Chapter Summaries

Fanxin detected a shadow following him and used his soul form to trace it to members of Shadow Thorn, who suspected he belonged to the Soul Clan. The assassins decided to consult their boss about abandoning their mission for the Heavenly Star Alliance.

• Fanxin bought food for his Diamond World, then sensed a shadow following him and warned Little Black Cat, Little Fox, Bingfeng, and Wang Yan to stay together.
• Fanxin left his body in soul form and followed the shadow to a ship, where he learned the follower was the monkey-faced Shadow Assassin, a member of Shadow Thorn.
• The Shadow Assassin told the bearded man and the bald man that Fanxin had discovered him and that he believed a Soul Clan member was watching them.
• The Shadow Assassin sensed Fanxin’s presence disappear and insisted that Shadow Thorn abandon the operation rather than risk being killed.
• The bald man and the bearded man explained that their employer, the Heavenly Star Alliance, might retaliate if Shadow Thorn canceled the mission, so the bearded man proposed contacting their boss.

Fanxin forced Shadow Thorn's field team to withdraw temporarily, then accepted a challenge from a powerful hunter connected to the group. Their fight ended without a clear winner, while the hunter claimed Shadow Thorn could still carry out its mission.

• The monkey-faced man reported Fanxin's strength to his boss, who ordered Shadow Thorn's members to stand by while he consulted the Heavenly Star Alliance's young master.
• Fanxin watched Shadow Thorn's members return to their ship, then discovered a white-haired man concealed in his hotel room.
• The stranger said he had come to test Fanxin and offered to make Shadow Thorn withdraw if Fanxin won their fight, so Fanxin followed him to a deserted island.
• Fanxin and the tall man exchanged blade attacks, Haki-enhanced blows, and close-range strikes, but neither could defeat the other.
• The tall man said keeping Fanxin occupied would let Shadow Thorn continue its mission, and Fanxin answered that his Soul Clan ghosts could threaten the group's members.

Fanxin used the Soul Power Tower and his Conqueror's Haki to overwhelm Liu Guang, who abandoned Shadow Thorn's mission after realizing Fanxin was the Soul Clan's young master. Fanxin reunited with Bingfeng and Wang Yan, while Liu Guang later warned a red-eyed man that targeting Fanxin could bring the Soul Clan's wrath.

• Fanxin summoned the Soul Power Tower and fought Liu Guang, whose Soul Weapon dagger could harm souls.
• After learning Fanxin possessed Conqueror's Haki and a Soul Clan sacred artifact, Liu Guang called off Shadow Thorn's mission and left with his people.
• Fanxin warned a hidden Soul Clan member not to follow or protect him, then returned to Bingfeng, Wang Yan, and the others.
• Fanxin told Bingfeng, Wang Yan, and the others that Shadow Thorn had withdrawn, and he warned them to remain alert for other enemies.
• Liu Guang confronted a red-eyed man and explained that Fanxin was the Soul Clan's future leader, but the man doubted him until Liu Guang cited Fanxin's sacred artifact and Conqueror's Haki.

Liu Guang canceled Shadow Thorn’s assignment to kill Fanxin after learning that Fanxin was the Soul Clan’s young master, and Hai Yan ordered the assignment canceled while plotting to protect his authority. Back on Turtle Island, Fanxin warned his companions to stay alert and went to inspect the ship, where intruders had secretly tampered with it.

• Liu Guang refused the red-eyed man’s demand to continue the assignment, and Shadow Thorn’s group left after Liu Guang warned them not to provoke Fanxin.
• The red-eyed man reported the failure to Hai Yan, who canceled the assignment after learning Fanxin was the Soul Clan’s young master.
• Hai Yan dismissed the red-eyed man and decided to strike first against those who threatened to strip him of his authority.
• At breakfast, Fanxin told Little Black Cat he would inspect the ship because someone had tampered with it.
• Fanxin asked Bingfeng and Wang Yan to keep everyone alert, then headed to the ship after learning intruders had evaded its robots.

Fanxin learned from Fairy Liu that the Soul Clan and Ghost Clan were cursed and needed to reach the Holy Land to destroy the curse, which lay at the entrance to the Great One Piece. He agreed to rally the New World factions, then heard that the treasure might contain the secret to eternal life and resolved to hide the golden sphere within his dantian.

• Fanxin discovered deadly poison coating his ship, but Fairy Liu appeared and told him to come to the Holy Land for an antidote; the poison vanished after she left.
• Fairy Liu explained that the Soul Clan and Ghost Clan were cursed, and that the Holy Land contained a small world where the curse originated.
• Fairy Liu asked Fanxin to notify the Soul Clan and gather the New World factions, explaining that the Holy Land was also the entrance to the Great One Piece.
• Fanxin summoned the Soul Clan experts and told them to go to the Holy Land ahead of him while he gathered the factions; his eldest uncle agreed and said they would offer the treasure beyond the Land of Curses as thanks.
• Fanxin heard that the Great One Piece might hold the secret to eternal life and decided to keep the golden sphere in his dantian secret.

Fanxin learned that the Ghost Clan wanted him to go to the Holy Land, where the Soul Clan and Ghost Clan had been cursed and the entrance to the Great One Piece was said to lie. He warned his allies that the Ghost Clan planned to draw them into a dangerous battle, and Law remained unfazed as the group considered whether to go.

• After making arrangements concerning the poisoned ship, Fanxin agreed to let a reporter interview him the next day, hoping to use her to spread news.
• Fanxin practiced his Soul Skills and gathered the Heavenly Soul Pirates, Straw Hat Pirates, and Law to discuss the Ghost Clan and their plan.
• Fanxin explained that a Ghost Clan woman had poisoned the ship to force him to visit the Holy Land, where the curse began and the Great One Piece's entrance was located.
• Robin, Luffy, the Straw Hats, and Law said they wanted to go to the Holy Land, and Fanxin warned them that it would be the main battlefield in the Ghost Clan's attempt to break the curse.
• Fanxin told the group the Ghost Clan might use them as cannon fodder, but Law replied that the warning would not change anything.

Fanxin and his allies spread the location of the Great One Piece, drawing pirates and other powers toward the Holy Land. After viewing footage of the growing battle there, Fanxin told a beautiful reporter that he planned to end his pirate life after the expedition and revealed that he was married with two daughters.

• Fanxin reassured Fanxin's companions that Luffy would pursue the Great One Piece despite the danger, and they agreed to spread the news and travel through the Beast Kingdom to the Holy Land.
• Little Black Cat worried that the Soul Clan curse could harm Fanxin, but Fanxin vowed to overcome every obstacle and said he planned to retire after reaching the Holy Land.
• The Straw Hat Pirates, Heart Pirates, and Heavenly Soul Pirates secretly spread the Holy Land's location, prompting ships and powerful factions from around the world to converge there.
• Fanxin met the beautiful reporter at a café, answered her questions, and learned that crews had found gold beneath the ice while rival forces fought over the Holy Land.
• The beautiful reporter showed Fanxin footage of the battlefield, where he spotted Fairy Liu watching the conflict, and he said he would return home after his final voyage.
• The beautiful reporter asked whether Fanxin was married, and he told her he had a wife and two daughters, leaving her disappointed.

Fanxin met with a reporter who admired him, then returned to his hotel and learned that the Heavenly Star Alliance was preparing to attack him. Bai Xue revealed that the Alliance had helped destroy Fanxin’s family branch, leaving him determined to hear the full story.

• Fanxin warned the beautiful reporter to keep their connection secret, then considered the pirates, the navy, and the Ghost Clan’s strange blockade of the treasure site.
• Fanxin sensed a Soul Clan visitor in his hotel room and met Bai Xue, who teased him before Ren Fang introduced herself as his wife.
• Bai Xue warned Fanxin that the Heavenly Star Alliance was about to move against him and gave him a black sphere meant to protect him.
• Bai Xue revealed that the Heavenly Star Alliance had once helped the navy breach Fanxin’s family defenses, prompting Fanxin to demand the whole story.

After learning the Heavenly Star Alliance had conspired against the Soul Clan, Fanxin prepared to face them, but an attack on the Straw Hat Pirates forced him to rush to their aid. He and his allies rescued Robin and Usopp from masked attackers and began to confront the remaining enemy.

• Bai Xue told Fanxin that the Soul Clan’s misfortune was a Heavenly Star Alliance conspiracy meant to prevent them from reaching the Holy Land, and Fanxin resolved to fight the Alliance.
• Nami called Fanxin to report that masked attackers had captured Usopp and Robin, so Fanxin sent Ren Fang into Diamond Space and hurried to the beach.
• Fanxin gathered the alliance members, assigned Law to rescue Robin and Sun Zhijian to rescue Usopp, and positioned the others to attack.
• Fanxin summoned three enormous spheres that blocked the sunlight, while Bingfeng froze the sea and another ally trapped attackers in a scorching furnace.
• Law swapped Robin for a stone as an attacker tried to crush her, and Sun Zhijian rescued Usopp from his captor.
• Fanxin had Law remove Robin and Usopp’s Seastone chains, and Law used the Op-Op Fruit to reattach their hands.

Fanxin and his allies survived an attack by men in black, then faced the second elder of the Heavenly Star Alliance, who tried to stop Fanxin from going to the Holy Land. The alliance continued toward the Beast Kingdom, but four enormous submarines surrounded their ships and opened fire.

• Fanxin ordered Black and White to pull three falling planets into a spatial rift, saving the men in black and the Straw Hat Pirates on the beach.
• Fanxin’s allies attacked the thirty-two men in black while he and Law watched for the hidden force behind the ambush.
• The second elder of the Heavenly Star Alliance appeared and offered Fanxin what he wanted if he agreed not to go to the Holy Land, but Fanxin refused.
• The second elder left, the men in black escaped, and Bai Xue warned Fanxin that the Heavenly Star Alliance also had a stronger first elder and a possibly living alliance master.
• Fanxin led the three-crew alliance toward the Beast Kingdom, but four enormous submarines surrounded their ships three days later and fired cannonballs.
• Fanxin released his magical beasts, drew his diamond blade, and slashed sword energy toward one of the submarines.

Fanxin fought off a masked swordsman, destroyed the attacking submarines, and faced the man’s reinforcements. After fusing with two hundred Diamond Beasts, he wounded one attacker and appeared behind the blue-masked man as the fight continued.

• A black-robed swordsman blocked Fanxin’s attack, but Fanxin fused with thirty Diamond Beasts and overpowered him, breaking his sword and hurling him through a wall.
• Fanxin wrecked the submarines with repeated sword auras, killing some of their occupants while the black-robed man retreated to another vessel.
• The black-robed man summoned five masked companions, and Fanxin fused with another hundred and seventy Diamond Beasts, bringing his total to two hundred.
• The masked attackers surrounded Fanxin and struck at him, but Fanxin severed one man’s right shoulder with a powerful slash.
• The remaining attackers resolved to fight together, and Fanxin vanished before appearing behind the blue-masked man, who was stunned by his speed.

Fanxin defeated the masked attackers but spared their wounded troops, then discovered a ship following his fleet and left to confront it. While his allies fortified a deserted island, Doflamingo sent dozens of fighters to attack them, hoping to take advantage of Fanxin being away.

• Fanxin killed one masked attacker, overwhelmed the others, and stopped when a red-masked man took Bepo hostage; the attackers released Bepo and retreated.
• Fanxin spared the defeated troops and returned to the ships, while the masked men reported his strength to their superiors and called for the First Elder and Second Elder.
• Law warned Fanxin that stronger enemies might come, and Fanxin offered Flight Armor to protect Law's subordinates before resting as the ships continued onward.
• After his ghost detected a ship trailing them, Fanxin stopped near a deserted island and went into the sea to confront the pursuers, while Bingfeng, Wang Yan, Nami, and Law prepared the defenses.
• A shark Fish-Man reported that Fanxin had left the island, prompting Doflamingo to order dozens of fighters to attack Fanxin's allies while he stayed behind to pursue his revenge.

Fanxin discovered that the Heavenly Star Alliance had split its forces to trap him and delay him while Doflamingo attacked his companions. After defeating the Fish-Men and striking at the forces aboard the ship, he hurried toward the deserted island but was intercepted by a suited fighter who wanted to test his strength.

• Little Black Cat warned Fanxin that the sea group was a decoy and that Doflamingo had attacked the group in the air, but the call was cut off.
• Fanxin fought the tiger shark Fish-Man and used ten Diamond Beasts to kill the Fish-Men, then spared their leader after breaking his leg.
• Fanxin summoned falling planets against the people aboard the ship and left to reach the deserted island, but a suited man attacked and blocked his way.
• The suited man said he would join Fanxin if Fanxin defeated him, then traded blows with him and was sent staggering backward.

Fanxin uncovered the ambush meant to distract him from the attack on the island and fought through the conspirators blocking his way. He left the man in the suit alive but badly injured and cleared the black-clad fighters, then continued toward the island.

• Fanxin learned that the man in the suit and dozens of masked fighters had planned to hold him back while their allies attacked his companions.
• Fanxin revealed that two spatially capable clones could evacuate the island’s defenders, then fused with four hundred Diamond Beasts to increase his strength.
• The man in the suit transformed with an artificial Devil Fruit and challenged Fanxin, who dislocated his wrist and hurled him into a crater.
• Fanxin stopped his blade just short of the man’s neck, injured his legs instead, and warned him to get out of the way.
• Fanxin attacked the black-clad fighters with repeated sword-qi strikes, overwhelming them before rushing toward the island.

Fanxin returned to the island but was intercepted by the Second Elder, who threatened his companions to force him to surrender. After Sun Zhijian evacuated the weaker fighters, Fanxin fought the Second Elder while the battle inside the Birdcage continued, until the elder revealed his suppressed power.

• Fanxin flew back to the island, saw Doflamingo's Birdcage, and found Straw Hat Boy and Law fighting Doflamingo inside.
• The Second Elder blocked Fanxin from entering and said the boss inside would kill his companions unless Fanxin surrendered or killed himself; Fanxin refused.
• Fanxin attacked the boss with the Seven Star Sword, giving Sun Zhijian the chance to use the darkness and the clones' spatial entrance to evacuate the weaker people.
• Sun Zhijian sent the weaker fighters away, leaving Law, Straw Hat Boy, Zoro, Sanji, the magical beasts, Little Fox, Wang Yan, Bingfeng, and other powerful fighters on the island.
• Fanxin fought the Second Elder outside the Birdcage while the magical beasts pinned down the boss and Law and Straw Hat Boy kept Doflamingo occupied.
• The Second Elder released the power he had been suppressing, transformed into a tall, imposing man, and declared that Fanxin would die.

The Second Elder transformed into a powerful man in his prime and fought Fanxin, but his strength was limited by the seal on his body. Fanxin exploited that weakness and trapped the Second Elder against the Birdcage with a surprise attack, leaving him under a barrage of strikes.

• The Second Elder transformed from a wizened old man into a tall, imposing man and attacked Fanxin with his spiked cane.
• Fanxin and the Second Elder traded attacks and defenses, realizing they were evenly matched.
• Fanxin noticed the Second Elder’s concern about prolonging the fight and guessed that he could not maintain his strength for long because of the seal on his body.
• Fanxin pressed the Second Elder toward the Birdcage while keeping the Dragon-Slaying Sword poised close to him.
• Fanxin used a feint with his diamond blade to distract the Second Elder, then unleashed the Dragon-Slaying Sword’s bloodlike dragons and trapped him against the Birdcage.
• The Second Elder had nowhere left to retreat as Fanxin continued attacking him with his blades and sword qi.

Fanxin forced the Second Elder to retreat, then cut through the Birdcage and freed the fighters inside. He went to confront the Heavenly Star Alliance’s First Elder, whose unusual behavior left Fanxin demanding an explanation.

• The Second Elder changed into a child to escape Fanxin’s hold and fled after suffering heavy injuries.
• Fanxin slashed through the Birdcage, weakening it and ending its oppressive effect over the island.
• Doflamingo ordered his side to retreat and escaped while members of the three allied crews pursued the others.
• Fanxin headed to the First Elder’s battlefield and joined the demonic beasts surrounding him.
• Fanxin questioned why the First Elder had come, and the First Elder said he had come to have fun rather than hunt Fanxin down.
• Fanxin demanded a clearer explanation, and the First Elder agreed to explain.

The Grand Elder revealed to Fanxin that he was a Soul Clan elder whose soul had merged with the former Grand Elder, and warned him that the Heavenly Star Alliance leader was extraordinarily powerful. After the group set sail for the Beast Kingdom, a pursuing black fog forced them to flee, but it continued to follow their ships.

• The Grand Elder told Fanxin he belonged to the Soul Clan and had merged with the former Grand Elder's soul, leaving him unable to attack Fanxin or the Heavenly Star Alliance.
• The Grand Elder warned Fanxin that the alliance leader was far more powerful than he could imagine, then vanished.
• Fanxin regrouped with his companions, learned that several of Law's crew had died, and ordered everyone to prepare to leave for the Beast Kingdom.
• Fanxin chose not to attack the Heavenly Star Alliance scouts following the ships and kept watch as the group sailed onward.
• Fanxin spotted an expanding black fog and ordered the ships to flee, while Little Fox used his tails to hold the fog back and Little Black Cat accelerated the fleet.
• The black fog continued pursuing the ships, and Bingfeng warned Fanxin that their energy would eventually run out.

Fanxin and his allies entered an alternate dimension to escape the black fog, but Doflamingo’s net forced them into a battle with the Heavenly Star Alliance. Fanxin fought the alliance’s leader inside the fog and realized the enemy was in soul form, leaving him to rely on the Soul Clan Secret Technique.

• Fanxin sent the weaker members of the Heart Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates into his small world, then used Black and White to open a spatial rift and move the ships away from Doflamingo’s net.
• Fanxin and Bingfeng led the fighters out of the rift; Bingfeng froze the sea, and the group prepared for battle while surrounded by the Heavenly Star Alliance’s fleet and the black fog.
• Fanxin confronted the alliance and split more than a hundred ships with two sword strikes, while his allies battled enemies arriving from hydrogen balloons.
• Fanxin attacked the black fog with sword qi, but the alliance leader shattered his attack and remained unharmed by Fanxin’s Haki-coated blades.
• A voice warned Fanxin that the alliance leader was in soul form and could only be defeated with the Soul Clan Secret Technique; Fanxin understood the problem and accused the leader of having hunted Soul Clan members.

Fanxin battled the Heavenly Star Alliance Leader, discovering that his Soul Clan technique let his blades cut the leader’s mist form. After the leader adapted and became difficult to injure, Fanxin enlisted Ren Fang to use her spatial ability, and they prepared a trap while he kept the leader occupied.

• Fanxin used Soul Power-coated twin blades to slice apart the Heavenly Star Alliance Leader’s black hand and drove Bai Xue away from danger.
• Fanxin repeatedly slashed the leader’s mist body, forcing him to lose soul power and condense into a smaller human form.
• The Heavenly Star Alliance Leader evaded Fanxin’s attacks by turning into mist and slipping through gaps, while Fanxin made himself transparent with Soul Power.
• Fanxin brought Ren Fang out of Diamond Space and asked her to divide the leader’s body across different spaces with her spatial ability.
• Ren Fang scattered small worlds around the battlefield as Fanxin kept attacking and distracting the leader, waiting for the trap to take effect.