Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan’s pirate coalition fought the World Government as the Roger Pirates arrived to help Golden Lion hold off the Five Elders. After two days of rotating mass battles, the pirates maintained their numbers through reinforcements and recruitment, while the Marines and Army suffered heavier casualties.

• Li Yuan fought Hamadi and Sora at once, while John, Silver Axe, World, and other pirate leaders engaged the World Government’s officers and commanders.
• Golden Lion called out Roger, who joined him with Rayleigh and Gaban; Roger struck Saint Nusjuro with Divine Departure as the pirates occupied the Five Elders.
• More than four hundred thousand pirates and over two hundred thousand government forces fought across the island, with Limitless Pirates’ firearms giving them a major advantage.
• After the first day left 150,000 dead, the pirates rotated in fresh fighters, treated the wounded, and supplied them with food and medicine.
• A second day of fighting killed another 150,000, mostly Marines and Army soldiers, while reports and rewards drew more pirates to the battlefield.
• Li Yuan’s Limitless Pirates sent 30,000 reinforcements and withdrew more than 20,000 exhausted or unwilling fighters, keeping pirate numbers near 400,000.

The World Government called in Celestial Dragon forces to break the stalemate after five days of fighting, while Li Yuan found an opening against Army Generals Sora and Hamadi. The chapter ended with Li Yuan’s sword striking Hamadi after his elemental transformation was suppressed.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru watched the World Government forces struggle against the pirates and ordered them to avoid armed enemies while collecting discarded weapons for study.
• Bullet killed Army General candidate Herman Tolle after fighting him for three days and three nights, then withdrew to rest.
• Saint Saturn convened a Celestial Dragons Meeting, secured two top-tier fighters and other forces, and entered the battle himself.
• Saint Saturn sent two top-tier fighters to join Zephyr against Brandon and confronted Silver Axe while he fought Steel-Bone Kong.
• Li Yuan overpowered Sora and Hamadi after five days of fighting, using his Observation Haki to anticipate danger and attack Hamadi at high speed.
• Li Yuan struck Hamadi with a Blood Dragon slash, and Hamadi’s elemental transformation was suppressed as the sword cut into his flesh.

Li Yuan killed Hamadi and Sora with help from hidden snipers using Seastone weapons, then withdrew to recover. Meanwhile, Bullet and Asura Doji challenged Zephyr and were met by his counterattack.

• Li Yuan and a hidden sniper killed Hamadi with a Seastone sword and a bullet to the head.
• Sora fled, but Li Yuan blocked his escape and wounded him while two snipers fired Seastone bullets; Li Yuan then beheaded him with the Seven Star Sword.
• Li Yuan removed the Seastone bullet from Sora, noticed the last of the Five Elders fighting alongside two unfamiliar top-tier fighters, and returned to eat and recover.
• Asura Doji suggested that he and Bullet challenge Marine Admiral Zephyr, and they rushed to Brandon's battlefield.
• Bullet struck Zephyr with a Six Powers Secret Art attack, but Zephyr blocked him before countering Asura Doji's Mountain Breaker Slash with a punch.

Zephyr, Kaido, and the other fighters battled across the island as Li Yuan returned to the battlefield and targeted CP0 Deputy Chief Yalos Robertson. With World and hidden snipers creating an opening, Li Yuan killed Robertson and enraged Saint Saturn.

• Zephyr struck Bullet with Six King Gun, but Bullet got back up and joined Asura Doji in fighting him.
• Kaido intervened in Brandon's battle, drawing Jens Kurt away and repeatedly charging him despite being badly injured.
• Li Yuan returned after resting, surveyed the blood-soaked battlefield, and headed toward World, while Vice Admiral Tsuru warned the World Government's fighters of his arrival.
• Saint Saturn tried to intercept Li Yuan, but Li Yuan used Burst Step to evade him and called for World to go all out against Yalos Robertson.
• World's amplified punch shattered Robertson's defenses, and a Seastone bullet from a hidden sniper weakened him as Li Yuan closed in.
• Li Yuan killed Robertson with God Slayer, and Saint Saturn caught Robertson's headless body.

Li Yuan and the Pirate Alliance drove the World Government’s forces from the battlefield after Seastone Bullets made Saint Saturn fear for his life. The Pirates celebrated their victory, and Li Yuan ended the chapter discussing weapons sales and the limits of future alliances.

• Saint Saturn discovered that Seastone Bullets could suppress his Devil Fruit powers, ordered the World Government’s forces to retreat, and Vice Admiral Tsuru relayed the order.
• Li Yuan and the Pirates pursued the retreating forces, while Dead Shot Leonard and Nepal used their concealed positions to kill high-ranking officers.
• Golden Lion taunted Saint Mars, Whitebeard mocked Garp, and the surviving Pirates celebrated their victory with a feast.
• Li Yuan told World that Dead Shot Leonard had left after repaying a favor, then handed Roger the information he had requested.
• Whitebeard observed that the alliance would likely dissolve, while Charlotte Linlin and other crews asked Li Yuan to sell them weapons, which he agreed to do at their restored original prices.

After the pirates defeated the World Government, Li Yuan traded weapons for Charlotte Linlin’s Gravity Homies and attracted further business from other pirate crews. The World Government planned to rebuild its forces and investigate the Limitless Pirates’ weapons as news of the defeat spread around the world.

• Li Yuan offered Charlotte Linlin fifty million Berry worth of weapons for each Gravity Homie she made using Bullet’s tangible gravity, and she created ten of them.
• Li Yuan explained that he planned to use the Gravity Homies to train his subordinates, prompting Whitebeard and other pirates to ask about buying Homies, weapons, and medicine or trading resources.
• The Five Elders, Steel-Bone Kong, and Jenor Bolton discussed their heavy wartime losses and learned that Dead Shot Leonard’s Seastone Bullets had helped Li Yuan kill three top combatants.
• The Five Elders ordered CP to investigate the Limitless Pirates’ weapons and Seastone Bullet production, and decided to expand the Navy while keeping it out of New World pirate wars.
• Newspapers reported the World Government’s defeat, prompting mixed reactions worldwide and leading many countries to send weapons orders to the Limitless Pirates.

After the war, Li Yuan distributed Gravity Homies to his crew and family while the Limitless Pirates managed casualties and a surge in weapon orders. The Marines struggled with their defeat, and the World Government faced growing unrest and pressure ahead of the Reverie.

• Charlotte Linlin gave Li Yuan twenty Gravity Homies, and he distributed them among his valued subordinates.
• Li Yuan returned home, assigned Gravity Homies to five of his children and to Lazuli and Shakky, and ordered the children to train under increasing gravity.
• Zephyr learned that pirates had attacked his wife and child on Hormansk Island and rushed off to search for them as Tsuru and Steel-Bone Kong worried about his safety.
• Li Yuan told Yadina to prioritize weapon sales to forces hostile to the World Government and arrange trades for needed materials, then discussed the progress of the Venice Colosseum.
• At Mary Geoise, the Five Elders discussed rampant piracy, weapon sales linked to the Limitless Pirates, and whether their arms factories could reproduce the weapons.

Li Yuan arrived in Alex Kingdom to confirm Queen Air’s loyalty and assess the kingdom as a foothold for the Limitless Pirates in the West Blue. He asked Air to raise limits on the World Government’s Berry printing at the upcoming Reverie, but she doubted Alex Kingdom could win enough support.

• Li Yuan met Queen Air, confirmed she had protected his stored treasure, and promised that Limitless Pirates merchant ships would trade with Alex Kingdom.
• Li Yuan praised Elizabeth Roosevelt’s improved swordsmanship and sent Asura Doji to duel him while the crew’s Swordmasters went to watch.
• Li Yuan toured Alex Kingdom in disguise with Queen Air to inspect the kingdom for spies and other dangers.
• Li Yuan asked Air whether she could propose restrictions on the World Government’s excessive Berry printing at the Reverie.
• Air said the proposal would require greater Celestial Gold payments and warned that Alex Kingdom’s declining influence made it unlikely to gain broad support.

Li Yuan visited the Flower Country after spending seven days in the Alex Kingdom, while Zephyr left his Admiral post to lead the Marines’ new Elite Training Camp. In the Flower Country, Li Yuan defeated Chinjao with a single punch, leaving King Shadeqing and the others stunned.

• Li Yuan told Queen Air that friendly nations would raise the proposal at the Reverie and that she should support it, then spent seven days studying the Alex Kingdom’s swordsmanship.
• Zephyr resigned as a Marine Admiral, but Steel-Bone Kong assigned him to lead the new Elite Training Camp instead.
• King Shadeqing and Grand General Li Huntian decided to meet the Limitless Pirates themselves after receiving their Visit Card.
• Li Yuan arrived in the Flower Country, where Chinjao charged him to test his strength.
• Li Yuan fought Chinjao bare-handed, flattened his cone-shaped head with one punch, and knocked him unconscious.

Li Yuan secured a trade partnership with the Flower Country and recruited Chinjao into the Limitless Pirates after flattening and restoring his cone-shaped head. Chinjao joined as an officer, and Li Yuan promised to teach him how to temper his head with Armament Haki.

• Li Yuan subdued King Shadeqing's attendants with Conqueror's Haki, then proposed that the Flower Country trade with and provide cover for the Limitless Pirates; King Shadeqing agreed.
• Li Yuan asked King Shadeqing for copies of the Flower Country's martial arts and swordsmanship inheritances, and later Chinjao woke up distressed to find his cone head flattened.
• Li Yuan offered Chinjao a place as an officer in the Limitless Pirates, promising to restore his cone head and teach him Conqueror's Haki Infusion, and Chinjao accepted.
• Li Yuan punched Chinjao's head back into a cone, knocking him unconscious, and Chinjao woke to celebrate its restoration.
• Li Yuan explained that Armament Haki could temper Chinjao's cone head and promised to teach him a tempering technique.

Li Yuan taught Chinjao Haki Body, accepted half of the Eight Treasures Navy’s treasure, and gave him an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit before returning to his territory. He inspected Niu Lishan’s newly forged Great Grade Blade and directed Yadina to expand the factories on a remote island in the Calm Belt.

• Li Yuan explained Haki Body’s five levels, and Chinjao pledged the Eight Treasures Navy to the Limitless Pirates and offered its treasure; Li Yuan accepted half.
• Li Yuan introduced Chinjao to Bullet, who challenged him to fight, and later left the Flower Country with Chinjao and part of the Eight Treasures Navy.
• Li Yuan gave Chinjao a Unicorn Dragon Devil Fruit and Gravity Homies; Chinjao transformed briefly before heading to train with Bullet.
• Niu Lishan showed Li Yuan his newly forged Great Grade Blade, which Li Yuan named Liuguang and rewarded him for making.
• Li Yuan told Yadina to build future factories on a remote Calm Belt island and reroute some Seastone shipments there to protect the Limitless Pirates’ assets.

During the Reverie, the Five Elders sought more Celestial Gold while Affiliated nations challenged the World Government’s Berry printing. Li Yuan arranged to have Den Den Mushi upgraded and decided to take his family to Elbaf to meet the Giant Race.

• Yadina told Li Yuan she understood the meaning of a cunning rabbit with three burrows, and he teased her about other idioms.
• The Five Elders asked Affiliated nations for more funds to fight pirates, and the kings demanded limits on the World Government’s Berry printing.
• Li Yuan told Morgans to arrange Den Den Mushi modifications for recording and broadcasting video, promising a World Kendo Tournament and Pirate Expo as an incentive.
• Li Yuan warned that the Limitless Pirates would develop a replacement communications device if the Den Den Mushi companies refused, then asked Shakky to have Yumaz begin research.
• Shakky told Li Yuan that preparations for visiting the Giant Race were complete, and he decided to leave for Elbaf with his family.

Li Yuan arrived in Elbaf with his crew and supplies, where Dorry and Brogy welcomed him and challenged him to a fight. After Li Yuan defeated their combined Hakoku, the giants eagerly challenged him, and Bullet and the other officers stepped in to fight them.

• Li Yuan's fleet sailed toward Elbaf, prompting concern at Marine Headquarters that the Limitless Pirates might gain the giants' support.
• Dorry and Brogy welcomed Li Yuan at Elbaf, and he gave them a greatsword and an axe forged for giants.
• Dorry and Brogy challenged Li Yuan, who defeated their combined Hakoku with his Three Origins United Secret Art: Hakoku.
• The giants rushed to challenge Li Yuan, so Bullet and the other officers stepped in to face them first.
• Bullet struck the nearest giant with Titan Impact, using Hasshoken he had learned from Chinjao.

Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates traded goods and fought challengers across Elbaf, earning the giants’ respect and learning the authentic Hakoku technique. After Dorry and Brogy took them to Warrior Village, Esdeath and the other children prepared to fight the giant children.

• Dorry and Brogy drank Li Yuan’s strong East Blue liquor, then agreed to trade with the Limitless Pirates.
• Bullet and the others defeated the giants who challenged them, while the pirates unloaded their cargo at the port.
• Li Yuan and his crew traveled toward the Royal Capital, where challengers continued to lose and help carry the goods.
• Li Yuan personally defeated powerful giants, and the Limitless Pirates gained renown across Elbaf.
• The Limitless Pirates traded their cargo for Elbaf’s resources, and Li Yuan learned the authentic Hakoku technique from the elders.
• Dorry and Brogy brought Li Yuan and the others to Warrior Village, where Helding challenged Li Yuan and Esdeath offered to fight the giant children first.

Li Yuan’s children fought the Giant Race children while he gifted Dorry and Brogy Gravity Homies and received the Demonic Sword Muramasa from the Giant King. After learning Elbaf’s Giants would gladly join his crew, Li Yuan spent a month fighting and training with them.

• Esdeath defeated Helding in a challenge, and Akame, Gai Nie, Wei Zhuang, and Faraday stepped forward to challenge the other Giant Race children.
• Li Yuan gave Dorry and Brogy Gravity Homies to use for strength training.
• Dorry gave Li Yuan a blade from the Giant King, and Li Yuan subdued its cursed will and identified it as the Supreme Grade Sword Demonic Sword Muramasa.
• Li Yuan offered more Gravity Homies and Strong Du Kang Liquor to Elbaf and asked to recruit Giants into the Limitless Pirates; Brogy said many would want to join.
• Li Yuan stayed in Elbaf for a month, fighting Giants and learning martial arts such as Hasshoken.

After more than a year of training, Li Yuan held the Limitless Pirates’ selection on Venice Island, where Karu, Kano, and Raditz became officers. Bullet then survived Li Yuan’s test and became the crew’s first Core Officer.

• Li Yuan returned from Elbaf with thirty recruited giants, while Bullet, Chinjao, Karu, and Kano stayed behind to train; Bullet vowed to return as a Core Officer.
• By January 1, Sea Garden Calender 1492, Bullet and the others had returned, and Li Yuan used his Conqueror’s Haki to select the pirates who would remain captains.
• Karu, Kano, and Raditz asked to become officers and survived Li Yuan’s powerful sword strikes, earning their promotions.
• Bullet challenged Li Yuan’s test for Core Officer, transformed into his Kong Titan form, and met Li Yuan’s Blood Dragon Severing Air Slash with his Gravity Impact.
• Bullet survived with a severe sword wound, and Li Yuan announced him as the Limitless Pirates’ first Core Officer.

Li Yuan announced the creation of a First Mate position and celebrated new promotions in the Limitless Pirates before unveiling a World Kendo Tournament and Pirate Expo. Swordsmen and pirate crews prepared to attend, while the Marines discussed the tournament’s potential benefits.

• Li Yuan announced that Bullet could become First Mate by fighting him at full strength for six hours, then held a feast for Bullet, Karu, Kano, and Raditz’s promotions.
• News of the Limitless Pirates’ promotions spread, and Golden Lion ordered the Flying Pirates to reform their ranks based on strength.
• The Limitless Pirates announced a World Kendo Tournament on Venice Island in three months, offering huge prizes, and a Pirate Expo to be held beforehand.
• Dwight Roberts and thirteen-year-old Hawkeye Mihawk decided to travel to Venice Island, while Kozaburo and Koshiro also prepared to attend.
• Roger, Rayleigh, Gaban, and Golden Lion decided to participate, hoping to test or improve their swordsmanship and win prize money.
• At Marine Headquarters, Zephyr explained the Battle Golden Pyramid’s value as a place for fighters to grow, and Garp asked whether Marines could enter the tournament.

The Limitless Pirates prepared Venice Island for the Pirate Expo and World Kendo Tournament as major powers and swordsmen gathered there. Li Yuan welcomed the New World’s Great Pirate crews and brought them to the Battle Golden Pyramid, where he revealed its construction had cost fifteen billion Berry.

• The Marines discussed whether to enter the tournament or buy goods at the Expo, but the Five Elders told them to stay out of the Limitless Pirates’ business.
• Over two months, swordsmen, merchants, underground representatives, and other forces arrived at Venice Island, which grew crowded with visitors and businesses.
• Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates’ officers waited at the port as Golden Lion arrived, and Li Yuan’s Conqueror’s Haki clashed with Golden Lion’s to protect the spectators.
• Whitebeard, the Rocks Remnants, Charlotte Linlin, and the Roger Pirates arrived, and Li Yuan invited the Great Pirates to a banquet in the Battle Golden Pyramid.
• Li Yuan showed the pirates the enormous pyramid and said it had taken about four years and fifteen billion Berry to build, funded partly by treasure seized at God Valley and King of Balad.

Li Yuan showed Roger and the other pirate leaders around the Battle Golden Pyramid, hosted them at a banquet, and brought them to the Pirate Expo auction. The guests entered their private rooms as the auction was about to begin, while Roger’s crew discovered their food and liquor were free.

• Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, and John admired the Battle Golden Pyramid as Li Yuan led the group inside and showed them its vast floors and amenities.
• Li Yuan hosted a banquet on the seventeenth floor, where Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Redfield discussed the World Kendo Tournament and drank and ate together.
• Li Yuan explained the Pirate Expo’s merchant floors and services, then led the guests toward the auction venue on the sixteenth floor.
• Li Yuan inspected Roger’s Straw Hat, found nothing unusual, and returned it before assigning private rooms where Observation Haki was prohibited during the auction.
• Roger found Buggy, Shanks, and the other crew members feasting in his private room, and Rayleigh explained that the Roger Pirates were poorer than the major New World crews.

The Limitless Pirates held a lavish auction, drawing fierce bidding for Devil Fruits, famous relics, and paintings of the Rocks Pirates. The finale began with Li Yuan and Golden Lion competing for the Great Grade Sword Sea Splitter, while the Thousand Year Dragon Bone stirred worldwide interest and plans to obtain it.

• Auctioneer Ginter Post opened the Expo auction, where forty ordinary Devil Fruits sold for exceptionally high prices and Li Yuan bought several items.
• Golden Lion bought the first All Villains painting for two billion Berry, while Li Yuan and another bidder bought the other two for even more.
• Ginter Post announced finale lots including an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit and Thousand Year Dragon Bone, and Li Yuan's aura suppressed thoughts of raiding the auction.
• Golden Lion vowed to obtain the Thousand Year Dragon Bone, while Yadina prepared treasures for wealthy bidders and the Five Elders and Celestial Dragons began seeking the bone.
• Ginter Post resumed the auction and offered the Great Grade Sword Sea Splitter; Li Yuan and Golden Lion traded bids, reaching eight hundred million Berry.