Chapter Summaries

Fanxin fought the Blood King while rescuing Luffy and Zoro from his control, then continued battling to buy time to fuse with the Blood King's soul and gain his abilities. The fight stalled as both watched each other, with Fanxin waiting to master the powers he needed to restrain the Blood King.

• Fanxin fused with his fox clone, but learned that the Blood King controlled Luffy and Zoro, preventing Langyue from moving them out of the battle.
• Fanxin used repulsion to destroy the water wolves beneath Luffy and Zoro, sending them into the sea, then pulled them out and used Xiaojin to drive the Blood King's blood from them.
• Fanxin placed Luffy and Zoro in the Wind and Sand Tower and attacked the Blood King with his abilities while buying time to fuse with the Blood King's soul.
• The Blood King struggled to break through Fanxin's wind-and-sand defense, and the two paused their attacks rather than waste their strength.
• Fanxin and the Blood King watched each other as Fanxin continued fusing with the Blood King's soul, hoping to master his abilities and restrain him.

Fanxin defeated the Blood King using the Blood King's own ability, spared him, and returned to the ships exhausted. As the crews continued toward the Grand Line, Johnny suddenly boarded the Going Merry, and Zoro recognized him and asked where Yosaku was.

• Fanxin immobilized the Blood King with his stolen ability, overwhelmed him with attacks, and won the fight.
• Fanxin treated the Blood King's injuries and let him go, warning that he would kill him if he lost to Fanxin again.
• Fanxin returned to the ships and collapsed from depleted soul power; Ren Fang cared for him while the others waited for him to recover.
• The ships continued toward the Grand Line, and Luffy and Usopp used up the Going Merry's cannonballs practicing their aim.
• A red-haired young man with the character for "sea" carved into his cheek boarded the Going Merry and attacked its railing, so Luffy threw him onto the deck.
• Zoro recognized the young man as Johnny and asked where Yosaku was.

Zoro reunited with Johnny and learned that Yosaku had scurvy, which Nami treated with oranges. The crew decided to sail to the Baratie Sea Restaurant, where Johnny said the man Zoro was seeking might be waiting.

• Zoro reunited with Johnny aboard the Going Merry and learned that Yosaku was sick but still alive.
• Nami diagnosed Yosaku with scurvy, and Luffy brought oranges from Ren Fang, which improved Yosaku's condition.
• Johnny explained that he had damaged the Going Merry after mistaking its cannon fire for an attack on Yosaku, and Zoro forgave him.
• Nami and Ren Fang urged Luffy to find a cook, so the crew agreed to seek one at the Baratie Sea Restaurant.
• Johnny told Zoro that the man he was looking for might be at the Baratie, and Zoro excitedly asked if he was sure.

Zoro learned that Hawk-Eye had been sighted near Baratie, so Straw Hat Luffy’s crew set course there at full speed. Fanxin recovered his soul power, learned that his future body would belong to a Diamond King, and planned to reunite with the crew after entering the Grand Line.

• Johnny told Zoro that Hawk-Eye had been spotted near Baratie, and Straw Hat Luffy agreed to hurry there after lunch.
• Fanxin woke after absorbing soul power from the Soul Tower, and Ren Fang brought him nourishing soup.
• Giant Dragon told Fanxin to master Blood King's ability before taking over the Diamond King's body, and explained that Fanxin would have to defeat the Diamond King and seize his body quickly.
• After five days of recovery, Fanxin joined the crew on deck, startling Yosaku, who mistook him for a ghost.
• Fanxin told Straw Hat Luffy that he would seek a physical body after they entered the Grand Line and asked him to share the crew's course so they could meet again.

Fanxin cultivated his soul, then destroyed his soul clones and erased the consciousness in Blood King's soul after Giant Dragon warned that they could endanger his attempt to take Diamond King's body. Ten days later, the crew reached Baratie, where Marine Headquarters Captain Fullbody prepared to attack Straw Hat Luffy and his companions.

• Fanxin cultivated his Mortal Realm soul for six hours, compressing the absorbed soul power into liquid for his Soul Pool.
• Giant Dragon warned Fanxin that his soul clones could disrupt his plan to take Diamond King's living body and might even become dangerous if he were incapacitated.
• Fanxin decided to destroy his soul clones and erase the consciousness in Blood King's soul, then refined the clones into soul power for his Soul Pool.
• After ten days at sea, Fanxin and the crew reached Baratie, and Straw Hat Luffy looked forward to finding a cook to join them.
• A Marine warship sailed alongside the crew's ship, and Captain Fullbody spotted them and decided to attack.

Fullbody ordered the marines to attack the Going Merry, but Zoro and Straw Hat Luffy stopped the cannonballs, with Luffy accidentally damaging Baratie. At Baratie, Fanxin and Ren Fang met Sanji and decided he would be a good cook for Straw Hat Luffy’s crew, leaving Luffy to persuade him.

• Fullbody learned that Straw Hat Luffy’s crew had formed only twenty days earlier and ordered his marines to destroy the Going Merry before leaving for Baratie with a woman in a red dress.
• Zoro cut the first cannonball in half, and Straw Hat Luffy bounced the next one away with his belly, sending it into Baratie’s top floor and blowing a hole in it.
• Straw Hat Luffy asked Nami to help pay for the damage, but she refused, so he went to look for Fanxin and discovered Fanxin’s ship was gone.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang entered Baratie, where Sanji took their order because the restaurant had no waiters.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang agreed that Sanji would make a good cook for Straw Hat Luffy’s crew and planned to have Luffy try to recruit him.

Fullbody caused a scene at the Baratie, but Sanji defeated him after he attacked and wasted food. Luffy and Zeff then crashed through the ceiling, and the chapter ended with Ren Fang asking Zeff how much compensation he wanted for the damage.

• Fullbody complained about the slow service and insulted Sanji, who kept prioritizing the woman in red and told Fullbody to collect his own food.
• Fullbody planted a mosquito in his soup, then knocked the dishes onto the floor and stepped on Sanji's hand when Sanji challenged him over wasting food.
• Sanji fought back and beat Fullbody, while Fanxin told Ren Fang to wait because he believed Sanji could handle himself.
• Luffy and Zeff fell through the ceiling and landed on Fullbody, then Zeff kicked Fullbody into the sea when he tried to flee.
• Fullbody returned to his warship and learned that the important pirate he had been escorting had escaped to the Baratie, so he ordered the Marines to sail away.
• Ren Fang asked Luffy why he had fought Zeff, learned he needed money to pay for the damage, and asked Zeff to name his compensation.

Ren Fang and Fanxin decided to leave the restaurant while Luffy stayed behind to work off the damage. Ren Fang gave Luffy enough gold to pay Zeff and urged him to recruit Sanji before she and Fanxin departed.

• Zeff demanded five thousand gold coins for the damage and required Luffy to work as a waiter until the restaurant found replacements.
• Ren Fang and Fanxin discussed leaving because Fanxin needed to find a physical body and could not wait long.
• Ren Fang learned from Sanji where to buy provisions, then found Luffy breaking dishes while he washed them.
• Ren Fang told Luffy they were parting ways and gave him a package of gold coins to pay Zeff.
• Ren Fang urged Luffy to recruit Sanji, then rejoined Fanxin and left the restaurant with him.

Ren Fang recognized the pirate ship that had destroyed her hometown, and Fanxin agreed to help her take revenge after they shopped on Blue Sea Island. Little Black Cat and Langyue looted the ship, set it ablaze, and stopped its messengers, while the pirates learned of the destruction and their captain prepared to respond.

• Ren Fang proposed building up Wolf Valley as a self-sufficient home, and Fanxin agreed to buy seeds and other living things for it.
• After reaching Blue Sea Island, Ren Fang recognized the pirate ship that had destroyed her hometown and asked to kill its captain and vice captain herself.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang went to the market while Langyue and Little Black Cat sneaked aboard the pirate ship and stole its metal and treasure.
• Little Black Cat set the ship on fire, and Langyue sent wolves to beat the two pirates dispatched to summon help.
• At Brado Tavern, a pirate told Captain George and Corey that their ship had burned, and George reacted in alarm.

George and Corey confronted Little Black Cat after it admitted to burning their ship, but Ren Fang arrived and took them on. Ren Fang faced the two pirates, who demanded to know who she was and why she had destroyed their ship.

• George learned that his ship had burned to ashes and ordered his crew to find the culprit and another ship.
• At the docks, George threatened the townspeople until Little Black Cat revealed it had burned the ship and demonstrated its brown flames.
• Little Black Cat repelled the pirates’ gunfire with the help of a giant wolf, then waited for Ren Fang to arrive.
• Corey and George attacked Little Black Cat, but Ren Fang appeared behind them and knocked them to the ground.
• Ren Fang took charge of Corey and George while Little Black Cat went to Fanxin; the pirates demanded to know why Ren Fang had attacked them and destroyed their ship.

Ren Fang confronted the Twin Blade Pirates for destroying Blue Sea Village and trapping its survivors in a swamp before preparing to torture them. Fanxin drove away the navy that Corey had called for help, leaving Ren Fang free to continue her revenge.

• Ren Fang revealed that she had survived the Twin Blade Pirates’ massacre of Blue Sea Village and demanded they answer for it.
• Ren Fang trapped Corey and George in a swamp, shot Corey in the hands and feet, and immobilized both pirates.
• Ren Fang said she would shoot each pirate five hundred times without hitting vital spots, refusing George’s plea to kill them instead.
• Corey summoned the navy, but Colonel Xu Zhongchi hesitated to challenge Ren Fang, who ordered him to leave.
• Fanxin secretly humiliated Xu Zhongchi by pulling down his trousers, then chased off the sailors as they fled.
• With the navy gone, Ren Fang turned back to Corey and George and said it was time to get down to business.

Ren Fang completed her revenge against Corey and George, recovered at sea, and confessed her feelings to Fanxin, who accepted them. As they continued toward the Grand Line, an unknown humanlike creature approached their ship underwater and then disappeared.

• Fanxin concealed the dock with a tornado while Ren Fang shot Corey and George, then killed them and had Little Black burn their remains.
• After several carefree days at sea, Ren Fang recovered and told Fanxin she wanted to stay with him; she confessed her feelings, and Fanxin accepted her.
• Little Black Cat and Langyue teased Fanxin and Ren Fang, then the group shared snacks and joked together aboard the ship.
• An alarm alerted Fanxin, Little Black Cat, and Langyue to a fast-moving creature beneath the ship, so they prepared to fight.
• Little Black Cat spotted the humanlike creature beneath the ship, but it vanished before they could identify it or learn whether it was hostile.

Fanxin rescued a badly wounded man and brought him to Cocoyasi Village, where he confronted the Arlong Pirates for terrorizing the villagers. After Arlong refused to leave, Fanxin shot him in the chest.

• Fanxin found a severely wounded middle-aged man at sea, treated his injuries, and decided to take him to Cocoyasi Village rather than risk bringing him toward the Grand Line.
• Two days later, Fanxin and his companions reached the village and discovered that Arlong and the Arlong Pirates were threatening its villagers.
• Fanxin confronted Arlong and stopped him from beating a uniformed villager by threatening him with a gun.
• Fanxin explained that he had brought the wounded man home and asked Arlong to leave the village, but Arlong refused.
• Fanxin fired a red beam through Arlong's chest after Arlong rejected his request.

Fanxin agreed to meet Arlong at Arlong Park in three days, intending to defeat him on his home ground and drive the Fish-Men away from Cocoyasi Village. After Genzo explained how Arlong had terrorized the area, Fanxin resolved to protect the villagers, then noticed a photo album in Genzo’s home that left him stunned.

• Arlong accepted Fanxin’s challenge to meet at Arlong Park in three days, and Fanxin agreed to go despite suspecting a trap.
• Fanxin told Ren Fang he planned to fight Arlong where the Fish-Men were strongest, so they would learn they were not invincible.
• The villagers said the injured middle-aged man Fanxin had rescued came from a neighboring village that Arlong had wiped out, and Fanxin asked them to care for him.
• Fanxin promised to take Arlong and his gang away within three days, then escaped the villagers’ attempts to celebrate and returned to Cocoyasi Village.
• Fanxin secretly went with Genzo to his home, where Genzo described the villagers’ eight years of suffering under Arlong and Fanxin vowed to defeat him.
• Fanxin noticed a photo album on Genzo’s wall and stared at it in shock.

Fanxin learned that Nami had spent eight years gathering money to buy Cocoyasi Village from Arlong, though Arlong had no intention of honoring the deal. He secretly attacked Arlong Park, trapping the Fish-Men in a storm and capturing them as Uncle Genzo realized the village might finally be free.

• Uncle Genzo told Fanxin that Nami had been raising money to buy Cocoyasi Village and explained how Arlong forced her to join his crew.
• Fanxin warned that Arlong would betray Nami and promised Uncle Genzo he would take Arlong away.
• Fanxin sent Ren Fang and the others to keep watch, then quietly headed for Arlong Park and captured Fish-Men in the Wind and Sand Tower.
• Fanxin swept Arlong Park with tornadoes, blocked the Fish-Men from escaping into the sea, and drove Arlong across the island as his crew dwindled.
• Ren Fang, Little Black Cat, and Langyue left to see the storm, while Uncle Genzo told the villagers the Arlong Pirates were finished and urged them to prepare a celebration.

Fanxin defeated and captured Arlong, then left Cocoyasi Village with Ren Fang, Little Black, and Langyue. After reaching a populated island to restock supplies, the group came upon two sisters seeking a husband and learned that the villagers were reluctant to approach them.

• Uncle Genzo returned to the village, told Nami she was free, and finally wept after years of suppressing his grief.
• Fanxin trapped Arlong in tornadoes, shot him to prevent resistance, and imprisoned him in the Wind and Sand Tower.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang left Cocoyasi Village with Little Black and Langyue; Uncle Genzo secretly watched them sail away.
• After eight days at sea, Fanxin’s group found an island, restocked food and seasonings, and decided to stay overnight.
• Fanxin’s group joined a crowd gathered around two sisters seeking a husband, and Little Black Cat asked a villager why no one was stepping forward.

Fanxin and his companions learned that two women on the island were possessed by monsters that had killed hundreds of would-be husbands, so they lured them away and confronted them. The monsters revealed their ice and magma forms, and Fanxin dragged them into Wolf Valley, where the group prepared to fight.

• Little Black Cat learned from a villager that several hundred men had died after spending the night with the two women, and Fanxin suspected monsters possessed them.
• Ren Fang volunteered to lure the women away, led them to the seashore, and confronted them with her twin guns as Fanxin, Langyue, and Little Black Cat blocked their retreat.
• The women revealed themselves as an Explosive Flame Beast and a Profound Ice Serpent and transformed into magma and ice.
• Fanxin used his Fist of Wind and Sand to force the monsters into Wolf Valley, and Ren Fang followed after hiding its entrance in a forest.
• Fanxin assigned Langyue and Little Black Cat to fight the ice monster while he and Ren Fang faced the fire monster.

Fanxin negotiated with the red- and blue-cloaked monsters, who had possessed two women, and agreed to find them bodies in exchange for releasing the women. The group left Wolf Valley together, with the monsters set to travel with them the next day.

• Fanxin fought the red-cloaked woman while Langyue and Little Black Cat engaged the blue-cloaked woman; he used the Wind and Sand Tower to deflect her magma attacks.
• After Ren Fang left the battle, Fanxin learned the red-cloaked woman needed soul power and offered to find bodies for both monsters.
• The red-cloaked woman agreed to stop fighting and join Fanxin, while she and her companion temporarily kept the women's bodies.
• Fanxin told Langyue and Little Black Cat about the deal, then led the group out of Wolf Valley to meet Ren Fang.
• Fanxin asked Ren Fang to take the two monsters to the market for clothes because they would travel with the group the next day.

Ren Fang reconciled with Wang Yan and Bingfeng, then took them shopping and learned why Wang Yan refused to trade her gold. As the three women relaxed at a café, armed men took over the island and threatened them, and one of the men attacked Wang Yan.

• Ren Fang learned that Wang Yan and Bingfeng had entered the bodies of two dying girls to save them, and the women agreed to seek new bodies so the girls could be free.
• Ren Fang booked rooms for the group and took Wang Yan and Bingfeng to buy clothes, where Wang Yan paid with a lump of gold.
• Wang Yan refused to exchange the rest of her gold because it belonged to the girl whose body she shared, and she said she would rob pirates instead.
• Ren Fang, Wang Yan, and Bingfeng toured the village and stopped for coffee, where evening fell before a group of armed men stormed the café.
• The tall leader demanded money from the café manager and ordered Ren Fang, Wang Yan, and Bingfeng to come with him, while his underling swung at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan defeated a group of bandits at a coffee shop, and Fanxin agreed to form a pirate crew so his parents might find him. After the crew set sail for Loguetown, they were attacked by vines in a sinister forest, leaving only Wang Yan and Fanxin free.

• Wang Yan burned the bandits with her magma ability, and the shopkeeper called the navy, which later arrested them and offered him their bounty.
• Fanxin agreed to form a pirate crew to draw his parents’ attention, but said they would wait until he obtained a physical body.
• Wang Yan and Bingfeng volunteered to join Fanxin’s crew, and the group noted they still needed a navigator.
• The crew sailed toward Loguetown, then came ashore on the sixth day to rest and were seized by vines in a sinister forest.
• Wang Yan escaped by burning the vines, while Fanxin remained untouched because the attackers could not detect his spirit form.