Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan, a transmigrator stranded on Ohara, trained his Zhu Jiuyin Fruit, body, and swordsmanship while preparing for the island’s coming destruction. After noticing unfamiliar faces on Ohara, he realized the Buster Call was near and decided he could only take Robin with him.

• Lin Yuan finished a thousand sword swings and reflected that he was still weaker than the two men he feared confronting.
• Lin Yuan recalled arriving on Ohara five years earlier, eating the Mythical Zoan Zhu Jiuyin Fruit, and learning to use its powers.
• Lin Yuan trained with his blade and Devil Fruit, developed Armament Haki, and became able to unleash Flying Slashes.
• Lin Yuan noticed unfamiliar faces while buying supplies and concluded Ohara’s destruction was drawing near.
• A pleasant voice called to Lin Yuan, and Robin came to play with him.

Lin Yuan told Robin that the World Government and Marines might destroy Ohara, then reassured her that he would protect her as he prepared a boat. After Robin revealed she had met the giant Saul, Lin Yuan hurried to finish the boat parts, and Robin helped with the smaller pieces.

• Lin Yuan remembered how he had befriended and cared for Robin since she was little.
• Robin saw Lin Yuan making boat parts and feared he was going to leave her.
• Lin Yuan explained his suspicions about the World Government and Marines targeting Ohara, but admitted he was not strong enough to defeat Sakazuki or Kuzan.
• Lin Yuan promised Robin he would protect her, and Robin told him she had made friends with a giant named Saul.
• Lin Yuan finished the boat parts, and Robin used her ability to help him move the smaller pieces.

As the Buster Call began, Lin Yuan rushed into the burning Tree of Knowledge to rescue Nico Olvia. He escaped with her, leaving the Tree of Knowledge consumed by flames and their reunion with Robin still ahead.

• Lin Yuan and Robin finished building their ship, and he told her to seek Saul if they became separated during Ohara’s destruction.
• Two days later, Olvia returned to Ohara with news of the impending Buster Call, but CP agents and Spandine caught up with her.
• Spandine activated the Golden Den Den Mushi, and marine warships began bombarding Ohara as Lin Yuan headed for the Tree of Knowledge.
• Lin Yuan found Olvia inside the burning Tree of Knowledge and persuaded her to come with him by promising she could see Robin.
• Lin Yuan covered Olvia with his wet cloak and froze the flames blocking their escape, allowing them to flee as the Tree of Knowledge burned.

Lin Yuan hid Olvia from the World Government’s blockade, then fought through Kuzan’s Ice Age to reach Robin as Ohara burned. He rescued Robin, but a voice from behind stopped him as he tried to leave.

• Lin Yuan brought Olvia to his hidden boat, concealed it with ice, and sailed beyond the blockade while promising to find Robin.
• Lin Yuan saw Kuzan freeze the surrounding sea, cut through the ice, and melted a path with golden fire so Olvia could escape toward an uninhabited island.
• Lin Yuan spotted Robin running through the devastation and reached her on the ice as she mourned Ohara, her mother, and Saul.
• Robin collapsed in Lin Yuan’s arms, and he turned to carry her away.
• A voice behind Lin Yuan asked, “Hey, young man, where are you headed?”

Lin Yuan tried to protect Robin and escape Kuzan, but Kuzan challenged him after noticing his swordsmanship. Their fight ended with Kuzan freezing Lin Yuan while he shielded Robin.

• Kuzan let Lin Yuan and Robin go after believing Lin Yuan’s story, but called him back when he recognized his swordsmanship.
• Lin Yuan denied seeking anything at the Tree of Knowledge, then accused Kuzan of destroying Ohara and the evacuation ships before drawing his sword.
• Lin Yuan struck Kuzan with a surprise Flying Slash, but Kuzan survived and offered him a place in the Marines.
• Lin Yuan refused to join the Marines, and Kuzan decided he could not let the talented young swordsman escape.
• Lin Yuan clashed with Kuzan’s ice attack, then moved in front of Robin to protect her from the shock wave.
• Kuzan appeared beside Lin Yuan and froze him solid, questioning the justice he served.

Lin Yuan broke free of Kuzan’s ice and fought him to protect Robin, but Kuzan overwhelmed him. After Robin woke and struck Kuzan, Lin Yuan revealed a powerful flame ability, then jumped with Robin into the sea rather than surrender; Kuzan found no trace of them.

• Lin Yuan shattered his ice prison, struck Kuzan with Armament Haki, and attacked him with his Famous Sword.
• Kuzan defeated Lin Yuan with ice attacks, leaving him badly wounded and disarmed near Robin.
• Robin woke, used her Flower-Flower Fruit ability against Kuzan, and slapped him while trying to protect Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan unleashed crimson-gold flames, burned Kuzan’s arm, and reached Robin as the flames melted the surrounding ice.
• Lin Yuan and Robin leaped into the sea, and Kuzan rushed to the spot but could not find them.

After escaping Ohara with Robin and Olvia, Lin Yuan recovered on a hidden island and set course for the East Blue. The three sailed into dangerous waters, with Lin Yuan embracing the challenges ahead.

• Kuzan failed to find Lin Yuan and Robin, then recovered Lin Yuan's abandoned sword and left the sea.
• Lin Yuan carried Robin across the seabed in his dragon form and reached Olvia's boat before passing out.
• Three days later, Lin Yuan woke on a hidden island, learned that the Marines had withdrawn, and found that Robin had not been issued a wanted poster.
• Lin Yuan decided to wait until the search eased, then travel with Robin and Olvia to the East Blue.
• Olvia navigated as the three crossed stormy seas, while Lin Yuan cut through waves and looked forward to the journey ahead.

Two years after settling in Cocoyasi Village with Robin and Olvia, Lin Yuan returned from the sea and met Bellemere, Nojiko, and baby Nami, who were visiting before building a house nearby. The group celebrated with a banquet, and Lin Yuan later went alone to train by the seaside cliff.

• Lin Yuan returned to Cocoyasi Village with a huge sea fish and asked Genzo to share it with the villagers.
• At home, Lin Yuan found Bellemere, Nojiko, and Nami visiting Olvia and Robin, and welcomed Bellemere's plan to build a house nearby.
• Lin Yuan prepared the fish for a banquet, impressing Bellemere and Nojiko with his swift knife work.
• Genzo brought local specialties and helped with the banquet while stealing glances at Bellemere.
• Lin Yuan fed Nami animal milk as Robin and Nojiko became friends, and the adults enjoyed the gathering.
• After the group finished eating and cleaning up, Lin Yuan went alone to the seaside cliff to train.

After learning that Captain Nezumi was extorting Cocoyasi Village, Lin Yuan gathered evidence and confronted him at the Marine 16th Branch. He spared Nezumi but left him frightened, injured, and bound to Lin Yuan’s demands.

• Lin Yuan reflected on his growth and swordsmanship before Genzo told him Captain Nezumi was demanding thirty percent of Cocoyasi Village’s profits.
• Lin Yuan instructed Genzo to hand over the money, document the Marines’ actions, and keep the villagers from going to sea.
• After Genzo gave him the evidence, Lin Yuan followed the Marine warship to the 16th Branch in his dragon form.
• Lin Yuan confronted Captain Nezumi, wounded him, and threatened him while warning that he could ruin Nezumi’s reputation or take his life.
• Lin Yuan spared Captain Nezumi, left him evidence of his crimes and a dedicated-line Den Den Mushi, and disappeared; Nezumi called for a medic.

Lin Yuan traveled to the Sabaody Archipelago to recruit Gild Tesoro, whose business skills he valued, and offered to save Stella from Mary Geoise. Tesoro accepted Lin Yuan’s offer to become his brother, and Lin Yuan left him to prepare a ship for the rescue.

• Lin Yuan left Cocoyasi Village for the Sabaody Archipelago after deciding he needed talented allies.
• Lin Yuan found the despairing Gild Tesoro in a dilapidated house on island 1 and told him Stella was still alive.
• Tesoro begged Lin Yuan to save Stella and offered everything he had, including his life.
• Lin Yuan asked Tesoro to be a brother he could trust and promised to save Stella or help him destroy Mary Geoise if she was dead.
• Tesoro accepted, and Lin Yuan left for him to prepare a ship.

Lin Yuan infiltrated Mary Geoise to rescue Stella from Saint Rosward, climbed the Red Line, and found her among the Celestial Dragons’ imprisoned slaves. He carried Stella toward the exit, then stopped when two other captives begged him for help.

• Lin Yuan spent a day searching Sabaody for a better sword, then told Tesoro to bring a ship east of the archipelago in seven days.
• After swimming to the Red Line, Lin Yuan climbed its cliff and secretly entered Mary Geoise under cover of night.
• Lin Yuan located Saint Rosward’s hidden basement, where the Celestial Dragon and his son held Stella and dozens of other women captive.
• Lin Yuan attacked Saint Rosward and his son, broke their limbs and jaws, and freed Stella from her cell.
• Lin Yuan carried the badly injured Stella toward the exit, but stopped when two other captives begged him to save them.

Lin Yuan freed Erza and Emile from Saint Rosward’s dungeon, gave them swords, and killed Saint Rosward and his son. He collected weapons and Devil Fruits, fed the Zoan · Swift Fruit to Stella, and led the three girls toward an escape from the castle.

• Lin Yuan freed Erza and Emile, forced them to stab Saint Rosward and his son, and destroyed the other cages and chains.
• Lin Yuan collected three swords and food, then found five boxes containing three Zoan and two Paramecia Devil Fruits.
• Lin Yuan gave Stella the Zoan · Swift Fruit, and she gained the power to transform into a swift but crashed into a wall during her first flight.
• Lin Yuan packed the remaining Devil Fruits and led Stella, Erza, and Emile through the castle toward an exit.

Lin Yuan returned to Mary Geoise and infiltrated a slave prison, where he found Fisher Tiger and the Hancock sisters among the captives. He killed the guards and struck a Celestial Dragon, leaving the prisoners stunned.

• Lin Yuan sent Stella, Erza, and Emile toward a cliff, then went back to Mary Geoise to search for the slaves.
• At the prison, CP agents prepared to brand the Hancock sisters and other captured children while Fisher Tiger watched from behind bars.
• Lin Yuan impersonated a Celestial Dragon to enter the prison, killed the guards at the gate, and fought his way inside.
• Lin Yuan saw a Celestial Dragon about to brand a girl and slapped him across the room.
• Lin Yuan killed the remaining CP agents as Fisher Tiger and the other prisoners watched in shock.

Lin Yuan killed a Celestial Dragon, freed the slaves in Mary Geoise, and gave Hancock the Love-Love Fruit. Fisher Tiger led the escape toward the Red Line while Lin Yuan stayed behind in the darkness to watch for powerful pursuers.

• Lin Yuan killed the Celestial Dragon, branded his corpse with the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon, and gave the Love-Love Fruit to Hancock.
• Lin Yuan cut the slaves’ shackles and opened their cells, then told Fisher Tiger to lead everyone toward the sea and protect Hancock and her sisters.
• Fisher Tiger organized the escape, assigning Pain and other fighters to clear the way while the Fish-Men guarded the weak.
• Lin Yuan put on his cloak and hid nearby, ready to hold off powerful enemies if they came after the slaves.
• Mary Geoise’s guards converged on the escapees after the alarm rang, and Fisher Tiger led the group into a charge.

Fisher Tiger led the escaped slaves through Mary Geoise, using fires and a direct assault to break past the guards while Lin Yuan watched without intervening. As the group fled toward the Red Line’s descent, Lot and other former arena fighters stayed behind to hold off the pursuers, and Fisher Tiger continued on with the others.

• Fisher Tiger led the slaves in a charge toward the exit, and their fighters broke through the CP guards while suffering casualties.
• The slaves set fires across Mary Geoise, forcing guards to protect the Celestial Dragons and contain the flames as the main group escaped.
• Lin Yuan chose not to join the fight, then followed Fisher Tiger after the escapees left Mary Geoise.
• Fisher Tiger and Pain led the group toward the designated route, carrying the children and refusing to abandon them.
• Lot and dozens of fighters stayed behind to confront the pursuing CP guards, and Lot transformed into a giant black bear and charged.
• Fisher Tiger bid farewell to Lot and the others, then ordered Pain to lead the remaining escapees onward.

The Five Elders ordered a Marine Admiral to suppress the slave revolt in Mary Geoise and cover up the murder of Saint Kantansupu. Borsalino headed for Mary Geoise as Sengoku dealt with the order and learned Garp had already left, while Lin Yuan abandoned Lot’s doomed group and pursued Fisher Tiger.

• The Five Elders learned Saint Kantansupu had been killed and branded, then ordered an Admiral to crush the revolt and eliminate everyone who knew of the murder.
• Saint Topman Warcury ordered the messenger to be silenced after the operation and contacted Marine Headquarters.
• Sengoku ordered Borsalino to go to Mary Geoise, and Borsalino complained about the assignment before departing as a flash of light.
• Sengoku learned that Garp had taken leave and left Marineford without telling him in person.
• As CP guards surrounded Lot’s group and pursued Fisher Tiger’s companions, Lin Yuan left the doomed fighters behind and rushed after Fisher Tiger.

Fisher Tiger and the rescued slaves escaped down a current from the Red Line while Lin Yuan held off their pursuers with his Conqueror’s Haki. Marine Admiral Borsalino arrived just as Lin Yuan prepared to leave, and the two clashed.

• Stella, Erza, and Emile greeted Tiger and the fleeing slaves at the Red Line’s downward-flowing current.
• Tiger and Pain organized the escape, sending Fish-Men to carry the children and Devil Fruit users into the water while Tiger stayed behind to help hold off the CP guards.
• Lin Yuan struck the pursuing guards with a blade slash, then unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and Zhu Jiuyin’s pressure to knock out nearly all of them.
• Tiger, Pain, Stella, Hancock, and the others jumped into the current as Lin Yuan blocked the remaining pursuers.
• Borsalino arrived and discussed the Marines’ role with Lin Yuan before attacking him with a golden-light kick.
• Lin Yuan met Borsalino’s kick with his own leg coated in Armament Haki.

Lin Yuan fought Borsalino on the Red Line, using his sword, Haki, and evasive movement to withstand the Admiral’s attacks while buying time for Fisher Tiger’s group to escape. With the others safely at sea, Lin Yuan prepared to make his own escape as the clash continued.

• Lin Yuan and Borsalino traded powerful kicks, then Lin Yuan drew his Famous Sword and forced Borsalino to retreat after cutting his clothes with an Armament Haki strike.
• Lin Yuan sent a Flying Slash at Borsalino and vanished toward the cliff, but Borsalino used his speed to intercept him and clash swords with him.
• Borsalino attacked with Yasakani no Magatama, and Lin Yuan dodged most of the light bullets while enduring a few hits.
• Fisher Tiger and the others escaped into the sea, reached an uninhabited island, and prepared makeshift floats for the ability users.
• Borsalino mistook Lin Yuan’s Swimming Dragon Movement Technique for Future Sight, while Lin Yuan kept the truth to himself and readied another attack.

Lin Yuan escaped Borsalino by unleashing a dragon’s roar and flames, then freezing the current as he entered the sea. Borsalino reported his failed mission to Sengoku while Lin Yuan headed toward Fisher Tiger and the freed slaves, who waited on an island and wondered about the human who had saved them.

• Lin Yuan’s roar stunned Borsalino, and his flames burned Borsalino’s shoulder and ruined his clothes.
• Lin Yuan jumped into the current, and Borsalino’s light attack froze the water into a solid sheet before Lin Yuan could escape.
• Borsalino called Sengoku and reported that the slaves had escaped and that he was seriously injured.
• Lin Yuan traveled safely through the sea and followed the lingering auras of Fisher Tiger and the others.
• On an uninhabited island, Fisher Tiger watched the frozen current while Pain prepared the group to leave and reflected on their human rescuer.

Lin Yuan reunited with Fisher Tiger and the escaped Fish-Men, then helped them reach safety before setting off with Stella, Erza, and Emile. He left Fisher Tiger with advice about Fish-Man Island and a warning to watch Hody Jones, while Hancock and her sisters vowed to grow stronger.

• Lin Yuan emerged from the sea and urged Fisher Tiger and Pain to gather everyone and flee.
• Pain built rafts that Sea Kings pulled away from the World Government and Marines, and Fisher Tiger announced that they were free.
• Lin Yuan asked Fisher Tiger to help the survivors settle, restrain hostility toward humans, and build strength to protect Fish-Man Island.
• Lin Yuan said goodbye to Fisher Tiger, Pain, Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold, then warned Fisher Tiger to keep an eye on Hody Jones.
• Lin Yuan flew away on a Flame Cloud with Stella, Erza, and Emile, while Hancock and her sisters vowed to become strong.