Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan decisively defeated Silver Axe after using their repeated clashes to sharpen his strength, then rescued him from the sea instead of letting him drown. Silver Axe woke aboard Li Yuan’s ship, confused about why his rival had spared him.

• Marine intelligence reported that the Limitless Pirates had defeated Silver Axe and that three of Li Yuan’s officers were holding Brandon back, prompting Steel-Bone Kong and Tsuru to assess the growing threat.
• Tsuru identified Bullet, Asura Doji, and Howard as the officers who had fought Brandon, while Steel-Bone Kong chose to keep observing rather than intervene.
• Li Yuan continued taking Silver Axe’s territory as Silver Axe repeatedly challenged him and escaped, until Li Yuan had occupied more than half of the Silver Axe Pirates’ land and central New World territory.
• After another day-long battle, Li Yuan overwhelmed Silver Axe with his sword techniques and shattered the island with a final shockwave, leaving Silver Axe unconscious beneath the sea.
• Li Yuan used Observation Haki to find Silver Axe and hauled him from the water, then threw him onto a pirate ship, where Silver Axe regained consciousness and wondered why Li Yuan had saved him.

Li Yuan spared Silver Axe after defeating him, extracting promises of neutrality, three future summons, and his collected Devil Fruits. He then confronted Brandon, whose Violent King Fist failed to withstand Li Yuan’s sword strike, leaving their battle underway.

• Li Yuan defeated Silver Axe and offered to spare him if he stayed out of the Limitless Pirates’ way, answered three summons, and handed over his Devil Fruits.
• Silver Axe accepted Li Yuan’s terms, returned to his remaining territory, and began seizing smaller crews’ lands without revealing his defeat to Brandon.
• Li Yuan returned to the Limitless Pirates’ territory aboard Hades because his forces had suffered heavy losses and Brandon still threatened them.
• Brandon recognized Hades and ordered his men to leave the island as Li Yuan charged in to fight him.
• Li Yuan’s sword overwhelmed Brandon’s Violent King Fist, damaged his hand, and knocked him into the ground.
• Brandon ignored Li Yuan’s taunt and rushed back at him with another punch.

Li Yuan defeated Brandon after a three-day battle and spared him in exchange for half the Violent Pirates’ territory, future assistance, and his collected Devil Fruits. The Limitless Pirates celebrated their victory aboard the Hades and prepared to claim Brandon’s territory.

• Li Yuan outmaneuvered Brandon in close combat, wounded him repeatedly, and drove him back with the Blood Dragon Severing Air Slash.
• After fighting for three days, Li Yuan overwhelmed Brandon’s strongest attacks with Hakoku and Collapsing Heaven Destroying Earth Slash, then pierced his abdomen with the Seven Star Sword.
• Li Yuan spared Brandon after he agreed to surrender half his territory, avoid opposing the Limitless Pirates, answer three summons, and hand over his collected Devil Fruits.
• Brandon accepted the terms and left the island, while Li Yuan declared that the Limitless Pirates would take over the territory in three days.
• Li Yuan returned to the Hades, where his crew cheered, celebrated with a banquet, and thanked Asura Doji, Bullet, and Howard for holding Brandon off.

After defeating the Violent Pirates and Silver Axe Pirates, Li Yuan consolidated the Limitless Pirates’ territory and approved cooperation between Net and the World Economic News Agency. The chapter ended with Kasa proposing the title “Legendary Pirate” for Li Yuan while Li Yuan began identifying his Devil Fruit spoils.

• The Limitless Pirates took over half of the Violent Pirates’ territory after Brandon surrendered it without damaging the islands.
• Li Yuan reviewed reports of ongoing New World conflicts and decided to recruit more people and secure the Limitless Pirates’ enlarged territory.
• Shakky told Li Yuan that Morgans had contacted Net about cooperation, and Li Yuan agreed as long as the World Economic News Agency could not infiltrate Net.
• Morgans celebrated Net’s agreement to cooperate with the World Economic News Agency, while Kasa proposed calling Li Yuan the New World’s “Legendary Pirate.”
• Li Yuan began identifying the Devil Fruits he had taken from Silver Axe and Brandon.

After the war, Golden Lion spared John and World, while Whitebeard mourned the heavy losses among his crew. Li Yuan and Golden Lion agreed to keep a neutral zone between their territories, and Li Yuan proposed that Golden Lion merge the Flying Pirates into the Limitless Pirates.

• Li Yuan identified and stored several powerful Devil Fruits, including the Magnetism Fruit, Comet Fruit, and Mind-Mind Fruit.
• Golden Lion defeated John and World, spared them, and let them leave; Whitebeard comforted his surviving crew after they defeated the Ochoku Pirates at great cost.
• World and Byojack searched the front half of the New World for a weapon World hoped to combine with his More-More Fruit.
• Roger and Rayleigh discussed the war, the concealed answer they sought, and finding someone who could decipher the Poneglyphs.
• Li Yuan and Golden Lion met, agreed to maintain a neutral zone between their seas, and Golden Lion asked Li Yuan to join forces against the Marines and World Government.
• Li Yuan offered to make Golden Lion First Mate if he merged the Flying Pirates into the Limitless Pirates, then wondered about the Mythical Zoan: Daibutsu Form.

Li Yuan and Golden Lion agreed to avoid war and cooperate against the Navy and World Government, while their crews consolidated their New World territories. Back in Wano, Li Yuan planned to expand the Limitless Pirates’ intelligence, industry, shipbuilding, and administration, and gave Yadina the Mind-Mind Fruit to help her manage the growing organization.

• Li Yuan and Golden Lion rejected joining under one another but agreed to cooperate against the Navy and World Government, and their crews left a buffer zone between their territories.
• Tsuru reported the New World’s pirate war results to Steel-Bone Kong, who learned from Saint Saturn that the Navy should enter the New World after the fighting settled.
• Shakky told Li Yuan that Net had partnered with the World Economic News Agency but had not found the Celestial Dragons’ ceremony; Li Yuan told her to seek Navy spies and secretly investigate MADS.
• Li Yuan directed Lazuli to build medicine processing plants on Venus Island with Yumaz’s help, and chose Venice Island for Yadina’s Colosseum project.
• Li Yuan refused to sell Steel Giant Ships immediately, proposed taking deposits and building a major shipyard on Thomas Island, and gave Yadina the Mind-Mind Fruit.

After Yadina ate a Devil Fruit, Li Yuan agreed to sell Steel Battleships to John and the other defeated pirates, who planned to use them to cross the Calm Belt and plunder the Four Seas. The chapter ended with Yadina preparing Thomas Shipyard to build their ships while Li Yuan welcomed the chaos their plan could bring.

• Yadina ate the Devil Fruit Li Yuan gave her, and Li Yuan fought her, Lazuli, and Shakky.
• By Sea Garden Calender 1489, the Limitless Pirates and Flying Pirates had emerged as the leading crews in the New World, while John, Silver Axe, Ochoku, Brandon, and World showed signs of forming an alliance.
• John contacted Li Yuan to negotiate buying Steel Battleships for himself, Ochoku, Silver Axe, Brandon, and World.
• Li Yuan agreed to sell the ships in exchange for resources at twenty percent below market value, with delivery to Thomas Island.
• John revealed that the pirates wanted to use the ships to cross the Calm Belt and plunder the Four Seas, and Li Yuan agreed not to reveal their plan.
• Yadina said she would arrange for Thomas Shipyard to build the ships, while Li Yuan explained why the defeated crews would seek wealth outside the New World.

Li Yuan let his children choose Devil Fruits and helped them eat and control their new powers. Esdeath, Gai Nie, and Akame each gained a different ability, while the remaining children had yet to make their choices.

• Shakky gave Li Yuan the Mythical Zoan Nue Fruit, and he brought out his collected Devil Fruits for his children to choose from.
• Esdeath chose the Mythical Zoan Dog-Dog Fruit, Okuchi no Makami Form, ate it, and transformed into a giant Snow Wolf before Li Yuan restrained her with Seastone Handcuffs.
• Gai Nie chose the Paramecia Magnetism Fruit so he could pursue his dream of becoming a Sword Immortal, then attracted nearby weapons until Li Yuan cuffed him with Seastone.
• Akame chose the Mythical Zoan Nue Fruit despite Li Yuan's warning about its cursed power, ate it, and transformed into a giant Nue.

Li Yuan assigned Devil Fruits and demanding training to his children while spreading combat techniques to destabilize the World Government and Marines. Yumaz successfully enhanced Ame no Habakiri, and Thomas Shipyard’s vessels proved able to cross the Calm Belt, drawing worldwide attention.

• Akame took the Nue form and was restrained with Seastone handcuffs, while Faraday chose and ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit; Wei Zhuang decided to wait for a Devil Fruit that suited him.
• Li Yuan ordered his children to begin daily physical, Devil Fruit, and academic training, and he told Shakky to spread the Limitless Sword Technique and Marine Six Styles across the Four Seas and Grand Line.
• Yadina recognized Li Yuan’s plan to empower ordinary people and provoke resistance against the World Government, while the Five Elders decided to erase the Donquixote Family and the island where they lived.
• Yumaz presented Li Yuan with an enhanced Ame no Habakiri, which he said was fifty percent stronger, and Li Yuan assigned him more blades to enhance and urged him to develop the Fusion Fruit further.
• Thomas Shipyard’s ships successfully crossed the Calm Belt, causing its orders and reputation to surge as people declared that the sea barrier had been overcome.

In 1490, Li Yuan learned the location of the Celestial Dragons’ festival and joined Golden Lion’s plan to gather the former God Valley pirates for another raid. The chapter ended with Li Yuan agreeing to invite several powerful pirates to the operation.

• Marine Headquarters discussed the threat of pirates crossing the Calm Belt, and Zephyr volunteered to take command in the Four Seas while Steel-Bone Kong secured one Thomas Shipyard vessel.
• John and five companions raided Affiliated nations in the North Blue twice before returning to the New World, while the Limitless Pirates secretly expanded their influence across the Four Seas.
• Li Yuan continued training on Onigashima, strengthening his body, swordsmanship, and Haki.
• Shakky told Li Yuan that the Celestial Dragons’ festival would take place on King of Balad in the East Blue and that she had also informed Shiki.
• Golden Lion proposed gathering former God Valley pirates to raid the festival’s treasure, and Li Yuan agreed to invite Silver Axe, Brand, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin.

Li Yuan gathered the Rocks Remnants and other New World pirates for another raid on the Celestial Dragons’ festival in the East Blue. As Golden Lion Shiki’s fleet arrived at the guarded Kingdom of Balad, the Marines realized the attack had begun.

• Li Yuan rejected Golden Lion’s suggestion to invite the Roger Pirates, then persuaded Whitebeard to join the raid by promising Devil Fruits to strengthen his sons.
• Li Yuan invited Silver Axe, Brandon, and the other pirates, while Shakky prepared to monitor Marine movements and guard the Limitless Sea.
• Golden Lion set out at dusk to collect the Great Pirate Crews and take them through the Calm Belt to the East Blue.
• At Marine Headquarters, Steel-Bone Kong ordered a search for the vanished pirates and warned the Five Elders about the festival, but they refused to suspend it.
• At the Kingdom of Balad, Marines endured the sounds of the Celestial Dragons’ atrocities as Golden Lion Shiki’s Flying Pirates fleet appeared in the sky.

Li Yuan and the allied New World pirate crews attacked the Celestial Dragons' celebration on King of Balad, overwhelming the Marine defenses before reinforcements could arrive. As the Five Elders and God's Knights fought back, Li Yuan battled Saint Garling and left him shaken by his strength.

• Golden Lion, Whitebeard, John, and other major pirate crews arrived at King of Balad, and Li Yuan cut apart a Marine warship to open a path to the island.
• Steel-Bone Kong dispatched Sengoku and two other top combatants as reinforcements, while Saint Saturn summoned the other four Five Elders to defend the celebration.
• Li Yuan chose Saint Garling as his opponent, and his Blood Moon Soaring slash sent the God's Knights member flying hundreds of meters.
• Golden Lion attacked CP0 Deputy Chief Seguin Colmi, Charlotte Linlin targeted Army General Hamadi Fisher, and Whitebeard, John, Silver Axe, Ochoku, and Brandon confronted the Five Elders.
• World charged toward the fleeing Celestial Dragons, while Saint Garling clashed with Li Yuan again and was overwhelmed by his Conqueror's Haki-coated sword strike.

Li Yuan and the allied pirates overwhelmed the World Government’s forces on Ballard, with Li Yuan gaining the upper hand against Saint Garling. As the Celestial Dragons fled and were hunted across the island, Karu led the Limitless Pirates to intercept them and seize their Devil Fruits.

• Li Yuan wounded Saint Garling in a clash of swords, then used his superior physique and relentless attacks to keep him on the defensive.
• Golden Lion countered CP0 Deputy Chief Seguin Colmi, while the Five Elders struggled against Whitebeard and the other pirates.
• Whitebeard blasted Saint Saturn with an Air Quake but held back from killing him to avoid provoking World Government retaliation against his crew.
• World killed more than twenty fleeing Celestial Dragons after mocking them and defying their threats.
• Karu led Bullet, Asura Doji, and the Limitless Pirates to intercept fleeing Celestial Dragons and claim the Devil Fruits they carried.

Li Yuan defeated and killed Saint Garling on Ballard Island, while Golden Lion overcame CP0 Deputy Chief Segen by trapping him in seawater. The battle continued with the remaining Marines, Celestial Dragons, and CP0 agents facing the pirates.

• Li Yuan blasted Saint Garling through his defenses and struck him with a series of powerful sword attacks.
• Li Yuan's God-Slaying strike shattered Saint Garling's hand, knocked away Ripping Wind Flowing Water, and killed him.
• Golden Lion wore down CP0 Deputy Chief Segen with repeated attacks over three days.
• Golden Lion hid inside a seawater lion, then tore apart Segen's Mercury Tornado with his slashes.
• Golden Lion's sea lions engulfed Segen in seawater, leaving him convinced he was doomed.

The pirates defeated the World Government forces at Ballard Kingdom, plundered its treasure and Devil Fruits, and escaped as the Five Elders and Army General Hamadi Fisher fled. Li Yuan arranged for the raid to be publicized, anticipating that the World Government would retaliate against the New World.

• Golden Lion killed CP0 Deputy Chief Segen, while Environment God Saint Mars led the surviving Five Elders and Hamadi Fisher in retreat.
• Li Yuan and the other Captains finished crushing resistance at Ballard Kingdom, loaded the treasure, and divided it equally among nine crews.
• Sengoku received Steel-Bone Kong's order to turn back after learning that the Celestial Dragons, Marines, and Vice Admirals at Ballard Kingdom had been killed.
• The nine Captains divided sixty-five Devil Fruits, with Li Yuan and Golden Lion receiving eight each and the others receiving seven apiece.
• Li Yuan told Golden Lion that the World Economic News Agency had recorded the raid and that the World Government would retaliate to protect its reputation.

After returning from the Celestial Dragon celebration, Li Yuan identified the Devil Fruits he had seized and gave Wei Zhuang the Mythical Zoan: Night Angel Form. The next morning, news and recordings of the pirates killing Celestial Dragons in the Kingdom of Balad stunned the world.

• Li Yuan reunited with his wives and children, then celebrated the raid with his crew while eating at home with his family.
• Li Yuan identified ten Devil Fruits, including a Mythical Zoan, and gave the Night Angel Form to Wei Zhuang, who briefly manifested twelve black wings before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Yadina asked for the Strawberry, Banana, and Watermelon Fruits to expand food production, while Shakky requested the Roll-Roll and Pen-Pen Fruits for trained recruits.
• Li Yuan sent Esdeath and the children outside, then rested with his wives.
• Newspapers and Den Den Mushi videos spread evidence of the massacre in the Kingdom of Balad, shocking people around the world.

The Five Elders prepared the World Government and Celestial Dragon families for war against the New World pirates after their defeat, while the Marines began mobilizing forces from the Four Seas. Kaido also readied the Beasts Pirates for the coming conflict, and Li Yuan went to Venus Island after Koya reported that the Blood Pool was full.

• The Five Elders discussed the World Government's losses and decided to summon a Celestial Dragons Meeting to secure combatants and powerful Devil Fruits for the coming war.
• After the Celestial Dragons Meeting, the World Government, Marines, and Army began mobilizing, and Steel-Bone Kong ordered Four Seas Marines to headquarters despite Sengoku's warning that the seas would be left vulnerable.
• Kaido learned that Li Yuan and Golden Lion had carried out the attack on the Celestial Dragons without inviting the Beasts Pirates, then declared that his crew would become New World overlords and ordered them to prepare for war.
• Koya told Li Yuan that the Blood Pool was full, so Li Yuan took her to Venus Island, where Lazuli had established a medicinal garden and storage base.

Li Yuan prepared the Limitless Pirates for the World Government’s coming offensive and called pirates across the world to join the war. After Roger initially hesitated, Li Yuan offered him a clue to Laugh Tale, and the Roger Pirates agreed to sail to the front.

• Li Yuan let the Seven Star Sword absorb blood from a giant Blood Pool, filling six of its seven Blood Slots.
• Shakky reported that the Marines and World Government forces were mobilizing, and Li Yuan ordered the Limitless Pirates’ 160,000 members to prepare for battle.
• Li Yuan led a fleet of forty ships to the abandoned G5 Fortress while the other pirate crews gathered to support the coming war.
• Li Yuan and Golden Lion publicized rewards for killing Marines and incentives for joining the war, prompting pirates worldwide to set sail for the New World.
• Roger discussed whether the Roger Pirates should join the war, and Li Yuan persuaded him by offering a clue to the location of a Poneglyph connected to Laugh Tale.
• Roger agreed to help and immediately set sail for the front of the New World.

Leonard accepted Li Yuan’s guns and agreed to join the war, while Golden Lion and the other pirate crews gathered with Li Yuan at G5 Fortress. With 400,000 pirates assembled, the fleet set out toward the Navy’s G3 Fortress as the world followed the war’s progress.

• Leonard tested the guns Li Yuan had sent, then agreed to help in the war in exchange for settling their debt afterward.
• Golden Lion arrived at G5 Fortress with provisions carried on floating islands, and Li Yuan confirmed that the islands were not meant as weapons.
• World arrived, and Li Yuan gave him Desert Eagle handguns that proved stronger than his Flintlock Guns.
• Whitebeard and the other pirate crews arrived, bringing the assembled pirate force to 400,000; Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, and Li Yuan also spoke with Kaido.
• Li Yuan and Golden Lion led the pirates toward the Navy’s G3 Fortress as reporters recorded the start of the war.

The Navy and Army faced a massive pirate assault at G3 Fortress, where several powerful fighters engaged in one-on-one battles. Li Yuan fought Army Generals Hamadi Fisher and Sora together, and his attack broke Hamadi’s defenses and sent him flying.

• Steel-Bone Kong and Vice Admiral Tsuru assessed the forces gathered at G3 Fortress as the pirate fleet approached.
• Golden Lion’s giant island fused with G3 Island, and Li Yuan’s call launched a battle between hundreds of thousands of pirates and Navy and Army troops.
• Charlotte Linlin clashed with Sengoku, Whitebeard fought Garp, and Brandon engaged Zephyr.
• Li Yuan confronted Hamadi Fisher, who called on Sora to help him, and the two Army Generals attacked Li Yuan together.
• Li Yuan countered their attacks and struck Hamadi with Blood Dragon Severing Air Slash, breaking his defense and hurling him hundreds of meters away.