Chapter Summaries

Field fought Madara Uchiha at the Valley of the End, but Madara summoned the Nine-Tails and overwhelmed him with a Tailed Beast Bomb. Tobirama Senju kept Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others out of the blast, and Field survived the attack, leaving Tobirama hopeful that he could still recruit him against Madara.

• Tobirama Senju teleported Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others away from the blast of Field and Madara Uchiha's clash, then explained that he was waiting for the right moment to intervene.
• Field fought through Madara Uchiha's Fire Style attacks with his umbrella and Haki, while Madara praised his swordsmanship and warned him to stay out of his way.
• Madara Uchiha summoned the Nine-Tails, which prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb as Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized the danger.
• Field unleashed Conqueror's Haki Coating: Ryuo Nine Slashes against the Tailed Beast Bomb, but the explosion shattered the Valley of the End and sent him flying.
• Tobirama Senju teleported Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others farther away, where they saw Field rise from the ruins; Tobirama hoped to join forces with him.

Bai Yu intervened when Madara Uchiha attacked the injured Field, catching Susanoo’s sword barehanded and then challenging Madara with a blade aura. Madara’s Perfect Susanoo crushed the attack and kicked at Bai Yu, who faced the blow head-on.

• Madara Uchiha appeared above Field and brought Susanoo’s light sword down while Tobirama Senju urged Field to dodge and cooperate.
• Field refused Tobirama Senju’s offer, and Bai Yu appeared to protect him from Madara Uchiha’s strike.
• Bai Yu caught Susanoo’s descending light sword with his bare hand, shocking Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju, and the others.
• Bai Yu drew his Zanpakuto and sent a hundred-meter blade aura at Madara Uchiha, who expanded Susanoo into its hundred-meter Perfect form and crushed the attack with its six arms.
• Madara Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo kicked toward Bai Yu, who braced with his blade and took the attack head-on.

Bai Yu endured Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo assault and compressed his golden skeleton into powerful Spiritual Power armor. He left Madara furious after catching and shattering one of Susanoo’s blades.

• Bai Yu survived Madara Uchiha’s initial Susanoo strike inside a golden skeleton.
• Madara ordered Susanoo to unleash a barrage of slashes, crushing the golden skeleton smaller as the surrounding land was destroyed.
• Madara synchronized all six blades and struck the reduced skeleton with overwhelming force.
• Bai Yu revealed that the barrage had compressed his golden skeleton into stronger Spiritual Power armor and thanked Madara for acting as his blacksmith.
• Madara attacked again, but Bai Yu caught a blade of light and shattered it with his bare hand.

Bai Yu shattered Susanoo’s defenses and unleashed his Eighth Gate attack against Madara Uchiha and the Nine-Tails. Tobirama Senju teleported himself and the others away from the devastating blast, and the Valley of the End was left obliterated.

• Bai Yu smashed Madara Uchiha’s light swords, then shattered his Zanpakuto and joined its fragments into a thousand-meter blade.
• Madara Uchiha used Susanoo to block Bai Yu’s strike, but the attack shattered its swords and half its body.
• Bai Yu transformed, named Madara Uchiha the strongest Uchiha, and prepared a god-cutting slash with Tensa Zangetsu.
• Madara Uchiha armored the Nine-Tails with Susanoo and formed a Tailed Beast Bomb as Bai Yu opened the Eighth Gate, Gate of Death.
• Bai Yu’s slash unleashed a devastating blast, and Tobirama Senju repeatedly used Flying Thunder God to evacuate the others.
• Tobirama Senju looked back and found that the Valley of the End no longer existed.

Bai Yu defeated Madara Uchiha, then vanished when the system declared his mission complete. Hashirama Senju returned moments later and was accidentally stabbed by Tobirama Senju, who told him that Bai Yu had been the most terrifying person there.

• Bai Yu destroyed Madara Uchiha and the armored Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, then told Tobirama Senju that he had been hired to kill Madara and that Hashirama Senju would return soon.
• Bai Yu received a system notice confirming his mission was complete and disappeared during the ten-second countdown.
• Tobirama Senju remained on guard after Bai Yu vanished, then attacked a sudden shadow to protect Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others.
• Hashirama Senju appeared and discovered that Tobirama had stabbed him by mistake.
• Tobirama Senju apologized and told Hashirama that Bai Yu had been the most terrifying person there.

Hashirama and Tobirama assessed the threat Bai Yu posed after he killed Madara, while Bai Yu returned from the instance to Island No. 13. Garp arrived furious and charged toward the instance tower, leaving Bai Yu worried about what would happen when he struck it.

• Hashirama and Tobirama confirmed that Bai Yu had killed Madara and the Nine-Tails, and Hashirama agreed to spread word of what happened.
• Tobirama decided to classify Bai Yu's existence as an SSS-class secret and ordered Konoha's shinobi to abandon their missions and flee if they encountered him.
• Hashirama sent his Wood Release Clone back while the real Hashirama went into the ruins to investigate Madara's death.
• Bai Yu returned to Island No. 13 with Rayleigh, Field, and Shakky, and teased Field when he asked whether their experience had been a shared dream.
• Shakky remarked on Field's unusual deference to Bai Yu, and Rayleigh laughed along with Bai Yu's jokes.
• Garp arrived, shouted that he would avenge his grandson, and charged at the instance tower while Bai Yu wondered whether it could withstand his fist.

Garp rushed to rescue Bai Yu after finding the dungeon tower gone, then reunited with him alongside Sengoku, Rayleigh, and Shakky. Bai Yu warned them that the Five Elders had hidden the Devil’s Medicine and might be treating Marine Headquarters as a disposable pawn, leaving Garp demanding to know whether the medicine could really turn people into devils.

• Garp charged at the dungeon tower to save Bai Yu, but the tower vanished before his punch landed.
• Bai Yu revealed himself alive, and Garp laughed with relief before Sengoku arrived and struck him for mocking his baldness.
• Sengoku greeted Bai Yu, Rayleigh, and Shakky, then asked whether Marine Headquarters had become a discarded pawn of the World Government.
• Bai Yu explained that the Five Elders had used Devil’s Medicine to transform into devils during his battle with Kaido, but had not shared the drug or information about it with the Marines.
• Bai Yu warned that the Five Elders might distrust Marine Headquarters and fear it could defect to him, while Garp asked whether the medicine could turn people into devils.

Sengoku asked Bai Yu to watch over the decisive battle between Aokiji and Akainu, and Bai Yu agreed. After earning the Flying Thunder God Technique, Bai Yu gave Sengoku a marked liquor bottle to smash if Marine Headquarters faced a crisis, then traded barbs with Rayleigh, who asked whether Bai Yu wanted him and Shakky to join his ship.

• Sengoku asked Bai Yu to check on the Aokiji and Akainu battle and intervene only if something went wrong, and Bai Yu agreed.
• The system rewarded Bai Yu with the Flying Thunder God Technique after he cleared the hell-difficulty dungeon.
• Bai Yu marked a liquor bottle with the Flying Thunder God Formula and told Sengoku to smash it and call his name three times if Marine Headquarters faced an emergency.
• Sengoku and Garp threatened Bai Yu but carefully kept the marked bottle.
• Rayleigh asked if Bai Yu had come to recruit him and Shakky, and Bai Yu jokingly welcomed Rayleigh aboard before Rayleigh complained about his teasing.

Bai Yu told Rayleigh that the Five Elders might target the Whitebeard Pirates and asked for his help with a plan. Three days later, Bai Yu and his crew reached Punk Hazard, where he prepared to go ashore with Trafalgar Law and hinted that he would move the Groseade himself.

• Bai Yu explained to Rayleigh that the Five Elders might attack the Whitebeard Pirates and asked him to help with a plan.
• Three days later, Bai Yu's crew arrived near Punk Hazard and saw the island divided between ice and magma.
• Trafalgar Law offered to use ROOM to take Bai Yu ashore, but Bai Yu said only Law needed to come with him.
• Law joked that moving the Groseade would be impossible, and Bai Yu stepped forward as though he intended to do it himself.

Bai Yu demonstrated the Flying Thunder God Technique by teleporting the Groseade, then set out with Fujitora to reach the duel between Akainu and Aokiji. The two Admirals continued their exhausting fight over the Fleet Admiral position, with neither yet victorious.

• Bai Yu threw a Kunai and teleported the Groseade several thousand meters, leaving Trafalgar Law stunned by the feat.
• Trafalgar Law agreed to remain aboard and train as the crew's porter while Bai Yu headed for the island alone.
• Fujitora volunteered to accompany Bai Yu, who said he intended to pick up another Admiral as a crewmate.
• Bai Yu used his Observation Haki to locate the duel, then teleported himself and Fujitora to central Punk Hazard.
• Akainu and Aokiji clashed with lava and ice on the tenth day of their battle, and Akainu urged Aokiji to surrender the Fleet Admiral position.

Aokiji and Akainu fought over the Fleet Admiral position, with Aokiji gaining the upper hand through his stamina and Haki. An unknown swordsman intervened to save Akainu, who turned the battlefield into magma and unleashed a massive attack against the exhausted Aokiji.

• Aokiji warned Akainu that the Five Elders might be using their recommendation as a trap, but Akainu insisted he alone could lead the Marines through force.
• Akainu and Aokiji began fighting, trading magma and ice attacks as their battle intensified.
• Aokiji used his Haki, Taijutsu, and greater stamina to unleash his awakened Frozen Coiling Dragons against Akainu.
• An unknown swordsman cut through three ice dragons and gave Akainu time to escape, startling Aokiji.
• Akainu transformed the ground into magma and launched Magma Sea Great Tide at the exhausted Aokiji.

Akainu defeated Aokiji with a massive magma attack, then faced Bai Yu and Blackbeard’s group as the Five Elders’ involvement in the duel came to light. Blackbeard revealed that his own deal with the Five Elders was more complicated and ordered his allies to attack.

• Akainu unleashed Magma Waterfall Grand Burial, engulfing the battlefield and leaving Aokiji nowhere to be seen.
• Bai Yu arrived and questioned Akainu about his deal with the Five Elders, then called for the hidden intruders to reveal themselves.
• Blackbeard, Karinte Chōmi, Shiryu of the Rain, and the others emerged from camouflage, and Blackbeard complained that Akainu had destroyed Aokiji before he could claim his Devil Fruit.
• Akainu told Blackbeard that his assistance was no longer needed and insisted his own deal with the Five Elders was simply to become Fleet Admiral and manage Marine Headquarters.
• Blackbeard said his deal with the Five Elders was more complicated and ordered his allies to attack.

Blackbeard revealed that the Five Elders had hired him to kill Akainu and Aokiji, then sprang an ambush on Bai Yu. Aokiji survived and saved Akainu, but Blackbeard claimed he had prepared another plan to kill Bai Yu.

• Blackbeard’s concealed allies attacked Bai Yu while Blackbeard trapped Akainu with the Dark Tide and struck him.
• Blackbeard revealed that his deal with the Five Elders was to kill both Akainu and Aokiji, and that he had arranged for Akainu to kill Aokiji first.
• Aokiji appeared alive and used Ice Age to attack Blackbeard, saving Akainu from the Dark Tide.
• Aokiji told Akainu that Bai Yu had saved him and asked him to wait for a chance to expose the Five Elders’ plot.
• Blackbeard admitted that the Five Elders had anticipated Bai Yu’s interference and announced he had another plan to kill him.

Blackbeard revealed that the Five Elders had prepared a secret weapon for his group to use against Bai Yu, but Bai Yu exposed their Devil’s Medicine as a scheme that had already doomed its previous users. Blackbeard and his allies swallowed the medicine anyway, leaving them poised to attack Bai Yu.

• Blackbeard told Bai Yu that the Five Elders had anticipated his interference and supplied a trump card to help kill him.
• Aokiji gave Akainu a Senzu Bean, and Akainu swallowed it and quickly recovered from his injuries.
• Bai Yu identified Blackbeard’s secret weapon as Devil’s Medicine and explained that Kaido and Nusjuro had used it before they died.
• Bai Yu called Blackbeard and Akainu disposable pawns who had been sold out by the Five Elders.
• Blackbeard shattered his bottle and swallowed the medicine with the glass, while Shiryu and the others also took theirs.
• Blackbeard vowed to kill Bai Yu, then join Charlotte Linlin and the others to kill Whitebeard and take the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Blackbeard and the escaped prisoners transformed into devils with the Devil’s Medicine, shocking Aokiji and Akainu and confirming Akainu’s suspicions that the Five Elders had withheld the medicine from the Marines. Shiryu charged Bai Yu to avenge his lost arm, and the chapter ended with a familiar bloodthirsty voice mocking the attackers.

• Blackbeard and the other prisoners transformed after taking the Devil’s Medicine, forcing Aokiji and Akainu to retreat.
• Akainu concluded that the Five Elders had deliberately kept the medicine from the Marines and angrily vowed to kill them, but Aokiji stopped him from joining Bai Yu’s fight.
• Blackbeard explained that Shiryu had eaten a common Zoan Devil Fruit so he could use the medicine sooner and avenge his lost arm.
• Shiryu attacked Bai Yu at full speed, unleashing a blow that tore through the ground and clouds.
• Blackbeard claimed Shiryu had the power of an Admiral and that Bai Yu faced the strength of three or four Admirals, before a familiar voice called them a pack of buffoons lowering the bar for Admirals.

Bai Yu revealed a transformed power that overwhelmed Blackbeard’s forces and killed Shiryu of the Rain. The surviving demons were left facing him in terror.

• Blackbeard boasted that Shiryu’s awakened demon had given him Admiral-level strength, but Bai Yu blocked Shiryu’s attack with golden skeletal armor.
• Blackbeard ordered the Corrupt King, Catarina Devon, Heavy Drinker Vasco, Demon Sheriff Lafitte, and Van Augur to attack Bai Yu, but their combined assault failed to move him.
• Bai Yu said that Shiryu had grown ten times stronger while he had grown a hundred times stronger, then unleashed his Golden Spiritual Pressure and transformed.
• Shiryu charged Bai Yu, passed through his image, and died after his throat was cut; his body was consumed by magma.
• Blackbeard’s surviving allies stared at Bai Yu in terror.

Bai Yu effortlessly killed Shiryu of the Rain, Jesus Burgess, and the other Devil's Medicine-enhanced prisoners before confronting Blackbeard. Blackbeard transformed into a thousand-meter demon dragon, but Bai Yu cut him down with a swift slash that also split the clouds across the sky.

• Bai Yu killed Shiryu of the Rain and turned to face the five remaining demons.
• Bai Yu sliced apart Jesus Burgess and then killed Catarina Devon and the other prisoners as they attacked him.
• Bai Yu told Blackbeard that it was his turn to die, and Blackbeard transformed into a thousand-meter demon dragon.
• Blackbeard's dragon attack missed Bai Yu, who cut him eighteen times with a single swift strike.
• Blackbeard's body burst with blood as Bai Yu's slash divided the clouds, leaving Akainu and Aokiji to witness the sky split in two.

After Blackbeard’s defeat, Akainu and Aokiji confronted the consequences of the Five Elders’ betrayal. Aokiji joined Bai Yu’s crew, while Akainu chose to return to Marine Headquarters and challenge the Five Elders.

• Akainu asked Bai Yu to kill him and let Aokiji become Fleet Admiral, but Bai Yu refused and left the decision about the position to Aokiji.
• Aokiji said he had planned to leave Marine Headquarters if he lost and asked to join Bai Yu’s crew, which Bai Yu accepted.
• Akainu declined to become a pirate and decided to accept the Fleet Admiral position, confront the Five Elders, and consider cutting Marine Headquarters’ ties with the World Government.
• Aokiji asked Bai Yu for a welcome gift: his thoughts on whether the Five Elders had more schemes planned.

Bai Yu told Akainu and Aokiji he planned to recruit Whitebeard by getting him to surrender. Three days later, Jinbe delivered Bai Yu’s message to Whitebeard, leaving the crew stunned by the demand.

• Bai Yu said the Five Elders might still have hidden weapons but planned to recruit Whitebeard rather than keep clashing with them.
• Jinbe met Marco, Ace, and Whitebeard near the Whitebeard Pirates’ waters and declined their offer to join, saying he had joined Bai Yu’s crew as its helmsman.
• Marco and Ace learned Jinbe did not consider himself qualified to be First Division captain, and Whitebeard accepted his choice to join Bai Yu.
• Whitebeard asked what message Bai Yu had sent, and Jinbe told him Bai Yu wanted him to surrender.

Jinbe delivered Bai Yu’s warning that the Whitebeard Pirates would face disaster if they attacked the Big Mom Pirates, but the crew rejected his message. Bai Yu’s enormous Groseade arrived, and Aokiji froze the sea to bring it within a hundred meters of the Moby Dick.

• Jinbe told Whitebeard that Bai Yu had sent him to stop the planned attack on the Big Mom Pirates and warned that the Whitebeard Pirates would be sending themselves to their deaths.
• Ace and other Whitebeard Pirates angrily rejected Jinbe’s message, insisting their crew was stronger than the Big Mom Pirates.
• A lookout spotted the Blood Flag Pirates approaching aboard the island-sized Groseade, and Jozu ordered the crew to form ranks.
• Marco recognized that Bai Yu had gathered formidable allies and warned Jozu to keep weaker fighters back.
• Aokiji used Ice Age to freeze the sea, and the Groseade smashed through the ice before stopping a hundred meters from the Moby Dick.