Recaps

Julian built up the Mud Dragon Pirates by recruiting fighters, raiding nobles, and training his crew while pursuing rare Devil Fruits and combat techniques. After obtaining the Rokushiki manual and Haki training methods from Gilmi, he began training his officers as Garp continued pursuing Roger in the New World.

• Julian ate the Swamp-Swamp Fruit, trained on a deserted island, and formed the Mud Dragon Pirates from the surviving Quick-Blade Pirates, naming George and Pekki as division captains.
• Julian led his crew in defeating the Wild Boar Pirates, recruited George and Pekki as Devil Fruit users, and raided Ilusigal Island to free enslaved people and gather treasure.
• Julian captured the White Wolf Pirates, expanded his fleet, and later led his forces in a raid on the nobles of Ilusigal, freeing more slaves and taking the king’s ship as his flagship.
• Julian appointed officers, recruited Alice and Pablo, and continued training and expanding the crew while making plans to take Sky Island and acquire powerful Devil Fruits.
• On Bugi Island, Julian explored its strange landscape, killed giant beasts, collected valuable plants and fruit, and trained his crew with increasingly heavy Earth Weight-Bearing Suits.
• When Gilmi’s Marines arrived, Julian lured them into a swamp, forced Gilmi to provide Rokushiki and Haki training methods, then released the Marines and sailed away.
• Julian gave Pablo the Leopard Fruit and distributed copied Rokushiki manuals to his officers, beginning Soru training while Marine Headquarters left his bounty unchanged and Garp pursued Roger.

Julian transformed the Mud Dragon Pirates into the Flame Dragon Pirates, gathered treasure and recruits, and expanded his crew with new Devil Fruits and intelligence squads. The crew trained and prepared to claim territory, while Julian set his sights on Jaya Island and Sky Island.

• Julian stole treasure from the Edia Kingdom and identified three Devil Fruits, then distributed them to Herbert, Rekdon, and Cleo as the crew celebrated the New Year.
• Julian led the crew through an auction, bought and freed hundreds of slaves, acquired weapons and a treasure map, and gave Rose the Medicine-Medicine Fruit.
• Julian led the Division Captains into Dragon Island, found the fallen dragon’s heart, ate the Fire Dragon Fruit, and renamed the crew the Flame Dragon Pirates.
• Julian gathered dinosaur eggs and fruit trees on Dragon Island before sailing for Rockies Island, where the crew raided slave markets and nobles’ castles, freed thousands of captives, and expanded its fleet.
• Julian trained his new Fire Dragon abilities and became known as the Flame Emperor, while Gion arrived on Philojina Island to infiltrate his crew.
• Julian robbed the king, duke, and earls of Philojina, distributed money to slum residents, and rescued Gion, who joined the crew as Xiaoya.
• Julian formed twelve intelligence squads under Talilun and distributed Devil Fruits to Talilun, Passat, Mars, and Leschi.
• Julian trained the crew in Mud Gravity Space, absorbed the Musketeer Pirates, captured a Devil Fruit from the Giant Ox Pirates, and gave Talilun the Yak Form fruit as the crew prepared to pursue Jaya Island and Sky Island.

Julian led the Flame Dragon Pirates into the Grand Line, expanded his power, and seized Mogu Town on Jaya Island. He built it into the center of a new kingdom and bargained with the World Government for Devil Fruits in exchange for secrets.

• Julian awakened Observation and Armament Haki, gave Gion the Rain-Rain Fruit and Marine Rokushiki manual, and continued raiding kingdoms as Gion returned to Marine Headquarters and learned she was pregnant.
• Julian looted several South Blue kingdoms, collected Devil Fruits, killed Catarina Devon, and raised his bounty to eight hundred million Berries as his fleet entered the Grand Line.
• Julian challenged Dorry and Brogy on Little Garden, then learned their giant combat techniques before sailing to Jaya Island.
• Julian and the Flame Dragon Pirates conquered Mogu Town, took Devil Fruit powers from captured pirates, and renamed the settlement Flame Dragon City.
• Julian established city defenses, recruited an army, built administrative institutions, and threatened the Marines to secure a path toward World Government membership.
• Julian offered the Gorosei secrets about Joy Boy and Pluto in exchange for Devil Fruits, claimed Momonosuke was Joy Boy, and demanded four fruits.
• Julian declared Mogu Town the future Flame Dragon City, asked its residents to join the Flame Dragon Kingdom, and expanded its housing and auction house.

Julian conquered and expanded Sky Island, built up its forces, and traded recordings of the Drum of Liberation to the Gorosei for Devil Fruits. He left for Sabaody with the Flame Dragon Pirates after equipping his allies, and the crew found the Slow-Slow Fruit at Long Ring Long Land.

• Julian accepted World Government membership while privately planning to steal its intelligence and Devil Fruits, then developed Jaya Island and set out for Sky Island.
• Julian took God Island, Bika, and Cloud Hidden Village, recovered the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Golden Bell, and united the islands under his rule as the City of God.
• Julian built up Sky Island’s settlements and defenses, appointed the Ten Great Sky Generals, distributed Devil Fruits and weapons, and trained his officers in Mud Gravity Space.
• Julian left Gan Fall to manage the City of God and the Flame Dragon Ark, then returned to Flame Dragon City with Laki and welcomed her into his household.
• Julian gave Devil Fruits to Alice, Beatrice, Marlena, Laki, and his Sky Generals, while offering the Gorosei recordings of the Drum of Liberation in exchange for more fruits.
• Julian bribed a CP0 agent who delivered the Gorosei’s Devil Fruits, then sent the agent back with Sound Systems playing the Drum of Liberation, prompting Saint Venus Nasjuro to destroy them.
• Julian sailed toward Sabaody with the Flame Dragon Pirates, leaving Pablo in charge of Flame Dragon City and planning stops along the way.
• At Long Ring Long Land, Allison found the Slow-Slow Fruit and told Julian he had traded five hundred years of Momonosuke’s lifespan for it, and Julian stored the fruit and promised him a teacher at Sabaody.