Chapter Summaries

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.

Zesi’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack destroyed Uchiha Naisen’s Susanoo and appeared to kill him, but Naisen revived using Izanagi and attacked with his Mangekyō techniques. Zesi outpaced Naisen and cut him in half, leaving him facing another possible death.

• Uchiha Naisen used Susanoo to resist Zesi’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but the strikes shattered the Susanoo and killed him.
• Zesi sensed Naisen’s death, then realized Naisen had revived with Izanagi at the cost of one eye.
• Uchiha Naisen attacked Zesi with Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi, Amaterasu, and Tsukuyomi, but Zesi dodged the black flames.
• Zesi used thirtyfold vibration frequency to move beyond Naisen’s sight and cut him in half at the waist.

After killing Uchiha Naisen, Zesi absorbed his Divine Essence Crystal and gained the Uchiha Bloodline and Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then decided to establish his own organization before Mercury’s protection expired. In Dafeng City, Zhao Wu and the other factions moved to seize control after Naisen’s death.

• Zesi absorbed Uchiha Naisen’s sixth-tier Divine Essence Crystal, gaining the Uchiha Bloodline and Three-Tomoe Sharingan while increasing his experience by 1.5%.
• Zesi concluded that leveling through ordinary Divine Essence Crystals was inefficient and considered seeking experience-pill technology in other advanced civilizations.
• Zesi decided to gather companions and establish his own organization before Mercury’s protection expired in about ten years.
• Zhao Wu learned that Uchiha Naisen was dead and announced his intention to take over Dafeng City.
• Zhao Wu’s Nightfall Hundred Birds and Dafeng City’s other factions began mobilizing, plunging the city into chaos.

After killing Uchiha Naisen, Zesi searched the Martial Soul Forum for information about Martial Souls and higher civilizations so he could assemble a capable team. He studied Mercury’s rankings and chose several potential recruits, though he suspected many powerful figures remained hidden.

• Zesi logged off after killing Uchiha Naisen and went online to seek information and find teammates for visiting higher civilizations.
• Zesi read a forum thread where witnesses and commenters praised Azure Emperor for killing a seventh-tier troll commander with one sword strike and defeating Uchiha Naisen.
• Zesi left the praise-filled thread and opened the forum’s rankings of powerful Martial Souls, users, teams, weapons, and treasures.
• Zesi reviewed the rankings for potential recruits and settled on several targets despite suspecting that many strong Martial Souls were undiscovered.

After Zesi entered the Divine Desolation World, the Martial Soul Forum ranked his Azure Emperor sixth on the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking, making him the first sixth-tier Martial Soul to enter the list. Hirota Koichi, whose Third Raikage A was pushed off the ranking, headed to Country Z’s Heavenly Water Region to challenge Zesi, while other displaced Martial Souls also took notice of him.

• The Martial Soul Forum reviewed footage of Zesi defeating the troll commander and Uchiha Naisen, then ranked the Azure Emperor sixth on the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking.
• The Azure Emperor’s placement sparked debate, with some people praising his strength and others questioning his limited battle record.
• Hirota Koichi learned that his Third Raikage A had fallen off the ranking and became furious because the list helped Martial Souls advance.
• Hirota Koichi learned Zesi was in Country Z’s Heavenly Water Region and set out to challenge him.
• Other Martial Souls displaced by Zesi also turned their attention toward him, though they did not act as impulsively as Hirota Koichi.

Zesi chose Hidden Dragon Ranking members as targets for recruitment and identified Zhou Qian, whose Martial Soul was Accelerator, as his first target. In Dafeng City, Zhao Yiyi and the remnants of the Phantom Flock of Crows were cornered by rival factions until Zesi arrived and asked them to hand over his friends.

• Zesi decided to recruit powerful but underdeveloped Hidden Dragon Ranking members, beginning with Zhou Qian, ranked second for his Accelerator Martial Soul.
• After Uchiha Naisen died, Nightfall Hundred Birds and Fang Blood Shadow attacked the Phantom Flock of Crows and fought for control of Dafeng City.
• Uchiha Shu escaped after being severely injured, while Zhao Yiyi, Sun Fei, and Qian Fan were hunted by the rival factions.
• Black Crow and Yingge led Nightfall Hundred Birds assassins in surrounding Zhao Yiyi and the others, who were nearly out of chakra.
• Zesi appeared, knocked the charging assassins unconscious, and asked Black Crow and Yingge to leave his friends to him.