Recaps

After Straw Hat Luffy struck a Celestial Dragon, Fanxin and Ren Fang freed the auction house slaves while the Straw Hat Pirates fought the Celestial Dragons’ guards. Fanxin discovered that the old man with glasses was a powerful fighter and challenged him before a Marine Admiral arrived.

• Straw Hat Luffy struck a Celestial Dragon, and the crowd fled while the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to face the consequences.
• The other Celestial Dragons ordered their guards to attack, and Sanji, Zoro, and the rest of the crew fought back.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang went to the auction house’s cells, freed the slaves, and told them to search for keys to their explosive collars.
• An old man with glasses removed his collar just before it exploded, revealing his confidence and skill.
• Fanxin sensed the old man’s Conqueror’s Haki and challenged him to fight before the Marine Admiral arrived.

Fanxin met Rayleigh at the auction and watched him reveal his legendary strength by knocking out the guards and freeing Camie. As the Marines closed in, Rayleigh asked Law and Kid to keep his identity quiet, and the pirates headed outside to face the Marines.

• Fanxin agreed not to fight the old man, who helped remove the giant's collar and went to the auction stage with Fanxin, Ren Fang, and the giant.
• Hachi greeted the old man and asked for help rescuing his friend, so Rayleigh used his Conqueror's Haki to knock out the Celestial Dragons' subordinates and auction guards.
• Fanxin recognized Rayleigh as Pirate King Roger's first mate, and Rayleigh removed Camie's explosive collar before warning that a Marine Admiral would arrive.
• Law and Kid discussed the Marines' apparent pursuit of Rayleigh, who asked them not to reveal his identity, and they set off to face the Marines outside.
• Luffy joined Law and Kid in their argument about who would confront the Marines, so the three Supernovas went out together, followed by the Straw Hat Pirates and Fanxin.

Fanxin and Ren Fang escaped the Marines, and Fanxin used Conqueror’s Haki to knock many of them unconscious before he and the other Supernovas parted ways. After gathering his companions to face the arriving Marine Admiral, Fanxin reached the battle and discovered numerous Kuma-like weapons hunting pirates.

• Fanxin and Ren Fang planned to eat, gauge a Marine Admiral’s strength, and then head for Impel Down.
• Fanxin unleashed Conqueror’s Haki on the Marines who tried to arrest them, leaving many unconscious as they escaped.
• Law and Kid left Straw Hat Luffy, each promising to face him as an enemy in the New World, while Luffy declared he would become Pirate King.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang recruited Bingfeng, Wang Yan, and Langyue, then waited at a restaurant for the Admiral to arrive.
• Fanxin and his companions went to the fighting and saw multiple Kuma-like figures firing lasers at pirates.
• Fanxin told Langyue to test one of the figures and retreat if the fight became dangerous.

Fanxin fought off a Tyrant Kuma puppet and captured it, then clashed with Sentomaru while trying to learn which Marine Admiral had been sent to Sabaody. Fanxin gained the upper hand and struck for Sentomaru’s neck, but the fight’s outcome was left unresolved.

• Langyue, Ren Fang, Bingfeng, and Wang Yan went to test their skills against the Tyrant Kuma puppets while Fanxin set out to find a Marine Admiral.
• Fanxin dodged a Tyrant Kuma puppet’s beam, disabled it with Haki-coated blades, and captured it in Diamond Space for Little Black Cat to study.
• Fanxin encountered Sentomaru, who identified him as a pirate and attacked him with a huge axe.
• Fanxin asked Sentomaru which Admiral had arrived and said he intended to kill the Admiral, but Sentomaru demanded that Fanxin defeat him first.
• Fanxin fought Sentomaru with Haki-coated blades and overwhelmed his defenses, then swung the Dragon-Slaying Sword at Sentomaru’s neck.

Fanxin confronted Marine Admiral Kizaru at Marine Headquarters and fought him to a standstill while discussing his plans to ally with Whitebeard against the Marines. The fight ended when Kizaru sensed an opportunity to capture the Straw Hat Pirates and left Fanxin to pursue them.

• Fanxin abandoned his attack on Sentomaru after a light-based strike nearly hit him, and Sentomaru continued fighting other opponents with the Tyrant Kuma puppet.
• Fanxin met Kizaru and declared his intent to take revenge on the Marines and Celestial Dragons, saying he planned to seek Whitebeard's help.
• Kizaru and Fanxin exchanged blows, with Fanxin using Observation Haki to evade Kizaru's swift kicks and sword energy to counterattack.
• Kizaru fired laser beams at Fanxin and identified the Tyrant Kuma puppet, while Fanxin challenged Kizaru's assumptions about his strength.
• Fanxin and Kizaru fought for more than ten minutes without a clear winner, until Kizaru sensed an opportunity and left to capture members of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Fanxin fought Admiral Kizaru to give the Straw Hat Pirates time to escape, but Kizaru caught him as he tried to leave. Fanxin found the real Tyrant Kuma scattering the injured crew and learned that Kuma was secretly protecting them, though his reasons remained unclear.

• Fanxin cut through the Tyrant Kuma puppets and reached the Straw Hat Pirates, warning Zoro that his attacks could not hurt Kizaru without Haki or Seastone.
• Fanxin blocked Kizaru and held him off while Straw Hat Luffy led the crew toward their ship and away from the fight.
• After fighting Kizaru for twenty minutes, Fanxin flew away, but Kizaru used Yata no Kagami and a Lightspeed Kick to knock him from the sky.
• Fanxin sensed that the Straw Hat Pirates had not escaped and rushed toward them, with Kizaru pursuing him.
• Fanxin arrived to find the real Tyrant Kuma sending crew members flying; Kuma told him he was protecting them and that they were not dead.

Fanxin protected the Straw Hat Pirates' ship after Tyrant Kuma revealed Luffy's connection to the Revolutionary Army, then escaped Kizaru with help from Rayleigh, Wang Yan, and Bingfeng. Hidden underground, Fanxin planned to wait until Kizaru left before seeking opponents to fight and finding a route map to Impel Down.

• Tyrant Kuma told Fanxin that Luffy was Monkey D. Dragon's son and asked him to guard the Straw Hat Pirates' ship.
• Fanxin went to the ship, told Rayleigh that Kuma had scattered the Straw Hat Pirates, and stored the vessel in Diamond Space while Rayleigh held Kizaru off.
• Fanxin tried to enlist Rayleigh to kill Kizaru, but Rayleigh refused, so Fanxin fled and called Ren Fang and the others to join him.
• Wang Yan turned the ground into magma, and Fanxin, Wang Yan, and Bingfeng used it to escape underground while Kizaru searched the island.
• Fanxin and his companions decided to wait for Kizaru to leave, train through real fights, and find a route map to Impel Down before Ace's execution.

Fanxin infiltrated Impel Down by possessing a captured pirate and arrived safely at the prison. After slipping out of his first-level cell in soul form, he searched the staff monitoring room for information on where Fire Fist Ace was held.

• Bingfeng suggested Fanxin possess a captured pirate, and Wang Yan and Bingfeng entered Fanxin's Diamond Space so he could act alone.
• Fanxin possessed a pirate at a Marine gathering point and waited until the Marines transported the prisoners to Impel Down.
• The warships passed through the Gate of Justice and reached Impel Down, where Domino received the prisoners and assigned them to cells by bounty.
• Fanxin's host was locked on the first level, and Fanxin escaped the cell in soul form to search for Fire Fist Ace.
• Unable to locate Ace among the many cells, Fanxin went to the monitoring room to seek information from the staff.

Fanxin searched Impel Down's fifth level for Fire Fist Ace but found no trace of him among the prisoners. He and Bingfeng discovered a hidden Okama Paradise and sought information there, where the guards brought someone to meet them.

• Fanxin threatened a uniformed staff member, learned that Fire Fist Ace was supposedly on the fifth level, then knocked the man unconscious before he could report the intruder.
• Fanxin entered the freezing level, reunited with Bingfeng, Wang Yan, Langyue, and Ren Fang, and gave them warm clothes before they searched for Ace.
• After finding no prisoners who knew where Ace was, Fanxin sent Wang Yan, Langyue, and Ren Fang back into Diamond Space while he and Bingfeng continued searching.
• Fanxin sensed a hidden gathering beneath a forest and discovered it was Okama Paradise, where its residents could live freely.
• Fanxin and Bingfeng asked the okama guards for information about Ace; after Fanxin identified himself as a pirate, one guard went inside and returned with another person.

Fanxin learned from Inazuma that Fire Fist Ace was imprisoned on Impel Down’s secret sixth level, then traveled there in his soul state to find him. Fanxin reached Ace’s cell and revealed himself, leaving Ace surprised and asking how he had gotten inside.

• Fanxin asked Inazuma where Fire Fist Ace was being held, and Inazuma told him Ace was on the secret sixth level beneath level five and a half.
• Inazuma invited Fanxin and Bingfeng to Okama Paradise, where Fanxin met the Revolutionary Army prisoners and introduced his crew members.
• After eating and watching the party, Fanxin set out with Bingfeng, then stored his companions and continued toward the sixth level alone in his soul state.
• Fanxin used Haki to locate Fire Fist Ace and quietly approached his cell, where Ace was bound in Seastone restraints.
• Fanxin called out to Ace and identified himself, and Ace recognized him and asked why he had come and how he had entered the prison.

Fanxin broke into Impel Down’s sixth level to free Fire Fist Ace and Jinbe, then fought Warden Magellan when he blocked their escape. Fanxin fled through magma opened by Wang Yan, while Magellan summoned the guards to intercept him.

• Fanxin cut through Ace’s cell and chains, then freed Jinbe at Ace’s request.
• Fanxin placed Ace and Jinbe in Diamond Space and confronted Warden Magellan at the sixth-level entrance.
• Fanxin wounded prisoners who heckled him, then clashed with Magellan’s Poison Dragons.
• Fanxin released Wang Yan, who transformed the sixth-level floor into magma and opened an escape route.
• Fanxin vanished into the magma, while Magellan headed for the first level and summoned the guards to catch him.

Fanxin and Wang Yan hid in Impel Down after Magellan’s poison made a direct fight too dangerous, and Wang Yan failed to melt a way through the Seastone prison wall. Fanxin freed Ace and Jinbe from their Seastone restraints, but they left Diamond Space to try to stop Whitebeard’s war with the Marines, while Fanxin and the others remained in Impel Down.

• Wang Yan tried to melt through Impel Down’s wall so Fanxin could escape into the sea, but the Seastone resisted her magma.
• Wang Yan took Fanxin to the fifth level, where he hid them inside Diamond Space with Ace and the others.
• Fanxin bit through Ace’s Seastone handcuffs and shackles, then freed Jinbe as well.
• Ace and Jinbe insisted on leaving to prevent Whitebeard’s impending war with the Marines, and Fanxin let them out of Diamond Space.
• Ren Fang asked whether they should leave Impel Down, but Fanxin said they still had to stay for a while.

Fanxin purified the grudging souls on Impel Down’s fifth and sixth levels to strengthen his soul, then encountered Straw Hat Luffy, Fire Fist Ace, and Jinbe surrounded by Magellan and the prison forces. He joined the confrontation, and his Conqueror’s Haki made Magellan recognize him as a serious threat.

• Fanxin sent Ren Fang and the others to the Diamond Space for safety, then searched the fifth level for grudging souls.
• Fanxin purified the souls gathered among the bones, absorbed their power, and moved on to the sixth level to repeat the process.
• After purifying the sixth level, Fanxin found Straw Hat Luffy and Fire Fist Ace with Jinbe surrounded on the fourth level, so he brought Wang Yan and Bingfeng into the fight.
• Fanxin entered the corridor and advanced through the jailers, then unleashed Conqueror’s Haki that knocked out weaker fighters.
• Magellan recognized Fanxin’s Conqueror’s Haki and stopped treating him as an ordinary intruder.

Fanxin stayed behind to hold off Magellan while Ace, Luffy, and Jinbe fled, then caught up with them after escaping the fight. At Impel Down’s exit, he negotiated an exchange that freed Luffy but left Ace in the tall reclusive prisoner’s hands, and the group prepared to rescue Ace at Marine Headquarters.

• Fanxin and Magellan fought on the fourth level while Wang Yan and Bingfeng helped, and Bingfeng froze Magellan so Fanxin could unleash the Dragon-Slaying Sword’s full power before they fled.
• Fanxin found Ace, Luffy, and Jinbe stopped at the first-level exit, where a powerful reclusive prisoner held Luffy captive.
• Ace asked Fanxin to protect Luffy and offered to surrender himself, but Fanxin proposed trading Ace for Luffy instead.
• Fanxin demonstrated his soul-form escape and control abilities, persuading the tall man to agree to an exchange while still blocking the exit.
• Luffy crossed to Fanxin’s side and Ace crossed to the tall man’s, completing the exchange after Fanxin urged Luffy to help rescue Ace at Marine Headquarters.

Fanxin discovered an escape route from Impel Down but planned to release prisoners to disrupt the Marines before heading to Marine Headquarters. He let Straw Hat Luffy out to confront Magellan and followed to make sure Luffy survived.

• Fanxin knocked Straw Hat Luffy unconscious, put him in Diamond Space, and told Ace he would rescue him again at Marineford before leaving.
• The tall man had Ace shackled and locked in a cell while Magellan went after Fanxin, and Fanxin and Wang Yan decided to find another exit by questioning guards.
• Wang Yan learned that Blue Gorillas brought food through a sea opening on the fourth level, giving Fanxin a route out through the deep sea.
• Fanxin said he would release a few prisoners to trouble the Marines, then reluctantly let Straw Hat Luffy out when he insisted on rescuing Ace.
• Fanxin followed Luffy to the second level, where Luffy encountered Magellan and began fighting him as Fanxin watched nearby.

After Magellan poisoned Luffy, Fanxin tried to get him treated but learned the prison doctors could not cure the mixture of toxins. Fanxin carried Luffy toward the Revolutionary Army on the fifth level, while Magellan pursued them and Fanxin reached the desert level first.

• Luffy attacked Magellan to save Ace, but Magellan poisoned him with a Poison Dragon and left to hunt Fanxin.
• Fanxin emerged from hiding, scolded Luffy for rushing into the fight, and promised to help save Ace.
• Fanxin took Luffy to the infirmary and threatened the doctors until they examined him, but they said their antidotes could not cure the mixture of toxins.
• Fanxin decided to take Luffy to the Revolutionary Army, while the doctors alerted Magellan to his escape.
• Magellan led guards in pursuit, and Fanxin reached the desert level before him.

Fanxin brought the poisoned Straw Hat Luffy to Newkama Land, where he persuaded Emporio Ivankov to treat him by claiming Luffy was Dragon’s son and citing Bartholomew Kuma’s help. Ivankov agreed to save Luffy, though he had not yet confirmed Fanxin’s claim.

• Fanxin learned from Bon Clay that Emporio Ivankov might be able to cure Straw Hat Luffy’s poison and freed Bon Clay from his cell.
• Fanxin secretly carried Bon Clay and Luffy into the fifth level to avoid alerting Magellan, then entered Newkama Land with them.
• Inazuma initially refused to help Luffy because he was a pirate, but Fanxin claimed Luffy was Dragon’s son and asked to speak with Ivankov.
• Fanxin told Ivankov that Bartholomew Kuma had helped the Straw Hat Pirates and asked him to save Luffy before it was too late.
• Ivankov accepted that Kuma’s intervention suggested Luffy had a connection to the Revolutionary Army and agreed to save him.

Emporio Ivankov began a dangerous treatment to save Straw Hat Luffy, warning that Luffy would lose ten years of his life if he survived. While Luffy endured the agony, Fanxin discussed escape with Ivankov and learned more about how Boa Hancock may have helped Luffy enter Impel Down; Fanxin then left to gather soul power and send criminals to Marine Headquarters.

• Fanxin let Straw Hat Luffy choose whether to undergo Emporio Ivankov's treatment, and Luffy agreed despite the risk of death or losing ten years of his life.
• Emporio Ivankov chained Luffy inside a cave and injected him with hormones, beginning a painful cycle of bodily destruction and regeneration while Bon Clay stood guard.
• Fanxin offered to help Ivankov and the others escape Impel Down, warning that a hidden expert comparable to an Admiral would emerge if the prison faced a crisis; Ivankov said he would consider the offer.
• Inazuma told Fanxin that Boa Hancock had visited Impel Down around the time Luffy arrived, leading Fanxin to suspect she had helped Luffy get inside.
• Fanxin left the underground base to devour resentful souls, gain soul power, and send criminals to Marine Headquarters.

Fanxin searched Impel Down’s sixth level for powerful prisoners to take to Marine Headquarters and distract the Shichibukai while helping Whitebeard. He secured Crocodile’s agreement with a Soul Bomb and then approached an elderly scientist, hoping to recruit him to teach Little Black Cat.

• Fanxin explained why either outcome of the coming battle between the Marines and Whitebeard’s forces would benefit him, then went to the sixth level to select prisoners.
• Fanxin offered to free Crocodile and take him to Marine Headquarters, but refused when Crocodile said he wanted to kill Whitebeard.
• Crocodile agreed to abandon his attack on Whitebeard for the time being, and Fanxin implanted a Soul Bomb in his head, freed him, and placed him in his small world.
• Fanxin found an elderly scientist and offered to take him out if he caused trouble at Marine Headquarters.
• The old man agreed to consider Fanxin’s terms, and Fanxin revealed that he wanted him to teach Little Black Cat.

Fanxin recruited the old man for his plans, then escaped Magellan by freeing prisoners on the sixth level and turning them against the warden. He reached Newkama Land and told Inazuma he would not release any more prisoners.

• Fanxin persuaded the old man to accompany him by offering to keep him in Diamond Space, then released him and stored him there.
• Magellan confronted Fanxin over the prisoners he had taken, and Fanxin taunted him before dodging his attacks.
• Fanxin freed several prisoners and removed their restraints, sending them to attack Magellan while he escaped.
• Magellan stayed behind to fight the prisoners, and Fanxin used his diamond blade to travel from the sixth level to the fifth.
• Fanxin returned to Newkama Land, where Inazuma warned him about releasing dangerous prisoners, and Fanxin said he had chosen carefully.

Fanxin and Inazuma watched Impel Down suppress the prisoner uprising while Luffy endured Magellan’s poison, and the Marines transported Ace to Marineford. After the rebellion was crushed, they discovered Luffy had recovered and was ravenously eating, leaving Inazuma impressed by his strength.

• Fanxin and Inazuma chose not to intervene as the Marines took Ace to Marineford and Magellan’s forces fought the prison uprising.
• The prisoners freed inmates from multiple levels, but Magellan and a tall guard at the exit defeated the uprising after more than ten hours.
• Fanxin offered Inazuma a way to leave Impel Down, and Inazuma said the Revolutionary Army would discuss whether to go with him.
• Fanxin and Inazuma saw food being carried to Luffy’s cave and realized Luffy had purged the poison in less than a day.
• Inazuma began believing Fanxin’s claim that Luffy was Dragon’s son after seeing his rapid recovery and unusual abilities.

Fanxin prepared to escape Impel Down with Straw Hat Luffy and Ivankov’s group, while Luffy recovered and insisted on going to Marine Headquarters to save Ace. The chapter left Fanxin preparing to take the okama into Diamond Space before departing.

• Fanxin told Inazuma and Ivankov he could help them escape, and they agreed to leave after deciding they could not overcome Magellan and the hidden expert.
• Straw Hat Luffy ate all the food nearby, recovered from the poison, and returned to his normal size.
• Fanxin told Luffy that Ace had been taken to Marine Headquarters, and Luffy agreed to go there with him after resting.
• Ivankov confirmed that his group would leave with Fanxin, and Fanxin placed Luffy inside Diamond Space.
• Fanxin summoned Ren Fang and asked him to prepare space in Diamond Space for the okama joining them.

Fanxin escaped Impel Down by entering the sea through a breach on the fourth level, while carrying Ivankov and the okama in his Diamond Space. Magellan and the tall man realized they could not pursue him and turned to restoring order in the prison.

• Ren Fang moved the Diamond Beasts aside, then Fanxin gathered Ivankov and the okama in the Diamond Space and explained his escape plan and possible trip to Marine Headquarters.
• Fanxin left the Diamond Space, headed to the fourth level, and destroyed the routes behind him as Magellan pursued him toward the Blue Gorillas' hunting ground.
• Fanxin revealed that he could survive underwater using a Diamond Beast body, then entered the sea despite Magellan's Poison Dragon attack.
• Magellan told the tall man that Fanxin had escaped through the fourth-level breach, and they concluded his Soul Clan abilities and Conqueror's Haki made him impossible to catch.
• The tall man told Magellan to restore order while he remained on guard, and Magellan went to deal with the prison's chaos and shortage of guards.

Fanxin reached Marine Headquarters and joined the Whitebeard Pirates, postponing his challenge to Whitebeard until after the battle while agreeing to help rescue Ace. He released the Impel Down escapees onto Whitebeard’s ship, where Whitebeard tried to dissuade Straw Hat Luffy from entering the dangerous fight.

• Bingfeng, Wang Yan, and Ren Fang took turns flying Fanxin toward Marine Headquarters, where they arrived as the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates were already fighting.
• Fanxin told Ren Fang he would join the battle and went with her to find Whitebeard, intending to discuss rescuing Fire Fist Ace.
• Fanxin introduced himself to Marco and challenged Whitebeard, but Whitebeard postponed their fight until after the battle; Fanxin agreed and offered to work with him.
• Fanxin released the Impel Down escapees from the Diamond Space, and Marco recognized Straw Hat Luffy as Ace’s younger brother.
• Luffy insisted on rescuing Ace himself, while Whitebeard warned him that he could die on the battlefield.

Fanxin, Straw Hat Luffy, and their allies joined Whitebeard’s forces at Marineford and began advancing toward the Execution Platform to rescue Ace. Fanxin left Smoker alive after defeating him, and he and Langyue continued into the square.

• Luffy declared that he would rescue Ace and claim the title of Pirate King, while Whitebeard confirmed that Fanxin’s group were his allies.
• Kizaru attacked Whitebeard, but Marco transformed into a phoenix, stopped the attack, and kicked Kizaru into a wall.
• Fanxin and the others set out for the Execution Platform; Whitebeard decided to watch their progress and prepare to help them against the Marines.
• Fanxin and Langyue used Langyue’s darkness and chill to bypass groups of Marines as they advanced.
• Smoker blocked Fanxin, but Fanxin caught his smoke fist with Haki and stopped just short of cutting off his hand, then warned him not to interfere again.
• Fanxin and Langyue continued toward the square, with Langyue clearing the way ahead.