Recaps

Zesi defeated Third Raikage A with his Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack but spared him and had Nightfall Hundred Birds take him to the city lord's residence. News of A's defeat reached District H, where people were upset that he had challenged the Azure Emperor and argued over the Azure Emperor's standing against Yamamoto Ryūensai Shigekuni.

• Zesi's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack devastated the forest and drove Third Raikage A deep into the ground.
• Zesi pulled the badly injured but living A from the canyon, spared him, and ordered Ji Wuye to keep him under watch.
• Members of Nightfall Hundred Birds carried A to the city lord's residence as spectators discussed his defeat.
• People on District H's forums learned that A had gone to District Z to challenge the Azure Emperor and lost.
• District H's people complained about the Azure Emperor's ranking and said they would have rallied against him if he had come to their district.

Yamamoto Ryūensai Shigekuni learned that people from the west were stirring up opposition against the Azure Emperor and decided to meet him. Meanwhile, Aizen reached the Fifth Tier and encountered Uchiha Obito, whose Mangekyō Sharingan challenged Aizen’s hypnosis.

• Seireitei’s samurai told Yamamoto Ryūensai Shigekuni that someone was fueling demands for the Azure Emperor to release Third Raikage A, and they suspected people in the west.
• Yamamoto Ryūensai Shigekuni decided to meet the Azure Emperor despite the danger posed by the Eighth Tier Troll King.
• Aizen considered seeking companions because advancing beyond the Fifth Tier required hunting stronger Phantom Beasts.
• Aizen hypnotized a Sixth Tier Phantom Beast and its subordinates into fighting one another, then killed the beast with Kidō.
• Uchiha Obito appeared before Aizen and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, prompting Aizen to recognize him and express surprise that he had reached the Fifth Tier.

Aizen learned that Uchiha Obito had reached the fifth tier and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after joining the Azure Emperor’s new organization. Obito invited Aizen to meet the Azure Emperor and join a team planning to venture beyond Mercury’s domain, which Aizen considered their last hope for advancing further.

• Aizen was surprised that Uchiha Obito had advanced from the third tier to the fifth tier and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito explained that Zhou Qian had recruited him into the Azure Emperor’s newly formed organization and supplied Divine Essence Crystals that enabled his rapid advancement.
• Obito invited Aizen to join the Azure Emperor’s team, which planned to explore beyond Mercury’s domain.
• Aizen questioned whether the Azure Emperor would commit enough resources to assemble a team of powerful Martial Souls.
• Obito said there was no harm in meeting the Azure Emperor, since joining his team was their last hope.

Aizen joined the Azure Emperor’s team in Dafeng City, where Zesi formed the Azure Emperor Pirates and persuaded its members that plundering resources was necessary to protect Mercury. The crew’s first mission was set: sweep the Troll Plains.

• Aizen followed Obito to Dafeng City and met Accelerator, Zhou Qian, Kakarot, and Uzumaki Naruto.
• Zesi arrived with Wendy and outlined the team’s roles as he invited everyone to join the Azure Emperor Pirates.
• Naruto, Kakarot, and Obito objected to becoming pirates until Zesi overwhelmed the gathering with his Conqueror’s Haki Spirit.
• Zesi explained that the crew would seize resources to grow stronger and defend Mercury from an alien invasion.
• Zesi formally established the Azure Emperor Pirates and named the Troll Plains as their first target.

Zesi assigned the Troll Wasteland as a training ground for the Azure Emperor Pirates and appointed Aizen vice-captain in charge of combat tactics. As the group began fighting the trolls, Zesi killed a seventh-tier troll commander with one strike, while Aizen prepared to use his ability.

• Zesi explained that the weakened Troll Wasteland would serve as a leveling ground and promised to raise the group to the fifth tier before the campaign.
• Zesi appointed Aizen vice-captain of the Azure Emperor Pirates and put him in charge of organizing their combat tactics.
• Uchiha Obito led a large group of trolls, including seven or eight troll chiefs, toward the others in the Troll Wasteland.
• Uchiha Obito accidentally drew a troll commander into the fight, alarming Uzumaki Naruto and prompting Aizen to draw his Zanpakuto.
• A figure from the sky struck the troll commander once and destroyed it, then told the group to leave troll commanders and stronger Phantom Beasts to him.
• Aizen smiled and began activating his ability as a blue flash shone from his Zanpakuto.

Uzumaki Naruto grew to the fifth tier and unleashed a full-power Tailed Beast Ball that wiped out the remaining trolls gathered by Aizen’s Illusion. The team collected the divine essence crystals and recognized Naruto’s new strength as a major boost to their combat efficiency.

• Uzumaki Naruto used a small Tailed Beast Ball to kill one troll, while Aizen’s Illusion made dozens of trolls fight each other.
• Uchiha Obito emphasized gathering information and gave Naruto the divine essence crystals he had collected so Naruto could advance.
• Uzumaki Naruto reached the fifth tier, manifested the Nine-Tails, and began forming a powerful Tailed Beast Ball.
• Zhou Qian dodged the attack after realizing he could not calculate its force in time to use Vector Manipulation.
• Uzumaki Naruto’s Tailed Beast Ball obliterated the gathered trolls, including several sixth-tier leaders, leaving their divine essence crystals behind.

After the Troll King attacked Aizen and his crew with a devastating psychic assault, Zesi intervened and challenged him to battle. Their first clash revealed that Zesi had developed a new way to concentrate the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power into a fist, and the fight continued.

• The Azure Emperor Pirates fought their way into the Troll Wasteland after the trolls stopped leaving their territory, prompting the Troll King to lead his remaining trolls against them.
• The Troll King’s psychic assault nearly overwhelmed Aizen and the others, but Zesi blocked it with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Zesi taunted the Troll King and accepted his challenge to continue their previous battle.
• The Troll King gathered annihilation power into his fist and attacked Zesi, who met the blow with a bare-fisted punch.
• Zesi’s punch used a new technique that compressed Tremor-Tremor Fruit power around his fist and released its vibrations on impact.

Zesi fought the Eighth Tier Troll King and used his awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Future Sight Observation Haki to suppress the powerful beast. Aizen and the others watched from a distance and concluded that Zesi’s Martial Soul held greater potential than they had expected.

• Zesi sent Obito and the others away so he could fight the Troll King alone.
• Zesi clashed with the Troll King’s annihilation beam and strengthened his attacks by compressing his Tremor-Tremor Fruit Awakening around his body.
• Zesi used his sword and Future Sight Observation Haki to repeatedly wound and suppress the Troll King, who remained alive because his sacred origin endured.
• Aizen and the others watched the fight and discussed how Zesi’s Observation Haki let him anticipate the Troll King’s attacks.
• Aizen concluded that Zesi’s Martial Soul had more potential than they had imagined.

Zesi defeated the Troll King by using a sword technique that continuously consumed the sacred origin sustaining his rapid healing. With the Troll King dead and his Divine Essence Crystal in hand, Zesi declared that the Troll Wasteland would fall.

• Obito and the others wondered whether the Troll King was immortal as his wounds repeatedly healed, and Aizen explained that his recovery likely drew on limited eighth-tier origin power.
• Zesi identified the Troll King's sacred origin as the source of his regeneration and prepared to destroy it.
• The Troll King unleashed an annihilation beam, but Zesi split it apart with the Azure Emperor Quake Annihilation Sword and cleaved the Troll King's body in two.
• The sword's endless vibrations consumed the Troll King's origin until he turned to ash, leaving behind a sacred Divine Essence Crystal.
• Zesi took the crystal and declared that the Troll Wasteland would fall.

The Martial Soul Forum confirmed that the Azure Emperor Pirates had wiped out the Troll Wasteland and that the Azure Emperor had killed the Troll King. As people debated the Azure Emperor’s strength and learned about his seven-member crew, Yamamoto Ryūensai Shigekuni abandoned his plan to challenge him and anticipated that someone would soon make a move.

• The Martial Soul Forum reported that the Azure Emperor Pirates had annihilated the Troll Wasteland and killed the Eighth Tier Troll King.
• The forum’s official account confirmed the report and said the Azure Emperor had slain the Troll King with one sword strike and claimed his Divine Essence Crystal.
• Forum users debated whether the Azure Emperor was stronger than Saint John and the Blood Earl, and speculated about the Azure Emperor Territory and his plans beyond the Mercury region.
• A user revealed that the Azure Emperor Pirates had seven members: the Azure Emperor, Aizen Sosuke, Accelerator, Uchiha Obito, Uzumaki Naruto, Kakarot, and Wendy, all on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• Yamamoto Ryūensai Shigekuni abandoned his plan to challenge the Azure Emperor after hearing that he had killed the Troll King, then predicted that someone would soon make a move.

The Blood Earl and Saint John learned that Zesi’s Azure Emperor had killed the eighth-tier Troll King and sought the eighth-tier Divine Essence Crystal. They ordered searches for the Azure Emperor’s Martial Soul wielder, with Saint John sending Keith to District Z to seize the crystal.

• The Blood Earl’s followers urged him to stop the Azure Emperor from rising on the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking and warned that the West’s influence was at stake.
• The Blood Earl learned that Zesi held the Troll King’s eighth-tier Divine Essence Crystal and ordered his people to find the Azure Emperor’s Martial Soul wielder and obtain it.
• Saint John realized the Azure Emperor surpassed him after hearing that Zesi had killed the Troll King, and coveted the crystal as a way to advance to the eighth tier.
• Saint John ordered Holy Knight Keith to travel to District Z, find the Azure Emperor’s Martial Soul wielder, and make him hand over the crystal.

Aizen told Zesi that assassins were targeting him and other newly awakened One Piece World Martial Souls, prompting Zesi to leave the Heavenly Water Region. He reached the Blood Fortress and demanded that the Blood Earl come to meet him.

• Aizen warned Zesi that assassins hired through the Assassin Organization Alliance had killed dozens of people, mostly newly emerged One Piece World Martial Souls.
• Zesi left Aizen in charge of the team's affairs and headed toward the west, while Aizen, Zhou Qian, and Uzumaki Naruto discussed the danger he faced.
• Zesi found the Blood Fortress, where its residents recognized him as the Azure Emperor and wondered why he had come alone.
• Zesi released a terrifying force of will and asked the Blood Fortress residents to summon the Blood Earl.

Zesi arrived at the Blood Fortress and overwhelmed its members with the Azure Emperor’s spirit, then challenged the fortress’s defenders. The three commanders and the gathered Martial Souls stood against him, and Zesi drew his sword as the confrontation began.

• Zesi’s Azure Emperor spirit froze the Blood Fortress members and suppressed their auras.
• Berna, Bulun, and Adolf appeared and warned Zesi that he could not enter without the Earl’s orders.
• The three commanders and the fortress members confronted Zesi, and their combined aura reached a stalemate with his.
• Zesi declared that no one could stand in a pirate’s way, then drew his longsword and unleashed “Sword Qi Roaming Dragon.”

Zesi attacked the Blood Fortress with nine flood dragons formed from vibrating sword qi, then destroyed the fortress and its mountain with a single punch. He warned the Blood Earl about the consequences of threatening him and left in the direction of the Holy Church.

• Zesi unleashed his Sword Qi Roaming Dragon, sending nine vibrating sword-qi flood dragons at the Blood Fortress.
• Adolf, Bulun, Berna, and the other Blood Fortress fighters attacked together and managed to stop the flood dragons, suffering many injuries.
• Zesi concluded that the Blood Earl was absent and declared that the Blood Fortress might as well be destroyed.
• Zesi used Moa Moa, Hundredfold Vibration Frequency to collapse the Blood Fortress and the mountain beneath it.
• Zesi warned the Blood Earl that threatening him could bring ruin upon the entire western world, then vanished.
• Berna and the survivors emerged from the ruins and feared that Zesi was heading to attack the Holy Church.

After Zesi destroyed the Blood Fortress, news of his attack spread, and Saint John prepared the Holy Church to face him. Zesi reached the church and broke free of its Flight Ban magic, leaving Saint John surprised.

• People online learned that Zesi had destroyed the Blood Fortress in one strike while the Blood Earl was away.
• Online reports linked the attack to the Blood Fortress's suspected involvement in real-world hunts for pirate Martial Souls.
• Saint John heard that Zesi was heading for the Holy Church and led its forces into the Divine Desolation World to defend it.
• Saint John used the Holy Church's Flight Ban magic to force Zesi out of the sky.
• Zesi awakened the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and used his Vibration Domain to shatter the magic around him, surprising Saint John.

Zesi attacked the Holy Church to punish it for threatening his Martial Soul user, but Saint John countered with sacred powers and a mysterious relic. Their clash ended with Zesi’s strongest quake attack colliding with the relic’s ray of light, leaving the outcome unknown.

• Zesi charged the Holy Church and broke through its sacred repulsive force with his sword.
• Saint John summoned a barrage of light swords, but Zesi’s Moa Moa, Hundredfold Bullet opened a rift that swallowed them and threatened to consume the Holy Church.
• Saint John and the clerics used divine radiance to close the rift, leaving many clerics unconscious and Saint John shaken by Zesi’s power.
• Saint John opened a sacred cabinet and released a ray of light whose aura alarmed Zesi.
• Zesi unleashed Moa Moa Five Hundredfold Quake Frequency, and his sword struck the ray of light, unleashing an explosion that destroyed everything nearby.

Zesi overwhelmed Saint John and destroyed most of the Holy Church before explaining that he wanted the assassins targeting his real-world Martial Soul user stopped. Saint John agreed to handle the threat, and Zesi left him to act before his patience ran out.

• Zesi's power shattered the Holy Church's defenses, killed or injured its Martial Souls, and left Saint John and a few others standing.
• Zesi erased the remaining church with a sword strike, then split the ground and a mountain to frighten Saint John into submission.
• Zesi told Saint John that assassins in District Z were targeting his Martial Soul user in reality and warned that he would retaliate against Saint John and the Blood Earl if that person died.
• Saint John promised to stop the assassins, and Zesi warned that he would massacre the west if his real-world life was disrupted before disappearing.
• Saint John summoned the surviving Martial Souls, instructed them, and logged out to resolve the threat, believing neither the Holy Church nor the Blood Earl could stop Zesi.

After Zesi destroyed the Holy Church, observers debated whether his combat power could rival Lucifer’s. The Blood Earl, Saint John, and Lucifer then ordered assassins to stop targeting District Z, restoring peace there.

• Observers reported that Zesi had erased the Holy Church and destroyed the Holy Ark’s arrow of light with a sword strike amplified by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and More-More Fruit.
• Lucifer heard his subordinate’s report, judged that Zesi’s attack power had reached the ninth tier, and welcomed the prospect of him sharing pressure from those seeking Lucifer’s treasure.
• The Blood Earl recalled his assassins from District Z after witnessing Zesi’s power and warned that attacks on District Z’s Martial Soul users would make enemies of the Blood Fortress.
• Saint John and Lucifer issued matching orders to protect District Z and stop assassins from hunting Zesi.
• The Assassins’ Alliance recalled its assassins and canceled its orders against Zesi, restoring peace in District Z.

After an assassination attempt made him recognize how weak his real-world body was, Zesi decided to improve his strength outside the Divine Desolation World without revealing his wealth or Martial Soul. He summoned Ji Wuye to request a cultivation method and collect his overdue dues as monster meat and spiritual treasures, leaving Ji Wuye to carry out the orders discreetly.

• After returning from the west, Zesi disbanded his team and left the Divine Desolation World to prepare for exploring the outer regions.
• The assassination crisis convinced Zesi that he needed to strengthen his real-world body, and he considered cultivating with his Martial Soul or consuming monsters and spiritual treasures.
• Zesi decided not to buy supplies himself because doing so might expose his wealth and attract the Assassins' Alliance, so he planned to have Ji Wuye provide them instead.
• Zesi summoned Ji Wuye, who arrived promptly and praised him for destroying the Blood Fortress and the Holy Church.
• Zesi requested a Martial Soul cultivation method and ordered Ji Wuye to convert his overdue dues into monster meat and spiritual treasures and send them to an address.
• Zesi warned Ji Wuye to keep the arrangement discreet, and Ji Wuye nervously agreed.

Zesi learned to connect with his Martial Soul and quickly manifested a faint phantom, though he could draw on only a trace of its power. He decided to find a larger home with a training room before continuing his practice.

• Zesi connected with his seventh-tier Transcendent Martial Soul and manifested a faint phantom behind him.
• Zesi considered Martial Soul Power Borrowing, Martial Soul Manifestation, and Martial Soul Fusion, and decided to focus on the first two because Fusion could destroy his body.
• Zesi judged that his manifested phantom could wield no more than five percent of his Martial Soul's power.
• Zesi decided to look for a larger house in Tianshui City, preferably with a training room, before his younger sister arrived to study.

Zesi hired Ning Xueyao, his former high school class president, as the butler for his villa and began a relationship with her. The next morning, he recognized that her Martial Soul was Xuesili, one of his former consorts in the Pirate King World.

• Zesi bought a villa in Tianshui City and posted an online request for maids and a butler.
• Ning Xueyao arrived from the Ning Family Firm to apply for the butler position, and she and Zesi recognized each other as former classmates.
• Ning Xueyao explained that her first-tier Martial Soul had left her serving the Ning Family, and Zesi hired her to manage the villa and its maids.
• Zesi went to Ning Xueyao's room that night, and they spent the night together.
• Zesi woke to find Ning Xueyao gone and recognized her Martial Soul as Xuesili, a consort from his life in the Pirate King World.

Zesi picked up his younger sister Yang Kexin and her friend Liu Lili in a Phantom flying car and brought them to his villa in Tianshui City. Their surprise at his wealth and changed personality left them wondering what had happened to him and whether he and Ning Xueyao were more than employer and housekeeper.

• Zesi's parents called and asked him to meet Yang Kexin, who was arriving in Tianshui City by maglev train.
• Yang Kexin and Liu Lili argued with a boastful girl at the station, then watched as she was picked up in a BMW.
• Zesi arrived in a Phantom, surprising Yang Kexin and Liu Lili, and drove them to his villa.
• Zesi introduced Yang Kexin and Liu Lili to Ning Xueyao and invited Liu Lili to stay at the villa.
• After dinner, Yang Kexin and Liu Lili discussed how much Zesi had changed and speculated about his relationship with Ning Xueyao.

Yang Kexin and Zesi trained at the villa, where Zesi revealed that he belonged to the Azure Emperor Pirates and offered her the crew’s training methods. He brought home monster meat for the family, while realizing that people had been watching the warehouse where he stored it.

• Yang Kexin trained with Zesi and learned that he used methods developed by Douglas Bullet for the Azure Emperor Military Academy.
• Zesi told Yang Kexin that he was a member of the Azure Emperor Pirates and promised to write down the training methods for her.
• Zesi brought a truckload of monster meat to the villa for the family to eat and support their training.
• Zesi discovered watchers near his rented warehouse, knocked them unconscious using Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki, and decided someone needed a warning.

Zesi chose the relatively undemanding Leize Martial Soul Academy so he could spend more time exploring the Divine Desolation World, while his friend Han Li hoped to join its school team and compete in the Martial Soul League. After they visited the team’s training grounds, both signed up for the day’s recruitment matches.

• Zesi returned to training after spending several days shopping with Yang Kexin, and then the new school term began.
• Han Li greeted Zesi outside Leize Martial Soul Academy and explained the academy’s facilities and its chance to compete in the Martial Soul League.
• Han Li said he was determined to join the school team, and he invited Zesi to visit the team’s training grounds that afternoon.
• At the training grounds, Han Li and Zesi saw first-year student Zhang Yi fighting and learned that students could try out for the school team through matches.
• Han Li pulled Zesi into the recruitment, and both of them signed up to compete.

Zesi watched Han Li fight Zhang Xiang during the school team tryouts, then saw Xing Zhen attack Han Li and reveal the harsh divide between the school’s team and the Martial Soul Master League. When Xing Zhen ignored Zesi’s challenge and struck at Han Li again, Zesi sent him crashing into a stone pillar.

• Zhang Yi defeated a school team member, registered for the reserves, and learned that the top three reserves could be promoted to full members.
• Han Li fought Zhang Xiang with his fluorescent sword, using Martial Soul power to enhance his movement and attacks.
• Xing Zhen interrupted the match and explained that only the Leize Team, funded by the Leize Group, could compete in the Martial Soul Master League.
• Xing Zhen overwhelmed Han Li with powerful punches, while Zhang Xiang hesitated to intervene after Xing Zhen threatened him.
• Zesi challenged Xing Zhen to fight him, but Xing Zhen continued attacking Han Li and was suddenly sent flying into a stone pillar.