Chapter Summaries

Qiu Haisheng was pulled into the world of his game after a mysterious message bound him to his low-level Asura character. He woke up blind on an island, recognized the power in his cursed left arm, and realized he had no idea where he was.

• Qiu Haisheng switched from his powerful Berserker to his poor level 25 Asura, Barn, and opened a mysterious message in his mailbox.
• The message bound Qiu Haisheng to his character and began transmigration; a bolt of electricity struck him, and he collapsed.
• Qiu Haisheng woke on a beach, learned he was blind, and regretted binding himself to his Asura instead of his Berserker.
• Qiu Haisheng felt the strength and sharp nails in his cursed left arm, then imagined using a Ghostblade's power to conquer the world.
• Qiu Haisheng realized he could not see well enough to tell where he was.

Qiu Haisheng, stranded blind on a deserted island, spotted Captain York’s pirate ship and asked its crew to rescue him. He introduced himself as Barn, leaving his fate in the pirates’ hands.

• Qiu Haisheng used passive skills to move around but could not activate his other skills, and he worried that his strawberries were running low.
• Captain York and his pirates reached the island in search of treasure and celebrated by singing Binks’ Sake with Brook playing the violin.
• Qiu Haisheng woke to the pirates’ singing and ran toward their ship.
• York asked Qiu Haisheng his name, and Qiu Haisheng claimed to be Barn, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, and pleaded for rescue.

Barn escaped a shipwreck and was taken aboard the Rumbar Pirates, where he realized he had arrived in the world of One Piece decades before Luffy's journey. York and Brook noticed something strange about Barn's left hand and eyes, and York left him in Brook's care.

• Barn panicked when he learned York and the others were pirates, but York caught him and brought him back to the ship.
• Barn recognized the Rumbar Pirates and Brook, then asked York to save him and let him stay aboard.
• York welcomed Barn into the crew, and the pirates celebrated by singing and dancing.
• In the captain's cabin, Brook and York discussed the strange presence they sensed in Barn's left hand.
• Barn casually avoided a falling glass, prompting Brook to notice something unusual about his eyes.
• York told Brook to take care of Barn, and Brook reacted with shock.

Barn joined the Rumbar Pirates’ treasure hunt and tricked Brook into believing that a devil named Kazaan had cursed his left arm and blinded him. Brook carried Barn through the forest to a cave where the crew expected to find treasure.

• Brook startled Barn awake, and Bullong hugged him until York told him to let Barn go.
• York led the crew on a treasure hunt and assigned Brook to look after Barn.
• Brook told Barn that York sensed a strange presence in his left arm, so Barn invented a story about Kazaan cursing him.
• Barn claimed he used a Mind’s Eye to sense people and danger, and Brook believed him and continued carrying him.
• Brook spotted a cave he thought held the treasure and invited Barn inside.

Barn and Brook found two Devil Fruits and the famed Demon Blade Nidai Kitetsu. Despite Brook’s warning that the sword killed its masters, Barn chose to test his luck and tossed it above his outstretched left arm.

• Brook and Barn gathered gold before Barn tripped over a chest containing two Devil Fruits.
• Brook and Barn each claimed a Devil Fruit, and Barn examined the one he had always wanted.
• Brook recognized Barn’s sword as Nidai Kitetsu after drawing it and splitting the copper chest with a swing.
• Brook warned Barn that Nidai Kitetsu was an ill-omened Demon Blade that killed its master.
• Barn insisted on conquering the sword, tossed it into the air, and held out his cursed left arm in its path.

Barn conquered the Nidai Kitetsu and discovered that equipping a weapon unlocked his skills. After returning to the harbor, he stayed with Captain York and found a newly hatched bird in the nest that had been on his head.

• Barn plunged the Nidai Kitetsu into the floor and claimed it as his own, frightening Brook with the sword’s power.
• Barn saw his attributes rise and his skill bar unlock after equipping the Nidai Kitetsu.
• Barn and Brook returned to the harbor, where Barn told Captain York that they had found a great deal of gold.
• York sent Sako and Mabu to gather the treasure while Brook went with the crew and Barn stayed behind.
• York found a bird’s nest on Barn’s head, and the newly hatched bird woke up and pecked Barn’s nose.

Barn joined York’s crew and befriended a little bird he named Fitz. After the Rumbar Pirates set sail with their new companions, Barn and Brook ate the Devil Fruits Mondo had studied.

• York told Barn that he founded his pirate crew to pursue freedom and joy, and Barn accepted his invitation to join.
• Barn named the bird Fitz and asked it to guide him; Fitz nodded, then pecked him on the nose.
• The Rumbar Pirates left the island after hauling away its gold, with Barn and Fitz aboard.
• Mondo identified Barn’s fruit as the Life Fruit and Brook’s as the Revive-Revive Fruit, though he had found no records of Brook’s fruit.
• Barn ate the Life Fruit, and Brook followed by eating the Revive-Revive Fruit.

Barn was kept out of the fight when Planck attacked the Rumbar Pirates, but the battle reached the cabin when the badly wounded Sako fell inside. Sako spoke to Barn about his life and dreams before dying in his arms.

• Planck spotted the Rumbar Pirates' ship and ordered his crew to attack.
• York gathered the crew to face Planck, while Brook told Barn to stay in the cabin.
• Barn waited nervously as the pirates fought on deck.
• Sako stumbled into the cabin with a severe wound, and Barn called for Mondo to save him.
• Sako told Barn he had longed for freedom and asked him to live happily before he died.

Barn avenged Sako by killing the pirates who attacked the Rumbar Pirates, but he broke down after the battle and lashed out at York and Brook. That night, unable to sleep, Barn heard someone sobbing in the Captain's Quarters.

• Barn killed the pirate threatening him and, with Fitz guiding him, cut down the attackers across the ship, including Planck.
• After the battle, Barn knelt by Sako's body as Brook played "Requiem," then angrily punched York for saying that death was part of being a pirate.
• Brook slapped Barn and told him to stop, while Fitz followed Barn into the cabin.
• That night, Barn lay awake in the lookout post and heard someone sobbing in the Captain's Quarters.

Barn reconciled with York, and the Rumbar Pirates resumed their lively routine aboard the Flat Tide. When Mabu read the latest newspaper and the crew saw something unexpected, their laughter abruptly stopped.

• Barn apologized to York and promised to live as a free pirate for both his and Sako's share, and York embraced him as they cried together.
• York cooked breakfast for the crew, accepted their teasing suggestion that he take over breakfast duties, and joined them in singing the Pirate Song.
• Barn went fishing while Mabu bought a newspaper, and Bullong gathered the crew to hear about the wanted posters.
• Mabu read York's new epithet, Spotted Biao Yankee, and his 58 million Beli bounty, then read Brook's Three Verse Humming name and 33 million Beli bounty.
• Bullong joked that he wanted the nickname Butt Crusher, but the crew's laughter stopped when Mabu turned the page and they saw something unexpected.

Barn became a notorious pirate after a year of battles, reaching level thirty and earning a 130 million Beli bounty. As the Rumbar Pirates laughed with him aboard their ship, Brook spotted a small creature following them.

• The crew congratulated Barn on his first 17 million Beli bounty, and Fitz celebrated seeing its own claws in his poster photo.
• Barn gained a level after defeating Planck, then rose to level thirty through battles and learned Asura Evil Light Slash and Murderous Intent Wave.
• Barn cut through two Marine warships with Asura Evil Light Slash, prompting the Marines to raise his bounty to 130 million Beli.
• Barn fished unsuccessfully while Fitz stole his bait, and the crew teased him about his daily routine.
• Brook called everyone over after spotting a little fellow following the ship.

The Rumbar Pirates bonded with Laboon before deciding to leave him behind when they entered the dangerous Grand Line, but he stubbornly followed their ship. The crew crossed Reverse Mountain and reached Twin Capes, where Crocus agreed to let them repair their battered ship and asked about Brook’s pet.

• Barn recognized Laboon and worried that the Rumbar Pirates would meet disaster in the Florian Triangle, but later accepted that he would continue the journey with York and the others.
• Over six months, Laboon grew close to the crew, and the pirates decided to leave him behind because he was too young for the Grand Line.
• Laboon refused to stop following the ship, so York ordered the crew to remain silent until they entered the Grand Line.
• The Rumbar Pirates crossed Reverse Mountain in their battered ship, and Barn mocked Mabu’s navigation.
• At Twin Capes, York asked Crocus to let the crew repair their ship, and Crocus agreed before asking about Brook’s pet.

The Rumbar Pirates left Laboon at the Twin Capes after promising to return, and two years later Barn woke to an eerie silence aboard their ship. He found York looking weak and feared that the pirates had fallen ill.

• Brook persuaded Laboon to wait at the Twin Capes while the Rumbar Pirates completed their circuit of the Grand Line.
• Brook and the crew bid Laboon farewell, promising they would return, and Crocus agreed to look after him.
• Two years later, Barn had grown to adult size despite being only twelve, which he attributed to the Life Fruit.
• Barn woke at noon and noticed Fitz behaving unusually affectionately toward him.
• Barn found the ship eerily silent, then heard weakness in York's voice and sensed that he was ill.
• Barn rushed to Mondo's cabin, calling for the ship's doctor and fearing something had happened to the crew.

York and his crew learned that an incurable disease had spread throughout their ship, leaving them devastated. York decided they would change ships, but he broke down in front of Barn and Brook, unable to accept their fate.

• Barn woke Mondo, and they discovered that everyone aboard was showing symptoms of the disease.
• Mondo spent three days researching the illness before declaring that there was no cure.
• Mondo told York that the disease might be coming from somewhere aboard the ship and urged him to change ships.
• York told the crew he had decided they would change ships, then left the meeting without another word.
• York called Barn and Brook to his quarters and cried that he could not accept what was happening before falling asleep.

York’s death and the worsening illness left the Rumbar Pirates drifting through poisonous waters, where Brook led the surviving crew in one last song before they all collapsed. A faint green glow appeared aboard the ship, and an unknown voice said it was not over as someone began to stir.

• York killed himself and left a farewell note asking Brook and the others to leave him aboard the ship.
• Bullong and Mabu died, and the crew drifted into poisonous fog that accelerated their illness.
• Brook urged the dispirited Rumbar Pirates to play Binks' Sake together, and Barn, Fitz, and the others joined in.
• The crew died one by one as the song dwindled from a group performance to Barn’s harmonica solo.
• Fitz lay beside Barn and fell asleep, then a faint green glow rose aboard the ship and a voice said it was not over.

After the Rumbar Pirates died, Barn discovered that the Life Fruit had kept him alive and set out alone with Fitz. He reached an island where he trained and made a home, unaware that it was actually an Island Turtle.

• Barn woke aboard the ship, realized he was alive, and found that his crewmates had died while Brook remained temporarily dead thanks to the Revive-Revive Fruit.
• Barn laid the crew's bodies in the dining room, said goodbye, and left the ship with Fitz in a lifeboat.
• Barn drifted for five days before reaching a vast, lush island, where he spent half a month learning its layout.
• Barn defeated the island's lion, gorilla, and crocodile, became its king, and settled in a cabin near the shore with Fitz.
• Barn fished daily but caught nothing, while the island slowly moved because it was an Island Turtle.

Barn spent five years aboard the Island Turtle, growing stronger while waiting for a chance to leave. The turtle returned to Amazon Lily to lay its eggs, where the Empress spotted Barn and wondered why his chest was so flat.

• Barn reached level 40, learned Evil Light Wave Formation, and discovered that Life Return had two uses remaining.
• Barn hunted a Sea King, then roasted its meat while Fitz showed off to Little Lion, Little Crocodile, and Little Gorilla.
• The Island Turtle carried Barn through the Calm Belt toward Amazon Lily, where a warrior watched him with a telescope.
• The Empress learned that the Island Turtle had returned to lay its eggs and saw Barn roasting meat on its back.
• The Empress was surprised to find someone aboard the turtle and wondered if Barn was malnourished because his chest was flat.

Barn and Fitz were brought to Amazon Lily after eating Sleepy Fruits, and the warriors mistook Barn for a malnourished woman because he was bare-chested. When they discovered he was a man, they locked him in a cage, where the women studied him as he woke up naked and confused.

• The empress ordered Aishi to bring Barn back from the Island Turtle, believing he was a malnourished woman.
• Fitz fed Barn Sleepy Fruits, and Barn and Fitz fell asleep while the three little beasts ate the meat and ran into the forest.
• Aishi found Barn and Fitz asleep, recognized the fruits as anesthetics, and took them to Amazon Lily.
• A warrior changing Barn's clothes discovered he was a man, and the empress confirmed it in a book.
• Barn woke naked in a cage as the women stared at him and concluded that men could not see.

Barn was brought before Gloriosa after landing on Amazon Lily, where Aishi demanded his execution for violating the island’s ban on men. Gloriosa agreed to let Barn and Fitz leave if he defeated Aishi in combat, and Barn prepared for the duel.

• Aishi urged Gloriosa to execute Barn, but Gloriosa ordered him brought to the palace so she could hear his explanation.
• Barn was reunited with Fitz in the palace and learned that he had landed on Amazon Lily, where men were forbidden.
• Barn pleaded to leave with Fitz, while Aishi insisted the island’s rules required his death.
• Gloriosa proposed a death penalty by combat, and Aishi named herself as Barn’s opponent.
• Gloriosa agreed to return Barn’s bird and sword, and Aishi warned him that he was dead.

Barn fought Aishi in the Martial Arts Arena, overcame her Haki and snake-staff attacks, and won the duel. As he gave his name, a giant snake burst through the arena wall, and Barn smelled blood.

• Barn used Mind's Eye to cut apart Aishi's arrows, then discovered that her Haki let another arrow pierce his Evil Light Slash.
• Barn closed in on Aishi, but she transformed her snake bow into a Haki-coated staff and counterattacked.
• Barn activated Murderous Intent Wave to slow Aishi's strike, and the two resumed their fight.
• Barn defeated Aishi and held his blade to her throat; she accepted her loss and asked his name.
• Barn introduced himself as Barn Bashut, a pirate, as spectators cried that the Snake God was angry and eating people.
• The Snake God smashed through a wall of the arena, and Barn noticed the smell of blood.