Chapter Summaries

Xi Yan told Shakky how he infiltrated Mary Geoise and looted seven Celestial Dragons’ Treasure Vaults, then asked her to handle the stolen treasures. He identified the Cloud Cloud Fruit and decided to save it for a Partner, while three newly emerged Devil Fruits remained unidentified.

• Xi Yan explained that he had rescued Camie, disguised himself with Shadow Clones and the Transformation Technique, hypnotized a Celestial Dragon, and entered Mary Geoise.
• Xi Yan revealed that he had looted seven Celestial Dragons’ Treasure Vaults, including about ten billion Beli and seven Devil Fruits, and Shakky agreed to handle the treasure for a thirty-percent share.
• Xi Yan checked the Devil Fruit Illustrated Handbook and identified the Cloud Cloud Fruit as a Logia, deciding to keep it for a Partner rather than eat or sell it.
• Xi Yan and Shakky found that three other Devil Fruits had no entries in the handbook, and Shakky said they were likely new abilities whose powers could only be discovered by eating them.

Xi Yan and Shakky discussed Devil Fruits and valued the treasure he had brought to her basement at thirty billion Beli. Shakky then began recounting how she met Rayleigh, explaining that she had once been the era’s greatest beauty and that her story began on Hachinosu Island.

• Xi Yan refused to eat a Devil Fruit, and Shakky explained the rumor that Devil Fruits contained devils’ consciousnesses, which could overpower Zoan users during failed awakenings.
• Xi Yan brought a mountain of valuables from his Sealing Scroll to Shakky’s basement, and Shakky estimated them to be worth at least thirty billion Beli.
• Xi Yan upheld his promise to give Shakky thirty percent of the proceeds, even after learning her share would be nearly ten billion Beli.
• Shakky revealed that she had once been the World's Number One Beauty, that Rayleigh had been too wooden to pursue her, and that she had taken the initiative with him.
• Shakky said Rayleigh had saved her life and began telling Xi Yan about her past, starting with her bar on Hachinosu Island, where the Rocks Pirates were stationed and she earned the title Hachinosu Pirate Treasure.

Shakky told Xi Yan how the World Government kidnapped her for the God Valley Hunting Competition and how Rayleigh rescued her. Their conversation also connected Shanks to God Valley and left the reason Roger and Garp fought alongside each other unresolved.

• Shakky revealed that the World Government kidnapped her and made her a prize in the God Valley Hunting Competition.
• Shakky recounted how Rocks, the Roger Pirates, Garp, the Navy, and the World Government clashed at God Valley, which was ultimately sunk.
• Xi Yan described meeting God's Knights and a powerful man who resembled Shanks, and Shakky suggested he was Shanks's twin and a descendant of a God's Knight.
• Shakky said Rayleigh rescued her from God Valley, prompting her to leave with him and later open a bar on the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Shakky could not explain why Roger and Garp joined forces against Rocks, and Xi Yan chose not to ask Garp about it.
• Shakky denied having suffered from lovesickness, then changed the subject and invited Xi Yan back to the bar.

Xi Yan arranged with Shakky to sell his haul, search the Black Market for Devil Fruits, and give Rayleigh wine before returning to Amazon Lily. Meanwhile, Galette learned that the newspaper reported Xi Yan's death, but held onto hope after Katakuri said he could not confirm it; she then prepared to confront pirates who arrived on their island.

• Shakky agreed to sell Xi Yan's goods, look for Devil Fruits for Merry, and give him any White Den Den Mushi she found.
• Xi Yan told Shakky he had escaped by feigning death and awakened Conqueror's Haki in Mary Geoise, then accepted her wine and left for Amazon Lily.
• Shakky sent subordinates to help move Xi Yan's goods and privately hoped the wedding gift she had prepared would please two young people.
• After Katakuri's forces defeated the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates on Rikovicia, Galette demanded the latest newspaper and collapsed when it reported Xi Yan's death.
• Katakuri told Galette he could not be sure Xi Yan was dead because of his immortal body, and she chose to keep hoping he was alive.
• When the Azure Wolf Pirates arrived, Galette asked to deal with them, and Katakuri agreed to cover her.

After more than half a month without hearing from Xi Yan, Hancock and the others worried about him on Amazon Lily. Xi Yan returned safely, reunited with Hancock and Merry, and explained why he had not contacted them before heading back with everyone.

• Merry worried that Xi Yan had not called, while Hancock and the others waited for news and discussed whether Merry could eat a Devil Fruit.
• Aini Xida announced that Xi Yan had returned, and Hancock rushed out of the palace to find him.
• Xi Yan released his illusion over the hippopotamus Sea King and headed toward town, where Hancock collided with him and hugged him tightly.
• Xi Yan reassured Hancock that he was unharmed and told her he had brought gifts for everyone.
• Merry asked why Xi Yan had not contacted them, and Xi Yan explained that he had lacked a White Den Den Mushi and feared being overheard near Mary Geoise.
• Grandma Za told Xi Yan that Amazon Lily had remained peaceful, then invited him and the others back as Hancock gazed at him lovestruck.

Xi Yan returned to Amazon Lily after faking his death in Mary Geoise, where he killed seven Celestial Dragons and freed slaves. He reassured Hancock that the newspaper had been sent, explained his battle against the God's Knights, and revealed the Devil Fruits he had taken; the chapter ended with the group learning that one was the Logia Cloud Cloud Fruit.

• Xi Yan told Grandma Za, Hancock, and the others that he had fooled the World Government by feigning death and having a Sea King swallow his body.
• Xi Yan gave Hancock photos of the seven Celestial Dragons he had killed, and she embraced him and called them the best gift she had ever received.
• Xi Yan confirmed that the newspaper had been distributed and explained that he had fought the God's Knights for nearly a day and night to make his death convincing.
• Xi Yan and Grandma Za discussed the God's Knights' Super Regeneration, and Grandma Za suggested asking Rayleigh how to counter it.
• Xi Yan revealed four Devil Fruits he had taken from the Celestial Dragons and identified one as the Logia Cloud Cloud Fruit.

Xi Yan revealed that he had obtained a Logia Devil Fruit for Nami, but Merry reacted as if her body instinctively rejected Devil Fruits. Xi Yan suspected Merry’s Ship Spirit nature made her body contain a sea-like substance that suppressed Devil Fruit powers, and Merry sensed a new power within herself that might let her grow stronger without eating a fruit.

• Xi Yan told Grandma Za and Hancock that the Logia Devil Fruit was for Nami, whose weather-based fighting style suited its abilities.
• Merry recoiled from the Devil Fruit, and Sander Sonia suggested that Devil Fruit Users instinctively hated other Devil Fruits, but Grandma Za rejected the idea.
• Xi Yan theorized that the sea and Sea Stone contained a substance that suppressed Devil Fruit Users, and that Merry might contain it because she was a Ship Spirit born on the sea.
• Merry said her instincts warned that eating a Devil Fruit might kill her, then sensed a new power within her body.
• Xi Yan reassured Merry that they could protect her, while Merry declared she could become stronger in other ways.

Merry unexpectedly awakened the ability to control wind, prompting Xi Yan to wonder whether she was a Ship Spirit or a Spirit of Nature. The group planned her training for the next two years and left three unknown Devil Fruits for others to consider eating.

• Merry used wind to move the Devil Fruit boxes and said the ability had awakened when she worried that eating a Devil Fruit might kill her.
• Xi Yan recalled that Merry had once heard the Rose-Colored Life Knight Crew from an impossible distance and suggested her wind power might have awakened earlier.
• Xi Yan proposed that Merry could be a Spirit of Nature rather than a Ship Spirit, but Merry decided to focus on becoming stronger instead of dwelling on what she was.
• Grandma Za agreed to train Merry in archery, while Hancock offered to teach her Body Technique; Xi Yan also told Merry to study her wind power and the Sealing Technique.
• Xi Yan said he would ask Sister Shakky about obtaining better Devil Fruits, and Grandma Za declined to eat one herself.

Xi Yan brought Hancock and the others to Amazon Lily’s Treasure Vault to store Devil Fruits, only to find it remarkably poor compared with the Celestial Dragons’ hoards. After revealing he had robbed more than thirty billion Beli in treasure from Mary Geoise, he gave Hancock most of the riches he had brought, leaving her moved and offering to share it whenever he needed.

• Hancock led Xi Yan and the others to her Treasure Vault, where Xi Yan was surprised by how little treasure it contained.
• Grandma Za explained that Amazon Lily received no Celestial Gold, spent money on supplies, and had lost treasure when two former empresses left the island.
• Hancock offered Xi Yan everything in the vault, but he declined and explained that he already had plenty of money.
• Xi Yan revealed that he had given Shakky thirty billion Beli worth of treasure and had robbed several Celestial Dragons’ Treasure Vaults.
• Xi Yan produced a large pile of treasure and gifts, telling Hancock she could keep everything except the gifts for the others.
• Hancock accepted the treasure and told Xi Yan he could use it whenever he needed it.

Xi Yan distributed gifts from the Celestial Dragons’ enormous treasure hoard and discussed training Haki with Hancock and Grandma Za. He decided to study under Rayleigh for a while, then left with Hancock for a bath, while Grandma Za wondered at their cryptic exchange.

• Xi Yan estimated that the wealth taken from seven Celestial Dragons was worth around a hundred billion and invited Sander Sonia, Marguerite, and Merry to choose gifts.
• Xi Yan gave Grandma Za gifts suited to her tastes and prepared presents for Hancock and the others.
• Xi Yan said he planned to learn Haki from Rayleigh, and Grandma Za urged him to train with Rayleigh because his expertise surpassed Hancock’s.
• Xi Yan revealed that he had awakened Conqueror’s Haki during the fight at Mary Geoise, and Grandma Za explained that mastering its infusion could let him challenge an Admiral.
• Hancock asked whether she could learn Conqueror’s Haki Infusion too, then prepared wine and arranged for Xi Yan to bathe and rest.
• Hancock offered to scrub Xi Yan’s back, and the two left together as Grandma Za watched them in confusion.

Xi Yan left Amazon Lily with Hancock for Rusukaina Island to learn Conqueror’s Haki infusion from Rayleigh, while Merry began training with Grandma Za. On the island, Rayleigh welcomed Xi Yan and Luffy eagerly went to meet him, leaving their next training session to follow.

• Xi Yan decided to leave Amazon Lily with Hancock and travel to Rusukaina Island to train with Rayleigh.
• Xi Yan encouraged Merry to master her Wind power, and Grandma Za began training her while Aini Xida stayed to manage the village.
• Rayleigh continued teaching Luffy Observation Haki through blindfolded stick attacks, and Luffy gradually dodged more of them.
• Rayleigh sensed Xi Yan arriving on Rusukaina Island, and Luffy asked to go meet him.
• Rayleigh and Luffy headed toward the shore, with Rayleigh worrying Xi Yan might kill the wild beasts needed for Luffy’s training.

Xi Yan reunited with Luffy and Rayleigh on Rusukaina Island and asked Rayleigh to teach him and Hancock Conqueror's Haki Infusion. Rayleigh explained that the technique required strong Conqueror's Haki and life-and-death battles, and Hancock reluctantly agreed to leave Xi Yan behind so he could train.

• Xi Yan arrived on Rusukaina Island with Hancock, where Rayleigh and Luffy soon met them.
• Xi Yan gave Rayleigh a bottle of Violet and food to Luffy, then said he had come to train and report what happened at Mary Geoise.
• Xi Yan revealed that he had awakened Conqueror's Haki, and Rayleigh explained that mastering Conqueror's Haki Infusion required strong Haki and life-and-death battles.
• Rayleigh offered to teach Xi Yan to control Conqueror's Haki and improve his Two-colored Haki, while telling Hancock she could only pursue the infusion technique through battle.
• Hancock reluctantly agreed to leave Xi Yan on Rusukaina after Rayleigh warned that he needed training, and she asked Rayleigh to teach him with all his strength.

Xi Yan reunited with Rayleigh on Rusukaina and explained his infiltration of Mary Geoise, then learned how Conqueror’s Haki could suppress the regeneration of God’s Knights. Rayleigh began training Xi Yan and Luffy to master Haki, leaving Xi Yan determined to grow stronger over the next two years.

• Hancock left Xi Yan with Rayleigh and returned to Amazon Lily, deciding to stay nearby and train Merry.
• Xi Yan told Rayleigh how he entered Mary Geoise and escaped, leaving the World Government believing he was dead.
• Xi Yan described meeting someone who resembled Shanks, and Rayleigh explained that Shanks had been found in a treasure chest after the God Valley incident and was likely a Celestial Dragon.
• Rayleigh revealed that Conqueror’s Haki Infusion could suppress the regeneration of God’s Knights, though he was unsure whether striking their tattooed arm was necessary.
• Rayleigh took Xi Yan and Luffy into Rusukaina’s forest to train them against its beasts and forbade Xi Yan from using his ninja abilities until he mastered Haki.
• Xi Yan accepted Rayleigh’s training rules and resolved to become stronger over the next two years.

After two years on Amazon Lily, Xi Yan left with Hancock’s blessing to reunite with Luffy and sail for the New World, while keeping their relationship secret from the World Government. At Sabaody Archipelago, Zoro reunited with Merry and Perona, who sought news of Moria and resolved to find companions before searching the New World.

• Xi Yan said goodbye to Hancock and Grandma Za, agreed that his relationship with Hancock had to remain secret, and left to pick up Luffy.
• Xi Yan found Luffy on the island, gave him fresh clothes, and took him toward Sabaody Archipelago on the Sabertooth Tiger.
• At Shakky's Rip-off Bar, Zoro arrived first and reunited with Merry, who told him that Xi Yan was alive and that she had awakened the Power of Wind.
• Perona arrived with Zoro and asked Shakky for news of Moria, but Shakky did not know whether he was alive.
• Rayleigh warned Perona against traveling alone to the New World, and Perona decided to wait for Luffy and ask to join the journey.

Luffy and Xi Yan reached the island, where the Straw Hat crew began reuniting while Sanji erupted in jealousy over Xi Yan’s time with Hancock and challenged him to a fight. Nami stopped the brawl, and the crew planned to wait for Robin before sailing together.

• Xi Yan and Luffy left Hancock’s ship, and Hancock returned toward Amazon Lily; her crew soon encountered pirates, whom she ordered killed.
• Rayleigh and Shakky told Sanji that Zoro and the other Straw Hats had arrived, and that Xi Yan was alive and traveling with Hancock.
• Sanji learned that Xi Yan and Hancock were in love and that Xi Yan had spent two years in Daughter Country, while Sanji had endured the Okama Kingdom.
• Xi Yan and Luffy arrived at the bar, where Sanji confronted Xi Yan over their different experiences and started a fight with him.
• Luffy decided the crew would wait on the island for Robin, and Shakky warned him that Brook was now a famous music star.
• Nami entered the bar and knocked Sanji and Xi Yan down to stop their fight.

Xi Yan reunited with Luffy and Nami, and Perona asked to travel with the Straw Hat Pirates to find Moria. After Luffy welcomed her aboard, Xi Yan gave Nami the Cloud Cloud Fruit, but she wondered if she could sell it.

• Sanji reunited with Nami and Xi Yan, then reacted dramatically to Perona and demanded to know where Zoro was.
• Perona asked Luffy to take her to the New World so she could search for Moria, and Luffy agreed after Xi Yan warned her about the risks.
• Perona explained that she had saved Zoro from getting lost and starving, and Luffy thanked her.
• Sanji left to buy supplies before going to find Zoro, who was fishing near Tree 42 with Merry.
• Shakky told Xi Yan she had no information about Moria and promised to pass along anything she learned.
• Xi Yan gave Nami the Cloud Cloud Fruit, but she asked if she could sell it; Perona urged her to eat it after learning it was a Logia.

Xi Yan gave Nami the Cloud Cloud Fruit and explained how his resin-and-Water Release technique could let Devil Fruit users swim and breathe underwater. Nami ate the fruit, and the chapter ended with her sensing changes in her body but not yet knowing what they were.

• Xi Yan revealed that he had stolen about thirty billion Beli in treasure from Mary Geoise, and Nami hugged him excitedly.
• Xi Yan gave Nami the Cloud Cloud Fruit, and Shakky explained that its cloud-making ability suited Nami’s weather-based fighting style.
• Nami worried that becoming a Devil Fruit user would prevent her from diving to chart underwater terrain, so Xi Yan described a membrane technique that could block seawater and let users breathe underwater.
• Satisfied that she could still survey underwater areas, Nami ate the Cloud Cloud Fruit and finished the entire fruit because it was valuable.
• Nami sensed changes in her body but could not explain them, and Shakky said Devil Fruit users had to discover their abilities through use.

Nami began learning to use the Cloud Cloud Fruit while Xi Yan and the others discussed her hidden Armament Haki and gathered intelligence about the New World. Rayleigh warned Perona not to rely too much on her Devil Fruit, and Xi Yan demonstrated the danger by grabbing her while she was in her ghost state.

• Nami created a cloud after initially turning her arm into one, then started studying how to develop her new ability into combat power.
• Luffy asked Nami for a flying cloud, and she punched him after he called her ability useless; Perona offered to help Nami practice.
• Rayleigh and Shakky noticed Nami had Armament Haki, though Nami did not realize she had used it when she hit Luffy.
• Shakky began explaining what she knew about the Four Emperors, while Perona revealed she could turn her physical body into a ghost.
• At Rayleigh's prompting, Xi Yan grabbed Perona's arm while she was using her Devil Fruit, shocking her because she thought her ghost form could not be touched.

Xi Yan and Rayleigh explained how Haki could counter Perona's Ghost State and Nami's Logia abilities, then discussed the Whitebeard Pirates' breakup and Ace's new crew. Rayleigh said Ace had not become a New Four Emperors because he had abandoned his own ambition to make Whitebeard Pirate King and had been protected too well, while Luffy accepted Ace's choices.

• Xi Yan explained that Armament Haki could affect Perona in Spirit Form and could catch Nami during Elementalization, warning both women to prepare for Haki users and flying enemies.
• Shakky revealed that the Whitebeard Pirates had disbanded six months earlier, and that Ace had formed his own crew with most of Whitebeard's surviving commanders and allies.
• Rayleigh said Ace had not taken a New Four Emperors position because he had not grown enough in two years.
• Rayleigh explained that Ace had given up his ambition to become Pirate King after accepting Whitebeard as his father, weakening the conviction behind his Haki.
• Luffy said he would not interfere with Ace's choices, and Rayleigh added that Whitebeard had protected Ace too well for him to grow.

Rayleigh and Shakky explained how Ace inherited Whitebeard’s responsibility, why the battered Whitebeard Pirates disbanded, and how Blackbeard defeated them after gaining the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Xi Yan learned that Blackbeard had taken the fruit himself, while the escaped prisoners who once joined him had gone their separate ways; the circumstances left Xi Yan suspicious.

• Rayleigh explained that Ace had tried to protect Whitebeard’s remaining allies but had not yet recovered his conviction or reached Four Emperors strength.
• Shakky said the Whitebeard Pirates disbanded after a year and a half of attacks on their territories and a devastating clash with Blackbeard over the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Shakky revealed that Blackbeard had taken the fruit and somehow gained the power of a second Devil Fruit, which let him defeat Ace and the remaining Whitebeard Pirates and wipe out nearly half their members.
• Rayleigh suggested Blackbeard’s unusual physique might explain how he could wield two Devil Fruit powers.
• Shakky explained that the Great Pirates who had escaped the Underwater Great Prison with Blackbeard later formed their own crews, while Blackbeard hid with his original crew.
• Xi Yan realized Blackbeard had seized the Tremor-Tremor Fruit without those escaped prisoners and wondered why the story felt wrong.