Recaps

Guan Yu and Figarland fought to a draw after unleashing their strongest Secret Arts, but Kaido’s arrival interrupted their duel. The battle in the N-7 Sea Area grew even more dangerous as the fighters faced a new threat.

• Figarland unleashed Secret Art: Cerberus's Final Elegy, sending three Haki-infused hellhound attacks at Guan Yu.
• Guan Yu answered with Secret Art: Green Dragon Crescent-Loyal and Righteous Azure Dragon Slash, and the two attacks clashed in a blinding burst.
• Guan Yu and Figarland emerged wounded from the clash, with neither warrior able to defeat the other.
• Figarland began gathering eerie black energy as he prepared to unleash another power against Guan Yu.
• Kaido arrived over the N-7 Sea Area in his Azure Dragon form, making Guan Yu and Figarland pause their duel.

Kaido entered the N-7 Sea Area battle and attacked Guan Yu and Figarland, forcing the two rivals to defend themselves together. After their attacks clashed with his Bolo Breath, Kaido launched a Thunder Bagua at them.

• Kaido's roar reached the battlefield as Lü Bu continued fighting Akainu, Zhang Fei fought Kuzan, Zhao Yun clashed with Kizaru, and Guan Yu faced Figarland.
• Kaido appeared in his enormous azure dragon form and chose Guan Yu and Figarland as his opponents.
• Kaido unleashed Bolo Breath at Guan Yu and Figarland, who struck back together with their blade energy and Hellhound's Roar.
• The three attacks collided and caused a massive explosion that forced Kaido, Guan Yu, and Figarland apart.
• Guan Yu and Figarland agreed to deal with Kaido first, and Kaido attacked them with Thunder Bagua.

Sengoku defeated Ma Chao and was about to finish him when Zhou Yu intervened and used the Ho-Oh Fruit's Sacred Fire to stabilize his injuries. Huang Zhong arrived to challenge Sengoku, leaving the battlefield in a new Admiral-level clash.

• Sengoku overwhelmed Ma Chao with a series of attacks and sent him crashing into the frozen sea.
• Zhou Yu arrived, shielded Ma Chao from Sengoku's follow-up attack, and used Sacred Fire to stabilize him.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao saw the fighting intensify on the main battlefield as Sengoku prepared to press his attack.
• After defeating Manmaiya Diliya, Huang Zhong sensed Ma Chao's danger and used the Dialga Fruit's power to rush to the battlefield.
• Huang Zhong slowed Sengoku with a field of time and fired his Time Arrow: Instant, prompting Sengoku to counter with Buddha Form-Hand Shockwave.

Kaido, Guan Yu, and Figarland fought a three-way battle until Kaido’s ultimate attack left him open to Figarland’s ambush. Huang Zhong subtly altered the timing of Figarland’s strike, turning it into a serious but nonfatal wound to Kaido; Kaido then attacked Figarland in a rage while Guan Yu withdrew.

• Kaido transformed into his dragon-man form and unleashed Three Worlds: Ragnaraku against Guan Yu, who countered with Heaven-Soaring Dragon Flash.
• Figarland seized the opening and thrust at Kaido’s exposed back with Hell’s Judgment: Final Annihilation, intending to hit both Kaido and Guan Yu.
• Huang Zhong used Time Arrow: Instant against Sengoku while reaching across the battlefield to subtly disrupt Figarland’s sword strike.
• Figarland’s attack pierced Kaido but missed a vital spot, and Kaido turned on Figarland in fury.
• Guan Yu retreated from the fight rather than join in against Figarland, while Huang Zhong was driven back by Sengoku.

Sengoku overwhelmed Ma Chao with a Haki-coated attack, leaving him gravely injured until Zhou Yu carried him away to recover. Huang Zhong transformed into Dialga’s Human-Beast Form and confronted Sengoku, forcing the battle to continue at full strength.

• Sengoku drove Huang Zhong back, then struck Ma Chao with a powerful Buddha palm and sent him crashing into a crater in the seabed.
• Huang Zhong’s Time Blade deflected part of Sengoku’s finishing blow, while Zhou Yu reached Ma Chao and began carrying him to safety.
• Ma Chao tried to insist he could keep fighting, but Zhou Yu ordered him to suppress the Buddha Light’s impact and focus on surviving.
• Huang Zhong transformed into Dialga’s Human-Beast Form and unleashed his full Power of Time against Sengoku.
• Sengoku answered with Immovable Vajra, and the two continued exchanging blade flashes and shockwaves.

Chen Yu dissolved the Buddha Light in Ma Chao’s wounds, allowing Liu Bei’s Xerneas to heal him, while Zhou Yu recovered on the city wall. Elsewhere, Huang Zhong and Sengoku escalated their duel with opposing powers that could bring an end to all things, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Zhou Yu brought the gravely wounded Ma Chao to Chen Yu and asked to be punished for failing to protect him.
• Chen Yu touched Ma Chao’s wound and rapidly dissolved the Buddha Light obstructing his healing, then Liu Bei healed him with Xerneas’s power.
• Chen Yu reassured Zhou Yu and told him to recover while he watched the battles across the field.
• Huang Zhong used Dialga’s power to slow time around Sengoku, but Sengoku fought the field with Haki and a spiritual Sanskrit chant.
• Huang Zhong attacked with Time Blade: Return to the Void, and Sengoku answered with Secret Art: Buddha Form Nirvana, bringing their opposing powers into collision.

Huang Zhong and Sengoku exchanged powerful attacks, with Huang Zhong’s Time Scar cutting away a portion of Sengoku’s allotted time before both men recognized that neither could quickly defeat the other. On other battlefields, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun also countered their opponents’ attacks as the fighting intensified across the N-7 Sea Area.

• Huang Zhong advanced through Sengoku’s golden energy barrage and dismantled its streams with his Time Blade technique.
• Huang Zhong struck Sengoku with Time Scar, damaging his defenses and cutting away a small portion of his existence’s allotted time.
• Huang Zhong and Sengoku continued their clash of Conqueror’s Haki but realized they could not defeat each other quickly.
• Zhang Fei drove Kuzan back, then faced Kuzan’s Ice Age attack as he prepared to join the main battle.
• Zhao Yun saw through Kizaru’s light attacks and countered his Light-Speed Slash with Reshiram’s Blue Flare Holy Lance.
• Kizaru became serious after Zhao Yun stopped his killing blow, while the battles across the N-7 Sea Area grew more intense and Kaido’s frenzy went unnoticed.

Kaido unleashed a furious attack across the battlefield, then charged Chen Yu at the city wall. Chen Yu revealed overwhelming spatial power, stopped Kaido’s strike, shattered his arm, and hurled him into the sea.

• Kaido’s Flame Dragon Bagua attack clashed with Guan Yu and Figarland’s strongest techniques, badly injuring all three fighters to varying degrees.
• Kaido recovered in Dragon-Man Form and abandoned his fight with Guan Yu and Figarland to attack Chen Yu on the city wall.
• Chen Yu stopped Kaido’s Great Vajra: Thunder Bagua with a spatial barrier and bound him with his Creation Proclamation.
• Chen Yu walked through the air to Kaido and shattered his spiked club’s impact with one finger, breaking Kaido’s right arm and sending him into the sea.

Hua Country defeated the Marines and Holy Knights in the N-7 Sea Area, forcing the World Government to negotiate and recognize its rule over the West Blue. Chen Yu ordered honors and support for the fallen and wounded as Hua Country celebrated its rise, while the New World’s emperors took notice of the new power.

• Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Lü Bu fought their opponents to a stalemate as Zhou Yu healed Hua Country’s soldiers and its officers began overpowering the exhausted enemy forces.
• The Five Elders ordered Figarland Shamrock to cease fighting and negotiate peace, while Sengoku received the same command and agreed to end the battle.
• Guan Yu and Figarland accepted an immediate ceasefire and a framework recognizing Hua Country’s de facto rule over the West Blue in exchange for Hua Country avoiding provocations.
• News of Hua Country’s victory spread worldwide, and Shanks, Big Mom, Whitebeard, and Morgans reacted to Chen Yu’s emergence as the West Blue Emperor.
• Zhou Yu reported heavy casualties to Chen Yu, who ordered the fallen honored, their families supported, and the wounded treated as the surviving Hua Country forces celebrated.

As Hua Country’s leaders welcomed children and planned schools to prepare the next generation, Queen Zhu Yu gave birth to Chen Yu’s son. Chen Yu sensed that the prince shared his connection to Arceus’s power and named him Hao, with the courtesy name Yukun, while ordering an amnesty and celebrations.

• Guan Yu named his unborn son Ping, Liu Bei’s wife gave birth to Liu Ning, and Zhang Fei’s pregnant wife and other officials’ households brought further news of children and marriages.
• Queen Zhu Yu became pregnant, and Chen Yu sensed that their child might inherit his connection to Arceus’s power.
• Zhuge Liang proposed Chongwen Academy and Hongwu Hall to educate the children of Hua Country’s officials and generals, and Chen Yu ordered him to develop the plan with Xun Yu and Liu Bei.
• Guo Jia discreetly arranged to seek physicians for Lü Bu’s household after learning that Lü Bu’s wife had not become pregnant, while Lü Bu continued training and brooding over his defeat by Guan Yu.
• Zhu Yu gave birth to a healthy son amid a golden apparition over Chang’an, and Chen Yu felt Arceus’s power resonate with the infant.
• Chen Yu named the prince Hao, with the courtesy name Yukun, and decreed a general amnesty and celebrations throughout the realm.

After Hua Country’s victory, Chen Yu appointed Fujitora Issho as Judicial Grand Commandant, entrusting him with enforcing the law and overseeing officials. With West Blue pacified, Chen Yu ordered its reconstruction and preparations to proclaim himself emperor and rename the nation Kaiyuan, setting the stage for a wider conflict.

• Chen Yu offered Fujitora Issho tea and described Hua Country’s goal of building a just society governed by law.
• Fujitora Issho accepted Chen Yu’s appointment as Judicial Grand Commandant and vowed to fight injustice with his Cane Sword and gravity.
• Chen Yu appointed Xun Yu and Fujitora to oversee West Blue’s recovery and ordered officials to prepare rewards for the campaign’s soldiers and officers.
• Chen Yu tasked Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia with preparing the Fengshan Ceremony to proclaim his imperial rule and establish Kaiyuan.
• Chen Yu declared West Blue pacified, announced that Hua Country would soon be renamed Kaiyuan, and received the officials’ cries of support.

Chen Yu was crowned Kaiyuan Martial Emperor of Hua Country in Chang'an after the nation conquered West Blue. His coronation displayed Hua Country’s power to the world, and Morgans’s report spread news of the new emperor and the shifting world order.

• Chen Yu’s imperial procession crossed Chang'an as officials and citizens knelt and hailed him.
• Chen Yu performed the rites at the Heaven Altar and proclaimed Hua Country’s founding, its Dark Bird era, and his title as Kaiyuan Martial Emperor.
• Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Lü Bu released their Conqueror’s Haki, demonstrating Hua Country’s formidable strength.
• Morgans recorded the coronation and prepared a report describing Chen Yu as a new sovereign and a threat to the world order.
• The World Economy News Paper published a special edition announcing Chen Yu’s coronation and Hua Country’s conquest of West Blue.

Chen Yu rewarded the officials and generals who helped unify the West Blue and win the battle at N-7, while assigning them roles in the new Kaiyuan Empire. The court established its central leadership and military commands as the Empire began organizing its defenses and navy.

• Xun Yu presented the verified merit register, and Chen Yu ordered him to read it.
• Chen Yu elevated Liu Bei to Marquis of Han and appointed Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, and Xun Yu to the Three Excellencies, assigning them military, intelligence, and civil duties.
• Chen Yu rewarded Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong with high military offices and commands across the West Blue, South Sea, capital, and northern frontier.
• Chen Yu made Lü Bu General of Swift Cavalry with authority to establish his own headquarters and appointed Ma Chao General Who Pacifies the West over former Western Liang forces and newly submitted cavalry.
• Chen Yu appointed Dian Wei to command the Tiger Guards, Gan Ning to command the navy, Zhou Yu to oversee naval preparations and campaigns, and Chinjao to defend Panshi Island and thirteen surrounding islands.

At the court assembly, Chen Yu rewarded mid-ranking commanders for their service in the N-7 battle, granting promotions, wealth, and powerful Devil Fruits. He then gave Huang Xu exceptional training resources and equipment, leaving the officers inspired to grow stronger and serve the Empire.

• Xun Yu announced rewards for the mid-ranking commanders who distinguished themselves in the N-7 campaign.
• Gao Shun received a promotion, wealth, a residence, and an Aegislash Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit for leading the Dare-to-Die Battalion through heavy losses.
• Cao Xing, Guo Huai, and Hao Zhao each received promotions and powerful Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits suited to their battlefield strengths.
• Xun Yu awarded three other officers Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits and gave further honors to more than a dozen N-7 veterans.
• Xun Yu granted Huang Xu the Gold and Jade Manual, the bow Piercing Clouds, Splitting the Moon, access to a royal hunting ground, and permission to study saber techniques under Huang Zhong.
• Huang Xu accepted the rewards and pledged to become a capable commander, while Huang Zhong showed pride in his son.

At the Kaiyuan Empire’s rewards ceremony, Chen Yu honored Chinjao’s grandsons Cai Yi and Cai Buwu with Mythical Zoan fruits and announced new military, educational, medical, and legal institutions. He charged officials and officers with building the empire, warned that wrongdoing would be punished severely, and dismissed court as the empire’s new journey began.

• Xun Yu awarded Cai Yi the Mythical Zoan Monkey-Monkey Fruit, Model: Infernape, and Cai Buwu the Mythical Zoan Pig-Pig Fruit, Model: Emboar, while Chinjao knelt in gratitude to Chen Yu.
• Xun Yu announced the creation of the Marine Headquarters, four grand commanderies, Chongwen Academy, Hongwu Hall, branches of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and the Huaxia Code.
• Chen Yu called on his officials and officers to help build a lawful empire and face the dangers ahead, and they pledged their loyalty to him and Kaiyuan.
• Chen Yu set strict standards for service, promising rewards for merit and severe punishment for cowardice, corruption, oppression, and rebellion.
• After Chen Yu dismissed court, the officials departed to discuss their duties, while Cai Yi, Gao Shun, and others reflected on their new rewards and responsibilities.

The chapter showed the world reacting to Chen Yu’s rise as Emperor Kaiyuan and Kaido’s capture. On Onigashima, King and Queen chose to strengthen the Beasts Pirates and seek allies while waiting for a chance to rescue Kaido and confront Chen Yu.

• Kaido remained chained in the Nether Abyss dungeon and vowed revenge against Chen Yu and the Kaiyuan Empire.
• The Five Elders reassessed the Kaiyuan Empire as a major threat and followed Imu’s orders to observe, prepare, and accelerate their search for the Poneglyphs.
• Whitebeard, Shanks, and Big Mom read about Chen Yu’s coronation and considered the upheaval his rise would bring.
• Queen feared that Kaido had been captured, while King confirmed the reports and warned against a reckless rescue attempt.
• King ordered the Beasts Pirates to expand their artificial Devil Fruit and Numbers forces, seek allies among Big Mom and others, and prepare for Chen Yu’s next move.

The Five Elders and the Marines assessed Chen Yu’s expanding Kaiyuan Empire and issued enormous bounties on its leaders and officers. The chapter ended with Sengoku ordering the bounty posters distributed worldwide, while Kaido’s bounty was canceled because Chen Yu had captured him.

• The Five Elders concluded that Chen Yu had built an empire and decided to use bounties to brand it an enemy and hinder its expansion.
• The Five Elders set Chen Yu’s bounty at six billion Beli and prepared high bounties for the Kaiyuan Empire’s commanders and officials.
• Sengoku showed the new posters to Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru, who reacted to the scale of the empire’s bounties and military strength.
• Sengoku revealed that Kaido’s bounty had been reset to zero because Chen Yu had captured and imprisoned him.
• Sengoku ordered the World Economy News Paper to distribute the posters around the world.

The World Government’s enormous bounties on Chen Yu and the Kaiyuan Empire’s officials sent shockwaves across the seas and drew greedy eyes toward West Blue. Chen Yu ordered the empire to full combat readiness and declared that anyone entering its borders to pursue the bounties would be killed, leaving the coming conflict poised to erupt along the coast.

• Morgans publicized the Kaiyuan Empire’s huge bounties, including Chen Yu’s six billion Beli, while Whitebeard, Shanks, Big Mom, and King reacted to the news.
• Pirates and outlaws saw West Blue as a tempting hunting ground, while others recognized that the World Government meant to provoke chaos and weaken the empire.
• At Zichen Hall, Lü Bu complained that his bounty ranked below Guan Yu’s, and Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu warned that the bounties could incite disorder and required stronger defenses.
• Chen Yu dismissed the bounties as measures that could not define true power and ordered the empire’s forces into Level-One Combat Readiness.
• Chen Yu authorized local garrisons to kill anyone carrying the wanted posters who entered Kaiyuan territory without permission, and his officials swore to obey.

Chen Yu and his court planned to expand the Kaiyuan Empire into the Grand Line by conquering Sky Island. He appointed Guan Yu to lead an expedition there, leaving the court with orders to seize the island intact and deal with Enel.

• Zhuge Liang reported that the West Blue had been largely pacified and urged the empire to expand beyond it.
• Guo Jia recommended Sky Island as a strategic target and described Enel’s rule, its resources, and its historical ruins.
• Guan Yu volunteered to reach Sky Island in his Rayquaza form, while Lü Bu and other generals also offered to go.
• Chen Yu appointed Guan Yu commander of the expedition and gave him a command axe, Visual Den Den Mushi, and permission to select Wind-Listening Guard guides.
• Chen Yu ordered Guan Yu to secure Sky Island intact, protect its artifacts, and capture or kill Enel.

Guan Yu transformed into Rayquaza and flew from the West Blue toward Sky Island, where he sensed Enel’s lightning and announced his arrival with overwhelming draconic pressure. The pressure knocked out people across the island as Rayquaza approached.

• Guan Yu awakened his full Rayquaza form above a reef in the West Blue and ascended into the sky.
• Rayquaza flew southeast at tremendous speed, while intelligence agents lost surveillance of Guan Yu and reported his disappearance as top secret.
• Guan Yu crossed the Grand Line’s upper skies and passed through the White Sea toward Sky Island.
• Rayquaza sensed Enel’s lightning at the island’s center and released his draconic pressure across Sky Island.
• Conis and Susu fainted at Angel Beach, while Shandia warriors and Sky People in Upper Yard also collapsed.

Guan Yu arrived at Sky Island and confronted Enel after his draconic might incapacitated the Four Priests and many islanders. He entered the Shrine of God, neutralized Enel’s El Thor with his awakened power, and demanded that Enel state his name.

• Enel sensed Guan Yu’s oppressive presence spreading across Sky Island and ordered the Four Priests to investigate the intruders.
• Guan Yu’s draconic might mixed with Conqueror’s Haki swept over the island, incapacitating the Four Priests and people across Sky Island.
• Guan Yu scanned the island, identified Enel and the two peoples living there, and decided to subdue Enel before dealing with their conflict.
• Guan Yu transformed into Dragon-Man Form and sped toward the Shrine of God as Enel sensed his approach and fired El Thor.
• Guan Yu’s Celestial Phenomenon Control domain broke down and annihilated Enel’s lightning attack before Guan Yu entered the shrine.
• Guan Yu faced Enel in the throne hall, called him a frog in a well, and demanded his name.

Guan Yu confronted Enel in the Shrine of God and effortlessly destroyed his 200,000,000 Volt Thunder Beast with a slash that cut through its energy and the hall. As Guan Yu rushed Enel’s throne, Enel unleashed three 60,000,000 Volt Thunder Dragons at close range.

• Enel introduced himself as the ruler of Sky Island and attacked Guan Yu with a 200,000,000 Volt Thunder Beast.
• Guan Yu split the Thunder Beast with a casual slash and cut through the hall’s wall and pillars.
• Guan Yu dismissed Enel’s thunder and advanced, declaring that Enel’s Elementalization meant nothing before him.
• Guan Yu reached Enel’s throne and pressed a claw toward his face.
• Enel counterattacked by summoning three 60,000,000 Volt Thunder Dragons to strike Guan Yu from three directions.

Guan Yu defeated Enel with a single strike that interrupted his Elementalization, then effortlessly killed Sky Island’s Four Priests. He headed toward the plaza where Enel had fallen.

• Guan Yu’s Heaven’s Rend neutralized Enel’s lightning dragons and restrained his Elementalization.
• Guan Yu struck Enel through the chest, sending him crashing through the temple and into the outer plaza.
• The Four Priests attacked Guan Yu together, but their flames, clouds, and other attacks vanished before reaching him.
• Guan Yu killed Shura, Ohm, Gedatsu, and Satori with four blue-gold energy threads.
• Guan Yu walked through the ruined hall toward the plaza where Enel had landed.

Guan Yu stopped Enel’s Raigo by tearing open the thunderclouds with a slash, forcing Enel to surrender and declaring Sky Island part of the Kaiyuan Empire. He left the island under imperial rule, warning that armed resistance would be crushed.

• Enel sacrificed the Three Tomoe Drums to summon Raigo, a vast thunderstorm aimed at destroying Upper Yard and everyone there.
• Guan Yu drew his saber and used Sky-rending: Forbidden domain to rip apart the thunderclouds and divert the lightning into the rift.
• Enel’s ultimate attack failed, and he fell to his knees and yielded to Guan Yu.
• Guan Yu announced that Sky Island would become Kaiyuan Empire territory and that Enel had been executed.
• Guan Yu cut down the Shrine of God's main hall and ordered the island’s residents to submit to imperial law or face execution.

Guan Yu secured Sky Island for the Kaiyuan Empire, rang the Golden Bell, and imposed a new order shared by the Shandians and Skypieans. Three days later, with the territory under preliminary administration, he prepared to escort Enel to Chang'an while the Empire looked toward the wider Grand Line.

• Guan Yu declared Sky Island imperial territory, discovered a Poneglyph concerning Poseidon, and sent its inscription to Chen Yu and the court.
• At Chen Yu's command, Guan Yu rang the Golden Bell with the Rayquaza Fruit's power, and its nine peals moved the Shandians and Skypieans.
• Guan Yu established the Sky Island Circuit, assigned Wyper's Shandia warriors to its garrison and Pagaya to civil administration, and secured their submission to imperial law.
• Gan Ning used the Kyogre Fruit to raise water barriers around Upper Yard, while imperial forces inventoried the Ark Maxim, gold, Dials, and temple stores.
• Three days later, officials from Chang'an arrived and helped restore order; Chen Yu ordered Guan Yu to bring Enel back, and Guan Yu assigned Wyper to escort him and Pagaya to oversee the territory.