Recaps

Lin Yu brought Fish-Man Island under his protection, recruited Shirahoshi and others, and set out for the New World after building his crew’s strength. On Punk Hazard, he captured Caesar Clown, rescued the poisoned children, and began testing whether his newly awakened purification ability could extract a Devil Fruit from its user.

• Lin Yu recruited Madame Shyarly, Kaimi, and Ishili, then confronted Koala about the Revolutionary Army’s loyalties and enlisted Shyarly’s help against Hody Jones.
• Lin Yu killed Vander Decken IX, helped Neptune defeat Hody Jones’s rebellion, and persuaded Shirahoshi to join his crew after she ate the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit.
• Lin Yu secured Noah’s Ark, trained Shirahoshi, and oversaw Ulti’s victory over Jozu before she obtained his Glitter Fruit.
• Lin Yu’s crew defeated Marco, giving Lin Yu the Phoenix Fruit for Vivi, then left Fish-Man Island aboard the coated Thriller Bark.
• Lin Yu took his crew to Punk Hazard to capture Caesar Clown, and Smoothie and Ulti defeated Caesar’s forces while Reiju and the others secured the laboratory and its research.
• Lin Yu defeated Monet and made her cooperate, while Reiju took Caesar to extract his scientific knowledge and Lin Yu arranged to summon Vergo.
• Lin Yu awakened Purification of All Things and used it to cure the poisoned children, then tested the ability on Caesar to see if he could extract a Devil Fruit without killing its user.

Lin Yu overthrew Doflamingo, defeated two God's Knights officers, and expanded his crew while continuing to experiment with removing Devil Fruit weaknesses. After learning that Gild Tesoro held the Nekomata Fruit, Lin Yu headed toward Gran Tesoro but encountered Golden Lion Shiki and began a fierce battle.

• Lin Yu replaced Caesar’s Gas Gas Fruit with a Dachshund Zoan, confirming that a user could survive having their Devil Fruit changed, then recruited Monet after she killed Vergo.
• Lin Yu arrived in Dressrosa, recruited BABY·5 and Violet, and led his crew against Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family while Sugar’s defeat restored the people who had been turned into toys.
• Lin Yu captured Doflamingo, defeated Saint Rolling and Fran Saint, and concealed the God's Knights battle while restoring King Riku to power.
• Lin Yu recruited Violet and Sugar, raised his crew to Level Six, and continued training and testing whether purification could remove Devil Fruit users’ weakness to seawater.
• Lin Yu purified Anna and Nami so they could swim and use their abilities in seawater briefly, then sailed Thriller Bark toward Gran Tesoro after learning Gild Tesoro had the Nekomata Fruit.
• Lin Yu encountered Golden Lion Shiki’s floating islands, sent Hina, Tashigi, and Peacock to evacuate a town, and confronted Shiki at his palace.
• Shiki dodged Lin Yu’s lightning attacks and fought back with earthen lions, while Lin Yu struck him repeatedly and prepared to face the enormous lions surrounding him.

Lin Yu killed Golden Lion Shiki, took control of Gran Tesoro through Gild Tesoro, and continued expanding his crew and abilities. He defeated Zephyr, recruited him to train his armies, and the stretch ended with Smoothie awakening Conqueror’s Haki while fighting Katakuri.

• Lin Yu defeated and killed Golden Lion Shiki, took his Float-Float Fruit, and left the sinking islands after ensuring the civilians had been rescued.
• Lin Yu traded Mikita’s Light-Heavy Fruit for the Float-Float Fruit, then sailed to Gran Tesoro and captured Baccarat and Carina.
• Lin Yu defeated Tesoro, extracted the Gold-Gold Fruit, and made a five-year agreement with Tesoro to secretly control Gran Tesoro while helping him find Stella’s killer.
• Lin Yu gave Anna the Mythical Zoan Nekomata Fruit and Carina the Gas Gas Fruit, developed the Azure Flame Sword, and brought Dezaya into his crew.
• Lin Yu encountered Zephyr’s Neo Navy and fought Katakuri, who demanded that Lin Yu return Smoothie and Snamon.
• Lin Yu defeated Zephyr with his clones, healed him, and recruited him to help overthrow the World Government and train Lin Yu’s armies.
• Smoothie fought Katakuri, drained his life energy, and awakened Conqueror’s Haki as Lin Yu, Zephyr, and Ain watched.

Lin Yu gathered allies and power, took Zou under his control, and headed to the pirate gathering as the world’s major powers prepared for war. The arc ended with Hancock and Gion fighting over Lin Yu while Bullet moved to challenge him.

• Sengoku and Tsuru learned that Lin Yu had killed Zephyr, while Lin Yu changed his plans to retrieve the pink artificial Azure Dragon Fruit from Punk Hazard.
• Lin Yu captured Trafalgar Law and defeated Momousagi Gion, who agreed to join his crew while remaining a Marine Vice Admiral.
• Koala chose to return to the Revolutionary Army, and Lin Yu prepared to use news of its alliance with the Red Hair Pirates to pressure Sengoku.
• Kaido and Big Mom formed an alliance as the World Government began a World Military Draft, and Lin Yu completed Law’s Eternal Life Surgery before taking the Op-Op Fruit.
• Lin Yu traveled to Zou, where Smoothie and Ulti defeated Nekomamushi and Inuarashi, Carrot joined his crew, and Wanda submitted to protect the Mokomo Dukedom.
• Lin Yu appointed Pedro governor of Zou and sailed for the pirate gathering hosted by Blackbeard and Bullet, while Hancock and Gion independently set out for the same event.
• Hancock fought Blackbeard and Shiryu before Lin Yu arrived, and Bullet began clearing away the other pirates to reach him.
• Hancock and the disguised Gion clashed in midair, and Reiju struck them both with a Tremor-Tremor Fruit shockwave.