Recaps

Xia Chen defeated the World Government’s forces at Marineford, rescued the pirates, and killed the Five Elders before faking his death. After reuniting with his crew, he recruited Franky and set plans to strengthen everyone before entering the New World.

• Xia Chen killed Saint Saturn and fought the remaining Elders while Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, and the others defeated their opponents and helped the pirates escape Marineford.
• Xia Chen transformed into his stone form, devastated the Marines with rock attacks and a meteor, then trapped the surviving Admirals and World Government leaders in stone spheres.
• Shanks asked Xia Chen to spare the captives and traded information about the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Pluton Hades, for their release, but Xia Chen later returned and killed the wounded Five Elders and other prisoners.
• Xia Chen escaped by faking his death, joined Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick, and learned from a disguised Imu that awakening the Hades fruit could draw Imu’s attention.
• Xia Chen and his crew sailed away after Whitebeard offered them help, and Xia Chen accepted Franky into the crew when Franky agreed Water 7 might be targeted by the World Government.
• Franky revealed the Pluton Blueprints and burned them, then promised to build the crew a larger ship as Xia Chen proposed training and regrouping before the New World.
• The crew named what they wanted to improve, and Xia Chen proposed visiting places where they could study before planning a celebratory banquet.

Xia Chen gathered power by facing the guardians of Dark Night Island and learned from Hades about the origins of Divine Authority and his own status. After leaving the island, he arrived at Amazon Lily and reunited with Hancock.

• Xia Chen met Big News Morgans, gathered island information for his crew, and learned that Dark Night Island appeared unpredictably in the Eternal Night Sea.
• Xia Chen arranged for Rayleigh to train his crewmates, unleashed his king-level Conqueror’s Haki on Sabaody, and killed Eustass Kid and Killer when Kid challenged him.
• Xia Chen killed Saint Mobus, prompting the Marines and World Government to discuss the killing while choosing not to confront him.
• Xia Chen found Dark Night Island, fought Cerberus, and collected a golden fragment after Cerberus stopped fighting and vanished.
• Xia Chen defeated the conscious willow tree at the Waterfall of Blood, gathered another fragment, and completed a miniature black sword with a fragment from Gale Valley.
• Xia Chen used the sword to enter the black palace, where Hades explained the origins of Divine Authority and revealed Xia Chen’s connection to Sun Wukong.
• Hades gave Xia Chen the remaining power in his origin fragment, unlocking the Ice-Fire Stone Ape form, and Xia Chen realized he could delay the death and resurrection Imu expected.
• Momonga recruited Issho into the Marines after Issho destroyed the Doriki testing machine, while Xia Chen arrived on Amazon Lily and was recognized by Hancock’s attendants.
• Xia Chen entered Hancock’s hall, where Hancock saw him and froze in disbelief.

Xia Chen secured Amazon Lily’s safety, granted Whitebeard his final wish for a battle, and reunited with Luffy’s crew after their training. The crew prepared to sail toward Fish-Man Island while Xia Chen searched for news of the missing Sabo and Franky unveiled their new ship.

• Hancock fainted after Xia Chen asked her to call him by his name, then declared she would marry him unless he refused her.
• Xia Chen warned Sengoku and the Five Elders that Amazon Lily was under his protection, and they agreed their forces would stay away from its waters.
• Ace told Xia Chen that Whitebeard was near death and wanted to see him, so Xia Chen went to the Moby Dick and accepted Whitebeard’s challenge to fight.
• Xia Chen and Whitebeard clashed in a final battle that shattered an island, and Whitebeard died beneath the open sky after Xia Chen protected him from the shock waves.
• Xia Chen took the reborn Tremor-Tremor Fruit, then visited Luffy and the others and tested their progress after six months of training.
• Dragon told Xia Chen that Sabo had disappeared, and Xia Chen learned from Big News Morgans that Sabo may have fought someone at Admiral level or stronger.
• Xia Chen told the crew they could travel to Fish-Man Island after stopping at Sabaody Archipelago to coat their new ship.
• Franky announced he would leave with the Straw Hat Pirates, then led the crew to see the new ship he had built.

The Straw Hats received the Thousand Sunny, reached Fish-Man Island, and became entangled in the island’s growing danger. While Hody Jones moved against them and Neptune was captured, Xia Chen descended into the pit, awakened Jörmungandr, and confronted the serpent.

• Franky unveiled the Thousand Sunny, which the crew named and sailed toward Sabaody Archipelago.
• On Sabaody, Kizaru exposed and defeated the fake Straw Hat crew, while Xia Chen froze the pirates who demanded that he fight the Marines.
• After the crew departed Sabaody, Xia Chen and the Straw Hats traveled underwater aboard the Sunny and arrived at Fish-Man Island.
• Jinbe reunited with Luffy’s crew, and Neptune asked to use the Straw Hats’ flag for protection before privately questioning Xia Chen about Joy Boy.
• Neptune told Xia Chen about the sealed Jörmungandr and the growing tremors, then left him to investigate the pit.
• Hody Jones and Zeo set their plan in motion, while Shyarly saw a horrifying vision and Neptune was imprisoned.
• Xia Chen found the wounded Jörmungandr and used Joy Boy’s manual to understand and erase the God-Level Haki in its wounds.
• Jörmungandr threatened to eat Xia Chen, who demanded that the serpent submit or become snake soup and prepared to demonstrate his newly gained power.