Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan awakened as Monkey D. Yan, Ace’s biological older brother, and fused three system abilities into the Flame Emperor Body. After stopping the guards burning Gray Terminal, he set out to find Ace, while Cipher Pol began investigating the unknown flame user.

• Lin Yan recovered memories revealing that Garp had raised him as Gol D. Roger’s son and warned him to keep his bloodline secret.
• Lin Yan overrode the system’s limit and fused the Rubber Body, Flame-Flame Fruit, and Iron Fist fragments into the Flame Emperor Body.
• Lin Yan struck five guards with an extended, hardened flame fist, halting the burning of Gray Terminal’s trash mountain.
• The system gave Lin Yan a 30-day quest to find Ace, who was heading toward Drum Kingdom, and warned that Cipher Pol had begun acting after the Marine Headquarters received a report.
• Lin Yan left the burning trash mountain and headed toward the sea to find Ace.

Lin Yan learned that his mother belonged to the Guardian D Clan and that Garp had secretly raised him because he carried both Roger’s bloodline and hers. After choosing to find Ace, Lin Yan sailed aboard the Flame Emperor while Garp arranged to conceal his departure from the World Government.

• Lin Yan read Garp’s records, discovered his mother’s Guardian D Clan heritage, and triggered a quest to uncover the clan’s legacy.
• Lin Yan told Garp he intended to find Ace, and Garp gave him Ace’s Vivre Card and warned him to keep his parentage secret and flee if he encountered Marshall D. Teach.
• Garp showed Lin Yan the armor and sword his mother had left for him, and the blade’s inscription revealed that she had wanted him to forge a new era for the D Clan.
• Lin Yan raised the Double D Flag aboard the Flame Emperor and set sail toward Ace.
• Garp asked Sengoku to cover Lin Yan’s departure with a false Marine mission and said he planned to have his two grandsons turn the world upside down.

Lin Yan defeated three Sea Kings, gained strength from their battle, and captured Mr. 5’s Bomb-Bomb Fruit fragment before warning Crocodile that he would take Pluton. He reached Drum Kingdom after detecting Ace in a fierce fight and rushed toward the mountain, suspecting Blackbeard might also be there.

• Lin Yan defeated three Island Whale-class Sea Kings and increased his Iron Fist and Flame-Flame Fruit template completion.
• Lin Yan rescued a merchant ship from Mr. 5, defeated him, extracted a Bomb-Bomb Fruit fragment, and fused it with his Flame-Flame Fruit to gain Explosive Flame.
• Lin Yan sent Mr. 5 back to warn Crocodile that he planned to take Pluton, then introduced himself to the merchant crew as Monkey D. Yan.
• Lin Yan reached Drum Kingdom and detected Ace fighting Wapol, along with a concealed presence of unknown identity and A+ threat level.
• Lin Yan heard Ace shout “Fire Fist” from Drum Mountain and raced toward the summit, suspecting the hidden presence might be Blackbeard.

Lin Yan arrived at Drum Kingdom, revealed to Ace that Sabo was alive and that they were twin sons of Gol D. Roger, then defeated Doc Q and won Ace’s reluctant acceptance as his brother. They planned to gather Ace’s crew and head to the East Blue to meet Luffy and clean it up, while Blackbeard learned of Lin Yan and reconsidered his plan.

• Lin Yan stopped Ace’s fight with Wapol, announced he was Ace’s older brother, and told him Sabo had survived and joined the Revolutionary Army.
• Lin Yan showed Ace a photograph of Sabo and explained that Rouge had adopted them, revealing that they were twins and sons of Gol D. Roger.
• Lin Yan subdued Wapol and the guards, then defeated Doc Q and extracted a fragment of his Plague-Plague Fruit power, choosing to store it rather than fuse it.
• Lin Yan introduced himself as Monkey D. Yan and persuaded Ace to call him big brother after repeatedly knocking him on the head.
• Doc Q secretly contacted Blackbeard, who ordered a retreat and decided to change his plan after hearing about Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan told Ace they would gather his crew, go to the East Blue, meet Luffy, and clean up the region.

Lin Yan reunited with Ace and stopped Wapol from destroying Drum Kingdom, then defeated him and healed Chopper with his newly awakened Flame of Life. He declared Drum under his protection and planned to gather Ace’s crew before sailing to the East Blue.

• Lin Yan explained that Ace, Luffy, and he were brothers, and Ace began to accept the news about Luffy.
• Lin Yan burned out Wapol’s self-destruct mechanism and transformed Drum Mountain with a wave of healing flame, awakening the Flame of Life trait.
• Wapol fused with the castle and mountain into a metal giant, but Lin Yan struck him unconscious and restrained the giant before it could fall on the town.
• Lin Yan purified the drug in Chopper’s body, restoring him to normal.
• Lin Yan declared Wapol’s rule over and placed Drum Kingdom under his protection, then told Ace they would collect his crew and head to the East Blue.

Ace disbanded the Spade Pirates and joined Lin Yan in founding the Flame Emperor Pirates, whose crew set out to challenge the World Government and sail for Cocoyasi Village. On the way, they spotted Jinbe and the Sun Pirates defending a merchant ship, and Jinbe recognized their Double D Flag.

• Lin Yan established the Flame Emperor Pirates with Ace as vice captain, while sixteen former Spade Pirates joined and two departed with ships and treasure.
• Lin Yan raised the Double D Flag and declared that the crew would expose the World Government’s lies, overthrow the Celestial Dragons, and clear the name of the D clan.
• The system unlocked bonds and assigned the crew a mission in the East Blue, and Lin Yan set course for Cocoyasi Village to confront Arlong.
• Sengoku questioned Garp about Lin Yan’s role in overthrowing Wapol, and Garp warned Lin Yan that Cipher Pol was investigating him while advising him to conceal that he was Roger’s son.
• The Flame Emperor encountered the Sun Pirates protecting a merchant ship from pirates, and Lin Yan recognized Jinbe as their leader while Jinbe reacted to the Double D Flag.

Lin Yan and Ace defeated Arlong and freed Cocoyasi Village, then Lin Yan gave Nami a three-year challenge to reach Alabasta and join their crew. The Flame Emperor sailed toward Orange Town as Nami began preparing to follow them.

• Lin Yan destroyed three pirate ships with a flame beam, then met Jinbe, who recognized Lin Yan's flag and learned he was the son of the woman Fisher Tiger had met at God Valley.
• Jinbe allied the Sun Pirates with Lin Yan's crew, gave him a Tone Dial containing Fisher Tiger's memories, and told him about Arlong's crimes in Cocoyasi Village.
• Lin Yan and Ace attacked Arlong Park, defeated Arlong and his officers, and showed the villagers images of Arlong's crimes before Ace killed him.
• Lin Yan promised the villagers Arlong's treasure and ships, used the Flame of Life to heal an elderly villager, and pledged to dismantle Arlong Park for rebuilding materials.
• Nami asked to join Lin Yan's crew, and he challenged her to sail alone to Alabasta within three years, giving her a primer on physical techniques and Haki.
• Lin Yan and Ace sailed for Orange Town while Nami vowed to find them and rallied the villagers to rebuild Cocoyasi Village.

Lin Yan defeated Buggy in Orange Town, took his treasure and converted a Falcon Fruit into new traits, then sailed with Ace toward Baratie. A torn page from Roger’s log suggested that four members of the D Clan were needed to open a door on Laugh Tale, while Smoker arrived at Orange Town and began pursuing the Double D Pirates.

• Buggy celebrated Luffy’s bounty until Lin Yan, Ace, Isuka, and their crew arrived aboard the Flame Emperor.
• Lin Yan used his flame-splitting ability to frighten Buggy, defeated him with Flame Emperor Finger Pistol: Hundred Cracks, and demanded his treasure and the end of his crew’s piracy.
• Lin Yan converted the Falcon Fruit into a template fragment, gaining enhanced dynamic vision and aerial maneuverability, then let Buggy go after asking whether he would follow Roger’s will.
• Lin Yan used a bond upgrade ticket on Ace, unlocking Brother Sync, and the crew set sail for Baratie.
• Ace found a torn page from Roger’s sailing log that said four members of the D Clan were needed to open a door on Laugh Tale.
• Smoker arrived at Buggy’s plundered base and declared that he had found the Double D Pirates and the Flame Emperor.

Lin Yan saved the Baratie from Don Krieg’s poison gas attack, destroyed the fleet’s weapons, and accepted Zeff’s offer of friendship. He invited Sanji to train with Ivankov, while Smoker arrived to confront the Flame Emperor Pirates.

• Don Krieg threatened Zeff and the Baratie with MH5 poison gas shells, while Lin Yan sensed the fleet and discovered a poison gas submarine.
• Lin Yan swallowed the poison gas, converted it into poison flame, and devastated Krieg’s ships, leaving Gin badly injured and Krieg broken.
• Krieg activated explosives aboard the fleet, but Ace melted the detonators, and Lin Yan crushed the escaping submarine and purified its poison gas.
• Zeff thanked Lin Yan and made the Baratie a friend of the Flame Emperor Pirates; Sanji accepted Lin Yan’s offer to train with Ivankov and received a Vivre Card.
• Smoker arrived at the Baratie and declared that he would bring down the Flame Emperor.

Lin Yan defeated Smoker and clashed Conqueror’s Haki with Shanks, who gave him an Eternal Pose pointing toward Laugh Tale. Lin Yan set his sights on the New World while Smoker decided to investigate the World Government’s secrets, and the Flame Emperor Pirates prepared to enter the Grand Line in three months.

• Lin Yan met Smoker’s Marine warship and defeated him after burning through his smoke attack and overpowering him in close combat.
• Lin Yan unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out the Marines aboard and stopping Smoker’s crew from fighting.
• Shanks arrived aboard the Red Force and clashed Conqueror’s Haki with Lin Yan before giving him a straw hat containing an Eternal Pose for Laugh Tale.
• Shanks asked Lin Yan to spare Smoker and advised Tashigi to use her sword to protect what mattered before leaving for the New World.
• Lin Yan warned Smoker to investigate Ohara, God Valley, and the Void Century, then announced that the Flame Emperor Pirates would enter the Grand Line in three months.
• Smoker and Tashigi returned to base to request access to top-secret files as Lin Yan sailed away with the Flame Emperor Pirates.

Lin Yan and Ace confronted Smoker’s Marines at Loguetown, where Ace’s trial ended with him wounded and Lin Yan demonstrating overwhelming power. After declaring the Flame Emperor Pirates’ goal and warning the Marines not to interfere, Lin Yan and Ace sailed toward Reverse Mountain, then planned to steal something from the Marine Base.

• Smoker received orders to stop the Double D Pirates from entering the Grand Line, and his forces surrounded Loguetown’s harbor.
• Lin Yan sent Ace to face Smoker alone, but Smoker’s smoke powers and Armament Haki overwhelmed Ace and brought him to his knees.
• Lin Yan appeared and punched a huge hole through Loguetown’s city wall, forcing Smoker to order his Marines to retreat.
• Lin Yan spared Smoker and told him the Flame Emperor Pirates intended to end eight hundred years of lies, warning that he would not hold back if the Marines interfered again.
• Smoker asked Tashigi to request access to files about D., God Valley, and the Void Century as the Flame Emperor sailed toward Reverse Mountain.
• Lin Yan received a Smoke-Smoke Fruit template fragment and Conqueror’s Haki proficiency, then told Ace they would steal something from the Marine Base.

Lin Yan infiltrated the Marine archive in Loguetown and uncovered the truth about his parentage and the Five Elders’ order for CP9 to eliminate him. After sharing what he learned with Smoker, Lin Yan escaped, leaving Smoker to question his loyalty and seek forbidden records and contact with the Revolutionary Army.

• Lin Yan silently broke into the Marine archive and found records identifying him as Gol D. Roger and Evelyn D. Solar’s son, adopted by Garp as Monkey D. Yan.
• Lin Yan learned that CP9 had watched him for years and received orders from the Five Elders to carry out an Extermination Order within a month.
• Lin Yan photographed the files, planted a Flame of Life tracking beacon in the cabinet, and encountered Smoker as he left.
• Smoker admitted he knew of the order, and Lin Yan told him about the D. Clan, the Revolutionary Army, and his brother Sabo before escaping.
• Smoker requested access to secret files on the D. Clan, God Valley, and the Void Century, and asked for help contacting the Revolutionary Army.

Tashigi questioned Marine justice and chose to join Lin Yan’s crew as a Marine observer, while Smoker learned that CP9 was coming to Loguetown and set out for Water 7. The Flame Emperor sailed for Reverse Mountain, where Lin Yan recognized Laboon and decided to help the whale.

• Tashigi confronted Lin Yan about justice after Smoker received a secret report, and Lin Yan told her about Ohara and the World Government’s suppression of history.
• Lin Yan offered Tashigi the choice of returning to the Marines or joining his ship, and she chose to stay as a swordsmanship instructor.
• Tashigi gave Lin Yan the new bounties for Monkey D. Yan and Portgas D. Ace, and Lin Yan ordered the crew to sail for Reverse Mountain.
• Smoker watched Tashigi leave, learned CP9 would arrive within three days to eliminate the Flame Emperor Pirates, and departed for Water 7.
• Lin Yan demonstrated a flame sword technique to Tashigi, then recognized Laboon at Reverse Mountain and resolved to help the whale.

Lin Yan healed Laboon and learned more about his mother, Evelyn D. Solar, from Crocus, who also gave him Roger’s letter and an Eternal Pose to Water 7. The Flame Emperor entered Reverse Mountain, while Lin Yan set out to find Brook and investigate the Pluton blueprints.

• Lin Yan entered Laboon and healed his heart, earning Laboon’s friendship and new abilities from the system.
• Lin Yan told Laboon that Brook was alive and promised to deliver a message to him.
• Crocus recognized Lin Yan’s pendant and told him Evelyn D. Solar had fought the Holy Knights at God Valley before entrusting Lin Yan to Roger.
• Crocus gave Lin Yan Roger’s letter and straw hat, and revealed that four members of the D. Clan were needed to unlock Laugh Tale’s truth.
• Lin Yan told Crocus that Brook survived, and Crocus gave him an Eternal Pose pointing to Water 7 and a lead on a Pluton blueprint fragment.
• The Flame Emperor sailed toward Reverse Mountain and was pulled into its ascending current.

Lin Yan reached the Grand Line, found Brook, and learned that his pendant was one of four Sun Tablets leading to the Nika Temple and his mother’s final message. After his and Ace’s pendants joined and awakened new abilities, they continued toward Water 7, unaware that CP0’s Sun-Slayer Unit was preparing an ambush.

• Lin Yan guided the Flame Emperor through Reverse Mountain and arrived in Paradise, where the main quest tasked him with defeating or recruiting a Shichibukai.
• Lin Yan followed Brook’s singing through the fog, told him that Crocus and Laboon were alive, and invited him aboard to return to Laboon.
• Brook summoned the ghost of York D. Rumba, who revealed the four Sun Tablets, identified Lin Yan’s pendant as one of them, and warned him about CP0’s Sun Destroyers.
• Lin Yan introduced Brook to the crew, and the crew held a banquet aboard the Flame Emperor.
• Lin Yan and Ace joined their matching pendants, unlocked the Sun-Moon Twins bloodline, and gained new abilities; they then set course for Water 7.
• CP0’s Sun-Slayer Unit confirmed Lin Yan had a Sun Tablet and planned to ambush him at Water 7 and seize it.

Lin Yan reunited with Luffy and his crew in Water 7, helped them escape a beating, and began teaching them about Haki and the Gum-Gum Fruit. After obtaining the Pluton Blueprints from Iceburg, he confronted CP9 at their inn, where they prepared to fight.

• Lin Yan found Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Nami being beaten by shipwrights and knocked out their attackers with Conqueror's Haki.
• Lin Yan brought Luffy and the others to the abandoned dock, where Luffy reunited with Ace and explained that Sabo's letter had prompted him to set sail early.
• Lin Yan tested Luffy's strength, explained the Gum-Gum Fruit's potential, and taught Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp the basics of Haki.
• Lin Yan visited Iceburg, revealed his connection to the Sun Saintess, and received the Pluton Blueprints after promising not to use them for evil.
• Lin Yan warned Iceburg that CP9 had arrived, then entered their inn with the blueprints as Lucci, Kaku, Jabra, Blueno, and Kalifa prepared to attack him.

Lin Yan defeated CP9 in Water 7, gained an incomplete Qilin-Qilin Fruit template, and discovered that CP9 were part of the Sun Slayer unit. He left the Pluton Blueprints with Ace, said goodbye to Luffy and the others, and sailed toward Whiskey Peak.

• Lucci, Kaku, Jabra, Blueno, and Kalifa attacked Lin Yan, but his flames overwhelmed their abilities and left Blueno unconscious.
• Lin Yan expanded his flame domain, defeated Jabra, Kalifa, and Kaku, then knocked out Lucci with his Nuclear Fission Fist.
• Lin Yan fused the CP9 template fragments into an incomplete Qilin-Qilin Fruit template and found the Sun Slayer Operation Plan and an unsent request for CP0 support.
• Lin Yan returned to the dock, gave Ace the Pluton Blueprints, and said the crew would leave Water 7 the next morning.
• Luffy and his companions saw off Lin Yan and the Flame Emperor as they sailed toward Whiskey Peak.

At Whiskey Peak, Lin Yan secured Nico Robin's place aboard the Flame Emperor and defeated a CP0 force sent to seize the Sun Tablet. A surviving captain reported Lin Yan's new power to the World Government, prompting the Five Elders and a mysterious figure atop the Empty Throne to order his elimination.

• Lin Yan met Nico Robin in the church, took her Alabasta Poneglyph rubbing, and persuaded her to join his ship by revealing his connection to Evelyn D. Solar and Ohara.
• Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine led bounty hunters into the church, and Lin Yan used Soul Purification to strip them of their malice and fighting ability.
• CP0's Sun-Slayer Unit confronted Lin Yan at sea and threatened Whiskey Peak with a Buster Call, so Lin Yan unleashed his Four Symbols Domain and destroyed the unit's forces and ships.
• A wounded Sun-Slayer captain survived in a small boat and reported Lin Yan's Four Symbols power to the World Government.
• The Five Elders ordered the Marines to issue the highest bounty and referred the decision to 'that lord,' who awakened atop the Empty Throne and declared that the sun must be extinguished.

Lin Yan found a pact between the giants and the D. Clan on Little Garden and secured Brogy and Dorry’s help, sending them to protect Cocoyasi Village. After stabilizing the island’s volcano, he sailed for Alabasta as Kuzan and CP0 pursued him, with Kizaru summoned as backup.

• Robin deciphered a Poneglyph describing the giants’ ancient pact with the D. Clan, and Brogy and Dorry pledged their support after recognizing Lin Yan’s flag and pendant.
• Lin Yan asked Brogy and Dorry to protect Cocoyasi Village, and the giants agreed to sail there and prepare Elbaf for the coming fight against the World Government.
• At a feast, Brogy and Dorry recalled Roger’s prediction that the dawn would come twenty years later, and Lin Yan said it would be brought by everyone seeking freedom.
• Robin found a Poneglyph with erased coordinates for Pluton, and Lin Yan said he would build the weapon as a ship of protection once he had the requirements.
• Lin Yan stabilized Little Garden’s volcano for a thousand years and sailed for Alabasta.
• Kuzan and two CP0 agents arrived after Lin Yan had left, and they set out in pursuit as Kizaru headed to reinforce them.

The Flame Emperor encountered Doc Q in the Plague Sea, where his virus-controlled toxins threatened the ship and its crew. Chopper purified the sea, Lin Yan transformed Doc Q’s power into a healing ability, and the crew continued toward Alabasta.

• Lin Yan prepared the crew to cross the poisonous Plague Sea, where they found a medical ship filled with corpses that rose as virus-controlled puppets.
• Doc Q revealed himself and used his Plague-Plague Fruit to spread a viral contamination across the sea and attack the Flame Emperor.
• Chopper drank his untested Purification Potion and used his Purification Form to cleanse the monsters, poisonous mist, and seawater.
• Lin Yan transformed Doc Q’s Plague-Plague Fruit into a medical ability, and Doc Q vowed to heal people and restore the sea.
• Chopper gained a new bond level and Panacea ability, while Lin Yan fused a template fragment into an incomplete Life-Life Fruit template.
• The Flame Emperor left the purified Plague Sea with Alabasta’s coastline in sight.