Recaps

Luo Han learned that he could not return to Ring Tree Island until the Rocks Pirates’ mission ended, six months later, and heard from Whitebeard about Golden Lion’s battles against Roger’s group and the Marines. After the ships reached a prosperous island under Rocks’ rule, a bespectacled young man recognized Cole’s 400-million-Beli bounty poster.

• Luo Han asked Whitebeard how he could return to Ring Tree Island, and Whitebeard explained that Rocks’ mission rules barred him from leaving until the year ended, six months later.
• Whitebeard told Luo Han that Golden Lion had gathered Silver Axe, Ochoku, and others to fight Roger’s Pirates, Garp, and their allies in several three-day battles that ended in draws.
• Whitebeard revealed that Rocks’ original crew included several people as strong as he was, while Luo Han learned that his own ship had no such members.
• Luo Han and Cole arrived at a prosperous island ruled by Rocks and entered its largest restaurant.
• A bespectacled young man found Cole’s bounty poster, read aloud his 400-million-Beli bounty, and asked whether Cole was Lord Cole.

Luo Han and Cole ate at an island restaurant, learned that Rocks Pirates members could eat for free, and returned to Whitebeard’s ship as it set sail toward the island near the Roger Pirates. Later, Luo Han shared wine with Whitebeard and asked what he knew about Roger.

• Bill Bit praised Cole, said he hoped to join his crew someday, and left without acknowledging Luo Han.
• Luo Han and Cole realized they had no money after their meal, but the restaurant owner told them Rocks Pirates members ate free on islands under the crew’s control.
• Sister Shaku told Luo Han that Roger and Golden Lion had fought on Saipan Island and might be near the next island.
• Whitebeard ordered the ships to set sail, and Luo Han used Illusion to notify Takk.
• Luo Han and Whitebeard drank wine together on the ship’s stern, and Luo Han asked Whitebeard what he knew about Roger.

Luo Han learned that the Roger Pirates were exceptionally powerful as several forces prepared to converge on First Line Island. The Gorosei ordered the Marines to stay out of the coming battle, while Whitebeard, Luo Han, and Cole headed to breakfast unaware of the order.

• Whitebeard warned Luo Han that every Roger Pirate was at least as strong as a Marine Vice Admiral and that Roger was even more formidable.
• Golden Lion, Silver Axe, Ochoku, and other Rocks Pirates planned to attack the Roger Pirates, expecting Whitebeard to arrive as well.
• Sengoku and Zephyr concluded that Roger was on First Line Island and anticipated a three-sided battle involving the Marines, the Rocks Pirates, and Whitebeard's group.
• The Gorosei decided that the Marines would observe the battle without participating, but Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr did not know about the order.
• Luo Han woke aboard Whitebeard's ship, then flew with Cole to Takk's ship for breakfast as Whitebeard watched the sea with unease.

The Roger Pirates prepared to face Golden Lion’s group on First Line Island as Luo Han and Whitebeard approached from another direction. The battle began while Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr watched from a nearby warship under orders not to interfere.

• Roger sensed Golden Lion’s group approaching and rallied the Roger Pirates to prepare for battle.
• Golden Lion’s crew neared First Line Island, where Roger’s crew sent flying slashes toward them and Golden Lion countered.
• Luo Han warned Takk to keep away from the coming battle, despite Takk having learned to use Armament Haki.
• Garp argued against the World Government’s order to stay out of the fight, but Sengoku and Zephyr kept him from leaving the warship.
• Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr heard the distant clash and turned their attention toward First Line Island.

Roger and the Roger Pirates fought Golden Lion’s forces on First Line Island while Whitebeard, Luo Han, Cole, and Sister Shaku joined the battle. The fight remained divided between Roger’s clash with Golden Lion and the beach battle, where Luo Han’s sudden punch sent Gaban flying into the forest.

• Roger confirmed Golden Lion’s arrival, and the two clashed on First Line Island as their sword strikes tore through the island and sky.
• Rayleigh led the Roger Pirates against Ochoku, Silver Axe, Hank, and the other pirates, while Gaban helped suppress their forces.
• Whitebeard sailed toward the battle and went to Roger’s fight, while Luo Han and Cole flew to the beach and Sister Shaku followed them.
• Hank called for Luo Han and Cole to join the beach fight, and Luo Han charged toward Gaban as Rayleigh and Gaban discussed Roger’s battle.
• Gaban attacked Luo Han, but Luo Han accelerated and punched him into the distant forest, stunning everyone on the battlefield.

Luo Han disrupted the Roger Pirates and then used Psychic Armament to withstand Gaban’s slash, helping the Rocks Pirates gain an advantage. After Sister Shaku arrived, she teamed up with Luo Han against Rayleigh, and Luo Han agreed to assist her with Psychokinesis.

• Luo Han dodged Gaban and raced around the battlefield, disrupting the Roger Pirates while Cole joined the fight.
• Luo Han steered Roger Pirates away from Ochoku and Silver Axe’s opponents, leaving the two Rocks Pirates under increasing pressure.
• Luo Han formed Psychic Armament and blocked most of Gaban’s Slash Wave, then fought him to a standstill.
• Sister Shaku arrived and kicked Hank away, then said she and Luo Han would handle Rayleigh.
• Sister Shaku attacked Rayleigh over his alleged dine-and-dash, and Luo Han agreed to help her with Psychokinesis.

Luo Han fought alongside Sister Shaku and Rayleigh as the battle turned against the Rocks Pirates, then rushed to save Cole after Cole was badly wounded. He crippled two Roger Pirates with an unseen attack, and Rayleigh confronted him over harming his companions.

• Sister Shaku kicked Rayleigh while Luo Han used Psychokinesis to stop him from dodging, and Gaban warned Rayleigh that Ochoku and Silver Axe were losing ground.
• Rayleigh and Sister Shaku kept Luo Han occupied while Gaban drew Hank into Ochoku's battlefield, throwing the fighting into chaos.
• A Roger Pirates swordsman and a large fish-man struck Cole together, cutting across his chest and sending him onto the beach.
• Luo Han rushed to Cole and used his Military Fist ultimate technique to blast Rayleigh away, while an unseen attack severed the swordsman's arm and pierced the fish-man's abdomen.
• Luo Han reached Cole and promised they would stay together, then Rayleigh confronted him over the injuries to his companions.

Luo Han battled Rayleigh and Gaban, using his invisible attacks and Bullet Time to evade their coordinated assault. Their fight reached a stalemate while the larger battlefield shifted in the Rocks Pirates’ favor, and Roger, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion fought in a chaotic three-way melee.

• Rayleigh charged Luo Han after accusing him of severing one of his brothers’ arms, and Gaban joined him as the battle intensified.
• Rayleigh and Gaban coordinated their attacks to stop Luo Han from disrupting the Roger Pirates, but Luo Han escaped their traps and interfered with their strikes using an invisible attack.
• Rayleigh realized Luo Han’s defense was weak and attacked him relentlessly with Gaban, while Luo Han relied on Bullet Time at critical moments despite its heavy stamina cost.
• Rayleigh and Gaban drew Luo Han away, allowing the Rocks Pirates to gain the advantage as Hank pressured the Roger Pirates and two Admiral candidates moved to hold him off.
• Whitebeard joined Roger and Golden Lion’s fight, turning their exchanges into a chaotic three-way melee as their wide-ranging attacks struck indiscriminately.

After Marines intervened to rescue civilians, the three sides withdrew from the First Line Island Sea Battle, and Luo Han's feats brought him worldwide attention. Luo Han and his companions sailed away, reconciled with Sister Shaku, and landed on a small island to rest before continuing toward Warship Island.

• A civilian merchant ship was destroyed by a Slash Wave, so Garp, Zephyr, and Sengoku moved to rescue the survivors despite orders not to interfere in the battle.
• Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Garp, Zephyr, and the pirates became entangled in the fighting, while Sengoku evacuated civilians aboard a Marine warship.
• After the Marines joined the battle, the three sides withdrew; the next day, news praised Roger's fight and Luo Han's remarkable performance at eighteen.
• Sister Shaku apologized to Luo Han and Cole, and Luo Han reassured her that he held no grudge.
• Whitebeard ordered the group to sail toward Warship Island, but they stopped at a small island the next morning to rest and prepare food.

Luo Han learned that his bounty had risen to 600 million Beli and that the World Government had branded him the Blue Demon after the battle at First Line Island. As news of his strength spread and the Gorosei agreed to focus on Ring Tree Island, Luo Han and his companions feasted on an unnamed island, where hungry children gathered nearby.

• Takk showed Luo Han his new bounty poster, and Luo Han complained about its title and false description.
• The Gorosei discussed the Marines' intervention at First Line Island and agreed to deal with Ring Tree Island first.
• Charlotte Linlin admired Luo Han's strength, while Kaido became interested in Cole and the Haki Rocks possessed.
• Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban analyzed Luo Han's abilities before Roger encouraged the injured Roger Pirates to hold a feast.
• Luo Han and his companions enjoyed a meal on an unnamed island, and a frail little girl tugged at her father's hand and said she wanted some food.

Luo Han saved villagers from pirate lackeys, then struggled with Sister Shaku’s explanation of why people feared intervening in the New World. After leaving the island, he reached Warship Island and saw the industrial scale of the Rocks Pirates’ shipbuilding operation.

• Luo Han used Mind Movement to stop pirates from attacking a father and daughter, while Whitebeard and Sister Shaku remained still.
• Sister Shaku explained that pirates often retaliated against anyone who interfered, and Luo Han released the lackeys before deciding he was not strong enough to help the island further.
• Rocks ordered the group to resupply at Warship Island before continuing their pursuit of the Roger Pirates, and they left the island after eating.
• Three days later, Luo Han, Cole, and Whitebeard arrived at Warship Island, where Luo Han saw standardized Rocks warships being built on a large scale.
• Whitebeard prepared to choose a ship, while hungry Cole followed Luo Han to inspect a nearly completed five-hundred-meter Rocks warship.

Luo Han and Cole left Warship Island with Whitebeard, then began hunting Sea Kings so Cole could strengthen himself before facing Roger’s crew again. Six days into the voyage, Cole had eaten dozens of Sea Kings, but his transformation was still incomplete.

• Whitebeard bought a huge warship painted to resemble a Navy vessel, and Luo Han and Cole explored the island before leaving aboard Takk’s ship behind the Rocks Pirates.
• Luo Han and Cole chose to follow Whitebeard’s new ship separately because Luo Han did not want to attend a banquet with the crew.
• After six days at sea, the group reached a barren rocky island, where Cole sat in his steaming giant form.
• Luo Han agreed to Cole’s plan to devour Sea Kings and asked Whitebeard to let them hunt so Cole could prepare for another clash with Roger’s crew.
• Cole swallowed five enormous Sea Kings on the first day and gradually increased his daily total, but he still needed more energy to evolve.

Cole completed his evolution and gained the ability to enter and swim through a separate space, greatly improving his ability to escape danger. After confirming that he could not take Luo Han with him, the brothers celebrated their new strength and rejoined the others before preparing to leave for a fight against the Roger Pirates.

• After devouring thirty Large Sea Kings, Cole finished his evolution and demonstrated an ability that let him vanish into space and reappear.
• Luo Han stopped Cole from revealing the ability to the others and arranged to test it with him privately.
• At high altitude, Cole explained that he could swim through space, but his attempt to bring Luo Han along failed.
• Cole emerged after lingering in the other space, and Luo Han realized the ability made Cole exceptionally difficult to kill.
• Luo Han and Cole practiced their increased strength before returning to the feast, where Whitebeard said they would leave the next day to deal with the Roger Pirates.

Luo Han broke through in Mind Power, strengthening his Psychokinesis and Psychic Armament, while the Roger Pirates approached the island. The chapter ended as Roger’s long-range slash cleaved through part of the island before Luo Han and the others could react.

• Luo Han discovered that his Divine Sense could distinguish specific emotions and resolved to develop the ability to influence them.
• Luo Han increased his connection to the Telekinesis World, gaining much greater Psychokinesis, a larger blue Psychic Armament, and enough speed to fly three thousand meters into the sky in one breath.
• Luo Han returned to breakfast and ate porridge beside Cole while the Roger Pirates approached the island.
• Gaban identified Whitebeard's group and the crew allied with Luo Han, and Roger ordered the ship to accelerate toward the island.
• Sister Shaku spotted the Roger Pirates, and Roger slashed from five kilometers away, cutting through part of the island and opening a deep trench in the sea.

Roger and the Roger Pirates arrived to confront Luo Han, but Roger first tried to recruit him before the fighting began. Luo Han split the charging crew with stone pillars, and the battle left Roger facing Whitebeard while Luo Han went after Rayleigh.

• Roger's Slash Wave struck an uninhabited part of the island, and Luo Han and Cole flew to the eastern shore as Whitebeard prepared his crew for battle.
• Luo Han activated his improved Psychic Armament Mode, and Whitebeard warned him to be careful while promising to hold Roger back.
• Roger arrived, recognized Luo Han, and invited him to join his crew before attacking when Luo Han refused.
• Whitebeard shattered Roger's Slash Wave with an Air Quake punch, and Roger's crew launched an attack against Luo Han and the others.
• Luo Han raised stone pillars that scattered the Roger Pirates across the island, then told Cole to hide if he could not win and charged toward Rayleigh.

Luo Han overwhelmed Rayleigh with his greatly increased speed and Psychokinesis, leaving the Roger Pirates struggling to stop him. He then unleashed a devastating long-range attack that carved a magma-filled crater into the island, while Rayleigh and the others escaped it.

• Luo Han struck Rayleigh with Psychokinesis and stone attacks, repeatedly hurling him into the island and leaving him coughing blood.
• Luo Han surveyed the battle, noting that Roger and Whitebeard were fighting in the south, Shaku and Gaban were battling in the north, and Cole was evading the Roger Pirates with ease.
• The Roger Pirates gathered around the injured Rayleigh as Luo Han explained that his increased speed and power made him nearly impossible to challenge.
• Luo Han flew two thousand meters into the air and gathered a hundred-meter sphere of stones with his Psychokinesis.
• Rayleigh told his companions to scatter, and Luo Han's attack blasted a huge crater into the island, leaving magma bubbling inside it.

Luo Han used his Psychic Stone Sphere to bombard the Roger Pirates with an uninterrupted barrage from above while Roger and Whitebeard continued fighting elsewhere on the island. After the barrage suddenly stopped, Rayleigh warned the others to be wary of Luo Han’s next move.

• Rayleigh and Gaban split up to warn the Roger Pirates and search for a way to destroy Luo Han’s Psychic Stone Sphere.
• Luo Han launched Psychic Stone Pythons at the island, then unleashed an overwhelming barrage that kept the Roger Pirates dodging instead of counterattacking.
• Sister Shaku told Takk and Cole’s group to retreat, and they sailed two kilometers away from the island to watch the battle.
• Roger and Whitebeard continued fighting through the night as Roger trusted Rayleigh’s group to handle Luo Han.
• After a full day of attacks, Luo Han’s barrage abruptly fell silent, and Rayleigh warned the Roger Pirates to watch for a strange new move.

Shuang Rufeng reflected on his first novel going premium and promised to complete it regardless of its initial subscriptions. He thanked readers and editors and asked readers to support the story.

• Shuang Rufeng recounted the novel’s steady updates since April 12 and announced that it would go premium on June 1.
• Shuang Rufeng explained that he wanted writing to support himself and help ease his aging parents’ financial burden.
• Shuang Rufeng outlined the launch schedule, including two free chapters and ten premium chapters, followed by two more updates on June 1.
• Shuang Rufeng promised not to abandon the story if its first subscriptions fell below one hundred and pledged to write at least one million words.
• Shuang Rufeng thanked readers and editors, asked readers to subscribe, and wished everyone happiness and good health.

After ending his endless stone attacks, Luo Han concealed how much stamina he had left and formed a five-meter psychic sphere around himself called Meat Armor Mode. He fought Rayleigh’s group with Sister Shaku and Cole, whose attacks could barely damage his defense, leaving Rayleigh considering retreat.

• Luo Han realized his psychokinesis consumed little stamina and decided to hide his physical strength from the World Government’s spies among the Rocks Pirates.
• Luo Han made his stone attacks fall away to look exhausted, prompting Sister Shaku and Cole to fly over while hidden spies reported that he had grown stronger.
• Rayleigh and the Roger Pirates regrouped and decided to wait for Luo Han to descend, then retreat by morning if he could still fight.
• Luo Han fused his psychokinesis with his body to create Meat Armor Mode, a blue psychic sphere designed for defense.
• Luo Han charged Rayleigh’s group, withstanding their attacks as he darted across the battlefield alongside Sister Shaku and Cole.
• Rayleigh and Gaban realized that Luo Han’s sphere recovered quickly and that his Observation Haki helped him dodge their strongest strikes, so Rayleigh began considering a retreat.

Luo Han was wounded when Rayleigh and Gaban adapted their formation to counter his speed, but he ended the fight and left before Garp and the Marines arrived. Whitebeard and Roger also stopped fighting, discussed Rocks’s plans and their dreams, and were found chatting together by Rayleigh’s group.

• Rayleigh and Gaban struck Luo Han with Slash Waves after their group changed tactics, leaving bloody marks across his chest.
• Luo Han sensed Garp, Sengoku, and the Marines approaching, then withdrew with Cole and Sister Shaku and told Rayleigh’s group to leave.
• Rayleigh gathered his companions and hurried toward Roger and Whitebeard’s battlefield.
• Whitebeard told Roger that Garp and the others were coming, and Roger asked whether Rocks had deliberately allowed the Roger Pirates to grow stronger.
• Roger declared that he would end Rocks’s era, while Whitebeard said his dream was to have a family.
• Rayleigh and his companions arrived to find Roger and Whitebeard sitting together, laughing and talking after their battle.

After Luo Han defeated Roger’s crew and sailed away with Whitebeard, the two drank together while their ships rested at sea. Garp then attacked in the night, accusing Luo Han of using civilians to force the Marines to act, and Luo Han began taking control of the seawater around Garp’s warships.

• Whitebeard left Roger’s island, and Roger rallied his injured crew while privately vowing to make Luo Han pay for hurting his companions.
• Luo Han and Whitebeard sailed away together, shared liquor, and stopped at a quiet stretch of sea to rest for the night.
• Garp’s warships caught up and fired a cannonball at Whitebeard’s ship, but Sister Shaku kicked it into an explosion before it could hit.
• Luo Han woke and destroyed three more cannonballs with Psychokinesis as Garp accused him of using civilians to force the Marines to act.
• Luo Han spread his Divine Sense toward Garp’s fleet and began controlling the seawater around the warships.

Luo Han used Psychokinesis to destroy the Marine warships and escape with Whitebeard, while Garp and the survivors regrouped and vowed to pursue him. News of the battle made Luo Han infamous as the Blue Demon, earning him an 800 million Beli bounty, and he woke aboard Whitebeard’s ship to find even the crew feared his new reputation.

• Whitebeard and Sister Shaku watched as Luo Han forced the sea around Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, and the Marine warships into a deep hollow, then crushed the ships in surging water before escaping with Whitebeard.
• Garp and Zephyr rescued survivors from the wreckage, Sengoku woke and swore to kill Luo Han, and the Marines called headquarters for support.
• Reports of the battle spread worldwide, and Luo Han received an 800 million Beli bounty under the name Blue Demon.
• The Gorosei reviewed reports of Luo Han’s abilities, decided to monitor him, and shifted their priority back to finding an island.
• Luo Han woke aboard Whitebeard’s ship and realized the head chef and others now treated him with fear because of his Blue Demon reputation.

Luo Han and Whitebeard’s crew approached Hachinosu Island, where Charlotte Linlin challenged Luo Han and tried to recruit Cole. Luo Han arrived at the Rocks Pirates’ gathering, hoping to return home afterward despite sensing that trouble was coming.

• Luo Han caught a tuna while Takk and Cole struggled to fish, then silenced Pirate Dragon and Extra when their flattery annoyed him.
• Charlotte Linlin arrived aboard Zeus, asked where Whitebeard was, and pressed Cole to join her crew.
• Luo Han and Charlotte Linlin exchanged blows until Whitebeard stopped the fight, warning that many people on Hachinosu Island were hostile toward Luo Han.
• Luo Han reflected on how Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr’s pursuit had strengthened his Psychokinesis and hoped to return to Ring Tree Island after the gathering.
• Luo Han saw Hachinosu Island ahead and worried that his twitching eyelids foretold trouble.

Luo Han, Whitebeard, Cole, and Takk arrived at Hachinosu Island, where the pirate crews gathered for a day of revelry. After Aixi led Luo Han and Cole through the island’s chaotic streets, the pair disappeared before meeting the woman waiting for them.

• Luo Han and Whitebeard reached Hachinosu Island and received directions to dock at Pier 003.
• Pirates recognized Whitebeard, Luo Han, and Cole as they entered the island, while Whitebeard left the others to explore on their own.
• Aixi offered to show Luo Han’s group around, and Takk and the others scattered after she said the island’s food and women were freely available.
• Aixi revealed her bold demeanor and led Luo Han and Cole toward a woman waiting for them on a building’s rooftop.
• Aixi reached the building and discovered Luo Han and Cole had vanished; after hearing something from a woman who came downstairs, she hurried upstairs in anger.

Luo Han learned that Sister Shaku, Sola, and Aixi would join his new team after the Hachinosu Island carnival, then celebrated with the Rocks Pirates. After the festivities, Luo Han set sail with Sister Shaku and Cole for Bot Island, planning to search for Ring Tree Island from there.

• Sister Shaku explained that Luo Han would form his own team after the carnival and revealed that she, Sola, and Aixi would follow him.
• Rocks announced that the Great Treasure would be found within a year and a half at the latest, prompting the gathered pirates to celebrate.
• Luo Han, Cole, and Sister Shaku attended the three-day carnival on Hachinosu Island.
• After the carnival, Luo Han told Rocks they were returning to Ring Tree Island, and Sister Shaku provided a ship for the trip.
• Luo Han sailed toward Bot Island after realizing they had no Log Pose route to Ring Tree Island.