Recaps

Li Yuan killed the Marines and pirates who challenged him, formed the Limitless Pirates, and set course for Hachinosu to join the Rocks Pirates. After beginning the fourth layer of his body-tempering technique, he learned that a Rocks Pirates ship lay ahead.

• Li Yuan awakened in the One Piece world, killed the Fengmang Sword Hall attackers who came for him, and moved into Limitless Sword Hall to train under Louis.
• After years of body conditioning and sword practice, Li Yuan killed Kuke and his crew, freed their slaves, and accepted Lazuli into his group.
• Li Yuan mastered the Marine Six Styles and became a Swordmaster before killing Marine Rear Admiral Geno, who had attacked Louis.
• Li Yuan and more than a hundred disciples sailed aboard Geno’s warship, named their crew the Limitless Pirates, and weathered a storm by splitting an iceberg.
• On Suoluo Island, Li Yuan defeated Vix and the Leopard Pirates, then rescued Shakky from CP agents pursuing her.
• Li Yuan killed the Tiger Mask Man and the remaining CP agents, then learned from Shakky that the Rocks Pirates would recruit on Hachinosu Island.
• Li Yuan sailed toward Hachinosu, trained to begin the fourth layer of the Sword God Body Tempering Technique, and grew closer to Lazuli and Shakky.
• Karu spotted a ship flying the Rocks Pirates’ flag ahead, and Li Yuan used Observation Haki to inspect it.

Li Yuan joined the Rocks Pirates, earned an officer’s rank, and grew stronger through training and battle as the crew began plundering kingdoms. After the Rocks Pirates defeated a major Marine force, the World Government and Marines began planning to target Li Yuan and bring down Rocks.

• Li Yuan survived Rocks’s recruitment battle, fought John to a draw, and became a Rocks Pirates officer.
• Li Yuan settled on Hachinosu Island, recruited fifty subordinates, trained with them, and studied Shakky’s materials while seeking to become a Great Swordsman.
• Rocks launched a campaign of plunder, and Li Yuan led his men in looting Vixga and Pano, giving Kano the Dice-Dice Fruit and taking the Taste-Taste Fruit for himself.
• The Rocks Pirates defeated the Marines in a major battle, with Li Yuan wounding Gokai and all his junior brothers surviving.
• Morgans’s reports spread news of the Rocks Pirates’ victories, and the Five Elders and Marine leaders began planning an attack, with Brac identifying Li Yuan as a target.

Li Yuan left the Rocks Pirates to recruit Douglas Bullet, raid the kingdoms of the Land of Endless War, and claim the Seven Star Sword on Asca Island. After mastering the sword and acquiring Yadina and Karu’s Ancient Zoan power, he fought Steel-Bone Kong underwater and returned to his ship badly wounded.

• Li Yuan arranged sparring with Whitebeard and Shiki, trained under Shiki, and killed the challengers who sought places among the Rocks Pirates.
• Li Yuan secretly left Hachinosu Island with Shakky, Lazuli, and his crew, recruited Douglas Bullet from the boy soldiers, and took Devil Fruits and treasure while destroying four rival kingdoms.
• Li Yuan led his crew across the Calm Belt to Asca Island, where he found the Seven Star Sword, resisted its attempt to enslave him, and mastered its Sword Intent.
• Li Yuan brought Yadina aboard and Karu ate the Ancient Zoan Tiger-Tiger Fruit, Sword-Winged Tiger Form.
• When Steel-Bone Kong arrived with three Marine warships, Li Yuan ordered his crew to flee and split the warships with his sword attacks.
• Li Yuan fought Steel-Bone Kong underwater, wounded him with the Seven Star Sword, and drove him to the surface before returning to his ship severely injured.

Li Yuan recovered, built a crew and territory, and grew stronger through duels and political maneuvers while the Rocks Pirates expanded their power. The arc ended with the Rocks Pirates breaking into Impel Down, recruiting prisoners, and escaping with Seastone as the World Government prepared to respond.

• Li Yuan recovered from his defeat by Kong, recruited former slaves, and challenged Redfield to a swordsmanship duel that ended with Redfield's defeat.
• Li Yuan trained on Gravity Island, welcomed his children, and returned to Hachinosu Island, where he recruited pirates and fought several Rocks officers to draws.
• Rocks sent Li Yuan and Golden Lion to recruit Roger, but Roger refused, and Li Yuan fought Rayleigh before the recruitment attempt ended.
• Li Yuan learned Ryou from Kurozumi Higurashi, seized the Venus Kingdom as his base, and gave Lazuli the Medicine-Medicine Fruit to manage the territory.
• Li Yuan traded with Charlotte Linlin for a Homie and the Taste-Taste Fruit, then proposed raiding Impel Down before the Rocks Pirates attacked the Navy fortresses.
• The Rocks Pirates stormed Impel Down, defeated its defenders, and freed prisoners, including Brandon and Leonard, while Li Yuan helped Rocks kill Warden Mikaela.
• The Rocks Pirates escaped with prisoners and most of Impel Down's Seastone, and Sengoku reported the prison's fall as the Five Elders considered how to respond.