Recaps

The Azure Emperor Pirates announced that their No. 3 missiles had devastated the Beasts Pirates’ bases, frightening people across the world and alarming the World Government and Marines. The Five Elders summoned Sengoku and Vegapunk to discuss the threat, but Sengoku said he had already devised a countermeasure.

• The Azure Emperor Pirates’ Second Division posted photographs and announced that 563 No. 3 missiles had destroyed Senro Island and thirteen other Beasts Pirates bases, killing everyone except Kaido.
• People online reacted in shock to the missiles’ precision and range, which included Mary Geoise, Marineford, and Impel Down.
• The World Government and Marines reviewed intelligence showing that the missiles could devastate Mary Geoise, leaving the Five Elders frantic with worry.
• The Five Elders summoned Sengoku and Vegapunk to ask how the Marines could respond to a missile attack.
• Sengoku told the Five Elders that the missiles did not yet pose a serious threat and said he had already devised a way to deal with them.

Sengoku proposed stationing Kizaru at Mary Geoise to intercept the Azure Emperor's Decree Missiles, and the Five Elders approved a plan to expand the Marines' Admiral ranks. After learning that the missiles relied on the Azure Emperor Pirates' network, the World Government decided to negotiate for network base stations and study the technology.

• Sengoku proposed stationing Kizaru at Mary Geoise, with Vegapunk's radar detectors helping track incoming missiles.
• The Five Elders temporarily created two additional Admiral positions, promoting Sakazuki to Admiral Akainu and Kuzan to Admiral Aokiji while ordering Kizaru to guard Mary Geoise year-round.
• Vegapunk explained that the World Government might reproduce the missiles' explosives but lacked the Azure Emperor Pirates' advanced guidance and network systems.
• The Five Elders recognized the network's role in the missiles' accuracy and worried that its spread could strengthen the Azure Emperor Pirates.
• Vegapunk urged the World Government to adopt and study the network, and the Five Elders chose the Sabaody Archipelago for a trial installation.

After the Azure Emperor's Decree No. 3 Missiles destroyed the Beasts Pirates, Big Mom learned that Zesi had arrived at Whole Cake Island and demanded that she submit or die. The chapter ended as Zesi began using the combined power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the More-More Fruit, with Big Mom facing him.

• After losing a hard-fought battle with Shanks, Big Mom returned to Whole Cake Island and learned that the Beasts Pirates had been wiped out.
• Big Mom's subordinates reported that the Azure Emperor's Decree No. 3 Missiles had destroyed the Beasts Pirates' headquarters on Senro Island.
• Big Mom decided to pack up and leave, but a soldier reported that the Azure Emperor Pirates were attacking and that Zesi had come himself.
• A messenger announced that Zesi had defeated the Shichibukai, then Zesi appeared in Whole Cake Chateau and overwhelmed most of those present with his presence.
• Zesi offered Big Mom the choice of joining the Azure Emperor Pirates or dying, and began vibrating the surroundings as he threatened to use the combined power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the More-More Fruit.

Zesi used his awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Conqueror's Haki to force Big Mom to surrender, leaving the Azure Emperor Pirates in control of the New World. After the news spread, Doflamingo learned that Zesi had summoned the Shichibukai and set out to see what would happen next.

• Big Mom recognized Zesi's awakened power and feared the force of his Conqueror's Haki as he demanded that she choose between death and submission.
• Zesi increased the tremor pressure a hundredfold, forcing Big Mom to one knee and drawing blood from her.
• Big Mom surrendered to Zesi, and news of the Big Mom Pirates' submission spread across the world.
• Doflamingo celebrated the Azure Emperor Pirates' control of the New World and speculated that Zesi might next challenge the World Government.
• Gladius announced that Zesi had summoned the Shichibukai, and Doflamingo decided to go to the New World.

The Azure Emperor Pirates established Totto Land as their future headquarters while Zesi reorganized the former Big Mom Pirates and planned new uses for Whole Cake Chateau. The Azure Emperor Palace Shichibukai gathered on Whole Cake Island, prompting speculation that the Azure Emperor Pirates were preparing for another major move.

• Zesi made Perospero mayor of Whole Cake Chateau, appointed Katakuri as his Azure Emperor Apostle, and folded the Charlotte Family into the Eleventh Division after academy training.
• Wealthy visitors moved to Totto Land as construction began on the Azure Emperor Palace, and Zesi planned to turn Whole Cake Chateau into a luxury hotel.
• Doflamingo and his crew arrived at Whole Cake Island and explored Totto Land before Hancock rammed their ship aside while docking.
• Doflamingo restrained his anger toward Hancock and headed to Whole Cake Chateau with his crew.
• Crocodile, Gecko Moria, Dia Airo, Aden, and Gao Luo arrived, leading onlookers to suspect the Azure Emperor Pirates were planning a major move.

The Marines learned that Zesi had gathered the Azure Emperor Palace Shichibukai on Whole Cake Island, and debated whether he intended to challenge the World Government. Zesi announced that the Azure Emperor Pirates would reorganize as the Azure Empire Federation, a state ruling the New World.

• A Marine intelligence officer reported to Sengoku that the Azure Emperor Palace Shichibukai had gathered on Whole Cake Island.
• Sengoku and the Marines worried that Zesi’s power and forces could overwhelm the World Government, while Tsuru predicted he would first consolidate control of the New World.
• Zesi entered Whole Cake Chateau’s drawing room, where the Shichibukai stood and greeted him respectfully.
• Zesi told the Shichibukai that the Azure Emperor Pirates would undergo a major reorganization because pirates lacked legitimacy with ordinary people and stood at a disadvantage against the World Government.
• Zesi declared that the organization would henceforth be called the Azure Empire Federation, and the Shichibukai reacted with excitement at the prospect of founding a state over the New World.

Zesi announced the Azure Empire Federation and ordered his officers to bring countries and forces along the Grand Line into it. The Five Elders recognized that the new sovereign state threatened the World Government, but admitted they had no way to stop the Azure Emperor and chose to focus on defense.

• Zesi explained the federation's structure and ordered his officers to win over countries and forces along the Grand Line, assuring them they would receive noble titles and support.
• Hancock told the hesitant officers to follow Lord Azure Emperor's orders, and Doflamingo agreed after hearing Zesi's assurances.
• Zesi moved into the completed Azure Emperor Palace, announced the Azure Empire Federation, and granted noble titles to Bullet, Shanks, Big Mom, Sebas, Buggy, Les, and others.
• News of the federation's creation spread worldwide, and the Five Elders erupted in anger and anxiety over the World Government's lost control of the New World.
• The Five Elders recalled that even Lord Imu had no way to deal with the Azure Emperor, then decided the World Government should focus on defense rather than go to war.

Zesi’s father pushed him to choose an empress and consorts for the Azure Empire Federation, while Tom’s trial in Water 7 ended with a death sentence. As Tom was about to be taken away, Zesi appeared and challenged the authorities to arrest him too for helping Roger.

• Wenlai Kate insisted that Zesi needed an empress and heirs, and he ordered a selection of consorts throughout the Azure Empire Federation.
• Zesi let the selection proceed and secretly added one person to the candidates.
• In Water 7, CP5 agents framed Tom’s Workers for attacking the judicial ship, and Tom was captured after beating Spandine.
• Tom admitted to the charge of attacking the judicial ship and asked the chief judge to let the Sea Train offset it, while declaring himself honored to have helped Roger.
• The chief judge sentenced Tom to execution for building Roger’s ship, but Zesi appeared and asked whether the authorities would arrest him too.

Zesi arrived in Water 7 with Kuma to save Tom, whose Sea Train was complete but who had been framed for attacking a judicial ship. After Kuma revived Tom, Zesi challenged the chief judge and exposed the suspicious case against Tom’s Workers, accusing CP5 of staging the attack.

• Zesi learned through Sebast that Tom had finished the Sea Train and that a judicial ship was coming to Water 7, so he flew there with Kuma.
• Kuma used his power to revive Tom, who recognized Zesi as Roger’s former companion and the Azure Emperor.
• Zesi told the chief judge that Tom’s past association with Roger did not give the judge authority to sentence him.
• Zesi argued that Tom’s Workers had no reason to attack a ship that was arriving to pardon Tom, and that the evidence against them proved little.
• Zesi pointed out Cipher Pol’s suspicious presence in Water 7 and accused CP5 of bombing the judicial ship to frame Tom’s Workers.

Zesi revealed that CP5 had framed Tom to seize the Pluton Blueprints, then claimed the blueprints and took responsibility for Tom’s supposed crimes. The presiding judge accepted his pardon, and Zesi invited Tom to Totto Land to build Sea Trains.

• Zesi told the court that CP5 had bombed the judicial ship to frame Tom and obtain the Pluton Blueprints.
• Zesi announced that the blueprints were already in his hands and challenged anyone who wanted them to come take them.
• Zesi ordered Kuma to inflict Tom’s pain on Spandine, who fainted as soon as the pain struck.
• Zesi offered to bear all responsibility and pardon Tom and the others, and the presiding judge agreed.
• Zesi invited Tom to Totto Land to build Sea Trains for his waters.

The Five Elders dismissed Spandine after the Azure Emperor obtained the Pluton Blueprints, while Crocodile encouraged Nico Robin to seek a place among Zesi’s consorts. Zesi chose his wives, raised a family over the next five years, and was left bewildered when 404 appeared.

• The Five Elders dismissed Spandine and decided the Pluton Blueprints were not worth fighting over, shifting their attention to Totto Land and the possibility of placing someone close to Zesi.
• Crocodile urged Nico Robin to become one of Zesi’s consorts by promising her freedom to study Poneglyphs and access to Roger’s knowledge.
• Zesi returned to Totto Land, appointed Tom chief engineer, and the Azure Empire completed the first Sea Train line in just over a month.
• Zesi chose Hancock as empress and Nico Robin as noble consort, then married them and the other selected women.
• Five years later, Zesi had more than a dozen children and spent his days with his family before becoming bewildered when 404 appeared.

Zesi learned that his life as Brunei Zesi in the One Piece world had been a martial soul cultivation trial inside the Divine Illusion Dimension. After earning an SS rating and the sixth-tier Azure Emperor martial soul, he emerged from his pod and heard other trainees discuss their trials and combat prospects.

• Zesi regained his memories and learned that the One Piece world had been a virtual realm where he used plot knowledge to become its strongest person and earn the Azure Emperor martial soul.
• Zesi learned that Mercury used the Divine Illusion Realm Martial Soul Cultivation System to help humanity develop martial souls before its protection period ended.
• Zesi climbed out of his pod alongside other trainees, who compared their trial worlds, martial soul levels, combat power, and ratings.
• A trainee described awakening the Sharingan as an Uchiha, while another Naruto-world trainee worried about finding a combat team despite having Puppet Jutsu.

After the Martial Soul Trial ended early because the Divine Essence Crystals were exhausted, Zesi discovered that his Martial Soul, Wenlai Zesi, had immense power but his real-world body remained weak. He entered the Divine Wasteland Realm to use that power, where his combat rating exceeded nine million.

• Martial Soul Hall staff noted that the trial had ended early and ushered the participants out.
• Yang Ze, whose real-world name was Yang Ze, told Han Li that he had reincarnated into the Pirate King world and obtained a pirate Martial Soul with Haki.
• After getting drunk with Han Li, Zesi woke up hungover in his dorm and received three thousand credits from his father.
• Zesi entered the Divine Wasteland Realm in his Martial Soul's body and saw that Wenlai Zesi had a combat power of 9,365,421.
• Zesi realized that despite his Martial Soul's immense strength, his ordinary real-world physique could not fully wield it.

Zesi entered the Divine Wilderness and encountered Zhao Yiyi, Sun Fei, and Qian Fan fleeing a fifth-rank Sky-Skimming Wandering Whale. He attacked the Phantom Beast with a punch that sent a shock wave crashing down on it, leaving the result of the strike unknown.

• Zesi arrived in the unfamiliar Divine Wilderness, where Martial Souls hunted Phantom Beasts for valuable divine essence crystals.
• Zesi heard explosions and saw a huge Sky-Skimming Wandering Whale pursuing Zhao Yiyi, Sun Fei, and Qian Fan.
• Zhao Yiyi, Sun Fei, and Qian Fan fled the fifth-rank Phantom Beast after it devastated the squads they led.
• Zesi appeared above the whale and punched the air, sending a powerful shock wave toward it.

Zesi fought the Sky-Skimming Wandering Whale in the Heavenly Water Region, impressing Zhao Yiyi and her companions with his vibration-based attacks. He killed the whale and left behind a cyan crystal.

• Zesi struck the Sky-Skimming Wandering Whale with Collapse Annihilation Hammer, but the whale endured the blow and knocked him back.
• Zhao Yiyi and her companions realized that Zesi might be an unfamiliar LV5 expert as he faced the whale.
• Zesi blocked the whale's sonic Air Cannon with Defense-Control Hammer.
• Zesi used Wave-Stepping Flash and unleashed One hundred and eight, Quake Annihilation Hammer, destroying the whale's head.
• The Sky-Skimming Wandering Whale vanished into smoke, leaving a cyan crystal behind.

Zesi and Zhao Yiyi’s group reached Dafeng City, where Zesi exchanged the tier-five Divine Essence Crystal for 5.3 million credits and received a Divine Essence Crystal card and a Federation merit card. The group parted after escorting him to the bank, while Zhao Yiyi’s team set out to find their scattered teammates.

• Zesi picked up the Sky-Skimming Wandering Whale’s tier-five Divine Essence Crystal, and Zhao Yiyi explained its value and vibration property.
• Zhao Yiyi concluded that Zesi had a tier-six Transcendent Martial Soul, and Zesi confirmed it before asking where to sell the crystal.
• Zhao Yiyi and her companions escorted Zesi to Dafeng City and explained why its buildings were made in an old-fashioned style.
• Zhao Yiyi and her companions exchanged contact details with Zesi and left to check on their teammates, whose group had been scattered by a Sky-Rending Wandering Whale.
• Zesi brought the crystal to the Federation Divine Origin Crystal Bank, where a manager took him to a VIP room.
• Zesi left the bank with 5.3 million credits, a Divine Essence Crystal card, and a Federation merit card.

After logging off, Zhao Yiyi read that the Azure Emperor had stolen Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit and acquired the More-More Fruit, and realized he was Zesi, the powerful newcomer they had met. She and her teammates agreed to keep their meeting private and offer help only if he needed it.

• Zhao Yiyi logged off with her teammates and discovered that four of the squad’s seven members had been lost.
• After handling the aftermath, Zhao Yiyi read a Martial Soul Forum post about the Azure Emperor stealing Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit and gaining the More-More Fruit.
• Zhao Yiyi recognized the Azure Emperor as Zesi, whose attacks had resembled the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power.
• Sun Fei messaged Zhao Yiyi, and they concluded that Zesi’s combat power was likely immense.
• Zhao Yiyi added Sun Fei and Qian Fan to a Feixun group and told them to keep their meeting with Zesi secret, while remaining ready to help him if needed.

After exchanging Divine Essence Crystals for credits, Zesi received admission offers from top Martial Soul academies and decided to focus on strengthening his Martial Soul. He followed Zhao Yiyi’s recommendation to the Troll Wasteland, where he began fighting trolls and easily defeated three of them.

• Zesi transferred one million credits to his father and explained that he had earned them by awakening his Martial Soul in the trial.
• Zesi received admission notices from leading Martial Soul academies and considered how leveling up could extend his life.
• Zesi asked Zhao Yiyi where he could level up, and she recommended the dangerous Troll Wasteland for a tier-six Martial Soul.
• Zesi entered the Troll Wasteland and blocked the attacks of three trolls with his tremor power.
• Zesi crushed one troll with a tremor sphere and killed the other two with the Azure Emperor Sword as they tried to flee.

Zesi fought the troll chief in the Troll Wasteland and defeated him with an amplified Azure Dragon's Roar: Sword-Draw Slash. After claiming the Divine Essence Crystal, Zesi fled when another terrifying roar shook the earth.

• Zesi faced the troll chief and four trolls, blocking the chief's spiked club and stopping the others' attacks with tremors.
• Zesi's tremors sent three trolls flying and cracked the troll chief's divine-crystal club, forcing the chief backward.
• Zesi gathered the tremors into the Azure Emperor Sword and clashed his Azure Dragon's Roar: Sword-Draw Slash against the troll chief's destructive beam.
• Zesi used Moa Moa, Tenfold Shot to strengthen the sword attack, killing the troll chief and leaving its Divine Essence Crystal behind.
• Zesi took the Divine Essence Crystal and vanished after a distant roar shook the earth.

Zesi was pursued by a One-Eyed Troll commander who could sense his location, so he stopped fleeing and fought him. Their battle drew attention from nearby towns, where observers recognized Zesi as the Azure Emperor, and the fight was still raging.

• A massive troll commander pursued Zesi beyond the Troll Wasteland, and Zesi realized he could not escape without risking a worse energy drain.
• The commander told Zesi that he had killed his son and explained that the One-Eyed Troll Clan could sense the deaths of direct descendants and see across ten thousand miles.
• Zesi unleashed his Tremor-Tremor Fruit Awakening and attacked with the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• The troll commander countered with annihilating earth essence power, and their clash shook the ground and split the Divine Wasteland Realm.
• Nearby people and towns detected the battle, and an observer identified the fighter as the Azure Emperor.

Zesi, known as the Azure Emperor, fought the tier-seven troll commander Gokusaha, whose strength and defenses overwhelmed his attacks. Zesi then wounded Gokusaha with a lightning-fast sword slash, leaving the watching Martial Souls stunned.

• Onlookers recognized Zesi as the Azure Emperor and debated whether his combat power had reached tier seven.
• Zesi unleashed the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but Gokusaha broke every Divine Space Strike and exhausted himself in the process.
• Zesi attacked with Azure Dragon's Roar: Sword Draw, but Gokusaha's Divine Light of Annihilation destroyed the sword-energy flood dragon and forced Zesi to evade.
• Zesi used Quake Sword Across the Sky with Moa Moa, fiftyfold speed, and slashed Gokusaha from behind.
• Gokusaha bled from the wound and reacted in disbelief that a tier-six human had pierced his defenses.

Zesi combined the More-More Fruit with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to unleash Moa Moa Hundredfold Quake Frequency against the troll commander Gokusaha. He killed Gokusaha with one slash and took the sacred Divine Essence Crystal, then judged that a more concentrated strike might even defeat an eighth-tier troll king.

• Zesi realized that his Tremor-Tremor Fruit alone could not overcome Gokusaha’s defenses and annihilation power.
• Zesi activated Moa Moa Hundredfold Quake Frequency, raising his attacks to over a hundred billion vibrations per second and shattering space.
• Gokusaha gathered his energy into his eye and fired a massive beam of annihilation at Zesi.
• Zesi casually slashed through the beam and Gokusaha, whose body was destroyed by the vibrations.
• Zesi took the sacred Divine Essence Crystal and remarked that a more concentrated strike could cut down an eighth-tier troll king.

Zesi killed the seventh-tier Troll Commander with a single sword strike and obtained its Divine Essence Crystal, astonishing witnesses across the Heavenly Water Region. Uchiha Naisen, who needed a seventh-tier crystal to advance, approached Zesi with murderous intent as Zesi prepared to leave.

• Witnesses marveled that Zesi had killed the seventh-tier Troll Commander with one sword strike, and some logged off to spread the news.
• Zhao Wu learned that Zesi had arrived in the Heavenly Water Region and gloated that a stronger figure might challenge Uchiha Naisen’s rule.
• Uchiha Naisen, the sixth-tier lord of Dafeng City, watched Zesi’s battle and recognized the rare chance to obtain a seventh-tier Divine Essence Crystal.
• Uchiha Naisen moved toward Zesi after Zesi killed the Troll Commander and claimed its crystal.
• Zesi sensed the approaching figure’s killing intent and calmly remarked that someone had set his sights on him.

Uchiha Naisen confronted Zesi over the seventh-tier Divine Essence Crystal and trapped him in Tsukuyomi. Zesi’s Conqueror’s Haki and vibrations shattered the illusion, leaving Uchiha Naisen injured and bleeding from one eye.

• Uchiha Naisen demanded Zesi hand over the seventh-tier Divine Essence Crystal, but Zesi refused and challenged him to take it.
• Uchiha Naisen used Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique, but Zesi destroyed the water with a punch and shook off the remaining droplets.
• Zesi deliberately provoked Uchiha Naisen by asking whether he was from the Senju Clan, and Uchiha Naisen awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Naisen trapped Zesi in Tsukuyomi and threatened to make him suffer for three days and nights.
• Zesi unleashed Conqueror’s Haki infused with powerful vibrations, collapsing the Tsukuyomi Space and forcing them back into reality.
• Uchiha Naisen staggered as the vibrations battered his consciousness, and blood ran from one of his eyes.

Zesi and Uchiha Naisen clashed after Naisen revealed his identity as Uchiha Madara’s younger brother and attacked to claim Zesi’s seventh-tier divine essence crystal. Naisen’s complete Susanoo failed to overpower Zesi’s awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and Zesi began unleashing his Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.

• Zesi identified Uchiha Naisen as Uchiha Madara’s younger brother, angering Naisen into summoning his complete Susanoo.
• Onlookers recognized Naisen as the leader of the Phantom Flock of Crows and lord of Dafeng City, and Zhao Yiyi and her companions worried that the fight could determine the city’s fate.
• Naisen slashed at Zesi with Susanoo’s blade, splitting the ground and a mountain, but Zesi dodged using Observation Haki.
• Naisen attacked again while tracking Zesi with his Mangekyō Sharingan, but Zesi blocked the slash with a punch powered by his awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Naisen forced his Susanoo’s blade through Zesi’s vibrations, but Zesi intensified them and knocked Susanoo back three steps.
• Zesi appeared above Susanoo and unleashed eighty enormous fists with his Vibration Domain, targeting Naisen and Susanoo.