Chapter Summaries

Dai Changsheng and his companions were captured by Fanyin Tian and taken to Fengxiang, where Li Maozhen greeted him as the hidden heir. With Yuan Tiangang having forced Li Maozhen to submit, Dai Changsheng drew close to the Empress and hinted that he had no desire to rule.

• In Yuzhou City, Benren recognized Dai Changsheng from the Xuanming Sect's wanted poster, and Lu Linxuan reunited with him alongside Zhang Zifan.
• Dai Changsheng confronted Zhang Zifan over his relationship with Lu Linxuan and his other wives, but drugged incense knocked out the group.
• Fanyin Tian entered the inn and ordered her maidservants to take Dai Changsheng and Ji Ruxue away.
• The Xuanming Sect tried to seize Lu Linxuan, but Li Cunzhong and Li Cunxiao arrived and took her and Zhang Zifan away.
• Days later in Fengxiang, Li Maozhen welcomed Dai Changsheng and revealed through her actions that she had submitted after Yuan Tiangang defeated her.
• Dai Changsheng put his arm around Li Maozhen and told her he had no interest in becoming emperor.

Dai Changsheng used a staged death to break Yuan Tiangang after revealing that he hated being manipulated, then enslaved Yuan Tiangang’s soul when he killed himself. Dai Changsheng survived, but his lingering attachment to Yuan Tiangang left him uncertain about why he had saved him.

• The Empress agreed to become Dai Changsheng’s Empress after learning more about him, and Qi Kingdom fell under his indirect control.
• Dai Changsheng used the Dragon Spring Treasure and Yuan Tiangang’s Soldier God Altar method to prepare an army, while Bad People spies captured Xuanming Sect martial artists to be refined into Soldier Gods.
• Dai Changsheng confronted Yuan Tiangang at Hidden Soldier Valley and pretended to die from poison, telling him that he had hated being used and had wanted Yuan Tiangang’s affection.
• Believing Dai Changsheng dead, Yuan Tiangang regretted his schemes, lamented the end of the Tang Dynasty bloodline, and killed himself.
• Dai Changsheng revealed that his poisoning and death had been staged, then used Spirit Controlling General to enslave Yuan Tiangang’s soul.

Dai Changsheng killed Han Feng, took his identity, refined the Sea Heart Flame, and advanced to Dou Zong before presenting himself as a Seventh-grade Alchemist. He secured powerful clients and recruited Eagle Mountain Old Man as Maple City's Guest Elder, leaving Maple City poised to become a major force in the Black Corner Region.

• Dai Changsheng overwhelmed Han Feng with junk information, killed him, enslaved his soul, took the Sea Heart Flame, and assumed his appearance.
• Dai Changsheng refined the Sea Heart Flame, advanced Fen Jue to Low-grade Earth Tier, and broke through to the one-star Dou Zong realm.
• Dai Changsheng refined seventh-grade pills in Maple City, and reports of Han Feng becoming a Seventh-grade Alchemist drew Old Ghost Demonic, Mo Tianxing, and Eagle Mountain Old Man to him.
• Dai Changsheng agreed to refine Sect Spirit Pills for Old Ghost Demonic in exchange for the Sky Demon Puppet technique.
• Dai Changsheng negotiated with Mo Tianxing to refine Realm-Breaking Pills in exchange for Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, a dried magical beast corpse, and waived ingredients for two batches.
• Dai Changsheng persuaded Eagle Mountain Old Man to serve as Maple City's Guest Elder for three years in return for a Realm-Breaking Pill and an Azure Nether Longevity Pill.

Dai Changsheng used his Sky Demon Puppet to withstand Pill Lightning while refining Realm-Breaking Pills, then negotiated with Jia Nan Academy to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame. Su Qian accepted his pills and led him to the sealed flame, where Dai Changsheng prepared to enter and subdue it.

• Dai Changsheng refined seven Realm-Breaking Pills while his Sky Demon Puppet endured the Pill Lightning, then gave Eagle Mountain Old Man three pills to distribute.
• Dai Changsheng disguised as Han Feng and offered Hu Gan six high-grade pills in exchange for the Fallen Heart Flame and a portion of its origin flame for the academy.
• Su Qian agreed to the exchange on the condition that Dai Changsheng subdue the flame himself, and he accepted the promised pills before escorting him to the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian evacuated the students from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Elder Liu explained its temporary closure to them.
• Su Qian brought Dai Changsheng to the tower's lowest level and showed him the sealed pit where the Fallen Heart Flame was hidden, preparing to open a gap in the barrier.

Dai Changsheng devoured the Fallen Heart Flame, secretly found its second source, enslaved Yao Tianhuo’s soul, and mastered the Five-Wheel Lihuo Method before returning to Jia Nan Academy. Several days later, Zi Yan fought the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape over its Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and was caught when it entered a berserk state.

• Dai Changsheng used the Earth-grade Heavenly Demon Puppet to subdue the Invisible Fire Python, swallowed the Fallen Heart Flame’s source, and refined it to reach the two-star Dou Zong realm.
• Dai Changsheng secretly entered the magma sea, avoided the Flame Lizardmen, and found Yao Tianhuo’s remains and surviving soul.
• Dai Changsheng enslaved Yao Tianhuo’s soul and learned the Five-Wheel Lihuo Method, mastering it in three days.
• Dai Changsheng left the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, agreed to refine pills for Jia Nan Academy’s elders, and gave Su Qian the second Fallen Heart Flame.
• Zi Yan fought the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape for its Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, taunted it while dodging its attacks, and was caught when it became enraged.

Dai Changsheng rescued Zi Yan, recruited her with Beast Raising Pills, and returned with her to Maple City to prepare an auction that would expand his influence. Meanwhile, Ge Ye asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, leaving Xiao Zhan furious.

• Dai Changsheng rescued Zi Yan from the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape and took her to find the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Dai Changsheng collected most of the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, gave Zi Yan Beast Raising Pills, and persuaded her to help him search for treasures.
• Dai Changsheng arrived with Zi Yan in Maple City and ordered Eagle Mountain Old Man to arrange an auction of sixth-grade and seventh-grade pills.
• Dai Changsheng told Zi Yan to seek treasures at the auction while he planned to use it to recruit factions and expand his influence.
• Ge Ye told Xiao Zhan that the Cloud Sect wanted Nalan Yanran to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan crushed his jade cup.

Nalan Yanran came to the Xiao Clan to end her engagement with Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan revealed that his cultivation had recovered and refused to let the matter be settled with compensation. He challenged her to a three-year contest, declared the engagement dissolved on his terms, and left the two of them trading insults over their prospects.

• Ge Ye offered Xiao Zhan a Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill as compensation for Nalan Yanran breaking off the engagement, and Xiao Zhan’s anger began to fade.
• Xiao Yan told the Three Elders that his cultivation talent had recovered, and Xiao Zhan and the elders confirmed that he had reached Dou Qi Stage Seven.
• Xiao Yan refused Nalan Yanran’s offers of pills and a place in the Cloud Sect, insisting that the engagement could not be ended without Elder Nalan’s agreement.
• Nalan Yanran proposed that Xiao Yan challenge her at the Cloud Sect in three years, with the winner deciding the engagement’s outcome.
• Xiao Yan wrote a divorce letter, declared that he was the one rejecting Nalan Yanran, and vowed to defeat her in three years.
• Nalan Yanran mocked Xiao Yan’s confidence and boasted about the powerful cultivation resources Teacher had prepared for her.

After Nalan Yanran humiliated Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er arranged more cultivation resources for him and considered finding him a Dou Huang teacher. Meanwhile, Dai Changsheng expanded his forces into the Longevity Alliance, then met a new counterpart in the Shared Space: a Marine known as Blood Bat.

• Nalan Yanran revealed that her pills could raise her cultivation by five stars, returned the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill, and left the Xiao Clan after Xiao Xun'er warned her not to provoke her.
• Xiao Xun'er stopped Ling Ying from killing Nalan Yanran and sent him to buy Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid from Ya Fei for Xiao Yan.
• As the Maple City Auction approached, Dai Changsheng recruited several powerful Black List experts, including the Gold-Silver Elders, and named his faction the Longevity Alliance.
• Dai Changsheng rewarded Yuan Yi with an Emperor Pill, assigned the Gold-Silver Elders to protect Zi Yan, and ordered the alliance to seek information about Heavenly Flames, pill formulas, and high-tier techniques.
• A new figure appeared in the Shared Space, and the Dai Changshengs discovered he was a Marine from the One Piece world who had become the Admiral Candidate Blood Bat after eating the Vampire Devil Fruit.

Dai Changsheng shared power from his counterparts, reached Admiral level, and awakened Conqueror’s Haki. He went to Amazon Lily to subdue Boa Hancock, offering to remove her slave mark and help overthrow the Celestial Dragons; after displaying overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, he convinced her that he meant it.

• Dai Changsheng gained three types of Haki and the Five-Wheel Lihuo Method, while Mortal-Dai Changsheng gained new cultivation techniques and resources.
• Dai Changsheng’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out Nami and Nojiko, and he set course for Amazon Lily to pursue Boa Hancock.
• Dai Changsheng entered Hancock’s bedchamber, resisted her Mero Mero Mellow, and caught her Perfume Femur kick.
• Dai Changsheng revealed that he was Admiral Candidate Blood Bat and offered to help Hancock erase her Dragon Claw mark and overthrow the Celestial Dragons.
• Dai Changsheng unleashed Conqueror’s Haki across Amazon Lily, and Hancock realized his Haki surpassed her own and believed his offer.

After recruiting Hancock and building Amazon Lily's elite guard, Dai Changsheng left the island to prepare for the coming Marineford War. In Water 7, he stole the Pluton blueprints and discovered he could use Blueno's Door-Door Fruit ability through Blueno's enslaved soul, then began experimenting with the ancient designs.

• Dai Changsheng convinced Hancock to join his cause and removed the Dragon Claw mark from her back, though she later realized he had tricked her about how simple the process was.
• Dai Changsheng helped Hancock establish a thousand-warrior personal guard, supplying Sea King flesh and refining weapons while strengthening giant Sea King souls.
• After learning that Luffy and Zoro had entered the East Blue, Dai Changsheng set sail from Amazon Lily for Water 7 to prepare for the Marineford War.
• Dai Changsheng secretly returned to Water 7, took the Pluton blueprints from Franky, and killed Blueno, enslaving his soul.
• Dai Changsheng used Blueno's enslaved soul to wield the Door-Door Fruit ability, then studied the Pluton blueprints and tested new artifact designs with puppets.

Dai Changsheng killed Enel and Crocodile, took their souls, and publicly claimed to have killed Nico Robin as well. The chapter revealed that Robin was alive and secretly aboard Dai Changsheng’s warship, while the Marines discussed Crocodile’s vacant Shichibukai position.

• Dai Changsheng used a Seastone dagger to kill Enel, took his soul, and stole the sky island’s gold.
• Dai Changsheng arrived in Rain Country with Nami, Nojiko, and Marines, then publicly accused Crocodile of plotting to find Pluton.
• Dai Changsheng punched Crocodile to death and claimed he had also killed Nico Robin after returning with a disguised corpse.
• Sengoku told the Marine leaders that Dai Changsheng had killed Crocodile and Robin, and Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji left the meeting without choosing a new Shichibukai.
• Dai Changsheng’s supposed corpse of Robin was revealed to be a decoy, while the real Robin was alive aboard his warship.

Dai Changsheng used the Munch Munch Fruit to strengthen Hancock’s guards and allies before receiving orders to escort Portgas D. Ace to Impel Down with Kizaru. He joined Kizaru on Jaya Island, where the two prepared to transport Ace while Dai Changsheng anticipated the coming Marineford War.

• Dai Changsheng found Wapol’s White Iron Pirates near Drum Island, destroyed them, and took the Munch Munch Fruit.
• Dai Changsheng lured Chopper away from Drum Island and spent over a month studying the Munch Munch Fruit’s abilities.
• Dai Changsheng fused Sea Kings with Hancock’s royal guards and integrated magical artifacts into Hancock, Nami, and the others to strengthen them.
• Sengoku ordered Dai Changsheng to meet Kizaru on Jaya Island and escort Portgas D. Ace alive to Impel Down after Blackbeard defeated him.
• Dai Changsheng reached Gorge Town, greeted Kizaru, and prepared to depart with the captured Ace.

Dai Changsheng delivered Ace to Impel Down, then secretly enslaved the frozen Byrnndi World and gained access to the Growth-Growth Fruit’s power. As Sengoku prepared the Marines for war, the announcement of Ace’s execution set the stage for the Marineford War.

• Kizaru met Chopper aboard the Blood Bat warship, learned he was a reindeer who had eaten the Human-Human Fruit, and escorted the group to Impel Down.
• Hannyabal received the group and placed Ace in a Seastone cage in Infinite Hell.
• Dai Changsheng located the frozen Byrnndi World, secretly entered his cell, and enslaved his soul.
• Kizaru returned to Marine Headquarters and told Sengoku that Ace had been imprisoned.
• Sengoku assembled one hundred thousand elite Marines, ordered the Shichibukai to join the war, and announced Ace’s public execution at Marine Headquarters one month later.

As the Navy prepared to execute Ace at Marineford, Sengoku revealed that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son, and Whitebeard arrived with his fleet to rescue him. Whitebeard’s attack was checked by Aokiji, and Vice Admiral Blood Bat intercepted Marco as he tried to reach the execution platform.

• Sengoku announced that Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger, shocking the Marines and viewers across the world.
• Dai Changsheng spotted the Whitebeard Pirates’ arrival, and Whitebeard surfaced into Marineford with his ships and promised to take Ace home.
• Whitebeard unleashed enormous tsunamis, but Aokiji froze them and the surrounding sea before countering Whitebeard with ice spears.
• The Navy fired on the Moby Dick ships as Whitebeard’s commanders led their crews through the cannon barrage toward the shore.
• Marco bypassed the Shichibukai to rescue Ace, but Vice Admiral Blood Bat kicked him back into the frozen bay.

Dai Changsheng used Blood Rain Embrace to turn weak pirates into blood thralls, killed Marco, and secretly began enslaving the dead while the battle at Marineford raged. After Whitebeard sent him flying into the sea, Dai returned disguised as a mosquito, while Whitebeard fought Akainu and Kizaru and Ace gave up hope of escape.

• Dai Changsheng’s Blood Rain Embrace transformed pirates into blood thralls that attacked their former comrades.
• Mihawk challenged Whitebeard with a massive slash, but Jozu blocked it and hurled it into the sky.
• Marco attacked Dai Changsheng, but Dai shattered his body with Gun Finger Gatling Machine Gun and killed him.
• Whitebeard struck Dai Changsheng and sent him into the sea; Dai secretly told Hancock he had used the blow to leave the battlefield and pursue his plan against the Admirals.
• Dai returned in mosquito form and began using Spirit Controlling General to enslave the souls of the fallen, including Marco.
• Ace urged Whitebeard to flee, but Whitebeard refused to abandon him; Kizaru wounded Whitebeard’s left arm, and Akainu prepared to gamble on attacking him.

Dai Changsheng killed Whitebeard, Blackbeard, Jozu, and other opponents during the Marineford War, while the Whitebeard Pirates were ultimately wiped out and Ace was executed. More than three months later, the world’s pirates were fighting over Whitebeard’s former territories, and two major events had occurred at Marine Headquarters.

• Dai Changsheng’s mental interference left Akainu defenseless, allowing Whitebeard to split him in two, but Dai Changsheng then ambushed and killed Whitebeard with his blood spear.
• Dai Changsheng absorbed Whitebeard’s power, killed Jozu, and took advantage of the battle to kill Blackbeard and seize the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power; Moria also died by Shiliew’s blade under Dai Changsheng’s covert control.
• Koby tried to stop the fighting, but Shiliew stabbed him, and Dai Changsheng killed Shiliew.
• Shanks withdrew after learning Whitebeard was dead, and the Whitebeard Pirates were annihilated before Ace was beheaded.
• More than three months after the Marineford War, pirate crews fought over the Whitebeard Pirates’ former territories, while two major events unfolded at Marine Headquarters.

Dai Changsheng seized control of the Marines, disguised himself as Golden Lion, and conquered Wano Country before using Pluto to destroy Mary Geoise. After killing Imu and suppressing the chaos that followed, he took over the World Government and imposed a new system of membership fees while presenting himself as a benevolent ruler.

• Dai Changsheng used five hundred of Hancock's royal guards to infiltrate the Marines and take control of its headquarters and branches.
• Dai Changsheng killed and enslaved Golden Lion, then disguised himself as him and attacked Onigashima, defeating Kaido and subduing the Beasts Pirates.
• Dai Changsheng conquered Wano Country, killed Momonosuke, and seized Pluto while secretly planning to use Golden Lion's brutality to win the people's gratitude later.
• Dai Changsheng fired Pluto's hundredfold-amplified cannon at Mary Geoise, destroying it and apparently killing Imu, while Rayleigh and other survivors escaped the devastation at Sabaody Archipelago.
• Dai Changsheng killed Golden Lion publicly, used Pluto to suppress the pirates and Revolutionary Army, and became the World Government's new leader.
• Dai Changsheng abolished Celestial Gold, imposed a membership fee of one-tenth of each nation's annual tax revenue, and sent supplies to Wano Country, whose people came to admire him.

Dai Changsheng refined a Life Devouring Pill, strengthened his position in the Black Corner Region, and entrusted the Longevity Alliance to its elders before returning to the Jia Ma Empire. While he reunited with Ya Fei, Zi Yan went treasure hunting alone and was challenged by a bald man who tried to take a stone she had found.

• Dai Changsheng refined a Life Devouring Pill and used his Heaven Grade Sky Demon Puppet to disperse its pill lightning.
• Dai Changsheng summoned Eagle Mountain Old Man and the Gold-Silver Elders, then left the Longevity Alliance’s affairs in their hands while he traveled away from the Black Corner Region.
• Dai Changsheng returned to the Jia Ma Empire with Zi Yan and reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel Family.
• Zi Yan explored Jia Ma Holy City’s market, found several bargains, and chose a golden-patterned stone from a stall.
• A bald man offered more than Zi Yan for the stone, and the stall owner sided with him; Zi Yan realized her usual protectors were not there and clenched her fists to fight.

Nalan Yanran protected Zi Yan and hosted her for more than half a month, while Dai Changsheng raised Ya Fei’s cultivation and gave her powerful pills and techniques. Dai Changsheng then reunited with Zi Yan and returned with her to the Snake People Royal City, where Queen Medusa, Little Doctor Immortal, and Qing Lin greeted him.

• Nalan Yanran kicked away the bald burly man who was threatening Zi Yan, then invited the orphaned Zi Yan to stay with her.
• Dai Changsheng gave Ya Fei an Earth Core Body Tempering Milk bath that raised her to a seven-star Dou Practitioner, then supplied her with Earth Tier techniques and pills.
• Ya Fei advanced to a one-star Great Dou Master with the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill and took the Life Devouring Pill and Azure Nether Longevity Pill.
• Dai Changsheng thanked Nalan Yanran for caring for Zi Yan by offering her Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, which Zi Yan persuaded her to accept.
• Dai Changsheng and Zi Yan left for the Tagor Desert, and Nalan Yanran realized Zi Yan possessed Dou Qi Wings.
• Dai Changsheng and Zi Yan arrived at the Snake People Royal City, where Queen Medusa, Little Doctor Immortal, and Qing Lin welcomed him.

Dai Changsheng reunited with the Snake People, then joined their alliance with the Jia Ma Empire to attack the Chu Yun Empire. At the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, the battle turned dangerous for Yun Yun until Dai Changsheng arrived and blocked the Four-winged Sky Demon Scorpion’s strike.

• Dai Changsheng reunited with Queen Medusa, Qing Lin, and Little Doctor Immortal, and Queen Medusa recounted their recent progress.
• After more than two months of seclusion, Little Doctor Immortal advanced to three-star Dou Wang and Qing Lin to one-star Dou Wang.
• Queen Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and their allies traveled to the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect to destroy the Chu Yun Empire’s strongest force.
• Xie Biyan rejected their demand to surrender and attacked, while Xie Shan led the sect’s fighters into battle.
• Qing Lin and Little Doctor Immortal killed opposing Dou Wang elders, but Xie Shan summoned the Four-winged Sky Demon Scorpion to attack Yun Yun.
• Dai Changsheng appeared just as the scorpion’s tail threatened Yun Yun and blocked its strike with his hand.