Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei rescued Chelsea from her failed attempt to assassinate Minister Honest, explaining that keeping the minister alive would preserve divisions between Esdeath and Grand General Budo. He later killed Honest, took information about the Empire’s Teigu, and began positioning himself to control the Empire and subdue Esdeath.

• Shen Fei learned that the Empire’s founding emperor had destroyed the knowledge used to create the forty-eight Teigu and considered how Western Alchemy might improve artificial Zoan Devil Fruits.
• Minister Honest caught Chelsea attempting to assassinate him, but Shen Fei rescued her, cut off Honest’s right hand, and took his Ireystone Teigu.
• Shen Fei explained to Chelsea that killing Honest could unite Esdeath and Grand General Budo against the Revolutionary Army, so Chelsea left to report the failed mission and prepare for the attack on the Imperial Capital.
• Shen Fei returned to Honest’s residence, killed and hypnotized the minister, and learned about the Teigu World Encyclopedia [Rongorongo] and its holder, Xigong.
• Shen Fei took World Encyclopedia [Rongorongo] from Xigong and planned to leave Grand General Budo to Esdeath while he subdued her and later struck at the Revolutionary Army’s High Command.

Shen Fei stole Five Sight Potential from Zanck after Akame killed him, then fought off Akame, Mine, and Leone before leaving. Later, he delivered Honest’s order for Esdeath to return to the capital, but she recognized him as an assassin and attacked him on the ice wall.

• Shen Fei came upon Akame fighting Zanck and took Five Sight Potential as Zanck died from Murasame’s curse.
• Mine and Akame attacked Shen Fei, and Leone ambushed him before Bulat stopped the fight and Shen Fei left.
• Shen Fei tested Five Sight Potential’s five abilities the next day.
• Esdeath’s Northern Army fought Prince Numaseka’s four hundred thousand Northern Tribesmen while the Three Beasts competed to capture the prince.
• Shen Fei delivered the order for Esdeath to return to the Imperial Capital and handed her Honest’s letter.
• Esdeath destroyed the letter, kicked at Shen Fei, and accused him of being an assassin as ice spikes erupted beneath him.

Shen Fei exposed himself to Esdeath, revealed his ambition to take the country, and defeated her after resisting her time-stopping Imperial Arm. The Three Beasts and the Northern Tribes converged on the captured Esdeath, leaving Shen Fei facing both forces.

• Esdeath discovered Shen Fei was a fake messenger, and he evaded her attacks while she devastated the pursuing Northern Tribes and killed Prince Numaseka.
• Shen Fei split Esdeath's ice attacks with the Op-Op Fruit, then shattered the ground across a three-kilometer radius and asked her to help him take the country.
• Esdeath activated Mahapadma, but Shen Fei moved within its frozen time and later subdued her when she attacked again.
• The Three Beasts rushed to rescue Esdeath as the Northern Tribes also advanced on her captive, while Shen Fei stood between the two forces.

Shen Fei defeated Esdeath, captured her, and extracted three drops of blood from her ice-type Imperial Arm for research. Esdeath agreed to join his plan to take over the Empire, and the chapter left her Northern Army backing the rebellion while Shen Fei studied their Imperial Arms.

• Shen Fei used Flame Alchemy to burn the advancing Northern Tribes and separated the Three Beasts and their Northern Army from himself.
• Shen Fei studied Esdeath’s body, extracted three drops of blood from her ice-type Imperial Arm, and considered ways to transfer Imperial Arm abilities directly into people.
• After waking, Esdeath accepted becoming Shen Fei’s subordinate and agreed to help take over the Empire, though she questioned his gradual approach.
• Esdeath returned to camp, told the Three Beasts and her officers about the defeat and rebellion, and they pledged to follow her; the Three Beasts surrendered their Imperial Arms.
• Shen Fei researched the Three Beasts’ Imperial Arms while Esdeath pursued and slaughtered the Northern Tribes.

Shen Fei considered how to strengthen Esdeath, studied the Jaegers’ roster, and uncovered Huang Quan Temple’s hidden training resource. Esdeath formed the Jaegers under her command, and the team began its first mission by attacking bandits outside the Imperial Capital.

• Esdeath returned from reporting to the palace and gave Shen Fei the Jaegers’ roster, after which she summoned the selected Teigu users to the Imperial Capital.
• Shen Fei traveled to Huang Quan Temple, discovered that its leaders used soup made from Kraken flesh to train, and took the resource for Esdeath’s future training.
• Esdeath defeated the Jaegers’ challengers, revealed herself as their Captain, and introduced Shen Fei as their Vice-Captain at a welcome banquet.
• Shen Fei told Esdeath they were waiting for Syura to return before acting, while Ran quietly questioned him about Esdeath’s plans for the Empire.
• Seryu, Bols, and the other Jaegers attacked a group of bandits west of the Imperial Capital, using their Teigu to slaughter them.

The Jaegers continued their campaigns while Shen Fei addressed Kuroame’s failing health and trained Esdeath. After emergency flares signaled an ambush, Shen Fei uncovered Chelsea’s disguise and captured her, leaving the fate of the other Jaegers unresolved.

• Seryu slaughtered the surrendered bandits, and Esdeath led the Jaegers on further patrols against bandits and Danger Beasts.
• Shen Fei warned Kuroame that her medicine was shortening her life, then knocked her unconscious so he could restore her depleted life force.
• Shen Fei began training Esdeath in the Rakshasa Four Demons’ methods and Water Breathing.
• Will reported Night Raid’s killings, and emergency flares sent him and Ran racing toward Seryu’s group.
• Bols told Shen Fei that Night Raid had ambushed his group, but Shen Fei recognized him as Chelsea in disguise.
• Shen Fei struck Chelsea’s acupuncture points, took Gaia Foundation, and carried her away.

Shen Fei watched Night Raid defeat Dr. Stylish, claimed God Hand, and challenged Najenda over the Revolutionary Army’s corruption. Najenda accepted his documents for review but said Night Raid would take him with them.

• Shen Fei found Bols dead and judged that his past crimes had made his death deserved.
• Shen Fei followed the battle to Dr. Stylish, where Night Raid surrounded the transformed researcher and Akame struck him with Murasame.
• Dr. Stylish pleaded for Shen Fei to save him, but Shen Fei refused and took God Hand after he died.
• Shen Fei told Najenda that the Revolutionary Army’s leaders included corrupt former officials and nobles, then gave her documents as evidence.
• Najenda said she would examine the documents but ordered Shen Fei to come with Night Raid.

Shen Fei defeated Night Raid but let Najenda and her allies leave, then revealed his plan to take control of the Empire to Ran. After uncovering Dr. Stylish’s horrific experiments and sharing evidence with Night Raid, he left the Jaegers with a new mission to reinforce Anning Road in Jorlock City.

• Shen Fei swiftly defeated Lubbock, Bulat, and Akame, then returned their Teigu and allowed Najenda’s group to retreat.
• Shen Fei told Ran that he intended to take the Empire for himself and explained that internal reform could not save it.
• Najenda’s group reunited with the badly injured Leone, learned Dr. Stylish was dead, and discussed Shen Fei’s overwhelming strength.
• Shen Fei searched Dr. Stylish’s laboratories, found evidence of experiments that had killed thousands of civilians, and killed the modified Danger Beasts he found there.
• Najenda’s group read Shen Fei’s documents about Dr. Stylish and decided to demand an explanation from the Revolutionary Army’s High Command.
• The Jaegers received orders to reinforce Anning Road in Jorlock City.

Shen Fei and Esdeath joined the Jaegers’ operation against Anning Road, while Night Raid separately prepared to disrupt Minister Honest’s plan. After Esdeath crushed a bandit ambush and subdued the Rakshasa Four Demons, Shen Fei began teaching her new combat techniques as the group settled in Jorlock City.

• Najenda warned Night Raid that the Jaegers and Esdeath would be involved in the operation, and planned to delay them with a bandit ambush.
• Nearly a thousand bandits attacked Shen Fei’s group in a canyon, and Esdeath froze them all while Shen Fei collected them to make Philosopher’s Stones.
• Berlick welcomed Esdeath’s group to Jorlock City, and Shen Fei asked where Anning Road’s leader was while regarding Berlick as already doomed.
• Esdeath fought the Rakshasa Four Demons without using her Imperial Arm and knocked all four down after they tried to intimidate Will and Ran.
• Will questioned how he could serve the Empire after seeing its corruption, while Esdeath expressed disappointment in the Rakshasa Four Demons.
• Shen Fei opened a Mirror Dimension and demonstrated the Six Powers and Life Return to Esdeath, then began teaching her Shave.

Shen Fei reconsidered killing the Rakshasa Four Demons and followed them to their clash with Night Raid. He captured Night Raid and confiscated their Teigu, then headed with the Rakshasa Four Demons to help Ibara.

• Shen Fei used the World Encyclopedia to locate resources and considered establishing a merchant guild to gather supplies.
• Shen Fei decided that the Rakshasa Four Demons except Ibara might be recruited, while Suzuka continued trying to meet Esdeath.
• Leone led the Rakshasa Four Demons to an abandoned building, where Night Raid attacked them and Akame fought Ibara.
• Shen Fei intervened, bound Leone, Lubbock, Mine, and Bulat, confiscated their Teigu, and demonstrated the Roman Artillery's power by destroying the building.
• Suzuka suggested that the Rakshasa Four Demons go help Ibara, but Mez said he felt no need to avenge his father.

Shen Fei captured Akame, Hill, the Rakshasa Four Demons, and Night Raid, then returned to the Imperial Capital with Akame and Najenda. As the Revolutionary Army advanced and Wild Hunt appeared, Shen Fei prepared to make his move against the Empire.

• Shen Fei captured Akame and Hill, then bound and packed away the Rakshasa Four Demons and the remaining Night Raid members.
• Esdeath killed Berlick and told Najenda that Shen Fei had offered her a broader world; Shen Fei later captured Najenda and kept Susanoo with him.
• Shen Fei learned from Anning Road's leader why Berlick had been allowed to gain influence, then returned to the Imperial Capital through the Arcane Gate with Akame and Najenda.
• Shen Fei told Najenda and Ran that the Revolutionary Army's forces were no match for the current Esdeath, while Grand General Budo grew angry as provincial governors surrendered.
• After Syura used Shangri-La to bring Danger Beasts near the Imperial Capital, Wild Hunt was established under his leadership, and Shen Fei told Esdeath it was time to act.

Shen Fei and Esdeath confronted Wild Hunt at the Mahu Theater after its members slaughtered civilians, and Esdeath crippled Syura while Shen Fei seized his Imperial Arm and attacked the others. As the fight continued, Dorthea and Cosmia fled, and Shen Fei focused on Dorthea, the western alchemist.

• Will and Ran returned injured and furious after Wild Hunt attacked civilians, and Shen Fei and Esdeath left to confront them.
• Esdeath and Shen Fei found Wild Hunt abusing people at the Mahu Theater and confronted Syura and his companions.
• Shen Fei severed Syura's arm and took Shangri-La, while Esdeath cut off Syura's legs and hurled him across the stage.
• Shen Fei used Cross Tail to bind and mutilate Yan Xin, prompting Dorthea and Cosmia to flee as the others prepared to fight.
• Shen Fei redirected Champ's Imperial Arm attack through an Arcane Gate, freezing Champ, then turned his attention to the fleeing Dorthea.

Shen Fei and Esdeath began their assault on the Imperial Capital, capturing Wild Hunt members and seizing control of the city’s military. Esdeath arrived at the palace with Syura, where Grand General Budo and Minister Honest waited behind the walls.

• Shen Fei incapacitated Cosmia and Dorthea, took Dorthea’s Teigu, and Esdeath defeated Izo while Shen Fei broke Champ’s arms and let Ran take him away.
• Esdeath tortured Syura and carried him toward the palace as Shen Fei transported Yan Xin and the other captives to the military camp.
• Shen Fei opened an Arcane Gate for the Northern Army, which split into three groups and captured the Imperial Capital’s gates after quickly defeating the stationed troops.
• The Northern Army brought Gao Qi to Shen Fei, who ordered the soldiers to break his limbs and hold him for later.
• Esdeath reached the palace carrying Syura, where Grand General Budo, Minister Honest, and other officials were waiting behind the walls.

Esdeath challenged Grand General Budo at the palace as the Northern Army attacked the Imperial Capital, forcing Budo to fight her while the Empire faced a sudden crisis. Esdeath used Mahapadma to kill Budo, and palace guards charged at her as the ministers looked on in fear.

• Esdeath declared that she had come to test her strength against Grand General Budo, and a bloodied soldier reported that the Northern Army had captured the Imperial Capital’s southern gate.
• Minister Honest slipped away from the palace wall and considered using Ireystone and the Supreme Teigu as trump cards.
• Esdeath and Grand General Budo clashed with ice and lightning, while Budo’s lightning armor broke through her attacks and she fought him with her rapier.
• Grand General Budo transformed into a giant of lightning and overwhelmed Esdeath’s ice attacks, then hurled a lightning spear at her.
• Esdeath activated Mahapadma, avoided the spear, and pierced Budo with a massive ice spike, pinning him to the palace wall and killing him.
• Palace ministers reacted with terror, and palace guards jumped down from the wall to attack Esdeath.

Esdeath’s Northern Army captured the Imperial Capital, while Shen Fei subdued the emperor and Minister Honest and seized the Supreme Teigu. As the new regime purged the capital and the people executed Honest and his four accomplices, Shen Fei studied the Western Nation’s alchemy with Dorthea.

• Esdeath froze the Imperial Palace and its defenders, and Liver reported that the Northern Army had taken the Imperial Capital.
• Minister Honest blamed the rebellion on the young emperor’s enemies, but Shen Fei arrived, stunned the emperor, tortured Honest with the Cruciatus Curse, and took the Supreme Teigu’s Scepter.
• Shen Fei and Esdeath’s forces rounded up the Empire’s loyalists and the capital’s criminals, while Shen Fei returned Teigu to Lubbock, Bulat, and Leone for the arrests.
• Honest, Gao Qi, Xigong, Yongguan, and Daoxuan were sentenced to be executed by the people; the ordeal lasted three days before all five died.
• Shen Fei skipped the execution and began learning the Western Nation’s alchemy from Dorthea.

Shen Fei advanced his Teigu research and helped establish the new Empire, with Esdeath as queen and Najenda as prime minister. He spared the alchemist Dorthea under Nen restriction and recruited the surviving enhanced assassins, then began arranging treatment for them.

• Shen Fei concluded that the First Emperor had crippled the Empire by destroying its craftsmen, records, and advanced technology.
• Najenda executed the young emperor after he accepted his death as a chance for the Empire to be reborn; Esdeath and Najenda took the new Empire’s leading roles.
• Shen Fei decided to keep Dorthea alive for her alchemy and placed a Nen restriction on her.
• Shen Fei offered the enhanced unit a choice between serving the new Empire and becoming ordinary people, and Kelly and the others chose to stay.
• Shen Fei asked Dorthea to treat the enhanced unit and examined Kelly’s Teigu-level Relic, Kiriichimonji.

Shen Fei and Esdeath learned that the Revolutionary Army had allied with the border tribes and was advancing on the Imperial Capital, so Esdeath led troops west to repel an invasion before returning. As the Revolutionary Army laid siege to the capital, Esdeath unleashed her Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief technique and froze its first assault force, then began spreading a deadly cold through the city.

• Shen Fei reviewed the Elite Group’s vanished Teigu-level Relics while the Revolutionary Army’s commander Theodore reacted to news of Esdeath’s rebellion and Night Raid’s apparent destruction.
• The Revolutionary Army coordinated with the Western Tribes, and Esdeath led one hundred thousand Northern Army troops out of the Imperial Capital to defend the western border.
• After Esdeath returned, the Revolutionary Army surrounded three gates and attacked with Danger Beasts and Teigu users.
• Esdeath froze the attacking Danger Beasts and most of the Teigu users with a fan-shaped wave of cold, then killed the six who broke free using rising ice spikes.
• Esdeath clapped her hands and unleashed a cold current throughout the Imperial Capital.

Esdeath and Shen Fei crushed the Revolutionary Army’s attack on the Imperial Capital, and Najenda took charge of winning over the defeated soldiers and rebuilding the Empire. Shen Fei then helped improve the slums before traveling to the Putora Ruins, where he fused Esdeath’s Ice Teigu blood into his own body.

• Esdeath froze and slaughtered Revolutionary Army troops at the southern gate while Shen Fei used Shangri-La to teleport tens of thousands of soldiers into the mountains, causing the army to collapse.
• Shen Fei left Najenda, Ran, and Imperial officials to handle the aftermath, then helped Leone cure and relocate the slum residents and assigned Leone, Mine, and Hill roles in the new Empire.
• Shen Fei traveled to the Putora Ruins, restored the collapsed mausoleum, and found the Gravekeepers’ secret technique for transforming bodies into Danger Beasts.
• Shen Fei used the Op-Op Fruit to fuse blood taken from Esdeath with his body, gaining the power of Ice Teigu: Demon God Manifestation: Demon's Extract.

Shen Fei turned two Imperial Arms into powerful artificial Zoan Devil Fruits and discussed with Esdeath which abilities she should pursue before taking Demon Armor: Incursio to make another fruit. He also restored Najenda’s eye and arm, and the chapter left Esdeath eager to visit Pirate World and seek Aokiji’s Chilly-Chilly Fruit.

• Shen Fei used the ice Imperial Arm’s remaining power to gain ice abilities, then lamented that Esdeath had consumed the blood he could have used to make an ice-type artificial Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Shen Fei decided to destroy Beast King Transformation and Gaia Foundation and converted them into two artificial Devil Fruits with Mythical Zoan-level abilities.
• Esdeath chose not to eat the fruit made from Gaia Foundation, and Shen Fei advised her that an ice-type Devil Fruit would best complement her existing ice Imperial Arm.
• Esdeath learned that Aokiji possessed the Chilly-Chilly Fruit and said she might obtain it by killing him, while Shen Fei warned her that a Marine Admiral was far beyond her current strength.
• Shen Fei used Angel’s Breath to restore Najenda’s left eye and arm, then took Demon Armor: Incursio from her.
• Shen Fei planned to make another artificial Devil Fruit from Incursio, which had been forged from the evolving Danger Beast Tyrant.

After bringing the Empire to peace, Shen Fei left the Kill Girl world with Esdeath, Chelsea, Akame, and Kuroame and took them to the Pirate World. As they began adapting to their new home, Shen Fei learned of Blackbeard’s betrayal and considered using Shangri-La’s lost teleportation function as inspiration for a plan involving the Four Emperors.

• Shen Fei agreed to take Chelsea to other worlds and later persuaded Akame and Kuroame to leave with him.
• The Eastern Army surrendered, and Esdeath continued clearing pirates from the Empire’s southern seas while Shen Fei prepared to depart.
• Shen Fei left the Kill Girl world with Esdeath, Chelsea, Akame, and Kuroame, then brought them to his base in the Pirate World.
• Shen Fei had Red Queen introduce the newcomers to the Pirate World and told Esdeath, Akame, and Kuroame to master Haki if they wanted to fight at sea.
• Shen Fei read news of Blackbeard’s betrayal of the Whitebeard Pirates and noted that Blackbeard was fleeing through the New World.
• Shen Fei discovered that Shangri-La no longer worked outside the Kill Girl world and considered using an Arcane Gate to send pirate crews to Mary Geoise.