Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan fought Garp and Borsalino, using powerful sword techniques and his Mythical Zoan strength against the two Marines. After Garp and Borsalino countered his attacks and forced him back, Lin Yuan charged at Garp again, and the chapter ended as their fists collided.

• Borsalino shattered Lin Yuan's opening slash, then he and Garp braced themselves as Lin Yuan unleashed Mandala: Guide to the Underworld.
• Garp and Borsalino combined their attacks to stop the sword-energy river, but it left Garp covered in small wounds.
• Lin Yuan attacked both Marines at once, but Garp and Borsalino overpowered him and sent him flying.
• Lin Yuan recovered and launched repeated slashes, while Garp broke them and Borsalino dodged before the two coordinated another attack.
• Lin Yuan dodged Borsalino's light bullets and charged Garp, forcing Borsalino to stop firing to avoid hitting his ally.
• Garp punched at Lin Yuan, who met him with a punch of his own.

Lin Yuan and Garp pushed their fight to a new level as Lin Yuan transformed into a massive human-beast form and sent Garp flying into the sea. Garp returned with intricate Armament Haki patterns covering his body, and the two resumed a clash so violent that Borsalino and Naguri retreated.

• Lin Yuan and Garp traded devastating blows, each recognizing that neither could quickly defeat the other and that they had reasons to avoid serious injury.
• Lin Yuan transformed into a ten-meter dragon-like human-beast form and slapped Garp through the Flame Clouds and into the sea.
• Lin Yuan turned toward Borsalino, but stopped when Garp burst from the sea with intricate patterns covering his body.
• Garp attacked Lin Yuan with overwhelming force, but Lin Yuan blocked the blow after stepping back only half a step.
• Lin Yuan and Garp resumed their battle, warping space and destroying nearby lightning as Borsalino and Naguri retreated.

After seven days and nights of fighting, Lin Yuan and Garp agreed to settle their confrontation with one decisive attack. Garp launched his strongest blow, and Lin Yuan began to unleash a mysterious ability as the chapter ended.

• Lin Yuan and Garp continued fighting for seven days and nights while Borsalino, Naguri, and the others watched without intervening.
• Lin Yuan proposed that they decide the outcome in one move, but Garp refused and challenged him to try capturing him instead.
• Lin Yuan stopped Borsalino from contacting Sengoku and faced Garp as both men unleashed their Conqueror's Haki.
• Garp attacked with Iron Fist: Falling Bone, while Lin Yuan closed his eyes and began invoking One Eye Covers the Heavens and One Eye Shatters the Heavens.

Lin Yuan used One Eye Shatters the Heavens to stop Garp’s attack with an illusion and soul assault, but Garp’s counterblow still struck him. Both were badly injured, and the chapter ended with Lin Yuan recovering and preparing to negotiate with the Marines.

• Lin Yuan opened his golden eyes and unleashed One Eye Shatters the Heavens, trapping Garp in a golden illusion and striking him with a massive fireball.
• Garp fought through the illusion with Iron Fist: Space Splitter, but the attack left him unconscious, and Borsalino rescued him.
• Garp’s punch passed through the illusion and hit Lin Yuan in the chest, sending him flying before his Flame Clouds kept him from falling into the sea.
• Yamato cradled Lin Yuan while his companions gathered around; Lin Yuan explained that his new move had exhausted him and temporarily damaged his eyes.
• Lin Yuan stood and rapidly healed his broken chest, then told Tesoro to prepare food and get ready to receive the Marines for negotiations.

Borsalino reported the failed mission to Sengoku, who agreed to the Abyss Chamber of Commerce's ransom and territorial demands. While Yamakaji and the Marines remained prisoners, Lin Yuan recovered from his injuries but was still blind.

• Borsalino told Sengoku that Garp was unconscious, Yamakaji and three thousand Marines had been captured, and Lin Yuan had defeated their forces after seven days of fighting.
• Borsalino demanded thirty billion Beli and recognition of Abyss Chamber of Commerce control over that part of the Grand Line; Sengoku agreed to discuss the terms with the Five Elders and assigned Borsalino to follow up.
• Kuzan arrived and took Garp away, while Borsalino visited an Abyss Chamber of Commerce hot spring and spent the Beli he had requested.
• Sengoku consulted Vice Admiral Tsuru, went to Mary Geoise, and later agreed to the Abyss Chamber of Commerce's demands; two of the Five Elders then departed after hearing Lin Yuan had been blinded.
• Lin Yuan rested and healed, while Yamakaji and the captured Marines remained guarded in a warehouse; Lin Yuan reflected on his fight with Garp and welcomed the prospect of facing more strong fighters.

Lin Yuan continued recovering and training while blind after his battle with Garp, then welcomed Dragon and his companions to the island. Koala recognized Lin Yuan as the person who had saved her years earlier, and the reunion left her overwhelmed with joy.

• Lin Yuan reflected on his abilities, trained his Armament Haki and swordsmanship, and resolved to be more careful while fighting blind.
• Three days later, Lin Yuan sensed Dragon approaching and invited him to come ashore with his two companions.
• Dragon was shocked to learn Lin Yuan had gone blind fighting Garp, and Lin Yuan assured him that Garp had survived and lost the fight.
• Koala recognized Lin Yuan and reunited tearfully with him, Erza, and Emile.
• Sabo introduced himself to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan told Dragon that Sabo, Ace, and Luffy were sworn brothers, then offered Revolutionary Army support in exchange for three conditions. Dragon agreed to the first two and heard Lin Yuan demand that Kuma not go undercover, leaving the third condition awaiting his response.

• Lin Yuan told Sabo that Ace and Luffy were dead, triggering Sabo's memories and causing him to collapse before Lin Yuan revealed they were safe and the three were sworn brothers.
• Lin Yuan explained Ace's identity as Roger's son to Dragon, then heard Dragon's request for deeper cooperation with the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.
• Lin Yuan offered the Revolutionary Army money, weapons, and food if it accepted three conditions and grew strong enough to challenge the World Government.
• Dragon agreed that the Revolutionary Army would help Lin Yuan once without holding back, and promised to provide at least thirty names of heinous pirates or Devil Fruit Users each year.
• Lin Yuan demanded that Dragon stop Kuma from going undercover, and Dragon was surprised that Lin Yuan knew about Kuma's secret plan.

Lin Yuan pledged overwhelming financial and military support to Dragon’s Revolutionary Army and taught him revolutionary strategy, while Dragon volunteered to confront two World Government assassins who had infiltrated the island. The chapter ended as Dragon’s hurricane surrounded the masked intruders.

• Lin Yuan offered Dragon’s Revolutionary Army ten billion Beli, weapons, food, and two flying warships, urging him to build strength quickly.
• Lin Yuan taught Dragon and Koala about revolution while Sabo recovered and learned about his situation with Ace and Luffy.
• Lin Yuan sensed two powerful intruders and suspected the World Government had sent them to assassinate him.
• Dragon offered to fight the assassins, and Lin Yuan agreed to let him handle them.
• Dragon transformed into wind and confronted the masked intruders as they approached Lin Yuan’s location.

Dragon and Lin Yuan’s allies defeated two World Government assassins, after which Dragon departed and Borsalino returned to the island. Borsalino met Lin Yuan cautiously, and Lin Yuan challenged him about whether he wanted another fight.

• Yamato and Erza blocked the assassins’ escape while Dragon fought them with his wind abilities and Dragon Claw.
• Dragon killed one assassin by crushing his heart and trapped the other in a tornado until he disappeared, then burned the first assassin’s body to ash.
• Dragon praised Lin Yuan’s strength, said he could not stop any of the Navy’s Three Admirals from escaping, and left the island as wind.
• Lin Yuan sent Sabo and Koala back to Abyss headquarters and continued waiting for Borsalino.
• Borsalino arrived aboard a warship and hovered above the island, where he noticed traces of Dragon’s battle.
• Lin Yuan asked Borsalino whether he wanted another fight, and Borsalino said he did not want to fight him again.

Lin Yuan completed the exchange with Borsalino, giving him two billion Beli and inviting him to join the Abyss Chamber of Commerce, but Borsalino refused and departed with the Marines. Lin Yuan and his companions left, and Yamato eagerly discussed the bounties they might receive as the group headed into the sky.

• The Marines recovered Yamakaji, Onigumo, and three thousand soldiers, while Lin Yuan let them take the warships and handed over the agreed compensation.
• Lin Yuan invited Borsalino to talk, thanked him for holding back in the past, and offered him two chests as an annual salary to join the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.
• Borsalino refused the offer, citing his own justice, but Lin Yuan sent two billion Beli to his flagship as thanks for the Marines’ trouble.
• Borsalino ordered the fleet back to Marine Headquarters, and Lin Yuan departed with his companions and more than twenty chests of Beli.
• Yamato asked Lin Yuan whether they would receive bounties and become pirates, then excitedly discussed the prospect with Erza and Emile.

After the Abyss Chamber of Commerce defeated the Marines, the World Government issued enormous bounties for its members and tacitly recognized Lin Yuan as the Fifth Emperor. The other powers reacted with fear and caution, while Fish-Man Island and the Revolutionary Army sought closer ties, and Hawk Eyes resolved to challenge Lin Yuan.

• The Abyss Chamber of Commerce expanded its control across nearly a fifth of the first half of the Grand Line as the World Government and Marines refrained from attacking again.
• A week later, the World Government issued bounty posters for dozens of Abyss Chamber of Commerce members, including Lin Yuan at 5 billion Beli and seven members with bounties above 1 billion.
• The Four Emperors and Marine Headquarters grew wary of the Abyss Chamber of Commerce, while Red-Haired Shanks reconsidered doing business with it and Big Mom Charlotte Linlin pulled back her forces.
• Dragon and the Revolutionary Army studied Lin Yuan's revolutionary program, while King Neptune asked Jinbe to invite Lin Yuan to Fish-Man Island.
• After losing to Koshiro, Hawk Eyes vowed to challenge Lin Yuan, and Koshiro looked at Kuina's bounty poster and encouraged her to keep pursuing her path.

On Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock learned that Lin Yuan had become the Fifth Emperor but lost his sight during his clash with the Marines. She ordered the Kuja Pirates to sail to the Abyss Chamber of Commerce headquarters to see him, defying Granny Nyon’s warning about the danger to Amazon Lily.

• Kikyo brought Hancock the latest bounty posters, and Sandersonia recognized Lin Yuan’s name and photograph.
• Hancock and her sisters identified Erza, Emile, and Stella on the posters, confirming that Lin Yuan was the man who had once saved them.
• Kikyo reported that Lin Yuan had defeated Garp and Borsalino, captured three thousand Marines, won thirty billion Beli in compensation, and lost his sight.
• Hancock released her Conqueror’s Haki in anger and ordered Sandersonia and Marigold to prepare the Kuja Pirates to sail for Lin Yuan’s headquarters.
• Granny Nyon tried to stop Hancock, warning that the World Government had placed bounties on the Abyss Chamber of Commerce, but Hancock kicked her aside and departed with her sisters and Kikyo.

Lin Yuan trained Crocodile in Haki before returning to the Abyss Chamber of Commerce to inspect a Seastone coffin Kaido had made. He tested the coffin by sealing a captured pirate inside and crushing him, leaving the gathered members stunned that the Seastone did not weaken him.

• Lin Yuan trained his Armament Haki against a mountainside while Crocodile repaired it with his Sand-Sand Fruit and practiced Armament Haki.
• Lin Yuan subjected Crocodile to Observation Haki training, while Enel arrived to report that Kaido had finished making the requested item.
• Lin Yuan, Enel, and Crocodile flew back to headquarters, where the Abyss Chamber of Commerce members welcomed Lin Yuan.
• Tesoro showed Lin Yuan a huge coffin made of high-purity Seastone, and Pain removed its covering.
• Shadow 1 brought in a captured Black Cat Zoan user, whom Lin Yuan killed after he was placed inside the coffin.
• Lin Yuan pressed the coffin lid shut without being weakened by the Seastone, astonishing the people watching.

Lin Yuan used a Seastone coffin to create a Devil Fruit from a deceased user’s ability and gave it to Shadow 1, revealing a way to produce more Devil Fruit users. The chapter ended with news that the Kuja Pirates had entered his territory and their Empress wanted to see him.

• Lin Yuan sealed a Seastone coffin and sensed the trapped energy enter an apple, creating a Devil Fruit.
• Shadow 1 identified the fruit as the Zoan-type Black Cat Fruit, and Lin Yuan gave it to him as a reward.
• Shadow 1 ate the fruit, transformed into a giant black cat, and received Lin Yuan’s orders to seek out evil Devil Fruit users and develop his ability.
• Tesoro celebrated the potential of the Seastone coffin, while Lin Yuan ordered everyone to keep it a top secret.
• Shadow 1 reported that the Kuja Pirates had arrived in Lin Yuan’s territory and that their Empress wanted to meet him; Lin Yuan went to see her.

Lin Yuan met Hancock and the Kuja Pirates after they traveled to the Abyss Trading Company's headquarters, and he was surprised by how powerful they had become. He reunited with Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold, leaving the reason for the Kuja Pirates' strength unexplained.

• A Shadow Secret Guard member led Hancock, Sandersonia, Marigold, and the Kuja Pirates toward the Abyss Trading Company's headquarters.
• Hancock used the Devil Fruit Lin Yuan had given her, while Gloriosa worried that the visit could bring trouble to Amazon Lily.
• Lin Yuan sensed that every Kuja Pirate had awakened two types of Haki and that Hancock and two others had grown exceptionally strong.
• Hancock ordered Kikyo to stand down as Lin Yuan landed on the Kuja Pirate Ship and greeted her.
• Hancock asked why Lin Yuan had not visited, and Lin Yuan explained that he had been busy fighting powerful enemies and avenging her by killing Celestial Dragons.
• Lin Yuan recognized Sandersonia and Marigold when they asked whether he remembered them.

Lin Yuan reunited with Hancock and the Kuja Pirates, learning that Hancock had grown to Admiral-level strength and that Amazon Lily had thousands of Haki users. At the Abyss headquarters, Hancock greeted Emile as her sister, leaving Robin and the others suspicious of her relationship with Lin Yuan.

• Sandersonia and Marigold reunited with Lin Yuan, and Gloriosa joined them as he thanked her for caring for Hancock and her sisters.
• Hancock told Lin Yuan she had reached Admiral-level strength, demonstrated that her Love-Love Fruit could petrify a wooden stool, and offered him Amazon Lily's Haki-using soldiers.
• Lin Yuan assessed the Kuja Pirates' strength and learned that Hancock had personally selected the crew's elite warriors.
• Lin Yuan brought Hancock and the Kuja Pirates to the Abyss headquarters, where Emile and the others came out to greet them.
• Hancock greeted Emile as her sister, and Robin pinched Lin Yuan's waist and asked what was going on.

Lin Yuan tested Hancock’s Haki and Devil Fruit powers, then welcomed the Kuja Kingdom into the Abyss Chamber of Commerce through a secret alliance. He also ordered his forces to capture Gecko Moria and secretly contact Jinbe, aiming to bring more of the Shichibukai under his influence.

• Lin Yuan fought Hancock using Haki and asked her to demonstrate her Devil Fruit abilities.
• Hancock’s Slave Arrow failed to petrify Lin Yuan, but her Medusa’s Gaze: Endless Curse injured him and petrified his clothes.
• Hancock joined Lin Yuan for a day and night, then announced that the Kuja Kingdom was joining the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.
• Lin Yuan arranged to keep the alliance secret from outsiders, provide supplies to Amazon Lily, and send Shadow Secret Guard members there to train.
• Lin Yuan ordered Enel and the Shadow Secret Guard to capture Gecko Moria and told Pain to arrange a secret meeting with Jinbe.

Lin Yuan captured Gecko Moria and obtained the Clear-Clear Fruit, then welcomed the formation of the Shichibukai as an opportunity to expand his influence in the Marines. The chapter leaves him preparing a major bribery and infiltration campaign ahead of the Shichibukai meeting.

• Lin Yuan sent Enel, Crocodile, and Kuina to capture Gecko Moria and retrieve Perona, Absalom, and Shusui.
• Kuina returned with Shusui, having received guidance from Shimotsuki Ryuma and made a breakthrough; the group also brought back Brook.
• Lin Yuan took the Clear-Clear Fruit from Absalom and persuaded Gecko Moria to cooperate by promising to protect Perona.
• Half a year later, Hancock, Crocodile, Jinbe, and Gecko Moria agreed to join the Shichibukai, while Marine leaders including Sakazuki and Sengoku protested the system.
• Lin Yuan ordered Tesoro, Stella, and the Shadow Secret Guard to place allies in Marine branches and use Beli and rare items to influence the Marines.

The Shichibukai gathered at Marine Headquarters, where Doflamingo insulted Hancock and was nearly beaten to death before Marine officers intervened. After the meeting, the Shichibukai departed, with Doflamingo vowing revenge and Dracule Mihawk left bewildered by the others’ strength and exits.

• Hancock, Crocodile, Jinbe, Gecko Moria, Bartholomew Kuma, and Dracule Mihawk gathered at Marineford for the Shichibukai meeting.
• Doflamingo insulted Hancock, prompting the others to attack him while Hancock unleashed Admiral-level strength and overpowered his Conqueror's Haki.
• Kuzan, Garp, and Sakazuki intervened to save Doflamingo, who apologized before the meeting continued.
• Sengoku explained the Shichibukai's rights and obligations, and Crocodile mocked the lengthy meeting before leaving.
• Doflamingo flew away and threatened revenge, while Hancock and the others departed and Dracule Mihawk watched them go.

A year after the Abyss Chamber of Commerce expanded its power, Lin Yuan set out for the Drum Kingdom to investigate the Munch-Munch Fruit and seek information from Kureha. He found Chopper and sent Erza and Emile to greet him, leaving Chopper convinced they were ghosts.

• Crocodile, Jinbe, and Gecko Moria decided to spare Doflamingo after Hancock intervened and escorted her back to the Abyss Chamber of Commerce.
• The Abyss Chamber of Commerce grew into a powerful commercial empire, while Tom and the others returned to Water 7 under Lin Yuan's protection.
• Lin Yuan examined the Clear-Clear Fruit and an unidentified silver Devil Fruit, then decided to visit the Drum Kingdom to find Wapol and speak with Kureha.
• Lin Yuan traveled to the Drum Kingdom with Erza and Emile after spending seven days with Robin and the others.
• Lin Yuan located Chopper at a cabin and watched him shovel snow before Erza and Emile approached him.
• Chopper saw Erza and Emile's identical faces, panicked, and shouted for Doctorine to save him from ghosts.