Chapter Summaries

Robin and Tashigi took a hundred Sky Island warriors to Fish-Man Island, while Shyarly tried to leave the Divine Palace without telling anyone. Uchiha Xin stopped her and forced her back to his room; afterward, he examined his system and learned how its dependent quotas and new Devil Fruit slots worked.

• Robin and Tashigi led a hundred Sky Island warriors toward Fish-Man Island, with Robin using the Float-Float Fruit to let them fly.
• Shyarly tried to slip out of the Divine Palace, but Uchiha Xin used gravity to stop and confront her.
• Uchiha Xin carried Shyarly to a room, where she struggled until she was exhausted; he then restored her strength and covered her with a blanket.
• Uchiha Xin checked his system and learned that each world could have ten dependents, with Perona listed in both worlds.
• Uchiha Xin learned that the Dark-Dark Fruit's devouring ability provided five separate Devil Fruit slots, one of which held the Mark-Mark Fruit.

Uchiha Xin visited Kalifa after Enies Lobby’s destruction and demanded that she manage Sky Island and the Divine Palace. When she refused, he used the Level Eight Eye of God to impose submission without changing her memories or personality, beginning to brand the command into her soul.

• Uchiha Xin left Shyarly sleeping and went to Kalifa’s room.
• Kalifa confronted Uchiha Xin over Enies Lobby’s destruction and the fate of Lucci and the others, while he said he had no obligation to save the World Government’s people.
• Kalifa attacked Uchiha Xin, but he restrained her easily and told her to manage Sky Island and the Divine Palace.
• Kalifa refused to serve him and said she would rather die than submit.
• Uchiha Xin immobilized Kalifa with the Eye of God and began imposing submission while leaving her memories and personality intact.

Uchiha Xin completed the Divine Servant Brand on Kalifa, binding her loyalty while preserving her memories and personality, and assigned her to manage Sky Island. The next morning, Perona reported that Hawk Eyes Mihawk was waiting on a blockaded island to challenge Uchiha Xin and reclaim Black Blade Yoru.

• Kalifa’s resistance to Uchiha Xin’s Divine Servant Brand collapsed, and she swore that her life, strength, and loyalty belonged to him.
• Kalifa confirmed she would obey Uchiha Xin even if he ordered her to kill Lucci, and she accepted responsibility for managing the Divine Palace and Sky Island.
• Kalifa sorted the accumulated administrative records and received authority from Uchiha Xin to coordinate Sky Island’s affairs.
• Perona reported that Hawk Eyes Mihawk had appeared on an island in the first half of the sea and was demanding another duel with Uchiha Xin to reclaim Black Blade Yoru.
• Kalifa dismissed Mihawk’s challenge as foolish, saying he had already been defeated and would have less courage if he had seen Uchiha Xin slay Golden Lion.

Uchiha Xin set out to challenge Hawk Eyes and bring the world’s greatest swordsman under his command, leaving Kalifa in charge of Sky Island. Before departing, he sealed Tailed Beast power inside 362 enhanced warriors, dramatically increasing their strength.

• Kalifa told Perona she had accepted her place and would manage the affairs of the Divine Palace and Sky Island for Uchiha Xin.
• Uchiha Xin decided to go to Hawk Eyes, intending not only to defeat him but to make him serve under his command.
• Uchiha Xin left Kalifa in charge of Sky Island’s administration, supplies, army, and renovations before teleporting away.
• Kalifa assembled 362 enhanced warriors in the Divine Palace plaza while Gan Fall, officials, and residents watched.
• Uchiha Xin divided Tailed Beast power into 362 masses and sealed one inside each warrior, causing Chakra Cloaks to appear and the plaza to crack under their growing power.

Uchiha Xin sealed Tailed Beast power into Sky Island’s warriors, earning the residents’ worship and leaving Kalifa to train them. He then traveled to Fish-Man Island, where Perona, Robin, and Tashigi waited as Hawk Eyes’ challenge drew near.

• Uchiha Xin sealed Tailed Beast power into hundreds of Sky Island warriors, and the residents knelt to recognize him as their true god.
• Uchiha Xin told Kalifa to train the warriors and keep them on Sky Island until they passed their assessment.
• After Perona reported that Hawk Eyes had arrived at the dueling island, Uchiha Xin used Divine Transference to reach Fish-Man Island.
• Perona teased Uchiha Xin about Kalifa managing Sky Island, and he reassured her that he could replace Kalifa if she wanted.
• Robin and Tashigi met Uchiha Xin, and he corrected Tashigi by saying that Hawk Eyes had challenged him, not the other way around.

Uchiha Xin prepared to travel with Perona, Robin, and Tashigi to Hawk Eyes' duel against him on a secluded island, where the Red Hair Pirates had gathered to watch. As Shanks and his crew discussed Hawk Eyes' renewed strength and the sword Shanks had lent him, Uchiha Xin and his companions had yet to arrive.

• Tashigi admitted that she wanted to watch Hawk Eyes' swordsmanship, while Robin and Perona warned her that Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates had sealed off the island.
• Robin and Perona urged Uchiha Xin to take them along, and Uchiha Xin used Divine Transference to bring them and Tashigi to the island.
• The chapter described the island Shanks had found near the Red Line and chosen as the secluded site for Hawk Eyes' duel.
• Shanks and his crew discussed why Hawk Eyes had challenged Uchiha Xin again and recalled Hawk Eyes warning Shanks not to interfere.
• Beckman and Shanks sensed that Hawk Eyes had grown stronger despite losing Black Blade Yoru, and Lucky Roux noted that Shanks had lent him a sword.

Uchiha Xin arrived on the island with Robin, Perona, and Tashigi to face Hawk Eyes, who challenged him to reclaim Black Blade Yoru. Hawk Eyes recognized that Tashigi had become a top-tier master swordsman, surprising the Red Hair Pirates as the confrontation began.

• Uchiha Xin and his companions emerged from a spatial ripple on the island where Hawk Eyes and the Red Hair Pirates were waiting.
• Perona, Robin, and Tashigi prepared for possible trouble while Hawk Eyes focused on Uchiha Xin.
• Hawk Eyes said he had rebuilt and strengthened his swordsmanship after losing to Uchiha Xin, and declared that he would reclaim Black Blade Yoru.
• Uchiha Xin accepted the challenge, believing the gap between them had grown wider since their last fight.
• Hawk Eyes sensed Tashigi's controlled sword intent and judged that she had entered the ranks of top-tier master swordsmen.
• Shanks and the other Red Hair Pirates reacted with surprise, and Shanks admitted that Tashigi's swordsmanship was no weaker than his own.

Shanks and Hawk Eyes recognized Tashigi’s extraordinary swordsmanship, which she had gained through her bond with Uchiha Xin. Uchiha Xin made Hawk Eyes defeat Tashigi before he could challenge him, then revealed Black Blade Yoru, leaving Hawk Eyes gripping his borrowed sword.

• Shanks realized Tashigi had become a top great swordsman through Uchiha Xin, and Beckman concluded she had not always been this strong.
• Tashigi and Hawk Eyes clashed sword intents, and Uchiha Xin told Hawk Eyes to defeat her before challenging him again.
• Tashigi eagerly accepted the duel, and Hawk Eyes agreed while insisting he would still fight Uchiha Xin afterward.
• Hawk Eyes drew the Supreme Grade Sword he had borrowed from Shanks, but Uchiha Xin stopped Tashigi and summoned Black Blade Yoru.

Uchiha Xin gave Tashigi Black Blade Yoru and made defeating Hawk Eyes the price of keeping it. Tashigi attacked Hawk Eyes and matched his swordsmanship with her strength, but their fight was still underway.

• Uchiha Xin offered Black Blade Yoru to Tashigi and promised she could keep it if she beat Hawk Eyes.
• Tashigi accepted the sword, tested its power, and challenged Hawk Eyes.
• Hawk Eyes accused Uchiha Xin of insulting him by giving away Black Blade Yoru, then vowed to defeat Tashigi and reclaim it.
• Tashigi charged Hawk Eyes and drove him back in their first clash, surprising the Red Hair Pirates.
• Hawk Eyes countered with several sword-energy slashes, and Tashigi cut through them and spun Black Blade Yoru to meet the next attack.

Tashigi fought Hawk Eyes with Black Blade Yoru, adapting to his swordsmanship and growing stronger as the battle continued. Hawk Eyes regained control of the tempo, but Tashigi adjusted to his counters and left the fight in a renewed stalemate, still improving.

• Tashigi overwhelmed Hawk Eyes with fast, forceful attacks, driving him across the island as the Red Hair Pirates watched.
• Shanks said Hawk Eyes had underestimated Tashigi and Black Blade Yoru, while his anger had slowed his judgment.
• Hawk Eyes calmed himself, countered Tashigi’s attacks, and began controlling the tempo with precise redirections.
• Tashigi adapted to Hawk Eyes’ techniques, cut his cuff, and explained that he had realized her growth too late.
• Tashigi continued adjusting her swordsmanship with each clash, and Shanks observed that she was still getting stronger.

Uchiha Xin left Tashigi to continue her increasingly even duel with Hawk Eyes, then used spatial power to appear aboard the Red Force with Robin and Perona. Shanks questioned whether Xin intended to wage all-out war against the World Government, but Xin gave no direct answer before Shanks warned that the Marines had another major operation planned and the Whitebeard Pirates had been drawn into it.

• Beckman and Lucky Roux observed that Tashigi was adapting to her power and beginning to regain the initiative against Hawk Eyes.
• Uchiha Xin decided Tashigi could defeat Hawk Eyes without his help and shifted his attention to Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates.
• Uchiha Xin transported himself, Robin, and Perona across the island and onto the Red Force, startling Shanks's crew with his untraceable spatial ability.
• Shanks confronted Uchiha Xin and listed the Marines, World Government, and Warlords he had antagonized before asking what he planned to do.
• Uchiha Xin asked whether he needed to explain himself, and Shanks clarified that he wanted to know whether Xin intended an all-out war against the World Government.
• Shanks warned Uchiha Xin that the Marines had another major operation coming and that the Whitebeard Pirates had been drawn into it.

Uchiha Xin rejected Shanks's demand that he stop interfering with the Navy, World Government, and New World, and challenged him to prove his strength. Uchiha Xin struck first and kicked Shanks off the Red Force, leaving the Red Hair Pirates stunned as Beckman searched for him.

• Shanks advised Uchiha Xin to keep a low profile and stop disrupting the balance of the seas, but Uchiha Xin refused and threatened to make the Four Emperors one short.
• Shanks told his crew to stand down and said he would stop Uchiha Xin if his actions disrupted the era's plans.
• Uchiha Xin challenged Shanks to stop him with strength and accused him of bringing the Red Hair Pirates because he expected a fight.
• Uchiha Xin unleashed his power and kicked Shanks through his Advanced Armament Haki, sending him flying more than a thousand meters into the sea.
• Beckman fired a Haki-coated bullet at Uchiha Xin, but Uchiha Xin vanished before it could hit, and Beckman searched for him with Observation Haki.

Perona and Robin stopped the Red Hair Pirates from pursuing Uchiha Xin after he sent Shanks into the sea. Perona held off Beckman and redirected his Haki-coated bullets, while the Red Force remained trapped and Shanks's fate was still unknown.

• Robin used her Flower-Flower Fruit powers to lock the Red Force in place, while Perona blocked Beckman from leaving to support Shanks.
• Beckman attacked Perona with a full-strength Haki-coated punch, but she stopped it with her floral parasol and pushed him back.
• Perona declared herself Uchiha Xin's first dependent and principal wife, then challenged Beckman to serve as practice.
• Beckman fired Haki-coated bullets at Perona's vital spots and charged in behind them.
• Perona unleashed Hollow Divine Vacuum Attack, using hollow arms to shatter the bullets' Haki and send them off course.

Perona overwhelmed the Red Hair Pirates aboard the Red Force with ghost clones and killed Beckman in a barrage of explosions. Shanks survived Uchiha Xin’s kick but was left with a badly injured arm as the battle continued.

• Beckman charged Perona but was blasted through the Red Force and injured by her ghost arms.
• Yasopp ordered the crew to attack together, but Perona’s ghost clones broke their encirclement and wounded Yasopp, Lucky Roux, and the other pirates.
• Beckman unleashed his full strength and fought through the ghost clones, but Perona summoned a much larger swarm and attacked with Ghost: Great Explosion.
• Perona’s repeated explosions shattered Beckman’s Armament Haki and killed him, while Robin protected the Red Force from being destroyed outright.
• Shanks stopped himself above the sea after Uchiha Xin’s kick, but his right arm was badly injured and his advanced Armament Haki had dispersed.

Shanks fought Uchiha Xin and realized Xin was stronger than he had expected, then tried to persuade him to stop fighting. Xin saw that Robin and Perona had overwhelmed the Red Hair Pirates, and Shanks discovered Beckman was dead.

• Shanks and Uchiha Xin clashed with their Haki, and Xin steadily overpowered him.
• Shanks acknowledged Xin’s strength and argued that fighting the Navy and World Government would cause more deaths, but Xin rejected his plea.
• Uchiha Xin used Observation Haki to check the Red Force and saw Robin and Perona had trapped the crew after Beckman’s death.
• Shanks sensed the Red Force’s condition and learned that Beckman had been killed by Perona.

Shanks confronted Uchiha Xin over the Red Hair Pirates’ losses and demanded that he stop the fighting, but Xin overwhelmed him with King’s Haki and challenged his claim to defend the innocent. Shanks remained determined to stop Xin and warned that greater powers existed beyond the Navy, the Four Emperors, and the World Government.

• Shanks unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and demanded that Uchiha Xin tell his subordinates to stop, citing Beckman’s death.
• Uchiha Xin refused to accept blame for the fight, and Shanks drew his sword to attack him.
• Uchiha Xin activated King’s Haki, crushing the surrounding sea and forcing Shanks’s Conqueror’s Haki back to within a meter of his body.
• Shanks accused Uchiha Xin of endangering ordinary people, while Xin argued that pirates also profited from plunder and bloodshed.
• Shanks insisted he had to stop Uchiha Xin and warned that the sea held terrifying powers beyond the Navy, the Four Emperors, and the World Government.

Uchiha Xin overwhelmed Shanks in a fight, defeating him with a devastating punch and then battering him in midair. Shanks remained unable to land a hit as the Red Force crew watched in alarm.

• Uchiha Xin unleashed dark lightning, but Shanks crushed it with his bare hand and chose to fight with Taijutsu instead of his sword.
• Shanks attacked from the side, but Uchiha Xin outpaced his Observation Haki and shattered his defenses with a single punch.
• Uchiha Xin struck the sea with Armament Divine Vacuum Attack, blasting Shanks into the seabed and sending towering waves toward the Red Force.
• Shanks forced his way back above the water and charged Uchiha Xin, who evaded him and knocked him back into the sea with a kick and elbow strike.
• Uchiha Xin chased Shanks through the air and pummeled him while Shanks's crew watched; Yasopp said the captain could not touch Uchiha Xin, and Robin restrained Lucky Roux.

Uchiha Xin defeated and killed Red-Haired Shanks after Shanks warned him that Imu ruled the world from the Empty Throne. By absorbing Shanks's abilities and experience, Uchiha Xin strengthened his Haki and swordsmanship, leaving the surviving Red Hair Pirates unconscious aboard the damaged Red Force.

• Uchiha Xin overwhelmed Shanks with a barrage of attacks, then restrained him with Banshō Ten'in as Shanks warned him about Imu and the World Government's hidden power.
• Uchiha Xin revealed that he knew the world's secrets and used Tensei: Rinne to extract and shatter Shanks's soul, killing him.
• The system awarded Uchiha Xin Shanks's Taijutsu, Haki, and swordsmanship, converting duplicate abilities into proficiency.
• Uchiha Xin's King's Haki surged, splitting the clouds, caving in the sea, damaging the Red Force, and knocking out the conscious Red Hair Pirates.
• Uchiha Xin absorbed Shanks's swordsmanship experience, adding Shanks's mastery of Haki-coated swordplay and Future Sight to his own skills.

Uchiha Xin absorbed the swordsmanship of Golden Lion and Shanks and broke beyond the limits of a great swordsman, demonstrating that his will alone could split the sea and its seabed. He named his new level the Sword Saint Realm while Tashigi and Hawk Eyes continued fighting on the distant island.

• Uchiha Xin's breakthrough unleashed sword intent that cut the sea without a blade, forcing Robin and Perona to retreat.
• Uchiha Xin swept his hand and opened a vast, deep sword scar through the sea and seabed.
• Robin and Perona concluded that Uchiha Xin's casual strike surpassed Hawk Eyes's strongest attacks, and Robin said Hawk Eyes could not withstand him.
• Uchiha Xin judged that his strike had used less than thirty percent of his strength and declared himself the first Sword Saint.
• Perona looked toward the island, where Tashigi and Hawk Eyes were still locked in a fierce sword fight.

After Uchiha Xin became a Sword Saint, his swordsmanship synchronized with Tashigi’s and raised her to the same realm. Tashigi overwhelmed Hawk Eyes, who had regained the advantage, and sent him crashing into the island’s cliff.

• Uchiha Xin explained that Tashigi’s swordsmanship synchronized with his and that she had broken through to the Sword Saint realm.
• Hawk Eyes regained the initiative against Tashigi while worrying that Shanks, Beckman, and the Red Hair Pirates had been defeated.
• Tashigi received Uchiha Xin’s new swordsmanship foundation through their bond and effortlessly split Hawk Eyes’ full-power slash.
• Tashigi overpowered Hawk Eyes in a clash between Black Blade Yoru and Gryphon, forcing him to retreat.
• Tashigi’s next slash broke through Hawk Eyes’ defense and sent him crashing through rocks into the cliff.
• A streak of green sword light burst from the rubble and blasted away the rocks pinning Hawk Eyes down.