Chapter Summaries

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.

After Hua Country unified the West Blue, Chen Yu rejected calls to proclaim himself emperor and prepared for an imminent war with the World Government. As Hua Country’s forces mobilized, major powers across the seas reacted to the coming conflict.

• A report announced that Hua Country had defeated the last Marine branch in the West Blue, and Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia detailed its conquests and captured resources.
• Guo Jia led the officials in urging Chen Yu to proclaim himself emperor, but Chen Yu postponed the matter and called a private council with Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu, and Chinjao.
• Guo Jia reported that the Three Admirals, Cipher Pol Aigis Zero, and the Holy Knights were moving against Hua Country, and Chen Yu ordered the armies to gather near the former Ballywood Kingdom and prepare for war.
• Chen Yu ordered Xun Yu to integrate the conquered lands and Guo Jia to intensify intelligence gathering as Hua Country’s generals took up positions for the coming battle.
• Whitebeard and Shanks ordered their crews to watch the World Government and Hua Country, while Charlotte Linlin planned to propose a marriage between Smoothie and Chen Yu and Kaido ordered faster development of Artificial Devil Fruits.

Hua Country and the Marines faced off in the West Blue, with all Three Admirals confronting Hua Country’s formidable commanders. Gan Ning launched a surprise attack on the Marine fleet, and Guan Yu intercepted Akainu’s counterattack, beginning the decisive battle.

• Hua Country’s commanders gathered aboard the fleet while Chen Yu and his advisers watched from a border city as the Marine fleet arrived with all Three Admirals.
• Akainu rejected calls to wait for the Holy Knights and considered a probing bombardment, while Aokiji noticed the sea churning beside the Marine fleet.
• Gan Ning and his Brocade Sail troops attacked from beneath the water, rupturing a Marine warship and disabling another ship’s steering.
• Gan Ning surfaced and declared the sea belonged to Hua Country, prompting Akainu to attack him with Great Eruption.
• Guan Yu appeared before Gan Ning and cleaved Akainu’s magma fist in two, declaring that Sakazuki was his opponent.

Hua Country's forces and the Marines fought across the frozen N-7 Sea Area as Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Lü Bu, and Ma Chao clashed with Marine officers. The battle reached a deadlock before Saint Figarland Shamrock and the Holy Knights arrived, bringing the fighting to a halt.

• Zhang Fei raised volcanic land beneath the ice, and Aokiji tried to freeze it while Zhao Yun attacked Onigumo and Strawberry before Kizaru intercepted him.
• Guan Yu and Akainu fought until Lü Bu challenged Akainu, prompting Guan Yu to withdraw and leaving Lü Bu to face him.
• Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia directed Hua Country's fleet against the Marines as Gan Ning's troops struck from underwater, while Ma Chao attacked the enemy ranks and fought Onigumo and Strawberry.
• The Marines began to push back with their numerical advantage as the battlefield's fighting intensified.
• Saint Figarland Shamrock arrived aboard a black warship with the Holy Knights, and their Conqueror's Haki silenced both armies.

The Holy Knights arrived in the N-7 waters, and Saint Figarland Shamrock began fighting Guan Yu while Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun continued their battles against Aokiji and Kizaru. The chapter left all three clashes underway, with Zhao Yun's Blue Flare · Draco Meteor colliding with Kizaru's Light-Speed Kick.

• Saint Figarland Shamrock condemned the Marines and challenged Hua Country, and Guan Yu met his Conqueror's Haki with his own.
• Saint Shamrock transformed Cerberus into a three-headed hound and clashed with Guan Yu, who used Green Dragon Crescent · Dragon-Tornado Crescent to destroy the hound's attacks.
• Zhang Fei awakened undersea volcanoes and erupted magma swords, while Aokiji froze them with Ice Age · Absolute Zero.
• Zhang Fei melted Aokiji's ice attacks and raised pillars of magma to block Aokiji's escape routes.
• Zhao Yun and Kizaru exchanged attacks at high speed, and Zhao Yun intercepted Kizaru's light projectiles with Reshiram's flames.
• Zhao Yun countered Kizaru's Light-Speed Kick with Blue Flare · Draco Meteor, setting off an explosion that lit the battlefield.

Huang Zhong and his allies fought escalating battles against the Holy Knights and Marines, forcing their opponents to take them seriously. Ma Chao assumed his Zekrom dragonman form against five Vice Admirals while Chen Yu watched the unresolved war from the former Ballywood Kingdom.

• Huang Zhong slowed Manmaiya's bullets with his Dialga ability and grazed her with a time-powered arrow, prompting her to load explosive rounds.
• Lü Bu countered Akainu's magma with Giratina's distortion powers and attacked with his Conqueror's Haki-coated Sky Piercer.
• Dian Wei blocked Limossif's Qilin attacks and forced him to strengthen his transformation, while Chinjao shattered Shepherd's thorns and pressed his attack without using his fruit ability.
• Gan Ning destroyed Thatcherz's icy footing with a vortex and surrounded her with waterspouts, prompting her to prepare a special Devil Fruit ability.
• Ma Chao fought Doberman, Onigumo, Strawberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga before transforming into his Zekrom dragonman form to escalate the battle.
• Chen Yu watched the fighting from a throne atop the former Ballywood Kingdom's walls with his hands resting on the sheathed Tai'a.

Ma Chao fought five elite Marine Vice Admirals above the N-7 Sea Area, using his Zekrom Fruit powers to overwhelm their attacks. He left Doberman and Onigumo unconscious after defeating their combined strike, while Strawberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga remained battered and faced him.

• Ma Chao countered Doberman and Onigumo’s attacks, then used a lightning field to weaken Strawberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga’s assaults.
• Ma Chao blasted Momonga into the sea and injured Strawberry and Yamakaji with tracking lightning shots.
• Doberman and Onigumo launched their strongest attacks together, but Ma Chao pierced through them with Thunder Halberd: Azure Thunder Piercing Strike.
• Ma Chao’s lightning sent Doberman and Onigumo crashing through two Marine warships, leaving both Vice Admirals unconscious.
• Strawberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga regrouped, shaken by Ma Chao’s strength and the judgment-like willpower in his lightning.

Ma Chao trapped Stoberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga in a powerful lightning domain and attacked them with relentless thunder techniques. By the end, Yamakaji was unconscious, Momonga was seriously injured, and Stoberry remained under assault.

• Stoberry, Yamakaji, and Momonga used Life Return · Fleeting Beauty to boost their strength and charged at Ma Chao.
• Ma Chao unleashed Mamaragan Sky Prison Attraction, trapping the three Vice Admirals in a lightning domain filled with attacking chains.
• Stoberry struggled against the chains while Yamakaji tried to break through, and Momonga dodged them while searching for a weakness.
• Ma Chao fired Thunder Fang Barrage at Momonga, who shattered most of the bolts but was struck by several and badly injured.
• Yamakaji turned to rescue Momonga, but Ma Chao struck him with Thunder Palm · Heaven Shattering and knocked him unconscious in a crater in the ice.

Ma Chao defeated Strawberry and devastated the N-7 Sea Area, leaving Momonga as the only Vice Admiral still standing. As Ma Chao prepared to finish him, Chen Yu sensed an unexpected presence and chose to let Ma Chao face the danger himself.

• Strawberry unleashed his suicidal Two-Sword Style secret art against Ma Chao, who answered with a devastating lightning attack that obliterated Strawberry and tore through the sea.
• The blast left Yamakaji unconscious and Doberman and Onigumo adrift, while Momonga survived the shock wave but was badly injured.
• Ma Chao landed before Momonga and demanded that he surrender or die; Momonga struggled to raise his sword for one last stand.
• Chen Yu sensed an unexpected presence, abandoned his plan to intervene, and decided that the pressure might help Ma Chao break through to Admiral level.

Sengoku arrived on the battlefield, saved Momonga, and tried to halt the fighting, but Ma Chao refused and challenged him. Their clash left Ma Chao wounded and exhausted, yet he insisted on continuing as Huang Zhong noticed Sengoku’s arrival.

• Sengoku intercepted Ma Chao’s lightning strike and saved Momonga from death.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to take their wounded officers for treatment, then urged Ma Chao to stop fighting.
• Ma Chao rejected Sengoku’s offer and demanded a battle, so Sengoku transformed into his Buddha Form and attacked with a shockwave.
• Ma Chao countered with Divine Thunderbolt Tribulation, and the collision drove him back wounded while Sengoku remained standing.
• Ma Chao refused to retreat and challenged Sengoku again; Sengoku vanished to attack him.
• Huang Zhong sensed Sengoku’s arrival while fighting Manmaiya Diliya, and his arrows subtly changed.

Huang Zhong used the Dialga Fruit and his archery to counter Manmaiya Diliya’s tracking bullets, then intercepted her time-breaking shot in a clash that left both attacks spent. Manmaiya recognized the threat and prepared to escalate.

• Manmaiya Diliya fired a Haki-infused barrage of tracking bullets at Huang Zhong.
• Huang Zhong slowed time around himself and dodged the bullets as they followed his movements.
• Huang Zhong used nine arrows to split the incoming bullets and destroy the barrage.
• Manmaiya fired a time-breaking bullet, but Huang Zhong’s Time Arrow: Skybreaker met it in midair and both attacks were spent.
• Manmaiya’s confidence faltered after Huang Zhong countered her attack, but she declared the exchange only an appetizer.

Huang Zhong and Manmaiya Diliya battled across the ice, matching his control over time against her Fate-Fate Fruit and fate-guided bullets. Their strongest attacks canceled each other out, leaving the ice shattered and the fight unresolved.

• Manmaiya Diliya fired a fate-guided Seastone Bullet that bypassed Huang Zhong's slowed time, but he shattered it with Armament Haki.
• Manmaiya attacked with Fate Dice, and Huang Zhong used Time Arrow: Instant Chain to intercept and destroy her bullets.
• Manmaiya unleashed Bullet Barrage Carnival, but Huang Zhong's Fleeting Splendor arrow annihilated the barrage while she dodged its strike.
• Manmaiya fired Moment of Annihilation, and Huang Zhong countered with Roar of Time, which erased her attack and advanced toward her.
• Manmaiya summoned a staff and raised Absolute Defense, whose fate-thread shield stopped the arrow but vanished with it as the shock wave shattered the surrounding ice.

Huang Zhong fought Manmaiya, whose fate-based powers let her regenerate from fatal injuries, and ultimately killed her with a time-warping blade technique. Chen Yu warned Hua Country’s generals about the Holy Knights’ abilities as Huang Zhong returned to the main battlefield.

• Manmaiya abandoned ranged attacks and charged Huang Zhong, but he overwhelmed her in close combat, severing her hand and pulverizing her body with a temporal blade strike.
• Manmaiya regenerated, and Chen Yu used his psychic powers to tell Hua Country’s generals that the Holy Knights could recover from fatal injuries, were vulnerable to powerful Conqueror’s Haki, and could summon allies through Abyss Magic Circles.
• Manmaiya attacked with fate-altering staff techniques, but Huang Zhong used his temporal perception and Dialga’s power to disrupt her attacks and their cause-and-effect links.
• Manmaiya unleashed her Circle of the End, superimposing countless bad outcomes onto reality, while Huang Zhong gathered Dialga’s temporal energy into his blade.
• Huang Zhong’s Time-Reversing Hakai shattered Manmaiya’s fate defense and broke her staff, severing her existence and killing her.
• Huang Zhong discarded the broken staff into the sea and walked toward the main battlefield.

Chinjao fought Saint Shepherd Sommers across the ice-and-fire battlefield, using his Rhyperior Fruit and Hasshoken to withstand Sommers’s thorn attacks and counter with powerful shockwaves. Chinjao transformed into a heavily armored form and launched a storm of stone spikes at Sommers.

• Chinjao charged Sommers with a massive stone cone, but Sommers stopped it with a thorn net.
• Chinjao shattered the thorn net with a Hasshoken shockwave and wounded Sommers.
• Sommers attacked Chinjao with thorn swords, but Chinjao’s armor and shockwaves repelled most of the strikes.
• Sommers surrounded Chinjao with thorn vines, and Chinjao met the assault with a spinning, Haki-coated drill attack.
• Chinjao emerged in a larger stone-armored form and fired a storm of Haki-infused stone spikes at Sommers.

Chinjao drove Saint Shepherd Sommers back with Rhyperior’s power, but Sommers used the Thorn-Thorn Fruit to harm Hua Country’s wounded soldiers and exploit Chinjao’s concern for his crew. Enraged, Chinjao fully transformed and unleashed a devastating energy cannon at Sommers’s enormous thorn barrier, and their clash flattened the surrounding battlefield.

• Chinjao pierced Sommers’s thorn defenses with Hasshoken and Rhyperior-powered attacks, wounding him and forcing him backward.
• Sommers planted Painful Whisper in the ice and used Causal Transfer to inflict invisible thorn wounds on injured Hua Country sailors who touched one another.
• Chinjao grew furious at Sommers’s attack on his men and entered Rhyperior’s Full Beast Transformation.
• Chinjao fired his Destruction Energy Cannon at Sommers, who raised a massive Haki-coated Symbiotic Wall to meet it.
• The cannon and barrier collided in a vast explosion that flattened or vaporized the battlefield for hundreds of meters.

Chinjao and Saint Shepherd Sommers unleashed their ultimate attacks, leaving both fighters gravely wounded and near death. Zhou Yu began treating Chinjao as Sommers was teleported away, and Sai led the Hua Country forces back into the battle.

• Chinjao used Conqueror's Haki to suppress Saint Shepherd Sommers's regeneration, but Sommers awakened his thorn powers and launched Endgame Strike.
• Chinjao unleashed Earth-Shaking God-Slaying Drill, and the two attacks collided in a devastating blast that carved a huge crater into the battlefield.
• Chinjao and Sommers both survived the clash but lay critically injured, with Sommers's thorn regeneration slowed and Chinjao unable to stand.
• Zhou Yu arrived and used Ho-Oh's flames to treat Chinjao, while ordering Sai and the others to guard the area.
• Saint Shepherd Sommers was teleported away after vowing revenge, and Sai rallied the Hua Country forces to charge the enemy lines.