Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan and his allies infiltrated Ryugu Palace through Queen Otohime’s hidden passage and discovered Hody Jones’s plot to control Shirahoshi and Poseidon with help from a mysterious sponsor. Lin Yan used the Sun God pendant and a resonant flame song to open Shirahoshi’s sealed tower, where she greeted him as the Sun God.

• Lin Yan led Ace, Tashigi, Robin, Chopper, and Hack through the secret passage opened by the Sun God pendant.
• The group spied on Hody Jones, who planned to seize control of Poseidon and attack humans, while Vander Decken described aid from an unknown sponsor.
• Lin Yan and his allies reached the Hard-Shell Tower and found its seal altered with a bloodline lock and an alarm.
• Shirahoshi sang from inside the tower, awakening the pendant and triggering a quest to rescue her.
• Lin Yan used Voice of Dawn to resonate with Shirahoshi’s song and deactivate the seal, opening the tower door.
• Shirahoshi opened her eyes, saw Lin Yan, and greeted him as the Sun God.

Lin Yan rescued King Neptune and the princes while Ace broadcast Queen Otohime’s memories across Ryugu Palace, exposing Hody’s lies. Hody retaliated by activating his Final Plan to force Shirahoshi’s Poseidon power to awaken, and her scream signaled that she was losing control.

• Shirahoshi told Lin Yan that Hody had imprisoned her family and injected her with a substance that caused nightmares and uncontrolled songs capable of summoning Sea Kings.
• Lin Yan learned that Otohime had spoken of the Sun God’s token and the Ocean Shard, then refined Shirahoshi’s tears into a crystal carrying Otohime’s memories.
• Lin Yan, Robin, Chopper, and Hack defeated the dungeon guards and freed Neptune and the princes; Chopper treated their weakened bodies.
• Ace used his Blue Flame to spread the Memory Crystal’s images and Otohime’s words through the seawater, revealing the truth to Ryugu Palace and its residents.
• Hody saw the broadcast, realized Neptune had been rescued, and ordered all the Energy Steroids Catalyst injected into the Hard-Shell Tower’s circulation system.
• Shirahoshi screamed in agony as Hody’s Final Plan threatened to make her Poseidon power go berserk.

Lin Yan purified Shirahoshi after Hody drugged her to awaken Poseidon, and Shirahoshi used her power to stop the New Fish-Man Pirates’ attack. With the coup over and Hody defeated, the Ocean Shard revealed a path toward Noah in the Sea Forest.

• Hody activated the Energy Steroids Catalyst in the Hard-Shell Tower, corrupting Shirahoshi’s power and drawing Sea Kings toward Fish-Man Island.
• Lin Yan, Ace, and Tashigi rushed to the tower, where Lin Yan purified Shirahoshi and helped her regain control of Poseidon through memories of her family and people.
• Shirahoshi sang to calm the Sea Kings, then used Sea Resonance to restrain and purify the New Fish-Man Pirates as Ace and Tashigi fought their officers.
• Hody took three vials of Energy Steroids Concentrate and attacked Shirahoshi, but Lin Yan’s Furnace Domain stripped away his drug-fueled power.
• Shirahoshi spared Hody and ordered him to atone, while Neptune began handling the aftermath and Shirahoshi started learning to control Poseidon.
• Lin Yan received the Ocean Shard clue and completed Nika’s legacy; the blue shard joined the gold and silver shards and pointed toward Noah in the Sea Forest.

Lin Yan and his allies awakened Noah and learned from Sun God Nika’s recording that the Nika Core could control the Devil Fruit Source and end its ancient cycle. Blackbeard and a CP0 agent attacked to seize the Core, and Lin Yan prepared to fight them in the Sea Forest.

• Lin Yan placed the three Covenant Shards into Noah’s wheel, awakening the ancient ship and activating Nika’s recorded message.
• Nika revealed the history of the war against the Great Kingdom, his seal on the Devil Fruit Source, and the purpose of the three shards.
• The Nika Core emerged from Noah’s mast, and Lin Yan reached for it.
• Blackbeard, five of his men, and a CP0 agent burst into Noah, aiming to take the Core and capture Lin Yan and Shirahoshi.
• Lin Yan ordered Ace to protect Shirahoshi and the king while Robin and Tashigi handled the officers, then transformed into a deep-sea-adapted False Form of Sun God Nika to face Blackbeard.

Lin Yan defeated Blackbeard and Purple Lightning’s attacks, then used Shirahoshi’s Poseidon power to complete his fusion with the Nika Core and awaken a new form. Blackbeard triggered bombs aboard Noah, and Lin Yan prepared to demonstrate his power of creation as the countdown began.

• Blackbeard attacked Lin Yan with Dark Water, but Lin Yan countered with Genesis Flame and struck Blackbeard with five flame dragons.
• Purple Lightning tried to capture Shirahoshi, but Lin Yan stopped his blade and disassembled part of his body with Genesis Flame.
• Blackbeard engulfed Noah’s deck in darkness and tried to drag the Nika Core into it, so Shirahoshi summoned the Sea Forest and Fish-Man Island’s energy to empower the core.
• The Nika Core fused with Lin Yan, completing the Sun God Nika inheritance and awakening his new form.
• Blackbeard revealed that he had planted bombs on Noah and started a ten-minute countdown, while Lin Yan formed a three-colored miniature sun.

Lin Yan rebuilt Noah with the Genesis Flame, naming it the Dawn Ark: Noah Refit and defeating the Blackbeard Pirates. He left Blackbeard imprisoned aboard the new ship and promised Shirahoshi that Fish-Man Island’s people would one day live beneath the sunlight, though changing the world would take more than a ship.

• Lin Yan decomposed Noah into particles to neutralize the bombs Blackbeard had planted, then reforged the ship with a new structure and life-support system.
• Shirahoshi lent Poseidon’s power as Lin Yan and Ace infused Noah with energy, bringing the ship to life and inscribing it with rules that let it fly and make short-range spatial jumps.
• Lin Yan used Noah’s weapons and Genesis Flame to subdue Burgess, Doc Q, and Lafitte as the countdown neared its end.
• Lin Yan completed the ship’s control system, named it the Dawn Ark: Noah Refit, and sealed Blackbeard aboard with Seastone and Divine Runes.
• Tashigi secured the unconscious CP0 agent Purple Lightning while Fish-Man Island’s warriors cleared the battlefield.
• Lin Yan told Shirahoshi that the Dawn Ark could not yet bring the Fish-Man Race to the sunlight, and that doing so required changing the world.

At Fish-Man Island, Shirahoshi revealed that Poseidon and the Sun God must join forces to preserve life during the Devil Fruit Source’s inevitable Great Cleansing. A resonance awakened Luffy’s memories of Joy Boy and unlocked a temporary three-brother fusion for Lin Yan, Ace, and Luffy, leaving Lin Yan anticipating their reunion in the New World.

• At Ryugu Palace’s celebration, Neptune thanked Lin Yan, who said he had gained Nika’s complete legacy and an alliance with Poseidon.
• Shirahoshi explained that Poseidon’s song could awaken the ocean’s will and help the Sun God protect life through the Great Cleansing and guide the world toward rebirth.
• The badge in Lin Yan’s chest resonated with Ace’s Flame-Flame Fruit Source and Luffy’s power, reaching Luffy aboard the Going Merry.
• Luffy briefly awakened, recognized the Gum-Gum Fruit as the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika, and understood that he was meant to become Joy Boy, before returning to normal.
• The resonance unlocked the Trinity Complete Form for Lin Yan, Ace, and Luffy, allowing them to combine their divine factors for five minutes at the cost of a year of lifespan per use.
• Lin Yan and Ace sensed Luffy’s awakening, and Lin Yan looked forward to the three brothers joining forces in the New World.

At Marine Headquarters, Fujitora questioned the World Government’s justice and traveled to Fish-Man Island to meet Lin Yan. After hearing Lin Yan’s goals and witnessing his protection of the Sea Kings and the island’s people, Fujitora agreed not to oppose him unless he harmed innocents, leaving as a possible force for change within the Marines.

• Sengoku told Akainu, Aokiji, and Fujitora that Imu had ordered the Holy Knights to deal with Lin Yan while the Marines focused on tensions between Whitebeard and Kaido.
• Fujitora challenged the World Government’s claim to justice and asked Sengoku for permission to visit Fish-Man Island, which Sengoku granted.
• Fujitora arrived at Fish-Man Island and told Neptune he had come as a man seeking justice to meet Lin Yan.
• Fujitora saw Lin Yan and Shirahoshi use their powers peacefully with the Sea Kings, then asked Lin Yan about his goals, plans for civilians, and sense of justice.
• Lin Yan explained that he wanted freedom and dignity for all, and Fujitora agreed not to be his enemy unless he slaughtered innocents.
• After Fujitora left, Lin Yan told Shirahoshi that Fujitora could become a seed of change within the Marines.

Shirahoshi revealed that Poseidon’s mission traditionally ended with her sacrificing her life, but Lin Yan promised to seek another way and agreed to take her to see the real sun. After preparing Fish-Man Island to defend itself, Lin Yan and his crew left for the New World, while the Marines let them pass.

• Shirahoshi told Lin Yan that Poseidon must purify the ocean, protect the Ark during the Great Cleansing, and seal the Devil Fruit Source at the cost of her life; Lin Yan refused to accept her sacrifice and promised to find another way.
• Shirahoshi asked to see the real sun, and Lin Yan promised to take her to Spring Island after Fish-Man Island’s reconstruction.
• Robin reported that the World Government had revoked Fish-Man Island’s affiliated status and sent ten warships under Chaton and Momousagi to blockade its waters; Lin Yan recognized the move as a scheme to drive his crew into the New World.
• Over seven days, Lin Yan installed a defensive array, trained Shirahoshi and Fish-Man Island’s forces, and left Neptune a one-use Clone for emergencies.
• Lin Yan and his crew departed aboard the Dawn Ark as Chaton and Momousagi let them pass under the Five Elders’ orders.
• The Dawn Ark rose through the sea and headed for the New World, where Lin Yan announced his challenge to the Four Emperors and the World Government.

Lin Yan accepted Big Mom’s tea party invitation and fought her at Whole Cake Island, burning away her Homies and nearly defeating her before Jaygarcia Saturn intervened. After Lin Yan rejected the World Government’s offer of cooperation, Saturn ordered twelve Holy Knights to capture him, and the battle began.

• Cracker delivered Big Mom’s invitation, and Lin Yan accepted it, deciding the tea party would serve as his first battle in the New World.
• Lin Yan entered the Tea Party Hall with Ace, Robin, and Tashigi and resisted Big Mom’s Soul Pocus, then burned and liberated the souls of her Homies.
• Big Mom entered a Hunger Pangs rampage, and Lin Yan prepared to strike the gap in her Iron Balloon constitution before Jaygarcia Saturn stopped him by interfering with the rules of time.
• Saturn offered Lin Yan recognition and status in exchange for ending his support for slaves, attacks on World Government Member States, and opposition to the Revolutionary Army, but Lin Yan refused and vowed to bring down the World Government.
• Saturn revealed he knew Princess Poseidon was aboard the Dawn Ark and ordered twelve Holy Knights to capture Lin Yan, starting the battle.

Lin Yan joined forces with Ace, Robin, Shirahoshi, and Luffy to defeat the Twelve God Knights on Whole Cake Island and force Saint Saturn and the Marines to retreat. Shanks recognized Lin Yan as the New World's fourth Emperor, and the Dawn crew sailed toward Wano Country to continue their quest.

• Lin Yan expanded his flame domain while Robin summoned a space-time beacon, allowing Shirahoshi's song and Luffy's Nika Core to resonate with him.
• Lin Yan awakened the Sun God Nika's True Form and defeated all Twelve God Knights without killing them.
• Saint Saturn withdrew with the Marines and the God Knights after Lin Yan told him he would confront Imu in Mary Geoise.
• Shanks arrived aboard the Red Force and declared Lin Yan the New World's fourth Emperor, while Lin Yan named his crew Dawn.
• Lin Yan's system identified Wano Country as the next destination and warned that Imu had awakened and the World Government would deploy its full strength against them.

Lin Yan and the Dawn Ark entered Wano Country’s mist-shrouded waters, where he tested his Genesis Flame against a Beasts Pirates patrol and detected a mysterious musical presence. After uncovering signs of CP0 surveillance, Lin Yan ordered the crew to infiltrate through an abandoned channel and prepare for a careful search for Ace and the key to Pluton.

• Tashigi steered the Dawn Ark through Wano Country’s treacherous waters as Nico Robin explained that ancient forces had helped isolate the country.
• Lin Yan used Genesis Flame: Erosion Flame to dissolve three Beasts Pirates boats and temporarily strip nearby Gifters of their abilities, then let the survivors go.
• Lin Yan sensed a mysterious shamisen melody probing the Dawn Ark and used Purification Flame to silence its source.
• Lin Yan ordered Tashigi to take the ship through an abandoned branch channel of the Submerged Port, while Ace’s Vivre Card remained warm but gave no precise location.
• Nico Robin reported that the patrol’s encrypted communications resembled a CP0 channel, and Lin Yan placed the crew on level-one alert and ordered them to conceal their full strength.

Lin Yan and Robin infiltrated the Flower Capital, uncovering its harsh poverty, oppressive surveillance, and signs of Kaido and Orochi’s exploitation. After sensing that an unknown observer had noticed them, they left for Kuri to seek the Kozuki Family’s former retainers, while a masked ninja watched them depart.

• Lin Yan, Robin, and Tashigi split up after reaching Wano, and Lin Yan and Robin entered the Flower Capital disguised as travelers.
• Lin Yan learned from an old veteran that Orochi’s taxes and celebrations had impoverished the people, while Robin discovered human and soul-based surveillance across the city.
• Robin spotted a Beasts Pirates convoy carrying heavily covered carts and heard inhuman whimpers, leading Lin Yan to suspect that prisoners were being sent to weapons factories or Devil Fruit experiments.
• Lin Yan restrained himself from intervening when Mimawarigumi soldiers robbed an old woman of her grandson’s medicine money.
• Lin Yan and Robin heard rumors of the thief Ushimitsu Kozo, then Robin detected a watcher observing them through a shrine statue.
• Lin Yan and Robin left for Kuri to contact the Kozuki Family’s former retainers, and a masked ninja emerged near the shrine to watch them go.

Lin Yan found Tama in Amigasa Village and learned that Ace had left her a weakening Vivre Card. After protecting the village from Holdem’s men, he revealed his knowledge of Wano’s secrets to Kawamatsu and Shutenmaru, who agreed to hear him out as he prepared to gather allies against Kaido and Orochi.

• Lin Yan and Robin reached Amigasa Village, where Tama recognized Ace’s name and showed Lin Yan the Vivre Card Ace had left her.
• Holdem and more than twenty Beasts Pirates attacked the village, demanding tribute and Tama’s tanuki, but Lin Yan trapped them in a forest of golden flame.
• Shutenmaru and Kawamatsu arrived, and Kawamatsu mistook Tama for Princess Hiyori before Lin Yan identified himself and showed a Kozuki Family pendant.
• Lin Yan told Shutenmaru and Kawamatsu that Oden’s journal held secrets about Pluton and the world’s impending great cleansing, and revealed that Hiyori and Denjiro were alive.
• Shutenmaru agreed to hear Lin Yan out, and Kawamatsu asked him to guide them as Lin Yan proposed a private discussion about resisting Kaido and Orochi.

Lin Yan infiltrated Onigashima to map its defenses, investigate the volcanic factory, and search for Ace, but the Flying Six discovered him and forced him to escape. He returned to the clouds with combat data and evidence that CP0 was watching the clash.

• Lin Yan reviewed Onigashima’s defenses with Robin, Kawamatsu, and Shutenmaru, then decided to scout the island alone while the others contacted resistance forces and protected Tama and Amigasa Village.
• Lin Yan used Electromagnetic Camouflage and Robin’s remote support to slip past Homies and patrols, finding Seastone workshops and underground conduits leading toward the Skull Castle.
• Lin Yan approached the volcanic factory gate, where Ulti and Sasaki ambushed him and the rest of the Flying Six joined them.
• Lin Yan exchanged attacks with the Flying Six to test their abilities and record combat data, then used a burst of flame and lightning to escape toward the cliffs.
• Lin Yan evaded pursuit in the clouds and detected a CP0 observer, while concluding that Ace was likely held deeper underground near the volcano.

Lin Yan united the Straw Hat Pirates, Kozuki Hiyori’s allies, and the samurai to plan a three-pronged assault on Kaido and Orochi during their celebration, while secretly preparing to mislead the suspected traitor Kanjuro. Kanjuro sent the meeting’s intelligence to Shogun Orochi, setting betrayal in motion as Lin Yan and Zoro formed a covert infiltration team.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates arrived at the shrine with Hiyori, Denjiro, and rescued samurai, bringing several rebel factions together.
• Lin Yan proposed dividing their forces between a Flower Capital diversion, an assault on Onigashima, and an infiltration team tasked with rescuing Ace and finding the Heart of the Furnace.
• Kanjuro questioned the plan’s security, and Lin Yan noticed signs that the samurai’s worry might be an act.
• Lin Yan told Robin to prepare a false plan and spread misleading rumors, then chose Zoro to join the secret infiltration team.
• Lin Yan and Zoro agreed to work together after sharing drinks, while Kanjuro secretly sent a map and symbols to Shogun Orochi by night bird.

With four days until Orochi and Kaido’s Joint Celebration, Lin Yan’s allies sabotaged a weapons factory, planted false intelligence, and scouted Onigashima while uncovering Ace’s location and detecting CP0’s interference. Orochi and Kaido’s forces strengthened their defenses as the festival approached and the planned operation faced new complications.

• Sanji, Shutenmaru, and the samurai attacked the Weapons Factory in Kuri, while Sanji installed Franky’s virus program and escaped as the factory’s core triggered a self-destruct countdown and explosions followed.
• Robin and Denjiro spread altered plans and false rumors to mislead Orochi’s forces, and Robin told Denjiro that she suspected he or a blind swordsman might be Ushimitsu Kozo.
• Lin Yan blinded 137 Homie surveillance nodes around Onigashima, located Ace and the Heart of the Furnace beneath the Volcanic Factory, and evaded a CP0 agent searching for infiltrators.
• Orochi ordered Fukurokuju to strengthen defenses at several locations after receiving conflicting reports, while King and Queen reinforced the Volcanic Factory and Quarry and discussed Ace as bait.
• Tama prayed for Ace, Lin Yan, and the others to stay safe as the celebration drew near.

As the celebration began, Lin Yan’s resistance launched coordinated attacks on the Flower Capital and Onigashima while he led Robin and Zoro in a covert attempt to reach the volcanic factory and rescue Ace. The infiltration team was ambushed by the Flying Six, and Lin Yan and Zoro began fighting them as the wider war erupted.

• At a final meeting in Kuri, Lin Yan rallied Luffy, the samurai, and the Whitebeard remnants before the resistance began its operation.
• When fireworks lit the sky, Denjiro, Kawamatsu, and Shutenmaru led an assault on Orochi’s forces in the Flower Capital, while Orochi called for reinforcements.
• Luffy, Kid, Luo, Zoro, Sanji, Marco, and the others attacked Onigashima’s harbor and engaged the Beasts Pirates’ commanders; Kaido joined the battle with a Bolo Breath.
• Lin Yan, Robin, and Zoro infiltrated Onigashima from the rear cliffs and learned that Ace was being held on the volcanic factory’s third underground level as fuel.
• Who’s-Who, Sasaki, Page One, and Black Maria ambushed the infiltrators at the factory entrance; Lin Yan used his Rotation Domain against three attackers while Zoro fought Black Maria.

Lin Yan fought through the Flying Six and then faced King and Queen while exhausted, using localized rule rewrites and Zoro’s timely attack to defeat them. He and Zoro entered the Maintenance Passage to pursue Robin, while the battered King called for the attention of “that lord.”

• Lin Yan used a stored Paw-Paw Fruit counterattack to critically injure Who's-Who, broke one of Sasaki’s horns, and knocked Page One down before his Rotation Domain collapsed.
• King and Queen arrived together and forced the exhausted Lin Yan to defend himself while Robin searched for a route through the factory.
• Lin Yan briefly nullified King’s flames and struck him with a Concept Collapse Fist that sent him crashing into the rock wall.
• Lin Yan used a miniature rule-rewrite domain to disable Queen’s technological weapons and viruses, then Zoro arrived and slashed Queen down.
• Lin Yan and Zoro headed into the Maintenance Passage after Robin, while King freed himself from the rubble and reported the intruders to “that lord.”

Lin Yan, Zoro, and Robin reached the Ancient Factory, opened its Purification Gate, and discovered that Pluton was part of a planetary life-support system. After Shirahoshi’s Tears stabilized the Heart of the Furnace and halted Imu’s overload protocol, Lin Yan learned of Imu’s planned Great Cleansing and resolved to find Ace and uncover Uranus; Kaido then confronted them as they followed Tenguyama Hitetsu toward Ace’s prison.

• Lin Yan and Zoro joined Robin at the Ancient Factory, where ancient robots attacked them on the bridge to its sealed entrance.
• Lin Yan used the purification power of the Nika Core and Shirahoshi’s Tears to open the gate, and the three entered the factory’s central hall.
• Robin identified Pluton as a planetary life-support and ecological regulation system, and the hall’s alarm announced that Imu had started a self-destruction countdown.
• Shirahoshi’s Tears stabilized and optimized the Heart of the Furnace, while its resonance with the Nika Core revealed Imu’s plan for a Great Cleansing and harvest.
• Lin Yan planned to find Ace and seek the final Poneglyph and Uranus clues, and Tenguyama Hitetsu led the group toward Ace’s containment chamber.
• Kaido arrived at the hall’s entrance and demanded that Lin Yan’s group hand over the Heart of the Furnace.