Chapter Summaries

Zangjing tore through the Marines with Fish-Man Karate and confronted Vice Admiral Light, overpowering him with a strange slowing ability. Vice Admiral Kuro rescued Light, and the two vice admirals joined forces against Zangjing as lightning erupted around him.

• Zangjing blasted Marines with Fish-Man Karate and charged toward the fortress gate, scattering anyone who tried to stop him.
• Vice Admiral Light attacked Zangjing with a golden slash, but Zangjing shattered it and slowed Light with a purple aura before throwing him to the ground.
• Zangjing aimed a water column at the recovering Light, but Vice Admiral Kuro cut it apart and helped Light stand.
• Zangjing unleashed blue lightning, and Kuro told Light they needed to attack together.
• Vice Admirals Kuro and Light charged Zangjing with white and golden blades.

Zangjing overwhelmed Vice Admirals Kuro and Light with his strength and Slow-Slow Fruit ability as he fought his way to G-3 Fortress. He awakened the fruit to create a vast purple field around the fortress gates, leaving the vice admirals unable to follow him inside.

• Zangjing traded blows with Vice Admirals Kuro and Light, using his strength, Fish-Man Karate, and electricity to hold them off.
• Zangjing slowed Kuro with his fruit ability and struck him hard enough to send him crashing to the ground.
• Zangjing taunted Kuro, then used Fish-Man Karate to leap toward the fortress gates while Light and Kuro pursued him.
• Zangjing slowed Light’s golden slash and cleared the marines blocking his path as he reached the gates.
• Zangjing awakened his Slow-Slow Fruit, surrounding the fortress gates with a vast purple field that stopped Kuro and Light from advancing.

Zangjing smashed through G-3's iron gate and charged into the fortress to reach Helandou while Marines' gunfire failed to stop him. Outside, a Marine warship fell from the sky and destroyed the Flying Pirates' fleet, then erupted with magma as the battlefield descended into chaos.

• Zangjing broke through the fortress gate with repeated Haki-coated punches and ignored the Marines' bullets as he entered.
• Vice Admirals Kuro and Light left the gate to attack the Flying Pirates in the square.
• Kuro spotted a warship flying toward the harbor, and the pirates aboard the seven ships realized it was about to crash into them.
• The warship smashed Zangjing's vessel and sent waves through the harbor that capsized the six other pirate ships and swept over the square.
• Scorching magma erupted from the warship's deck as an attacker shouted, "Die, you trash!"

Sakazuki's reinforcements joined the battle at G-3, and Vidal unleashed his tree-generating power to help crush the Flying Pirates. With the square cleared of many pirates, Vidal flew toward the main gate to await Zangjing and see the Slow-Slow Beam in action.

• Sakazuki led Marines from the fallen warship into a pincer attack and devastated the Flying Pirates with magma techniques.
• Vidal assessed the battle and the damage inside the fortress, then decided to clear the pirates in the square before the next fight.
• Vidal used Nativity of a World of Trees to raise a forest of a hundred tough, semi-intelligent trees that attacked and killed nearby pirates.
• A Haki-wielding pirate officer failed to cut down one of Vidal's trees and was strangled by its branches.
• Vidal conserved his strength, then used Geppo to fly toward the main gate and wait for Zangjing.

Zangjing broke into the G-3 Branch prison and revived the battered Helandou with Green Beans, waking him into painful memories of his defeat by Garp. Helandou remembered charging a Marine warship at Autumn Maple Island, only for Garp to shatter its spinning prow with one punch.

• Zangjing smashed into the prison, silenced the other prisoners with his ability, and bent Helandou's cell bars open.
• Zangjing fed Helandou eight Green Beans, restoring some of his strength, then kicked him awake when he found him asleep.
• Helandou recognized Zangjing, but his injuries left him in agony and brought back memories of Garp's attack.
• At Autumn Maple Island, Helandou ordered his crew to ram a lone Marine warship with his Wheel-Wheel Fruit-powered vessel.
• Garp leaped from the Marine ship and crushed the spinning prow of Helandou's warship with his Haki-infused Iron Fist.

Zangjing freed Helandou and offered the G-3 Branch prisoners a chance to join the Flying Pirates if they helped fight their way out. Outside the fortress, Vidal tested Zangjing’s slowing field and found that Haki let him move through it without difficulty, just as footsteps approached from the breach.

• Zangjing freed the prisoners from their purple paralysis and offered them a chance to join the Flying Pirates, warning them not to betray him.
• Zangjing handed out keys so the prisoners could unlock their restraints, and Blood Dragonfly Weizi freed himself by bending his cell bars.
• Zangjing led Helandou, Weizi, and the other prisoners toward an additional test outside the fortress.
• Vidal tested the purple field covering the gate and found that Haki let his hand move through it normally, shocking Vice Admirals Kuro and Light.
• Footsteps sounded from the breach in the fortress gate as Vidal faced the purple field.

Vidal confronted Zangjing as the Flying Pirates leader used his Slow-Slow Fruit power to make a moving tunnel through the purple dome. Vidal entered the dome using Haki Emission and discovered that the beam also suppressed his Woods-Woods Fruit, leaving their abilities at odds.

• Zangjing created a moving tunnel through the Slow-Slow Beam and led Helandou and the others toward the harbor.
• Vidal stepped into the dome, protected by Haki Emission, and challenged Zangjing and his crew to stay.
• Helandou identified Vidal as Rear Admiral Forest Vidal, known as Ryokugyu, and told Zangjing he had defeated Byrnndi World and killed Red the Aloof.
• Vidal tested his Woods-Woods Fruit against the beam and found that it stopped plants from growing, while coating seeds in Haki also prevented him from controlling them.

Vidal faced Zangjing alone while Helandou and the others escaped toward the harbor, then exchanged powerful blows with the Flying Pirates commander. After testing each other’s strength, Vidal judged that he could now fight Zangjing evenly using physical techniques and Haki.

• Vidal created a purple path to the dock and ordered Helandou and the others to escape while he held Zangjing back.
• Vidal sent Vice Admirals Kuro and Light after the fleeing group, leaving him alone with Zangjing before the fortress gates.
• Vidal and Zangjing charged at each other and clashed with Conqueror’s Haki and Fish-Man Karate.
• Zangjing knocked Vidal back in their exchanges, but Vidal’s toughness and skill impressed him.
• Vidal recognized Zangjing as a formidable opponent but concluded that his Emission-level Armament Haki let him counter Zangjing’s Slow-Slow Beams and fight him evenly.

Vidal entered his 'Respiration' form and launched a fierce assault on Zangjing, whose combined abilities made him a formidable opponent. Vidal drove Zangjing backward toward the port while Navy personnel and pirates watched in alarm.

• Zangjing gave in to jealousy and attacked Vidal with Five Thousand Brick Fist.
• Vidal transformed into his 'Respiration' form and caught Zangjing's fist, revealing his increased strength.
• Zangjing used electricity to break free, and Vidal charged at him with Top Buddha Palm.
• Zangjing met Vidal's palm with Electric Shock Brick Fist, but the impact badly hurt his arm and forced him back.
• Vidal relentlessly attacked as Zangjing fought back with Fish-Man Karate, Fish-Man Judo, and electricity, retreating toward the port.
• Navy personnel and pirates watched in shock as Vidal's strength surpassed what Vice Admirals Kuro and Light expected.

Vidal battled Zangjing, whose decades of training exposed weaknesses in Vidal’s Armament Haki, and pursued him when he tried to flee to the harbor. Zangjing used Time Seal to recover from Vidal’s Giant Horn, but Vidal figured out how to grow plants through the Slow-Slow Beams and trapped him with Wood Cage.

• Vidal and Zangjing exchanged powerful blows, and Vidal realized their clash was strengthening his Armament Haki.
• Zangjing tried to escape toward the harbor, but Vidal pursued him and struck him with Giant Horn.
• Zangjing activated Time Seal, which seemed to erase the damage and pain from Giant Horn.
• Vidal realized the Slow-Slow Beams were beams of light and used Wood Cage to trap Zangjing near the harbor.

Vidal trapped Zangjing in a self-healing wooden cage and fought him through the shrinking Slow-Slow dome, gradually wearing down the old man. As Vidal brought down a finishing blow, an arrow sped silently toward the plaza from the sea.

• Vidal realized he could grow plants underground beneath the Slow-Slow light and cover the parts that emerged with Armament Haki, then sealed Zangjing inside an Adam Wood cage.
• Vidal and Zangjing exchanged powerful attacks, and Zangjing used Time Seal to suppress his injuries and stamina.
• Vidal explained how Time Seal worked and continued attacking, while Zangjing struggled with its limits and the shrinking cage.
• Vidal’s Photosynthetic Energy sustained his repeated palm strikes until he battered Zangjing against the cage and forced him to use his third Time Seal.
• As Vidal raised a blackened palm for a finishing blow, an arrow approached the plaza from the sea unnoticed.

Zangjing’s life story showed how years of effort, loss, and hard-won power left him repeatedly defeated by people with greater talent. As a young man beat him again, his buried sorrow and anger erupted into a cry against the world’s unfairness.

• Zangjing recalled fleeing slave traders as a child, losing his parents, and finding refuge with a teacher in Flower Country, who named him and taught him.
• After his teacher died, Zangjing killed the thirty-two disciples who had driven him away, then left Flower Country as a fugitive.
• Zangjing traveled to Fish-Man Island and trained in Fish-Man Karate and Judo before entering the New World, where powerful Haki users repeatedly defeated him.
• At forty, Zangjing ate the Slow-Slow Fruit, developed its power, earned the name “Old Man of Time,” and turned down invitations from the Rocks Pirates and Shiki.
• Shiki defeated Zangjing with his swords and Haki, and years later another young fighter’s beating brought Zangjing’s grief and rage to the surface as he cried, “Why!!!!”

Vidal and the Marines were caught in a barrage of black arrows fired by Gentleman, whose attacks pierced defenses and forced them to protect themselves. Helandou escaped aboard a transformed warship while Zangjing remained trapped in a wooden cage that the arrows were close to breaking.

• Vidal tried to knock out Zangjing but was driven back when a black arrow pierced his air-based defense and struck his Haki-coated palm.
• Black arrows attacked Vice Admiral Kuro, Vice Admiral Light, and Sakazuki at the harbor, forcing them to abandon their assault on Helandou and the other officers.
• Helandou used his Wheel-Wheel Fruit to reach a warship and transform its hull into caterpillar tracks, sending it rapidly backward out of the harbor.
• Sakazuki attacked the escaping ship with Great Eruption, but two arrows pierced his magma and prevented him from destroying the hull.
• Vidal struggled to deflect the arrows as they kept coming, while Zangjing realized that their barrage was breaking the wooden bars trapping him.

Vidal defeated Zangjing inside the reinforced Wood Cage while a distant sniper’s arrows battered the prison. As Vidal prepared for what came next, the sniper realized that Zangjing’s presence had vanished.

• Vidal dodged the Void Archer’s Haki-coated arrows and sealed the gaps in the Wood Cage with Wooden Prison Sealing.
• Vidal bound Zangjing with four summoned trees and overwhelmed him with Top Buddha Palm, leaving him badly injured and captured.
• An arrow punched through the prison, but Vidal repaired the hole and reinforced the cage instead of leaving it.
• Seven or eight kilometers from G-3 Branch, the Void Archer lowered his bow when he sensed that Mr. Zangjing’s presence had disappeared.

Vidal killed Zangjing and helped turn the battle against the Flying Pirates into a rout. With Helandou escaping and Sakazuki attacking the remaining pirate ships, Vidal charged into the battlefield to test his Haki and unleashed his Flying Leaf Storm.

• Vidal emerged from the Wood Cage holding Zangjing, who had died from his wounds, and the pirates' morale collapsed.
• Helandou saw Zangjing's corpse and fled aboard his tracked warship, abandoning the pirates at the plaza.
• Vidal tossed Zangjing's body onto poisonous mushrooms, which dissolved it in green corrosive juice.
• Vidal ordered Sakazuki to destroy the five remaining pirate ships, and Sakazuki attacked them with waves of magma.
• Vidal charged into the pirate formation to temper his Haki, using Shigan: Seed Machine Gun and Rankyaku: Flying Leaf Storm to slaughter his opponents.

After the battle at G-3 Branch, Vidal discussed his latest achievements and promotion prospects with Sakazuki, then met with Vice Admiral Kuro, Vice Admiral Light, and other flag officers. The chapter ended with Vidal offering them blades comparable to Skillful Grade Blades.

• Gentleman heard Helandou claim that Zangjing had been killed by a young Marine and took him back to their ship to learn more.
• Vidal rested after the battle and complained to Sakazuki that his latest victory would not be enough to earn him an early promotion to Vice Admiral.
• Vidal and Sakazuki shared grape juice as Vice Admiral Kuro, Vice Admiral Light, and other flag officers joined them.
• Vidal praised Kuro's past achievements and learned that Kuro's Admiral candidacy had expired after he failed to advance his Haki and swordsmanship.
• Vidal asked the officers whether they owned Famous Swords and offered them blades comparable to Skillful Grade Blades.

Garp's fleet reached the ruined G-3 Branch, where he heard the battle report and praised Vidal for his role in defeating Zangjing's forces. Vidal secured Garp's promise to train Bullet and warned Sakazuki that he might have to remain at G-3 to face the Flying Pirates.

• Garp arrived at G-3 and joked about the pirates captured in wooden cages as Bogard warned that the Flying Pirates would retaliate for Zangjing's death.
• Vice Admiral Kuro formally reported the battle's heavy Marine casualties, destroyed ships, and the defeat of Zangjing's fleet, while Helandou had escaped.
• Garp comforted Kuro, praised Vidal, and agreed to take Bullet under his wing after the Special Training Camp.
• Vidal privately told Sakazuki that he might stay at G-3 as G-1's representative and face Helandou and the Flying Pirates in future battles.
• Vidal explained the properties of the black arrows to Sakazuki and warned him that his Armament Haki might not withstand them head-on.

Kong and Sengoku reviewed Vidal’s latest victories and struggled to decide how to reward him, while the Five Elders settled the issue without promoting him to Vice Admiral. Sengoku’s own promotion to Fleet Admiral remained on hold because the Marines lacked a suitable Admiral replacement, leaving Vidal’s future strength central to the plan.

• Kong gave Sengoku Garp’s report about Vidal’s support of the G-3 Branch and his defeat of Zangjing, in addition to his earlier kills of Mulian and Langram.
• Kong and Sengoku agreed Vidal’s deeds merited substantial recognition, and Kong said the Five Elders had resolved the reward problem without advancing Vidal’s rank.
• Kong and Sengoku agreed to bring Vidal back and keep him out of the New World for now because the Flying Pirates and Roger Pirates could target him.
• Kong told Sengoku his Fleet Admiral promotion had been delayed because the Marines needed an Admiral, and Sengoku concluded that Vidal was their likeliest future candidate for the position.

After receiving orders to return to Sabaody, Vidal arranged to leave the New World and discussed improving the Marines’ ships with Vice Admiral Edwin. He reached the G-1 Branch and decided to travel through Fish-Man Island, claiming he would build his own warship.

• Headquarters ordered Sakazuki and the G-1 officers to serve at G-3 under Garp for a year, while Vidal was ordered back to Sabaody.
• Vidal agreed to let Edwin keep using the paddle wheels and turbines and planned to discuss making them operable with Fleet Admiral Kong and Vegapunk.
• Vidal removed the devices from the warships except Edwin’s flagship before departing with Edwin and Humphrey.
• Vidal teased Sakazuki while the officers saw him off, and the group reached the G-1 Branch in under three hours.
• Vidal decided to pass through Fish-Man Island instead of taking the Bubble Cable Car and stunned Edwin and Humphrey by saying he would build a warship himself.

Vidal reached an agreement with Vegapunk on solar-powered ship systems, then built and coated a warship himself and began diving toward Fish-Man Island. Inside his Door-Door Fruit space, he confronted the bound Zangjing with seastone handcuffs, leaving Zangjing roaring in despair.

• Vidal and Vegapunk agreed that Vegapunk would design a solar-powered propulsion system for warships, with the Forest family supplying the paddlewheels and turbines.
• Vidal formed a Headquarters warship from the seabed, fitted it with sails, and coated it with a bubble using his Woods-Woods Fruit ability.
• Vidal sailed the warship out of G-1 and began descending underwater, with the Kung Fu Dugong joining him on deck.
• Vidal entered the Door-Door Fruit's space with the dugong and found Zangjing still bound and asleep.
• Vidal showed Zangjing a pair of seastone handcuffs and tried to put them on him, prompting Zangjing to roar in protest.