Chapter Summaries

Hai Ming fused the Douluo World into the Pokémon World, sealed the Ultra Space passages, and oversaw changes to the Pokémon League and the founding of Spirit Hall. As powerful Pokémon gathered to compete for the chance to become Source Divine Beasts, Mewtwo revealed that Hai Ming’s Martial Soul was Kyogre.

• Hai Ming ordered Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, Zhu Zhuqing, Giovanni, and Cynthia to establish Spirit Hall, calm the divine beasts, and purge the Pokémon League’s leadership.
• Hai Ming relocated everyone from Alola, extracted the Douluo World’s origin power, and transferred the Douluo Continent into the Pokémon World while moving the Sun-Moon Continent to the Demon Martial World.
• After more than half a year of fusion work, Hai Ming told Zhu Zhuqing that the Douluo World had become part of the Pokémon World and that he had sealed the passages to Ultra Space.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that Qian Renxue had established Spirit Hall and that Professor Oak had become president of a reorganized Pokémon League.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing reunited with their family and friends, while Tang San decided to visit the Pokémon Continent with his wife and child.
• Mewtwo told the gathered divine beasts that the new ruler possessed a Martial Soul, then revealed that Hai Ming’s Martial Soul was Kyogre.

Hai Ming revealed that he had provoked the First-Level Gods into attacking Kyogre to demonstrate Kyogre’s strength, then proposed moving the gods to Demon Martial World so they could advance into Source Divine Beasts. The gods divided over whether to leave, and Hai Ming gave those departing a month to settle their affairs.

• Ho-Oh, Kyurem, Rayquaza, and Groudon attacked Kyogre, but Kyogre entered Primal Reversion and defeated Groudon while effortlessly countering the others.
• Kyogre said Hai Ming had never promised him advancement, then used Origin Pulse to convince the divine beasts to stop fighting.
• Hai Ming arrived and admitted he had controlled Mewtwo to provoke the gods, explaining that he wanted them to govern Demon Martial World rather than leave Kyogre in charge of Pokémon World.
• Kyogre refused to manage the entire world, while Hai Ming proposed sending the First-Level Gods to Demon Martial World and letting the Pokémon League, Spirit Hall, and Sea God Island govern Pokémon World.
• Lugia, Celebi, and the Tao Dragon Trio chose to stay, while Regigigas and Ho-Oh chose to leave; Hai Ming gave those leaving one month to settle their affairs.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing visited the Holy Demon Continent to see Cai'er and check on Long Haochen, only to find that Haochen had entered the Eternal Tower. Hao Yue explained how Haochen’s campaign had transformed the war and revealed that Feng Xiu had retired after peace was reached.

• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing discussed settling Ho-Oh and the others in the eastern Demon Martial World, then traveled to the Holy Demon Continent using Hao Yue’s coordinates.
• They arrived in a barren wasteland and learned from Hao Yue that Long Haochen and Cai'er had gone into the tower.
• Hao Yue told Hai Ming that Long Haochen had destroyed more than a dozen Demon God Pillars, repeatedly escaping Feng Xiu and continuing his attacks on demons who harmed humanity.
• After five years, Long Haochen and Cai'er reached the Ninth Rank, the squad averaged the Eighth Rank, and only ten Demon God Pillars remained; the surviving demon gods declared peaceful coexistence with humanity.
• Feng Xiu revealed that his pursuit of Long Haochen had been an act, handed the Demon Race’s affairs to the Moon Demon God, and imprisoned himself on the Holy Mountain to retire.

Hao Yue explained that Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er had entered the Eternal Tower to seek its power, prompting Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to teleport there. The reunited group prepared to meet Electrolux, whose inheritance required them to acknowledge him as their master.

• Hao Yue told Hai Ming that Cai'er had found records of the Eternal Tower and entered its trials with Long Haochen, while Hao Yue waited outside as their safeguard.
• Hai Ming used the connection between his Genesis Throne and the Eternal Tower to teleport himself and Zhu Zhuqing to Long Haochen and Cai'er.
• Long Haochen and Cai'er explained that they had cleared the sixth floor and learned that controlling the Eternal Tower required accepting Electrolux as their master.
• Hai Ming praised Long Haochen's strength, while Zhu Zhuqing comforted Cai'er and dismissed Long Haochen's offer to take the blame.
• Hai Ming said he wanted to meet Electrolux and see why he expected Hai Ming's disciples to become his students.

Long Haochen, Sheng Cai'er, Hai Ming, and Zhu Zhuqing reached the seventh floor of the Eternal Tower, where Cai'er refused Electrolux's inheritance and sought only to claim the tower. Hai Ming subdued Electrolux and helped Cai'er refine the tower, then revealed that he planned to help Long Haochen enter the God Realm and become a god.

• The group crossed the Heaven-Piercing Road after Hai Ming dispelled Electrolux's demand that they kneel.
• Cai'er told Electrolux she wanted the Eternal Tower, not his inheritance, and Hai Ming struck him when he threatened her.
• Zhu Zhuqing advised Cai'er to refine the Eternal Tower, while Hai Ming sealed Electrolux inside a ring.
• Cai'er marked the Eternal Tower and completed its refinement, changing its master.
• Hai Ming told Zhu Zhuqing he had a plan for Cai'er and decided Long Haochen needed only a final opportunity to enter the God Realm and become a god.

Hai Ming brought Long Haochen to the God Realm to transform his power into divine power, then traveled with Zhu Zhuqing to a new world that he recognized as the world of pirates. They confronted Shanks’s crew and crushed them with overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki before asking for a ride.

• Hai Ming left Long Haochen in the God Realm to cultivate divine power and told Sheng Cai'er she could visit him briefly without risking assimilation.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing entered a strange world dominated by oceans, found an uninhabited island, and discovered the sea welcomed Hai Ming.
• Hai Ming recognized the Calm Belt and realized the world matched his memories of the pirate world.
• Benn Beckman spotted Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing flying toward Shanks’s ship, and Shanks released his Conqueror’s Haki when they landed.
• Hai Ming overwhelmed Shanks’s crew with his own Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Shanks and Benn Beckman conscious, and asked them for a ride.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing traveled with the Red Hair Pirates to East Blue, where Hai Ming examined a Gum-Gum Fruit and the crew reached Windmill Village. The chapter ended with Hai Ming spotting a boy pushing through the villagers, seemingly the next disciple they had come to find.

• Hai Ming defeated Shanks and his crew, then studied the Gum-Gum Fruit they had taken from CP.
• Hai Ming’s group entered East Blue and sank a pirate ship that attacked the Red Force.
• Benn Beckman urged Yasopp to return to his wife and son, and gave him gold coins for the journey.
• The Red Hair Pirates reached Windmill Village, where Shanks persuaded the wary villagers to stand down.
• Hai Ming spotted a little boy forcing his way through the crowd.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing met young Luffy in Windmill Village, where Hai Ming won him over with a roasted wild boar and offered to make him his disciple. The chapter ended with Luffy eagerly accepting after Hai Ming promised he could become strong enough to beat up his grandfather.

• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived at Makino's tavern, where Shanks became smitten with her.
• Hai Ming lured hungry Luffy to a roasted wild boar, and Luffy ate nearly half before leaving without noticing Hai Ming's offer to become his disciple.
• Luffy returned to the tavern and told Makino and Shanks that a handsome uncle had fed him.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing entered the tavern, and Shanks questioned why they were still in Windmill Village.
• Hai Ming reminded Luffy that eating his boar meant he had to become his disciple, then promised to help him gain power and beat up his grandfather.
• Hai Ming immobilized Luffy with a touch, and Luffy eagerly called him Master.

Hai Ming awakened Luffy’s Martial Soul at Windmill Village, granting him a Sea God Dragon and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Luffy’s first battle with Shanks showed that his new powers could already make the famed pirate take him seriously.

• Hai Ming accepted five-and-a-half-year-old Luffy as his disciple and took him to the shore to awaken his Martial Soul.
• Hai Ming used a blue-gold array to awaken Luffy’s Sea God Dragon Martial Soul, while the sea concealed the power from the world’s backlash.
• Luffy received a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and discovered the Soul Skills Dragon Dance and Dragon Rage.
• Hai Ming told Luffy to test his skills against Shanks, and Luffy used Dragon Dance to boost his strength before firing Dragon Rage.
• Shanks blocked Luffy’s orange fireball with Gryphon, but the clash made his sword hand tremble.

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Luffy trained with Shanks and grew strong enough to defeat a gigantic saber-toothed tiger, then brought Ace and Sabo to meet Hai Ming after the three became sworn brothers. Hai Ming welcomed the reunited Three Brothers, while Luffy’s extraordinary power continued to set him apart.

• Luffy used Dragon Rage and Soru to fight Shanks for five minutes before Hai Ming restored his strength.
• Dadan mistook the Red Hair Pirates for attackers at Makino’s tavern, then apologized and drank with Lucky Roux.
• Hai Ming taught Luffy to control his Soul Power, raising his strength to rival a Marine lieutenant commander without Dragon Dance.
• While accompanying Makino to deliver liquor, Luffy met Ace and Sabo, defeated a saber-toothed tiger with Dragon Rage, and became their eldest sworn brother.
• Luffy brought Ace and Sabo to Hai Ming’s wooden house and excitedly introduced them to his master.

Hai Ming took Ace and Sabo as disciples, forbade them from becoming pirates, and helped them awaken powerful Martial Souls and gain Soul Rings. When bandits appeared in Windmill Village, he sent Luffy and his brothers to confront them, leaving the pirates stunned by the children’s strength.

• Hai Ming accepted Ace and Sabo as disciples and ordered them never to harm fellow disciples or become pirates.
• Ace awakened Flareon and Sabo awakened Jolteon, then both gained hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings from Hai Ming.
• Ace demonstrated his fire abilities and Sabo displayed his lightning skills before Hai Ming led the Three Brothers home.
• Hai Ming spotted bandits leaving Makino's Bar and told Luffy to kill them, while Ace and Sabo rushed ahead to attack.
• Ace burned two bandits, Sabo struck down the others except Higuma, and Luffy knocked Higuma flying with a punch.

After more than half a year of training under Hai Ming, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo had grown stronger and closer as brothers. When Garp arrived in Windmill Village, they launched a coordinated attack on him, ending with Luffy landing a powerful punch.

• Shanks watched Luffy, Ace, and Sabo defeat bandits, while Sabo explained that Hai Ming had ordered them to kill.
• Hai Ming cleaned Luffy with a flick of blue light, fed the Three Brothers, and taught Ace and Sabo Meditation.
• Luffy, Ace, and Sabo built a little cabin with Shanks's help and spent more than half a year training under Hai Ming.
• Garp arrived in Windmill Village and was shocked to find Ace with Luffy, while the Three Brothers prepared to confront him.
• Ace used Blaze and Ring of Fire as Sabo attacked Garp with lightning, then Luffy struck him with Dragon Ascent stacked with Dragon Fist.

Luffy, Ace, and Sabo ambushed Garp with their Martial Souls and Soul Skills, but could not defeat him. After Hai Ming arrived, Garp asked to learn the power and was bound to endure a three-day Soul Power windmill as the price.

• Luffy, Ace, and Sabo attacked Garp with their Soul Skills, but Garp defended himself with Haki and struck back with Iron Fist.
• Ace, Luffy, and Sabo revealed that their powers came from Martial Souls, not Devil Fruits, and showed Garp their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Garp asked who had taught them, and Ace refused to reveal Hai Ming before Garp could hit him.
• Hai Ming appeared, blocked Garp’s punch, and agreed that Garp could obtain a Martial Soul if he became one of his students’ disciple.
• When Garp rejected the idea of taking his grandson as his master, Hai Ming bound him and set him spinning in a Soul Power windmill for three days as an alternative way to gain a Martial Soul.

Sengoku learned that Garp had returned to East Blue because the Red Hair Pirates had once stayed near his grandson Luffy, then received news that Garp had killed Golden Lion Shiki. Garp revealed his new Martial Soul power as he attacked Shiki, while Morgans prepared to publicize the power across the sea.

• Sengoku discovered that Garp had returned to Windmill Village after Sengoku casually told him to go wherever he wanted, and Tsuru explained that the Red Hair Pirates had recently been in East Blue.
• Tsuru reassured Sengoku that Garp and his grandson Luffy were safe, and Sengoku asked her to monitor the Red Hair Pirates and suggested bringing Luffy to Marineford for Zephyr to train.
• Bogard reported that Garp had encountered and killed Golden Lion Shiki, leaving Sengoku and Tsuru stunned.
• Morgans learned about the power of Martial Souls and ordered his staff to print and distribute an article about it.
• Garp revealed to Bogard that he had obtained a Martial Soul, spotted Shiki's floating island, transformed into the Iron Fist Panda, and leaped up to confront him.
• Garp smashed Shiki's palace and announced that his Martial Soul was the Iron Fist Panda before their fists collided.

Garp used his newly acquired Martial Soul powers to overpower Golden Lion Shiki and destroy his stronghold, Vermeil. Shiki made a final stand with his full strength, but Garp struck him with a Million-Ton Punch, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Garp overwhelmed Shiki with powerful Soul Skills, while Shiki attacked with his swords and floating islands.
• Shiki retreated to Vermeil, and Garp smashed the pursuing floating islands before chasing him there.
• Garp froze Vermeil and struck Shiki with a Sonic Fist, knocking out a tooth and nearly incapacitating him.
• Shiki pulled the ship's wheel from his head, broke his legs, and unleashed his full strength against Garp.
• Garp countered Shiki's attacks with his Million-Ton Punch and struck him squarely in the chest.

Garp returned to Marineford after killing Golden Lion, and Morgans’s reports spread word of Garp’s mysterious Martial Soul power. At Marine Headquarters, Garp demonstrated several elemental abilities in a spar with Aokiji, leaving the admiral frozen in ice.

• Garp returned to his warship after killing Golden Lion, while Bogard mistook his private thoughts for grief over an old rival’s death.
• Garp reflected on the power of his punch and on Luffy and the other children’s potential, then his warship reached Marineford two days later.
• Sengoku, Gion, Aokiji, and Tsuru welcomed Garp as Morgans’s newspaper spread news of his new power, and Tsuru warned that the Marines needed to secure the Float-Float Fruit.
• Garp chose Aokiji as a sparring partner and revealed fiery, lightning, and icy attacks that stunned the watching Marines.
• Aokiji charged Garp with an ice weapon, but Garp froze him solid as Morgans’s News Coo captured the fight.

Garp’s victory over Aokiji drew the Four Emperors’ crews to East Blue, where Hai Ming destroyed the invading pirates, including Kaido, then obliterated the World Government and split the Red Line. After giving Luffy, Ace, and Sabo powerful Soul Rings, Hai Ming prepared to leave the world, while his disciples promised to meet him again.

• Garp defeated Aokiji with a single punch, and Morgans broadcast the fight, drawing the Four Emperors’ attention to East Blue.
• Big Mom, Kaido, and Whitebeard sent forces toward East Blue, but Luffy, Ace, and Sabo fought the pirates before Hai Ming wiped them out, including Kaido.
• Kizaru reported the battle to Sengoku, who began preparing for war, while Tsuru revealed that the Red Line and the World Government had been destroyed.
• Hai Ming explained that he had crushed Imu and torn apart the Red Line after a Celestial Dragon vessel attacked his group.
• Hai Ming gave Luffy, Ace, and Sabo God-Bestowed Soul Rings and told them he was leaving; Ace and Sabo bowed as the three disciples asked him to take care.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Dou Qi World and arrived at Cloud Mist Mountain as Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their Three-Year Agreement battle. After learning that Nalan Yanran had received only the basic Asura Sword inheritance, Xiao Yan fought with confidence while Nalan Yanran gambled everything on completing its ninth sword.

• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Dou Qi World, learned from Gu Nanhai that Xiao Yan and the others had gone to the Misty Cloud Sect, and traveled to Cloud Mist Mountain.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran met at the summit and agreed to fight in a separate space created by Gu Yuan so they would not destroy the mountain.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that she was a One-Transformation Peak Dou Venerable, while Xiao Yan showed that he was a Nine-Star Peak Dou Venerable and attacked with a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Hai Ming arrived, and Zhu Zhuqing explained to Xiao Xun'er, Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan that Nalan Yanran had received only the basic Asura God Sword techniques.
• After Xiao Yan easily blocked Nalan Yanran's eighth sword, Nalan Yanran gambled on completing the Asura Ninth Sword, Slaughter, during the battle.

Nalan Yanran fought Xiao Yan and struggled to master Asura’s Ninth Sword, Slaughter, while Asura guided her through a virtual world of countless battles. Her final strike shattered Xiao Yan’s fire lotus and Gu Yuan’s dimensional space before Hai Ming halted the destruction, and Asura revealed that Nalan Yanran was fated to him.

• Nalan Yanran’s Ninth Sword failed to break Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame Eternal Ancient Ruler, and he repeatedly drove her back.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Asura’s image behind Nalan Yanran and discussed taking her as a disciple if she comprehended the inheritance.
• Asura sent Nalan Yanran into a virtual world, where she fought through countless battles before returning injured and continuing the duel.
• Xiao Yan prepared his Buddha’s Fury Lotus as Nalan Yanran accepted that she might lose, while Hai Ming sealed Yun Shan’s Dou Qi and Yun Shan fell to his death.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed the Ninth Sword again, and Asura’s true sword shattered the fire lotus and Gu Yuan’s dimensional space.
• Hai Ming froze the fighters and the aftershock, then heard Asura say that Nalan Yanran was fated to him and ask him to look after her.