Recaps

Blueno cornered Nico Robin, but Xi Yan revealed he had hidden himself in a scroll and returned to protect her. Xi Yan knocked Blueno away from his Air Door and attacked again as Blueno braced himself with Iron Body: Steel.

• Blueno blocked Nico Robin from escaping and tried to take her through his Air Door.
• Nico Robin stayed calm and called for Xi Yan, while the scroll hidden against her began to move.
• Xi Yan emerged from the scroll beside Robin, leaving Blueno shocked and confused.
• Blueno tried to flee through his Air Door, but Xi Yan struck him and sent him crashing through several walls.
• Blueno rose and claimed he could still kill Xi Yan, then used Iron Body: Steel to meet Xi Yan's Monster Strength Fist.

Xi Yan defeated Blueno and planned to use his ability to protect Nico Robin while confronting the Buster Call. After finding Sanji transformed and defeated, Xi Yan threw him into the sea as a possible cure, while the Gate of Justice began to open.

• Xi Yan struck Blueno through his Iron Body and knocked him unconscious, then discussed using Blueno's Space-type Devil Fruit ability with Nico Robin.
• Xi Yan revealed that he had used Illusion to control the CP9 commander into activating the Golden Den Den Mushi and planned to control Blueno as well.
• Xi Yan and Nico Robin shared a warm exchange about his Sharinggan before heading to retrieve a key for her Sea Stone handcuffs.
• Xi Yan and Nico Robin found Sanji transformed and injured, and Xi Yan realized he had likely refused to fight the woman with glasses.
• Xi Yan threw Sanji into the sea to test whether it would counter the unknown Devil Fruit ability, then saw the Gate of Justice slowly opening.

As the Gate of Justice opened and the Buster Call approached, Xi Yan and his allies fought to free Nico Robin and reunite with the others. They left with Blueno captive, still needing the right key to unlock Robin’s handcuffs.

• Nico Robin warned that the opening Gate of Justice meant the Buster Call was coming soon, while Xi Yan watched Franky and Onimaru Owl fall into the sea.
• Sanji escaped the water and told Xi Yan that Usopp had handcuffed Zoro and Usopp together, so they needed the Number 2 key; Xi Yan gave Sanji that key and sent him ahead.
• Onimaru Owl vowed to avenge Blueno and returned to fight Franky, but Franky defeated him with Coup de Vent and took his Number 6 key.
• Xi Yan tried the Number 6 key on Nico Robin’s handcuffs, but it did not fit, so the group planned to wait for more keys.
• As the Gate of Justice nearly opened, Xi Yan dragged the unconscious Blueno away, saying he would be useful later.

Nami defeated Kalifa and freed Nico Robin with the key, then the crew found Chopper rampaging in a giant form. Xi Yan subdued him with his Sharinggan and treated his injuries, while the Straw Hat Pirates continued fighting Jabra and Kaku.

• Nami defeated Kalifa and gave Xi Yan the key, which he used to free Nico Robin from her Sea Stone handcuffs.
• Nami told Xi Yan that Chopper had grown enormous and seemed to be in pain, so the group hurried upstairs to find him.
• Xi Yan found Chopper attacking Sanji, Zoro, and Sniper King while Jabra and Kaku prepared to fight.
• Zoro and Sanji intercepted Jabra and Kaku as they attacked Xi Yan, who used his Sharinggan to stop Chopper and return him to his small form.
• Xi Yan treated the injured Chopper, while Sanji resumed fighting Jabra and Zoro taunted Kaku about the Straw Hats' advantage.

Xi Yan controlled Blueno with an illusion and flew on a water dragon toward the Buster Call fleet to protect his companions. As the Straw Hats headed for the Gate of Justice, five Navy vice admirals spotted Xi Yan approaching their warships.

• Xi Yan returned to Nico Robin and explained that Chopper's rampage might have been related to his Devil Fruit.
• A Navy test shot from the Buster Call blasted the top of the High Tower as Zoro and Sanji continued fighting CP9.
• Xi Yan healed Blueno, controlled him with an illusion, and revealed that he had also made Spandam activate the Buster Call.
• Xi Yan flew toward the Gate of Justice atop a water dragon while Nami, Robin, and the others set out to follow him.
• Vice Admiral Momonga and the other Navy commanders spotted Xi Yan approaching on the water dragon and ordered their forces to stay alert.

Xi Yan ambushed the Buster Call fleet at Judicial Island, destroying one Navy warship with a compressed water attack. As the Vice Admirals moved to stop him, Onigumo attacked Xi Yan directly.

• Xi Yan blocked the Navy’s cannon barrage with a Water Wall and used Water Severing Wave to pierce and split apart Onigumo’s warship.
• Momonga’s Flying Slash missed Xi Yan, who revealed himself and taunted the Vice Admirals while the damaged warship sank.
• Doberman identified Xi Yan as the reason for Aokiji’s Buster Call and vowed to kill him, while Strawberry ordered the bombardment to continue.
• Onigumo charged Xi Yan with his swords, then used Return to Life and Finger Gun: Eight-Spider Stings; Xi Yan countered with Monster Strength Fist.

Xi Yan fought off the Navy warships pursuing the Buster Call, then used water and lightning ninjutsu to defeat Vice Admirals Doberman and Onigumo. Robin and the others reached the Gate of Justice and moved to seize Spandam's ship as Xi Yan faced the remaining officers.

• Xi Yan punched Onigumo into Strawberry's warship, and the Navy officers recognized him as a powerful threat.
• Robin and the others used Blueno's ability to reach the Gate of Justice, where they saw Xi Yan confronting the fleet and a warship split in half.
• Blueno explained that Xi Yan had planted a psychological suggestion in Spandam, and Robin's group set out to seize his ship.
• Xi Yan admitted he was the Straw Hat Pirates' ninja as Doberman and Onigumo charged him together.
• Xi Yan unleashed waves of water to stop Doberman and Onigumo, then struck them with lightning and sent them into the sea.
• Xi Yan summoned two more Water Dragons and challenged the remaining Navy officers.

Xi Yan fought the Navy Vice Admirals while they prepared to carry out the Buster Call, using water dragons to disrupt their warships. After Onigumo and Doberman burst from the sea and stabbed him, Nico Robin feared he had been struck, but Blueno said he was fine and Nami suspected they had hit a clone.

• Momonga, T-Bone, and Strawberry resisted Xi Yan’s taunts and continued preparing the Navy fleet for the Buster Call.
• Momonga launched a Flying Slash, and Xi Yan dodged it before sending three water dragons toward the Vice Admirals’ warships.
• T-Bone, Momonga, and Strawberry cut down the water dragons, weakening their impact before the water struck the ships.
• T-Bone realized Xi Yan might be trying to soak the Navy’s ammunition, but Strawberry said the warships’ powder magazines were protected from seawater.
• Momonga noticed blood on the sea, then Onigumo and Doberman burst from the water and pierced Xi Yan with three blades; Onigumo had lost his right arm.
• Nico Robin panicked at the apparent attack, but Blueno said Xi Yan was fine, and Nami guessed the stabbed figure was a clone.

Xi Yan trapped Doberman and Onigumo in a water prison after they barely survived his underwater attacks. The two Vice Admirals were left bound inside the sphere as Xi Yan mocked them and struck them with lightning again.

• Xi Yan’s water dragons drove the paralyzed Doberman and Onigumo deeper into the sea, but Onigumo used Return to Life to regain movement.
• Onigumo freed Doberman from a water dragon, but a red-eyed Sea King bit off Doberman’s right arm before Onigumo cut it down.
• Doberman and Onigumo surfaced, believing they had defeated Xi Yan, but Onigumo noticed their attacks had drawn no blood.
• Xi Yan’s apparent body exploded into water, which formed a sphere around the two Vice Admirals and trapped them with their weapons bound.
• Xi Yan appeared outside the water prison, mocked Doberman and Onigumo, and struck them with Lightning Release.

Xi Yan used a clone and Water Instant Body to infiltrate the Navy warships, then unleashed a massive water technique that engulfed nine ships and stopped the Buster Call. The Vice Admirals were trapped underwater as Xi Yan’s shattered warship was swept toward Judicial Island.

• Nico Robin attacked Spandam while the Vice Admirals discussed Xi Yan’s abilities and Momonga went to rescue Onigumo and Doberman.
• Xi Yan appeared on the Navy warship after switching places with a clone, surprising Momonga, Strawberry, and T-Bone.
• Xi Yan used Water Instant Body to reach the warship and warned the Vice Admirals not to underestimate him.
• Xi Yan unleashed Great Exploding Water Shockwave, shaking the sea and damaging the Navy warships.
• Xi Yan formed a giant water ball around nine Navy warships, trapping the Vice Admirals and preventing the Buster Call from continuing.

Xi Yan trapped the Marines in a vast sphere of water and used their danger to keep Momonga from rescuing Onigumo and Doberman. Momonga eventually broke the technique and threatened the Straw Hat Pirates, but Xi Yan showed no visible reaction.

• Xi Yan used Dance of the Swimming Fish to trap the Marines underwater while keeping Onigumo and Doberman within reach.
• T-Bone tore open the water sphere with a flaming slash, but the technique began to close again, and Momonga failed to reach the trapped Vice Admirals after Xi Yan cut through a bridge with Water Severing Wave.
• Xi Yan hunted Marines underwater and warned Momonga that he would kill them if the Marines interfered.
• Momonga realized Xi Yan was forcing him to choose between rescuing Onigumo and Doberman or saving the nearly ten thousand trapped Marines.
• Momonga used a Flying Slash to break the water sphere, allowing Onigumo to escape with Doberman, then threatened to kill the Straw Hat Pirates if Xi Yan kept attacking Marines.
• Xi Yan showed no visible reaction to Momonga's threat.

Xi Yan revealed that he had poisoned Vice Admirals Onigumo and Doberman, forcing Momonga to abandon his attack and leave them with him. The Straw Hat Pirates continued their battle at Judicial Island while Xi Yan kept the Marines from threatening his companions.

• Xi Yan saw that the Straw Hat Pirates had finished their fight at Judicial Island as part of a Sea King corpse surfaced beneath him.
• Luffy punched Rob Lucci through a building, and Xi Yan said Lucci was no match for him.
• Momonga discovered that Onigumo and Doberman had been paralyzed by Xi Yan's neurotoxin and had fallen onto the Sea King corpse.
• Xi Yan warned Momonga that the poison could kill the two Vice Admirals without timely treatment and challenged him to try taking them away.
• Momonga left using Geppo after warning Xi Yan about the Navy's pursuit, and Xi Yan said he would keep his promise unless the Marines interfered.

Xi Yan used poison and water-based ninjutsu to keep the Marines trapped, while Momonga, T-Bone, and Strawberry tried to fight him and help their comrades escape. Strawberry was struck by Xi Yan’s giant water dragon, and T-Bone and Momonga prepared to attack together.

• Momonga returned and warned T-Bone and Strawberry that Xi Yan had poisoned Doberman and Onigumo, leaving both vice admirals unable to fight.
• Strawberry told the others to keep their Observation Haki active and avoid inhaling seawater while the Marines tried to escape the water.
• Momonga’s Flying Slash missed Xi Yan and damaged a navy warship instead.
• Strawberry attacked what seemed to be Xi Yan, but it exploded, and a water spear transformed into a giant water dragon that smashed him into the sea.
• T-Bone signaled Momonga to attack with him, and the two launched their slashes together.

Xi Yan kept Momonga and T-Bone from stopping him as he defended the Straw Hats, while Usopp helped Luffy rise and resume his fight with Rob Lucci. Xi Yan then noticed a figure cycling across the sea toward Judicial Island and anticipated the next threat.

• Momonga and T-Bone split the sea and attacked Xi Yan, but he revealed that they had only struck a clone and continued to thwart their efforts.
• T-Bone urged Momonga to search for Xi Yan's real body, while Xi Yan said he had come to stop the Buster Call and might kill more Marines.
• Sanji watched the battle as Zoro and the others prepared to defend their position, and Usopp ran to the broken bridge after realizing Luffy had fallen.
• Usopp berated Luffy and taunted Rob Lucci, prompting Luffy to stand and resume their fight.
• Xi Yan turned toward Judicial Island and saw a figure riding a bicycle across the sea toward them.

Xi Yan and the others learned that Marine Admiral Aokiji had arrived, so Blueno helped the Straw Hat crew retreat through an Air Door after Strawberry destroyed their lifeboat. Usopp then spotted the Going Merry racing toward them to rescue the crew.

• Xi Yan decided to keep two defeated men alive in case they could help stall the Admiral, then sent a clone away.
• Blueno warned Nico Robin and the others that a Marine Admiral had arrived and told them to prepare to withdraw.
• Strawberry split the crew's lifeboat in half, so Blueno led the others into an Air Door while Robin killed Spandam and joined them.
• Blueno said they would need to seize a Navy warship to escape, while Usopp spotted a ship approaching across the sea.
• Usopp recognized the approaching ship as the Going Merry and shouted that it had come to pick them up.

The Going Merry miraculously arrived at Judicial Island, giving the Straw Hat Pirates a chance to escape as Luffy defeated Rob Lucci. The crew boarded the ship and Franky launched it with Coup de Vent while Blueno said Xi Yan was already with Nico Robin.

• The Going Merry arrived at Judicial Island, astonishing the Straw Hat Pirates, Franky, Blueno, and Kokoro.
• Franky proposed using Coup de Vent to propel the ship, and Blueno took the group to Luffy's battle with Rob Lucci.
• Lucci struck Luffy with Rokuogan: Maximum Wheel, but Luffy got back up and defeated him with Jet Pistol.
• Blueno rescued the nearly collapsing Luffy and hurried everyone away as Admiral Aokiji approached.
• Blueno said Xi Yan was already with Nico Robin, and the crew boarded the Going Merry.
• Franky used Coup de Vent to launch the Going Merry into the air, leaving the Marines on the bridge stunned.

Xi Yan attacked the Marines after the Straw Hat Pirates escaped, but Aokiji arrived in time to save two wounded vice admirals. Aokiji confronted Xi Yan, who refused to surrender, and their battle began with fire and ice.

• Xi Yan used water and lightning to strike Momonga, Strawberry, and T-Bone, while ordinary Marines in the water collapsed.
• Xi Yan prepared to kill the wounded Onigumo and another vice admiral, but Aokiji froze his Shadow Clone before it could strike.
• Aokiji confronted Xi Yan and questioned him about his identity and powers, but Xi Yan refused to go with him to Navy Headquarters.
• Xi Yan launched Great Fire Annihilation at Aokiji, who countered with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak.

Xi Yan faced Admiral Aokiji while the Marines rescued their fallen comrades, then used clones and a storm to summon a lightning Qilin. Aokiji froze what he believed was Xi Yan, but it was another clone, and the Qilin descended toward him.

• The Marines rescued stranded soldiers while Momonga, Strawberry, and T-Bone left the remaining battle to Aokiji.
• Xi Yan and Aokiji agreed to end their fight quickly, and Xi Yan summoned two Shadow Clones.
• Xi Yan and his clones launched Great Dragon Fire into the sky, then dark clouds gathered over Judicial Island.
• Xi Yan summoned Lightning Release: Kirin, warning Aokiji that it was his parting gift for taking Robin.
• Aokiji froze Xi Yan, but the frozen figure transformed into lightning and triggered the Qilin's descent toward him.

Aokiji shielded the Marines from a devastating lightning attack, but the battle left the fleet badly damaged and exposed that their opponent had been a clone. He refused Momonga’s request to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates, declaring the Marines had already lost, and ordered the survivors to return to Headquarters for treatment.

• Aokiji froze a vast block of ice and carried it into the sky to keep the clone’s thunder beast from striking the sea and killing the Marines.
• The lightning shattered and mostly vaporized the ice, injured Aokiji, and sent a shockwave into the High Tower, while his intervention kept the attack from spreading beneath the fleet.
• Momonga and the other officers realized the Ninja they had fought was a clone, and Momonga asked Aokiji to authorize a pursuit with reinforcements.
• Aokiji stopped Momonga and said that even a Buster Call had failed to defeat the Straw Hat Pirates, so the Marines had already lost.
• Aokiji ordered the Marines to clear out the five surviving warships and take the wounded back to Headquarters for treatment.

The Straw Hat crew escaped the Marine Admiral, and Xi Yan revealed that he had hidden aboard as a scroll before rejoining them. After welcoming Robin and Xi Yan to the crew, the group learned that Xi Yan had fought the Admiral with a clone and used Lightning Release Kirin.

• Franky reasoned that the Marine Admiral had stopped pursuing the Going Merry, and the crew relaxed after escaping.
• Luffy and the others wondered where Xi Yan was until he transformed from a scroll tucked in Nico Robin's arms.
• Sanji grew envious that Xi Yan had been hidden in Robin's arms, then bickered with Zoro as usual.
• Luffy welcomed Nico Robin back and invited Xi Yan to join the crew, and Xi Yan accepted.
• Xi Yan killed Blueno by striking him with a kunai and sending him into the sea.
• Xi Yan told Franky and the others that his clone had fought the Marine Admiral and unleashed Lightning Release Kirin before disappearing.

The Straw Hat Pirates learned that the Going Merry had crossed the Gods of Water and reached Judicial Island with the help of its Ship Spirit. Xi Yan found Merry hiding in the cabin and refused to let her face her impending end alone.

• Chopper woke aboard the Going Merry and remembered eating a third Rumble Ball before Xi Yan subdued him.
• Nami told Xi Yan that the Going Merry had appeared at Judicial Island on its own, despite being declared unfit to sail.
• Franky explained that a Ship Spirit might have guided the Going Merry across the Gods of Water, and Usopp and the others reacted with joy and emotion.
• Franky warned that the Going Merry's keel was beyond repair, prompting the Straw Hat Pirates to defend the ship as their companion.
• Xi Yan sensed Merry in the cabin, found her hiding, and refused her plea to stay out of sight.

Xi Yan brought the gravely weakened Merry to the crew, who learned that her life was tied to the damaged Going Merry. As everyone pleaded with him to save her, Xi Yan promised to do his best.

• Xi Yan carried Merry back to the deck, where Usopp and the others gathered around her in alarm.
• Chopper tried to examine Merry but could not touch her, and Xi Yan explained that his ninja abilities let him do so.
• Franky suggested that Merry's life was connected to the Going Merry and that the ship's destruction could end her life.
• Merry apologized to the crew and said she had no regrets because she had gotten them to safety and felt their love.
• Nico Robin and the crew begged Xi Yan to save Merry, and he said he would do his best.

Xi Yan tried to save Merry, whose failing condition was tied to the Going Merry, while the crew rushed to Iceberg’s ship. After protecting the Going Merry with seawater and sending the others ahead, Xi Yan prepared to use a special scroll and his ninja techniques to save Merry.

• Xi Yan told the crew he would try to save Merry, but Merry refused to stop sustaining the Going Merry before reaching shore.
• The Going Merry began breaking apart, and Xi Yan used seawater to keep it from collapsing further.
• Xi Yan sent the crew across the sea on a Water Dragon toward Iceberg’s ship.
• Alone with Merry, Xi Yan asked her to trust him and cooperate while he tried techniques from a special scroll to save her.

Xi Yan saved Merry by sealing the Going Merry into a Spirit Summoning Scroll and making it her new vessel, allowing her to survive as an independent spirit. Merry prepared to reunite with the Straw Hat Pirates, but Xi Yan collapsed after exhausting his Chakra.

• The Straw Hat Pirates and Iceberg waited anxiously until a cloud of smoke swallowed the Going Merry and the ship disappeared.
• Xi Yan sealed the Going Merry into a Spirit Summoning Scroll, but Merry began to fade after losing her connection to the ship.
• Xi Yan used Yang Release Chakra and the scroll to stabilize Merry, who signed her name as Sephiroth-Merry and regained her vitality.
• Merry cried as she described enduring the dark, painful journey to save her companions, then agreed she was ready to see them.
• Merry revealed that she could store the scroll in her personal space and showed Xi Yan the hammer she had used to repair the ship.
• Usopp swam toward Xi Yan and Merry as Xi Yan collapsed from Chakra exhaustion.

Sengoku and the Navy’s senior officers discussed the devastating losses caused by the Straw Hat Pirates and focused on capturing the mysterious Ninja before his abilities grew stronger. Sengoku ordered Kizaru to wait at the Sabaody Archipelago to intercept the pirates, then turned the meeting to Blackbeard’s capture of Fire Fist Ace.

• Sengoku, Tsuru, Kizaru, and Akainu reviewed the Navy’s heavy casualties, including Doberman and Onigumo’s critical injuries, after the Straw Hat Pirates attacked the Buster Call.
• Tsuru told the officers that Kuzan had gone after the Straw Hat Pirates, while Sengoku said he had a strong chance of catching them.
• The officers discussed the Ninja’s seawater-controlling and other unusual abilities, his possible connection to Wano Country, and the potential for the Navy to learn his techniques.
• Sengoku said the Straw Hat Pirates’ bounties were being raised and ordered Kizaru to station himself at the Sabaody Archipelago to capture them before they entered the New World.
• Sengoku asked where Garp had gone, then began discussing Blackbeard’s capture of Fire Fist Ace.