Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan took Yadina to an auction, where she was distressed by the sale of enslaved women and he refused to intervene. After sending her back to the ship, Li Yuan met Patrick Redfield and challenged him to a spar, ending with both men unleashing their Conqueror’s Haki.

• Li Yuan paid the entrance fee and bought Yadina a Night Pearl for three million Berry.
• The auction put ten enslaved women up for sale, and Li Yuan refused Yadina’s request to save them, telling her to face the world’s darkness without falling into it.
• Li Yuan sent Yadina back to the ship with Karu and noticed Patrick Redfield across the Auction House.
• Li Yuan invited Redfield to spar, and they went to an uninhabited area on the outskirts of Emerald Forest Island.
• Li Yuan revealed his identity as a Rocks Pirates Officer, and he and Redfield erupted with Conqueror’s Haki.

Li Yuan and Redfield clashed with Conqueror’s Haki before starting an intense swordsmanship duel on Emerald Forest Island. Their battle was recorded by witnesses, including Marine Rear Admiral Taro Goshul, as the two Great Swordsmen learned from each other.

• Li Yuan and Redfield’s Conqueror’s Haki clash scattered the clouds and knocked out many people across Emerald Forest Island.
• Marine Rear Admiral Taro Goshul recorded the clash and reported Li Yuan’s presence to Fleet Admiral Brac, who gathered Marine Vice Admirals to watch the footage.
• Redfield acknowledged Li Yuan’s Sword Intent-infused Haki, then challenged him to a swordsmanship contest.
• Li Yuan used Observation Haki and his Limitless Sword Technique to meet Redfield’s rapid attacks with the Bat Umbrella Sword.
• Li Yuan and Redfield studied and adapted to each other’s swordsmanship while witnesses recorded their duel.
• Li Yuan grew excited to face an opponent near his own strength and told Redfield to prepare for what came next.

Li Yuan fought Red the Aloof in an even contest, using their duel to master and combine three Sword Intents. He eventually overcame Red the Aloof with unpredictable returning slashes, and Red admitted defeat after a day of battle.

• Li Yuan and Red the Aloof exchanged powerful sword attacks, destroying the surrounding area as their strikes canceled each other out.
• Li Yuan switched to Blood Slaughter Sword Intent, then mastered transitions between it and Limitless Sword Intent while fighting Red the Aloof.
• Li Yuan revealed his Sea Abyss Sword Style, forcing Red the Aloof into a disadvantage as he struggled to adapt to three Sword Intents.
• Li Yuan launched four slashes that changed direction and returned after being dodged, wounding Red the Aloof with two of them.
• After fighting from day to night and into the next day, Red the Aloof could no longer continue and admitted defeat.

Li Yuan defeated Count Redfield in a contest of swordsmanship, then befriended him over drinks. At Marine Headquarters, Brac learned Redfield’s history and raised both men’s bounties, while Li Yuan discussed the New World’s swordsmen and Rocks’s strength with Redfield.

• Count Redfield admitted defeat, and Li Yuan invited him for a drink after they agreed their match had tested only swordsmanship.
• Li Yuan destroyed the onlookers’ cameras with his Conqueror’s Haki and warned them not to follow.
• Brac ordered the Marines to preserve the footage, then learned from Tsuru that Redfield had been branded a pirate after killing a corrupt baron.
• Brac raised Redfield’s bounty to 550 million and Li Yuan’s to 1.903 billion.
• Li Yuan told Redfield about Golden Lion Shiki and Ochoku, warned him that Rocks might force him to join the Rocks Pirates, and claimed he would eventually surpass Rocks.
• Redfield said he had trained himself into a Great Swordsman and concluded he would not need to fear Rocks once he grew stronger.

After drinking with Red the Aloof, Li Yuan set sail with his crew to find an island with an unusual magnetic field. He discovered an island where gravity grew stronger toward the center and decided to train there for several months.

• Li Yuan told Red about Roger and Rayleigh, two Great Swordsmen aboard the Roger Pirates, and Red vowed to challenge them.
• Li Yuan and Red drank until neither could continue, then woke to find Red had left.
• Li Yuan returned to his ship, collected an Eternal Pose and sea chart from Shakky, and learned that Yadina was recovering with Lazuli's help.
• After searching five islands, Li Yuan found one with abnormal gravity and told Karu to record its coordinates and prepare for months of training.
• Li Yuan ventured inland and noticed that gravity increased from three times normal at the island's edge to six times near its center.

Li Yuan trained on Gravity Island before Shakky and Lazuli gave birth to twin boy-and-girl pairs, making him a father of four. He named the children and continued training as the Rocks Pirates expanded their control of the New World.

• Li Yuan trained at the island’s center under fifteen times gravity and had Karu, Kano, Bullet, Nepal, and the others use the island for physical training.
• Shakky and Lazuli gave birth to twins, and Li Yuan welcomed their four children aboard the ship.
• Lazuli’s children were named Andre Gai Nie and Andre Esdeath, while Shakky’s were named Andre Wei Zhuang and Andre Akame.
• Li Yuan spent more time with his newborn children, and Yadina told him she was pregnant with his child.
• By Sea Garden Calender 1482, the Rocks Pirates had expanded to over a hundred affiliated crews, destroyed three more World Government Affiliated Nations, and reduced the Navy’s New World fortresses to eight.

Rocks lifted restrictions on the Rocks Pirates’ expansion and ordered his officers to answer his call for war, while asking Mari to bring Li Yuan back to Hachinosu Island. Li Yuan set out with Lazuli, Shakky, Esdeath, and Akame, planning to leave the babies on Nine Snake Island before returning to Rocks.

• Rocks told his officers they could freely expand their fleets and establish bases, but warned that anyone who missed his call during a major war would be branded a traitor.
• Rocks asked Mari to tell Li Yuan to return to Hachinosu Island, and Li Yuan agreed after receiving Mari’s call.
• Li Yuan, Lazuli, and Shakky prepared to sail from Gravity Island, intending to leave Esdeath and Akame on Nine Snake Island before heading to Hachinosu.
• During the voyage, Li Yuan reflected on how sparring with Red the Aloof had accelerated his Sword Intent progress and how gravity training had strengthened his physique and Haki.
• Li Yuan decided he would ask Golden Lion to move Gravity Island into his territory once he owned one.

Li Yuan left Yadina, Esdeath, and the others on Nine Snake Island before returning to Hachinosu Island for the Rocks Pirates' Recruitment Meeting. There, his Seven Star Sword absorbed the blood and slaughter around it, and he showed it off to Golden Lion Shiki and Whitebeard.

• Li Yuan arrived at Nine Snake Island with Esdeath and Akame, where Shakky handled the handover with Cecilia Bonaparte and he confirmed the Nine Snake Pirates posed no threat.
• Li Yuan persuaded pregnant Yadina to stay on Nine Snake Island with Esdeath and the others, promising to return before their baby was born.
• Li Yuan returned to Hachinosu Island, where his Seven Star Sword trembled and absorbed the essence and Slaughter Qi from the blood on the island.
• Mari greeted Li Yuan and told him the Rocks Pirates were holding a Recruitment Meeting, so Li Yuan went to watch.
• Li Yuan showed the Seven Star Sword to Golden Lion Shiki, who compared it with his Sakurajyu and Kogarashi, while Whitebeard praised his own Supreme Grade Sword, Murakumogiri.
• Golden Lion Shiki argued that a swordsman's true strength mattered more than his weapons and decided to keep his two Great Grade Blades.

After the Recruitment Meeting, Li Yuan recruited more than fifteen hundred pirates and strengthened his crew by assigning them to his trusted subordinates and giving Mari the Feather-Feather Fruit. He then faced Golden Lion on a nearby island to settle their past score.

• John, Golden Lion, and Li Yuan recruited pirates into their fleets, attracting more than three thousand, four thousand, and fifteen hundred recruits respectively.
• Rocks celebrated the new recruits with a banquet on Hachinosu Island.
• Li Yuan divided his recruits among Mari, Kano, and Karu, putting Mari in charge of five hundred people.
• Li Yuan gave Mari the Feather-Feather Fruit and notes on how to develop its powers.
• Li Yuan and Golden Lion met on an uninhabited island near Hachinosu Island, where Li Yuan challenged him to repay an old debt.

Li Yuan challenged the Rocks Pirates’ officers to a series of sword fights, drawing with each and improving his strength and experience. Rocks then sent Li Yuan and Golden Lion to recruit the Roger Pirates, while Li Yuan also recommended Byrnndi World for recruitment.

• Li Yuan fought Golden Lion for three days and three nights, then challenged Ochoku after resting and fought him to a draw.
• Li Yuan challenged Silver Axe, John, Charlotte Linlin, and Whitebeard in turn, drawing with each and improving through the battles.
• Rocks summoned Li Yuan and Golden Lion and ordered them to invite the Roger Pirates to join the Rocks Pirates.
• Li Yuan recommended recruiting Byrnndi World for the power of his More-More Fruit, and Rocks agreed to send officers after him.
• Li Yuan and Golden Lion set out aboard Golden Lion's Flying Ship, and Li Yuan explained that Byrnndi World's Fruit could amplify a cannon's power at the cost of stamina.

Golden Lion Shiki tried to recruit the Roger Pirates into the Rocks Pirates, but Roger refused, and the encounter turned into a battle. As Roger fought Shiki, Li Yuan and Rayleigh clashed in a sword fight that left Rayleigh wounded, and both prepared to continue.

• Roger rejected Golden Lion Shiki's invitation to join the Rocks Pirates, and Roger, Rayleigh, and Li Yuan met Shiki's Conqueror's Haki with their own.
• Shiki attacked Roger with Lion God Valley, and Roger countered with Divine Departure as their battle spread across the island.
• Li Yuan challenged Rayleigh with the Seven Star Sword, and the two traded close-range sword strikes until Rayleigh kicked Li Yuan back.
• Li Yuan unleashed Blood Slaughter: Avici Three Blades, and Rayleigh blocked some slashes but was cut along both sides of his body.
• Rayleigh charged Li Yuan again, and both swordsmen stopped relying on their previously revealed long-range slashes.

Li Yuan and Golden Lion failed to recruit the Roger Pirates after fighting them for four days, and Rocks decided to pursue the crew himself. At Hachinosu Island, World challenged Rocks by firing at him as soon as Whitebeard brought him in.

• Li Yuan fought Rayleigh while Roger and Gaban battled Golden Lion, and the News Birds recorded the clashes.
• After four days and nights of fighting, Li Yuan ended the recruitment attempt, and Golden Lion threatened the Roger Pirates before withdrawing with him.
• Roger and his crew decided to leave and hide from Rocks, while Golden Lion admitted the Roger Pirates had three powerful fighters.
• Rocks ordered his men to watch for the Roger Pirates and said he would meet them personally, then went to assess World at Hachinosu Island.
• Whitebeard brought World to the assembled Rocks Pirates Officers, and World immediately aimed his flintlock at Rocks and fired.

Byrnndi World joined the Rocks Pirates as an officer after demonstrating the power of his More-More Fruit, while the Marines worried about the threat he posed. Li Yuan forced Kurozumi Higurashi to reveal Ryou and Wano Country information, leaving her furious and fearful.

• World used his amplified speed and sword strike to send Silver Axe flying, and Rocks welcomed him as a new officer before celebrating with a feast.
• News of World's recruitment reached Marine Headquarters, where Brac decided to raise his bounty while Tsuru warned against provoking conflict between the Rocks and Roger Pirates.
• After the feast, Li Yuan went to Kurozumi Higurashi's territory and demanded she teach him Ryou and share what she knew about Wano Country.
• Li Yuan used his Seven Star Sword Intent and mind-reading ability to obtain Kurozumi Higurashi's knowledge of Ryou, Wano swordsmanship, and the country's location.
• Kurozumi Higurashi realized Li Yuan had controlled her mind and raged after he left, while her guards misinterpreted the noises from her room.

Li Yuan mastered Ryou, then led his fleet from Hachinosu Island to seize territory near Wano Country. He targeted the Venus Kingdom, whose king prepared to flee as Li Yuan’s forces approached.

• Li Yuan learned Ryou and discovered that coating the Seven Star Sword with it let him cut a stone beneath an undamaged one.
• Shakky gave Li Yuan intelligence on the seas near Wano Country, and he decided to occupy the Venus Kingdom as a base for claiming the surrounding territory.
• Li Yuan gathered over two thousand men and four ships, then set sail from Hachinosu Island; Whitebeard also left to search for his family.
• Li Yuan ordered his men to land in the Venus Kingdom and forbade them from killing civilians without cause.
• Minister Afu told King Petri Rimmer that Li Yuan’s forces could not be stopped, and King Petri chose to flee with him.

Li Yuan seized Venus Kingdom’s palace, defeated its army through his subordinates, and declared that he would occupy the country. After claiming its treasure and a Medicine-Medicine Fruit for Lazuli, he began choosing nobles to govern under him and left their fate uncertain.

• Li Yuan arrived at the royal palace, subdued King Petri and Minister Afu, and announced his plan to occupy Venus Kingdom.
• At the port, Karu and Kano defeated Grand General Lufile as Li Yuan’s pirates routed the kingdom’s army.
• Li Yuan ordered his pirates to plunder the nobles’ wealth but forbade them from harming ordinary people who did not provoke them.
• Li Yuan took the Medicine-Medicine Fruit from the royal treasury, intending to give it to Lazuli and use the kingdom’s medicinal herbs to supply her.
• Li Yuan divided the nobles’ treasure among his pirates, then told the nobles that some would serve him as administrators while the rest would be killed.
• The nobles pleaded to serve Li Yuan, while King Petri and the others awaited his decision.

Li Yuan seized the Venus Kingdom and nearby islands, established his rule, and left Lazuli and Karu in charge while returning to Hachinosu Island. There, he met Charlotte Linlin and her children, then asked about her ability to turn inanimate objects into Homies after thinking of using it on a Gravity Stone.

• Li Yuan killed thirty nobles he sensed bore him ill will, then ordered the surviving nobles to govern the Venus Kingdom and pay tribute.
• Li Yuan sent Kano and Mari to occupy the nearby islands, ordered Karu to recruit troops, and gave Lazuli the Medicine-Medicine Fruit and control of the kingdom.
• Lazuli ate the fruit and enthusiastically accepted Li Yuan's proposed medicine research, then pounced on him in the palace chamber.
• Li Yuan expanded his forces, secured the islands, and left Lazuli and Karu behind to manage and protect his territory before returning to Hachinosu Island with Kano, Mari, and selected followers.
• Li Yuan met Charlotte Linlin and her children Perospero, Katakuri, Daifuku, and Oven, then asked whether she could make a Gravity Stone into a Homie.

Li Yuan traded the Taste-Taste Fruit for Charlotte Linlin’s promise to make a Homie from his Gravity Stone. At Rocks’s meeting, Li Yuan proposed attacking Impel Down before the Rocks Pirates’ war against the Navy, and Rocks ordered the raid as part of a plan to destroy the Navy’s New World fortresses.

• Li Yuan refused Charlotte Linlin’s advances and agreed to provide a Gravity Stone in exchange for a top-grade Homie and the Taste-Taste Fruit.
• Rocks summoned the officers and declared that the Rocks Pirates would destroy the Navy’s seven New World fortresses.
• Li Yuan warned that the World Government would intervene and proposed raiding Impel Down to recruit willing prisoners and release the rest to distract enemy forces.
• Rocks approved Li Yuan’s plan and ordered Shiki, Newgate, World, and Li Yuan to join him in attacking Impel Down.
• Shiki questioned Li Yuan’s proposal, and Li Yuan explained that the conflict could reveal the World Government’s hidden strength.

Li Yuan refused Golden Lion’s offer to join forces, while the Marines and World Government prepared to defend the New World Navy Fortress against the Rocks Pirates. Golden Lion then brought ships to Impel Down, where imprisoned Rocks Pirates officers Brandon Brandy and Leonard sensed his arrival.

• Li Yuan rejected Golden Lion’s invitation and said they might become opponents when he formed his own crew.
• Brac told the Marine higher-ups that the Rocks Pirates had mobilized and that the Marines lacked enough strength to defeat them without World Government support.
• The Five Elders agreed to send Army forces, CP0 agents, and Celestial Dragon combatants to help hold the New World Navy Fortress and kill Rocks.
• Golden Lion used his power to bring ten pirate ships down from the clouds and land them before Impel Down.
• On Level Six, Brandon Brandy struggled against his Seastone restraints after sensing a familiar presence, while Leonard remained imprisoned beside him.

Li Yuan and the Rocks Pirates attacked Impel Down, severed its communications, and fought their way through the prison while freeing its inmates. After reaching the sixth floor, Li Yuan opened the cells of Brandon and Leonard and offered them freedom in exchange for tangible thanks.

• Li Yuan and the others used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out jailers and prisoners and destroy Impel Down’s communications, then Li Yuan and Golden Lion broke open the gates.
• Whitebeard smashed through the floors as the pirates advanced; Rocks fought Warden Mikaela, while World, Golden Lion, and Li Yuan killed Deputy Warden Tuman.
• Li Yuan and the others defeated the remaining resistance, took the keys, and sent their subordinates to release the prisoners as they descended to the sixth floor.
• Li Yuan met Brandon the Violent King and Leonard in their cells, and Golden Lion explained that Li Yuan had proposed the prison break.
• Li Yuan offered Brandon and Leonard a chance to repay him with tangible thanks and sliced open their Seastone-mixed cell gates.

Li Yuan and the Rocks Pirates freed Impel Down’s prisoners, looted most of its Seastone, and killed Warden Mikaela before escaping. The Marines and World Government discovered the prison’s fall afterward and began preparing to counter the Rocks Pirates while suppressing the news.

• Li Yuan forced the sixth-floor prisoners to join the Rocks Pirates and ordered his men to collect Impel Down’s Seastone.
• Shiki sent his men to gather Seastone too, while Rocks continued fighting Warden Mikaela.
• Li Yuan used a Seastone needle to disable Mikaela’s Devil Fruit, allowing Rocks to pierce his heart before Li Yuan beheaded him.
• The Rocks Pirates loaded the prisoners and most of the Seastone onto ten ships and escaped Impel Down.
• Sengoku found the ruined prison the next day and reported its fall to the World Government.
• Saints Mars, Warcury, Nusjuro, and Saturn discussed sending more combatants against the Rocks Pirates, seeking Celestial Dragon funding, and suppressing news of the breach.