Chapter Summaries

Gilan and the Super Seminary debated whether the risks of their three great projects were worth pursuing to fight Ultimate Fear, then agreed to continue and distribute the super genes to other civilizations. On Kaisha's battlefield, Bai Ye arrived and Kaisha questioned why Liangbing had let him come so quickly.

• Gilan decided the Super Seminary would keep observing Bai Ye rather than press for his genetic data.
• The researchers argued over whether Galaxy Power, Sunlight, and the Nuoxing War God could become uncontrollable and cause war.
• Carl urged Gilan to continue the projects because Ultimate Fear posed a greater threat, and Gilan agreed to proceed while maintaining balance between civilizations.
• Gilan planned to give the Galaxy Power and Nuoxing War God genes to the Deno System and assign Sunlight to Lieyang Star.
• Bai Ye arrived on Kaisha's battlefield, and Kaisha said she had not expected Liangbing to let him come so quickly.
• Kaisha calmly told Bai Ye that she was not an idiot, implying she understood why Liangbing had let him go.

Kaisha and Bai Ye discussed their feelings, the Super Seminary’s dangerous research, and the Angels’ war against the Triangular-Body Civilization. Bai Ye agreed to handle the enemy forces on the outskirts while Kaisha led the main battle, leaving to take his place on the battlefield.

• Kaisha asked whether Liangbing was Bai Ye’s Guardian Angel, and Bai Ye said he disliked the practice and would not change himself for someone else.
• Kaisha and Bai Ye agreed that the Super Seminary’s powerful research could threaten the universe, but they could not control it and would focus on the current war.
• Kaisha explained that the Triangular-Body Civilization was spreading its forces to exploit the Angels’ limited numbers.
• Bai Ye offered to deal with the enemy forces on the outskirts while Kaisha gathered the Angels to fight the rest.
• Bai Ye said he wanted to become stronger to protect what mattered to him, then left for the battlefield as Kaisha watched him go.

Bai Ye met Angel Yan, who Kaisha had sent to guide him, and they discussed her loyalty to Kaisha before reaching the battlefield. Faced with a vast Triangular-Body Civilization force, Bai Ye decided they would fight together and persuaded Yan to seize the chance to build her reputation.

• Angel Yan introduced herself as Kaisha's aide, and Bai Ye remarked that she looked and acted much like Kaisha.
• Yan wondered whether Kaisha had secretly assigned her to monitor Bai Ye, but Bai Ye told her Kaisha had given her no special mission.
• Bai Ye asked when Yan had joined Kaisha's ranks, and Yan estimated it had been one or two thousand years earlier.
• Bai Ye and Yan reached the battlefield and found far more Triangular-Body Civilization forces than expected.
• Yan asked whether they should notify Kaisha, but Bai Ye said they would handle the threat themselves and encouraged Yan to fight for recognition.

Yan agreed to let Bai Ye assess her fighting and fought a swarm of Triangular-Body Civilization warriors while he watched. As she neared her limit, Yan discovered she could keep fighting beyond her usual endurance, but an energy shockwave struck her from behind.

• Yan accepted Bai Ye's offer to observe her combat and give her pointers.
• Bai Ye watched Yan fight and recognized that she had weak combat skills and only a Generation 1 God Body.
• Bai Ye reconsidered his assumptions about the Angels' development and realized that resources, rather than research alone, were key to their strength.
• Yan grew anxious when Bai Ye told her to keep holding on as the Triangular-Body Civilization warriors overwhelmed her.
• Yan kept fighting past her perceived limits and felt her strength slowly increasing.
• Yan let her guard down, and an energy shockwave attacked her from behind.

Bai Ye rescued Yan from a Triangular-Body Civilization attack and reflected on how his arrogant, detached attitude could damage his relationships with Kaisha, Liangbing, Harshee, and Carl. After wiping out the remaining enemies with lightning, he tried to continue their conversation, leaving Yan astonished by his sudden change in demeanor.

• Bai Ye pulled Yan out of the path of an attack, set her down, and explained that he had wanted to test her potential before she became distracted.
• Yan thanked Bai Ye, and he remarked that she was more pleasant than Kaisha before asking what Yan thought he and Kaisha should be like.
• Bai Ye reconsidered his habit of treating others as pieces in a game and decided to approach them more sincerely, while still keeping his distance from Super Seminary for now.
• Yan questioned whether Bai Ye had been replaced, then suggested they deal with the Triangular-Body Civilization creatures together.
• Bai Ye summoned powerful lightning and quickly wiped out the Triangular-Body Civilization creatures, leaving Yan shocked by his strength.
• Bai Ye asked Yan to return to their earlier conversation, but Yan continued to wonder whether he was really still Lord Bai Ye.

Bai Ye learned that the Angels believed he had a complicated past with Kaisha, Liangbing, and Harshee, and he resolved to face the sisters’ unresolved problems instead of standing aside. He and Yan continued fighting the Triangular-Body Civilization without reinforcements, while Bai Ye predicted the war could last a thousand years.

• Yan told Bai Ye that the Angels believed he had a special relationship with Kaisha and had contributed to the strained relationship between Kaisha and Liangbing; Bai Ye rejected her speculation and told her to leave their conflict to them.
• Yan reported the battlefield situation to Kaisha, who offered reinforcements, but Bai Ye refused and said he and Yan could manage their front.
• Bai Ye urged Kaisha to help Liangbing after her own battlefield was secure and said he intended to try to change the problems he had previously ignored; Kaisha welcomed his decision to face them.
• Bai Ye and Yan continued battling the Triangular-Body Civilization with Yan fighting and Bai Ye watching and guiding her.
• Bai Ye joined the Chat Group and told the other Byakuya versions that the war against the Triangular-Body Civilization might last a thousand years because the creatures had spread throughout the universe.

Pirate Byakuya prepared to begin his war against the World Government after finding Vegapunk’s location, while the Byakuyas discussed the Angel war and Over-God Byakuya’s companion Yan. After leaving the chat, Pirate Byakuya’s sudden despair confused Old John and revived his bad memories of Bai Ye.

• Pirate Byakuya explained that he had delayed war with the World Government until he found Vegapunk, and said he had now located him.
• Over-God Byakuya described the war against the Triangular-Body Civilization, the technology taken from Super Seminary, and Yan accompanying him on the battlefield.
• The other Byakuyas teased Over-God Byakuya about Yan, while Pirate Byakuya grew envious and went offline to attend to his preparations.
• Old John noticed Bai Ye’s sudden despair and asked what had happened.
• Bai Ye asked Old John what people lived for, and Old John told him to stop being idle before recalling how Bai Ye had once played him.

Old John argued with Bai Ye over past deceptions before leaving with a new plan, and Toki told Bai Ye that her Time-Time Fruit’s warning meant she no longer needed to travel through time. Her change of heart suggested that Bai Ye’s preparations and ideas about the coming era might be right.

• Old John accused Bai Ye of tricking him in the past, but held back the details because Toki was present and left after deciding on a new way to make Bai Ye understand his feelings.
• Toki told Bai Ye that she felt she no longer needed to travel through time because her Time-Time Fruit had warned her that this timeline could work.
• Bai Ye questioned whether the plan could succeed without Poseidon’s power, while considering the World Government’s strain and the lessons he had learned from the Rocks Pirates’ defeat.
• Toki said she had once believed Poseidon’s absence made the timing wrong, but now wondered whether the change was good or bad and whether Bai Ye’s prophecy had been right.

Bai Ye rejected Toki’s suggestion to wait for Poseidon, insisting his forces were already strong enough to confront the World Government. Shamrock and Gunko failed to negotiate the return of the Three Admirals and Garp, and Bai Ye left them with a warning to prepare for war.

• Bai Ye told Toki that they did not need to wait for Poseidon because their current strength was enough to solve the problem.
• Shamrock and Gunko arrived to negotiate with Bai Ye on the World Government’s behalf.
• Shamrock and Gunko demanded the return of the Three Admirals and Garp, offering to forgive Bai Ye and give him the New World.
• Bai Ye rejected their offers and demanded the Four Seas as well, then suggested killing every Celestial Dragon.
• Shamrock and Gunko ended the talks and fled, while Bai Ye told them to warn the World Government to prepare for war.
• Bai Ye decided to find Vegapunk and keep the Three Admirals under close guard.

After Shamrock’s mission to recruit Bai Ye failed, he reported Bai Ye’s demands and possible space-sealing ability to Im. Im ordered preparations for war, leaving Shamrock and Gunko to face a final battle they doubted they could win.

• Shamrock returned to the Holy Land with Gunko after escaping Bai Ye and admitted their mission had failed.
• Shamrock told Im that Bai Ye had demanded the Four Seas or the deaths of all Celestial Dragons, and Im said he had only meant to test them.
• Im ordered preparations for war, accepting the possibility of devastating destruction if his side won.
• Shamrock warned Im that Bai Ye might be able to seal space and prevent teleportation, though he could not confirm it.
• Im dismissed Shamrock without punishment, and Shamrock and Gunko agreed that war would be their final chance.

Im ordered the World Government to prepare for war after Bai Ye rejected its offer, while Sengoku and Tsuru considered ways to rescue the captured Marines. The World Government also sought pirate allies, but Doflamingo questioned whether returning to the Holy Land was a trap and left his decision open.

• Im summoned the Five Elders and ordered them to prepare for war after Bai Ye refused the World Government's terms.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the danger to Garp and the captured Admirals, and Tsuru proposed having Gion help Kizaru free them.
• The World Government mobilized its forces and contacted pirates, promising them benefits if they helped defeat Bai Ye.
• Doflamingo considered the World Government's offer to let him return to the Holy Land and become a Celestial Dragon again.
• Doflamingo told Trebol that the offer might be a ploy to use him as cannon fodder, and he questioned whether cooperating with the World Government was the best choice.

Doflamingo and Crocodile weighed the World Government’s offer as Bai Ye prepared for the final war, while Whitebeard considered joining him. Bai Ye invited Whitebeard to help finish what the Rocks Pirates had once set out to do: drag the Celestial Dragons down.

• Doflamingo agreed to the World Government’s offer but planned to hold back and support whichever side seemed likely to win.
• Crocodile rejected the promise of Pluton and decided to travel with Mr. 1 to witness the final war.
• Bai Ye contacted Whitebeard and invited him to join the fight against the World Government.
• Whitebeard considered the risks to his children and asked Bai Ye what he planned to do.
• Bai Ye said he intended to bring down the Celestial Dragons, completing the goal the Rocks Pirates had once pursued.

Bai Ye invited Whitebeard and his crew to join the final war against the World Government, and Whitebeard agreed after his sons insisted they wanted to fight. As the Whitebeard Pirates prepared to head to Wano Country, Blackbeard worried that either outcome would ruin his ambitions.

• Bai Ye reflected on how Rocks abandoned the original goal of reclaiming the Azure Dragon Fruit and Paw-Paw Fruit to pursue his ambition of becoming a new god.
• Bai Ye invited Whitebeard to join the final war, and Whitebeard hesitated because he feared leading his sons to their deaths.
• Whitebeard's sons urged him to fight, citing their own strength and the harm the World Government had caused their homelands.
• Whitebeard accepted Bai Ye's invitation and prepared to reunite with his old companions in Wano Country.
• Whitebeard's crew asked about his past with Bai Ye and the others, while Blackbeard feared the war would destroy his chances of finding the Dark-Dark Fruit and pursuing his ambitions.

Blackbeard worried that Bai Ye’s war against the World Government would leave him with no chance to pursue his own ambitions. After Whitebeard’s crew set out for Wano Country, Bai Ye called Big Mom to ask for her help, but she mistook the call for a proposal to have a child with her.

• Blackbeard told Thatch that the World Government might recruit pirates to fight Bai Ye, while privately lamenting that he might never obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Whitebeard ended the discussion and led his crew toward Wano Country, ready to fight alongside his old comrades.
• Bai Ye considered contacting Big Mom and decided to invite her to join the fight against the World Government.
• Big Mom excitedly answered Bai Ye’s long-awaited call while her children guessed who was contacting her.
• Big Mom told Bai Ye she thought he had finally decided to have a child with her, leaving him bewildered.

Bai Ye asked Big Mom to join the war against the World Government, but she made her agreement conditional on having a child with him. After the call ended, CP0 arrived with tempting offers, leaving Big Mom to weigh both sides while Katakuri warned that the World Government could not be trusted.

• Bai Ye told Big Mom that Whitebeard had agreed to join the war, but rejected her demand that they have a child and ended the call when she hesitated.
• Perospero asked whether Big Mom would join the war, and she learned that World Government representatives had arrived to negotiate.
• Big Mom let the three CP0 agents present their offer: legal recognition for Whole Cake Island, Shichibukai privileges without duties, help finding rare races, and regular deliveries of desserts.
• Big Mom called the offer tempting but difficult to choose between, then told CP0 to leave while she considered it.
• Katakuri warned Big Mom that the World Government's promises might be empty and that her crew could become cannon fodder if they joined.

Big Mom delayed choosing between Bai Ye and the World Government while she gathered intelligence. Shanks and Beckman weighed the confusing appearance of two Nikas and decided to stay out of the coming war for now, leaving Shanks to wait for a chance to intervene.

• Big Mom decided to have Perospero and the others gather intelligence before choosing either side.
• Shanks struggled to understand how Bai Ye could be Nika when Luffy had eaten the Nika Fruit, and he worried about what that meant for Luffy’s role.
• Beckman agreed that the rapidly changing conflict had left Shanks’s plans uncertain and said they might eventually need to choose a side.
• Shanks said he would not join the war but would try to stop it if both sides neared destruction.
• Beckman pointed out that pirates were already dividing between Bai Ye and the World Government, while Shanks admitted he could only wait for events to unfold.

Bai Ye accepted Dragon and the Revolutionary Army into his forces after they agreed to oppose the World Government and eliminate the Celestial Dragons and pirates. With the Revolutionary Army assigned to liberate the Four Seas and Dragon requesting a role in the final battle, Bai Ye turned his attention to recruiting Vegapunk before the World Government could move him.

• Dragon visited Bai Ye and asked what he would do after defeating the Celestial Dragons.
• Bai Ye said he would establish no new World Nobles, and Dragon questioned whether that system might eventually repeat itself.
• Bai Ye told Dragon the Revolutionary Army would be joining his side, and Dragon agreed to merge with his forces.
• Bai Ye assigned the Revolutionary Army to the Four Seas, while Dragon asked to join the assault on Mary Geoise and Bai Ye agreed.
• Dragon asked whether they would win the war, and Bai Ye confidently said they would.
• Bai Ye realized Dragon could help persuade Vegapunk to join them and decided to find him immediately.

Bai Ye asked Dragon to take him to Vegapunk before the World Government could transfer him, intending to bring the scientist into their camp. Dragon revealed that Vegapunk was on a small island, and Bai Ye arrived there with him using his spatial ability.

• Bai Ye asked Dragon whether he was still in contact with Vegapunk and said he planned to take the scientist with them.
• Dragon explained that Vegapunk might soon be transferred under tighter World Government security, so Bai Ye decided to go immediately.
• Bai Ye told Dragon he would use force if Vegapunk refused to come, then asked for the scientist's exact location.
• Bai Ye used a spatial vortex to bring himself and Dragon to the island where Vegapunk was staying.
• Dragon guessed that Bai Ye's powers did not come from Devil Fruits, and Bai Ye confirmed that most of his abilities were not Devil Fruit powers.
• Bai Ye and Dragon arrived on the island, where Vegapunk was waiting under World Government guard.

Vegapunk asked Bai Ye what he knew about the world and its history, and Bai Ye explained his theory about Joy Boy, Im, the Red Line, and the coming destruction of the world. Vegapunk recognized that Bai Ye knew far more than he could explain and wondered where he had learned it all.

• Vegapunk revealed that he had stayed behind to wait for Bai Ye and Dragon, hoping to learn what Bai Ye thought of the world and how much he knew.
• Bai Ye said history was written by the victors and argued that Joy Boy had lost to Im, who remained in the Flower Chamber while preparing for events eight hundred years later.
• Bai Ye suggested that the Red Line had been raised from a once-connected continent to resist a future disaster, and that the Ancient Weapons and Poneglyphs preserved clues the World Government wanted hidden.
• Bai Ye speculated that the world would be swallowed by the sea and that Im regarded ordinary Celestial Dragons as expendable.
• Vegapunk compared Bai Ye's account with his own suspicions and questioned how Bai Ye had learned so much without visiting Final Island.

Vegapunk questioned Bai Ye about the coming flood, Nika, and the war against the Celestial Dragons before Bai Ye asked him to join his cause and atone for his sins. The chapter left Vegapunk realizing Bai Ye already knew about his Mother Seed research and its stolen results.

• Vegapunk asked Bai Ye whether he knew the world would eventually be swallowed by a great flood, and Bai Ye confirmed that he did.
• Vegapunk questioned whether Bai Ye was Nika, but Bai Ye said he would not wait for Poseidon or follow prophecy to solve the world's problems.
• Vegapunk asked Bai Ye to judge his work for the World Government, and Bai Ye called him a scientist working for the world whose technology should serve all humanity.
• Vegapunk admitted responsibility for deaths caused by his inventions and his aid to the World Government, and Bai Ye told him to come along and atone.
• Vegapunk began to raise the Mother Seed as an obstacle to the coming war, but Bai Ye named it before he could finish.