Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan found the Mythical Zoan Vampire Devil Fruit in Sleepy Ancient Town but decided to save it until he no longer needed the Great Sea to escape danger. After learning that his master Louis was living on Steller Island, Li Yuan went to bring him back to safety and reunited with him.

• Li Yuan recruited Mayor Arik Tapa and his men to search Sleepy Ancient Town for a patterned fruit, promising rewards for finding it.
• On the third day, Bisaite found the Devil Fruit, and Li Yuan rewarded him with ten million Berry and three years of captain’s benefits.
• Li Yuan kept the Vampire Devil Fruit uneaten because eating it would prevent him from escaping through the Great Sea.
• Shakky learned that Li Yuan’s master Louis lived in seclusion on Steller Island, and Li Yuan decided to bring him back after sending the children home.
• Louis returned to his home and found Li Yuan waiting there, and Li Yuan greeted his master after many years apart.

Li Yuan brought Louis to Wano Country to reunite with his disciples, then continued building his family and preparing for the coming struggle over the New World. After Golden Lion proposed a joint attack on nearby Affiliated nations, Li Yuan agreed to move the next day.

• Li Yuan and Shakky brought Louis through the Mirror World to Wano Country, where Kano, Karu, and the other disciples welcomed him at a banquet.
• Li Yuan introduced Louis to his wives and children, and Louis urged Kano and Karu to start families of their own.
• In 1486, Li Yuan reviewed the Great Pirates’ territorial expansion and anticipated that a major war would soon begin.
• Whitebeard refused his sons’ calls to seize more territory, choosing to strengthen and develop the islands they already held.
• Yadina gave birth to Li Yuan’s son, whom Li Yuan named Andre Ares.
• Golden Lion invited Li Yuan and several other pirates to jointly seize nearby Affiliated nations, and Li Yuan agreed to attack the next day.

The Limitless Pirates launched an attack on the Kingdom of Hasumu, where Grand General Howard Wolf defended the royal palace to protect his children. Asura Doji clashed with Howard, and the battle was still underway when Asura Doji decided to endure Howard’s shockwaves head-on.

• Li Yuan prepared the Limitless Pirates to raid the Kingdom of Hasumu, while Lazuli revealed that she could cure Howard Wolf’s children and that the kingdom had been withholding treatment.
• King Richard Pesci learned that the Limitless Pirates were approaching and ordered Howard Wolf to strengthen the kingdom’s defenses.
• Koby and Koya complained that the king had delayed their treatment and worried about their father’s safety.
• The Five Elders discussed the threat posed by Golden Lion and the other Rocks Remnants and ordered the Marines, army, and CP0 to monitor their movements.
• The Limitless Pirates reached Hasumu, fought through the port defenses, and advanced toward the royal palace and noble district.
• Howard Wolf met the pirates before the palace and exchanged attacks with Asura Doji, who transformed into his Human-Beast Form after being struck by Howard’s shockwave.

Li Yuan conquered the Kingdom of Hasumu, recruited the defeated Howard by promising to cure his daughter, and prepared for the Marines’ advance against Brandon. The pirates converged on Sando Island, where Li Yuan waited to put his preparations into action.

• Asura Doji fought Howard while Li Yuan left them to settle the battle and headed to deal with the Kingdom of Hasumu’s king.
• Li Yuan knocked out King Richard with Conqueror’s Haki, killed him after learning he had hidden another treasure site, and took the kingdom’s Devil Fruits and treasure.
• Steel-Bone Kong sent Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr to capture Brandon in the Kingdom of Heins, with World Government reinforcements secretly following them.
• Jiens warned Brandon that the Marines were approaching, so Brandon ordered his crew to move the treasure and called the other pirates to Sando Island.
• Asura Doji defeated Howard and offered him a place in the Limitless Pirates, promising to cure his daughter; Howard agreed to stop opposing them.
• Li Yuan arranged for his forces to take over Hasumu, prepared for the other pirates on Sando Island, and waited there alone.

Li Yuan and six other Great Pirates waited on Sando Island to ambush the pursuing Navy, but Steel-Bone Kong and Jenor Bolton arrived to turn the battle into a seven-against-nine fight. The Navy focused on capturing Brandon, while Li Yuan unleashed his full strength against Carlo Grosso to stop the pirates’ alliance from collapsing.

• Brandon arrived at Sando Island, followed by Golden Lion, Silver Axe, Li Yuan, Ochoku, John, and World, and reported that Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr were pursuing him.
• Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr reached the island and found all seven Great Pirates waiting, then two Army Generals and two CP0 Deputy Chiefs arrived on a pterosaur.
• Golden Lion charged Garp, Li Yuan pursued Carlo Grosso into the sky, and the other fighters chose opponents as the fourteen combatants began fighting across the island.
• Steel-Bone Kong and Jenor Bolton joined Sengoku in attacking Brandon, forcing the other pirates to aid him while Li Yuan concentrated on defeating Carlo.
• Li Yuan strengthened himself with Life Return and struck Carlo with a powerful blood-red slash, shattering Carlo’s Haki-coated claws and sending him flying.
• Carlo shifted into his Human-Beast Form to evade Li Yuan, but Li Yuan caught up and unleashed Dragon Severing Air Slash.

Li Yuan unveiled his strongest technique and used a hidden explosive trap to devastate Carlo, the CP0 Deputy Chief. Carlo was left mangled in the blast as the battle on Sando Island continued.

• Li Yuan repeatedly wounded Carlo with the Seven Star Sword, while Carlo endured the attacks to keep Li Yuan from helping Brandon.
• As Brandon weakened under the three Admirals, the other pirates prepared to flee, and Carlo grew desperate to hold his ground despite his injuries.
• Li Yuan revealed his third Sword Intent and unleashed his ultimate technique, God Slayer, shattering Carlo’s bones and sending him falling toward the island.
• Li Yuan detonated explosives he had planted beneath Carlo’s fall, engulfing the badly wounded deputy chief in a massive blast that left his body mangled.

Li Yuan used explosives he had planted in advance to cripple and kill CP0 Deputy Chief Carlo, allowing the pirates to escape the Marines’ failed ambush. The raid’s aftermath shook the World Government and left the world fearing the return of the Rocks Pirates’ era.

• Li Yuan detonated his hidden explosives, then killed the badly wounded Carlo with Futsu-no-Mitama and the Seven Star Sword.
• Li Yuan threw Carlo’s corpse before the Marines and forced Sengoku and Steel-Bone Kong back with a massive slash.
• Golden Lion lifted a huge rock with his ability, and the seven pirates escaped the island together.
• Li Yuan and Golden Lion mocked the Marines, while Steel-Bone Kong ordered the fleet to withdraw after the failed operation.
• Golden Lion and Li Yuan parted ways with their allies, and news of seven Affiliated nations being plundered spread panic around the world.
• Saint Saturn angrily reviewed Steel-Bone Kong’s report in Holy Land Mary Geoise and condemned the Marines’ failure.

After taking the Kingdom of Hasumu, Li Yuan welcomed Howard into the Limitless Pirates and cured Howard’s children, Koby and Koya. The chapter ended with Li Yuan testing his officers and showing Howard how much room he had to improve.

• The World Government’s elders ordered CP0 to provoke conflict among New World pirates after their plan to capture Great Pirates failed.
• Roger and Rayleigh celebrated the New World’s freedom, while the Whitebeard Pirates complained that Golden Lion’s alliance had excluded them.
• Lazuli cured Koby and Koya, and their father Howard joined the Limitless Pirates.
• Li Yuan celebrated the kingdom’s conquest and Howard’s arrival with a feast, then spent the night with Lazuli.
• Li Yuan identified the Devil Fruits taken from Hasumu, kept the Plasma-Plasma Fruit, and considered his crew’s future growth.
• At Onigashima, Li Yuan tested Howard, stopped his punch, and pointed out weaknesses in his fighting style and physique.

Li Yuan trained his crew while Shakky reported that World Government spies were infiltrating New World pirate crews to provoke conflict. He chose to pursue the Limitless Pirates’ expansion regardless, ordered policies to grow the territory’s population, and returned to training.

• Li Yuan challenged Howard to fight without drawing his sword, then battered him and Bullet while criticizing their combat skills and giving them training advice.
• Li Yuan assessed the rest of his crew’s weaknesses and sent them to recover in painful Medicinal Baths.
• Shakky told Li Yuan that World Government spies had infiltrated the Limitless Pirates and other New World crews, and he deduced that the government meant to spark pirate wars.
• Li Yuan rejected Shakky’s suggestion to intervene, saying the Limitless Pirates needed to claim more territory and should prepare for an inevitable war.
• Yadina reported that the territory was stable and prospering, so Li Yuan ordered policies that would reward families for having more children.
• Li Yuan discussed the crew’s development with Shakky, Yadina, and Lazuli, then resumed his training.

In Sea Garden Calender 1487, Li Yuan met Count Redfield on an uninhabited island for a battle over the title of World's Greatest Swordsman. Li Yuan’s three Sword Intents gave him the advantage in their opening clash, but the duel continued as both swordsmen exchanged lethal techniques.

• Li Yuan took Shakky, Lazuli, Yadina, and his trusted subordinates to watch his duel with Red the Aloof, ordering everyone to remain aboard the ship.
• Li Yuan and Red the Aloof clashed with their Conqueror’s Haki, and Red acknowledged that Li Yuan’s was stronger than his.
• Red challenged Li Yuan, declaring he would not recognize him as the World’s Greatest Swordsman until Li Yuan defeated him.
• Li Yuan revealed that he could wield three Sword Intents at once and shattered Red’s strongest slash with his own.
• Li Yuan sent Red flying with a heavy sword strike and pursued him with three slashes.
• Red dodged Li Yuan’s attacks and countered, and the two exchanged more than thirty deadly sword techniques in under ten seconds.

Li Yuan fought Count Redfield in a swordsmanship contest and then an all-out battle, defeating him after ten days and ten nights through superior strength and stamina. The two returned to the ship, where Li Yuan introduced Count Redfield, also known as The Lone Red, to the crew.

• Li Yuan and Count Redfield spent a day competing in swordsmanship, and Count Redfield acknowledged that Li Yuan was the World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Li Yuan and Count Redfield unleashed their full power, devastating the island as Bullet and the others watched from their ship.
• Li Yuan kept Count Redfield suppressed during their long fight, and the crew watched as their battle stretched on for ten days and ten nights.
• Li Yuan defeated Count Redfield with a God Slash, and Count Redfield admitted that he had lost because his stamina could not match Li Yuan's.
• Li Yuan offered to treat Count Redfield to a drink and introduced him as The Lone Red when they returned to the ship.

After sparring with Red the Aloof, Li Yuan hosted a feast and later decided to take his family on a trip around the Four Seas to collect treasures. As their ship left the Limitless Pirates’ territory, Shakky asked to expand Net’s intelligence network into the Four Seas, noting that it would require substantial funding.

• Li Yuan and Red the Aloof called their match a spar, then drank until both passed out and argued the next day about who had collapsed first.
• Red the Aloof left after promising to return and spar with Li Yuan again.
• Li Yuan read that Zephyr had married and decided to travel around the Four Seas while the New World was quiet.
• Li Yuan invited Yadina and the children on the trip, and their modified ship sailed out with Bullet and Karu aboard.
• Shakky proposed expanding Net’s intelligence network into the Four Seas and warned Li Yuan that the expansion would need considerable funding.

Li Yuan brought the Limitless Pirates to Sky Island to find the Golden City and fund Shakky’s Intelligence Network. After exploring Jaya Island, the crew found an ancient city, but Shakky could not see any gold in it.

• Li Yuan promised Shakky that a vast treasure would fund the Intelligence Network and led the crew toward Mock Town.
• Shakky placed special mirrors on the islands they passed to support Net’s future expansion.
• Li Yuan had Bullet reverse gravity and Karu carry the ship up to Sky Island, where they met Gan Fall.
• Lazuli took the children to explore Sky Island and buy shells while Gan Fall showed them its specialties.
• Li Yuan explored Jaya Island and found the Golden City, but Shakky questioned why the ancient city appeared ordinary.

Li Yuan and Shakky emptied the Golden City into Mirror Space, then traded with Gan Fall and traveled to Bika Island for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and ship blueprints. There, Li Yuan rescued the abused child Enel and showed him that strength could stop others from bullying him, leaving Enel resolved to gain great power.

• Li Yuan revealed the Golden City to Shakky, and they stored its gold, the Golden Bell, and the Poseidon Poneglyph in Mirror Space while the Sky Lord fled.
• Li Yuan arranged to buy most of Sky Island’s shells from Gan Fall and learned the direction of Bika Island.
• Li Yuan found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Golden Ship blueprints in Bika Island’s temple, then discovered a woman beating and expelling the young Enel.
• Li Yuan healed Enel with a pill and took him aboard his ship.
• Li Yuan brought Enel before Bika’s kneeling residents and explained that they had bullied him because he lacked power.
• Enel accepted Li Yuan’s lesson and declared that he wanted great power so no one would bully him again.

Li Yuan found the Thousand Year Dragon graveyard on Warship Island and collected its bones to make Longevity Potions. After secretly taking the Poneglyph from Alabasta, he brought his crew to Drum Kingdom to recruit doctors, where he knocked out the palace guards and ministers with Conqueror's Haki.

• Li Yuan left Enel on his ship after freeing Bika Island, and Enel vowed to return and take revenge once he was stronger.
• Wei Zhuang offered Enel a chicken drumstick, and the two children began their friendship as they sailed toward Warship Island.
• Li Yuan sent Bullet to search Warship Island's eastern side, where they found a mural concealing a passage to a Dragon's Nest filled with dragon bones.
• Shakky gathered the Thousand Year Dragon Bones, and Li Yuan decided to visit Drum Kingdom to obtain medical equipment and recruit doctors.
• Li Yuan secretly took the Poneglyph from Alabasta's royal treasury, then arrived at Drum Kingdom with his crew.
• Li Yuan released his Conqueror's Haki at the royal palace, knocking its soldiers and ministers to the ground.

Li Yuan forced King Abate of Drum Kingdom to supply doctors, medical equipment, and Devil Fruits before taking him along to prevent him from reporting to the Marines. The Limitless Pirates then reached Little Garden, where Li Yuan challenged Dorry and Brogy and prepared to face their strongest combined technique.

• Li Yuan subdued Abate and persuaded him to provide doctors and their families, medical equipment, and two Devil Fruits in exchange for Berry.
• After the transaction, Li Yuan had Abate write a note claiming he was leaving for a month, then took him along as the group departed Drum Kingdom.
• Li Yuan, Shakky, and Lazuli arrived at Little Garden, where Li Yuan used Observation Haki to locate Dorry and Brogy.
• Dorry and Brogy accepted Li Yuan's challenge, but he shattered their weapons with his fists and knocked them both down.
• Dorry and Brogy announced they would use Elbaf's strongest technique, and Li Yuan focused his Observation Haki to watch their movements.

Li Yuan defeated Dorry and Brogy, then persuaded them to make reunifying Elbaf and restoring the giants’ glory their new contest. After returning to Wano Country, he supported Lazuli’s efforts to improve the Longevity Potion and rewarded a gifted blacksmith at the Weapon Factory.

• Li Yuan shattered Dorry and Brogy’s Hakoku with a single slash, then befriended them over a banquet and praised their technique.
• Li Yuan proposed that Dorry and Brogy compete to reunite Elbaf’s divided giant tribes, and they accepted the challenge.
• Li Yuan took Dorry and Brogy from Little Garden and arranged for them to return to Elbaf; back in Wano Country, he sent Abate to Drum Kingdom.
• Lazuli told Li Yuan she wanted to experiment with Thousand Year Dragon Bones to improve the Longevity Potion, and he encouraged her.
• Li Yuan inspected Wano Country’s Weapon Factory and praised Niu Lishan for forging a second blade among the Fifty Good Quick Blades.
• Li Yuan doubled Niu Lishan’s benefits and awarded him a Zoan Devil Fruit, urging him to forge a Great Grade Sword in the future.

Lazuli successfully improved the Longevity Potion, and Li Yuan began a major campaign to expand the Limitless Pirates’ territory in the New World. As rival crews mobilized for war, Li Yuan sent Bullet, Asura Doji, and Howard to hold off Brandon while he confronted Silver Axe.

• Li Yuan gave Niu Lishan the Ox-Ox Fruit, Red-Eyed Ox Form, and ordered the construction of factories to produce firearms.
• Lazuli completed an improved Longevity Potion, and Li Yuan drank it, confirmed its effects, and asked her to keep the discovery secret and prepare doses for Shakky and Yadina.
• In Sea Garden Calender 1488, Li Yuan led the Limitless Pirates’ fleet toward the center of the New World aboard the warship Hades, setting off a wave of mobilization among the major pirate crews.
• Golden Lion set out to fight the John Pirates, while Silver Axe prepared to face Li Yuan and other crews began expanding or making ready for war.
• Brandon led the Violent Pirates toward Limitless Pirates territory after joining forces with Silver Axe, and Li Yuan ordered Bullet, Asura Doji, and Howard to hold him back while Li Yuan fought Silver Axe.

Li Yuan led the Limitless Pirates to attack Silver Axe’s territory and fought Silver Axe in a series of increasingly one-sided clashes. By the end, Li Yuan had wounded and repeatedly driven Silver Axe back, but Silver Axe refused to admit defeat and prepared to continue fighting.

• Li Yuan and Silver Axe clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, and Li Yuan’s will overwhelmed Silver Axe’s.
• The Limitless Pirates and Silver Axe Pirates exchanged cannon fire as Li Yuan broke an axe slash aimed at Mari’s ship.
• Li Yuan and Silver Axe met on a separate battlefield, where their first weapon clash ended in a powerful shockwave that blasted them apart.
• Li Yuan used Life Return to increase his speed, wounded Silver Axe from behind, and then knocked him back with another sword strike.
• Li Yuan’s Slayer sword technique forced Silver Axe to block, driving him backward more than five hundred meters, but Silver Axe remained determined to fight.

Li Yuan defeated Silver Axe and drove the Silver Axe Pirates from the island while Bullet, Asura Doji, Howard, and Nepal held Brandon at bay. Li Yuan then continued taking Silver Axe’s territory, while the Marines waited at G1 for an opportunity to capture a Great Pirate.

• Li Yuan used his Mind Reading ability to control the pace of his duel with Silver Axe and wounded him, while Bullet, Asura Doji, Howard, and Nepal fought Brandon to a stalemate.
• Li Yuan unleashed Hakoku and pressed Silver Axe, while the Limitless Pirates suppressed the Silver Axe Pirates despite Silver Axe’s belief that Brandon would force Li Yuan to retreat.
• After two days, the Silver Axe Pirates fled the island, and Li Yuan defeated Silver Axe with God Slayer before pursuing him with Hakoku and sending him escaping on a Giant Eagle badly injured.
• Li Yuan declared victory, rested, and then led the Limitless Pirates to occupy Silver Axe’s territory while Bullet and the others continued holding Brandon back.
• Marine officers gathered at G1, where the Marines waited for a chance to capture one or more Great Pirates.