Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan used intelligence from Morgans to raid a World Government weapons transport near Water 7, taking its cargo while leaving the Marines alive. Back on Hachinosu, Ginny counted the haul and learned Morgans had publicized the raid without naming Lin Yuan.

• Ginny asked Lin Yuan for fifty million to build an intelligence network in the New World, and he agreed.
• Morgans told Lin Yuan that a weapons transport escorted by two warships and a Rear Admiral would pass near Water 7 in three days.
• Lin Yuan brought Ginny to watch as Kaido and Bullet attacked the escort ships while King and Moria helped seize the transport.
• Lin Yuan redirected the Rear Admiral's attack with Micro Doors and sent the weapons through a door to a warehouse on Hachinosu.
• The group returned with five hundred rifles, shells, and grenades, which Ginny estimated were worth around two billion.
• Morgans reported the raid as the work of a mysterious Spatial Ability User without mentioning Lin Yuan's name.

Lin Yuan visited Newgate aboard the Moby Dick and learned that Rocks wanted to overthrow the World Government and had taken an interest in him. Back on Hachinosu, Lin Yuan prepared to watch Rocks while Ginny asked when he would save Kuma; he said he would act when Kuma was captured.

• Lin Yuan left Hachinosu alone and used Spatial Perception to find Newgate's ship in the New World.
• Lin Yuan met Newgate aboard the Moby Dick, and they discussed Lin Yuan's recent robbery and his intelligence network with Morgans.
• Newgate told Lin Yuan that Rocks wanted to overthrow the World Government and rule as king, and said he might leave Rocks someday to find his own family.
• Newgate warned Lin Yuan that Rocks had his eye on him, and Lin Yuan returned to Hachinosu.
• Ginny asked Lin Yuan when he would save Kuma, and Lin Yuan answered that he would do so when Kuma was captured.

Ginny’s intelligence network located Kuma in the Sorbet Kingdom, and Lin Yuan rescued him before the World Government could arrive. Kuma reunited with Ginny on Hachinosu, where Lin Yuan planned to train his Paw-Paw Fruit powers and wait for an opportunity to make their group independent.

• Ginny told Lin Yuan that an informant had seen Kuma in the South Blue, and Morgans later reported that the World Government planned to pursue him in the Sorbet Kingdom.
• Lin Yuan refused to let Ginny join the rescue and traveled with Kaido and Bullet, leaving Moria behind to watch over Hachinosu.
• Lin Yuan found Kuma outside a church and persuaded him to leave by telling him Ginny was safe and waiting on Hachinosu.
• Kuma arrived on Hachinosu and reunited with Ginny, then agreed to stay and work with Lin Yuan’s group.
• Lin Yuan told Kuma he would train him to use the Paw-Paw Fruit’s broader abilities, including repelling pain, fatigue, and damage.
• That night, Lin Yuan told Ginny he was waiting for an opportunity bigger than Rocks that would let them stand on their own.

Lin Yuan infiltrated Impel Down to offer Emporio Ivankov a way out, but Ivankov chose to remain imprisoned because he was safer there. Lin Yuan returned to Hachinosu and learned that the World Government was rounding up dissidents, including someone else named Ginny.

• Ginny struggled to find informants in the New World, so Lin Yuan told her to offer twice the market rate.
• Morgans told Lin Yuan that Emporio Ivankov was imprisoned on Level 5 of Impel Down, and Lin Yuan decided to visit him alone.
• Lin Yuan entered Impel Down through a spatial door and dropped a guard into the sea before reaching Ivankov's cell.
• Lin Yuan offered Ivankov a route to Hachinosu, but Ivankov refused to leave because the World Government and Navy were watching him and he knew their secrets.
• Lin Yuan told Ivankov he would return when strong enough to oppose the World Government, then left without him.
• Back on Hachinosu, Ginny told Lin Yuan that the World Government was rounding up dissidents in South Blue, including another person named Ginny.

Ginny’s intelligence network began to expand when Lin Yuan rescued five Revolutionary Army informants from Impel Down and brought them to Hachinosu. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan and Kaido discussing the risks of his repeated rescues.

• Ginny told Lin Yuan that the intelligence network had too few informants, and Lin Yuan promised they would rescue anyone who was caught.
• Morgans informed Lin Yuan that the World Government was interrogating Revolutionary Army informants in Impel Down.
• Lin Yuan entered Impel Down alone, freed five informants from their cell, and brought them to Hachinosu.
• Ginny verified the five informants’ identities and agreed to bring them into the intelligence network.
• Ginny asked Kuma what he thought of Lin Yuan, and Kuma said Lin Yuan had saved many people.
• Kaido warned Lin Yuan that the World Government might target him, but Lin Yuan said he was not deterred by its attention.

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.