Chapter Summaries

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.

In Loguetown, Chen Yu and Monkey D. Dragon met while Dragon rescued Luffy from Smoker, and the two leaders clashed over their competing visions for the world. Chen Yu let the Straw Hat Pirates escape, ordered his agents to track the Revolutionary Army and Luffy, and left Marine Headquarters alarmed by his appearance.

• Chen Yu watched Luffy fight Smoker until a storm erupted over the Execution Platform, and Dragon appeared to protect Luffy.
• Dragon freed Luffy and neutralized Smoker’s attacks, while Chen Yu stopped Smoker and crushed his Seastone-tipped Jitte.
• Chen Yu and Dragon confronted each other, clashing over revolution, centralized rule, and the future of the world before Dragon vanished.
• Chen Yu let Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates sail away, then ordered the Wind-Listening Guard to monitor Dragon and investigate the Will of D.
• Chen Yu told Guo Jia that Luffy’s destiny could draw the old world’s attention while his empire grew stronger, and ordered surveillance of the Grand Line routes.
• Sengoku and the other Marine leaders read Smoker’s report and grew alarmed that Chen Yu had met Dragon in Loguetown.

Guan Yu oversaw the Kaiyuan Empire’s consolidation of Sky Island and prepared to escort the captured Enel back to Chang'an. In the capital, Chen Yu approved a covert plan to investigate Crocodile and Pluton in Alabasta, dispatching Ma Chao and Zhou Yu as the Empire turned its attention toward the Grand Line.

• Guan Yu reviewed Sky Island’s construction, defenses, resources, and ancient documents while Wyper prepared a hundred Shandia warriors to escort Enel.
• Imperial officials, craftsmen, scholars, and medical officers arrived to organize Sky Island’s administration and public works.
• Chen Yu’s court discussed intelligence linking Crocodile and Baroque Works to Alabasta’s unrest and identified Pluton as Crocodile’s likely objective.
• Zhuge Liang proposed covert research, intelligence work, and contact with King Cobra, and Chen Yu appointed Ma Chao and Zhou Yu to make the initial approach.
• Guan Yu departed Sky Island with Enel and Wyper’s warriors, leaving Gan Ning in charge of the island’s defenses.

Ma Chao and Zhou Yu secretly surveyed Alabasta from an airship, seeking evidence of Crocodile’s schemes without exposing the Kaiyuan Empire. They spotted armed men terrorizing an oasis village and prepared to watch the confrontation unfold.

• Ma Chao urged Zhou Yu to land in Alubarna, but Zhou Yu insisted they keep their mission secret and gather evidence against Crocodile.
• Zhou Yu identified signs of a Baroque Works operation near an abandoned temple and warned that an overt attack could endanger King Cobra and Alabasta’s civilians.
• Following a Wind-Listening Guard report, Ma Chao and Zhou Yu hid their airship in clouds and used Observation Haki to inspect a village.
• They saw about fifty armed men beating villagers and demanding information about hidden grain and rebel collaborators.
• The masked leader kicked an elderly villager and ordered his men to kill the villagers, starting with a child.

Ma Chao and Zhou Yu intervened in a Baroque Works raid on a desert village, with Ma Chao incapacitating the agents and capturing their leader. Zhou Yu stopped the operation’s hidden overseer, Miss Merry Christmas, as she tried to escape through the sand.

• Ma Chao and Zhou Yu identified the attackers as Baroque Works agents and agreed to rescue the villagers while concealing their Imperial identities.
• Ma Chao descended into the village and used Mamaragan Heavenly Prison to incapacitate the agents, then stopped their leader from signaling for help and seized him for questioning.
• Zhou Yu tracked the hidden overseer as the figure fled beneath a sand dune and used Pure Heart Lock to sever her connection to the sand and immobilize her.
• The hooded figure was revealed to be Miss Merry Christmas, a senior Baroque Works agent and Mole-Mole Fruit user.

Zhou Yu and Ma Chao captured Baroque Works agents and saved the surviving villagers, then set course for Rainbase to contact King Cobra’s agent and prepare their evidence against Crocodile. After learning the operation had failed, Crocodile ordered phase two of the Utopia Operation and sent the Billions to hunt down the intruders.

• Zhou Yu exposed Miss Merry Christmas as a senior Baroque Works agent and took her recording dial and telescope as evidence.
• Ma Chao reported that the villagers were safe, and Zhou Yu used Ho-Oh’s blessing to heal the injured and comfort the survivors.
• Zhou Yu explained why they would go to Rainbase to meet King Cobra’s “Nightingale” and prepare their evidence before confronting Crocodile.
• Zhou Yu shackled Miss Merry Christmas, and he and Ma Chao boarded a stealth airship with the prisoners and evidence bound for Rainbase.
• Crocodile learned that Miss Merry Christmas and her squad had gone missing, then ordered phase two of the Utopia Operation and sent the Billions to find the intruders.