Arc 4Divine Punishment

Yas was sent to crush the slave-trading kingdom of Sparta, then became a Marine Vice Admiral and commander of the Divine Punishment fleet. After defeating Charlotte Linlin and learning the Rocks Pirates’ deployment, Yas rejected Sengoku’s orders and sailed to attack their rear before God Valley.

  • Yas defeated Garp in a clash that displayed the power of Divine Punishment, and Garp named him a Marine Headquarters Admiral Candidate while warning him about the Holy Knights at God Valley.
  • Yas accepted the Five Elders’ assignment to Sparta, destroyed King Bach’s forces, killed Buck, and freed tens of thousands of enslaved workers.
  • After Morgans broadcast Yas’s actions worldwide, Sengoku persuaded Kong to make him a Vice Admiral and grant him command of the Divine Punishment fleet.
  • Yas humiliated the conservative officers and prepared to face Charlotte Linlin, who sent Katakuri and Streusen to invite him to her Tea Party and test his strength.
  • Yas destroyed Nimbus and Prometheus, overcame Linlin’s Haki, and erased her Soul Kingdom, leaving her frail and powerless.
  • Yas ordered the capture of Linlin’s crew, and Katakuri gave him a chart of God Valley and the Rocks Pirates’ supply and assembly points.
  • When Sengoku ordered Yas to rendezvous at God Valley within three days, Yas rejected the plan and ordered the Leviathan Fleet to attack the enemy’s rear at Bakira Island.
Chapters 76–100 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 76The ultimate master-disciple showdown! Your fists aren't hard enough!

Yas challenged Garp’s strength and met the Navy hero’s full-force punch with his own Divine Punishment. After Yas effortlessly neutralized Garp’s Haki, he called the old man’s power weak and launched a counterattack.

  • Garp was astonished by Yas’s ability to erase a vast circular void, then said Yas was strong enough to fight alongside him at God Valley.
  • Yas rejected Garp’s offer to test him, provoking Garp into attacking with Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki.
  • Yas met Garp’s punch barehanded, while Brannew, Bullet, and the Navy soldiers watched from the Leviathan.
  • Yas’s black-and-red lightning swallowed and annihilated Garp’s Haki, leaving Garp horrified.
  • Yas criticized Garp’s scattered force and weak energy, then drove his fist forward in a counterattack.

Ch. 77Divine Punishment vs. Iron Fist! The Legendary Island Sunk in One Blow!

Yas struck Garp with Divine Punishment, sending him crashing into a distant island and unleashing a devastating tsunami, but Garp survived and was thrilled by Yas’s power. Garp warned Yas that the Holy Knights and their supreme commander, Saint Figarland Garling, would also be at God Valley.

  • Yas unleashed Divine Punishment against Garp, severely injuring his arm and blasting him into a distant island.
  • The clash’s shock wave annihilated the surrounding sea and triggered a massive tsunami that threatened the Leviathan.
  • Yas admitted he had failed to control Divine Punishment’s power and said he needed more combat experience.
  • Garp emerged from the split island, badly injured but exhilarated by Yas’s strength.
  • Garp warned Yas that the Holy Knights, led by Saint Figarland Garling, would be at God Valley alongside Rocks and the Celestial Dragons.

Ch. 78Admiral Candidate! The Five Elders' Utmost Attention!

Garp warned Yas that Saint Figarland Garling, Supreme Commander of the Holy Knights, might be stronger than Rocks D. Zebek, but Yas eagerly welcomed the prospect of fighting him at God Valley. After Garp named Yas an Admiral Candidate, the Leviathan headed for Marineford, where the Five Elders contacted Yas directly and offered him an opportunity to become a god.

  • Garp told Yas that Saint Figarland Garling was a fearsome fighter who might surpass Rocks D. Zebek, and Yas said he wanted to slaughter gods.
  • Garp declared that Yas had become Marine Headquarters' fourth Admiral Candidate, prompting the Leviathan Fleet to erupt in cheers.
  • Yas ordered Brannew to take the Leviathan at full speed to Marineford, eager to reach God Valley.
  • The Five Elders contacted Garp through an encrypted Golden Den Den Mushi and demanded to speak with Yas, whom they called a variable.
  • Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro offered Yas an opportunity to become a god and asked whether he wanted it.

Ch. 79Gods? You Think You're Worthy of Standing Alongside Me?!

The Five Elders offered Yas the chance to become a god, but he rejected their premise and declared them unworthy of standing beside him. They ordered him to leave the God Valley battlefield and test his power by bringing down the brutal kingdom of Sparta.

  • Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro offered Yas an opportunity to become a god, leaving Garp and the Marines stunned.
  • Yas calmly mocked the Five Elders and asked whether they thought they were worthy of standing alongside him.
  • Saint Marcus Mars praised Yas’s mettle, while Saint Nusjuro ordered Garp to keep Yas away from the chaotic battlefield at God Valley.
  • Saint Nusjuro assigned Yas to deal with Sparta, whose king enslaved his people and colluded with pirates in the slave trade.
  • The Five Elders challenged Yas to accept the test and show them the power of his so-called Divine Punishment.

Ch. 80The Fleet Admiral's Fury! This Is a Betrayal of Justice!

Yas accepted the Five Elders’ test and set course for the Sparta Kingdom, where he planned to train his new Divine Punishment power. At Marine Headquarters, Steel Bone Kong learned of the assignment and condemned it as a betrayal of Marine justice.

  • Yas accepted the Five Elders’ challenge, dismissed Garp’s objections, and said he needed targets to train his new power.
  • Brannew reported that the Sparta Kingdom was ruled by Iron Fist Bach, who enslaved workers and supplied the Giant Warrior Pirates with ore and slaves.
  • Yas called the kingdom’s forces too weak and ordered the Leviathan to head there at full speed.
  • Steel Bone Kong learned the Five Elders had sent Yas away from the coming battle at God Valley and smashed his desk in anger.
  • Steel Bone Kong called Garp and demanded to know why he had agreed to the assignment.

Ch. 81Desperate tributes! An ant dared to anger me?

Yas led the Navy to the waters off the Sparta Kingdom, where he witnessed the kingdom execute civilians and destroy a tribute ship carrying children. After erasing a warship with a casual attack, Yas vanished to confront King Bach while Garp and the Navy charged into battle.

  • Kong berated Garp for allowing Yas to go to God Valley, but Garp said Yas had chosen to go himself.
  • Yas arrived off the Sparta Kingdom and sensed the suffering of slaves and gladiators throughout the island.
  • A Sparta Kingdom warship destroyed a tribute ship carrying civilians and children, and Sea Kings devoured the survivors.
  • Yas erased the warship and its crew with a single attack, then told Garp he would go after King Bach himself.
  • Yas vanished, and Bullet, Garp, and the Navy charged toward the harbor to fight the kingdom's forces.

Ch. 82Slaughter before the palace! You call this defense?

Yas breached Ironfort City alone, effortlessly erasing its defenders and destroying the palace gate. He confronted King Bach in the throne room, declaring that the king’s end had arrived.

  • Yas silently killed the southern wall’s lookout captain and descended through the defenses, erasing soldiers and sentries who entered his Divine Punishment Domain.
  • Yas walked through the assembled King's Guard, killing thousands by erasing their souls, while the bison commander was left terrified.
  • The bison commander transformed and charged Yas, but Yas erased him with a casual wave.
  • Yas kicked apart the palace’s Seastone gate, and a wounded messenger warned King Bach that the enemy had broken in.
  • Yas appeared before King Bach in the throne room and declared that he had arrived and that the king’s end was near.

Ch. 83The Giant Warrior Pirates! Is this what you were counting on?

Yas entered King Bach’s palace and used his Divine Punishment Domain to crush the King’s Guard and corner Bach. The Giant Warrior Pirates’ captain, Buck, emerged from behind the throne and challenged Yas.

  • Yas confronted King Bach, who ordered his King's Guard to kill the intruder.
  • Grom attacked Yas with his spiked club, but Yas’s Divine Punishment Domain stopped the blow and crushed the rest of the King's Guard.
  • Yas approached Bach, who fled behind the throne and begged Buck to save him.
  • Buck burst through the curtain, revealed himself as captain of the Giant Warrior Pirates, and challenged Yas to fight.

Ch. 84Giant Human Buck! You Know Nothing About Strength!

Yas faced the giant Buck, who attacked him with overwhelming confidence on King Bach’s behalf. Yas stopped Buck’s punch with one finger and began to reveal his true strength as cracks spread across the giant’s fist.

  • King Bach hid behind Buck and ordered him to kill Yas.
  • Buck introduced himself as the uncrowned king of the waters and struck Yas with his Mountain-Breaker fist.
  • Yas stopped Buck’s giant punch with his index finger without moving.
  • Yas dismissed Buck’s strength, and cracks spread across Buck’s fist where it touched Yas’s finger.
  • Yas thrust forward with his finger wreathed in black-and-red electricity, promising to show Buck true strength and speed.

Ch. 85Raikage Body! Are You Fighting Light?

Yas overwhelmed Giant Man Buck with a display of superior power and speed, crippling him before activating his Lightning Release Armor and unleashing a relentless assault. The chapter ended with Yas catching Buck’s final desperate attack and preparing to show him despair.

  • Yas shattered Buck’s right arm with a single strike, forcing him back through the Royal Palace.
  • Buck regenerated his arm, grew larger, and attacked Yas with Armament and Conqueror’s Haki.
  • Yas activated Lightning Release Armor and moved too quickly for Buck to track.
  • Yas struck Buck repeatedly from every direction while King Bach watched in shock.
  • Yas stopped in front of Buck and caught both of his wrists as Buck launched a desperate final attack.

Ch. 86Planetary burial! This throw pierced the crust!

Yas defeated Buck by hurling him through the Island of Sin and the planet’s crust, causing a catastrophic eruption. As King Bach died of fright, Yas turned toward the island’s remaining survivors to finish them off.

  • Yas bound Buck with black-and-red lightning and overwhelmed him with Divine Punishment.
  • Yas lifted Buck and slammed him into the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw, splitting the Island of Sin apart.
  • Buck’s lifeless body pierced the crust and mantle, opening a vast hole that spewed magma and triggered a devastating eruption.
  • King Bach watched the destruction and died of fright in the collapsing ruins.
  • Yas rose above the ruined island and headed toward the remaining survivors for the final cleanup.

Ch. 87God's Descent! Salvation from the Depths of Hell!

Yas freed tens of thousands of slaves in the blood iron ore mines and killed their overseers, prompting the survivors to worship him as a god. As he prepared to leave for God Valley, Brannew urgently called and told him to read the newspaper about a world-shaking development.

  • Yas entered the blood iron ore mines after violent tremors caused a partial collapse that killed slaves and overseers.
  • Yas snapped his fingers and disintegrated the seastone shackles binding tens of thousands of slaves.
  • Yas unleashed his Divine Punishment Domain and dissolved hundreds of overseers.
  • An elderly slave knelt in gratitude, and the freed slaves followed him in worshipping Yas as a god.
  • Garp and the Leviathan Fleet soldiers heard the slaves' cries from the harbor, and Garp remarked on Yas's spectacle.
  • Yas left the mine intending to return to God Valley, but Brannew called and urgently told him to read the newspaper.

Ch. 88The world trembled! Was he a god or a demon?!

Morgans broadcast and published Yas's destruction of a nation and rescue of its slaves, provoking worldwide attention and a dispute among Marine leaders. Garp defended Yas, while Bocato demanded that Kong strip him of his rank and declare him a wanted criminal.

  • Brannew informed Yas that Morgans had broadcast footage of his actions to the entire world.
  • Morgans ordered an emergency newspaper edition featuring Yas's destruction of a nation and rescue of tens of thousands of slaves.
  • The newspaper spread worldwide, and Kaido declared that he would fight Yas himself if Yas came to Wano Country.
  • Kong expressed concern over Yas's actions, while Sengoku condemned his unchecked power and Garp defended him as capable of ending the Great Pirate Era.
  • Bocato arrived with conservative officers and demanded that Kong remove Yas from the Marines and place him on a worldwide wanted list.

Ch. 89The Marines split! I'll stake my Admiral position on him!

Pokato demanded that Yas be stripped of his rank and branded a criminal, while Garp defended Yas’s actions and Sengoku argued that the Marines needed him to defeat Rocks D. Zebek. Sengoku proposed promoting Yas to Vice Admiral and giving him command of the Leviathan Special Fleet, staking his own future position on the decision.

  • Pokato urged Kong to dismiss Yas, classify him as a top-level criminal, and issue a worldwide arrest warrant for destroying the Sparta Kingdom.
  • Garp rebuked Pokato and the conservative officers, defending Yas as the Marines’ sharpest weapon against Rocks D. Zebek.
  • Sengoku acknowledged the risks of Yas’s power but argued that the Marines should use him against Rocks rather than punish him.
  • Sengoku proposed promoting Yas to a full Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral and granting him command of the Leviathan Special Fleet.
  • Sengoku vowed to kill Yas himself if Yas ever betrayed justice and became an enemy of the world.

Ch. 90Commissioned as a Vice Admiral! This Was Real Power!

Sengoku secured approval for Yas's promotion, and Kong commissioned Yas as a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral with command of the Divine Punishment fleet. Yas forced the transfer of hostile officers into his fleet before urgent news arrived that Charlotte Linlin's flagship had been spotted at the entrance to the New World.

  • Sengoku staked his future position as a Marine Admiral to persuade Kong to approve Yas's promotion.
  • Kong commissioned Yas as a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral and granted him command of the Leviathan Special Fleet, code-named 'Divine Punishment.'
  • Yas dismissed the ceremony and demanded the coordinates of God Valley from Kong.
  • Yas demanded that Pokato, his fellow conservative officers, and their fleets be transferred under his command, with toilet cleaning as their first assignment.
  • Kong approved the transfers despite the conservative officers' protests.
  • A messenger reported that Charlotte Linlin's flagship, the Queen Mama Chanter, had been spotted at the entrance to the New World.

Ch. 91Hachinosu trembled! Rocks's wild laughter!

Charlotte Linlin's flagship approached Marineford, prompting an alarm while Yas set out to sink it. On Hachinosu, Rocks D. Zebek welcomed Yas's emergence as a rival and planned to confront him at God Valley if he survived Linlin.

  • Sengoku confirmed a report that Charlotte Linlin's Queen Mama Chanter was heading toward Marineford as Headquarters sounded its highest-level combat alarm.
  • Yas headed toward his Leviathan and told Garp that he intended to sink the approaching ship.
  • Edward Newgate, Shiki, and Charlotte Linlin discussed the newspaper reports about Yas, expressing amusement, hostility, and interest in making him a husband.
  • Rocks D. Zebek silenced his crew and declared that he alone would rule the world.
  • Rocks D. Zebek approved of Linlin testing Yas and vowed to defeat him personally at God Valley if he survived her.

Ch. 92Mamamama! I'm very interested in this man!

Charlotte Linlin became determined to make Yas her husband and ordered Katakuri to deliver her invitation and test his strength. Katakuri warned that Yas was a walking natural disaster, but Linlin only grew more eager to claim him.

  • Charlotte Linlin read a report about Yas humiliating conservative officers at Marineford and decided he would be the perfect husband for her vision of Totto Land.
  • Perospero reported that Yas was preparing to sail and asked whether they should attack, but Linlin chose to invite him to a tea party instead.
  • Linlin threatened to break Yas and turn him into a collectible if he refused her invitation.
  • Linlin asked Katakuri what he had seen in the future, and he described a dark, crimson storm of nothingness surrounding Yas.
  • Katakuri warned Linlin not to provoke Yas, but she ordered him and Streusen to deliver her invitation and test Yas's strength.

Ch. 93I'm Kaido! The strongest apprentice aboard!

Kaido raged at being left behind while Charlotte Linlin went to confront Yas, then turned his frustration into a vow to surpass Yas and fight him someday. As Yas’s ship approached the Queen Mama Chanter, he sensed that the future had changed and that a giant maw threatened to devour the world.

  • Kaido smashed the training dummies and complained that Charlotte Linlin had gone to face Yas while he had been left behind.
  • Golden Lion Shiki mocked Kaido for being an apprentice, and Whitebeard urged him to grow stronger instead of wasting his strength in anger.
  • Kaido accepted Whitebeard’s advice and vowed to surpass Yas, Rocks, and everyone else before challenging Yas to a grand battle.
  • Off Marineford, Brannew reported that the Queen Mama Chanter had stopped and sent out two people on a flying carpet.
  • Yas sensed the pair’s approach and heard the scarfed man think that the future had changed and a giant maw was opening to devour the world.

Ch. 94Are you inviting disaster? Katakuri's warning!

Katakuri foresaw Yas as a disaster that would destroy the Big Mom Pirates, but Streusen ignored the warning and attacked the Leviathan. Yas erased Streusen’s transformed bow and left Streusen shaken as Katakuri repeated that they had invited a natural disaster.

  • Katakuri saw his future vision change and warned Streusen that Yas would devour them and Mama.
  • Streusen dismissed Katakuri’s warning and announced that Charlotte Linlin had invited Yas to her Tea Party.
  • Yas mocked the invitation, provoking Streusen to transform the Leviathan’s bow into cake with his Munch-Munch Fruit.
  • Yas activated the Divine Punishment Domain, erasing the cake and the bow into cosmic dust.
  • Streusen froze in shock as Katakuri declared that Yas was an unstoppable natural disaster.

Ch. 95The Soul's Wail! This Is the Lightning of Divine Punishment!

Yas annihilated Streusen and Charlotte Linlin’s soul-powered Homie Nimbus with black-and-red lightning, terrifying Katakuri and Streusen. Charlotte Linlin became obsessed with Yas and sent Prometheus and Zeus to bring him back by force.

  • Streusen ordered Nimbus to swallow Yas and the Leviathan, unleashing a vast soul-devouring cloud over the ship.
  • Yas flicked black-and-red lightning into Nimbus, which erased the Homie’s souls and destroyed it within seconds.
  • Katakuri saved Streusen from falling into the sea, while Streusen reeled from the loss of Nimbus and his own soul fragment.
  • Charlotte Linlin emerged from her quarters, declared that she wanted Yas, and summoned Prometheus and Zeus.
  • Prometheus and Zeus charged toward the Leviathan with the combination attack Ikoku Sovereignty.

Ch. 96The sun? It dared compete with lightning?!

Yas effortlessly punched through Charlotte Linlin’s Ikoku Sovereignty and destroyed Prometheus, terrifying the Big Mom Pirates. He then turned his attention to Charlotte Linlin and declared that the warm-up was over.

  • Charlotte Linlin combined Prometheus’s flames and Zeus’s lightning into Ikoku Sovereignty and fired it at the Leviathan.
  • Yas punched through the enormous attack without effort and struck Prometheus.
  • Prometheus shattered, and Yas’s black-and-red lightning erased the soul fragment within him.
  • Zeus fled to Charlotte Linlin, while the Big Mom Pirates stood stunned and Katakuri lost his composure.
  • Yas addressed Charlotte Linlin and asked if she was ready to receive his Divine Punishment.

Ch. 97A clash of kings! Even Conqueror's Haki has its ranks!

Yas defeated Charlotte Linlin’s Conqueror’s Haki with his own overwhelming will after destroying Prometheus. As Linlin reeled from the defeat, Rocks D. Zebek contacted her and announced that the game was over and he had changed his mind.

  • Yas’s destruction of Prometheus enraged Charlotte Linlin, who unleashed her Conqueror’s Haki against him.
  • Yas met Linlin’s pink storm with his black, judgment-like will, and the two forces initially clashed evenly.
  • A trace of red appeared in Yas’s black domain, which then devoured Linlin’s Haki and left her bleeding and staggered.
  • Yas dismissed Linlin’s strength as too weak to be worth a blow.
  • Rocks D. Zebek called Linlin and told her that the game was over and he had changed his mind.

Ch. 98A hegemon's will! Rocks's kill order!

After witnessing Yas overpower Charlotte Linlin, Rocks D. Zebek judged him an uncontrollable threat to his plans for God Valley and ordered Linlin to kill him at any cost. Linlin mobilized her crew for a battle to the death, and Yas welcomed the coming fight.

  • Rocks watched Yas erase abilities and souls and suppress Linlin with his Conqueror's Haki, then recognized him as a threat to his ambitions.
  • Rocks ordered Linlin to use everything she had to kill Yas before God Valley, threatening to send Shiki and Newgate or go himself if she failed.
  • Linlin obeyed Rocks's kill order, gathered her children, and commanded them to offer their souls and prepare to kill Yas.
  • Yas sensed the Queen Mama Chanter and its fighters target him, and he smiled and welcomed Linlin's serious attack.

Ch. 99Kill him! The queen's Soul Kingdom!

Charlotte Linlin unleashed her Soul Kingdom to destroy Yas and his fleet, but Yas erased the domain and drained away her power and vitality. He then challenged Katakuri’s ability to see his future.

  • Rocks ordered Charlotte Linlin to kill Yas, and she unleashed Soul Pocus: Soul Edict, drawing her children’s souls into herself.
  • Charlotte Linlin transformed the sea, sky, and air into her Soul Kingdom and sent a towering soul-infused wave toward the Leviathan.
  • Most of the navy soldiers suffered under the soul assault, while Pokato and the officers looked to Yas for direction.
  • Yas used Divine Punishment Domain: Absolute Purification to erase the Soul Kingdom and its attacks.
  • Yas’s purification struck Charlotte Linlin, severing her connection to the Soul-Soul Fruit and reducing her to a frail, dying old woman.
  • Yas addressed the horrified Katakuri and asked whether he still believed he could see Yas’s future.

Ch. 100The wheels of the era! The coordinates of God Valley!

After defeating Charlotte Linlin, Yas captured her forces and obtained God Valley's coordinates and the Rocks Pirates' deployment information from Katakuri. He rejected Sengoku's order to rendezvous at God Valley and instead directed the Leviathan Fleet toward Bakira Island to strike the enemy's rear.

  • Katakuri accepted defeat, while Perospero fainted and the other Charlotte Family members collapsed in terror.
  • Yas ordered Brannew to seize the enemy ship, apprehend its crew, and interrogate Katakuri about God Valley and the Rocks Pirates.
  • Katakuri cooperated and provided a nautical chart marking God Valley, rear supply depots, and troop assembly points.
  • Sengoku reported that the Rocks Pirates and Roger Pirates were converging on God Valley and ordered Yas to rendezvous there within three days.
  • Yas rejected Sengoku's strategy, ended the call, and ordered the Leviathan Fleet to sail for Bakira Island to attack the enemy's rear.
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