Ch. 162A New Beginning

Luo Han returned to Warship Island with the injured Whitebeard and Cole, and Elles healed Cole before she and Luo Han watched the sunrise together. Elles explained why she wanted Luo Han to call her Xiao Huan, while the others on the island began their day and noticed the group’s return.

  • Luo Han brought Whitebeard and Cole back to Warship Island, where Whitebeard immediately fell asleep from exhaustion.
  • Elles used her plant-based ability to heal Cole and gave Whitebeard a smaller share of her healing energy.
  • Luo Han and Elles awkwardly settled on calling each other friends and agreed that he would call her Xiao Huan.
  • Elles told Luo Han that she still liked her old name and was grateful he had helped her find the Human-Human Fruit.
  • Elles said she had awakened and eaten the fruit while inside the box, then told Luo Han not to imagine how she had done it.
  • Sister Shaku, Aixi, and Tian Yue Shi noticed the people on the mountaintop and headed toward a nearby restaurant.

Ch. 163Separate Paths

Luo Han and his companions shared a banquet on Warship Island and decided how they would part ways and travel next. After Tian Yue Shi left for Wano Country in tears, the others withdrew, and Luo Han drank with Whitebeard until he passed out.

  • At the banquet, Aixi and the others marveled at Luo Han's changed appearance, while Cole described sleeping through the day.
  • Sister Shaku asked about everyone's plans, and Tian Yue Shi invited Elles to go with her to Wano Country, but Elles declined.
  • Sister Shaku announced she would leave piracy to open a bar, while Aixi and Sola chose to stay with Luo Han and his group.
  • Luo Han planned to take Tian Yue Shi to Wano Country, visit Ark Island and Ring Tree Island, and help Sister Shaku find an island for her bar.
  • Tian Yue Shi agreed to leave the next day and ran off crying; Aixi followed her, and Sola and Elles also left the banquet.
  • Luo Han drank against Whitebeard until dawn and passed out from drunkenness before midnight.

Ch. 164Who Changed My Underwear?

After waking from a drunken night in unfamiliar clothes, Luo Han learned that no one aboard admitted to changing him and prepared to escort Tian Yue Shi home. The ships set sail for Wano Country while Tian Yue Shi rested in her room.

  • Tian Yue Shi told Sister Shaku that she had decided to gamble on a plan to make Luo Han act, and Sister Shaku agreed to arrange it.
  • Luo Han woke at noon in a red tank top and floral shorts, then questioned Aixi about who had changed his clothes and underwear.
  • Aixi denied changing Luo Han and gave him water and porridge before reminding him that Tian Yue Shi had been waiting since early morning.
  • Aixi told Luo Han that Edward Newgate had left in a small boat and planned to meet him again after his drinking capacity improved.
  • Sister Shaku took charge of the nautical chart and said she knew their approximate destination while Tian Yue Shi rested in her room.
  • Luo Han instructed Takk to follow, then lifted both ships into the air and set course for Wano Country.

Ch. 165Tian Yue Shi Disembarks, Garp Becomes a Hero

Luo Han and his companions said goodbye to Tian Yue Shi at Wano Country, and he gave her a ring that would alert him if she broke it in an emergency. Later, Luo Han read news proclaiming Garp a hero for defeating the Rocks Pirates and reflected on the crew’s fate as his ships sailed toward Ark Island.

  • Tian Yue Shi thanked Luo Han and the others before boarding a boat to return to Wano Country.
  • Luo Han made Tian Yue Shi a sea-blue ring linked to him and told her to crush it if she ever faced danger.
  • Two giant goldfish pulled Tian Yue Shi’s boat through Wano’s currents as she and the others exchanged farewells.
  • Luo Han read a newspaper claiming Garp defeated the Rocks Pirates and rescued Celestial Dragons and slaves.
  • Luo Han told Sister Shaku that Garp and Roger likely defeated Rocks, while the Rocks Pirates had disbanded and she could not return to them.

Ch. 166Mind Power: Implant Aura

Luo Han brought his crew to Ark Island, where Aixi and Cole eagerly planned to eat the snakes that frightened the others. The next morning, he tested his newly strengthened Mind Power by preparing to implant Charlotte Linlin’s physical talent aura into Takk’s five officers.

  • Luo Han and the others reached Ark Island by flying over its circular sea current, and he kept them from landing on the snake-filled beach at night.
  • Aixi showed no fear of the snakes and discussed grilling them with Cole, while Sister Shaku explained that Aixi had once been stranded among snakes.
  • The crew landed on the mountain, rested overnight, and gathered the next morning when Luo Han called Takk and his five officers to a mountaintop.
  • Luo Han reviewed how his transformed Mind Power had gained Implant Aura, which could permanently give objects or living creatures compatible attributes.
  • Luo Han adjusted the five officers’ physical talent auras to work with Charlotte Linlin’s, intending to help them develop Steel Balloon-like physiques faster.

Ch. 167Implanting Talent

Luo Han asked Takk and five others to guard Ark Island while he searched for something for several years, and they eagerly agreed to make it their home. He implanted powerful physical talents in them, then began painfully accelerating his own recovery through Mind Guidance.

  • Luo Han told Takk and the others that he planned to search for something for several years and wanted to turn Ark Island into his group's future home and headquarters.
  • Takk and the other five pledged to protect Ark Island, moved by Luo Han's promise that it would become their home.
  • Luo Han implanted rainbow-colored physical talent auras in all six men, giving Takk an additional talent from the Super Giant Sea King, and ordered them to keep the flames secret and train.
  • Takk led the others toward the mountains to begin training while Luo Han hoped they would become strong enough to survive in the New World.
  • Luo Han used Mind Guidance to accelerate his physical recovery and endured severe pain as his body trembled and sweated.

Ch. 168First Glimpse of Rocks' Haki Secret

Aixi searched for Luo Han while Elles and Sister Shaku’s group teased her over breakfast, and Sola watched Luo Han with an unusual expression. After training, Luo Han tried and failed to reproduce Rocks’ special Haki, then gave Cole a talent flame that could greatly increase his strength.

  • Aixi looked for Luo Han with a bowl of millet porridge, learned from Elles that he had gone to the mountains, and ended up drinking the porridge herself.
  • Elles flew into the forest after explaining that she did not need to eat, while Sister Shaku reflected that Aixi had become part of the group and Sola watched Luo Han.
  • After recovering from painful training, Luo Han tried to fuse Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and willpower in different ratios to imitate Rocks’ special Haki, but none worked.
  • Cole arrived to take Luo Han to the banquet, and Luo Han merged a rainbow-colored talent flame into Cole’s arm.
  • Cole said the flame felt better than eating a hundred Sea Kings, and Luo Han anticipated that Cole might one day rival Kaido’s defenses.

Ch. 169Staying Behind on Ark Island

Luo Han told his companions he planned to make Ark Island the group’s New World headquarters while he traveled the Four Seas, leaving Takk and the others to guard it. Before departing, he reassured Elles that Ring Tree Island and its people would always be her home and family.

  • Aixi confronted Luo Han for leaving without telling her, but Sister Shaku interrupted their awkward exchange before the group began a feast.
  • Luo Han explained that he wanted Takk and the others to protect Ark Island as the group’s future headquarters while he traveled the Four Seas and searched for something he had promised Sister Shaku.
  • Takk and his subordinates eagerly vowed to guard Ark Island and welcomed the chance to make it their home.
  • Elles worried that Luo Han and the people of Ring Tree Island would never return, so Luo Han assured her that she was family and that their home would always be hers.
  • Luo Han and his companions said goodbye to Takk and the others, then departed Ark Island aboard their flying ship.

Ch. 170Walking the Beach with Aixi

Luo Han took Aixi for a secluded beach walk and gave her the Innate Aura Flame to strengthen her for the dangers ahead. After fusing it into her, he flew her back to the others, while Aixi blushed at his remark about Sister Shaku worrying.

  • Luo Han invited Aixi to walk along the beach, and she agreed after hearing he had a gift for her.
  • Aixi ran into Luo Han when he stopped, and he briefly held her before explaining that he had brought her there to give her something.
  • Luo Han showed Aixi the rainbow-colored Innate Aura Flame and explained that it could increase her physical strength, despite first describing it as a beauty treatment.
  • Luo Han urged Aixi to gain strength so she would not have to remain somewhere safe while he faced future threats, and she agreed to fuse with the flame.
  • Luo Han fused the Innate Aura Flame into Aixi, then pretended the process had taken longer than it had while keeping his hand on her shoulder.
  • Luo Han flew Aixi back to the others, and she blushed when he mentioned that Sister Shaku might worry about her.

Ch. 171Elles Grows Bigger (Chapter 130 Got 404'd)

Luo Han and his companions returned to the ruins of Ring Tree Island, where Elles reconnected with the Divine Tree and regained her ability to grow. The chapter ended with Luo Han captivated by Elles’s enlarged appearance, while an author’s note explained that Chapter 130 had been blocked.

  • Luo Han and the others saw that Ring Tree Island had been destroyed, and Cole struggled to contain his anger at the World Government.
  • Luo Han comforted Cole and said they would grow stronger before their eventual fight with the World Government.
  • Luo Han and Elles dove into the lake and descended to the Divine Tree’s main trunk, where Luo Han created a waterless space.
  • Elles poured her energy into the Divine Tree, restoring its vitality and drawing a vast supply of energy from its roots.
  • Elles grew from ten centimeters to four meters tall and playfully showed off, leaving Luo Han entranced.
  • The author explained that Chapter 130 had been blocked and said future chapters would continue the story.

Ch. 172Spirit Spirit Fruit: Nature Spirit Form

Elles revealed that the Spirit Spirit Fruit: Nature Spirit Form let her grow the Divine Tree to enormous size, explaining why Luo Han would need her. After the tree rose a thousand meters and covered the island, Luo Han waited to see what else her power could do.

  • Elles covered herself with leaf-woven clothes, then slapped Luo Han when he kept staring at her.
  • Elles and Luo Han emerged from the sea and joined Aixi, Sister Shaku, Sola, and Cole above the Divine Tree.
  • Elles told Luo Han to wait at the outskirts and revealed that her Devil Fruit was the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit's Spirit Spirit Fruit: Nature Spirit Form.
  • Elles activated her ability, causing the Divine Tree to shoot a thousand meters into the sky and spread its branches across forty kilometers.
  • Aixi, Sister Shaku, and Luo Han reacted with surprise as the giant tree blocked out the sunlight, while Luo Han anticipated Elles' next display of power.

Ch. 173Terrifying Power of Nature

Elles explained the Nature Spirit Fruit’s powers to Luo Han, including how her Divine Tree could supply stamina for her abilities and how golden Scale Fruits could become clones. Luo Han then concealed himself and Elles from the ship’s crew, leaving Sister Shaku suspicious about what he was hiding.

  • Elles emerged from the Divine Tree and showed Luo Han how she could ripen a golden Scale Fruit from its trunk.
  • Elles explained that the Power of Nature let her regenerate, accelerate plant growth, and draw vitality and seeds from plants.
  • Elles revealed that she could draw stamina from her enormous true body to fuel her abilities.
  • Elles told Luo Han that golden Scale Fruits ripened by her ability could become clones that shared stamina with her.
  • Luo Han used Illusion to hide himself and Elles from Aixi and the others aboard the ship.
  • Sister Shaku reassured Aixi that Luo Han and Elles were still nearby, but grew suspicious and glanced at Sola.

Ch. 174Elf Queen: Elles

Luo Han gave Elles Talent Flame, rapidly increasing her strength, and the group set sail toward Sister Shaku’s dream island. In Mary Geoise, the Gorosei discussed the aftermath of the God Valley Battle and worried about Blue Demon’s growing power and the New World’s loss of control.

  • Luo Han merged Talent Flame into Elles, whose body quickly gained immense defense, strength, and speed.
  • Luo Han promised to help Elles awaken Armament Haki, and she agreed to keep Talent Flame secret.
  • Aixi asked about growing bigger, while Elles encouraged her to seek a Devil Fruit and Cole confirmed he had two unknown fruits.
  • Luo Han set the ship toward the Red Line and the island he had found for Sister Shaku.
  • A CP0 agent reported on the post-God Valley movements of Blue Demon, Whitebeard, and others to the Gorosei.
  • The Gorosei lamented their failed plans for the New World and discussed Blue Demon’s strength and the blow that had wounded Rocks.

Ch. 175The Gorosei's Decision

The Gorosei agreed to erase Blue Demon from public memory and ordered Viper to get close to him, hoping to limit his influence before a future battle. Meanwhile, Luo Han and his companions crossed the Red Line and set course for the Sabaody Archipelago.

  • The Gorosei judged Blue Demon powerful enough to rival Rocks and agreed to hide all information about him so he would not attract powerful followers.
  • The Gorosei assigned Viper to remain near Blue Demon for twenty-nine years and try to become his woman before the World Government went to war with him.
  • The Gorosei left the New World's disorder to the Marines and decided Kong would become Fleet Admiral when the time was right.
  • After five days of travel, Luo Han flew over the Red Line and lowered the ship onto the sea as Aixi and Elles marveled at the continent.
  • Sister Shaku guessed that Luo Han was heading for the Sabaody Archipelago, and Luo Han confirmed the destination and steered the ship toward it.

Ch. 176The Sky-High Price of the Mermaid Princess

Mike gathered New World pirate captains and offered them a share in capturing Fish-Man Island’s Mermaid Princess, whose rumored bounty from a Celestial Dragon was enormous. He revealed that a powerful figure planned to conquer Fish-Man Island and exploit its people, while the Ryugu King remained their main obstacle.

  • Mike told the gathered pirate captains that they were leaving the New World to escape the coming Marine purge.
  • The captains demanded to know what treasure Mike had promised, and he said a Celestial Dragon had offered a sky-high bounty for the Mermaid Princess of Fish-Man Island.
  • Mike explained that the Ryugu King had defeated more than fifty pirate crews that once tried to storm Ryugu Palace.
  • Mike said a great figure would handle the Ryugu King while the assembled captains supported the attack.
  • Mike revealed that the great figure planned to rule Fish-Man Island and sell mermaids and fish-men as slaves.

Ch. 177A Sabaody Archipelago Specialty

Mike persuaded the pirate captains to wait for a powerful figure who planned to take control of Fish-Man Island, while promising them rewards for joining the operation. On Sabaody Archipelago, Luo Han and his companions avoided a human-trafficker ambush and settled in for dinner.

  • Mike told the pirate captains that the great figure would arrive the next morning and promised participating crews at least fifteen young merfolk or fish-men each.
  • Luo Han and his companions walked through Sabaody Archipelago toward a restaurant while human traffickers watched Aixi and the other women.
  • A trafficker recognized Cole from a Bounty Poster and struck down a subordinate who tried to capture Luo Han's group, then slapped the others to stop them.
  • After Luo Han's group left, the middle-aged trafficker boss decided to follow them and prepare more equipment for a chance to profit from their operation.
  • Aixi found an open-air restaurant, and Luo Han, Cole, Sister Shaku, Elles, and Sola sat down to eat.

Ch. 178Princess Akatsuki (From Now On, Two Daily Updates of 6,000 Words)

Marine Headquarters chose not to pursue Cole’s group on Sabaody while Blue Demon was absent, as Garp feared provoking a devastating retaliation. On Fish-Man Island, Neptune visited his imprisoned sister Akatsuki, who remained determined to find a safe homeland on the surface, while the island celebrated the fall of the Rocks Pirates.

  • A Marine captain reported that Beastman Cole and Blue Demon’s companions had appeared on Sabaody with two unfamiliar people, and Garp ordered the Marines to leave them alone unless Blue Demon appeared or trouble arose.
  • Garp recognized Luo Han among the unfamiliar visitors and worried about the danger surrounding Fish-Man Island’s Mermaid Princess bounty.
  • Tiger spoke with Aru about the Rocks Pirates’ disbandment and hoped Princess Akatsuki would soon be allowed to explore.
  • Neptune visited Akatsuki at the Shell Tower and told her that fewer pirates were reaching Fish-Man Island after the Rocks Pirates’ defeat.
  • Akatsuki reaffirmed that Fish-Man Island should seek safety through its own strength, while Neptune failed to persuade her to change her mind or escape her confinement.
  • Neptune left after seeing the golden-haired female fish-man bring Akatsuki’s meal, watching her depart with a satisfied expression.

Ch. 179Prosperity Above Flesh and Blood

The Ryugu King told Neptune that a Celestial Dragon had placed a twenty-billion-Beli bounty on Chiyue, prompting Neptune to prepare to protect his sister. Meanwhile, Luo Han and his companions chose a remote site for Sister Shaku’s bar and went to buy building materials, where a sales manager enthusiastically presented them with blue stone bricks.

  • The Ryugu King revealed that a Celestial Dragon had put a twenty-billion-Beli bounty on Chiyue and ordered Neptune to monitor the waters around Fish-Man Island without engaging a large fleet.
  • Neptune vowed to crush any traffickers who came for Chiyue, then left to carry out his father’s instructions.
  • Luo Han and his companions agreed to build Sister Shaku’s bar at remote Grove 13, and Luo Han promised he could construct it quickly with his Psychokinesis.
  • As the group passed Grove 1, Luo Han noticed the many fish-man slaves, and Sister Shaku explained that demand for slaves drove people to capture and sell them.
  • Luo Han’s group reached Grove 50 and entered the New World building-materials warehouse, where sales manager Kuga-Les introduced himself as Les.
  • Les led them to a stack of blue stone bricks and began presenting the product while Luo Han and the others struggled not to laugh.

Ch. 180Shaqi's Blackmail BAR

Luo Han and his companions bought construction materials and built stairs and a distinctive house for Sister Shaku's bar on Island 13. After exploring the completed house, Sister Shaku chose the suspended building for the bar and named it Shaqi's Blackmail BAR.

  • Les advertised Blue Demon-brand stone bricks with an outrageous story about Blue Demon enduring ten days and nights of rubbing from Steel-Bones Kong, and Luo Han used Psychokinesis to silence him.
  • Sister Shaku chose construction materials, including Whitebeard-brand stone bricks, and Luo Han floated the purchases back to Island 13.
  • Luo Han built and solidified stairs beneath the tree-root slope, then removed their railings when Sister Shaku said they could obstruct customers who tried to evade their bills.
  • Luo Han constructed a symmetrical yet asymmetrical house, surprising his companions with its unfamiliar architectural style and leaving their questions about where he learned it unanswered.
  • The group toured the house, and Sister Shaku selected the suspended building as the bar before naming it Shaqi's Blackmail BAR.

Ch. 181Fish-Man Karate: One-Wave Flow

Luo Han finished Sister Shaku’s house, while Fish-Man Island came under attack by pirate slavers. The Ryugu King fought the pirate captains with Fish-Man Karate—One-Wave Flow, but the attackers survived and waited anxiously for a stronger ally to arrive.

  • Luo Han carved “Shaqi's Blackmail BAR” above Sister Shaku’s entrance, solidified the house, and agreed to celebrate with a feast.
  • Pirates attacked Fish-Man Island, and Neptune learned that a two-sword-wielding pirate had broken into Ryugu Palace, where his mother and Chiyue were inside.
  • Neptune raced toward Ryugu Palace as the Ryugu King battled more than a dozen pirate captains, including Dual-Blade Mike, Kane Iron Hoof, and Monk Sanlong.
  • The Ryugu King unleashed Fish-Man Karate—One-Wave Flow, overwhelming the captains’ combined attack and sweeping most of them into a coral reef.
  • Mike and Kane Iron Hoof admitted they had survived by using other pirates as shields, while Monk Sanlong grew wary of them.
  • The Ryugu King approached the survivors again, and Mike, Monk Sanlong, and Kane Iron Hoof wondered when their stronger ally would arrive.
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