Recaps

As Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived at Marineford, Zhao Hai confronted them and repelled Shanks's Conqueror's Haki before halting the Red Force with a powerful kick. Just as Shanks prepared to negotiate, a new alarm sounded from the horizon, signaling another approaching threat.

• Sengoku learned that the Red Hair Pirates had breached Marineford's outer perimeter, and Zhao Hai volunteered to face them.
• Shanks unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, knocking hundreds of Marines unconscious until Zhao Hai stood against the pressure.
• Zhao Hai released his dragon powers and Haki, overpowering Shanks's Conqueror's Haki and shocking the Red Hair Pirates.
• Zhao Hai struck the sea with a lightning-wreathed Tempest Kick, raising a towering wave and forcing the Red Force to stop outside the harbor.
• Shanks prepared to negotiate with Zhao Hai as a new alarm sounded from the distant horizon.

Zhao Hai used a newly modified heavy cannon loaded with special explosive shells to destroy a rocky island and force Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates to retreat from the harbor. Impressed by Zhao Hai’s firepower and decisiveness, Sengoku placed the harbor’s artillery and heavy-firepower units under his command.

• Shanks told Zhao Hai that the Red Hair Pirates had come to observe the war, but Zhao Hai ordered the Marines to aim their cannons at the Red Force.
• Beckman aimed his pistol at Zhao Hai and warned him not to provoke the pirates, but Zhao Hai ordered a cannon to fire at a nearby island instead.
• A special explosive shell blasted much of the island apart, revealing its destructive power to the Red Hair Pirates.
• Shanks ordered Beckman to put away his pistol and had the Red Force retreat beyond the Navy’s gun range.
• Akainu praised Zhao Hai’s decisive use of force, and Sengoku placed the harbor’s artillery and heavy-firepower units under Zhao Hai’s command.

Qian Ye countered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s supply blockade by using his cross-world contacts and deceived Danzo into supplying the corps in exchange for experimental armor. The chapter ended with Orochimaru urgently summoning Qian Ye to contain a dangerous mutation in a test subject injected with Black Zetsu’s tissue.

• Uchiha Yan reported that Hiruzen Sarutobi had cut off the South District Corps’ food and military supplies, and Qian Ye secured replacement provisions and ore from Zhao Hai.
• Qian Ye distributed weapons, enhancement serum, and a Bison Fruit to the corps before Danzo arrived demanding proof of the overseas base.
• Qian Ye showed Danzo abundant dried Sea King meat and prototype armor, convincing him that the overseas supply route was real.
• Danzo promised to provide the corps with food, Explosive Tags, steel, and other supplies in exchange for ore and armor for Root.
• Orochimaru sent Qian Ye an urgent message that a test subject injected with Black Zetsu’s tissue had developed a devouring mutation.

Qian Ye and Bullet went to Orochimaru’s underground laboratory, where a monster made from a giant python, First Hokage cells, and Black Zetsu tissue had broken loose. Qian Ye killed it with physical force and discovered a strange black crystal in its remains, leaving Orochimaru’s experiment—and the crystal’s potential—unresolved.

• Qian Ye and Bullet descended into Orochimaru’s laboratory after receiving his distress signal and found Orochimaru wounded by a giant, chakra-devouring snake.
• Orochimaru explained that the snake had fused with First Hokage wood release cells and essence from Black Zetsu’s tissue, making it resistant to ninjutsu and the Kusanagi Sword.
• Qian Ye stopped Bullet from attacking and killed the snake with an Armament Haki-coated, kinetic-energy punch that smashed it through three rock walls.
• Orochimaru marveled at Qian Ye’s purely physical power, and Qian Ye explained that the body could be refined beyond reliance on chakra.
• Qian Ye found a black crystal in the snake’s ruined brain and showed it to Orochimaru, suggesting the experiment might have produced something interesting.

Qian Ye gave Orochimaru a Black Crystal to develop an improved drug, then returned to the South District and fed his corps despite Hiruzen Sarutobi’s supply blockade. Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu learned that Qian Ye’s forces were thriving, just as Shimura Danzō openly sent a convoy of supplies and weapons to the South District.

• Qian Ye gave Orochimaru the Black Crystal, and Orochimaru identified it as a potential neutralizer for Hashirama cells and promised an improved Type-Zero Drug within three days.
• Qian Ye returned to the South District, where Uchiha Yan reported that Shimura Danzō had delivered rice and dried beef; Qian Ye ordered a feast for the corps.
• Utatane Koharu argued that the blockade would force Qian Ye to surrender command, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and ANBU captain Hawk expected the corps to weaken and planned to take over its defenses.
• An ANBU scout reported that the Seventh Legion was feasting on plentiful food and that its morale remained high, leaving Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu stunned.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu watched as a convoy of supplies and weapons escorted by Root operatives and bearing the Shimura Clan crest headed toward the South District.

Shimura Danzō supplied Qian Ye’s South District legion with Root’s reserves and drove off ANBU when they tried to seize the convoy, enraging Hiruzen Sarutobi. The chapter ended with Qian Ye receiving Orochimaru’s message that the first batch of pure Type-Zero Drug was ready.

• Shimura Danzō delivered Root’s supplies to Qian Ye and gave him a twenty-million-ryō draft to fund the secret shipment of Deep-Sea Black Tortoise Light Armor.
• Hawk and ANBU arrived to impound the convoy, but Danzo struck Hawk and forced the team to retreat by invoking a Root wartime requisition order.
• Danzo left the supplies with Qian Ye and promised to shield the South District from Hiruzen’s interference.
• Hawk reported the failed mission to Hiruzen, who read Danzo’s transfer order and smashed his treasured teacup in anger.
• Qian Ye received a message from Orochimaru stating that Black Crystal neutralization was complete and the first batch of pure Type-Zero Drug was ready.

Qian Ye drank Orochimaru’s perfected Type-Zero Drug, awakening advanced Ryuo Haki and greatly increasing his physical and chakra abilities. He learned Zhao Hai planned to use the coming Paramount War to overturn the existing order and offered him support.

• Orochimaru gave Qian Ye the stable Type-Zero Drug, which combined Hashirama cells, Black Zetsu’s Ōtsutsuki origin, and Sea King life essence.
• Qian Ye drank the drug and awakened advanced Armament Haki that let him destroy a steel dummy from within without touching it.
• Orochimaru’s tests showed Qian Ye’s body and chakra capacity had increased dramatically, reaching near-Jinchuriki levels.
• The Cross-Border Brothers Mutual Aid Group leveled up to Lv6 and unlocked targeted cross-border item deployment.
• Zhao Hai told Qian Ye that Ace’s execution was set for seven days later, Whitebeard’s fleet had vanished, and he intended to use the Paramount War to overturn the rotten order.
• Qian Ye said he had expected Zhao Hai to make that choice and asked what support he needed.

Qian Ye assembled a cross-world assault squad to help Zhao Hai rescue Ace from the execution platform during the Paramount War. After the team took Type-Zero Drug and equipped themselves with Seastone weapons and basalt armor, Qian Ye ordered them to enter the Pirate World, rescue Ace, and withdraw immediately.

• Qian Ye arranged for Bullet, Hatake Sakumo, Pakura, Uchiha Yan, and seven elite Uchiha to join Zhao Hai’s operation, while Orochimaru agreed to distract the Hidden Leaf’s leadership during their deployment.
• Qian Ye gave the assault squad Type-Zero Drug, Seastone weapons, and basalt armor, and the members trained with their enhanced strength and new equipment.
• Hatake Sakumo demonstrated a powerful Haki- and Lightning Release-infused slash, impressing Orochimaru, who promised to protect the South District while Qian Ye was away.
• Qian Ye briefed the eleven squad members that they would not fight for either the Marines or the pirates and that their sole objective was to work with Zhao Hai to rescue Ace and then withdraw.

Qian Ye used Danzo’s intervention to avoid having the Seventh Legion disbanded, then persuaded Danzo to fund the warships. After securing the resources and sealing the South District Camp, Qian Ye watched Zhao Hai’s live feed as the Paramount War began.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura tried to transfer Qian Ye and break up the Seventh Legion, but Danzo barged in and tore up the transfer order.
• Danzo claimed Qian Ye’s troops were part of a secret plan to build an Overseas Forward Base and took Qian Ye out of the Hokage Office.
• Qian Ye showed Danzo a photograph of the warships and claimed the base had acquired three ironclad vessels, then asked for thirty million ryō and refined iron.
• Danzo gave Qian Ye three Universal Banknotes and ordered Root guards to deliver twenty crates of refined black iron to the South District Camp.
• Qian Ye stored the money and iron, ordered Uchiha Yan to seal the camp for secluded training, and prepared to use the resources in the Cross-Border Resource Fusion Furnace.
• Zhao Hai sent a live feed showing Marineford frozen over, and Qian Ye saw that the Paramount War had begun.

As the Whitebeard Pirates launched their assault on Marineford, Zhao Hai held back his artillery while the Marines and pirates clashed across the ice. Akainu confronted Zhao Hai and ordered him to bombard the battlefield.

• Sengoku announced that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son, while Zhao Hai repositioned his cannons to leave a gap at the harbor entrance.
• Whitebeard’s fleet surfaced in the bay, and Whitebeard summoned enormous tsunamis that Kuzan froze along with the ships and sea.
• The Whitebeard Pirates charged across the ice as Mihawk’s slash was blocked by Jozu and Kizaru’s attack was stopped by Marco.
• Zhao Hai delayed firing his cannons until the pirates came closer, claiming he wanted to conserve special ammunition.
• Akainu arrived at Zhao Hai’s artillery position and ordered him to bombard the ice and the pirates.

Rear Admiral Zhao Hai used a carefully aimed artillery barrage to devastate Whitebeard’s criminal subordinate crews while avoiding the main commanders, earning Akainu and Sengoku’s approval. As Luffy and other Impel Down escapees fell into Marineford, Zhao Hai alerted Qian Ye, who led an elite team through the cross-border array to join the battle.

• Zhao Hai ordered fifty-six cannons to fire explosive shells into the rear pirate formations, killing hundreds and opening a gap in the western battlefield.
• Akainu praised Zhao Hai’s attack, and Sengoku ordered a major commendation for him after the battle.
• Zhao Hai secretly revealed that Observation Haki had helped him avoid Whitebeard’s core fighters and target only criminal subordinate pirates.
• Sabo watched the Execution Platform from a concealed clock tower as clashes intensified across Marineford.
• Luffy, Ivankov, Crocodile, and other Impel Down escapees arrived aboard a warship plunging from the sky, prompting Zhao Hai to alert Qian Ye.
• Qian Ye led Bullet, Hatake Sakumo, Pakura, Uchiha Yan, and other elites through the cross-border array toward Marineford.

Qian Ye and his strike team arrived at Marineford through a portal, where Bullet unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and attacked the ice to open a path for his people. Akainu descended from the platform to confront him.

• Luffy crashed onto the ice in a warship and called for Ace while Sengoku prepared to order an attack.
• Qian Ye led Bullet, Hatake Sakumo, Pakura, Uchiha Yan, and seven Uchiha elites through a portal into Marineford.
• Bullet’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out Marines and pirate underlings across a wide area, drawing Sengoku’s furious recognition.
• Whitebeard, Marco, and Jozu watched the newcomers cautiously, while Ace stared at them from the Execution Platform.
• Uchiha Yan ordered the seven Uchiha elites to form a defensive formation and secure the portal’s retreat routes.
• Bullet struck the ice with both fists, sending huge waves of broken ice toward the Marines, and Akainu transformed into magma and charged at him.

Hatake Sakumo and the assault team broke through the Marines’ defenses on their way to rescue Ace, with Sakumo wounding Sakazuki by cleaving his Great Eruption in two. As the battle shifted toward the Execution Platform, Marshall D. Teach and his crew emerged behind the Moby Dick and revealed that Whitebeard was their true target.

• Sakumo used his Seastone blade, Haki, and lightning to split Sakazuki’s Great Eruption and slash his shoulder, leaving the Admirals and Whitebeard’s crew stunned.
• Uchiha Yan and the other Uchiha clan elites attacked the Marine forces while Pakura drove back reinforcements, opening a passage beneath the Execution Platform.
• Sakumo reminded Uchiha Yan that Qian Ye’s goal was to rescue someone rather than kill everyone, while Zhao Hai ordered the artillery crews to avoid hitting the assault team.
• The Marines and Whitebeard Pirates converged near the Execution Platform as the battlefield grew more chaotic.
• Marshall D. Teach and the Impel Down prisoners emerged from darkness behind the Moby Dick, announcing their plan to take Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit power.

Pakura used Scorch Release to cripple Burgess and burn Blackbeard, while Uchiha Yan and other Uchiha stopped Van Augur and Lafitte’s ambush. Blackbeard ordered a retreat, and Whitebeard recognized that Qian Ye commanded a force unlike any he had encountered.

• Blackbeard demanded Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, but Pakura stepped in and challenged him.
• Pakura’s Scorch Release Weeping Spiral carbonized Burgess’s arm and badly burned Blackbeard when his Dark Water failed to absorb the chakra fireballs.
• Uchiha Yan intercepted Van Augur’s bullet and crippled his wrist with a seastone senbon, while another Uchiha wounded Lafitte’s hand.
• Blackbeard, seeing his officers injured and Pakura ready to attack again, ordered the Blackbeard Pirates to retreat.
• Whitebeard watched Qian Ye’s squad drive off Blackbeard’s crew and realized the battle had slipped beyond anyone’s control.

Bullet gave Whitebeard a rejuvenating medicine from Qian Ye, restoring his strength and prompting the Whitebeard Pirates to join Qian Ye’s assault team. As supplies arrived and the forces prepared to advance, Sengoku ordered Ace’s immediate execution.

• Bullet blocked Marine cannon fire, then offered Whitebeard a vial of medicine and relayed Qian Ye’s message about a new life in the Otherworld.
• Whitebeard drank the medicine, rapidly recovered his strength, and told his sons he would not die at Marineford.
• Qian Ye arranged for Zhao Hai to deliver shields, hemostatic medicine, and food, and Marco and the captains organized the Whitebeard Pirates to use them.
• The Whitebeard Pirates joined Bullet and the assault team, while Sengoku grew furious at Marineford’s worsening position.
• Sengoku ordered the executioners to kill Portgas D. Ace immediately, and they raised their blades toward his neck.

Hatake Sakumo destroyed the Execution Platform and freed Ace, allowing him to reunite with Luffy on the ice. As Whitebeard’s side celebrated, Sengoku transformed into a giant golden Buddha and launched a shock wave at the brothers.

• Luffy unconsciously released Conqueror's Haki, but the executioners continued their swing toward Ace.
• Hatake Sakumo raced through the air and cut the Execution Platform apart with a lightning-infused slash.
• Sakumo unlocked Ace’s Seastone Handcuffs, and Ace regained his powers and landed beside Luffy.
• Ace and Luffy reunited on the ice as the Whitebeard Pirates cheered and Garp secretly celebrated Ace’s rescue.
• Sengoku transformed into a giant golden Buddha and attacked Ace and Luffy with a powerful shock wave.

Whitebeard, restored to his peak, met Sengoku’s Buddha-form shock wave with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused strike and sent him crashing into Marineford. The Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s force shattered more than half the harbor fortress, while Sengoku rose again from the crater in fury.

• Sengoku attacked Ace and Luffy with a full-power golden shock wave, but Whitebeard leapt in to confront him.
• Whitebeard clashed with Sengoku using Murakumogiri, Armament Haki, Conqueror’s Haki, and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power.
• Whitebeard’s strike overwhelmed Sengoku and sent him crashing into a deep crater beside Marine Headquarters.
• Whitebeard landed unharmed as his tremor force spread through Marineford and collapsed more than half of the harbor fortress wall.
• Qian Ye praised the results of Whitebeard’s rejuvenation, while Bullet remarked that Sengoku would survive the blow.
• Garp emerged from the rubble worried about the damage and his Senbei allowance as Sengoku’s golden light and furious roar rose from the crater.

Qian Ye’s assault team helped Whitebeard’s pirates escape Marineford by defeating Akainu’s advance, breaking the offshore ice blockade, and opening a passage to sea. After the pirates fled, the team withdrew through the Light Gate, leaving Akainu and the Marines behind.

• Bullet met Akainu’s Canine Red Lotus head-on and blasted him backward, while Qian Ye sent Hatake Sakumo to break the Marine encirclement.
• Qian Ye called on Zhao Hai, whose heavy cannons fired explosive-tag shells that shattered Kuzan’s offshore ice blockade and opened a channel to the sea.
• Sengoku demanded to know why the cannons had fired out to sea, and Zhao Hai claimed they had overheated and misfired.
• Whitebeard led the pirates toward the escape route as Jinbe carried Luffy and Ace helped protect them; Ace thanked Qian Ye for the rescue.
• Whitebeard’s ship escaped through the blasted channel, while Zhao Hai’s cannon fire stopped pursuing Marine warships and Bullet held Akainu back.
• Qian Ye and the assault team returned through the Light Gate, while Akainu remained at Marineford among the ruins.

Marshall D. Teach watched Whitebeard devastate Marineford and abandoned his plan to steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. He claimed he had always wanted Golden Lion Shiki’s Float-Float Fruit and led his battered crew into retreat as the Whitebeard Pirates withdrew.

• Teach and the Impel Down escapees hid near the ruins, stunned as Whitebeard overpowered Sengoku and the Marines.
• Heavy Drinker Vasco Shot asked whether the crew should still attack Whitebeard, and Teach concealed his fear to keep his crew from losing faith in him.
• Teach claimed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was unimpressive and said he had always wanted Golden Lion Shiki’s Float-Float Fruit instead.
• Teach ordered his crew to retreat rather than face Whitebeard, Qian Ye, and the others.
• As the Whitebeard Pirates fired a farewell salute and withdrew, Teach cursed the monsters who had ruined his plan and led his crew away through Marineford.

After the Marineford battle, Sengoku punished Zhao Hai for the artillery incident but refused Akainu’s demand to imprison him. Zhao Hai then left under orders to patrol offshore and secretly steered his ship into the Calm Belt to meet Qian Ye and the others.

• Akainu accused Zhao Hai of deliberately using the heavy artillery to help Whitebeard and Ace escape, but Zhao Hai blamed faulty experimental ammunition and Akainu’s position in the firing line.
• Garp defended Zhao Hai and threatened to fight Akainu, while Sengoku ended the confrontation and stripped Zhao Hai of artillery command, assigning him to three months of offshore patrol duty.
• Zhao Hai received Qian Ye’s message that Whitebeard, Ace, and Blackbeard had escaped and that the Mutual Aid Group had arranged a rendezvous in the Calm Belt.
• Zhao Hai boarded his personal warship, ordered his crew to extinguish the lights and silence their communications, then secretly turned away from the assigned patrol route.
• Zhao Hai steered the warship into the black-fog-shrouded Calm Belt to meet Qian Ye and tally the spoils.

Qian Ye returned to Hidden Leaf from Marineford with his team and spoils, while the Uchiha fighters’ Sharingan and chakra grew stronger after the battle. He ordered the South District camp into lockdown after ANBU spies detected their unusual power, and the spies rushed to report to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Qian Ye and his companions returned to the South District camp, where Uchiha Yan and seven clansmen experienced a surge in power and pledged their battalion’s loyalty to Qian Ye.
• Qian Ye ordered the Seastone weapons and other spoils secured, then gave Orochimaru blood samples containing residual Armament Haki for his research.
• Qian Ye contacted Zhao Hai, who reported making a supply deal with Whitebeard’s surviving forces, and shared Kinetic Energy Fruit permissions with him for protection from Akainu.
• Hatake Sakumo warned Qian Ye that two ANBU spies were watching the camp, but Qian Ye let them escape and ordered the South District camp sealed against intruders.
• The two ANBU spies burst into Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office and reported that an enormous surge of chakra had erupted behind the South District camp.

Marine Rear Admiral Zhao Hai reached the Whitebeard Pirates’ hideout and proved his strength by stopping Diamond Jozu’s charge, then explained that he had helped them escape Marineford. After Ace vouched for him, Zhao Hai entered the cavern to discuss Qian Ye’s business with Whitebeard, who was approaching.

• Marco spotted Zhao Hai’s unflagged warship and warned the Whitebeard Pirates that it was approaching their reef.
• Jozu attacked Zhao Hai, but Zhao Hai met his diamond fist head-on and forced him backward without moving.
• Zhao Hai identified himself and said he had come to bring help, but Vista and Jozu remained suspicious until Ace recognized him as the Marine who had opened their escape route from Marineford.
• Zhao Hai explained that his Special Detonation Shells had cleared the route and that Sengoku had punished him for the bombardment, and Marco apologized for the pirates’ hostility.
• Zhao Hai said he needed to discuss business entrusted to him by Qian Ye, and Marco invited him into the cavern to meet Whitebeard.
• As Zhao Hai followed Ace into the cavern, heavy footsteps and the sound of Murakumogiri striking the ground announced Whitebeard’s approach.

Zhao Hai demonstrated the power of his medicine, Seastone technology, and chakra to Whitebeard, then revealed the alliance’s plan to overturn the old world order. Whitebeard cleared the cavern so they could speak privately, and Zhao Hai marked Mary Geoise on a sea chart as their target.

• Whitebeard tested Zhao Hai with Conqueror’s Haki, but Zhao Hai held his ground and earned Whitebeard’s respect.
• Zhao Hai gave Marco three doses of Hashirama Cell-enhanced medicine, which rapidly healed a dying Whitebeard pirate commander.
• Zhao Hai presented Whitebeard’s crew with neutralized Seastone and a chakra cultivation scroll, explaining that Qian Ye’s alliance was preparing to overturn the existing order.
• Whitebeard ordered Jozu, Vista, and the other pirates to guard the cavern perimeter, leaving himself, Ace, Marco, and Zhao Hai alone.
• Zhao Hai spread out a sea chart and pointed to Mary Geoise as the focus of their plan.