Recaps

Xiao Xie strengthened his powers, returned to the One Piece world, and seized several Devil Fruits while killing prominent figures across Gran Tesoro, Skypiea, Thriller Bark, and Impel Down. The arc left him exploring Impel Down’s sixth level with new abilities and a prisoner still ahead of him.

• Xiao Xie tested the Nine Transformations of Skyfire, suffered severe injuries from the seventh transformation, and later witnessed Qing Lin break through to One Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Xie learned that the escaped magical beasts had been driven into the Beast Domain, then reunited with Xiao Yi Xian after she advanced to One Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Xie traveled to the One Piece world, killed Tesoro and Baccarat, took their treasure chests, and gained the Luck-Luck, Gold-Gold, and Warp-Warp Fruits.
• Xiao Xie absorbed the luck of five Celestial Dragons, killed Enel on Skypiea, and took the Rumble-Rumble Fruit before briefly meeting the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Xiao Xie killed Absalom, Hogback, Perona’s zombies, and Gekko Moria on Thriller Bark, then claimed the Clear-Clear and Shadow-Shadow Fruits and turned Oars into a White Bone Giant.
• Xiao Xie attacked Impel Down as the Underworld Emperor and broke through its upper levels while the White Bone Giant fought Magellan and the prison forces.
• Xiao Xie killed Shiliew of the Rain and Byrnndi World in Infinite Hell, gained their swordsmanship and the More-More Fruit, and left the Worship Space after becoming a Great Swordsman.

Xiao Xie hunted pirates across the Sabaody Archipelago, defeated Kizaru, and headed to Marineford as the war over Ace began. He killed Shanks and Hawkeye before striking Whitebeard, leaving the battlefield in chaos.

• Xiao Xie escaped the flooded Impel Down with his skeletal warriors, then killed Wapol and gave Ikaros the upgraded Gulp-Gulp Fruit, Teigu Roman Artillery, and Pegasus Cloth.
• Xiao Xie killed six Supernovas on Sabaody, defeated Rayleigh, and handed him over to the Navy for his bounty.
• At the human auction, Xiao Xie killed three Celestial Dragons, defeated Kizaru, and revealed himself as the Nether Emperor.
• Xiao Xie headed to Marineford as Sengoku revealed Ace's parentage and Whitebeard's fleet arrived to rescue him.
• Xiao Xie entered the battle for bounties, killed Jozu, and fought Marco and Whitebeard, wounding Whitebeard with Hell Stab.
• Luffy arrived with Shanks, Buggy, and Rayleigh to save Ace while Shanks confronted Xiao Xie and Sengoku fought Whitebeard.
• Xiao Xie killed Shanks and Hawkeye, took their treasure chests and Black Sword Night, and stopped Kizaru from attacking Whitebeard.
• Xiao Xie challenged Whitebeard and pierced his chest with a hundredfold Hell Thrust.

Xiao Xie ended the Marineford War, seized power across the seas, and returned to the past to collect new abilities and alter key events. Back in the present, he gave Devil Fruits to his companions and reached Saint Pill City to take an alchemist assessment.

• Xiao Xie killed Whitebeard, Blackbeard, Kizaru, and Akainu during the Marineford War, while Uchiha Madara protected Ace and battled Xiao Xie before both sides withdrew.
• Xiao Xie recruited surviving Whitebeard and Red Hair Pirates, reclaimed territory, freed Fish-Man Island from Vander Decken IX and Charlotte Linlin, and later destroyed the Beasts Pirates and Donquixote Family.
• Xiao Xie established the Mercenary Guild, gathered powerful Devil Fruits and corpses, and married Hancock before slaughtering the Celestial Dragons at Holy Land Mariejois.
• Xiao Xie used the Moonlight Treasure Box to travel thirteen years into the past, extracted Xiao Yan’s Hidden Dragon in the Abyss fate, befriended young Xun Er, and took the Golden Emperor Burning Flame before returning to the present.
• Xiao Xie strengthened the Golden Emperor Burning Flame and Phoenix Fire, gave Devil Fruits and power-ups to Long Kui, Arno, Ikaros, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and set out for the Pill Domain.
• Xiao Xie reached Saint Pill City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, entered the Pill Tower testing site through the special passage, and asked the examiner which alchemy rank he could attempt.

Xiao Xie represented the Ye Family at the Pill Gathering, won the championship with a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, and subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame. The arc ended with Soul Clan elders confronting him and discovering his hidden Six Star Dou Sheng cultivation.

• Xiao Xie earned an Eighth-Rank Low-Level Alchemist badge, accepted the Ye Family’s request to represent them, and agreed in exchange for rare medicinal seeds.
• Hun Moyan attacked Xiao Xie while he broke through, but Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin held him off until Xiao Xie emerged and killed him with his Zanpakuto manifestations.
• Xiao Xie dominated the Pill Gathering’s tests and passed through the Pill Realm first, securing the Ye Family’s place among the Five Great Families.
• Xiao Xie refined a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill with nine Heavenly Flames, broke through to Two-Star Dou Zun amid Black Demon Lightning, and won the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Xie told Xuan Yi that Yao Chen had died after the Soul Hall’s attack, named Old Man Mu Gu as responsible, and vowed to kill him.
• Gu Yuan learned that Xun Er loved Xiao Xie and arranged to invite him to the Ancient Clan, while the Pill Tower prepared to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Xie subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, gained the Three Thousand Stars Body, and reached Seven Star Dou Zun before Cao Ying and the other finalists arrived.
• Old Man Mu Gu summoned two Six Star Dou Sheng Soul Clan elders, and one realized Xiao Xie’s hidden cultivation had reached Six Star Dou Sheng.