Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan established ranks in the Limitless Pirates, testing his crew with Conqueror’s Haki and a devastating sword slash. News of his five-day battle with Sengoku spread, prompting the Alex Kingdom, Marines, and Baikal Kingdom to consider the consequences of his growing power.

• Li Yuan tested his subordinates with Conqueror’s Haki and appointed Kano, Karu, Mari, and Bullet as Battalion Commanders, and Nepal, Jellal, Kumas, Yumaz, and Lufile as Lieutenant Captains.
• Li Yuan demonstrated his Void-Breaking Sword Art and set surviving its slash as the requirement for officers, then held a banquet for the new captains.
• Newspapers reported that Li Yuan had fought Sengoku for five days and nights and that the Marine fleet had been defeated.
• Roger and Rayleigh discussed Li Yuan’s strength, while Golden Lion Shiki reacted to his reappearance in the news.
• Queen Elizabeth Air decided that remaining loyal to Li Yuan was preferable to risking the World Government’s control of the Alex Kingdom.
• Sengoku reported his failure to Steel-Bone Kong, who left Li Yuan to the World Government for now, while Soman feared the Limitless Pirates would expand into the Baikal Kingdom.

Li Yuan saw the suffering in Kurozumi Orochi’s territories and prepared to unite Wano Country by removing Orochi, whose crimes had turned the people against him. He caught Orochi plotting to expose their alliance, killed Kurozumi Semimaru, and faced a Rocks lookalike conjured by Kurozumi Higurashi’s Clone-Clone Fruit.

• King Soman worried that the World Government might abandon the Baikal Kingdom and resolved to seek closer ties with the World Nobles.
• Li Yuan surveyed the suffering in Hakumai, Ringo, Kibi, and Udon, then decided the time had come to unify Wano Country.
• Kurozumi Orochi plotted to offer Li Yuan greater profits and reveal their alliance so the people would turn against their supposed savior.
• Li Yuan confronted Orochi, knocked out those nearby with Conqueror’s Haki, and attacked him after reminding him that revealing their deal meant death.
• Kurozumi Semimaru blocked Li Yuan’s first strike with the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, but Li Yuan shattered the barrier and killed him with the Seven Star Sword.
• A Rocks lookalike appeared, and Li Yuan recognized that Kurozumi Higurashi had used the Clone-Clone Fruit to create the impostor.

Li Yuan captured Kurozumi Orochi, eliminated his hidden network, and reclaimed the four regions under Orochi’s control. After executing Orochi, Li Yuan announced new appointments and opened Limitless Sword Hall as a path for talented swordsmen to rise to Daimyo.

• Li Yuan killed Kurozumi Higurashi’s fake Rocks, learned the locations of Orochi’s allies, captured Orochi, and wiped out his contingencies.
• Li Yuan sent Asura Doji and the samurai to reclaim Hakumai, Ringo, Kibi, and Udon, which they secured in one day.
• Li Yuan improved conditions for miners and factory craftsmen, built three more Weapon Factories, and had Scientist Yumaz design a wastewater purification device.
• Li Yuan publicly executed Kurozumi Orochi by boiling him in oil in Hakumai.
• Li Yuan appointed Asura Doji Daimyo of Kuri, temporarily took charge of Hakumai, Ringo, Kibi, and Udon, and offered Daimyo positions to the first four Limitless Sword Hall members to become Swordmasters.

Li Yuan brought Asura Doji out of Wano Country and introduced him as a new battalion commander of the Limitless Pirates. He tested his commanders in combat, overwhelmed them, and gave each advice for improving their abilities.

• Li Yuan took Asura Doji from Wano Country to Venus Island, where he introduced him to the Limitless Pirates and announced that Wano Country had become their territory.
• Li Yuan challenged Asura Doji and the eight commanders to attack him together so he could assess their strength.
• Asura Doji, Bullet, Kano, Karu, Mari, Nepal, Jellal, and Kumas attacked Li Yuan, but he easily blocked or defeated them with his wooden sword and overwhelming defenses.
• Li Yuan gave the commanders individual advice on improving their Haki, swordsmanship, Devil Fruit abilities, and combat skills, then sent Scientist Yumaz out of the fight.

Li Yuan trained his nine captains, introduced them to Lazuli’s agonizing Medicinal Baths, and then set out with Lazuli and Shakky to bring the children back from Nine Snake Island. On the voyage, he considered building a huge ship for the Limitless Pirates and began thinking about securing Adam Tree wood.

• Li Yuan pushed Asura Doji, Bullet, Karu, and the other captains through five hours of punishing training and urged them to prepare for the wars ahead.
• Li Yuan ordered Lazuli to treat the injured captains with Medicinal Baths, and Nepal tried to refuse before being warned he would face special training.
• Li Yuan spent the evening with Lazuli, then told her and Shakky the next day that they would sail to Nine Snake Island to bring Esdeath and the others back.
• Lazuli prepared a ship, and Li Yuan, Lazuli, and Shakky quietly departed without informing most of the crew.
• Li Yuan discussed building a ship larger than Whitebeard’s Moby Dick and agreed with Shakky that they should gather information about Adam Tree wood.

Li Yuan encountered Emile after the boy ate the Steel-Steel Fruit and was defeated by Joseba of the Wild Dog Gang. Emile accepted Li Yuan’s offer to join him, and Li Yuan kicked Joseba away when he attacked.

• Li Yuan, Shakky, and Lazuli hid two mirrors on Benacerav Island to create a travel route between Nine Snake Island and Wano Country.
• Emile ate a Devil Fruit to keep it from the Wild Dog Gang, gaining a steel body and defeating the gang members chasing him.
• Joseba, the gang leader, used Armament Haki to injure Emile and threatened his mother and younger sister.
• Li Yuan offered to recruit Emile and kill Joseba, and Emile agreed.
• Joseba attacked Li Yuan, who kicked him dozens of meters away and left him clutching his chest.

Li Yuan reunited with Yadina and his children on Nine Snake Island, then brought his family to Wano Country. After settling them there, he prepared to expand the Limitless Pirates’ territory while avoiding a direct clash with the World Government.

• Li Yuan killed Joseba, recruited Emile, and arranged for the Limitless Pirates to collect Emile and his sick family from Benacerav Island.
• Li Yuan arrived at Nine Snake Island with Shakky and Lazuli, reunited with Yadina, and helped their children accept Shakky and Lazuli as their mothers.
• Li Yuan spent three days with his family, then offered Gloriosa help in a crisis and had Shakky take everyone through the Mirror World to Wano Country.
• Li Yuan settled his family at the General’s Mansion and decided to expand beyond Wano Country and its surrounding seas.
• Li Yuan agreed to attack Beloso Kingdom, then Preuss and Jeremy, while leaving the World Government-affiliated Baikal Kingdom alone for now and sending spies to investigate it.

Li Yuan sent the Limitless Pirates to seize territory from the neighboring kingdoms while assuring the Baikal Kingdom that it was not their target. He divided his forces to attack three kingdoms at once, and Asura Doji began fighting Jeremy Kingdom’s general, Aivi.

• Li Yuan decided to expand the Limitless Pirates’ territory and gathered eight ships and more than eight thousand men, including two thousand samurai led by Asura Doji.
• Li Yuan’s message reassured Baikal Kingdom that it was not a target, and King Soman agreed to pay 300 million Berries to ransom Garcia.
• The kings of Beloso, Preuss, and Jeremy discussed their lack of options as the Limitless Pirates prepared to attack their kingdoms.
• Li Yuan split his forces, sending Kano, Karu, and Bullet toward Preuss while Asura Doji and Mari led an assault on Jeremy.
• Asura Doji fought Aivi, whose Ton-Ton Fruit empowered his heavy sword, then evaded his attack and wounded him with a Flow Haki cross slash.

Li Yuan arrived at the Beloso Kingdom and found Umit's forces had seized it ahead of him. Umit won Li Yuan's agreement to become partners by offering ships, shipwrights, free transport, and rare ore for a Supreme Grade Sword.

• Asura Doji counterattacked Aivi, using his own refined swordsmanship rather than copying Li Yuan's techniques outright.
• Li Yuan reached the Beloso Kingdom and saw it losing a war against other forces.
• A subordinate of Umit explained that Umit had taken the kingdom for Li Yuan and gave him a Den Den Mushi.
• Umit offered shipwrights, warships, and transport services, but Li Yuan rejected the terms as insufficient.
• Umit offered rare ore capable of forging a Supreme Grade Sword, and Li Yuan agreed to partner with him.
• Li Yuan told Umit's subordinate to hand over the Beloso Kingdom and leave.

After taking over the Beloso Kingdom, Li Yuan strengthened his crew by giving Asura Doji an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit and advising Kano and Karu on swordsmanship. He inspected Wano Country’s weapon production, rewarded its workers, and guided Emile’s training before returning home to find Yadina alone.

• Li Yuan took over the Beloso Kingdom after the Sea Transport King’s forces won the war, then returned to Wano Country.
• Asura Doji chose strength over a pure focus on swordsmanship, and Li Yuan gave him the Ancient Zoan Emperor Crocodile Fruit, which he ate and tested.
• Li Yuan advised Kano and Karu to train with Seastone restraints and swords to regain their reliance on swordsmanship.
• Li Yuan visited Wano Country’s Weapon Factory, praised its workers for producing two Fifty Good Quick Blades, and raised their wages by fifty percent.
• Li Yuan told Emile to learn weapon forging so he could apply its techniques to developing his Steel-Steel Fruit.
• Li Yuan returned to the General’s Mansion, learned the children were playing in the Capital of Flowers, and suggested that he and Yadina spend time together.

Li Yuan balanced family life and the Limitless Pirates’ expansion while arranging a massive ship and training to use two Sword Intents at once. By 1485, the Limitless Pirates had expanded around Baikal Kingdom, which began to fear an eventual attack.

• Li Yuan and Yadina finished their private workout just before their children came home, and Li Yuan spent lunch playing with the family.
• Li Yuan asked Shakky to track whether the expanding Rocks Pirates Officers encountered World Government Affiliated Nations, and tasked Lazuli with governing conquered nations and preparing medicine sales through Umit.
• Li Yuan ordered Shipwrights to draw up plans for a four-to-five-hundred-meter ship, leaving its propulsion and weapons systems undecided.
• On Onigashima, Li Yuan trained under Yinwa’s sevenfold Gravity, then practiced swordsmanship underwater with a thousand-jin greatsword as he pursued the ability to wield two Sword Intents.
• In 1485, the Limitless Pirates continued expanding around Baikal Kingdom, and the kingdom grew uneasy despite not having been invaded.

Li Yuan formed a temporary alliance with Shiki, John, and World to attack World Government Affiliated Nations simultaneously and stretch the Marines’ forces. After confirming the plan for noon the next day, he summoned the Limitless Pirates’ captains to prepare.

• Shakky told Li Yuan that the Baikal Kingdom and nearby affiliated nations blocked the pirates’ expansion.
• Li Yuan proposed coordinated attacks on affiliated nations to Shiki, who agreed if the others joined and promised mutual support against the Marines.
• Li Yuan explained the alliance to John, who agreed after weighing the risks and the shared profits.
• Li Yuan invited World, who immediately accepted the plan to attack at noon the next day.
• Li Yuan reconfirmed the alliance with Shiki and John, then summoned the Limitless Pirates’ captains for a meeting.

Li Yuan and the Limitless Pirates conquered the Baikal Kingdom while Golden Lion, John, and World plundered three other World Government Affiliated Nations, prompting the Marines to pursue World. The four pirates gathered at Sokabu Island, where World planned to turn the pursuit into a battle and kill a Marine Admiral.

• Li Yuan entered the Baikal Kingdom Royal Palace through a mirror, knocked out everyone with Conqueror's Haki, and beheaded King Soman.
• The Limitless Pirates invaded and conquered the Baikal Kingdom as Golden Lion, John, and World attacked three other affiliated nations, prompting Steel-Bone Kong to send Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr after World.
• World called Li Yuan, Golden Lion, and John for support, and all three agreed to meet him at Sokabu Island.
• Li Yuan reached Sokabu Island first through Shakky's mirrors, followed by Golden Lion and John, as Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr pursued World.
• World told the gathered pirates that he had chosen Sokabu Island as a battlefield and proposed killing one of the Marines' top fighters.

Li Yuan and the other three pirates ambushed Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr on Sokabu Island. Li Yuan clashed with Garp and was sent flying, realizing Garp’s power was nearing Rocks’s level.

• World stopped on Sokabu Island and lured Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr into landing.
• World attacked Zephyr as Li Yuan, Golden Lion, and John revealed themselves and launched a coordinated ambush.
• Golden Lion fought Sengoku while World and John pressured Zephyr, leaving both Marines in danger.
• Garp recovered from Golden Lion’s slash and charged Li Yuan with a powerful Armament Haki punch.
• Li Yuan’s sword skill collided with Garp’s punch, but Garp broke through it and blasted Li Yuan away.

Li Yuan pushed himself through a day and night of fighting Garp until he successfully activated and fused two Sword Intents at once, breaking a rule of the sword path. Meanwhile, the Navy and World Government sent reinforcements after learning that Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr had been ambushed on Sokabu Island.

• Li Yuan repeatedly clashed with Garp, using the stronger fighter’s pressure to try to activate Limitless Sword Intent and Blood Slaughter Sword Intent together, but initially failed.
• Bogard spotted Golden Lion, Li Yuan, John, and World fighting the Marines on Sokabu Island and reported the ambush to Steel-Bone Kong.
• Steel-Bone Kong asked the Five Elders for support, and they dispatched CP0 Deputy Chiefs Carlo Grosso and Seguin Colmi to help Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr escape.
• The seven fighters battled for a day and night, shaking Sokabu Island as Garp continued to overpower Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan finally activated Limitless Sword Intent and Blood Slaughter Sword Intent simultaneously and fused them perfectly, astonishing Golden Lion.

Li Yuan fused his Blood Slaughter Sword Intent and Limitless Sword Intent during his battle with Garp, then fought him to a standstill before World Government reinforcements forced the pirates to withdraw. The four allied crews parted ways, while news of their attacks and Li Yuan’s breakthrough spread as the World Government weighed its losses.

• Li Yuan used his fused Sword Intents to wound Garp’s fist, and both fighters were blasted back by their clash.
• After more than two days of fighting, two CP0 Deputy Chiefs arrived on a Wind Pterosaur, prompting Li Yuan, Golden Lion Shiki, John, and World to retreat.
• Sengoku and Garp checked on Zephyr, and Li Yuan confirmed to Shiki that he could use two Sword Intents at once.
• The four pirate allies ended their temporary alliance and returned to their territories as Li Yuan reflected on his gains.
• Reports spread that four World Government Affiliated Nations had fallen and that Li Yuan had broken the supposed limit on Great Swordsmen.
• At Holy Land Mary Geoise, Finance God Saint Nusjuro warned of the lost Celestial Gold, while Justice God Saint Warcury cautioned against provoking the Rocks Pirates’ remnants into uniting.

The Five Elders discussed exploiting the New World’s pirate conflicts and pressuring the Affiliated nations for more Celestial Gold, while news of Li Yuan’s swordsmanship inspired Roger and young Mihawk. Back in his territory, Li Yuan tested his crew with Conqueror’s Haki and promoted those who remained standing to captains.

• Environment God Saint Mars proposed sending CP Spies into major Pirate Crews to provoke conflicts, and Agriculture God Saint Peter agreed.
• The Five Elders decided to reassure the Affiliated nations publicly, strengthen Marine protection, and use their fears to demand increased Celestial Gold.
• Roger objected to Li Yuan being called the World's Greatest Swordsman, while Rayleigh challenged him to face Garp instead of running.
• Young Dracule Mihawk vowed to become the World's Greatest Swordsman after his master Dwight Roberts explained the title.
• Li Yuan tested his followers with Conqueror’s Haki, and twenty who endured it were named captains of the Limitless Pirates.

Asura Doji challenged Li Yuan’s sword strike to earn a place as an officer of the Limitless Pirates. After surviving and standing, he became the first officer, and Li Yuan revealed the requirements for ordinary and core officers before preparing to demonstrate a full-power strike.

• Asura Doji challenged Li Yuan’s slash, and Li Yuan ordered the other pirates to clear the area.
• Li Yuan’s Void-Breaking Sword Art shattered Asura Doji’s attack and sent him flying into a sword-scar abyss.
• Asura Doji struggled to his feet and declared that he would become an officer, so Li Yuan named him the Limitless Pirates’ first officer.
• Li Yuan told the pirates that ordinary officers had to stand after taking one of his slashes, while core officers had to stand after a full-power strike.
• Li Yuan drew the Seven Star Sword and gathered both Sword Intents and both kinds of Haki onto the blade as the pirates watched.

Li Yuan demonstrated his overwhelming strength, named Asura Doji the Limitless Pirates’ first core officer, and saw the crew’s new bounties raise his profile as the World’s Greatest Swordsman. He then visited the pirates’ laboratory, where Yumaz’s Fusion Fruit experiments offered a way to improve their blades, and ordered him to focus on developing it further.

• Li Yuan unleashed a massive sword slash that split the sea, then declared that anyone who could withstand his full-power strike would become a core officer.
• Asura Doji vowed to reach that rank, and Li Yuan celebrated his appointment as the crew’s first officer with a banquet.
• The Marines issued updated bounties for the Limitless Pirates, while Li Yuan’s new title as the World’s Greatest Swordsman drew challengers and moved his master Louis to tears.
• Li Yuan visited the laboratory in Wano and learned that Yumaz could fuse two near-standard ores to produce material suitable for Good Grade Blades, though each material could only be fused once.
• After reviewing experiments showing that fused Good Grade Blades gained similar improvements whether combined with ore or another blade, Li Yuan gave Yumaz Ame no Habakiri and told him to prioritize developing his Fruit enough to fuse Great Grade Blade materials.

Li Yuan set out with his family and loyal followers to find Sleepy Ancient Town, where a Devil Fruit that could grant immortality was said to be located. After arriving, he was approached by the town’s mayor, Arik Tapa.

• Li Yuan reviewed the treasure from Baikal Kingdom and found seven Devil Fruits, including an Ancient Type Dark Night Bat Fruit, but lamented that few crew members had the talent to use his better Fruits.
• Shakky told Li Yuan she had located Sleepy Ancient Town, and Li Yuan decided to take his family there on a vacation.
• Li Yuan gathered loyal companions and sailed with Shakky, Lazuli, Yadina, Esdeath, Wei Zhuang, and the others, stopping at islands along the way.
• After more than half a month, Li Yuan’s group reached Sleepy Ancient Town, whose residents made their living raising bats and selling medicinal materials.
• Arik Tapa, the town’s mayor, hurried to Li Yuan and asked whether he could help.