Chapter Summaries

Mo Xingchen confronted Crocodile over a woman who had been bullied at his casino, and Kuzan fought Crocodile after he attacked. Crocodile broke free of Kuzan’s ice and stood shivering across the room.

• Crocodile welcomed Mo Xingchen and Kuzan to his casino and offered them twenty million Berries.
• Luo identified Crocodile and recounted his past fights, while Mo Xingchen demanded to know whether Crocodile’s men had bullied a woman.
• Crocodile denied knowing about the incident and bristled at Mo Xingchen’s demand, so Mo Xingchen kicked the table into him.
• Kuzan blocked Crocodile’s sand attack, wore him down with ice techniques, and froze him; Mo Xingchen kicked Daz Bones into a wall when he charged at Kuzan.
• Crocodile’s ice prison cracked and exploded, and he reappeared at a distance, shivering and breathing white vapor.

Mo Xingchen beat Crocodile while demanding to know who he was looking for, then reunited with Robin when she arrived. The chapter ended with Robin crying in her brother’s arms as he comforted her.

• Crocodile invoked the underworld’s rule of one-on-one fights, believing he could defeat Mo Xingchen and negotiate with Kuzan.
• Mo Xingchen suddenly attacked Crocodile, repeatedly slamming him into the ground until he demanded an answer about who Crocodile was looking for.
• Mo Xingchen threatened to torture Crocodile, and Crocodile begged him to provide a name or picture of the person he sought.
• Robin entered the VIP room and threw herself into Mo Xingchen’s arms, and he checked that she was unharmed before scolding her for being gone for years.
• Robin cried as Mo Xingchen comforted her, and he gently patted her back.

Robin explained that she had joined Baroque Works to search for the Poneglyphs, but Crocodile refused to let her resign. Mo Xingchen nearly silenced Crocodile to conceal an embarrassing incident, then offered him a Shichibukai position, and Crocodile accepted.

• Robin thanked Kuzan for coming to help, then met Luo, Sengoku's grandson, who carried Chun Jun on his back.
• Robin told Mo Xingchen and Kuzan that she wanted to leave Baroque Works and search Alabasta's palace for Poneglyphs, but Crocodile had tried to keep her by offering her a promotion.
• Mo Xingchen considered silencing Crocodile, but Robin persuaded him to spare Crocodile because he had treated her well aside from refusing her resignation.
• Mo Xingchen apologized for Kuzan's beating and offered Crocodile medical expenses and a Shichibukai position to settle the matter.
• Crocodile accepted Mo Xingchen's offer, believing the Shichibukai status would help him seize Alabasta and find Pluton.

Mo Xingchen used his influence with Cipher Pol to secure Crocodile’s appointment as the final Shichibukai, clearing the way for his own promotion to Admiral. Crocodile accepted the deal and tried to make peace with Mo Xingchen, who said he preferred Crocodile’s earlier defiant attitude.

• Mo Xingchen called Guernica and recommended a pirate for the vacant Shichibukai position.
• When Guernica hesitated over the rules, Mo Xingchen threatened to go to Mary Geoise and demand a Cipher Pol cleanup over his delayed Admiral promotion.
• Guernica agreed to send an invitation within three days, and Crocodile realized Mo Xingchen’s promotion depended on filling the final Shichibukai seat.
• Mo Xingchen named Sir Crocodile as his recommendation and discussed attending the first Shichibukai meeting in Mary Geoise.
• After the call, Mo Xingchen told Crocodile he had become the final Shichibukai, and Crocodile apologized for challenging him.

Mo Xingchen reunited with Robin at Crocodile’s casino and explained how he had become a Marine Admiral. Robin chose to remain in the country to investigate its Poneglyph, while Mo Xingchen offered her three Poneglyph texts he had collected and urged her to train.

• Robin asked Mo Xingchen why he had accepted a promotion to Marine Admiral, and he asked Crocodile to move them to his office.
• Crocodile’s assistant manager explained that the guards had been ordered not to interfere, and Mo Xingchen told him to find a doctor for Crocodile.
• Mo Xingchen and Kuzan shared stories of their travels, and Robin said she had found five Poneglyphs with help from Marine branches.
• Robin decided to stay and decipher the country’s Poneglyph, refusing Mo Xingchen and Kuzan’s offer to approach the royal family for her.
• Mo Xingchen told Robin he had collected three Poneglyph texts for her at Marine Headquarters and reminded her to train and awaken Armament Haki.
• Kuzan defended Robin’s lack of training, and Robin sided with him while teasing Mo Xingchen.

Mo Xingchen questioned Crocodile about his real purpose in Alabasta, and Crocodile confessed that he was searching for Pluton to take revenge on Whitebeard. The chapter ended with Crocodile accidentally revealing that he wanted to become the Pirate King in front of Mo Xingchen and Kuzan.

• Robin defended her strength and said she had begun to grasp Armament Haki.
• Crocodile brought dinner to Mo Xingchen, Kuzan, Robin, and Luo, and Mo Xingchen asked why he was hiding in Alabasta.
• Crocodile admitted that he had founded Baroque Works to find Pluton, hoping to use the ancient weapon to defeat Whitebeard and avenge his lost hand.
• Crocodile was bewildered when Mo Xingchen, Kuzan, Robin, and Luo showed little concern about Pluton’s power.
• Crocodile blurted out that he wanted to become the Pirate King, then covered his mouth and nervously watched Mo Xingchen and Kuzan.

Mo Xingchen persuaded Crocodile that Pluton would bring enemies rather than make him Pirate King, and told him to focus on training while remaining a Shichibukai. As Mo Xingchen stayed in Alabasta with Robin and Kuzan, news of his promotion to Marine Admiral spread, leaving Whitebeard worried for his crew and Shanks determined to surpass him.

• Mo Xingchen warned Crocodile that pirates and the Marines would hunt him for Pluton, and Robin said he should become strong enough to rule without it.
• Crocodile accepted Mo Xingchen's advice to train his Haki and remain a Shichibukai, then promised to protect Robin while Mo Xingchen was away.
• Mo Xingchen delayed their trip to Mary Geoise and spent the next few days accompanying Robin around Alabasta with Kuzan.
• News of Mo Xingchen's appointment as the fourth Marine Admiral spread, driving pirates in the first half of the Grand Line toward Sabaody and the New World.
• Whitebeard worried that his sons could not carry on the Whitebeard Pirates, while Shanks celebrated and vowed to become the fourth Pirate Emperor and not lose to Mo Xingchen.

Mo Xingchen traveled to Mary Geoise to preside over the first Shichibukai meeting, where he arrived to find Doflamingo causing trouble. Doflamingo apologized as soon as he faced the admiral again.

• Doflamingo received a summons to attend the first Shichibukai meeting in Mary Geoise within seven days and vowed to go.
• Mo Xingchen told the other Shichibukai to prepare for the meeting and summoned William to bring the management documents to Mary Geoise.
• Mo Xingchen's group passed the Sabaody Archipelago and reached the Red Line, where the Cipher Pol members let their ship skip the queue.
• Guernica reported that the other six Shichibukai had arrived, and Mo Xingchen told him to hand the management documents to William.
• Doflamingo used his String-String Fruit to make Cipher Pol members fight until Mo Xingchen entered the meeting room.
• Doflamingo recognized Mo Xingchen, bowed in fear, and apologized to him.

Mo Xingchen opened a meeting to impose Marine authority over the Shichibukai and introduced rules restricting their plundering while promising them protection-fee income. After forcing Hancock to submit, he explained how the Shichibukai would collect fees along seven Grand Line routes, and Moria asked how they would count passing ships.

• Mo Xingchen took charge of the conference and told the Shichibukai that the Marines managed them and that he was their immediate superior.
• Mo Xingchen distributed his regulations, and Hancock attacked the rules against plundering, so he subdued her with Mental Pressure until she apologized.
• Mo Xingchen explained that the Shichibukai could collect protection fees from merchant ships traveling their assigned routes.
• Doflamingo and Crocodile calculated the potential earnings, while Moria asked how they would know how many ships passed through each route.

Mo Xingchen explained the Shichibukai’s protection-fee system, pirate-clearing duties, and earnings penalties before overseeing their route selections. After the Shichibukai argued over territory, he noticed Jinbe’s worried expression and asked what was troubling him.

• Mo Xingchen explained that Cipher Pol would collect protection fees and compensate merchants if the Shichibukai failed to protect them.
• Mo Xingchen outlined how the Shichibukai could charge merchants along their routes and imposed penalties for those who failed to reduce piracy.
• Hawk Eyes said he did not want to build a faction, so Mo Xingchen assigned his route to the Marines and offered it to whoever ranked first that year.
• Mo Xingchen began the route selection, and Doflamingo and Crocodile argued over the Alabasta route before the Shichibukai settled their choices.
• Mo Xingchen asked Jinbe what was troubling him after noticing that he had been frowning throughout the meeting.

Jinbe asked Mo Xingchen how fish-men could overcome human prejudice and live peacefully on land. Mo Xingchen argued that strength, not changing human hearts, would protect them, and Jinbe accepted his reasoning.

• Jinbe revealed that Fisher Tiger was his elder brother and recounted Tiger’s enslavement, escape, and death.
• Jinbe asked Mo Xingchen how fish-men could live peacefully alongside humans.
• Mo Xingchen argued that fish-men’s vulnerability to slave traders, rather than prejudice alone, kept them from living openly on land.
• Mo Xingchen told Jinbe to kill human traffickers and declared that dignity depended on the sword and truth on cannon range.
• Jinbe apologized for being narrow-minded, and Mo Xingchen urged fish-men to become strong enough to protect themselves.

Mo Xingchen reprimanded the Shichibukai for their conduct and urged Doflamingo to rule Dressrosa well, then adjourned the meeting and went to report to the Gorosei. He presented them with handmade tea pets, which immediately caught their interest.

• Mo Xingchen challenged Jinbe's assumptions about human opinion and told him to kill anyone who tried to harm fish-men.
• Mo Xingchen scolded Hawk Eyes for earning a bounty after a sparring match and advised him to arrange witnessed duels with waivers.
• Mo Xingchen told Doflamingo to govern Dressrosa properly and warned Crocodile that the Marines would inspect his headquarters.
• Mo Xingchen ended the meeting, told the Shichibukai to review their documents, and promised to buy drinks after they left Mary Geoise.
• Mo Xingchen left Luo outside the Gorosei's office, greeted the elders, and presented them with handmade tea pets.

Mo Xingchen won the Gorosei’s approval with tea and gifts, then prepared to leave Mary Geoise with William, Luo, Guernica, and the Shichibukai. Their departure was interrupted when Saint Charlos demanded that Hancock become his wife, and Mo Xingchen turned back to face him.

• Mo Xingchen presented the Gorosei with five heat-reactive Adam wood tea pets and explained their auspicious meanings while serving tea.
• The Gorosei praised Mo Xingchen’s gifts and promised to back him, and he left after their meeting ended.
• Mo Xingchen told Luo to gather William and the Shichibukai, then departed the palace with them and Guernica.
• Saint Charlos spotted Hancock and ordered his guards to seize her as his 108th wife.
• Guernica warned Saint Charlos that the Shichibukai were not ordinary pirates, but Charlos ignored him and repeated his order.
• Mo Xingchen noticed the group had stopped and turned back as Hancock trembled.

Mo Xingchen confronted Saint Charlos after the Celestial Dragon demanded that Hancock be taken as his wife. He beat Charlos, forced him to admit that he had fallen by himself, and sent him home, leaving Hancock’s immediate safety secured.

• Mo Xingchen ordered Guernica to escort Saint Charlos away, but Charlos refused to leave without Hancock.
• Mo Xingchen blocked Charlos’s gunshot with a golden energy barrier and slapped him across the face.
• Mo Xingchen had Luo call Marine Admiral Tianshu, then repeatedly slapped Charlos until he claimed he had fallen by himself.
• Mo Xingchen told Charlos he could go home, and Charlos’s guards carried him away.

After Mo Xingchen left the Red Line, Guernica reported the incident to the Gorosei, who heard Saint Rosward's complaint and declined to punish the Marine Admiral. The Gorosei later argued over whether to reprimand Mo Xingchen, while making clear how much they valued him.

• Mo Xingchen told Guernica to report the incident truthfully and convey that he would accept any punishment, then led his subordinates away to eat and drink.
• Guernica gave the Gorosei his full account of what happened as Saint Rosward arrived with the injured Saint Charlos and demanded an explanation.
• The Justice God Warrior explained that Charlos had tried to enslave Mo Xingchen's subordinate and shot at the Admiral first, leaving Saint Rosward unable to justify punishment.
• Saint Rosward gave up his complaint and left with Charlos, while Guernica departed relieved that he had not tried to frame Mo Xingchen.
• The Gorosei complained about the Celestial Dragons and debated reprimanding Mo Xingchen, with the others teasing the Justice God Warrior over his gift from the Admiral.

Mo Xingchen returned toward Marine Headquarters with William and Luo aboard Crocodile’s ship, only for the ship to trigger Marineford’s enemy-attack alarm. The Marines realized the approaching vessels were their own, while Mo Xingchen and William left Luo to deal with the mistake.

• News of Mo Xingchen beating Saint Charlos spread among the Celestial Dragons, who debated how to treat him.
• Two sentries spotted six pirate ships approaching Marineford and sounded the enemy-attack alarm.
• Sengoku and Tsuru reacted to the alarm as Marineford prepared for an attack.
• William used Observation Haki to confirm that the alarm was real, and Luo pointed out that their ship was among the approaching vessels.
• Mo Xingchen blamed William for failing to contact the lighthouse, and William shifted the blame to Luo.
• Mo Xingchen told Luo to contact headquarters and lift the alarm, but Luo stormed off angrily as Mo Xingchen and William laughed.

Mo Xingchen brought the Shichibukai to Marineford, where the Marines mistook their arrival for an attack before learning it was a tour. He and the Shichibukai relaxed at a restaurant, while Sengoku waited in vain for Mo Xingchen to report and Hawk Eyes agreed to teach Shanks a lesson.

• William called Marine Headquarters and lifted the alarm, explaining that Admiral Tianshu had invited the Shichibukai to tour Marineford.
• Mo Xingchen led the Shichibukai through the harbor, dismissed the Marines, and brushed off their excited attention toward Hancock.
• Sengoku learned that Mo Xingchen had skipped the Marine office and gone straight into town with the Shichibukai and William, then smashed his desk.
• At a Marineford restaurant, Crocodile, Moria, and Doflamingo realized that Mo Xingchen had beaten them during training and toasted their shared experience.
• Mo Xingchen asked Hawk Eyes to punish Shanks for encouraging his nephews to become pirates and flirting with his little sister, and Hawk Eyes agreed.

Mo Xingchen tried to suppress his attraction to Hancock, who mistook his reassurance for a confession, while the others discussed work and clashed over drinks. Outside the restaurant, Mo Xingchen spoke with Kuma about Dragon and promised to protect him.

• Hancock offered Mo Xingchen a toast, and he used a calming incantation to control himself after noticing her beauty.
• Mo Xingchen reassured Hancock that she was one of his people, then fled the restaurant; Hancock interpreted his words as a confession.
• The attention seekers questioned Hawk Eyes, and the four men began a drinking contest while Jinbe sought Kuma and William's advice on managing shipping routes.
• Kuma left Jinbe and William and joined Mo Xingchen outside, where they discussed Dragon and the revolutionaries' work.
• Mo Xingchen told Kuma he admired the revolutionaries and promised to protect him from the Gorosei, warning him not to sacrifice himself.

Mo Xingchen learned that Kuma felt fulfilled by his kingdom’s recovery and Bonney’s treatment, then drank himself unconscious after Luo tricked him with fruit juice. After Hancock explained what happened, Mo Xingchen realized Luo had fooled him and prepared to confront him.

• Kuma told Mo Xingchen that his kingdom was thriving and Bonney was receiving treatment, and Mo Xingchen assured him he could ask for help.
• Mo Xingchen woke in bed beside Hancock, who explained that she had brought him home after he passed out.
• Mo Xingchen recalled defeating several drinking companions before Luo challenged him and apparently beat him.
• Hancock told Mo Xingchen that Luo had stayed sober, used fruit juice to make him drink, and asked her to take care of him.
• Mo Xingchen realized Luo had tricked him and vowed to make him pay.

Mo Xingchen went to find Sengoku after rumors spread about his night with Hancock, only to discover that Luo had also humiliated William. Sengoku revealed he had sent Luo away on a temporary mission, leaving Mo Xingchen to endure everyone’s teasing.

• Hancock wore Mo Xingchen’s clothes and fantasized that she was his wife waiting for him to return.
• Mo Xingchen heard increasingly outrageous rumors about Hancock carrying him home and found Sengoku’s residence empty.
• Mo Xingchen learned that Luo had hung William from a streetlamp, and William had beaten Rosinante while searching for Luo.
• Mo Xingchen visited Sengoku’s office, where Tsuru and Zephyr praised him and all three teased him about the rumors.
• Sengoku told Mo Xingchen that Luo had left early that morning on a temporary mission, prompting Mo Xingchen to storm out in embarrassment.