Chapter Summaries

Qian Ye traded Sea King flesh to Orochimaru for improved Hashirama cell vitality serum, then used it to strengthen the Seventh Legion’s Uchiha and Hyuga members. He presented Danzo with photographs of an island base and exaggerated the Sea King swimming nearby into a giant summoned beast guarding the island.

• Qian Ye gave Orochimaru fresh Sea King flesh and received two cases of improved Hashirama cell vitality serum.
• Qian Ye distributed the serum to the Uchiha and Hyuga members training at the Seventh Legion’s underground base.
• The serum strengthened the ninja, and more than a dozen Uchiha advanced their Sharingan while Uchiha Yan reached three tomoe.
• Qian Ye learned Danzo had arrived and returned to the command post to meet him.
• Qian Ye showed Danzo photographs of an island on the Grand Line and claimed it was Root’s overseas forward base.
• When Danzo asked about a dark shape in the harbor, Qian Ye claimed it was one of over a hundred giant summoned beasts guarding the island.

Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly sent ANBU to investigate Qian Ye’s South District camp, but Qian Ye’s men captured and publicly humiliated them. Hiruzen’s authority was undermined, Danzo mocked him, and a hidden watcher took an interest in Qian Ye’s growing power.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered eight ANBU to infiltrate the South District Camp and search for evidence of Qian Ye’s hidden funds and weapons.
• Uchiha Yan and the South District youths detected the intruders, defeated all eight ANBU, and captured them.
• Qian Ye ordered the ANBU stripped to their underwear, hung upside down outside the Hokage Building, and labeled as infiltrating thieves.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi crushed his pipe in fury but could not publicly admit the ANBU had been sent without a written order.
• Shimura Danzō mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi and warned him against targeting Qian Ye and the Seventh Legion again.
• A hidden figure beneath the Hokage Building watched the South District and remarked that Qian Ye’s power was becoming stranger.

Black Zetsu used a Chinoike rogue ninja to attack Qian Ye, but Bullet’s Conqueror’s Haki shattered the attack and broke Black Zetsu’s control. Qian Ye and Bullet pursued Black Zetsu beyond Konoha, where they cornered him in the forest.

• Black Zetsu possessed a Chinoike rogue ninja in Konoha High-Security Prison and ordered him to kill the guards and Qian Ye.
• The rogue ninja attacked Qian Ye’s late-night meal, but Bullet’s Conqueror’s Haki destroyed the blood blades and shattered Black Zetsu’s mental imprint.
• Qian Ye released an air cannon that killed the rogue ninja and demolished part of the abandoned shopping street.
• Qian Ye sensed Black Zetsu underground and left Konoha with Bullet to pursue him.
• Qian Ye and Bullet intercepted Black Zetsu outside the village, but Black Zetsu fled deeper into the forest.

Qian Ye and Bullet cornered Black Zetsu near the Valley of the End, where Qian Ye resisted his soul attack and pinned him with a seastone Black Blade. Qian Ye took a piece of Black Zetsu for the Cross-World Chat Group Storage Space, then let the wounded mastermind escape because he still had use for him.

• Black Zetsu summoned over a hundred White Zetsu clones and tried to flee while they attacked Qian Ye and Bullet.
• Bullet slaughtered the White Zetsu as Black Zetsu attempted to invade Qian Ye’s mind, but Qian Ye’s soul repelled him and left him badly injured.
• Qian Ye used his seastone Black Blade to pin Black Zetsu to a boulder and suppress his chakra.
• Qian Ye cut a large piece of Black Zetsu’s body off and stored it in the Cross-World Chat Group Storage Space.
• Qian Ye kicked Black Zetsu into the river and allowed him to escape, telling Bullet that Black Zetsu was still useful alive.

Qian Ye gave Orochimaru Black Zetsu’s tissue to develop a body-enhancement drug and sent Zhao Hai weapons for the coming Paramount War. As Marineford prepared for Whitebeard’s attack, Zhao Hai strengthened his Marines and gained Akainu’s support, while the Red Hair Pirates appeared in the outer security waters.

• Qian Ye gave Orochimaru Black Zetsu’s tissue and ordered him to develop an enhancement drug for ordinary people within a month.
• Qian Ye sent Zhao Hai High-Purity Explosive Tags and chakra-conducting metal through the Cross-Border Mutual Aid Group.
• Sengoku publicly revealed that Portgas D. Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son as Whitebeard’s forty-three affiliated ships vanished and his forces headed for Marineford.
• Zhao Hai had his officers modify artillery shells with Explosive Tags and taught them a simplified chakra technique that let them breathe fire.
• Akainu saw Zhao Hai’s Marines training, praised the technique, and promised to secure them heavy weapons for the front line.
• The Red Hair Pirates emerged from the mist and sailed toward the Marine patrol fleet outside Marineford.

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.