Ch. 261By Any Means Necessary

Jiang Han and Nico Robin arrived at Kaido’s base in Wano Country to obtain its Poneglyph, and Kaido challenged Jiang Han to a fight. Jiang Han’s first punch bloodied Kaido, who eagerly charged back into battle.

  • Shanks dismissed concerns about Jiang Han, while Hawkeye Mihawk vowed to surpass his strength someday.
  • Jiang Han brought Nico Robin to Kaido’s castle in Wano Country and told her a Poneglyph was there.
  • A newspaper courier and Jack the Drought recognized Jiang Han and fled, while reporters secretly watched the castle.
  • Kaido emerged with King the Conflagration, Queen the Plague, and the Beasts Pirates, then offered the Poneglyph if Jiang Han defeated him.
  • Kaido attacked with Thunder Bagua, but Jiang Han vanished, appeared above him, and punched him into a crater.
  • Kaido healed from the blow, declared that Jiang Han had made him bleed, and charged back into battle.

Ch. 262Clear Skies

Jiang Han fought Kaido after Kaido transformed into his dragon form and unleashed Heat Breath. Jiang Han overwhelmed him with his Devil Fruit powers and forced the proud emperor to consider becoming his mount.

  • Kaido transformed into his azure dragon form and attacked Jiang Han with Heat Breath after Jiang Han declared he would make Kaido his mount.
  • Jiang Han dodged Kaido's attack and exchanged a series of sword strikes with him in the sky.
  • Jiang Han swallowed Kaido's flames with the Flame-Flame Fruit, then transformed his hands into a towering metal wall and a giant claw.
  • Jiang Han immobilized Kaido, seized his tail, and repeatedly smashed him against the metal wall while Nico Robin and Kaido's crew watched in shock.
  • Kaido resisted Jiang Han's demand and protested that his Undying Body would keep him alive, but after enduring the beating, he said he was willing to consider becoming Jiang Han's mount.

Ch. 263Weakness

After defeating Kaido, Jiang Han forced him to surrender a Poneglyph and serve as a mount, then headed toward Shanks to obtain the third stone. The Marines, World Government, and other pirates reacted to the news as Kaido arrived above the Red Force, where Shanks and his crew awaited him.

  • Jiang Han released Kaido after he agreed to retrieve the Poneglyph, and Kaido’s crew learned that Big Mom had been killed.
  • Kaido brought the Poneglyph to Jiang Han, who promised to free him after one day; Jiang Han, Nico Robin, and Kaido then set out to find Shanks and the third Poneglyph.
  • Reporters Jack and Tom circulated news of Kaido’s defeat, prompting Sengoku to seek influence over their newspaper while the Five Elders received orders from Imu to monitor the seas.
  • Smoothie and Katakuri discussed Kaido’s defeat, while Luffy, Ace, and Whitebeard reacted to the news aboard the Moby Dick.
  • Kaido arrived over the Red Force, and the crew reacted in alarm as Shanks and Hawkeye Mihawk faced his approach.

Ch. 264Poneglyph

Jiang Han took Shanks’s Poneglyph and learned that the fourth was on Zou Island. He reached the island with Nico Robin, defeated pirates who tried to seize the Poneglyph, and departed with all four, while powerful factions began reacting to his growing influence.

  • Jiang Han arrived at Shanks’s ship on Kaido’s back and asked for a Poneglyph, which Shanks handed over without resistance.
  • Jiang Han told Shanks and Kaido that the fourth Poneglyph was on Zou Island, then left with Nico Robin and Kaido.
  • The Marines, the Five Elders, Katakuri, and Ace discussed the threat posed by Jiang Han and prepared for the changing situation.
  • Jiang Han and Nico Robin reached Zou Island, where an elder offered them clues after Jiang Han promised not to harm the island.
  • Mysterious pirates demanded the Poneglyph, but Jiang Han defeated them and left Zou Island with it; Nico Robin said they now had all four Poneglyphs.

Ch. 265Chapter 266

Jiang Han arrived in Zou with Nico Robin and Kaido, obtained the fourth Poneglyph, and learned that Laugh Tale moved beneath the sea. At the Irian Island Sea Area, he used the blood of Sea Beasts to trigger the island's emergence, and a vast vortex formed as nearby pirates watched.

  • Jiang Han and Nico Robin arrived in Zou on Kaido's back, where Master Nekomamushi and Duke Inuarashi confronted them.
  • Jiang Han revealed his three Poneglyphs and demanded the fourth, which Master Nekomamushi retrieved.
  • Nico Robin deciphered all four Poneglyphs and learned that Laugh Tale moved underwater between seven stopping points.
  • Jiang Han led the group to the Irian Island Sea Area, where he used lightning and icy blades to spill Sea Beast blood into the sea.
  • A gigantic blood-red vortex appeared, drawing the attention of a nearby pirate crew who recognized Kaido and Jiang Han.

Ch. 266Chapter 267

After Jiang Han found Laugh Tale, the Marines, World Government, pirates, and Revolutionary Army rushed toward the Irian Island Sea Area. As powerful groups gathered around the island’s massive tornado, Celestial Dragons arrived and a roar sounded from within it.

  • Pirates learned that Jiang Han had found the Final Island, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to sail for Irian Island.
  • Imu explained that Laugh Tale moved and that the true treasure lay on its Central Island, then departed with the Five Elders for Irian Island.
  • Whitebeard, Shanks, and Monkey D. Dragon each set course for the Irian Island Sea Area, with Dragon bringing the Revolutionary Army commanders.
  • Pirate ships gathered around the enormous tornado in the Irian Island Sea Area as the Celestial Dragons arrived aboard a luxury vessel escorted by CP0.
  • Whitebeard’s crew, Shanks, Hancock, Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, and Kizaru arrived, and a deep roar sounded from inside the tornado.

Ch. 267Chapter 268

Jiang Han confronted the Celestial Dragons after Charloss Saint demanded that Jiang Han and Kaido become his slaves. When Sengoku failed to stop him, Jiang Han crushed their ship, leaving the gathered forces stunned.

  • Whitebeard asked Jiang Han for permission to visit Laugh Tale, and Jiang Han agreed while the Revolutionary Army and Five Elders arrived to watch the unfolding crisis.
  • Charloss Saint demanded Jiang Han and Kaido as slaves, and Rosward Saint ordered them to obey.
  • Kaido fired a Black Flame at the Celestial Dragons' ship, but Aokiji intercepted it with Ice Pheasant.
  • Jiang Han lifted the ship in a golden palm, and Sengoku attacked him with Great Buddha Impact.
  • Jiang Han destroyed Sengoku's shockwave with lightning and blasted him across the Marine ship, while Garp tried to help him.
  • Jiang Han clenched the golden palm and exploded the Celestial Dragons' ship, killing those aboard and sending waves through the surrounding fleet.

Ch. 268Chapter 269

Jiang Han’s destruction of the Celestial Dragons’ ship drew the Five Elders and the Revolutionary Army into the gathering at Irian Island. The blood in the sea was pulled into a tornado, revealing Laugh Tale and Imu, and the chapter ended as Jiang Han struck the island’s protective membrane with lightning.

  • Jiang Han’s killing of every Celestial Dragon aboard the ship shocked the pirates, Marines, and world leaders, while the Five Elders vowed to gather their forces against him.
  • Dragon arrived with Revolutionary Army officers, greeted Luffy, and tried to persuade Garp to join the Revolutionary Army, but Garp refused.
  • The Five Elders searched for Imu as the blood in the sea surged into the tornado at the center of Irian Island’s waters.
  • A huge black island emerged from the tornado, and the crowd recognized it as Laugh Tale.
  • Imu appeared before the Five Elders and revealed that Laugh Tale had not changed in nine hundred years, then fixed a hostile gaze on Jiang Han and Kaido.
  • Jiang Han struck Laugh Tale’s protective membrane with rolling thunder and lightning.

Ch. 269Chapter 270

Jiang Han and the others entered Laugh Tale, where a ghostly creature used the promise of immortality to lure pirates onto paths across a lake and drain their life force. Imu flew toward the Central Island to claim what lay there, and an enormous ancient tree appeared.

  • Jiang Han landed on the island and discovered that his Observation Haki could not penetrate the lake's miniature Central Island.
  • The travelers found hundreds or thousands of Devil Fruits, which flew toward the Central Island when they tried to approach them.
  • A scythe-wielding phantom rose from the lake and promised a thousand-year lifespan, prompting many pirates to cross the lake despite Whitebeard and Shanks urging caution.
  • The phantom trapped the pirates on the Black Great Daos and drained their blood, revealing that it had lured Imu to the island centuries earlier to attract more prey.
  • Imu rejected the phantom's warning and flew toward the Central Island, where a huge ancient tree appeared.

Ch. 270Chapter 271

The Devil Fruit Tree appeared on Laugh Tale, revealed as the source of Devil Fruits, and gravely injured Imu when he tried to seize it. The tree welcomed Jiang Han and vanished into him, while Sengoku and the others launched an attack on the ghostly phantom to save the dwindling pirates.

  • The Devil Fruit Tree emerged on Central Island, displaying countless Devil Fruits and causing ability users' powers to surge uncontrollably.
  • Imu attacked the tree with a giant hand of black mist, but its breeze pierced the hand and left him gravely injured.
  • Jiang Han approached the tree, which reacted warmly to him instead of attacking, then shrank and entered his body.
  • The pirates stranded on Black Great Dao cried for help as they began to shrivel up.
  • Sengoku, Aokiji, Ace, Kizaru, and Whitebeard attacked the ghostly phantom with their abilities.

Ch. 271Chapter 272

Jiang Han destroyed the ghostly phantom and freed the dying pirates, but Imu activated the ancient weapon Uranus after Jiang Han refused to surrender the Devil Fruit Tree. The chapter ended with Uranus unleashing a world-shaking power over Laugh Tale and the surrounding sea.

  • Hawkeye Mihawk and the other top experts attacked the ghostly phantom, but its black-mist armor and devastating strike blasted Sengoku, Whitebeard, Shanks, and the others away.
  • Jiang Han shattered the phantom’s spear and destroyed it with purple flames, freeing the dying pirates and earning their thanks.
  • Jiang Han told Kaido he would soon leave and released him, while Imu demanded the Devil Fruit Tree and threatened everyone.
  • Imu disappeared, then reappeared in ancient crimson armor as earthquakes, whirlpools, storms, and waves ravaged the Irian Island Sea Area.
  • The Five Elders identified Imu’s armor as Uranus, and Imu merged into it after Jiang Han refused to hand over the Devil Fruit Tree.
  • Uranus’s power shook the sky, sea, and island, leaving Whitebeard, Shanks, Garp, Sengoku, Kaido, and the Five Elders horrified.

Ch. 272Chapter 273

Jiang Han destroyed Uranus and saved the people on Laugh Tale, then defeated a Netherworld Envoy who attacked him in the Monster Mountain Range. He left with Lin Lei, Hogg, Hillman, and the others, refusing recruitment from the Church of Light and Church of Darkness.

  • Uranus gathered immense energy and fired a sphere of light at Laugh Tale, immobilizing the pirates and powerful fighters there.
  • Jiang Han fused the Flame-Flame Fruit, Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Glint Fruit, and Metal-Metal Fruit to unleash a Four-Colored Light Beam that destroyed Uranus and ended Imu's attack.
  • Jiang Han confronted the Netherworld Envoy, whose Netherworld Ravens and summoned black giant he destroyed with ease.
  • Jiang Han warned the wounded Netherworld Envoy to leave, and the Envoy retreated through a rift after threatening him.
  • The Ninth Level Shadow Rat thanked Jiang Han, while the Church of Light and Church of Darkness tried to recruit him.
  • Jiang Han refused their invitation and flew with Lin Lei, Hogg, Hillman, and the others toward Baruch Mansion.

Ch. 273Chapter 274

After Jiang Han revived the rank-nine Stone-Eating Rat and defeated an Underworld Saint, the churches and other factions began investigating him. Jiang Han traveled to Fenlai City with Lin Lei and the others, where he established a sect called Jiangmen.

  • The leaders of the Churches of Light and Darkness withdrew, and Pope Haitings ordered a secret investigation into Jiang Han.
  • Jiang Han accepted Hogg’s invitation to stay at Baruch Mansion, while news of his feats spread across the continent and baffled investigators found no trace of his past.
  • Jiang Han traveled to Fenlai City with Lin Lei, Walton, Hillman, the rats, and Beibei as a crowd recognized and followed him.
  • Jiang Han entered Fenlai Hall, where the steward welcomed him and helped arrange a sect foundation.
  • Fenlai Kingdom designated land in the eastern district for Jiangmen, and construction quickly raised its buildings and gatehouse.

Ch. 274Chapter 275

Jiang Han established Jiangmen and attracted the attention of the Church of Light, Fenlai Kingdom, and other powers, but the Time-Space Wheel pulled him away during the sect’s celebratory gathering. When he returned, Jiangmen was under attack by seven Level 9 members of the Purple Serpent Organization, and its defenders were badly wounded.

  • Jiang Han appointed the two Level 9 rats as Jiangmen members, named Hillman Chief Deacon, and gave him the Nine Heavens Secret for the sect’s children.
  • Jiangmen was established on July 21, 9990, and representatives from the Church of Light, Fenlai Kingdom, other kingdoms, and merchant guilds arrived to congratulate Jiang Han the next day.
  • Pope Haitings and King Clyde sent representatives to Jiangmen, with Clyde seeking to learn how Jiang Han had revived a Level 9 magical beast.
  • As Jiang Han stood with Lin Lei at Jiangmen’s crowded celebration, the Time-Space Wheel activated and carried him away to another temporal node.
  • Jiang Han returned to a desolate Jiangmen and saw seven Level 9 members of the Purple Serpent Organization fighting a wounded middle-aged man and two rats among the northern ruins.
  • Onlookers worried that Jiangmen would fall without Lin Lei, who had been missing for two days despite his strength as a Level 9 Warrior and Progenitor Dragon.

Ch. 275Chapter 276

Jiang Han returned to Jiangmen and learned that Hogg had been killed, Lin Lei had gone missing, and Clyde had ordered Lin Lei’s mother abducted. Jiang Han used the River of Time to reveal Lin Lei confronting Clyde, where Clyde’s mysterious protection blocked Lin Lei’s attack.

  • Jiang Han returned to the ruins of Jiangmen, where Hillman and the disciples welcomed him and Hillman explained Hogg’s death and Lin Lei’s disappearance.
  • Hillman told Jiang Han that Clyde had ordered Duke Patterson to abduct Lin Lei’s mother, and that Lin Lei had left two days earlier to confront Clyde.
  • Jiang Han formed four images from the River of Time, revealing Lin Lei’s confrontation with Clyde to the crowd.
  • Lin Lei killed Lansam and the military commanders who attacked him, then demanded that Clyde reveal what happened to his mother.
  • Clyde admitted that he had handed Lin Lei’s mother to someone more powerful and used a mysterious barrier to block Lin Lei’s dragon-claw attack.

Ch. 276Chapter 277

Images revealed that Emperor Clyde ordered Lin Lei’s mother captured and gave her to the Church of Light, whose Pope Haitings planned to subdue Lin Lei with divine light or use him as an angel’s vessel. Jiang Han transported Hillman, Walton, and the Jiangmen disciples away, while crowds headed to the Church of Light on Missionary Day as Lin Lei’s fate hung in the balance.

  • Lin Lei attacked Clyde until a white-robed Haitings intervened, severely wounded Lin Lei, and took him away.
  • Haitings told Gilmer that Lin Lei’s mother had been given to the Church of Light and planned to use divine light to control Lin Lei or his body to summon an angel.
  • Hillman realized the Church of Light was behind the deaths of Madam and Lord Hogg, and Jiang Han made the images vanish before transporting Hillman, Walton, and the Jiangmen disciples away.
  • Onlookers rushed toward the Church of Light, where nobles and powerful figures had gathered for Missionary Day and discussed the Church’s plans for Lin Lei.

Ch. 277Chapter 278

At the Church of Light’s missionary day, Pope Haitings accused Lin Lei of trying to assassinate King Clyde and subjected him to God's Light. The Panlong Ring’s power destroyed the first attack, but Haitings ordered a second plan, leaving Lin Lei convulsing in his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon form as the crowd realized someone was trying to possess his body.

  • Pope Haitings arrived at the platform with Church leaders and King Clyde, where White Deacons brought the restrained Lin Lei before the gathered crowd.
  • Haitings accused Lin Lei of attempting to assassinate Clyde and invoked God's Light through an octagonal magic formation.
  • God's Light inflicted intense pain on Lin Lei, but the Panlong Ring released a force that destroyed it and left him unharmed.
  • After God's Light failed, Haitings ordered the second plan, and a massive beam struck Lin Lei.
  • Lin Lei transformed into a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon as his scales fell and blood seeped from his body, and a spectator identified the attack as an attempt to use him as a furnace vessel for possession.

Ch. 278Chapter 279

Jiang Han arrived as Lin Lei was being used as a vessel by the Church of Light, destroyed the Church, and freed Lin Lei from the possessing angel. The angel was crushed, while Jiang Han and the terrified crowd remained at the scene.

  • As Lin Lei writhed in agony, Derlin Cowart prepared to intervene, but Jiang Han arrived with a chilling killing intent.
  • Jiang Han’s power shook the city and destroyed the Church of Light and its tens of thousands of acres of buildings and followers.
  • Haitings recognized Jiang Han as the long-missing Jiang Sect Master, while Beibei asked him to save Lin Lei.
  • Jiang Han pulled a four-winged angel out of Lin Lei and crushed it with a giant hand.

Ch. 279Chapter 280

Jiang Han destroyed the Church of Light during its preaching day, leaving the people of Fenlai City terrified and Pope Haitings confronting him. As the crowd searched for the source of a voice, several figures appeared and the ground began shaking again, leaving the next threat unclear.

  • Jiang Han's attack erased the Church of Light and killed the tens of thousands who lived within it.
  • The people in the square recognized Jiang Han as the vanished Jiang Sect Master and wondered whether he had become a god.
  • Pope Haitings rose into the air and addressed Jiang Han while trying to maintain his composure.
  • A trembling voice and powerful killing intent spread through the square, making the crowd panic and search for their source.
  • Several figures appeared, and the ground shook as deafening explosions sounded around the square.

Ch. 280Chapter 281

Jiang Han annihilated the Church of Light in Fenlai City, leaving its followers and officials stunned by his overwhelming power. Pope Haitings then became the vessel for the Six-Winged Angel, who confronted Jiang Han and erupted in anger at his defiance.

  • A massive blast drew the crowd’s attention to the destruction spreading throughout the Church of Light.
  • Jiang Han brought down a radiant blow that obliterated the Church of Light and its tens of thousands of followers.
  • The crowd and the Church’s officials recognized Jiang Han, while Pope Haitings rose into the air and addressed him.
  • Haitings summoned the Six-Winged Angel, who condemned Jiang Han for destroying the Lord of Light’s mortal inheritance.
  • Jiang Han declared that anyone who offended Jiangmen would die, provoking the Six-Winged Angel to release holy light from Haitings’s body.
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