Chapter Summaries

Yaen ordered Enel’s priests to announce Enel’s defeat and keep him alive, then searched the Holy Domain for a Poneglyph. He discovered baby-5 could leave a bite mark on the otherwise indestructible stone and planned to have her keep trying to assimilate it.

• Yaen sent two priests to Angel Island to announce Enel’s defeat and ordered the other two to tend to Enel without killing him.
• Yaen found a Poneglyph in the Holy Domain and confirmed that his Zanpakutō could not scratch it.
• Yaen brought out baby-5 and asked her to try assimilating the Poneglyph with her Void Devourer ability.
• baby-5 bit the Poneglyph hard enough to leave a blurry mark, but said she would need time to get used to its hardness.
• Yaen decided to store the Poneglyph in Xiao Jin’s Castle so baby-5 could keep trying to assimilate it.

Yaen discovered that Xiao Jin had stored a mountain of gold in Castle and found tens of thousands of tons more buried beneath the Holy Domain. He offered the treasure to Dragon and the Revolutionary Army, while declaring that gold was only a means to advance their future among the stars and seas.

• Yaen saw Xiao Jin unload a mountain of gold before storing the Poneglyph inside Castle.
• Yaen took baby-5 into Castle and found its rooms nearly filled with gold.
• Yaen told Dragon that the Holy Domain held the ruins of the Golden City and tens of thousands of tons of gold buried beneath the soil.
• Dragon was overwhelmed by the treasure and promised to have the Revolutionary Army excavate it.
• Yaen reassured Dragon that gold was only an external possession and said their future lay in the stars and seas.

After the Revolutionary Army secured Sky Island, Yaen prepared to leave with Dragon aboard Enel’s flying ship, the Ark Prophecy. Enel agreed to take them to the Blue Sea, while Yaen remained eager to return to Amazon Lily Island and promised to help Enel meet the Lord of the Void.

• The Revolutionary Army spent nearly two months securing Sky Island and establishing it as a secret base for its Grand Line network.
• Enel told Yaen he had learned Armament Haki, and Yaen asked him to use lightning to process newly discovered gold; an apple persuaded Enel to do the work.
• Hancock called Yaen to wake him from his nap and told him that she and the baby were well.
• Dragon told Yaen that Sky Island’s affairs were arranged and that they could leave.
• Yaen gave Enel an apple, and Enel agreed to carry Yaen and Dragon to the Blue Sea aboard the gold-powered Ark Prophecy.

Yaen and Dragon flew the Ark Prophecy to the Alabasta Kingdom to investigate its royal family and the Ancient Weapon: Pluton. After separating from Dragon, Yaen searched the capital for a historical text and discovered a blue-haired little girl hiding under his inn bed just as someone knocked at the door.

• Enel powered the perfected Ark Prophecy to Alabasta, where Yaen and Dragon landed in the desert and flew toward the capital.
• Yaen told Dragon that the Alabasta royal family descended from one of the Twenty Kings and that Robin's research linked Pluton to the kingdom.
• Yaen sent Dragon to investigate separately while he used his past-life memories to search for the historical text revealing Pluton's location.
• Yaen disguised himself, checked into an inn, and inspected his room for surveillance devices.
• Yaen found a blue-haired little girl under the bed, and someone hurriedly knocked on the door.

Yaen hid Princess Nefertari Vivi from a group of armed men searching for her, then learned she had escaped an attack on her palace guards. Vivi asked him to protect her temporarily, leaving Yaen wondering whether the encounter was a coincidence or a plot arranged by Dragon.

• Yaen prepared to defend himself and his reputation when armed men burst into his room.
• The men asked Yaen whether he had seen a little blue-haired girl, and he denied it.
• After the men searched the neighboring room, Yaen called Vivi out from beneath his bed.
• Vivi introduced herself as Princess of the Alabasta Kingdom and asked Yaen to serve as her temporary guard.
• Yaen suspected Dragon might have arranged the attack, but concluded the Revolutionary Army could not have infiltrated the capital so quickly.

Yaen decided to protect Princess Vivi and used the name Yaso while disguising himself as an ordinary swordsman. As they headed toward the Alabasta Royal Palace, a figure impersonating King Nefertari Cobra stopped a palace guard from reporting the pirate attack.

• Yaen chose to earn Princess Vivi's trust rather than pursue the Poneglyph immediately, introduced himself as Yaso, and agreed to protect her.
• When pirates prepared to search his room, Yaen left the inn with Princess Vivi concealed beneath his cloak.
• Yaen made his way toward the Royal Palace slowly to avoid drawing attention, while Princess Vivi struggled to hold on beneath his cloak.
• A palace guard escaped the pirates and encountered someone who appeared to be King Nefertari Cobra.
• The false Cobra killed the guard and said he had orders to let none of them pass.

Yaen carried Princess Vivi toward the Alabasta Kingdom palace while avoiding pirates searching for them. Mr. 1 blocked their path and attacked Yaen, leaving the two facing off in the street.

• Yaen sensed pirates searching nearby and changed course after they blocked the roads to the palace.
• Vivi confirmed that reinforcements would come, and Yaen hurriedly escorted her toward the palace while evading the pirates.
• Crocodile's subordinates watched Yaen approach, and their boss ordered Mr. 1 to stop him and restore the plan.
• Yaen recognized Mr. 1 as one of Crocodile's men and realized Crocodile might already be in Alabasta.
• Mr. 1 demanded that Yaen hand over Vivi, then attacked with his Slicing-Slicing Fruit ability, and Yaen blocked the strike with his sword.

Yaen fought Mr. 1 while protecting Princess Vivi, keeping his abilities restrained as Crocodile watched from hiding. Crocodile ordered his agents to attack and prepared to pose as Vivi’s rescuer, while secretly planning to eliminate his own subordinates.

• Mr. 1 attacked Yaen from behind, but Yaen dodged and then blocked his repeated strikes while carrying Princess Vivi.
• Yaen held back and retreated under Mr. 1’s assault, intending to stall without drawing attention to his abilities.
• Crocodile’s agents watched the fight and debated whether Yaen was an ordinary swordsman.
• Crocodile noted that Vivi’s absence would soon arouse suspicion at the royal palace and ordered his agents to attack together.
• As the agents moved toward Mr. 1, Crocodile privately resolved to kill them after using the rescue of Princess Vivi to gain the kingdom’s trust.

Yaen fought Mr. 1 while protecting Princess Vivi, then separated her from the battle so he could face the Baroque Works officers without hindrance. He swiftly killed the six officers and appeared behind Mr. 1, declaring that splitting up would not change the outcome.

• Six Baroque Works officers arrived and discussed attacking Yaen while he fought Mr. 1 with Princess Vivi hidden beneath his cloak.
• Yaen pierced Mr. 1's chest with an Armament Haki-coated strike, then retreated to a rooftop as the officers surrounded him.
• Yaen placed Princess Vivi on the rooftop and told her to stay there while he dealt with their enemies.
• Yaen vanished from sight and killed two pairs of Baroque Works officers by piercing their chests as they stood back-to-back.
• The last pair separated but Yaen swiftly severed their necks, then appeared behind Mr. 1 and said separating would not change the result.

Yaen fought Mr. 1 but could not pierce his steel body, so he left rather than continue the battle. When Crocodile’s sand wave threatened Princess Vivi, Dragon’s wind barrier saved her, and Yaen claimed the Wind Wall as part of his own Wind-Riding Kendo.

• Yaen struck Mr. 1, but his Zanpakutō only cut a bloody line into the steel-hard body granted by the Slicing-Slicing Fruit.
• Yaen asked whether Mr. 1 could move in his defensive form, then walked away when Mr. 1 insisted his defense was unbreakable.
• A sand wave appeared behind Princess Vivi and rushed toward her on the rooftop.
• A Wind Wall blocked the sand wave, and Yaen caught Vivi as the shock waves knocked her from the roof.
• Yaen told Vivi that his swordsmanship was Wind-Riding Kendo, concealing Dragon’s role in creating the barrier.

Yaen used his Zanpakutō to sweep away Crocodile’s sand attack and protect Princess Vivi, but Crocodile escaped before Yaen could locate him. After Bell arrived and Vivi ordered him to report the attack, Bell said Crocodile had been meeting with the king at the time, casting doubt on her identification of the attacker.

• Yaen unleashed a tornado with his Zanpakutō, scattering Crocodile’s waves of sand and stunning Mr. 1 and Princess Vivi.
• A palace guard flew toward the clash, and Crocodile halted his attack, pulled Mr. 1 into the sand, and disappeared.
• Yaen told Vivi that the attacker had fled, and she cheered and praised his Wind-Riding Kendo.
• Bell arrived, shielded Vivi from Yaen, and greeted him after Vivi identified him as her savior.
• Vivi told Bell about the sand attack and ordered him to inform the king and report Crocodile to the World Government.
• Bell said Crocodile had been meeting with the king during the attack and therefore could not have been the attacker.

Yaen escorted Princess Vivi back to the Alabasta palace after she insisted he honor his promise to protect her, despite Bell’s suspicions. There, King Cobra thanked Yaen while Crocodile watched him with a predatory smile.

• Bell doubted Yaen’s account and urged Princess Vivi to return to the palace, suspecting Yaen more than Crocodile.
• Yaen considered leaving Vivi but agreed to accompany her after she pleaded and reminded him of their agreement.
• Yaen carried Vivi from the rooftop toward the palace as Bell followed and reported the events to King Cobra.
• King Cobra greeted Vivi, thanked Yaen for protecting her, and offered him rewards.
• Yaen spotted Crocodile among the people waiting at the palace, and Crocodile smiled at him like a predator eyeing its prey.

Yaen and Dragon suspected that Crocodile had used the Manga Manga Fruit to fake his presence at the palace, while Yaen planned to keep investigating the Poneglyph and earn the royal family's trust. Vivi asked Cobra to let her become Yaso's disciple, but Cobra doubted Yaso and Crocodile's guilt, leaving Vivi insisting that Yaso made her feel safe.

• Yaen and Dragon discussed how Crocodile could have used the Manga Manga Fruit to appear with Cobra while attacking Yaen and Vivi with sand.
• Yaen told Dragon to help disguise his abilities as Wind-Riding Kendo while they searched for the Poneglyph and sought the royal family's trust.
• Vivi recounted the attack to Cobra and asked to take Yaso as her master because he had saved her.
• Cobra explained that Crocodile had been with him during the attack and was seeking a Shichibukai title, making Vivi question her accusation.
• Vivi insisted that she trusted Yaso and felt safe beside him, as she had beside her mother.

Princess Vivi sought King Cobra’s approval to become Yaen’s disciple, then asked Yaen to teach her swordsmanship. While she waited for him to finish bathing, she answered Hancock’s call and unintentionally made the queen suspicious.

• Princess Vivi reassured King Cobra that Yaen was not behind the attack, and Cobra agreed to let her visit Yaen with guards while confirming that he would cooperate with Crocodile.
• Princess Vivi went to Yaen’s room and asked him to become her swordsmanship teacher, but he refused and retreated to the bathroom.
• As Princess Vivi waited for Yaen, she answered his Den Den Mushi and told Hancock that she was waiting to ask him about swordsmanship.
• Hancock reacted with disbelief and suspicion after hearing that Princess Vivi was waiting for Yaen to finish bathing.

Hancock and Robin learned that Yaen had secretly gone to Alabasta and decided to confront the woman who had angered Hancock. Meanwhile, Crocodile learned that Yaso had interfered with his plans and vowed to destroy him.

• Vivi argued with Hancock over Yaso, then ended their call before asking the woman’s identity.
• Hancock told Robin that another woman had flaunted her connection to Yaen, and Robin discovered Yaen had secretly gone to Alabasta.
• Hancock persuaded Robin to travel with her to find the woman, despite Robin’s pregnancy.
• Bon Clay reported that King Cobra had agreed to Crocodile’s plan, and Crocodile vowed to eliminate Yaso for obstructing him.

Yaen discovered that Princess Vivi had answered a call on his private Den Den Mushi, but she had not realized he was a Marine Major General. After King Cobra asked him to guide Vivi in life as well as kendo, Yaen agreed and began teaching her the next morning.

• Yaen learned that a woman had called his Den Den Mushi and warned Vivi not to practice kendo with him, but Vivi had not understood the reason.
• Yaen explained that Vivi was unsuited to kendo and should protect her people through benevolence and righteousness, and King Cobra arrived and praised his insight.
• King Cobra scolded Vivi for entering Yaen's room, then asked Yaen to teach her while he remained in Alabasta, and Yaen agreed.
• The next morning, Vivi brought Yaen breakfast and said she was most interested in his past.

Yaen toured the Alabasta palace with Princess Vivi, then used stories to teach her ideas about justice and good government. Afterward, he drew a map marking suspicious locations and sent it to Dragon, who set out to investigate them.

• Princess Vivi asked about Yaen’s past and invited him to stay in the palace, but he said it would hinder his sword training.
• Yaen let Princess Vivi guide him around the palace, memorizing its layout while looking for clues about the Poneglyph.
• Yaen criticized the palace’s weak defenses, and Princess Vivi explained that King Cobra stationed most elite troops along the coast to protect citizens.
• Yaen identified the royal mausoleum as a suspicious location, then told Princess Vivi stories about prosperity, democracy, equality, and justice.
• Yaen drew a palace map with several suspicious locations and tossed it outside, where Dragon caught it and went to investigate.

Yaen and Dragon searched for the Poneglyph and found it beneath Alabasta’s royal cemetery. After Yaen memorized its inscriptions, he brought them to Robin in his Mental Space so she could decipher them.

• Dragon investigated the suspicious locations Yaen had identified and found an underground passage beneath the royal cemetery.
• Yaen and Dragon arranged for Enel to create a thunderclap as cover while Dragon opened and then concealed an entrance to the passage.
• Yaen and Dragon reached the Poneglyph at the end of the underground passage, and Yaen memorized its inscriptions.
• Yaen entered Robin’s Mental Space and asked her to decipher the Poneglyph, which she began reading.

Robin reads a Poneglyph that links the Nefertari Family to guarding Pluton but does not reveal its location, leaving Yaen and Dragon to consider how to learn the secret from King Cobra. Dragon proposes marrying Luffy to Vivi, while Yaen jokes about finding someone to become Cobra’s spouse, and Dragon suggests Ivankov.

• Robin tells Yaen that the Poneglyph records how the Nefertari Family rejected the Celestial Dragons’ status and stayed in Alabasta to guard Pluton, but gives no location for the weapon.
• Yaen realizes the Kozuki Clan may not have known how the Nefertari Family hid Pluton, then leaves Robin’s Mental Space to speak with Dragon.
• Yaen tells Dragon that the Poneglyph does not disclose Pluton’s whereabouts and that the Nefertari Family is likely to be the only source.
• Dragon proposes having Luffy marry Vivi so the secret will eventually pass to him, but Yaen objects that they would have to wait many years.
• Yaen suggests sending someone to become King Cobra’s spouse, and Dragon proposes Ivankov for the role.

Yaen and Dragon uncovered Ancient Weapon: Pluton hidden behind the Poneglyph beneath the Nefertari Family’s royal mausoleum. After discovering the enormous island-sized battleship, they faced the problem of removing it without the World Government finding out.

• Yaen rejected Dragon’s suggestion to reveal Cobra’s secret and proposed considering the Nefertari Family’s wishes when searching for Pluton.
• Yaen reasoned that the Poneglyph might have been placed in the passage incidentally and suspected something was hidden behind it.
• Dragon moved the Poneglyph, then used Dragon's Claw to break through the wall after sensing a gap that let air in.
• Yaen and Dragon entered the hidden chamber and found Ancient Weapon: Pluton, an enormous black battleship with a massive central cannon.
• Yaen asked Dragon how they could take Pluton away without alerting the World Government.