Recaps

Lin Xuan arrived at the battle in Shimotsuki Village after a thrown wooden sword killed Sek P and wrecked Trejer’s ship. He withstood Trejer’s chains and prepared to strike back, while Domon and Carina looked to him for help.

• A wooden sword shot across the harbor, killing Sek P and smashing the bow and half the hull of the Shark Super.
• Carina survived the attack, and Domon recognized the wooden sword as evidence that the rumored great swordsman in Shimotsuki Village was real.
• Domon ordered the Marines to retreat with the civilians and headed for Koshiro’s dojo to beg him to intervene.
• Lin Xuan landed in a crater, and Carina sought his protection as Trejer identified him as a Marine Super Rookie.
• Trejer attacked Lin Xuan with steel chains, but Lin Xuan stood unharmed and picked up a broken mast crossbeam to retaliate.

Lin Xuan unleashed the power he had been suppressing beneath his coat and attacked Trejer’s Chain: Absolute Fortress with a rotten timber. The chapter ended as Lin Xuan’s blow cracked the chain armor, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Xuan blasted Trejer through a wrecked pirate ship with a blow from rotten timber, and Trejer learned he was Garp’s grandson.
• Trejer wrapped himself in dense chains to form Chain: Absolute Fortress, while Zoro warned Lin Xuan that brute force could not cut the steel-hard defense.
• Lin Xuan revealed he could see the fortress’s lines of death but chose not to use swordsmanship, then removed his coat and released his suppressed power.
• Lin Xuan charged Trejer and smashed the rotten timber into his chain armor, cracking it.

Lin Xuan battered Trejer and blocked Naolai’s armor-piercing arrow with full-body Armament Haki, then taunted Trejer into rising for another fight. Trejer instead seized Carina as a hostage and demanded that Lin Xuan kneel and bind himself.

• Lin Xuan repeatedly clubbed Trejer into the rubble while Naolai fired an armor-piercing arrow at him.
• Lin Xuan hardened his entire body with Armament Haki, broke the arrow, and mocked Trejer for his weakness.
• Trejer’s pride drove him to stand again, and Lin Xuan stepped back to let him reveal his full strength.
• Trejer used chains to seize Carina, and Zoro’s sword could not cut through the high-density alloy.
• Trejer threatened to kill Carina unless Lin Xuan knelt and bound his hands and feet.

Lin Xuan killed Trejer with a devastating slash, rescued Carina, and demanded that she discuss their business with him. Garp and Smoker reached the wharf and found the Marines repairing the damage, though they had yet to see Lin Xuan.

• Trejer's chains trapped Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan broke free and split Trejer in two with a two-handed slash.
• Lin Xuan's system increased the Kenpachi Zaraki template's progress to 15% and gave him Wild Instinct.
• Zoro vowed to make a slash like Lin Xuan's after Koshiro told him that strength could itself be the end of technique.
• Lin Xuan told Colonel Domon to send Trejer's bounty to Garp's account, then called Carina and another hidden figure out to discuss business.
• Garp warned Oran not to suggest Lin Xuan might have died, and Smoker defended the nervous adjutant.
• Garp and Smoker rushed ashore and found Marines repairing the wharf rather than the battlefield of casualties Garp had feared.

After Lin Xuan killed Trejer with a single blow, Garp nominated him as a Marine Headquarters Admiral Candidate while Smoker set out to confront him at Cocoyasi Village. On the way there, Lin Xuan prepared to face the Arlong Pirates and used a system refresh that revealed two powerful items he could barely believe had appeared.

• Smoker and Garp found Trejer dead at the end of the dock’s enormous chasm, and Domon told them Lin Xuan had killed him with rotten wood.
• Garp laughed at Lin Xuan’s strength and called Sengoku to nominate him as a Marine Headquarters Admiral Candidate.
• Smoker vowed to pursue Lin Xuan to Cocoyasi Village, while Garp let him leave and expressed confidence in Lin Xuan’s power.
• Three days into the voyage, Zoro trained intensely, and Carina warned Lin Xuan that the Arlong Pirates were dangerous.
• Lin Xuan reassured Carina that he would protect Nami, then used an advanced system shop refresh and found an Eight-Sword Style taijutsu scroll and an evolvable Executioner’s Blade.

Lin Xuan seized the chance to challenge Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Onigumo, hoping to use a real fight to advance his Kenpachi template and learn Eight-Sword Style. The chapter ended with Onigumo turning on Lin Xuan after the boy insulted and challenged him.

• Lin Xuan abandoned the unaffordable Eight-Sword Style and Kubikiribōchō in the system shop, then realized he needed dangerous battles to grow stronger.
• Carina practiced shooting on the Predator, and Lin Xuan encouraged her before spotting a Marine warship approaching.
• Lin Xuan recognized Onigumo aboard the warship and ordered Carina to steer toward him, despite her and Zoro's fears.
• Onigumo ordered Lin Xuan to come to Marine Headquarters and had a rope ladder lowered, assuming he would obey.
• Lin Xuan refused to go with the Marines and challenged Onigumo to teach him Eight-Sword Style by fighting him.
• Onigumo turned back, enraged by Lin Xuan's provocation, and warned him that his words could get him killed.

Lin Xuan fought Vice Admiral Onigumo aboard a Marine warship, matching his eight-sword assault with brute force and hovering blades. When Onigumo’s hidden dagger threatened Lin Xuan’s throat, Lin Xuan prepared to use two more sabers on the deck.

• Lin Xuan unleashed his bloodlust and challenged Onigumo, who raised eight blades using his hair and Life Return.
• Lin Xuan summoned seven hovering short blades, but Onigumo knocked them away with his eight-sword net.
• Lin Xuan charged with his Asauchi and forced Onigumo backward with a powerful slash, then attacked with a sudden thrust.
• Onigumo and Lin Xuan traded blows at close range, cutting each other as they fought across the bow.
• Onigumo sent a concealed dagger toward Lin Xuan’s throat, and Lin Xuan clenched his hand to pull Spiritual Pressure threads toward two sabers lying on the deck.

Lin Xuan defeated Vice Admiral Onigumo by using a headbutt as his eighth sword after his other weapons were knocked away. He left Onigumo alive and offered him rum, while the Marines watched in shock.

• Lin Xuan used Spiritual Pressure to control several swords and pressed Onigumo with a chaotic assault, but Onigumo deflected the final flying blades.
• Onigumo cornered Lin Xuan and declared that his last sword would not be enough to overcome the Eight-Sword Style.
• Lin Xuan charged into Onigumo's formation and headbutted him, breaking his swords and sending him crashing through the cabin wall.
• Lin Xuan drank rum to recover, then tossed the bottle to the injured Onigumo as thanks.
• Onigumo caught the bottle and reacted bitterly to Lin Xuan's unexpected gesture.

Lin Xuan defeated Vice Admiral Onigumo and refused his offer to join Marine Headquarters, choosing instead to sail freely and seek stronger opponents. Meanwhile, Nami returned to Cocoyasi Village with the hundred million Beli she had gathered to buy the village’s freedom, but Nojiko feared Arlong would not honor their agreement.

• Onigumo asked Lin Xuan who had taught him his brutal sword techniques, and Lin Xuan explained that anything could be a weapon if it helped kill an enemy.
• Lin Xuan received 500 system points for defeating Onigumo, but his template progress only rose to 14.9% and the shop remained mostly locked.
• Onigumo offered to take Lin Xuan to Marineford for training, but Lin Xuan refused and chose to explore the sea with companions of his own choosing.
• Onigumo promised to report Lin Xuan’s victory to Fleet Admiral Sengoku, and Lin Xuan sailed away while considering the Fish-Man he hoped would raise his progress.
• Nami returned to Nojiko with enough money to make a hundred million Beli and said she would take it to Arlong in exchange for Cocoyasi Village’s freedom.
• Nojiko worried that Arlong would break his promise, but Nami reassured her and set out to fulfill their agreement.

Nami discovered that Arlong had never intended to honor their deal and attacked him, but Kuroobi nearly killed her before Lin Xuan intervened. Lin Xuan retrieved his wooden sword as Arlong rallied his Fish-Men to attack, and he faced them with eager anticipation.

• Nami overheard Chew reveal that Arlong planned to steal her money and had sent Captain Nezumi to seize it.
• Nami confronted Arlong and charged him, but Arlong caught her staff and ordered Kuroobi to teach her the Fish-Men's rules.
• Kuroobi chased Nami to the gate, but Lin Xuan's thrown wooden sword struck him and embedded him in a wall.
• Lin Xuan retrieved his sword and dismissed Nami as Arlong rose and ordered his pirates to kill him.
• Dozens of Fish-Men rushed Lin Xuan, who stood ready to fight, excited by the prospect of tearing into them.

Lin Xuan defeated Arlong’s Fish-Man crew and rejected Arlong’s attempt to bargain for his life. Captain Nezumi arrived, took Arlong’s bribe, and ordered his men to shoot Lin Xuan, who emerged unharmed and rushed toward Arlong.

• Lin Xuan slaughtered Arlong’s Fish-Man crew and left Arlong as the only one standing.
• Arlong begged Nami to stop Lin Xuan, offering to return her money and Cocoyasi Village.
• Captain Nezumi arrived with thirty Navy sailors, and Arlong offered him a hundred million Beli to kill Lin Xuan.
• Captain Nezumi ordered his men to execute Lin Xuan, but the bullets flattened against Lin Xuan’s Armament Haki.
• Lin Xuan crossed the courtyard in an instant and appeared before Arlong as Arlong tried to offer him money.

Lin Xuan killed Captain Nezumi with Qi-Controlled Sword while confronting Smoker, who attacked him for taking the law into his own hands. Smoker trapped Lin Xuan in a smoke domain, but Lin Xuan used Armament Haki on a mop handle and struck back as Smoker closed in.

• Lin Xuan unlocked the early-Scissor Seven template and Qi-Controlled Sword after killing Arlong, then used the ability to target Captain Nezumi.
• Smoker arrived and knocked Lin Xuan’s first sword attack aside, saving Nezumi from being killed.
• Lin Xuan guided a saber around Smoker and pierced Nezumi’s heart, killing him in front of the Marines.
• Smoker confronted Lin Xuan over killing Nezumi and attacked him with White Vine, enclosing him in a smoke domain.
• Lin Xuan coated a mop handle with Armament Haki and swung it as Smoker prepared to strike him from behind.

Lin Xuan defeated Smoker, and Garp arrived to find the aftermath and Nezumi’s corpse. When Garp questioned how Lin Xuan knew Ace had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit, Lin Xuan claimed he had sent Ace a map to it, leaving Garp furious that he had given away such a prized treasure.

• Lin Xuan’s blow sent Smoker crashing into the forest, where the wounded Marine lay embedded in granite.
• Garp arrived and scolded Lin Xuan over the destruction, then discovered Nezumi’s body and reluctantly agreed to cover up his death.
• Lin Xuan used his Qi Manipulation to take Ace’s wanted poster from Garp and recognized the flames in its photograph as evidence of the Flame-Flame Fruit.
• Garp questioned how Lin Xuan knew Ace had eaten the fruit, and Lin Xuan produced a fake map fragment and claimed he had sent Ace its coordinates.
• Garp crushed his silver flask in anger when Lin Xuan explained that he had treated the fruit’s location as directions to a burning pineapple.

Lin Xuan sailed from Cocoyasi Village with Nami and Carina, then began planning how to strengthen his crew and upgrade their ship. After completing a system mission, he checked the refreshed shop and prepared to spend his 800 points on weapons.

• Lin Xuan rejected Garp’s offer of a Marine career, said he did not regret giving Ace the Devil Fruit, and left Arlong Park; Nami followed him rather than risk stealing treasure under Garp’s watch.
• Garp told Lin Xuan to deal with Krieg if they crossed paths, and the Navy elites realized that Lin Xuan and Ace were brothers.
• Carina shot down a seabird with her flintlock and offered to help aboard Lin Xuan’s ship, while Nami called them to adjust the sails.
• Lin Xuan judged Carina’s gun and Nami’s staff inadequate, and said he would buy better equipment and upgrade the ship at their next stop.
• Lin Xuan completed the “Captain’s Foresight” mission, raising his template progress to 17.5 percent and refreshing the system shop with 800 points.

Lin Xuan gave Carina a system-made rifle and scope, then discovered the scope could see through solid objects but censored intimate details. When the Krieg Pirates arrived demanding supplies, Lin Xuan stopped Zoro from attacking so he could test the rifle on their flagship.

• Lin Xuan confirmed that system items remained under his control and redeemed a modified Kar98k and an enchanted optical scope for Carina.
• Lin Xuan revealed the rifle to Carina, Nami, and Zoro, then demonstrated that it fired silently using the user's stamina.
• Lin Xuan used the scope and discovered it could see through obstacles, while its censorship mechanism limited what it showed of Nami and Carina.
• Carina spotted the approaching Krieg Pirates, and Don Krieg demanded that Lin Xuan's crew surrender their food and water.
• Zoro prepared to fight Don Krieg, but Lin Xuan stopped him and said he would test the rifle on the flagship first.

Lin Xuan used his heavily modified 98K to devastate Krieg's flagship and drive Krieg into the sea, but the weapon's power drained him and risked leaving him vulnerable. He gave the rifle to Carina, who eagerly accepted it.

• Lin Xuan fired a high-energy shot that shattered Krieg's Wootz Steel Alloy armor and left him injured.
• Carina and Zoro reacted with shock as Lin Xuan prepared a more powerful shot and the modified gun consumed his energy.
• Krieg fled by jumping into the sea, but Lin Xuan's next shot blew up the Delidano and capsized two escort ships.
• Zoro questioned whether his sword training could match the rifle, while Carina became eager to use the weapon.
• Lin Xuan recognized the rifle's power came at a dangerous physical cost and tossed it to Carina.

At the Baratie, Lin Xuan watched the starving Krieg Pirates arrive after their fleet had been devastated, while Ace and Sanji prepared to defend the restaurant. The pirates fled in terror when Dracule Mihawk appeared, but Krieg attacked him, and Lin Xuan tensed as Mihawk casually swung his Black Blade.

• Lin Xuan told Carina to use the rifle to protect him, and she eagerly accepted the role.
• Ace and the Spade Pirates arrived at the Baratie, where Zeff noticed Ace's potential and sensed danger around Lin Xuan.
• The battered Krieg fleet reached the docks, and its starving pirates threatened to storm the restaurant for food.
• Deuce announced Ace's fifty-million-Beli bounty, but the hungry pirates and Krieg ignored the warning and continued toward the Baratie.
• A figure on a coffin-like boat appeared through the mist, and the Krieg Pirates recognized Dracule Mihawk as the man who had destroyed their fleet and tried to flee.
• Krieg attacked Mihawk with his poison-gas shield, and Mihawk drew his Black Blade and swung it with a casual motion.

Lin Xuan stepped onto the Baratie’s deck as Hawk-Eye’s arrival drew the Spade Pirates into a tense standoff. After Krieg tried to ambush him, Lin Xuan used Flash Step to evade the attack, leaving his next move poised to unfold.

• Lin Xuan left the restaurant carrying his Wooden Sword and stepped onto the outer deck.
• Ace recognized Lin Xuan as the Marine rookie, while Mihal panicked and Deuce observed that Lin Xuan did not seem interested in arresting them.
• Krieg clung to the deck and recognized Lin Xuan as the one who had fired at him.
• Krieg tried to kill Lin Xuan with a hidden blow dart and an explosive pistol.
• Lin Xuan stamped on the deck and used Flash Step, vanishing from Krieg’s attack as Zeff watched in shock.

Lin Xuan fought Ace’s Logia flames with overwhelming strength, splitting his attacks and cutting his body apart, though Ace healed from the blows. Ace then summoned his strongest technique, Flame Emperor, leaving Lin Xuan facing a colossal fireball.

• Ace attacked Lin Xuan with Fire Fist, but Lin Xuan split the torrent of flames with his Wooden Sword.
• Ace launched Shiranui and Fire Pistol, and Lin Xuan advanced through the attacks while batting the flames aside.
• Lin Xuan struck Ace with a massive air blade that cut him in half, but Ace rejoined his body with flames and remained unharmed.
• Zeff ordered the Baratie crew to flee as Ace’s heat intensified and he formed a fireball over a hundred meters across.
• Ace unleashed Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor, and the fleeing onlookers feared Lin Xuan would be consumed by it.

Lin Xuan defeated Ace’s Flame Emperor with a devastating sword strike, then struck Ace into the sea before Zoro intervened to stop Deuce. The chapter ended with Deuce pulling out a lit gas bomb and threatening to kill everyone nearby.

• Ace re-formed after Lin Xuan split the Flame Emperor, but Lin Xuan saw that Ace was shaken and vulnerable.
• Lin Xuan appeared behind Ace and hit him with a charred mast, sending him into the sea.
• Mihal jumped into the water to rescue Ace while Deuce charged at Lin Xuan.
• Zoro blocked Deuce and quickly disarmed and knocked him down.
• Deuce lit a specially made gas bomb and threatened to blow up everyone within range.

Lin Xuan reunited with Ace after defeating him, and the two revealed they were brothers before heading to the Baratie to eat. When Krieg’s crew tried to escape, Lin Xuan stopped Ace from burning them and moved to capture them for his performance credit.

• Ace surfaced with Mihal’s help, and Lin Xuan teased him while checking his injuries.
• Ace recognized Lin Xuan as his older brother, and the shocked onlookers struggled to believe the Marine and pirate were family.
• Lin Xuan and Ace set off for the Baratie to get food, ignoring the stunned crew and cooks.
• Krieg and Gin tried to flee with the surviving pirates while Lin Xuan and Ace headed toward the restaurant.
• Lin Xuan stopped Ace from attacking the fleeing pirates, saying he wanted them alive for his performance credit.
• Lin Xuan used Flash Step to reach Krieg’s flagship mast and towered over the frozen pirates.

Lin Xuan knocked out Krieg and his pirates with Conqueror’s Haki, then warned Ace not to rely too heavily on his Devil Fruit. Zeff offered them a meal at the Baratie, where Sanji prepared to cook, while a greedy survivor tried to claim Krieg’s ship.

• Krieg urged his pirates to attack Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan used Conqueror’s Haki to knock everyone aboard the ship unconscious.
• Zeff identified Lin Xuan’s power as Conqueror’s Haki, and Lin Xuan warned Ace that Haki stood above Devil Fruit powers.
• Lin Xuan and Ace realized they had no money for food, so Zeff offered them a meal and ordered Sanji to cook.
• Nami and Carina watched Lin Xuan, and Carina suggested that Nami stay close to him for protection.
• A bandaged pirate announced that he would take Krieg’s ship, and Sanji rushed out of the kitchen toward him.

At the Baratie, Sanji flirted with Nami and Carina before Zeff dragged him back into a fight, while Marines at Headquarters debated Ace’s bounty and Lin Xuan’s nomination as an Admiral candidate. Sengoku began showing the skeptical officers footage of Lin Xuan’s physical strength, leaving them stunned as the recording opened on a rocky island.

• Sanji kicked a pirate who threatened the Baratie, then offered to accompany Nami and Carina before Zeff knocked him down and ordered him back to work.
• Sengoku presented Portgas D. Ace’s proposed fifty-million-Beli bounty, citing his Flame-Flame Fruit and record of defeating Marine forces.
• Sengoku assigned Akainu, Kizaru, and Kuzan to separate duties, then announced a new Admiral-candidate selection.
• Sengoku revealed that Garp had nominated Lin Xuan, a Seaman Recruit from the East Blue’s 153rd Branch, prompting anger and disbelief from the Vice Admirals and Akainu.
• Sengoku played Garp’s combat footage of Lin Xuan, explaining that it showed physical strength alone, and the recording began with a rocky island surrounded by sea.

At Marineford, Sengoku defended Lin Xuan’s strength by revealing that he had defeated Onigumo, and the officers postponed deciding his rank until he arrived for assessment. In Loguetown, Isuka returned to find Captain Smoker injured and entered his room.

• Sengoku showed the officers reports of Lin Xuan’s exploits and asked Onigumo to explain how Lin Xuan had beaten him.
• Onigumo admitted Lin Xuan had overpowered his Haki-infused Eight-Sword Style, convincing the officers that Lin Xuan possessed combat power worthy of serious consideration.
• Akainu and Kizaru questioned Lin Xuan’s loyalty and control, so Sengoku delayed deciding his rank until Lin Xuan arrived at Marineford for exercises and an assessment.
• Sengoku worried that Garp had concealed the true nature of Lin Xuan as the meeting ended.
• Isuka returned to the Loguetown Navy Branch, learned Smoker had shut himself in his room after being hurt, and went upstairs to see him.

Smoker told Isuka that Lin Xuan had defeated him with Armament and Observation Haki and let Portgas D. Ace go, then ordered her to help clear pirates from Loguetown ahead of the annual gathering. As Lin Xuan and Carina sailed toward Loguetown, Carina killed an attacking Sea King, and the bloody sea began drawing more creatures toward their ship.

• Smoker told Isuka that Lin Xuan had defeated him with a single slash, and he suspected Lin Xuan used both Armament and Observation Haki.
• Smoker said Lin Xuan had beaten Portgas D. Ace but released him, relieving Isuka, who concealed her concern for Ace.
• Smoker ordered Isuka to help patrol Loguetown and clear out the pirates expected to gather there in two days.
• Smoker studied a blurry photograph of a ship approaching Loguetown beside an enormous underwater shadow but could not identify it.
• Lin Xuan and Carina weathered a storm near Loguetown, where Carina shot an attacking Sea King with an Explosive Bullet.
• As the Sea King's blood spread through the water, Lin Xuan noticed bubbles rising around the ship in numerous places.