Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan challenged Whitebeard and overwhelmed him in a series of clashes, proving that his strength and Haki had surpassed Whitebeard’s. They continued their fierce battle across the island, with Li Yuan determined to defeat him head-on.

• Li Yuan and Whitebeard’s Conqueror’s Haki collided, and Li Yuan’s aura steadily forced Whitebeard’s back.
• Li Yuan and Whitebeard met in the island’s center, where their first sword clash split the sky and devastated the island and nearby ships.
• Li Yuan broke their deadlock and knocked Whitebeard back, then declared that he had surpassed him since their days aboard Rocks’s ship.
• Li Yuan’s thousand-meter Blood Dragon slash struck Whitebeard after Whitebeard failed to destroy it completely, injuring him internally.
• Li Yuan and Whitebeard resumed fighting, and Li Yuan continued to suppress him in their clashes while choosing not to rely on the Seven Star Sword’s blood-sucking power.

Li Yuan and Whitebeard escalated their duel as Whitebeard countered Li Yuan’s Observation Killing with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit Awakening. Their strongest attacks collided, shattering the island and sending it sinking into the sea.

• The Whitebeard Pirates worried as Li Yuan repeatedly drove Whitebeard back, while Marco insisted their father still had his Awakening to rely on.
• Li Yuan used ultrasonic waves to locate Whitebeard after Whitebeard’s Observation Killing hid him from Observation Haki, then blocked his surprise attack and sent him flying back again.
• Li Yuan used Observation Killing against Whitebeard, but Whitebeard activated Tremor-Tremor Fruit Awakening: Resonance to detect Li Yuan and counter the technique.
• Whitebeard unleashed World Annihilation, and Li Yuan answered with Limb Extreme Reinforcement, Blood Boil, and King's Hakoku.
• Their attacks collided and shattered space, breaking the island apart and sinking it as enormous waves surged across the surrounding sea.

Li Yuan defeated Whitebeard after overwhelming him with a succession of powerful attacks, then chose to spare his life. The witnesses watched Li Yuan leave victorious as Whitebeard was carried away from the sinking island.

• Golden Lion, Esdeath, and Bullet protected the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates from the tsunamis caused by the battle.
• Li Yuan struck Whitebeard with relentless attacks, severely injuring him and forcing him to abandon his awakened Devil Fruit power.
• Li Yuan’s Blood Dragon Severing Air Slash engulfed Whitebeard in an explosion and left him mangled and unable to continue fighting.
• Whitebeard admitted defeat, and Li Yuan spared him, saying he would investigate what had happened to Whitebeard’s son.
• Marco treated Whitebeard and carried him away as the island sank, while Li Yuan returned to the watching forces and ordered Bullet to set sail for a feast.

After Li Yuan defeated Whitebeard, witnesses and newspapers proclaimed him the world’s strongest man, while the Marines assessed the threat and adjusted their plans. Sengoku ordered Marines to flee rather than fight Li Yuan, leaving the military to manage its weakened forces by directing difficult-to-capture pirates toward the New World.

• Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Golden Lion, and Doflamingo reacted to Li Yuan and Whitebeard’s power, with Golden Lion departing while considering how to grow stronger.
• The ruined island sank after Li Yuan and Whitebeard left, and spectators returned home to spread news of Li Yuan’s victory.
• Morgans published reports declaring Li Yuan the world’s strongest man, and the news spread around the world.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku reviewed reports of the battle, scolded Borsalino, and sent Garp flying after discovering he had protected the meeting table with Armament Haki.
• Sengoku announced that Marines would send hard-to-capture pirates toward the New World because the Marines lacked the strength to suppress the pirate rise.
• Sengoku ordered Marines to flee immediately if they encountered Li Yuan, warning that he was beyond their ability to handle.

After Whitebeard recovered from his defeat, his children vowed to protect him, while Teach questioned his plan to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit. In 1500, Shakky brought Li Yuan the Blood-Blood Fruit, which Caesar fed to the Seven Star Sword, and Li Yuan fused the transformed sword into his body.

• Whitebeard reassured his worried children, who promised to grow strong enough to protect him and avenge his defeat by Li Yuan.
• Teach doubted that the Dark-Dark Fruit could help him rise to power and decided he could accept staying with the Whitebeard Pirates.
• The Limitless Pirates continued developing as unrest spread and Esdeath slaughtered nearly a hundred thousand attacking pirates over two years.
• Shakky gave Li Yuan the Blood-Blood Fruit, which he intended to feed to the Seven Star Sword.
• Caesar fed the Blood-Blood Fruit to the Seven Star Sword, and Li Yuan fused the sword into his body, gaining its blood power.

Caesar showed Li Yuan the Limitless Pirates’ new Shark Submarines and Laser Cannon, while Li Yuan planned to improve the Seven Star Sword with stored blood. Dragon decided the Revolutionary Army needed support from the Limitless Pirates, and Li Yuan prepared a submarine operation against CP training camps.

• Caesar showed Li Yuan the tested Shark Submarines and Laser Cannon, and Li Yuan ordered him to develop armed airplanes and improve the cannon’s energy supply with batteries.
• Li Yuan fed the Seven Star Sword an entire Blood Pool and found its Blood Space one-seventh full, then planned to fill it and forge the sword into a Black Blade.
• Dragon told Ivankov that the Revolutionary Army needed the Limitless Pirates’ resources and intended to seek their support.
• Shakky showed Li Yuan a sea chart of CP training bases uncovered by Net, and Li Yuan decided to attack them after Caesar’s Shark Submarines entered mass production.

Li Yuan negotiated a weapons and supplies deal with Dragon’s Self-Defense Army, while the World Government ordered a crackdown on the army and a group of scholars studying the Void Century. Soros then showed Li Yuan a perfected Artificial Devil Fruit and prepared to scale up production.

• Yadina told Li Yuan that Dragon wanted to meet, and Li Yuan agreed to see him at the Venice Battle Pyramid.
• Dragon asked for supplies and weapons for the Self-Defense Army, and Li Yuan agreed to trade them for half Berry and half treasure or valuables.
• After Dragon left, Li Yuan told Yadina that Dragon was powerful but the Self-Defense Army would struggle to survive while the World Government remained in power.
• Saint Saturn, Saint Peter, Saint Nusjuro, and Saint Warcury ordered the army, CP Department, Navy, and potentially God's Knights to suppress the Self-Defense Army and eliminate scholars researching the Void Century.
• Soros showed Li Yuan a perfected artificial Ox-Ox Fruit: Model Giraffe, explaining that it worked like a normal Zoan Devil Fruit but could not awaken and that Ancient Type versions were still in development.
• Li Yuan said the Tontatta could grow the special plants needed for mass production, and planned to have Yadina arrange their help.

Li Yuan heard Soros’s updates on mechanical limbs and the Hades, then discussed the obstacles to studying Ancient Weapon technology. On Agili Island, Akame found the hungry, rejected Perona and promised to take her in as her little sister.

• Soros showed Li Yuan nerve-controlled mechanical limbs, and Li Yuan suggested using similar technology to control robots.
• Soros said he could not yet understand the Ancient Weapons’ core technology and that upgrading the Hades had not brought it close to Pluton; Li Yuan told him to study energy and asked Caesar to develop materials.
• On Agili Island, villagers drove three-year-old Perona away and refused to give her food because they feared her ghost powers.
• Akame gave Perona flatbread and watermelon juice, then learned that her parents had abandoned her and villagers had bullied her since she ate a strange fruit.
• Akame promised Perona she would not go hungry or be hurt again, accepted her as her little sister, and carried her away to get cleaned up.

Spandam triggered a Buster Call on Ohara, and the Marine fleet began destroying the island while Kuzan questioned the order and Saul protected Robin. Kuzan spared Robin and froze Saul, while Munis stopped Sakazuki from killing Saul to avoid provoking Elbaf.

• Spandam activated the Golden Den Den Mushi, summoning the Buster Call fleet and five Vice Admirals to Ohara.
• Sakazuki ordered the warships to bombard Ohara despite Kuzan’s request to investigate first, and the attack killed civilians across the island.
• Kuzan saw the innocent people dying and began doubting the Marines’ justice.
• Saul set Robin down and fought Kuzan so she could escape, urging her to find companions; Kuzan froze Saul but let Robin go and shielded her from cannon fire.
• Sakazuki tried to kill Saul with magma, but Munis stopped him, warning that killing a Giant could rupture the Marines’ relationship with Elbaf.

On the day Ohara was destroyed, the Limitless Pirates launched coordinated attacks on secret CP training bases around the world. Li Yuan led the assault on the CP0 island, while Esdeath spared the children at the CP9 base and ordered them taken away; the campaign continued toward the New World bases.

• The Limitless Pirates deployed Shark Submarines to CP training islands and began simultaneous attacks on the day Ohara was destroyed.
• Esdeath slaughtered the adult CP9 members at one training base, then ordered her subordinates to take Lucci, Kaku, and the other children back.
• Li Yuan and Stuscia attacked the CP0 training island, where Li Yuan’s Conqueror’s Haki incapacitated nearly everyone and forced Oswald Angulo to flee.
• Li Yuan defeated Oswald, drained his blood with the Seven Star Sword, and considered whether the weapon could overcome the Five Elders’ regeneration.
• Li Yuan left Stuscia to secure the CP0 base as the Limitless Pirates continued attacking training islands across the Four Seas, the Grand Line, and the New World.

The Flying Pirates prepared to destroy the World Government's CP training bases in the New World after confirming their locations, while the Limitless Pirates began rescuing Ohara's scholars during the Marines' Buster Call. The scholars escaped to a Sky Island with their books, where they were told they would have to remain hidden from the World Government.

• Reinhardt confirmed that mysterious intelligence accurately identified CP training bases in the New World, and Golden Lion ordered the Flying Pirates to destroy them.
• Golden Lion said the Limitless Pirates had also received separate intelligence and had begun acting against other CP training bases.
• After Shakky learned that the Marines were launching a Buster Call on Ohara, she ordered Koya to save its scholars, as her husband had instructed.
• As the Marines bombarded Ohara, Dr. Clover and the scholars tried to protect the books in the Tree of Knowledge, while Koya summoned rain to extinguish its fires.
• Koya and her clones transported the scholars and their books through a mirror to a Sky Island, warning them that the World Government believed they were dead.
• The Sky Island's manager arrived with helpers and led Dr. Clover and the scholars to settle in.

The Limitless Pirates destroyed CP Training Bases across the Four Seas and Grand Line, while the Flying Pirates targeted bases in the New World. The World Government failed to capture the returning Limitless Pirates, who evaded its blockade and made it back to their territory.

• The Five Elders learned that CP Training Bases worldwide were under attack and ordered Marines and World Government forces to defend the bases and capture the Limitless Pirates.
• Li Yuan returned to the Limitless Sea and agreed with Shakky's plan to keep the rescued Ohara scholars on Sky Island, then ordered the Net to search for Robin and intensify its campaign against the CP Organization.
• Shakky confirmed that the Flying Pirates had also begun destroying CP Training Bases in the New World.
• Munis told Sengoku that the Buster Call at Ohara was nearly complete and that Kuzan had frozen Saul without endangering his life.
• After the Buster Call, Sengoku ordered Kuzan and Sakazuki to help search for the Limitless Pirates, but the Marines and World Government could not find them for more than ten days.
• The World Government learned that the Limitless Pirates' officers had already returned home, having slipped through the blockade.

The Five Elders planned to capture Akame and strike at the Limitless Pirates’ trade posts after the destruction of the CP Training Bases. As news spread, Shanks invited Yasopp to join him at sea.

• Saint Saturn, Saint Peter, Saint Nusjuro, Saint Warcury, and Saint Mars discussed the losses from the attacks on the CP Training Bases and blamed Net for the pirates’ success.
• Saint Mars revealed that Akame might be Li Yuan’s daughter and had led an attack on a CP Training Base, prompting the Five Elders to plan her capture as bait for the Limitless Pirates.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed that the Five Elders use instantaneous transfer to seize Akame while striking the Limitless Pirates’ trade posts in the Four Seas and Grand Line.
• The World Economic News Agency published reports about the attacks, and Li Yuan praised Morgans for helping undermine the World Government’s image.
• In Fruit Dew Village, Shanks read the news and invited Yasopp to join his crew, while Yasopp accused him of trying to avoid paying his ship fee.

After the World Government sent Marines to target the Limitless Pirates’ Trade Posts in the Four Seas, Li Yuan and Shakky prepared to evacuate the posts and retaliate against Marine bases and exposed CP agents. Doflamingo increased weapons sales, as the conflict between the Limitless Pirates and the World Government began to spread through the Four Seas.

• Kaku, Lucci, and Kalifa adjusted to life as apprentices of the Limitless Sword Hall, where they received training, education, and comfortable living conditions.
• Li Yuan and Shakky observed the former CP children training and discussed the Marines’ orders to attack the Limitless Pirates’ Trade Posts in the Four Seas.
• Li Yuan ordered the Trade Posts evacuated and planned to raid and destroy nearby Marine branch bases while the Marines were away.
• Shakky proposed that the Net eliminate exposed CP agents, and Li Yuan also ordered more weapons sold and the Self-Defense Army mobilized.
• Doflamingo learned that weapons were flowing into the North Blue and told Trebol to expand their sales despite the growing conflict.

The Limitless Pirates’ allies took advantage of their conflict with the World Government to expand arms sales and strengthen the Self-Defense Army, while the Navy searched in vain for a trade post. In the South Sea, Yazek Pass led the Elephant Fist Pirates to attack a Navy base.

• Umit asked Artel McLaren to retrieve his stored weapons and agreed to buy Artel’s new stock for the growing number of wars.
• Dragon and Ivankov celebrated the destruction of the CP Organization’s training base and ordered the Self-Defense Army to expand and buy more weapons from the Limitless Pirates.
• Borsalino arrived at Faris Island and ordered the Navy to surround Guzman Street, but learned that the merchants there had left two days earlier.
• Yazek Pass led the Elephant Fist Pirates toward a South Sea Navy base, transformed into a humanoid elephant, and charged at it using Geppo.

Yazek Pass led the Limitless Pirates in destroying a Navy Base while enforcing Captain Li Yuan’s rule against robbing poor civilians. Akame brought Perona to live with her family, then stayed on Niccolo Island for its food, where three of the Five Elders arrived.

• Yazek Pass defeated Lieutenant Commander Maria Wallace and led the pirates in massacring the Marines and looting the Navy Base.
• Yazek Pass killed a pirate who suggested plundering the island’s city, then ordered the Navy Base burned before the crew retreated.
• Akame returned to Perona, comforted her, and later brought her through a mirror to meet Asuna and join the family.
• Asuna welcomed Perona as her little sister and showed her around their home while Akame returned to Niccolo Island.
• Akame enjoyed Niccolo Island’s food and decided to stay for a month as three of the Five Elders arrived on the island.

The Five Elders set a trap for Akame and attacked her while she was out shopping. After she fought Saint Nusjuro, Saturn and Mars joined the pursuit, surrounding her and demanding that she surrender.

• Saint Saturn questioned CP0 Mattia Coli, then Nusjuro, Mars, and Saturn searched around Akame and planned a three-sided attack.
• Akame sensed killing intent and drew Demon Blade Muramasa as Saint Nusjuro charged her in his transformed form.
• Akame empowered herself with her curse and clashed swords with Nusjuro, who recognized Li Yuan’s swordsmanship and knocked her back.
• Saturn and Mars arrived to assist Nusjuro, forcing Akame to flee as the three Five Elders closed in around her.
• Nusjuro told Akame she could not escape and demanded that she surrender, but she showed no fear and seemed to mock him.

Bullet, Asura Doji, and Nepal arrived to protect Akame from Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro, turning the Five Elders’ planned capture into a battle. As the fights began, Saint Mars wondered how the Limitless Pirates had learned of their operation and whether the Five Elders were now surrounded.

• Bullet, Asura Doji, and Nepal appeared beside Akame, shocking Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro with their unexpected arrival.
• Bullet fought Saint Saturn, broke his Evil Eye attack, deflected his poison, and blasted him back with a powerful Gravity-enhanced punch.
• Asura Doji clashed with Saint Nusjuro, shattered his ice slash, and challenged him with the Earth Destruction Sword.
• Asura Doji stepped between Saint Nusjuro and Akame when Saint Nusjuro targeted her, and Akame let the two swordsmen continue their duel.
• Saint Mars watched from the sky and questioned how the Limitless Pirates had discovered the capture plan, realizing the Five Elders might be surrounded.

Li Yuan revealed that he had used Akame to lure the Five Elders away from Holy Land Mary Geoise so he could hunt them. He overwhelmed Saint Mars, then disrupted the Elders’ attempt to teleport away and pierced Saint Mars with a Seastone sword.

• Li Yuan’s plan drew the Five Elders to the Four Seas by making them believe Akame was his daughter and a way to lure out the Limitless Pirates.
• Li Yuan ambushed Saint Mars from the sky and heavily injured him with a powerful sword strike.
• Saint Mars tried to take flight, but Li Yuan struck him again and smashed him back into the ground.
• Saint Saturn became distracted by Li Yuan’s strength, allowing Bullet to land a blow and then stop him from reaching Saint Mars.
• Saint Saturn activated the Five Elders’ teleportation ability, but Li Yuan’s Conqueror’s Haki stalled it.
• Li Yuan threw a Seastone sword through Saint Mars’s slowed defenses as the teleportation attempt was underway.

Li Yuan used Seastone weapons to interrupt Saint Mars’s teleportation and suppress his powers, then drained his blood and killed him. Afterward, he learned that Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro had escaped and told Akame to return home because the World Government would retaliate.

• Li Yuan’s Seastone longsword pierced Saint Mars and disrupted his teleportation, leaving him behind as Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro escaped to Mary Geoise.
• The Five Elders realized Saint Mars had been left behind, and Saint Mars began preparing to teleport back while Saint Peter and Saint Warcury arranged a rescue.
• Li Yuan attacked Saint Mars with the Seven Star Sword and a barbed Seastone spike, suppressing his powers and draining his blood despite Saint Mars begging for mercy.
• Saint Mars died as Li Yuan drained his blood, and Li Yuan destroyed his dried corpse before Bullet, Asura Doji, and Akame arrived.
• Li Yuan told Akame that Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro had escaped and ordered her to return home with him because the World Government would retaliate.