Chapter Summaries

Mu Yu’s group visited Shakky’s bar in Sabaody, where they learned his actions had sharply reduced human trafficking and met the former Roger Pirates vice captain, Rayleigh. Mu Yu and Rayleigh began talking warmly about the seas’ past and future, leaving the two generations of legends on friendly terms.

• Mu Yu’s group traveled through Sabaody’s poorer districts, where Mu Yu dealt with criminals who recognized him as the Grand Line Judicial Officer.
• At Shakky’s Bamboo Stick Bar, Shakky welcomed Mu Yu and revealed that human trafficking in Sabaody had fallen by two-thirds because of his influence, particularly after Doflamingo’s auction houses withdrew.
• Shakky told Mu Yu that Rayleigh was out, and Mu Yu joked that he was probably gambling; Crocodile and Moria realized the bar owner knew the former Roger Pirates vice captain.
• Rayleigh returned to the bar and greeted Mu Yu, explaining that he had abandoned his gambling to meet the Grand Line Judicial Officer.
• Mu Yu and Rayleigh toasted and discussed the chaos of the Great Pirate Era, the mysteries of the seas, and Mu Yu’s determination to reshape their values.
• Rayleigh and Mu Yu chatted amicably as the group listened to Rayleigh’s stories about Roger, sensing mutual respect between the old and new legends.

Mu Yu left Sabaody Archipelago for Fish-Man Island, setting the New World's major powers into motion as the Whitebeard Pirates moved to intercept him. Meanwhile, Kuina continued teaching swordsmanship and hunting pirates, then left Spring Island to reach the New World sooner.

• Rayleigh watched Mu Yu's group depart for Fish-Man Island and reflected that Mu Yu might succeed where Roger's crew had failed.
• Sengoku learned that the Whitebeard Pirates were heading to intercept Mu Yu and summoned Marine officers to prepare for upheaval.
• The Big Mom Pirates, Beasts Pirates, and Red-Hair Pirates mobilized in response to Whitebeard's move, throwing the New World into turmoil.
• Kuina read a newspaper about Mu Yu and his companions, grew jealous over Nami, Robin, and Perona, and decided to reach the New World sooner.
• Kuina left Spring Island after teaching its children, having become a renowned A-Class Bounty Hunter known as the Asura beauty.

After Mu Yu won Fish-Man Island’s trust through the Pirate Code, he and his crew surfaced and encountered Whitebeard’s waiting ship, the Moby Dick. Both crews faced the meeting with tense excitement, setting up a confrontation between Mu Yu and Whitebeard.

• The group reflected on Fish-Man Island’s persecution by humans and Queen Otohime’s efforts to seek equality and reconciliation.
• Mu Yu punished human traffickers and Fish-Man extremists, dealt with Vander Decken IX, and expanded the Pirate Code’s influence across Fish-Man Island.
• Mu Yu earned the islanders’ trust and royal support, rescued Princess Shirahoshi, and gained Jinbe’s friendship, though Jinbe refused to join his challenge against Whitebeard.
• Jinbe apologized to Nami for Arlong’s actions, helping her finally let go of her resentment toward the Fish-Men.
• After the World Tree surfaced, Mu Yu’s crew encountered Whitebeard’s Moby Dick, and both crews grew tense and excited at seeing each other.

Mu Yu greeted the Whitebeard Pirates by summoning a huge meteorite, and Whitebeard shattered it with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Whitebeard and Mu Yu then exchanged tremendous slashes that split the clouds, leaving both crews stunned.

• Mu Yu admired Whitebeard but recognized that their opposing positions would require them to fight before discussing the Code.
• Mu Yu drew Kanemoto and fired a purple Gravity Beam, summoning a massive meteorite toward the Moby Dick.
• Whitebeard punched the meteorite with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and shattered it into fragments that crashed into the sea.
• Whitebeard swung Murakumogiri at Mu Yu, and Mu Yu answered with an upward sword strike that split the clouds.
• The crews aboard the World Tree and the Moby Dick froze at the destructive force of the two men's greeting.

Mu Yu met Whitebeard and rejected his offer to make him a son, then proposed a battle against all fifteen Whitebeard Pirates commanders. Whitebeard accepted, and both sides prepared to fight.

• Mu Yu and Whitebeard greeted each other as their ships approached, while powerful factions across the world mobilized toward the coming clash.
• Whitebeard offered Mu Yu the Whitebeard Pirates and the freedom to implement the Pirate Code if Mu Yu became his son.
• Mu Yu refused and joked that Whitebeard was too young to adopt Charlotte Linlin as his daughter, drawing laughter from both crews.
• Mu Yu proposed taking Crocodile to a nearby island for a promised one-on-one fight with Whitebeard, but Whitebeard challenged his authority to decide.
• Mu Yu offered to fight all fifteen Whitebeard Pirates commanders alone and promised not to kill anyone.
• Whitebeard accepted Mu Yu's challenge, and the Whitebeard Pirates raised their fighting spirit for battle.

Mu Yu challenged the Whitebeard Pirates on Towering Forest Island and defeated Vista with a single sword strike. The Whitebeard commanders rushed to check on Vista as the island filled with dust, while even Whitebeard felt pressure from Mu Yu’s strength.

• Mu Yu challenged all the Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders, and Vista volunteered to fight him first.
• Vista’s twin swords struck Mu Yu’s neck, but Mu Yu’s Armament Haki left him unharmed.
• Vista challenged Mu Yu to a swordsman’s duel, and Mu Yu drew Kanemoto.
• Mu Yu’s sword energy erased Vista’s Rose Waltz and blasted him into a mountain, cleaving it in half.
• The Whitebeard Pirates and Mu Yu’s crew were stunned by the defeat, while Whitebeard felt pressure from Mu Yu.

Mu Ye faced the Whitebeard Pirates’ captains after agreeing that their attacks would settle the transaction surrounding Vista’s duel with Whitebeard. He overwhelmed the captains who attacked him, leaving Whitebeard shaken by the strength needed to protect his family.

• Mu Ye told the Whitebeard Pirates’ captains to attack him together, and Whitebeard agreed to the transaction.
• Harta attacked Mu Ye from behind, but Mu Ye stopped his rapier with two fingers and sent him flying after Izou fired at him.
• Mu Ye caught Izou’s bullets, then used the Press-Press Fruit’s repulsive force to halt and slam down Harta, Rakuyo, and Atmos.
• Curiel’s rocket shell stopped near Mu Ye as Jozu struck him in the forehead, but Mu Ye redirected the force and lifted Jozu effortlessly.
• Jozu’s Haki-coated punch to Mu Ye’s stomach failed to hurt him, and Mu Ye taunted him to attack harder.
• Whitebeard and his crew were stunned by Mu Ye’s power, and Whitebeard worried that protecting his family would be difficult.

Mu Yu overwhelmed the Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders, while Crocodile fought Whitebeard and Marco joined the battle. Whitebeard unleashed his awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, and Mu Yu welcomed the challenge as Whitebeard condemned him for hurting his sons.

• Crocodile charged Whitebeard, and Whitebeard sent Marco to help the other commanders while ordering Teach to watch over him.
• Mu Yu defeated Jozu, Fossa, Namul, and several other commanders, then repeatedly slammed Marco into the ground.
• Mu Yu caught and threw Crocodile away as Crocodile returned from his fight with Whitebeard covered in blood.
• Whitebeard unleashed his awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, shaking the island and surrounding air while Mu Yu prepared to fight back.

Mu Yu and Whitebeard clashed on Towering Forest Island, unleashing Conqueror’s Haki and trading powerful attacks. Whitebeard recognized that Mu Yu’s fire was swordsmanship, and their battle continued.

• Whitebeard advanced on Mu Yu and struck with Murakumogiri, and Mu Yu met the attack with Kanemoto.
• Their blades collided, sending shockwaves across the sea and causing both crews to feel the force of their Conqueror’s Haki clash.
• After their Haki clash ended, Whitebeard charged Mu Yu and attacked with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power.
• Mu Yu countered Whitebeard’s attacks with Water Breathing sword intent and then unleashed flames through his swordsmanship.
• Whitebeard realized Mu Yu’s inferno was not a Devil Fruit ability, while the onlookers watched in shock.

Mu Yu and Whitebeard continued their battle, astonishing the Whitebeard Pirates commanders with the scale of their power. Whitebeard unleashed an island-wide earthquake attack, and Mu Yu prepared to meet it with his secret sword technique.

• Mu Yu and Whitebeard separated after a devastating clash as the island around them crumbled from the shockwaves.
• Whitebeard challenged Mu Yu to stop holding back, and Mu Yu replied that he wanted to make their fight more interesting.
• Whitebeard tore at the earth with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, folding vast sections of Towering Forest Island toward Mu Yu.
• Marco and the other commanders fled with their wounded allies while Crocodile watched Mu Yu remain in place.
• Mu Yu drew Kanemoto into an Iaijutsu stance and summoned a colossal Myōō manifestation with One-Sword Style Secret Art: Fudo Myoo.

Mu Yu’s Buddha’s Descent shattered Whitebeard’s attack and threatened Thatch and Jozu, so Whitebeard took the sword strikes to protect them. After the Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders rallied around their injured captain, Mu Yu offered them Senzu Beans, and Whitebeard ate one before insisting he could keep fighting.

• Mu Yu’s Buddha manifestation amplified his sword strike until it cut Whitebeard’s overturned Towering Forest Island into fragments.
• Whitebeard saw the sword energy rushing toward Thatch and Jozu and took the strikes himself to shield them.
• The Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders returned through the falling debris and gathered around their wounded captain despite his orders.
• Whitebeard reassured his sons and walked back toward Mu Yu, refusing to stop the fight.
• Mu Yu offered the Whitebeard Pirates Senzu Beans, and Whitebeard suppressed his sons before swallowing one and declaring he could still fight.

Mu Yu used a powerful ability to cut through Whitebeard’s quake attack and severely wound him, leaving the Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders stunned. Whitebeard refused to yield and kept fighting as Mu Yu struck him again, with the duel still underway.

• Whitebeard’s affiliated crews converged on the battlefield while reporters livestreamed the duel from ten nautical miles away.
• The Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders worried about Pops, and Marco reassured them that Mu Yu’s Senzu Beans had restored their health.
• Blackbeard watched Mu Yu’s strength and questioned whether his long plan to obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit could succeed.
• Mu Yu and Whitebeard continued their day-and-night duel, testing their abilities against each other and enjoying the fight.
• Mu Yu declared Whitebeard guilty, sliced through his quake attack, and opened a huge wound across his chest.
• Whitebeard stopped his commanders from intervening and attacked again, but Mu Yu struck him several times and sent him falling from the sky, covered in blood.

After defeating Whitebeard decisively, Mu Yu healed him and won his admiration. Whitebeard agreed to ally with Mu Yu against Charlotte Linlin, while their irreverent banter left both crews stunned.

• Mu Yu defeated Whitebeard, shocking the pirates and establishing himself as a formidable force in the New World.
• Whitebeard admitted defeat and swallowed Mu Yu's Senzu Bean, which instantly healed his injuries.
• Whitebeard asked Mu Yu to become his son, but Mu Yu joked that they should fight again and make the loser the other's son.
• Whitebeard offered the Whitebeard Pirates' support for Mu Yu's Pirate Code and asked which Emperor to fight first.
• Mu Yu chose Big Mom, and Whitebeard agreed to ally with him against her.
• Mu Yu and Whitebeard joked about the other Emperors and wondered how Shanks trimmed his nails after losing an arm.

Mu Yu and Whitebeard secretly staged a prolonged battle to lure rival forces toward Fish-Man Island while their crews bonded aboard the World Tree and the Moby Dick. The Big Mom Pirates arrived with Whitebeard’s allied crews, the Red-Hair Pirates, and the Marines nearby, as Mu Yu and Whitebeard prepared to begin their real plan.

• Whitebeard’s 42 subordinate crews rushed toward Fish-Man Island, while the World Government, Big Mom, and other opportunists mobilized to exploit the supposed duel.
• At the vanished Towering Forest Island, the World Tree and the Moby Dick crews drank together as Mu Yu and Whitebeard maintained the illusion of a fierce battle with earthquakes and tsunamis.
• Mu Yu reflected on Whitebeard’s cunning and helped him stage the conflict for ten days and ten nights to draw in potential attackers.
• The Big Mom Pirates arrived ten nautical miles from Fish-Man Island, where Whitebeard’s allied crews stood guard and the Red-Hair Pirates and Marines gathered nearby.
• Mu Yu and Whitebeard decided that enough forces had arrived and prepared to begin the grand show.

The Big-Mom Pirates attacked the Whitebeard Pirates while Whitebeard was supposedly fighting Mu Yu, but Whitebeard and Mu Yu arrived together and turned the battle around. Mu Yu defeated Charlotte Linlin, and the Big-Mom Pirates were wiped out and captured.

• Katakuri calmed Charlotte Linlin’s eating disorder by promising her Fish-Man Island candy, and Linlin ordered the Big-Mom Pirates to attack Fish-Man Island.
• The Big-Mom Pirates opened fire on the Whitebeard Pirates, and their ships fought fiercely until Linlin, Smoothie, Oven, and Perospero tore through the Whitebeard fleet.
• The Whitebeard Pirates’ formation collapsed, and the watching forces expected Whitebeard’s crew to fall while Linlin rampaged for candy.
• Whitebeard arrived aboard the Moby Dick with Mu Yu, and their allies joined the battle, putting the Big-Mom Pirates at a severe disadvantage.
• Mu Yu struck Linlin into the sea, then Whitebeard and Mu Yu’s forces defeated the Big-Mom Pirates and captured Linlin and all her officers.

After Mu Yu defeated the Big Mom Pirates, he ordered Charlotte Linlin and her crew to sign the Pirate Code, granting them a chance to start over. Charlotte Linlin accepted the Code, and its supernatural power transformed the sky as the Marines and other pirates watched uneasily.

• The Red-Hair Pirates and the Marines reacted with fear and disbelief to Mu Yu’s defeat of two major powers, while Shanks decided he would meet Mu Yu later.
• The captured Big Mom Pirates hoped Mu Yu would follow his usual practice and let them sign the Pirate Code rather than punish them immediately.
• Mu Yu presented the Code to Charlotte Linlin and the Big Mom Pirates, warning that he would personally execute anyone who violated its core principles after signing.
• Charlotte Linlin challenged Mu Yu’s confidence, but she recalled how easily he had defeated her and wondered whether he had surpassed Rocks.
• Charlotte Linlin saw that Whitebeard and his commanders had already signed the Code, then pressed her bloody handprint onto it, causing a red light to transform the sky.

After Mu Yu defeated the Whitebeard and Big Mom Pirates and forced their captains to sign the Pirate Code, the Marines, the Five Elders, Kaido, and Doflamingo considered what the Code meant and how to counter Mu Yu. News of his victories spread worldwide, leaving criminals afraid and civilians hopeful as the story ended with Mu Yu’s influence reshaping the New World.

• Garp told Sengoku that Mu Yu was stronger than Rocks and that nobody knew the limit of his power.
• The Marines and the Five Elders speculated about the Pirate Code, and the Five Elders considered seeking an audience with Im.
• Kaido and his officers wondered whether the Pirate Code was the source of Mu Yu’s strength, while Orochi feared losing his power.
• Doflamingo panicked over the threat Mu Yu posed to his criminal empire and guessed that Mu Yu’s weakness was his attraction to women.
• News of Mu Yu’s victories spread around the world, frightening pirates and criminals while giving oppressed civilians hope.

After the Big Mom Pirates departed, Mu Yu fought Shanks in a battle broadcast around the world and decisively won, establishing himself as the Number One Person Under Heaven. The Red-Hair Pirates signed the Pirate Code, bringing Mu Yu closer to completing its mysterious network and leaving him eager to see what it would do.

• Mu Yu let the Big Mom Pirates leave after they signed the Pirate Code, demonstrating his commitment to its principles.
• Mu Yu and the Whitebeard Pirates discussed how the Code affected their crews and territories, and Mu Yu warned his allies to keep their members in line.
• Shanks and the Red-Hair Pirates arrived, and Mu Yu faced Shanks while Crocodile, Enel, and Moria fought the crew's officers.
• Mu Yu defeated Shanks decisively in a battle broadcast through Den Den Mushi, establishing himself as the Number One Person Under Heaven.
• The Red-Hair Pirates signed the Pirate Code, and its parchment grew more mysterious as Mu Yu sensed another piece of its puzzle fall into place.

After the Pirate Code feast, Whitebeard considered Mu Yu’s growing influence and the coming conflict with the World Government, while Blackbeard worried that Mu Yu stood in the way of his ambitions. News of Mu Yu’s victories spread worldwide, and Fish-Man Island and Alabasta saw safer, more hopeful lives under the Code’s influence.

• After the Red-Hair Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, and Tree Planter Organization parted ways, Whitebeard reflected that Mu Yu had ushered in an era centered on himself and expected the World Government to respond.
• Aboard the Moby Dick, Blackbeard sensed Mu Yu’s hostility and worried that Mu Yu could block his ambitions, though he hoped Mu Yu’s many enemies would eventually bring him down.
• As reports of Mu Yu defeating three Four Emperors spread, pirates and human traffickers backed away from Fish-Man Island, where Princess Shirahoshi saw the improvement as the change Mu Yu had promised.
• In Alabasta, the Pirate Code helped reduce crime, improve trade and public safety, and restore hope, while Bounty Hunters gained wider acceptance as partners of justice.
• News about Mu Yu continued spreading from the Grand Line to East Blue, reaching Cocoyasi Village and Shimotsuki Village.

As news of Mu Yu’s victories spread, villagers and allies across the seas celebrated his rise and reflected on how his fame had changed their lives. Zoro renewed his resolve to surpass Mu Yu, Luffy learned that Shanks was a Four Emperor, and Mu Yu’s legend continued to spread around the world.

• Cocoyasi Village celebrated Nami’s newspaper coverage, and Nojiko remembered how Mu Yu had helped transform the village.
• At Isshin Dojo, Koshiro read about Mu Yu defeating three Four Emperors, then taught the eager children while Zoro vowed to claim the title of World’s Greatest Swordsman.
• Makino told Luffy that Shanks was one of the Four Emperors, and Luffy said he would return Shanks’s hat and become the One Piece.
• Mu Yu’s followers in the East Blue celebrated his victories as the Shark Emerald’s reputation as a mysterious law-enforcement ship grew.
• Stories about Mu Yu spread across the seas, making him a legend known throughout the world.