Chapter Summaries

After exhausting himself in battle, Ling Donglai landed on Spring Queen Island and recovered at a restaurant while Queen explored the island. The restaurant owner later learned Ling Donglai was the White King and found the gold he had secretly left behind.

• Ling Donglai collapsed from exhaustion after releasing his attack, and Queen carried him to a nearby island.
• Ling Donglai entered a restaurant on St. Poplar, Spring Queen City, and ordered ten servings of every dish while the frightened locals kept their distance.
• Queen tried to touch the restaurant owner, but her hand passed through him and he fainted.
• Ling Donglai secretly left a golden pellet in the owner's pocket before departing with Queen.
• The owner discovered the gold and identified Ling Donglai as the White King, while a cloaked man remarked on his battle against Golden Lion.

After defeating Golden Lion, Ling Donglai recovered in the lower world and planned to map the islands, study their magnetic fields, and challenge the World Economic Journal’s control of public information. He arranged to meet Nami on Spring Queen Island while she prepared to join him with a small guard squad and his personal ship.

• Ling Donglai replenished his strength by draining ancient trees and decided to stay in the lower world to map countries and study the islands’ magnetic fields.
• Ling Donglai contacted Nami by video call, showed her his injuries, and transformed a tree into a shirt after explaining that his clothes had been vaporized.
• Nami offered to come down and make nautical charts, and Ling Donglai agreed once she had arranged affairs on Cloud Continent.
• Ling Donglai asked Nami to bring a squad of Dark Templar and his personal ship, and told her to watch for Cipher Pol agents who might take CP9 away.
• Ling Donglai arranged to wait for Nami on Spring Queen Island and went to look for local food.

After defeating Golden Lion, Ling Donglai felt confident in his potential and went to explore the city’s entertainment scene with Queen. At a concert, he recognized the songstress Carina as a thief, while Queen lounged beside him and mocked her weakness.

• Ling Donglai reflected on his training, his extraordinary body, and his ambition to become the world’s strongest.
• Ling Donglai decided to take a break from studying and explore the city with Queen.
• Queen found a flyer for Carina’s concert, and Ling Donglai chose to attend before visiting Gold City someday.
• Ling Donglai created a valuable Beli note to enter the concert’s VIP room.
• Carina performed for the crowd, and Ling Donglai recognized her as a thief while Queen rested her feet on him and dismissed Carina as weak.

Ling Donglai slept through Carina’s performance while Queen hung from his neck as a sword and rested inside her hilt. Carina tried to rob him, but Queen caught her and decided to recruit her as an entertainer for Izumo.

• Ling Donglai enjoyed Carina’s singing, then fell asleep while Queen hung the sword around his neck and went to sleep inside it.
• Carina learned from her manager that Ling Donglai was a wealthy patron and went to his room after his performance ended.
• Carina found Ling Donglai asleep and tried to rob him, but Queen appeared and confronted her.
• Queen intimidated Carina into kneeling, then stepped on her head while considering her as a potential entertainer for Izumo.

Carina tried to steal from Queen but was captured by her strange ability and learned that Queen and Ling Donglai belonged to Izumo. Ling Donglai hired Carina as the songstress aboard his ship, while Carina secretly vowed to steal his money when she got the chance.

• Carina attacked Queen and tried to escape, but her blows passed through Queen and a wall of fire blocked her way.
• Queen lifted Carina into the air, discovered her Phantom Thief Carina business card, and forced her to call her Lady Queen.
• Carina learned from Queen that they belonged to Izumo and realized she had tried to rob a king.
• Ling Donglai woke and allowed Queen to keep Carina, then offered Carina paid work as the songstress aboard his ship.
• Carina accepted the position while privately planning to steal Ling Donglai's money.

Ling Donglai and his companions boarded the powerful new warship, named Vimana, and reunited Nami with Carina while Ling rested to heal his wounds. Elsewhere in the East Blue, Garp pursued Buggy and told him the authorities had chosen him to become a Shichibukai.

• Ling Donglai admired the concealed warship and learned from Miss Goldenweek and Robin about its design and immense firepower.
• Ling Donglai named the ship Vimana and said Perona could help them give it a spirit.
• Nami recognized Carina as her former partner in a treasure-vault heist, and the two reunited aboard Vimana.
• Ling Donglai fell asleep on the throne to heal while the women gathered aboard the ship.
• In the East Blue, Garp chased Buggy and told him the higher-ups had selected him to become a Shichibukai.

Ling Donglai discussed Izumo’s safety with Robin after defeating Golden Lion, and Robin urged him to keep the route open to avoid provoking the Four Emperors. He promised to keep future battles away from Izumo’s heart, then drew Robin into bed to discuss the “child” they had built together.

• Robin asked Ling Donglai about his injuries and warned that Izumo’s fame after defeating Golden Lion could draw the Four Emperors’ attention, especially Kaido’s.
• Robin explained that Izumo’s position in the sky offered an advantage but feared Kaido could reach the Cloud Continent and threaten the kingdom.
• Robin recommended allowing pirates to pass through Izumo so the kingdom would seem less threatening to the Four Emperors.
• Robin admitted that she feared Izumo, which she had helped build, would be destroyed by a battle between powerful individuals.
• Ling Donglai promised Robin that he would keep the battlefield away from Izumo’s heart, then took her to bed to discuss their child’s future.

Ling Donglai and Robin spent the night together, then joined Nami and the others as they set out for Rare Beast Island to investigate a rumored treasure. Carina warned them that the island’s valuable talking animals attracted hunters and that the dangerous slave trader Breed had been operating nearby.

• Ling Donglai copied the magnetic coordinates from Spring Queen Island’s Eternal Poses into Vimana’s recording system, including coordinates for territories in the New World.
• After Ling Donglai woke, Robin told him that Nami and Carina planned to search for treasure using Carina’s map to Rare Beast Island.
• Nami powered Vimana and took the group across the sea toward Rare Beast Island, while she and Perona discussed Robin’s absence at breakfast.
• Tai'a questioned Robin about the previous night, while the others learned that Rare Beast Island’s talking animals were hunted and sold.
• Carina warned Nami that the slave trader Breed had been active near the island and could control even powerful people, but Nami said their group was strong enough to handle him.

Nami brought Vimana to Rare Beast Island and discovered Breed’s Pet-Pet Fruit had enslaved animals and people with collars. After firing a warning shot, she prepared to investigate with a bionic human, while Breed plotted to seize Vimana and use his power against Sea Tiger.

• Nami and Carina spotted Breed’s merchant fleet surrounding the burning Rare Beast Island and learned that the collared animals and people were under the Pet-Pet Fruit’s control.
• Nami fired a railgun shot into the water as a warning, then sent out a bionic human to investigate the island safely.
• Breed’s merchant caravan prepared to face Sea Tiger’s approaching fleet, and Breed hid among his animals while a lookalike posed as him.
• Breed coveted Vimana and planned to use the Pet-Pet Fruit against Sea Tiger, believing the latter’s Devil Fruit powers would be useless at sea.

Breed used his Pet-Pet Fruit to collar Nami and Carina and ordered Sea Kings to drag Vimana underwater, but he discovered that the two were bionic bodies and could not control them. Sea Tiger rescued Vimana, knocked Breed and the animals unconscious with Conqueror's Haki, and began compressing Breed with a magnetic field.

• Breed revealed himself as the pet merchant and used his ability to put collars on Nami and Carina, then ordered Sea Kings to sink Vimana.
• Nami sealed Vimana's dome while Breed gave the two restrictive orders, but they questioned him instead of obeying.
• Carina accidentally cut off Nami's bionic arm, and Breed realized that the two were not human.
• Vimana burst through the sea as Sea Tiger defeated several Sea Kings, then knocked Breed and the animals unconscious with Conqueror's Haki.
• Ling Donglai wondered about the advanced applications of Conqueror's Haki and drew Breed close, compressing his body with a magnetic field.

Ling Donglai extracted Breed’s Pet-Pet Fruit power and planned to send the defeated merchant crew to prison while keeping the fruit for research. He then contacted Kuma, who offered coordinates to an abandoned Vegapunk laboratory in exchange for cooperation between Izumo and the Revolutionary Army.

• Breed awakened but was immobilized as Ling Donglai’s magnetic field extracted his power and transferred it into a fruit.
• Ling Donglai identified the fruit as the Pet-Pet Fruit, ordered Izumo’s patrol team to escort the merchant crew to prison, and kept the fruit for scientific research.
• Ling Donglai sent Nami and Carina treasure hunting on Rare Beast Island while he called Kuma from Vimana.
• Kuma confirmed he knew the location of an abandoned Vegapunk laboratory and offered its coordinates on the condition that Izumo cooperate with the Revolutionary Army.
• Ling Donglai agreed to provide food transport, purchasing channels, and potentially technical weapons, leaving Nami and Robin to handle the details.

Ling Donglai received directions from Kuma to two abandoned Vegapunk laboratories and then located Doflamingo, who used his awakened String-String Fruit to shield himself from Ling Donglai’s gaze. Doflamingo feared the White King’s power and wondered how he could grow stronger.

• Kuma told Ling Donglai that he would eventually have to leave and gave him the locations of two abandoned Vegapunk laboratories in the New World.
• Ling Donglai chose to seek out Doflamingo first because he wanted to deal with the Hobby-Hobby Fruit.
• Doflamingo sensed Ling Donglai watching him and spread his awakened threads across the ground to make the feeling disappear.
• Trebol asked what was wrong, and Doflamingo admitted that the White King had watched him.
• Doflamingo thought about his lack of confidence against powerful pirates and wondered how to advance further, then erased several buildings in the royal palace with his threads.

Ling Donglai and Robin headed toward Dressrosa to obtain the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, while preparing for a possible clash with Doflamingo and Kaido’s forces. Their teasing turned intimate before Ling Donglai stopped them because Nami had returned, and he invited Robin to his room that night.

• Ling Donglai realized Doflamingo had grown strong enough to block his Ripple Eye and reflected on how much more powerful his own mastery of molecular abilities was.
• Robin identified Dressrosa on the map, and Ling Donglai said he intended to take the Hobby-Hobby Fruit from one of its users.
• Robin warned that confronting Doflamingo could bring them into conflict with Kaido’s forces, so Ling Donglai ordered Izumo to remain on standby for aerial artillery support.
• Ling Donglai teased Robin by using his X-ray vision and sensing her feelings, leaving her embarrassed as they fell together onto a bed.
• Ling Donglai stopped their intimacy when Nami returned from exploring and invited Robin to his room that night.

Ling Donglai’s crew headed toward Sabaody Archipelago, where they planned to prepare for the journey through Fish-Man Island. Ling Donglai sent the Dark Templars to capture Devil Fruit users and transport them to Izumo, while Doflamingo began gathering people.

• Nami returned from exploring an island and asked whether the crew would reach the New World by flying or through Fish-Man Island.
• Ling Donglai chose Fish-Man Island and discussed Sabaody’s mangroves, coating facilities, and the sunlight Fish-Man Island received from Sunlight Tree Eve.
• Ling Donglai caught a message bottle inviting a pirate to bring companions, then tossed it back into the sea.
• Ling Donglai ordered the five Dark Templars to hunt Devil Fruit users and take them to Izumo; Carina was startled when they revealed themselves and vanished.
• Ling Donglai listened in on Doflamingo’s calls and heard that he was gathering a large group of people.

After Golden Lion’s defeat drew the Marines and Kaido’s forces toward Dressrosa, Nami effortlessly captured the pirate Gasparde and demonstrated how her magnetic powers could disable and manipulate an opponent. Ling Donglai watched her fight and added the technique to his move list.

• Doflamingo leaked news that White King might come to Dressrosa, prompting Marine warships and three of Kaido’s trusted subordinates to head there.
• Nami bought a newspaper reporting Golden Lion’s defeat, while Whitebeard and his crew discussed White King’s Devil Fruit power.
• Gasparde and the Candy Pirates blocked Vimana, and Nami struck his crew with lightning before pulling Gasparde aboard with her magnetic powers.
• Gasparde tried to attack Nami with the Six Powers, but his abilities failed and his strikes were redirected by her control over him.
• Nami punched Gasparde by drawing his body into her fist, and Ling Donglai noted the technique for his Imperial World-Shocking Scripture.

Nami defeated Gasparde with her magnetic-pole techniques and imprisoned him in Seastone handcuffs as the Vimana continued toward Sabaody. When the crew arrived, Nami and Robin chose to remain aboard, wary of the dangers surrounding the archipelago and its Celestial Dragon visitors.

• Nami used magnetic-pole switching to prevent Gasparde from landing attacks and battered him until he was helpless.
• Nami denied being a Devil Fruit user, then restrained Gasparde with Seastone handcuffs and said he would face Izumo's Sun Prison.
• Carina suspected White King's Imperial World-Shocking Scripture was the secret manual behind Nami's abilities and resolved to get it.
• Ling Donglai sensed an immense magnetic field around Sabaody, abandoned his attempt to scan it, and continued the Vimana's voyage toward the archipelago.
• Nami and Robin declined to go ashore, citing their past experience and the threat posed by the Celestial Dragons and CP0.

Ling Donglai and his crew bypassed Sabaody and took Vimana underwater toward Fish-Man Island. After entering the island’s shield unseen, Sea Tiger mapped the island, and Ling Donglai sensed powerful magnetic energy inside its tallest tower.

• Ling Donglai decided to avoid Sabaody, and Nami steered Vimana directly toward Fish-Man Island while Miss Goldenweek painted the deep sea.
• As Vimana descended, Nami and Robin discussed its defenses and Fisher Tiger’s raid on Mary Geoise, while Ling Donglai said he wanted to travel discreetly to the New World.
• Vimana entered Fish-Man Island’s double-layered bubble shield, and Nami switched the warship to stealth mode.
• Sea Tiger scanned Fish-Man Island and marked the Sunlight Tree Eve and Princess Shirahoshi on a topographical map.
• Ling Donglai sensed immense magnetic energy inside the island’s tallest tower.

Ling Donglai and Nami visited Shirahoshi in her tower, where an unseen attacker repeatedly targeted her with weapons. Shirahoshi showed them her fear and curiosity about the surface before beginning to explain her past, starting with a marriage proposal when she was six.

• Ling Donglai arrived at Shirahoshi’s tower with Nami and the others, while Nami sensed Shirahoshi inside and weapons flew toward them.
• Shirahoshi cautiously opened the door and asked whether her father had sent the visitors.
• Nami comforted Shirahoshi and gave her a magnetic-field projection of Sabaody after Shirahoshi asked what the sun and flowers looked like.
• Nami destroyed the weapons attacking them, while Ling Donglai said he had located the attacker and examined Shirahoshi’s unusual body and abilities.
• Shirahoshi let the group into her tower and began recounting her past, starting with an ability user proposing marriage when she was six.

Ling Donglai tried to explore Shirahoshi’s power in exchange for helping her escape Vander Decken IX, but the connection overwhelmed him. Perona blasted their joined hands apart, and Shirahoshi saw two heads on Ling Donglai as Sea Kings began turning toward Fish-Man Island.

• Shirahoshi told Nami and the others that Vander Decken IX had targeted her since she was six, forcing her to remain confined in the Hard-Shell Tower.
• Ling Donglai offered to deal with Vander Decken IX in exchange for experiencing Shirahoshi’s body, and Shirahoshi agreed because she wanted to visit the Sea Forest.
• Ling Donglai linked his magnetic field with Shirahoshi’s biological magnetic field and began exploring the power within her.
• Ling Donglai felt himself sinking into an abyss and sensed his soul beginning to separate from his body.
• Perona sent Mega Ghost Bombs into Ling Donglai and Shirahoshi’s joined hands, blasting them apart despite Nami’s Magnetic Field Barrier.
• Megalo and countless Sea Kings turned toward Fish-Man Island, while Shirahoshi saw two heads on Ling Donglai and feared he had been possessed.

Ling Donglai discovered that he could separate and control his soul, then went to confront Fish-Man Vander after reassuring Shirahoshi. Vander was dragged away from his ship by Ling Donglai’s magnetic power as he prepared to threaten Fish-Man Island with Noah.

• Ling Donglai’s soul left his body, and he tested its strength, discovering it could move only within ten meters of his body and that fear weakened it.
• Ling Donglai returned to his body, comforted Shirahoshi, and told her he would deal with Fish-Man Vander.
• Vander considered joining forces with other Fish-Man pirates to seize Shirahoshi and threatened to destroy Fish-Man Island with Noah if she rejected him.
• Ling Donglai used his magnetic field to pull Vander out of the abandoned giant ship, and Vander called for help as a Sea King grabbed him.