Recaps

Fanxin defeated the Blood King, parted from Luffy’s crew, and gathered new companions while resolving threats in several islands. After gaining Arlong’s body and the Dragon-Slaying Sword, he trained in Haki and arrived at Loguetown, where he learned about Smoker.

• Fanxin defeated the Blood King, let him go, and left Luffy and his crew after helping them reach Baratie, where Luffy met Sanji.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang left to build up Wolf Valley, and Ren Fang avenged Blue Sea Village by killing George and Corey, the pirates responsible for its destruction.
• Fanxin rescued a wounded man and confronted Arlong at Cocoyasi Village, then defeated him and freed the villagers from his rule.
• Fanxin recruited Wang Yan and Bingfeng after discovering their monstrous forms, and the group later faced a golden dragon that Bingfeng hoped to possess.
• Fanxin helped Bingfeng take Arlong’s body, welcomed Jesse into the group, and secured the Dragon-Slaying Sword after Giant Dragon destroyed its controlling runes.
• Fanxin began intensive Haki training while the ship sailed toward Loguetown, then visited Roger Bar and learned that Smoker had driven pirates from the town.

Fanxin formed the Heavenly Soul Pirates, confronted Marines and tyrants across several islands, and learned more about the Soul Clan while training to face Haki. After freeing Banana Island from Liu Bahu, Fanxin’s crew set sail again and faced a new challenger, Aluo.

• Fanxin escaped Smoker in Loguetown, crossed Reverse Mountain, and entered the Grand Line with his companions.
• Fanxin entered Old Diamond King’s body and fused with him while Giant Dragon died, and months later, Fanxin emerged with a human form and a Diamond Space for the Diamond Beasts.
• Fanxin named his crew the Heavenly Soul Pirates and fought Marines, including Colonel Mingcheng and Zhang Yu, while training to dodge Haki-infused attacks.
• Fanxin recruited Lin Haicheng after helping Sea Heart Island’s people defeat Kunlong’s gang, then sailed with him toward Banana Island.
• Fanxin and his crew fought Liu Bahu’s forces, defeated Liu Bahu, and helped the islanders recover their stolen money.
• Fanxin obtained Liu Bahu’s Vajra Shield cultivation method, distributed the recovered money, and released Liu Bahu on a deserted island.
• As the crew sailed away from Banana Island, the bounty hunter Aluo boarded their ship, severed its mast with his broadsword, and challenged Fanxin.

Fanxin trained under Li Kecheng while evading Garp and gathered new companions as he pursued his plan to confront the Celestial Dragons. After a draw with Ace, he returned to Wolf Valley determined to help his crew grow strong enough to fight openly.

• Fanxin fought Li Kecheng on Twin Island, then agreed to train with him and led his crew through a punishing regimen before they left to draw the Navy away from the island.
• Li Kecheng warned Sengoku not to attack Twin Island and joined Fanxin, while Garp pursued them and Fanxin challenged pirates and escaped Garp’s warship in a storm.
• Fanxin recruited Chen Yuning, who controlled the weather, and later met Qiangwei on Onigashima, where she used illusions to keep people away and feared the Celestial Dragons’ hunters.
• Fanxin brought Qiangwei to Wolf Valley and learned that the Celestial Dragons would inspect the Prague Kingdom in a month, then set out with Xiao Ning to investigate.
• Fanxin encountered Ace, learned he was hunting a traitor who had stolen a black Devil Fruit, and fought him after revealing his plan to attack the Celestial Dragons and challenge Whitebeard.
• Fanxin and Ace battled after disrupting several Marine warships, but neither could overcome the other’s abilities, so they agreed to a draw and promised to fight again.
• Fanxin returned to Wolf Valley and found his companions still training, then vowed they would grow strong enough to stop hiding.

Fanxin rescued slaves from the Celestial Dragons, then trained with the Martial Monkeys until he mastered Conqueror’s Haki. He returned to Wolf Valley and headed for Marine Headquarters, but first joined the Straw Hat Pirates’ confrontation at the slave auction on Sabaody.

• Fanxin used soul doubles to take the identities of Saint Rosward and Saint Charlos, freed the ship’s slaves, and sheltered them while deciding what to do next.
• Fanxin left the rescued slaves in Li Kecheng’s care at Wolf Valley and began training in the island’s forest, where the Martial Monkeys tested him and taught him to rely less on Diamond Spikes.
• Fanxin endured months of brutal training, defeated the strengthened elephant, and accepted a life-force exchange with the white monkey to draw out his Haki.
• Fanxin trained with the Martial Monkeys for five more months until he mastered Conqueror’s Haki, then returned to Wolf Valley and learned that Whitebeard’s Pirates would fight the Marines at Marine Headquarters.
• Fanxin chose Ren Fang, Wang Yan, Bingfeng, and Langyue to accompany him to Marine Headquarters, and flew with them to Sabaody, where he learned the battle was nine days away and considered rescuing Ace from Impel Down.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang reunited with the Straw Hat Pirates at the slave auction, where Nami explained that their captured mermaid crewmate Camie was attracting wealthy bidders.
• Fanxin sat beside Trafalgar Law and offered him a trade for part of his soul, but Law declined, and Fanxin watched the auction without attacking the ordinary buyers.
• When a Celestial Dragon bid 500 million for Camie, Fanxin challenged the auction’s rules and threw the auctioneer off the stage, and Luffy then arrived, dodged the Celestial Dragon’s gunshot, and punched him toward the entrance.