Recaps

Guan Yu and Lü Bu fought a fierce battle using the powers of Rayquaza and Giratina, then continued their duel at the Martial Arts Training Ground. Guan Yu ultimately defeated Lü Bu and told him that his talent could be molded.

• Guan Yu transformed into Rayquaza, while Lü Bu transformed into Giratina and entered the Distortion World.
• Rayquaza and Giratina clashed in the sky, unleashing their final attacks and crashing onto opposite ends of the Martial Arts Training Ground.
• Guan Yu and Lü Bu resumed fighting on the ground, using their blades, halberd, and Conqueror's Haki as their divine beast phantoms reappeared.
• Guan Yu split Lü Bu's Distortion World domain and struck the Sky Piercer, sending Lü Bu crashing into a crater and leaving him badly injured.
• Guan Yu told the defeated Lü Bu that he had talent that could be molded, then returned to the Viewing Platform.

Chen Yu concluded the Military Examination and appointed Lü Bu, Dian Wei, and Ma Chao as generals, with Zhou Yu as Military Adviser. As the new leaders settled into their roles, Chen Yu declared that Hua Country was ready to reveal its strength to the world.

• Chen Yu ended the Military Examination, and Xun Yu announced Lü Bu as General of the East, Dian Wei as Imperial Guard General, Ma Chao as General Who Pacifies the Barbarians, and Zhou Yu as Military Adviser.
• Lü Bu accepted his Gold Seal despite his defeat and vowed to challenge Guan Yu again, while Guan Yu agreed to face him whenever he was ready.
• Dian Wei and Ma Chao expressed interest in sparring, and Zhou Yu exchanged a thoughtful look with Zhuge Liang.
• At the palace banquet, Lü Bu drank alone, Dian Wei and Ma Chao competed over wine and strength, and Zhou Yu discussed the state of the world with Zhuge Liang and other officials.
• That night, Lü Bu, Dian Wei, Ma Chao, and Zhou Yu each prepared for their new duties as Chen Yu sensed their auras and said Hua Country would show the world its strength.

Chen Yu considered a political marriage to Princess Virtuous and Wise as a way to win over the former Flower Country territories. After meeting her and hearing her support for his benevolent policies, he left the marriage’s formal arrangements to his ministers.

• Xun Yu told Chen Yu that the former royal house had asked him to marry Princess Virtuous and Wise to reassure the people of its old territories.
• Chen Yu ordered Liu Bei and Xun Yu to investigate and handle the matter according to ritual propriety while respecting the princess’s wishes.
• Chen Yu met Princess Virtuous and Wise privately in a palace garden and asked whether she understood what the marriage would mean.
• Princess Virtuous and Wise said she accepted the marriage as a bridge between past and present and praised Chen Yu’s policies for benefiting the people.
• Chen Yu approved of the princess’s views and ended the conversation.

Chen Yu married Queen Xianming, born Zhu Yu, in a grand ceremony meant to reconcile Hua Country with the former Ming Country, and the couple agreed to raise any future child with compassion and a sense of duty. As the realm settled into peace, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Guo Jia, and Zhou Yu also married, strengthening the ruling group and ushering Chang'an into a season of celebration.

• Chen Yu married Princess Xianming, now Queen Xianming, and she asked to teach their future child poetry, propriety, and the responsibilities of a ruler; Chen Yu agreed to teach the child with her.
• Liu Bei married a gentle, educated woman from a respected gentry family after Chen Yu ordered him to marry.
• Guan Yu married the daughter of a chivalrous hero who had led volunteers to defend her homeland, and she later managed his household while he focused on military affairs.
• Zhang Fei married a clever toy-making woman of the Mo family, whose teasing and ingenuity brought laughter and order to his household.
• Zhuge Liang married Huang Yueying after their correspondence about mechanical arts and mathematics revealed their shared interests and admiration.
• Zhao Yun, Guo Jia, and Zhou Yu married capable and talented women, while a wave of weddings brought celebration and renewed confidence to Chang'an.

An intelligence report about Hua Country’s Admiral-level fighters alarmed the Five Elders and triggered a World Government emergency response. The Marines, Cipher Pol Aigis Zero, and Holy Knights turned their attention toward Hua Country as the threat assessment began.

• An official delivered photographs and a report to the Five Elders, identifying four Hua Country fighters whose strength approached or matched a Marine Headquarters Admiral.
• The Five Elders verified the intelligence and ordered an emergency meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies, Cipher Pol Aigis Zero, and a Holy Knights representative.
• Fleet Admiral Kong reported that Marine Headquarters had recalled Sengoku, Garp, and the Three Admirals, while West Blue branches entered their highest state of alert.
• The director of Cipher Pol Aigis Zero announced that he would lead the Dark Raven team to West Blue and deliver an assessment within seventy-two hours.
• A voice from the Holy Knights authorized an assessment of Hua Country’s threat, and the Five Elders agreed that the crisis had begun to spread beyond Mary Geoise.

Reports of Hua Country’s powerful generals reached the Four Emperors, putting Chen Yu and his nation on their radar. Whitebeard, Shanks, Big Mom, and Kaido each responded to the threat or opportunity, as Hua Country’s rise threatened to unsettle the balance of the sea.

• Marco brought Whitebeard a report about Hua Country’s military strength, and Whitebeard warned his crew to be careful around Chen Yu.
• Shanks discussed Hua Country’s rise with Benn Beckman, ordered the Red Hair Pirates to stay alert, and considered visiting the West Blue himself.
• Big Mom ordered Perospero to prepare a marriage contract to secure Hua Country’s powerful warriors for Totto Land.
• Kaido ordered King to investigate Hua Country and its Mythical Zoan users, considering a personal visit if the reports were confirmed.
• Hua Country’s military examination drew the attention of the New World’s emperors.

Chen Yu launched Hua Country’s campaign to unite the West Blue, assigning strategists and civil officials to coordinate the war and integrate conquered territories. Five armies marched toward their targets, beginning a lightning war across the region.

• Chen Yu ordered Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia to direct strategy and intelligence, while Xun Yu took charge of logistics and administration.
• Chen Yu assembled the army and declared that Hua Country would unite the West Blue and bring peace through conquest.
• Chen Yu appointed Guan Yu to attack Ballywood Kingdom and Zhang Fei to invade Saint Poplar Kingdom.
• Chen Yu ordered Zhao Yun to strike Winsor Kingdom, Huang Zhong to assault Mano Kingdom, and Lü Bu to attack Ilusia Kingdom.
• Chen Yu ordered the drums beaten, and the five armies marched from the capital toward their assigned targets.

Guan Yu led Hua Country’s fleet into the Ballywood Kingdom, destroying its defenses with the power of the Rayquaza Fruit and forcing the kingdom to surrender. He took control of the Royal Capital and ordered officials from Hua Country to govern the newly acquired territory.

• Guan Yu rode alone into the Ballywood patrol fleet and used Delta Stream and his blade to sink all five warships.
• Guan Yu breached Iron Rock Pass with the Azure Dragon Half-Moon Slash, defeated General Barton, and captured the fortress.
• Guan Yu destroyed Eagle's Nest Castle and the mountain behind it with Dragon Soaring Through the Nine Heavens.
• The Ballywood royal family surrendered the Royal Capital to Guan Yu, who accepted the jade seal and declared the kingdom part of Hua Country.
• Guan Yu ordered a message sent to His Majesty requesting officials to govern the conquered territory.

Zhang Fei led Hua Country’s Landing Fleet in a devastating assault on the Saint Poplar Kingdom, destroying its naval defenses and capturing Sea Rock City in a single day. With the coast open to Hua Country’s army, Zhang Fei looked east toward the Winsor Kingdom, where another battle was underway.

• Zhang Fei used his power over magma and earth to strand and destroy the Saint Poplar Kingdom’s fleet, including its flagship, the Crown of the Poplars.
• Zhang Fei led Hua Country’s soldiers ashore and advanced toward Sea Rock City through the kingdom’s coastal defenses.
• Zhang Fei transformed into Groudon Form and shattered Sea Rock City with Precipice Blade, prompting its defenders to surrender.
• Hua Country’s army occupied Sea Rock City, and Zhang Fei surveyed the captured stronghold before looking toward the battle in the Winsor Kingdom.

Zhao Yun and Hua Country’s light cavalry captured the Winsor Kingdom’s Iron Thorns fortress by drawing out its heavy cavalry, taking a crucial bridge, and defeating the commander. Zhao Yun then looked toward the Winsor Royal Capital, while the wider campaign in West Blue continued and the World Government’s attention remained uncertain.

• Zhao Yun used Reshiram’s flames and Conqueror’s Haki to attack the Iron Thorns fortress and ordered Hua Country’s light cavalry to execute plan A.
• Hua Country’s decoy cavalry lured the Winsor heavy cavalry into muddy ground, where mounted archers ambushed and defeated them.
• Zhao Yun led an elite squad across the stone bridge, severing the link between the fortress’s main keep and auxiliary forts.
• The fortress commander transformed and attacked Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun pierced him with True Piercing Strike and broke through the gate.
• The surviving defenders surrendered, and news of the fortress’s fall reached Huang Zhong and Zhang Fei as Zhao Yun turned his attention toward the Winsor Royal Capital.

Huang Zhong used the Dialga Fruit’s time-manipulating powers to destroy Rock Fortress and defeat the Mano Kingdom’s defenders and Rock Giant. With the fortress in ruins, he learned Hua Country’s other armies were also advancing and prepared to continue toward the Royal Capital.

• Huang Zhong slowed the defenders of Rock Fortress with his Time Lag Domain and led Hua Country’s archers in an attack that killed many soldiers.
• Huang Zhong stopped the fortress’s cannon shells with Time Arrow: Instant Eternity, then aged the cannons into scrap and their operators into bones.
• Barton transformed with his Siberian Tiger Fruit and charged Huang Zhong, but Huang Zhong killed him with Time Arrow: Causality Reversal.
• The Mano Kingdom’s Rock Giant emerged beneath the fortress, and Huang Zhong destroyed it and brought Rock Fortress down with Time Arrow Soul-Subduing.
• Huang Zhong received news that Hua Country’s other armies were advancing successfully and ordered his troops to rest before continuing toward the Mano Kingdom’s Royal Capital.

Lü Bu used the Giratina Fruit’s Distortion World power to overwhelm White Oak City’s defenses, kill its commander Arnold Likena, and break through the city gates. With the East-Pacifying Army pouring in behind him, Lü Bu charged toward the royal palace to capture the king.

• Lü Bu opened the Distortion World above White Oak City, and phantom soldiers attacked the defenders while the city’s fortifications crumbled.
• Arnold Likena transformed into his Ancestor Elephant form and led the Golden Oak Guards in a charge, but Lü Bu’s Conqueror’s Haki halted them.
• Lü Bu severed Arnold Likena’s trunk and then killed him with the Conqueror-Netherworld Rift Break.
• Lü Bu and Red Hare leaped the moat, shattered White Oak City’s steel gates, and slaughtered the heavily armored infantry guarding the entrance.
• The Golden Oak Guards broke and fled as the East-Pacifying Army entered the city behind Lü Bu.
• Lü Bu ordered his troops to raze the palace and take the king alive, then rode toward the palace.

Hua Country celebrated five simultaneous victories over the West Blue’s kingdoms, then Chen Yu approved a three-front campaign to consolidate the conquests and defeat the remaining powers. Gan Ning, Ma Chao, and Zhou Yu departed with their armies, as the wider war across the West Blue began.

• Lü Bu captured White Oak City, breached Ilusia’s palace, and took its king alive.
• Messengers reported that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Lü Bu had won major victories across five kingdoms, including the capture of Ballywood’s and Ilusia’s capitals.
• Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang advised Chen Yu to secure the conquered territories while opening three new fronts against the West Blue’s other powers.
• Chen Yu appointed Gan Ning, Ma Chao, and Zhou Yu to lead campaigns against the western islands, northern kingdoms, and Thousand Sails Alliance.
• Gan Ning sailed west with a fleet, Ma Chao rode northwest with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and Zhou Yu and Sai marched south toward the Thousand Sails Alliance.
• Chen Yu watched the three armies depart with Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang as the West Blue prepared for a wider war.

The World Government designated Hua Country its highest threat and ordered the Marines to prepare for action, while Sengoku chose a strategy of military pressure and internal subversion rather than immediate all-out war. As the Whitebeard and Red Hair Pirates stayed out of the coming conflict, Chen Yu prepared Hua Country to confront the Marines and resist CP infiltration.

• The Five Elders authorized the Marines and Holy Knights to act against Hua Country and ordered the Science Unit to accelerate development of the designated weapon.
• Sengoku briefed Garp, Tsuru, and the Three Admirals, then assigned Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu to patrol different parts of the West Blue and probe Hua Country’s strength.
• Whitebeard told his commanders to keep a low profile, while Shanks and Benn Beckman decided the Red Hair Pirates would avoid large-scale conflicts for now.
• Xun Yu reported that Hua Country was stabilizing its occupied territories as Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia informed Chen Yu that the Three Admirals had moved toward the West Blue.
• Chen Yu ordered Guan Yu, Fengxian, and the other commanders to crush any Marine attack, strengthen surveillance, and guard against CP Agents.

Gan Ning led Hua Country's navy to seize Pearl Harbor and force the Coral Island Chain and other West Blue city-states to submit. After conquering most of the eastern and central West Blue, he ordered three days of rest before advancing on the remaining islands.

• Gan Ning split his fleet to blockade the Coral Island Chain while the main force charged into Pearl Harbor.
• Gan Ning used Dragon God Cannons to destroy the coastal defenses, then boarded an enemy ship and forced its captain to surrender.
• The rulers of the Coral Island Chain and nearby islands submitted, and Gan Ning demanded their ships and harbors.
• Gan Ning's fleet swept through the West Blue, winning the surrender of seven city-states and destroying three fleets that resisted.
• At Azure Waves Island, Gan Ning ordered the fleet to rest and resupply for three days before attacking the remaining stubborn islands.

Ma Chao led the Xiliang Iron Cavalry through the Northwest Islands, defeating five kingdoms in one day with the power of the Zekrom Fruit. After the Gray Rock Kingdom fell, his forces rested while Chen Yu learned that the Hua Kingdom had largely secured the region.

• Ma Chao charged Anias, destroyed its defenses with lightning, killed its ruler, and accepted the surrender of the surviving defenders.
• Ma Chao's cavalry swiftly defeated Miklas, the Yellow Sand Kingdom, and the Green Grass Kingdom, killing King Ania in Miklas.
• Ma Chao broke through Du Feld Shepherd's Sandstorm Domain with his Thunder Domain and killed him with Secret Art · Thunder Dragon Descends, causing the Gray Rock Kingdom to surrender.
• Ma Chao's deputy reported that the campaign had captured five cities, accepted the surrender of twenty thousand soldiers, and seized provisions and supplies.
• Ma Chao ordered his army to rest for three days before marching on the next target.
• Chen Yu received the news in Chang'an and saw that the Northwest Islands were largely under Hua Kingdom control.

Zhou Yu used Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire and his mastery of the battlefield to defeat the Thousand Sails Alliance at Raging Tides Gorge. After Torres was killed and the fleet surrendered, Zhou Yu reported that the southeast was secured.

• Zhou Yu began his assault as the wind shifted, summoning flaming sails that spread across the sea and drove the alliance fleet into battle.
• Zhou Yu healed Hua Country's wounded and used his guqin and Observation Haki to direct his ships through the strait and trap enemy vessels among the reefs.
• Zhou Yu unleashed Seven-Rainbow Bridge: Heavenly Fire Scorches the Sea, vaporizing ships and breaking the alliance's formation.
• Torres transformed with his Elephant Fruit and charged the Wave-Calming, but Zhou Yu's Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens burned him to ash.
• The Thousand Sails Alliance's surviving ships surrendered, and Zhou Yu ordered the spoils counted and the prisoners treated.
• Zhou Yu sent word to his lord that the southeast was secured.

Gan Ning destroyed Sang Country after its ruler defied Hua Country, while Zhou Yu secured the Spice Islands Alliance through negotiation. With Sang Country’s fate terrifying the remaining powers, Hua Country’s forces rapidly gained submissions across the West Blue.

• The Sang King rejected surrender, and Gan Ning obliterated Sang Country’s fleet, harbor, coastal towns, and royal capital with his sea power.
• Gan Ning ordered the surviving civilians screened, the royal family and warrior class eliminated, and the island renamed Eastern Guardian Island.
• Zhou Yu persuaded the Chief Executive of the Spice Islands Alliance to submit by promising protection, reduced taxes, and expanded trade.
• Neighboring commercial city-states and agricultural island nations followed the Spice Islands in sending envoys to surrender.
• Hua Country’s fleets toured the West Blue, and local rulers increasingly surrendered at their arrival, fearing Sang Country’s destruction.

Chen Yu appointed Liu Bei West Blue Pacification Commissioner and ordered him to secure the remaining Marine Branches through amnesty backed by military force. Liu Bei accepted the mission, while Chen Yu prepared Hua Country for the final battle to unify the West Blue.

• Chen Yu told Liu Bei that the surviving Marines at key West Blue bases threatened Hua Country’s control and ordered him to pursue their submission.
• Chen Yu granted Liu Bei authority to offer amnesty and generous terms, but to use the garrisons to crush any Marines who refused to yield.
• Liu Bei’s Xerneas-powered Nature Power briefly soothed the hall as he accepted the Imperial Edict and Tiger Tally.
• Liu Bei vowed to spread Hua Country’s rule across the West Blue and left to carry out the mission.
• Chen Yu asked Liu Bei to dine with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, then ordered Fengxiao and the generals recalled to prepare for the final battle.

Liu Bei arrived at the isolated Marine X113 branch and offered its officers a peaceful choice: join Hua Country’s navy or leave the West Blue safely. Commodore Bastille ordered his men to lower their weapons and agreed to negotiate, leaving the branch’s allegiance unresolved.

• Liu Bei reached X113 and ordered his troops to follow the branch’s inspection rules and avoid provoking its Marines.
• Bastille confronted Liu Bei at the pier and rejected his appeal to surrender, while a lieutenant commander urged the Marines to fight.
• Liu Bei used a soothing power and promised the Marines amnesty, equal treatment in Hua Country’s navy, or safe passage out of the West Blue.
• Bastille asked Liu Bei to guarantee those terms, then ordered his men to lower their weapons and agreed to negotiate.

Liu Bei tried to persuade Commodore Bastille and X113 Branch to join Hua Country, but Cipher Pol Aigis Zero seized their families as hostages. Zhao Yun revealed that Hua Country had located the agents, and Bastille chose to cooperate in rescuing the hostages and taking control of the branch.

• Liu Bei offered Bastille generous surrender terms and pledged that Hua Country would protect the branch and its people.
• Bastille learned that Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents had taken the officers’ families hostage and threatened to kill them if the branch acted.
• Zhao Yun emerged from hiding and reported the agents’ positions, the explosives at the family compound, and the identities of other undercover agents.
• Liu Bei urged Bastille to cooperate with Hua Country and rescue the hostages, and Bastille agreed to entrust the branch’s future to him.
• Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to secure the hostages and told Bastille to help seize key facilities as a purge began inside X113 Branch.

After Zhao Yun rescued the hostages and captured Cipher Pol Aigis Zero’s agents, Bastille pledged X113 Branch’s loyalty to Hua Country. The branch lowered the World Government flag and raised Hua Country’s Dark Bird War Flag, while Liu Bei prepared for the response from Mary Geoise.

• Zhao Yun reported that one Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent was dead, the others were captured, the hostages were safe, and the explosives were disarmed.
• Bastille learned that his wife and daughter were unharmed, then pledged X113 Branch’s allegiance to Hua Country and Emperor Wu of Kaiyuan.
• Liu Bei ordered Bastille to steady the troops, reassure the soldiers, and open the granaries.
• Bastille announced to the assembled troops that X113 Branch was leaving the World Government’s Navy and swearing loyalty to Hua Country.
• Bastille lowered the Navy seagull flag and raised Hua Country’s Dark Bird War Flag as the troops cheered.
• Liu Bei promised the troops that their past would not be held against them and left Bastille in authority while warning that Mary Geoise would soon learn of the change.

Liu Bei attended X115 Branch’s submission banquet, where Commander Horne’s men revealed an ambush after Liu Bei demanded they end their illegal activities. Liu Bei defeated the plot, took control of the branch, and turned his attention toward X187 Branch.

• Horne and his officers planned to lure Liu Bei to a banquet and kill him if he refused to let them keep their illicit businesses.
• Liu Bei accepted Horne’s invitation and declared that X115 Branch’s men could submit without punishment for past deeds, but must obey Hua Country’s laws.
• The Butcher launched an attack with hidden musketeers and pirates after Liu Bei rejected the officers’ attempts to preserve their illegal gains.
• Liu Bei used Xerneas’s power to stop the crossbow bolts and incapacitate the attackers, then killed Horne.
• The surviving X115 Branch soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered as Liu Bei took control of the branch.
• Liu Bei looked toward X187 Branch, anticipating a more difficult confrontation there.

Liu Bei tried to bring the fiercely independent X187 Branch under Hua Country’s command, but Kalos and his soldiers refused to trust him. After Liu Bei defeated them with his Xerneas form and Conqueror’s Haki, Kalos surrendered, and Liu Bei went on to absorb the West Blue’s scattered Marine branches.

• Kalos and his officers rejected Liu Bei’s offer, insisting that X187 trusted only its own soldiers and weapons.
• When Liu Bei said Hua Country would use force if necessary, Kalos ordered X187 to form up and attack.
• Liu Bei transformed into Xerneas and endured the branch’s attacks for a full day without harm.
• Liu Bei used Conqueror’s Haki infused with Xerneas’s power to knock out Kalos and the soldiers.
• At dawn, Kalos surrendered after seeing that his fellow soldiers were safe.
• Liu Bei absorbed the remaining West Blue Marine branches, incorporating those without problems and dumping those with problems into the sea.

The Five Elders ordered a major assault on Hua Country’s forces in the West Blue, sending the Holy Knights and Marine Admirals to meet them. Sengoku recognized the deployment as both a test and a political trap, and issued secret instructions to keep the Marines from starting a war without authorization.

• The Five Elders reviewed Hua Country’s rapid conquests and agreed to destroy Chen Yu and his generals before the country expanded further.
• Saint Warcury ordered Saint Figarland Shamrock and the Holy Knights to lead the operation, while Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji were sent toward the West Blue.
• Sengoku placed Marine Headquarters on level-one combat readiness and ordered Vice Admirals to rendezvous with the Admirals in sector N-7.
• Sengoku told Garp and Tsuru to monitor the Four Emperors, then explained that the deployment would test Hua Country and demonstrate the World Government’s strength.
• Sengoku secretly instructed the Vice Admirals to patrol and intercept vessels but not enter Hua Country’s declared waters or fire first without direct orders.
• Garp disrupted Sengoku and Tsuru’s grave discussion by flicking a booger at Sengoku, who erupted in anger.