Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu persuaded Kaido to join him in attacking the Red Hair Pirates, forcing Red Hair to leave his ship and duel Kaido on shore. Lin Yu continued assaulting the ship while Reiju and the others searched for a chance to capture its Devil Fruit users.

• Lin Yu offered Kaido his airship technology and promised to challenge him in Wano Country within two years if Kaido helped fight Red Hair.
• Kaido agreed, and he and Lin Yu attacked the Red Hair Pirates with Bolo Breath and Rumble Lightning Arc.
• Beckman and the others defended the ship as Lin Yu sent more slashes and lightning toward it, while Luffy tried to intercept the attacks.
• Red Hair asked Lucky Roux to throw him ashore, left Beckman in charge of the ship, and went to fight Kaido.
• Lin Yu kept attacking the ship while Reiju and the others aboard it watched for a chance to capture Devil Fruit users, including Luffy and Hawkins.

Lin Yu kept the Red Hair Pirates occupied while Reiju’s group captured Hawkins and Galdino through Air Doors. After the flagship reached the mangroves for cover, Lin Yu ended the pursuit and left.

• Smoothie, Ulti, and the others watched Lin Yu’s strength and renewed their resolve to grow stronger.
• Reiju told the women to prepare to capture ability users while Lin Yu distracted the Red Hair Pirates.
• Lin Yu attacked Beckman and the others, and Reiju’s group captured Hawkins with sea-stone chains.
• Reiju used a decoy Air Door to distract Beckman while her group captured Galdino.
• The Red Hair Pirates’ flagship reached the inland river beneath the mangroves, and Lin Yu left after checking the time.

Kaido left satisfied with the airship data, while Lin Yu’s attack left the Red Hair Pirates battered and Straw Hat Luffy devastated by the abductions. Lin Yu reunited with Reiju and the captured women aboard the Ark Maxim, and Black Maria begged him to spare her.

• Kaido beat Queen after learning Black Maria had disappeared, then happily accepted the airship data Lin Yu had left behind.
• Red Hair’s damaged ship and Luffy’s grief over the captured Hawkins and Mr.3 left the Red Hair Pirates humiliated, and Shanks decided they needed to find a safe place for Luffy and his crew.
• Beckman suggested speaking with Rayleigh, and Shanks told Rayleigh that Lin Yu had damaged the Red Force and captured two of Luffy’s companions.
• Rayleigh and Shakky were shocked by Shanks’s account and feared for the two captured crew members.
• Lin Yu received notices about the Devil Fruits of Basil Hawkins and Galdino, then boarded the Ark Maxim after Reiju arrived with Nami, Robin, and the others.
• Black Maria, wearing Sea Stone Handcuffs, begged Lin Yu not to kill her.

After Lin Yu defeated the Red Hair Pirates, Black Maria submitted and joined his crew, and he returned to Thriller Bark with Reiju. News of the clash between Lin Yu, Red Hair, and Kaido spread, prompting the Marines and World Government to reassess him as Morgans’s headline crowned him a Sea Emperor.

• Black Maria surrendered to Lin Yu, accepted his offer to join his crew, and went with Ulti to learn the ship’s rules.
• Lin Yu returned to Thriller Bark with Reiju and told her they would head to Nine Serpent Island after the ship was coated.
• Brannew reported the Sabaody Archipelago battle to Sengoku, who recognized Lin Yu’s strength as comparable to an Admiral or a Four Emperor and ordered Hina contacted.
• The Five Elders learned Lin Yu had fought Red Hair and Kaido and decided his bounty needed to rise.
• Morgans ordered the battle photographs published under the headline “Three Emperors War!!!,” and Lin Yu’s Sea Emperor title began spreading worldwide.

Koala and Haku considered asking Madame Shyarly whether Lin Yu would come to Fish-Man Island, while Golden Lion Shiki abandoned his East Blue destruction plan and headed for the New World to seize Whitebeard’s territory and hunt Lin Yu. Vinsmoke Judge planned to strengthen ties with Lin Yu and continued preparing Germa to unify the North Sea.

• Koala worried that she and Haku might not be strong or influential enough to recruit Lin Yu, and they decided to ask Madame Shyarly whether he would visit Fish-Man Island.
• Golden Lion Shiki raged over Whitebeard’s death and Lin Yu’s rise, seeing Lin Yu’s flying ships as a threat to his own advantage.
• After learning Garp had returned to East Blue, Golden Lion rejected the plan to destroy East Blue and chose to return to the New World to claim Whitebeard’s territories and kill Lin Yu.
• Vinsmoke Judge considered sending weapons to Lin Yu to build their relationship and inspected Germa’s powerful new cannons and Battle Suit weapons.
• Vinsmoke Judge visited Germa’s shipyard and declared that he expected to unify the North Sea in two years.

Lin Yu arrived at Nine Serpent Island to recruit Margaret, Kikyo, and Gentian, while Boa Hancock learned of his growing power and the destruction of the slave auction house. Hancock ordered the island placed on alert and a bath prepared as Lin Yu requested.

• Lin Yu brought the God Slave to Nine Serpent Island and sent Afelandra to notify Boa Hancock.
• Lin Yu carried Robin and Hina to his room, then Nami was pulled in after them.
• Sandersonia showed Boa Hancock a newspaper reporting Lin Yu’s battle with Red Hair and Kaido and the destruction of the slave auction house.
• Boa Hancock examined the new Bounty posters and saw Lin Yu’s Bounty had risen to 3.01 billion Berries, while his crew’s Bounties had also surged.
• Marigold told Boa Hancock that Lin Yu had arrived, and Afelandra relayed his request for Hancock to prepare and notify him so he could resolve her troubles.
• Boa Hancock ordered Sandersonia to put the island on alert and prepare a bath.

Lin Yu arrived at Boa Hancock’s palace and began removing the Celestial Dragon mark from her back. While he worked, he claimed that Red Hair was a Celestial Dragon, leaving Hancock shocked.

• Boa Hancock waited for Lin Yu in her chambers while Nine Serpent Island was placed under martial law.
• Lin Yu arrived after Sandersonia greeted him and led him into the palace.
• Lin Yu began using his purification ability to remove the Celestial Dragon mark from Boa Hancock’s back.
• Boa Hancock asked Lin Yu why he had fought Red Hair and Kaido, and Lin Yu said Red Hair had sought revenge for Ace.
• Lin Yu told Boa Hancock that Red Hair was a Celestial Dragon, and she turned to him in shock.

Lin Yu removed the Celestial Dragon marks from Boa Hancock and Marigold, then toured Nine Serpent Island with Sandersonia. After Hancock reacted to his promise to kill every Celestial Dragon, Lin Yu’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the women who surrounded him in Nine Serpent City.

• Lin Yu removed Hancock’s mark and refused her request to take Charloss, declaring that Charloss was one of his women.
• Hancock asked what Lin Yu wanted in return for helping him, and he named Margaret, Kikyo, and Gentian before admitting he wanted Hancock aboard his ship.
• Lin Yu told Hancock that he would protect the women he considered his own and promised to kill every Celestial Dragon.
• Lin Yu removed Marigold’s mark and asked Sandersonia to show him around Nine Serpent Island.
• Women surrounded Lin Yu in Nine Serpent City, so he released his Conqueror’s Haki and knocked them unconscious, leaving several Guardian Warriors standing.

Boa Hancock ordered Kikyo, Gentian, and Margaret to follow Lin Yu and obey him, while Lin Yu welcomed them aboard the God Slave. He then began teaching Tashigi to coat her sword with Armament Haki and asked if she was ready to eat a Devil Fruit.

• Boa Hancock ordered Kikyo, Gentian, and Margaret to obey Lin Yu absolutely because Nine Serpent Island’s future depended on him.
• Afelandra told the three that boarding Lin Yu’s ship likely meant becoming his women and revealed that he had several dozen Devil Fruits.
• Lin Yu accepted Kikyo, Gentian, and Margaret onto the God Slave after they agreed to follow his orders, and he asked them to leave their snakes behind.
• Lin Yu taught Tashigi how to coat her sword with Armament Haki and asked whether she was ready to eat a Devil Fruit.

Lin Yu fed Tashigi the Chop-Chop Fruit and assigned Kikyo to train her in Armament Haki. Later, Sandersonia asked Lin Yu to treat Hancock, whose symptoms he recognized as lovesickness, and he took Sandersonia to the palace.

• Lin Yu gave Tashigi pieces of the Chop-Chop Fruit, and she forced herself to eat them to become stronger.
• Lin Yu told Kikyo to train Tashigi in Armament Haki, and Kikyo brought Margaret and Gentian along for training.
• Lin Yu decided to attend Sandersonia's planned banquet and went to sleep while waiting for Nami and Robin to wake.
• Sandersonia came to Lin Yu for help because Hancock had developed a fever, weakness, and fainting spells after he treated her.
• Lin Yu recognized Hancock's symptoms as lovesickness and carried Sandersonia to the palace to see her.

Lin Yu entered Hancock’s bedchamber and used his Purification ability to cure her lovesickness, which had arisen from her growing feelings for him. He asked whether she would dare kill a captured Celestial Dragon and reassured her about her past as a slave, then kissed her as Sandersonia and Marigold waited outside.

• Lin Yu ordered Sandersonia to evacuate the palace so no one would see him use his ability.
• Lin Yu confirmed Hancock’s favorability toward him had risen above eighty and used Purification to wake her from her lovesickness.
• Lin Yu asked Hancock if she wanted revenge against the Celestial Dragons and whether she would dare kill one; Hancock hesitated and asked if he would look down on her for refusing.
• Lin Yu told Hancock he wanted her to be his woman and reassured her that he did not mind her having been a slave.
• Hancock warned Lin Yu that Sandersonia and Marigold were outside the door, but Lin Yu kissed her again.

Lin Yu and Boa Hancock began their relationship, and Hancock joined his Pirate Crew after he comforted her through a nightmare about the Celestial Dragons. The chapter ended with Lin Yu reviewing Hancock’s Eight-Star status and the rewards he gained from their bond.

• Sandersonia and Marigold overheard Hancock and Lin Yu in her bedchamber, then canceled the thank-you banquet and kept everyone away from Nine Snake Palace.
• Hancock dreamed of the Celestial Dragons, but Lin Yu appeared in the nightmare and promised to kill them; when she woke, he comforted her and she fell asleep without fear.
• The next morning, Hancock embraced Lin Yu and offered to prepare breakfast, but he asked her to join his Pirate Crew instead.
• Hancock agreed, and the system assigned her the Combatant position, confirmed their bond, and reported her maximum favorability and doubled rewards.
• Lin Yu checked Boa Hancock’s information panel and concluded that, despite her strength and mastery of the Love-Love Fruit, she ranked at Eight Stars rather than Nine-Star General Emperor level.

Lin Yu told Hancock he wanted her to live for herself and remain confident and proud, then obtained her Love-Love and Peerless Beauty abilities. He demonstrated his power to Hancock and her sisters, leaving Sandersonia and Marigold eager to join his crew, though he refused them.

• Lin Yu told Hancock he preferred her independent and confident nature, and she embraced and kissed him after he urged her to live for herself.
• Hancock resumed her cold empress demeanor at lunch, where she overfed Lin Yu and restricted Sandersonia and Marigold to vegetables.
• At the palace training grounds, Lin Yu selected Hancock's Love-Love and Peerless Beauty abilities.
• Lin Yu petrified Sandersonia to demonstrate his new power, then explained that he could obtain abilities from women by keeping them close and could strengthen his crew.
• Sandersonia and Marigold asked to join Lin Yu's crew, but he refused.

Lin Yu left Nine Serpent Island aboard the God Slave after training with Hancock and assigning her the Ark Fleet and military preparations. On the way to the Sabaody Archipelago, he learned that Luffy was at Marineford with Red Hair and decided to watch the events there.

• Lin Yu refused to let Sandersonia and Marigold aboard until they kept their promise to lose weight and become prettier, prompting them to rush off to train.
• Hancock taught Lin Yu how to use the Love-Love Fruit, and his skill with it quickly approached hers.
• Lin Yu stayed several extra days with Hancock before departing, while Robin, Hina, and the others explained his plans for flying ships and military training to Sandersonia and the others.
• Hancock promised to find Lin Yu after he established his power in the New World, and Lin Yu sailed the God Slave away from Nine Serpent Island.
• Robin told Lin Yu that Luffy was at Marineford with Red Hair, mourning Whitebeard and Ace, and Lin Yu decided to go there and watch.

Lin Yu arrived at Marineford aboard the Ark Maxim while Straw Hat Luffy paid respects to Whitebeard and Ace, and he immediately attacked Red Hair’s flagship. Red Hair intercepted the Divine Thunder, and the chapter ended as the crowd watched the two clash.

• Straw Hat Luffy, accompanied by Jinbe, Ivankov, Beckman, and others, evaded the Marines while paying respects at Whitebeard and Ace’s death sites.
• Tsuru told Kujaku that the Marines could not risk fighting Red Hair while their forces were depleted, and urged her to train for the upheaval ahead.
• Lin Yu’s Ark Maxim appeared over Marineford, drawing reporters’ attention away from Luffy and prompting Red Hair to leave Sengoku’s office.
• Lin Yu summoned dark clouds and struck at Red Hair’s flagship with Divine Thunder.
• Red Hair rushed to defend his ship and intercepted most of the lightning with a sword slash while Yasopp and the others handled the rest.

Lin Yu revealed over Marineford’s broadcast that Straw Hat Luffy had eaten the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Sun God Nika, prompting Sengoku to order the Marines to stop the Red Hair Pirates. Red Hair and Sengoku clashed with Conqueror’s Haki as the pirates prepared to flee, while Tsuru discovered that Peacock had disappeared.

• Lin Yu stopped attacking Red Hair and used a Den Den Mushi connected to the Marine broadcast system to address the crowd.
• Lin Yu demanded that Luffy name his Devil Fruit, and Jinbe covered Luffy’s mouth as Red Hair realized what Lin Yu intended.
• Red Hair struck at Lin Yu, destroying the projected Ark Maxim, but Lin Yu continued broadcasting from the Different Dimension and named Luffy’s fruit as the Sun God Nika Fruit.
• Red Hair grabbed Luffy and ordered the Red Hair Pirates to leave, while Sengoku ordered the Marines to stop them.
• Red Hair and Sengoku’s Conqueror’s Haki collided across Marineford as Tsuru warned Peacock that Garp would face trouble over Luffy’s fruit.
• Tsuru turned to organize warships and found that Peacock had vanished.

Lin Yu watched Red Hair escape Marineford after the news that Straw Hat Luffy possessed the Nika Fruit spread, then met Sengoku to ask for New World intelligence. Sengoku offered contacts with intelligence brokers instead, and Lin Yu and Hina left through an Air Door as Tsuru arrived.

• Red Hair and his crew escaped Marineford under fire, and Sengoku recalled the pursuing warships after deciding they could not safely catch a Four Emperor without an Admiral.
• Sengoku returned to his office and found Lin Yu and Hina waiting; he questioned Lin Yu about his actions and asked whether he had treated Hina badly.
• Lin Yu asked to use Marine intelligence in the New World to hunt powerful pirates, and Sengoku refused direct access but offered to introduce him to intelligence brokers.
• Lin Yu and Hina prepared to leave when Tsuru knocked on the locked office door and demanded that Sengoku open it.
• Lin Yu used a tiny Den Den Mushi to open an Air Door and took Hina with him, while Sengoku assumed the ability belonged to one of Lin Yu's subordinates.

Lin Yu took Peacock from Marineford and brought her aboard the God Slave, where she agreed to join his crew if he fought pirates without harming innocents. As Lin Yu headed toward Sabaody, Momousagi vowed to find him, while news of his actions and Luffy’s Nika Fruit spread worldwide.

• Tsuru confronted Sengoku, accused Lin Yu of taking Peacock, and beat Sengoku after learning Lin Yu had sought New World intelligence.
• Lin Yu returned to the God Slave with Hina, Tashigi, and Peacock, who asked about his abilities and offered to join his ship.
• Lin Yu told Peacock to hear Hina’s rules for joining the crew as they sailed toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Momousagi learned that Lin Yu had taken Peacock and, after warning Sengoku, set out to search for him.
• Newspapers spread news of Lin Yu’s actions at Marineford and Luffy’s Mythical Zoan Nika Fruit around the world.

The Five Elders learned that Straw Hat Luffy possessed the Nika Fruit and planned to target him while ordering Sengoku to restrain Lin Yu. Kaido, Red Hair, Rayleigh, and Beckman also discussed the threats surrounding Luffy and Lin Yu, leaving Red Hair asking where Gaban was.

• The Five Elders debated how to deal with Luffy, Red Hair, and Lin Yu, then assigned Sengoku to suppress Lin Yu while they focused on Luffy.
• Kaido wondered whether Luffy was Joy Boy, ordered King to remove Yamato’s shackles, and said she could become Wano Country General if she defeated him.
• Red Hair proposed taking Luffy to his territory with Rayleigh, and Rayleigh agreed to help protect and train him.
• Beckman planned to create another news story to send a message to Luffy’s crewmates after Lin Yu entered the New World.
• Red Hair asked Rayleigh where Gaban was, and Rayleigh said he was in the New World.

Lin Yu recruited Peacock to his crew and used her Whip-Whip Fruit ability to train Whitey Bay while the Five Seas Trading Company prepared for the voyage. After the God Slave was coated, Lin Yu and a small group reached Fish-Man Island, leaving the others behind to join them later.

• Lin Yu persuaded Peacock to join his crew, selected her as a combatant, and obtained her Whip-Whip ability.
• Lin Yu offered to spare the Whitebeard Pirates’ remnants if Whitey Bay endured three hundred lashes, and she accepted on condition that Marco and the others were released too.
• While the God Slave was being coated, Lin Yu trained Whitey Bay, whose feelings toward him shifted from hatred to devotion.
• Reiju, Robin, Vivi, and Kalifa established a Five Seas Trading Company branch on Sabaody Archipelago and prepared to buy the Calm-Calm Fruit.
• Lin Yu transferred Marco, Jozu, and the others onto the God Slave, then left Sabaody with ten companions as the remaining crew stayed behind.
• Lin Yu and his companions arrived at Fish-Man Island aboard the diving God Slave.