Chapter Summaries

Beiyuan Heng fought Finn Harris and then Ryan Hunter, whose Thunder Bagua-like attack forced him into a fierce close-quarters battle. Ryan transformed into his Honey Badger form, and the chapter ended with the two clashing amid the devastated battlefield.

• Finn Harris attacked Beiyuan Heng with Air Bullets, but Beiyuan Heng evaded them using Paper Arts and slipped behind him.
• Beiyuan Heng struck Harris over the heart with Shigan: Fang, but Harris hardened his muscles to block the blow and retreated in alarm.
• Ryan Hunter silenced the jeering pirates and attacked Beiyuan Heng with his spiked club, which Beiyuan Heng met with a long sword.
• Beiyuan Heng returned the force of Ryan's Thunder Bagua-like strike with Iron Body: Utsugi Resonance, making Ryan stumble backward.
• Ryan transformed into his Dog-Dog Fruit: Honey Badger Form, shattered Beiyuan Heng's sword, and resumed attacking as Beiyuan Heng blocked the spiked club with his hardened hands.

Beiyuan Heng defeated Ryan Hunter after enduring his imitation of Kaido’s Thunder Bagua and countering with Armament Haki, Rankyaku, and Rokuogan. Ryan regained consciousness in agony and realized that his Honey Badger Fruit’s regeneration, rather than his strength, had let him survive Kaido’s attack.

• Ryan Hunter intensified his beast form and launched a suicidal assault, but Beiyuan Heng blasted him through several buildings.
• Ryan Hunter’s wounds repeatedly healed as he attacked, while Beiyuan Heng’s precise strikes gradually slowed his regeneration.
• Ryan Hunter used Virtue: Bagua, but Beiyuan Heng protected himself with a pitch-black coating that sent the club’s recoil back through Ryan’s arms.
• Beiyuan Heng restrained Ryan Hunter with Rankyaku: Entangling Shadow and knocked him unconscious with Rokuogan.
• Ryan Hunter woke on the ground, badly injured, and realized he had only survived Kaido’s Thunder Bagua because of the Honey Badger Fruit’s ability.

Beiyuan Heng captured Ryan Hunter and cleared the pirates from Area 5, then held a celebration banquet for the Marines and civilians. His victory spread his reputation across the Sabaody Archipelago, while Kizaru visited the district and Beiyuan Heng continued practicing with his sword.

• Hina trapped the fleeing pirates with Feather Cage, and Beiyuan Heng ordered the Marines to arrest them.
• Beiyuan Heng rejected Ryan Hunter's offer to bargain and ordered Smoker to imprison him for transfer to Impel Down.
• After the remaining pirates in Area 5 were dealt with, Beiyuan Heng declared a celebration banquet to reward the exhausted Marines.
• Several days later, Marines and civilians gathered at Roger's Bar, where Kizaru visited Area 5 and lounged after briefly praising Beiyuan Heng.
• Beiyuan Heng credited the Marines' collective effort in his banquet speech, then continued practicing swordsmanship around the district.

Several months after arriving at Sabaody Archipelago, Beiyuan Heng gained new traits and unlocked the Swordsman profession after a samurai from Wano Country praised his swordsmanship. He used the profession’s reward draw to gain Iron Grip, strengthening his hands, and realized he could have crushed Ryan Hunter’s spiked club with it.

• Beiyuan Heng noticed that his panel had gained Calm and Somewhat Famous, traits linked to his experiences facing pirates and becoming known in several regions.
• He realized that a samurai from Wano Country had recognized his swordsmanship after sparring with him in Region 5, unlocking the Swordsman profession.
• Beiyuan Heng found that the Swordsman profession had deepened his understanding of swordsmanship and considered how his other professions might boost his abilities.
• He washed his hands and face before using his profession reward draw, which gave him the Iron Grip trait.
• Beiyuan Heng tested his stronger grip and concluded that he could deform or crush ordinary steel, and could have crushed Ryan Hunter’s spiked club.

Beiyuan Heng fought a group of Sun Pirates Fish-Men in Sabaody Archipelago's Area 8 after stumbling upon them during a patrol. When Hatchan launched a spinning six-blade attack, Jinbe emerged from the sea and struck Beiyuan Heng with a powerful current, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Beiyuan Heng encountered Sun Pirates Fish-Men in Area 8 and sent his accompanying Marine soldiers to summon reinforcements before fighting the group.
• Beiyuan Heng used Demon Cutter to hold off the Fish-Men while investigating why they had come to the surface.
• Hatchan attacked Beiyuan Heng with his Six-Sword Style Secret Technique: Six-Sword Dance.
• Jinbe emerged from the sea and hurled a powerful torrent at Beiyuan Heng, who narrowly dodged it.

Beiyuan Heng jumped into the sea to confront Jinbe, using his swimming skill and swordsmanship to fight him underwater. After copying a fish-man’s ability to speak underwater, he warned Jinbe that Marine reinforcements were coming.

• Beiyuan Heng knocked Hatchan down and leaped into the seawater channel, surprising the fish-men and the trapped Marines.
• Beiyuan Heng swam through the fish-men’s attacks and challenged Jinbe, who struck him with Fish-Man Karate: Karakusa Gawara Seiken.
• Beiyuan Heng cut through Jinbe’s shockwave and tried to attack from behind, but Jinbe overwhelmed him with a surge of seawater.
• Beiyuan Heng locked hands with Jinbe underwater and used Life Return Secret Art: Imitation to copy his ability to breathe and speak underwater.
• Beiyuan Heng told Jinbe to stop fighting because Marine reinforcements would soon arrive, then revealed that he had been the one speaking.

Beiyuan Heng warned Jinbe that Kizaru was coming and let him escape, while Kizaru’s attack failed to stop the Sun Pirates from diving underwater. The Marines concluded that the Sun Pirates were operating nearby and that Fisher Tiger was likely hiding on Fish-Man Island.

• Beiyuan Heng warned Jinbe that Kizaru was approaching and explained that he opposed the Celestial Dragons, then allowed Jinbe to leave.
• Jinbe used Fish-Man Jujutsu to send his companions fleeing through powerful currents, and Beiyuan Heng pretended to pursue them too late to stop their escape.
• Kizaru arrived and fired Yasakani no Magatama at the fleeing fish-men, who dived underwater to evade the lasers.
• Kizaru returned to Beiyuan Heng and claimed the mission had failed, while Beiyuan Heng suspected he had helped the Sun Pirates escape.
• Beiyuan Heng told the Marines that the Sun Pirates were operating in the area and that Fisher Tiger was likely hiding on Fish-Man Island.

Beiyuan Heng reported his failed attempt to stop Jinbe and the Sun Pirates to Kizaru, who praised his abilities and offered to recommend him to Admiral Zephyr for personal training. Beiyuan Heng eagerly accepted, and Kizaru promised to raise the matter when he returned to Marine Headquarters, leaving Beiyuan Heng to await Zephyr's decision.

• Beiyuan Heng gave Kizaru a full account of finding Jinbe and the Sun Pirates and failing to stop them.
• Kizaru praised Beiyuan Heng's skills and swimming ability, then offered to recommend him to Admiral Zephyr for training.
• Beiyuan Heng welcomed the chance to learn Haki from Zephyr and explained that he still lacked strength and guidance.
• Beiyuan Heng thanked Kizaru formally and accepted his offer to make the recommendation.
• Kizaru said he would speak to Zephyr while returning to Marine Headquarters and told Beiyuan Heng to wait for news at his post.

Beiyuan Heng received new swimming-related traits and learned that Marine Headquarters would send another admiral candidate to Sabaody in Kizaru’s place. A report about three newly arrived sisters drew him to Area 30, where the girls watched the crowd fearfully beside a strange sail-less ship.

• Kizaru remained away on another urgent mission, and Headquarters told Beiyuan Heng that another admiral candidate would take over his duties at Sabaody.
• The system upgraded Beiyuan Heng’s Swimming Mastery to Swimming Pinnacle and gave him the Fish-Man Friend trait after his actions involving the Sun Pirates.
• A Marine report said three suspected freed slaves had arrived in Area 30, and Beiyuan Heng suspected they were the Snake Princess Sisters.
• Beiyuan Heng went personally to Area 30, carrying Demon Cutter and wearing his Marine cape.
• A strange sail-less ship docked in Area 30, while the three ragged girls huddled together and watched the nearby crowd fearfully.

Beiyuan Heng found pirates looting a drifting ship, captured a pirate who had eaten the Sheep-Sheep Fruit, and approached three girls hiding nearby. Hancock prepared to draw his attention so her younger sisters could escape and find the Empress of Amazon.

• Beiyuan Heng saw pirates ransacking the sail-less ship while a group of punks fled after warning them that Marines were coming.
• A scar-faced pirate found a Devil Fruit, ate it, and transformed into a sheep-like Zoan user.
• Beiyuan Heng swiftly struck down the transformed pirate, and the damaged ship split apart and sank.
• Beiyuan Heng sensed fearful watchers in a nearby corner and walked toward the hiding girls.
• Hancock told her orange-haired and emerald-green-haired sisters to flee and find the Empress of Amazon while she stayed behind to distract Beiyuan Heng.

Beiyuan Heng encountered the young Hancock as she tried to protect her sisters while escaping Mary Geoise. After her Devil Fruit attacks failed to affect him, he knocked her unconscious without injuring her, leaving her sisters’ escape underway.

• Hancock emerged from the shadows and fired Love-Love Mellow at Beiyuan Heng, but the beam passed through him without effect.
• Beiyuan Heng tried to reassure Hancock, but her fear and hatred of men kept her from listening.
• Hancock saw her two sisters sneaking away and charged Beiyuan Heng to buy them time.
• Hancock attacked with Perfume Femur, but Beiyuan Heng dodged her kick.
• Beiyuan Heng struck the back of Hancock’s neck with his blade and knocked her unconscious.

Hancock woke in Shakky’s Rip-off Bar after Beiyuan Heng brought her there, and reunited with her younger sisters outside. Shakky cleared the bar after hearing Hancock mention Amazon and asked Beiyuan Heng to explain what had happened and why he sought her help.

• Hancock woke in Shakky’s bar, remembered Beiyuan Heng knocking her unconscious, and cautiously went outside.
• Hancock’s younger sisters rushed to her, and she embraced them before noticing Beiyuan Heng sparring with a silver-haired man.
• The chapter revealed that Beiyuan Heng had secretly carried Hancock to Area 13 and brought her to Shakky for help after she mentioned Amazon.
• Shakky recognized the importance of Amazon, closed the bar, and asked Beiyuan Heng what had happened to Hancock and why he had come to her.

Beiyuan Heng explained to Shakky that he had brought Hancock to her so she could help return the escaped slave to Amazon Lily. Rayleigh arrived with Hancock’s younger sisters, who recognized Beiyuan Heng as the man who had taken their sister and called on Rayleigh to save her.

• Shakky released her Conqueror's Haki against Beiyuan Heng, but he remained calm and introduced himself as a Marine Commodore.
• Beiyuan Heng told Shakky that Hancock had escaped from Mary Geoise and asked her to help contact Amazon Lily.
• Shakky challenged Beiyuan Heng over the Marines' ties to the Celestial Dragons, and he said their rule would eventually collapse.
• Beiyuan Heng asked where Rayleigh was, and Shakky said he was probably gambling.
• Rayleigh arrived with Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold, who recognized Beiyuan Heng and begged Rayleigh to save their sister.
• Rayleigh questioned Beiyuan Heng, who introduced himself and acknowledged Rayleigh's reputation.

Beiyuan Heng asked Rayleigh to spar after arranging for Rayleigh and Shakky to help the two girls return to Amazon Lily. Rayleigh easily overwhelmed him, leaving Beiyuan Heng injured but more determined, and Beiyuan Heng asked to see the full extent of the gap between them.

• Rayleigh told Beiyuan Heng that Hatchan had asked him to help the freed slaves, and the two girls rushed to Hancock after Beiyuan Heng reassured them that she was safe.
• Beiyuan Heng asked Shakky and Rayleigh to help the girls return safely to Amazon Lily, then explained that his sense of justice was for ordinary people rather than the World Government.
• Beiyuan Heng challenged Rayleigh to spar, and Rayleigh agreed before they went outside the bar.
• Rayleigh deflected Beiyuan Heng's attacks with ease, and Beiyuan Heng's powerful kick rebounded off Rayleigh and sent him crashing into a giant tree.
• Beiyuan Heng recognized the enormous gap between their strength and valued the experience, then asked Rayleigh to show him just how great that gap was.

Rayleigh showed Beiyuan Heng the full force of his Other Shore Blade, and Beiyuan Heng endured the strike’s overwhelming Haki without losing consciousness. After seeing Beiyuan Heng recover quickly, Rayleigh recognized his impressive will, while Hancock reconsidered the Marine who had helped her.

• Beiyuan Heng asked Rayleigh to show him a serious strike, and Rayleigh agreed.
• Rayleigh unleashed Other Shore Blade with Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki coating, leaving Beiyuan Heng unable to move under its pressure.
• Rayleigh stopped the slash before it struck, and Beiyuan Heng recovered from the experience while drenched in cold sweat.
• Rayleigh praised Beiyuan Heng's will and privately recognized his potential as a king.
• Rayleigh's display left Hancock's younger sisters collapsed, while Hancock watched Beiyuan Heng with complicated feelings.

Beiyuan Heng, Rayleigh, and Shakky arranged a discreet rendezvous near Amazon Lily to return Hancock and her sisters. As the group prepared to travel, Beiyuan Heng chose to escort them himself, hoping to deepen their impressions of him and learn from Rayleigh.

• After sparring with Rayleigh, Beiyuan Heng joined him and Shakky in the bar, where Shakky revealed she had contacted Amazon Lily with a Den Den Mushi.
• Beiyuan Heng agreed to take the three Boa sisters and Rayleigh to a meeting point near the Calm Belt aboard a Marine warship, while the others disguised themselves as a family fleeing disaster.
• Beiyuan Heng refused Rayleigh's offer to take the girls back alone and insisted on escorting them, hoping to strengthen their awareness of him and study Haki with Rayleigh.
• Hancock and her sisters rested safely in Shakky's bar, and Hancock resolved to become strong like Shakky and protect her sisters.
• Shakky dressed the sisters in plain clothes, and Rayleigh changed and tidied himself so they would look the part of a displaced family.

Beiyuan Heng received orders to return to Marineford within three days and decided to take Hancock and her sisters back to Amazon first. When Hancock worried that helping them might get him punished, he revealed that he was also a CP9 agent.

• Marine Headquarters told Beiyuan Heng that Aokiji, Kuzan, would replace Kizaru at Sabaody and ordered him to attend an important meeting at Marineford within three days.
• Beiyuan Heng told Hina to prepare the warship to sail, then went to Shakky's Rip-off Bar in Grove 13.
• Beiyuan Heng offered to take Hancock and her sisters back to Amazon, but Shakky and Rayleigh warned that the trip might interfere with his deadline and anger Sengoku.
• Hancock said she would rather wait than risk Beiyuan Heng being punished, so Beiyuan Heng showed her his CP9 Agent ID and revealed he was a CP9 agent captain.

Beiyuan Heng took Hancock and her sisters from Sabaody Archipelago toward Amazon Lily, using his agent ID to reassure Rayleigh and arranging the voyage with Hina. At the edge of the Calm Belt, they reunited with Gloriosa, who had come to receive them.

• Rayleigh laughed at Beiyuan Heng's agent ID and concluded that it let him disregard his superior's orders.
• Beiyuan Heng brought Rayleigh, Hancock, and her sisters aboard his warship and told Hina he was escorting a family home.
• The warship sailed from Sabaody Archipelago and reached the Calm Belt after three calm days.
• Beiyuan Heng ordered the warship to stop when he spotted a vessel pulled by giant sea serpents near the Calm Belt.
• Hancock and her sisters called out to the approaching ship, and Gloriosa rode a sea serpent onto the warship's deck.
• Hancock recognized Gloriosa and called her Grandma.

Beiyuan Heng’s group reunited Hancock and her sisters with Gloriosa, while Rayleigh reassured Gloriosa that Shakky was well. As the fleet resumed its journey to Marine Headquarters, Beiyuan Heng used his CP9 identity to justify the delay and revealed his secret to Hina and Smoker.

• Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold called Gloriosa their grandmother, moving Gloriosa as she reflected on the people and friends she had left behind.
• Rayleigh told Gloriosa that Shakky was living peacefully, and Gloriosa nodded in silence.
• After resting, the group returned to the ship aboard a sea serpent, with Rayleigh claiming to be Hancock’s father and Beiyuan Heng’s fleet setting course for Marine Headquarters.
• Hina asked how the group would explain missing the order to return within three days, and Beiyuan Heng showed his CP9 document and called the diversion a secret World Government mission.
• Beiyuan Heng told Hina and Smoker to keep the matter secret, then considered how becoming Zephyr’s disciple might help him advance beyond the limits of his Marine and CP9 careers.

As Beiyuan Heng's warship reached Marineford, he awakened a new Conqueror's Haki entry and accidentally knocked out most of the crew with an uncontrolled burst. He arranged the aftermath and anticipated that Sengoku and Garp had sensed his Haki.

• Hina suspected the all-female ship was connected to the Kuja Pirates but stopped investigating after seeing Gloriosa with the three sisters.
• Beiyuan Heng's warship arrived at Marineford, where he discovered the new [Basic Conqueror's Haki (White)] entry on his personal panel.
• Beiyuan Heng accidentally released Conqueror's Haki across the warship, knocking out most of the sailors and leaving the vessel without a helmsman.
• Hina and Smoker regained their senses and questioned Beiyuan Heng, who gave a vague explanation and ordered the crew to handle the unconscious sailors and report the incident.
• Beiyuan Heng looked toward Marineford and thought that Sengoku and Garp had likely sensed his unfamiliar Conqueror's Haki.