Recaps

Xia Chen unexpectedly encountered Big News Morgans while searching for intelligence about the best islands for his crew to study and train on. Morgans accepted that Xia Chen meant him no harm and offered to help, leaving Xia Chen poised to explain what he needed.

• Xia Chen boarded Big News Morgans's ship and greeted him, surprising Morgans, who recognized him despite his reported death.
• Morgans revealed that he had never believed Xia Chen was dead because he knew what had happened during the Paramount War.
• Xia Chen explained that he needed information about islands suited to his crew's training and studies, and that he had planned to seek Doflamingo's help in Dressrosa.
• Morgans calmed down, believed Xia Chen's explanation that their meeting was a coincidence, and offered to help him.

Xia Chen asked Big News Morgans for information about islands with unusual landmarks, hoping to find the place described in Red Hair’s riddle about the Hades Fruit. Morgans identified Dark Night Island, but warned that it moved, could not be tracked by a Log Pose, and seemed to reveal itself only to certain people, leaving Xia Chen unsure whether he could reach it.

• Xia Chen accepted Morgans’s documents and Eternal Log Poses for islands that matched his requirements, planning to let Nami and the others choose where to go.
• Xia Chen asked Morgans about a strange gate, a red waterfall, and a valley of fierce winds in the North Blue.
• Morgans found a map of Dark Night Island, whose landmarks matched Red Hair’s riddle, and Xia Chen concluded it was the place connected to the Hades Fruit.
• When Xia Chen asked for an Eternal Log Pose, Morgans explained that the island’s magnetic field could not be recorded and that its location changed whenever it appeared.
• Morgans said only three people were known to have visited Dark Night Island, and Xia Chen wondered whether he could find an island that seemed to choose its visitors.

Xia Chen learned that Dark Night Island appeared in the Eternal Night Sea and returned to the Ark Maxim with information for the crew to choose their training destinations. After a farewell banquet, he took everyone to their destinations, beginning their six-month separation, then went somewhere alone as the system sounded again.

• Xia Chen learned from Big News Morgans that Dark Night Island appeared only in the Eternal Night Sea and gave Morgans a Den Den Mushi for emergencies.
• Xia Chen returned to the Ark Maxim and gave the crew information about islands where they could train.
• Chopper chose Birdie Kingdom, Franky chose Future Country Mechanical Island, and Nami and Robin chose different destinations from their original-story choices.
• Luffy proposed a banquet before the crew separated for six months, and Xia Chen joined in.
• Xia Chen used the Flying Nimbus to take everyone to their destinations, then went somewhere alone as the system sounded again.

Xia Chen upgraded his Conqueror's Haki to king level and unleashed it across the Sabaody Archipelago, knocking out countless people. Kid, Killer, and Rayleigh sensed the overwhelming Haki and headed toward its source, while Rayleigh concluded that a formidable newcomer had arrived.

• Xia Chen received king-level Conqueror's Haki and tested it by sending a powerful surge across Sabaody.
• Kid killed a man who bumped into him and dismissed the threat of the Marines as the Kid Pirates celebrated.
• Xia Chen's Haki swept over the islands, leaving Kid and Killer standing while their companions collapsed.
• Kid ran toward the source of the Haki, and Killer followed him as other powerful figures also moved toward it.
• Rayleigh sensed the Haki at Shakky's Rip-off Bar, compared its strength to Shanks's, and said a heavyweight had arrived.

Newly appointed Saturn reported Xia Chen’s resurrection to Imu, who suspected Xia Chen had awakened the Hades Fruit and planned to take its Divinity. Meanwhile, Xia Chen continued across the island and killed Eustass Kid with a single punch, leaving Kid’s fate settled as he moved on.

• Saturn told Imu that CP0 had seen Xia Chen alive in several places, and Imu dismissed him after hearing the report.
• Imu speculated that Xia Chen had awakened the Hades Fruit and resolved to absorb the Divinities of Hades and Nika.
• Xia Chen sensed people approaching and continued toward his destination, unconcerned by their presence.
• Eustass Kid confronted Xia Chen and demanded a chance to test his strength.
• Xia Chen struck Kid with a Conqueror’s Coating punch, sending him and the man who tried to catch him through a tree and killing them.
• Xia Chen continued onward without looking back.

Xia Chen met Rayleigh at Shakky's Rip-off Bar and asked him to train a group of people for six months. Rayleigh had not yet answered when Xia Chen offered him a substantial sum of Beli.

• Law and the other Supernovas watched Xia Chen kill Kid and Killer with a single punch, then reconsidered their own strength.
• Xia Chen entered Shakky's Rip-off Bar, recognized Rayleigh, and ordered drinks for them both.
• Rayleigh questioned Xia Chen about the news of his injuries and death, and Xia Chen joked that the news was simply wrong.
• Xia Chen admitted he had tested his newly improved Conqueror's Haki on the island.
• Xia Chen asked Rayleigh to teach some people for about six months and offered him a substantial sum of Beli.

Xia Chen hired Rayleigh to train the weak members of his crew, paying him with a huge chunk of gold. After finding the streets of the Sabaody Archipelago deserted from his Conqueror's Haki, Xia Chen encountered Celestial Dragon Mobus and his entourage, ending up behind Mobus as he boasted about striking a powerful pirate.

• Xia Chen offered Rayleigh three hundred million Beli to train his crewmates, and Rayleigh agreed.
• Xia Chen produced a huge chunk of gold as payment, then arranged to pick Rayleigh up the next day.
• Xia Chen left Shakky's bar and discovered that his Conqueror's Haki had knocked out most of the people nearby.
• Mobus arrived with his black-suited men and dismissed their warning that a powerful pirate might be nearby.
• Mobus boasted that he could slap the pirate without consequences, and Xia Chen asked from behind him how he planned to do it.

Xia Chen killed the Celestial Dragon Mobus and his guards on Sabaody, prompting alarm across the archipelago. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and the senior officers discussed a World Military Draft, while Sengoku mistakenly claimed Xia Chen had died in the war before catching himself.

• Mobus ordered his guards to seize Xia Chen, but they recoiled in fear when they recognized him.
• Xia Chen sent the guards flying to their deaths and killed Mobus with a blast of force.
• People on Sabaody awoke, found Mobus's corpse, and feared the consequences of a Celestial Dragon's death.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku convened a meeting to discuss a World Military Draft because an Admiral position was vacant and the Marines needed stronger fighters.
• Momousagi supported the draft, and Sengoku praised her before describing the Marines' losses and claiming Xia Chen had died in the war.
• Sengoku stopped himself from saying the Marines had been slaughtered down to the last man when he remembered that he was still alive.

After learning that Xia Chen had killed Saint Mobus in the Sabaody Archipelago, Sengoku considered using the incident to restore the Marines’ reputation, but the culprit’s identity changed everything. The Marines and World Government both chose not to confront Xia Chen.

• A Marine reported that Saint Mobus had been killed in the Sabaody Archipelago, and Sengoku feigned grief while privately welcoming the chance to bolster Marine prestige.
• Garp mocked Sengoku’s performance, and the two argued over Garp’s rice crackers.
• Kizaru volunteered to go to Sabaody until he learned that Rex Lapis Xia Chen was the killer, then returned to his seat and denied knowing anything.
• Sengoku informed the World Government that Xia Chen had appeared in Sabaody and killed a Celestial Dragon.
• The World Government ordered Sengoku to leave the matter alone, and he lamented that Xia Chen was still alive.

Xia Chen searched the Eternal Night Sea for Dark Night Island and was about to give up when the island appeared from the water. He discovered it was formed entirely from black mist and prepared to investigate its strange nature.

• Xia Chen brought Rayleigh to teach Luffy and the others, then left to search the Eternal Night Sea using Big News Morgans's information.
• Xia Chen searched the sea with his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils but found no island and turned back.
• Xia Chen sensed a growing disturbance beneath him as whirlpools and black mist appeared.
• Dark Night Island emerged from the water, but Xia Chen saw that its peaks, rivers, and trees were all made of black mist.
• Xia Chen prepared to descend and check whether the mist island had a physical form when something unexpected happened.

A spectral-blue Cerberus emerged from a black-mist gate and fought Xia Chen, matching his Dominion attack before freezing and striking him. The chapter left Xia Chen shattered out of his ice prison and flying backward after Cerberus’s counterattack.

• A black-mist gate opened beneath Xia Chen, and Cerberus emerged, freezing the mist island with its spectral-blue energy.
• Cerberus attacked Xia Chen with three blasts that merged into one, and Xia Chen countered with Dominion alongside a clone.
• Xia Chen and Cerberus’s attacks stalemated, leaving Xia Chen shocked that Cerberus could withstand Dominion.
• Xia Chen struck Cerberus with Heaven-Pillar and pursued it, but Cerberus froze him in spectral-blue energy.
• Cerberus shattered the ice with a paw strike and sent Xia Chen flying backward.

Xia Chen battered Cerberus with his staff and Dominion, but Cerberus survived and stood ready to continue fighting. On Amazon Lily, Hancock celebrated news that Xia Chen was alive, then kicked Elder Nyon away for reminding her how she had reacted to the false report of his death.

• Xia Chen struck Cerberus with his staff and Heaven-Pillar, sending him crashing through the ice.
• Xia Chen used Dominion to overpower Cerberus's hastily gathered energy attack and blast him into a crater.
• Cerberus rose from the crater, wounded and bleeding blue, while Xia Chen beckoned him to attack again.
• Hancock read news confirming Xia Chen was alive and celebrated, but Elder Nyon recalled that she had cried after reading the false death report.
• Hancock kicked Elder Nyon into the distance, and her sisters were distracted by her beauty and Love-Love Fruit power.
• Hancock gazed at Xia Chen's picture in the newspaper and sighed, "Lord Xia Chen~"

Xia Chen fought Cerberus on the ice, but the dog recovered with eerie blue flames and offered him a mysterious fragment to end the battle. Cerberus and the gate vanished, leaving Xia Chen with the fragment and no dog meat.

• Xia Chen repeatedly battered Cerberus from the Flying Nimbus, but Cerberus healed its wounds and restored its strength with eerie blue flames.
• Xia Chen decided to end the fight quickly, but Cerberus signaled that it wanted to stop fighting.
• Cerberus spat out a golden-glowing fragment, which passed through Xia Chen's barrier and released a brilliant flash when he touched it.
• Xia Chen stored the now-black fragment in his System Space and looked back to find Cerberus, the gate, and the ice gone.

Xia Chen reached the Waterfall of Blood and found a gigantic willow tree whose branches attacked him. After dodging its barrage, he transformed into his Stone Monkey Form and began overwhelming the tree with Rock Spike, leaving their battle underway.

• Xia Chen used Big News Morgans's map to locate the Waterfall of Blood and flew there on the Flying Nimbus.
• Xia Chen discovered a massive willow tree atop the blood-red mist waterfall and realized its branches could move without wind.
• The willow tree attacked Xia Chen with a relentless barrage of branches, but he evaded them on the Flying Nimbus until the tree appeared tired.
• Xia Chen identified the conscious willow as the Waterfall of Blood's boss and transformed into his Stone Monkey Form.
• Xia Chen summoned countless Rock Spikes, and the willow tree used its branches to shatter them as their battle continued.

Xia Chen defeated the willow with relentless rock spikes, a protective shield, a giant ape transformation, and a meteor, then collected a fragment that fused with the one he already had. The fused object remained incomplete, but Xia Chen recognized what its complete form would be.

• Xia Chen overwhelmed the willow with rock spikes until it formed a huge cone of branches and charged him.
• Xia Chen stopped the cone with Dominus Lapidis, transformed into a giant ape, and battered the willow with punches.
• Xia Chen used Planet Befall to crush the willow beneath a meteor, leaving a vast pit.
• A golden fragment rose from the pit, and Xia Chen collected it after closing his eyes against its light.
• Xia Chen brought out his earlier fragment, and the two fused into an incomplete object whose complete form he recognized.

Xia Chen found another fragment of a miniature black sword, while Usopp tested his rapidly improving strength against Zoro. After Zoro easily countered Usopp’s new attack, Zoro began a serious spar with Rayleigh.

• Xia Chen examined a partially assembled miniature black sword, stored it in his System Space, and flew toward his next destination.
• Usopp attacked Zoro with his phantom white tiger, but Zoro’s sword slash destroyed it and narrowly missed Usopp.
• Usopp unleashed his new Geng Metal White Tiger Cannon, and Zoro split the energy wave with One Sword Style: Great Dragon Shock.
• Usopp accepted that he still fell far short of Zoro, then asked Rayleigh to thrash him.
• Rayleigh and Zoro drew their swords and prepared to begin their serious spar.

Xia Chen completed the black sword by collecting the final fragment in Gale Valley, though no boss appeared to challenge him. After he left for the King's Palace, the valley's hidden Hundred Arms Giant emerged and spoke with the revived Cerberus and willow tree about whether Xia Chen might earn the king's recognition.

• Xia Chen walked through Gale Valley protected by his Sovereign Safety Shield but found no boss or fragment there.
• A golden object flew from the valley and fused with Xia Chen's collected fragments, forming a complete miniature black sword.
• Xia Chen examined the sword, stored it in System Space, and flew toward the King's Palace.
• After Xia Chen left, the wind blades vanished and the Hundred Arms Giant came out of the valley, relieved that he had avoided a fight.
• Cerberus and the willow tree emerged, and they revealed that they had revived after Xia Chen killed them and had pretended to fight.
• Cerberus asked whether Xia Chen could gain the king's recognition.

The willow tree warned Cerberus and the hundred-armed giant that Xia Chen had briefly revealed power that surpassed even their king. Xia Chen reached Pluton Hades’s palace, entered its bone-filled hall, and approached the motionless figure on the throne, which suddenly moved.

• The willow tree said Xia Chen had a strong chance of meeting the king and had displayed a power that terrified it, but Cerberus and the hundred-armed giant questioned its judgment.
• Xia Chen reached the black palace and used the small black sword to open the door, which vanished after the sword fitted into its central design.
• Xia Chen entered the palace and found an endless sea of bones, while the door reappeared behind him.
• Xia Chen revealed that he had made a clone outside as a backup, then used the Flying Nimbus to reach the throne platform.
• Xia Chen examined the armored figure seated on the throne and sensed no aura from it before it suddenly moved.

Xia Chen met Hades, the King of the Underworld, and learned that Devil Fruits were Divine Authorities created from fragments of Hades's power. Hades recognized a supreme Divine Authority within Xia Chen and suggested that one of this world's strongest powers had absorbed fragments of Zeus and Athena, leaving Xia Chen to realize what he meant.

• Xia Chen watched the imposing figure rise but stayed behind his Sovereign Safety Shield when the figure did not attack.
• The figure introduced himself as Hades, revealed his face, and laughed when Xia Chen said he had imagined the King of the Underworld as an older, more imposing man.
• Hades realized Xia Chen was not from this world, and Xia Chen inferred that Hades was also an outsider.
• Hades explained that Divine Authority could be innate or acquired, and that Devil Fruits granted powers derived from Divine Authority.
• Hades revealed that a fragment of his power had become a Devil Fruit and claimed it was stronger than this world's two strongest native Divine Authorities.
• Hades said one of those powers had absorbed fragments of Zeus and Athena, and Xia Chen recognized what he meant.

Xia Chen learned from Hades that their powers had reached the One Piece world as fragments after a war among the chief gods, and that Hades had projected his consciousness into his fragment after sensing Xia Chen’s status. Hades explained that Xia Chen’s status was only a tiny part of a greater power, leaving Xia Chen eager to explore the world and uncover his system’s secrets.

• Xia Chen asked Hades how he had come to the One Piece world, and Hades explained that fragments of the chief gods’ essences had fallen there during a war about a thousand years earlier.
• Hades said he had used slivers of power to set trials for the people of the world and had only recently projected his consciousness into his fragment after sensing Xia Chen’s supreme status.
• Xia Chen asked why he could not see Hades’s aura, and Hades suggested that Xia Chen’s status was too incomplete to reveal its full abilities.
• Xia Chen reasoned that his status belonged to Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and decided that even a tiny portion of that power could make him invincible in this world.
• Xia Chen grew excited about reaching the world’s pinnacle, learning the system’s secrets, and discovering whether the wider heavens existed.

Xia Chen received the remaining power from Hades’s origin fragment and unlocked the Ice-Fire Stone Ape form. He learned that Imu was waiting for him to fully inherit Hades’s power, but the fragment had been absorbed by Xia Chen, leaving him in control of when to awaken.

• Hades gave the remaining power in his origin fragment to Xia Chen and dissolved, promising they would meet again.
• The system upgraded Xia Chen’s Devil Fruit ability and unlocked the Ice-Fire Stone Ape form, with ultimate ice and an imitation of Samadhi True Fire.
• Xia Chen concluded that his new abilities made up for not obtaining the Hades Fruit and decided to remain in the One Piece world.
• Xia Chen learned that inheriting Hades’s power required death and resurrection, and that Imu planned to seize it after the inheritance was complete.
• Xia Chen realized Imu did not know the origin fragment had been absorbed by him, so he could choose when to awaken and take his time.

At a Marine World Military Draft site, Stephen George arrived convinced that his strength would make him an Admiral and help defeat the pirates. After his punch registered only 526 Doriki, Momonga opened his eyes to the commotion.

• The World Government backed Sengoku’s recruitment plan with improved Marine benefits, drawing a long line of applicants to the draft site led by Momonga.
• Stephen George told the recruiting Marine he might smash the Doriki testing machine, prompting the Marines and applicants to watch him skeptically.
• Stephen George recalled how pirates had killed his family and decided to join the Marines so he could end the age of pirates and become Fleet Admiral.
• Stephen George charged up and punched the machine, but its display stopped at 526 Doriki.
• The Marines showed only mild surprise, and Momonga opened his eyes after the score was announced.

Momonga recruited Stephen George after knocking him down for his disrespect, then enlisted several other strong candidates. As the line dwindled to one final applicant, Momonga questioned whether the unusually old, scarred man had come to join the Navy.

• Momonga offered Stephen George a place in his fleet, but Stephen complained about Momonga’s lack of praise and insulted the Navy.
• Momonga struck Stephen George and sent him flying, leaving Stephen frightened and ashamed.
• Stephen George recovered and silently joined Momonga’s group, while Momonga felt his mood improve after the beating.
• Momonga recruited several more candidates, including people with Doriki scores near one thousand and above two thousand.
• Momonga questioned the final applicant, whose age, closed eyes, and X-shaped scar suggested he might not be an ordinary recruit.

Issho demonstrated overwhelming strength during the Navy's World Military Draft, convincing Momonga that he had an Admiral's power. Meanwhile, Xia Chen arrived at Amazon Lily to see Hancock, where one of the island's women recognized him.

• Issho told Momonga that he was blind but could still perceive people, then registered for the Navy draft.
• Issho struck the Doriki testing machine with his Cane Sword and destroyed it, leading Momonga to declare that he had an Admiral's strength.
• Xia Chen arrived on Amazon Lily and continued through the forest without visiting Luffy and the others.
• A group of women surrounded Xia Chen, and he said he had come to see Hancock.
• The black-haired woman stopped the yellow-haired woman from insulting Xia Chen and respectfully asked whether he was Lord Xia Chen.

Xia Chen arrived at Amazon Lily and was escorted to Boa Hancock by Kikyo, Boa Marigold, and Boa Sandersonia. Hancock was distracted by Xia Chen’s wanted poster until she finally noticed him, leaving her stunned by his unexpected visit.

• Kikyo recognized Xia Chen, knelt to greet him, and led him toward the palace to see the Empress.
• Boa Marigold and Boa Sandersonia recognized Xia Chen at the palace and escorted him inside to meet their elder sister.
• Xia Chen entered the hall and saw Hancock reclining on a snake while she stared at his wanted poster.
• Boa Sandersonia repeatedly called Hancock until Hancock threatened to punish her and looked toward the entrance.
• Hancock spotted Xia Chen, froze in disbelief, and heard him greet her.