Chapter Summaries

Rear Admiral Kuras learned that the Calm Belt’s disturbance was likely caused by Germa 66, while Yaen saved Judge’s Giant Snails from falling prey to the Super Giant Sea Kings in exchange for Germa 66’s Bloodline Factor Technology. As the Sea Kings closed in, Judge urged Yaen to take him away so they could complete their deal.

• Rear Admiral Kuras suspected Germa 66 had angered the Super Giant Sea Kings and ordered his crew to contact them before attempting a rescue.
• Yaen’s attack on a Super Giant Sea King enraged the others, and frightened Giant Snails began falling from the Red Line and being swallowed.
• Judge agreed to give Yaen the Bloodline Factor Technology if he saved the Giant Snails, insisting that he was making the deal freely.
• Yaen used Ice Dragon Tail Spin: Absolute Void to create a vast ice platform that caught the falling Giant Snails.
• As the Super Giant Sea Kings moved toward them, Judge warned Yaen to take him away so they could finish the deal.

Yaen demonstrated the Great Crimson Hyōrinmaru’s overwhelming power by freezing the Calm Belt, then ended his Bankai before its ice petals could all shatter. Judge led him to the wreckage to retrieve the Lineage Factor technology, but revealed that the surviving Sanji was himself one of Germa 66’s modified children.

• Yaen unleashed Great Crimson Lotus Hell and froze the sea, seabed, and nearby Sea Kings across a hundred li.
• Yaen noticed four of the twelve ice petals had shattered and ended his Bankai before the Great Crimson Hyōrinmaru lost control of its true power.
• Judge, shaken by Yaen’s display, agreed to hand over the Lineage Factor technology and led him to the wrecked Giant Snail.
• Judge found Sanji alive in an iron helmet, and Yaen demanded that he locate the technology instead.
• Judge explained that Sanji and his siblings were the only Germa 66 members modified with the Lineage Factor to gain superhuman bodies and special abilities.

Judge explained that Germa 66 had lost the research data needed to continue Lineage Factor modifications and offered Sanji as a research subject. Sanji learned why Sora had taken medicine during her pregnancy, while Reiju defended her choice and Yaen considered whether studying Sanji could help treat Kong and Ying.

• Yaen questioned Judge about Germa 66's Lineage Factor technology, and Judge said MADS's research data had been lost after the World Government raided the team.
• Judge offered Sanji, who had received a complete Lineage Factor modification, to Yaen for research, and Sanji begged not to be used as material.
• Judge told Sanji that Sora's medicine had prevented him from awakening his powers and blamed him for her death.
• Reiju told Sanji that Sora had taken the medicine to preserve his emotions and protect him from becoming like his brothers.
• Judge silenced Reiju and again offered Sanji to Yaen, who wondered whether studying him could help treat Kong and Ying.

Yaen learned that modified humans could serve as stable templates for treating Kong and Ying, then secured male and female subjects so neither would need a sex change. He finalized his deal with Judge by demanding Reiju as additional compensation and prepared to take her for research.

• Yaen contacted Luo and learned that humans modified with stable Lineage Factor sequences could serve as templates for altering Kong and Ying.
• Luo explained that a template's sex might require Ivankov to permanently change Kong or Ying, but Yaen said the available templates included one male and one female.
• Yaen praised Judge for having both male and female children, accepted Sanji, and then insisted Judge provide additional compensation.
• Judge claimed Sanji alone could supply research material for decades, but Yaen threatened to kill Germa 66's people if Judge refused.
• Yaen selected Reiju as the additional subject, and Judge ordered her to go with him.

Yaen took Reiju and Sanji from Germa 66 and carried them across the North Sea toward Kong and Ying, while trying to reassure them that he did not intend to harm them. He asked what they would want to pursue if they were free tomorrow, and Sanji spoke of his dream of finding ALL BLUE.

• Judge ordered Reiju to cooperate with Yaen, and Yaen took her and Sanji away from Germa 66.
• Judge lamented Germa 66's losses and regretted not giving Sanji to Yaen sooner.
• Yaen used Shunpo to carry Reiju and Sanji across the North Sea toward Kong and Ying.
• Reiju suspected Yaen planned to drain her blood and dissect her, but Yaen said he only needed her Lineage Factor sequences to help with something.
• Yaen asked Reiju and Sanji what dreams they would pursue if they were free, and Sanji asked whether Yaen knew of ALL BLUE.

Yaen teased Sanji about the supposed impossibility of the All Blue, but Reiju encouraged Sanji to keep pursuing his dream. After returning to the laboratory with Reiju and Sanji, Yaen handed them over for surgery and asked Luo about the chances of saving Kong and Ying.

• Yaen told Sanji that the All Blue was nearly impossible, so Reiju declared that she would help Sanji find it and prove Yaen wrong.
• Sanji reaffirmed his dream of finding the All Blue and becoming the greatest chef, while Reiju promised to prove Yaen wrong.
• Yaen returned to the laboratory with Reiju and Sanji, where Luo and medical personnel were ready to begin surgery.
• Reiju and Sanji feared they had been brought in as research subjects, but Yaen told them the operation was the small favor they needed to help with.
• The medical personnel sedated Reiju and Sanji and took them into the operating room.
• Exhausted, Yaen asked Luo for his estimate of the surgery's success, and Luo confidently declared it would be one hundred percent.

Luo examined Reiju and Sanji before their planned surgeries, discovering that Sanji’s modified traits were concealed and could make him a near-perfect specimen as he matured. He sedated Reiju and turned his attention to using Sanji’s potential as a model for modifying Kong.

• Luo entered the operating room while Reiju remained partly conscious despite the sedative and Sanji slept deeply.
• Luo examined Reiju’s reports and connected pink matter to her, finding that her modified body contained extra organs he considered unnecessary.
• Reiju begged Luo not to harm Sanji, and Luo used the pink matter to render her unconscious before reviewing Sanji’s reports.
• Luo discovered that Sanji’s Lineage Factor abilities were recessive, allowing his body to develop without the burdens Reiju’s active modifications caused.
• Luo concluded that Sanji could become a near-perfect human specimen as he matured, then considered using him as a template to modify Kong.

Luo successfully operated on Kong and Ying, reshaping their bodies so they could withstand their Conqueror's Haki, though Kong would be physically weaker than Ying. After Yaen took the children away, Luo told Reiju that he had removed the excess lineage-factor fragments controlling her body.

• Luo completed Kong and Ying's surgery, and Yaen, Hancock, and Robin thanked him.
• Luo explained that Kong would be weaker than Ying by a difference of roughly three to five hundred million Berries, and Yaen accepted the flaw.
• Yaen left the laboratory with Kong and Ying to prevent their uncontrolled Conqueror's Haki from disrupting its work.
• Luo went to check on Reiju and Sanji, and Reiju woke and accused him of experimenting on her.
• Luo told Reiju that he had modified her lineage factors and removed the fragments that had controlled her body.

Luo released Reiju and Sanji from his secret laboratory after altering Reiju’s body and collecting the data he needed. Reiju chose to travel with Sanji to the Grand Line in search of All Blue, leaving the laboratory behind under sedation and blindfolds.

• Luo told Reiju he had removed most of her poison-producing organ while preserving her poison immunity, and Reiju reacted with embarrassment and gratitude.
• Luo explained that he was letting Reiju and Sanji go because he had collected their physical data for That Great One, and Reiju realized this was the help Hyōrinmaru had needed.
• Reiju refused to return to Germa 66 and thanked Luo for giving her a new life.
• An hour later, Luo had Reiju and Sanji blindfolded and sedated to keep the laboratory’s location secret.
• Reiju told Luo that she and Sanji wanted to go to the Grand Line to search for All Blue, and they were carried aboard a ship and sent to sea.

Yaen struggled to care for newborn Kong and Ying on Rusukaina Island, where their uncontrolled Conqueror's Haki kept waking him and knocking out nearby creatures. He spoke with Dragon about the Reverie and Germa 66 before Dragon brought up the Pluton construction plan codenamed "Night Revival."

• Yaen explained that Reiju and Sanji had left for the Grand Line, then complained about Kong and Ying’s constant crying.
• Ying’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the Den Den Mushi and left Xiao Jin dazed, prompting Yaen to reflect on why he had settled on Rusukaina Island.
• Yaen walked among the island’s subdued beasts and considered bringing more creatures there to keep Kong and Ying entertained as they grew.
• Yaen revived the Den Den Mushi and spoke with Dragon, who joked that he had sent Luffy to Foosha Village to get through his noisy infancy.
• Yaen asked about Reverie preparations, and Dragon said they were going smoothly before asking what Yaen had done to Germa 66.
• Yaen called his dealings with Germa 66 a fair trade, and Dragon moved the conversation to the Pluton construction plan codenamed "Night Revival."

Yaen told Dragon he would seek another way to obtain the sensitive materials needed to build Pluton, considering baby-5’s ability to reproduce materials she had already consumed. Meanwhile, Vivi traveled to Mary Geoise for the Reverie to defend Alabasta’s status, where Corazon steadied her after the other kings mocked her.

• Dragon told Yaen that the Revolutionary Army still needed 378 types of materials for Pluton, including more than 80 closely controlled by the World Government.
• Yaen said he would try to obtain the missing materials through baby-5, who had already consumed most of the materials inside Pluton and could reproduce them.
• Vivi rejected Igaram and the Royal Guard’s pleas to stay home, saying she would attend the Reverie and seek support for Alabasta.
• Vivi traveled to Mary Geoise with two Marine Warships and entered the garden where the affiliated kings had gathered.
• Several kings mocked Vivi’s age and the Nefertari family, and Corazon steadied her shoulder and reminded her that a king who protects her people must never retreat.

Vivi tried to gain support for Alabasta at the Reverie, but most kings avoided or insulted her. Corazon quietly protected her, and the Reverie began with Vivi exhausted and worried after her lobbying failed.

• The kings who had mocked Vivi fled when Corazon arrived, and he warned her that they were either perverts or hostile to Alabasta.
• Corazon told Vivi to call him Mr. Corazon, teased her about knowing Yaso, and left before she could ask more.
• Corazon watched Vivi from the garden and used the Silent-Silent Fruit to avoid being overheard by the disguised CP agents and surveillance Den Den Mushi.
• Corazon worried that Yaso had made his young disciple shoulder Alabasta's burdens and decided to find Luo after learning he had kept serious events from him.
• The Reverie began with 193 kings and the Curly-Haired Gorosei, while Vivi worried that her days of lobbying had gained almost no support.

Vivi prepared to defend Alabasta as the Curly-Haired Gorosei pushed to remove it from the World Member Nations without allowing debate. Corazon objected and revealed he had once been a Celestial Dragon, leaving the kings unsure how to vote.

• Vivi realized that Alabasta had become isolated as neighboring kings sought to profit from its downfall.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei accused Alabasta of failing to pay Heavenly Gold and other offenses, then called for a vote without letting Vivi speak.
• Vivi steadied herself and waited for the outcome, hoping Alabasta's evacuation plan would be used if necessary.
• Corazon loudly objected to removing Alabasta and challenged the kings to speak against him.
• Corazon said he had once been a Celestial Dragon, and the kings hesitated as they wondered whether his opposition reflected the Celestial Dragons' will.

Corazon opposed the proposal to strip Alabasta of its status as an affiliated country, while his remarks exposed the Nefertari Family’s secret connection to the Celestial Dragons and unsettled the assembled kings. Vivi spoke in Alabasta’s defense, and the proposal was rejected.

• The Curly-Haired Gorosei asked Corazon to explain why he opposed the proposal, and Corazon said Alabasta might be targeted because the Nefertari Family was one of the Twenty Celestial Dragon Families.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei stopped Corazon from speaking, but his silence about the Nefertari secret convinced the kings that it was true.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei tried to calm the kings and invited them to speak, but the conference hall remained silent.
• Vivi rose and clarified Alabasta’s position, while voices arranged by the Revolutionary Army also spoke against the proposal.
• The kings rejected the proposal, and Corazon told Yaen that the outcome matched his expectations.

Yaen explained to Corazon why the Alabasta Kingdom needed support at the Reverie and prepared for the possibility of rescuing Vivi. After Corazon left for the North Sea, Yaen tried to enjoy a quiet day fishing with Robin and baby-5, until Kong’s outburst ruined the barbecue and scattered the fish.

• Yaen told Corazon that the Alabasta Kingdom was vulnerable and that the organization needed to rally support against the World Government’s effort to revoke its membership.
• Yaen said Corazon should prepare to abandon the effort to protect Alabasta and take Vivi away if the Gorosei forced the proposal through.
• Corazon noted that Vivi had gained the support of several kings, then warned Yaen that her exposed Celestial Dragon ancestry could attract unwanted attention.
• Yaen told Corazon that the organization would kidnap Vivi and arrange support for Alabasta under other identities, while Corazon kept his distance from her in public.
• Corazon headed for the North Sea, leaving Yaen to fish with Robin and baby-5 while caring for Kong and Ying.
• Ying accidentally struck Kong, whose Conqueror’s Haki knocked out fish and Sea Kings and wrecked Robin’s barbecue, while Yaen calmly took Kong and said he was used to the crying.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku realized his grandson’s expected delivery date had passed and panicked when he could not reach Yaen. After finally contacting Yaen, he learned the baby had been born weeks earlier, though Yaen had forgotten to tell him.

• As the Reverie ended, Sengoku took a break in his office and noticed the date on a document, realizing his grandson’s expected delivery date had passed.
• Sengoku shouted Yaen’s name, prompting Marineford soldiers to spread conflicting rumors about Yaen’s whereabouts and condition.
• Sengoku tried calling Yaen repeatedly, but Yaen’s Den Den Mushi had been knocked unconscious by Kong and Ying’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Sengoku finally reached Yaen and heard the baby in the background, then demanded to know why Yaen had not told him the child was born.
• Yaen admitted he had forgotten to tell Sengoku, while Sengoku became distracted by the baby’s voice.

Yaen told Fleet Admiral Sengoku that his newborn twins, Kong and Mizu, had been named, but Kong was too frail to travel. He negotiated two years to keep the family on Amazon Lily Island and away from Marineford, where he feared the World Government might promote him to Admiral and force him to protect the Celestial Dragons.

• Fleet Admiral Sengoku learned that Yaen's twins were named Kong and Mizu and was delighted to hear they were twins.
• Yaen explained that Kong had congenital weakness and needed careful treatment, while Mizu was in excellent health.
• Yaen proposed keeping Kong on Amazon Lily Island to recover, and Sengoku objected and demanded that Yaen return to Marineford.
• Yaen reflected that becoming an Admiral would require him to protect the Celestial Dragons, an obligation he refused to accept.
• Yaen and Sengoku negotiated a delay, and Sengoku agreed to give him two years before he had to bring Kong, Mizu, and himself to Marineford.

After six years away, Garp returned to Marineford and discovered that Sengoku and the other Marines were waiting for Rear Admiral Cherry Blossom Dragon, who arrived with the Kuja Pirates. Cherry Blossom Dragon appeared as a disheveled, casual middle-aged man, leaving the gathered Marines astonished.

• Marines at Marineford speculated about the important visitor Sengoku and several Vice Admirals were waiting to welcome.
• Garp returned to Marineford after six years, but Sengoku told him to move his ship because he was not the main person they awaited.
• Tsuru explained to Garp that the gathering was primarily for someone else and pointed out Hancock's Kuja Pirates approaching alongside a Marine warship.
• Sengoku and the Vice Admirals went forward to welcome the arriving ships, drawing the Marines' attention away from Garp.
• Cherry Blossom Dragon stepped off the Marine warship looking like a disheveled middle-aged uncle, and a Marine Lieutenant Commander recognized him as the supposedly gravely injured Rear Admiral.

Yaen returned to Marineford after six years and reunited with Fleet Admiral Sengoku, who scolded him for staying away and looking like a careless Marine. Sengoku warmly welcomed Ying, who ran into his arms while secretly signaling Yaen that she had succeeded.

• Yaen heard the fabricated rumors about his injuries and womanizing had weakened his reputation among the Marines.
• Yaen greeted Fleet Admiral Sengoku, who berated him for delaying his return for six years with a string of excuses.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku criticized Yaen’s unkempt appearance and beachwear, then noticed Ying hiding beneath his cloak.
• Sengoku coaxed Ying out by calling himself her cute grandpa and promising her candy, while Vice Admiral Garp teased him.
• Ying ran into Sengoku’s arms, told him she had missed him, and secretly flashed Yaen a victory gesture.

Yaen reunited with Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, Gion, and Kake, while his children charmed their grandfather. Kake asked Yaen for advice on winning Gion’s heart, but Tsuru sent him away before the Kuja Pirate Ship arrived.

• Kong and Ying greeted Sengoku, who warmly embraced both children and promised to braid Ying’s hair.
• Yaen greeted Garp, Tsuru, Gion, and Kake, reflecting on how much they had changed since they last met.
• Kake celebrated seeing Yaen again and mentioned that he had become Vice Admiral Chaton.
• Kake told Yaen he had failed to confess to Gion ninety times and asked for advice on winning her over.
• Tsuru sent Kake to check the other Shichibukai’s schedules, and the Kuja Pirate Ship arrived as high heels struck the ground.