Chapter Summaries

Reiju, Hancock, and Gion set aside their rivalry over Lin Yu and divided up the fight against Blackbeard and Shiryu. As Lin Yu watched, Smoothie and Ulti joined the battle against Bullet, while the other women went after Kid and the remaining pirates, leaving Lin Yu with no opponent.

• Blackbeard recognized the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in Reiju and agreed to join forces with Shiryu against Lin Yu in exchange for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Reiju persuaded Hancock and Gion to focus on their enemies before discussing their rivalry, then assigned Hancock to fight Shiryu and herself and Gion to fight Blackbeard.
• Hancock charged Shiryu while Reiju and Gion attacked Blackbeard, and the fighting swept across the archipelago.
• Smoothie showed Ulti that Bullet had badly beaten Page One, prompting Ulti to transform and charge at Bullet with Smoothie.
• Hina, Vivi, Nojiko, Mikita, Rebecca, Perona, and Sugar joined the battle against Kid and the other pirates, while Lin Yu realized everyone had claimed an opponent but him.

Ulti confronted Bullet to rescue Page One as Lin Yu’s crew overwhelmed the pirates at the gathering. Lin Yu sealed the island and watched the battles, then noticed Ulti had awakened Conqueror’s Haki.

• Ulti demanded that Bullet release Page One, while Smoothie stood ready beside her.
• More of Lin Yu’s women descended from the Ark Maxim, shocking Kid, Blackbeard Teach, and the gathering’s pirates with their powerful Devil Fruit abilities.
• Reiju struck Blackbeard Teach, and Gion and Boa Hancock kept Blackbeard and Shiryu occupied in battle.
• Ulti charged at Bullet after he hurt Page One, while Smoothie blocked his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Lin Yu told his crew to fight for thirty minutes, then had Nami, Whitey Bay, and Monet seal the island with a Storm Wall.
• Lin Yu noticed that Ulti had awakened Conqueror’s Haki.

Ulti and Smoothie continued fighting Bullet while Reiju and Gion failed to defeat Blackbeard, whose second Devil Fruit gave him powerful regeneration and poison. As Reiju and Gion joined Hancock against Shiryu, Lin Yu arrived to face Blackbeard.

• Bullet knocked Smoothie away, but Ulti and Smoothie kept attacking him and used Smoothie's Wring-Wring Fruit to wear him down.
• Ulti sent Page One to capture the fleeing Who's Who and help eliminate the pirates on the island, then resumed her fight with Bullet.
• Bullet transformed into a hundred-meter robot by merging with the warship Catapult.
• Blackbeard revealed his Ancient Zoan Moonlight Salamander form, which gave him extreme regeneration, poison, and immunity to pain.
• Reiju and Gion left Blackbeard to join Hancock in fighting Shiryu, and Lin Yu arrived to take on Blackbeard.

Lin Yu overwhelmed Blackbeard Teach with his many Devil Fruit-powered clones and killed him, then surveyed the island’s other battles. After collecting the petrified Blackbeard Pirates, Lin Yu headed toward Bullet, who had entered his Large Bullet form.

• Blackbeard Teach used Dark Water to pull Lin Yu toward him, but Lin Yu revealed a dozen powerful clones with different Devil Fruit abilities.
• Lin Yu’s clones struck Blackbeard Teach with successive attacks, and Blackbeard retaliated with Dark Black Hole.
• Lin Yu’s clones unleashed their ultimate moves together, destroying Blackbeard Teach and the darkness sphere above him.
• Lin Yu received a prompt to obtain Blackbeard Teach’s Devil Fruits and bounty, but complained that the cost would waste money.
• Lin Yu saw Shiryu petrified, Robin’s group carrying the unconscious Kid and Killer to the Ark Maxim, and Page One defeating Who’s Who.
• Lin Yu stored the petrified Blackbeard Pirates and flew toward Bullet, who had activated his Large Bullet form.

Bullet awakened his Combination Fruit and transformed the island into a nearly thousand-meter-tall Large Bullet. Lin Yu awakened his Flower-Flower Fruit and began using Flower-Flower World to counter him.

• Bullet fused the island’s ships, buildings, rocks, soil, and trees into his colossal Large Bullet form.
• Ulti, Smoothie, and Lin Yu assessed the giant, while Reiju, Hancock, Gion, and the others arrived after defeating Shiryu of the Rain.
• Lin Yu stopped Smoothie from attacking and had Reiju send Robin and the others back to the Ark Maxim before his next move.
• Lin Yu spent his accumulated Devil Points to awaken his Flower-Flower Fruit, then began the technique True Several Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha.

Lin Yu used the awakened Flower-Flower Fruit to create a colossal giant and defeated Douglas Barrett in a devastating battle. After wiping out the remaining pirates and returning to the Ark Maxim, he left Reiju, Hancock, Gion, Smoothie, Ulti, and the others to begin competing over who would be his main wife.

• Lin Yu assimilated the island into a colossal Flower-Flower Fruit giant, astonishing Reiju, Hancock, Gion, Smoothie, Ulti, Robin, and the others.
• Bullet attacked Lin Yu with Large Bullet, but Lin Yu defended with the giant and struck back with thousands of Armament Haki-coated arms.
• Lin Yu's relentless assault shattered Large Bullet and broke the island into more than a dozen pieces, killing Douglas Barrett.
• Lin Yu collected Bullet's body, eliminated the remaining pirates, and returned to the Ark Maxim.
• Reiju, Hancock, Gion, Smoothie, Ulti, and the others descended onto separate island fragments and began competing to be Lin Yu's main wife.

Reiju, Gion, Hancock, Smoothie, and Ulti fought over the title of main wife while Lin Yu watched without intervening. As the battle continued without a clear path to victory, Lin Yu left for the Different Dimension to experiment with his awakened Flower-Flower Fruit, giving his prisoners a chance to plan their escape.

• Reiju set the rules for the contest, and the five women launched into a battle that further destroyed the island.
• The people aboard Ark Maxim cheered for their chosen fighters while Page One, Kid, Killer, Apoo, and the others watched in shock at the women’s strength.
• Robin predicted that the women would target Gion first and then keep one another from winning, and Lin Yu agreed that none of them would be easily defeated.
• Lin Yu told Robin to watch the fight, then took Mansherry into the Different Dimension to test his Flower-Flower Fruit powers.
• After Lin Yu left, Kid, Killer, Apoo, Who’s Who, and the other prisoners silently agreed to work together and seize their chance to escape.

Kid and the other prisoners considered escaping, but Perona stopped them with her Negative Hollows while Perona and Sugar settled their bet. Lin Yu continued his experiments until dusk, then took Robin and the others back to Thriller Bark as the battle on a nearby island fragment continued.

• Apoo, Kid, and Who's Who discussed breaking out and chose to target the side of the deck where Makino and Kaya stood.
• Who's Who escaped his Sea Stone chains, but Perona hit him with a Negative Hollow and left him apologizing for being trash.
• Sugar collected her winnings from Perona after revealing they had bet on whether the prisoners would try to escape.
• Kid erupted with Conqueror's Haki, so Perona sent more than a dozen Negative Hollows through him and the others, forcing them to behave.
• Lin Yu watched the commotion from the Different Dimension, then continued experimenting with fusing Fruit abilities into giants.
• At dusk, Lin Yu brought Robin and the others back to Thriller Bark while the battle on the nearby island fragment continued.

After the Pirate Gathering, Lin Yu considered what to do with the Devil Fruits he had collected and received the Calm-Calm Fruit from Gion. He gave Gion the Op-Op Fruit, copied her new ability, and heard her warn him about its weakness.

• Lin Yu stored the Devil Fruits he had collected and learned from Anna that Gion, Reiju, Hancock, Smoothie, and Ulti had finished fighting without a winner.
• Gion brought Lin Yu the Calm-Calm Fruit, which she had taken from Sengoku's collection room.
• Lin Yu gave Gion the Op-Op Fruit, and she ate it despite its terrible taste.
• Gion activated the Op-Op Fruit and created a hemispherical space, while Lin Yu gained her Surgery ability.
• Lin Yu explained that he could obtain abilities from women, and Gion warned him that his ability had an obvious weakness.

Lin Yu reassured Gion about the danger to his crew and promised to avoid harming civilians, while Gion arranged to leave Thriller Bark quickly to protect his secret and prevent conflict with the Navy. The next morning, Lin Yu reviewed his crew’s growing strength before Hancock rushed into his arms.

• Gion warned Lin Yu that his shared abilities could be lost if one of his companions died, and Lin Yu said his crew could protect itself.
• Gion asked Lin Yu not to harm ordinary civilians, and he told her to keep watch over him.
• Gion explained that she would leave Thriller Bark the next morning with the defeated pirates’ corpses, and she and Lin Yu spent the night together.
• The next morning, Gion departed with Whitey Bay while Lin Yu examined a chart showing that his fifty-four-member crew had grown to formidable strength.
• Hancock rushed into Lin Yu’s study and threw herself into his arms.

Lin Yu helped Gion defeat Bullet and Blackbeard, while Hancock resolved to train harder after learning Gion had gained the Op-Op Fruit. As Lin Yu sailed toward Cake Island, Sengoku learned that Gion had fought alongside Lin Yu and was stunned that she had become involved with him.

• Hancock learned that Gion had received the Op-Op Fruit from Lin Yu and rushed to train so she could keep her position as principal wife.
• Hancock returned to Lin Yu for another round, then Domino declined the Pegasus Fruit in favor of the Vampire Fruit, so Lin Yu gave the Pegasus Fruit to Conis instead.
• Lin Yu sent Page One back to Wano Country as an undercover agent and set Thriller Bark on course for Cake Island.
• More than a week later, Sengoku learned that Gion had killed Bullet and Blackbeard and wiped out their crews and the Pirate Crews at the gathering.
• Tsuru told Sengoku that Gion had fought alongside God Slayer Lin Yu, leaving Sengoku shocked that Gion had become involved with him.

Gion admitted that she loved Lin Yu and revealed that he had given her the Op-Op Fruit. She secured Sengoku and Tsuru’s help to join the World Government’s war against the Red Hair Pirates, intending to help Lin Yu from within.

• Tsuru furiously beat Sengoku after learning that Gion had become involved with Lin Yu, and Brannew interrupted to announce Gion’s return.
• Gion admitted to Sengoku and Tsuru that she loved Lin Yu, and Tsuru asked whether she truly meant it.
• Gion told them Lin Yu was very strong and had given her the Op-Op Fruit worth five billion Berries.
• Gion asked Tsuru to help her join the World Government’s campaign against the Red Hair Pirates, and Sengoku agreed to arrange it.
• After Gion left, Sengoku told Tsuru that Gion seemed to have developed ideas of her own.

Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the coming upheaval and Gion and Peacock following Lin Yu. As Lin Yu entered Big Mom’s territory, Smoothie brought her sister Charlotte Praline to join his crew, and he offered her a choice of Devil Fruits.

• Sengoku said he hoped fewer people would die as the Marines faced the approaching upheaval.
• Snamon showed Lin Yu photographs of her younger sisters, and he considered which women might join his crew.
• Smoothie brought Charlotte Praline to Lin Yu after capturing her on Unique Island.
• Lin Yu recognized that Praline met his standards and counted her and her sister Charlotte Prium as new crew members.
• Lin Yu offered Praline a choice of Logia or Paramecia Devil Fruits and displayed several options, leaving her stunned.

Lin Yu gave Charlotte Praline the Dark-Dark Fruit, recruited her into his crew, and used his Purification Fruit to reduce the fruit’s pain-intensifying side effect. He later heard from Nami that the crew had arrived at Chocolate Town, where Purin was.

• Smoothie advised Praline to choose the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Praline accepted it and agreed to join Lin Yu’s Pirate Crew.
• Lin Yu acquired Praline’s Darkness ability and tested the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power aboard the Thriller Bark Ship.
• Lin Yu considered seeking out Uta after traveling to Wano Country, believing his new powers could help him defeat her.
• Lin Yu used the Toshi Toshi Fruit to age Praline to thirty, then purified the Dark-Dark Fruit’s side effect and eased her pain.
• Nami contacted Lin Yu through a Den Den Mushi and reported that the crew had arrived at Chocolate Town, where Purin was located.

Lin Yu recruited Purin in Chocolate Town and hoped to use her Memory Fruit to transfer knowledge of Haki. After leaving with Purin and Praline, he headed toward Cake Island to recruit more of the Charlotte Family before traveling to Wano Country.

• Lin Yu considered using the Memory Fruit to implant Haki knowledge in his allies and to learn from Kaido's memories.
• Smoothie and Snamon finished persuading Purin to speak with Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu told Purin she could choose freely, praised her third eye, and asked her to join his crew.
• Purin agreed to join Lin Yu, prompting a crew-position notification for Charlotte Brulee.
• Lin Yu left Chocolate Town with the others and headed toward Cake Island to recruit Galette and the remaining sisters.

Lin Yu arrived at Cake Island with Smoothie and Snamon while Big Mom was away, and Smoothie demonstrated how powerful she had become to her siblings. After defeating Cracker and seizing Galette, she told her sister to follow Lin Yu with her.

• Cracker, Mondor, Snack, and the Big Mom Pirates waited on Cake Island for Lin Yu, wary because Big Mom was away.
• Smoothie unleashed a massive sword slash that split a mountain, shocking Cracker, Galette, and the others.
• Smoothie appeared before the group, seized Galette, and used her Conqueror's Haki to knock out weaker soldiers.
• Smoothie exposed Cracker's true body by crushing his Biscuit Soldier, then defeated him with her Wring-Wring Fruit.
• Lin Yu explained that Smoothie had reached the threshold of Nine Stars and gained the awakened ability Material Extraction through Awakening Linkage.
• Smoothie returned Cracker's extracted substances and told her siblings to behave, then said Galette would follow Lin Yu with her.

Lin Yu took Galette into his crew and collected the Munch-Munch Fruit from Streusen for Jessica. He refused to occupy Cake Island, then extracted Capone Bege’s Devil Fruit and left Galette flustered by his advances.

• Smoothie backed Galette joining Lin Yu’s harem, and Lin Yu teased Galette despite her angry resistance.
• Lin Yu fed Streusen’s Munch-Munch Fruit to Jessica while Robin and Reiju studied a Poneglyph and Nami, Vivi, and Nojiko looted the treasury.
• Smoothie brought the unconscious Capone Bege to Lin Yu, who said he would not occupy Cake Island and planned to take Big Mom’s and Kaido’s territories after killing them.
• Lin Yu extracted Capone Bege’s Devil Fruit, and Smoothie teased Galette before Lin Yu swept her into his arms.
• Galette called Lin Yu a pervert when he suggested she could be with Smoothie and the others.

Smoothie dealt with Capone Bege and persuaded Praline and Flampé to join Lin Yu. The next morning, Lin Yu reviewed Big Mom’s assets and discovered three unfinished Ark Maxims, while Hancock revealed that Nine Serpent Island had already completed three airships.

• Smoothie told Mondor that Lin Yu would not make things difficult for him, learned Brulee had gone to seek Katakuri, and killed Capone Bege before ordering Mondor to dispose of the body.
• Smoothie went to Snamon’s room, where Snamon persuaded Praline and Flampé to join Lin Yu; Flampé eagerly declared her affection, and Praline agreed.
• Smoothie listened outside the room and felt relieved that Praline had agreed to go with Lin Yu.
• The next morning, Lin Yu found three unfinished Ark Maxims on the list of Big Mom’s assets and realized his gold could complete them.
• Reiju and the others discussed Big Mom’s failed plans and losses, while Hancock said Nine Serpent Island had completed three airships and was building three more.

Lin Yu arranged for Hancock and Reiju to gather forces and retrieve powerful weapons while he consolidated his control over Cake Island. After Smoothie forced the Big Mom Pirates to submit, Lin Yu sailed toward Wano Country, where Perospero announced Cake Island’s fall to Big Mom and Kaido.

• Lin Yu told Hancock to bring Nine Serpent Island’s forces to the New World, while Reiju offered to return to the North Blue and take Germa’s Pluton warship.
• Robin and Reiju mentioned their connections to Poseidon and Pluton, prompting Hancock to insist on gathering the Kuja Army to prove her value to Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu told Hancock to wait until they reached Wano Country and planned to use the coming battles to help his allies grow stronger.
• Over the next few days, Smoothie’s strength caused Cake Island and the Big Mom Pirates to submit, while Lin Yu took several Devil Fruits and emptied Big Mom’s treasury.
• Lin Yu boarded Thriller Bark for Wano Country with his crew numbering fifty-nine members and planned to recruit four more people there.
• Perospero rushed into the banquet hall on Oni Island and told Big Mom and Kaido that Cake Island had fallen.

Big Mom Linlin told Kaido that Lin Yu had raided her territory and taken her Poneglyphs before heading for Wano Country. Linlin and Kaido argued over their powerful daughters, then clashed their Conqueror's Haki and charged at each other to fight.

• Big Mom Linlin smashed the table after learning Lin Yu had taken Purin and her Poneglyphs, including her Road Poneglyph.
• Kaido asked whether Lin Yu had come after Linlin, and she confirmed that he was heading for Wano Country.
• Linlin bragged that Smoothie could stand against them after defeating Cracker, while Kaido insisted Yamato was also formidable.
• Kaido drew his Wolf Tooth Club and Linlin took up Napoleon after the two argued over their daughters' strength.
• Kaido and Linlin unleashed their Conqueror's Haki, splitting the sky and knocking out ordinary pirates across Oni Island.
• Kaido and Linlin charged at each other with Thunder Bagua and Emperor Sword · Light Sword.