Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan reunited with Kaido on Onigashima, where they tested their strength before discussing the Red Hair Pirates and the World Government. Lin Yuan asked Kaido to capture Wano Country’s shogun for his Devil Fruit and invited Kaido to join him on a trip to the Giant Kingdom.

• Yamato challenged Kaido with Thunder Bagua, and their attacks met evenly as Lin Yuan’s group watched.
• Lin Yuan and Kaido fought in the sky until Kaido conceded that Lin Yuan’s strength and physique surpassed his own.
• Lin Yuan asked Kaido about Red-Haired Shanks stopping him during the Paramount War, and Kaido said Beckman had kept him from reaching Whitebeard Newgate.
• Kaido warned Lin Yuan that the Five Elders and Imu had not appeared during the war, but Lin Yuan said he was not worried about them.
• Lin Yuan asked Kaido to capture Wano Country’s shogun so he could take the man’s fruit, then invited Kaido to visit the Giant Kingdom with him.

Lin Yuan brought his group to Kuri after touring Wano Country, where the local daimyo sent Ikegami Taro and samurai to seize the women and kill him. Lin Yuan slaughtered them with brutal force, then reassured Hancock before leading the group to a place to stay.

• Lin Yuan and his companions left Onigashima for Wano Country, and he ordered Kaido to kill the samurai and have the men cut their hair short.
• Lin Yuan flew the group around Wano Country before bringing them to rest in Kuri.
• The Fugetsu daimyo ordered Ikegami Taro and fifty samurai to capture the women and kill Lin Yuan.
• When the samurai surrounded the group and threatened them, Lin Yuan maimed them with his power and burned them alive with black flames.
• Hancock asked whether Lin Yuan was all right, and he reassured her before leading everyone to a place to stay.

Lin Yuan and his companions attacked Daimyo Fugetsu’s estate after discovering the cruelty inflicted on the people of Kuri. They slaughtered its samurai and retainers, leaving only the daimyo alive as they prepared to confront him.

• Lin Yuan’s group reached the estate, and Yamato, Hancock, Kuina, Robin, and the others used Observation Haki to discover its horrors.
• Lin Yuan sent the women into the estate to kill everyone except the daimyo, while Hancock stayed with him.
• Yamato and the others fought through the samurai, killing more than a thousand before Hokage arrived to challenge them.
• Lin Yuan killed Hokage with a single slap and burned the remaining samurai with black flames.
• Yamato and the others searched the estate’s residences, and Lin Yuan burned and scattered the corpses.
• Within ten minutes, everyone in Daimyo Fugetsu’s estate except the daimyo had been killed.

Lin Yuan killed Daimyo Fugetsu after rescuing the abducted girls, then traveled to Amigasa Village to meet a swordsmith and discovered that the masked old man was Kozuki Sukiyaki. He subdued the cursed aura of the Nidai Kitetsu and ended by asking the old man whether he should call him Tenguyama Hitetsu or Kozuki Sukiyaki.

• Lin Yuan confronted Daimyo Fugetsu, rejected his plea for mercy, and burned him to death while the Shadow Secret Guards cleared the residence and rescued the girls.
• Lin Yuan and the others spent several days sightseeing in Kuri before he used Observation Haki to locate a house near Amigasa Village.
• Lin Yuan arrived at the house with Hancock and the others, met Tama outside, and sent Robin to spend time with the little girl.
• Lin Yuan entered and recognized the masked old man as Kozuki Sukiyaki, who had mistaken him for someone sent by Kurozumi Orochi or Daimyo Fugetsu.
• Lin Yuan took the Nidai Kitetsu from the wall, and Mandala's ring silenced the cursed aura before Lin Yuan asked Kozuki Sukiyaki whether he should call him Tenguyama Hitetsu or Kozuki Sukiyaki.

Lin Yuan revealed that he wanted Kozuki Sukiyaki to forge a batch of Great Grade Swords and offered resources in exchange for his cooperation. Sukiyaki agreed to Lin Yuan’s terms, handed over several Famous Swords, and examined Mandala in awe.

• Lin Yuan told Kozuki Sukiyaki that he wanted him to forge a batch of Great Grade Swords and offered to provide a Flame-Flame Fruit user, ores, and other workers.
• Lin Yuan said he would eliminate Kurozumi Orochi and the samurai, take control of Wano Country, and prevent Kozuki Sukiyaki’s prophesied samurai from appearing.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki agreed on the conditions that Kurozumi Orochi die, Tama be cared for, and Lin Yuan help locate Kozuki Momonosuke and Kozuki Hiyori; Lin Yuan revealed that Momonosuke was dead and offered to bring Hiyori to him.
• Lin Yuan said Kozuki Hiyori would become his woman and demanded Nidai Kitetsu, Enma, Ame no Habakiri, and Futsunomitama as her dowry; Kozuki Sukiyaki agreed and gave him the swords.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki examined Mandala after Lin Yuan warned him not to touch it, and marveled at its terrifying power.

Lin Yuan oversaw the Beasts Pirates’ takeover and brutal purge of Wano Country, securing its resources and extracting Devil Fruit abilities from captured users. He then set out to search for the ancient Pluton, but had found no trace of it yet.

• Lin Yuan let Tama trade the Great Grade Swords for grilled Sea King meat to share with the people of Amigasa Village, then brought her and Kozuki Sukiyaki along.
• After learning that Kaido’s forces were bombing Wano’s other regions and had captured Kurozumi Orochi, Lin Yuan ordered the samurai and anyone who had oppressed commoners killed, while sparing Devil Fruit users for capture.
• Over the following month, Lin Yuan stayed in Kuri as the Beasts Pirates brought Wano under control, wiped out its samurai, and captured Kurozumi Orochi and other ability users.
• Lin Yuan met Kaido, killed Kurozumi Orochi and the other captives, and used Mandala to extract their Devil Fruit abilities and create fruits, including the Yamata no Orochi Mythical Zoan.
• After obtaining nearly twenty Devil Fruits and abundant Seastone, Lin Yuan flew over Wano searching for Pluton and prepared to investigate whether it was hidden there.

Lin Yuan searched Wano Country for Pluton, then discovered the ancient battleship hidden beneath its cliffs and hauled it out of the sea. He used Mandala to cut a passage through the cliffs, fulfilling Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kozuki Hiyori’s dream of opening Wano Country’s borders.

• Lin Yuan searched Wano Country for Pluton while preparing the country to become a weapons base for the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.
• Lin Yuan agreed to Kozuki Sukiyaki’s request to open Wano Country, then sensed something concealed beneath the cliffs and waterfalls.
• Lin Yuan transformed into a giant dragon, freed Pluton from the cliff, and lifted the battleship out of the sea.
• Lin Yuan covered Pluton with Flame Clouds and told Kaido to send men to guard the area after Wano Country opened its borders.
• Lin Yuan used Mandala to slice through a ten-kilometer stretch of cliff, creating a passage from Wano Country’s inland sea to the ocean.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kozuki Hiyori watched the waters flow through the new passage as Kozuki Sukiyaki declared that Wano Country had opened its borders.

Lin Yuan returned to the chamber of commerce with Pluton and introduced the people and swords he had brought back. He revealed the ancient battleship to everyone and summoned Tom and Iceburg to inspect it, while Ace was asked to help Tenguyama Hitetsu forge swords.

• Lin Yuan opened Wano Country to the sea with a single sword strike, then left Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kozuki Hiyori behind as the island became the Abyss Chamber of Commerce's territory.
• Lin Yuan returned to headquarters with Pluton concealed in Flame Clouds and introduced Tenguyama Hitetsu, Kozuki Hiyori, and Tama to the others.
• Mihawk gave Lin Yuan the Seven Star Sword and introduced Maya, but the sword's evil energy retreated when Mandala reacted.
• Lin Yuan revealed Pluton, astonishing the gathered members, including Crocodile, who had once searched for it in Alabasta.
• Lin Yuan told Tesoro to summon Tom and Iceburg to examine Pluton and asked Ace to help Tenguyama Hitetsu forge Famous Swords.

Lin Yuan discovered how to infuse Devil Fruit abilities into powerful weapons and strengthened the Abyss Chamber of Commerce’s fighters. After Pluton was repaired and a gene medicine restored Zephyr and Golden Lion Shiki, the chamber of commerce continued rapidly building its power.

• Lin Yuan failed to infuse Devil Fruit energy into Skillful Grade Swords, then successfully imbued the Rend-Rend Fruit’s power into Ame no Habakiri.
• Lin Yuan gave Ame no Habakiri to Tashigi and prepared Devil Fruits for Kuina and Wado Ichimonji.
• Tesoro notified the chamber of commerce’s experts, and Lin Yuan enchanted their weapons and forged ten pairs of Devil Fruit gauntlets.
• Zephyr and Naguri reached emperor-level strength with their gauntlets, while the limited supply of special metal prevented Lin Yuan from making more.
• Tom and the others restarted and repaired Pluton after Olvia’s research identified damage from the last great war.
• Kureha and the others developed a gene medicine that healed injuries and restored Zephyr’s arm and Golden Lion Shiki’s legs.

Imu awakened early, learned about Lin Yuan and the recent upheavals, and ordered the Holy Knights to investigate a missing mark without acting. After Tom reported that Pluton had moved and aimed its cannon at the Red Line, Lin Yuan suspected a connection to the Ancient Weapons and flew with Robin to visit Shirahoshi.

• Imu summoned the Five Elders and heard Jaygarcia Saturn Saint report on the pirates, Blackbeard’s attack on Impel Down, and Lin Yuan’s rise.
• Imu asked about Luffy and the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, then sensed that one of her marks had disappeared and ordered Saint Figarland Garling to watch the person involved without making a move.
• Saint Figarland Garling received Imu’s instructions, and two Holy Knights left Mary Geoise for the New World as intelligence and photographs were gathered.
• Tom told Lin Yuan that Pluton had moved by itself after repairs and aimed its main cannon toward the Red Line.
• Lin Yuan discussed the incident with Robin, who suggested asking Shirahoshi whether anything strange had happened.
• Lin Yuan took Robin and flew toward New Fish-Man Island to see Shirahoshi.

Princess Shirahoshi fainted as her Poseidon powers began to awaken, and Lin Yuan reassured King Neptune and Queen Otohime about her condition. He also revealed that Pluton had shown unusual signs and warned that a war with the World Government, ruled in secret by Imu, was approaching; the chapter ended with Shirahoshi greeting him.

• Doctor Pei examined Shirahoshi and told King Neptune and Queen Otohime that she was healthy and undergoing a beneficial change.
• Lin Yuan arrived with Robin, and King Neptune and Queen Otohime explained that Shirahoshi had fainted.
• Lin Yuan revealed that Shirahoshi was Poseidon and explained her power to communicate with and control Sea Kings, calming Queen Otohime.
• King Neptune asked about the other Ancient Weapons, and Lin Yuan said he had obtained Pluton, suspected Uranus was with the World Government, and expected a major war.
• Lin Yuan told Neptune that Imu secretly ruled the World Government and said he intended to overthrow it; Neptune thanked him for protecting Fish-Man Island.
• Shirahoshi called out to Lin Yuan as he and Neptune continued talking.

Lin Yuan brought Shirahoshi to the Calm Belt to test her newly awakened ability, and she summoned the Sea Kings with her song. When the creatures mistook Lin Yuan for a threat to their king, he transformed into his Zhu Jiuyin Form and intimidated them, leaving Shirahoshi to reassure both sides.

• Shirahoshi told Lin Yuan that she had heard voices in her dreams and felt close to enormous sea creatures.
• Lin Yuan took Shirahoshi, Neptune, Otohime, and Robin to a deserted stretch of sea, where Shirahoshi summoned the golden Sea God's Trident and sang.
• The song drew countless Sea Kings to the surface, and Shirahoshi communicated with them until exhaustion made her collapse.
• Lin Yuan caught Shirahoshi, but the Sea Kings surged toward him, so he transformed into his enormous Zhu Jiuyin Form and warned them not to threaten her.
• The Sea Kings explained that they had only been worried about their king, while Shirahoshi told Lin Yuan she was fine and the Sea Kings welcomed their returning king.

Lin Yuan guided Shirahoshi through the Sea Kings’ demand that she honor a centuries-old promise to Joy Boy, and she chose to recognize Lin Yuan as her equal and sole ally. After the Sea Kings accepted her command and departed with a warning of danger, King Neptune agreed that the Fish-Men would join Lin Yuan’s fight when the time came.

• Lin Yuan told Shirahoshi to reject the Sea Kings’ expectation of a second king, and she repeated his words to them.
• A Sea King invoked Joy Boy’s imminent awakening, so Lin Yuan offered Neptune, Otohime, and Shirahoshi a choice between the old promise and joining him.
• Shirahoshi demanded that the Sea Kings acknowledge her as their only king and give Lin Yuan equal standing, or remain dormant in the deep sea.
• Lin Yuan’s intimidating aura led the Sea Kings to accept Shirahoshi’s command; one departing Sea King warned him to protect the king and said danger was coming.
• Shirahoshi explained that she could summon the Sea Kings again after resting for about a month but could not use the golden trident yet.
• Lin Yuan promised to protect Shirahoshi and avoid sending her to fight except in the final battle, and King Neptune pledged the Fish-Men to join the battle.

After Shirahoshi awakened, Imu prepared to eliminate Lin Yuan, while Lin Yuan sensed that a new threat was approaching. Elsewhere, Garp began brutally training the Straw Hat Pirates, and Zoro awakened Conqueror's Haki.

• King Neptune chose to tie New Fish-Man Island to Lin Yuan, who asked Naguri to guard it with a Devil Fruit weapon.
• Lin Yuan told Robin he felt urgency after Pluton stirred, Poseidon awakened, and a flood dragon warned him of danger.
• Imu used purple energy and a magic circle to revive a corpse-like man, then ordered him to find and kill Lin Yuan.
• Garp ambushed the Straw Hat Pirates and forced them into Haki training, hoping to prepare them for the future.
• Under Garp's pressure, Zoro awakened Conqueror's Haki, while Garp recognized that the crew still fell far short of Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan experimented with the Time-Time Fruit and considered fusing it with the Zhu Jiuyin Fruit, but his test drained most of his stamina and ruined his room. A mysterious masked man then attacked headquarters and overpowered Zephyr and Enel, leaving Lin Yuan to confront him.

• Lin Yuan wondered whether imagination could push Devil Fruit powers beyond awakening and considered combining his Zhu Jiuyin and Time-Time abilities.
• Lin Yuan used the power of time to accelerate decay and repeated plant life cycles in his room, draining nine-tenths of his stamina.
• A mysterious cloaked man attacked the Abyss Chamber of Commerce headquarters and sent Zephyr crashing through a wall.
• Enel and Zephyr fought the stranger, but his attacks had no effect on him and he knocked them both back.
• Tesoro ordered the headquarters staff to retreat, and Lin Yuan arrived, unable to sense any life from the attacker.

Lin Yuan joined Enel and Zephyr in fighting a seemingly bloodless, puppet-like attacker protected by a purple shield and bearing eyes that reminded him of Imu. As their clash escalated, Zephyr noticed Lin Yuan seemed weaker than usual, while the figure in Pangaea Castle watched and mocked the world's strongest.

• Enel and Zephyr fought the masked attacker with their full strength, but it withstood their blows without bleeding, leading Lin Yuan to suspect it was a puppet or dead man.
• Zephyr and Enel combined their attacks, but the attacker’s purple barrier blocked Enel’s powerful lightning blast.
• Lin Yuan stepped in, and the attacker’s eyes changed as it announced that it had located its target and was preparing to eliminate him.
• The attacker rushed Lin Yuan and forced him back, but Lin Yuan counterattacked and traded a barrage of powerful punches with it.
• Zephyr noticed that Lin Yuan seemed to be in worse condition than usual, while the figure on the Empty Throne mocked the fighters from the Flower Room of Pangaea Castle.

Lin Yuan and his allies fought and destroyed an apparently unkillable puppet sent by Imu, leaving Lin Yuan drained and badly in need of food. Imu revealed that the puppet had been Rocks's body and vowed to deal with Lin Yuan later.

• Lin Yuan realized that his opponent was a corpse protected by purple energy, and Zephyr noticed that Lin Yuan's stamina was depleted.
• Lin Yuan transformed and unleashed his abilities and Haki against the puppet, fighting through the island while Zephyr and Enel stood by.
• After a full day and night of combat, Lin Yuan called Zephyr and Enel to attack; they helped wear down the purple energy, and Lin Yuan severed the puppet's head.
• The puppet's head and body crumbled to dust before Lin Yuan could remove its mask, and he ate for three days while recovering.
• Zephyr and Enel told the returning chamber of commerce members what had happened, while Imu identified the puppet as Rocks's body and said she would settle everything later.

After recovering from a battle with a powerful controlled corpse, Lin Yuan suspected Imu had sent it to test and kill him, but chose to avoid war with the World Government for now. He reviewed recent developments, prepared to receive Vinsmoke Judge, and announced a journey to Elbaf in seven days.

• Lin Yuan finished eating after three days, recovered from his injuries, and explained that he had fought a controlled corpse while nearly out of stamina.
• Lin Yuan said he had sensed an unseen observer and suspected Imu had sent the corpse to kill him, but had feigned weakness to avoid provoking an early war.
• Tesoro reported that the Marines' World Military Draft had ended, Sengoku had resigned, Sakazuki had defeated Kuzan, and Kuzan had disappeared.
• Lin Yuan told Tesoro to investigate Kuzan and prepare to receive Vinsmoke Judge, who was expected in three days, and to have Judge hand over his battle suit technology.
• Lin Yuan ordered the group to contact Kaido and Linlin and announced that they would travel to Elbaf in seven days.

After recovering from the dangerous experiment with fusing Devil Fruit abilities, Lin Yuan settled his household and strengthened the Abyss Chamber of Commerce with Judge and Reiju. He then set out for Elbaf with a group of powerful allies, leaving Tesoro in charge of the headquarters and bringing the Special Operations Team closer to public view.

• Lin Yuan reassured Hancock, Robin, and the other women about his experiment, then took them to see his flower-covered residence, where Yamato accidentally smashed the gate.
• Judge arrived with Vinsmoke Reiju, and Lin Yuan welcomed them, gained greater influence over the North Blue, and ordered Judge to stop producing clone soldiers.
• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin visited the headquarters and were stunned by the many powerful fighters gathered there; Judge removed Reiju's genetic restrictions at Lin Yuan's request.
• Mihawk asked to visit Elbaf, and Lin Yuan invited him and several other powerful figures while leaving Tesoro and Enel to oversee the headquarters.
• Lin Yuan told Tesoro to recall the Special Operations Team, then flew toward Elbaf with Whitebeard Newgate, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Bullet, Redfield, Golden Lion Shiki, Zephyr, and Mihawk.

Lin Yuan gathered the old-era powerhouses and discussed adding Kuzan to their group before they confronted the World Government. He said the final battle would begin within two years, after he finished preparing and saw what upheaval the future Pirate King caused.

• Whitebeard Newgate, Kaido of the Beasts, Golden Lion Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, Redfield the Red the Aloof, Black Arm Zephyr, Bullet, and Dracule Mihawk joked about their past battles and compared their strength.
• Lin Yuan said the group still needed a Logia powerhouse, and he hoped Kuzan would come to him of his own accord.
• Lin Yuan told the group that Kuzan had seriously injured him when he was ten during the Ohara Buster Call, though he later settled the score.
• Golden Lion Shiki urged Lin Yuan to attack the World Government, but Lin Yuan warned that they needed time to prepare for its hidden strength.
• Lin Yuan said the final battle would begin within two years and looked ahead to the upheaval the future Pirate King would cause.