Recaps

Sengoku convened the Marines’ senior officers to plan the World Government’s operation to destroy Lin Yuan’s Abyss Chamber of Commerce. He assigned Garp, Sakazuki, and Kuzan to confront Lin Yuan as the Marines prepared to mobilize.

• Sengoku told the officers that the Five Elders had ordered them to eliminate the Abyss Chamber of Commerce, confirming that Lin Yuan and Charlotte Linlin had both suffered heavy losses.
• Tsuru questioned the intelligence, while Borsalino and Kuzan challenged the decision to target Lin Yuan and the chamber, prompting Sengoku to defend the World Government’s orders.
• Sengoku announced that the Shichibukai would assist and that the World Government would send an Admiral-level powerhouse, then identified Naguri, Enel, and Tesoro as threats among the chamber’s senior members.
• Garp warned that defeating Lin Yuan would require three Admiral-level fighters, so Sengoku assigned Garp, Sakazuki, and Kuzan to attack him while Borsalino stayed available for support.

Sengoku sent a powerful Marine fleet led by Sakazuki, with Kuzan and Garp, to confront Lin Yuan, while World Government fighters arrived to join the expedition. The fleet sailed for the Grand Line, leaving Sengoku and Tsuru uneasy about Borsalino’s warning and the Shichibukai’s refusal to help.

• Sengoku appointed Sakazuki to command twenty warships, supported by Kuzan, Garp, ten Vice Admirals, and an Admiral Candidate.
• The World Government’s masked fighters arrived, and their silver-masked leader demanded a warship while insulting the Marines and Sengoku.
• Garp threatened the masked leader for trying to take his Dog-Head Warship, so the man boarded another ship instead.
• Sakazuki ordered the fleet to set sail, while Borsalino warned that Lin Yuan might take some of them down with him.
• Tsuru told Sengoku that the Shichibukai had refused to join the operation, and she worried that danger was approaching.

After the Marines and World Government sent a powerful fleet toward the Abyss Chamber of Commerce, Lin Yuan prepared to relocate its headquarters and planned to capture the entire force. He left the story with the island being moved and his allies readying themselves for the coming battle.

• Hancock, Crocodile, Jinbe, and Gecko Moria offered to return and help Lin Yuan, but he refused to let the Shichibukai reveal themselves; Dragon also prepared to act against the World Government's Admiral-level fighter.
• Lin Yuan used Flame Clouds to move the chamber of commerce headquarters and planned to place it near Fish-Man Island, while relocating an uninhabited island to the headquarters' former site.
• Lin Yuan told Tesoro to reassure the island's residents and prevent the countries under his rule from intercepting the approaching fleet, which was expected to arrive in twenty days to a month.
• Lin Yuan told Tesoro, Naguri, and the others that he intended to capture the Marines and World Government forces to use as bargaining chips.
• Lin Yuan assigned Dragon to face the World Government's Admiral, planned to fight Garp himself, and arranged for Enel, Yamato, Zephyr, and Naguri to face the other top fighters.

Lin Yuan met Dragon ahead of the Marines’ attack and revealed his plan to keep Garp behind while making it appear that he died in battle. Dragon also asked about Bonney’s illness, and Lin Yuan offered to treat her; the chapter ended with Dragon arriving at the stone house and reuniting with Zephyr.

• Lin Yuan welcomed Dragon to the rebuilt island and said he was certain he could defeat Garp, while Dragon agreed to help persuade Garp afterward.
• Lin Yuan told Dragon he wanted to take on the Navy at Marineford rather than defeat Sakazuki and Kuzan separately.
• Dragon told Lin Yuan that Kuma wanted to find Vegapunk to treat Bonney, and Lin Yuan offered his own doctors and researchers to cure her.
• Dragon called Kuma and told him to bring Bonney to Lin Yuan, but Kuma hung up without speaking.
• Lin Yuan showed Dragon the relocated island and gathered the fighters assembled for the battle at their stone-house residence.
• Zephyr greeted Dragon, who recognized him as Uncle Zephyr.

Lin Yuan brought Bartholomew Kuma and Bonney to Sky Island so Kureha could treat Bonney’s Sapphire Scales, while preparing to face the approaching Marines. The chapter ended with Kuma waiting for Bonney as twenty Marine warships advanced toward the Grand Line.

• Zephyr reunited with Dragon and said he had joined Lin Yuan, while Lin Yuan planned to take Enel to test his lightning against the Marines.
• Kuma arrived with Bonney, and Law examined her Sapphire Scales but said Kureha could treat it.
• Lin Yuan gave Bonney a Pure Gold ring and flew with her, Kuma, and Law to Sky Island.
• Kureha took Bonney for treatment and told Law to fetch Mansherry and Chopper, while Lin Yuan reassured Kuma.
• Lin Yuan left Kuma to wait for Bonney, and twenty Marine warships advanced toward the Grand Line.

Lin Yuan and Enel chose an open stretch of sea to ambush the approaching Marine fleet and prepared a storm to amplify Enel’s Thunder Punishment. They waited in the concealed clouds as Sakazuki and the Marines sailed toward them, unaware of the trap.

• Lin Yuan returned to the Blue Sea, and he and Enel studied Stella’s intelligence and Robin’s suggested ambush point on the sea chart.
• Lin Yuan agreed to ambush the Marines at the empty stretch of sea and told Enel their goal was to wear down Garp, Sakazuki, and the others.
• Lin Yuan and Enel reached the location ahead of schedule, and Lin Yuan explained that clouds could magnify Enel’s lightning attack.
• After Enel detected the fleet approaching, Lin Yuan transformed into Zhu Jiuyin and gathered a vast area of concealed storm clouds by summoning rain and creating steam.
• Lin Yuan and Enel took positions inside the thick clouds and prepared to unleash Thunder Punishment as Sakazuki and the fleet continued toward them.

Garp, Sakazuki, and Kuzan discussed Lin Yuan’s history and prepared to face him as the Marine fleet approached. Enel and Lin Yuan ambushed the fleet with a gigantic lightning storm, leaving the Marines confronted by Enel’s Heavenly Thunder Punishment.

• Garp told Sakazuki and Kuzan that he sensed something was wrong with their mission, and Kuzan warned that Lin Yuan might already have prepared a countermeasure.
• Kuzan revealed that Lin Yuan had been at Ohara, escaped him as a child, and used a dragon-like ability to melt his ice; Garp warned the others not to look into Lin Yuan’s eyes when he closed them.
• Garp, Sakazuki, and Kuzan agreed to take down Lin Yuan, while Garp said he planned to beat him and Shanks.
• Enel sensed the Marine fleet within ten li, and Lin Yuan helped him gather and amplify the lightning in the clouds.
• As the warships came within two li, Enel revealed his thousand-meter lightning form and raised a lightning trident before declaring Heavenly Thunder Punishment against the Marines.

Enel’s lightning strike devastated Sakazuki’s fleet, killing nearly five thousand Marines and destroying seven warships before Kuzan froze the sea to stop the returning waves. Lin Yuan appeared afterward, taunted the surviving commanders, and left Enel with a challenge to meet him at the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.

• Enel launched a colossal lightning trident at Sakazuki’s fleet, and Sakazuki, Garp, Kuzan, and the masked man combined their attacks to halt it.
• The clash caused a vast explosion and shock waves that destroyed seven warships and killed nearly five thousand Marines.
• Kuzan used Ice Age to freeze the sea and prevent the returning water from swallowing the fleet.
• Lin Yuan appeared above the Marines, and Enel claimed responsibility for the strike while Lin Yuan defended the attack as part of the war.
• Lin Yuan taunted the masked man and Sakazuki, then challenged Garp and the others to come to the Abyss Chamber of Commerce before departing with Enel.

Sakazuki's remaining fleet reached the Abyss Chamber of Commerce's island and bombarded it, but Emile's power protected Lin Yuan and his allies. Lin Yuan met the Marines with overwhelming Conqueror's Haki and began fighting Garp, Kuzan, Sakazuki, and the World Government's masked man as his allies joined the battle.

• Sakazuki and Kuzan left the wounded behind and sailed toward the island with seven warships and ten thousand officers.
• Enel reported the approaching fleet, and Lin Yuan decided to wait for the Marines rather than defend the island's wall.
• Sakazuki's forces blasted the wall and bombarded the island for three hours, but Emile intercepted the cannonballs with her explosive bubbles.
• The Marines landed and fired on Lin Yuan's group, but Lin Yuan's Conqueror's Haki knocked out every Marine below Rear Admiral.
• Garp, Kuzan, Sakazuki, and the masked man attacked Lin Yuan, who fought back with the power of the Zhu Jiuyin Fruit and called his allies into action.
• Yamato and Lin Yuan struck the masked man and sent him flying toward Zephyr and Dragon, while Enel and Yamato joined the attacks on Sakazuki and Tesoro's group engaged Yamakaji's men.

Lin Yuan and the Abyss commerce guild’s fighters battled Garp, Kuzan, Sakazuki, and the Marines, revealing that the guild had far more powerful fighters than its enemies expected. Lin Yuan then crippled much of the Marine force attacking Erza’s group and resumed keeping Garp occupied.

• Yamato and Enel forced Sakazuki back, while Naguri fought Kuzan to a standstill.
• Garp noticed a distant battle involving a young fighter and Zephyr, realizing the Abyss commerce guild had six powerful fighters present.
• Lin Yuan fought Garp, using his speed and Observation Haki Killer ability to strike him and then reaching the Marines attacking Erza’s group.
• Lin Yuan used Time Confinement to freeze Yamakaji and the other Marines, then struck down more than half of them as Tesoro and the others joined in.
• Lin Yuan blocked Garp from reaching the remaining Marines and mocked him as they continued exchanging blows.

Dragon and Zephyr confronted the masked man and the CP0 agents after Lin Yuan sent them their way. Zephyr learned that the World Government had arranged his wife and child’s deaths, slaughtered the CP0 agents, and turned back toward the masked man as Dragon kept him pinned down.

• Dragon trapped the masked man and the pursuing CP0 agents inside a Hurricane Barrier, while Zephyr agreed to handle the agents and Dragon took on their leader.
• The masked man taunted Zephyr by claiming the World Government had killed his wife and child, and Zephyr attacked him in a rage.
• Dragon fought the masked man as Zephyr fought off the CP0 agents, killing seven despite suffering severe wounds.
• Zephyr killed all the CP0 agents, and Dragon intensified his attacks on the masked man after confirming Zephyr was safe.
• The masked man pleaded with Dragon to let him go, then threatened to take Dragon down with him, but Zephyr returned and told him he would grant his wish to die.

Dragon and Zephyr killed the World Government’s masked fighter, leaving Zephyr shaken and questioning his life’s work. As the battle against Lin Yuan neared its end, Garp called for a halt and surrendered.

• Zephyr and Dragon overwhelmed the masked fighter, and Zephyr beat him to death despite Dragon’s warning that he was already dead.
• Zephyr asked Dragon whether he had failed all his life, then recovered enough to head back toward Lin Yuan’s battlefield.
• Lin Yuan kept Garp on the defensive and helped Naguri fight Kuzan while avoiding the use of Mandala.
• With the Marines on the island at risk and his side badly injured, Garp forced Lin Yuan back and announced their surrender.

Lin Yuan rejected Garp's surrender when Sakazuki threatened to keep fighting, then used Time Confinement to attack Sakazuki. He severed Sakazuki's arm and held a blade to his neck, warning him not to move.

• Garp admitted defeat and threatened that the Marines could still endanger Lin Yuan's allies if the battle continued.
• Lin Yuan hesitated to kill Garp because he had promised Dragon not to, while the fighters across the battlefield began to stop.
• Sakazuki insisted that the Marines should kill their opponents, and Garp ordered him to shut up.
• Sakazuki deliberately provoked Lin Yuan, hoping to kill him with a surprise magma attack.
• Lin Yuan confined the island for 0.1 seconds, appeared behind Sakazuki, severed his arm, and held a blade to his neck.

Lin Yuan forced Garp to stay behind so Sakazuki, Kuzan, and the Marines could retreat, then faced Garp in a final battle that destroyed the island. Lin Yuan departed afterward, while Garp’s fate remained unknown.

• Lin Yuan threatened the Marines and demanded that Garp stay, and Garp agreed so the others could escape.
• Garp ordered Sakazuki and Kuzan to take the Marines away, and they withdrew while Garp prepared to fight Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan sent the others away, removed his disguise, and challenged Garp to a final battle.
• Lin Yuan and Garp unleashed their powers, and their clash shattered the island and triggered a massive tsunami that Kuzan stopped with Ice Age.
• Sakazuki and Kuzan returned to find Lin Yuan leaving atop Flame Clouds, but they found no trace of Garp.

After the Marines’ crushing defeat, reports of Garp’s apparent fall and Lin Yuan’s victory shocked the world. At Abyss headquarters, Lin Yuan celebrated with his allies, while Dragon explained that Garp had refused to leave and planned to stay there.

• Sengoku and Tsuru grieved over the Marines’ heavy casualties and Garp’s unknown fate, while Borsalino took charge of Marine Headquarters.
• Morgans circulated reports about the battle, including Sakazuki losing an arm, Kuzan being gravely wounded, and Garp’s apparent fall.
• Rayleigh, Gaban, Shanks, Shiki, and Luffy read the news; Luffy wept, while Zoro worried he might seek revenge on Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan celebrated the Abyss Chamber of Commerce’s victory and told Tesoro that the World Government was unlikely to attack them soon.
• Lin Yuan reassured Zephyr that he would prepare for the World Government’s strength and keep searching for the Time-Time Fruit.
• Dragon said Garp had refused to join the Revolutionary Army and would stay at Abyss headquarters; Ace added that Garp had beaten him and refused treatment.

After learning that Lin Yuan had defeated Garp and multiple Marines, Luffy agreed to train before challenging him in two years, while Zoro promised to join him. Meanwhile, Mihawk set out to face Lin Yuan and test his swordsmanship.

• Molly explained that Luffy and the crew were far too weak to challenge Lin Yuan, and Luffy accepted that even Garp had been unable to defeat him.
• Zoro revealed that he knew Lin Yuan’s strength through his former senior sister Kuina, who had become vastly stronger after joining the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.
• Luffy decided that the crew would train for two years before he challenged Lin Yuan, and Zoro agreed to go with him if Luffy first defeated one of the Five Emperors.
• Sanji, Molly, Fisher, Higgins, and Usopp agreed to support Luffy and Zoro’s plan.
• Shanks warned Mihawk that challenging Lin Yuan could cost him his life, but Mihawk departed for the Abyss Chamber of Commerce’s territory to test Lin Yuan’s swordsmanship.

Lin Yuan ordered Whitebeard Newgate and Katakuri to announce alliances between their crews, while the Abyss Chamber of Commerce grew stronger amid the shifting balance of power. After asking Tesoro about finding more Devil Fruit Users, Lin Yuan began considering a raid on Impel Down and learned that Dracule Mihawk had appeared in their territory.

• Lin Yuan called Whitebeard Newgate and Katakuri, and the Big Mom Pirates allied with the Beasts Pirates while the Whitebeard Pirates allied with the Red Hair Pirates.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru’s analysis concluded that Lin Yuan had lured the World Government and Marines into battle, leaving Fleet Admiral Sengoku without a countermeasure as the Five Elders ordered searches for the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika and the Op-Op Fruit User.
• Tesoro reported that the Abyss Chamber of Commerce had 552 Devil Fruit Users and 238 Devil Fruits, and Lin Yuan asked where they could find more wicked users.
• Tesoro identified Impel Down as a possible target, but warned Lin Yuan that attacking the prison would require careful planning and could provoke the World Government.
• Lin Yuan told Tesoro that Ace was Roger’s son and Blackbeard was a traitor who could eat more than two Devil Fruits, then Tesoro revealed that Dracule Mihawk had appeared in their territory.

Lin Yuan learned that Dracule Mihawk had come to his territory seeking a swordsmanship challenge and arranged for him to meet Kuina at the Abyss Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Kuina became eager to face Mihawk when Lin Yuan revealed that he was the World's Greatest Swordsman.

• Lin Yuan told Tesoro to learn Mihawk's purpose and bring him over if he wanted to test his swordsmanship.
• Mihawk accepted Tesoro's invitation and traveled to headquarters aboard a merchant ship, where a young crewman described Lin Yuan's care for the people he had saved.
• Mihawk sensed the crewman's great strength when they reached the mist-shrouded island and was escorted onward to Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan told Kuina he had found her an opponent, and she became excited when he named Dracule Mihawk.

Lin Yuan welcomed Mihawk with a feast and fine wine while Kuina prepared to challenge the World's Greatest Swordsman. After Mihawk agreed to face her, Lin Yuan promised to spar with him afterward.

• Kuina told Lin Yuan she still wanted to challenge Mihawk, and Lin Yuan encouraged her to fight without holding back.
• Lin Yuan welcomed Mihawk to his manor and introduced him to Kuina, whom Mihawk recognized as Koshiro’s daughter.
• Lin Yuan treated Mihawk to wine at his vineyard, and the two relaxed while discussing swordsmanship, world affairs, and Famous Swords.
• Mihawk examined Lin Yuan’s sword, Mandala, and then asked Lin Yuan to accept his challenge.
• Lin Yuan revealed that Kuina wanted to fight Mihawk first, and Mihawk accepted her challenge.
• Lin Yuan agreed to spar with Mihawk after Kuina’s match, leaving Mihawk eager to begin.

Kuina and Mihawk fought on an uninhabited island while Lin Yuan and their gathered observers watched. After their clash split the island, Kuina admitted defeat, leaving Mihawk and Lin Yuan's promised duel unresolved.

• Lin Yuan brought Kuina and Mihawk to an uninhabited island, where Abyss members and officers from the Whitebeard Pirates and Big Mom Pirates watched from Flame Clouds.
• Kuina and Mihawk exchanged powerful slashes and close-range attacks, with Kuina using Mihawk's strength against him to keep the fight even.
• Mihawk learned Lin Yuan would intervene if Kuina were about to be hurt, then unleashed his full strength as Kuina launched her Secret Technique: Phoenix Cry Across the Nine Heavens.
• Mihawk's slash clashed with Kuina's phoenix attack, splitting the island and leaving a huge crater.
• Kuina, wounded and exhausted, leaned on Wado Ichimonji and admitted that she had lost.

After Kuina recovered from her duel with Mihawk, Lin Yuan questioned Mihawk’s understanding of swordsmanship and demonstrated his strength by destroying an entire island with one strike. Mihawk watched in disbelief, while Lin Yuan revealed that the attack had required nearly all his strength.

• Lin Yuan checked Kuina’s injuries, and Mihawk praised her talent as a swordswoman.
• Kuina said she no longer cared about becoming the world’s greatest swordsman, and Lin Yuan promised to teach her more.
• Mihawk insisted on fighting Lin Yuan, who challenged him to consider why swordsmen wielded blades rather than swords.
• Lin Yuan carried Kuina and Mihawk above the island and unleashed nine enormous sword-energy dragons that shattered it completely.
• Mihawk was stunned by Lin Yuan’s power, and Lin Yuan admitted the strike had used nearly all his strength before asking whether it was passable.

Lin Yuan warned Tesoro against attacking Marine Headquarters before they understood the World Government’s hidden power, then invited Mihawk to join the Abyss Chamber of Commerce. Mihawk declined to become Lin Yuan’s sparring partner but agreed to keep the chamber’s secrets, leaving his decision about joining unresolved.

• Mihawk remained at Abyss headquarters, impressed by Lin Yuan’s slash and the powerful people gathered there.
• Lin Yuan told Tesoro that Imu secretly ruled the world, so they needed to revise their plan to attack Impel Down and Marine Headquarters.
• Mihawk refused Lin Yuan’s invitation to spar, saying he would not risk his life against moves as powerful as Lin Yuan’s.
• Lin Yuan offered Mihawk rare wine and opponents to fight if he joined the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.
• Mihawk asked what Lin Yuan would do if he refused, and Lin Yuan asked him to keep the chamber’s secrets.
• Mihawk promised not to reveal what he had seen.

Lin Yuan recruited Mihawk and planned a Marineford war and an assault on Impel Down with the Abyss merchant association. After Blackbeard killed a Whitebeard Pirates captain, Ace set out to hunt him, while Blackbeard prepared to use the encounter to advance his ambitions.

• Mihawk accepted Lin Yuan's invitation, and Lin Yuan explained that he planned to turn the Shichibukai against the World Government and form new emperor-level pirate crews.
• Lin Yuan, Mihawk, Tesoro, and the others planned an attack on Impel Down, and Lin Yuan brought Whitebeard Newgate into their discussion.
• Blackbeard killed a captain under the Whitebeard Pirates, prompting the crew to declare that they would capture their traitor.
• Ace departed to hunt Blackbeard with covert support from the merchant association.
• Blackbeard welcomed news that Ace was coming, intending to use him to carry out his plan and defeat Lin Yuan.

Ace and Luffy reunited in Alabasta, where Ace kept Garp’s death and the truth about his feelings toward Ace secret from the Straw Hat Pirates. The chapter left Luffy and his crew determined to challenge the Five Emperors despite Ace warning that they were not strong enough.

• The Supernovas grew bolder and talked of overthrowing the Five Emperors, while Kid and Killer set out to challenge Shanks and Luffy was persuaded to postpone challenging Kaido.
• Ace and Luffy met again in Alabasta, and Ace joined the Straw Hat Pirates for a meal after greeting Luffy’s crewmates.
• An ordinary-looking man warned Ace not to tell the Straw Hat Pirates anything about Garp, and Ace silently agreed.
• Luffy told Ace that Garp had died and vowed to avenge him by defeating Lin Yuan, while Ace comforted him and recalled Garp’s silence when asked whether he would save Ace from execution.
• Ace warned Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Fisher, Higgins, and Molly that challenging a Five Emperor with their current strength would be like seeking death, but they backed Luffy’s ambition.

Ace reunited with Luffy in Alabasta and warned him against challenging the Five Emperors, especially Lin Yuan, but Luffy insisted he would become Pirate King. They agreed to fight in the desert, where Ace quickly began overpowering his younger brother.

• Ace told Luffy that his crew was too weak for the New World and warned him not to provoke Hidden Emperor Lin Yuan.
• Luffy insisted he would become Pirate King, and Ace challenged him to prove his strength in a duel.
• Ace left for the desert outside the royal capital, while a hotel employee named Ying 8 reported the meeting and duel to an unknown contact.
• Luffy and his companions arrived, and both brothers released Conqueror's Haki, though Ace's aura overwhelmed Luffy.
• Ace charged without using his Devil Fruit ability and struck Luffy in the stomach with an Armament Haki-coated punch.