Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan overwhelmed Kaido with Zhu Jiuyin’s powers, then used his One Eye Covers the Heavens ability to leave Kaido terrified and kneeling. The fight ended with Lin Yuan standing over Kaido, while the Beasts Pirates watched in shock.

• Lin Yuan countered Kaido’s Bolo Breath and wind attacks with dragon flames and yin energy, then burned him during their close-quarters struggle.
• Kaido broke free and tried to flee, but Lin Yuan pursued him and struck him into the ground on Onigashima.
• Yamato, calling herself Kozuki Oden, declared that she would defeat Kaido too, as the Beasts Pirates rushed to Kaido’s side.
• Kaido transformed into a larger half-beast form and gathered his strength for a final attack, but Lin Yuan’s divine ability trapped him in darkness and stripped away his senses.
• Lin Yuan reopened his eyes after five seconds, leaving Kaido on one knee with his weapon dropped, then returned to his original form and taunted him.

Lin Yuan defeated Kaido with his mental ability, took Yamato away, and demanded payment for the Beasts Pirates' attack on his caravan. Kaido ordered Queen and Jack to face him, while Lin Yuan flew back with Yamato and finally succumbed to his injuries.

• Lin Yuan used One Eye Covers the Heavens to break Kaido's fighting spirit after failing to defeat him physically.
• Lin Yuan took Yamato and demanded that the Beasts Pirates send Queen's arm and Jack's tusks to the Abyss Chamber of Commerce within three days.
• Kaido stopped King and the others from pursuing Lin Yuan, then ordered Queen and Jack to come to him.
• Kaido recalled the Beasts Pirates and learned that nearly two thousand pirates had been killed at one of their bases.
• Kaido transformed and charged Queen and Jack, while Lin Yuan flew away with Yamato and coughed up blood from his internal injuries.

After defeating Kaido, Lin Yuan confronted Yamato about her belief that she was Kozuki Oden, and she struggled so violently that her explosive collar nearly detonated. Once she recovered, Lin Yuan told her about Oden’s life, leaving her furious and grieving over what she learned.

• Yamato said she was Kozuki Oden and wanted to defeat Kaido, while Lin Yuan challenged her identity and questioned her knowledge of Oden.
• Yamato’s memories resurfaced, and she began transforming; Lin Yuan cut off her explosive collar and threw it away before it exploded.
• Yamato lost control in her half-beast form and attacked Lin Yuan, and the two fought on his Flame Clouds.
• Yamato woke beside Lin Yuan and still insisted she was Kozuki Oden; Lin Yuan introduced himself and said she was his woman now.
• Lin Yuan told Yamato about Kozuki Oden’s life, and she punched through the Flame Clouds in anger, vowing to beat Oden and crying over what she had learned.

After Lin Yuan defeated Kaido and brought Yamato into the Abyss Chamber of Commerce, he announced plans to expand the business across the New World. The Four Emperors left the commerce unopposed, while rumors spread that it had a fighter known as the Hidden Emperor.

• Lin Yuan comforted Yamato after telling her about Kozuki Oden and Momonosuke, and Yamato rejected her former idolization of Oden.
• Lin Yuan introduced Yamato to the chamber’s senior members, revealing that he had defeated Kaido and killed more than two thousand Beasts Pirates.
• Lin Yuan arranged for the chamber to operate in Kaido’s territory and give Kaido twenty percent of its profits, then set out plans for the next three years.
• King delivered Queen’s arm and Jack’s tusks to Lin Yuan, who invited King to join the chamber and told him that Yamato would stay with him.
• Kaido declared the Abyss Chamber of Commerce under his protection, and rumors spread that it had a Four Emperors-level fighter called the Hidden Emperor.

The Abyss Chamber of Commerce prospered with support from the Whitebeard and Beasts Pirates, and Whitebeard Newgate came to regard it as a trusted friend. After a year of strong earnings, Whitebeard’s worsening health prompted him to ask Erza for a meeting with the person behind the chamber.

• Kaido intervened when the Big Mom Pirates grew dissatisfied with their share, and they dropped their complaints against the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.
• Whitebeard Newgate and Kaido sent subordinates to help the chamber retaliate against pirates attacking its trade routes, while Whitebeard publicly declared it a friend of his crew.
• The Whitebeard Pirates grew close to the chamber’s people and received 3.5 billion Beli in earnings after a year of cooperation.
• After a celebratory banquet, Whitebeard asked Marco about the chamber’s hidden leader, and Marco reported that Enel had once been seen following someone.
• Whitebeard suffered a coughing fit, and Marco realized his old injuries were worsening despite his efforts to ease them.
• Whitebeard asked Marco to send Erza a message requesting a meeting with the person behind the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.

Lin Yuan accepted Whitebeard Newgate’s invitation and traveled with Erza and Emile to meet the Whitebeard Pirates. After Lin Yuan and Whitebeard tested their Conqueror’s Haki, Jozu challenged Lin Yuan to a fight.

• Lin Yuan told Erza to arrange a meeting with Whitebeard Newgate for a week later.
• Lin Yuan flew with Erza and Emile to an island where Whitebeard Newgate and his crew were waiting.
• Lin Yuan and Whitebeard Newgate exchanged Conqueror’s Haki, sending lightning across the sky and huge waves away from shore.
• Whitebeard Newgate praised Lin Yuan’s Haki, and Lin Yuan introduced himself by name.
• Jozu stepped forward, turned half his body to diamond, and charged at Lin Yuan.

Erza and Emile stopped Jozu’s attack and demonstrated their power, leading Whitebeard Newgate to welcome Lin Yuan to a feast. As Lin Yuan and Whitebeard Newgate walked together, they traded stories and jokes while Blackbeard grew interested in Lin Yuan’s Flame Cloud ability.

• Erza made the beach slippery, then kicked Jozu back before Marco caught him.
• Emile trapped Whitebeard Newgate’s commanders in bubbles and detonated them over the sea, blasting a huge hole in the returning water.
• Whitebeard Newgate admired Erza and Emile, had Marco and the others apologize, and invited Lin Yuan to the feast.
• Lin Yuan and Whitebeard Newgate chatted about Kaido, Lin Yuan’s relationships, and their mutual interest in each other’s people.
• Blackbeard became greedy for Lin Yuan’s Flame Cloud power as Lin Yuan asked Whitebeard Newgate to introduce his sons.

Lin Yuan reunited with Whitebeard Newgate and later confronted him about keeping the Whitebeard Pirates too safe to grow stronger. He left Marco, Jozu, and Vista stunned by revealing his history of fighting Admirals and killing Celestial Dragons.

• Whitebeard Newgate introduced Marco, Jozu, Thatch, and Vista to Lin Yuan, who introduced Erza and Emile as his women.
• Lin Yuan, Erza, and Emile spent a day and night drinking and celebrating with the Whitebeard Pirates.
• The next day, Whitebeard Newgate met Lin Yuan privately with Marco, Jozu, and Vista and admitted that Lin Yuan had guessed his intentions.
• Lin Yuan told Whitebeard Newgate that his protection had left his sons too comfortable and that they needed life-and-death battles to grow stronger.
• Lin Yuan described fighting Marine Admiral Kuzan and Marine Admiral Borsalino and killing Celestial Dragons, leaving Whitebeard Newgate and the others shocked.

Lin Yuan provoked Whitebeard Newgate by warning him that his crew would be vulnerable after his death, and the two began a fierce duel on the Whitebeard Pirates’ island. After a day of fighting with physical strength alone, Lin Yuan unleashed Conqueror’s Haki coating, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Lin Yuan taunted Whitebeard Newgate about the danger awaiting his crew after his death, and Whitebeard erupted with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Whitebeard Newgate and Lin Yuan exchanged blows with their swords, sending shock waves across the island while Erza, Emile, Marco, and the others watched from a distance.
• The duel continued for a full day with both men relying on physical strength, and Whitebeard laughed while Lin Yuan grew impatient.
• Lin Yuan unleashed Conqueror’s Coating: Guide to the Netherworld, and Whitebeard recognized that Lin Yuan had mastered Conqueror’s Haki coating.
• Lin Yuan and Whitebeard Newgate clashed with their coated swords, devastating the surrounding area as Marco and the others worried about Whitebeard.

After fighting Whitebeard Newgate to a draw, Lin Yuan agreed to help his sons but told them they needed to train harder. He left Marco, Jozu, and Vista facing a stern lecture about developing their abilities and learning from Whitebeard.

• Lin Yuan and Whitebeard Newgate finished their fight, laughed, and put away their blades, while Marco and the others discovered both men were wounded.
• Whitebeard Newgate asked Lin Yuan to take his sons under his wing, and Lin Yuan agreed on the condition that they trained to improve.
• Lin Yuan criticized Marco for neglecting his Mythical Zoan Fruit and Haki, and urged him to develop both further.
• Lin Yuan told Jozu to expand his use of the Glitter-Glitter Fruit, strengthen his defenses with Armament Haki, and avoid calling out attack names.
• Lin Yuan scolded Marco, Jozu, and Vista for failing to seek Haki instruction from Whitebeard Newgate.

Lin Yuan advised Vista to strengthen his Haki, seek powerful swords, and eventually challenge the world’s great swordsmen. After Vista accepted the plan, Lin Yuan asked Whitebeard whether anyone else in the crew had awakened Conqueror’s Haki.

• Lin Yuan criticized Whitebeard’s teaching and assessed Vista’s weak Haki and swordsmanship; Vista asked him for advice.
• Lin Yuan claimed the role of Whitebeard’s brother and made Marco, Jozu, and Vista call him uncle.
• Lin Yuan told Vista he could not learn the Mandala technique and advised him to train his Haki for a year before challenging powerful swordsmen.
• Lin Yuan urged Vista to replace his rapiers with Famous Swords, and Whitebeard and Lin Yuan promised to search for suitable weapons.
• Lin Yuan asked Whitebeard whether anyone else in the crew had awakened Conqueror’s Haki.

Lin Yuan warned Whitebeard Newgate that Blackbeard was Rocks’s son and might betray him to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. After the two fought and made up, Lin Yuan offered to find Whitebeard a genuine Conqueror’s Haki user.

• Lin Yuan teased Whitebeard Newgate about wanting a son with Conqueror’s Haki, and the two scuffled before agreeing to treat each other as brothers.
• After Marco, Jozu, and Vista left to fetch food, Lin Yuan told Whitebeard that one of his crew members had wounded Shanks and might be Rocks’s son.
• Lin Yuan identified Blackbeard as the one who injured Shanks and explained that he was seeking the Dark-Dark Fruit, warning that he could later steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and endanger Whitebeard’s sons.
• Whitebeard grabbed Lin Yuan, and the two exchanged blows until their fight ended in laughter.
• Lin Yuan offered to find Whitebeard a real Conqueror’s Haki user, leaving Whitebeard shocked.

Lin Yuan offered Whitebeard Newgate Roger’s son as a future Conqueror’s Haki user, and Whitebeard agreed to meet him on Prom Island in a week. Lin Yuan then revealed more details about future deaths involving the sons of the King of the World, Roger, and the Revolutionary Army leader, leaving Whitebeard shocked and furious at Garp’s family ties.

• Lin Yuan offered Whitebeard Newgate a talented Conqueror’s Haki awakener in exchange for Whitebeard fighting for him three times, and Whitebeard accepted.
• Whitebeard refused to punish Teach for a future betrayal unless Teach actually turned against the crew, despite learning that Teach would later kill him and devastate the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Lin Yuan told Whitebeard that the boy was Pirate King Roger’s thirteen-year-old son, and Whitebeard agreed to meet Lin Yuan on Prom Island in a week.
• Lin Yuan recounted a future battle in which the King of the World’s son killed Whitebeard and a Marine Admiral mortally wounded Roger’s son while he tried to rescue the Revolutionary Army leader’s son.
• Lin Yuan revealed that Roger’s son was Garp’s grandson, prompting Whitebeard to curse Garp.

Lin Yuan visited Whitebeard Newgate, revealed that Garp had taken Roger’s son as his grandson, and warned Whitebeard about Thatch’s future death. After a meal with the Whitebeard Pirates, Lin Yuan left, while Whitebeard prepared to travel with Marco the next day.

• Whitebeard Newgate cursed Garp for taking Roger’s son as his grandson, then welcomed Marco, Jozu, Vista, and Thatch as they arrived with food.
• Lin Yuan warned Whitebeard to protect Thatch, who would otherwise be killed by Teach after finding the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Thatch cooked for Lin Yuan, and the group shared a banquet before Lin Yuan departed with Erza and Emile on Flame Clouds.
• Whitebeard Newgate told Marco to accompany him the next day and ordered the other crews not to put to sea.
• Lin Yuan reflected on his bruising fight with Whitebeard and joked with Erza and Emile as they flew away.

After forming a strategic partnership with the Whitebeard Pirates, Lin Yuan directed the Abyss Chamber of Commerce’s plans and received reports on its operations and allies. That evening, Robin confessed her feelings, and she and Lin Yuan became lovers.

• Lin Yuan told Tesoro and the others about his partnership with the Whitebeard Pirates, approved Tesoro’s plans for entertainment venues, and ordered protection for Baccarat while seeking Issho.
• Stella reported that the Shadow Secret Guard had found Crocodile, Gecko Moria, and the others, while Pain reported that Fish-Man Island had captured Vander Decken IX and Hody Jones.
• Lin Yuan asked Pain to arrange meetings with Jinbe and a Fish-Man Island representative, and he instructed Genzo to obtain Seastone and Robin to check on Enel’s Sky Island fleet.
• Lin Yuan told Robin that he had feelings for her after she asked why he had never chosen her, and Robin agreed to be with him.

After spending time with Robin, Lin Yuan told her and Olvia about two Poneglyph rubbings he planned to obtain before leaving for the East Blue with Yamato. There, Yamato challenged Whitebeard Newgate and began fighting him.

• Lin Yuan told Robin and Olvia he expected to obtain Poneglyph rubbings from Alabasta and Fish-Man Island, and the two began taking notes.
• Lin Yuan invited Yamato to travel with him to the East Blue, then left headquarters with her after informing Tesoro.
• Lin Yuan met Whitebeard Newgate, Marco, and Vista aboard Whitebeard's ship, where Yamato eagerly challenged Whitebeard.
• Yamato unleashed Conqueror's Haki and struck Whitebeard with Thunder Bagua, and their weapons collided with enough force to shake the ship and raise enormous waves.

Lin Yuan carried Whitebeard Newgate and his crew toward East Blue on Flame Clouds while explaining that he wanted to overthrow the corrupt world and start over. He left Whitebeard considering Lin Yuan’s radical plan.

• Whitebeard Newgate blocked Yamato’s attack and sent her flying, but Lin Yuan caught her and raised the sailboat above the sea with Flame Clouds.
• Lin Yuan dismantled the sailboat with precise control, preserved its food, and carried everyone toward East Blue on a flying platform.
• Lin Yuan provided shade, food, and strong liquor during the journey, while Whitebeard Newgate questioned his ambitions.
• Whitebeard Newgate pointed out that Lin Yuan had little reason to avoid the New World’s struggle for supremacy if he only wanted wealth.
• Lin Yuan described the World Government, Marines, and pirates as sources of corruption and violence, then proposed overthrowing the world and starting over.

Lin Yuan secured Whitebeard Newgate’s cooperation by revealing how much he knew about the world and promising to protect Whitebeard’s hometown. Three days later, Lin Yuan and the others watched young Ace and Monkey D. Luffy from above the clouds.

• Lin Yuan told Whitebeard Newgate he intended to challenge the World Government and revealed his knowledge of Imu, the Empty Throne, and other secrets, shocking Marco, Vista, and Yamato.
• Whitebeard Newgate agreed to help Lin Yuan three times in the future after Lin Yuan promised to double the Whitebeard Pirates’ annual supplies and leave Whitebeard’s hometown untouched.
• Whitebeard Newgate joked that Lin Yuan would have to look after Marco and the others after his death, but Lin Yuan refused to take responsibility for them.
• Lin Yuan advised Marco and Vista on their training, then found and claimed the Flame-Flame Fruit on an island inhabited by large flying birds.
• Lin Yuan, Yamato, Whitebeard Newgate, Marco, and Vista watched young Ace and Monkey D. Luffy from above the clouds, and Lin Yuan identified Luffy as Garp’s grandson and the future Pirate King.

Lin Yuan revealed Luffy’s powerful family ties, Roger’s straw hat, and the legendary fruit he had eaten, leaving Whitebeard and his crew stunned by the boy’s future prospects. Lin Yuan then thanked Whitebeard for trusting him and declared that he would seize both the new and old eras, addressing Dragon.

• Lin Yuan told Whitebeard Newgate and the others that Luffy was Garp’s grandson and Dragon’s son, and that Dragon led the Revolutionary Army.
• Lin Yuan explained that Shanks had given Luffy Roger’s straw hat to help fulfill Roger’s final wish.
• Lin Yuan said Kizaru might be Luffy’s uncle and revealed that Luffy had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit, also known as the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika.
• Marco and Vista collapsed in shock, while Whitebeard Newgate rejected their suggestion that he take Luffy in as another son.
• Lin Yuan urged Whitebeard Newgate to go meet Ace and promised that Ace’s deadly calamity would be nothing with him around.
• Lin Yuan declared that he would take both eras in his grasp and addressed Dragon.

Lin Yuan brought Dragon into a meeting with Whitebeard Newgate, who intended to take Ace to the New World. After Lin Yuan revealed Ace’s heritage and Conqueror’s Haki, Dragon resisted Whitebeard’s plan, but Lin Yuan offered the Revolutionary Army a different form of cooperation.

• Dragon arrived at Lin Yuan’s invitation and joined him, Whitebeard Newgate, Yamato, Marco, and Vista at a table.
• Dragon explained that he had come to the East Blue on a mission and had concealed himself after discovering Whitebeard was there with Ace and Luffy nearby.
• Whitebeard Newgate said he planned to take Ace to the New World, and Dragon objected before Lin Yuan revealed that Ace was Roger’s son and had awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Dragon considered recruiting Ace as a future Revolutionary Army commander and prepared to challenge Whitebeard, but Lin Yuan stopped them with his overwhelming aura.
• Lin Yuan offered the Revolutionary Army cooperation more valuable than ten Aces and declared, “A single spark can start a prairie fire!”