Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan told Dragon that the final battle against the World Government was near and asked the Revolutionary Army to prepare to join the attack. Dragon agreed after Li Yuan promised to govern the world according to the Limitless Sea’s methods, then announced the plan to the Revolutionary Army.

• Li Yuan told Dragon he intended to rule the world and asked him to gather the Revolutionary Army’s elites for a joint strike on Holy Land Mary Geoise and the Celestial Dragons.
• Dragon asked how Li Yuan would govern the world, and Li Yuan promised to extend the Limitless Sea’s policies across it.
• Dragon accepted Li Yuan’s promise as his condition for helping overthrow the World Government.
• Dragon returned to the meeting room and announced that the Revolutionary Army would help the Limitless Pirates overthrow the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
• Ivankov and the others reacted with shock as Dragon prepared to begin the plan.

Li Yuan reunited with Golden Lion after ten years and proposed gathering elite pirate forces to attack the World Government at Mary Geoise. Golden Lion was ready to join the campaign, while Li Yuan said his wandering sons would soon return to help.

• Golden Lion defeated Robben and Robben Kong again as they tried to challenge him.
• Li Yuan arrived and shattered slashes from Golden Lion and his sons with a single blood-red slash.
• Li Yuan reunited with Golden Lion and praised Robben and Robben Kong, then revealed that his daughters had beaten them three years earlier.
• Golden Lion teased Li Yuan for having daughters, and Li Yuan revealed that he had sons who had been wandering the world.
• Li Yuan told Golden Lion he planned to gather elite fighters and attack Mary Geoise to kill the Celestial Dragons and Five Elders.

Li Yuan and Golden Lion agreed to join forces against the World Government, with whoever defeated Im becoming the ruler if they won. Golden Lion began secretly recruiting other pirate crews as they prepared to launch their campaign in about two months.

• Li Yuan told Golden Lion that Im, the World Government's founder, had survived for eight hundred years and would be their greatest enemy.
• Li Yuan and Golden Lion agreed that whoever defeated Im would become the boss if they unified the world.
• Li Yuan proposed that both crews prepare to act in roughly two months and seek alliances with other pirate crews.
• After Li Yuan left, Robben worried that the Limitless Pirates might turn against the Flying Pirates, but Golden Lion said that would only matter after the World Government fell.
• Robben Kong suggested secretly recruiting Silver Axe's and Ochoku's crews, and Golden Lion summoned Reinhardt to begin organizing the alliance.

Li Yuan and Golden Lion gathered major pirate crews to join a war against the World Government, while the World Government prepared its forces and National Treasure to destroy them. The chapter ended with the Five Elders discussing how to keep Li Yuan and Golden Lion within firing range.

• Li Yuan and Golden Lion used threats and inducements to secure Ochoku and Silver Axe’s pirate crews for the alliance against the World Government.
• Whitebeard agreed to join the war and planned to bring only five people, telling his crew to retreat if danger arose.
• Rama Arellano pledged to protect Whitebeard, who reassured his children that he did not need their protection.
• Pirate crews began moving across the world, prompting kingdoms to gather treasure, prepare to flee, or seek refuge in Limitless Pirates territory.
• The Five Elders learned that Net had eliminated their agents inside the Limitless Pirates and ordered the Navy, CP, and Shichibukai prepared for war.
• The Five Elders planned to use the National Treasure against the gathered pirates and discussed how to keep Li Yuan and Golden Lion from escaping its firing range.

As war loomed between the World Government and the Pirate Alliance, Doflamingo sought Tesoro’s advice about the Limitless Pirates’ plans. He chose to abandon his Shichibukai position and join the Limitless Pirates, then began planning to move his people to the New World.

• Morgans spread alarming reports about the coming conflict and the Limitless Pirates’ movements around the world.
• Doflamingo visited Tesoro aboard the Golden Ship and asked what the Limitless Pirates planned to do.
• Tesoro warned Doflamingo to avoid the war, give up his Shichibukai title, and prepare for the Limitless Pirates to target Shichibukai who sided with the World Government.
• Doflamingo declared that he wanted to join the Limitless Pirates, and Tesoro welcomed him.
• Tesoro told Doflamingo to suspend his business and transfer his people to the New World before the Marines and World Government could retaliate.

Hancock led the Nine Snake Pirates into Gecko Moria’s territory to stop him from aiding the World Government, and she killed him and destroyed his Zombie Army. After the crew sailed away, Brook recovered his shadow and watched them depart from the Terror Three Ghost Ship.

• Hancock told Boa Sandersonia she intended to eliminate Gecko Moria as a threat to Li Yuan, while her sisters worried about her feelings for him.
• Gecko Moria ordered his Zombie Army to attack the Nine Snake Pirates, and Hancock turned the charging zombies to stone with Slave Arrow.
• Gecko Moria attacked Hancock with his shadow powers, but she evaded him and shattered his arm with Perfume Kick.
• Gecko Moria used Shadow Gathering Ground to strengthen himself, but Hancock broke his other arm and shattered his stone-turned head with Great Perfume Kick.
• Hancock left after the Nine Snake Pirates slaughtered Moria’s main subordinates, and Brook celebrated recovering his shadow before deciding not to board their ship.

Ace confronted Crocodile in Alabasta and demanded that he renounce his Shichibukai title and stop serving the World Government. After Crocodile attacked, Ace defeated him with his flames, captured him, and flew away with him.

• Crocodile vowed to force Cobra to reveal the Ancient Weapons’ whereabouts, while Mr. 1 reported that Ace had entered Alabasta.
• Ace arrived before Crocodile and demanded that he give up his Shichibukai title, but Crocodile refused and attacked with Desert Saber.
• Ace dodged the sand blade and struck Crocodile with Fire Fist, forcing him to escape the flames.
• Crocodile merged with the desert and trapped Ace with Desert Sunflower, but Ace followed his position underground and unleashed Earth Fire Flame Lotus.
• Ace burned Crocodile, restrained him with Seastone Handcuffs, and flew away with him as Crocodile’s subordinates watched in disbelief.

Gai Nie visited Hawkeye Mihawk to persuade him to abandon his Shichibukai title before the Limitless Pirates targeted the World Government’s forces. After defeating Mihawk in a single strike, Gai Nie watched him give up the title, and the two flew toward the New World together.

• Gai Nie warned Hawkeye Mihawk that the Limitless Pirates planned to target the Shichibukai and urged him to renounce his title.
• Hawkeye Mihawk agreed to give up the title only if Gai Nie defeated him, and challenged him to fight at the island’s shore.
• Gai Nie unleashed his Ten-Thousand-Step Flying Sword, One Blade Splits the Sea, and overwhelmed Mihawk’s Hard-Soft Slash, cutting his collar as the sword passed his neck.
• Hawkeye Mihawk admitted defeat and agreed to abandon the Shichibukai title, then decided to travel around the New World to avoid trouble from the Marines and World Government.
• Gai Nie offered Mihawk a ride, and the two boarded his steel airship and flew toward the New World.

Li Yuan met with Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates as he prepared for war with the World Government, seeking to learn whether they would support it. Shanks had not yet chosen a side, and Li Yuan directly asked if the crew would turn to the World Government.

• The Five Elders learned that all the Shichibukai had refused the World Government’s invitation and ordered bounties placed on them.
• Shanks and Beckman discussed the Shichibukai’s departure, while Yasopp warned that the Red-Haired Pirates might be pressured to join the coming conflict.
• Hades arrived at the island, and Li Yuan, Esdeath, Akame, Faraday, and Wei Zhuang approached the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Li Yuan greeted Shanks, recalled seeing him aboard Roger’s ship, and explained that he had come to ask whether the Red-Haired Pirates would side with the World Government.

Li Yuan invited Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates to join the Pirate Alliance against the World Government, and Shanks agreed after hearing their limited assignment. The Red-Haired Pirates were left to prepare to block Marineford, while Shanks vowed to grow strong enough to challenge Li Yuan someday.

• Shanks denied any allegiance to the World Government after Li Yuan revealed he knew Shanks was a Celestial Dragon.
• Li Yuan offered the Red-Haired Pirates a place in the Pirate Alliance and said they would help block the Navy at Marineford alongside other crews.
• Shanks accepted the invitation, and Li Yuan gave the Red-Haired Pirates a special Den Den Mushi before departing with Esdeath and the others.
• Esdeath questioned why Li Yuan had not eliminated the Red-Haired Pirates, and Wei Zhuang and Li Yuan argued that using them was preferable to wiping them out.
• Li Yuan threatened to halt Akame's Gourmet Island project, prompting her to apologize and cling to him.
• Beckman, Yasopp, and Shanks discussed their Marineford mission, and Shanks vowed to become strong enough to match Li Yuan someday.

After the Holy Mother Flame Seed powered Pluton, Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates gathered to test the Ancient Weapon in the Calm Belt. Pluton's cannon began charging, and Li Yuan evacuated everyone from the ship before it could fire, leaving the test's outcome unknown.

• Caesar upgraded the Limitless Pirates' weapons, and a month later Soros supplied Pluton with energy from the Holy Mother Flame Seed.
• Li Yuan brought the core members aboard Pluton, where Esdeath and Akame urged him to test its power.
• Li Yuan chose a remote island in the Calm Belt as the target, and Caesar began charging Pluton's main cannon.
• Li Yuan sent a Blood Shadow Clone to the island to experience the cannon's attack without risking his real body.
• As Pluton's systems destabilized the sea and sky, Li Yuan realized the danger and carried everyone away from the ship before the cannon fired.

Pluton fired its main cannon and erased a massive island, demonstrating power comparable to Uranus's strike. Li Yuan planned to keep Pluton secret, ordered further upgrades to the Hades, and prepared for a war against the World Government within two months.

• Pluton's cannon annihilated an island and left behind a vast, lightning-filled abyss as seawater poured into it.
• Bullet judged Pluton's power equal to Uranus's cannon strike, while Esdeath and Akame suggested attacking Marineford and Mary Geoise with it.
• Li Yuan rejected using Pluton at the outset, explaining that it was a secret weapon and a crucial trump card against Im.
• Caesar said the Hades's imitation cannon could not match Pluton, and Li Yuan ordered him and Soros to upgrade the Hades's weapons system.
• Li Yuan said war with the World Government would begin within two months, and Esdeath began selecting fighters for the conflict.
• Li Yuan warned everyone to flee immediately if they entered Uranus's cannon range, and they agreed.

Golden Lion discovered Uranus while searching the skies and rushed toward the Ancient Weapon, planning to use it to seize power after the coming war. Im sensed Uranus’s self-protection program activate and transformed to confront whoever had found it.

• The Marines remained on the defensive while Sengoku asked the Five Elders for orders, and they told him to keep forces in place.
• Golden Lion continued searching the skies for Uranus, hoping to claim the Ancient Weapon for himself.
• Golden Lion spotted a massive, camouflaged metal object floating among the clouds and recognized it as Uranus.
• Golden Lion approached Uranus and imagined using it as a secret trump card to defeat Li Yuan and become World King.
• Im sensed Uranus’s self-protection program activate, then transformed into a black monster as Dark Power streamed from his body and vanished.

Golden Lion found Uranus, but its Dark Power and self-protection system let it escape his grasp. His search mobilized both the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates, while Im summoned the Five Elders to learn who had approached Uranus.

• Golden Lion approached Uranus, but it burst through his restraints and absorbed his slashes before escaping at great speed.
• Golden Lion returned to the Flying Pirates, told Reinhardt what happened, and ordered flying forces to search at Uranus’s altitude without approaching it.
• Shakky reported the Flying Pirates’ movements to Li Yuan, who ordered the Limitless Pirates to search the same skies.
• Im learned that Uranus had activated its Self-Protection Program and ordered an investigation into recent events.
• The Five Elders went to Pangaea Castle after Im summoned them.

Im learned that the Five Elders had failed to stop the pirates and ordered them to investigate who was searching for Uranus. As the Limitless Pirates, Flying Pirates, and World Government searched the skies, Li Yuan and Golden Lion continued pursuing Uranus while preparing for the coming war.

• Im questioned the Five Elders about recent events and scolded them for allowing pirate forces to grow stronger and threaten the World Government.
• Im gave the Five Elders one more chance to defeat the pirates and ordered them to find and destroy anyone searching for Uranus.
• Im decided to remain awake and personally oversee the coming battle if the Five Elders failed.
• Shakky told Li Yuan that the Limitless Pirates had spotted World Government forces searching the skies, and Li Yuan ordered the search for Uranus to continue alongside his existing plan.
• Golden Lion learned from Reinhardt that both the Limitless Pirates and World Government were searching the skies, so he ordered Reinhardt to help him intensify the search for the Ancient Weapon.

The Five Elders reported that Golden Lion and Li Yuan were pursuing Uranus, but Im punished them and ordered them to destroy the pirates within three months. After two months of fruitless searching, Li Yuan convinced Golden Lion to stop looking for Uranus and join the final battle, which was set to begin in three days.

• The Five Elders told Im that Golden Lion and Li Yuan had their eyes on the National Treasure, and Im punished them before giving them three months to eliminate the pirates.
• The Five Elders planned to commit their forces, including the God's Knights, to the coming war and launch a surprise attack during the battle.
• For two months, the Limitless Pirates and the Flying Pirates searched the skies for Uranus without finding it.
• Li Yuan called Golden Lion and argued that the World Government could move Uranus, making their search futile and risking the Pirate Alliance's unity.
• Golden Lion agreed to join the final battle, and Li Yuan set a meeting in the Calm Belt in three days before informing Whitebeard, Shanks, and the other allies.

The major pirate captains gathered in the Calm Belt for a pre-war meeting as the World Government tried to determine their target. After two hours of tense negotiations, the meeting ended, but its details remained known only to the captains.

• The major pirate crews left their territories, prompting the World Government to investigate the captains’ sudden absence.
• The Five Elders met at Holy Land Mary Geoise and ordered CP agents to identify the pirates’ target across the other three seas.
• Li Yuan and the captains of the strongest pirate crews assembled in the Calm Belt with their most powerful officers.
• Golden Lion and the other captains sent their officers away before beginning the pre-war meeting.
• Marco asked Artel McLaren and Doflamingo why they stood with the Limitless Pirates; Artel revealed his origins, and Doflamingo said he wanted to witness the World Government’s downfall.
• The captains’ discussion grew tense before disagreements were resolved, and the meeting concluded after two hours without its contents being revealed.

Li Yuan and the allied pirate crews began their plan to wage war against the World Government, secretly positioning forces while Golden Lion carried them toward Mary Geoise. The chapter ended as Golden Lion launched fifteen enormous islands at the Holy Land, and its aerial patrols sounded the alarm.

• Li Yuan and the other Captains agreed to begin their campaign to rule the world and left the meeting without revealing its contents to their subordinates.
• Golden Lion lifted the ships and islands into the air, while Li Yuan confirmed the secret mission assigned to Gai Nie, Wei Zhuang, Faraday, Ares, and Rhodes.
• The Whitebeard Pirates and Red-Haired Pirates descended, and the remaining crews flew to an altitude of one hundred thousand meters above Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Golden Lion launched fifteen barren islands toward Mary Geoise as a diversion for the hidden attack planned by Li Yuan.
• The aerial patrol spotted the falling islands, reported the attack, and fled.

Li Yuan used falling islands to distract Mary Geoise’s defenders while hidden Dyna Stone containers detonated across the city, destroying it in a massive explosion. The Five Elders and Im survived, but Mary Geoise lay in ruins once again.

• The Five Elders and Celestial Dragons responded to the air-raid alarms as falling islands descended, and their fighters shattered the islands into debris that devastated much of Mary Geoise.
• Im destroyed two falling Seastone containers near Pangaea Castle, but eighteen others landed across the city.
• Li Yuan triggered the remaining containers, releasing Dyna Stone whose explosions engulfed Mary Geoise and overwhelmed the shelters.
• Golden Lion laughed at the destruction, and Li Yuan claimed he had used up the Dyna Stone World had left behind.
• The Five Elders saw that Mary Geoise had been destroyed, while Im’s darkness protected the innermost core of Pangaea Castle.

The Revolutionary Army intercepted the Red Line Army as Marshal Harris and two Generals rushed to reinforce Mary Geoise during the Pirate Alliance’s assault. Dragon and his officers held them back, leaving the Army unable to reach the battle.

• After explosions destroyed Mary Geoise, Golden Lion ordered the allied pirate forces to attack the World Government.
• Marine Admiral Finn Harris led Army Generals Adam Johnson and James Stuart toward Mary Geoise to reinforce it.
• Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to block the Army, and he intercepted Harris with Ivankov and other officers.
• Dragon overpowered Harris’s opening attack and kept him from breaking away to reach Mary Geoise.
• Ivankov, Crow, and Inazuma fought Johnson, while Kuma attacked Stuart and forced him onto the defensive.