Recaps

After learning that Bai Yu, the Marines’ new fourth Admiral, had obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit, Teach feared his long pursuit of the fruit had been wasted. He persuaded Whitebeard to have Marco test Fire Fist Ace for recruitment, hoping to use the young pirate against Bai Yu and create a chance to reclaim the fruit.

• Teach mocked the reports that an eighteen-year-old Marine had defeated Akainu, but Marco said the newspaper claimed the newcomer possessed three types of Haki and a suspected Logia Devil Fruit.
• When Marco identified the fruit as the Dark-Dark Fruit, Teach panicked and realized Bai Yu had obtained the treasure he had spent years searching for.
• Teach proposed recruiting Fire Fist Ace, a Logia user with the Flame-Flame Fruit, to counter the Marines’ new Admiral.
• Whitebeard considered Ace’s hundred-million-Beli bounty and ordered Marco to test whether Ace could join the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Teach secretly hoped Bai Yu would die, allowing the Dark-Dark Fruit to reappear somewhere in the sea.

The Four Emperors reacted to news that Bai Yu had become the Marines’ fourth Admiral, while Sengoku watched Bai Yu inspire thousands of Marines to train at Headquarters. Sengoku remained pleased with his appointment but worried about the difficult problem the Five Elders had given him.

• Kaido mocked Bai Yu’s youth and threatened to kill him if the Marines interfered with his dealings with Joker, while King warned that the new Admiral could free the Marines to act elsewhere.
• Shanks and his crew recognized Bai Yu as the boy they had met in Windmill Village and questioned whether Shanks had chosen the wrong person for the new era.
• Charlotte Linlin ordered Perospero to capture Bai Yu because she wanted to have children with him.
• Morgans reported on the fourth Admiral for three days as news of Bai Yu spread throughout the seas.
• Bai Yu practiced sword swings in Marine Headquarters’ plaza, inspiring thousands of soldiers to join him.
• Sengoku watched the coordinated training and approved of his decision to appoint Bai Yu, though the Five Elders’ demand still troubled him.

Bai Yu completed his training and inspected the system’s latest shop refresh, which offered Senzu Beans and a gravity training room that could greatly improve the chance of awakening Haki. He ordered the system to redeem both items.

• Bai Yu finished ten thousand sword swings while Zoro completed five thousand and struggled to keep up with him.
• Bai Yu received 0.1% template-unlock progress, bringing his total to 34.5%, and saw that he had accumulated 2,800 shop points.
• Bai Yu opened the refreshed shop and found Senzu Beans and a modded gravity training room that could increase the chance of awakening Haki by 50%.
• Bai Yu decided to redeem all the items and ordered the system to buy them immediately.

Bai Yu revealed a modified gravity training room that could improve the odds of awakening Haki and invited his companions and Isuka to test it. After the room appeared in the square, Zoro, Sanji, Carina, Nami, and Isuka followed Bai Yu inside, while Smoker remained skeptical.

• Bai Yu asked Zoro whether he wanted to awaken Haki, and Zoro and the others said they were committed to training.
• Isuka asked Bai Yu to guide her in Haki training, and he offered her a chance to test a method for improving awakening odds.
• Bai Yu summoned a modified gravity training room in the square and said it could improve the odds of awakening Haki through external forces.
• Smoker questioned whether the room could really help awaken Haki, but Bai Yu told everyone to enter and see for themselves.
• Zoro entered first, followed by Sanji, Carina, Nami, and Isuka.

Bai Yu used a modified training room that increased gravity and pressed on trainees’ fears to help them awaken Haki. Nami, Carina, Isuka, Sanji, and Zoro awakened Haki after enduring the room, while Smoker remained outside and waited to learn what happened.

• Bai Yu explained that the training room would increase gravity and pressure on the trainees’ bodies and minds to draw out their potential.
• At three times normal gravity, Nami and Carina confronted their fears and awakened Armament Haki, so Bai Yu let them leave before the pressure increased further.
• Isuka endured five minutes in the room, emerged exhausted and delighted, and told Smoker that awakening Haki had been smooth as silk.
• Sanji screamed after one minute in the room, and Zoro screamed after two minutes before both crawled out drenched in sweat.

Bai Yu’s Haki-awakening method drew a crowd of Marines eager to try it, while Sengoku and the other senior officers discussed Bai Yu’s mission and the need to establish his unit. The chapter ended with thirty thousand soldiers flooding the small plaza and Ailan rushing off to claim a spot.

• Bai Yu revealed that Carina, Isuka, and the others had awakened Haki, prompting Smoker and nearby Marine officers to ask him for help.
• Sengoku told Garp, Tsuru, and the Three Admirals that the Five Elders had approved Bai Yu’s promotion to fourth Admiral if he earned enough military merit.
• Akainu argued that Bai Yu should remain at Headquarters to settle in and build his unit before taking a mission.
• Ailan burst into the Fleet Admiral’s Office and reported that Marines were fighting over scarce spots for Bai Yu’s Haki-awakening method.
• Ailan said nearly fifty of a hundred Marines who could sense their aura had awakened Haki, and that thirty thousand soldiers had gathered at the small plaza.
• Ailan admitted he had reserved a spot and ran off to try the method himself.

Bai Yu’s Magically Modified Training House helped dozens of Marines awaken Haki in minutes, drawing thirty thousand people to Marine Headquarters. After Bai Yu put the house away, the furious crowd turned its anger toward Akainu for interrupting their chance.

• Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu went to investigate the gathering in the plaza.
• Garp led Sengoku through the packed crowd, where they saw Marines who had awakened Haki.
• Tsuru estimated that about ninety-two Marines had awakened Haki, matching nearly a year of the Navy’s usual results.
• Akainu berated the gathered Marines, while Bai Yu challenged him to fight again and put away the training house.
• The Marines pleaded for Bai Yu to reopen the training house and glared murderously at Akainu.

Bai Yu calmed the angry Marines after Akainu stopped his Haki-awakening session, then learned the Five Elders had approved him as the fourth Admiral pending military merit. Sengoku gave him his first mission: travel to Alabasta and retrieve its overdue heavenly tribute, which had repeatedly been stolen.

• Akainu refrained from confronting Bai Yu as the Marines rallied behind him, and Sengoku apologized for the disturbance.
• Bai Yu claimed his Haki-awakening method had exhausted his Devil Fruit abilities, and Sengoku promised to register the Marines for future chances.
• Sengoku dispersed the crowd and told Bai Yu that the Five Elders had approved him as the fourth Admiral, provided he earned enough military merit.
• Sengoku handed Bai Yu a mission to collect Alabasta's heavenly tribute.
• Bai Yu questioned the mission's real purpose, and Sengoku explained that drought and internal turmoil had made the payments difficult to gather and that thieves had repeatedly stolen them.

Bai Yu confirmed that failing to secure Alabasta’s Heavenly Tribute would count against his mission, while Sengoku and Tsuru arranged to spread his Haki-awakening method among the Marines. At the recruit training camp, Tashigi revealed that Bai Yu had helped her awaken Armament Haki, prompting Zephyr to challenge her explanation.

• Bai Yu asked Sengoku whether any shortfall in Alabasta’s Heavenly Tribute would make his mission a failure, then left to prepare.
• Sengoku told Tsuru to arrange for Zephyr to receive a list of promising recruits after learning that Bai Yu’s method had helped even a recruit awaken Haki.
• Zephyr called roll at the training camp, and Tashigi arrived late after losing track of time while awakening Haki.
• Tashigi explained that Bai Yu’s Haki-awakening session had helped her awaken Armament Haki, though Zephyr insisted it might have been coincidence.
• Tashigi told Zephyr that more than a hundred people had awakened Haki through Bai Yu’s help.

Zephyr learned that Bai Yu had helped 203 people awaken Haki and was forced to reconsider his standing as Marine Headquarters’ head instructor. Three days later, Bai Yu arrived in Alabasta and found Vivi and Igaram fleeing Baroque Works agents near a Marine branch.

• Tashigi told Zephyr that Bai Yu had helped more than a hundred people awaken Haki and could raise their chances of success by fifty percent.
• Tsuru confirmed that 203 people had awakened Haki, gave Zephyr a list to compile, and told him Bai Yu was away on a mission.
• Three days later, Bai Yu’s warship reached Alabasta, where Carina spotted the run-down Marine branch at Rainbase.
• Bai Yu sensed an explosion onshore and went to investigate while his ship prepared to dock.
• Vivi and Igaram fled two Baroque Works agents after their plan to steal the Heavenly Tribute was exposed, and Vivi froze when she looked toward the nearby branch.

Bai Yu confronted Baroque Works agents Miss Valentine and Mr. 5, killing them with overwhelming sword strikes. When Pell and Chaka arrived to rescue Vivi, Bai Yu knocked them both away and broke their swords.

• Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 confronted Bai Yu after declaring Baroque Works had defeated the Marine branch.
• Miss Valentine attacked Bai Yu with her increased weight, but he struck her into a distant rock and killed her.
• Mr. 5 threw an explosive booger at Bai Yu, who sliced through it and killed him with a flying slash.
• Vivi and Igaram watched Bai Yu's killings and vomited before Pell and Chaka arrived to rescue Vivi.
• Pell and Chaka attacked Bai Yu, but he broke their swords and knocked them away, ending their transformed forms.

Marine Admiral Bai Yu met Princess Vivi and learned that Crocodile might be behind Baroque Works. After hearing that Alabasta's Heavenly Tribute was under attack, Bai Yu proposed using it as bait to catch Crocodile, and Vivi agreed to tell her father to hand it over.

• Bai Yu defeated Pell and Chaka with four slashes, leaving Vivi and Igaram terrified.
• Carina teased Bai Yu about marrying Vivi, and Bai Yu introduced himself as the Fourth Admiral sent to escort the Heavenly Tribute.
• Vivi told Bai Yu that Crocodile might be behind Baroque Works and urged him to arrest the Shichibukai, but Carina explained they needed conclusive evidence.
• A Den Den Mushi reported that Cobra's convoy carrying the Heavenly Tribute was under attack, and Vivi begged Bai Yu to help her father.
• Bai Yu proposed letting Crocodile take the Heavenly Tribute so the Marines could catch him red-handed, and Vivi agreed to tell Cobra to hand it over.

Vivi convinced Cobra to abandon the Heavenly Tribute, while Bai Yu tracked the treasure to Rainbase and led his Marines there to confront Crocodile. The chapter ended with Bai Yu rushing ahead alone, leaving his crew to handle the rest.

• Vivi urged Cobra to trust her and surrender the Heavenly Tribute; Cobra ordered his guards to abandon it and retreat.
• Daz Bonez found the treasure, suspected a trap, and ordered Baroque Works to take it to Rainbase while he reported the strange turn of events.
• Bai Yu detected the Heavenly Tribute fifteen kilometers east and set out with Vivi, Nami, and the Marines to pursue it and find Crocodile.
• Nami asked about charging any losses to the Shichibukai, while Vivi, Igaram, and Chaka questioned whether they had trusted the wrong side.
• In Rainbase, Bai Yu found Crocodile's location and disappeared ahead of the others, leaving them to follow and deal with the situation.

Baroque Works’ top assassins met Crocodile, who revealed that someone had infiltrated the organization and urged them to accelerate their plan to destroy Alabasta. Bai Yu appeared in the room, exposed Crocodile’s crimes, and struck him down, leaving Crocodile wounded and hurled through a wall.

• Daz Bonez reported that the royal army had abandoned the Heavenly Tribute, making him suspect a trap, while Crocodile said he had sent Mr. 5 and Valentine to handle possible pursuers.
• Crocodile revealed that someone had infiltrated Baroque Works and called for the plan to destroy Alabasta to be accelerated.
• Crocodile noticed an unexpected ninth figure in the chamber and attacked the seated stranger with Desert Spada.
• Bai Yu revealed himself, accused Crocodile of crimes including plotting to seize a kingdom and ambush an Admiral, then drew Demon Sword Murasame.
• Bai Yu cut through Crocodile’s defense, opened a bloody gash across his body, and sent him crashing through a wall.

Bai Yu revealed himself as the Fourth Marine Admiral and used Dark Moon to nullify Crocodile’s Devil Fruit powers. He slashed Crocodile through a wall and into Rain Dinners’ gambling hall, leaving the guests stunned.

• Bai Yu mocked Crocodile after grievously wounding him, and Nico Robin recognized him as War Demon Bai Yu, the Fourth Marine Admiral.
• Crocodile launched Sables and Desert Spada at Bai Yu, determined to kill him and erase the humiliation of his earlier injury.
• Bai Yu completed the Yammy Llargo subordinate template and activated Dark Moon, creating a zone that suppressed Devil Fruit powers.
• Dark Moon dispersed Crocodile’s sand attacks, leaving only his Golden Hook to reach Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu struck Crocodile across the chest with Murasame, sending him through the wall and into the gambling hall, where the guests watched in disbelief.

Bai Yu overwhelmed Crocodile at Rain Dinners, mocking him as too weak to keep him awake. Crocodile was left badly wounded and unable to fight, staring in disbelief at his defeat by the navy’s Fourth Admiral.

• Crocodile charged from the rubble with a severe wound, identified Bai Yu’s Dark-Dark Fruit, and vowed to find its weakness.
• Bai Yu explained that attacks faster than his power’s cancellation could hurt him and taunted Crocodile for being so weak.
• Crocodile turned Rain Dinners into sand, draining and burying gamblers, then tried to crush Bai Yu beneath natural yellow sand.
• Bai Yu broke through the sand, shattered Crocodile’s Desert Spada, and struck him with a massive purple blade.
• Bai Yu’s slash severed Crocodile’s right arm and Golden Hook, leaving Crocodile collapsed and unable to attack.

Bai Yu defeated Crocodile in Alabasta and carried the unconscious Shichibukai away, while Zoro struck down Daz Bonez. King Cobra and Vivi then saw Bai Yu returning with Crocodile, leaving Marine Headquarters stunned by the capture.

• Bai Yu called Crocodile weak after defeating him, and Daz Bonez attacked Bai Yu from behind.
• Zoro cut Daz Bonez down with one strike before he could challenge Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu knocked Crocodile unconscious with his scabbard and carried him away, earning System rewards for defeating him.
• King Cobra met Vivi outside Rainbase and told Sengoku he would try to stop Bai Yu from fighting Crocodile.
• Vivi spotted Bai Yu approaching with Crocodile in his hand, and Sengoku and the others were shocked to learn the Shichibukai had been captured.

Sengoku and Garp worked out how Marine Headquarters would explain Bai Yu’s defeat of Crocodile, while Whitebeard discussed recruiting Fire Fist Ace before the World Government could offer him a Shichibukai position. The chapter ended with Jozu bringing the Whitebeard Pirates a newspaper headline that shocked them.

• Garp suggested blaming Crocodile for Alabasta’s troubles, and Sengoku decided to spread the news before reporting the incident to the Five Elders.
• Big News Morgans put the events in Alabasta on the front page, and the news spread across the seas.
• On Fish-Man Island, Whitebeard told Jinbe that he wanted to recruit the promising captain of the Spade Pirates before the World Government could make him a Shichibukai.
• Jinbe and Marco discussed the benefits of the Shichibukai position as an iron rice bowl, while Whitebeard’s commanders agreed that the World Government would hesitate to act against them.
• Jozu hurried aboard with a newspaper, and its enormous headline left the Whitebeard Pirates stunned.

Whitebeard and Doflamingo reacted to Bai Yu’s defeat of Crocodile, while the news unsettled the balance of power across the seas. At Marine Headquarters, Smoker reunited with Hina and Tashigi and noticed the docks were unusually crowded.

• Jozu showed Whitebeard and Jinbe news that Bai Yu had severely wounded and arrested Crocodile in Alabasta.
• Whitebeard warned Jinbe to be cautious and Jinbe said he would speed up the search for Fire Fist Ace.
• Doflamingo dismissed the danger posed by Bai Yu and expected the Five Elders to punish the admiral for acting without authorization.
• Three days later, Hina delivered Smoker’s transfer orders at Marine Headquarters, where Tashigi had joined him as his adjutant.
• Smoker defended Tashigi and noticed that more people than usual had gathered at the docks.

Bai Yu returned to Marine Headquarters with the defeated Crocodile and documents linking him to a plot to seize Pluton in Alabasta. Sengoku learned that the Five Elders had already assigned Bai Yu two missions, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Hina and Smoker saw the large crowd at the docks and learned that many Marines wanted to join Bai Yu’s unit after his attack on a Shichibukai.
• Isuka told them Bai Yu’s ship, carrying the Heavenly Tribute, had passed the Sabaody Archipelago and was nearing headquarters.
• Bai Yu docked as Sengoku, Garp, and others came aboard and saw Crocodile’s broken condition.
• Sengoku berated Bai Yu for attacking a Shichibukai and asked what information could keep the Five Elders from holding him accountable.
• Bai Yu gave Sengoku documents showing that Crocodile had targeted Alabasta to find Pluton.
• Sengoku said the documents could protect Bai Yu, but revealed that the Five Elders had already assigned him two missions.

Sengoku assigned Bai Yu to escort Crocodile to Impel Down and personally invite candidates for the next Shichibukai, including Edward Weevil and Fire Fist Ace. After Sengoku assigned Tashigi to Bai Yu's command, she asked to join him instead of Smoker.

• Sengoku told Bai Yu that the Five Elders had ordered him to escort Crocodile to Impel Down and invite candidates to become the next Shichibukai.
• Bai Yu read the candidate list, saw Edward Weevil and Fire Fist Ace, and wondered whether his earlier battle had sped up Ace's invitation.
• Sengoku asked Bai Yu about his fight with Ace, and Bai Yu claimed Ace had been too strong to capture, enraging Crocodile.
• Sengoku warned Bai Yu to carry out his missions and assigned Tashigi to his command while promising to transfer more Marines.
• Tashigi asked Bai Yu to let her join his command so she could repay him for helping her awaken Haki, while Smoker reacted with frustration.

Bai Yu, Smoker, and Hina arrived at Impel Down with Crocodile, while Smoker chose to serve under Bai Yu. The Five Elders prepared a plan to bring Bai Yu into line, and Magellan met the new Admiral as Crocodile was taken into the prison.

• Hina questioned Smoker after he declared that he wanted to serve under Bai Yu, and Smoker said Bai Yu shared his ideals and he wanted to see how far he could go.
• The Five Elders learned that Bai Yu had set out and agreed to proceed with their plan to bring him into line.
• Bai Yu's warship reached Impel Down, where Magellan, Hannyabal, and the prison's elite staff waited to receive Crocodile.
• Smoker formally presented Crocodile to Magellan, who asked Bai Yu how he had broken the former Shichibukai's will.
• Bai Yu said he had simply fought Crocodile and offered to spar with Magellan, who declined and moved to escort the prisoner inside.

Bai Yu’s System Shop refreshed in Impel Down, and he spent all his points to obtain advanced Armament Haki and top-tier Conqueror’s Haki. He then descended with Magellan and the others to the sixth floor, where the prisoners’ presence unsettled the group.

• Bai Yu received 1,200 points after killing Crocodile and saw that the System Shop had refreshed inside Impel Down.
• Bai Yu bought Advanced Armament Haki and Top-Tier Conqueror’s Haki for 1,500 points, causing both forms of Haki to rapidly strengthen.
• Magellan felt a brief surge of dread from behind him and suspected it came from Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu’s group passed through the first five floors, where Crocodile endured the scalding-water disinfection without reacting.
• Magellan thanked Bai Yu for killing Golden Lion Shiki and led the group toward the sixth floor.
• Bai Yu’s group entered the sixth floor and faced the scarlet-eyed prisoners, whose pressure made Smoker, Zoro, and the others tense.

Bai Yu accompanied Magellan and the others through Impel Down’s sixth level, where the notorious prisoners mocked him for being the Navy’s newly appointed Fourth Admiral. When Bullet challenged Bai Yu with Conqueror’s Haki, Bai Yu unleashed his own top-tier Haki, leaving the two forces clashing.

• Magellan showed Bai Yu and his companions the sixth-level prisoners, including Catarina Devon, Shiryu of the Rain, Bullet, and the Red Count.
• Catarina Devon, the Corrupt King, the Great Barrel, and Bullet mocked Bai Yu’s youth and his position as Fourth Admiral.
• Bullet asked Bai Yu whether he knew Conqueror’s Haki, then unleashed his own Haki against him.
• Bai Yu dismissed Bullet’s Haki, stepped forward, and released a torrent of golden Conqueror’s Haki that collided with Bullet’s.
• Bai Yu removed every restraint on his top-tier Conqueror’s Haki as the clash shook the sixth level.

Bai Yu defeated Bullet in a clash of Haki and stunned Level Six’s prisoners with powers beyond Conqueror’s Haki. The Red Count compared Bai Yu to Rocks and asked him to reveal where he came from.

• Bai Yu’s Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed Bullet’s, prompting Bullet to unleash his own and challenge Bai Yu to an endurance contest.
• Bai Yu combined his Conqueror’s Haki with spiritual pressure and killing intent, sending Bullet crashing into a wall and spitting blood.
• Bullet demanded to know who Bai Yu was and why his Haki felt different from his own.
• The Red Count said Bai Yu reminded him of Rocks, and Bai Yu explained that Rocks had once led Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido of the Beasts.
• The Red Count recognized Bai Yu’s knowledge of God Valley and asked him to reveal where he came from.