Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye explained his place in the Rocks Pirates and why he needed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit before the coming captain's challenge. As Captain John dragged him toward a banquet, Bai Ye still faced the threat of losing his division and Rocks’s guidance.

• Bai Ye told the other Byakuyas that he had joined Rocks early, trained under him, and risen from colonel-level to rear admiral-level strength.
• Bai Ye explained that the Rocks Pirates had seven divisions, with Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, Captain John, and Silver Axe leading the others.
• Bai Ye revealed that Rocks would hold a captain’s challenge in a month, leaving him worried that stronger pirates would target his Fourth Division position.
• Bai Ye said he wanted the Rumble-Rumble Fruit because his stamina could not support awakening his Mangekyo and he needed to improve before the challenge.
• Captain John found Bai Ye and tried to take him to a banquet, telling him to stop worrying about training.

Bai Ye learned that Rocks’ captain competition would expose his weakness and decided to leave the crew temporarily to seek the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on Birka. Captain John offered to help him find a route to Sky Island, but asked how he planned to get there.

• Captain John told Bai Ye that Rocks had asked for Kaido to be brought to the crew and that several other pirates were also rivals for his position.
• Bai Ye considered the powerful captains he would face and focused on obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit before Big Mom could claim it at God Valley.
• Bai Ye told Captain John he would not accept becoming the crew’s laughingstock and asked for help reaching Sky Island.
• Captain John said he had a Sky Island map and asked whether Bai Ye planned to ask Shiki for a way there.

Bai Ye rejected Golden Lion’s help and chose to climb a Giant Tree in the New World to reach a Sky Island. Near the White-White Sea, he pushed through exhaustion and Thunder Snakes, awakening an imposing aura as he broke past his limits.

• Bai Ye asked Captain John about routes to Sky Islands and decided against owing Golden Lion a favor.
• Bai Ye learned that a Giant Tree in the New World could lead to the sky and chose to climb it himself.
• Captain John took Bai Ye to the Giant Tree, where the Giants let them pass because they were connected to the Rocks Pirates.
• Bai Ye climbed thousands of meters, struggling with fatigue, thinning air, and Thunder Snakes.
• Near the White-White Sea, Bai Ye refused to give up, cracked the Adam Tree with his grip, and released an imposing aura.

Bai Ye awakened Conqueror's Haki while climbing to Sky Island, then traveled to Birka to search for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. After learning about a collapsed altar tied to an old human-sacrifice ritual, he hurried off to find its location.

• Bai Ye awakened Beginner Conqueror's Haki as he climbed the final stretch to the White-White Sea, raising his strength to Vice Admiral level.
• Bai Ye paid Sky Island soldiers for a boat and a pointer, then traveled to Birka.
• Bai Ye searched Birka for seven days without finding the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and the other Bai Yes suggested looking in secluded places or at an altar.
• Bai Ye used his Sharingan to question an older Birkian, who revealed that a collapsed altar had once been used for human sacrifices.
• Bai Ye suspected the fruit lay beneath the collapsed altar and demanded its location before leaving at once.

Bai Ye found and ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on Sky Island, gaining Life Return from a lottery and greatly enhancing his powers. He returned to Captain John and urged him to stop risking his life for treasure, but John doubled down and asked Bai Ye what his own dream was.

• Bai Ye found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, changed Enel's life trajectory, and won a lottery draw that granted him Life Return.
• Bai Ye ate the fruit, tested its lightning powers, and discovered that it had elevated his Observation Haki enough to sense across Birka.
• The other Byakuyas reacted to the new powers, while Zombie Byakuya prepared to leave his mountain and Yokai Byakuya decided to test his abilities on Sesshomaru.
• Bai Ye flew back down from Sky Island and found Captain John waiting for him; John admitted he had thought Bai Ye was dead and wanted to know what he had found.
• Bai Ye warned Captain John that his fixation on treasure would get him killed, but John resolved to hide his treasure better and gather more.
• Captain John asked Bai Ye what his dream was.

Bai Ye told Captain John that he had first gone to sea to gain strength and now wanted to bring down the World Government’s rulers. After returning to Hachinosu with a new power, he arrived as the Rocks Pirates prepared to hold challenges for their Division Commander posts, but he and John were still absent when the competition began.

• Bai Ye told Captain John that he had gone to sea to become stronger and said he wanted to drag the people on the throne down.
• Bai Ye left for the ship to return for the Division Commander competition, and Captain John ran after it when he realized it had sailed without him.
• Several days later, Rocks and the other Division Commanders waited on Hachinosu as pirates gathered to challenge for their posts.
• Rocks sensed Bai Ye and John returning by ship and noticed that Bai Ye’s aura had grown stronger.
• The five Division Commanders who had arrived took their places at the Arenas, while the gathered pirates questioned Bai Ye and John’s absence and accused Bai Ye of running away.

Bai Ye returned to the Rocks Pirates’ captain competition and faced a crowd of pirates who saw him as the weakest captain. After pretending to surrender, he revealed that he had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and struck down his first attacker, leaving the crew stunned.

• Bai Ye arrived at the Arena and traded insults with Golden Lion while Rocks tried to keep their argument from disrupting the competition.
• Rocks started the competition, and a large crowd of pirates rushed toward Bai Ye, hoping to take his captaincy.
• A pirate aimed a pistol at Bai Ye, who raised his hands as though surrendering and disappointed Golden Lion, Ochoku, John, and Whitebeard.
• Bai Ye quoted, “Speed is power. Have you ever been kicked by lightning?” and kicked the gunman away before he could react.
• John and Golden Lion realized Bai Ye had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, while Ochoku lamented that Bai Ye was no longer a pure swordsman.

Rocks learned that Bai Ye had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and called for Kaido to choose an opponent in the final match. Kaido selected Bai Ye, and Rocks announced that the winner would become Fourth Division captain.

• Rocks and John reacted to Bai Ye eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, while Golden Lion recognized his potential.
• Rocks said the remaining pirates should stop fighting and told Kaido to choose an opponent.
• Kaido considered the captains and chose Bai Ye, believing he could withstand the newly eaten fruit's power.
• Bai Ye felt awkward about being chosen, and Rocks announced that he and Kaido would fight for the Fourth Division captaincy.

Bai Ye fought Kaido in the arena, tricking him repeatedly while claiming to give him three moves. He left the fight with a new insight into using the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to interfere with Observation Haki and conceal attacks.

• Bai Ye kicked Kaido as soon as Kaido stepped into the arena, then told him the sneak attack was a lesson not to trust people too easily.
• Bai Ye kicked Kaido again and tried to persuade him to stand still for another hit, but Kaido refused and swung his spiked club at him.
• Bai Ye tricked Kaido into turning around, then struck him with a lightning-coated slash.
• Bai Ye concealed a Thunder Ball with electromagnetic waves, fooling Kaido's Observation Haki and hitting him from behind.
• Kaido got back up, weakened and furious, and challenged Bai Ye to fight him head-on.

Bai Ye defeated Kaido with a lightning-infused sword strike after revealing his Conqueror’s Haki, and Rocks decided to include him in Kaido’s upcoming training. The chapter ended with Captain John trying Bai Ye’s ridiculous luck ritual on a mountain.

• Kaido accused Bai Ye of fighting unfairly, but Bai Ye continued dodging until he struck Kaido with a powerful sword slash that kept the wound from healing.
• Captain John confronted Bai Ye about awakening Conqueror’s Haki and learning the location of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Bai Ye claimed his luck had improved.
• Golden Lion congratulated Bai Ye and considered recruiting him, while Charlotte Linlin offered to take Kaido away before Rocks stopped her and assigned Kaido to the ship’s doctor.
• Rocks invited Bai Ye to train with him and Kaido, then announced that the captains would meet the next day to hear about his God Valley plan.
• Bai Ye told Whitebeard to have a child with Big Mom, then left with Captain John and resolved to improve his endurance.
• That night, Captain John shouted “Revive, my beloved!” three times from a mountain, following Bai Ye’s advice for improving luck.

Rocks gathered the Rocks Pirates and revealed that he planned to attack God Valley, the Celestial Dragons’ hunting ground, for its treasures and a secret weapon that could help them challenge the World Government. After the crew agreed to go, Rocks assigned Bai Ye a mission to complete before the attack.

• Golden Lion asked John about his strange shout, and John brushed him off while claiming his luck would improve.
• Rocks revealed God Valley’s location and explained that the Celestial Dragons hunted people there and offered valuable prizes.
• Rocks said he planned to kill Celestial Dragons and seize a secret that could let the pirates stand against the World Government.
• Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Silver Axe, and Bai Ye agreed to join the God Valley operation for their own reasons.
• Rocks chose Bai Ye for a secret mission that he wanted completed before the God Valley incident.

Rocks sent Bai Ye to kidnap a Celestial Dragon at Sabaody and draw the Navy’s attention before the God Valley attack, promising him the Paw-Paw Fruit and sharing his advanced Haki training insights. Bai Ye gained a physique that let him consume three Devil Fruits, while the Chat Group unlocked item trading and announced a new member; the chapter ended with the Byakuyas testing the feature and joking about weapons and videos.

• Rocks ordered Bai Ye to capture or kill a Celestial Dragon at Sabaody before heading to God Valley, and offered him either the Azure Dragon form or the Paw-Paw Fruit as a reward.
• Bai Ye chose the Paw-Paw Fruit, accepted Rocks’s Haki training notebook, and resolved to change Bear’s and Ginny’s fates.
• Bai Ye’s lottery draw rewarded him with an Aberrant Physique that allowed him to consume three Devil Fruits.
• The Chat Group update enabled cross-world item trades while restricting special ability items, and announced that a new member would soon join.
• Pirate Byakuya sent Slice of Life Byakuya gold to buy weapons, and the Byakuyas discussed possible trades, explosives, and videos.

After defeating Sesshomaru, Bai Ye decided to seek Totosai and forge his own sword, then agreed to join Inu Taisho on the battlefield after learning of the war against Qinfang. On his way to Totosai, Bai Ye encountered a miko bathing by a lake.

• Bai Ye defeated Sesshomaru and told him he planned to leave Dog Castle to have Totosai forge him a weapon of his own.
• Bai Ye rejected the idea of taking one of Inu Taisho's Three Swords of Heaven, Earth, and Man, while Sesshomaru admitted that he wanted Tessaiga.
• Myoga told Bai Ye that Inu Taisho planned to give Tessaiga to the unborn Inuyasha, Tensenseiga to Sesshomaru, and So'unga to Bai Ye.
• After hearing that Inu Taisho was under pressure in the war against Qinfang, Bai Ye agreed to go to the battlefield after finding Totosai and getting his weapon forged.
• Bai Ye dropped Myoga from the sky, flew toward Totosai's residence, and stopped by a lake where he saw a miko bathing.

Bai Ye met Midori in the Heian Era but chose to leave without getting involved with her, then visited Totosai to commission a sword. As Bai Ye considered materials for the blade, his counterparts in other worlds suggested ways to infuse it with special powers, and he planned to seek the Sacred Tree.

• Midori sensed Bai Ye near the river and sent Kirara to confront him, but Bai Ye knocked Kirara down with one swipe.
• Midori questioned Bai Ye about his arrival at the Demon Extermination Village, and he said he was leaving; they parted after briefly meeting each other's gaze.
• Midori comforted Kirara and planned to leave the village for a demon-extermination mission, while Bai Ye went to Totosai to request a sword.
• Totosai explained that extra materials could add traits to a blade forged from Bai Ye's tooth, so Bai Ye began considering what to use.
• Bai Ye discussed possible sword materials with his counterparts, who suggested a Devil Fruit, Corpse Qi, Corpse Poison, and Spiritual Energy.
• Bai Ye decided to look for the Sacred Tree and wondered whether fusing it into his sword could let the blade cut through time and space.

Bai Ye sought Sacred Tree wood for his weapon and met Midori again, who offered to trade a branch that retained its power for his help building a Bone-Eating Well. As Midori began constructing the well with her Spiritual Power, Abe no Seimei revealed that he intended to use Bai Ye and Midori in a plan involving the Shikon Jewel.

• Bai Ye discussed the materials and demon power needed to forge his blade with Totosai, then set out to find the Sacred Tree.
• Bai Ye encountered Abe no Seimei, who left without fighting and later told his servant that Bai Ye was a suitable yokai for his Shikon Jewel plan.
• At the Sacred Tree, Bai Ye met Midori again and discovered that a broken branch lost its power unless preserved by a special method.
• Midori offered Bai Ye a preserved Sacred Tree branch in exchange for carrying branches and helping her build a well, and he accepted the transaction.
• Midori explained that she was building a Bone-Eating Well to dispose of yokai remains, then used her Spiritual Power to begin completing it.

Bai Ye accepted Midori’s offer of friendship and agreed to travel with her, choosing Mount Hōrai as their first destination so he could forge a demonic blade from the Four Fiends. They set off together, with Midori protesting that Bai Ye was using her as muscle and then trying to ride on his tail.

• Midori gave Bai Ye a Sacred Tree branch and pressed him to share the villagers’ boxed meal, then asked him to be her friend and travel with her.
• Bai Ye agreed to travel with Midori, and the two introduced themselves as Midori and Byakuyasha while she repeatedly tried to touch his tail.
• Bai Ye chose Mount Hōrai as their destination and explained that he wanted to kill the Four Fiends and use their bodies to forge a demonic blade.
• Midori agreed to help Bai Ye defeat the Four Fiends after he argued that they would be eliminating evil and saving the island’s villagers.
• As they flew toward Mount Hōrai, Midori asked to ride on Bai Ye’s tail, so he instead slung her over his shoulder while she protested.

Bai Ye teased Midori during their flight to Mount Hōrai, then discovered the Four Fiends were overwhelming Kaname and the half-demons there. As the Four Fiends attacked the newcomers, Bai Ye used his Mangekyo on Jūra.

• Bai Ye tricked Midori with a false story about needing her kiss to heal, then apologized after she realized he was teasing her.
• Midori explained why she was angry, and she and Bai Ye continued toward Mount Hōrai while exchanging awkward remarks.
• Bai Ye sensed that the Four Fiends were slaughtering half-demons and that Kaname was struggling against them.
• The Four Fiends recognized Midori and Bai Ye, divided their targets, and Ryūra blocked Midori while Jūra charged Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye activated his Mangekyo and caught Jūra in its darkness.

Bai Ye and his allies defeated the Four Fiends at Mount Hōrai, leaving Kaname indebted to him. After drawing a voucher from the Chat Group, Bai Ye turned the Eight Inner Gates into a passive ability and felt his strength surge.

• Bai Ye killed Jūra and Gōra with Thunder Dragons, while Kaname’s demon-breaking arrow killed Kyōra.
• Bai Ye taunted Ryūra into staying to fight, then Midori severed his arm and Bai Ye killed him with Judgment of God.
• Bai Ye received two draw opportunities for changing the fates of the Four Fiends and Kaname, and drew the Housenka Oni Physique and an Active Ability Passive Voucher.
• The Byakuyas discussed the voucher, and Bai Ye used it to make the Eight Inner Gates permanently passive without side effects.
• Bai Ye’s body grew sturdier, and his Mangekyo-induced dizziness disappeared.

Bai Ye left Mount Hōrai with Midori after discussing whether Kaname’s protected residents should be free to face the outside world, and Midori resolved to help create peace among humans, demons, and half-demons. He brought the materials he had gathered to Totosai, who began planning his demonic blade and suggested forging two weapons to accommodate the different powers.

• The Byakuya group members discovered that training the Eight Inner Gates together increased their shared progress, and they planned to open the Seven Gates within a year.
• Bai Ye collected Kyōra, Gōra, and Ryūra’s corpses, Ryūra’s two blades, and other materials before preparing to leave Mount Hōrai with Midori.
• Kaname asked Bai Ye to stay for a meal, and he questioned whether Mount Hōrai’s residents should be allowed to leave if they wished.
• Bai Ye told Kaname and Midori that lasting peace would require someone powerful enough to establish rules, inspiring Midori to pursue coexistence among humans, demons, and half-demons.
• Bai Ye and Midori traveled to Totosai’s residence, where Bai Ye presented his materials and the Furnace of Meidō flame.
• Totosai asked for Bai Ye’s fangs and suggested forging two weapons because the materials contained two different powers.

Bai Ye asked Totosai to forge a blade that could manifest different powers, then traveled with Midori and gave her rouge, bringing them closer together. Meanwhile, Abe no Seimei arranged to use a demon-fused man to lure Midori and Bai Ye into a trap as his plan for the Shikon Jewel advanced.

• Bai Ye commissioned Totosai to forge a single blade with powers he could call upon at will, and Totosai said it would be ready in fifteen days.
• Bai Ye and Midori went to a nearby town, where Bai Ye met the pregnant Izayoi and bought rouge for Midori.
• Midori applied the rouge and asked Bai Ye how she looked, and the two drew close as Kirara watched them.
• Demons persuaded a man who loved Midori to merge with them after showing him that Midori was with Bai Ye.
• Abe no Seimei ordered Child to hide the man's demonic aura and arrange a trap for Midori and Bai Ye, intending to strengthen the Shikon Jewel.
• Bai Ye told the Chat Group that he and Midori had gotten together, and the group welcomed a new member.