Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei visited Little Sage Village to seek access to its books and warn the Confucians that Yan Lu’s identity could endanger them, then received Yan Lu’s Sword of Implication. He tested the sword by confronting the Zhang family in the Yan Kingdom over an assassination attempt, and the chapter ended as the family’s guards charged him.

• Fu Nian and Yan Lu met Shen Fei at Little Sage Village, where Shen Fei asked to print the village’s books and Fu Nian refused.
• Shen Fei revealed that he knew Yan Lu was the Great Zhou Dynasty’s last descendant and warned Xunzi, Fu Nian, and Yan Lu that the secret could bring disaster to Little Sage Village.
• Shen Fei said he had come for the Sword of Implication, and Yan Lu gave him the sword after deciding it was too dangerous to keep.
• Shen Fei returned to the Yan Kingdom and confronted the Zhang family patriarch, whose family had helped arrange an attempt on Shen Fei’s life.
• The Zhang patriarch claimed a masked figure had recruited the families, and his four guards charged Shen Fei as he prepared to investigate further.

Shen Fei traveled to Puyang City, where he observed the Peasant School and its connections to Lord Changping, then met with Situ Wanli and investigated Ji Bu and Lian Yi. After learning that Chu Kingdom’s three great legions might have pledged themselves to Lord Changping, Shen Fei decided to visit Shouchun and warn the King of Chu.

• Shen Fei left Yan Kingdom after giving most of the Zhang family’s seized money and grain to the common people.
• Shen Fei visited Puyang City and reflected on the Peasant School’s decline and the Tian clan’s control of it.
• Shen Fei ordered Situ Wanli to arrange the death of Liu Ji, then asked him about recent Peasant School affairs.
• Shen Fei saw Ji Bu visit Lian Yi at Drunken Dream Pavilion and inferred that Chu Kingdom’s three great legions might serve Lord Changping.
• Shen Fei learned that Tian Yan was away seeking treatment and decided to go to Shouchun to warn the King of Chu.

Shen Fei warned the King of Chu that Lord Changping was preparing to return and seize power, then returned to Xianyang and saw Li Si’s new newspaper in circulation. The King of Chu began summoning trusted subordinates, while the Great Qin Times promoted Ying Zheng’s rule and Qin Kingdom’s projects.

• Shen Fei bought medicinal herbs in Puyang City and left before the Peasant School could intercept him.
• Shen Fei infiltrated the Chu royal palace and warned the King of Chu that Lord Changping had won over the three major legions and was waiting for a chance to return.
• The King of Chu called for guards, then summoned trusted subordinates to investigate Lord Changping and the legions.
• Shen Fei returned to Xianyang and bought a copy of the Great Qin Times, which Li Si had launched to praise Ying Zheng and report on Qin Kingdom’s affairs.

Shen Fei advanced Qin Kingdom’s reforms by arranging a medical school and a search for medicinal formulas, while strengthening Qin’s mechanical forces and planning fair trade with Yue. He left preparations for the Yue trading post to Ying Ge and continued supporting Qin’s preparations to unify the realm.

• Shen Fei asked Gai Nie to recruit Nian Duan and her disciple from Yan Kingdom for Qin’s Medical School, and warned Ying Zheng about Yan Dan and Lord Changping.
• Shen Fei’s edict offering rewards for effective medicinal formulas was posted in Xianyang, and he secured land outside the city for a comprehensive school.
• Shen Fei gave Gongshu Chou the Mechanical White Tiger and Mechanical Vermillion Bird, while revealing that he had copied their designs.
• Shen Fei asked Yan Lingji about Yue and proposed trading supplies for local goods at market prices to help Yue’s people and obtain medicinal herbs.
• Shen Fei told Yan Lingji to find Ying Ge and begin preparing the trading post in Yue.

Shen Fei visited the school he had founded for orphans, discussed the Sword of Implication and an upcoming banquet with Han Fei, then arranged affairs before leaving for the Pirate World. There, he read about the Navy capturing Supernovas and considered bringing Fish-Man Island turtle shells back for Great Qin’s soldiers.

• Shen Fei and Yan Lingji visited the school where orphans from Korea and Qin Kingdom studied Hanyu Pinyin and other subjects.
• Shen Fei met Han Fei and told him Yan Lu had willingly given him the Sword of Implication; Han Fei then invited him to a banquet for Kuang Xiu.
• Shen Fei attended the banquet welcoming Kuang Xiu, where Fusu and Li Si also appeared.
• Shen Fei briefed Mo Ya, Ying Ge, and Yan Lingji, told them to handle matters during his seclusion, and left for the Pirate World.
• Shen Fei read that the Navy had captured several Supernovas and considered bringing turtle shells from Fish-Man Island back to equip Great Qin’s soldiers.

Shen Fei helped Princess Vivi improve Alabasta Kingdom while strengthening his hold over its territory and spreading more flyers to provoke the World Government. On Sabaody, he waited for a Celestial Dragon to appear and approached its entourage, where the Celestial Dragon stopped Marines from forcing him to kneel.

• Shen Fei met Princess Vivi at Spider Cafe, discussed Alabasta Kingdom’s reforms, and urged her not to exhaust herself.
• Shen Fei arrived in Nanohana after Miss Doublefinger and Gem defeated a group of pirates, then toured the port with them.
• Shen Fei used missile-type weapons to scatter flyers over Marine Headquarters, angering Sengoku and drawing concern from the Five Elders.
• Shen Fei visited Sabaody and recognized Dark King Rayleigh among the slaves at the auction house, while a Supernova from the South Blue was sold.
• Shen Fei photographed a Celestial Dragon’s entourage for future flyers, then walked toward it until the Celestial Dragon stopped two Marines from confronting him.

Shen Fei attacked Saint Charloss on Sabaody Archipelago and took the five Celestial Dragons hostage, using them to control their guards and Marines. He ended the chapter threatening to kill Saint Rosward unless the Marines knelt, while warning that he would destroy their countries.

• Shen Fei shot Saint Charloss and seized him with chains, killing six guards who tried to attack.
• Shen Fei used Saint Charloss as a shield against the remaining guards, killing many while forcing them to stop resisting.
• Shen Fei injured Shalria, bound the five Celestial Dragons together, and put slave collars and bombs on them.
• Rayleigh and Shakky watched from a rooftop as Shen Fei ordered the guards and Marines to kneel.
• Shen Fei killed the guards who resisted and threatened to kill Saint Rosward unless the Marines knelt or their countries would be wiped out.

Shen Fei used the Celestial Dragons to provoke the Marines and confronted Admiral Kizaru after he arrived at the plaza. When Kizaru refused Shen Fei’s demands, Shen Fei killed a Celestial Dragon in front of the Marines and left the standoff on the brink of escalation.

• Shen Fei forced the Celestial Dragons to order the Marines to kneel, then handed them weapons and let them shoot Marines who would not resist.
• Kizaru arrived and clashed briefly with Shen Fei, but held back to avoid endangering the nearby Celestial Dragons.
• Shen Fei demanded three billion Berries, two powerful Zoan Devil Fruits, and the technology for giving Devil Fruits to objects.
• Kizaru contacted Fleet Admiral Sengoku, while Shen Fei warned that Saint Charloss was losing blood and challenged the Marines’ concern for the Celestial Dragons.
• Shen Fei cut off a Celestial Dragon’s head, shocking everyone at the plaza.

Shen Fei forced Kizaru to wear Sea Stone handcuffs, secured the Devil Fruits and information he had demanded, and released three Celestial Dragons while keeping Saint Rosward as a hostage. As Shen Fei escorted Kizaru away, he revealed that his plan was already underway, and explosions struck every warship in Marineford’s port.

• Shen Fei threatened the Celestial Dragons and demanded that Kizaru put on Sea Stone handcuffs, which Kizaru did to protect the unnamed Celestial Dragon.
• A Marine Vice Admiral delivered two Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits and a document, and Shen Fei warned that a false document would bring a more dangerous visitor.
• Shen Fei returned Saint Charloss and two other Celestial Dragons to the Marines, but kept Saint Rosward as a hostage and made Kizaru carry the boxes while escorting him.
• Shen Fei tried to recruit Kizaru and hinted that Marineford and Mary Geoise might be destroyed, then told Kizaru that his plan had already begun.
• Sengoku ordered full alert and hurried to Marine Headquarters with Garp, but every warship in the port exploded and sent huge waves toward the shore.

Shen Fei’s timed bombs destroyed Marine Warships, and he then launched artificial island meteors at Marine Headquarters and Mary Geoise. Sengoku and the Navy believed Golden Lion Shiki had returned, leaving them bracing for a dangerous confrontation.

• Sengoku reached the port after an explosion destroyed Warships and artillery, but Fire Mountain reported that no enemy had been detected.
• Tsuru and Sengoku discussed the attack and its political consequences as Shen Fei’s forces prepared to strike Marine Headquarters and Mary Geoise.
• Red Queen’s armor dropped two island-sized meteors toward Marine Headquarters, where Garp shattered both with his fists and Sengoku destroyed most of the falling debris with shockwaves.
• Sengoku and Tsuru mistook the attacks for Golden Lion Shiki’s work because they resembled his earlier assault on Marine Headquarters, and the Marines prepared to protect civilians.
• Tsuru told Sengoku and Garp that the World Government had suffered a similar attack and confirmed that it believed Shiki had reemerged after more than twenty years.

Shen Fei handed Saint Rosward over to Kizaru, then waited on a nearby island to test his strength against the admiral. Their battle left Shen Fei convinced he could contend with an admiral, but CP0 arrived through Bruno’s Door-Door Fruit and attacked him.

• Shen Fei gave Saint Rosward to Kizaru after warning that bombs were attached to him, then escaped through the air.
• Kizaru removed the bombs, and CP0 agents and Bruno appeared aboard the ship before Kizaru flew after Shen Fei.
• Shen Fei waited on an island near the Calm Belt, where Kizaru attacked him with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Shen Fei and Kizaru fought across the island, with Kizaru using guerrilla tactics and Shen Fei’s Vibranium and divine script armor withstanding his lasers.
• Bruno opened an air door and four CP0 agents charged at Shen Fei from different directions.

Shen Fei fought Kizaru and the CP0 agents on a small island before escaping with Apparition. The Marines and World Government blamed Golden Lion Shiki for the attacks, while Shen Fei returned to his base and learned the world was shaken by the news of Shiki’s return.

• Shen Fei killed a CP0 agent with his sword, but Kizaru kicked him away and bombarded him with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Shen Fei decided to retreat and escaped the island using Apparition, while Kizaru concluded that the spatial Devil Fruit user could not be stopped from leaving.
• Kizaru reported the escape to Sengoku, who ordered Tsuru to search for Shiki and told Kizaru to keep him from escaping if found.
• The Five Elders blamed Golden Lion Shiki for the attacks and mobilized the World Government’s CP Organizations to find him.
• Shen Fei learned that the Marines and World Government had made Shiki his scapegoat, as news of Shiki’s return spread across the world.

Shen Fei tested the costly process of making objects consume Zoan Devil Fruits, then returned to Marvel to use the Time Stone before giving an artificial Dragon-Dragon Fruit to his Nen. Meanwhile, Shiki’s return triggered a global manhunt for his former allies, and Shen Fei discovered Simmons had still arrived on Hive.

• Shen Fei fused a Cat-Cat Fruit with a Tachi and an artificial Zoan Fruit with a mechanical snake, confirming that both could move as animal forms.
• Shen Fei planned to let his Nen consume the artificial Dragon-Dragon Fruit, but returned to Marvel to use the Time Stone to check whether it could safely gain another Devil Fruit power.
• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin taunted Shiki, while Whitebeard and Red Hair Shanks reflected on his past and suspected he had gained a powerful ally.
• Shiki learned that his return had been exposed, and the World Government’s CP agents began killing his former subordinates while searching for him.
• Shen Fei returned to Marvel and saw on the White Queen’s surveillance screen that Simmons had come to Hive despite his efforts to prevent it.

Shen Fei found Simmons stranded on the alien planet and returned her to Earth, then used the Time Stone to confirm that Nen could consume a Devil Fruit. He created a pink Dragon God Nen Beast and later visited the Avengers Compound, reflecting on the team’s relationships and the difficulty of finding suitable Devil Fruit users.

• Shen Fei found that Simmons had survived for days on the alien planet, put her to sleep, and decided not to erase her memories.
• Shen Fei carried Simmons through an Arcane Gate to New York, where Fitz detected her signal and Coulson sent teams to find her.
• May and Skye reached Simmons’s hotel room and found her asleep while Shen Fei watched from the Mirror Dimension before leaving.
• Shen Fei used the Time Stone to confirm that Nen could consume a Devil Fruit, then turned Vegapunk’s artificial Dragon-Dragon Fruit into a pink Dragon God Nen Beast.
• Shen Fei rode the Dragon God through the sky, dismissed it, and considered why his Op-Op Fruit had not awakened and why other people were unsuitable for his stored Devil Fruits.
• Shen Fei arrived at the Avengers Compound and reflected on Stark’s funding, the easing of Stark and Captain’s conflict, and Bucky’s continued separation from Stark.

Shen Fei visited the Avengers, where he learned about Flint Marko’s condition and took a sample of his altered cells. He then joined Coulson’s team to investigate a supernatural incident and identified the entity as Bloody Mary, warning them to stay away from mirrors.

• Shen Fei reunited with Quicksilver at the Avengers base and joined the team’s party, where Stark approved his request to visit Flint Marko.
• Shen Fei found Flint Marko frozen as his body turned to sand, learned Stark had arranged treatment for his daughter, and took a sample of Flint’s changed cells.
• Shen Fei met Coulson and Simmons aboard S.H.I.E.L.D.’s plane and listened to their report about a deadly spirit-summoning game at a New York university.
• Shen Fei identified the entity summoned through the mirrors as Bloody Mary and told Coulson to have the team shelter somewhere without mirrors.

Shen Fei helped S.H.I.E.L.D. defeat Bloody Mary and met the Winchester brothers, who had come to exorcise her. Afterward, he examined Skye and warned that using her powers was damaging her arms, leaving the team to consider how she could manage the dangerous side effects.

• Bloody Mary attacked Skye and the others in a New York parking lot, and Shen Fei arrived to bind and destroy her.
• Coulson thanked Shen Fei for his help and arrested Dean and Sam after they presented fake FBI credentials, but released them when they explained they were exorcists who had come to fight Bloody Mary.
• Shen Fei recognized energy fluctuations in the brothers’ equipment, and Coulson exchanged contact information with them before they left.
• Shen Fei examined Skye aboard the Bus and found tiny cracks in her arm bones caused by repeated use of her powers.
• Shen Fei warned Skye to limit her powers and began treating her with spells, potions, and medicine, while cautioning that nano medical treatment would not prevent further damage if she kept using them.

Shen Fei reviewed his medical and prosthetics work, prepared resources for several worlds, and visited the Hunter world before traveling to a new world. There he met Chelsea, who joined him on the way to Water 7, and the two continued together after he defeated a Horned Wolf.

• Shen Fei ordered Coulson and Simmons to keep Skye from using her powers for two months while she recovered.
• Shen Fei gathered agricultural, water-management, and medicinal materials for the Qin Era and other worlds, then visited Ada and Robin in the Hunter world.
• Ada and Robin left to explore ruins, so Shen Fei prepared to investigate another world himself.
• Shen Fei arrived in a forest near Water 7, encountered a woman who transformed into a hawk, and learned that her name was Chelsea.
• Chelsea asked to travel with Shen Fei, and she praised him after he easily defeated a Horned Wolf.

Shen Fei learned about the Empire and Chelsea’s role in the Revolutionary Army, then watched her assassinate Suiyun City’s governor. He decided to travel to the Imperial Capital, and Chelsea joined him as they set out together.

• Chelsea explained Teigu and the Empire to Shen Fei, who recognized her as a character from Akame ga Kill! and learned that her makeup case held Transformation: Gaia Foundation.
• Shen Fei examined Gaia Foundation, discovered he could use it, and declined Chelsea’s invitation to join the Revolutionary Army until he had seen the Empire’s conditions for himself.
• Shen Fei and Chelsea traveled toward Suiyun City, where he saw starving refugees and learned that Chelsea had come to assassinate the governor.
• Chelsea used Gaia Foundation to infiltrate the governor’s residence and kill the governor with a poisoned steel needle, then escaped as a dove.
• After exploring Suiyun City, Shen Fei chose to head for the Imperial Capital, and Chelsea proposed that they travel there together.

On his journey to the Imperial Capital, Shen Fei studied Chelsea’s Teigu, learned of her plan to assassinate Minister Honest, and secretly turned corrupt officials and nobles into Philosopher’s Stones. After reaching the capital, he attacked a nightclub and the Gendarmerie, then followed Tatsumi’s name to a torture chamber where Tatsumi and two others had been captured.

• Shen Fei researched Gaia Foundation and learned from Chelsea about the Revolutionary Army’s Prophecy Teigu and her mission against Minister Honest.
• As he traveled toward the Imperial Capital, Shen Fei killed corrupt officials and nobles and transformed them into Philosopher’s Stones.
• At the Imperial Capital’s southern gate, Shen Fei and Chelsea saw wanted notices for Night Raid members, including Akame.
• Chelsea told Shen Fei that she planned to infiltrate and assassinate Minister Honest, and Shen Fei agreed to protect her while waiting for Syura and his spatial Teigu.
• Shen Fei attacked a nightclub, killed its occupants, transformed them into Philosopher’s Stones, and killed Gendarmerie Captain Ouka and his men.
• After hearing someone call for Tatsumi, Shen Fei found a torture chamber where Tatsumi and two others were being held captive.

Shen Fei rescued Tatsumi, Ieyasu, and Sayo from Aria’s family, punished the family, and used their Philosopher’s Stone to cure the three. After sending Tatsumi and his friends back to their village, he searched the Imperial treasury and library, where he found records on Alchemy and suspected it had been used to create the Teigu.

• Shen Fei found Tatsumi, Ieyasu, and Sayo imprisoned in Aria’s manor, defeated Aria and her guards, and rescued the three.
• Shen Fei gathered Aria’s family, punished them for their crimes, and turned their wealth into a Philosopher’s Stone to cure Tatsumi, Ieyasu, and Sayo.
• Shen Fei explained that the Empire had rotted away and persuaded Tatsumi, Ieyasu, and Sayo to return to their village with the seized wealth.
• Shen Fei noticed that Night Raid had halted its operations, unaware that his actions had prompted Najenda to suspend missions and investigate.
• Minister Honest complained to the young emperor about the unrest, while Grand General Budo answered for security in the Imperial Capital.
• Shen Fei searched the Imperial treasury and Palace Library, found no Teigu or Teigu-level Relics, and discovered that Western Alchemy’s secret arts might explain how the Teigu were forged.