Chapter Summaries

Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong sent Kizaru to support the South Blue and find the missing Gion, while Julian’s crew divided the spoils from their raid and sailed toward the Grand Line. Stranded without money on Philojina Island, Gion tried to reach the local Marine base but was mistaken for an impostor and turned away.

• Kong ordered Kizaru to support the Marines in the South Blue, capture the Flame Dragon Pirates if possible, and help Gion infiltrate them.
• Julian divided Berries among his captains and Herbert, distributed Armament Haki manuals, and gave money to the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled slaves he had freed.
• Julian’s crew loaded books and treasure aboard the Flame Dragon, then set sail toward the Grand Line with more than three billion Berries and other riches.
• Gion arrived on Philojina Island without money after a Marine ship dropped her off, so she decided to seek help at the local Marine base.
• The guards at the Marine base refused to believe Gion was a Headquarters Colonel and threatened her, leaving her stunned by the island’s people.

Julian trained his dual Devil Fruit abilities at sea, developed a powerful Beastman Form, and drew attention after News Birds photographed his attacks. Morgans named him Flame Emperor Julian, prompting reactions from Kaido, Big Mom, Whitebeard, and others.

• Julian strengthened his Gravity Barrier, combined his Earth-Earth and Fire Dragon abilities into magma attacks, and practiced powerful techniques on the open-air deck.
• Julian unveiled his twenty-eight-meter Beastman Form and used a massive magma sphere to create towering waves before going to eat.
• Julian considered how to help Kaido awaken his Azure Dragon Fruit and how to use Kaido's Lineage Factor to create awakened Artificial Devil Fruits.
• News Birds photographed Julian's training, and Morgans published a report calling him the Strongest Flame Creature, Flame Emperor Julian.
• Kaido vowed to teach Julian a lesson for claiming the title of strongest creature, while Big Mom coveted his bloodline and Katakuri lamented her fixation on having powerful children.
• Whitebeard laughed at the news of Julian and agreed with Marco to hold a banquet.

Julian and the Flame Dragon Pirates landed on Philojina Island, where he discovered that the king’s crushing Heavenly Gold demands had left commoners destitute while the central city prospered. Kizaru had been ordered to abandon his pursuit of Julian and search for Gion, who was struggling to survive undercover on the island.

• Julian read that Morgans had publicized his exploits and raised his bounty to five hundred million Berries as Herbert used his Devil Fruit to speed the fleet toward Philojina Island.
• Fleet Admiral Kong recalled Kizaru from his mission against Julian because the Marines were needed to stabilize the New World while Roger and other pirates challenged Marine authority.
• Kizaru toured Philogina Kingdom, then visited its Marine base and learned that Gion had not appeared there; he saw locals beaten and sent to the slave market for pretending to be Marines or trying to eat without paying.
• Gion worked as a waitress to repay a meal and read a newspaper about Julian, resolving to infiltrate his crew and investigate his second Devil Fruit.
• Julian brought his twenty-two ships into the harbor, organized the crew’s procurement, and explored the island with Alice, Beatrice, and Marlena.
• Julian gave Berries to an elderly man and learned that the king seized the commoners’ land to collect exorbitant Heavenly Gold, while the central city remained wealthy.

Julian took Alice, Beatrice, and Marlena through the island’s commercial district, where he won a fortune gambling with Vice Admiral Kizaru and bought a Devil Fruit, a Great Grade Sword, and a potion recipe. After returning to his ship, he reflected on his crew’s growing strength and continued his daily training to strengthen his Conqueror’s Haki.

• Julian beat scammers who tried to hustle him and Alice, then sent the women shopping while he went to gather information at a casino.
• Julian recognized Vice Admiral Kizaru using Observation Haki to gamble, followed his bets, and won two large rounds before sharing part of his winnings with him.
• Julian bought a Devil Fruit, a Great Grade Sword, three Fine Grade swords, and a Body Strengthening Potion Recipe from the casino’s merchandise area.
• Julian flew back to the ship after calling the women, and he considered how strong George, Pierre, and Herbert had become.
• Julian shouted slogans at his mirror to train his willpower and Conqueror’s Haki, waking Alice and the others and earning Alice’s rebuke.

Julian developed a rotating, high-gravity Swamp Mud Space and used his Earth-Earth Fruit to secretly plunder the king’s and nobles’ treasure rooms, collecting money, gold, weapons, and several unknown Devil Fruits. Afterward, he distributed Berries to households in the slums.

• Julian stored his newly acquired Speed-Speed Fruit and developed a vast Swamp Mud Space that trapped enemies, increased gravity, and could decompose ordinary opponents.
• Julian spent three days refining the space, then relaxed with Alice and visited Danylis while Kizaru returned to Marine Headquarters with four hundred million Berries and Gion continued her undercover work at a hotel.
• Julian infiltrated the royal palace underground, emptied the King’s Treasure Room, and stole three Devil Fruits from a safe and additional gold from a hidden chamber.
• Julian flew to the duke’s territory and stole Berries, gold, a Fine Grade Sword, and two unknown Devil Fruits from the duke’s castle.
• Julian searched the Earls’ castles and took their valuables without being detected, then gave twenty thousand Berries to each household in the slums.

Julian distributed relief money in the slums while recording footage to promote the Flame Dragon Pirates, and Gion followed him as part of her undercover mission. When Julian saw guards chasing Gion and heard her say she did not want to be enslaved, he intervened and demanded to know who the guards were.

• Julian recorded himself giving ten thousand Berries to each person in more than five thousand nine hundred slum households, hoping to attract recruits to his crew.
• Gion, who had taken a kitchen knife and fled the restaurant without paying her bill, used Geppo to escape the pursuing guards and followed Julian.
• Gion watched Julian distribute money and questioned his motives, while Julian planned to have Morgans publicize the footage and resolved to kill Momonosuke.
• The guards caught up to Gion and threatened to sell her as a slave, prompting Julian to use Soru to confront them.
• Gion told Julian that the guards wanted to force her into slavery, but the captain claimed she owed the restaurant money and had been working to repay her debt.

Julian rescued Gion, who joined the Flame Dragon Pirates under the name Xiaoya, and brought her aboard as a cook. He inventoried the crew’s wealth and eight Devil Fruits, deciding which to keep and planning to use the others to create Dragon Guards.

• Julian used his Conqueror’s Haki to knock out Count Nikon’s guards and freed Gion from their pursuit.
• Gion asked to join the Flame Dragon Pirates as a cook, and Julian agreed to hire her as Xiaoya.
• Julian carried Gion to the ship, introduced her to Pablo, and settled her in the staff dormitory.
• Julian counted his Berries, gold, and jewels, then planned to reach Sky Island and challenge Gan Fall.
• Julian identified the five newly acquired Devil Fruits, bringing his total to eight, and chose to keep the strongest fruits for himself.
• Julian planned to give selected Devil Fruits to crew members and organize twelve Dark Dragon Guards under a Dragon General.

Julian established the Twelve Dark Dragon Guards as an intelligence organization for the Flame Dragon Pirates and appointed Talilun as their Dark Dragon General. He distributed four Devil Fruits to Talilun, Passat, Mars, and Leschi, then gave each advice on training and developing their powers.

• Julian announced the formation of twelve intelligence squads and selected twelve Squadron Captains to lead them as Dragon One through Dragon Twelve.
• Julian appointed Talilun as the Dark Dragon General, placed the squads under his command, and gave him the Speed-Speed Fruit.
• Julian gave Passat the Storage-Storage Fruit, Mars the White Dove Form Bird-Bird Fruit, and Leschi the Great Black Ox Form Ox-Ox Fruit.
• Julian instructed Talilun, Passat, Mars, and Leschi on how to train and develop their Devil Fruit abilities.

Julian organized the Dark Dragon Guard cadres to gather Devil Fruit intelligence and equipped the officers with Den Den Mushi. Before sailing toward a deserted island on the way to Jaya and Sky Island, he began putting the crew through punishing five-times-gravity training in his Mud Gravity Space.

• Julian ordered the twelve Dragon Guard captains to recruit intelligence gatherers, promised rewards for Devil Fruit information, and assigned Herbert to monitor Dragon General Talilun.
• Julian gave the Dragon Guard captains Den Den Mushi, arranged funds and supplies, and instructed Pablo to buy any available Den Den Mushi.
• Julian agreed with Herbert that the Flame Dragon Pirates needed territory and told the crew they would first sail to a deserted island before pursuing Jaya Island and Sky Island.
• Julian opened his two-hundred-meter Mud Gravity Space and outfitted the officers and core members with earth suits under five times normal gravity.
• The crew trained until Herbert, George, Doronsa, and other officers collapsed from exhaustion, while Julian strengthened the barrier and continued developing his Devil Fruit abilities.

Julian put his officers through brutal Overtake Mode training while developing his own combat skills and testing a method to capture Devil Fruit powers after their users died. He acquired several rare fruits and considered which ones to keep, leaving Dragon Four set to receive the Yak Form fruit.

• Julian trained his officers in Mud Gravity Space, while he and his crew practiced the Six Powers, Haki, swordsmanship, and physical conditioning.
• Julian defeated the Musketeer Pirates, absorbed their crew into his organization, and burned their ship and flag before replacing them with his own.
• Julian killed the Giant Ox Pirates' captain and used his Mud Gravity Barrier to trap the Devil Fruit soul until it possessed one of the nearby fruits.
• Julian gave the Yak Form fruit to Dragon General Talilun for Dragon Four and decided to keep the Steel-Steel, Flip-Flip, and Rain-Rain Fruits for himself.
• Julian examined a lightning-patterned fruit that might be a Mythical Zoan and considered searching for Catarina Devon and other rare Devil Fruits.

Julian awakened his Observation Haki, celebrated with his crew, and recognized Gion as a Navy spy aboard the Flame Dragon Pirates’ ship. As the fleet raced toward its next island, Gion weighed how to report the crew’s strength to Marine Headquarters.

• Julian awakened his Observation Haki while Herbert attacked him during training and credited Momonosuke’s lifespan in jest.
• Julian celebrated the crew’s progress, warned the Division Captains about powerful pirates like Edward Whitebeard and Roger, and urged them to keep training.
• Julian recognized the chef Xiaoya as Gion when she served a badly cooked dish, then ordered Pablo to have people watch her.
• Julian transformed into a Flame Dragon and sped the fleet toward the next island while Gion assessed the crew’s strength and organization.
• Gion decided to contact the South Blue Naval Branch and ask it to forward her report about Flame Dragon Julian to Marine Headquarters.

Julian held a feast for the Flame Dragon Pirates, then caught Gion trying to steal the crew’s secrets and kept her identity as a Marine spy from the others. After Gion confessed her mission and rejected his proposal, Julian argued that their goals of protecting the Sea could still align, leaving her to question the Navy’s justice.

• Julian celebrated his awakening of Observation Haki with the crew, promising to help every member grow stronger before drinking himself unconscious.
• Gion sneaked into Julian’s quarters to steal the Marine Rokushiki manual and other secrets, but Julian woke when she reached into his pocket.
• Julian confronted Gion, kept her spy identity secret, and proposed marriage, but Gion fled and later told him she could not accept.
• Gion confessed that she was a Marine lieutenant commander sent to recover Marine Rokushiki, report Julian’s whereabouts, and investigate how he ate two Devil Fruits.
• Julian said he would help Gion achieve her dream of becoming the first female Marine Admiral and urged her to investigate the World Government and Navy as her rank rose.

Julian persuaded Gion to eat the Rain-Rain Fruit and gave her the stolen Marine Rokushiki manual before she left to pursue her Navy ambitions. As Julian's crew began exploring a huge deserted island, Gion struggled to find a Navy base, and Steel Bone Kong ordered the Navy to destroy its Rokushiki manuals.

• Julian gave Gion the Rain-Rain Fruit and Marine Rokushiki manual, and she ate the fruit despite her reluctance to accept his gifts.
• Gion promised to fulfill her dream and return to Julian, then flew toward a South Blue Navy base while Julian watched her go.
• Alice told Julian that Herbert wanted to speak with him, and Julian joined Herbert as the crew prepared to explore a vast deserted island.
• Julian ordered Garud to land and extract the island's resources, then sent the crew to explore with him and Herbert.
• Gion searched for the Navy base and worried that she should have let Julian take her there.
• Steel Bone Kong told Kizaru to keep searching for Gion and ordered Navy personnel to burn their Rokushiki manuals to prevent pirates from stealing the techniques.

Julian searched Lost Island for the treasure marked on his map while his Division Captains explored separate routes. After Herbert found a Devil Fruit, the crew regrouped and Julian assessed the strength and progress of his captains before sending Dragon General Talilun ahead to scout.

• Julian explored Lost Island and decided to search it for the two Devil Fruits listed on his treasure map before heading toward Reverse Mountain.
• George reported that his division fought off wolves, Pekki said his division killed giant insects, and Herbert brought Julian a Devil Fruit he had found in an orchard.
• Allison reported killing a giant tiger, while Pierre and Leo arrived with their divisions and displayed their growing abilities and mobility.
• Bob and Cleo arrived, and Julian praised Cleo's powerful Flame Bomb techniques before Rekdon joined the gathering.
• Julian reviewed the Division Captains' abilities and training, including Pekki, Doronsa, and George, whose strength was approaching Julian's Fire Dragon Hybrid Form.
• Dragon General Talilun began scouting ahead across the deserted island.

Julian’s crew explored a ruined temple and found several Devil Fruits, which Julian distributed among his subordinates. After the crew searched the island for treasure, animals, and rare plants, Julian worried that Morgan’s newspaper coverage was drawing too much attention from the World Government.

• Julian restored the temple, uncovered a hidden treasure pit, and found the Glass-Glass Fruit and several Zoan Devil Fruits among the treasure.
• Julian gave Dragon Five the Glass-Glass Fruit, Dragon Six a Swan Zoan, and Dragon Seven a Bat Zoan, then had Old Sen divide the treasure among the crew.
• Julian trained his punches against the island’s rock walls while the Division Captains searched the island and gathered animals and Gene Tree Vines for Rose.
• The crew returned to their ships with their spoils, and Julian planned to raise the captured animals on a ranch on Sky Island.
• George showed Julian another front-page newspaper story about him, and Julian complained that Morgan’s publicity could attract the World Government.

Julian’s crew departed for a cluster of nearby kingdoms while he trained to awaken Armament Haki, and Gion returned to Marine Headquarters after completing her undercover mission. The Marines celebrated her success and the Rain-Rain Fruit, while Gion’s growing attachment to Julian—and sudden nausea and hunger—left her return tinged with uncertainty.

• Julian warned Herbert that the crew’s next voyage would be dangerous once their bounty drew Marine Headquarters’ attention, then held a feast before the fleet set sail.
• Herbert and Garud discussed the four nearby kingdoms and their wealth, while Julian continued developing his explosive abilities and training his Flesh Fist to awaken Armament Haki.
• Gion reached a South Blue Marine base, demonstrated the Rain-Rain Fruit’s power, and reported to Gilmi that she had recovered Marine Rokushiki and learned Julian had eaten two Devil Fruits.
• Kong praised Gion’s mission and ordered a ship sent to retrieve her, while Kizaru volunteered to go after pirates and was told to remain at headquarters.
• Gion traveled toward Marineford, drifted past Marie Geoise, and reached the Marine Headquarters entrance, where she called Tsuru; during the trip, she felt nauseated and hungry.

Gion returned to Marine Headquarters after her undercover mission and was promoted to Brigadier General, while the Marines prepared to deploy against pirates in the New World. After Gion realized she was pregnant with Julian’s child, she decided to carry on the Kate family name, as Julian continued training aboard his ship.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru welcomed Gion back, and Gion explained how Julian had used the earth space within his body to store the Fire Dragon Fruit and gain a second Devil Fruit.
• Fleet Admiral Kong reported Gion’s intelligence to Saint Saturn, and the Gorosei decided to focus on capturing Roger before dealing with Julian.
• Fleet Admiral Kong promoted Gion to Brigadier General and ordered Sakazuki to guard Branch G1 and Kuzan to guard Branch G5.
• Gion returned to Tsuru’s camp, where Tsuru suspected she was pregnant; Gion recalled her night with Julian and resolved to give their child the Kate family name.
• Julian continued practicing Flesh Fist aboard his ship.

Julian awakened Armament Haki by coating his fist and then destroyed pirate crews that attacked the Flame Dragon Pirates. As the crew neared four World Government member kingdoms, Julian considered collecting Devil Fruits and using secret knowledge to secure a position as a Shichibukai.

• Julian awakened physical Armament Haki after wishing to trade Momonosuke and Saint Saturn's lifespans for it, then created a harder black mineral mud sandbag to train against.
• Julian transformed into Flame Giant Dragon Form and destroyed Blood Claw Mandela's six ships with a Super Flame Meteor, killing Mandela and his crew.
• Julian burned Mad Axe Johnson's four ships with Flame Impact after Johnson challenged him, and told Herbert he could have a chance to fight the next attackers.
• Herbert told Julian that the Flame Dragon Pirates were approaching King of El France and three neighboring kingdoms, all World Government member nations.
• Julian considered the Devil Fruits he had saved for his future children, then planned to offer the World Government information about Joy Boy, Pluto, and the Rubber-Rubber Fruit in exchange for becoming a Shichibukai.

Julian divided the Flame Dragon Pirates into forces to raid four World Government kingdoms while he flew alone to Iron Kingdom. There, he looted the royal treasure room, found a powerful steel-forging technique and two Devil Fruits, and planned to give the Gas Fruit to Dragon Eight.

• Julian ordered Herbert, Pierre, and their assigned divisions and Dragon Guards to raid nearby kingdoms, while Cleo and Doronsa guarded the fleet and awaited everyone in Elfa Kingdom.
• Julian flew to Iron Kingdom alone as Herbert's and Pierre's forces sailed toward Astucia Kingdom and Rostek Kingdom.
• Julian secretly entered Iron Kingdom's palace and used his Earth-Earth Fruit ability to take the kingdom's Berries, gold, treasure, and a Fine Grade Sword.
• Julian found a hidden room containing a Superalloy Steel Forging Technique book and two Devil Fruits.
• Julian identified one fruit as the Gas Fruit and decided to give it to Dragon Eight, but he could not recognize the other fruit.

Julian and his commanders raided several kingdoms, gathering treasure and Devil Fruits before heading to the Elfa Kingdom. Julian arrived at the fleet’s rendezvous and surveyed the Flame Dragon Pirates, which had grown to more than seven thousand crewmen and twenty-two ships.

• Julian left Steel Island and flew toward the Elfa Kingdom, wondering how Herbert’s and Allison’s teams were doing.
• Herbert’s force stormed the Astucia Kingdom palace, while Dragon One Passat revealed he had stored its treasure and two Devil Fruits.
• Allison and Pierre’s forces overwhelmed the Rostek Kingdom’s defenses, looted its treasure and noble estates, and secured two more Devil Fruits.
• Pierre ordered his crews to surrender all spoils, and Allison upheld Julian’s rules when a crewman asked to keep some Berries.
• Julian contacted Pablo, flew to the docks, and found the Flame Dragon Pirates assembled with over seven thousand crewmen and twenty-two ships.