Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan defended Shakky from the World Government CP agents and overwhelmed their leader, the Tiger Mask Man, with Conqueror’s Haki and a powerful sword slash. As the Tiger Mask Man was hurled toward the sea, Li Yuan appeared above his path and prepared an attack drawing on the Great Sea.

• Li Yuan told Shakky to get to safety and confronted the CP agents who had come to capture her.
• Li Yuan unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, forcing the CP agents to their knees and knocking more than half of them unconscious.
• The Tiger Mask Man transformed with the Nyan Nyan no Mi, Model: Striped Tiger, and charged Li Yuan with a Haki-coated Tiger Spear.
• Li Yuan evaded the attack with Three-Stage Soru and struck the Tiger Mask Man with a Cross Evil Light Slash, sending him flying toward the sea.
• Li Yuan used Geppo to get above the Tiger Mask Man’s path and raised his sword as a vast sea-like whirlpool gathered around it.

Li Yuan killed the CP1 Tiger Mask Man and the CP agents attacking Shakky, then escaped Suoluo Island with her. Shakky’s pill side effects led to a passionate kiss and the two disappeared into a cabin aboard the Limitless Pirates’ ship.

• Li Yuan cleaved the Tiger Mask Man into the sea, pursued him underwater, and killed him before returning to the port.
• Li Yuan killed the remaining CP agents and confirmed that Shakky was an intelligence agent for the Rocks Pirates.
• Li Yuan carried Shakky away from Suoluo Island with Geppo, and she grew flustered as the pill’s side effects took hold.
• Shakky removed her Fox Mask and kissed Li Yuan, and the two continued kissing as he flew toward the Limitless Pirates’ ship.
• Li Yuan carried Shakky into a cabin, leaving Kano and Karu stunned by what they had seen.

Li Yuan trained with his crew after learning they had found no Devil Fruit among the Leopard Pirates’ spoils, while Shakky woke aboard the ship and began learning about him from Lazuli. The chapter left Li Yuan preparing to test his body against gunfire, as the Roger Pirates arrived on Suoluo Island and discovered the aftermath of the battle.

• Lazuli left after deciding that Li Yuan preferred women who took the initiative.
• The Roger Pirates arrived at Suoluo Island, where Rayleigh noted the battle involving CP Agents, pirates, and a powerful Swordmaster.
• Li Yuan learned that the Leopard Pirates’ spoils included supplies, treasure, and weapons but no other valuable items, then began training with his junior brothers’ attacks.
• Shakky woke beside Li Yuan, met Lazuli, and learned about Li Yuan’s training and ambition to become the World's Greatest Swordsman.
• After half an hour of training, Li Yuan told his junior brothers to surround him with firearms.

Li Yuan trained by enduring thousands of bullets, then sailed with Shakky toward Hachinosu Island to seek entry into the Rocks Pirates. After more than half a month at sea, he began the fourth layer of the Sword God Body Tempering Technique, using Armament Haki to strengthen his skin.

• Li Yuan endured more than six thousand bullets as part of his training, then healed his wounds by eating Sea King barbecue.
• Li Yuan asked Shakky how to join the Rocks Pirates, and she explained that the next recruitment selection would take place in just over a month on Hachinosu Island.
• Shakky gave Li Yuan a pointer to Hachinosu Island and said she would return there to report on her destroyed intelligence outpost and establish another.
• Li Yuan sent the ship toward Hachinosu Island and continued training in the Great Sea while the Limitless Pirates replenished supplies along the way.
• After more than half a month, Li Yuan used Armament Haki to begin the fourth layer of the Sword God Body Tempering Technique and found that it was toughening his skin.

Li Yuan increased the efficiency of his Haki body tempering by having his junior brothers strike him, then continued training as his strength rapidly grew. After resting with Lazuli and explaining his relentless pursuit of strength to Shakky, he spotted a Rocks Pirates ship ahead.

• Li Yuan found that injuries from his junior brothers’ weapons made the Sword God Body Tempering Technique several times more effective, so he decided to train with their help for six hours a day.
• After half a month of training, Li Yuan felt his strength and physique had advanced rapidly and decided to take a brief rest.
• Lazuli visited Li Yuan in his room, and the two became intimate before he left refreshed while she slept.
• Shakky asked Li Yuan why he trained so relentlessly, and he explained that he needed greater strength to survive and enjoy freedom without fear.
• Karu warned Li Yuan that a pirate ship ahead flew the Rocks Pirates’ flag, and Li Yuan used Observation Haki to inspect it.

Li Yuan and Golden Lion Shiki clashed with Conqueror’s Haki and sword attacks at sea before Shiki invited Li Yuan to join his crew. Shakky revealed that Captain Rocks had sent Shiki to find her, halting the fight.

• Golden Lion Shiki confronted the Limitless Pirates near the Rocks Pirates’ base and clashed with Li Yuan’s Conqueror’s Haki, splitting the clouds above them.
• Shiki and Li Yuan exchanged powerful sword slashes over the sea, with Shiki shattering Li Yuan’s Sea Slash.
• Shiki invited Li Yuan to join his crew, but Li Yuan refused and said he had come to join the Rocks Pirate Crew as an officer.
• Shiki threatened Li Yuan, and Li Yuan challenged him to fight.
• Shakky stepped forward and reminded Shiki that Captain Rocks was waiting for her; Shiki said Rocks had sent them to find her.

After agreeing to attend the Rocks Pirates Recruitment Meeting, Li Yuan spent a month training near Hachinosu Island to strengthen himself. He prepared to sail for the meeting, while recognizing that his rapid gains from Haki Body Tempering had begun to slow.

• Golden Lion invited Li Yuan to attend the Rocks Pirates Recruitment Meeting in one month, and Li Yuan accepted the challenge.
• Li Yuan escorted Shakky near Hachinosu Island, promised to meet her there, and sailed away with Kano and the other junior brothers.
• Li Yuan told his junior brothers to train while he focused on preparing for the meeting, then followed an intense daily schedule of body tempering and sword practice for a month.
• Kano brought Li Yuan a newspaper announcing the meeting for the next day, and Li Yuan ordered everyone to prepare to go to Hachinosu Island.
• Li Yuan rested before the meeting and realized that his body had adapted to his current Haki, reducing the gains from Haki Body Tempering.

Li Yuan arrived at Hachinosu Island for the Rocks Pirates' recruitment meeting and watched Rocks begin a brutal selection. The six thousand hopeful recruits were ordered to kill one another until only three thousand remained, and the slaughter began.

• Li Yuan reflected that his Haki and swordsmanship had improved faster at sea because meeting powerful people had broadened his outlook and strengthened his motivation.
• Li Yuan reached Hachinosu Island with his companions, told them to stay aboard, and joined the pirates gathering for the recruitment meeting.
• Li Yuan saw Rocks and the Rocks Pirates' officers, including Golden Lion Shiki, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, Silver Axe, Ochoku, John, Kurozumi Higurashi, Kurozumi Semimaru, and Kaido.
• Rocks told the roughly six thousand recruits that only the three thousand survivors of a battle to the death would join his crew.
• The recruits erupted into a chaotic melee while Rocks watched, Golden Lion laughed, Whitebeard shut his eyes, and the other officers observed or continued eating and drinking.

Li Yuan slaughtered pirates at the Rocks Pirates Recruitment Meeting, then unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and stood against the combined pressure of the Rocks Pirates’ strongest members. Rocks’s overwhelming Haki compressed Li Yuan’s aura, but Li Yuan’s will strengthened, and Rocks could not suppress him completely.

• Li Yuan gave in to the bloodlust of the battle and beheaded pirates with the Limitless Sword Technique, killing more than a thousand in fifteen minutes.
• Golden Lion Shiki pointed Li Yuan out to Whitebeard as the man who had rescued Shakky, and Whitebeard declined to test him.
• Li Yuan stopped fighting and released his Blood Red Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out most of the remaining pirates.
• Golden Lion Shiki, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, Silver Axe, John, and Kaido unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Li Yuan as the only recruit still standing.
• Rocks released his deep red Conqueror’s Haki and forced Li Yuan’s aura into a shrinking ten-meter radius, but Li Yuan held his ground and resisted being crushed.

Li Yuan joined the Rocks Pirates and challenged John for a chance to become an officer, choosing aerial combat to improve his odds. The chapter ended as John blocked Li Yuan’s mountain-splitting slash in midair.

• Rocks welcomed Li Yuan to the crew after seeing his Conqueror’s Haki, and Li Yuan asked how to become an officer.
• Rocks said Li Yuan had to defeat an officer or fight one to a draw, and Li Yuan chose John as his opponent.
• Li Yuan lured John into an aerial battle, relying on his Geppo skills to avoid fighting him on the ground.
• John fired an Armament Haki-coated bullet at Li Yuan, then rose into the air with Geppo.
• Li Yuan dove at John with a powerful sword slash, and John blocked it with his rapier.

Li Yuan fought John in the air, using speed and varied swordsmanship to contend with the Rocks Pirates officer despite his weaker Haki. The battle continued as Li Yuan grew stronger through combat, while John struggled to bring his full strength to bear.

• John overwhelmed Li Yuan's Haki and shattered his Army Breaking Sword Skill, sending him flying.
• Li Yuan unleashed the Void-Breaking Sword Art, but John cut the slash apart with advanced Armament Haki.
• Li Yuan used Observation Haki, Geppo, and Life Return: Strengthened Legs with Moon Chasing to evade John's attacks and launch a rapid counterstrike.
• Li Yuan kept retreating after their clash and used hit-and-run tactics, sustaining his enhanced legs with the Sword God Body Tempering Technique.
• As the aerial battle continued, Li Yuan's swordsmanship and Haki improved, while John grew frustrated by the fight and Shiki praised Li Yuan's swordsmanship.

Li Yuan fought John in the air for an entire day, pushing his strength and swordsmanship to their limits. Rocks declared Li Yuan a new Rocks Pirates Officer, leaving the exhausted swordsman with a place among the crew.

• Whitebeard praised Li Yuan for choosing an aerial battle against John, while Charlotte Linlin expressed her desire to have children with him and Kaido resolved to become an officer himself.
• John realized Li Yuan was using him as a whetstone, increased his speed, and forced Li Yuan to reinforce both arms with Life Return.
• Li Yuan unleashed Fierce Dragon Severing Sky Slash, which shattered against John's advanced Armament Haki but blasted John backward over a hundred meters.
• Li Yuan and John fought head-on for another half day, with John inflicting severe wounds while Li Yuan kept fighting despite nearing his limits.
• Rocks announced that Li Yuan had lasted a day against John and declared him a new Rocks Pirates Officer.

After becoming a Rocks Pirates officer, Li Yuan celebrated with the crew while spies photographed him. In Mary Geoise, the Five Elders learned that he was a vampire and ordered him captured alive, making him a target of the World Government.

• Rocks declared Li Yuan a Rocks Pirates officer after his draw with John, and the crew welcomed him with a feast.
• Li Yuan ate and drank with Whitebeard while spies secretly photographed him.
• Shakky reviewed the news that Li Yuan had become an officer soon after joining the Rocks Pirates.
• Topman Warcury and Jaygarcia Saint Saturn identified Li Yuan's vampire bloodline as the reason for the Five Elders' interest.
• Shepherd Ten Peder urged the Five Elders to capture Li Yuan alive for his blood, and Marcus Mars proposed using Marines and CP0 to seize him.

After the Rocks Pirates destroyed the Marine G-10 Fortress, Fleet Admiral Brac ordered Steel-Bone Kong to defend the New World fortresses and sent Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru to suppress unrest in the Four Seas. The Marines also issued a 550 million bounty for the young Rocks Pirates Officer Li Yuan, while Roger grew angry at the Rocks Pirates’ domination of the New World.

• Brac learned that Rocks’s hidden forces and recruited One Pieces had destroyed the New World G-10 Fortress, killing all three thousand Marines stationed there.
• Garp demanded that the Marines enter the New World, but Steel-Bone Kong and Brac explained that the Marines had to deal with unrest across the Four Seas first.
• Brac assigned Steel-Bone Kong to guard the New World fortresses and tasked Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru with suppressing the Four Seas; he warned Kong not to face Rocks alone.
• Brac read the World Government’s intelligence on Li Yuan and ordered a 550 million bounty for the sixteen-year-old Rocks Pirates Officer.
• Rayleigh showed Roger the news of the fortress’s destruction, and Roger condemned the Rocks Pirates for controlling the New World and restricting his freedom.

After joining the Rocks Pirates as an officer, Li Yuan returned to Hachinosu Island and told his junior brothers and Lazuli the news. The next morning, he reflected on how his battle with John had strengthened him, while recognizing that such dangerous fights were rare.

• Roger restrained his anger at Rocks and told Rayleigh he would not challenge him until he was confident he could win.
• Roger noticed Li Yuan's wanted poster and praised the young officer, while Rayleigh dismissed the idea of recruiting him and reminded Roger their crew was low on money.
• Louis saw Li Yuan's photograph in the newspaper on Steller Island and remarked that Li Yuan had drawn closer to his goal.
• After the banquet, Li Yuan returned to his ship and told his junior brothers and Lazuli that he had become a Rocks Pirates Officer.
• The next morning, Li Yuan covered the sleeping Lazuli with a blanket and realized his fight with John had improved his strength and Armament Haki.

After becoming a Rocks Pirates Officer, Li Yuan settled on Hachinosu Island and focused on growing strong enough to survive the coming God Valley Incident. He left Shakky searching for a powerful sword and a rare Devil Fruit while he trained and studied.

• Li Yuan brought his junior brothers to Hachinosu Island, where the pirates treated him with respect as the Decapitation Sword Master.
• Shakky welcomed Li Yuan at his villa, and the two spent time together before she gave him cultivation notes and the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.
• Li Yuan asked Shakky to find the locations of Sleepy Ancient Town and Asca Island, seeking the Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Vampire Form, and the Seven Star Sword.
• Li Yuan chose to remain on Hachinosu Island, study the materials, and train rather than get involved in other matters.

Li Yuan accepted fifty pirates as subordinates after killing those who protested his selection, and the recruits chose Zet Mari as their captain. When Mari brought them to Li Yuan, they found him training by letting Kano and others attack his Haki-hardened body.

• Several hundred pirates asked to join Li Yuan, but his Observation Haki revealed that many harbored hostile intent.
• Li Yuan accepted fifty pirates who showed no hostility and killed more than twenty loud protesters with a single sword slash.
• Li Yuan told the fifty recruits to choose a captain and meet him at the southern shore of Hachinosu Island.
• Zet Mari defeated the other contenders and became captain of the forty-nine pirates under Li Yuan.
• Mari and his crew found Li Yuan being attacked during his training, and Li Yuan ordered them to join in and strike him with their strongest attacks.

Li Yuan trained his new pirate subordinates by having them attack him, then practiced the Gale Sword Style underwater and began incorporating it into his Limitless Sword Style. He ended the day carrying a massive boulder through the sky, inspiring Mari and the others to train harder.

• Li Yuan told Mari and the other pirates to attack him with their strongest methods, and they fought him for an hour before stopping exhausted.
• Li Yuan offered to guide his subordinates in the afternoon, then practiced swordsmanship underwater while learning the Gale Sword Style.
• Mari watched the violent waves from Li Yuan’s training, and Kano introduced himself as Li Yuan’s junior brother and a fellow crewmate.
• Li Yuan mastered the Gale Sword Technique and planned to integrate its speed into his Limitless Sword Style.
• Li Yuan carried a two-thousand-ton boulder through the sky with Geppo, and Mari urged the others to train hard and catch up to him.

After three months of training on Hachinosu Island, Li Yuan had greatly improved his swordsmanship, physical skills, and Haki, then went out to explore the island. At a tavern, he heard news of the Rocks Pirates’ campaign against the Navy and shared drinks with Whitebeard.

• Li Yuan finished absorbing Shakky’s training notes and believed he was close to breaking through to become a Great Swordsman.
• Li Yuan reflected that his rapid growth had narrowed the gap between him and John, and that Rocks had let newly appointed officers train without interruption.
• Li Yuan explored Hachinosu Island and heard pirates discuss the Rocks Pirates attacking the Navy’s G-10 Fortress and the return of Admiral Gokai.
• Whitebeard joined Li Yuan at the tavern, drank his liquor, and praised how much stronger Li Yuan had become.
• Li Yuan called Whitebeard the real monster as the two continued drinking.

Li Yuan joined Rocks’s officer meeting after three months of secluded training and found Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin opposed by John, Ochoku, and Silver Axe. Rocks announced a campaign to plunder the Vixga Kingdom and force the New World’s World Government Affiliated Nations to submit.

• Golden Lion summoned Whitebeard and Li Yuan to Rocks’s officer meeting, and Li Yuan challenged Golden Lion to fight after the meeting.
• John taunted Li Yuan about his training, and Li Yuan said their next fight could end with his sword drawing blood.
• The chapter described how John, Ochoku, and Silver Axe had formed an alliance against Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin, while Li Yuan had aligned himself with the latter group.
• Rocks announced that the Rocks Pirates would begin their campaign by plundering the Vixga Kingdom and would destroy nations that refused to submit.
• Golden Lion supported Rocks’s ambition to become World King, and John eagerly asked when the plundering would begin.