Chapter Summaries

Kuina defeated the enormous crocodile leader, saving the Fearless and its crew from the sea beasts. After the storm, Lorne’s crew reached Zunesha and began climbing toward the Mink Tribe’s homeland.

• Kuina cut the crocodile leader in half, driving the remaining sea beasts away and saving the crew.
• Lorne praised Kuina, gave Ryan medicine for the wounded, and ordered Ryan and Bakel to train harder.
• The Fearless emerged from the fog and found Zunesha blocking its path; Carrot explained that the crew would have to climb up the elephant’s leg.
• Bakel fired a cable into Zunesha’s skin, and Lorne ordered Ryan to guard the ship and the imprisoned Jack and Smoothie.
• Carrot led Lorne, Kuina, Bakel, and twenty Marines up the cable, then asked Lorne whether he was a mink because of his beast ears.

Lorne brought Carrot and the Marines to Zou, where Mink Tribe warriors initially challenged them before Duke Inuarashi and Boss Nekomamushi arrived. The rulers rejected Lorne’s offer to cooperate and prepared to test his strength, leaving the groups on the brink of a fight.

• Lorne led the group up the elephant’s leg, and the Marines reached Zou after a difficult climb through the clouds.
• Mink Tribe warriors surrounded the newcomers, but Carrot stopped them and told Captain Sicilian that Lorne had saved her.
• Duke Inuarashi and Boss Nekomamushi appeared, welcomed Carrot back, and questioned Lorne’s identity and reasons for coming.
• Lorne proposed cooperation and warned that Kaido’s and Big Mom’s forces might retaliate because their people were prisoners aboard his ship.
• Nekomamushi and Inuarashi drew their weapons and unleashed their auras, while Lorne stepped forward to face them.

Lorne overwhelmed the Mink Tribe leaders and warriors with his fused Grit and Conqueror's Haki, then argued that Zou needed his protection from Kaido and Charlotte Linlin. He proposed an alliance in which Zou would send elite fighters to join the Independent Suppression Force while he drew the Four Emperors' attention.

• Lorne unleashed his dark golden Haki, knocking out the Mink Tribe warriors and forcing Sicilian, Boss Nekomamushi, and Duke Inuarashi to struggle against its pressure.
• Lorne withdrew his Haki and asked Boss Nekomamushi and Duke Inuarashi to talk, earning their willingness to hear his proposal.
• Lorne warned the leaders that Kaido and Charlotte Linlin could target Zou because Jack and Smoothie were aboard his ship.
• Lorne proposed an alliance: he would draw the Four Emperors' attention, and Zou would provide elite warriors to sail with the Independent Suppression Force.

Lorne persuaded Zou’s rulers to cooperate against the Four Emperors while letting them remain to defend their homeland. Carrot volunteered to sail with him, but after Lorne tested her strength, she failed to make him move.

• Lorne explained that he wanted an alliance with the Mink Tribe and outlined how he would weaken the Four Emperors’ forces without leaving Zou exposed.
• Inuarashi and Nekomamushi agreed that their interests aligned with Lorne’s, but said they had to stay on Zou and protect it.
• Carrot volunteered to represent the Mink Tribe and join Lorne’s crew, while Sicilian objected and Kuina vouched for Carrot’s speed and Electro.
• Lorne challenged Carrot to make him take one step back with her strongest attack, promising to take her to sea if she succeeded.
• Carrot struck Lorne’s Haki-coated finger with her electric attack, but he remained unmoved and knocked her backward with a gentle push.

Lorne formed an alliance with the Mink Tribe and agreed to take Carrot along for training. During the celebration on Zou, he heard a mysterious plea for help that seemed to come from deep within Zunesha, leaving him intent on the island’s hidden secrets.

• Duke Inuarashi asked Lorne to let Carrot travel with him as the Mink Tribe’s representative, and Lorne agreed on the condition that she keep up with his training.
• Lorne and Duke Inuarashi shook hands to confirm their alliance, and Lorne promised that the Four Emperors would not set foot on Zou while he was there.
• The Mink Tribe held a bonfire celebration, where Carrot showed off her Electro techniques and Bakel sparred with a porcupine-headed Mink warrior.
• Boss Nekomamushi praised Lorne before drinking himself unconscious, while the banquet gradually quieted.
• Lorne heard a pulsing call for help through his Voice of All Things and sensed it came from somewhere deep within Zunesha.
• Kuina asked Lorne what was wrong, and he told her he had heard an interesting sound while watching the dark forest.

Lorne followed a mysterious call into a forbidden forest on Zou, with Carrot secretly accompanying him. The voice identified itself as a forgotten Guardian and warned that a defensive line was about to collapse and an enemy was about to wake up.

• Lorne left the celebration, and Carrot followed him into the forest despite the warnings of Kuina and the others.
• Lorne caught Carrot following him and learned that Inuarashi and Sicilian had forbidden anyone from entering the forest, where secrets of Zunesha were buried.
• Lorne and Carrot ventured deeper into the forest, where dead plants and unusual gravity appeared, and Lorne shielded Carrot with his Haki.
• The call grew clearer to Lorne and asked him to break its chains and come to the altar.
• The voice called itself a forgotten Guardian, mentioned a collapsing defensive line and Kozuki betrayal, and warned that an enemy was about to wake up before fading away.

Lorne and Carrot discovered ancient ruins hidden in Zou, where a mechanical behemoth awakened and attacked them. Lorne withstood its first strike, and the machine escalated the fight by deploying floating cannons.

• Lorne led Carrot through an eerie blue mist to an ancient altar and warned her that the disturbed soil suggested something was buried nearby.
• The blue orb turned red and announced that its defense mechanism would eliminate unauthorized life-forms.
• A ten-meter mechanical wolf rose from underground, covered in Armament Haki, and identified Lorne as an extremely high threat.
• Lorne met the behemoth’s claw with a punch, damaging its forelimb and forcing it backward.
• The behemoth classified Lorne as a disaster-class threat and deployed dozens of floating cannons around him and Carrot.

Lorne used the Ancient Mechanical Guardian’s laser attack to train Carrot in Observation Haki, then overwhelmed the guardian with his powers. The guardian began a self-destruct sequence, and Lorne chose to face the explosion rather than retreat.

• Lorne told Carrot to close her eyes and use changes in the air to sense the incoming lasers, guiding her through her first dodges.
• When Carrot failed to evade a laser from behind, Lorne blocked it with Iron Body and urged her to keep practicing.
• Lorne used Crushing Blow to pull the Floating Cannons and Mechanical Behemoth together, destroying the cannons and slamming the guardian into the ground.
• Lorne pierced the guardian’s Armament Haki barrier with Haymaker, critically damaging its core and sending it crashing into a stone pillar.
• The guardian started self-destructing, but Lorne stood his ground as Carrot urged him to run.

Lorne taught Carrot how to read and counter the floating cannons before destroying several with a lightning-fast strike. The Mechanical Beast escalated the fight by activating its close-combat program and swinging at Lorne.

• Lorne told Carrot to shelter behind a stone pillar while he endured the floating cannons' laser barrage with Armament Haki.
• Lorne explained that the cannons followed programmed firing patterns, and Carrot used her hearing to locate one and short-circuit it with Electro.
• The disabled cannon repaired itself and returned to the air, so Lorne destroyed three cannons at once with Finger Pistol: Yellow Lotus.
• The Mechanical Beast raised Lorne's threat level and activated its Close-Combat Eradication Program.
• The Mechanical Beast charged and swung its mechanical arm at Lorne while Carrot warned him to watch out.

Lorne tested himself against the Mechanical Beast while teaching Carrot how to evade its attacks and keep her balance. After overpowering the machine, he faced its charging main cannon as Carrot warned him not to take the blast head-on.

• Lorne blocked the Mechanical Beast’s opening strike with Iron Body and judged its strength to exceed an ordinary Marine Vice Admiral’s full-powered blow.
• Lorne used Kami-e to evade the Mechanical Beast’s hammer and vibrating blades while explaining the technique to Carrot.
• Lorne told Carrot to use Geppo to stay above the seismic waves, and she steadied herself in midair.
• Lorne used Crushing Blow to pull Floating Cannons into the Mechanical Beast’s tail whip, then grabbed the whip and swung the machine into the ground.
• The damaged Mechanical Beast raised its threat level and began charging its main cannon as Carrot urged Lorne to dodge.

Lorne endured the Mechanical Beast’s destruction beam, converting its damage into power before destroying the monster with one punch. He then approached the altar and saw the mysterious item at its center.

• Lorne told Carrot not to stop him and absorbed the Mechanical Beast’s destruction beam, using his regenerative ability to survive and fill his Grit.
• Lorne advanced through the beam as his dark-gold Grit shield tore it apart, then struck the Mechanical Beast’s core with Haymaker.
• Lorne’s punch shattered the Mechanical Beast, leaving it as scattered scrap metal.
• Lorne walked to the altar and looked at the mysterious item glowing at its center.

Lorne discovered a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Divine Dragon Form, but his Sett Bloodline absorbed it through his palm before he could pick it up. As the Divine Dragon Power fought his bloodline and tore through his body, Lorne’s regeneration kept him alive while Carrot watched from the edge of the altar.

• Lorne identified the fruit on the altar as the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Divine Dragon Form, and told Carrot it could be worth ten billion Beli.
• Lorne reached for the fruit, and his Sett Bloodline reacted before the fruit transformed into light and burrowed into his body through his palm.
• Lorne ordered Carrot to stay back as the Divine Dragon Power clashed with his Sett Bloodline and shattered the bones in his right arm.
• Lorne’s Battlefield Valor and Golden Grit activated, repairing his injuries and shielding him as the power began tearing through his organs.
• Carrot backed away from the energy storm, astonished as Lorne’s life force grew stronger despite his worsening injuries.

Lorne fused the divine dragon power into his Sett bloodline and awakened the [Sett Dragonmancer Skin] form. After reassuring Carrot, he left to test whether the sea still weakened him, despite her warnings that the experiment could kill him.

• Lorne used Armament Haki and his regenerative power to bind and absorb the divine dragon energy into his Sett bloodline.
• A huge blue dragon phantom appeared behind Lorne as he fully awakened the [Sett Dragonmancer Skin] form and gained control over golden lightning.
• Lorne told Carrot that his power had grown and promised to teach her how to combine Electro with Haki.
• Lorne decided to enter the sea to test whether the Devil Fruit's side effects affected him, and Carrot warned him that he could drown or fall to his death.
• Lorne reassured Carrot that he would not risk his life and continued toward the sea.

Lorne jumped from Zunesha into the sea to test his new Devil Fruit powers and whether seawater weakened him. Protected by his Dragonmancer Form, he plunged deeper and reached six thousand meters, while Carrot and the others waited above.

• Lorne dismissed Carrot’s concerns and leaped from Zunesha into the ocean to test his new power.
• Carrot told Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel that Lorne had jumped into the sea, and Kuina urged them to wait for him.
• Lorne activated Dragonmancer Form and fell through the clouds, protected by golden lightning armor.
• Lorne struck the sea at full speed, creating towering waves and plunging into the depths.
• Lorne descended past a deep-sea squid and glowing fish, enduring increasing water pressure as he reached six thousand meters.

Lorne tested his Divine Dragon abilities in the deepest part of the sea and discovered that seawater did not weaken him but amplified his powers and senses. After demonstrating his control over ocean currents, lightning, and water, he faced two ancient beasts, Tunhai and Lieyuan, who came to devour him.

• Lorne descended to the ten-thousand-meter trench and found that the seawater did not drain his strength, while his Divine Dragon bloodline made him feel at home in the ocean.
• Lorne discovered that currents enhanced his underwater punches and that water amplified his Observation Haki and Voice of All Things.
• Lorne controlled the seawater to create a vast whirlpool, a water dragon, a trident, and a defensive shield, then charged the water dragon with lightning.
• Tunhai and Lieyuan approached Lorne, identifying him as prey and recalling that they had once eaten a giant who called himself the God of the Sea.
• Lorne confronted the two colossal beasts and prepared to test his new fists on them.

Lorne defeated two colossal Sea Kings in the deep sea, then carried their corpses ten thousand meters up to Zou. He returned safely to Kuraigana Square, where the stunned crowd welcomed him and he offered the Sea Kings as ingredients for a feast.

• Tunhai and Lieyuan attacked Lorne, but he used Crushing Blow to pull them together and destroy them with lightning.
• Lorne carried both Sea King corpses out of the deep sea and flew toward Zou.
• On Zou, Kuina, Carrot, Ryan, Bakel, Duke Inuarashi, and Boss Nekomamushi worried that Lorne had drowned or been crushed by the fall.
• Lorne burst through the clouds and dropped the two Sea King corpses into Kuraigana Square.
• Lorne stood up between the corpses and told the stunned crowd they could use them for the night's feast.

After proving that his bloodline let him wield lightning beneath the sea without suffering its curse, Lorne celebrated his alliance with the Mink Tribe. He announced that the crew would sail for Wano Country to confront Kaido, with Carrot joining them for training.

• Lorne explained that his bloodline had assimilated the fruit's power, allowing him to use lightning underwater without the sea's curse affecting him.
• Lorne proposed a feast using the two Sea Kings he had killed, and Boss Nekomamushi and the Mink Tribe's warriors prepared the celebration.
• During the feast, Lorne told Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel that their next destination was Wano Country, where he planned to strike Kaido before Kaido could retaliate over Jack's capture.
• Lorne told Kuina that Wano Country would give her a chance to improve her swordsmanship through life-or-death combat, and he promised Carrot special training if she came along.
• Duke Inuarashi agreed to Carrot's voyage but asked Lorne to protect her because she had not fully mastered her Sulong form.

Lorne and his crew left Zou and set sail for Wano Country, where they planned to strike the Beasts Pirates while Jack remained their prisoner. During the voyage, Lorne began training Carrot in Haki and helped Kuina improve her Ryuo.

• Lorne bid farewell to Duke Inuarashi and Boss Nekomamushi before boarding the Fearless with his crew.
• Lorne announced that the Marines would attack the Beasts Pirates in Wano Country, and the Fearless departed Zou.
• As the ship crossed the New World's violent seas, Kuina warned Carrot about the waves.
• Lorne began teaching Carrot about Armament Haki and instructed her to sense the energy within her body.
• Kuina attacked Lorne with Ryuo, but her strike failed to penetrate his defense, so he told her to try again.
• Lorne asked Carrot to attack his arm with Electro, and she gathered electricity at her claws.

Lorne taught Carrot to strengthen her Electro before the Fearless encountered Red-Haired Shanks and the Red Force blocking its route. After matching Shanks's Conqueror's Haki, Lorne rejected his warning against going to Wano Country, prompting Shanks to challenge his strength.

• Lorne withstood Carrot's Electro attack and advised her to compress the electricity and wrap it in Armament Haki.
• The Red Force emerged from thick fog and blocked the Fearless's course, alarming the Marines.
• Lorne countered Shanks's oppressive Conqueror's Haki with his own, and their collision split the clouds overhead.
• Benn Beckman and the other Red Hair Pirates recognized Lorne's strength and considered his potential to challenge Kaido.
• Shanks warned Lorne that proceeding to Wano Country would shatter the New World's balance, but Lorne dismissed that concern.
• Shanks intensified his Haki and challenged Lorne to prove he could shatter that balance.

Lorne and Shanks chose a deserted island for their duel after arguing over the consequences of challenging the balance of the New World. The chapter ended as Shanks launched a powerful sword strike and Lorne met it with a Haki-coated, lightning-wreathed fist.

• Shanks warned Lorne that fighting him could destabilize the New World, but Lorne refused to compromise his justice and vowed to face the other Emperors if they intervened.
• Lorne and Shanks sailed to a deserted island, while Ryan ordered the Marines to keep off the island and Kuina reassured the worried Carrot.
• Benn Beckman, Lucky Roux, and Yasopp discussed Lorne's strength and watched as the two fighters landed on opposite sides of the beach.
• Shanks drew Gryphon and challenged Lorne, who raised his lightning-armored fists and declared them his strongest weapons.
• Shanks vanished and swung a Conqueror's Haki-laden slash at Lorne's neck, and Lorne answered by punching with Armament Haki and golden lightning.