Chapter Summaries

Ling Donglai fought Kaido and Big Mom for a day before Shanks arrived and tried to negotiate an end to the battle. Ling Donglai rejected Shanks’s offer and demanded something more, leaving Shanks to consider his terms as the Satellite Cannon targeted his territories.

• Ling Donglai warned Kaido and Big Mom that they would die unless they got serious, and Kaido welcomed the challenge.
• Kizaru learned that Whole Cake Island had sunk and watched the battle while Marines reported that Shanks’s ship was approaching.
• Big Mom and Kaido coordinated their attacks against Ling Donglai, who began to understand Big Mom’s use of soul power.
• After a day of fighting, Shanks arrived and asked the three combatants to stop, offering Kaido and Big Mom’s forces to Ling Donglai.
• Ling Donglai rejected the offer as Shanks’s own forces and confronted him over his Conqueror’s Haki; after the Satellite Cannon targeted Shanks’s territories, Shanks nodded.

After the Whole Cake Island battle ended without a clear victor, Izumo’s publicity made Ling Donglai famous as the world’s strongest man. As the Whitebeard Pirates held a banquet, Ace pursued the power of the sun and Blackbeard’s long-awaited chance arrived with the Dark-Dark Fruit.

• Sengoku questioned Kizaru about failing to capture a Yonko, then ordered a report on Sea Tiger and asked Momousagi to investigate his deal with Red-Hair.
• Whitebeard dismissed Ling Donglai’s new title, invited his crew to a banquet, and posted a video of it to Moments.
• Ace experimented with his flames, trying to make them resemble the sun, and nearly exhausted himself.
• Blackbeard decided Ling Donglai’s powers made him an obstacle and resolved to pursue the Dark-Dark Fruit while remaining aboard Whitebeard’s ship.
• The fourth division captain arrived with a Devil Fruit found on a pirate ship, and Blackbeard recognized it as the Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit.

Teach recognized the Dark-Dark Fruit and killed the Fourth Division captain to steal it from the Whitebeard Pirates. After eating it, he fought a force of Dark Templars and declared himself a god among men.

• Teach recognized the Dark-Dark Fruit when the Fourth Division captain brought it to Whitebeard, who told the captain to decide what to do with it.
• At four in the morning, Teach sneaked into the Fourth Division captain’s room to take the fruit and snapped the captain’s neck when he woke.
• Teach left the Whitebeard Pirates’ ship with the fruit, then swallowed it and celebrated the start of his path to becoming the strongest.
• Dark Templars attacked Teach with electromagnetic force and a light blade, but his darkness absorbed their attacks and his gravity revealed one of them.
• Teach explained how gravity distorted the field around him and challenged the intruders as a god among men.

Teach killed the Fourth Division commander, stole his Devil Fruit, and escaped after defeating the Dark Templar sent to capture him. Whitebeard's crew discovered the murder and realized Teach had vanished, leaving them to suspect one of their own had betrayed them.

• Teach defeated the five Dark Templar, refused to let them self-destruct, and escaped the island under cover of night.
• Dark Templar headquarters traced the missing squad's last signal to Teach, tracked his phone, and sent the Emperor a report that remained queued for later review.
• Whitebeard's crew found the Fourth Division commander dead and his Devil Fruit stolen, while Whitebeard unleashed his Conqueror's Haki in anger.
• A lookout recalled seeing Teach enter the Fourth Division's room, and Ace angrily confronted him before demanding to know where Teach was.
• The Second Division members revealed that Teach had disappeared, and the Whitebeard Pirates fell silent as they suspected him of the murder.

Ace pursued Teach after suspecting him of murdering the Fourth Division commander, while Teach planned to kill Whitebeard and seek Shichibukai status. Meanwhile, Izumo's technology continued reshaping pirate life as its laboratory prepared to mass-produce spacecraft and announced advances in nuclear power.

• Ace asked Whitebeard for permission to pursue Teach, then set off alone by boat using Teach's Vivre Card.
• Teach read the news of his betrayal, renamed himself Blackbeard, deleted the Whitebeard Pirates' messages, and dismissed Ace's threat.
• Teach planned to obtain Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, ally with the Marines to become a Shichibukai, and recruit prisoners from Impel Down.
• Shanks warned Whitebeard that Teach had given him his facial scars and that Ace could not defeat Teach, but Whitebeard refused to call Ace back.
• Shanks's crew discussed music, mobile games, and gaming computers as phones and Izumo products changed their routines.
• Izumo's laboratory announced that it could begin preliminary mass production of spacecraft and had nearly mastered nuclear power.

After waking from several days of sleep, Ling Donglai reviewed world events and arranged new intelligence and research operations. He decided to obtain detailed Haki information, pursue Vegapunk, and investigate the Luck-Luck Fruit user while considering Gild Tesoro’s offer to cooperate.

• Ling Donglai reviewed reports about Blackbeard Teach, Ace, Izumo’s phone sales among the Celestial Dragons, and the expanding influence of scientists.
• Ling Donglai ordered a team to monitor the Celestial Dragons’ communications through their phones and smart furniture, while choosing to leave Teach’s pursuit of Ace alone.
• Ling Donglai questioned why the Drum Kingdom doctors had not completed their Haki reports and concluded that Vegapunk’s research could accelerate his projects.
• Ling Donglai sent a Templar on a spy mission to join the Marines’ scientific unit using the Clone-Clone Fruit and Seastone handcuffs for resistance training.
• Ling Donglai sought mature information on Armament and Observation Haki, planned to form a force to land on the moon, and identified the Luck-Luck Fruit user as a possible target.
• Ling Donglai found Gild Tesoro’s message proposing cooperation with Izumo’s entertainment industry.

Ling Donglai contacted Gold Emperor Tesoro and demanded a steep price for cooperation. Tesoro faced losing Baccarat, the Lucky-Lucky Fruit, and half his assets, while Baccarat fled in terror and sparked a brawl in Gold City.

• Ling Donglai contacted Tesoro through a Den Den Mushi as Tesoro and Baccarat discussed their attempt to reach Sea Tiger.
• After leaving Tesoro’s room, Baccarat sensed danger and ran through Gold City, knocking pirates down and triggering a spreading fight.
• Ling Donglai recited Tesoro’s history, revealing that Izumo’s access to World Government records had exposed his past as a slave.
• Tesoro refused to hand over Baccarat, but Ling Donglai dismissed his World Government protection and threatened to destroy his gambling city.
• Ling Donglai demanded the Lucky-Lucky Fruit and half of Tesoro’s assets within three days, then ended the call.

Tesoro tried to stop Baccarat from fleeing Gold City and used his gold dust to control her, while she spent stolen luck causing a riot among the pirates. As Tesoro prepared to take her Devil Fruit for Sea Tiger, a blind man intervened and asked to hear what had happened.

• Tesoro considered Izumo's contract and discovered Baccarat was fleeing toward the edge of Gold City.
• Tesoro used gold dust inside Baccarat's body to control her and confronted her about the damage she had caused.
• Baccarat revealed she had stolen luck from pirates to start a riot, but Tesoro immobilized the rioters and restrained her.
• Tesoro invoked Fruit Seizure against Baccarat, who feared losing her Devil Fruit and becoming vulnerable to the pirates she had cheated.
• A blind man holding a bowl of noodle soup turned toward Tesoro and asked him to explain the situation.

Tesoro subdued Baccarat and the other Devil Fruit users after the blind swordsman withdrew rather than risk Gold City. The swordsman resolved to join the Navy to challenge powerful nations, while Ling Donglai approved Tesoro’s report and headed to Amazon Lily to meet Boa Hancock.

• Tesoro used the threat of Izumo’s Heavenly Fire to pressure the blind swordsman, who lifted his gravity and left Baccarat in Tesoro’s custody.
• Tesoro captured Baccarat and the other Devil Fruit users aboard the ship and prepared to take them to Izumo.
• The blind swordsman decided to join the Navy and flew toward Marine Headquarters seeking a chance to rise to admiral.
• Ling Donglai received word that Tesoro had finished his task and approved it to reassure him.
• Ling Donglai flew toward Amazon Lily on island cloud to meet Boa Hancock.

Ling Donglai visited Amazon Lily to learn its Haki training methods and find a way to make Current Drive easier to mass-produce. After an awkward first attempt, he learned that the complete secret manual was kept in the royal palace and turned toward the island’s tallest building.

• Ling Donglai entered Amazon Lily under an invisibility field, hoping to discover how the Kuja warriors trained Haki.
• Ling Donglai questioned a female warrior, but his voice and touch aroused her so much that she climaxed and fainted before answering.
• Ling Donglai hid the unconscious warrior and changed his appearance to resemble another woman before questioning someone else.
• Ling Donglai learned that the instructors taught basic Haki methods and that the royal palace held the complete secret manual.
• Ling Donglai looked toward Amazon Lily’s tallest building, where he expected the royal palace to be.

Ling Donglai entered Amazon Lily’s palace to copy its Haki cultivation system, but his electromagnetic signals exposed him to the Pirate Empress. He admitted he had come to inspect the Haki techniques and left her wary as he asserted that he could conquer the island whenever he wished.

• Ling Donglai searched Amazon Lily’s archives, found its neglected Haki cultivation records, and transmitted the system to Izumo’s database.
• The Pirate Empress sensed Ling Donglai’s electromagnetic waves, broke his magnetic concealment with Conqueror’s Haki, and confronted him in the palace.
• Ling Donglai realized that Amazon Lily’s lack of phones had exposed his signals, while the Pirate Empress weighed the risk of fighting him and destroying her home.
• Ling Donglai claimed he had come to investigate Amazon Lily’s Haki techniques, and the Pirate Empress dismissed his explanation as a lie.
• After ordering the arriving female warriors to withdraw, the Pirate Empress gathered Armament Haki as Ling Donglai declared that he could conquer Amazon Lily with a thought.

Ling Donglai fought Boa Hancock and the Snake Princess on Amazon Lily, resisting their attacks and demonstrating his ability to overcome petrification. He left them badly outmatched and showed that his mastery of Haki surpassed theirs.

• Boa Hancock attacked Ling Donglai with Mero Mero Mellow, but her beam passed through him without petrifying him.
• Boa Hancock struck Ling Donglai with Slave Arrow, petrifying part of his arm, but he contained the effect with Armament Haki and restored his arm through molecular restructuring.
• The Snake Princess ambushed Ling Donglai with Snake Strike, and he overwhelmed her with his Overlord's Domain.
• Ling Donglai crushed the Snake Princess's Conqueror's Haki and judged her sovereign spirit weak.

Ling Donglai explained his view of Conqueror's Haki, then confronted Boa Hancock and revealed that he had erased the slave brands from her and her sisters. After Hancock attacked him, he claimed her and her people as his own and forcefully kissed her.

• Ling Donglai described Conqueror's Haki as a soul wave and compared the wills of several people, judging Boa Hancock's conqueror's bearing weak.
• Ling Donglai caught Hancock's attack and told her he had erased the Sky Dragon's Hoof from her and her sisters as thanks for the secret manuals.
• Hancock discovered the brand was gone and felt her fear and negative feelings toward Ling Donglai give way to gratitude and attraction.
• Ling Donglai warned Hancock that attacking him had consequences, claimed her and her people belonged to him, and ordered her to change her temperament.
• Ling Donglai forcefully kissed Hancock, leaving her mind short-circuited.

After Ling Donglai removed the Sky Dragon's Hoof marks from Boa Hancock and her sister, he returned to Izumo and unified Armament and Observation Haki into a power he called Ki. Nami noticed another woman's presence in his magnetic field and suggested they leave Izumo for a change of scenery.

• Ling Donglai left Amazon Lily after removing the marks from Boa Hancock and her sister, and Boa Hancock's sister confirmed that her own mark had vanished.
• Boa Hancock told her sister that Ling Donglai had used Observation Haki to learn their past and erase their marks, and her sister went to check on their remaining sister.
• Boa Hancock tried to read the secret manual Sea Tiger had touched but could not understand its ancient writing, then brushed off an old woman's questions about him.
• Ling Donglai returned to Izumo and combined Armament Haki and Observation Haki into Unified Ki, which he tested by firing an energy blast into the sea.
• Nami noticed another person's magnetic-field aura around Ling Donglai and suggested they go out, while Ling Donglai agreed and planned to add more color to Izumo.

Ling Donglai and Nami set out on a relaxed sea voyage, agreeing to act like ordinary travelers and refrain from using their powers. While Nami cooked, Ling Donglai noticed a pirate with a murderous second personality and added him to his kill list; the chapter ended when he recognized a strange glowing piece of gold as Pure Gold.

• Ling Donglai and Nami created a wooden ship and decided to drift with the current while pretending to be ordinary travelers.
• Ling Donglai caught fish and gold, and Nami took some ingredients to the kitchen to cook.
• Ling Donglai read a forum post about Cavendish and recalled that his second personality, Rommel's Kamaitachi, had massacred people across the Rommel Kingdom.
• Ling Donglai decided to wait until later to pursue Cavendish, promising Nami he would not use his powers, but added him to his kill list.
• Nami found a glowing piece of gold among the catch, and Ling Donglai identified it as Pure Gold, which could prevent aging.

Ling Donglai used pure gold’s radiation to lure a gigantic anglerfish out of the sea and found the scientist and his daughter who had been trapped inside it for two hundred years. He recruited them to work for him, then the story abruptly shifted to someone renting an apartment for a year.

• Ling Donglai analyzed a sample of pure gold and reproduced it, while Nami shielded herself from its radiation.
• Ling Donglai detected matching radiation in the deep sea and used it to draw the anglerfish toward them.
• The anglerfish swallowed Ling Donglai, Nami, and their ship, and Ling Donglai pulled two people into the ship from inside its stomach.
• Ling Donglai recognized the middle-aged man and golden-haired girl as the scientist and his daughter who had created pure gold, then offered them jobs.
• Someone paid the deposit, rent, and fees for an apartment and signed a one-year lease.

Ling Donglai freed the scientist and Olga from the lantern fish, took the Pure Gold ring, and offered the scientist a place in Izumo. He gave Nami a sun-powered pendant, and their embrace turned the surrounding Island Cloud golden yellow.

• Olga confronted her father after she and the scientist were reunited inside the lantern fish, while Ling Donglai and Nami watched.
• Ling Donglai explained that the scientist’s weakness, not his discovery of Pure Gold, had caused the disaster, then destroyed the Pure Gold in the lantern fish’s lure.
• Ling Donglai forced the lantern fish to release them, and the scientist chose to focus on being a father and treating Olga rather than returning to research.
• The scientist gave Ling Donglai Olga’s Pure Gold ring, and Ling Donglai provided the family with a wooden boat and invited them to visit Izumo.
• Ling Donglai gave Nami a sun-powered gemstone pendant, and as they embraced and kissed above the clouds, their Island Cloud turned golden yellow.

Ling Donglai and Nami briefly reached a new level of magnetic power, while researchers in Izumo developed a theory connecting the Moon People, the Great Kingdom, and the ancient weapons. The chapter ended with Ace confronting Teach and attacking him after Teach invited him to join his plans.

• Ling Donglai and Nami reached 300,000 horsepower, and Ling Donglai later learned to project his soul and wield Underworld Chill against enemies.
• Marine Headquarters announced plans to build an airport and test aircraft after reports of a flying steel bird appeared.
• Law, Reiju, and Robin examined lunar records and theorized that the Moon People helped form the Great Kingdom, while Uranus led the ancient war that destroyed it.
• Reiju and Robin decided to upload their theory about Uranus and the World Government to Sea Tiger's archives.
• Ace caught up with Teach, who declared his dream to become Pirate King and invited Ace to join him in conquering the world.
• Ace refused Teach's invitation, trapped the pirates with Flame Commandment, and unleashed Fire Pillar.

Ace fought Blackbeard Teach, who demonstrated how his Dark-Dark Fruit swallowed and crushed everything on the island and could draw in Devil Fruit users while sealing their powers. Teach overwhelmed Ace, leaving him unable to harm Teach with his flames.

• Teach explained that he had killed a comrade and stayed aboard Whitebeard's ship in hopes of obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Teach used Black Hole to swallow everything on the island, then released the crushed remains.
• Ace attacked Teach with Firefly Machine Gun, but Teach endured the flames and said his power prevented him from evading attacks.
• Teach pulled Ace close with gravity, grabbed him by the throat, and sealed his ability to use his flames.
• Teach punched Ace away, then crushed Ace's Great Flame attacks as they entered the Black Hole's range.

Teach defeated Ace, extracted the Flame-Flame Fruit, and handed Ace over to the Marines for a Shichibukai position, prompting Luffy to set sail and seek a faster way to reach Marine Headquarters. Luffy boarded an Izumo Phoenix Fighter to hurry toward Ace before the public execution in three months.

• Teach defeated Ace, extracted the Flame-Flame Fruit, and ordered his crew to take him to a Marine base.
• The Marines announced that Ace would be publicly executed in three months after Blackbeard handed him over in exchange for a Shichibukai position.
• Luffy argued with Garp, refused to become a Marine, and set sail alone to rescue Ace.
• Luffy used Izumo Maps and Cloud Forum, then learned that Devil Fruit users could request a private flight by donating their powers.
• Luffy called Izumo's hotline, grabbed the Phoenix Fighter's tail, and boarded the aircraft.