Recaps

Liu Qing expands his company by recruiting former enemies and allies, acquiring Pure Gold, and building a formidable force while the Straw Hats reunite after their training. The crew sets sail for Fish-Man Island with Bullet aboard, and Liu Qing helps them escape an undersea volcanic eruption.

• Liu Qing overwhelmed the fighters at Marineford with the enlarged True Several Thousand Hands, then recruited Douglas Bullet and Dracule Mihawk and promised to treat Whitebeard.
• Liu Qing captured Hikawa Kōhan on San Faldo, healed the former CP9 agents, and brought them into his company while placing nearby islands under his protection.
• Liu Qing confronted the Five Elders at Mary Geoise, secured passage and five Devil Fruits, then took Robin to Gran Tesoro and defeated Tesoro.
• Liu Qing captured the Lantern Fish, recovered Pure Gold and rescued Miskina Achier and Miskina Olga, then gained Doflamingo and other underworld figures as allies.
• Bullet recovered Caesar Clown and the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit, killed Kin'emon and Tao Gou Dan, and helped Doflamingo rescue Moria from Blackbeard's crew.
• Liu Qing expanded the company over two years, gave artificial and regular Devil Fruits to animal fighters, and watched his friends return to Sabaody before Luffy arrived.
• Liu Qing gave the reunited crew aging-preventing golden rings and arranged for the Thousand Sunny to be coated, while Bullet joined the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Liu Qing helped Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji capture a Kraken to pull the Sunny toward Fish-Man Island, then warned the crew of an undersea volcanic eruption.