Chapter Summaries

Liu Bei completed his tour of the Four Blues, where his reforms and Xerneas Fruit powers restored the land and won the people’s support, while the World Government’s attempts to undermine the Hua Empire failed. Back in Chang'an City, Chen Yu established military and naval academies and ordered preparations for war, as Imu declared that Chen Yu’s rise had to be stopped.

• Liu Bei traveled through the Four Blues, healed people and farmland, adjusted policies, and strengthened support for the Hua Empire.
• The Five Elders learned that Guan Yu had annihilated Scary Face’s Cipher Pol Aigis Zero team and ordered further sabotage, assassinations, and a blockade.
• Guan Yu displayed the agents’ bodies and ordered East Blue counties to kill World Government spies and punish collaborators.
• Gan Ning and Zhou Yu repelled Kizaru’s fleet near Reverse Mountain, burning three warships and forcing the Marines to retreat.
• Liu Bei returned to Chang'an City and reported the Four Blues’ recovery to Chen Yu, who established military and naval academies, ordered public schools, and prepared the empire for war.
• Imu heard the Five Elders’ report, looked at Chen Yu’s portrait, and declared that the new light must be extinguished.

Chen Yu sent Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, and Zhang Liao to Fish-Man Island to establish diplomatic relations and protect its people from pirates and the Celestial Dragons’ tribute demands. After the fleet cleared the deep-sea route, King Neptune welcomed the envoys, and Fish-Man Island heard the Hua Empire’s promise of protection and equality.

• Chen Yu appointed Zhou Yu chief envoy, Gan Ning deputy envoy, and Zhang Liao commander of three thousand Vanguard Army troops for the mission to Fish-Man Island.
• Gan Ning annihilated the Deep Sea Raiders Pirate Crew with Kyogre: Deep Sea Rage, and the fleet and Vanguard Army cleared the route by destroying thirty-seven pirate crews.
• King Neptune and his court debated whether the Hua Empire could be trusted, while Jinbe vouched for Chen Yu’s rule and urged them to receive the envoys.
• Neptune went to Coral Hill Harbor to welcome Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, and Zhang Liao as their disciplined fleet arrived without disturbing the island’s people.
• Zhou Yu offered diplomatic relations and protection for Fish-Man Island, and Gan Ning vowed to punish anyone who raided the island or enslaved its people.
• Neptune thanked Chen Yu and the envoys, and Jinbe bowed in admiration as the fish-men and merfolk found hope in the Empire’s promise.

The Hua Empire eradicated the pirates around Fish-Man Island, and Liu Bei restored the island and healed its people, prompting King Neptune to pledge allegiance to Chen Yu. Fish-Man Island became Fish-Man County, while Chen Yu ordered its defense and declared the empire’s advance into the Grand Line.

• Gan Ning and Zhang Liao destroyed the pirate and slaver crews around Fish-Man Island and returned stolen wealth and abducted people.
• Liu Bei used his Xerneas Fruit to restore the island’s land and sunlight and heal its injured, sick, and traumatized people.
• Neptune announced Fish-Man Island would join the Hua Empire, and Jinbe and the three princes supported his decision.
• Neptune formally made Fish-Man Island Fish-Man County, and Liu Bei promised equal rights, imperial protection, and the implementation of New Policies.
• Liu Bei and Zhou Yu met Shirahoshi, and Liu Bei secretly assigned covert guards to protect her.
• The Five Elders, Big Mom, Blackbeard, and Dragon reacted to the island’s allegiance, while Chen Yu appointed Neptune and Jinbe to govern and defend Fish-Man County and ordered Gan Ning and Zhang Liao to garrison it.

Ryokugyu led a Marine fleet to challenge the Hua Empire’s forces at Fish-Man Island, where Gan Ning and Zhang Liao confronted him. As their battle began, the two generals countered his attacks and Zhang Liao launched a powerful sword strike at Ryokugyu.

• Gan Ning and Jinbe prepared Fish-Man Island’s defenses after a messenger reported that Ryokugyu’s twenty warships were approaching.
• Ryokugyu’s fleet met Gan Ning’s thirty warships outside Fish-Man Island, and Gan Ning warned him to leave Hua Empire territory.
• Ryokugyu attacked the imperial fleet with Armament Haki-coated vines, and Gan Ning’s deep-sea vortex shredded the first wave.
• Zhang Liao arrived and cut through the vines with the Zacian Sacred Sword, then warned Ryokugyu to retreat.
• Ryokugyu unleashed a sea of man-eating flowers, but Gan Ning froze the flowers and their pollen with an absolute-zero water barrier.
• Zhang Liao used the Zacian’s cutting attack to strike toward Ryokugyu’s flagship.

After Zhang Liao and Gan Ning drove Ryokugyu’s fleet away from Fish-Man Island, Chen Yu ordered the Hua Empire to begin expanding into the first half of the Grand Line. As rival powers reacted to the Empire’s advance, a worldwide conflict began to take shape.

• Zhang Liao stopped Gan Ning from pursuing Ryokugyu, whose fleet retreated after losing three warships and failing to reach Fish-Man Island.
• The Five Elders judged Fish-Man Island too dangerous to attack directly and ordered Marine defenses strengthened while they sought to use Blackbeard against the Hua Empire.
• Chen Yu promoted Gan Ning and Zhang Liao, sent Bai Qi with thirty thousand troops to garrison Fish-Man Island, and ordered Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao to support the Empire’s expansion into the Grand Line.
• Chen Yu told Liu Bei to protect Shirahoshi and recruit oppressed races, including the Longarm, Longleg, and Snake-Neck Tribes, as allies.
• Blackbeard accepted the World Government’s promised resources but refused to fight the Hua Empire directly, while Big Mom sought contact with Chen Yu and Shanks anticipated a major war.

Bai Qi arrived at Fish-Man Island to take command of its defenses and reassure its people that the Hua Empire would protect them. When the human trafficker Diablo approached with a fleet, Bai Qi destroyed him and his ships with one attack.

• Bai Qi arrived at Fish-Man Island with thirty thousand Imperial Guards and was welcomed by King Neptune, Jinbe, and the island's citizens.
• Bai Qi praised Gan Ning and Zhang Liao for defending the island, confirmed their promotions, and assigned them and Jinbe new defensive duties.
• An Imperial Guard scout reported that Diablo was approaching with twelve pirate ships to capture Merfolk.
• Bai Qi stopped Gan Ning from intervening and unleashed Yveltal: Wings of Death against Diablo's fleet.
• Bai Qi's attack turned all twelve ships and their crews to ash, killing Diablo and ending the threat.

Bai Qi destroyed Diablo's pirate fleet and secured Fish-Man Island, while Zhou Yu led the Empire's fleet to Sabaody to stop the trafficking of captured children. Zhou Yu's attack on Auction House No. 1 began as the Celestial Dragons and Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents faced his Sacred Fire.

• Bai Qi destroyed twelve pirate ships from eighty nautical miles away and ordered the news spread as a warning to anyone approaching Fish-Man Island.
• Bai Qi's victory deterred pirates and slave traders from Fish-Man Island's waters, bringing the island peace.
• Zhou Yu learned that Auction House No. 1 was selling captured Merfolk children and other civilians, with Saint Rosward attending, and ordered his fleet to GR Area 1.
• Zhou Yu led twenty warships toward Sabaody and declared that the Hua Empire would protect oppressed people from the World Government and Celestial Dragons.
• As Saint Rosward prepared to buy the Merfolk children, Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire swept through the auction house, burning guilty nobles, merchants, and guards while sparing the captives.
• Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents used Armament Haki to resist the flames and demanded to know who had attacked the Celestial Dragons.

Zhou Yu shut down the Sabaody Archipelago auction house, rescued its captives, and captured Saint Rosward and his family. After Bai Qi’s fleet was reported to be approaching, the Marine garrison retreated, leaving Zhou Yu to order the empire’s forces to free all trafficked people across the archipelago.

• Zhou Yu entered the auction house, declared it closed, and killed the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents who attacked him with Ho-Oh Sacred Fire.
• Zhou Yu freed the captive Merfolk children and commoners, then bound Saint Rosward, Saint Charlos, and Shalria for transport to Fish-Man Island.
• Zhou Yu confronted the Marine garrison outside as twenty Hua Empire warships aimed their main cannons at the surrounding Marines.
• A Marine communications soldier reported that Bai Qi was heading to Sabaody, prompting the Rear Admiral to order the two thousand Marines to retreat.
• Zhou Yu ordered his forces to escort the rescued captives, guard the Celestial Dragons, and seal every human auction house in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Zhou Yu’s fleet shut down the Sabaody Archipelago’s Human Auction Houses and rescued hundreds of trafficked civilians, prompting the World Government to debate how to respond. The Five Elders chose to seek a compromise with Chen Yu, while Akainu was ordered to avoid direct conflict with the Hua Empire.

• Zhou Yu led the Empire’s fleet through the Sabaody Archipelago, rescuing hundreds of trafficked civilians, shutting down the auction houses, and arresting slave traders and owners.
• News of Zhou Yu’s actions and the kidnapping of Celestial Dragons reached Mary Geoise and New Marineford, enraging the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders considered sending Kizaru and the Holy Knights against the Hua Empire, but Curly-Haired Five Elders warned that an all-out war could doom the World Government.
• The Five Elders ordered Kizaru to guard Sabaody without engaging and told their representatives to offer Chen Yu concessions in exchange for Saint Rosward’s family.
• Akainu ordered Kizaru to rescue the Celestial Dragons and kill Zhou Yu, but the Five Elders overruled him and confined the Marines to a defensive role.
• Akainu punched a hole through his office wall in fury and recognized that the World Government was deeply corrupt and the Hua Empire’s rise was unstoppable.

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao killed Wapol, liberated Sakura Kingdom, and secured its pledge of allegiance to the Hua Empire. Chen Yu rewarded his generals and ordered the Empire’s expansion across the Grand Line, while rival powers reacted to the growing threat to the World Government.

• Zhao Yun and Ma Chao arrived in Sakura Kingdom, destroyed Wapol’s pirate force, and Zhao Yun killed Wapol.
• Dalton pledged Sakura Kingdom’s allegiance to Chen Yu, making it the Hua Empire’s first kingdom in the first half of the Grand Line.
• Chen Yu rewarded Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao, ordered Zhou Yu to expand the Empire’s influence, and directed Bai Qi to return to Fish-Man Island with the captured Celestial Dragons.
• Dragon questioned the Revolutionary Army’s purpose as Sabo proposed renewed cooperation with the Hua Empire.
• Blackbeard ordered his forces to expand while the World Government was distracted, and Big Mom sought trade and an alliance with Chen Yu.
• Shanks and Beckman predicted that the Hua Empire would soon control the first half of the Grand Line and change the sea.

As the Hua Empire’s expansion drove seven kingdoms to defect, the Five Elders agreed to send envoys to Chang'an with gold and Mining Islands to negotiate for the return of the Celestial Dragons. Akainu rejected the peace offer, resigned as Fleet Admiral, and left the Navy’s unity in ruins.

• Seven kingdoms submitted to the Hua Empire, while the Five Elders recognized that the World Government could no longer protect its affiliated nations.
• The Five Elders decided to offer one million tons of gold and three Mining Islands in exchange for Saint Rosward’s family and to demand that the Hua Empire withdraw.
• Akainu confronted the Five Elders over their plan to negotiate with Chen Yu and demanded an all-out war against the Hua Empire.
• Akainu tore off and shattered his Fleet Admiral badge, resigned, and walked out, leaving the Five Elders to face the collapse of Navy unity.

Cipher Pol Aigis Zero assassins attacked Dalton in the Sakura Kingdom, but Zhao Yun arrived and killed the entire squad. After news of the failed assassination spread, more kingdoms sought to join the Hua Empire.

• Shiying led five Cipher Pol Aigis Zero elites into the Sakura Kingdom to assassinate Dalton and destabilize the kingdom.
• The assassins ambushed Dalton in his office, killed the palace guards, and wounded him as he fought back.
• Zhao Yun intervened with Reshiram's Sacred Fire, trapping the assassins and killing Shiying and all five elites.
• Ma Chao arrived with the Imperial Guards, and Zhao Yun ordered tighter security and an investigation into suspicious individuals.
• News of Zhao Yun's victory spread, prompting a dozen or so kingdoms to send envoys to Fish-Man Island and request entry into the Hua Empire.

Liu Bei visited the Sakura Kingdom to implement the Hua Empire’s New Policies and use the Xerneas Fruit’s power to restore its barren lands and heal its people. After a month of work, the people embraced the Empire, while Liu Bei’s reputation inspired other oppressed kingdoms to seek its protection.

• Liu Bei arrived in the Sakura Kingdom, where grateful people welcomed him and he promised they would no longer be bullied.
• Liu Bei inspected villages, removed ineffective nobles, promoted capable officials, and enforced equal land distribution and tax exemption.
• Liu Bei used Xerneas: Revival of All Things to transform the frozen northern wasteland into fertile farmland.
• Liu Bei told the people the Empire would protect them and that the restored land belonged to them.
• Over the next month, Liu Bei revived barren land and healed the sick throughout the kingdom, winning the people’s loyalty and attracting interest from other oppressed nations.

Stussy’s World Government delegation failed to negotiate the return of the three captured Celestial Dragons after Chen Yu rejected their offer and demanded the World Government’s dissolution and the end of slavery and discrimination. Chen Yu ordered the Hua Empire to prepare for an assault on Mary Geoise in three months, leaving war against the World Government imminent.

• Stussy and the World Government delegation arrived in Chang'an and were escorted to meet Chen Yu in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
• Stussy offered gold and mining islands for the return of Saint Rosward’s family and demanded the Hua Empire withdraw from the waters west of the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Zhang Fei and Lü Bu mocked the offer, and Chen Yu refused it, revealing that the three Celestial Dragons would face public trial on Fish-Man Island.
• Chen Yu demanded the World Government dissolve, Celestial Dragons surrender their privileges, slaves be freed, and perpetrators of atrocities be handed over, or the Hua Empire would destroy Mary Geoise.
• Stussy left the hall in disarray, and Chen Yu ordered Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao to subdue resistance while Bai Qi prepared an army on Fish-Man Island.
• Chen Yu declared that he would personally lead the campaign against Mary Geoise in three months, and the officials swore their obedience.

The Hua Empire’s armies conquered the first half of the Grand Line, overthrowing tyrants and pirates and bringing its commandery-country system and reforms to the region. After three months, all fifty-six kingdoms had joined the Empire, and the people lived under its new policies.

• Guan Yu destroyed King Gregory’s steel castle, killed the royal family and nobles, and ordered the Ironstone Kingdom’s takeover and reform.
• Zhang Fei killed Baron and his pirates on Pearl Island, then returned the stolen wealth and abducted women and restored the island.
• Zhao Yun brought the Desert Kingdom into the Hua Empire, while Ma Chao pacified the Snow Mountain Kingdom.
• The Hua Empire defeated resisting forces and incorporated all fifty-six kingdoms in the first half of the Grand Line within three months.
• The Empire abolished noble privileges, redistributed land, exempted taxes, and established schools and free medical clinics across the conquered kingdoms.

Dragon brought Sabo and Emporio Ivankov to Chang'an to assess the Hua Empire and negotiate with Chen Yu, while the empire completed a powerful new warship. Dragon agreed to limited cooperation, and Chen Yu prepared to turn his attention toward the New World and Mary Geoise.

• Dragon’s Revolutionary Army leaders argued over whether to join the Hua Empire, and Dragon decided to visit Chen Yu and seek limited cooperation.
• Guo Jia and Jia Xu tracked Dragon’s party, arranged their safety and visit, and discussed the empire’s growing intelligence network.
• Mo Di unveiled the Huaxia, a thousand-meter super warship, and Chen Yu learned that three more ships were under construction.
• Dragon, Sabo, and Emporio Ivankov toured Chang'an, where the city’s peaceful and prosperous people changed Ivankov’s doubts and strengthened Dragon’s resolve.
• Chen Yu and Dragon agreed to share intelligence, avoid attacking each other, and support one another in campaigns against the World Government.
• Young Revolutionary Army members began joining the Hua Empire, while Chen Yu set his sights on the New World and Mary Geoise.

After consolidating the first half of the Grand Line, the Hua Empire uncovered the World Government’s hidden strength and learned that the Five Elders were seeking an alliance with Blackbeard. Chen Yu prepared to lead the assembled army into the New World and begin the final campaign to overthrow the World Government.

• Liu Bei completed a six-month inspection of all fifty-six commanderies, winning popular support through relief, reconstruction, mediation, and the destruction of pirate bands.
• Jia Xu and Guo Jia received intelligence about Imu and the Admiral-level Holy Knights, then ordered operatives to investigate them and recruit disaffected World Government officials.
• After a Hua Empire informant was exposed and executed, Jia Xu learned that the Five Elders had sent envoys to Hachinosu to seek Blackbeard’s aid against the Empire.
• The Five Elders agreed to offer Blackbeard weapons, resources, and territory, while ordering the Marines to withdraw and defend the Red Line and Sabaody Archipelago.
• The Five Elders learned that Saint Rosward and his family had been publicly executed on Fish-Man Island, and they realized they could not retaliate against the Hua Empire.
• Chen Yu received the report of the execution, reviewed the Empire’s preparations with Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang, and declared that the Hua Country would begin its final push to unify the world.

Two years after the Paramount War, the Hua Empire strengthened its power and sent Zhang Liao to arrest Caesar Clown and Doflamingo. Zhang Liao captured Caesar on Punk Hazard, and Doflamingo realized the Empire was coming for Dressrosa.

• At Chang'an's grand court assembly, Chen Yu heard that the Hua Empire had expanded and gained three new Admiral-level fighters, then promoted Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, and Zhang Liao.
• Guo Jia reported that Doflamingo had funded Caesar Clown's human experiments and SMILE production, so Chen Yu ordered Zhang Liao to arrest Caesar and liberate Dressrosa.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reunited in Sabaody and prepared to enter the New World while Zhang Liao's officer reported their movements; Zhang Liao ordered his men to ignore them.
• On Punk Hazard, Caesar released poison gas against Zhang Liao's invading army, but Zhang Liao's Zacian Sacred Sword erased the gas and defeated Caesar.
• Zhang Liao arrested Caesar, rescued the captives, and publicized evidence of Doflamingo's crimes, prompting Doflamingo to despair as the Hua Empire advanced on Dressrosa.

Luffy and Luo discovered that Zhang Liao had already captured Caesar and rescued the children from Punk Hazard, so they formed an alliance to overthrow Doflamingo in Dressrosa. After learning the truth about Doflamingo’s rule, Luffy and his allies prepared to attack, while Sabo and the newly formed Straw Hat Grand Fleet joined the fight; Luffy headed for the palace to face Doflamingo.

• Luffy and Luo found Punk Hazard abandoned, learned that Zhang Liao had captured Caesar and rescued the children, and formed an alliance to attack Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo ordered Trebol, Diamante, and Pica to seal Dressrosa’s ports and prepare its defenses as the Hua Empire advanced.
• Luffy, Luo, and their companions entered Dressrosa, where Kyros revealed how Doflamingo had seized power and turned resisters into toys.
• Luffy entered the Corrida Colosseum as Lucy, and Sabo reunited with him, won the Flame-Flame Fruit, and told him to go defeat Doflamingo.
• Cavendish, Ideo, Leo, Hajrudin, and Orlumbus formed the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and vowed to help Luffy overthrow Doflamingo.
• Luffy ran toward the palace while Sabo and the Grand Fleet stayed behind to support the fight.

Doflamingo activated the Birdcage and fought Luffy and Law as Dressrosa’s people remembered the decade he had controlled them. Luffy unveiled Gear Fourth and faced Doflamingo’s strongest attack, leaving their final clash unresolved.

• Doflamingo ordered the Birdcage activated and offered freedom to anyone who killed Luffy and Law.
• Luffy, Law, and their allies fought the Donquixote Family as the Birdcage closed around Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo wounded Luffy and Law, while the people of Dressrosa recovered their memories and rallied behind Luffy.
• Luffy broke free of Doflamingo’s Parasite String, transformed into Gear Fourth Boundman, and struck him with Python.
• Doflamingo unleashed Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread as Luffy gathered power for a counterattack.