Chapter Summaries

Koya destroyed most of the World Government’s support fleet with a massive bombardment, turning the battle decisively in the pirates’ favor. Sengoku ordered a retreat, but the pirates launched a full assault to prevent the World Government forces from escaping.

• Koya used her ability to position grids of clouds above the World Government’s rear fleet and dropped thousands of specially made timer bombs.
• Koya detonated the bombs as they reached the fleet, destroying nearly ninety percent of the World Government warships and killing many aboard.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru ordered the remaining forces to protect the ships and rescue those at sea, while Sengoku ordered the World Government fighters to retreat.
• The pirates refused to let the World Government withdraw, and Whitebeard and Golden Lion unleashed their Devil Fruit Awakenings.
• Akame and Hermes left the Steel Battleship and the Hades to join the fighting, making the retreat harder for the World Government’s top-tier fighters.

Li Yuan used the blood supplied by the Seven Star Sword to enhance his entire body and broke free of Carlo’s Chaos Domain. He outmaneuvered the four fighters and attacked Aimaierjiang, whose blood began to solidify as Li Yuan’s sword strike came down.

• Koya’s explosion distracted Li Yuan’s attackers, giving Li Yuan an opening to activate Blood Boil and enhance his whole body with Life Return.
• Li Yuan burst out of Carlo’s Chaos Domain, and Garp urged the others to regroup before Li Yuan’s enhanced state ended.
• Li Yuan charged Carlo, but vanished with Shape Shift as the four fighters attacked, leaving a blood bat to take their blows.
• Li Yuan reappeared behind Aimaierjiang and unleashed Three Elements Unity: Haki Wrap God Slayer.
• Aimaierjiang tried to block the slash, but Li Yuan’s power obstructed and solidified the blood in his body, leaving him struggling to counter the poison with Armament Haki.

Li Yuan activated the Blood Poison he had planted in Aimaierjiang and killed him with a single strike. Garp and Carlo escaped through a spatial passage, but Li Yuan shattered it before Ivankov could enter, leaving him stranded.

• Li Yuan activated the Blood Poison in Aimaierjiang’s blood, making him hesitate long enough for Li Yuan to behead him and drain his blood with the Seven Star Sword.
• Garp charged Li Yuan with Bone Fist: Star Annihilation, but Li Yuan broke through Garp’s full-body Armament Haki and sent him flying with a powerful slash.
• Carlo opened a spatial passage and escaped with Garp while Ivankov followed behind them.
• Li Yuan shattered the chaotic space with a blood-red slash, collapsing the passage and throwing Ivankov back out.

Li Yuan defeated Ivankov by using the Seven Star Sword’s Blood-Blood Fruit ability to bypass his defenses and sever his neck. Afterward, Li Yuan sensed that his Devil Fruit was close to awakening and his body tempering was nearly complete, leaving him anticipating the true final battle.

• Li Yuan used Shape Shift to intercept Ivankov as he tried to flee, then struck him with Three Yuan Unity’s Coating.
• Ivankov’s Divine Eagle Cannon collided with Li Yuan’s shockwave, which shattered his lightning defenses, broke his wings, and forced him out of Full Beast Form.
• Li Yuan appeared above Ivankov and unleashed Three Yuan Unity’s Coating Slayer as Ivankov raised his Lightning Armlets to defend himself.
• The Seven Star Sword turned into blood and reformed behind Ivankov’s defenses, then cut off his neck and drained his body.
• Li Yuan reflected on the sword’s Blood-Blood Fruit ability and sensed that his Devil Fruit was nearing awakening and his internal-organ tempering was nearly finished.

The pirates defeated the World Government forces in the South Sea, forcing Sengoku and the surviving combatants to retreat after losing two more top fighters. Li Yuan and the Great Pirates celebrated their victory on Golden Lion's Floating Island, while Gabor and Aokiji escaped capture.

• Hermes and Bullet overwhelmed Gabor, who fell into the sea, and Bullet ordered non-Devil Fruit users to seize him with Seastone shackles.
• Akame and Esdeath wounded Aokiji, but he escaped through the frozen sea; Doflamingo and Mihawk retreated as the Marines began to lose.
• Carlo used Chaos Space to bring Doflamingo, Mihawk, and another combatant to a surviving Warship, while Garp helped cover the retreat of the World Government's forces.
• Sengoku led the remaining top combatants in a fighting withdrawal, and the pirates killed two more before the World Government escaped.
• Li Yuan declared victory, and Golden Lion brought out his Floating Island so Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and the other pirates could celebrate.

Li Yuan and the pirate captains celebrated their victory and planned to secure the South Sea, while Sengoku received the devastating casualty report and was ordered by the Five Elders to return to Mary Geoise. The chapter ended with the defeated Navy preparing to regroup and withdraw.

• Golden Lion hosted a banquet where Li Yuan, Kaido, Whitebeard, and the other captains celebrated their victory.
• Golden Lion argued that the pirates had enough forces to defeat the World Government, while Li Yuan said they should first occupy the South Sea.
• Kaido and Whitebeard challenged each other to fight after the banquet, and Golden Lion directed them to a nearby island.
• A Rear Admiral reported that the war had cost 455 ships, at least 450,000 lives, and numerous high-ranking combatants.
• Sengoku explained the Limitless Pirates' weapons and tactics to Saint Saturn and said he would send a full intelligence report.
• Saint Nusjuro told Sengoku to return with the surviving forces, and Sengoku ordered the Navy to regroup and withdraw.

After the Pirate Alliance’s victory, the South Sea’s kingdoms submitted to pirate rule while Dragon planned to rebuild the Revolutionary Army after its defeat. Li Yuan spotted young Baccarat using the Lucky-Lucky Fruit and watched her absorb other people’s luck before she approached him.

• Morgans published reports confirming the Pirate Alliance’s victory, and South Sea Affiliated nations agreed to submit to the pirates and pay them protection money.
• The Limitless Pirates fully occupied their territories and exterminated those who resisted, while Dragon concluded that the Revolutionary Army had lost because it lacked top-tier combat power.
• Dragon planned to recruit or train stronger fighters and strengthen ties with the Limitless Pirates as the Revolutionary Army recovered.
• After the pirates left Golden Lion’s Floating Island, Li Yuan and Akame went shopping in a kingdom occupied by the Limitless Pirates.
• Li Yuan followed Baccarat and saw her find dropped Berry and absorb the luck of people she touched, causing a series of accidents.
• Baccarat noticed Li Yuan, brightened, and trotted toward him.

Baccarat approached Li Yuan and asked to follow him, believing he would bring her luck, and he welcomed her aboard the Hades as Akame’s god-sister. Li Yuan then heard Shakky’s report on their wartime expansion and told her about Baccarat’s Lucky-Lucky Fruit before they became intimate.

• Baccarat told Li Yuan she had always been lucky and wanted to follow him, and he agreed to take her with him.
• Baccarat pretended to cry when Li Yuan asked about her family, and he introduced her to Akame and warned her to wear a glove to control her ability.
• Li Yuan brought Baccarat aboard the Hades and asked Akame to show her around and find her a place to stay.
• Shakky reported that Net had cleared out the CP agents they could find and that the Quicksand Guild had expanded into the Grand Line and taken control of their South Sea territory.
• Li Yuan told Shakky about Baccarat’s Lucky-Lucky Fruit, and Shakky began seducing him in his office cabin.

Sengoku was blamed by the Five Elders for the World Government’s losses, then failed to secure extra funding for the Marines and received orders to destroy the Self-Defense Army. Meanwhile, Li Yuan tested Baccarat’s ability to absorb prisoners’ luck and decided to expand the Limitless Pirates’ Great Prison.

• The Five Elders berated Sengoku for the disastrous battle and accused him of causing the World Government’s top-tier fighters to die.
• Sengoku requested early and increased funding to rebuild the Marines, but Saint Nusjuro refused, citing the World Government’s financial troubles.
• Saint Saturn ordered Sengoku to prioritize wiping out the Self-Defense Army across the Four Seas and Grand Line, leaving the pirates aside for now.
• Li Yuan returned to the Limitless Sea with Baccarat and brought her to the Great Prison, where she absorbed the luck of eight hundred prisoners before reaching her limit.
• Li Yuan reassured Baccarat that she could absorb more luck as her ability developed and said he would have scientists invent whatever she wanted.
• Li Yuan decided to expand the Great Prison so the pirates could capture future enemies alive and use their luck to support Baccarat’s ability.

Li Yuan brought Baccarat to Yumaz’s laboratory, where her transferred luck helped the scientist make sudden progress on satellite signals. After giving Lucky Buffs to other researchers, Li Yuan returned home and gave Asuna and Rhodes the Devil Fruits they had reserved, then sent them for training.

• Li Yuan introduced Baccarat to Yumaz and had her transfer stored luck to help with his satellite signal research.
• Yumaz resumed his experiments and unexpectedly made progress through flashes of insight and chance mishaps.
• Li Yuan took Baccarat to the Great Prison for more luck, then gave Caesar, Judge, and Soros Lucky Buffs.
• Li Yuan introduced Baccarat to Asuna and Rhodes, who asked for the Devil Fruits they had reserved.
• Li Yuan gave Asuna the Karma-Karma Fruit and Rhodes the Mythical Zoan Wind God Pterosaur Fruit, and they ate them.
• Li Yuan put Seastone Handcuffs on Asuna and Rhodes and sent them to his subordinates for training.

Li Yuan asked Yadina to send Ares on a mission to capture someone alive, while Issho learned that the South Sea had fallen to pirates and was lured into a confrontation with the Limitless Pirates. The chapter ended as Issho raised an anti-gravity barrier against a person plunging from the sky.

• Li Yuan asked Yadina where Ares was and ordered her to tell him to capture someone alive.
• Yadina said Ares had found another Sky Island in the unknown skies and had asked her to send people to move it.
• At a casino on Gerant Island, Issho heard gamblers discuss the World Government's defeat and the South Sea falling to pirates, then left the casino.
• A Limitless Pirates Battalion Commander evacuated the town while Issho went to a wasteland on the outskirts.
• The Limitless Pirates warned Issho that his opponent was in the sky, and a person descended toward him like a meteor.
• Issho used his Supreme Grade Sword, Black Fireline, to form an anti-gravity barrier and slow the falling attacker.

Ares attacked Issho to capture him on Li Yuan’s orders, and the two traded powerful blows that injured them both. As Issho summoned two meteors and steered them toward Ares, Ares charged at him rather than face the falling disaster alone.

• Ares identified Issho’s gravity ability and descended in a Comet Energy shell, shattering Issho’s Anti-Gravity Barrier and injuring him with the impact.
• Ares compressed his energy into armor, struck Issho with Comet Strike, and sent him flying before circling him at high speed.
• Issho used Gravity Sword: Hell Journey, but Ares broke through the attack and punched him while Issho slashed Ares’s chest.
• Ares realized capturing Issho alive would be difficult as they recovered from their injuries.
• Issho summoned two flaming meteors and redirected them to follow Ares, who charged straight toward Issho.

Ares fought Issho across Gerant Island and defeated him after a day and a night of combat. Just as Ares finished the mission, an unknown figure suddenly flew toward them.

• Ares shattered Issho's meteors and Gravity attacks, then battered him into a crater with a series of comet-powered strikes.
• Major Jeffrey Clark reported the battle on Gerant Island to Marine Headquarters, and Sengoku passed the intelligence to the World Government.
• Issho accused Ares of attacking him on Li Yuan's orders because he had refused to join the Limitless Pirates, while Ares continued fighting without answering.
• After a day and a night, Ares knocked Issho unconscious and declared the mission complete.
• A figure suddenly flew toward Ares and the defeated Issho at incredible speed.

Li Yuan used Yadina’s improved Mind-Mind Fruit ability to swap Bill Brooks’s consciousness with Issho’s, giving the loyal Limitless Pirates officer a powerful body and Devil Fruit ability. Bill took the name Fujitora, and Li Yuan planned to have him train until he could wield the body’s strength.

• Gai Nie returned the unconscious Issho to Li Yuan and explained that Ares had defeated him without interference.
• Li Yuan proposed swapping Issho’s consciousness with that of a loyal, trained member, and Yadina agreed that her ability could make it work.
• Bill Brooks agreed to give up his body for the experiment, and Li Yuan brought him and Issho to Lazuli’s lab.
• Yadina exchanged their consciousnesses, and Li Yuan confirmed that Bill’s consciousness now inhabited Issho’s body.
• Li Yuan named Bill Fujitora, gave him Issho’s sword and battle footage, and ordered him to keep the experiment secret.
• Fujitora left with Lazuli for plastic surgery, while Li Yuan and Yadina discussed how the method could turn captured enemy fighters into allies.

Li Yuan learned that the Limitless Pirates’ scientists had solved the key technical problems for a Satellite and a Spaceship. The team planned to build and test the Satellite next, while continuing research on energy and weapons.

• Yumaz told Li Yuan that reliable signal transmission had been achieved at altitudes of up to one hundred thousand meters.
• Caesar, Soros, and Judge reported that they had overcome their technical difficulties, and Li Yuan gathered Caesar, Yumaz, and Soros to discuss the Satellite.
• Caesar reported completing the Satellite’s structural materials and installing an upgraded Laser Cannon, while Soros described the control, flight, and solar-charging systems he had developed.
• The scientists agreed that they could integrate their work, build a Satellite, and conduct experiments, with plans to raise its altitude beyond three hundred thousand meters over time.
• Soros told Li Yuan that a cramped Spaceship capable of carrying up to five people was ready for production and flight tests.
• Caesar asked whether Baccarat’s Lucky Buff could be maintained, and Li Yuan said he would have her visit the scientists regularly.

Stussy and Weevil were confronted by Fujitora, who challenged Weevil to test his strength, while Li Yuan and Shakky arrived to recruit them into the Limitless Pirates. Stussy became interested after Shakky offered medicines that could restore her youthful appearance.

• Weevil asked Stussy when they would find Whitebeard, and she told him to grow strong enough to defeat his father first.
• Fujitora attacked Weevil with Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger, and Weevil charged back into a fierce battle with him.
• Li Yuan and Shakky approached Stussy, who recognized them and was shocked by Li Yuan’s rise to power.
• Shakky offered Stussy and Weevil places in the Limitless Pirates, promising Weevil an officer position and Stussy medicine to restore her looks.
• Stussy asked whether Shakky’s promise was true and found herself unable to refuse the offer.

Li Yuan welcomed Stussy and Weevil into the Limitless Pirates after Fujitora defeated Weevil in a prolonged fight. He planned to use Yadina to make Weevil loyal and develop him into a top-tier combatant, while ordering Shakky to seek opportunities to capture Navy fighters.

• Stussy asked Shakky to stop Weevil and Fujitora's fight, but Shakky insisted Weevil needed to be tested and trained.
• Fujitora fought Weevil from day into night, gradually mastering his power and ultimately defeating him.
• Li Yuan praised Fujitora, then welcomed Weevil and Stussy into the crew and fed them before returning to the Limitless Sea.
• Li Yuan told Shakky he planned to separate Stussy from Weevil after they settled in, use Yadina to replace Weevil's mind and will, and give him a Devil Fruit.
• Li Yuan ordered Shakky to watch the Navy and World Government's top fighters and capture isolated Navy combatants without revealing the crew's involvement.

Li Yuan and Shakky spent a leisurely visit on the Sabaody Archipelago before running into Rayleigh, whom Li Yuan had not seen in years. Li Yuan and Rayleigh drank and reminisced until they both passed out, and Shakky carried Li Yuan away.

• Li Yuan and Shakky explored the Sabaody Archipelago together and planned to enjoy a quiet moment by the scenery.
• Li Yuan recognized Rayleigh and stopped Shakky from sending the old man flying.
• Li Yuan and Rayleigh traded stories, and Li Yuan gave him Dukang wine and barbecue.
• Li Yuan and Rayleigh drank and bragged about their past banquets while Shakky poured wine for Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan and Rayleigh both got drunk and fell asleep on the ground, and Shakky carried Li Yuan away.

Li Yuan and Shakky learned that Hancock and her sisters had been captured by slave traders and went to rescue them. Li Yuan freed the sisters at an auction, where Hancock caught sight of Shakky claiming him as her own.

• Shakky heard from Flame Flower that Hancock and her sisters had gone missing, then sent Net to search for them.
• Shakky told Li Yuan the sisters had been captured by slave traders and were being held in Sabaody, so they went to find them.
• Hancock and her sisters were brought to an auction, where the auctioneer announced they were from Nine Snake Island.
• Li Yuan unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out everyone in the auction house except the sisters.
• Li Yuan broke open the sisters' cage and restored their strength, while Shakky warned Hancock to stop staring at her man.

Li Yuan recruited Hancock and her companions into the Limitless Pirates before the auction house collapsed and Marine Headquarters traced the incident to him. On Morrison Island, Ace accidentally ate the Mera Mera no Mi, discovered his fire ability, and began dreaming of joining the Limitless Pirates, leaving Rouge worried that he would eventually go to sea.

• Hancock agreed to join the Limitless Pirates and train after Shakky scolded her for sneaking out.
• The auction house collapsed after Li Yuan and the others left, and Marines reported the powerful Conqueror's Haki to Sengoku.
• Sengoku learned that Li Yuan had been at Sabaody and sent the report to the World Government, refusing to let the Marines handle the matter.
• Ace secretly ate a fruit at Rouge's shop and discovered that it gave him the power to create and extinguish flames.
• Rouge recognized that Ace had eaten a Devil Fruit and taught him to control his power, while Ace said he wanted to protect her and join the Limitless Pirates when he grew up.