Recaps

Lin Yuan trained Kuma to use the Paw-Paw Fruit against attacks, while Kaido tested his strength and Haki. Kuma improved, but he remained determined to grow strong enough to fight the Celestial Dragons and make them pay.

• Lin Yuan explained the Paw-Paw Fruit's powers and had Kaido test Kuma's ability to repel physical blows.
• Kaido's increasingly powerful attacks injured Kuma, so Lin Yuan told him to strengthen his body and practice against different attacks.
• Kuma trained intensely and learned that his fruit could theoretically repel damage, fatigue, and memories.
• A week later, Kaido's Armament Haki broke through Kuma's defense and sent him flying, prompting Lin Yuan to tell him to train his Haki.
• Half a month later, Kuma repelled Kaido's Haki-coated strike with his own Armament Haki, and Ginny discussed his progress with Lin Yuan.
• That night, Kuma told Ginny he would keep training because he needed to become strong enough to fight the Celestial Dragons and make them pay for their debt.

Lin Yuan visited Ivankov in Impel Down, where Ivankov revealed that he knew a Celestial Dragons’ secret and warned that Rocks was searching for Lin Yuan. Back on Hachinosu, Lin Yuan asked Ginny to investigate Rocks.

• Kaido reminded Lin Yuan that he had promised to visit Ivankov, and Lin Yuan traveled alone to Impel Down.
• Lin Yuan found Ivankov in his cell and promised to return for him when their forces could stand as equals with Rocks.
• Ivankov said he had seen a secret of the Celestial Dragons, gave Lin Yuan a way to contact him, and warned that Rocks was looking for him.
• Lin Yuan returned to Hachinosu and told Kaido they would retrieve Ivankov once they were strong enough to stand against Rocks.
• Lin Yuan asked Ginny to investigate Rocks, and she agreed.

Lin Yuan continued saving Devil Fruits for people who might join later while training with his crew. He mastered cutting Seastone with Space Cutting, making it easier to capture Devil Fruit users.

• Lin Yuan examined the Dark-Dark Fruit, the Gold-Gold Fruit, and two unidentified fruits, and told Kaido he was saving them for people who came later.
• Kaido and Bullet sparred, King practiced sensing his surroundings, and Moria continued training his Shadow Horn Spear after Lin Yuan challenged him to pierce Armament Haki.
• Kuma trained against Kaido, strengthened his Armament Haki, and used his compressed-air attack to drive Kaido back.
• Lin Yuan used Space Folding to teleport fifty meters and Space Cutting to slice a piece of Seastone in two.
• Ginny joined Lin Yuan on the terrace, and they talked about death and fear before she went to bed.

Lin Yuan and his allies raided a World Government transport ship and seized three Devil Fruits, including the Float-Float Fruit and the Op-Op Fruit. Back on Hachinosu, King ate the Float-Float Fruit and demonstrated that he could levitate objects coated in Armament Haki.

• Morgans told Lin Yuan that a World Government ship was carrying the Float-Float Fruit and two other Devil Fruits through the New World.
• Lin Yuan sent Kaido, Bullet, and Kuma to attack the escorting warships while he and King boarded the transport ship.
• Lin Yuan and King seized the three fruits, and Lin Yuan recognized the Op-Op Fruit as one worth five billion Beli, deciding to save it for the right person.
• Lin Yuan's group took the transport ship's weapons, food, ammunition, and other cargo before returning to Hachinosu.
• Lin Yuan gave King the Float-Float Fruit, which King ate and used to levitate a boulder coated in Armament Haki.

After Rocks summoned Lin Yuan to Pirate Island, he offered him a partnership, but Lin Yuan refused and returned to Hachinosu. Lin Yuan planned to wait for Rocks to make a mistake as the Rocks Pirates expanded and drew closer to a conflict with the World Government.

• King advanced his Float-Float Fruit training by lifting stones, wooden posts, and the training-ground floor, and Kaido praised its usefulness.
• Morgans told Lin Yuan that Rocks wanted to see him, and Lin Yuan decided to take Kaido to Pirate Island.
• Rocks asked Lin Yuan to join him as a partner, but Lin Yuan refused, despite sharing Rocks' desire to strike the Celestial Dragons.
• Kaido warned Lin Yuan that Rocks would not give up easily, and Lin Yuan said he would wait for Rocks to make a mistake.
• Ginny showed Lin Yuan a newspaper reporting that the Rocks Pirates had expanded their New World territory, and Lin Yuan expected that growth to bring them into conflict with the World Government.

Lin Yuan learned that the Celestial Dragons would hold their hunting game at God Valley in three months and decided to raid the island for captives and Devil Fruits. He gathered Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, King, and Moria to prepare, and the chapter ended with him facing the coming danger alongside his companions.

• Ginny showed Lin Yuan reports that the Celestial Dragons would hunt civilians at God Valley in three months and that the World Government had sent rare Devil Fruits there.
• Lin Yuan told Kaido and Bullet he planned to raid God Valley, and Kuma and Moria joined them while King stood with the group.
• Ginny reported that God Valley held several thousand civilians and was guarded by Marines, CP0, and the Holy Knights, and Lin Yuan learned that Kaido's Mythical Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit was likely there.
• Morgans offered to monitor the situation and send Lin Yuan updates.
• Ginny reassured Lin Yuan that he did not have to carry everything alone, and Lin Yuan reflected that three months remained before everything changed.

As the Marines, Rocks Pirates, and Roger Pirates mobilized for the Celestial Dragons’ hunt at God Valley, Lin Yuan decided to exploit the gathering to steal the Devil Fruit prizes. The chapter left Lin Yuan and Kaido preparing to go, with Kaido intent on claiming the Azure Dragon fruit.

• Tsuru told Sengoku that the Marines had been ordered to send troops to God Valley, and Garp agreed to go after learning Roger would be there.
• Perospero informed Linlin that Rocks had summoned his officers, and Linlin decided to join the expedition for the Mythical Zoan Fruits.
• Rocks assembled his officers at Hachinosu and explained that they would wait for the Celestial Dragons to bring out the prizes before attacking.
• Roger and Rayleigh learned that the Rocks Pirates were mobilizing, and Roger ordered Gaban to sail faster toward God Valley.
• Ginny told Lin Yuan that the Marines, Rocks Pirates, and Roger Pirates were heading to God Valley, and Lin Yuan resolved to steal all the listed fruits.
• Kaido said he intended to claim the Azure Dragon fruit, while Lin Yuan warned him not to act recklessly.

With one week left before the God Valley hunt, Lin Yuan and his allies trained and finalized a plan to infiltrate the island, rescue civilians, and target the prize warehouse. At dawn, Lin Yuan opened a door to God Valley, and the six departed from Hachinosu.

• Kaido and Bullet increased their sparring, while King, Moria, Kuma, and Lin Yuan trained their abilities under the approaching deadline.
• Ginny gave Lin Yuan a map of God Valley, and he assigned Kaido to draw marine fire, Bullet and Kuma to divert CP0, King to accompany him to the prize warehouse, and Moria to rescue civilians.
• Kuma asked Lin Yuan what he would do if they encountered Celestial Dragons, and Lin Yuan said he would kill them.
• Ginny told Lin Yuan he did not have to shoulder everything alone, and he admitted he was afraid but still had to go.
• At dawn, Lin Yuan opened a door to the waters around God Valley, and Kaido, Bullet, King, Kuma, and Moria followed him through.

Lin Yuan and his five companions arrived over God Valley, where Celestial Dragon guards were slaughtering civilians, and Lin Yuan unleashed his Conqueror's Haki across the island. As the Rocks Pirates, Marines, and Roger Pirates converged, the six split up to fight and rescue civilians while Lin Yuan watched over the battlefield and kept the Azure Dragon Fruit as one of his objectives.

• Lin Yuan showed Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, King, and Moria the Celestial Dragons' guards murdering civilians on God Valley and told them to remember why they had come.
• Lin Yuan released his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out guards and a CP0 squad leader while drawing the attention of a Holy Knight, Rocks, Whitebeard, Garp, Sengoku, Roger, and Rayleigh.
• Lin Yuan assigned Kaido to the west, Bullet to the south, Moria to the north, and Kuma to rescue civilians in the east, with King carrying Lin Yuan above the battlefield.
• The six descended onto different parts of God Valley as the Rocks Pirates, Marines, and Roger Pirates approached the island.
• Lin Yuan opened a door to his Hachinosu warehouse, checked the box containing the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, and declared that the game had begun.

Kaido routed Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Momonga and more than two hundred Marines on God Valley’s western front. Sengoku sent Garp to confront Kaido while battles spread across the island and Lin Yuan and King approached the prize warehouse.

• Kaido landed on the western shore and overwhelmed the Marine soldiers with his strength and iron club.
• Momonga fought Kaido with Armament Haki, but Kaido broke his sword and defeated him with a single punch.
• Momonga called Sengoku for support, and Sengoku ordered Garp to go to the western front.
• Garp agreed to face Kaido before resuming his pursuit of Roger.
• Battles erupted across God Valley as Bullet fought CP0, Moria moved through the forest, Kuma rescued civilians, and Lin Yuan and King neared the prize warehouse.

Bullet and Kuma fought Holy Knights on the southern and northern fronts while protecting the operation’s progress. Kuma joined Bullet after rescuing civilians and helping Moria, and the two headed for the central highlands as both fronts were cleared.

• Bullet defeated a group of CP Agents on the southern front and confronted a Holy Knight, beginning a fierce fight.
• Moria defeated CP Agents by a river, then drove off Celestial Dragon guards and helped civilians flee toward the shore.
• A Holy Knight overpowered Moria, while Bullet continued fighting another Holy Knight near the central highlands.
• Kuma arrived after defeating a Holy Knight and told Bullet that he had rescued more than three hundred civilians and sent them to Hachinosu.
• Bullet and Kuma attacked the remaining Holy Knight together, forcing him to flee, then headed toward the central highlands.

Lin Yuan and King infiltrated the Celestial Dragons’ prize warehouse on God Valley, where Lin Yuan secured the Azure Dragon Fruit as Golden Lion and Whitebeard seized two other fruits. They escaped the palace and headed north to rescue Moria, while the battle for the remaining fruits continued.

• Lin Yuan and King silently approached the palace, and Lin Yuan located five Devil Fruits in the seastone warehouse beneath it.
• Lin Yuan left the Daibutsu and Phoenix fruits untouched and sent the Azure Dragon Fruit through a door to the Hachinosu warehouse.
• Golden Lion reached through a door and grabbed the Press-Press Fruit; it split during their struggle, and Golden Lion took it away.
• Whitebeard forced his way through the guards and took the Tremor-Tremor Fruit without eating it.
• Lin Yuan escaped with King and learned that Kuma was rescuing civilians, Bullet was approaching the highlands, and Moria was retreating under pursuit.
• Lin Yuan sent King north to help Moria as Rocks’s crew and Garp continued toward the battlefield.

Moria fought a Holy Knights member called Whip on the northern front and was badly wounded before King arrived and awakened Conqueror's Haki. Lin Yuan gathered King and Moria to withdraw through a door, while fighting continued across God Valley.

• Whip countered Moria's shadow attacks, identified himself as a Holy Knights member, and battered Moria until he was near defeat.
• Moria held his ground and used a shadow fist to buy time as King descended and struck Whip.
• King's Lunarian rage awakened his Conqueror's Haki, and he defeated Whip with a powerful punch.
• King helped Moria up, and the two reaffirmed Lin Yuan's words that they were not alone.
• Lin Yuan arrived, checked Moria's wounds, and led King and Moria through a door toward the eastern coastline to withdraw.

Garp and Roger clashed on God Valley, splitting the sky with their Conqueror’s Haki before settling into a bare-knuckle fight that ended in a draw. They headed separately toward the prize warehouse, while Rocks and the other powerful pirates approached and the Celestial Dragons continued to wait.

• Garp learned Roger had landed on God Valley and went alone to confront him.
• Roger and Garp fought with swords and fists, then their Conqueror’s Haki collided and tore open the clouds above them.
• Sengoku and Tsuru watched the clash, while the Celestial Dragons noticed Rocks’s ship and learned that Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Big Mom had also arrived.
• Roger and Garp traded punches without Haki or weapons, then stopped without either winning.
• Roger continued toward the prize warehouse with his crew, and Garp headed there by a different route.
• Sengoku noted that the fight was over but the events on God Valley were not, as the Celestial Dragons waited for Rocks.

Rocks and the officers of the Rocks Pirates stormed the Celestial Dragons’ palace on God Valley and killed Saint Rosward and Saint Charlos, while sparing Saint Mjosgard to carry a warning to the Five Elders. Garp and Roger witnessed the aftermath, and Sengoku decided the Navy would conceal the deaths as pirate crossfire.

• Golden Lion and Whitebeard ate the Press-Press Fruit and Tremor-Tremor Fruit, while Rocks learned Lin Yuan had taken the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, from the warehouse.
• Rocks led the Rocks Pirates through the palace defenses, as Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Big Mom defeated the guards and Rocks overwhelmed the CP0 agents with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Golden Lion killed Saint Rosward and Whitebeard killed Saint Charlos on Rocks’ orders, while Rocks spared Saint Mjosgard and warned him that God Valley no longer belonged to the Celestial Dragons.
• Garp watched the Rocks Pirates leave without intervening, and Roger headed for the warehouse with Gaban and Rayleigh.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed hiding the deaths, and Sengoku decided to claim the Celestial Dragons had been struck by stray bullets during pirate infighting.

Lin Yuan gathered his crew and rescued civilians from Hachinosu before Garp and Rocks reached the northern front. They returned safely to Hachinosu, where Lin Yuan and Kaido headed to the warehouse to deal with the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon.

• Lin Yuan opened a door for Kaido to leave the western front, then brought Bullet and Kuma back from the southern front.
• Kuma sent the remaining civilians across the sea to Hachinosu, rescuing all 437 people.
• Lin Yuan led Kaido, Bullet, King, Moria, and Kuma through a door as Garp and Rocks approached; Garp and Rocks saw each other but went their separate ways.
• The crew arrived on Hachinosu, where Ginny confirmed all 437 civilians were safe and began arranging shelter for them.
• Lin Yuan took Kaido to the warehouse to address the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, while King helped Moria to the infirmary and Bullet went to train.

Lin Yuan’s group settled the rescued civilians on Hachinosu while Kaido ate the Azure Dragon fruit, and the remaining Devil Fruits were claimed as the forces left God Valley. The God Valley Incident ended with Sengoku gaining the Buddha fruit, the Rocks Pirates sailing away, and Roger predicting that Lin Yuan would become another madman of the seas.

• Kaido ate the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, began transforming, and passed out as his body adjusted to its power.
• Ginny told Lin Yuan that 437 civilians had been accounted for and that a little over 200 wanted to stay, while Lin Yuan said it was time to wrap things up at God Valley.
• Garp and Rocks D. Xebec each took a fruit from the prize warehouse: Garp took the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Daibutsu, and Rocks took the Phoenix fruit for Marco.
• Sengoku ate the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Daibutsu, and transformed as a golden Buddha before the Navy soldiers.
• Rocks gave Whitebeard the Phoenix fruit for Marco, and the Rocks Pirates sailed away from God Valley.
• Roger told Rayleigh that Lin Yuan would become another madman on the seas as the fighting at God Valley ended.

A month after the God Valley Incident, Lin Yuan and his allies rebuilt Hachinosu, trained, and laid down rules for their growing settlement. As they prepared for Kaido’s first real battle using his Azure Dragon fruit, Lin Yuan considered whether to turn next toward Impel Down or Wano Country.

• Ginny and the civilians built houses and expanded the port while Lin Yuan, Kaido, Bullet, and King supplied and moved construction materials.
• Bullet and Kaido trained against Seastone, Kuma practiced palm strikes, King watched for ships, and Moria improved his Shadow Horn Spear in darkness.
• Ginny’s intelligence network spread, and Morgans’s reports made Lin Yuan known as the “Space Demon” while new wanted posters listed the group’s bounties.
• Lin Yuan set rules against theft, killing, and bullying, ordered Kaido to find a target at sea next week, and put Ginny in charge of screening recruits.
• Lin Yuan declared that Hachinosu would protect those seeking refuge, charge those doing business, and kill those who caused trouble.
• Lin Yuan agreed to accompany Kaido on his voyage and wondered whether Impel Down or Wano Country should be his next destination.

Lin Yuan infiltrated Vegapunk’s laboratory on Punk Hazard and learned that the World Government was pursuing Artificial Devil Fruits and the Pacifista project. He returned to Hachinosu with new Seastone transport routes and a stimulant, deciding to wait until the Government’s weapons advanced further.

• Lin Yuan learned from Ginny that Vegapunk was researching the Lineage Factor and took King to investigate his laboratory on Punk Hazard.
• Vegapunk explained that he had discovered the Lineage Factor but had failed to copy Zoan abilities, and warned that the World Government wanted to weaponize his research.
• Vegapunk gave Lin Yuan new Seastone transport routes, told him about the Pacifista project, and offered a stimulant that doubled physical strength for ten minutes at the cost of three days of paralysis.
• Lin Yuan promised to protect Vegapunk if the World Government tried to kill him, then returned to Hachinosu with King.
• Lin Yuan told Ginny about the Government’s projects and decided to wait until the Artificial Devil Fruits and Pacifista prototype were ready.

Lin Yuan took Kaido to fight the Bison Pirates so he could test his Azure Dragon powers, and Kaido destroyed their three ships with Dragon Breath. After returning to Hachinosu, Lin Yuan assessed Kaido’s abilities and planned to find him a stronger opponent.

• Ginny found the Bison Pirates on Bison Island as a target, and Lin Yuan brought Kaido and Bullet there through a door.
• Kaido transformed into an azure dragon, and his Conqueror's Haki knocked out over half the pirates before Dragon Breath set all three ships ablaze.
• The Bison captain attacked Kaido, but his blade broke against Kaido’s scales, and Kaido sent him flying into the sea while leaving him alive.
• Lin Yuan called Kaido back, and the three returned to Hachinosu after Kaido unleashed another Dragon Breath over the sea.
• Ginny confirmed Kaido had avoided harming civilians and asked him to tell her before his next voyage so she could prepare backup.
• Lin Yuan dictated an assessment of Kaido’s combat abilities to Ginny and asked her to find a tougher target for next time.

Lin Yuan visited Ivankov in Impel Down, where Ivankov revealed secrets about the World Government and agreed to join Lin Yuan in a year. Lin Yuan returned to Hachinosu and told Ginny he intended to change the world.

• Ginny gave Lin Yuan Ivankov's fifth message, and Lin Yuan went alone to visit him at Impel Down.
• Lin Yuan brought Ivankov whiskey, and Ivankov said the World Government was researching an ancient, island-destroying National Treasure while the Celestial Dragons fought over power.
• Ivankov said he wanted to leave prison but needed to become stronger first, so Lin Yuan offered to help him train.
• Ivankov agreed to join Lin Yuan if Lin Yuan returned in one year, and Lin Yuan noticed powerful presences elsewhere on Level 5 before leaving.
• Back on Hachinosu, Lin Yuan told Ginny about the Ancient Weapon and said he wanted to survive and change the world.

Lin Yuan negotiated a priority Seastone supply deal with Du Feld and learned that the Rocks Pirates were fracturing as its strongest members pursued their own ambitions. When Big Mom invited him to Whole Cake Island, he countered by asking her to meet on Hachinosu and prepared to host her with desserts.

• Lin Yuan rejected Du Feld's exclusive Seastone offer and agreed to supply him with eighty tons a year at twenty-five percent above market price.
• Du Feld compared Lin Yuan to Rocks, and Lin Yuan insisted that he was a businessman rather than a madman.
• Morgans told Lin Yuan that Whitebeard was forming his own crew, Golden Lion was expanding into Rocks's territory, and Big Mom was building an army of Homies.
• Lin Yuan decided to stay out of the Rocks Pirates' conflicts and wait to collect the spoils when the crew fell apart.
• Perospero delivered Big Mom's invitation to Whole Cake Island, but Lin Yuan asked her to come to Hachinosu instead.
• Lin Yuan told Ginny to prepare a cake and other desserts in case Big Mom accepted his invitation.

Lin Yuan and his allies rescued Inazuma and six other prisoners from a Marine transport, then brought them to Hachinosu. Inazuma agreed to stay and train for a year until Ivankov’s release, while Lin Yuan planned to put his abilities to work.

• Ginny told Lin Yuan that Inazuma was being transported to Impel Down, and Lin Yuan set out with Bullet and Kuma to rescue him.
• Bullet freed the seven prisoners from the transport’s lower hold, and Lin Yuan opened a passage to Hachinosu for their escape.
• Lin Yuan sent the two CP0 agents into the sea through doors, then escaped as Rear Admiral Strawberry recognized him.
• Lin Yuan told Inazuma that Ivankov was alive in Impel Down and needed him to maintain his contacts and intelligence; Inazuma agreed to stay on Hachinosu.
• Ginny charged Inazuma three million Beli for the intelligence, and Inazuma began training his Snip-Snip Fruit ability while Lin Yuan planned to have him help process materials.

Seven months after the God Valley Incident, Lin Yuan’s crew strengthened Hachinosu as the Rocks Pirates began to fragment. Big Mom agreed to visit next month, and Lin Yuan prepared the crew for the high-stakes meeting.

• Lin Yuan and his crew expanded Hachinosu’s harbor, castle, storehouse, and training ground while developing their abilities.
• Ginny displayed the crew’s increased bounties, and Lin Yuan noted that Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Big Mom were worth more than the crew combined.
• Lin Yuan read that Whitebeard had left the Rocks Pirates, Golden Lion was expanding his territory, and Big Mom had built a Homie army, then told Ginny to prepare to claim people and territory when the crew split apart.
• A flying cake Homie delivered Big Mom’s message that she would visit Hachinosu next month and expected desserts.
• Lin Yuan assigned King to track Big Mom, told Bullet, Kaido, and Kuma how to behave during her visit, and kept Moria and Inazuma away from the reception.

Lin Yuan and Ginny traveled to Dressrosa to obtain the Glint-Glint Fruit, which Ginny had discovered in the Riku Royal Family’s treasury. After trading supplies and money for it, Ginny ate the fruit and gained the ability to observe events and thoughts across a four-thousand-kilometer radius.

• Ginny found evidence that the Glint-Glint Fruit was in the Dressrosa treasury, and Lin Yuan decided to acquire it for her.
• Lin Yuan and Ginny entered King Riku’s study through a spatial door and offered grain, weapons, and Beli for the fruit.
• King Riku accepted the deal, and Lin Yuan delivered the supplies to the palace square.
• Ginny ate the Glint-Glint Fruit and discovered she could control its vast range of vision and perceive people’s thoughts.
• Lin Yuan and Ginny returned to Hachinosu, leaving King Riku to consider Lin Yuan’s claim that he was someone who did not want to die.