Recaps

Lin Yuan defected from the Marines and gathered allies while building a base and intelligence network to oppose the World Government. The arc left him rescuing informants from Impel Down as the World Government’s attention turned toward him.

• Lin Yuan ate the Door-Door Fruit, defected from the Marines after the Celestial Dragons’ hunt, and escaped Marine Headquarters with a 500 million Beli bounty.
• Lin Yuan recruited Bullet, stole supplies and seastone, and established Void Island before arranging secret technical support from Vegapunk.
• Lin Yuan freed Kaido and King, defeated Marine pursuers, rejected Rocks’s offer, and established Hachinosu as his base after making a deal with Ochoku.
• Lin Yuan recruited Crocodile, later welcomed Moria, and trained his allies while expanding his seastone business and operations.
• Lin Yuan and Moria freed Ginny from a transport ship, and Lin Yuan put her in charge of building an intelligence network with Morgans’s help.
• Lin Yuan rescued Kuma from the Sorbet Kingdom and brought him to Hachinosu, where he reunited with Ginny and joined Lin Yuan’s group.
• Lin Yuan visited Ivankov in Impel Down, but Ivankov refused to leave until Lin Yuan could challenge the World Government.
• Lin Yuan freed five Revolutionary Army informants from Impel Down and brought them to Ginny’s network, while Kaido warned that the World Government might target him.

Lin Yuan prepared his crew for the God Valley raid, stole the Azure Dragon Fruit, and rescued hundreds of civilians before returning to Hachinosu. There he built up his refuge and intelligence network, recruited allies, and helped Ginny gain the Glint-Glint Fruit as the Rocks Pirates began to fracture.

• Lin Yuan trained Kuma and his crew, investigated Rocks, and planned to rescue Ivankov once they were strong enough to challenge Rocks.
• After learning that the Celestial Dragons would hunt civilians at God Valley, Lin Yuan assigned his crew roles and led them through a spatial door to the island.
• Lin Yuan’s crew fought Marines, CP0, and Holy Knights while rescuing civilians, and Lin Yuan stole the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon before fleeing with his allies.
• The Rocks Pirates and Roger Pirates clashed with the Marines at God Valley, and Rocks’s crew killed two Celestial Dragons before leaving with the Phoenix fruit.
• Kuma sent all 437 rescued civilians to Hachinosu, where Lin Yuan’s crew welcomed them and Kaido ate the Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Lin Yuan developed Hachinosu, gathered intelligence, investigated Vegapunk’s research, tested Kaido in battle, and recruited Inazuma after rescuing him from a prison transport.
• Lin Yuan learned that Whitebeard had left the Rocks Pirates and that Golden Lion and Big Mom were expanding their power, then invited Big Mom to Hachinosu.
• Lin Yuan acquired the Glint-Glint Fruit in Dressrosa and gave it to Ginny, who gained control of its long-range vision and the ability to perceive people’s thoughts.

Lin Yuan built Hachinosu’s strength through alliances, training, stolen resources, and the Void, then turned his attention to Kurozumi Orochi and Wano Country. The arc left his forces preparing for an operation in Wano, with Fukurokuju and several of Orochi’s men as potential allies.

• Lin Yuan struck a trade deal with Big Mom, then used Ginny’s intelligence to seize Seastone from a Marine convoy while Rocks and Sengoku fought in the Ghost Sea.
• Lin Yuan rescued Zephyr’s daughter Aqi from the Black Hyena Pirates, and Zephyr later agreed to train Hachinosu’s fighters.
• Zephyr trained Lin Yuan and his allies as Lin Yuan negotiated with Rocks, giving up Seastone in exchange for neutrality and a single future door to Mary Geoise.
• Lin Yuan agreed to consider an alliance with Kozuki Oden, then led his crew to Sky Island, where they recovered Shandora’s gold and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Lin Yuan commissioned Tom to build the Void, stole a propulsion research fragment and a list of World Government agents in Wano, and defeated Caesar Clown’s modified Sea Kings.
• Lin Yuan captured Caesar Clown and brought him to Hachinosu, then allied with Whitebeard while securing his neutrality toward Lin Yuan’s plans for Wano.
• Lin Yuan recruited Fukurokuju, rescued Chiyo, and gained Fukurokuju’s promise to guide his forces against Orochi.
• Ginny identified six of Orochi’s men who might surrender and assigned opponents for the loyal six as Lin Yuan ordered Fukurokuju to carefully approach Hyakumen.

Lin Yuan conquered Wano, gathered the Road Poneglyph rubbings, and brought the great pirate crews together to reach Final Island. After Ginny translated Joy Boy’s message, the crews departed, and Lin Yuan returned toward Hachinosu to decide what to do next.

• Hyakumen and Fire Demon joined Lin Yuan’s plot against Orochi, and their help enabled the allies to attack the Flower Capital and defeat Orochi.
• Lin Yuan took control of Wano, arranged compensation and local governance, and recruited Huijin to stay with his crew.
• On the way to Zou, Lin Yuan’s crew fought slave traders and learned masked World Government agents were targeting the Minks and their Poneglyph.
• Lin Yuan collected rubbings of the Road Poneglyph on Zou and the two Poneglyphs on Fish-Man Island, then secured Big Mom’s rubbing in exchange for a Seastone contract and places on the voyage.
• Lin Yuan invited Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Rocks, and Big Mom to join the expedition, and their crews assembled at the rendezvous with Garp following Roger.
• Lin Yuan led the fleet through an underwater archway to Final Island, where Ginny translated Joy Boy’s message about the Ancient Kingdom, Ancient Weapons, and the D. Clan.
• Roger and the other crews left Final Island, Garp declined Lin Yuan’s offer to join him, and Lin Yuan sailed back toward Hachinosu with his crew.