Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates captured Vegapunk, Caesar, Judge, and the research institute’s scientists and equipment. The Five Elders learned of the loss and discussed recovering Vegapunk or infiltrating the pirates.

• Kano helped Caesar and Judge escape, while Li Yuan killed the pursuing CP0 agents with the Seven Star Sword.
• Li Yuan entered Vegapunk’s laboratory, killed three CP0 agents, and drove their leader into flight before choosing to secure Vegapunk instead.
• Vegapunk completed his experiment on Clone Stussy, and Li Yuan hypnotized him and carried him from the laboratory.
• Kano brought Caesar and Judge to Li Yuan, who welcomed them and ordered the pirates to relocate the scientists and research equipment to Wano Country.
• The surviving CP0 agent reported the defeat to the Five Elders, who discussed the danger of the Limitless Pirates and possible plans to reclaim Vegapunk.

Li Yuan brought Vegapunk to the Limitless Pirates and tried to recruit him, but Vegapunk refused because the pirates’ weapons had fueled wars and killed his friends. Li Yuan forced him to record his MADS research and planned to preserve his body and eventually use a loyal scientist in it.

• Dufeld learned that the World Government had blockaded the MADS Research Institute and arrested its researchers, then shot a lackey who suggested retaliation.
• Li Yuan welcomed thirty MADS scientists to the Limitless Pirates, promised to bring their families to Wano Country, and gave them seven days to rest.
• Caesar dragged Judge to visit Wano Country’s pleasure quarters while Li Yuan took Yadina to see the unconscious Vegapunk in Shakky’s mirror space.
• Vegapunk condemned the Limitless Pirates for selling weapons that caused wars and refused to work for Li Yuan, who subdued him with Conqueror’s Haki and hypnotized him into writing down his research.
• Li Yuan explained that Vegapunk’s Brain-Brain Fruit could accelerate the pirates’ technological development, then asked Shakky and Yadina to keep Vegapunk alive and prevent him from committing suicide.

Li Yuan decided to leave Stussy's Clone in the laboratory until Vegapunk arrived, then assigned research projects to Caesar, Judge, and Yumaz. Meanwhile, Dr. Clover led Ohara's scholars toward the Limitless Sea to investigate Wano Country's history, and Yumaz promised results on communication technology within half a year.

• Li Yuan and Shakky found Stussy's Clone after learning that the original Stussy and Queen had escaped, and they agreed to wait for Vegapunk before releasing her.
• Dr. Clover led Nico Olvia and other Ohara scholars from Fish-Man Island toward the Limitless Sea, planning to reach Wano Country and seek clues about the Void Century.
• Caesar and Judge returned to the laboratory after spending their money in Wano Country, and Li Yuan warned them to produce results or risk having their pay docked.
• Li Yuan assigned Judge research on cloning and Bloodline Factors, tasked Caesar with making inanimate objects consume Devil Fruits, and gave them Vegapunk's Life Design Blueprint research.
• Li Yuan gave Yumaz twenty scientists and ordered him to develop technology to crack and monitor Den Den Mushi communications, then create a replacement system and devices.
• Yumaz accepted the assignment and promised Li Yuan results within half a year.

Li Yuan met with Dr. Clover and the Ohara scholars, exchanging Wano Country’s historical books for permission to copy Ohara’s library. After Toki gave birth to twins named Andre Rhodes and Andre Asuna, Li Yuan set out with Yadina and Yinwa to investigate a Gravity Island in the Calm Belt.

• Yadina told Li Yuan that Dr. Clover and the Ohara scholars wanted to study Wano Country’s history, and Li Yuan agreed to meet them on Venice Island.
• Li Yuan reprimanded Kumas for letting his training slip and gave him three years to earn a place among the Limitless Pirates’ officers.
• Li Yuan offered the scholars Wano Country’s historical books in exchange for copying all the books at Ohara’s Tree of Knowledge, and Dr. Clover accepted.
• Toki gave birth to twins, and she named her son Andre Rhodes and her daughter Andre Asuna.
• Yadina told Li Yuan about a Gravity Island in the Calm Belt, and Li Yuan, Yadina, and Yinwa left to investigate it.

Li Yuan and Yadina sailed to Gravity Island, where they encountered powerful beasts and a Gold Devouring Ant King. Li Yuan sent the Ant King flying with a punch, then watched it repair its injured limb.

• Yadina explained that the Limitless Pirates planned to develop Calm Belt resources and use Space Scrolls with Shakky's Mirror World to transport goods into the Four Seas.
• Li Yuan, Yadina, and Yinwa arrived at Gravity Island, where Yadina defeated a leopard and subdued a tiger with her Mind-Mind Fruit.
• Yadina rode the tiger with Li Yuan toward the island's center, where the growing Gravity forced them to continue on foot.
• Li Yuan's Conqueror's Haki made the island's beasts kneel, but a Gold Devouring Ant King appeared with its own Conqueror's Haki.
• Li Yuan punched the Ant King's Armament Haki-coated forelimb and blasted it through trees, after which it repaired its wound with a strange substance.

Li Yuan defeated and recruited the Gold Devouring Ant King, named Hermes, then gave it a Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit and assigned Bullet to train it. Meanwhile, the Limitless Pirates’ upcoming trade on Grimo Island drew merchants and underworld factions, and its news reached the Marines and World Government.

• Li Yuan beat the Gold Devouring Ant King until it submitted, named it Hermes, and brought it aboard the Hades God Ship to recover.
• Li Yuan took Hermes and Yinwa to the island’s center, where Yinwa absorbed the Gravity Stone and increased its gravity control to twenty-five times.
• After returning to Onigashima, Li Yuan gave Hermes the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit and asked Bullet to teach it martial arts and Haki.
• Li Yuan left Hermes in Bullet’s care and departed Onigashima.
• News spread that the Limitless Pirates would trade goods on Grimo Island, drawing merchants and underworld factions from across the seas.
• The Marines and World Government learned about the planned trade on Grimo Island.

Li Yuan brought the Limitless Pirates’ merchant fleet to Grimo Island to establish a West Blue trade hub, drawing the Navy’s attention. When Garp arrived, Li Yuan challenged him, and their first attacks collided above the sea.

• Steel-Bone Kong ordered Garp and Zephyr to Grimo Island after learning the Limitless Pirates were moving to occupy the island.
• Li Yuan and Shakky discussed using Grimo Island as a trade hub while keeping the Mirror World secret, and Li Yuan said they would abandon the plan if the Navy made it impossible.
• Asura Doji and Chinjao escorted the Limitless Pirates’ fleet to Grimo Island, where merchants traded goods for two days under their protection.
• When Garp arrived, Kumas killed more than four hundred looters, and Asura Doji and Chinjao prepared to confront the Marines.
• Li Yuan arrived aboard the Hades and attacked Garp with Hakoku, while Garp countered with Galaxy Impact, and their attacks collided above the sea.

Li Yuan and Garp fought a fierce battle at sea, with both men growing more violent as they traded devastating blows. The fight continued as Li Yuan and Garp charged at each other again despite their serious injuries.

• Li Yuan shattered Garp’s attack with a sword strike and showed that his strength, Haki, and swordsmanship had greatly improved since their last battle.
• Li Yuan used Life Return to overpower Garp and slash his face, while Garp struck Li Yuan in the head during their relentless exchange.
• Li Yuan used his Observation Haki to read Garp’s attacks and targeted openings in his defense, while Garp guarded against the blood-draining Seven Star Sword.
• Li Yuan slashed Garp’s abdomen, draining blood and breaking two ribs, but Garp broke two of Li Yuan’s ribs with a punch.
• Li Yuan healed enough to charge again, and Garp rushed back into the fight as their clashes sent enormous waves across the sea.

Li Yuan and Garp battled on Grimo Island while Asura Doji and Chinjao fought Zephyr, prompting the Marines to probe the Limitless Pirates’ territory. Sengoku arrived at Rajag Island, where Bullet, Hermes, and the other officers confronted him, and Hermes was sent flying by Sengoku’s shockwave as Bullet transformed to fight.

• Li Yuan used his aerial speed and strength to keep the advantage over Garp, while Asura Doji and Chinjao joined forces against Zephyr and fought him to a standstill.
• Steel-Bone Kong ordered Sengoku to attack the Limitless Sea, and Shakky instructed Bullet to stop him; Golden Lion chose to watch rather than assist.
• Bullet took Hermes to Rajag Island to intercept Sengoku, who destroyed Bullet’s gravity attack with a Great Buddha Impact and advanced alone.
• Sengoku struck Hermes with a shockwave that overwhelmed Hermes’s attack and sent him flying, while Bullet transformed into his Kong Titan form.

Bullet, Karu, and rotating Limitless Pirates officers kept Sengoku occupied for four days before he withdrew and reported that the pirates had surpassed the Flying Pirates in top-level strength. On Grimo Island, Li Yuan and Garp continued their fierce battle, ending with Li Yuan’s devastating slash colliding with Garp’s punch.

• Bullet, Karu, and Hermes fought Sengoku for two days, with Bullet holding him back while Hermes repeatedly recovered from his shockwaves.
• On the third and fourth days, Kano replaced the exhausted Hermes and Howard replaced Karu, prompting Sengoku to recognize the pirates were using him as a sparring partner and fly away.
• Bullet praised Hermes and promised to take him to Elbaf to fight the Giant Race, while Sengoku reported to Steel-Bone Kong that the Limitless Pirates had greater top-level combat power than the Flying Pirates.
• On Grimo Island, Asura Doji and Chinjao continued battling Zephyr as Li Yuan and Garp fought in the sky amid powerful sword and fist clashes.
• Li Yuan struck Garp with Blood Dragon Severing Air Slash and Blood Moon Soaring, injuring him before launching Collapsing Heaven Destroying Earth Slash.
• Garp answered Li Yuan’s final slash with Galaxy Impact, and their collision unleashed shockwaves that scattered clouds across the sky.

Li Yuan fought Garp for seven days before a withdrawal signal prompted them to disengage, but Li Yuan landed a decisive blow and forced Garp back to his warship. After the Marines withdrew, Li Yuan praised Asura Doji and Chinjao for holding off Zephyr.

• Li Yuan shattered Garp’s defense during their ongoing battle, and Garp recovered from the impact and charged back at him.
• On the seventh day, Steel-Bone Kong ordered the Marines to withdraw, and Bogard fired a signal flare.
• Li Yuan exploited Garp’s momentary distraction to unleash God Slayer, broke through Garp’s full-power punch, and wounded his iron fist.
• Garp retreated to the Dog Head Warship, where he spat blood but vowed to strengthen his fists; he also warned Zephyr to avoid fighting Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan returned to his ship and praised Asura Doji and Chinjao for holding Zephyr back, encouraging them to face Marine Admirals individually in the future.

Li Yuan kept the Limitless Pirates’ victory at Grimo Island out of the news, and the World Government chose not to intervene. After returning to the Limitless Sea, he received Umit, who offered to place his sea transport forces under the Limitless Pirates.

• Chinjao celebrated the prospect of tempering his cone head into a Black Cone as the Limitless Pirates returned to Grimo Island.
• Li Yuan told Morgans not to publish news about Grimo Island or the battle, while Steel-Bone Kong learned that the World Government would not support the Marines there.
• Golden Lion reviewed the Limitless Pirates’ strength and decided to personally train Reinhardt, Yaslan Elasti, and Harold William.
• After half a month without intervention, Li Yuan left Chinjao and Kumas to guard Grimo Island and returned to the Limitless Sea with Asura Doji.
• Yadina told Li Yuan that Umit wanted to pledge allegiance, and Umit offered to incorporate all his sea transport forces into the Limitless Pirates.

Toki asked Li Yuan to teach her swordsmanship so she could help protect the Limitless Pirates, and he also taught her how to develop her Time-Time Fruit. Two years later, Li Yuan learned that the World Government had trapped the Roger Pirates with a Poneglyph and decided the bloated Limitless Pirates needed a major war.

• Umit gave Li Yuan his Vivre Card and the location of his treasure as proof of allegiance, and Li Yuan accepted while keeping their arrangement officially a partnership.
• Li Yuan instructed Yadina to balance trade with Umit and have Shakky place spies among his forces.
• Toki asked Li Yuan to teach her swordsmanship, and he explained ways to develop her Time-Time Fruit while warning her not to travel further into the future.
• Over the next two years, Toki trained in swordsmanship and her Devil Fruit abilities as the Limitless Pirates continued to grow.
• Shakky reported that the Roger Pirates had entered the Grand Line and that the World Government had laid a trap with a Poneglyph, deploying five top-tier fighters.
• Li Yuan said the Roger Pirates likely knew the Poneglyph was genuine and announced that the Limitless Pirates had become too large and needed a major war to cull their ranks.

The Limitless Pirates mobilized more than seventy ships and over three hundred thousand fighters to wage war against the Marines in the New World. The Marines prepared reinforcements while the Flying Pirates and Roger Pirates considered how the conflict could benefit them, and Li Yuan finished absorbing blood essence before leaving the Blood Pool.

• Li Yuan ordered the Limitless Pirates to assemble for war, and their fleet sailed toward the Marines’ New World fortresses.
• Steel-Bone Kong sought help from the Five Elders, who assigned Garp and Zephyr to support Sengoku and provided Army forces, while Kong also sent Sakazuki and Borsalino.
• Golden Lion rejected Reinhardt’s suggestion to join the battle and instead planned to target the Roger Pirates when they entered the New World.
• Gaban, Buggy, Shanks, and Rayleigh discussed how the war might keep Garp from chasing the Roger Pirates, while Roger denied making a secret deal with Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan used the Seven Star Sword to filter blood from the Blood Pool, absorbed its essence, and left with the remaining blood stored in his body.

Li Yuan led the Limitless Pirates in an assault on the Navy's G2 Fortress, where he and Garp clashed in a battle that devastated the island. Li Yuan's newly strengthened Haki gave him the advantage, but the chapter left him surprised that the Seven Star Sword absorbed very little blood from Garp's wound.

• Morgans's newspapers spread news of the Limitless Pirates' declaration of war as their fleet arrived and surrounded much of G2 Fortress.
• Li Yuan ordered the fleet to bombard the fortress, and Sengoku, Garp, and other Marines struggled to stop the shells.
• Bullet summoned a massive tsunami, which Sengoku and Garp weakened while Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates' officers entered the fortress.
• Li Yuan's Conqueror's Haki knocked out Marines across a five-thousand-meter area, then he clashed with Garp using Hakoku and Galaxy Impact.
• Li Yuan and Garp fought at close range, and Li Yuan's sword cut Garp's fist and chest while Garp continued attacking.
• Li Yuan noticed that the Seven Star Sword had absorbed very little blood from Garp's wound.

Li Yuan used Blood Boil and Blood Rage Step to overpower Garp, while Bullet and Hermes confronted Sengoku at the Navy Fortress. The battle continued as Sengoku appeared behind Hermes and launched a focused attack.

• Garp used Life Return and Observation Haki to limit how much blood the Seven Star Sword could drain, then attacked Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan activated Blood Boil and Blood Rage Step, slashing Garp and sending him flying over a thousand meters.
• Li Yuan pursued Garp and continued to suppress him in their fierce battle across the island.
• Bullet and Hermes confronted Sengoku at the Navy Fortress, and their combined attacks showed how much stronger they had become over the past two years.
• Sengoku used Soru to appear behind Hermes and struck with Great Buddha Push Palm.

The Limitless Pirates clashed with the Marines as Sengoku and Zephyr were tied down by Hermes, Bullet, and Asura Doji. The pirates landed under attacks from Sakazuki and Borsalino, while Mari blocked Borsalino’s assaults and fought him to a stalemate; a pale-blue lightning figure then rose into the sky.

• Hermes and Bullet took turns fighting Sengoku, preventing him from defeating them quickly.
• Asura Doji challenged Zephyr alone, exchanged powerful sword strikes and punches with him, and confirmed he could face the Marine Admiral.
• The Limitless Pirates landed on the island while Sakazuki and Borsalino rained magma and lasers down on them.
• Mari intercepted Borsalino’s attacks with his feathers, then used Armament Haki-coated feathers against him.
• Borsalino escaped Mari’s feather attacks with his light-speed movement, and their battle settled into a stalemate.
• A pale-blue lightning figure used Geppo to rise into the sky as Sakazuki’s magma fists fell.

Kumas fought Sakazuki while the Limitless Pirates overwhelmed the Navy with superior weapons and numbers, leaving the battle at G2 Fortress heavily in the pirates’ favor. Meanwhile, three CP0 Members infiltrated Wano Country to investigate the Weapon Factory, but Howard intercepted them.

• Kumas and Sakazuki clashed with powerful attacks, and neither could defeat the other.
• The Limitless Pirates used cannons, snipers, and modern weapons to crush the Navy’s lower-ranking forces as the battle continued for three hours.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru watched from the rear and believed the Navy’s victory depended on Sengoku and Zephyr defeating the pirates’ officers.
• Ponce, Arthur, and Sophie reached Wano Country under orders from the Five Elders and planned to gather information about the Weapon Factory.
• Howard appeared in the CP0 Members’ path, prompting them to wonder whether the Limitless Pirates had discovered their infiltration.

Shakky, Toki, and Howard fought off three CP0 agents sent to invade Wano Country while the Limitless Pirates battled the Marines. After killing two agents and defeating the third, they planned to purge spies in the Limitless Sea.

• Howard struck the three CP0 agents with a Hasshoken shockwave, and Shakky and Toki arrived to help fight them.
• Shakky trapped Arthur in a Mirror Maze and used copies of him and herself to beat him to death.
• Toki slowed Sophie's time and killed him with a single sword slash.
• Howard finished off Ponce, leaving the three CP0 agents dead.
• Shakky ordered the bodies cleaned up and said they would use the invasion as a chance to purge spies in the Limitless Sea.

The Five Elders sent Steel-Bone Kong to confront Red the Aloof after learning he was near their planned ambush of the Roger Pirates, while the Roger Pirates searched an ancient altar on Oracio Island. Steel-Bone Kong and Red the Aloof fought to a standstill, and the Roger Pirates found a significant Poneglyph but emerged to find themselves surrounded.

• The Five Elders learned that the Limitless Pirates had killed three CP0 agents and decided to focus on stopping the Roger Pirates.
• After hearing that Red the Aloof had appeared on Hasg Island, the Five Elders ordered Steel-Bone Kong to capture him.
• Steel-Bone Kong confronted Red the Aloof, and their first clash left both fighters impressed by the other's strength.
• Steel-Bone Kong and Red the Aloof continued their fierce battle, each searching for a way to overcome the other's Haki and fighting style.
• The Roger Pirates explored an ancient altar on Oracio Island and found a Poneglyph with information important to them.
• When Roger and his crew emerged from the altar, they discovered they had been surrounded.