Chapter Summaries

Lu Li commissioned a Dark Gold equipment set, reinforced his Evil God Mask, and spent nearly two weeks improving his martial arts before visiting Fat Dragon’s shop. He bought a smart bracelet to join Fat Dragon’s Myriad Realms Chat Group and discovered that its members already knew about him.

• Lu Li negotiated a 1.6-million-price equipment set with Chuchu, then reinforced his Evil God Mask to +11 and gained its Ultimate Fear trait.
• Lu Li used his lifespan to deduce his Martial Saint blade techniques to S+ rank and several close-combat skills to S rank, leaving his hair prematurely gray.
• Lu Li visited Chubby Dragon’s Surprise Shop and, after Fat Dragon recommended a special bracelet, exchanged for it despite his doubts about the group’s benefits.
• Lu Li bound the bracelet, joined Fat Dragon’s Myriad Realms Chat Group, and saw members greet him, joke about him, and recognize him as the King of Pretenders.

Lu Li explored Fat Dragon’s cross-Space chat group and collected a red packet before picking up his custom Bloodfiend equipment from Chuchu. He used a positioning item to enter the One Piece world early, where 131 Arcane Space Explorers were already active, and End Space prepared to place him according to his prior deeds.

• Lu Li joined Fat Dragon’s chat group, learned that its members could trade across Spaces, and claimed 12,309 Doomsday Coins from a red packet.
• Lu Li inspected the app store but could not afford its expensive software, then went to the commercial district to collect his equipment from Chuchu.
• Lu Li received the Bloodfiend Leg Guards and Bloodfiend Gauntlets, along with underwear that completed the set, and paid Chuchu the remaining balance.
• Lu Li used his Platinum Pioneer Medal to obtain the Calamity Legend positioning item and confirmed that he would enter a new mission world immediately.
• End Space sent Lu Li to One Piece (Derivative) as its only Explorer, where 131 Arcane Space Explorers were active, and announced that it would choose his deployment location based on his prior deeds.

Lu Li entered One Piece Version 4.0 and discovered that the world’s power scale had been patched upward and stabilized. Imprisoned on Impel Down’s sixth floor as the Summit War began, he checked his missions and prepared to escape while a cellmate recognized him.

• End Space informed Lu Li that One Piece’s power-scale version had been updated to Version 4.0, with stronger and more consistent power levels.
• Lu Li arrived as a prisoner in Impel Down’s sixth-floor Infinite Hell and learned that the World Government had secretly imprisoned him after news of his supposed death spread.
• Lu Li received a Summit War mission requiring him to reach the battlefield, choose a faction, and kill a powerful opponent; he ruled out killing Whitebeard.
• Lu Li found that his Fame at Sea quest progress had carried over and that its rewards had increased, then realized he had to escape before the war ended.
• Lu Li took out the Omni-Key as a blue, shadow-shrouded prisoner remarked that his presence could have prevented the war.

Luffy and Ivankov led a jailbreak toward Level 6 to rescue Ace, while Blackbeard also entered Impel Down to recruit prisoners. Lu Li reunited with Jinbe and joined Luffy’s group after freeing himself from his restraints, just as the Summit War approached.

• Luffy woke in Newkama Land, learned from Ivankov that Ace had been taken to the secret sixth level, and set out to rescue him.
• Blackbeard and his crew arrived at Impel Down, intending to free powerful prisoners and recruit them.
• Jinbe recognized his cellmate Lu Li as the long-missing Calamity of the Beasts Pirates and hoped his survival might help stop the war.
• Luffy reached the sixth level and learned from Jinbe that Ace had already been transferred, then asked Jinbe to help him pursue Ace.
• Ivankov and Mr. 3 arrived, recognized Lu Li, and watched as Lu Li unlocked his restraints without assistance and stood up.

Lu Li removed his chains and prepared to escape Impel Down with Luffy and Jinbe, but Blackbeard’s crew broke into Level Six and unleashed its prisoners. As Blackbeard and the freed criminals turned against Lu Li’s group, Lu Li knocked out everyone nearby with Conqueror’s Haki.

• Jinbe praised Lu Li for supposedly enduring years in Impel Down to protect the Beasts Pirates, causing Lu Li’s Bragging Points to rise.
• Lu Li used Fat Dragon to inspect Luffy’s abilities and discovered his exceptional Constitution, Charm, and possession of World Core fragments.
• Blackbeard’s crew broke into Level Six, opened the cells, and set the prisoners against one another as Luffy recognized Blackbeard and attacked him.
• Blackbeard struck Luffy back, and Lu Li killed a charging prisoner with a hand blade before confronting Blackbeard and his crew.
• Vasco Shot threatened Lu Li, but Lu Li released Conqueror’s Haki and froze the prisoners, then challenged Vasco Shot to repeat his threat.

Lu Li overwhelmed the sixth-floor prisoners in Impel Down, revealed his Mythical Zoan Thunder God powers, and killed Shiliew of the Rain after Shiliew ambushed him. He let Jinbe, Ivankov, and Luffy head upward while he faced Blackbeard’s crew, as Van Augur took aim at Luffy.

• Lu Li used Conqueror’s Haki and thunder to kill Jotte and wipe out most of the sixth-floor prisoners who attacked him.
• Blackbeard and Ivankov identified Lu Li’s power as the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Thunder God Form, and Blackbeard decided to kill him and take the ability.
• Shiliew of the Rain ambushed Lu Li, but Lu Li caught Raiu between two fingers, shattered it, and killed Shiliew with its fragments.
• Lu Li told Jinbe, Ivankov, and Luffy to go ahead while he stayed behind to face Blackbeard’s crew.
• Van Augur aimed a Haki-coated bullet at Luffy as he and the others headed upward.

Lu Li slaughtered the escaped prisoners on Impel Down’s sixth level and confronted Blackbeard’s crew, killing Burgess before trapping the pirates in a lightning domain. Blackbeard used his Dark-Dark Fruit to absorb the lightning and ensnared Lu Li, but Lu Li responded with Black Coffin.

• Ivankov blocked Van Augur’s shot at Luffy, and Lu Li considered whether Luffy’s luck could save him from a true dead end.
• Lu Li caught Van Augur by surprise, then killed Burgess by turning the pirate’s brute strength against him and stomping on his head.
• Lu Li trapped the sixth level in a lightning domain and killed the escaped prisoners, while Blackbeard protected his crew by absorbing the lightning with Black Vortex.
• Lu Li approached Blackbeard and said he wanted to prevent the criminals from running loose, and Blackbeard wrapped him in dark mist to nullify his Devil Fruit power.
• Lu Li spoke the incantation for Hadō #90—Black Coffin while caught in Blackbeard’s dark mist.

Lu Li defeated Blackbeard’s attempt to escape Impel Down and marked the Blackbeard Pirates so he could track them and gather intelligence, then fought his way toward the upper floors. He reached Magellan and Richard as Luffy’s group tried to escape, while Richard underestimated Lu Li’s strength.

• Lu Li appeared behind Blackbeard, forcing him to flee with Van Augur, Doc Q, and Laffitte using Van Augur’s Warp-Warp Fruit.
• Lu Li explained that he had marked the Blackbeard Pirates to track their movements and planned to save them for the Summit War while killing the sixth-floor prisoners.
• Blackbeard decided to wait for Richard before heading to Marineford, fearing Lu Li’s survival could draw Kaido and the Beasts Pirates into the war.
• Luffy, Jinbe, Crocodile, and the other prisoners reached the second floor, where Richard was holding Magellan back from the passage upward.
• Lu Li arrived and confronted Richard, who smiled confidently after judging Lu Li to be a newly advanced Fifth Order Explorer.

Lu Li defeated Richard and forced Magellan to stop pursuing him while the prisoners escaped Impel Down. He caught up with Luffy and the others at the harbor, where they discovered that all the ships had withdrawn.

• Richard dismissed the threat posed by Lu Li until his scouting device warned him of Lu Li’s power, and Lu Li killed him with Heaven’s Collapse.
• Lu Li drove Magellan back and helped Luffy, Jinbe, Ivankov, Buggy, and the other prisoners escape through the breach.
• Magellan chose to focus on containing the remaining prisoners rather than pursue Lu Li, and Lu Li left to catch up with the escapees.
• Lu Li and the others fought through the first level, and Lu Li retrieved Prison Demon from the guard room.
• At the harbor, Luffy and the others found the sea empty and realized the warships had withdrawn, leaving them without a way to reach Ace.

Lu Li helped Luffy and the escaped prisoners leave Impel Down aboard a ship he created, then split the Gates of Justice open with a powerful attack. The group continued toward Marineford, where they hoped to reach Ace before his execution.

• Lu Li created a wooden ship, and Jinbe agreed to steer it through the Tarai Current toward Marineford.
• Bon Clay chose to stay behind to open the Gates of Justice, but Luffy grabbed him and brought him aboard.
• Lu Li used a public Den Den Mushi channel to tell the Beasts Pirates that he was alive and warn them not to come to Marineford or start a war.
• Lu Li propelled the ship with lightning, and Jinbe took the helm to steady it as it raced toward the Gates of Justice.
• Lu Li and his Shadow Clone unleashed Baha, splitting the Gates of Justice and the sea beyond them.
• Jinbe steered the ship through the turbulent current toward Marineford as Lu Li pointed the way to Ace.

Kaido and Shanks confronted each other over Whitebeard’s territories, but Kaido’s plans changed when Yamato received a message revealing that Lu Li was alive and imprisoned by the World Government. Furious, Kaido asked Shanks to let the Beasts Pirates pass through Elbaf so they could head to Marineford and rescue Lu Li.

• Shanks blocked Kaido’s fleet and asked him to withdraw from Whitebeard’s territory, but Fujitora explained that Whitebeard had arranged for Kaido to take it over if he lost at Marineford.
• Kaido and Shanks discussed Whitebeard’s likely defeat and his decision to handle Ace’s rescue with his own crew, while Kaido said he would take over the islands afterward.
• Yamato announced that Lu Li had sent a message from Impel Down, and King and the other Beasts Pirates realized he was alive and likely being taken to Marineford.
• Kaido erupted in anger when he understood that the World Government had secretly imprisoned Lu Li for ten years, and the Beasts Pirates called for a rescue.
• Kaido asked Shanks to let his fleet pass through Elbaf and declared that the World Government would pay for harming one of his people.

Lu Li watched Blackbeard meet Raphael, learning that the Rune Adventure Group was pursuing the World Cores and feared Lu Li might kill Luffy. As Lu Li and Jinbe approached Marineford, Whitebeard arrived to rescue Ace, and Lu Li sped toward the battlefield just as the war began.

• Blackbeard confronted Raphael about their failed Impel Down operation, then warned him about Lu Li, who had killed Richard.
• Raphael explained that his group was trying to collect the scattered World Cores and feared Lu Li could kill Luffy and ruin their plans.
• Blackbeard and Raphael agreed that Raphael would kill Whitebeard, while Blackbeard would receive the corpse in exchange for honoring their deal.
• Lu Li learned from Jinbe that they would reach Marineford in about ten minutes and went out to see the island.
• Whitebeard arrived aboard the Moby Dick with his forces and declared that he had sent Ace to sea, while Ace wept on the execution platform.
• Lu Li praised Whitebeard, then used thunder to propel his ship toward Marineford.

Lu Li reached Marineford during the Summit War and offered to heal Whitebeard after Squard stabbed him. He quickly repaired Whitebeard’s wound and claimed he could cure his illness in three minutes, leaving Marco stunned and eager to save Pops.

• Whitebeard’s seaquake raised tsunamis that Aokiji froze, and Luffy, Jinbe, and the Revolutionary Army officers crossed the ice toward Marineford while Lu Li moved ahead through the air.
• Lu Li watched the battle and noticed the Arcane Space Explorers were keeping an unusually low profile.
• Squard stabbed Whitebeard, but Whitebeard forgave him and rallied his pirates to keep advancing toward the execution platform.
• Lu Li arrived beside the Moby Dick, stopped Crocodile’s sneak attack, and offered to treat Whitebeard’s wound.
• Lu Li healed Whitebeard’s wound and said he could cure his illness in three minutes, prompting Marco to ask whether the claim was true.

Lu Li treated Whitebeard while his Shadow Clones held off the Marines, hoping to restore Whitebeard’s strength so he could fully extract the World Core fragment he carried. After Whitebeard joined the battle, Lu Li faced all four Marine Admirals at once.

• Whitebeard urged Marco to help the pirates immediately, but Lu Li persuaded him to spend three minutes receiving treatment while Lu Li and his Shadow Clones restrained the Admirals.
• Raphael watched from the rear and planned to let Lu Li restore Whitebeard before extracting the World Core fragments, while ordering his companion to keep Blackbeard away until the right moment.
• Lu Li’s mission revealed that Whitebeard’s fragment could be fully extracted only if his strength returned to its peak, while Luffy’s required his fruit to awaken and reach Nika form.
• Lu Li’s Shadow Clone blocked Akainu’s attack on Marco, drawing the attention of Kizaru and Green Bull; Akainu then attacked the clone despite Sengoku’s attempt to stop him.
• Akainu burned the Shadow Clone in half, but it vanished in smoke as Whitebeard and Lu Li arrived on the battlefield, leaving Lu Li facing Kizaru, Aokiji, Akainu, and Green Bull.

Lu Li and Whitebeard joined forces against the Marines at Marineford, forcing Sengoku to order the Admirals to attack. Lu Li overwhelmed Akainu and Green Bull in their first exchanges, ending with Akainu’s magma attack stopped by Lu Li’s barrier.

• Sengoku recalled that the World Government had secretly experimented on Lu Li for ten years because his unusual Constitution might allow him to wield multiple Devil Fruits.
• Whitebeard struck the air with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, splitting Marineford and clearing the nearby Marines while Lu Li’s lightning felled more enemies.
• Sengoku ordered Akainu and Green Bull to kill Lu Li while Kizaru and Aokiji held off Whitebeard.
• Lu Li cut through Akainu’s magma and blasted him with lightning, inflicting serious internal injuries.
• Green Bull tried to bind and drain Lu Li with vines, but Lu Li vanished, appeared behind him, and split his Forbidden Forest tree giant with a slash.
• Akainu attacked with Dark Hound, but Lu Li blocked the magma with Bakudo #81: Severing Void and taunted Green Bull.

Whitebeard overwhelmed Kizaru and Aokiji while Lu Li continued fighting Akainu and Green Bull at Marineford. As the battle intensified, Hawkeye tested Lu Li’s swordsmanship, and the two agreed they would like to spar when circumstances allowed.

• Whitebeard struck Kizaru out of the fight and drove Aokiji into a crater, rallying the pirates and damaging Marine morale.
• Raphael told Monet he planned to wait for the factions to weaken each other before acting, and he explained that his group had chosen Blackbeard’s faction for its rewards.
• Whitebeard asked Lu Li if he needed help, but Lu Li said he was only warming up and urged Whitebeard to save Ace.
• Sengoku ordered the Seven Warlords to fight seriously, prompting Doflamingo, Hancock, Kuma, and Hawkeye to enter the battle for their own reasons.
• Hawkeye challenged Lu Li with a powerful sword slash, and Lu Li matched it in an even clash that astonished Marines and pirates.
• Hawkeye declined to join the fight against Lu Li, and the two expressed interest in a one-on-one spar while Lu Li continued battling Akainu and Green Bull.

Lu Li faced Akainu and Green Bull as they unleashed their Awakened abilities, while Sengoku and Garp worked to stop Whitebeard. Lu Li revealed his Bankai, killed Green Bull in a single slash, and turned his attention to Akainu.

• Hawkeye attacked Jozu while Sengoku fought Whitebeard, and Marco kept the pirates from interfering in Lu Li’s battle with the Admirals.
• Sengoku ordered Akainu and Green Bull to use their Awakened abilities, and Garp joined Sengoku to halt Whitebeard’s advance.
• Akainu turned the battlefield into a magma hell, while Green Bull transformed the surrounding area into his Forest Sea Realm.
• Lu Li released his Bankai, Demon Advent, and his Reiatsu and Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed the battlefield.
• Lu Li shattered Green Bull’s forest domain and killed him with a single slash, obtaining Mori Mori Fruit and Inheritance Crystals.
• Lu Li turned toward the shocked Akainu and declared that he was next.

Lu Li killed Green Bull and fought Akainu, while Whitebeard’s taunts about the World Government’s crimes unsettled Sengoku. The battle intensified as Aokiji and Kizaru returned to the fight, and Lu Li caught Luffy after Kizaru sent him flying toward his battlefield.

• Lu Li’s Conqueror’s Haki and Demon Advent stunned the battlefield, and his slash killed Green Bull, causing the Marines’ morale to falter.
• Akainu challenged Lu Li with awakened magma attacks, while Luffy celebrated Green Bull’s defeat and Jinbe continued escorting him toward the execution platform.
• Sengoku demanded to know what experiments had been done to Lu Li, and Whitebeard taunted him about the World Government’s crimes at God Valley.
• Sengoku urged Garp to stop Whitebeard from speaking, but Garp dismissed the World Government and the Celestial Dragons as corrupt.
• Sengoku called on Aokiji and Kizaru to rejoin the fight, and both returned to the battlefield as Kizaru kicked Luffy toward Lu Li.
• Lu Li caught Luffy and deflected Akainu’s magma, then suspected Kizaru had sent Luffy away to protect him.

Lu Li fought Akainu until Kizaru joined the battle, then unleashed a towering flame attack that brought Aokiji into the fight as well. The three Admirals awakened their powers and surrounded Lu Li, preparing to kill him in the name of justice.

• Lu Li kept Akainu on the defensive and threw Luffy back toward the lower-tier battlefield.
• Akainu called Kizaru for help, and Kizaru used Yasakani no Magatama against Lu Li.
• Lu Li blocked Kizaru’s light bullets, split Akainu’s magma, and unleashed One Blade Cremation, shattering Aokiji’s Ice Age and burning his chest.
• Marco ordered Jozu to lead the charge while he went to help Lu Li, and Ace watched in disbelief as the three Admirals gathered around him.
• Aokiji transformed the battlefield into a frozen world, Kizaru turned his surroundings into an ocean of light, and Akainu vowed to kill Lu Li for justice.

Lu Li fought the three Marine Admirals while the Whitebeard Pirates struggled to reach Ace, and Raphael ordered the Rune Adventure Group to prepare a trump card against him. Lu Li killed Akainu, walked onto the execution platform, and used the Omni-Key on Ace’s shackles as Sengoku ordered Garp to stop him.

• Lu Li urged Marco to save Ace while he held off the Admirals, and Marco was driven back by their attacks.
• Raphael judged Lu Li a serious threat and told Monet to prepare the Demon Subduing Incantation.
• Lu Li wounded Aokiji and Akainu with a powerful slash, and Akainu refused to retreat.
• Akainu unleashed a massive magma attack, but Lu Li met it head-on and beheaded him.
• Lu Li reached the execution platform as Sengoku ordered Garp to stop him, then inserted the Omni-Key into Ace’s shackles.