Chapter Summaries

Fanxin and Ren Fang trapped the Heavenly Star Alliance leader while he tried to escape, driving him to overload his spear. Fanxin immobilized him and triggered the spear’s explosion, engulfing them both in the blast.

• Fanxin distracted the Heavenly Star Alliance leader while Ren Fang sent starlight into his body, making him stiffen and disrupting his movements.
• The Heavenly Star Alliance leader tried to escape, but Fanxin fused with more Diamond Beasts and stopped him.
• The Heavenly Star Alliance leader began overloading his spear, and Fanxin warned the Straw Hat, Heart, and Heavenly Soul Pirates to flee.
• Fanxin struck the cracking spear with blade and sword auras, worsening its instability as the Heavenly Star Alliance leader fled.
• Ren Fang immobilized the fleeing leader, and Fanxin triggered the spear’s explosion, engulfing both men in its shock wave.

Fanxin’s crew feared he had died in the explosions, but Little Fox and Little Black Cat revealed that he was alive, badly injured, and in another dimension. The crew settled in the frozen sea to wait for him, while Fanxin lay unconscious in a forest as Ren Fang emerged to protect him from nearby predators.

• Explosions destroyed the ice continent and transformed the seabed, and Fanxin disappeared after being caught in the blast.
• After searching unsuccessfully, Bingfeng and the crew learned from Little Fox and Little Black Cat that Fanxin was alive but trapped in an unfamiliar dimension.
• Little Fox and Little Black Cat revealed that a golden sphere inside Fanxin could sustain his life, and Law warned everyone to keep its existence secret.
• Wang Yan decided the crew would wait for Fanxin, and Bingfeng froze the surrounding sea and made ice houses for them.
• Fanxin lay severely wounded in a forest in another dimension, where Ren Fang emerged from his dantian and challenged the predators gathering around him.

Ren Fang rescued the badly injured Fanxin in an alternate dimension, where the golden sphere began healing him as he strengthened his soul. With the black and white clones recovering too, the pair planned to wait until they could reopen a spatial passage, but new arrivals appeared across the river.

• Ren Fang killed the wolves and tigers that attacked her, then washed Fanxin’s wounds and learned that he was still alive.
• Fanxin told Ren Fang that the golden sphere was repairing his body and that the black and white clones needed about half a month to recover enough to open a passage home.
• Ren Fang caught fish and sent them into Fanxin’s Diamond Space to feed his crew, then went inside to prepare food.
• Fanxin absorbed rootless souls to strengthen himself, which accelerated his healing, and sent half his energy to help the black and white clones recover.
• Ren Fang delivered more than a hundred small worlds of fish into the Diamond Space, while Fanxin cultivated and waited.
• When unfamiliar people in animal skins appeared across the river, Fanxin returned to the Diamond Space because he was too injured to fight.

Fanxin recovered from his battle with the Heavenly Star Alliance Leader while resting with Ren Fang and their children in the Diamond Space. After half a month, he and Ren Fang set out with the Black and White Clones to explore the unfamiliar world, where they encountered a pack of tigers and two people who called them friends.

• Fanxin reunited with Ren Fang and his crew, then rested with Ren Fang and their children while discussing the surviving Heavenly Star Alliance Leader and the dangers of the Holy Land and Beast Kingdom.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang agreed to fight side by side in the future, and Ren Fang planned to leave the children in Xiaoling and Pan's care.
• Fanxin spent half a month cultivating and healing in the Diamond Space, recovering alongside the Black and White Clones.
• Fanxin, Ren Fang, and the clones went out to explore the world instead of returning immediately, carefully following a narrow path through the woods.
• A pack of tigers blocked their path, and Fanxin raised his fist to attack before a man called out that the tigers were his friends.
• The man and a woman emerged from the woods, and the man stroked the largest tiger as it affectionately rubbed against him.

Fanxin discovered that the Tangerine Grove’s fruit strengthened his soul and eased an invisible restraint, and he suspected it could help free him from the Soul Clan’s curse. After paying Yu Jia in gold and sending her away, he asked Ren Fang and his clones to move the tangerine trees into the Diamond Space.

• Fanxin apologized to the animal-skin youth for threatening Da Hu, learned they were in the Tangerine Grove, and accepted Yu Jia’s offer to guide them.
• Yu Jia gave Fanxin and his companions tangerines, and Fanxin paid her a lump of gold after discovering that the fruit benefited his soul.
• Yu Jia realized Fanxin had overpaid, but he offered more gold in exchange for hundreds of saplings and told her she no longer needed to guide them.
• Fanxin explained the fruit’s effects to Ren Fang and the Black and White Clones; Ren Fang suggested it might remove the restraint on his soul.
• Fanxin urgently told Ren Fang and the clones to move the tangerine trees into the Diamond Space.

Fanxin and his companions met Yuxi, an elder of the Soul Clan whose family had lived in this world for generations after his ancestor was stranded there. Yuxi revealed that the local oranges helped free Soul Clan souls from their defect, and Fanxin offered to take the clan back to their original world, leaving Yuxi to weigh the choice.

• Ren Fang and the Black and White Clones moved thousands of orange trees into Fanxin’s Diamond Space before he sensed the beast-skin-clad beauty approaching with her clanspeople.
• The beauty introduced Fanxin to her grandfather, Yuxi, who deduced that Fanxin belonged to the Soul Clan from his currency and his interest in the oranges.
• Yuxi revealed that he and his clan were Soul Clan descendants whose ancestor had been stranded in this world, where he discovered and cultivated oranges that benefited their souls.
• Fanxin opened a passage with the Black and White Clones and offered to take Yuxi’s clan back, but Yuxi hesitated because he was attached to his home.
• Yuxi explained that the oranges could separate unwanted parts of the soul, then asked Fanxin about the Soul Clan’s struggle in the original world.

Fanxin learned that Yuxi’s branch of the Soul Clan could not join the fight, but he brought more than a dozen youths back to the Continent of Ice and reunited with his companions. He left the branch behind with orange trees to help its clansmen, while Yuxi hoped the journey would go safely.

• Yuxi explained that his branch lacked the Soul Clan’s combat techniques and stayed behind to protect its descendants, while Fanxin planned to break the curse in the Holy Land.
• Fanxin introduced Ren Fang and his soul clones to Yuxi’s clansmen, then agreed to take more than a dozen eager youths to the nation he had established.
• Fanxin revealed that he had stored more than ten thousand orange trees in his Diamond Space and warned the youths to stay close during spatial travel.
• The Black and White Clones opened a spatial vortex, and Fanxin led Ren Fang and the youths through it while Yuxi and the clansmen watched them depart.
• Fanxin and his group arrived on the Continent of Ice, where Little Fox and Little Black Cat recognized his return and rushed to embrace him.

Fanxin reunited with the Heavenly Soul Pirates and arranged for their crews to combine into one alliance before facing unknown enemies. After strengthening his body with the golden sphere, he agreed to fuse with the magical beasts so they could share its power, then led everyone toward the ships to set out.

• Fanxin released the hidden ships and crew members, and Bingfeng thanked him for keeping in contact through Little Fox and Little Black Cat.
• Fanxin told Bingfeng that the Heavenly Star Alliance Leader had survived but could no longer threaten them, and they planned to prepare for new opponents.
• Bingfeng, Law, and Straw Hat Boy agreed to merge the three pirate crews into one alliance and reassign everyone among its forces.
• After the banquet, the nine-tailed black fox suggested Fanxin fuse with the magical beasts to increase his fighting strength, and Fanxin began strengthening his physique with the golden sphere.
• Fanxin discovered that the black fox wanted to share the golden sphere's power and promised to fuse with all the beasts when needed.
• After cultivating through the night, Fanxin finished strengthening his body and led everyone to the ships to depart.

Fanxin and his allies sailed toward the Beast Kingdom as the Holy Lord’s masked followers prepared to stop them. After Ren Fang sent away an attacking force of Beastmen, Fanxin faced the Holy Land’s powerful black-robed fighters and ended the chapter as they turned his summoned planets back toward the fleet.

• The Holy Lord ordered his masked followers to launch their plan in the Beast Kingdom and eliminate Fanxin, explaining that Conqueror’s Haki had thwarted their earlier attempts against the Soul Clan and Ghost Clan.
• Fanxin sensed pursuers near the Continent of Ice, and he and Ren Fang suspected the enemy would draw forces from the Holy Land into the coming battle.
• Fanxin warned the fleet to prepare for a major fight, and Ren Fang used her ability with the Black and White Clones to send the first attacking ships of Beastmen into another dimension.
• Fanxin stopped Ren Fang from confronting a second group of ships when he recognized the black-robed figures aboard them as Holy Land fighters, including a masked man whose power rivaled the Heavenly Star Alliance Leader.
• Fanxin attacked the black-robed fighters with seven summoned planets, but one of their warriors halted the planets and sent them flying back toward the fleet.

Fanxin’s group fought to break through the Beast Kingdom’s blockade, while Wang Yan and Bingfeng led forces against the enemies behind them. Fanxin faced the gray-eyed man who feared his Conqueror’s Haki, and their duel began with the man lunging at him.

• Wang Yan and Little Fox melted the falling planets and damaged the enemy ships, but the gray-eyed man proved able to absorb Little Fox’s attacks.
• Fanxin assigned Wang Yan, Bingfeng, and the robots to hold off the forces behind them, while Law and Luffy joined the fight ahead; Bingfeng froze the surrounding sea into a vast battlefield of ice.
• Ren Fang told Fanxin she had hidden one-fifth of her body and could survive the battle, then kissed him and charged into the enemy ranks.
• Fanxin confronted the gray-eyed man, exchanged an opening attack with him, and coated his blades in Haki while strengthening his defenses and fusing with fifty Diamond Beasts.
• The gray-eyed man declared that he would kill Fanxin and lunged at his head with an eagle-claw strike, as Fanxin swung a blade at his hand.

Fanxin fought the gray-eyed man, whose transformation made him a powerful opponent, and struggled to find a way past his nearly steel-hard body. Fanxin finally used the blood-colored dragons to set up an attack on the man’s vulnerable eyes, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Fanxin and the gray-eyed man exchanged fierce blows, and the man transformed into a towering, muscular beast form.
• Fanxin fused with 350 Diamond Beasts to increase his strength, then resumed their evenly matched fight.
• After separating, Fanxin realized he needed to defeat the man quickly to reach the Holy Land and decided to target his eyes.
• Fanxin feinted at the man’s eyes while the blood-colored dragons pinned down his arm, then sent the dragons after his eyes as the real attack.
• The gray-eyed man chose to protect his eyes from Fanxin’s combined assault.

Fanxin and the gray-eyed man continued their deadly battle, each struggling to overcome the other's power. Fanxin gained strength from ten magical beasts and used the Soul Tower to vanish, while the gray-eyed man sensed an attack but failed to hit him.

• Fanxin traded attacks with the gray-eyed man, but neither gained an advantage, so he called Heihu and merged temporarily with ten magical beasts to increase his strength.
• The gray-eyed man bit his hands, enlarged his body, and compressed it again, gaining terrifying power before he and Fanxin began fighting hand to hand.
• Their blows shattered the ice beneath them, forcing the gray-eyed Devil Fruit user to stay aloft with Geppo as the fight continued over the sea.
• Fanxin summoned the Soul Tower, drew in soul power, and vanished, leaving the gray-eyed man unable to detect him even with Haki.
• The gray-eyed man sensed a fist's wind behind him and counterpunched, but he struck only the attack's wind and failed to hit Fanxin.

Fanxin defeated the gray-eyed man by dragging him into the sea, but the man survived by switching to Fish-Man abilities and escaped. Fanxin’s ancestor revealed that only the strongest Conqueror’s Haki could defeat the enemy at the Holy Land, and Fanxin resolved to end the Soul Clan’s curse.

• Fanxin increased his speed, overwhelmed the gray-eyed man, and dragged him into the sea, where he bound him with a Seastone chain.
• The gray-eyed man revealed that his abilities changed when his life was threatened, broke free as a Fish-Man, and escaped into the darkness.
• Fanxin’s ancestor spoke to him, warned that strength alone could not defeat the enemy at the Holy Land, and demonstrated his superior Conqueror’s Haki.
• Fanxin’s ancestor urged him to fuse with his soul to gain strength quickly, but Fanxin hesitated and did not agree.
• Fanxin promised his ancestor that he would put an end to the Soul Clan’s curse.

Fanxin merged with his ancestor’s soul, learned of the Celestial Dragons’ oppression, and led his companions toward the Holy Land. There, he faced Blackbeard, Kaido, and Big Mom as a battle began and the surrounding sea froze.

• Fanxin absorbed his ancestor’s soul and memories, then vowed to destroy the Celestial Dragons for binding his family’s souls.
• Fanxin and his companions left the Beast Kingdom and sailed for the Holy Land, arriving a month later to find thousands of ships gathered around it.
• Fanxin ordered his ship forward and had Wang Yan and Bingfeng destroy a burly man’s ship and crew when they blocked the way.
• Blackbeard, Kaido, and Big Mom confronted Fanxin, and Blackbeard attacked him with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power.
• Fanxin countered Blackbeard and ordered Bingfeng to freeze the surrounding sea while the Black and White Clones moved their ships into an alternate space.

Fanxin faced Blackbeard while the other factions withdrew from the falling planets, then used Sea Kings and his ability to increase his strength. He approached Blackbeard again, intent on finishing him before they reached the island.

• Fanxin sent the others away in groups and asked Little Fox to protect Ren Fang as she left with it.
• Fanxin charged Blackbeard, but Blackbeard’s darkness began draining his strength, so Fanxin shattered the ice and dived into the sea.
• Fanxin’s falling planets forced Blackbeard to use his Tremor-Tremor ability to smash or redirect them, sending some toward the navy and underworld factions.
• A frog-like Sea King and a serpent-shaped Sea King struck Blackbeard’s ship and knocked him onto the ice.
• Fanxin emerged from the sea, absorbed both Sea Kings into his body, and gained strength before walking toward Blackbeard again.
• Blackbeard stood up and unleashed both abilities as Fanxin mocked him for the Sea King’s blow.

Fanxin drove Blackbeard toward the sea before Kaido intervened, forcing him to reveal the overwhelming red Haki he gained after merging with his ancestor’s soul. Fanxin wounded Kaido and continued fighting him as Ren Fang and Little Fox retreated to safety.

• Fanxin countered Blackbeard’s attacks and destroyed the ice beneath him, threatening to send the Devil Fruit user into the sea.
• Kaido blocked Fanxin’s attack on Blackbeard and challenged him to fight.
• Fanxin unleashed his ancestor-enhanced red Haki and cut Kaido’s fist, proving he could wound him.
• Blackbeard escaped the collapsing ice while Fanxin and Kaido traded powerful blows.
• Little Fox explained to Ren Fang that Fanxin’s Haki might have changed after he merged with an ancestor’s soul, then led her away from the dangerous battlefield.

Fanxin fought Kaido while attacking the forces gathered near the Holy Land, driving weaker fighters away and drawing the strongest into the battle. After escaping Fanxin’s devastating strike, Kaido faced further attacks as Blackbeard’s crew joined in, and Fanxin vanished using a Soul Clan secret technique.

• Fanxin drove Kaido onto his ship, where they clashed with blades and Kaido’s spiked club.
• Fanxin unleashed a massive Haki-infused red slash and falling planets, forcing weaker forces to flee while the Four Emperors and navy defended themselves.
• Kaido shoved Fanxin’s red blade light aside and escaped onto the ice as the attack destroyed his ship and split part of the Holy Land.
• The gathered forces attacked Fanxin, and Blackbeard struck with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, sending Fanxin flying before Fanxin countered with red blade energy.
• Shiryu of the Rain blocked Fanxin’s first slash, then retreated as successive slashes threatened him and cracked his Kitetsu.
• Fanxin activated a Soul Clan secret technique and disappeared, alarming the fighters who had attacked him.

Fanxin frightened the New World factions into following him into the Holy Land, where a Ghost Clan beauty revealed that the clans sought their blood and souls to fight the being that imprisoned them. She explained the possible fate of the Soul Clan and Ghost Clan after their release, but said Fanxin and his children would be safe because they possessed Conqueror’s Haki; the chapter ended with Fanxin offering her an orange.

• Fanxin killed or incapacitated dozens of attackers with unseen strikes, then warned the factions not to provoke him and led his crew toward the Holy Land.
• The factions followed Fanxin into the Holy Land, where a Ghost Clan beauty met him and guided him into a bank of mist that concealed them from the others.
• Fanxin heard the factions fighting over treasure and learned that the Ghost Clan had placed it there to lure people in and harvest their blood and souls.
• The Ghost Clan beauty explained that the clans needed those resources to fight their captor and that, once freed, some clan members might become humans while others might become evil spirits or vanish.
• The Ghost Clan beauty assured Fanxin that he and his children would be safe because they possessed Conqueror’s Haki, and Fanxin offered her an orange.

Fanxin brought the Ghost Clan sweet oranges that refreshed souls and helped prevent them from becoming evil spirits, giving the clans hope before their battle against the World Government’s forces. After learning the history behind the conflict, he understood that he and the Ghost Clan’s Conqueror’s Haki user would be central to the clans’ plan.

• Fanxin gave a Ghost Clan beauty an orange, and she discovered that it refreshed her soul and asked him for enough to share with her people.
• Fanxin and his companions followed the Ghost Clan beauty to a gloomy valley, where Fanxin vowed to break the clans’ shackles.
• The Ghost Clan beauty announced Fanxin’s gift, and the awakened Ancestor told him the clan could not leave while breaking its seal.
• Ren Fang used her spatial ability to send oranges into the valley, where the Ghost Clan members quickly collected them.
• The Ghost Clan beauty explained how the Soul Clan and Ghost Clan had lost their bodies, fought the evil forces, and later waited for Conqueror’s Haki users to lead a final attack.
• Fanxin realized that he and the Ghost Clan’s Conqueror’s Haki user would bear the brunt of the coming battle.

Fanxin prepared for the seal to open, but an attack interrupted the Ghost Clan’s young mistress’s recovery. After defeating the attackers, he vowed to challenge the Celestial Dragons even without her help and threatened to plunge the New World into chaos.

• The Ghost Clan beauty told Fanxin that golden tangerines could gradually free her people from their soul restrictions, and Fanxin offered to take them to vast orchards if needed.
• Fanxin told his companions to form teams and stay together before an explosion signaled that the seal was ready to be broken.
• At the seal, the Ghost Clan beauty explained that Fanxin and the Ghost Clan’s Conqueror’s Haki user had to act together, but a second explosion revealed that attackers were assaulting the young mistress’s ice coffin.
• Fanxin rushed to the cave, defeated the black-robed attackers, and learned that their assault had interrupted the young mistress’s recovery.
• Fanxin revealed the two Sea Kings fused inside him and vowed to grow stronger, defeat the Celestial Dragons, and send his friends and family away if necessary.