Chapter Summaries

Julian broke through to the Great Swordmaster realm after fifteen days of training, then returned to the temple to eat. Herbert reported that his cleanup operation had destroyed criminal bases across fifty-five islands and brought back two Devil Fruits, bringing Julian’s collection to fifty-two.

• Julian completed his swordsmanship training and reached the Great Swordmaster realm after pushing through hunger and exhaustion.
• Julian returned to the temple, praised his progress with Laki, and shared his food with Norton before devouring the leftovers in his dragon form.
• Herbert told Julian that his team had eliminated assassin organization bases on twenty-seven islands and slave organizations on twenty-eight islands.
• Herbert reported finding the Telescope Fruit and the Ox-Ox Fruit, Common Zoan, White Antelope Form, which brought Julian’s total to fifty-two Devil Fruits.

Julian reconsidered which Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit to give Kuma, then learned Morgans was fleeing to the Flame Dragon Kingdom after provoking several powerful enemies. Julian flew out to rescue him before Golden Lion Shiki could catch him.

• Julian counted his Devil Fruits and decided to keep the Angel Form fruit, planning to give Kuma the Winged Human Form fruit instead.
• Julian arrived at Flame Dragon Castle, where Pablo told him Morgans was on his way to seek refuge in the Flame Dragon Kingdom.
• Julian learned that Big Mom, Kaido, the Marines, and Golden Lion Shiki were pursuing Morgans after his reporting and Pablo’s insulting article about Shiki.
• Julian transformed into a massive Fire Dragon and flew toward the Grand Line to protect Morgans from Golden Lion Shiki.
• The Flame Dragon Kingdom’s trade, military reach, and network of subordinate islands continued to grow as ships and Dragon Guards moved through the surrounding waters.

Morgans and his crew were pursued by Golden Lion Shiki after reaching the Grand Line, until Julian arrived and challenged Shiki to a duel. Morgans began broadcasting the battle, which spread across the Four Seas as the Flame Dragon Kingdom prepared to watch.

• Morgans and Lulu celebrated reaching the Grand Line and planned to smear Golden Lion Shiki in the news, but Shiki caught up with their sightseeing ship.
• Shiki attacked the ship with Lion's Roar: Thousand Valley Cut, and Julian blocked the slashes with a Mud Giant Hand before challenging Shiki.
• Julian taunted Shiki and flew toward a deserted island, drawing Shiki after him with the Float-Float Fruit.
• Morgans and Lulu began a live broadcast of Julian's duel with Shiki, and Morgans's crew prepared cameras to cover the fight.
• The broadcast reached the Four Seas, and Pablo ordered the Flame Dragon Kingdom's guards to activate the plaza screens so the public could watch.

The world watched as Julian began his fight with Golden Lion Shiki, while Kaido defeated Kozuki Oden and sent him and the Nine Red Scabbards to prison. The chapter left Julian and Shiki trapped together inside Mud Gravity Space as the battle began.

• Morgans and Lulu livestreamed Julian's showdown with Golden Lion Shiki, drawing viewers across the seas, including Marines, pirates, the Revolutionary Army, and Julian's supporters.
• Kaido defeated Kozuki Oden with Great Wisdom Thunder Bagua, and the Beasts Pirates imprisoned Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards.
• Kaido ordered a boiling execution for Kozuki Oden in five days, learned that Oden had a son, and flew toward Kuri to see him.
• Julian trapped Golden Lion Shiki inside Mud Gravity Space, where Shiki found the increased gravity and thick earth walls difficult to escape or destroy.

Julian fought Golden Lion Shiki inside the Gravity Mud Space while Morgans's News Birds livestreamed the battle. Julian overwhelmed Shiki with his Conqueror's Haki and defeated him with Kami-Atsu, leaving the Flame Dragon Kingdom celebrating his victory.

• Julian made the Gravity Mud walls transparent so the News Birds could broadcast his battle with Golden Lion Shiki.
• Julian's red lightning-infused Conqueror's Haki overpowered Shiki's Haki and knocked him to the ground.
• Shiki recovered and attacked Julian's Flame Dragon form with Lion's Roar: Thousand Valley Cut, but the flames absorbed the slashes and Julian remained unharmed.
• Julian changed into Flame Giant Dragon Beastman Form, drew the Seven Star Sword, and used Kami-Atsu against Shiki's Lion's Roar: Imperial Palace Ground Roll.
• Julian's Kami-Atsu scattered Shiki's attack and blasted him into the mud wall, prompting Lulu to declare Julian the victor.

Julian defeated Golden Lion Shiki, claimed the Float-Float Fruit, and buried his fallen opponent. After the battle was broadcast, he boasted about his strength to attract workers to the Flame Dragon Kingdom and returned to Morgans's airship.

• Julian concealed Golden Lion Shiki's final moments, declared his ambition to become the Sea King, and watched him die.
• Julian used a tornado to exhaust the Float-Float Fruit's soul, which possessed a cantaloupe, then buried Golden Lion Shiki and marked his grave.
• Julian planned to use the Float-Float Fruit to bring deserted islands to Sky Island and develop it into a paradise.
• News Birds filmed Julian as the live audience and Revolutionary Army members praised him, and Julian boasted that he could defeat anyone in one blow.
• Lulu ended Morgans News Agency's livestream, and Julian flew to Morgans's sightseeing ship.

Julian rescued Morgans and his news agency after killing Golden Lion Shiki, then invited them to join the Flame Dragon Kingdom and revealed that God Valley had hosted a World Government racial massacre. On the journey back, Lulu interviewed Julian, who promoted his benevolent image while refusing to make her one of his confidantes.

• Julian told Morgans and his news agency that he had killed Golden Lion Shiki and invited them to join the Flame Dragon Kingdom.
• Morgans accepted Julian's offer, and Julian promised that the kingdom would support his news agency without interfering with its reporting.
• Julian told Morgans that the World Government held a racial massacre every three years and that God Valley had been the site of one, but said he would provide evidence when the time was right.
• Morgans and his staff traveled with Julian toward the Flame Dragon Kingdom, where he promised further startup funding for the news agency.
• Lulu began an exclusive interview, and Julian claimed that loyal followers received a billion Berries while those who betrayed him received two million.
• Lulu asked to become Julian's confidante, but Julian declined and offered to introduce her to young men from the Flame Dragon Kingdom.

Julian’s reputation as the strongest flame dragon stirred debate among pirates and Marines, while Marine leaders discussed relations with the Flame Dragon Kingdom and Aokiji reflected on Ohara. Ten days later, Julian welcomed Morgans News Agency to the prosperous kingdom and gave it a studio.

• Pirates argued over whether Julian or Whitebeard was stronger, while the Marines discussed Julian’s victory over Golden Lion Shiki and the possibility of cooperation with the Flame Dragon Kingdom.
• Sengoku approved Gion’s leave, and Garp urged the troubled Aokiji to move beyond the Ohara incident.
• Aokiji recalled seeing Ohara’s civilians burned alive and questioned the Marines’ justice.
• Ten days later, Julian brought Morgans and his staff to the flourishing Flame Dragon Kingdom and assigned their agency a studio near Flame Dragon Castle.
• Julian arranged lunch and an evening banquet to welcome Morgans News Agency to its new home.

Julian supported Morgans and his News Agency, spent time with Galette, and received word that Gion had arrived at the Flame Dragon Kingdom. After learning she was waiting near Jaya Island, Julian left Sky Island to meet her.

• Julian promised Morgans one billion Berries in annual operating funds, equipment, and bird feed, and Morgans chose a villa in the forest district.
• Julian visited Galette, praised her taste in red wine, and flirted with her.
• Gion traveled by speedboat with Tenoch toward the Flame Dragon Kingdom and met Dragon One Passat near Jaya Island.
• Passat recognized Gion, called Julian, and told him she had arrived.
• Julian was playing with Nore in the Cloud Hidden Village when Passat's call came, and he left to go meet Gion.

Julian welcomed Gion and his son Tenoch to the Flame Dragon Kingdom after Gion arrived on annual leave and raised the Marines’ request to recruit there. As Julian took them toward the castle, Gion heard residents praise his rule and condemn the Marines, leaving her confronted with their reputation among ordinary people.

• Thompson opened a portal, and Julian flew to the docks, where he reunited with Gion and Tenoch.
• Gion told Julian that Marshal Sengoku had asked her to find recruits for the Marines, and Julian offered her talented fighters and even Guardian King Herbert.
• Gion declined Julian’s offers of elite fighters and acknowledged that the Marines belonged to the World Government, while Julian promised to support her.
• Julian took Gion and Tenoch toward the castle and spoke with dockworkers, who praised their comfortable lives and their children’s education.
• Older women gathered around Julian and warned him not to let Tenoch become a Marine, citing the Marines’ destruction of the Ohara refugees.

Julian escorted Gion through Flame Dragon City, where civilians’ hatred of the Marines forced him to explain their grievances and conceal the Flame Dragon Kingdom’s role against the World Government. The chapter ended with elderly citizens cursing Sakazuki and threatening violence over the Ohara massacre, shocking Gion.

• Julian defended the Marines from civilians who condemned them for Ohara and the deaths of people on Patrila Island, then hurried Gion toward Flame Dragon Castle.
• Gion asked Julian why the people of the Flame Dragon Kingdom hated Marines, and he explained that they had received no help from them and resented their role in collecting Heavenly Gold.
• Julian draped his Flame Dragon cloak over Gion’s Marine uniform, easing the civilians’ hostility toward her.
• Julian promised Gion he would ask Mayor Pablo to forbid insults against Marines, while privately worrying that the civilians’ words could reach the World Government.
• Elderly residents posted Sakazuki’s photos on walls, cursed him for the Ohara massacre, and offered money for people to spit on or kill him; Julian told them not to spit in the streets.

Julian encouraged Tenoch to pursue his dream of becoming a respected King of the Marines, then brought Gion and Tenoch to Flame Dragon Castle. There, he helped Gion choose a villa and introduced her to his daughter Noya.

• Tenoch told Julian he wanted to become King of the Marines and reform the Marines, and Julian and Gion encouraged him.
• Tenoch said he admired Vice Admiral Garp and wanted to hear Julian's story; Julian explained that a person's deeds, not their identity, determined whether they were evil.
• Gion noted that Tenoch could not use the Devil Fruit Julian had given him, and Julian said he was too young.
• Julian led Gion and Tenoch through Flame Dragon Castle and offered Gion a villa in the middle section of Flame Dragon Home.
• Noya greeted Julian, and he introduced her to Tenoch as his third daughter.

Julian introduced Tenoch to Noya and arranged for Gion to choose a villa, then called Alice to bring the children from Sky Island so they could meet their siblings. He confessed to Alice and Gion that he had taken other women while they were apart, and the chapter ended with Gion recalling how she first met him in the slums.

• Julian introduced Tenoch to Noya as her second brother and sent them to play together.
• Gion chose the villa with the largest garden while Julian called Alice and asked her to bring the children down from Sky Island.
• Alice reacted with shock to Julian's claim that he had thirteen children, but agreed to come after he explained his reasons and asked her to speak with the other women.
• Julian told Gion that he had taken two more women during their three years apart, and Gion guessed that he had married Charlotte Linlin's daughter because she could have children.
• Julian reminded Gion of their first meeting, and she recalled seeing him help refugees in the slums.

Julian learned that Doflamingo had hired the King of Assassins to target him and steal the Flame Dragon Kingdom’s garrison routes, then arranged to attend Big Mom’s Tea Party with Galette. His family gathered at Flame Dragon Home, where Julian introduced everyone and posed for a photograph with his children.

• Julian ordered Pablo to renovate a villa and keep the events on Patrila Island secret, then learned Doflamingo had hired assassins and sought the kingdom’s deployment routes.
• Julian persuaded Galette to tell him when invitations to Big Mom’s Tea Party would be sent and promised to take her next March.
• Gion met Galette, and Julian introduced them to Alice, Beatrice, Malena, Danylis, Menas, Luna, and Laki when the women arrived with their children.
• Julian lined up his children by age, introduced their birth order, and had a photograph taken with them.
• Nore, a Giant race hybrid who was nearly two meters tall before turning two, told his siblings to eat well so they could grow taller.

Julian gathered his children and wives for photographs, while the children’s questions led him to explain their family and the Flame Dragon School. After the family portrait was taken, Julian admired the photos and happily watched Noyan react to him.

• Noah and Julian explained that Nore was a Buccaneer and also a child of the Kate Family, while Julian confirmed that Nottan was on Amazon Lily.
• Noya asked Julian which wife he liked best and why he had married so many women, so Julian scolded him and redirected the conversation to school.
• Julian described the Flame Dragon School to Gion as a place where children learned culture, skills, knowledge, and moral principles.
• A photographer arrived, and Julian had him take pictures of the children before gathering his wives and children for a family portrait.
• Julian approved the photographs, and Alice and Gion praised the pictures of the brothers.
• Julian noted Noyan's reddish-gray hair and Lunarian heritage, then laughed as Noyan waved happily at him.

After a month of developing his Flame Dragon Fruit powers, Julian overheard his children planning an outing and stopped Nock from attempting another dangerous prank. He allowed Noah and the others to visit the mermaid singers on the Flame Dragon Kingdom’s coastline, but warned Nock not to steal gunpowder again.

• Julian raised the temperature of his flames to nineteen thousand degrees by developing his powers and using Gene Potions.
• Nock and Tenoch argued over their birth order, while Noah and the other children discussed where to play.
• Nock proposed taking weapons from the castle armory to blow up fish, but Tenoch refused and the children chose to visit the mermaid singers instead.
• Julian listened with Observation Haki and remembered how Nock had previously stolen gunpowder and nearly endangered Flame Dragon Bridge.
• Noah asked Julian for permission to go to the coastline, and Julian agreed while warning him to tell Nock that another gunpowder theft would earn him a beating.

Julian prepared the Flame Dragon Kingdom for the New Year and checked in on his family and Gion, helping her train and supplying potions. He invited Ginny and Kuma to the New Year’s Eve gala, while Beatrice agreed to visit him later and considered sending Numin to school.

• Noah took the red-haired children to wake Norton and bring him out to broaden his horizons.
• Julian told Pablo and the others to prepare a New Year holiday, then asked Herbert and the Sky Island group to pause training.
• Julian invited Ginny and Kuma to the Flame Dragon Kingdom’s New Year’s Eve gala, and Ginny agreed to notify Kuma.
• Julian visited Gion, discussed her training, gave her potions, and taught her Gale Style Swordsmanship.
• Julian visited Alice and Beatrice, invited Beatrice to spend time with him, and suggested that Numin attend school next year.

Julian joked with Alice and Beatrice while Noah and his companions watched Doria sing Song of Light on the Flame Dragon Kingdom's coastline. The group then discussed the New Year's Eve gala before Norton asked Noah to take him to eat.

• Alice teased Julian about Immortal Stepping on Grapes, and Julian called her and Beatrice his beloved consorts.
• Noah and Tenoch arrived at the coastline, where Doria sang for the gathered crowd.
• Doria sang Song of Light, and the audience applauded and declared that they believed in light.
• Doria announced that the mermaid singers would perform more songs at the New Year's Eve gala, and Nock said his mother would sing Attack of the Flame Dragon.
• Norton said he was hungry, and Noah's companions suggested taking him to Flame Dragon Tropical Restaurant.

Noah and his brothers joked about who should pay for snacks, while the chapter described how their Mythical Zoan fruits had shaped their personalities. Herbert and the Sky Island forces arrived at Flame Dragon Castle, where Julian welcomed him and they discussed their training and the Ohara incident.

• Noah counted his money and refused Nock's suggestions to borrow from Pablo or take money from Nock's family.
• Tenoch offered to pay for the snacks, and Noah promised to treat everyone the next day after criticizing Nock for egging others on.
• The chapter explained that Noah, Nock, Tenoch, and Norton had inherited traits from their Mythical Zoan fruits.
• Herbert, the Giant Brigade, Tesoro's family, and thousands of soldiers and warriors arrived at Flame Dragon Castle through a portal, drawing a cheering crowd.
• Kamachika led the Shandia Warriors to their quarters to rehearse for the Flame Dragon Kingdom's New Year's gala.
• Julian welcomed Herbert and heard about the Sky Island forces' training before they discussed Ohara and the recovered books.

Julian and Herbert drank Flame Dragon Kingdom liquor while Noah, Nock, Norton, and Tenoch visited the Flame Dragon School library. Tenoch reunited with his friend Robin, and the story left them discussing the books preserved from Ohara.

• Julian and Herbert shared bottles of sauce-fragrance baijiu and Flame Dragon Erguotou at the Flame Dragon Grand Hotel.
• Tenoch led Noah, Nock, and Norton to the Flame Dragon School library, where Noah and Nock copied Gale Style Swordsmanship and Phantom Swordsmanship manuals.
• Tenoch found Robin on the library's seventh floor and greeted her.
• Tenoch learned that Robin was studying the books preserved from Ohara, and he asked her to explain their knowledge.
• Robin explained the Ohara books to Tenoch, and the two became friends.