Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye returned to the Moonlight Tavern, clarified that Shylock had escaped rather than died, and gave Niu Niu a Pet Contract that granted her a healing blessing. Queen Skardi then offered him freedom, an estate, gold, and the right to form an army in exchange for protecting the Bel Myre Principality, and the chapter ended with Bai Ye considering her proposal.

• Bai Ye told the Moonlight Tavern regulars that Shylock had escaped through a dimensional rift, after Shylock corrected him through their mental connection.
• Bai Ye signed a Pet Contract with Niu Niu and used a Pet Skill Book, giving her Niu Niu's Blessing, which restored vitality over time.
• Bai Ye reported the incident to Queen Skardi at the palace and confirmed that Shylock had left Arad.
• Queen Skardi offered Bai Ye the freedom to form his own army, along with an estate and monthly gold, in exchange for protecting the Bel Myre Principality from outside forces.
• Bai Ye recognized that Queen Skardi was gambling on his loyalty, and she asked him for his answer.

Bai Ye agreed to support the Bel Myre Principality in exchange for its help, while refusing the rank of general and an army. As the Empire prepared to challenge him and other plans advanced across the world, Kelly fell from the Heavenly Realm into Heineken Mar and Bai Ye dragged her away to get free equipment enhancements.

• Bai Ye agreed to aid the Bel Myre Principality if it faced danger, and Queen Skardi accepted his terms and arranged for news of the agreement to spread.
• Bai Ye returned to the Moonlight Tavern, where Sosia and Seria teased him before Queen Skardi joined them.
• Leon Heinrich III learned Bai Ye had become the Principality's Sword Saint, ordered Baan to offer him terms or treat him as an enemy, and told him to rebuild the Purple Mist Corps.
• Alice told Leon Heinrich III that the transfer experiment could take place in Bilmack, while Shaying left Xuzhou for Arad and Azerra, Sordros, and Liang Yue agreed on their plans in the Valley of the Dead.
• Shiel Curio drafted plans for a secret weapon as Giselle defected to Kartel, and Kelly fell from the Heavenly Realm into Heineken Mar, where Bai Ye caught her and dragged her away in search of an enhancement machine.

Bai Ye questioned Bess’s request for help against Minister Honest and insisted that Bess first secure General Budou’s cooperation and clarify how the Hailan Empire could enter. After Bess proposed leaving Nivh behind to marry Bai Ye, Bai Ye gathered his ministers and declared that he intended to annex the Empire.

• Bess asked Bai Ye to help rebuild the Empire by removing Minister Honest, but Bai Ye pointed out that Bess could not speak for the Little Emperor or the Empire.
• Bai Ye asked what grounds the Hailan Empire would have to enter the Empire, and Bess offered to seek General Budou’s agreement to a joint fight against the Revolutionary Army.
• Bai Ye sent Bess and Nivh to rest until Bess had clarified his proposal with Budou.
• Nivh questioned whether the Hailan Empire would exploit their alliance, and Bess proposed that she stay and marry Bai Ye to secure support.
• Bai Ye told his ministers that circumstances had changed and announced that they should discuss annexing the Empire.

Bai Ye confronted Nadjeshda over the Revolutionary Army’s corruption and Night Raid’s likely abandonment, then urged her to choose cooperation with Hailan for the sake of the Empire’s people. After she left to reconsider, Bai Ye prepared to enter the Imperial Capital and seek Esdeath’s allegiance, while ordering Bess kept at the palace.

• Bai Ye met Nadjeshda, revealed that Hailan intended to weaken and annex the Empire, and questioned whether the Revolutionary Army could defeat Esdeath and Buddha.
• Bai Ye warned Nadjeshda that the Revolutionary Army might abandon Night Raid and that its leaders had been corrupting the supplies Hailan sent.
• Nadjeshda said she fought for the Empire’s people, and Bai Ye invited her to cooperate with Hailan instead of relying on the Revolutionary Army.
• Bai Ye told Nadjeshda he would continue sending supplies but urged her to ask Night Raid whether its members wanted to risk betrayal by their own side.
• Bai Ye explained to Enqi that he had encouraged the old emperor to let the Revolutionary Army’s leaders become corrupt, then planned to infiltrate the Imperial Capital and recruit Esdeath.
• Enqi kept Bess in the palace as Bai Ye ordered, while Bai Ye looked over the Empire and vowed to destroy its oppressive forces.

Bai Ye went with Shayu and Iyeyasu to Aria’s estate, knowing she intended to prey on them, and let the family drug and bind them while he pretended to be unconscious. Shayu and Iyeyasu woke to discover the family’s murderous intentions, while Bai Ye continued waiting for the right moment to act.

• Bai Ye recognized Shayu and Iyeyasu as Tatsumi’s fellow villagers and realized they had arrived in the Imperial Capital before him.
• Aria invited the three outsiders to her estate, and Leone watched them leave while worrying they would be killed before Night Raid could intervene.
• Aria, Aria’s Father, and Aria’s Mother chose their intended victims and plotted to drug and torture them in the warehouse.
• The family drugged the meal, but Bai Ye was unaffected and pretended to pass out while Aria’s Mother tied him up.
• Shayu and Iyeyasu woke while bound, and Aria revealed that her family had lured and tortured outsiders; Bai Ye kept pretending to sleep as Aria’s Father prepared his poison.

Bai Ye rescued Shayu and Iyeyasu from Aria's family, then recruited them to help change the Empire after they saw the horrors in the family’s warehouse. He obtained Demon's Extract and led Hailan Empire forces to ambush Esdeath, determined to face her himself and try to make her an ally.

• Bai Ye killed Aria's household with lightning and sent Shayu and Iyeyasu to inspect the warehouse, where they discovered the victims hidden inside.
• Bai Ye offered Shayu and Iyeyasu a chance to help change the Empire, and both agreed to follow him; the change to Tatsumi's fate earned Bai Ye a draw that granted him Demon's Extract.
• Bai Ye learned that Esdeath was returning early, while Minister Honest ordered her to destroy Night Raid and the Revolutionary Army.
• Bai Ye and Enqi led tens of thousands of Hailan Empire elites to ambush Esdeath's army along its route back to the capital.
• Esdeath spotted Bai Ye and Enqi, challenged Enqi to fight, and welcomed the chance to battle the Hailan Empire.

Bai Ye fought Esdeath, froze her and her soldiers, and gradually learned to match her in hand-to-hand combat. Esdeath used Mahapadma to freeze time and space, but Bai Ye evaded it with Kamui, leaving her convinced that she had lost.

• Bai Ye caught Esdeath’s fist and froze her with his ice ability, while his frost also immobilized Liva and the soldiers behind her.
• Esdeath broke free from the ice, recognized Bai Ye’s strength, and agreed to fight him directly without using her soldiers as hostages.
• Bai Ye grew stronger during their hand-to-hand fight, copying Esdeath’s techniques with the Sharingan and using Observation Haki’s Future Sight to anticipate her attacks.
• Esdeath decided to use Mahapadma, and Bai Ye saw the move coming through Future Sight.
• Esdeath froze time and space, but Bai Ye avoided her reach by entering Kamui Space, then declared that she had lost.

Bai Ye defeated Esdeath, and she agreed to join him after deciding the Empire was doomed and that he was the opponent she wanted to keep fighting. As Minister Honest and Buddha scrambled to defend the Empire, Nadjeshda revealed Bai Ye’s offer to Night Raid and asked the group to choose their own future.

• Bai Ye defeated Esdeath and secured her submission, though she told him she still intended to kill him someday.
• Esdeath explained to the Three Beasts that she had joined Bai Ye because the Empire was bound to lose, then freed her frozen soldiers and let them choose whether to leave with her or return home.
• Minister Honest learned Esdeath had joined Bai Ye, then asked Buddha to organize an elite force against Night Raid while he gathered intelligence.
• Night Raid learned Esdeath had left the Empire, and Nadjeshda confessed that Bai Ye had offered to recruit them and that the Hailan Empire had been supplying the Revolutionary Army to weaken the Empire.
• Nadjeshda told Night Raid she had refused Bai Ye’s offer and asked its members to decide their own fates.

Nadjeshda warned Night Raid that the Revolutionary Army would abandon and hunt them after defeating the Empire, then offered them the choice to join the Hailan Empire. While the Revolutionary Army’s leaders secretly decided to use Night Raid and later discard them, Bai Ye received a letter from Nadjeshda and declared that the time had come.

• Nadjeshda told Night Raid that the Revolutionary Army would disavow them after victory and leave them to be hunted, so she asked whether they would stay or leave.
• Nadjeshda offered Night Raid the option of joining the Hailan Empire, and Mine, Leone, and Lubbock supported leaving the Revolutionary Army with her.
• Nadjeshda agreed to speak with Bai Ye before Night Raid made any final decision, while the Revolutionary Army’s leaders ordered her to prepare for an assault on the Empire and requested Chelsea and Susanoo.
• The Revolutionary Army’s leaders decided to keep Night Raid temporarily, use them against the Hailan Empire, and abandon them once the conflict was resolved.
• Enqi delivered Nadjeshda’s secret letter to Bai Ye, and Bai Ye stopped Esdeath from taking it before reading it and declaring that the time had come.

Bai Ye launched the Hailan Empire’s invasion of the Empire while Esdeath led a separate campaign against the Revolutionary Army. After the Hailan forces reached the Imperial Capital with little resistance, Bai Ye prepared to confront the palace’s defenders and the Supreme Imperial Arms.

• Bai Ye ordered Enqi to prepare for war after receiving Nadjeshda’s hesitant letter and Minister Honest’s failed peace overture, and he assigned Esdeath to suppress the Revolutionary Army.
• Esdeath announced that she wanted to fall in love and considered Bai Ye as a possible partner, while Bai Ye warned her to control her violence and prioritize conquering the Empire.
• The Hailan Empire mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers, while Wild Dogs returned to the Empire and the Revolutionary Army decided to fight Esdeath with Night Raid.
• Nadjeshda brought Night Raid to confront the Revolutionary Army, but the leader’s attempt to recruit Esdeath failed and the two sides began preparing to fight.
• Bai Ye used Conqueror’s Haki to incapacitate the Empire’s border garrison, then advanced to the Imperial Capital as Esdeath split off to attack the Revolutionary Army.
• Bai Ye’s forces entered the Imperial Capital, executed its nobles before the civilians, and encountered Tatsumi reunited with Shayu and Iyeyasu; Enqi then reported that the palace remained heavily guarded.

Bai Ye defeated the Empire’s forces, exposed Minister Honest’s murder of the Little Emperor’s parents, and annexed the Empire into the Hailan Empire while sparing the Little Emperor. After receiving six lottery rewards, he prepared to unite with Kagaya Ubuyashiki against Muzan and the demons.

• Bai Ye entrusted Bess with identifying the nobles who had supported Minister Honest, then entered the Imperial Palace with Enqi.
• Shira used the Dimensional Formation to send Bai Ye to another dimension, but Bai Ye returned, severed Shira’s hand, and took the Imperial Arms.
• Bai Ye captured Minister Honest and tested the Supreme Imperial Arms by defeating it with his Susanoo-clad Wood Human.
• Bai Ye used his Sharingan to make Minister Honest confess that he had poisoned the Little Emperor’s parents, then killed him and announced the Empire’s surrender to the Hailan Empire.
• Bai Ye spared the Little Emperor, purged the Empire’s corrupt forces, and received six lottery rewards for changing several characters’ fates.
• Bai Ye planned to bring the surviving allies to the Hailan Empire and offered Kagaya Ubuyashiki help against Muzan in exchange for his country joining the empire.

Wano Country opened its borders, and Bai Ye brought Pluton into the open as he prepared to sail out with Robin, Yamato, and Lilia to recruit a companion and investigate the World Government. The news drew the attention of the Emperors and the Five Elders, while Momousagi continued searching the New World for Bai Ye.

• Bai Ye explained his suspicions about Laugh Tale and the World Government’s weapons, then told Professor Clover that Ohara should research technology and energy while Robin joined his voyage to decipher Poneglyphs.
• Bai Ye assigned Kaido to lead Wano Country and compete for an Emperor’s position, while Yamato, Robin, and Lilia prepared to sail with him.
• Bai Ye used Susanoo to break Wano Country’s underwater barrier, and the country opened its borders as Pluton emerged and was moved for repairs.
• Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin reacted to Kaido’s appearance, while the Five Elders ordered spies into Wano Country and discussed the Shichibukai.
• Momousagi sailed aimlessly through the New World, still unable to find Bai Ye after years of searching for a way back to the Navy.

Bai Ye brought Yamato, Robin, and Lilia to Fish-Man Island and proposed helping the fish-men move to the surface and live equally with humans. After urging Neptune to consider the offer, Bai Ye exposed Gion as an undercover Marine and invited her to join him in changing the world, just as a cry from the palace interrupted her decision.

• Bai Ye used Susanoo to take the ship through the deep sea to Fish-Man Island, where King Neptune and Queen Otohime received him.
• Bai Ye proposed relocating Fish-Man Island to the surface and warned Queen Otohime that the World Government would make fish-men easier to capture rather than honor its promises.
• Bai Ye argued that equality required overthrowing the Celestial Dragons, prompting Queen Otohime and Neptune to reconsider their hopes of cooperating with the World Government.
• Bai Ye told Neptune to hand over Shirahoshi for training if Fish-Man Island accepted his plan, and he left a note asking them to tell the World Government he had visited so they would not be implicated.
• Gion followed Bai Ye and asked to join his crew, but Bai Ye exposed her undercover Marine mission and invited her to help change the world instead.
• Gion hesitated over Bai Ye's offer until a cry of alarm came from inside the palace.

Bai Ye helped Neptune locate Vander Decken IX, manipulated events to protect Queen Otohime, and left Fish-Man Island with Gion and his companions. He reached Amazon Lily, where Hancock awaited him, and learned that Queen Otohime’s fate had changed; a lottery then gave him a Devil Fruit Copy Scroll as he considered which fruit to copy.

• Bai Ye revealed Vander Decken IX’s location to Neptune and let Jinbe and the princes pursue him, while secretly suggesting that Hody Jones side with Vander Decken IX.
• Bai Ye gave Queen Otohime a protective Talisman, discussed coexistence between humans and fish-men with Neptune, and departed Fish-Man Island with Gion after misleading Sengoku about his destination.
• Bai Ye explained his plans to change the world to Gion, who agreed to see what he intended to build, and they traveled toward Amazon Lily.
• Bai Ye reunited with Hancock and Elder Nyon on Amazon Lily, where Hancock eagerly asked when she could leave with him.
• Bai Ye received notice that Queen Otohime’s fate had changed, used his lottery draw, and obtained a Devil Fruit Copy Scroll while considering which fruit to copy.

Bai Ye convinced Hancock and Elder Nyon to abandon the Shichibukai offer and prepare to relocate all of Amazon Lily, then left for the East Blue to copy the Nika Fruit. In Foosha Village, he met Shanks and agreed to drink with the Red-Haired Pirates while Yamato remained forbidden from drinking.

• Elder Nyon warned Bai Ye that the Navy wanted Hancock to become a Shichibukai, but Bai Ye revealed the World Government could cross the Calm Belt using Seastone-coated ships.
• Bai Ye offered to move all of Amazon Lily, and Elder Nyon agreed to leave with him; Hancock also accepted, though Bai Ye departed first for the East Blue.
• Hancock used her Love-Love Fruit on Bai Ye’s companions, then released them when Bai Ye told her to; Yamato worried that her attraction to Hancock meant she might like women.
• Bai Ye flew toward the East Blue with Yamato, Robin, Lilia, and Gion, while Hancock stayed behind to help prepare Amazon Lily for relocation.
• At Makino’s tavern in Foosha Village, Bai Ye encountered Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates, and Shanks offered him a drink.
• Yamato asked to drink, but Bai Ye refused because he had promised Kaido not to let her; she blamed Kaido for keeping her from her freedom.

Bai Ye copied Luffy’s Nika ability, showed Gion the oppression sustaining the World Government, and recruited Nami after destroying Arlong’s crew. As Bai Ye’s ship reached Loguetown, the Marines and World Government surrounded it, and he began a worldwide livestream before facing them.

• Shanks asked Bai Ye why he would not pursue an Emperor’s position, and Bai Ye called the Emperors trapped beasts before making Shanks accept a huge favor.
• Bai Ye copied Luffy’s Nika ability, then took Gion through the East Blue and challenged her beliefs about the Marines and the World Government.
• Gion chose to keep watching Bai Ye, changing her fate and earning Bai Ye a lottery draw that gave him the Year-Year Fruit.
• Bai Ye caught Nami aboard his ship, took her to Cocoyasi Village, and killed Arlong and the Arlong Pirates with lightning.
• Nami joined Bai Ye’s forces, ate the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, and received a star-shaped mark; Bai Ye also gathered Buggy and continued toward Loguetown.
• The Marines and World Government surrounded Bai Ye at Loguetown, and Bai Ye ordered Buggy to livestream their confrontation as he promised to spread the Drums of Liberation.

Bai Ye revealed his awakened Nika power during the Marines’ attempt to capture him in Loguetown, overwhelming the Admirals and other top fighters. The battle culminated in a clash that shattered Loguetown, leaving the livestream audience unsure who had survived.

• Smoker stayed behind to fight Bai Ye while Tashigi continued evacuating civilians, and Gion wavered over her allegiance as Tsuru urged the Marines to watch for reinforcements.
• Bai Ye incapacitated Kizaru, Aokiji, and Akainu in rapid succession, then recovered as the Marines regrouped and attacked together.
• Bai Ye explained Nika and Joy Boy before transforming into his awakened Nika form, shocking the Five Elders and prompting Zunesha to call out Joy Boy.
• Bai Ye used his powers to repel the Marines’ attacks, overwhelmed their troops with Conqueror’s Haki, and sent Kizaru into Kamui Space.
• Bai Ye defeated Garp in their clash, trapped Akainu and Aokiji with his abilities, and then faced Kong, Garp, and Val as they combined their strength against his enormous Haki-coated fist.
• Bai Ye’s punch collided with the three fighters’ combined attack and shattered Loguetown, leaving the outcome unclear.

Bai Ye defeated and captured the Marines’ top fighters, then declared war on the World Government and vowed to end piracy. As the world reacted and the Five Elders prepared for his arrival, Bai Ye began gathering allies and planned to bring Vegapunk to his side.

• Bai Ye defeated the Marines’ strongest fighters, killed Val, captured the others, and ordered Buggy to end the broadcast.
• Bai Ye moved Hancock and the people of Amazon Lily above Wano Country, where Buggy discovered that Captain John had given his treasure to Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye tried to persuade the captured Marines to oppose the Celestial Dragons, but Tsuru and the others refused to surrender.
• Bai Ye announced that pirate crews must become adventure groups and declared war on the Five Elders and Im, promising to march on the Holy Land.
• Shanks accepted the change to an adventure group, Whitebeard waited for Bai Ye to explain himself, and Dragon considered merging the Revolutionary Army with Bai Ye’s forces.
• The Five Elders ordered Bai Ye eliminated and moved to relocate Vegapunk as they prepared to defend the Holy Land.

The World Government’s retreat plunged the seas into chaos as Crocodile abandoned his search for Pluton and left Alabasta to seek Bai Ye. Bai Ye revealed the coming flood to captured Marines, while another Byakuya escaped Noxus Arena and drew the attention of the Black Rose, Swain, and Darius.

• The World Government announced that it was pulling back Navy forces to focus on Bai Ye, prompting unrest and renewed doubts about paying the Celestial Tribute.
• Crocodile left Alabasta with Daz Bones, deciding to seek Bai Ye and rely on his own strength rather than search for Pluton.
• Bai Ye won a lottery draw for Lineage Factor technology and brought Golden Lion and the others into Kamui Space to meet the captured Marines.
• Bai Ye and Professor Clover told Tsuru, Kong Kong, and the other Marines that an eight-hundred-year cycle would bring a devastating flood, and Bai Ye said he intended to rebuild Noah’s Ark or move people to the Red Line.
• In Valoran, Bai Ye defeated Draven in Noxus Arena and left after winning his freedom, then rejected an invitation to join the war against Ionia.
• A disguised agent revealed that she represented the Black Rose and offered Bai Ye a place in Noxus, while Swain and Darius argued over recruiting him after hearing of Draven’s defeat.

Bai Ye joined the Noxian march toward Ionia on the condition that he could act independently, then freed captured Vastaya and agreed to help Nidalee rescue her companions. As Nidalee and Bai Ye reached Rengar, Noxian soldiers nearly overwhelmed him, but Bai Ye intervened just as Irelia arrived with reinforcements.

• Bai Ye told the Noxian recruiter he would join only if he could act freely, and Swain agreed after meeting him and hearing that he expected Noxus to lose the war.
• Bai Ye found Noxian soldiers transporting captured Vastaya, freed them, and killed the soldiers who attacked him.
• Nidalee asked Bai Ye to help rescue her captured friends and promised to repay him with something he wanted.
• Bai Ye and Nidalee reached Rengar as he fought the Noxian army, and Bai Ye saved him from being surrounded.
• Irelia arrived with a group of people as Nidalee and Rengar regrouped with Bai Ye.