Chapter Summaries

After awakening in the One Piece world as Li Yuan, a thirteen-year-old sword prodigy, Li Yuan discovered he could use Observation Haki and killed two attackers sent by a rival sword school. Cole then seized the opening to attack him.

• Li Yuan recalled his death on Mount Hua and realized he had awakened in his own body in the One Piece world in Sea Calendar Year 1478.
• Cole and two Fengmang Sword Hall swordsmen broke into Li Yuan's home, intending to kill him because Limitless Sword Hall's master had taken him as a disciple.
• Li Yuan used his newly awakened Observation Haki to dodge Gil's attack and cut his throat.
• Li Yuan avoided Huanyu's sword and killed him with a swift counterattack.
• Cole used Huanyu as bait and moved to attack Li Yuan while he was occupied.

Li Yuan killed three Fengmang Sword Hall men who attacked him and moved into Limitless Sword Hall with Kano. There, he examined the twelve-level Sword God Body Tempering Technique in his mind and began practicing its first level.

• Li Yuan used Observation Haki, his scabbard, and his sword to kill Cole and the other two attackers from Fengmang Sword Hall.
• Li Yuan decided to leave his home and move into Limitless Sword Hall, while his master watched unseen from nearby.
• Kano arrived, heard what happened, and offered to accompany Li Yuan to the Sword Hall.
• Li Yuan entered Limitless Sword Hall, greeted the apprentices, and went to the rear courtyard to sort through his belongings.
• Li Yuan reviewed the twelve-level Sword God Body Tempering Technique and began practicing its first level.

Li Yuan practiced the Sword God Body Tempering Technique and swordsmanship for half a year, then left the Sword Hall to seek tougher training. He began having his junior brothers whip him so he could test the technique’s recovery ability.

• Li Yuan discovered that his Blood Race bloodline helped him sense and control his blood, while the Sword God Body Tempering Technique eased his soreness and improved his sword comprehension.
• Li Yuan explained to Louis that he planned to strengthen his body as well as his swordsmanship, and vowed to become the World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Li Yuan spent half a year training his body and practicing basic Sword Skills at the Sword Hall, rapidly improving until he hit a bottleneck.
• Li Yuan decided to leave the Sword Hall and recruited ten junior brothers, including Kano, to whip him as a form of training.
• Kano struck Li Yuan with a whip, and Li Yuan used the first level of the Sword God Body Tempering Technique to make the pain fade before telling the others to begin.

Li Yuan continued his brutal training for a year and a half, growing stronger while planning to form a pirate crew with his junior brothers. When pirates attacked Small Island, he went to observe and found his master Louis confronting them.

• Li Yuan endured half an hour of whipping, recovered, ate a cartload of barbecue, and urged his junior brothers to train so they could sail with him one day.
• Li Yuan spent the next year and a half building his strength through body conditioning and sword practice, though he had never fought a real enemy.
• Karu warned Li Yuan that pirates had arrived and that their master had ordered them to hide, but Li Yuan ran to the port to check on Louis.
• The pirate captain ordered his crew to raid Small Island, but Louis killed the five pirates who rushed him and warned the others to retreat.
• Li Yuan watched from hiding with Observation Haki and judged that the pirate captain was probably weaker than Louis.

Li Yuan fought Great Saber Cook’s crew and unleashed Conqueror's Haki for the first time. After the aura faded, Kuke asked who Li Yuan was, while Louis recognized him as someone with the qualities of a king.

• Li Yuan asked Louis to let him handle Kuke’s crew, and Louis agreed.
• Li Yuan cut down the charging pirates with his sword, evaded their gunfire, and grew stronger as he fought.
• Li Yuan released Conqueror's Haki, knocking out the pirates and island residents and forcing Kuke to his knees.
• Louis recognized Li Yuan’s Conqueror's Haki as proof that he possessed the qualities of a king.
• Li Yuan’s Haki reached its peak with red Inazuma before he let it fade, and Kuke asked who he was.

Li Yuan defeated and killed Kuka, whose Zoan Devil Fruit let him transform into a giant black boar. After the battle, Louis gave Li Yuan a Marine Six Styles manual, and Li Yuan ordered the captured pirates secured.

• Kuka attacked Li Yuan with his Great Cleaver, but Li Yuan used Limitless Iron Cutting: One Stroke to break the weapon and wound him.
• Kuka transformed into a giant black boar and charged Li Yuan, who dodged and killed him with Limitless Charged Draw Slash.
• Li Yuan's iron sword shattered after the fight, and he reflected that he would need a better sword.
• Louis congratulated Li Yuan and gave him an annotated Marine Six Styles manual, saying he had completed his training.
• Li Yuan ordered Kano to fetch ropes for the unconscious pirates and tore down the flag on Kuka's ship.

After defeating the Kuka Pirate Crew, Li Yuan freed its captives and agreed to let Lazuli join him so she could grow stronger. He planned his next stages of training, but Kano reported that the master of Fengmang Sword Hall and several core members had fled the island.

• Li Yuan freed the slaves aboard the pirate ship and told them that Great Cleaver Kuka and his crew were dead.
• Lazuli asked to follow Li Yuan, explaining that she had lost her family and wanted strength to protect herself; Li Yuan accepted her and sent her to train at the Sword Hall.
• Li Yuan ordered Kano to keep any captured navigators and kill the other pirates, then reviewed his battle and planned to train in the Marine Six Styles.
• The next morning, Kano told Li Yuan that the master of Fengmang Sword Hall and several core members had left the island overnight.

Li Yuan intensified his physical training and learned Soru and Geppo as he prepared to go to sea. He then began honing his swordsmanship against the Great Sea’s waves, which repeatedly swept him ashore.

• Li Yuan learned that Fengmang Sword Hall had fled and told Kano and the others to train harder before he set out to sea.
• Li Yuan endured iron-rod strikes from his junior brothers and instructed Kano to use Spiked Clubs for the next stage of his physical training.
• Li Yuan studied the Marine Six Styles and mastered Soru and Geppo after repeated practice.
• Li Yuan practiced Geppo and Soru throughout the morning, then went into the Great Sea to train his swordsmanship against its waves.
• Li Yuan’s slash split an approaching wave, but the following waves knocked him ashore, so he returned to the sea to keep practicing.

Li Yuan spent a year training in the sea, mastering the Marine Six Styles and strengthening his swordsmanship before killing a Sea King crocodile. When he returned to shore, Karu warned him that a powerful Marine had come to cause trouble for Master.

• Li Yuan reached the Swordmaster realm and tested his Sea Slash, churning the sea with repeated attacks.
• Over the next year, Li Yuan trained in the sea while wearing five thousand jin of weights and improved his underwater movement.
• Li Yuan escaped a Sea King crocodile’s jaws, wounded it with Sea Slash, then pursued and killed it with Sea Abyss: Sea Slash.
• Li Yuan reflected that he had mastered the Marine Six Styles, reached the peak of the Sword God Body Tempering Technique’s third layer, and become a Swordmaster.
• Karu rushed to Li Yuan and warned him that a powerful Marine had come to cause trouble for Master.

Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral Geno attacked Louis at the Limitless Sword Hall to avenge a scar Louis had inflicted on him years earlier. Li Yuan arrived after Geno injured his master and struck Geno down with a powerful sword slash, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Li Yuan rushed to the Sword Hall after Karu said there might be news of Louis.
• Geno arrived at the Limitless Sword Hall with over a hundred Marines and ordered them to surround it and drive away nearby residents.
• Geno attacked Louis, revealing that he sought revenge for the scar Louis had given him ten years earlier.
• Li Yuan's Conqueror's Haki knocked out the Marines and interrupted Geno's assault on Louis.
• Geno attacked Li Yuan with Rankyaku, but Li Yuan cut through the slash and Geno's Iron Body, sending Geno flying with a deep wound.
• Li Yuan helped Louis up and told him to rest while he dealt with Geno.

Li Yuan fought Marine Rear Admiral Geno after Geno attacked Louis, using the battle to awaken Armament Haki. After mastering it and overpowering Geno, Li Yuan pursued him with another powerful strike.

• Li Yuan decided to kill Geno for attacking Louis and began fighting the Marine Rear Admiral.
• Geno used Armament Haki-coated Finger Pistols, and Li Yuan took some hits while studying the Haki instead of blocking them.
• Li Yuan awakened Armament Haki, coated his sword, and struck Geno with a powerful cross slash that sent him flying.
• Li Yuan caught up to Geno in midair and launched an ascending strike, while Geno used Geppo to try to evade it.

Li Yuan overwhelmed Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral Geno in a prolonged sword fight, while Geno relied on his combat experience and tried to deter Li Yuan by invoking the Marines and Admiral Candidate Hormans. The chapter ended with Li Yuan preparing to kill Geno and declaring that he would remember Hormans.

• Li Yuan used Observation Haki and his sword techniques to break through Geno’s defenses and inflict severe wounds.
• Geno fought back with Armament Haki and Iron Body, but Li Yuan repeatedly evaded his attacks and kept pressing him.
• As his injuries mounted, Geno abandoned defense and traded blows with Li Yuan, who relied on his powerful physique to endure the attacks.
• After half an hour, Geno was near death and warned Li Yuan that the Marines and Admiral Candidate Hormans would pursue him.
• Li Yuan dismissed the threat, said he would face Hormans in the future, and told Geno he could die in peace.

Li Yuan killed Geno and set out to sea with more than a hundred fellow disciples, while Louis left the island to avoid Marine scrutiny. At Marine Headquarters, Fleet Admiral Kong learned that Geno’s Vivre Card had burned away and ordered an investigation.

• Li Yuan killed Geno with a rapid sword thrust, then finished him with a slash to the throat.
• Li Yuan reassured Louis that he would have gone to sea eventually, and Louis gave him his sword and wished him success.
• Li Yuan ordered Kano, Karu, Lazuli, and the other willing disciples to finish off the unconscious Marines and prepare to sail on Geno’s warship.
• Louis decided to leave for Pargas Island under an assumed name, while more than a hundred adult disciples prepared to follow Li Yuan out to sea.
• Li Yuan and his disciples set sail aboard the altered Marine warship.
• Fleet Admiral Kong learned that Geno’s Vivre Card had burned away and ordered an investigation into his death.

Li Yuan reflected on how his newly awakened Armament Haki could advance his body-tempering technique and considered ways to refine his Haki through battle. Lazuli brought him fresh bounty posters, including his first bounty and those of the Rocks Pirates.

• Steel-Bone Kong ordered Holmes to investigate Geno’s death and vowed to capture the Rocks Pirates.
• Li Yuan decided that awakening Armament Haki would let him begin cultivating the fourth layer of the Sword God Body Tempering Technique.
• Li Yuan reasoned that his Blood Race vitality and unusual Haki talent would help him temper his whole body and improve his Haki quality.
• Li Yuan considered refining his Haki through repeated battles or by exhausting it while striking mountains.
• Lazuli showed Li Yuan his bounty poster, which offered 110 million Berry for his capture or death over Geno’s murder and the deaths of more than a hundred Marines.
• Li Yuan saw that the rest of the posters were for members of the Rocks Pirates, the dominant force of the Rocks Era.

Li Yuan named his crew the Limitless Pirates and led them through the New World's violent weather. When a gigantic iceberg threatened their ship, he split it apart with his Sea Abyss sword technique, leaving the crew inspired to press onward.

• Li Yuan reviewed the Rocks Pirates' bounty posters and noticed Golden Lion Shiki had not yet obtained the Float-Float Fruit.
• At Lazuli's suggestion, Li Yuan named their crew the Limitless Pirates.
• A sudden storm and hail struck the ship, so Li Yuan ordered the crew to row at full speed through the dangerous sea.
• When a huge iceberg fell toward the ship, Li Yuan used Geppo and his Sea Abyss: Abyssal Wave-Drawing Sword Technique to split it and divert both halves.
• Li Yuan returned to the ship and urged the crew to keep moving, while the crew celebrated his strength.

Li Yuan and his crew escaped a storm and reached Suoluo Island, where they encountered the Leopard Pirates. After the pirates opened fire, Kano and Karu cut down the incoming cannonballs, and the fight began.

• After leaving the storm, Li Yuan noticed Lazuli’s beauty and resolved to pursue strength, wealth, and women.
• Three days later, Karu spotted Suoluo Island, and Li Yuan ordered the crew to prepare to replenish supplies.
• Li Yuan’s crew discovered the Leopard Pirates at the port and learned that their captain, Vix the Leopard, had a 110 million Berry bounty.
• Slo ordered the Leopard Pirates to fire their five cannons at Li Yuan’s ship.
• Kano and Karu cut the incoming cannonballs in midair, and Slo ordered his crew to keep firing before boarding and attacking.

Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates defeated the Leopard Pirates’ crew at Suoluo Island, where Vix the Leopard was looting the residents. Li Yuan revealed his Conqueror’s Haki and introduced himself to Vix as the future World’s Greatest Swordsman.

• Slo announced himself as the Leopard Pirates’ first mate, but Li Yuan killed him with a giant slash, prompting the Leopard Pirates to flee.
• The Limitless Pirates pursued the fleeing crew while Li Yuan watched over his junior brothers with Observation Haki.
• Vix led his crew in looting Suoluo Island until fleeing pirates told him that another crew had killed Slo.
• Vix gathered his men and charged toward the port to seek revenge, leaving the island’s residents behind.
• The Limitless Pirates defeated the Leopard Pirates at the port, and Li Yuan’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out Vix’s subordinates.
• Vix resisted Li Yuan’s Haki, and Li Yuan introduced himself as captain of the Limitless Pirates and the future World’s Greatest Swordsman.

Li Yuan fought Vix, a Zoan Cat-Cat Fruit: Leopard Form user, and overwhelmed him with his speed and swordsmanship. As the battle continued, Li Yuan grew stronger, while Lazuli decided to pursue him in hopes of gaining power through him.

• Vix transformed into a humanoid leopard and attacked Li Yuan with Armament Haki-coated claws, but Li Yuan blocked his blows and evaded his kicks.
• Li Yuan struck Vix with Limitless: Cross Slash, badly wounding him, then followed with Double Soru and Limitless: Half-Moon Slash, injuring his leg.
• Li Yuan pressed his advantage as Vix struggled to defend against his sword techniques, while the Limitless Pirates watched the battle in awe.
• Li Yuan's swordsmanship and combat experience improved throughout the fight, and Lazuli resolved to pursue and obtain him as a way to gain power.

Li Yuan defeated and killed Vix, then sent his crew to clear the battlefield. Meanwhile, a masked force attacked a hidden intelligence base on Suoluo Island, whose Fox Mask leader ordered the five operatives to flee.

• After a quarter-hour battle, Li Yuan sent Vix flying and rejected his offer to surrender.
• Li Yuan used the Void-Breaking Sword Art to sever Vix's claws and kill him.
• Li Yuan ordered his crew to finish off the pirates and collect supplies, while Lazuli wiped his face with a towel.
• A Tiger Mask leader and thirty masked subordinates surrounded a forest on Suoluo Island and released blue gas from an explosive canister.
• The attack exposed a hidden intelligence base, and its Fox Mask leader told the five operatives to escape.

Shakky, a Rocks Pirates intelligence officer, fled a World Government raid and asked Li Yuan for help at Suoluo Island’s port. Li Yuan agreed, hoping to use the encounter to gain an opening into the Rocks Pirates.

• The Tiger Mask Man and his Masked Men attacked the exposed intelligence station, and four agents died while Shakky escaped using a pill that protected her from the Blue Poisonous Fog.
• The Tiger Mask Man pursued Shakky toward the port, while Li Yuan heard the disturbance with Observation Haki and sent Kano and the others away by ship.
• Li Yuan stayed at the port, ready to flee into the Great Sea if danger arrived, and Shakky ran toward him with the CP agents behind her.
• Shakky identified herself as a Rocks Pirates intelligence officer and offered Li Yuan generous rewards if he helped her.
• Li Yuan recognized Shakky and the pursuers as World Government agents, agreed to help if her identity was genuine, and Shakky assured him she was telling the truth.