Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi and Whitebeard disrupted a Sabaody auction, killed the Celestial Dragons’ guards, and freed the Mermaid Kami. They traded the three captured Celestial Dragons to the World Government for thirty Devil Fruits, though Lin Qi secretly gave them pills that would cause impotence.

• Bogusheng outbid the auction for Kami, but Lin Qi raised the price by one Berry and provoked him into ordering his CP Agents to attack.
• Whitebeard killed the CP Agents and smashed the Auction House’s guards, while Lin Qi killed the person in charge and warned the crowd against selling Mermaids or Fish-Men.
• Lin Qi and Whitebeard questioned the three Celestial Dragons, then freed Kami by returning her to the sea.
• Whitebeard destroyed the Sabaody Auction House, and Lin Qi called Sengoku to negotiate the Celestial Dragons’ release for Devil Fruits.
• Kizaru delivered thirty Devil Fruits and took away the three Celestial Dragons, whom Lin Qi had secretly given impotence pills.

Lin Qi left Sabaody for Amazon Lily with Rayleigh, while Weevil and Bakingom Stussy arrived there seeking a wife for him. After waking from sixteen hours unconscious, Hancock eagerly prepared to marry Lin Qi, but Grandma Snake warned her that she had to put Amazon Lily’s citizens first.

• Lin Qi told Whitebeard and Rayleigh to go to Amazon Lily, and asked Rayleigh to have Crocus meet them there.
• Weevil and Bakingom Stussy reached Amazon Lily after fighting through the Calm Belt, and Bakingom said she would find Weevil a wife.
• Hancock woke up and asked where Lin Qi was, then planned to cook for him, prepare a wedding, and make him clothes.
• Grandma Snake warned Hancock not to hold a wedding on Amazon Lily or put Lin Qi above her citizens.
• Hancock apologized that she could not hold a wedding with Lin Qi on Amazon Lily.

Hancock’s lovesickness for Lin Qi left Amazon Lily vulnerable when Bakingom Stussy and Weevil invaded and captured Sandersonia. Hancock and Grandma Snake confronted the intruders, but Bakingom Stussy rejected their threats and the island’s fate remained uncertain.

• Hancock fell ill with lovesickness as Marigold and Grandma Snake worried over her.
• A warrior reported that Bakingom Stussy and Weevil had invaded Amazon Lily and defeated Sandersonia, prompting Grandma Snake to summon Lin Qi and head out with Hancock.
• Weevil knocked Sandersonia unconscious while Bakingom Stussy threatened the island’s warriors and claimed Weevil would marry Hancock.
• Grandma Snake recognized Bakingom Stussy, and the two exchanged insults over their old rivalry from Rocks’s ship.
• Hancock arrived, reclaimed Sandersonia, and declared that she belonged to Lord Lin Qi.
• Bakingom Stussy dismissed Hancock’s threat and taunted Amazon Lily for having no allies as Grandma Snake demanded to know why she had come.

Hancock faced Bakingom Stussy and Weevil, whose proposal for marriage turned into a fight when she refused. Her Love-Love Fruit had no effect on Weevil, and after their clash left her unable to land a decisive blow, she remained locked in battle with him.

• Bakingom Stussy proposed that Weevil marry Hancock, but Grandma Snake rejected the proposal and mocked Weevil, prompting Stussy to order him to attack.
• Hancock used Sweet Sweet Archery and Kiss Gun, but Weevil was unaffected because he felt no attraction to her.
• Weevil launched a powerful Flying Slash, which Hancock blocked with Fragrant Foot while Grandma Snake noticed her leg trembling.
• Grandma Snake sent the Amazon Lily warriors away, and Hancock discovered that Weevil could use Armament Haki and match her physical combat skills.
• Hancock attacked Weevil's ankle and chin, but her high heel stuck in his chin, forcing her to abandon the strike and dodge his blade.

Lin Qi returned to Amazon Lily as Weevil and Bakingom Stussy attacked the island, rescuing Hancock and her sisters from the mother and son. He confronted the pair after revealing that Amazon Lily was under his protection.

• Weevil and Bakingom Stussy chased Hancock toward a town, while Grandma Snake urged her to avoid risking capture.
• Hancock returned to the burning town, where Weevil captured her and Bakingom Stussy ordered him to kill Marigold and Sandersonia.
• Lin Qi descended with a Fire Fist, forcing Weevil to release Hancock, then healed her with his blood.
• Hancock went to care for Marigold and Sandersonia as Lin Qi faced Bakingom Stussy and Weevil.
• Bakingom Stussy recognized Lin Qi and begged him to let her and Weevil leave.

Lin Qi defeated Weevil after he and Bakingom Stussy attacked Amazon Lily, while Rayleigh and Whitebeard found the badly injured Weevil at sea. They reached the island and learned that Weevil had caused destruction, killed citizens, and tried to force the Empress to marry him.

• Bakingom Stussy urged Wilson to flee, but Lin Qi struck her and Weevil with Fire Fist, leaving her badly burned.
• Weevil charged Lin Qi to avenge his mother, but Lin Qi cut through his sword and blasted him into the mountains before sending him flying out to sea with Hagoku.
• Rayleigh and Whitebeard caught Weevil over the water, and Weevil called Whitebeard Dad before passing out.
• Rayleigh and Whitebeard followed Weevil’s path to Amazon Lily and found Lin Qi treating the injured citizens with the Empress.
• Lin Qi told Rayleigh and Whitebeard that Weevil had invaded Amazon Lily, killed people, caused destruction, and tried to force the Empress to marry him.

Bakingom Stussy revealed to Whitebeard that Weevil was his biological son, prompting Whitebeard to confront her about keeping the child from him. Whitebeard accepted Weevil as his son and rejected Stussy’s ambitions, while Lin Qi and Rayleigh watched their family dispute unfold.

• Bakingom Stussy recovered from pretending to be unconscious and clung to Whitebeard, claiming Weevil was his biological son.
• Whitebeard recognized Stussy from their relationship nearly forty years earlier and recalled that she had once asked whether he would accept her child.
• Stussy explained that she had kept Weevil from Whitebeard because she feared he would receive no special treatment and could not compete to lead the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Whitebeard criticized Stussy’s ambition, said Weevil should have been allowed to find him, and insisted that his sons would care for their brother.
• Lin Qi and Rayleigh watched the confrontation while Grandma Snake looked on in disbelief.

Whitebeard paid Lin Qi fifteen Devil Fruits and a favor to spare Weevil and Bakingom Stussy, but Lin Qi severed Stussy’s arm as punishment. After Whitebeard and Rayleigh left, Lin Qi began investigating Amazon Lily and discovered that Heart Crossing sensed unusual Ghost Qi in the island’s back mountain.

• Whitebeard offered Lin Qi fifteen Devil Fruits and a favor in exchange for sparing Weevil and Bakingom Stussy.
• Lin Qi agreed not to kill Weevil but severed Bakingom Stussy’s arm, then let her leave Amazon Lily by boat.
• Whitebeard carried Weevil away, leaving Bakingom Stussy behind, and Rayleigh departed after teasing Lin Qi and the Empress.
• Lin Qi gave Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit compensation to Grandma Snake and agreed to stay for a welcome feast.
• Lin Qi investigated Amazon Lily’s secrets, and Heart Crossing revealed that it sensed unusual Ghost Qi in the back mountain.

Lin Qi visited Amazon Lily’s ancestral temple and then withdrew from a banquet overwhelmed by the women’s attention. Meanwhile, Hancock tried to resist rushing to Lin Qi’s room, but when he came to see her, she immediately welcomed him and he stopped Marigold and Sandersonia from leaving.

• Lin Qi reached the forbidden ancestral temple, learned that only Amazon Lily’s empresses could enter, and left without challenging the guards.
• At the banquet, Lin Qi felt uncomfortable with the women’s hungry attention and returned to his room, while Marguerite and the officers teased one another about him.
• Hancock tried to go to Lin Qi’s room, but Marigold and Sandersonia urged her to act reserved and advised her that men valued what they could not easily obtain.
• When Lin Qi knocked, Hancock threw open the door and pounced into his arms before inviting him inside.
• Lin Qi found Marigold and Sandersonia in Hancock’s room and stopped them from leaving, saying he needed both of them there.

Lin Qi offered to remove the Nine Heavenly Dragon's Hoofprint from Hancock and her sisters, then used surgery and his Essence Blood to heal Hancock. Meanwhile, Doflamingo learned that Lin Qi had destroyed the Sabaody auction house and declared the Donquixote Family his enemy.

• Lin Qi explained that he could remove the slave marks, and Hancock eagerly accepted his offer.
• Marigold and Sandersonia agreed to the treatment and let Hancock go first.
• Lin Qi cut the marked flesh from Hancock's back, fed her his Essence Blood, and healed her wound.
• After Hancock fell asleep, Lin Qi prepared to treat Marigold, who reluctantly stepped forward.
• Doflamingo received news of Lin Qi's destruction of the Sabaody auction house, smashed his room, and vowed that the Donquixote Family would be irreconcilable enemies with Lin Qi.

Doflamingo planned to use Caesar’s poison gas against Lin Qi, while Lin Qi and the Empress visited Amazon Lily’s ancestral temple to investigate its strange Ghost Qi. The temple violently erupted as a blackish-purple force burst up from underground.

• Doflamingo decided against asking Kaido for help and instead ordered Monet to have Caesar prepare poison gas weapons for use against Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi and the Empress entered Amazon Lily’s temple, where Heart Crossing trembled in response to the place’s Ghost Qi.
• The Empress told Lin Qi the island’s legend about ninety-one women who defeated the men of their country and founded Amazon Lily.
• As Lin Qi searched the temple, the mountain began shaking, and he pulled the Empress toward safety.
• The cave floor exploded, and a blackish-purple force erupted from underground in towering flames.

Lin Qi, Hancock, and two guards explored the vast cavern beneath the temple, where Lin Qi killed a swarm of ghostly bats and uncovered an ancient warning plaque. Its modern writing pointed toward a treasure vault, while Grandma Snake found the temple’s massive hole and went to seek help.

• Lin Qi caught the two guards as they fell into the hollow beneath the temple, and Hancock joined them in exploring the darkness.
• Lin Qi used a flashlight to guide the group through the cavern, then blasted through several walls with Fire Fist to reach a pool of water.
• Lin Qi stabilized the shaking cave with ice pillars after his blast caused a cave-in.
• A swarm of Six-Eared Bats charged at the group, and Lin Qi sheltered the women beneath an iron pot before killing the bats with Blazing Fire Slash.
• Lin Qi and Hancock read a plaque that warned women away from a restricted area and identified a treasure vault ahead.
• Grandma Snake found the enormous hole outside the temple, feared the legend about men bringing disaster might be true, and went to find help.

Lin Qi and the Empress braved the ancient traps beneath the temple and found a vast burial chamber containing ninety-one coffins. The Empress recognized the name on one coffin, confirming that the bodies belonged to the ninety-one ancestors honored in Amazon Lily’s temple.

• Lin Qi placed the two guards in beginner mechanical armor and told them to wait or fly back to safety before he and the Empress continued.
• Lin Qi and the Empress crossed a dangerous stretch of tomb-like passages filled with traps, prehistoric beasts, and poisonous creatures.
• Lin Qi found that overflowing Ghost Qi had turned the ten-meter-thick metal door into a Cursed Gate, and the Empress kicked a passage through it.
• Lin Qi and the Empress entered a vast burial chamber containing ninety-one coffins, from which Ghost Qi poured and gathered overhead.
• The Empress uncovered the name Kellogg on one coffin and realized the chamber held the remains of the ninety-one ancestors enshrined in the temple.

Hancock discovered the Heavenly Moon Shield and Heavenly Thorn Spear among the coffins and learned the spear held a memory of the Kuja Pirates’ origins. The memory ended as the newly freed women began building their strength and reputation.

• Lin Qi directed Hancock to inspect the center of the coffins, where she identified the Heavenly Moon Shield and Heavenly Thorn Spear.
• Hancock touched the Heavenly Thorn Spear, and its spikes retracted to form a grip.
• Hancock grasped the spear and saw a memory of a wealthy man who imprisoned and tortured women he had bought from desperate husbands.
• The wealthy man ordered the women executed, but his steward sold them to slave traders, who passed them to Pirates.
• The women killed the Pirates, escaped, and formed the earliest Kuja Pirates, swearing to kill men and first taking revenge on the husbands who had sold them.
• The Kuja Pirates grew stronger through relentless battles and quickly earned a fearsome reputation among small pirate crews.

Hancock told Lin Qi the Kuja Pirates’ history and how their ancestors used Devil Fruits to preserve their power and hatred beneath Amazon Lily. After Hancock’s blood awakened the coffins, the ancestors’ combined souls formed a shadow that attacked Lin Qi for being a man.

• Hancock relayed the story of the Kuja Pirates’ revenge, the founding of Amazon Lily, and their ancestors’ sacrifice to protect their descendants.
• Lin Qi judged the ancestors’ hatred of all men as unfair, though he acknowledged their sacrifice to strengthen their descendants.
• The Heavenly Thorn Spear pricked Hancock, absorbed her blood, and triggered movement in all ninety-one coffins.
• Lin Qi carried Hancock out of the coffin formation as the coffins opened and released a dense tide of Ghost Qi and soul energy.
• Ninety-one streams of Mutated Ghost Qi and souls formed a faceless black female shadow, which picked up the Heavenly Thorn Spear and Heavenly Moon Shield.
• The shadow roared, “Man, die!!!” and rushed at Lin Qi at a speed comparable to Kizaru.

Lin Qi and the Empress battled the black shadow guarding the ancient weapons, and Lin Qi defeated it with a surprise strike from Heart Crossing. As the Empress took the Heavenly Moon Shield, souls from the coffins revived the shadow, leaving it armed with the shield and pulling Heart Crossing from its back.

• The Empress tried to protect Lin Qi, then surprised the black shadow with a kick, but it threw her aside unharmed.
• The black shadow attacked Lin Qi with the Heavenly Thorn Spear, and he knocked it away before the Heavenly Moon Shield absorbed the flames from Dragon Abyss.
• Lin Qi's hidden Heart Crossing stabbed the black shadow in the back, though the spear's extending spike grazed his cheek before the shadow fell motionless.
• Lin Qi stopped the Empress from killing the shadow and told her to take its weapons, fearing its presence sustained Amazon Lily's strength and mastery of Armament Haki.
• The Empress pried the Heavenly Moon Shield from the shadow as souls from the ninety-one coffins entered it and the skeletons crumbled to dust.
• The revived black shadow swept the Empress aside, then pulled Heart Crossing from its back.

Lin Qi fought the shadow guarding the tomb and discovered that its Heavenly Thorn Spear could regenerate and make it nearly invincible. He decided to trap it so Hancock could petrify it, though she doubted her beauty would affect her ancestor-born opponent.

• The shadow grabbed Heart Crossing, but the cursed sword turned against its wielder and returned to Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi told Hancock that the shadow was formed from the lingering obsessions of her ninety-one ancestors, then watched it attack with the Heavenly Thorn Spear.
• Lin Qi and the shadow clashed in the darkness, and he found that the spear could regenerate its spikes and greatly strengthen its wielder.
• Lin Qi concluded that fighting the shadow would take too long and told Hancock to petrify it after he trapped it.
• Hancock wondered whether the shadow could sense her beauty.

Lin Qi and the Empress sealed the black shadow, a monster formed from Mutated Ghost Qi and souls, into twenty petrified fragments using the Empress’s Love-Love Fruit. They agreed to leave some fragments active to protect Amazon Lily, and Lin Qi suggested she try communicating with the shadow and using its Ghost Qi.

• Lin Qi froze the black shadow in ice while the Empress approached and struck it with her Great Perfumed Kick, petrifying part of it before it escaped as gas.
• Over three days and nights, Lin Qi and the Empress split the black shadow into ten parts and sealed each one through petrification, then divided the seals into twenty small statues.
• Grandma Snake kept the others from entering the cave, believing Lin Qi and the Empress needed time alone, while Marigold and Sandersonia worried about their sister.
• Lin Qi told the Empress to release a few statues after he left so the shadow’s influence would continue radiating across Amazon Lily.
• Lin Qi advised the Empress to communicate with the black shadow and explore using its Mutated Ghost Qi and the combat techniques carried by its souls.

The Empress and Lin Qi emerged from beneath the temple with Amazon Lily’s legendary weapons and explained that the nation’s ancestors had become a powerful monster, which they had dismembered and sealed. Over the following month, the Empress struggled to communicate with the monster while learning the abilities of the weapons.

• The Empress offered Lin Qi the Heavenly Thorn Spear and Heavenly Moon Shield, but he refused them and declined her offer to leave with him.
• Lin Qi and the Empress returned from the temple, and Grandma Snake fainted after seeing the legendary weapons.
• The Empress told everyone that the ninety-one ancestors had survived beneath the temple as a monster, which attacked Lin Qi and was dismembered and sealed.
• Grandma Snake repeatedly nearly fainted as the Empress explained what had happened, and Amazon Lily learned the story behind the temple incident.
• Over the next month, the Empress tried to communicate with the underground monster and discovered that the Heavenly Thorn Spear could change size and amplify Ghost Qi powers.

After a month guarding Amazon Lily and growing closer to his five-hundred-meter goal, Lin Qi left for the West Sea after saying farewell to Hancock. He stopped at Sabaody, reunited with Kami and Papagg, and learned that Doflamingo’s biochemical weapons had arrived in the West Sea.

• Lin Qi spent a month hunting Sea Kings in the Calm Belt, grew to 426 meters in Candlelight Form, and confirmed that Hancock could handle the black shadow for now.
• Lin Qi said goodbye to Hancock and left Amazon Lily; Hancock promised to cultivate Ghost Qi so she could help him and marry him someday.
• Lin Qi checked Sabaody and confirmed that the destroyed Slave Auction House had not been rebuilt.
• Lin Qi reunited with Kami and met her boss, Papagg, then joined them for oysters at a seaside restaurant.
• Monet called Lin Qi and told him that the biochemical weapons Doflamingo ordered Caesar to prepare had reached the West Sea.