Chapter Summaries

Yunqing watched the Straw Hat Crew escape, then hunted down the other Supernovas on Sabaody. After defeating them, he had Kongming arrest them all, while the Straw Hats remained at large.

• Yunqing regrouped with Vice Admiral Kongming, who ordered the young Marines to capture pirates after Kizaru arrived.
• Yunqing encountered Mad Monk Urouge, but a PX Series unit attacked Urouge and sent him fleeing.
• Yunqing met Admiral Kizaru, who left to pursue the Straw Hat Crew, then knocked four fallen Supernovas unconscious when they got back up.
• Yunqing tracked down Trafalgar Law and Kid and defeated them and their allies in three minutes, despite their attempts to fight back.
• Yunqing contacted Kongming to arrange the arrests and captured every Supernova except the Straw Hat Crew.

Yunqing and the Marines let the Straw Hat Crew escape while trying to stop Bear from sending them away, then traveled with Kongming to Marine Headquarters. There, Sengoku asked Yunqing’s group to help the Marines win the coming war, and the other Marine leaders learned that the supposedly unremarkable officers were powerful, long-serving pirate hunters.

• Yunqing arrived to find Kizaru and Rayleigh exchanging blows while Kongming, Fia, and others watched the PX units attack the Straw Hat Crew.
• Bear appeared and tried to send the Straw Hat Crew away, so Kizaru suppressed Rayleigh while Yunqing, Kongming, and Fia moved to stop Bear.
• Bear broke through the trio’s encirclement and endured their attacks as he sent the Straw Hat Crew away one by one.
• Yunqing and Kongming’s group traveled to Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku asked them to give their all in the coming war and they agreed.
• After the group left, Sengoku showed Tsuru, the three Admirals, and Garp their files, revealing their strength, long service, and record of secretly killing pirates.

The Five Elders and Sengoku uncovered Marines who had secretly practiced Safe Justice and assigned them to serve under the Admirals. Yunqing and Fia worried that their comfortable postings were over, while the group prepared to earn merit in the coming war and seek secure positions afterward.

• The Five Elders explained how investigations into Simon and Yunqing had exposed a hidden group of Marines, and Sengoku learned that Marine Headquarters had not known about them.
• Sengoku assigned Sakazuki to oversee two of the Marines and Borsalino and Kuzan to divide the rest, while Tsuru noted that Yunqing and the others had kept their territories peaceful.
• Yunqing and Fia walked together after leaving Sengoku's office, and Yunqing regretted earning enough merit to risk being transferred from his comfortable regional post.
• Yunqing told Fia he planned to earn more merit and eventually seek command of a base in the regions, while Fia lamented that their easy lives might be over.
• The other Marines learned they needed strength and major achievements to secure good postings, and they anticipated using the coming war against Whitebeard and his men to earn merit.

Marineford assembled its forces for Ace’s execution, and Whitebeard’s arrival began the war. As the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates clashed, a blue bird charged toward the execution platform, leaving the fighters watching to see who would stop him.

• Yunqing watched as the Marines, the Shichibukai, and Ace took their positions at Marineford, then Whitebeard’s four ships broke into the bay.
• Whitebeard summoned a massive tsunami, but Rello transformed into a white tiger and froze the bay and waves before attacking Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard struck Rello out of the air, and Sengoku’s order launched the battle between the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates.
• The Marines’ young fighters stopped the pirate commanders, while Hawk Eyes’s slash aimed at Whitebeard was intercepted.
• Yunqing spoke with Rello and Fia as they fought, then watched a blue bird charge across the battlefield toward the execution platform.

Simon revealed the Wind-Wind Fruit and attacked the Whitebeard Pirates with powerful wind techniques, forcing Whitebeard to join the fight. Yunqing, Fia, and Rello launched a coordinated assault, but Whitebeard countered as the Marines kept his commanders occupied.

• Simon intercepted Marco and revealed his wind-based power as the Marines retreated from his gathering storm.
• Simon unleashed Dragon Nest—Kamaitachi, and Marco identified his ability as the Logia Wind-Wind Fruit.
• Simon attacked Whitebeard with Dragon Nest—Dragon Roar, and Whitebeard blocked it with an Air Shock.
• Simon launched a second Dragon Roar, and Yunqing, Fia, and Rello joined in with attacks aimed at Whitebeard.
• The Marines intercepted Jozu, Vista, Marco, and the other commanders, while Whitebeard countered the coordinated assault with another Air Shock.

Yunqing fought Whitebeard at Marineford, using the Annihilation Eye to negate his quake power on contact, while the battle intensified around them. After Ozu entered the fight, the Marines focused their attacks on him and quickly brought him down.

• Whitebeard forced Yunqing and three allies back, and Yunqing ordered the others to fight the lower-ranking pirates while he held Whitebeard off.
• A woman tossed Yunqing a sword, and he charged Whitebeard; Yunqing's Annihilation Eye absorbed Whitebeard's vibrations on contact and let him wound the old pirate.
• Yunqing and Whitebeard traded blows, with Yunqing dislocating his shoulder and later losing his Black Flame armor as the fight wore on.
• Ozu entered Marine Headquarters to help Whitebeard, but Simon, Fia, and Rello attacked him in succession and defeated him.

After Ozu’s death, Yunqing prevented Whitebeard from using his Tremor-Tremor Fruit and fought him while Sengoku organized the Marines’ attack. Luffy, Crocodile, Jinbe, and the other prisoners arrived, but Simon, Fia, Rello, and Jonathan led the Marines in suppressing the Whitebeard Pirates’ renewed assault.

• Whitebeard blamed Yunqing for blocking his Fruit power, and the two clashed while Yunqing declared that Whitebeard would pay for his crimes.
• Sengoku ordered Tsuru to draw the pirate captains in and have the Vice Admirals coordinate their attacks, while Momotaro prepared to destroy the pirate ships.
• Jozu attacked Simon with a huge block of ice, but Simon shattered it and fought back with Sickle Weasel Kill.
• Luffy, Crocodile, Jinbe, and other prisoners fell onto the battlefield, prompting Sengoku to alert the three Admirals and Crocodile to question the Whitebeard Pirates’ worsening position.
• Simon called Fia and Rello to restrain the commanders and attack the prisoners, while Jonathan directed the Vice Admirals in a desperate assault.
• The Marines blocked the Whitebeard Pirates’ renewed offensive, and the pirates’ momentum faded under their attacks.

During the battle, Yunqing countered Whitebeard’s plea to save Ace by defending the Marines and government, arguing that pirates and their supporters were responsible for the harm caused by their choices. His speech rallied wavering Marines and left Jinbe unable to respond.

• Ace tearfully urged Luffy, Whitebeard, and the others to flee, calling himself a sinner who deserved to die.
• Whitebeard condemned the Marines for judging Ace by his birth, and Yunqing blocked Whitebeard’s attack before arguing that Ace’s crimes justified his execution.
• Yunqing accused Whitebeard and his pirates of causing suffering through plunder and rebuked Jinbe for blaming the government over Fish-Man Island’s problems.
• Yunqing claimed the government could only protect its member nations, and his argument persuaded wavering Marines that pirates had to be stopped.
• Yunqing challenged Jinbe over his Shichibukai title and criticized pirates for failing to protect their families, declaring that people who worship freedom had to bear its consequences.

Yunqing and the Marines fought Whitebeard as Fia healed Yunqing and the Whitebeard Pirates began withdrawing. Teach and Shiliew arrived, Whitebeard turned to face Teach, and Yunqing secretly helped the Okama King escape with Luffy.

• Yunqing denounced Roger, while Izou challenged Yunqing over his remarks about Marines protecting only World Government member nations.
• Whitebeard and Yunqing exchanged devastating blows, and Fia restored Yunqing’s strength with the Annihilation Eye.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to return to the New World and advanced alone, while Yunqing, Simon, Rello, and Fia prepared to face him together.
• Teach and Shiliew appeared, and Whitebeard confronted Teach as a traitor and rejected him as a son.
• Yunqing knocked Luffy unconscious and secretly told the Okama King to take Dragon’s son away, then watched Whitebeard’s final counterattack against Teach’s crew.

At Marineford, Yunqing persuaded the dying Whitebeard to accept a peaceful death in exchange for the Whitebeard Pirates disbanding and Ace being spared, and the Five Elders confirmed the deal. Whitebeard died peacefully, but the Five Elders ordered the Marines to attack the remaining enemies, leaving a new battle about to begin.

• Red-Haired Shanks arrived at Marineford, and his Conqueror's Haki halted the fighting.
• Whitebeard asked Yunqing whether Roger had been wrong, and Yunqing argued against the Pirate King's pursuit of absolute freedom while promising the Whitebeard Pirates safe retirement if Whitebeard died peacefully.
• The Five Elders guaranteed that Ace would live and the Whitebeard Pirates could leave if they disbanded, and Whitebeard accepted and died peacefully.
• The Five Elders ordered Sengoku to imprison Portgas for life and directed the Marines to pursue Straw Hat and attack Red-Haired Shanks, Blackbeard, and the Shichibukai who resisted.
• The Pirate Empress, Doflamingo, Hawk Eyes, and Moria took action as the Admirals and Garp prepared to fight the pirates and Impel Down escapees.
• The Okama King said he was glad he had fled with Luffy after listening to Yunqing.

The Marines defeated the forces at Marine Headquarters, killing Shiliew and driving Blackbeard and Red-haired to escape, then took Whitebeard’s territory in the New World. After the World Government rewarded the young Marines with sea regions and bases, Yunqing was left at headquarters with a difficult assignment.

• Rello and Simon killed Shiliew after Rello’s Ice Armor foiled his attack, making Shiliew the first major powerhouse to die in the war.
• Garp overwhelmed Blackbeard and Red-haired, while the three Admirals wiped out the prison escapees and helped create an opening for the two pirate captains to escape.
• The Marines ended the war as the victors: Whitebeard died, his crew went into hiding, and Blackbeard’s crew suffered heavy losses.
• The Marines entered the New World and seized Whitebeard’s former territory with the World Government’s support.
• The Five Elders awarded the young Marines sea regions and bases, while Yunqing stayed behind at headquarters to take on a difficult task.

Yunqing won the Five Elders’ approval and accepted their mission to bring Amazon Lily and Whitebeard’s remaining forces under the World Government. He received a Mythical Zoan Red Dragon Fruit, ate it at Marine headquarters, and gained the power of a Black Flame Dragon.

• The Five Elders praised Yunqing’s views and offered him a place in the World Government, but he declined to leave the Marines.
• The Five Elders asked Yunqing to handle Amazon Lily and Whitebeard’s treasure, explaining their plans to recruit Marco and incorporate both forces into the government.
• The Five Elders gave Yunqing a Mythical Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit—Red Dragon Fruit, along with Rokushiki training materials and a fruit-awakening guide.
• Yunqing accepted the mission, visited Sengoku and Kong, and ate the Red Dragon Fruit at the Marine training ground.
• The God-Slaying Flame transformed Yunqing’s fruit power into a Black Flame Dragon, and he sensed that he could soon reach awakening.

Yunqing tested his dragon form and physical strength against Garp in a head-on spar, then recovered under the Marines’ medical care. Momousagi visited and discussed Yunqing’s Haki and sword, leaving him with a World Government meal plan and a newly appreciated support system.

• Garp challenged Yunqing to spar, and Yunqing transformed into his dragon form to clash with him using Haki and fists.
• After the fight, Garp praised Yunqing’s body and combat ability, while Yunqing reflected on the value of balanced offense, defense, and Marine support.
• Young nurses examined Yunqing and gave him a meal plan for specially prepared high-energy food from the World Government.
• Momousagi visited Yunqing, remarked on his Haki and the sword he had borrowed from her, and examined his ordinary military saber.
• Yunqing explained that a master had reforged his saber to the level of a Famous Sword, and Garp noted how quickly he had recovered.

Yunqing and Spandine visited Nine Snake Island to invite Kuja to join the World Government, offering support and three years without Heavenly Tribute. The Empress and Elder Nyon considered the proposal while Yunqing and Spandine waited on the island.

• Yunqing reported to Sengoku, accepted his new assignment, and visited Akainu, whose workload convinced him he would rather become a Marine hero than an Admiral.
• Yunqing and Spandine sailed to Nine Snake Island, where Spandine warned that they must ignore anything they were not meant to see.
• Spandine presented the Five Elders' invitation to the Empress and explained the World Government's offer of support and a three-year Heavenly Tribute exemption.
• The Empress and Elder Nyon asked Yunqing and Spandine to wait while they discussed the proposal, then arranged a place for them to rest.
• Yunqing teased Spandine about keeping his self-control among the island's beauties.

Yunqing learned that the World Government planned to use the Kuja’s sea-beast control to establish a Calm Belt trade route, then accompanied Spandine to confront Luffy, Rayleigh, and Jinbe. Spandine secured Luffy’s promise to stay out of trouble for two years, while Yunqing cut Jinbe off when he challenged the World Government.

• Spandine explained that the Five Elders intended to make Nine Snake Island the center of a Kuja-run trade route through the Calm Belt.
• Yunqing accompanied Spandine to visit Rayleigh and Straw Hat Luffy, where they also met Jinbe.
• Spandine warned Luffy to behave for a few years or face imprisonment, and Rayleigh promised that Luffy would not cause trouble for two years.
• Spandine rebuked Jinbe for opposing the World Government and questioned his purpose as a Shichibukai.
• When Jinbe began to argue that he could give up his Shichibukai title, Yunqing slashed at him and told him to repeat himself.

Yunqing and Spandine forced Jinbe to accept the World Government’s orders for Fish-Man Island, while the Empress and Elder Nyon considered why the Government was watching Kuja. Yunqing resolved to stay obedient and avoid opposing powerful figures.

• Yunqing attacked Jinbe as Spandine warned him to recognize his responsibilities to the Ryugu Kingdom.
• Spandine threatened war against Fish-Man Island, and Jinbe agreed to return there and defend it, including suppressing fishing fleets, while Government officials and Marines prepared to arrive.
• Yunqing reflected that the Marines would endure regardless of who ruled and decided to follow orders rather than challenge powerful figures.
• The Empress questioned whether the World Government had planted spies in Kuja, and Elder Nyon said it likely noticed Straw Hat and Rayleigh but had chosen not to interfere.

Hancock weighed Rayleigh and Elder Nyon’s warnings about the Kuja’s vulnerability to the World Government and decided to accept its proposal. The Five Elders agreed to meet her in Mariejois, with Sengoku acting as her recommender.

• Rayleigh advised Hancock to accept the World Government’s proposal, warning that the Kuja could not withstand an admiral and a Buster Call.
• Elder Nyon urged Hancock to recognize that pirates would eventually be destroyed, and Rayleigh acknowledged that he now lived under the World Government’s rule.
• Yunqing reflected on the Shichibukai, the Five Elders, and Kizaru’s approach to dealing with pirates.
• Three days later, Hancock summoned Yunqing and Spandine and agreed to the World Government’s proposal while requesting a meeting with the Five Elders.
• Spandine contacted the Five Elders, who agreed to meet Hancock in Mariejois, and Sengoku agreed to recommend her.

Yunqing speculated that ancient battles by powerful Logia users had caused the New World's bizarre weather, and Spandine connected his theory to clues about a world-spanning war. Spandine then asked Yunqing about the Ohara Incident, and Yunqing dismissed the scholars as traitors for researching forbidden history.

• Yunqing used the Annihilation Eye to absorb energy and speculated that ancient fighters had left the New World's weather in turmoil.
• Yunqing asked Spandine whether powerful Logia users could permanently change the environment and whether they had once fought across the New World.
• Spandine connected Yunqing's theory to records of a world-spanning war and clues he had encountered during the Ohara investigation, but dismissed the idea aloud.
• Spandine asked Yunqing what he thought of the Ohara Incident, and Yunqing called the scholars lunatics for secretly researching forbidden history while taking the World Government's salary.

Yunqing dismissed Ohara's people as reckless for researching the Ancient Weapons, while Spandine praised Yunqing and asked about his ambitions. Yunqing said he wanted to govern a region, preferring the comfortable, safe life of a Marine branch to becoming an Admiral.

• Yunqing argued that Ohara's scholars had ignored the danger of researching the Ancient Weapons and deserved no sympathy.
• Spandine agreed with Yunqing and said he wished Yunqing were his son, but Yunqing privately scorned the idea.
• Spandine asked whether Yunqing wanted to become a Marine Admiral or govern a region, and Yunqing chose governing a region for its safety, light workload, and good pay.
• Spandine described how Marine branch commanders could enjoy comfortable lives while overseeing their own territories.

Yunqing and Spandine visited Marco to persuade him to establish a nation from the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, with the Navy promising to protect them from Blackbeard and Whitebeard II. Marco asked for a few days to consider the offer.

• Yunqing reflected that Whitebeard’s treasure had been the family he built, while his crew had begun to scatter after his death.
• Yunqing and Spandine met Marco, Jozu, and Vista on the island Whitebeard had protected, and Marco demanded to know why they had come.
• Marco explained that Blackbeard and Whitebeard II were hunting his crew, leaving them struggling just to protect themselves.
• Spandine offered Navy support if Marco led Whitebeard’s remaining crew and willing allies in establishing a nation in the New World.
• Marco asked for a few days to think over the proposal, and Yunqing considered how much the alliance could strengthen the World Government.