Recaps

Jie Jian continued sinking the pirate ships until Flame Calamity King arrived and took command of the battle. Jie Jian left the sea to challenge King in the sky, and King recognized his fearless resolve.

• Jie Jian dodged the pirates’ attacks and damaged more ships as Jack ordered the surviving vessels to flee.
• King arrived in his pterosaur form, drove the pirates to retreat, and took over the battlefield.
• Jie Jian surfaced, revealed himself, and accepted King’s challenge.
• Jie Jian formed Shadow Wings and charged at King, who was struck by his aura of a strong man.

Jie Jian and King fought an intense midair fistfight, earning the Beasts Pirates’ cheers before King invited Jie Jian to join his crew. Jie Jian refused, declaring that he would never join the Beasts Pirates.

• King let Jie Jian punch him, then the two traded Armament Haki-coated blows in midair.
• The Beasts Pirates cheered for both fighters as King gained the upper hand and knocked Jie Jian into the sea.
• Jie Jian used his Shadow-Shadow Fruit to stay afloat, then stood on driftwood and rallied the pirates with cries of “I'm a real man!”
• King asked Jie Jian his name and offered him a place in the Beasts Pirates, despite Jack’s objection.
• Jie Jian considered the offer, then refused to join King's crew.

Jie Jian challenged King and endured a one-sided beating, refusing to give up despite the overwhelming gap in strength. After King knocked him unconscious in the sea, he ordered the pirates to retrieve Jie Jian and take him to Onigashima for Kaido’s judgment.

• Jie Jian refused King’s invitation, prompting King to attack and send him flying across the sea.
• Jie Jian used shadows to stay afloat and fought King again, but King overwhelmed him with Haki and martial skill.
• Jie Jian taunted King and shouted that he was a man before charging him once more.
• King stopped Jie Jian with a stomp and knocked him into the sea, where Jie Jian lost consciousness.
• King told Jack that Jie Jian had damaged Kaido’s ships and ordered the pirates to fish him out and bring him to Onigashima.

King captured Jie Jian and had him taken to Udon, where he woke in a Seastone-shackled prison cell. Jie Jian was forced to work in the quarry, and he resolved to hide his strength until he found a chance to escape.

• The Beasts Pirates pulled the unconscious Jie Jian from the sea, and King ordered them to take him to Udon alive.
• Jie Jian woke in a damp prison cell wearing Seastone shackles and realized his abilities had been suppressed.
• A pirate guard ordered Jie Jian out of his cell and threatened him with a whip if he was late.
• Jie Jian recognized the quarry as Udon, a Beasts Pirates prisoner camp, and decided to bide his time.
• An overseer gave Jie Jian a pickaxe and ordered him to fill thirty baskets of stone before he could eat.

Jie Jian endured a brutal day of forced labor in a quarry while secretly assessing his surroundings and searching for a way to escape. He resolved to learn the guards’ routines, recover his strength, and take revenge before leaving.

• Jie Jian struggled to break the rock until an old prisoner taught him to strike along its veins, allowing him to chip off pieces more effectively.
• Jie Jian labored under the guards’ threats, ate a dirty half rice ball, and surveyed the quarry while searching for a way to remove his Seastone Shackles.
• A teenage prisoner collapsed from heatstroke, and guards ordered others to drag him into the shade; Jie Jian grew angry at the prisoners’ treatment and committed to escaping.
• Back in his cell, Jie Jian rejected suicide and decided to recover his strength, study the guards’ patrol and shift-change patterns, and escape so he could seek revenge.

Jie Jian inspected his prison cell and found its stone walls, Seastone bars, and shackles left him with no obvious way to escape. As he examined the cuff around his wrist, he noticed it might not be locked completely.

• Jie Jian explored the cell and found thick stone walls, Seastone bars, short shackles, and no useful tools.
• He concluded that he could not escape by breaking through the walls or bars and considered picking the shackles open.
• Jie Jian tried searching the moldy straw for an iron strip, but found nothing and split his fingernail testing the ankle cuff.
• While rubbing the shackle against his wrist, Jie Jian noticed a gap between the cuff and his wrist bone and wondered if it was not fully locked.

Jie Jian used strips torn from his prison uniform to reduce the Seastone shackles’ contact with his skin and partially restore his Shadow-Shadow Fruit power. He switched places with Shadow Mage and escaped his cell, leaving the shadow double in his shackles.

• Jie Jian tore his prison uniform into strips and wedged them between his wrists and the Seastone shackles.
• Jie Jian forced cloth into the gaps around his ankles, reducing the Seastone’s contact with his skin.
• Jie Jian felt his Shadow-Shadow Fruit power return and summoned Shadow Mage.
• Jie Jian ordered Shadow Mage to switch places with him, appearing outside the cell bars while the shadow double remained inside wearing his shackles.
• Jie Jian celebrated his escape and declared, “I, Jie Hansanhu, am back!”

Jie Jian used his restored Shadow-Shadow Fruit abilities to free prisoners throughout the cell block and killed the guard who discovered their escape. The prisoners rallied behind him and prepared to fight their way out of the prison.

• Jie Jian’s laughter woke the nearby prisoners, who saw that he had escaped his shackles and begged him to free them.
• Jie Jian used shadow tentacles to unlock the Seastone shackles of prisoners across more than half the cell block.
• Jie Jian learned which prisoners were civilians and which had fought Kaido’s forces, then faced the night watchman who came to investigate.
• Jie Jian killed the guard with a shadow spike before he could call for help.
• Jie Jian told the freed prisoners they would have to fight to escape, and they shouted that they would kill their way out.

Jie Jian led the prisoners in a revolt against the guards at Udon's quarry and divided them to seize the barracks, block reinforcements, and take the cargo ships. As battle engulfed the quarry, Jie Jian prepared an escape route and welcomed the commotion that would alert Kaido.

• Jie Jian stopped the prisoners from rushing out blindly and persuaded them to follow his orders by claiming he had fought King.
• Fujio, Rokusuke, and other skilled prisoners joined Jie Jian as the crowd charged out of the prison area and attacked the night guards.
• Jie Jian fought the pirates with his shadows while the prisoners clashed with guards at the southern barracks.
• Jie Jian ordered Fujio to attack the barracks and Rokusuke to block the eastern road as reinforcements approached.
• Jie Jian flew to the northern shore, silently defeated the cargo ships' guards, and seized a ship as the quarry erupted in battle.

King told Kaido he wanted to recruit Jie Jian, but learned that Jie Jian had freed Udon Quarry’s prisoners and taken control of the mine. Kaido ordered King to retake Udon within an hour and kill Jie Jian, who was organizing the escape when King arrived.

• King persuaded Kaido to spare Jie Jian and let him try to recruit him into the Beasts Pirates.
• A messenger reported that Jie Jian had escaped his Seastone shackles, freed Udon’s prisoners, and overwhelmed the quarry’s garrison.
• Kaido blamed King for recommending Jie Jian and ordered him to retake Udon within an hour and kill him.
• King flew toward Udon as the Beasts Pirates feared what his anger would mean for the quarry.
• Jie Jian seized a cargo ship, ordered the Seastone thrown overboard, and organized the prisoners’ evacuation.
• King descended toward Udon, and Jie Jian looked up as the danger approached.

Jie Jian fought King at Udon’s shore to buy time for the prisoners to escape, but King overpowered him with powerful blows and fire. Though wounded and battered, Jie Jian refused to join the Beasts Pirates and prepared to attack King from the water.

• Jie Jian told the prisoners to escape while he faced King, then charged at him in midair.
• King struck Jie Jian twice with Armament Haki, sending him crashing into the rocky shore.
• Jie Jian got back up to stall King, but King’s fireball shattered his Shadow Shield and knocked him into the shallow water.
• King acknowledged Jie Jian’s talent and said he regretted having to kill him.
• Jie Jian refused to join the Beasts Pirates and moved beneath the water, announcing that he would flank King.

Jie Jian used his Shadow Mage to catch King off guard, then tried to escape when his attacks failed to hurt him. King unleashed Flame Dragon Emperor on Jie Jian and his Shadow Mage, engulfing the beach as the prisoners fled by boat and believed Jie Jian had sacrificed himself.

• Jie Jian switched places with his Shadow Mage to strike King from behind and kick him, but King recovered and took to the sky.
• Jie Jian ran toward shore, using his Shadow Mage to evade King while calling his flight a strategic retreat.
• King drew his sword and unleashed Flame Dragon Emperor at Jie Jian and the Shadow Mage.
• Jie Jian raised walls of shadow to block the fire dragon, but they crumbled and the flames swallowed the beach.
• An old prisoner stopped the others from turning back and urged them to row faster, believing Jie Jian had sacrificed himself.

Jie Jian survived King's Flame Dragon Emperor but was badly injured and nearly out of strength. He continued fighting King, who seemed to have defeated him, until Jie Jian revealed a Seastone Net hidden with his Shadow Mage.

• King surveyed the scorched coast and found Jie Jian alive inside a charred cocoon.
• Jie Jian explained nothing, while King praised his growth, demanded he join the Beasts Pirates, and then threatened to kill him for refusing.
• Jie Jian launched another attack, evaded King's grasp by switching places with a shadow, and challenged him to keep fighting.
• King used Observation Haki to counter Jie Jian's tactics, broke his fingers, and struck him into a charred reef.
• Jie Jian laughed at King's lack of strategy, and King discovered that the Shadow Mage he punched was accompanied by a Seastone Net.

Jie Jian used Shadow Mage and a Seastone net to trap King, then enveloped him completely and switched their positions, sending King beneath the sea. Exhausted on the shore, Jie Jian explained how he had discovered that Shadow Mage could transport living beings if it fully enveloped them.

• King pierced Shadow Mage, but the Seastone net it carried covered him and suppressed his Devil Fruit.
• Shadow Mage wrapped around King and spread its shadows over his body as King tried to break free with flames.
• King’s flames broke through the shadows, and he realized he was deep beneath the sea.
• Jie Jian reappeared on the beach, exhausted, and watched bubbles rise where King had gone under.
• Jie Jian recalled discovering that Shadow Mage could switch living beings if it completely enveloped them.

Jie Jian defeated King by swapping him into the sea, thrilling the escaped prisoners aboard the ship. Before they could return for Jie Jian, Kaido arrived at Udon and landed in a huge crater in front of him.

• Jie Jian used Shadow Mage to swap King into the sea and won their battle.
• Fujio and the prisoners saw that King was gone and celebrated Jie Jian's victory, then decided to turn the ship around for him.
• The prisoners spotted a figure falling from the sky, and Fujio identified it as Kaido.
• Jie Jian sensed Kaido's aura and saw him descend toward the beach.
• Kaido slammed into the shore in front of Jie Jian, creating a massive crater.

After defeating King, Jie Jian faced Kaido while too exhausted to fight, but Kaido’s Conqueror’s Haki awakened the same power in him. Their clash ended when King unexpectedly emerged alive from the sea.

• Kaido found Jie Jian on the beach and learned that King was missing, then mourned King’s apparent death.
• Kaido unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, and Jie Jian’s will awakened his own Haki to withstand it.
• Jie Jian and Kaido clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, shaking the coast and alarming the people aboard a nearby cargo ship.
• Kaido offered to take Jie Jian under his command, but Jie Jian refused, and Kaido prepared to kill him.
• King emerged weak but alive from the sea, leaving Jie Jian stunned.

King returned from the seabed and resumed his fight with Jie Jian, overpowering him with a devastating attack. Fatally wounded, Jie Jian chose to end his own life rather than wait to die.

• Kaido welcomed King ashore, and King asked for another chance to defeat Jie Jian.
• King explained that he had survived the swim from the seabed by holding his breath, then challenged Jie Jian to continue their fight.
• Jie Jian used Conqueror's Haki, startling King, but King quickly overwhelmed him with his speed and strength.
• King unleashed Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor, blasting through Jie Jian's Armament Haki and fatally wounding him.
• Jie Jian raised a Shadow Spike and plunged it into his eye, ending his life.

After Jie Jian rejected the system’s success settlement, he watched how his sacrifice sparked resistance across Wano Country. The chapter ended with villagers rising against the Beasts Pirates and their forces warning that the people had changed.

• Jie Jian refused to submit the challenge result and asked the system to show what happened after his death.
• Inspired by Jie Jian, Fujio and the escaped prisoners formed the Resistance Army and attacked Kaido’s forces, choosing death over surrender.
• Kaido ordered the Resistance Army’s corpses displayed and their hometowns destroyed to frighten Wano Country’s people.
• Angered by their daimyo’s submission to the pirates, samurai in remote regions began revolting against their rulers.
• Villagers across Wano Country fought Beasts Pirates conscripting laborers, and one squad suffered heavy losses in Kuri.

Jie Jian’s death sparked a nationwide uprising that led Kozuki Oden and Wano’s forces to drive Kaido from the country, fulfilling the system’s challenge condition. Jie Jian rejected the victory as incomplete and vowed to challenge the world again, this time defeating the entire Beasts Pirates himself.

• Jie Jian’s story spread through Wano, and the Beasts Pirates’ brutal reprisals sparked an uprising in Hakumai that grew into a nationwide movement.
• Kaido annihilated a civilian force marching toward the Flower Capital, but surviving samurai and daimyo joined the resistance and launched attacks against him.
• Kozuki Oden entered the decisive battle outside the Flower Capital and led Wano’s forces against Kaido.
• After two days of fighting, Oden’s forces defeated Kaido, while King escaped with Kaido and the remaining Beasts Pirates.
• Jie Jian learned that his sacrifice had triggered the chain of events that drove Kaido out of Wano, but he refused to accept the outcome as a satisfying victory and pledged to defeat the Beasts Pirates himself.

After settling his rewards, Jie Jian’s combat power rose to Elite Vice Admiral, and he began his second challenge in the One Piece World. He flew toward Wano Country, where he prepared to test his improved strength and Conqueror’s Haki on the Beasts Pirates.

• Jie Jian settled his rewards and received major improvements to his Devil Fruit proficiency, Haki, combat techniques, durability, and physical strength.
• Jie Jian checked his personal panel and saw that his combat power had risen from major to Elite Vice Admiral.
• Jie Jian began his second One Piece World challenge and arrived near Gecko Moria’s boundary on a piece of driftwood.
• Jie Jian formed refined Shadow Wings and flew toward Wano Country, recalling his previous defeat by King and imprisonment in Udon’s quarry.
• Jie Jian reached Wano Country, used Observation Haki to scout the pirate ships, and prepared to test his Conqueror’s Haki on the Beasts Pirates.

Jie Jian attacked a Beasts Pirates ship to test his Conqueror's Haki, then fought Jack at the harbor. He defeated Jack and left him kneeling on the shore as the surviving pirates watched.

• Jie Jian split a Beasts Pirates ship with a shadow blade, waking the crew.
• Jie Jian released his Conqueror's Haki and knocked out nearly everyone aboard, but Jack emerged from the cabin unaffected.
• Jack threw a cannonball at Jie Jian, who dodged it and stomped Jack through the deck.
• Jie Jian evaded Jack's charge and slammed him face-first into the deck.
• Jack transformed into a mammoth, but Jie Jian stopped his charge with a shadow hand and flipped him into the sea.
• Jie Jian struck Jack's forehead with an Armament Haki punch, knocking him out of beast form and leaving him kneeling on the shore.

Jie Jian defeated Jack at the port and deliberately waited for a powerful Beasts Pirates fighter to arrive. King appeared, and Jie Jian challenged him, insisting that King was the challenger.

• Jie Jian overpowered Jack, who collapsed on the beach after failing to rise again.
• Jie Jian told Jack he expected the Beasts Pirates to send an important reinforcements after the port was wrecked.
• Jie Jian finished off the surviving pirates with shadow blades while Jack cursed and lost consciousness.
• King flew in and confronted Jie Jian after seeing Jack and the port's casualties.
• Jie Jian covered his arms in Armament Haki and told King that King was the challenger.

Jie Jian challenged King and fought him at the port, proving he could withstand King's attacks and match his power. King then unleashed dark crimson flames and prepared his Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor attack.

• King attacked Jie Jian at full strength, but Jie Jian blocked his kick with Armament Haki.
• Jie Jian fired shadow blades at King, then struck from behind, but King countered with an elbow.
• Jie Jian and King clashed their Fire Fist and Shadow Punch, neither gaining an advantage.
• King flew into the air, changed his flames to dark crimson, and raised his sword to use Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor.

Jie Jian used Adaptive Evolution and his Shadow-Shadow Fruit abilities to counter King's Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor and hide inside King's shadow. He trapped King's ankles with shadow hands and taunted him about the limits of his flight.

• King launched his Guardian Flame Dragon Emperor at Jie Jian, who used Adaptive Evolution to find the attack's weak points and dismantle it with Shadow Hand.
• The dragon exploded into sparks, filling the harbor with thick fog, and King spread his Observation Haki to search for Jie Jian.
• King spotted an unusually long shadow on the ground, and Jie Jian emerged from it before vanishing again when King slashed at him.
• King flew rapidly to try to shake Jie Jian from his shadow, but shadow threads split and formed two hands that seized his ankles.
• Jie Jian revealed himself from one of the shadow hands and explained that King could not fly high enough to make his shadow too small to use.

Jie Jian and King battled across the harbor, with Jie Jian using his shadow abilities to counter King’s fiery attacks. Jie Jian trapped them both inside a shadow domain, leaving the fight poised to continue there.

• King unleashed a barrage of fiery slashes, but Jie Jian dodged by sinking into his shadow and striking King from behind with Shadow Cannon.
• King crashed into the harbor, then increased his speed and slashed Jie Jian, shattering his Shadow Shield and sending him through two warships.
• Jie Jian rose from the wreckage and refused to retreat as King confronted him.
• Jie Jian gathered shadows from across the harbor and formed a black sphere around them, welcoming King to his domain.