Recaps

Lin Yuan took Uta to the shore, where she sang for him and they spent a relaxed day fishing and talking. Uta fell asleep as Lin Yuan recounted his past, leaving him watching over her by the sea.

• Lin Yuan flew with Uta to a scenic reef and made a rainbow stage from Flame Clouds for her to sing on.
• Uta performed a soothing song, and birds and butterflies gathered around as Lin Yuan listened and shifted the clouds to accompany her dance.
• Lin Yuan praised Uta and joked that he would make her sing for him alone, while Uta promised to do so if he could defeat everyone.
• Lin Yuan and Uta went fishing, relaxed on cloud-made lounge chairs, and talked about the world.
• Lin Yuan told Uta how he had lost his memories before age five and later fought the people behind Ohara’s destruction.
• Uta fell asleep smiling in her chair, and Lin Yuan gently stroked her face and watched the sea.

After six months of teaching and spending time with Uta, Lin Yuan realized Demon Tot Musica had awakened and was taking control of her. He faced the demon on Elegia Island as Uta sang inside its growing phantom form.

• Lin Yuan taught Uta about the world and his previous life, and she abandoned her former plan to create a song-filled world.
• Uta told Lin Yuan to leave and return only after defeating the Red Hair Pirates, while Lin Yuan recognized that Demon Tot Musica was influencing her.
• Uta warned Lin Yuan that she was losing control, but he refused to leave, and she vanished as Demon Tot Musica emerged on Elegia Island.
• Lin Yuan saw Uta trapped inside Demon Tot Musica as she sang and its phantom form grew solid.
• Lin Yuan confronted Demon Tot Musica and challenged the demon's strength.

Lin Yuan listened to Uta’s song while Mandala fought Demon Tot Musica, first blocking its attacks and then clashing with its stronger second-movement form. The battle continued as Demon Tot Musica reached the level of the Four Emperors, while Lin Yuan remained focused on the music.

• Demon Tot Musica attacked Lin Yuan with a huge energy sphere, but Lin Yuan emerged unharmed and listened to Uta sing.
• Mandala swallowed Demon Tot Musica’s next energy sphere with a black vortex and defended Lin Yuan against its repeated attacks.
• Mandala severed Demon Tot Musica’s tentacles as Lin Yuan rose to Uta’s height and she began singing the second movement.
• Demon Tot Musica transformed, reached the level of the Four Emperors, and attacked with green hair, claws, tentacles, and energy blasts.
• Mandala fought Demon Tot Musica’s stronger form with blade lights and black vortexes while Lin Yuan continued listening to Uta.

Lin Yuan unleashed Mandala’s stored energy against the demon Tot Musica, then rescued Uta from its body and urged her to sing the third movement. Tot Musica transformed into a more powerful form and attacked Lin Yuan, who judged it no match for him.

• As Uta finished the second movement, Lin Yuan took Mandala and released its stored energy in a massive explosion that devastated half of Elegia Island.
• Lin Yuan protected himself with dragon scales and the power of time, flew through the blast, and slashed open the demon Tot Musica’s chest to rescue Uta.
• Uta regained consciousness and asked Lin Yuan if they were dead, but he reassured her and encouraged her to sing the third movement.
• Uta chose to trust Lin Yuan and began singing again, causing the demon Tot Musica to transform into a towering third form.
• Lin Yuan dismissed the demon Tot Musica as no threat, and it charged at him in fury.

Lin Yuan fought the rapidly regenerating demon Tot Musica while Uta watched from the protection of his power of time. After struggling to find a fatal weakness, Lin Yuan transformed into his ten-thousand-meter Zhu Jiuyin form and began strangling the demon with his scales.

• Lin Yuan cut off one of the demon Tot Musica’s arms with Mandala after Uta’s third movement ended.
• Uta regained consciousness, asked Lin Yuan to destroy the demon, and watched as he protected her with his power of time.
• Lin Yuan transformed into his human-beast form and sent the demon Tot Musica flying with Dragon God Fist: Quake.
• Lin Yuan fought the demon Tot Musica for an hour, but its rapid regeneration kept it alive as he searched for a fatal weakness.
• Lin Yuan transformed into his Zhu Jiuyin state, overwhelmed and ensnared the demon Tot Musica, then used Death Strangulation.

Lin Yuan used his Zhu Jiuyin form to overpower Tot Musica with crushing coils, fire, freezing air, and lightning, but the devil survived each attack. After spotting a musical score inside Tot Musica’s head, Lin Yuan severed the head and seized the score, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Lin Yuan crushed Tot Musica in his coils while Uta watched and Gordon passed out from a shock wave.
• Tot Musica shrank to escape, but Lin Yuan shrank with it and continued crushing it.
• Lin Yuan burned Tot Musica with golden flames, then cracked its body with freezing air and struck it with lightning.
• Lin Yuan spotted a sheet of music inside Tot Musica’s head, severed the head, and shattered it to reveal the score.
• Lin Yuan knocked Tot Musica into the ground, vanished, and reached out to grab the score.

Lin Yuan found that the sheet music he took from Demon Tot Musica could let Uta enslave the demon. Uta sang the Enslavement Movement, took control of it, and gained a dramatic change in appearance and strength.

• Lin Yuan showed Uta the sheet music, and she identified it as the Enslavement Movement and Demon Tot Musica’s true body.
• Lin Yuan asked Uta to sing the movement so she could control the demon, and she agreed after learning it could help him.
• As Uta sang, Lin Yuan and Mandala repeatedly drove back Demon Tot Musica’s attacks.
• After Uta finished singing, Demon Tot Musica became black energy and entered her, leaving her in control of it.
• Uta told Lin Yuan she felt well and had gained strength, and he gave her the demon as a gift.

After destroying Demon Tot Musica on Elegia Island, Lin Yuan invited Uta to leave with him and promised she would never be abandoned. Uta gained control of the demon as her servant, whom they named A Tuo, and set off with Lin Yuan for home.

• Lin Yuan told Uta to leave the ruined Elegia Island with him, and she asked him never to leave her behind.
• Lin Yuan promised to take Uta traveling after overthrowing the World Government and explained that powerful fighters in his merchant association could rival the Four Emperors.
• Uta summoned Demon Tot Musica, whose first form now had Admiral-level strength and guarded her as a servant.
• Uta asked Lin Yuan to rename Demon Tot Musica, and he named him A Tuo.
• A Tuo vanished into the musical-note mark on Uta's forehead, and Lin Yuan took Uta by the hand to go home with him.

Lin Yuan left shattered Elegia Island with Uta, who chose to become his woman, while Gordon returned to the Red Hair Pirates. At Abyss headquarters, Enel went to investigate Kuzan, and Lin Yuan’s companions prepared for his return as he looked ahead to a coming confrontation involving the child of the world and Garp.

• Lin Yuan carried Uta away from Elegia Island, while Gordon emerged from the rubble and called the Red Hair Pirates before leaving.
• Lin Yuan told Uta that Gordon had returned to the Red Hair Pirates, and Uta accepted that it was time for Gordon to pursue his own dream.
• Lin Yuan asked Uta to become his woman, and she agreed as they traveled toward home on a Flame Cloud.
• At Abyss headquarters, Tesoro told Enel that Kuzan had appeared in their territory, and Enel flew off to investigate.
• Monet told Hancock, Robin, Kuina, Yamato, Erza, Emile, Ain, and the other women that Lin Yuan would return in about three days, and they planned his welcome.
• Lin Yuan stopped to rest while Uta recovered, then wondered what the child of the world would do in a year and hoped Garp would keep his promise.

Lin Yuan returned to Abyss headquarters with Uta, while Enel met Kuzan and invited him to join the Abyss Chamber of Commerce. Kuzan followed Enel toward headquarters, where his teacher was waiting.

• Lin Yuan introduced Uta to Robin, Monet, Nami, and the other women at Abyss headquarters, and Uta quickly grew close to them.
• Enel stopped secretly observing Kuzan and met him at a tavern, where they discussed Kuzan's visit and Lin Yuan's knowledge of his future arrival and broken leg.
• Enel invited Kuzan to join the Abyss Chamber of Commerce and promised that the Marines would not be destroyed if he joined.
• Enel told Kuzan that his teacher was at headquarters, then went to the sea and presented him with a bicycle Lin Yuan had prepared.

Kuzan arrived at the Abyss Chamber of Commerce headquarters and reunited with his former teacher Zephyr. Lin Yuan welcomed him and introduced him to the powerful allies gathered there, leaving Kuzan stunned by the scale of Lin Yuan’s forces.

• Kuzan traveled by ship to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters and realized the Marines had never known where its true base was.
• Lin Yuan recalled his past encounter with Kuzan at Ohara and said he would make sure Kuzan stayed now that he had arrived.
• Tesoro and Enel welcomed Kuzan, who was shocked to discover that Zephyr had joined the Chamber of Commerce.
• Lin Yuan greeted Kuzan and introduced Bullet, Redfield, Mihawk, Hancock, Yamato, Kuina, and Robin.
• Kuzan saw that nearly everyone Lin Yuan had introduced possessed Admiral-level strength and concluded that Lin Yuan had deceived everyone.

Kuzan learned that Lin Yuan had eliminated nearly all the Impel Down escapees and saw Kuina demonstrate the More-More Fruit. After joining the Abyss Chamber of Commerce, Kuzan realized it aimed to challenge the World Government and heard Zephyr warn that everyone was merely a piece in that conflict.

• Kuzan asked Lin Yuan where the sixth-level prisoners had gone, and Lin Yuan said he had killed all of them except Bullet and Redfield.
• Kuzan warned that the escaped prisoners’ Devil Fruits could create new pirates, so Lin Yuan had Kuina demonstrate her More-More Fruit: Slash.
• Lin Yuan invited Kuzan to join the Abyss Chamber of Commerce, and Zephyr welcomed him and offered to help hone his Haki.
• Zephyr explained some of the chamber’s strength to Kuzan, who counted thirteen Admiral- or Emperor-level powerhouses and realized Lin Yuan intended to challenge the World Government.
• After the banquet, Zephyr told Kuzan that the Navy, pirates, Revolutionary Army, and Four Emperors were pieces in the struggle between the Abyss Chamber of Commerce and the World Government.

After Kuzan chose to accept his role as Lin Yuan’s pawn, the Abyss Chamber arranged to restore his lost leg. A month later, Lin Yuan gathered the chamber’s strongest fighters to train against Uta’s Demon Tot Musica at a secret base, arriving at a metal island he called the chamber’s war fortress.

• Kuzan reflected on the peaceful lives in the Abyss Chamber’s territory and decided that serving as Lin Yuan’s chess piece did not seem so bad.
• Kureha, Judge, Queen of the Beasts Pirates, and Trafalgar Law arranged surgery to restore Kuzan’s leg, and he recovered over the following month.
• Lin Yuan told Uta he would train her combat skills by exposing her to powerful opponents and planned to help her control Demon Tot Musica.
• Lin Yuan gathered seventy or eighty fighters, including Bullet, Shiki, Redfield, and Kuzan, and promised Bullet a chance to challenge him after their training.
• The group reached a secret base in Whitebeard’s territory, where Lin Yuan revealed the chamber’s bronze-colored war fortress.

Lin Yuan brought his companions to the golden island and revealed the Ability User Legion he had trained over fifteen years. After greeting the soldiers and learning that they had grown into a formidable force, his guests were left stunned by the scale of his preparations.

• Lin Yuan’s companions saw the metal island and learned that its hundreds of combat-suited residents were his Ability User Legion.
• Lin Yuan landed, and the legion greeted him in perfect formation, impressing even former Admiral Kuzan.
• Lin Yuan greeted the legion members by name as they proudly reported their progress, including awakened abilities and advanced Haki.
• Lin Yuan addressed Li Baiyu, Du Shaofu, Wang Dawei, Li Zihe, and Bai Juyi, who reported that every member had reached at least Rear Admiral strength.
• Tesoro explained that Lin Yuan had trained the legion for fifteen years, selecting its strongest members and investing a tenth of the commerce association’s annual earnings in them.
• Redfield, Mihawk, and the others realized how young and powerful the legion was, and were shaken by how much stronger it could become.

Lin Yuan prepared his army and his allies for a final six-month trial before their planned attack on Mary Geoise. Uta summoned Demon Tot Musica, and Bullet began fighting it, unaware of how quickly it could recover.

• Lin Yuan assembled the soldiers, including Liu Yuxi and his guards, and announced that their final trial would begin in three days before they marched on Mary Geoise.
• Lin Yuan told Bullet and the other powerhouses to train alongside the younger fighters, and Redfield asked how he planned to improve their strength.
• Lin Yuan had Uta summon Demon Tot Musica, also known as A Tuo, and warned Bullet not to use his Devil Fruit ability on the alloy island.
• Bullet attacked A Tuo with Armament Haki, smashed apart its first form, and sent it crashing to the ground.
• A Tuo restored its body within seconds and charged at Bullet again, while Lin Yuan and Uta watched with knowing smiles.

Bullet fought Demon A Tuo for two days without defeating him, and Uta empowered A Tuo until he grew to hundreds of meters tall. Lin Yuan then had the others test themselves against A Tuo, and the chapter ended with him promising they could use A Tuo for one-on-one training.

• Bullet fought A Tuo relentlessly for two days, but A Tuo recovered from every attack.
• Uta sang to empower A Tuo, who grew hundreds of meters tall, while Lin Yuan used his time power to keep the fight contained.
• Bullet unleashed his Devil Form and destroyed most of A Tuo's body with one punch, but A Tuo reappeared unharmed.
• Redfield, Shikimi, Hawk, and Kuina attacked together and split A Tuo apart, but he regenerated; Enel, Bullet, Tesoro, Hancock, Yamato, Li Taibai, and the other commanders also struck him down in turn.
• Kuzan froze A Tuo and slowed his movements, while Uta grew tired, so Lin Yuan recalled A Tuo.
• Redfield asked whether A Tuo could grow stronger, and Lin Yuan said Uta could empower him until he reached several thousand meters before offering the group one-on-one training against him.

Lin Yuan put the Ability User Legion through six months of combat training against A Tuo and powerful allies. After Gordon told Shanks about Uta, Shanks decided to visit the Abyss Chamber of Commerce and confront Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan had the Ability User Legion battle A Tuo in rotating groups while they rested and replenished their strength.
• Zephyr organized further team fights between the Legion and Bullet, Shiki, and the other powerhouses, while Robin and her allies fought Hancock, Yamato, and Kuina.
• Lin Yuan concealed the battles with his power of time as the fighters trained for half a year.
• Gordon told the Red Hair Pirates about Uta, and Shanks took his crew to the ruined Elegia Island, where he worried about her and recalled his own plans and regrets.
• Shanks dismissed Beckman's concerns and ordered him to go with him to the Abyss Chamber of Commerce to see Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan prepared Tesoro, Robin, and Monet to manage the Abyss Chamber of Commerce while he held its headquarters, then received Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates as they arrived. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan confronting the crew in midair.

• Lin Yuan instructed Tesoro to strengthen the headquarters, develop more experts, and keep Gaban and the others informed while he traveled with Robin and Monet.
• Lin Yuan left Hancock, Yamato, Kuina, and Uta on the island as the fighters continued sparring with A Tuo and the Ability User Legion.
• Lin Yuan assigned Robin to run the chamber of commerce and ordered Monet to monitor the Red Line and send Garp a warning about the approaching one-year deadline.
• Monet reported that the Red Hair Pirates had entered Abyss territory, and Lin Yuan ordered that they not be intercepted.
• Shanks and his crew sailed to the Abyss headquarters, where Lin Yuan appeared with Erza, Emile, and other women after Gob complained that no one had welcomed them.

Lin Yuan confronted Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates after they insulted him and demanded that he hand over Uta. When Lin Yuan revealed Shanks was Figarland Shanks and called the crew World Government lackeys, both sides prepared to fight, and Shanks unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.

• Shanks arrived uninvited and tried to smooth things over, but Gob and other Red Hair Pirates mocked Lin Yuan and his companions.
• Lin Yuan rebuked Shanks and the crew, while Shanks and Beckman silently considered attacking him and judged the island to be an opportunity.
• Gob provoked Lin Yuan again, and Lin Yuan warned Shanks that Gob would die if he spoke once more.
• Shanks demanded that Lin Yuan hand over Uta, but Lin Yuan said she did not want to see Shanks and had settled her debt when he abandoned her.
• Lin Yuan revealed that Uta had asked him to beat Shanks and identified him as Figarland Shanks, prompting the Red Hair Pirates and Lin Yuan's companions to ready themselves for battle.
• Shanks unleashed a powerful surge of Conqueror's Haki, darkening the sky and cracking the ground.

Lin Yuan confronted Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates at his headquarters, overpowering Shanks and Beckman while Erza and the others took on the rest of the crew. The battle left Lin Yuan’s side in control, with the Red Hair Pirates struggling to keep up.

• Lin Yuan used his time ability to contain the clash and restored the ground damaged by Shanks’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Lin Yuan unleashed his own Conqueror’s Haki against the Red Hair Pirates, then shattered their ship’s red dragon figurehead and tore their flag apart.
• Shanks attacked Lin Yuan while Beckman fired Seastone Bullets coated in Armament Haki, but Lin Yuan and the Mandala stopped their combined strike.
• Lin Yuan assigned Erza to fight the rest of the crew, and Erza, Emile, Monet, Robin, Perona, and the others charged the Red Hair Pirates in raid suits.
• Lin Yuan used the power of time to strike Shanks and Beckman, sending both flying and leaving them bloodied.
• Erza and the others gained the advantage in their fights, with Erza and Emile suppressing Yasopp and Lucky Roux.

Lin Yuan and his allies overwhelmed the Red Hair Pirates in a fierce battle, with Perona and Sugar turning defeated opponents into toys. The fighting continued as Erza and Emile took down Lucky Roux and Yasopp.

• Lin Yuan guarded his allies with Observation Haki and time powers while fighting Shanks and Beckman, and he struck Shanks in the face despite taking a minor wound.
• Erza fought Lucky Roux, Emile fought Yasopp, Monet fought Hongo, and Nami and Nojiko pushed Gob onto the defensive with Zeus's lightning.
• Perona's Negative Hollows made Rockstar and Monster collapse, and Sugar turned them into toys, causing their comrades to forget who they were.
• Robin told Perona and Sugar to target more enemies, and the pair helped subdue two additional Red Hair Pirates.
• Yasopp attacked Perona and Sugar, but Emile's bubbles redirected his shot and wounded him before she knocked him unconscious.
• Lucky Roux rushed to help Yasopp, but Erza made the ground slippery, struck him from behind, and followed up with Slip-Slip: Dislocation.

Erza defeated Lucky Roux while Lin Yuan fought Shanks and Beckman, cutting off Beckman’s arm as Sugar turned the Red Hair Pirates’ captains into toys. Beckman kept Lin Yuan’s women under fire so Shanks could escape, then aimed his final shots at Lin Yuan.

• Erza struck Lucky Roux and used the Smooth-Smooth Fruit to twist his limbs, leaving him incapacitated.
• Lin Yuan blocked Shanks’s Divine Departure and Beckman’s Two Lives Flower with Far Shore of the Underworld, then charged Beckman.
• Lin Yuan used Momentary Splendor to evade their attacks and severed Beckman’s right arm.
• Sugar turned the Red Hair Pirates’ captains into toys, and Shanks and Beckman realized her power had erased their memories of their companions.
• Beckman fired at Lin Yuan’s women while urging Shanks to flee, and Shanks escaped by diving into the sea.
• Beckman, nearly out of Haki, aimed his final Armament Haki-coated shots at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan overpowered Beckman and revealed that he had deliberately let Shanks escape, then questioned the Red Hair Pirates’ motives for seeking Uta. After restoring Beckman’s memories of Lucky Roux, Lin Yuan declared that the Red Hair Pirates were finished.

• Lin Yuan transformed, overwhelmed Beckman with his strength, and admitted he had deliberately let Shanks escape.
• Lin Yuan asked why the Red Hair Pirates had come and accused them of seeking Uta because of the demon Tot Musica.
• Lin Yuan challenged Beckman over why the crew had abandoned Uta, suggesting they had waited for Shanks and the Straw Hat Kid.
• Lin Yuan asked whether Beckman wanted his companions saved, and Sugar restored Beckman’s memories of Lucky Roux.
• Beckman agreed to anything to save Lucky Roux, and Lin Yuan declared that the Red Hair Pirates were finished.

Lin Yuan reunited with Uta after defeating the Red Hair Pirates, and explained that Shanks may have used her to clear the way for Monkey D. Luffy. He brought Uta and the others to confront Beckman, who was surprised by their strength.

• Shiki returned with Hancock, Yamato, Kuina, Uta, and Redfield, and they found Lin Yuan unharmed after the Red Hair Pirates’ attack.
• Lin Yuan told Uta he had captured the Red Hair Pirates except for Shanks, then explained that Shanks may have been waiting for Monkey D. Luffy.
• Robin reported that Beckman remained under watch while Sugar had turned the healed pirates into toys.
• After dinner, Lin Yuan took Uta and the others to the underground prison, where Beckman recognized their formidable strength.
• Uta greeted Beckman, saying, “Long time no see.”

Uta confronted Beckman about why the Red Hair Pirates abandoned her on Elegia and whether Shanks intended Luffy to defeat the demon within her. Beckman revealed Shanks had made plans to shape Luffy’s future, leaving Uta upset and Lin Yuan holding Beckman captive.

• Uta revealed her identity to Beckman and asked why he had left her on Elegia Island and whether Shanks planned for Luffy to deal with the demon inside her.
• Beckman said the Red Hair Pirates had feared they could not suppress the demon, and Shanks had later refused to bring Uta back because he believed the time was not right.
• Beckman explained that Shanks believed Luffy was the person Roger had been waiting for and had arranged suitable companions to help Luffy grow.
• Lin Yuan named Robin, Nami, Brook, Cutty Flam, and Chopper, and Beckman’s reaction suggested Shanks had arranged for some of them to join Luffy.
• Uta became saddened by the possibility that Shanks had treated her as a pawn and left with Lin Yuan, Hancock, Yamato, and Kuina.
• Lin Yuan warned Beckman not to escape and revealed that he had taken Flam and Chopper away years earlier.