Arc 22The Ancestral War and New World

Wang Hao defeated the Ōtsutsuki ancestor and Heavenly Mandate, but spent his life saving Tsunade before awakening in the body of the weakened Admiral Z. He began gathering discharged Marines and preparing to seize Sabaody, while drawing powerful officers toward his cultivation methods.

  • Wang Hao helped Tsunade gain the Shinra Legacy, exposed Black Zetsu to the Sage of Six Paths’ trap, and brought Kakashi a new inheritance before taking the Kaguya Clan to safety and reshaping Ancient Moon as a base.
  • Wang Hao led his army through the Devil Star and against the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet, where he burned the Ancestral God Tree and fought the Ōtsutsuki ancestor as his cultivation advanced.
  • Wang Hao reached the Celestial Person Realm, killed Ōtsutsuki with the Great Dao of Force, and survived Tsunade’s emergence from the giant egg only long enough to suppress the destructive powers inside her before dying.
  • Wang Hao returned in Z’s body, learned that his mission was to make Boa Hancock the World Protagonist and win her love, then set out to help the disabled Marines discharged by Sengoku.
  • Wang Hao traded cultivation manuscripts for ships and supplies, healed his failing lungs with an artificial Devil Fruit, and impressed the Marines with Tsuru’s renewed youth and his Yin Seal method.
  • Wang Hao sailed with more than a hundred warships and planned to claim Sabaody’s first twenty-nine mangroves as a home for disabled Marines and a mobile base.
  • Wang Hao encouraged Kizaru, gave him the Golden Light Sword Canon, and explained that the unfinished Yin Seal could store and circulate Armament Haki.
  • Kizaru reported Wang Hao’s plans to Sengoku, and Akainu, Garp, Aokiji, Gion, and other officers rushed toward Sabaody seeking cultivation methods, while Tsuru stayed at headquarters.
Chapters 526–550 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 526Orochi Hime, a Peerless Beauty

Wang Hao abducted Princess Tsunade and Hyuga Higin from the Leaf, then took them to Orochi Hime’s laboratory to pursue his plans for research and the Byakugan. As he prepared to operate on Hyuga Higin, he revealed that Tobirama Senju had once conspired to obtain the Kato Clan’s Spirit Transformation Technique to develop a jutsu that could revive the dead.

  • Wang Hao threatened to destroy Hokage Rock unless Torifu Akimichi brought him a Hyuga Clan main-house elder, then seized the elder and Princess Tsunade and escaped the Leaf using Flying Thunder God.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to the ruined Leaf and asked Danzō Shimura whether Dan remained under his control; Danzō said they were partners and pointed out that the Hyuga Clan would demand compensation.
  • Wang Hao arrived at Orochimaru’s underground base and met Orochi Hime Kusanagi, who explained that she had received a cloned body and confirmed that the plan was ready.
  • Wang Hao promised Orochi Hime that she would join him in the Land of Iron to conduct scientific research.
  • After Hyuga Higin awoke strapped to a laboratory table, Wang Hao said he wanted the Byakugan to repair damage to his bloodline and revealed Tobirama Senju’s plan to use the Spirit Transformation Technique to develop a jutsu that could revive the dead.

Ch. 527Knockoff God Tree Seed

Wang Hao used a God Tree fragment to create a Knockoff God Tree Seed and implanted it in Tsunade, intending to help her grow powerful enough to challenge the Sage of Six Paths. As Leaf forces led by Jiraiya closed in, Tsunade broke free, and a mysterious figure emerged from a tear in space.

  • Orochi Hime reported that Hyuga Higin’s Main Household bloodline was defective, and Wang Hao concluded the clan could not repair it with their current resources.
  • Wang Hao told Tsunade he planned to implant a seed in her so she could cultivate a power capable of opposing him, and Tsunade accepted the opportunity to gain strength and avenge her clan.
  • Wang Hao activated a massive sealing formation that placed the Knockoff God Tree Seed inside Tsunade and explained how it could absorb Chakra and turn it into natural energy.
  • A subordinate warned Wang Hao that Jiraiya and other Leaf experts were infiltrating the base, so Wang Hao left Tsunade with a robe and escaped.
  • Tsunade broke free of the altar and vowed to kill Dan, then saw a figure tumble through a tear in space created by a blade of Sword Qi.

Ch. 528The Filial Son Black Zetsu

Princess Tsunade received the Shinra sword dao legacy from Cloud, while Wang Hao revealed that he had staged Cloud’s death to pass it to her. In the Land of Rain, Wang Hao won Black Zetsu’s trust and exposed how the Sage of Six Paths had undermined his plan to rescue Kaguya.

  • Cloud told Princess Tsunade that Dan Kato had destroyed the Shinra Clan and stolen its forbidden object, then passed her the Shinra Legacy before seemingly dying.
  • Princess Tsunade buried Cloud, vowed revenge, and escaped the collapsing passage with the God Tree seed.
  • Cloud reappeared alive beside Wang Hao, who revealed that he had arranged the encounter to give Tsunade a legacy capable of bringing her to Peak Sixth Tier.
  • Wang Hao lured Black Zetsu out in the Land of Rain, claimed Hamura had recognized him as a younger brother, and showed him a projection granting him the Otsutsuki surname and Hamura’s Tenseigan.
  • Wang Hao explained that the Sage of Six Paths remained alive and had manipulated Black Zetsu’s plan, then sent him memories showing that the moon was covered in the Sage’s Chakra formulae.
  • Black Zetsu’s composure shattered as he realized that rescuing Kaguya could lead her straight into the Sage of Six Paths’ trap.

Ch. 529Kakashi Hatake's Resolve

Wang Hao negotiated with Black Zetsu for the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet’s coordinates and created a God Tree Seed from the Outer Dao Demonic Statue. He then returned to Hidden Leaf Village and gave Kakashi Hatake a new inheritance to help him grow stronger, leaving Kakashi to question the darkness behind the village.

  • Wang Hao and Black Zetsu agreed to continue their plan against the Sage of Six Paths, and Black Zetsu promised the coordinates of the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet in exchange for a true Primordial God Tree.
  • Wang Hao transformed a severed leg of the Outer Dao Demonic Statue into a God Tree Seed and gave Black Zetsu a method for absorbing and transforming solar energy.
  • Black Zetsu gave Wang Hao the coordinates and passage information he sought, and Wang Hao left for Hidden Leaf Village.
  • Wang Hao met Kakashi Hatake, who asked to become strong enough to prove his father was right, and Kakashi chose to follow his father’s path of combining swordsmanship with the ninja Chakra System.
  • Kakashi brought Wang Hao the Hatake Clan’s inheritance scrolls, and Wang Hao studied them before passing Kakashi a newly deduced inheritance.
  • Wang Hao told Kakashi to seek help from Danzō Shimura and the Root Organization if needed, prompting Kakashi to suspect a hidden story behind the Senju Clan massacre.

Ch. 530The Kaguya Join the Fold

Wang Hao welcomed the Kaguya Clan as it fled the Village Hidden in the Mist and moved to protect its members from the pursuing Mist ninja. He confronted the Third Mizukage and demanded that he accept the Kaguya Clan’s submission to the Land of Iron, leaving the Mizukage to decide whether to risk a fight.

  • Wang Hao reviewed his status and celebrated earning more than eight million Fortune Points by helping the Leaf prosper and strengthening Princess Tsunade.
  • Orochi Hime teased Wang Hao, while Yuki Ōtsutsuki followed him and continued calling herself his fiancée.
  • Kaguya clansmen fled through the forest toward Wang Hao’s ships as Mist ninja pursued them.
  • Wang Hao sent Kurosawa Juhachiro to guide the clansmen to safety and rushed into the forest to aid the Kaguya warriors.
  • The Third Mizukage ordered his Anbu to kill the Kaguya defectors, but Wang Hao struck with Sword Qi and forced the Mist ninja back.
  • Wang Hao demanded that the Third Mizukage let the Kaguya Clan submit to the Land of Iron or face a fight.

Ch. 531Reshaping Ancient Moon

Wang Hao secured the Kaguya Clan’s defection to the Land of Iron, then completed his preparations to reshape Ancient Moon into an outer-space transfer station for reaching Devil Star. He emerged from seclusion on the newly formed moon and summoned Laifu to release the allies gathered inside him.

  • Wang Hao gave Ittō Kaguya lifesaving injections for the wounded and dead, and the Third Mizukage ordered the Village Hidden in the Mist to retreat.
  • Ittō Kaguya led the revived Kaguya Clan to the Land of Iron, where Wang Hao welcomed them and learned about their bloodline disease and ancestral ties to the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon.
  • Wang Hao secretly took a drop of Haruko Kaguya’s blood and entered seclusion to complete his Ōtsutsuki bloodline.
  • A month later, Wang Hao gathered Ancient Moon’s fragments in outer space and used his knockoff Planetary Devastation to reshape them into a cold planet ten thousand li across.
  • Wang Hao summoned Laifu on the reshaped Ancient Moon and ordered him to release the people inside his Devouring Space, including Killer B and Mito Uzumaki.

Ch. 532Expedition to the Devil Star

Wang Hao led an expeditionary force through a spatial passage to the Devil Star, where they began establishing a foothold and transforming its lava-covered surface with a God Tree Seed controlled by Senju Nawaki. The Devil Creatures attacked as A Yotsuki and Killer B led troops to meet them, while Wang Hao discovered that many more creatures slept underground.

  • Wang Hao and Mito Uzumaki organized a barrier and an oxygen-producing habitat inside the remolded ancient moon, which the expedition used as its staging base.
  • Wang Hao opened a spatial passage to the Devil Star and led more than a thousand experts through it.
  • Wang Hao released a God Tree Seed containing Senju Nawaki's soul, and Nawaki spread its roots into the lava after the expedition poured seawater over the region.
  • A horde of Devil Creatures approached, and A Yotsuki and Killer B led their forces into battle while Mito Uzumaki and Qianming began building defenses.
  • Wang Hao observed that countless Devil Creatures slept in the Devil Star's underground passages and identified the planet's sleeping core creature as the strongest one there.

Ch. 533Ghost Prison Star Domain

After six years of gathering cultivation inheritances and building an army in the Ghost Prison Star Domain, Wang Hao reached the limit of the Earth Realm and prepared to attack the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet. He planned to use the Ancestral God Tree to reach the Celestial Person Realm, though he had only a fifty percent chance of victory.

  • Wang Hao reviewed his status and reflected on how he had reached the Seventh Tier of the Earth Realm by extracting cultivation systems from corrupted Devil Creatures across the Ghost Prison Star Domain.
  • Wang Hao described how he transformed his cultivation methods and Hamura Otsutsuki bloodline, gaining an Indestructible Divine Body, Destruction Baleful Bone, and True Pupils of Gods and Devils.
  • Wang Hao declared that he had reached his limit and ordered Six Fists to wake the others for the counterattack on the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet.
  • Wang Hao explained that he had subdued the corrupted powerhouses, restored their reason with a Secret Method, and formed them into an army united against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
  • Wang Hao estimated that his army had a fifty percent chance of defeating the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet and resolved to proceed, hoping the Ancestral God Tree would help him break through.

Ch. 534Showdown on the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet

Wang Hao infiltrated the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet and ignited the Ancestral God Tree with Karmic Fire, devastating the tree and its clan. He confronted the Ōtsutsuki ancestor, whose strength made Wang Hao fear he could not win, and tried to buy time by claiming to be the ancestor’s tribulation of man.

  • Wang Hao ordered Six Fists and the gathered experts to attack the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet while he handled the ancestor.
  • Wang Hao used a spatial mark to bypass the planet’s barrier and planted Karmic Fire in the Ancestral God Tree, setting the tree ablaze and burning its clan members who bore Karma.
  • The Ōtsutsuki ancestor emerged from the burning tree, resisted the flames, and confronted Wang Hao.
  • Xiao Mengmeng explained that the system concealed Wang Hao from future sight and other forms of calculation.
  • Wang Hao learned the ancestor had reached the Celestial Person Realm Peak and bluffed that the Ghost Prison Star Domain’s assault was the tribulation of earth and he himself was the tribulation of man.

Ch. 535A Head-Blasting Strike

Wang Hao deceived Ōtsutsuki about the tribulations and his identity, then fought him to buy time to break through to the Celestial Person Realm. After his breakthrough, Ōtsutsuki struck with a prepared killing move, but Wang Hao’s head exploded so easily that Ōtsutsuki suspected something was wrong.

  • Wang Hao explained the tribulations and presented himself as a savior nurtured by the universe’s will, and Ōtsutsuki gave him half a cosmic day to break through.
  • Wang Hao and Ōtsutsuki began fighting with their named weapons, Shameless and Purgatory, while Six Fists and the others watched from the distant battle.
  • Wang Hao learned from Ōtsutsuki’s techniques during their fight, and the pressure helped him break through to the Celestial Person Realm.
  • Ōtsutsuki immediately sealed Wang Hao’s powers and drove Purgatory into his forehead, causing his head to explode.
  • Ōtsutsuki questioned why Wang Hao had not resisted, and Wang Hao’s headless body began to move.

Ch. 536Princess Tsunade Reappears

Wang Hao used the War God's Body to survive Ōtsutsuki's attack and fought him while rapidly growing stronger. As the universe began to advance, Heavenly Mandate appeared, and Wang Hao recognized Princess Tsunade as the being emerging from the giant egg.

  • Wang Hao activated the War God's Body after losing his head, fused the powers of his twelve Divine Abilities, and battered Ōtsutsuki, destroying the Purgatory Demonic Spear's spirit.
  • Ōtsutsuki summoned his past and future selves to fight alongside him, but Wang Hao kept recovering and growing stronger through the battle.
  • The Ancestral God Tree and the surrounding Karmic Fire vanished into a spatial vortex, forming a giant egg as the universe began to advance.
  • Wang Hao warned Ōtsutsuki and used the Tear of True Love to reach the Shattering Realm Peak, while Ōtsutsuki lost his connection to the universe's will.
  • Heavenly Mandate appeared as a gigantic eye and fixed its gaze on the egg; Wang Hao sensed Princess Tsunade inside it.

Ch. 537The Great Dao of Force

Wang Hao learned that Heavenly Mandate was preparing to merge with Ōtsutsuki and use the Power of the Heavenly Dao against him. As the decisive battle approached, Wang Hao fused the powers of his twelve Divine Abilities and awakened a trace of the Great Dao of Force, giving him a weapon to challenge Heavenly Mandate.

  • Wang Hao and Xiao Mengmeng realized that Princess Tsunade had reached the Shattering Realm and that the universe's will had chosen her as its protagonist.
  • Heavenly Mandate pulled Ōtsutsuki toward its enormous eye, and Xiao Mengmeng warned that it had likely evolved the Power of the Heavenly Dao.
  • Wang Hao learned that Heavenly Mandate needed an hour to fuse with Ōtsutsuki, then asked the newly ascended Six Fists to protect Princess Tsunade if he fell.
  • Wang Hao began fusing the powers of his twelve Divine Abilities, and the strain cracked his body and the surrounding space.
  • Wang Hao recognized the supreme power forming within him as the Great Dao of Force, inherited through War God Xing Tian.

Ch. 538The enemy in the shadows

Ōtsutsuki merged with the Heavenly Mandate and fought Wang Hao, who defeated him and seized the Mandate’s origin. After recovering and finding Six Fists gravely injured by a hidden enemy, Wang Hao turned toward Tsunade’s egg as it began to crack.

  • Ōtsutsuki absorbed the Heavenly Mandate and attacked Wang Hao with the Power of the Heavenly Dao.
  • Wang Hao countered Ōtsutsuki’s Orb of the End with Splitting Heaven and Earth, then seized the Mandate’s origin as a skeletal figure emerging from the blast.
  • Ōtsutsuki tried to reclaim the origin, but Wang Hao killed him with a slash infused with the Great Dao of Force.
  • Xiao Mengmeng absorbed the origin of the Heavenly Mandate, and Wang Hao recovered after it removed the chaotic power and Power of the Heavenly Dao from his body.
  • Wang Hao found Six Fists gravely injured by a hidden attacker, stabilized him, and put him in a carried space.
  • Wang Hao heard cracking from Tsunade’s giant egg and turned to look.

Ch. 539Played Himself to Death

Princess Tsunade fought Wang Hao after fusing with the Ancestral God Tree and Boundless Karmic Fire, but their battle left both of them critically injured. Wang Hao used his final power of the Great Dao of Force to suppress the dangerous powers inside Tsunade, then began to melt away as Orochi Hime watched.

  • Princess Tsunade emerged from the giant egg and challenged Katō Dan, while Wang Hao provoked her and fought her with a makeshift Masamune Sword.
  • Wang Hao overwhelmed Tsunade, suppressed her divine swords, and pretended to devour the powers inside her to lure out the hidden attacker.
  • A soul arrow struck at Wang Hao, who pierced the attacker with his sword before Tsunade kicked him and unleashed Omnislash with her twelve divine swords.
  • Tsunade exhausted herself and collapsed after her assault, leaving Wang Hao wounded, his soul shattered, and the destructive powers inside her erupting.
  • Orochi Hime arrived, and Wang Hao used his final trace of the Great Dao of Force to suppress the powers inside Tsunade before his body melted away.

Ch. 540The End of Naruto

Wang Hao used the Twelve Divine Swords to suppress the powers inside Princess Tsunade, then made his final arrangements as the flames consuming him grew stronger. He left Orochi Hime with gifts, teachings, and instructions to protect Tsunade and conceal the truth before he died, believing his sacrifice repaid his debt to her.

  • Wang Hao asked Orochi Hime about the ongoing ninja war, and she said it had become even more brutal while Danzō Shimura and the Third Raikage secretly abducted women and civilians.
  • Orochi Hime told Wang Hao that Danzō Shimura, A Yotsuki, and Killer B had married, and that Nonō Yakushi, Qianming, and Mito Uzumaki were pregnant.
  • Wang Hao gave Orochi Hime his belongings, teachings, and injured subordinate Six Fists to take back, and warned her that their hidden enemy was likely connected to the Sage of Six Paths.
  • Wang Hao asked Orochi Hime to take Princess Tsunade home and keep the truth from her, then explained that he owed her because his predecessor Dan Kato had helped destroy her family and plotted against her.
  • Wang Hao's body was consumed by the flames, and he died after leaving Princess Tsunade the power and chance of survival he could have used to save himself.

Ch. 541Ancestral Wu Bloodline

Wang Hao asked Lie Fu about his unusual bloodline abilities, and Lie Fu identified them as awakenings of Ancestral Wu bloodlines. Lie Fu decided to take Wang Hao to the front lines to fight vicious beasts and strengthen his cultivation.

  • Mo Dao praised Wang Hao’s weapon forging and told him Lie Fu would return in three days, giving Wang Hao a chance to ask about his bloodline.
  • Wang Hao reviewed his progress, contemplated the sword intent on a broken sword, and learned from Xiao Mengmeng that refining the Heavenly Mandate would take another half month.
  • Lie Fu returned to Wang Hao’s cave, where Wang Hao showed him the Destruction Baleful Bone and described his multiple awakened abilities and powerful vitality.
  • Lie Fu explained that Wang Hao had awakened the bloodlines of Ancestral Wu Xuanming and Shebishi, associated with death and life.
  • Lie Fu invited Wang Hao to join him at the front lines the next day, and Wang Hao agreed to fight the vicious beasts.

Ch. 542The Third Crossing

Wang Hao used his awakened Xuanming Bone Spikes to strengthen the Nine Li Tribe’s wall and remove Sha Qi from vicious-beast carcasses, easing the tribe’s defenses and food shortage. He then crossed into the One Piece World as former Navy Admiral Z and discovered that his missions centered on Boa Hancock, despite having no known connection to her.

  • Wang Hao killed vicious beasts and used their bones to create a hidden defensive forest that reinforced the wall.
  • Wang Hao extracted Sha Qi from a beast carcass, allowing Lie Fu and the others to eat the meat and replenish their strength.
  • After the tribe feasted and settled in for the night, Wang Hao followed Xiao Mengmeng into the System Space to cross into another world.
  • Wang Hao awakened in the body of former Navy Admiral Z, whose injuries from Edward Weevil had left him severely weakened.
  • Wang Hao read his missions and learned that he had to help Boa Hancock become the World Protagonist and make her fall in love with him.
  • Xiao Mengmeng insisted that the system had chosen correctly and suggested that Z had an unknown grudge with Boa Hancock.

Ch. 543Disappointment!

Wang Hao learned that Marine Headquarters had discharged disabled Marines to fund new warships and confronted Sengoku about the decision. He left declaring that he would take in the discharged Marines from Headquarters and the branches.

  • Ain told Wang Hao that Sal and the other survivors of Whitebeard II's attack planned to return to their hometowns after losing their Marine posts.
  • Wang Hao learned that Sal and the others had resigned and left Headquarters, so he ordered Ain to bring back every discharged soldier.
  • Wang Hao visited Sengoku and learned that Headquarters had discharged more than a hundred thousand disabled Marines, with over ten million affected across the branches.
  • Sengoku explained that the cuts were meant to strengthen the Marines against the growing pirate threat and satisfy the World Government and its member nations.
  • Wang Hao announced that he would take the discharged Marines from Headquarters and the branches.

Ch. 544Navy One Hundred and Eight Powers

After using a dangerous secret method to repair Z’s injuries at the cost of thirty years of his lifespan, Wang Hao presented his Navy One Hundred and Eight Powers to Fleet Admiral Sengoku in exchange for decommissioned warships and supplies. Sengoku and the gathered Marines were stunned by the cultivation system’s scope and value.

  • Ain and Binz broke into Z’s office after he had stayed inside for three days, and the door struck Wang Hao, interrupting his cultivation and making him cough up blood.
  • Ain reported that Sal and the others were waiting at the outpost on Phuket Island, while Wang Hao ordered Binz to seize the ships in the bay and prepare supplies.
  • Wang Hao went with Ain to Fleet Admiral Sengoku’s office, where Marines reacted with shock to his white hair and aged appearance.
  • Wang Hao asked Sengoku to exchange the Navy One Hundred and Eight Powers for decommissioned warships and living supplies.
  • Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and the admirals examined the manuscripts and were astonished by the cultivation methods Wang Hao had created.

Ch. 545Devil Fruit

Wang Hao secured the Marines’ support for his cultivation system despite his worsening lung injury, then went to the Science Department to obtain a Devil Fruit before leaving headquarters. There, Sentomaru tried to obstruct him, but Wang Hao chose the Golden-Furred Berserk Ape Devil Fruit and had Ain take it.

  • Garp slapped Wang Hao on the shoulder, causing him to cough up blood and a fragment of lung, and Tsuru rushed to help him.
  • Sengoku consulted the three admirals and agreed that the Marines would assist Wang Hao; Wang Hao gave Tsuru a youth-preserving Secret Method and left.
  • Garp realized Wang Hao had coughed up part of his lung, punched Sengoku, and stormed away, leaving Kizaru shaken and isolated.
  • Wang Hao entered the Marine Science Department and asked to see the Devil Fruits stored there.
  • Sentomaru falsely claimed Wang Hao could no longer select a mid- or low-grade Devil Fruit, but Wang Hao chose the Golden-Furred Berserk Ape Devil Fruit and had Ain take it down.

Ch. 546Kizaru's Bad Luck

Wang Hao swallowed an artificial Golden-Furred Berserk Ape Devil Fruit, healed his lungs, and gained a golden tail and a flashy but useless Bloodline Divine Ability. As he prepared to leave with Ain, Sengoku and the others blamed Kizaru for the fruit and threatened to make him spar, while Wang Hao encouraged them to do so.

  • Wang Hao swallowed the artificial Devil Fruit and directed its vitality to heal his lungs, but it left him with golden hair and a tail.
  • Wang Hao awakened a Bloodline Divine Ability that made his hair and eyebrows glow without improving his abilities, then adjusted his physique to his preferred combat height.
  • Ain warned Wang Hao about the fruit's flaws, but he reassured her and left with her to take charge of his subordinates.
  • Garp tugged Wang Hao's tail, so Wang Hao struck him with it and then used Armament Haki to send him flying.
  • Sengoku, Aokiji, and Akainu assumed Kizaru had given Wang Hao the flawed fruit and challenged him to spar, while Garp restrained him.
  • Wang Hao clarified that Kizaru was not responsible but suggested the others spar with him anyway, leaving Kizaru convinced everyone was against him.

Ch. 547Yin Seal

Vice Admiral Tsuru regained her youth and great strength through Wang Hao’s Yin Seal, then revealed that cultivating it cost half a year of lifespan. Wang Hao sailed away from Marine Headquarters, leaving Tsuru to teach the method while she confronted Kizaru over his subordinate’s role in making things difficult for him.

  • Vice Admiral Tsuru arrived looking young and powerful, stunned Sengoku and the other officers, and struck Garp down when he commented on her appearance.
  • Tsuru credited Wang Hao’s Yin Seal, and Wang Hao explained its demanding Haki requirements and that both men and women could cultivate it at the cost of half a year of lifespan.
  • Gion asked to learn the Yin Seal, and Wang Hao said Tsuru could teach it after each student adapted the method to suit themselves.
  • Wang Hao saluted the officers and departed Marine Headquarters with more than a hundred warships, while Tsuru stayed behind to teach Gion.
  • Tsuru blamed Kizaru’s deputy, Sentomaru, for obstructing Wang Hao and challenged Kizaru, who agreed to spar in hopes of learning the Yin Seal.
  • Sengoku, Akainu, Aokiji, and Garp joined in restricting Kizaru’s Devil Fruit ability during their sparring, and Kizaru regretted boasting that he was unafraid.

Ch. 548Your Teacher Is Still Your Teacher

Sengoku, Garp, the Admirals, and Vice Admiral Tsuru failed to adapt Wang Hao’s Yin Seal method and decided to send Kizaru after him for help. Meanwhile, Wang Hao reached Sabaody Archipelago and began arranging to seize its first twenty-nine mangroves and turn them into a mobile base, then confronted Kizaru with a pointed remark about his former expectations.

  • Sengoku and the others spent a month failing to modify the Yin Seal method, while Vice Admiral Tsuru admitted she had made no progress either.
  • Sengoku ordered Kizaru to catch up with Wang Hao after Garp suggested asking him for help.
  • Wang Hao explained to Binz and Ain that he planned to take Sabaody Archipelago’s first twenty-nine mangroves for a home for disabled Marines and a mobile base.
  • Wang Hao assigned Binz to use the Grow-Grow Fruit to join the mangroves and ordered Ain to announce a Buster Call, giving residents three days to evacuate.
  • Wang Hao revealed that Kizaru had secretly boarded the flagship and told him he had once held the greatest hopes for him among the three Admirals.

Ch. 549Bait

Wang Hao persuaded Kizaru that he was the best candidate to lead the Marines and gave him a custom Golden Light Sword Canon, winning his renewed loyalty. He then revealed that the Yin Seal could develop into a system for storing and circulating Armament Haki, which he planned to use as bait in his effort to take control of the Sabaody Archipelago.

  • Wang Hao praised Kizaru’s talent and wisdom, urged him to explain his dispirited attitude, and said he had hoped to groom him as the next fleet admiral.
  • Kizaru promised to set himself right, and Wang Hao gave him the Golden Light Sword Canon he had prepared for him.
  • Kizaru apologized and knelt, moved by what he believed was his teacher’s care; Wang Hao helped him up and asked why he had come.
  • Kizaru explained that Sengoku had sent him to ask about the Yin Seal, and Wang Hao revealed that its later stages would store Armament Haki and circulate it through nodes and meridians.
  • Wang Hao admitted that the later stages remained unfinished and planned to use the Yin Seal as bait to gain support for taking the Sabaody Archipelago.

Ch. 550So This Is What You're Really Like, Akainu!

Kizaru discovered that Wang Hao had created an immense cultivation method for him, then alerted Sengoku to the danger of a clash over Sabaody. Akainu, Garp, Aokiji, and other Marines rushed to join Wang Hao, while Tsuru stayed behind at Marine Headquarters.

  • Wang Hao sent Kizaru to his office, where Ain showed him the eleven towering stacks that made up the Golden Light Sword Canon.
  • Ain explained that Wang Hao had also begun writing cultivation methods for Aokiji, Akainu, Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and others, and Kizaru called Sengoku to report the Yin Seal's later stages and the danger on Sabaody.
  • After Kizaru teased the others about receiving a powerful method, Akainu invented a crisis as an excuse to rush to Sabaody and seek a method of his own.
  • Garp and Aokiji also fabricated reasons to support Wang Hao, and Gion and the other vice admirals hurried out after them.
  • Sengoku asked Tsuru to go in his place, but she chose to stay at headquarters, believing Wang Hao would eventually make a method for her.
Arc 22 of 53
Arc 22 of 53