Recaps

Fanxin explained that Kuma had secretly protected Luffy and urged him to overcome his grief over Ace by reminding him of his crew and the Sunny. Luffy regained his confidence, and Rayleigh arrived to take over his training, allowing Fanxin and Ren Fang to prepare to leave.

• Fanxin told Luffy that Kuma had saved him and his ship, then urged him to honor Ace’s sacrifice by becoming stronger.
• Fanxin threatened to destroy the Sunny unless Luffy pulled himself together and learned Conqueror’s Haki; Luffy stood up to defend the ship and later regained his confidence.
• Fanxin told Ren Fang he wanted to find a master for Luffy before leaving, and they agreed that Rayleigh would be a better teacher than Hancock.
• Rayleigh arrived after killing the Sea Kings attacking him and confirmed that he had come for Luffy.
• Fanxin told Rayleigh that Luffy had recovered his resolve, and Rayleigh agreed to train him while Fanxin put off traveling to the New World.

Fanxin persuaded Luffy to postpone reuniting with his crew and train with Rayleigh for two years, while Rayleigh warned Fanxin against exposing the Celestial Dragons’ crimes before the world was ready. Luffy agreed to go to Marineford to signal his crew about the delay, and Fanxin and Rayleigh prepared to take him there.

• Fanxin and Rayleigh ate and drank together, and Rayleigh revealed that the Celestial Dragons secretly did business with the Underworld.
• Rayleigh urged Fanxin not to expose the Celestial Dragons yet, warning that their downfall could plunge the world into chaos; Fanxin agreed to wait but vowed to make them pay.
• Luffy emerged from the forest, and Fanxin told him that Rayleigh would train him and urged him to spend two years strengthening himself before sailing again.
• Luffy resisted because he had promised to meet his crew, but Fanxin reminded him that his weakness had cost Ace his life, and Rayleigh said the whole crew needed to grow stronger.
• Luffy agreed to send his crew a new meeting date through news coverage from Marineford, and Fanxin and Rayleigh planned to take him there after he ate.

Fanxin took Luffy and Rayleigh to Marineford to pay tribute to Ace, where Luffy changed his reunion message to set a two-year training period. After returning Luffy to Amazon Lily to train with Rayleigh, Fanxin and Ren Fang traveled to Iron Forest Island, where they found people chained up and began bringing them food.

• Fanxin sent Ren Fang to Hancock for fuel, then took Ren Fang, Rayleigh, and Luffy underwater to Marineford in the Diamond Space.
• Luffy offered flowers to the sea for Ace and showed reporters the changed message “3D2Y,” prompting his scattered companions to train for two years.
• Fanxin brought Luffy and Rayleigh back to Amazon Lily, told Luffy to train under Rayleigh, and promised to return his ship in two years if he learned Haki.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang traveled to Iron Forest Island and learned from a waiter that powerful people had imprisoned locals without cause.
• Ren Fang bought food for the chained prisoners and began feeding them, while a middle-aged prisoner urged her to leave before the authorities targeted her.

Fanxin freed falsely accused prisoners and went to confront the officials responsible for abusing the locals. When the officials summoned the Marines, Fanxin welcomed the chance to fight them.

• Ren Fang reassured the prisoners that they were safe and showed them a newspaper confirming Fanxin had fought the Three Admirals, persuading them to accept food.
• Fanxin cut the prisoners’ chains, and Ren Fang and Xiao Ning stayed behind to guard them while he went to confront the island’s powerful officials.
• Fanxin entered the government office, knocked out a guard with Haki, and demanded that the officials explain why they had imprisoned innocent people.
• A tall man in black admitted the officials had deliberately abused their power and threatened Fanxin with the Marines, who were already on their way.
• Fanxin said he was not afraid of the Marines and looked forward to fighting them.

Fanxin forced Mayor Wang Kunshan to confess his abuses to the people of Iron Forest Island, hoping they would resist the corrupt rule. After Wang Kunshan mocked them and vowed to continue, the islanders were left furious, with their resistance still to come.

• Fanxin dodged the black-clad guards’ gunfire, entered the mayor’s office, and confronted Wang Kunshan over embezzling from the islanders.
• Fanxin demanded that Wang Kunshan publicly confess his crimes or die, but Wang Kunshan refused and offered him half his wealth instead.
• Fanxin controlled Wang Kunshan with his soul and ordered him to summon the islanders; he also persuaded the other officials to go to the square without resistance.
• Wang Kunshan confessed his many abuses before the gathered islanders, who grew furious but held back because soldiers surrounded them.
• Wang Kunshan mocked the islanders as weak and said he would continue ruling them, while they silently resolved that they had to resist.

Fanxin incited the townspeople to revolt against Wang Kunshan and the soldiers, then gathered steel-hard grass and trees before preparing to fight the Marines. He drew Akainu away for a duel while Ren Fang and Xiao Ning attacked the Marines, leaving the island in a battle.

• Fanxin controlled Wang Kunshan into provoking the townspeople until they attacked the soldiers and drove Wang Kunshan to flee.
• Fanxin returned to Ren Fang and Xiao Ning, explained why he had incited the revolt, and led them to collect the island’s steel-hard grass and trees.
• Fanxin sensed an approaching Marine warship and told Ren Fang and Xiao Ning to fight the Marines while he handled the Vice Admirals and stronger officers.
• Akainu confronted Fanxin, who ran eight li away to keep him from threatening Ren Fang and Xiao Ning.
• Ren Fang and Xiao Ning attacked the Marines as the Marines fought back, beginning a melee.

Fanxin confronted Akainu over the Marines’ destruction of the Soul Clan, then fought him while Little Fox watched over Ren Fang and the others. Fanxin revealed he could use the powers of Ace, Blackbeard, and Whitebeard, and their battle devastated the island as ordinary people fled.

• Fanxin asked Akainu why he had attacked the Soul Clan, and Akainu admitted the Five Elders ordered its destruction because they feared the clan’s abilities.
• Fanxin and Akainu began fighting, while Little Fox appeared and agreed to guard Ren Fang and the others instead of joining the battle.
• Akainu used Hell Hound to attack Fanxin, who cut through the magma wolves with sword energy.
• Fanxin revealed that he had gained the abilities of Ace, Blackbeard, and Whitebeard, then used Whitebeard’s earthquake power against Akainu.
• Akainu countered with Meteor Volcano, and their attacks wrecked the battlefield and drove ordinary people to flee toward the sea.

Fanxin fought Akainu in a desperate battle, eventually teaming up with Little Fox and using layered defenses to restrain the Admiral. The fight continued with Akainu struggling against Fanxin’s seastone-filled diamond blade, which suppressed his Devil Fruit and left him weakened.

• Fanxin and Akainu clashed, with Fanxin using the Dark-Dark Fruit to suppress Akainu’s magma ability and later combining several borrowed powers into his sword attacks.
• Little Fox joined the fight, helping Fanxin break through Akainu’s magma dragon and repeatedly attacking him with repulsive and attractive forces.
• Fanxin put away his blades, protected himself with Diamond Armor, haki, and the Golden Bell Shield, then charged Akainu and wrapped himself around him to hold him in place for Little Fox.
• Akainu struggled and struck Fanxin with magma fists while Little Fox attacked his head, leaving Akainu dizzy but still fighting.
• Fanxin pressed his seastone-filled diamond blade against Akainu’s back, suppressing his Devil Fruit ability and leaving him severely weakened.

Fanxin defeated Akainu by pinning him with Seastone and having Diamond Beasts wound him, then spared him and left with Ren Fang and Xiao Ning. The Marines let them pass, while Akainu was rushed to a hospital.

• Fanxin used a Seastone blade to suppress Akainu’s powers and held him while Akainu tried to break free.
• Fanxin sent Diamond Beasts’ Haki-coated spikes through the Diamond Space, badly wounding Akainu until he could no longer fight.
• Fanxin told Akainu he would not kill him, explaining that Akainu had not truly killed his family, then left him behind.
• Fanxin reunited with Ren Fang and Xiao Ning and warned the Marines not to stop them; the Marines let the three leave.
• The Marines found Akainu lying in a pool of blood, called for a military doctor, and took him to a hospital.

Fanxin made peace with Akainu, paid the islanders for the ironwood he had cut down, and left with Ren Fang and Xiao Ning. After more than a month of wandering, he returned to the island and learned that Little Black Cat had finished building the ship; he then went to see Senior Li Kecheng and told him the outside world was in an uproar.

• Fanxin told Ren Fang he would avoid fighting the Navy and flee if marines pursued him.
• Fanxin learned that the islanders had thrown the corrupt officials into the sea, offered to take the blame, and paid each islander a thousand gold coins for the trees.
• Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Xiao Ning left the island and decided to return with their companions before exploring more of the Grand Line.
• After more than a month of travel, Fanxin returned and learned that Little Black Cat had finished building the ship while Bingfeng, Wang Yan, and Langyue had gone to make their way in the world.
• Fanxin went to Wolf Valley, found Senior Li Kecheng watching the training, and told him that things were in an uproar outside.

Fanxin returned to find piracy spreading after Whitebeard’s death and decided to tour the nearby areas before heading to the New World. He gathered his companions to prepare for the trip, while Little Black Cat revealed a new ship with three transforming forms.

• Senior Li Kecheng said he would move into Wolf Valley and stay out of outside affairs, while Fanxin planned to visit nearby places before leaving for the New World.
• Fanxin declined Senior Li Kecheng’s offer to fight, worried about his own chances and the senior’s declining health.
• Fanxin told the rescued slaves they could travel with him or return home, and the group eagerly began packing for the voyage.
• Fanxin asked Little Black Cat about the huge robot, and Little Black Cat revealed that it was a ship with human-shaped, hull, and combined battleship forms.
• Little Black Cat suggested that Ren Fang leave Wolf Valley off the ship so its cargo could be stored inside it, and Ren Fang agreed.

Fanxin and his companions left Wolf Valley aboard their robot ship, stopped in the Prague Kingdom for supplies, and continued to Water 7 to enjoy a rare break from their travels. After the crew scattered to explore, Fanxin and his close companions spent the day sightseeing and stayed overnight, unaware that the navy was watching them.

• Fanxin sent Ren Fang and Little Black Cat to pack the ship while he went to thank the Martial Monkeys, but he found they had left; a parrot told him they might not return for decades and joined him with five other parrots.
• Fanxin reunited with Ren Fang and the others, then ordered the ship toward the Prague Kingdom to buy supplies before heading for Reverse Mountain.
• At the Prague Kingdom, Fanxin knocked out many guards with Haki and warned the rest not to interfere while his companions bought supplies.
• Fanxin chose Water 7 as their next destination, and the group arrived there twenty days later.
• Fanxin told the crew to explore Water 7 without disrupting its residents, then Little Black Cat submerged the ship to hide it from the navy.
• Fanxin and his companions explored Water 7, ate and enjoyed themselves, and stayed overnight while navy scouts kept watch on them.

Fanxin and Ren Fang enjoyed a peaceful stay in Water 7 while keeping watch for government agents and discussing when to have a child. After five days, Fanxin’s crew left the island, and a group led by a man in a black top hat prepared to ambush them with a secret weapon.

• Ren Fang warned Fanxin that government agents were watching them and worried that their rescued crew might be targeted.
• Fanxin used Observation Haki to check on the crew and found that no one had attacked them.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang went to bed together, then agreed to wait until he found his parents before having a child.
• After five days in Water 7, Fanxin sent the crew to buy supplies and then set sail east.
• A man in a black top hat learned Fanxin had left and ordered his men to pursue him, confident their secret long-range weapon could kill him.

Fanxin took Ren Fang swimming in the deep sea, protected her with a coral bubble, and brought her into Diamond Space to rest after their underwater excursion. When they returned to the surface, Fanxin sensed danger and his expression darkened.

• The man in the black top hat ordered his subordinate to prepare a plan to capture Fanxin and make the group famous.
• Fanxin left Lin Haicheng and Qiangwei in charge of the ship and entrusted Little Fox to Chen Yuning before diving with Ren Fang.
• Fanxin used a coral bubble to protect Ren Fang and led her to the seabed, where they spent time together before resting in Diamond Space.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang returned to the surface, where Fanxin sensed danger with Observation Haki and his face darkened.

Fanxin returned to help defeat the attackers, whose stolen Super Laser Cannon had threatened Lin Haicheng’s ship. He took the damaged cannon for Little Black Cat to study and left the group planning to strengthen their defenses against future attacks.

• Fanxin told Ren Fang to contact Little Black Cat and have the ship pretend to surrender while he prepared a sneak attack.
• Fanxin released the Diamond Beasts, which devastated the island and destroyed the Super Laser Cannon as Lin Haicheng, Qiangwei, and Chen Yuning fought off the attackers.
• Fanxin questioned a surviving attacker, learned that the crew had stolen the cannon from the navy and targeted him for a bounty, then ordered the survivors to bury their dead and leave.
• Fanxin took the damaged cannon back to the ship and gave it to Little Black Cat to study and repair.
• Lin Haicheng explained why the group had stayed to fight, and Fanxin warned everyone to improve their defenses before sending them to rest in Wolf Valley.

Fanxin met Vice Admiral Garp at sea and told him that Luffy was recovering and training with Dark King Rayleigh. He then led his crew toward Mechanism City, where he prepared to explore the dangerous island with volunteers from the ship.

• Fanxin halted his ship when Vice Admiral Garp's warships approached, and Garp asked him about Luffy.
• Fanxin told Garp that Luffy had recovered and was training his Conqueror's Haki under Dark King Rayleigh, then warned Garp not to visit him for two years.
• Garp said he had retired from active duty to train young marines, then left without fighting Fanxin.
• Fanxin chose to visit Mechanism City, and Little Black Cat guided the ship underwater to evade the navy's blockade.
• Fanxin gathered the crew and warned them about the island's dangers; more than a dozen volunteers chose to explore with him, while Qiangwei stayed behind to manage the ship.

Fanxin explored Mechanism City with Ren Fang and Little Black Cat, where machines and robots repeatedly reassembled after being destroyed. After crossing a bridge into the city, they were left stranded when it suddenly broke, and they decided to explore further.

• Fanxin brought volunteers to the island, split them into teams, and explored with Ren Fang and Little Black Cat.
• Fanxin sensed blood and danger nearby, then the group fought off machines and robots that began moving toward them.
• The destroyed robots reassembled and pursued them, so Fanxin led his companions toward Mechanism City's center to investigate.
• Fanxin tried to fly across a chasm filled with attacking needles, but their force drove him back.
• Fanxin led Ren Fang and Little Black Cat across a bridge that the needles avoided, but the bridge broke behind them after they reached the other side.

Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black Cat fought their way through Mechanism City’s self-repairing robots, where Undying Warrior No. 10 offered Fanxin the position of ninth king. Fanxin refused and began storing defeated robots in their spaces to prevent them from regenerating.

• Fanxin sensed danger in the island’s center, but Ren Fang could not contact the crew because the signal was blocked.
• Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black Cat fought through a swarm of robots that repeatedly reassembled, until the attackers eventually withdrew.
• Undying Warrior No. 10 invited Fanxin to become the ninth king and threatened him when he refused.
• Fanxin told Ren Fang he suspected the robots wanted to exploit his strength, and he threatened to destroy Mechanism City if necessary.
• Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black Cat stored defeated robots in their spaces, where the robots’ parts could no longer reassemble.

Fanxin and Little Black Cat collected robots in Mechanism City until the hidden controller withdrew them. Fanxin fought the city’s king, obtained the robot-restoration ability, and left to reunite with his crew.

• Fanxin and Little Black Cat discovered that robots taken away from Mechanism City could not reassemble, then collected so many that the hidden controller ordered the robots to withdraw.
• Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black Cat entered the empty Mechanism City and confronted its hidden controller, who admitted it had wanted to control Fanxin by making him king.
• The controller attacked Fanxin with lasers, but he deflected them and advanced toward the city’s center, pressuring it to bargain.
• Fanxin demanded the ability to restore robots, and the controller gave him a glowing object that successfully reassembled a test robot.
• Fanxin learned his twelve crew members were outside the city and injured but alive, then left Mechanism City with the restoration ability.

Fanxin discovered that Mechanism City was Celestial Dragon territory and withdrew to protect his crew before returning with a smaller group to attack it. Chen Yuning's storm flooded the island, while Qiangwei's plan to take control of it failed when the rising water washed away her flags.

• Fanxin left Mechanism City after sensing the Celestial Dragons' mark and resolved to destroy the place once he was strong enough.
• Fanxin evacuated his crew, then sent Ren Fang, Little Black Cat, and Lin Haicheng away underwater while he, Chen Yuning, Qiangwei, and Little Fox returned to attack.
• Fanxin and Chen Yuning split from Qiangwei and Little Fox, and Chen Yuning summoned a storm that flooded Mechanism City and the surrounding island.
• Qiangwei planted yellow flags to prepare her island-controlling power, but Chen Yuning's rising seawater washed them away.
• Little Fox carried Qiangwei to Fanxin and Chen Yuning after Qiangwei abandoned her plan.

Fanxin and Little Fox prepared to capture one of the three powerful robots at the Celestial Dragons' base. After Little Fox pulled the blood-red robot away from the others, Fanxin confronted it and explained why he opposed the Celestial Dragons.

• Qiangwei accepted that Chen Yuning's weather attack had disrupted her plans, and Chen Yuning continued flooding the island until three robots emerged.
• Fanxin hid with his companions, then sent Qiangwei and Chen Yuning back to the Diamond Space so he and Little Fox could face the robots.
• Fanxin planned to capture one robot for study, while Little Fox agreed to hold off the other two.
• Little Fox enlarged and used its attraction ability to pull the blood-red robot away from the golden and black robots as Fanxin readied his twin blades.
• The blood-red robot accused Fanxin of breaking their agreement, but Fanxin said he opposed the Celestial Dragons because they had attacked his family and threatened their research site.
• Fanxin dismissed the robot's threats and said the Celestial Dragons had been unable to capture him despite their existing conflict.

Fanxin and Little Fox fought three robots in Mechanism City, but Little Fox’s powerful attacks and Fanxin’s resolve shifted their goal from capturing a robot to destroying the city. The three robots pursued them as they headed for Mechanism City’s center.

• Fanxin blocked the blood-colored robot’s lasers while the other two robots joined the attack, forcing him and Little Fox to fight directly.
• Little Fox knocked the blood-colored robot away and engaged it, but the robot used Mechanism City’s hidden mechanisms to blast Little Fox with spikes.
• After the blood-colored robot’s attacks enraged Little Fox, Little Fox transformed into a giant fox and fired a blood-red sphere that exploded with tremendous force.
• Fanxin told Little Fox to attack Mechanism City, and Little Fox bombarded its center with blood-red spheres while Fanxin attacked the city himself.
• Fanxin and Little Fox headed toward the center, and the three robots chased them, firing lasers in an attempt to stop them.

Fanxin and Little Fox resumed their assault on Mechanism City, while its three active robots tried to defend the island and await the Navy. The golden robot revealed a secret weapon by raising countless gun emplacements aimed at Fanxin, and Little Fox sensed that it was extremely dangerous.

• The three robots blocked Fanxin's route with destructive shock waves, so Fanxin and Little Fox retreated toward the island's edge.
• The robots split their forces to guard the center and patrol the island while the other kings remained unable to fight.
• Fanxin released hundreds of Diamond Beasts, which bombarded the island with Diamond Spikes as he and Little Fox held off the robots.
• Fanxin told the golden robot he wanted to destroy Mechanism City because it belonged to the Celestial Dragons, and the golden robot refused to compromise.
• The golden robot signaled for Mechanism City's hidden defenses, raising countless gun emplacements that targeted Fanxin as Little Fox warned him of their dangerous aura.

Fanxin and Little Fox attacked Mechanism City’s Destruction Shell, but the First King warned Fanxin that the Celestial Dragons had other hidden bases and threatened to unleash the Eight Kings. Fanxin withdrew to reunite with his allies, while Mechanism City sealed itself and sent a robot to retrieve its scattered guards.

• Fanxin put the Diamond Beasts into Diamond Space, then joined Little Fox in charging toward the Destruction Shell’s central cannons as they fired.
• Little Fox fought off the golden and black robots while repeatedly using repulsive force to propel Fanxin into range of the cannons.
• Fanxin slashed the central cannons with the Dragon-Slaying Sword and stopped their destructive beams, but the First King interrupted him before he could destroy the base.
• The First King revealed that Mechanism City was only one of several bases and threatened to send out the Eight Kings, so Fanxin agreed to retreat until he could reunite with Bingfeng, Wang Yan, and the others.
• The First King ordered the blood-red robot to seal Mechanism City and retrieve two missing guards, while Fanxin returned to his ship and set off to explore an unfamiliar place.

Fanxin prepared to fight Kizaru’s fleet and teamed up with Little Fox to keep the Admiral occupied. After Kizaru evaded Fanxin’s opening sword strikes and repeatedly repositioned to avoid Little Fox’s attacks, Fanxin put on his Flight Armor and took the battle into the air.

• Little Black Cat warned Fanxin that four Navy warships led by Kizaru were approaching, and Fanxin ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• Fanxin and Little Fox agreed to join forces against Kizaru, though Fanxin chose to wait until the ships arrived before attacking.
• Kizaru confronted Fanxin and threatened him and Little Fox, while Fanxin warned that Little Fox could strike the warships from a distance.
• Fanxin attacked Kizaru’s warship with two sword slashes, but Kizaru dodged while using Little Fox’s threat to keep it from striking him.
• Kizaru repeatedly changed positions to avoid Little Fox’s attacks, so Fanxin told it to keep interfering while he put on his Flight Armor and flew into the air.