Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan escaped the Marines’ pursuit by changing course after leaving the Land of Endless War, while the Five Elders called off Steel-Bone Kong’s hunt. Aboard his ship, Li Yuan promoted Barrett and named Number 38 Douglas Nepal, leaving them in charge of the former boy soldiers as they trained.

• Shakky warned Li Yuan that Steel-Bone Kong was heading to capture him, so Li Yuan sailed east to mislead the Marines before returning to his intended route.
• Carlo Grosso failed to find Li Yuan and reported to the Five Elders, who ordered Steel-Bone Kong to abandon the mission.
• Rocks learned of the Marines’ incursion into the New World and planned to have his crew destroy more Navy Fortresses.
• Li Yuan’s hundred former boy soldiers trained aboard his ship, and Barrett and Number 38 stood out after a week.
• Li Yuan made Barrett captain of the group, named Number 38 Douglas Nepal and appointed him deputy, then told them to focus on training and becoming stronger.

Li Yuan reviewed the spoils from destroying a kingdom and identified five Devil Fruits, including the Combine-Combine Fruit, which he considered for Bullet but decided to store for now. While training at sea, he concluded that gravity could speed up his slow body-tempering progress and considered how to obtain a way to control it.

• Li Yuan told Bullet and Nepal to build their physical strength under Kano before choosing martial arts, swordsmanship, or possibly a Devil Fruit.
• Kano assigned a junior brother to supervise the children while he focused on training and developing his Dice-Dice Fruit.
• Li Yuan counted roughly seven billion in treasure and identified five Devil Fruits: the Combine-Combine, Hair-Hair, Nail-Nail, Rat-Rat, and Feather-Feather Fruits.
• Li Yuan stored the five Devil Fruits, deciding that Bullet was too young to eat the Combine-Combine Fruit and that Karu would be better suited to an Ancient Zoan.
• Li Yuan trained in the sea while chained to the ship and found that tempering his muscles with the Sword God Body Tempering Technique progressed very slowly.
• Li Yuan decided that gravity could provide more effective pressure for body tempering, though he knew it required a Devil Fruit ability or a special island to control.

Li Yuan and his crew crossed into the Calm Belt with Shakky’s giant Red Python pulling their ship. After Li Yuan drove off a Sea King with Conqueror’s Haki, Shakky proposed raising their children on Nine Snake Island before they returned to the Rocks Pirates.

• Shakky directed the Red Python to pull the ship into the Calm Belt, and warned the crew that Sea Kings could attack.
• A huge shark Sea King charged the ship, but Li Yuan struck it with Conqueror’s Haki and drove it away.
• Bullet became captivated by Li Yuan’s Conqueror’s Haki and resolved to gain the power himself one day.
• Li Yuan named his expected eldest son Andre Gai Nie and eldest daughter Andre Esdeath.
• Shakky said she wanted to send their children to live on Nine Snake Island before the family returned to the Rocks Pirates.

Li Yuan and his companions crossed the Calm Belt into the Four Seas and sailed toward Asca Island, leaving their child to be cared for on Nine Snake Island before departing. After fending off several pirate crews along the way, they finally reached Asca Island.

• Li Yuan agreed with Shakky to leave their child in Nine Snake Island's care until he could raise the child himself.
• Li Yuan, Shakky, Lazuli, and their companions crossed the Calm Belt into the Four Seas, where Li Yuan disguised himself with a fake mustache and dyed hair.
• The Overbearing Pirates attacked Li Yuan's ship, and Kano used his Dice-Dice Fruit powers to kill their crew.
• Li Yuan left other pirate crews they encountered to his junior brothers, including Bullet and Nepal, to fight during the voyage.
• After sailing for half a month, Karu spotted Asca Island, and Li Yuan went to the bow to look at it.

Li Yuan arrived on Asca Island to claim the cursed Seven Star Sword, while Shakky explained its bloody history to Kano and Lazuli. After killing the Marines at the island’s base, Li Yuan headed to town to gather information at the largest tavern.

• Li Yuan ordered his crew to leave Shakky and Lazuli aboard the ship while he led the others ashore to find the Seven Star Sword.
• Shakky told Kano and Lazuli how the Seven Star Sword had fueled wars and destruction before the Witch and three Princes sealed its power.
• A Marine reported Li Yuan’s landing to the Colonel, but Li Yuan’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out everyone at the Navy Base.
• Karu and the others killed the unconscious Marines, and Li Yuan led them toward town.
• Li Yuan took Karu and the others to the largest tavern to gather information.

Li Yuan forced a tavern owner on Asca Island to reveal where he could find the Witch associated with the Seven Star Demon Sword, then headed into the forest with Karu and the others. A surviving Navy soldier identified Li Yuan as the likely attacker who destroyed the island’s Navy Base, prompting Marine Headquarters to send Steel-Bone Kong to capture him alive.

• Li Yuan entered a tavern, kicked a pirate through the wall, and demanded information about the Seven Star Demon Sword.
• The tavern owner gave Li Yuan a map to the Mountain Forest and told him the legendary Witch lived there, so Li Yuan left with Karu and the others.
• A Navy soldier who had seen Li Yuan returned to the island’s Navy Base and found every other soldier dead.
• The surviving soldier sent Marine Headquarters a photograph of Li Yuan, and the Navy identified him as the likely culprit behind the base’s destruction.
• Steel-Bone Kong departed for Asca Island to capture Li Yuan alive after Brac warned him of the World Government’s orders.

Li Yuan reached the village hiding the Seven Star Sword and confronted Witch Yadina at her bathing pool. After learning she feared the sword’s curse, he searched a nearby cave and found an ancient stone coffin.

• Li Yuan and Karu entered the village, where Karu cut down two guards and Li Yuan killed their captain after reading his memories with Observation Haki.
• Li Yuan ordered Karu and the junior brothers to guard the Forbidden Area, then went to the Back Mountain with two wooden barrels.
• Li Yuan surprised Witch Yadina while she was bathing and asked whether the Seven Star Sword was nearby.
• Yadina warned Li Yuan that the cursed sword would bring disaster, but he dismissed her plea and said power decided everything.
• Li Yuan used Observation Haki to locate a cave and found a weathered stone coffin inside.

Li Yuan awakened the Seven Star Sword and endured its bloodthirsty Sword Intent, using the clash to comprehend his own Limitless Sword Intent and begin mastering the sword’s power. Yadina reached the cave to reseal the blade but could not approach him through the force of his Haki and Sword Intent.

• Li Yuan opened the Stone Coffin, tore apart the chains binding the Seven Star Sword, and awakened it decades before its next blood-colored full moon.
• The Seven Star Sword’s Sword Intent flooded Li Yuan’s soul and tried to corrupt him into becoming its Sword Slave, but he resisted with his powerful soul and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Li Yuan’s red-green Conqueror’s Haki spread across Asca Island and knocked out nearly everyone, while Kano and Lazuli remained conscious aboard the ship.
• Li Yuan used the Seven Star Sword’s Sword Intent to temper his own and comprehended the Limitless Sword Intent, then continued studying the sword’s Sword Intent.
• Yadina entered the cave to reseal the Seven Star Sword, but Li Yuan’s instinctive Limitless Sword Intent and Conqueror’s Haki stopped her from getting close.

Li Yuan subdued the Seven Star Sword, destroyed Yadina’s sealing gems, and discovered the sword had merged with his body and strengthened him. He learned the sword could grow by absorbing blood and slaughter, leaving him with a powerful weapon whose influence made his emotions savage.

• Li Yuan mastered the Seven Star Sword Intent and subdued the sword while Yadina failed to approach him.
• Li Yuan took Yadina’s three gems and crushed them, allowing the Seven Star Sword to absorb their blood-and-slaughter auras.
• Influenced by the sword’s violent power, Li Yuan took Yadina into his arms, and they later fell asleep.
• Six hours later, Li Yuan woke to find a Seven Star Sword tattoo on his chest and realized he could summon the sword from within his body.
• Li Yuan discovered that the sword held seven Star Blood Slots, with one filled, and concluded that it could grow stronger by absorbing blood.

Li Yuan tested the Seven Star Sword and discovered it absorbed blood to grow stronger while restoring his stamina. After demonstrating its power to Yadina, he forced her to leave with him by threatening to destroy her village.

• Li Yuan fed Sea King blood to the Seven Star Sword and watched it absorb blood essence while replenishing his stamina.
• Yadina woke, saw Li Yuan and the blood, and realized he had subdued the Seven Star Sword.
• Li Yuan unleashed Demon Fire Slash, splitting the clouds above Asca Island and convincing Yadina that he had mastered the sword.
• Li Yuan told Yadina to accompany him, but she refused because she viewed him as a villain.
• Li Yuan threatened to strike Yadina's village unless she went with him, and Yadina agreed to protect its people.

Li Yuan took Yadina aboard his ship after retrieving the Seven Star Sword, then learned that Karu had found an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit. The chapter ended with Karu eating it and transforming into a Sword-Winged Tiger.

• Li Yuan carried the injured Yadina out of the Back Mountain and introduced her to Karu and the others as his senior sister-in-law.
• Li Yuan returned to the pirate ship with Yadina, where Shakky and Lazuli welcomed her as their new sister.
• Kano told Li Yuan the ship needed supplies, and Li Yuan ordered the crew to restock and stay on Asca Island for a day.
• Karu gave Li Yuan a Devil Fruit he had found while patrolling, and Li Yuan identified it as the Ancient Zoan Tiger-Tiger Fruit, Sword-Winged Tiger Form.
• Karu ate the Devil Fruit and transformed into a giant winged tiger, then told the stunned Kano that it was him.

Li Yuan’s crew discovered that Fleet Admiral Steel-Bone Kong was pursuing them, and Li Yuan chose to confront him so the others could escape. He flew toward Kong’s warship, intent on delaying the Marines rather than defeating their leader.

• Karu revealed that he had eaten an Ancient Type Devil Fruit, and Li Yuan told him to practice his abilities in the air.
• Karu spotted three Marine warships led by Fleet Admiral Kong, and the crew realized the Marines had found them.
• Li Yuan ordered Shakky, Lazuli, and the others to flee while he stayed behind to hold off Kong.
• Li Yuan charged toward Kong’s warship with Moon Chasing, and Kong launched into the air to meet him.
• Li Yuan assessed his formidable sword attack and his weaknesses in Haki, defense, and speed, then focused on delaying Kong long enough for his crew to escape.

Li Yuan attacked Steel-Bone Kong with powerful sword techniques, destroying three Marine Warships and nearly wiping out their crews. Steel-Bone Kong recognized Li Yuan’s dangerous potential and continued fighting him, but Li Yuan’s second Cross Evil Light Slash blasted him into the sea.

• Li Yuan used Blood Slaughter: Avici Three Blades, splitting his slash to strike Steel-Bone Kong and the three Warships behind him.
• The slashes split all three Warships and killed nearly all of the more than two thousand Marines aboard.
• Li Yuan taunted Steel-Bone Kong, pushed his Life Return limb reinforcement to its limit, and attacked with Cross Evil Light Slash.
• Steel-Bone Kong shattered Li Yuan’s first Cross Evil Light Slash with Bone Fist: Meteor, but its impact sent him flying before he steadied himself with Geppo.
• Steel-Bone Kong feared Li Yuan could become even more dangerous than Rocks and resolved to capture him.
• Li Yuan struck again with Cross Evil Light Slash, and Steel-Bone Kong’s Bone Fist: Star Shatter broke the attack but sent him deep into the Great Sea.

Li Yuan used Life Return and Sea Abyss Intent to fight Steel-Bone Kong underwater, repeatedly forcing him deeper with long-range attacks. At two thousand meters, Steel-Bone Kong caught up and struck Li Yuan hard, leaving him injured but still recovering and ready to continue.

• Li Yuan entered the Great Sea using Life Return: Swimming Form and used Sea Abyss Intent to strengthen his underwater combat.
• Li Yuan repeatedly drove Steel-Bone Kong deeper with water-powered sword attacks and a Sea Tornado, while Steel-Bone Kong struggled to close the distance.
• Steel-Bone Kong used Armament Haki to propel himself through the water and pursued Li Yuan to a depth of two thousand meters.
• Li Yuan formed a massive sea dragon with Sea Abyss Intent, but Steel-Bone Kong shattered it with Bone Fist: Impact and rushed in to attack.
• Li Yuan blocked Steel-Bone Kong's punch with the Seven Star Sword, was blasted hundreds of meters away, and spat blood before suppressing his injuries with the Sword God Body Tempering Technique.

Li Yuan outlasted Steel-Bone Kong underwater and wounded him badly enough to force him to surface, but his own severe injuries prevented him from finishing the fight. He escaped to his pirate ship and fell asleep after Lazuli began treating him, while an unseen bird had photographed the battle.

• Li Yuan kept fighting Steel-Bone Kong underwater, using the Seven Star Sword to drain his blood while enduring repeated blows.
• Steel-Bone Kong ran out of breath and tried to escape, but Li Yuan trapped him with Sea Abyss: Water Dragon and struck him with Sea Abyss: Sea Abyss Descends.
• Steel-Bone Kong surfaced for air, then failed to find Li Yuan or his pirate ship and eventually gave up the pursuit.
• An unseen bird photographed Steel-Bone Kong and the sword wound on his body during the battle.
• Li Yuan followed his Vivre Card back to the pirate ship, where Kano and the others carried him to bed and Lazuli treated his injuries.
• Li Yuan reassured the worried crew before falling asleep from exhaustion and his severe wounds.

After Li Yuan escaped Steel-Bone Kong, Lazuli confirmed he was recovering while Morgans prepared news of the battle for publication. At Marine Headquarters, Kong explained Li Yuan’s unusual abilities, leaving the Marines to face how difficult he would be to capture.

• Lazuli treated Li Yuan and told Yadina that he was asleep from exhaustion and healing quickly, so Shakky ordered Kano to prepare food for him.
• Morgans brought Mensa photographs and news that Li Yuan had escaped Kong in the Four Seas, and Mensa praised Morgans’s growing ability to gather news worldwide.
• Mensa told Morgans to balance the story with articles flattering the World Government, and Morgans went to write the news draft.
• At Marine Headquarters, Kong accepted responsibility for Li Yuan’s escape and the deaths of more than two thousand Marines.
• Kong described Li Yuan’s curved slashes, Marine Six Styles, Life Return, control of seawater with Sword Intent, and long underwater endurance, prompting the Marines to realize he would be extremely hard to capture.

News about Li Yuan becoming a sixteen-year-old Great Swordsman and escaping Steel-Bone Kong spread around the world, drawing reactions from Marines, pirates, and his master. The chapter ended with Whitebeard showing the newspaper to Shiki after Li Yuan's sudden departure from Hachinosu Island made major news.

• Marshal Brac questioned Steel-Bone Kong about the leaked account of his battle with Li Yuan, then received Saint Saturn's order to search the Four Seas for Li Yuan.
• Newspaper reports declared Li Yuan the youngest Great Swordsman in history and described how he escaped Steel-Bone Kong's pursuit.
• On Steller Island, Louis celebrated Li Yuan's achievement and hoped to live to see him become the World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Roger teased Rayleigh about having a rival, then called for a banquet to celebrate Li Yuan.
• Byrnndi World proposed joining the Rocks Pirates, and Byojack told him they needed to build their reputation first.
• After fighting Golden Lion, Whitebeard showed Shiki the newspaper about Li Yuan.

Golden Lion proposed that he, Whitebeard, and Li Yuan challenge Rocks once they were stronger, while John persuaded Ochoku and Silver Axe to seek Devil Fruits to keep pace with rising officers. After recovering from his wounds, Li Yuan woke to find Yadina caring for him and turned his attention to her.

• Golden Lion laughed at the news that Li Yuan had become a Great Swordsman and proposed that he, Whitebeard, and Li Yuan challenge Rocks in the future.
• Whitebeard agreed to wait until Li Yuan returned and they had grown stronger before considering Golden Lion's plan.
• John showed Ochoku and Silver Axe Li Yuan's news and argued that they should use Devil Fruits to strengthen themselves.
• John said Rocks's collection held the Speed-Speed Fruit for Ochoku and the Power-Power Fruit for Silver Axe, while Rocks had promised John the Human-Human Fruit: Mythical Zoan: Devil Form.
• Li Yuan woke after sleeping for a day and night and found Yadina tending to him; after his wounds had healed, he broke his bandages and said it was his turn to take care of her.

Li Yuan recovered from his battle with Steel-Bone Kong, chose a route back to the New World, and later encountered a World Government slave ship. He killed its captors and claimed the slaves for his own ship, leaving them to choose whether to submit or die.

• Li Yuan recovered his strength, reflected on his defeat by Steel-Bone Kong, and decided to return to the New World through the Calm Belt.
• Shakky prepared Route 1, while Li Yuan trained and Yadina began studying medicine with Lazuli.
• Li Yuan sensed a slave ship and flew toward it with Karu; after Boss Danton recognized him, Li Yuan knocked out everyone aboard except the slaves.
• Li Yuan learned the ship belonged to the World Government, ordered Karu to kill its crew, and claimed the more than fifty slaves as members of his ship.
• When a young woman begged to be released, Li Yuan killed her and told the remaining slaves they could either submit to him or die.

Li Yuan freed a group of slaves, recruited the Fish-Man Jellal and Mink Kumas into his crew, and traveled to Emerald Forest Island to restock. While exploring the island in disguise with Yadina, he went with her to visit an Auction House.

• Li Yuan ordered Karu to quietly deal with the slaves who still harbored ill will and allowed Yadina to take the girls as attendants.
• Li Yuan recruited Jellal and Kumas as crew members, told Jellal to train in Fish-Man Karate, and assigned Karu to oversee their training.
• After crossing the Calm Belt, Li Yuan chose to travel around the New World rather than return to Hachinosu Island immediately.
• Li Yuan's crew stopped at Emerald Forest Island for supplies, and Li Yuan went ashore with Yadina in disguise while Karu followed as a bodyguard.
• Yadina explored the island with excitement, and Li Yuan accompanied her to the Auction House.