Vol. 1The Black Pearl’s Rise

Dunn built his pirate crew, gained powerful abilities, and seized control of Cutlass Harbor before leading his fleet into uncharted waters. After establishing an island base and defeating five third-tier Classholders, he sent the Black Pearl into the Storm Sea.

  • Dunn seized the Giant Tooth, advanced to Pirate Captain, and built a crew aboard the Black Pearl while uncovering the truth behind his parents’ murder.
  • Dunn brought the Black Pearl to Cutlass Harbor to recruit pirates and arrange a refit, where Engels joined his crew.
  • Dunn joined Grant’s expedition to the ruins, where Jaeger transformed into a monster and the Ancient Pirate King tried to possess him.
  • Dunn defeated the possession attempt, took the crown and six Attribute Potions, and returned to find Annie’s crew had subdued the surviving pirates.
  • Dunn defeated Morin and seized Pulan Harbor, then advanced to third-tier Supernova and took control of Cutlass Harbor.
  • Dunn sailed away to avoid Ronald’s pursuit and killed a sea monster that attacked his fleet.
  • Dunn signed the River Styx Contract, ate the Soul-Soul Fruit, and established an island base where he turned demonized villagers’ souls into Homies.
  • Dunn defeated five third-tier Classholders aboard a merchant ship, found a sealed box, and ordered the Black Pearl into the Storm Sea.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Black Pearl Rises

Dunn seized the Giant Tooth, built a pirate crew aboard the Black Pearl, and uncovered the truth behind his parents’ murder while pursuing his advancement. The arc ended with the crew recruiting in Cutlass Harbor as Dunn prepared to refit the ship and expand his forces.

  • Dunn woke in a sailor’s body, discovered his Career Card and its weekly draw, chose the Aberrant talent, and decided to pursue the Pirate Captain class.
  • Dunn killed Old Quill and Jack to seize the Giant Tooth, then negotiated command with Annie after she killed Karl and Green challenged him.
  • Dunn advanced to Pirate Captain, recruited Hans and his sailors, and set out with Annie to raid the Golden Tangerine and train his crew.
  • Dunn boarded and plundered the Golden Tangerine, helped his crew advance, and learned that Langley Blanchester had hired Owen and Henry to murder his parents over the family’s gold mine.
  • Dunn appointed officers and learned that the White Elephant Chamber of Commerce had placed a 400-gold-coin bounty on him, then encountered the Eye of the Firmament and refused to join its group for now.
  • Dunn brought the Black Pearl to Cutlass Harbor to recruit elite pirates and arrange a major refit, where Engels asked to join and Dunn welcomed him aboard.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Ancient Pirate King

Dunn joined Grant’s expedition to the ruins and faced Jaeger, whose monstrous transformation led to a battle that cost several captains their lives. After defeating the Ancient Pirate King’s attempt to possess him, Dunn returned to the surface with new powers, recruits, and treasures, while the surviving pirates regrouped aboard the damaged fleet.

  • Grant refused to include Dunn’s crew in his expedition, but Dunn accepted Engels’s arrangement to join and sailed with the other captains toward the ruins.
  • The captains entered the ruins, discovered Jaeger barely alive, and watched him transform into a tentacled monster that attacked the group.
  • Dunn helped draw Jaeger’s attacks while Engels and Grant shot at him, but Jaeger’s energy eventually failed and his body crumbled.
  • The Ancient Pirate King appeared in Dunn’s Consciousness Sea and tried to possess him, but Dunn’s defiant will shattered the apparition.
  • Engels, Astor, and Grant turned on Dunn, but Dunn killed them, captured Hawkins, and allowed Fisherman to escape.
  • Dunn took the crown and six Attribute Potions from the throne, then returned to find Annie and her crew had subdued the pirates outside.
  • Dunn learned that he had awakened Conqueror’s Color Haki and gained the Iron Will feat, while the battle had sunk the [White Shark] and the [Flying Fish].
  • Dunn arranged for Lewis to recruit Hawkins’s prisoners, sent Hans to find the [Angry Whale]'s ship, and showed Annie the weather-changing sea treasure and six potions.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Blood Demon’s Rise

Dunn gained the strength and bounty to become a third-tier Supernova, then defeated Morin and seized Cutlass Harbor while preparing to challenge a Pirate King. After fleeing the harbor to avoid Ronald’s pursuit, he led his fleet into uncharted waters and killed a sea monster that attacked them.

  • Dunn ate the Vampire Fruit, planned a raid on Pulan Harbor, and flew there to begin the attack.
  • Dunn fought and killed Morin, then helped rout Pulan Harbor’s soldiers while Annie’s fleet suffered heavy losses.
  • Dunn’s crew built a mound of soldiers’ heads to provoke the Kingdom of Wesley, and the kingdom placed a ten-thousand-gold bounty on him.
  • Dunn advanced to the third-tier Supernova class, gained new Haki abilities, and chose to challenge a Pirate King to reach the fourth tier.
  • Dunn killed Ripper Bruce and three Great Pirates in Cutlass Harbor, then blockaded the harbor and took control of it.
  • Dunn gathered more than a thousand pirates and sailed away to avoid Ronald’s pursuit, while Annie and the crews navigated unknown waters.
  • A sea monster crushed one of Dunn’s ships, but Dunn wounded it with its own blood and killed it with a massive blood spear.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The Island and the Blood Demon

Dunn signed a contract with the Eye of the Firmament, gained the Soul-Soul Fruit, and established a base on an island where he turned a demon’s victims into Homies. After collecting the Boll Family’s gift, he defeated a merchant ship’s five powerful Classholders, discovered a secret treasure, and ordered the Black Pearl into the Storm Sea.

  • Dunn killed Laimu and sent the nobleman who threatened him to his death at sea, then met a Legendary Wizard before signing the River Styx Contract with the Eye of the Firmament.
  • Dunn ate the Soul-Soul Fruit and refused Annie’s suggestion to kill pirates for their souls, then led the fleet to an island to shelter from the storm and establish a base.
  • Dunn and Annie took Monet in after learning she had awakened a dangerous power, then followed her memories to a cave where villagers worshipped the demon Pakanis.
  • Dunn shattered Pakanis’s statue and extracted the demonized villagers’ souls, while a lightning bolt killed the Village Chief and Monet remembered that her parents had offered her as a sacrifice.
  • Dunn used the villagers’ souls to turn seventeen pirate ships into Homies, gave Monet a Career Card, and sent most of the pirates out to earn money as Green approached his advancement.
  • Dunn sailed to Bana Island with Annie and Monet, collected the Boll Family’s gift Night Feather, and pursued a merchant ship carrying five third-tier Classholders.
  • Dunn defeated the five Classholders and wiped out the merchant crew, then found a sealed box in the captain’s quarters and ordered everyone to leave the ship without taking anything.
  • Dunn ordered Black Pearl to destroy the merchant ship and sail at full speed into the Storm Sea.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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