Chapter Summaries

Kaido charged Amazon Lily to challenge Lin Ye, whose compressed Conqueror’s Haki astonished the assembled pirates. Their battle began with their fists colliding, while the Marines watched closely from a distance.

• Kaido flew toward Amazon Lily, eager to settle his old defeat by Lin Ye, as Yamato and Jack watched from the warship.
• Charlotte Linlin and Whitebeard praised Kaido’s growth, but Charlotte Linlin held back her crew because Lin Ye appeared unconcerned.
• Lin Ye released his Conqueror’s Haki, then compressed it around himself, surprising Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and the others.
• Kaido and Lin Ye rushed toward each other as Kizaru reported their intense Haki to Sengoku, who recognized the battle’s importance to the balance of the seas.
• Lin Ye’s fist collided with Kaido’s, freezing the scene at the start of their clash.

Lin Ye struck Kaido with a single punch, sending him flying and sinking a small island, while the gathered onlookers and Marines reacted to the Four Emperors’ battle. Kaido survived the blow and transformed into a massive Thunder Dragon, ready to continue fighting.

• Lin Ye and Kaido’s first clash unleashed shockwaves that battered Amazon Lily and alarmed Hancock, Robin, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and the others.
• Kizaru reported the battle’s impact to Sengoku, who ordered the Marines to assemble and prepare to deploy to Amazon Lily.
• Lin Ye punched Kaido and sent him flying thousands of meters into a small island, which sank beneath the sea.
• Kaido emerged without serious injuries, roared, and transformed into a massive Thunder Dragon.

Kaido unleashed Thunder Dragon Annihilation Flash, his strongest technique developed to defeat Lin Ye, and the assembled fighters watched as it raced toward him. Lin Ye remained calm and revealed a spark of electricity in his palm, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Kaido transformed into a Thunder Dragon and battled Lin Ye at high speed while Whitebeard praised Lin Ye’s combat instincts.
• The Five Elders discussed whether to intervene as the fight above Amazon Lily intensified.
• Kaido used Thunder Dragon Annihilation Flash, a lightning technique he had spent years developing specifically to defeat Lin Ye.
• Whitebeard said Lin Ye could withstand the attack, while Hancock noted that Lin Ye’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit could nullify lightning.
• Lin Ye faced Kaido’s incoming strike calmly and declared that a firefly’s light could not rival the sun and moon.

Lin Ye absorbed Kaido’s Thunder Dragon Annihilation Flash and summoned a colossal lightning Qilin that trapped Kaido and descended upon him. The attack exploded in a blast powerful enough to threaten even the Four Emperors, leaving Kaido’s fate unclear.

• Charlotte Linlin argued that Lin Ye should avoid a head-on clash with Kaido, while Whitebeard urged her to keep watching.
• Lin Ye resonated with the lightning in the sky, drawing power into dark thunderclouds and astonishing Charlotte Linlin, Charlotte Katakuri, Pudding, and Whitebeard.
• The thunderclouds absorbed Kaido’s Thunder Dragon Annihilation Flash, leaving Kaido shocked that his specially prepared technique had failed.
• Lin Ye summoned a gigantic lightning Qilin and bound Kaido in a violet-white thunder prison as the Qilin gathered strength and descended.
• The Qilin’s attack engulfed the sky in a devastating explosion, making Charlotte Linlin and Whitebeard fear that it could kill an Emperor.

Lin Ye defeated Kaido and demanded that he submit, but Kaido refused and Lin Ye prepared to kill him. Big Mom intervened to protect Kaido, and Lin Ye challenged them both as the Marines began considering the Shichibukai plan.

• From several thousand meters away, Kizaru sensed Lin Ye's overwhelming power and told Sengoku that Lin Ye had won the battle against Kaido.
• Kaido crashed onto Amazon Lily, badly injured, and Lin Ye demanded that he submit or die.
• Kaido refused to live on his knees, so Lin Ye prepared to deliver a fatal strike.
• Charlotte Linlin urged Lin Ye not to kill Kaido, warning that the Marines would exploit conflict among the Emperors, while Whitebeard praised Lin Ye's resolve.
• Charlotte Linlin declared that Kaido was under her protection, and Lin Ye challenged her to join forces with Kaido against him.

Lin Ye fought Charlotte Linlin and Kaido at once above Amazon Lily, breaking their lightning cage with his Qilin: Heavenly Thunder. Kizaru and Sengoku learned that three Emperors were battling, while Shanks watched from afar and Law witnessed the clash from another ship.

• Charlotte Linlin healed Kaido with Soul Enhancement, and the two attacked Lin Ye together.
• Lin Ye blocked Kaido's Dragon Claw and Charlotte Linlin's Napoleon at the same time, stunning Ace, Marco, and Whitebeard.
• Kizaru sensed Charlotte Linlin joining the fight and told Sengoku, who hoped the battle would leave the Emperors weakened.
• Lin Ye wounded Kaido with Heavenly Annihilation: Thunderous Force as he held his own against both Emperors.
• Charlotte Linlin and Kaido trapped Lin Ye in a lightning cage, but he destroyed it with Qilin: Heavenly Thunder.
• Shanks watched the battle from a distance with Benn Beckman, while Trafalgar Law asked Corazon about the clash between the Emperors.

Lin Ye fought Kaido and Charlotte Linlin as they unleashed their combined Hakai attack, while onlookers watched in alarm. As Charlotte Linlin urged him to dodge, Lin Ye revealed that he had more than one Devil Fruit ability.

• Law and Rosinante watched Lin Ye's battle and wished they were strong enough to help him.
• Gecko Moria saw Lin Ye's strength and struggled to accept how far he had surpassed him.
• Lin Ye continued to pressure Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, impressing Whitebeard with his understanding of power.
• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin combined Kongō Kabura and Maser Saber into Hakai, a devastating attack with a range of hundreds of kilometers.
• Kizaru retreated from the battle's aftershocks and told Sengoku that Lin Ye had held the upper hand against the two Emperors.
• Charlotte Linlin warned Lin Ye to dodge Hakai, but Lin Ye revealed a transparent alternate space and declared that he had more than one Devil Fruit ability.

Lin Ye used the Op-Op Fruit’s ROOM to isolate and neutralize Kaido and Charlotte Linlin’s combined Hakai, revealing the full extent of his second Devil Fruit. He then began using the trapped attack to temper the First Kitetsu.

• Whitebeard warned Lin Ye that possessing two Devil Fruits would not protect him from the Emperors’ combined attack, but Lin Ye remained unmoved.
• Lin Ye expanded ROOM beneath the fighters, and Kaido and Charlotte Linlin’s Hakai vanished into the strange space while they escaped its reach.
• Whitebeard recognized the Op-Op Fruit’s power, and Kaido’s Bad Wind attacks disappeared when they struck the space.
• Lin Ye found Hakai suspended inside ROOM and decided to use its power to strengthen the First Kitetsu.
• The First Kitetsu absorbed golden motes from Hakai as golden runes appeared across its blade.

Lin Ye survived Kaido and Charlotte Linlin’s combined attack, which First Kitetsu absorbed and used to evolve into a Half-Golden Blade. He prepared to face the two Emperors again with his newly strengthened sword, while Kizaru and Sengoku reacted to the vanished attack from afar.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin’s combined attack vanished into the white space as First Kitetsu absorbed its power and gained golden Runes.
• Lin Ye emerged unharmed, and Charlotte Linlin recognized First Kitetsu as a Half-Golden Blade, a legendary form beyond a Black Blade.
• Charlotte Linlin explained the sword’s significance to Kaido, while Whitebeard and Ace reacted to Lin Ye’s formidable strength.
• Lin Ye thanked Kaido and Charlotte Linlin for strengthening his blade, then raised First Kitetsu and challenged them to reveal their other trump cards.
• Kizaru told Sengoku that he had nearly been caught in Hakai’s attack, and Sengoku warned him not to return to Marineford.

Whitebeard joined Lin Ye’s battle with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, then used their sword clash to teach Lin Ye Two-Color Coating. Lin Ye revealed Three-Color Coating, leaving all three Emperors stunned.

• Whitebeard decided to fight Lin Ye after Kaido and Charlotte Linlin invited him to join forces, but chose to test his swordsmanship instead.
• Whitebeard warned Lin Ye that the Op-Op Fruit’s spatial powers would not work against his Tremor-Tremor Fruit and attacked with Murakumogiri.
• Whitebeard and Lin Ye traded blows with their Supreme Grade Blades, and Whitebeard coated his blade with Armament and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Charlotte Linlin realized Whitebeard was deliberately teaching Lin Ye Two-Color Coating while avoiding damage to Amazon Lily.
• Lin Ye thanked Whitebeard, then coated First Kitetsu with Armament, Conqueror’s, and future-seeing Observation Haki, revealing Three-Color Coating.

Lin Ye demonstrated Three-Color Coating by infusing Observation, Armament, and Conqueror’s Haki into his sword, wounding Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin. He overwhelmed the three Emperors with a storm of unavoidable sword energy, leaving them injured and the spectators stunned by his unprecedented power.

• Lin Ye revealed Three-Color Coating, astonishing Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin.
• Lin Ye explained its power by unleashing a slash whose Observation Haki-guided sword energy tracked the Emperors’ movements and wounded all three.
• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin attacked together, and Whitebeard joined them to test Lin Ye’s strength.
• Lin Ye used Three-Color Coating: Phantom Sword Dance, filling the sky with sword energy that forced the three Emperors into a devastating explosion.
• The three Emperors emerged injured, while Ace, Marco, and the other spectators were stunned by Lin Ye’s strength.

Lin Ye’s First Kitetsu absorbed the combined attacks of Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin and evolved into the Golden Blade, awakening a power that could seal its opponents’ abilities. The three Four Emperors recognized the danger of continuing the fight, but Whitebeard’s unfinished remark left their next move unclear.

• Lin Ye challenged Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin to use their strongest attacks so the First Kitetsu could grow stronger.
• The three Four Emperors unleashed a combined assault, and Lin Ye charged into it with the First Kitetsu.
• The First Kitetsu absorbed their power and completed its evolution into the Golden Blade, which left a crack in Kaido’s Dragon Scale Defense.
• Lin Ye tested the Golden Blade’s Sealing Power, weakening Kaido’s defense and the abilities of Charlotte Linlin and Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard acknowledged Lin Ye’s strength, and he and Charlotte Linlin regarded the Golden Blade with wariness as Whitebeard began to question whether they should continue fighting.

After defeating the three Four Emperors, Lin Ye was hailed as the Sea Emperor, signaling the end of the Four Emperors Era. He agreed to form an Alliance with them, which he would lead as the seas faced a new balance of power.

• Charlotte Linlin persuaded Kaido to accept that they had lost after Lin Ye awakened the Golden Blade and broke through Kaido’s Dragon Scale Defense.
• Shanks and Law recognized that Lin Ye’s victory would transform the seas, while people began calling him the Sea Emperor.
• Sengoku and the Marine higher-ups learned that Lin Ye had defeated the three Four Emperors and decided against a reckless attack.
• Whitebeard praised Lin Ye’s growth and celebrated the arrival of a new era.
• Lin Ye agreed to form an Alliance with Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido on the condition that major decisions required his approval.
• Charlotte Linlin proposed an intelligence-sharing system, and Whitebeard agreed to Lin Ye’s leadership while Kaido reluctantly accepted.

Lin Ye established the Pirate Alliance with Kaido, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin, prompting the Marines and World Government to view it as a major threat. At Marineford, Sengoku called for special measures as CP0 began investigating Lin Ye’s ability to wield two Devil Fruits.

• Kaido agreed to provide Wano Country’s armories to the Alliance while retaining his rule, and Whitebeard proposed Drum Kingdom as its headquarters.
• Lin Ye assigned Charlotte Linlin to intelligence, Kaido to the military, and Whitebeard to diplomacy, while he led the Alliance.
• Sengoku and Tsuru reacted with alarm to news that three Four Emperors had submitted to Lin Ye and formed the Pirate Alliance.
• Kizaru reported that Lin Ye had used the Four Emperors’ combined strike to evolve his weapon into a Golden Blade capable of sealing abilities.
• Aokiji urged caution while Akainu demanded immediate action, and Garp said the Marines needed to investigate how Lin Ye could wield two Devil Fruits.
• CP0 entered the war council to investigate Lin Ye, and Sengoku decided to ask the World Government to employ special measures against the Alliance.

The World Government launched the Seven Warlords Plan to counter Lin Ye’s Pirate Alliance by recruiting powerful pirates with pardons and privileges. Lin Ye’s alliance agreed to warn wavering members first and punish those who still betrayed them.

• Sengoku decided to request the World Government’s highest-level special measures, while CP0 began investigating Lin Ye’s origins and two Devil Fruits.
• The Five Elders approved the Seven Warlords Plan and selected Doflamingo, Crocodile, Gecko Moria, and Boa Hancock among its candidates.
• Doflamingo accepted the offer and requested to return to Dressrosa, while Crocodile agreed after seeking greater power in Alabasta.
• The plan spread across the sea and caused some weaker pirates to consider joining the World Government instead of the Pirate Alliance.
• Lin Ye, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido dismissed the plan as a threat to their alliance, but Lin Ye considered how to respond.
• At the Drum Kingdom Alliance Headquarters, Lin Ye and the core members agreed to warn wavering pirates first and punish those who persisted in betraying the alliance.

Lin Ye and the World Government prepared for a growing conflict as both sides made covert moves. The Revolutionary Army decided to contact the Pirate Alliance, and Sabo arrived at its headquarters to discuss possible cooperation and the Golden Blade.

• The Five Elders mobilized resources, investigated the Golden Blade, planted informants in the alliance, and accelerated research into two Devil Fruit abilities and new weapons.
• Lin Ye ordered Kaido to increase Wano Country’s arms production and Charlotte Linlin to strengthen the alliance’s intelligence network.
• Dragon decided the Revolutionary Army should contact the Pirate Alliance after learning that seventeen countries had strengthened cooperation with the World Government, and Sabo volunteered for the mission.
• Ace told Lin Ye that Fire Fist’s power seemed connected to the Golden Blade’s sealing ability.
• Sabo met Ace and told Lin Ye that the Revolutionary Army was considering cooperation but needed answers about the alliance’s intentions.

Lin Ye exposed Rogers as a World Government spy by feeding false intelligence through the Alliance and trapping him in the headquarters archives. After Rogers revealed the other traitors, Lin Ye told Sabo that the Alliance sought not only to oppose the World Government but to change the order of the seas and bring true freedom.

• Rogers proposed that Alliance members join the Seven Warlords to gather intelligence, and Lin Ye noted that Rogers’s suggested candidates, Chris, Marcus, and Raine, were suspicious.
• Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin reported signs of espionage, so Lin Ye planned to feed false intelligence to uncover the traitors without alerting them.
• Lin Ye leaked false reports about weapons projects in Wano Country and Drum Kingdom, and Kaido and Charlotte Linlin ambushed the World Government agents sent to investigate.
• Rogers broke into the archives to steal documents, but Lin Ye, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin caught him, and Rogers revealed the traitors’ names under interrogation.
• Lin Ye told Sabo that the Alliance aimed to change the order of the seas so everyone could obtain true freedom.

Ace discovered that Fire Fist contained dormant Sealing Power that resonated with Lin Ye's Golden Blade and could affect Devil Fruit abilities. After a CP0 raid devastated the Revolutionary Army's base, Dragon ordered elite forces to support the Pirate Alliance, while Lin Ye experienced another vision of the Ancient Civilization and Whitebeard asked if he had seen similar visions.

• Ace sensed a power like the Golden Blade's Sealing Power within Fire Fist, and Lin Ye confirmed that the power awakened when Ace unleashed his strongest attack.
• Sabo reported the discovery to Dragon, and Revolutionary Army leaders speculated that Fire Fist and the Golden Blade might be connected to the Poneglyphs.
• CP0 raided the Revolutionary Army's base, causing severe damage and exposing its location, so Dragon ordered elite forces to support the Pirate Alliance.
• Ace told Sabo that Fire Fist's Sealing Power could affect Devil Fruit abilities and grew stronger with training.
• CP0 found an ancient mural of a golden blade alongside writing that mentioned sealing and the sea.
• Lin Ye saw another vision of an ancient temple and its golden blade, and Whitebeard asked whether he had also seen unusual visions.

Lin Ye learned that the Golden Blade might be an ancient Sealing Weapon, and its power resonated with Ace’s awakened Sealing Power. New discoveries linked the blade to Dual Devil Fruit Ability and a prophecy, while the World Government’s research experiment exploded, leaving the weapon’s secrets unresolved.

• Whitebeard told Lin Ye that a legendary weapon capable of sealing the sea resembled the Golden Blade.
• Ace’s Fire Fist resonated with the Golden Blade, strengthening his Sealing Power and revealing a connection between them.
• CP0 reported that a stone tablet described three Sealing Weapons that could combine into a world-shattering power, prompting the Five Elders to intensify their search.
• Lin Ye saw ancient memories of Dual Devil Fruit Ability users wielding weapons like the Golden Blade, while CP0 found a prophecy linking the Sealing Blade and two Devil Fruit powers to a change in the world’s balance.
• The Science Force’s experiment on connected Devil Fruits went out of control and destroyed its laboratory, and Lin Ye sensed something unusual in Drum Kingdom.

Lin Ye discovered that the Golden Blade’s mutation gave him the ability to sense nearby Devil Fruit Users, while its resonance with Ace’s altered Fire Fist began awakening an ancient power tied to his dual Devil Fruits. As the World Government and the Shichibukai plotted against the Pirate Alliance, Lin Ye’s counterintelligence operation exposed Doflamingo’s attempt to infiltrate the Alliance.

• The Golden Blade’s mutation let Lin Ye sense Devil Fruit Users, but using the ability destabilized his two Devil Fruit powers.
• Ace’s Fire Fist mutated, and Lin Ye used the Golden Blade to seal and resonate with its power, awakening an ancient force linked to the Ancient Civilization.
• The Five Elders ordered action against Lin Ye, while Charlotte Linlin and Whitebeard reported Doflamingo’s infiltration and Crocodile’s attacks on Alliance supply caravans.
• Lin Ye told the Alliance to monitor Doflamingo without acting, and Whitebeard restricted the Shichibukai’s operations as Gecko Moria joined their ranks.
• Doflamingo learned that Marcus, Raine, and Chris had only pretended to be under his control, and Lin Ye gained intelligence on the Shichibukai’s plans.