremonies.
• Ningyuan challenged the military minister over Alabasta’s failures and ordered him arrested, stripped of his property, and punished along with his family.
• Ningyuan also ordered the ministers of justice and the environment arrested, then condemned the finance minister after learning about his family’s hidden gold.
• Ningyuan had soldiers arrest the remaining ministers and told Vivi that another team would govern the country.
• Nico Robin and Baroque Works entered the hall, and Ningyuan said the Wisdom Goddess would help them govern Alabasta.

Ningyuan used the Wisdom Goddess and Baroque Works to begin reshaping Alabasta, while the Gorosei approved of his purge of the nobles. Back at Marine Headquarters, Hina questioned Tsuru about why female Marines seemed to retire after marriage, leaving Tsuru confronted with a difficult problem.

• Ningyuan assigned Baroque Works personnel to government departments, and Vivi backed his reforms after ordering Cobra taken away for protesting the execution of nobles.
• Ningyuan told Vivi that the Wisdom Goddess was recruiting soldiers to form Alabasta's army and navy.
• The Gorosei discussed Ningyuan's purge of Alabasta's nobles and decided not to oppose him because many of the victims were enemies of the World Government.
• Hina returned to Marine Headquarters and discovered that married female Marines generally left the service, unlike married male Marines.
• Hina asked Tsuru whether female Marines were required to retire after marriage or faced policies that kept them from advancing, and Tsuru fell silent.

Tsuru and Hina discussed the barriers facing female Marines, and Hina proposed that the Marines establish schools to care for children and help parents return to work. Tsuru considered the idea worth pursuing, then discovered Hina had fallen for Ningyuan and listened as Hina explained why she admired him.

• Tsuru explained that harassment, career barriers, and childcare pressures made it difficult for female Marines to advance or stay in service.
• Hina suggested that the Marines build schools to care for children, and Tsuru saw how the plan could educate children and bring retired Marines back to service.
• Tsuru teased Hina about being interested in someone, then guessed that she had fallen for Ningyuan.
• Hina admitted that she admired Ningyuan's intelligence, courage, and willingness to risk his life for Vivi and Alabasta.

Tsuru learned that Hina loved Ningyuan but faced retirement if she married Alabasta’s new King. Ningyuan offered to build a navy for Hina to command, and she agreed to leave the Marines and join him.

• Tsuru showed Hina a newspaper announcing Ningyuan’s marriage and urged her to reconsider her feelings, but Hina remained devoted to him.
• Tsuru called Ningyuan and asked whether he loved Hina and would make her abandon her dream of serving justice; Ningyuan said he would not.
• Ningyuan proposed creating an Alabasta navy for Hina, with thirty warships and fifteen thousand personnel, and named her its Fleet Admiral.
• Ningyuan offered to invite Hina’s retired teacher, Admiral Zephyr, to guide the new navy, and Tsuru agreed to help persuade him.
• Hina agreed to retire from the Marines and recruit her crewmates, while Ningyuan promised them matching Navy benefits and said he had already sent out a press release.

Ningyuan planned to build Alabasta’s influence by recruiting Marine leaders and skilled workers, while deciding that the Wisdom Goddess should receive the Lightning-Lightning Fruit. He left Robin with plans to recruit talent and immigrants as Alabasta expanded its fleet and industry.

• Ningyuan explained to Vivi and Robin that Hina would lead Alabasta’s fleet in name while Zephyr handled its work, and he considered recruiting former Marines such as Garp, Sengoku, Aokiji, and Fujitora.
• Ningyuan decided not to eat the Lightning-Lightning Fruit himself and chose the Wisdom Goddess as its intended user, believing her scientific knowledge and new physical abilities could greatly accelerate Alabasta’s technology.
• Ningyuan kissed Vivi, then told Robin that Bon Clay and Marianne should go to Water 7 to recruit shipwrights whose talents Galley-La had overlooked.
• Ningyuan asked Robin to contact scholars she had known through Ohara and urged Alabasta to welcome merchants, commoners, and refugees to increase its population.
• Robin recorded Ningyuan’s plans as the Chronicle of Ages and the Wisdom Goddess made their administrative work easier.

Ningyuan rushed to the Going Merry and cured Nami’s bacterial infection, then challenged Luffy to consider how dangerous the voyage was for her. He gave the crew the Wisdom Map and proposed that Nami train in Alabasta until Luffy found a Devil Fruit for her, while the Straw Hats turned toward Drum Kingdom to find a doctor.

• The Wisdom Goddess told Ningyuan that Nami had developed a high fever after the Straw Hat Pirates left Little Garden, so he flew toward the Going Merry.
• Nami guided the crew around a storm before collapsing, and Luffy and the others realized they had no way to treat her or reach a doctor quickly.
• Ningyuan arrived, diagnosed Nami’s bacterial infection, and used Power Healing to kill the bacteria and bring down her fever.
• Ningyuan showed Luffy the Wisdom Map and argued that Nami’s weakness put her in danger; Luffy agreed to respect Nami’s choice but asked Ningyuan what they should do.
• Ningyuan proposed that Nami train in Alabasta while Luffy searched for a Devil Fruit, then rejoin the crew once she could defend herself.
• Luffy ordered the Going Merry to turn toward Drum Kingdom to find a doctor, and the crew used the Wisdom Map to navigate without a Log Pose.

Nami woke in the Drum Kingdom and reunited with Ningyuan, who revealed he had married Nojiko and offered to marry Nami as well. After Nami learned that Luffy’s crew was seeking a doctor, Ningyuan showed her Alabasta’s Wisdom Map, leaving her wondering whether she had just lost her job as the Straw Hats’ navigator.

• Nami woke in a snowy village and discovered Ningyuan had brought her to the Drum Kingdom after curing her illness.
• Ningyuan explained that he had taken over Alabasta to protect its royal family, and he told Nami that the Revolutionary Army would deal with Commodore Rat.
• Ningyuan revealed that he had stayed at Nami’s home and married Nojiko, prompting Nami to punch him and accuse him of pursuing her after marrying a princess.
• Ningyuan kissed Nami, then promised to marry both sisters and said he had given Nojiko a treasure that let her control ice and snow.
• Ningyuan told Nami that Luffy and the others were searching for a doctor because the crew needed one aboard their ship.
• Ningyuan showed Nami Alabasta’s Wisdom Map, and she wondered whether it had made her job as the Straw Hats’ navigator unnecessary.

Ningyuan comforted Nami after she realized the Wisdom Map had made her navigation skills obsolete, then offered to help her grow strong enough to return to the Straw Hat Pirates if she wished. After Nami left with him, her Fate Distortion rose, and Ningyuan gained a Weather Control crystal, which he used to awaken her ability.

• Ningyuan fed Nami porridge and sang to her while the Straw Hat Pirates listened outside the courtyard.
• Luffy and the crew left the Drum Kingdom docks after accepting that Nami was leaving, and Luffy sensed the others' emotions.
• Nami asked whether she could return to the crew, and Ningyuan promised to help her become stronger before revealing that he was also part of the Revolutionary Army.
• Ningyuan received a Luminous Cuisine inheritance from Sanji's treasure chest and a Weather Control crystal from Nami's.
• Ningyuan used the crystal on Nami, who felt her weather sensitivity grow and realized she could control changes in the weather.

Ningyuan gave Nami the power to control all eight aspects of the weather and appointed her to oversee Alabasta’s vast recovered wealth. When the returned King Wapol arrived in the village, Ningyuan and the recovered Nami went out together to see him.

• Ningyuan bestowed on Nami the ability to control wind, clouds, thunder, lightning, rain, snow, ice, and frost, and advised her to train in Alabasta.
• Nami asked to manage Ningyuan’s money, and he agreed to make her Alabasta’s Finance Minister after explaining how he had seized the nobles’ enormous fortunes.
• Ningyuan showed Nami the Wisdom Goddess’s financial system, divided the seized wealth into currency reserves and gold, and proposed issuing the Alabasta Gold Yuan through the Alabasta Royal Bank.
• Ningyuan heard that Wapol had returned to Drum Kingdom after fleeing the Blackbeard Pirates, and Nami condemned his conduct.
• Nami said she felt recovered after receiving her power, and Ningyuan took her hand as they went out to see Wapol.

Ningyuan intervened in the struggle over Drum Kingdom, subdued Wapol and Dalton with the Golden Sand Eagle · Judge, and declared the country part of Alabasta. After arranging for Dol and Dalton to serve Alabasta, he promised Great Horn Town’s residents that their lives would improve under the new rule.

• Dalton fought Wapol’s guards, but Jess shot him in the knee and Wapol prepared to kill him.
• Dol announced that Drum Kingdom had fallen, and Ningyuan revealed himself as Alabasta’s king and claimed the land for his country.
• Ningyuan’s golden pistol broke Wapol and Dalton’s resistance, and Dalton submitted to him.
• Ningyuan killed Jess and Kuromarimo, then killed Wapol after remembering that Wapol had slapped Vivi at the Reverie.
• Ningyuan offered Dol the presidency of Dol Medical University and assigned Dalton a position in Alabasta’s navy.
• Ningyuan promised Great Horn Town’s residents schools, hospitals, roads, and better lives as Dalton grew more accepting of joining Alabasta.

Ningyuan brought Drum Kingdom into Alabasta, promised equal treatment, and introduced the Wisdom Goddess to help govern and connect the new territory. After Alabastan officials and soldiers arrived, public trials punished corrupt mayors and settled the people, while Ningyuan reflected on the potential of ordinary citizens.

• Ningyuan reassured Drum Kingdom’s mayors that its people would receive the same policies and benefits as Alabastan citizens, then gave them access to the Wisdom Network.
• Ningyuan promoted Mori to director of Alabasta’s Wisdom Map Division, and Mori used the Wisdom Goddess’s plans to begin organizing map offices and services.
• Ningyuan told the mayors about Alabasta’s military-service system, then dismissed them and assigned Dalton to return to Alabasta and Dol to establish a medical university.
• Five days later, Alabasta’s reserve officials and one thousand soldiers arrived in Drum Kingdom and began administering the territory.
• Alabastan officials held public trials that punished Drum Kingdom’s six corrupt mayors and helped win the people’s trust in the new government.
• Ningyuan argued that ordinary people could become powerful leaders and fighters, and calculated that Alabasta and Drum Kingdom together might have fifty-two people with Conqueror’s Haki.

Ningyuan returned to Alabasta with Nami and toured the busy Rapeseed Flower Port, where he explained how the Wisdom Goddess managed the city and answered Nami’s questions about the country. The chapter ended as Hina and Zephyr arrived with their followers aboard two Marine warships, ready to join Alabasta.

• Ningyuan and Nami reached Rapeseed Flower Port after their Weather Control sped up the voyage, and Bora greeted them as the port’s mayor.
• Ningyuan advised Bora to study the city and learn to govern despite the Wisdom Goddess handling most of her work.
• Nami asked the Wisdom Goddess about the nobles’ former private harbor and learned that they had kept its use hidden from the King.
• The Wisdom Goddess reassured Nami that she could make Ningyuan happy in a way an intelligent lifeform could not, leaving Nami curious and expectant.
• Ningyuan revealed that the two approaching Marine warships would become Alabasta’s ships and that Hina, Zephyr, and their followers had arrived.

Ningyuan welcomed Hina and Zephyr to Alabasta as he began establishing the kingdom’s navy, appointing Hina Fleet Admiral and showing the group the Wisdom Map’s ability to track ships and identify pirates. Zephyr became tempted to join when he realized Alabasta’s navy would get the powerful military map for free.

• Ningyuan welcomed Hina and Zephyr to Alabasta, and Hina embraced him while Nami watched jealously.
• Ningyuan introduced Nami as one of his future wives, prompting Zephyr to scold him for flirting with his disciple.
• Ningyuan appointed Hina Fleet Admiral of the Alabasta Navy, and she accepted the responsibility of protecting nearby waters.
• Ningyuan revealed the Wisdom Map, which tracked ships at sea and distinguished pirates, Marines, and other vessels.
• Ningyuan demonstrated that the map could identify individual pirates, including Ace and Monkey D. Luffy.
• Zephyr learned Alabasta’s navy would use the military map for free and considered joining rather than funding his own navy.

Ningyuan established Alabasta’s Navy, outlining its patrol routes, battleships, uniforms, ranks, academy, and command structure. Zephyr agreed to lead the academy, while Ain and Binz joined the Navy as majors stationed at Rapeseed Flower Port.

• Ningyuan assigned thirty warships to patrol Alabasta’s sea routes and presented the Hina Battleship, which carried 120 cannons and fought with broadside volleys.
• Ningyuan introduced blue naval uniforms and a rank system with fixed enlistment terms, then proposed a military academy that would recruit both civilians and distinguished sailors.
• Ningyuan explained that the academy would give ordinary people a path to promotion, persuading Zephyr that Alabasta needed to cultivate a broader range of talent.
• Hina urged Zephyr to become the academy’s principal, and Zephyr agreed; Ain and Binz also joined the Alabasta Navy as majors.
• Ningyuan assigned Hina and Zephyr to Military Command, stationed the new Navy at Rapeseed Flower Port, and concluded the founding conference.

Ningyuan revealed the Heavenly King Ningyuan to Hina and Zephyr, demonstrated its weather-control commands, and explained his approach to classifying pirates and punishing them. After they left, he gave the Wisdom Goddess Weather Control by fusing a superpower crystal with a signal cone and considered expanding her reach to other worlds.

• Ningyuan told Hina and Zephyr that he would authorize them to use the Heavenly King Ningyuan, then demonstrated its commands by making it rain over the city.
• Hina eagerly began studying the Heavenly King commands, while Zephyr asked Ningyuan about his justice and learned how he distinguished among pirates and their circumstances.
• Ningyuan rejected civilian bounties, saying the Wisdom Goddess would judge pirates and the Navy and Army would capture them; Hina and Zephyr then left the office.
• Nami took Hina's seat and apologized after learning that the Wisdom Goddess's true body was the spiky ball on the table.
• Ningyuan fused a Weather Control superpower crystal with a signal cone, giving the Wisdom Goddess control of weather and the ability to grant the power to others.
• Ningyuan considered cultivating a Heavenly Dao and sending a signal cone to the Naruto World.

Ningyuan opened Zephyr’s Legendary Treasure Chest and obtained the Sacred Knowledge Base, which could transmit knowledge through a mental link. He ordered the Wisdom Goddess to connect it to the network and reshape Alabasta’s education plan, while prioritizing the development of the Guin Ning world.

• After spending the evening with Nami, Ningyuan reviewed six treasure chests and opened Zephyr’s Legendary Treasure Chest.
• Ningyuan obtained the Sacred Knowledge Base and realized it could enable rapid learning and widespread education when linked with the Wisdom Goddess.
• Ningyuan decided to prioritize the Guin Ning world as the future capital of the Order Civilization.
• Ningyuan told the Wisdom Goddess to add the Sacred Knowledge Base to the network and roll it out through the military first.
• Ningyuan ordered Alabasta’s education plan to emphasize history, philosophy, ideology, and children’s interests, with specialized knowledge imparted through the Sacred Knowledge Base after age eighteen.

Issho investigated Alabasta’s reforms and discovered that the Wisdom Goddess’s network helped enforce its laws, assist citizens, and restore his sight. After applying for temporary access and finding dock work, he followed the goddess’s warning and saw a young man walk across the sea.

• Issho questioned a local about a man being arrested and learned that residents connected to the Wisdom Goddess could understand the country’s new systems.
• Issho registered for a temporary Wisdom Goddess account, activated assisted vision, and learned the arrested man was being charged with organizing prostitution.
• Issho read Alabasta’s laws and saw how the Wisdom Goddess publicly marked people who committed civil offenses.
• Issho asked the Wisdom Goddess for work and accepted a dockworker position suited to his Press-Press Fruit ability.
• The Wisdom Goddess warned Issho to slow down, and he saw a young man walk across the sea instead of falling into it.

Ningyuan visited Hina in Rapeseed Flower Port, where she pulled him into an intimate encounter before they discussed Marine gossip and their relationship. He gave Hina the Red Rose gun he had received from a platinum treasure chest, and she delighted in its design for her Cage-Cage Fruit ability; when Ningyuan tried to leave, Hina asked him to stay for another round.

• Ningyuan recognized the blind swordsman he had encountered as Issho, known as Fujitora after becoming an admiral, and said he would wait for him to approve of Alabasta before inviting him to stay.
• Ningyuan went to Hina's hotel room, and Hina pulled him inside and initiated an intimate encounter.
• Afterward, Hina told Ningyuan that female Marines sometimes hired male escorts, and they discussed Gion, Chaton, and Hina's wish to keep their relationship private.
• Ningyuan opened Hina's platinum treasure chest and obtained Red Rose, a precise, self-repairing firearm that could use metal ammunition made with Hina's Devil Fruit power.
• Ningyuan gave Red Rose to Hina, who happily accepted it after realizing he had designed it for her, then asked him to stay for another round as he dressed to leave.

Ningyuan advised Dragon on preparing the Revolutionary Army to take the Goa Kingdom, while Nami learned she could manage the Royal Bank remotely and agreed to visit Jaya with Ningyuan. The chapter ended with Ningyuan planning to head there the next day to see the Knock Up Stream and Sky Island.

• Dragon told Ningyuan that the Revolutionary Army was ready to attack a kingdom, and Ningyuan warned him to prepare for corruption risks by securing assets and enforcing detailed military discipline.
• Dragon chose the Goa Kingdom as the Revolutionary Army’s first target, and Ningyuan approved the plan and urged him to consolidate the country before expanding elsewhere.
• Nami worried about Nojiko’s safety, and Ningyuan reassured her that Nojiko had powerful protection in the East Blue.
• Ningyuan reminded Nami that she was the Royal Bank’s president, then offered to arrange remote work so she could join him on a trip to Sky Island.
• Ningyuan monitored the Straw Hat Pirates and Blackbeard arriving on Jaya, then told Nami they could go there the next day to see the Knock Up Stream.

Dragon and the Revolutionary People-Saving Army publicly tried and executed Goa Kingdom’s nobles after refugees accused them of oppression, winning the people’s support. Morgans received a photograph of the trials and prepared a headline that would spread news of the uprising.

• Dragon addressed more than a hundred thousand refugees and invited them to report the nobles’ crimes.
• A young man accused the King of ordering Gray Terminal burned, and Dragon had the King hanged when the crowd supported the charge.
• Refugees brought forward further accusations, and the Revolutionary People-Saving Army executed nobles as the crowd cheered and mourned.
• Dragon sent soldiers to take control of a nearby town whose villagers had killed their nobles and wanted to join the army.
• Reporters sent photographs of the public trials to Morgans, who drafted a headline announcing the Revolutionary Army’s action in Goa Kingdom.