Chapter Summaries

Kuzan invited Ye Chuan to join the Shichibukai in exchange for handing over Nico Robin, but Ye Chuan refused and was declared a World Government criminal with a bounty of three hundred million Beli. Ye Chuan and Kuzan began fighting, and after Ye Chuan countered Kuzan’s ice attacks with a powerful fire technique, he emerged from the steam and appeared in front of Kuzan.

• Kuzan offered Ye Chuan a Shichibukai position if he surrendered Nico Robin, warning that otherwise he would arrest him for harboring her.
• Ye Chuan refused to hand Robin over, so Kuzan declared him a wanted criminal with a bounty of three hundred million Beli and began the arrest operation.
• Kuzan attacked Ye Chuan with an ice saber, but Ye Chuan met him in close combat and used Armament Haki to overpower him.
• Kuzan fired ice spears at Ye Chuan, then launched an enormous ice phoenix with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak.
• Ye Chuan countered the ice phoenix with Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, then passed through the resulting steam and appeared before Kuzan.

Ye Chuan broke free of Kuzan’s Ice Age and defeated the Marine Admiral with a devastating sword strike. He reunited with Robin and sailed away, while a badly injured Kuzan survived beneath the ice and watched their ship disappear.

• Kuzan unleashed Ice Age, freezing Ye Chuan and the surrounding sea solid.
• Ye Chuan shattered the ice with his lightning armor and struck Kuzan with a powerful sword slash, making the Admiral vanish from sight.
• Ye Chuan returned to the ship, where Robin embraced him and Perona nervously offered to prepare dinner.
• Ye Chuan’s ship sailed away across the shattered ice, while Kuzan crawled out from beneath an ice floe, badly injured but alive.

Aokiji reflected on Robin’s escape from Ohara and wondered if Ye Chuan had become the refuge she needed. Ye Chuan, Robin, and Perona arrived at Sabaody Archipelago to sightsee, but their outing ended when Ye Chuan confronted a Celestial Dragon’s cruelty.

• Aokiji decided to watch whether Robin had finally found a safe refuge and prepared to report his failed mission to Sengoku.
• Ye Chuan, Robin, and Perona arrived at Sabaody Archipelago and spent the day exploring, eating, and buying new clothes.
• A Celestial Dragon forced the crowd to kneel as he rode a wounded slave through the street.
• A Celestial Dragon kicked an injured man off a stretcher after doctors pleaded to take him to a hospital.
• Ye Chuan released an invisible pressure at the Celestial Dragon.

Ye Chuan knocked Saint Charlos unconscious with an unseen attack, then left with Robin and Perona to find a coating craftsman in the Sabaody Archipelago. He met Silvers Rayleigh at Shakky's bar and agreed to pay ten million Beli to have his ship coated for the journey to Fish-Man Island.

• Ye Chuan secretly knocked Saint Charlos unconscious, and Robin recognized that he was responsible.
• Ye Chuan, Robin, and Perona slipped away from the confused bodyguards and headed to Grove 12 to find a coating craftsman.
• Ye Chuan entered Shakky's bar and directly identified the old drinker as Dark King Silvers Rayleigh.
• Rayleigh and Ye Chuan clashed with their Conqueror's Haki, leaving Perona nearly unable to stand.
• Rayleigh quoted ten million Beli to coat Ye Chuan's ship, and Ye Chuan accepted.

Ye Chuan arranged for Rayleigh to coat his ship and learned that a crowd of young pirates had gathered on Sabaody. At dinner, he confronted Jewelry Bonney after she stole the food he had ordered.

• Ye Chuan agreed to wait a week for Rayleigh to coat his ship, and Rayleigh and Shakky remarked on his strength.
• Ye Chuan took Robin and Perona to a restaurant, where Bonney had eaten the dishes they ordered.
• Ye Chuan guarded the kitchen and collected a Sea King feast for his table.
• Bonney demanded Ye Chuan hand over his food and offered to pay double.
• The waiter warned Ye Chuan that Bonney was a Supernova with a bounty over one hundred million Beli, but Ye Chuan refused and advised her to mind her manners.

After Ye Chuanliu nullified Bonney’s Devil Fruit ability, the Marines raised his bounty to 1.5 billion Beli and his sudden fame spread across Sabaody. The chapter ended with Eustass Kid taking an interest in the swordsman, whose bounty was just 15 million below his own.

• Bonney attacked Ye Chuanliu with her age-changing ability after he criticized her table manners, but his Haki blocked it; she saw his 300-million-Beli wanted poster and backed down.
• At Marine Headquarters, Kuzan told Sengoku that Ye Chuanliu had matched him and might have even more powerful abilities in reserve.
• Sengoku ordered Ye Chuanliu’s bounty raised to 1.5 billion Beli and instructed Marine units to avoid engaging him recklessly.
• Rumors about Ye Chuanliu spread through Sabaody, making him a major topic among pirates and briefly eclipsing the other Supernovas.
• Eustass Kid examined Ye Chuanliu’s wanted poster and laughed off Killer’s suggestion that the swordsman’s near-equal bounty threatened him.

Ye Chuan trained on Sabaody Archipelago while Robin watched, then sensed three Supernovas approaching. He stopped Basil Hawkins, Capone Bege, and Scratchmen Apoo from leaving and demanded that they come with him to collect their bounties, setting up a fight.

• Kid dismissed the other rookies as targets and said he wanted to challenge pirates with higher bounties, including the Four Emperors.
• Bepo told Trafalgar Law that little information existed on Ye Chuan, and Law warned that they should avoid making an enemy of him.
• Ye Chuan trained while Robin read nearby, and Perona went to the amusement park.
• Ye Chuan sensed three powerful presences approaching and warned Robin to stay behind him.
• Apoo, Capone Bege, and Hawkins emerged from hiding, but Ye Chuan stopped them from leaving and drew Shusui.
• Ye Chuan announced that he would capture the three Supernovas for their bounties, while Hawkins predicted no chance of escape and Apoo pointed out Robin's bounty.

Ye Chuan defeated Scratchmen Apoo, Hawkins, and Capone Bege, then bound the three Supernovas aboard his ship to claim their bounties. Robin returned from the shopping street with troubling news, leaving the chapter on her warning that something had happened.

• Scratchmen Apoo attacked Ye Chuan with sonic strikes, but Ye Chuan dodged them and slashed Hawkins, consuming ten of Hawkins's straw dolls.
• Capone Bege fired cannonballs and sent cavalry at Ye Chuan, who cut apart the cannonballs and knocked out the cavalry with Conqueror's Haki.
• Ye Chuan kicked Scratchmen Apoo unconscious after Apoo attacked him again.
• Hawkins transformed into his Demon Subduing Form, and Capone Bege became Big Father, but Ye Chuan's slash destroyed both forms and knocked them unconscious.
• Ye Chuan bound Hawkins, Capone Bege, and Scratchmen Apoo to the ship's mast with Seastone Handcuffs.
• Robin returned from the shopping street and told Ye Chuan that something had happened.

Ye Chuan and Robin stormed the Human Auction House to rescue Perona and free the other captives. After Ye Chuan’s new 1.5-billion-Beli bounty stunned the crowd, Eustass Kid challenged him to fight.

• Robin showed Ye Chuan a flyer revealing that Perona had been captured and put up for auction.
• Ye Chuan and Robin entered the Human Auction House, where Ye Chuan knocked out the guards and found Perona in a seastone-collared cage.
• Ye Chuan broke Perona’s collar and cage, then Robin took the crying Perona into her care.
• Ye Chuan used Sword Aura to free the other enslaved people and told the auction house owner he was unafraid of Donquixote Doflamingo.
• A new wanted poster revealed Ye Chuan’s bounty had risen to 1.5 billion Beli, alarming the auction house crowd and drawing the attention of Trafalgar Law and Killer.
• Eustass Kid stood up and challenged Ye Chuan to fight.

Ye Chuan fought Kid and Law after they joined forces against him at the Human Auction House, then defeated and captured them. He returned to his ship with five Supernova captains bound to its mast and confirmed to Perona that he intended to collect their bounties.

• Kid attacked Ye Chuan with a giant mechanical arm, but Law used ROOM: Shambles to redirect the strike and protect his crew.
• Kid and Law agreed to team up against Ye Chuan, then attacked him with metal fragments and rubble.
• Ye Chuan evaded their assault, cut through Kid’s metal arm, and interrupted Law’s spatial ability with a precisely aimed slash.
• Ye Chuan unleashed One Sword Style: Shatter Star, knocking Kid and Law unconscious amid the ruins.
• Ye Chuan cuffed Kid and Law with Seastone and brought them to his ship, where he bound them beside Hawkins, Bege, and Scratchmen Apoo.
• Perona asked whether Ye Chuan planned to turn in all five captains for their bounties, and he said that he did.

Ye Chuan captured five Supernova captains and sent Perona to collect their bounties, choosing to spare them and leave their future escape to Impel Down. The Marines reported his actions to Sengoku, who sent Kizaru to investigate him, while Perona returned with over 1.1 billion Beli.

• Ye Chuan kept Eustass Kid, Trafalgar Law, Basil Hawkins, Capone Bege, and Scratchmen Apoo shackled, explaining that he planned to send them to Impel Down rather than kill them for their bounties.
• Ye Chuan told Perona to take the five captives to the Marine Branch and collect the reward while he and Robin stayed out of sight.
• Perona dragged the five Supernova captains into the Sabaody Marine Branch, stunning the Marines there.
• A Marine officer told Sengoku that Ye Chuan had captured the five captains, and Sengoku sent Kizaru to investigate while warning him to avoid a direct confrontation.
• Perona returned to Ye Chuan’s ship with five chests containing over 1.1 billion Beli in bounty money.

After celebrating their capture of five Supernovas with a feast on Sabaody, Ye Chuan and his companions encountered Jewelry Bonney boasting about defeating him. Their meal was interrupted by a figure identified as Pacifista PX-4, who appeared behind Bonney.

• Ye Chuan celebrated collecting 1.1 billion Beli in bounties by taking Robin and Perona out to eat.
• Ye Chuan and Robin disguised themselves and enjoyed a meal with Perona at a restaurant in Grove 13.
• Nearby pirates discussed Ye Chuan capturing five Supernovas and claimed the others were preparing to flee.
• Jewelry Bonney angrily denied running away and threatened to eat Ye Chuan and his ship if they met.
• Bartholomew Kuma appeared behind Bonney, and Ye Chuan recognized the figure as a Pacifista marked PX-4.

Ye Chuan intervened when Sentomaru ordered PX-4 to attack Bonney, revealing his Susanoo and overwhelming both enemies. After coating Susanoo in Armament Haki, he destroyed PX-4 and sent Sentomaru flying, leaving Bonney, Robin, and Perona stunned.

• Sentomaru arrived with PX-4 and questioned Bonney about Ye Chuan, but she froze when she saw the Pacifista's resemblance to her father, Bartholomew Kuma.
• Sentomaru ordered PX-4 to eliminate Bonney, and Ye Chuan appeared in front of her and blocked its laser with Susanoo.
• Ye Chuan handed Bonney to Robin, then used Susanoo to smash Sentomaru's Armament Haki attack and block PX-4's lasers.
• Ye Chuan coated Susanoo in Armament Haki and destroyed PX-4 with a single punch.
• Ye Chuan's punch sent Sentomaru flying, while Bonney, Robin, and Perona stared at him in shock.

Ye Chuan and Robin stopped Kizaru’s attack, and the Admiral delivered the World Government’s message before leaving. Bonney broke down over Kuma, while Ye Chuan realized Blackbeard’s appointment as a Shichibukai meant the Paramount War was near.

• Kizaru arrived at the battlefield and launched a Light-Speed Kick at Ye Chuan.
• Robin restrained Kizaru’s ankle with her Haki-coated arms, and Ye Chuan showed him Seastone Handcuffs.
• Kizaru said the Marines would temporarily stop pursuing Ye Chuan and Nico Robin, renewed the offer for Ye Chuan to become a Shichibukai, and warned him about the coming storm.
• Ye Chuan refused the offer, and Kizaru left after warning him to be careful whose side he took.
• Bonney broke down crying over Kuma, and Robin comforted her.
• Ye Chuan realized Blackbeard had taken Crocodile’s former Shichibukai position and concluded that the Paramount War was about to begin.

After learning that Ace would be executed at Marineford, Ye Chuan prepared to go alone while leaving Robin under Rayleigh and Shakky’s protection. He reached the Thousand Sunny and offered Luffy a way to bypass the Marines’ blockade, leaving the crew ready to use the ship’s coating to dive beneath the Gate of Justice.

• Perona, Robin, and Ye Chuan read the news of Ace’s execution, and Ye Chuan decided to head out alone for the coming war.
• Ye Chuan told Robin he would leave her behind, and she agreed after he explained that Rayleigh and Shakky would protect her.
• Perona pleaded to accompany Ye Chuan so she could find Moria, and Ye Chuan promised to keep an eye out for him.
• Ye Chuan arrived at the Thousand Sunny while Luffy and the crew argued about how to reach Marineford, then offered to help them get there.
• Ye Chuan suggested using the Thousand Sunny’s coating to travel underwater, and Nami realized they could pass beneath the Gate of Justice.

Whitebeard launched a surprise attack on Marineford to save Ace, and the Marines and pirates clashed in a devastating battle. As Luffy rushed to rescue Ace, Ye Chuan and the Straw Hat Pirates arrived through the ice, shocking both sides.

• Whitebeard emerged beneath Marineford’s inner bay with his fleet and began the war by unleashing a tremor that sent two massive tsunamis toward the Marines.
• Kuzan froze the tsunamis, and Jozu blocked Dracule Mihawk’s slash aimed at Whitebeard.
• Little Oars charged through the Marines’ first defensive line before the Marines and Shichibukai gravely wounded him, while Sengoku deployed the Pacifista corps.
• Ye Chuan and the Straw Hat Pirates broke through the ice on their ship, and Luffy leaped onto the frozen sea shouting that he had come to save Ace.
• Marines and pirates recognized Luffy, then reacted with shock and horror when Ye Chuan disembarked behind him.

Ye Chuan arrived alongside Straw Hat Luffy and challenged Whitebeard, but Diamond Jozu blocked his slash. After Ye Chuan used Susanoo to strike Jozu, Whitebeard caught him and confronted Ye Chuan, who judged that defeating the World's Strongest Man would be difficult.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to treat Ye Chuan as a threat on Whitebeard's level after seeing him arrive with Luffy.
• Ye Chuan drew Black Blade Shusui and slashed at Whitebeard, but Jozu blocked the attack with his diamond body.
• Ye Chuan found Jozu's death lines difficult to target and concluded his Lightning Release would not work on diamond.
• Jozu charged Ye Chuan, who summoned Susanoo and struck him with its enormous arm.
• Whitebeard caught the gravely wounded Jozu, then asked Ye Chuan whether he intended to take Whitebeard's head and make an enemy of the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Ye Chuan faced Whitebeard and sensed that their fight could go either way, with defeat slightly more likely for him.

Ye Chuan declared he had come to enjoy the battle, then overwhelmed Hawkeye in a clash of sword slashes and agreed to duel him after the war. He left the Marines and pirates to their fight and attacked Gecko Moria, ending the chapter with a heavy punch to Moria’s stomach.

• Ye Chuan told Whitebeard he had no intention of targeting either side, then cut down two Pacifistas and warned everyone to watch out for his blade.
• Luffy charged toward the Execution Platform to save Ace, and the fighting resumed across the battlefield.
• Hawkeye sent a powerful slash at Ye Chuan, but Ye Chuan crushed it and carved a huge scar into the Marine Fortress.
• Hawkeye acknowledged Ye Chuan’s strength, agreed to a postwar duel to decide who deserved the title of world’s greatest swordsman, and left the battlefield.
• Zoro watched Hawkeye depart and resolved to surpass both him and Ye Chuan on his path to becoming the world’s greatest swordsman.
• Ye Chuan appeared before Gecko Moria, bypassed his shadow double with Soru, and punched Moria in the stomach.

Ye Chuan defeated Moria, resisted Hancock’s charm, and confronted Sengoku with his Susanoo at Marineford. As their attacks clashed and the battlefield watched, Luffy reached the execution platform and broke Ace’s shackles.

• Ye Chuan knocked Moria out of the fight and then frightened Doflamingo into retreating.
• Hancock attacked Ye Chuan with Perfume Femur, but he resisted her charm, closed his eyes, and restrained her.
• Sengoku transformed into a Golden Great Buddha and attacked Ye Chuan with a Buddha Shockwave.
• Ye Chuan awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, summoned Susanoo, and met Sengoku’s attack with a Susanoo Slash.
• While Ye Chuan and Sengoku’s powers clashed, Luffy reached the execution platform and broke Ace’s shackles.

Akainu killed Ace after provoking him into turning back to defend Whitebeard’s honor, and Ace died in Luffy’s arms. Whitebeard ordered his crew to retreat, then unleashed his fury on Marineford and struck Akainu down as the battlefield came apart.

• Akainu insulted Whitebeard, prompting Ace to attack him with Fire Fist, but Akainu overwhelmed Ace’s flames with magma.
• Akainu tried to kill Luffy, and Ace stepped in front of the magma fist, which pierced his chest; Ace died in Luffy’s arms.
• Whitebeard grieved for Ace and ordered Marco to lead the crew in retreat, declaring himself a remnant of the old era.
• Whitebeard unleashed his power, split Marineford in half, and caused Marines and fortress buildings to fall into the fissure.
• Akainu attacked Whitebeard, but Whitebeard’s quake-powered fist shattered Akainu’s magma and slammed into his chest, leaving him badly injured.