Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye left Konoha and offered Mei Terumi and her allies a military and trade alliance, then learned that Pakura had arrived in Kirigakure as a sacrifice. As Mei Terumi and the others questioned his motives, Bai Ye secretly used his abilities to pursue the chance to recruit Pakura.

• Bai Ye told Shikaku that Jiraiya would not stay in Konoha, then left Shikaku to manage the village while he traveled to Kirigakure.
• Bai Ye appeared in a secret meeting with Mei Terumi, Ao, Genji, and their allies, and proposed a military alliance and open trade between Konoha and Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi and the others agreed to discuss Bai Ye's offer and arranged for him to stay at the Zhao Clan residence under watch.
• Bai Ye overheard Anbu discussing the imminent operation and learned that Pakura had arrived from Sand Village as a sacrifice.
• Bai Ye used Mangekyo Sharingan to make the ninja watching him disappear, while Mei Terumi, Ao, and Genji debated whether Konoha had a hidden motive for its generous offer.

Mei Terumi and Genji decided to ally Kirigakure with Konoha and ask Bai Ye to help deal with Yagura. Bai Ye rescued Pakura from Kirigakure’s assassination attempt and recruited her into Konoha, where she agreed to cooperate with him for revenge.

• Mei Terumi and Genji reasoned that Konoha wanted an alliance tied to Wave Country and decided to accept Bai Ye’s conditions while asking him to help with Yagura’s genjutsu.
• Pakura arrived at Mist Shadow Grand Canyon for peace talks, where Kirigakure Anbu stabbed her with an anesthetic-coated kunai and tried to kill her.
• Obito absorbed the incoming weapons into Kamui Space, while Bai Ye struck down the attacking Mist Ninja Anbu with lightning.
• Bai Ye healed Pakura and told her that Sand Village’s leaders had offered her to Kirigakure as part of their peace deal.
• Pakura agreed to join Konoha and become Bai Ye’s weapon against Sand Village, while warning that she might betray him someday.
• Pakura’s fate changed, and Bai Ye received one lottery draw.

Bai Ye helped Mei Terumi’s faction overthrow the genjutsu-controlled Yagura and saved the Three-Tails from self-destruction. Afterward, a lottery awarded him Indra’s Chakra and Impure World Reincarnation, while the other Byakuya variants anticipated the coming God Valley Incident.

• Bai Ye told Pakura he was helping Mist Village rebels avenge her, then left her under Shisui’s watch in Konoha.
• Mei Terumi agreed to Bai Ye’s terms and asked him to help spare Yagura, and the rebels launched their attack that night.
• Obito prepared to use Yagura’s self-destruction as a final act of revenge, but Bai Ye arrived with Flying Thunder God and sealed the Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Bai Ye dispelled Obito’s genjutsu on Yagura and the Three-Tails, then left Mist Village after reminding Mei Terumi that she owed him a favor.
• Obito told Pain about the black-robed Konoha ninja, and Pain sent Konan and Zetsu to recruit members and investigate Konoha.
• Bai Ye used his lottery draws and obtained Indra’s Chakra and Impure World Reincarnation, prompting the Byakuya variants to discuss their plans for God Valley.

Bai Ye considered leaving the Rocks Pirates after the God Valley operation and tried to recruit Captain John and Kaido into his future crew. Rocks sent Bai Ye to the Sabaody Archipelago for a secret mission, and Bai Ye confirmed he would leave the Rocks Pirates afterward.

• Kaido repeatedly searched for Bai Ye to challenge him, but Bai Ye refused to fight and said Kaido should return once he was stronger.
• Captain John discussed Rocks's God Valley plan with Bai Ye and recognized that Bai Ye had ambitions of his own; Bai Ye invited John to join his future pirate crew, but John gave no answer.
• Bai Ye challenged Kaido to become his subordinate if Kaido lost their next duel, and Kaido rejected the idea while reflecting on his fear of betrayal.
• Rocks gave Bai Ye a Den Den Mushi and a permanent Log Pose to God Valley, directing him to go to the Sabaody Archipelago for a secret mission.
• Bai Ye told Rocks he would leave the Rocks Pirates after the operation because their dreams differed, and Rocks accepted his decision.

After Bai Ye left Rocks, the Rocks Pirates secretly headed toward the Grand Line, leaving the Marines and Five Elders guessing at their destination. Roger learned that Rocks was likely bound for God Valley and decided to confront him there.

• Bai Ye felt relieved after speaking with Rocks, and his Conqueror's Haki grew stronger; Rocks ordered Golden Lion to gather the crew and fly from Hachinosu Island.
• Kong Kong, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp debated Rocks's destination, while the Five Elders ordered the Admirals to guard Impel Down, Enies Lobby, and Marine Headquarters.
• Saint Saturn suspected Rocks was heading to God Valley, but the Five Elders dismissed the possibility and chose to guard Mary Geoise while planning to kill Rocks and let the other pirates escape.
• The Five Elders discussed their search for the Nika fruit and their desire to keep the world in chaos rather than let Rocks unite the pirates.
• Roger and Rayleigh connected a secret signal about God Valley with Rocks's departure, and Roger decided to go there and confront Rocks.
• Rayleigh and Gaban agreed to join Roger, eager to face the Rocks Pirates again.

Aida D. Bai Ye went to a Sabaody Archipelago auction intending to capture a Celestial Dragon, but he also bid on a mermaid and a Magnet-Magnet Fruit. After winning the lot, he seized Saint Jaguar and forced the World Government to summon Marine forces, leaving Fleet Admiral Kong Kong scrambling to respond.

• Aida D. Bai Ye attended the auction, where Saint Jaguar bid five hundred million Beli for a mermaid and a Magnet-Magnet Fruit.
• Bai Ye outbid Saint Jaguar until the price reached two billion five hundred million Beli, then refused to pay and took the goods by force.
• Bai Ye drove off the surrounding CP0 agents with Conqueror's Haki and a kick, captured Saint Jaguar, and ordered the auction host to contact Marine Headquarters.
• A CP0 agent identified Bai Ye as the Rocks Pirates' Fourth Division captain and called Fleet Admiral Kong Kong to demand an Admiral and a Buster Call.
• Bai Ye threatened Kong Kong over the Den Den Mushi, while Kong Kong ordered the Marines to hurry to Sabaody.

Bai Ye killed Saint Jaguar on Sabaody Archipelago, drawing Marine attention away as the Rocks Pirates headed for God Valley. After rejoining Rocks, Bai Ye proposed that the pirates compete to kill the most Celestial Dragons during the island’s hunting game.

• Bai Ye rejected Kong Kong and Tsuru’s attempts to negotiate, crushed Saint Jaguar beneath his foot, and killed him before attacking the CP0 agents.
• Bai Ye transported Christie Lilya to Grove 1 and told her to prove her worth if she wanted to join his ship.
• Tsuru, Sengoku, and Kong Kong learned that the Rocks Pirates and Roger Pirates were at God Valley, so Kong Kong ordered Garp and nearby Marines to respond.
• Saint Saturn teleported to God Valley, while Saint Mars agreed that Bai Ye should be eliminated for killing a Celestial Dragon.
• Bai Ye returned to Rocks and proposed a contest to see which pirate could kill the most Celestial Dragons, with the winner earning a major favor from the loser.

Bai Ye persuaded the Rocks Pirates to join a game involving the Celestial Dragons, then broadcast God Valley’s slave-hunting atrocity to the world and declared the Celestial Dragons hunted. The World Government scrambled to stop the broadcast as Saint Saturn ordered the Celestial Dragons gathered, while Ginny, Bear, and Ivankov made for the hidden Devil Fruits to escape.

• Bai Ye proposed a game in which the pirates could earn favors by killing Celestial Dragons, and Rocks, Captain John, Kaido, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin agreed to join.
• Saint Garling and the other Knights of God continued the hunt and prepared to evacuate the Celestial Dragons as the Rocks Pirates arrived at God Valley.
• Ginny convinced Bear and Ivankov to seek the Devil Fruit prizes as their best chance of escaping the island.
• Rocks ordered the pirates to break through the World Government’s forces and plunder God Valley, while Bai Ye prepared his live broadcast.
• Bai Ye used the Live Broadcast Den Den Mushi to reveal God Valley’s slave-hunting game and declared that the Celestial Dragons would now be hunted.
• Morgans helped rebroadcast Bai Ye’s footage despite the World Government cutting the signal, and Saint Saturn ordered CP to bring the Celestial Dragons to him.

Bai Ye gathered Devil Fruits on God Valley, recruited Kaido and the children into his pirate crew, and then attacked the Celestial Dragons. The chapter ended with Bai Ye killing many Celestial Dragons before Saint Saturn confronted him.

• Bai Ye killed a CP0 agent and took the Love-Love Fruit from a treasure chest.
• Bai Ye claimed the Azure Dragon Fruit and gave it to Kaido in exchange for Kaido becoming his vice-captain, with the promise that Kaido could take the captaincy if he ever defeated him.
• Bai Ye invited Ginny, Bear, and Ivankov to join his crew, and Bear accepted the Paw-Paw Fruit and agreed to join.
• Bai Ye sent Kaido and the others away while he continued his hunt for the Celestial Dragons, then returned the broadcast signal.
• Bai Ye found a hidden valley, killed several Celestial Dragons, and used Super Almighty Push to devastate the valley and kill more Celestial Dragons and CP0 agents.
• Saint Saturn appeared behind Bai Ye, enraged by the slaughter, and threatened him.

Bai Ye fought Saint Saturn while the world watched the livestream, then faced Saint Saturn and four reinforcements sent by Im to kill him and erase God Valley. Bai Ye answered their five-on-one challenge by creating twenty-five clones, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Saint Saturn attacked Bai Ye, but Bai Ye blocked the strike with a silvery-white skeletal construct and revealed that he knew Saint Saturn was one of the Five Elders.
• Bai Ye kicked Saint Saturn into a crater and grabbed him by the neck, but a gust of wind carried Bai Ye away before Saint Saturn could unleash his ability.
• Three members of the Knights of God and a World Government hidden expert arrived to help Saint Saturn kill Bai Ye under Im's orders.
• Bai Ye faced the five opponents and made twenty-five clones, asking whether they should all use Susanoo.

Bai Ye displayed Complete Susanoo and declared that he would stand at the top, while Saint Saturn struggled to understand his powers. After killing one of the Knights of God, Bai Ye prepared to confront the remaining enemies as Rocks and Im watched his declaration.

• Ginny and the others watched Bai Ye’s powers on the broadcast, while Kaido agreed to help Charlotte Linlin get Bai Ye drunk in exchange for a Devil Fruit.
• Bai Ye considered the danger of the missing Knights of God and decided to end the fight against the five opponents.
• Bai Ye marked the Hurricane Fruit user with a clone and killed him with a Flying Thunder God Slash, then sent a clone away with the man’s fruit.
• Bai Ye dispelled his clones and manifested Complete Susanoo, wielding the Totsuka Blade, Yata Mirror, a space-cutting sword, and the Marking Arrow.
• Bai Ye declared that he would stand at the top, prompting Rocks to praise him and Im to watch from the Holy Land as Bai Ye launched a Susanoo Slash.

Bai Ye marked Saint Saturn as a source of stolen stamina and vitality, then escaped God Valley before Im erased it. Rocks died, Roger rescued the infants Shanks and Buggy, and Bai Ye gained three draw chances and powerful new abilities.

• Garp and Roger killed Rocks as the World Government prepared to retreat, while Roger found two infants in treasure chests and named them Shanks and Buggy.
• Bai Ye marked the badly wounded Saint Saturn with seals, making him a source of stamina and vitality, then collected Rocks' corpse and rescued Old John before teleporting away with Kaido and the others.
• Im's strike erased God Valley, and Bai Ye received draw chances for changing Saint Saturn's, Kaido's, and Kuma's fates.
• Bai Ye used his draws to obtain Voice of All Things, a Devil Fruit Side Effect Removal Scroll, and Top-tier Armament Haki.

After the God Valley battle, Im ordered Bai Ye captured alive and issued him an unprecedented bounty, while the World Government credited Garp with defeating Rocks and named him the Hero of the Marines. As the surviving Rocks Pirates gathered to discuss their future, several captains tried to recruit Bai Ye into their crews.

• Im dismissed Saint Saturn's responsibility for the defeat, ordered the World Government to capture Bai Ye alive, and set his bounty at 2.5 billion Beli with an additional 1.9 billion reward.
• Im learned that Bai Ye had taken Rocks' body and discussed recruiting the scientist Vegapunk into the World Government.
• Kong Kong told Garp that the World Government would claim he defeated Rocks, then named him the Hero of the Marines to give the Marines a public figurehead.
• The World Government released Bai Ye's bounty poster as news spread that Garp had defeated Rocks, while Morgans agreed to steer his newspaper coverage in the Government's favor.
• On a barren island, Charlotte Linlin propositioned Bai Ye, Golden Lion and Ochoku commented on his strength and bounty, and Whitebeard raised the question of the Rocks Pirates disbanding.
• Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, and others invited Bai Ye to form a crew or return to Hachinosu Island, while the Rocks Pirates' original members protested.

After the Rocks Pirates disbanded, Bai Ye formed the Breaking Dawn Pirates with Kaido, Captain John, Ginny, Ivankov, and Bear, then led them toward Wano Country to evade the World Government and claim the isolated nation. They entered through the Dark Cave as Oden slipped out of Wano Country unnoticed.

• The Rocks Pirates split up, with Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, John, Gloriosa, and others pursuing their own plans.
• Bai Ye recruited Captain John by offering to show him the way to Gold City, then explained his goal of overthrowing the Celestial Dragons and changing the world.
• Bai Ye named his crew the Breaking Dawn Pirates and chose Wano Country as their next destination, intending to rule it himself rather than cooperate with the Kurozumi Family.
• Bai Ye revealed that Kurosumi Orochi could lead them to Wano Country and used a mark he had placed on her to follow her there.
• Bai Ye and his crew entered Wano Country through the Dark Cave, using genjutsu to get past its guards, while Oden quietly escaped through the same passage.

Bai Ye had Kaido kill Kozuki Sukiyaki and the gathered Kozuki family, then recruited Toki by claiming they were destined to change Wano Country and the world. After Toki joined his crew, the system rewarded Bai Ye for preventing Kozuki Momonosuke’s birth with a draw that gave him the Oni Clan Physique.

• Bai Ye ordered Kaido to deal with Kozuki Sukiyaki and the Kozuki family while Old John guarded against anyone escaping.
• Ginny questioned Bai Ye’s plans, and Old John explained that Wano Country’s nobles upheld a hereditary system that Bai Ye intended to dismantle.
• Bai Ye met Toki in the forest and learned that she was searching through time for a future in which she could help Wano Country and Nika.
• Bai Ye persuaded Toki to stay in his era and join his crew, promising to establish equality in Wano Country and spread it across the world.
• The system announced that Bai Ye had changed Kozuki Momonosuke’s fate and awarded him a draw, which gave him the Oni Clan Physique.

Bai Ye welcomed Toki to his crew, assigned several newly reincarnated Devil Fruits, and outlined his plans for Wano Country. After leaving a Shadow Clone to oversee the country and train the crew, he prepared to travel with Kaido and Old John.

• Ginny apologized to Bai Ye for questioning his plans after seeing how Wano Country's commoners suffered under its nobles, and Bai Ye introduced Toki as a time traveler from several hundred years ago.
• Old John presented the reincarnated Copy-Copy Fruit, Barrier-Barrier Fruit, and Yamata no Orochi Mythical Zoan, and Bai Ye gave the Yamata no Orochi fruit to Kaido and the Hurricane Fruit to Ginny.
• Ginny ate the Hurricane Fruit and discovered she could sense wind and hear distant voices, while Bai Ye encouraged her and Toki to develop their abilities.
• Bai Ye said he would win over people willing to accept his reforms in Wano Country and eliminate those who resisted, while Kaido planned to seek recruits and Old John planned to retrieve his treasure.
• Bai Ye created a Shadow Clone to oversee Wano Country and train the crew while he traveled with Kaido and Old John, then discussed the future legendary four great pirates with the other Byakuyas.

After graduating from Zhong Fabai’s tutelage, Bai Ye sought work at a haunted Hong Kong Island office building, hoping to earn money and lottery chances while strengthening himself against the growing demonic threat. He entered the building with Pat and Ken as Sister Ba approached, leaving the choice of the Ghosts’ next substitutes unresolved.

• Bai Ye graduated from Zhong Fabai’s apprenticeship, promised not to fall into the demonic path, and left to start a Ghost Catching Company.
• Bai Ye negotiated with building manager Liu Guang, demonstrated his lightning ability, and agreed to clear the office building’s haunting in exchange for an office and payment.
• Bai Ye entered the building and met Pat and Ken, recognizing them as potential substitutes for the Ghosts.
• A-Pan greeted Bai Ye, who learned that she worked on the sixteenth floor while Ken worked for a game design company on the twelfth.
• Bai Ye watched Sister Ba approach and wondered which of the three people she and A-Shan would choose as substitutes.

Bai Ye revealed his ghost-hunting abilities by destroying A-Shan and recruited A-Yi, who had Yin-Yang Eyes, as his assistant. He set out to eliminate the remaining eight ghosts and began questioning why the building’s haunting had been kept out of the news.

• Bai Ye learned that A-Pan and Ken were exes, then accompanied A-Pan to the sixteenth floor while Ken went to his interview.
• A-Shan joined Bai Ye in the elevator and offered to show him around; Bai Ye chose the penthouse for his Ghost Catching Company.
• Bai Ye revealed that he was a Taoist priest and destroyed A-Shan with lightning, but received no lottery chance.
• Bai Ye offered A-Yi a job as his assistant, and she accepted after witnessing him destroy A-Shan.
• A-Yi told Bai Ye that the media had suppressed reports about the building’s hauntings, and Bai Ye suspected someone was hiding supernatural events.

Bai Ye destroyed the ghosts haunting the building and broke the Soul-Trapping Array that had trapped their souls, resolving the building’s endless reincarnation incident. He gained Yin-Yang Eyes, arranged for A-Yi and A-Pan to work at his new company, and left Zhong Fabai fuming over his success.

• Bai Ye entered the sixteenth-floor restroom, freed a haunted girl, and destroyed two ghosts with Lightning Magic while A-Pan watched.
• Bai Ye killed Sister Ba and then eliminated the other ghosts in the building, protecting A-Pan and explaining why the ghosts had sought replacements.
• Bai Ye showed Liu Qing video evidence of the nine ghosts and broke the Soul-Trapping Array in the underground parking garage, releasing the building’s Yin energy.
• Bai Ye received a lottery draw for resolving the incident and won Yin-Yang Eyes.
• Bai Ye arranged for A-Yi and A-Pan to work at his new company, then called Zhong Fabai to boast about receiving a large office in central Hong Kong Island.

Bai Ye met Huang Yuan and agreed to exorcise the ghost possessing his daughter, Huang Wudie. After driving the ghost out, he discovered that one of Huang Wudie’s Three Souls was missing, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Bai Ye sensed that Huang Yuan’s family had been targeted by a ghost, and Huang Yuan explained how his daughter had changed and threatened suicide.
• Bai Ye agreed to help for Ten Million Hong Kong Dollars and went with Huang Yuan to Huang Wudie’s room.
• Bai Ye struck Huang Wudie with a hand seal, and the possessing Female Ghost threatened them, then revealed her resentment and desire for Huang Wudie’s luxurious life.
• Bai Ye questioned why the Female Ghost had no ghostly aura and could not leave Huang Wudie’s body.
• The Female Ghost vowed that Huang Wudie would never wake up, then vanished as Huang Wudie fell still.
• Bai Ye told Huang Yuan that one of Huang Wudie’s Three Souls was missing and was neither inside her body nor devoured by the ghost.