Recaps

Lin Xuan activated a gravity training chamber to accelerate his recruits’ Haki training, and they entered despite doubts about the machine. He began their first session at twice normal gravity, leaving Nami and Carina struggling to breathe while he refused to let anyone help them.

• Lin Xuan deployed the modified training chamber and said its magnetic field could raise the chance of awakening Haki by fifty percent.
• Zoro entered first, followed by Sanji, Nami, Smoker, and Isuka, who all chose to undergo the training.
• Lin Xuan reviewed the machine’s warning and chose not to activate its maximum setting, then monitored the recruits from outside.
• The chamber activated at twice normal gravity, forcing Nami and Carina to the floor while Zoro, Sanji, and Smoker remained more capable of moving.
• Sanji tried to help Nami and Carina, but Lin Xuan ordered him to stay back and said they had to learn to breathe without outside help.

Lin Xuan's brutal training awakened Haki in Carina and Isuka, prompting Smoker and the other Marines to demand their own turns. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku announced that Lin Xuan was being considered for promotion to Admiral, conditional on completing a difficult mission.

• Lin Xuan told Smoker that the trainees had finished learning after Carina displayed a brief flash of Armament Haki.
• Isuka stood and revealed a stronger burst of Haki, leaving Smoker alarmed that his subordinate had surpassed him.
• Smoker and the other Marines crowded around Lin Xuan and agreed to train in exchange for having the energy costs deducted from their allowances.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku told the senior Marines that the World Government intended to promote Lin Xuan to Admiral if he completed a mission to earn enough merit.
• The Marines reacted in silence as Sengoku's announcement threatened to disrupt their established balance of power.

Marine Headquarters learned that Lin Xuan’s gravity training could awaken Armament Haki quickly, prompting a messenger and thousands of Marines to rush for a chance to train at the 153rd Branch. Sengoku and the other senior officers watched the crowd gather as the chapter ended with Headquarters overwhelmed by the scramble for East Blue passage.

• Garp, Tsuru, Kuzan, and Kizaru supported Lin Xuan’s potential appointment as Admiral, while Akainu objected because of his youth and lack of experience.
• Messenger Ailan reported that three ordinary soldiers had sensed Armament Haki within ten minutes of Lin Xuan’s training, and that Marines were fighting for places in the gravity training room.
• After hearing about an exclusive reward for the first ten Haki awakenings, Ailan demanded an immediate transfer to the 153rd Branch and rushed out to find transport.
• The senior officers heard a huge commotion outside and went to investigate, with Akainu following after briefly hesitating.
• Sengoku found at least thirty thousand Marines crowded into Headquarters’ central plaza, arguing over places on ships bound for the East Blue.

Sengoku and the Admirals discovered that Lin Xuan’s training had awakened Haki in dozens of junior marines, but the effect suddenly vanished and the soldiers turned against Akainu when he ordered them back to their posts. Sengoku intervened to defuse the confrontation, while Lin Xuan watched the standoff.

• Garp silenced the crowd and led Sengoku, the Admirals, and Tsuru into the plaza to investigate Lin Xuan’s training.
• Sengoku saw a Sergeant Major harden his fist with Armament Haki, and Tsuru sensed ninety-one more newly awakened users among the soldiers.
• The training’s effect disappeared, stripping the soldiers of their new sensations and triggering panic throughout the crowd.
• Akainu threatened the soldiers with charges of mutiny, but thousands of marines turned their bloodshot gazes on him.
• Lin Xuan recognized that the soldiers’ desire to grow stronger had overridden their fear of Akainu, and Sengoku stepped between them to regain control.

Sengoku assigned Lin Xuan to retrieve Alabasta’s heavenly tribute as his first test for the proposed fourth Admiral position, while quietly implying that he could tolerate trouble along the way. Lin Xuan accepted and left to prepare, with Sengoku left uneasy at how readily he had agreed.

• Sengoku told Lin Xuan that the Five Elders had approved a fourth Admiral post, but he would need major military achievements to earn it.
• Sengoku gave Lin Xuan a mission to retrieve Alabasta’s heavenly tribute, where Crocodile had been making moves.
• Lin Xuan questioned what would happen if he damaged property or killed important people during the mission, and Sengoku hinted that Headquarters would support him if the tribute arrived intact.
• Lin Xuan accepted the assignment and left to change clothes, while Sengoku worried that he had agreed too easily.

Sengoku and Tsuru sent a list of recruits with signs of Haki awakening to Zephyr’s training camp so Lin Xuan could demonstrate his method. Tashigi arrived late after Lin Xuan helped her awaken Armament Haki, and Zephyr rejected her account as a shortcut, leaving the recruits silent.

• Tsuru urged Sengoku to have Zephyr select promising recruits to test Lin Xuan’s ability to help awaken Haki, and Sengoku ordered the news publicized.
• Zephyr noticed Tashigi’s empty place in formation, and Ain identified her as the missing recruit.
• Tashigi arrived late and told Zephyr that Lin Xuan had helped her awaken Haki.
• Tashigi demonstrated crude Armament Haki Hardening on Shigure, shocking the recruits and Zephyr.
• Zephyr called Lin Xuan’s method a shameless shortcut, threatened recruits who believed in it, and received no response.

Tashigi reported that Lin Xuan had rapidly awakened Haki in more than a hundred Marines, prompting Tsuru to order Zephyr to gather recruits for further trials. Three days later, Lin Xuan’s warship reached the waters off Alabasta, where he sensed a pursuit near a Marine outpost and vanished to investigate.

• Tashigi told Zephyr that Lin Xuan had helped more than a hundred soldiers reach the threshold of Haki and increased their awakening success rate by over fifty percent.
• Tsuru confirmed the reports and delivered Sengoku’s order for Zephyr to select every qualified recruit who had not awakened Haki.
• Tsuru revealed that Lin Xuan’s Personal Guard had all awakened both Armament and Observation Haki, but explained that Lin Xuan’s warship had already left port.
• Three days later, Lin Xuan sailed toward Alabasta, hoping to test himself against Crocodile and improve his Kenpachi Zaraki Template fusion.
• Carina spotted an old Marine outpost, and Lin Xuan sensed two exhausted presences being pursued by several hostile figures before disappearing from the deck.

Vivi and Igarappoi fled Mr. 5 through the ruins of a Marine Branch, where they were cornered by Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine. Lin Xuan arrived and killed Miss Valentine with a casual strike, leaving Mr. 5 facing the Marine Rear Admiral.

• Vivi and Igarappoi tried to escape Mr. 5, but his explosive attack injured them and left Igarappoi buying Vivi time.
• Vivi reached a ruined Marine Branch and realized it could not protect her from Baroque Works.
• Miss Valentine appeared and revealed that Baroque Works had cleared out the base.
• Lin Xuan landed near Vivi and confronted Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine as a passing Marine Admiral.
• Miss Valentine attacked Lin Xuan with her ten-thousand-kilogram guillotine, but he knocked her into a rock face and killed her.

Lin Xuan defeated Baroque Works agents and Alabasta’s guardians, then revealed his Marine orders and explained why he could not simply arrest Crocodile. A report that the Heavenly Tribute escort and the king had been attacked left Vivi and Igaram facing a new crisis.

• Lin Xuan killed Valentine and Mr. 5, then knocked the attacking Pell and Chaka unconscious with the back of his sword.
• Carina teased Lin Xuan as he handed Igaram his Marine Headquarters dispatch, which identified him as Rear Admiral and the Fourth Admiral, code-named “War Demon.”
• Vivi begged Lin Xuan to arrest Crocodile, but Carina explained that Crocodile’s status as a Shichibukai meant they needed conclusive evidence before the Marines could act.
• Igaram received an urgent call reporting that Rebel Army soldiers and Baroque Works agents had attacked the Heavenly Tribute escort in the Nanohana Desert and surrounded the king.

Lin Xuan lured Baroque Works into taking the Heavenly Tribute and followed the convoy to Rainbase, Crocodile’s stronghold. He infiltrated a secret meeting beneath Rain Dinners, where Crocodile began discussing the stolen money and the Utopia Project.

• Vivi accepted Lin Xuan’s plan, and Cobra ordered the royal guards to retreat rather than risk their lives defending the Heavenly Tribute.
• Mr. 1 led Baroque Works members to the abandoned wagons, checked for a trap, then took the money and headed toward Rainbase.
• Lin Xuan sent Nami, Vivi, and Carina to secure an escape route and directed Zoro to draw Mr. 1 away before entering Rain Dinners.
• Lin Xuan hid in the VIP conference room as Mr. 3, Mr. 1, and Nico Robin discussed the convoy and whether the money was bait.
• Crocodile arrived and said he would use the Heavenly Tribute to accelerate the Utopia Project, but stopped before finishing his next statement.

Lin Xuan exposed Crocodile’s Baroque Works meeting and fought him at Rain Dinners, wounding the Shichibukai with a single sword slash. As Crocodile unleashed a massive sandstorm, Lin Xuan’s Yami Sukehiro template fully unlocked, and he prepared to continue the battle with Dark Magic.

• Crocodile noticed Lin Xuan hiding at the meeting and attacked him with Desert Spada, but Lin Xuan blocked the slash with his Haki-coated sheath.
• Lin Xuan revealed that a Visual Den Den Mushi had recorded Crocodile’s plans, then drew his sword and wounded Crocodile with one slash.
• Robin identified Lin Xuan as Marine Headquarters’ newly appointed fourth Admiral, code name “War Demon,” while the Baroque Works agents reacted in fear.
• Crocodile recovered and unleashed Sables, tearing open the underground chamber and sending a huge sandstorm through Rain Dinners.
• Lin Xuan’s fighting spirit triggered the full unlocking of the Yami Sukehiro template, and his Dark Magic began annihilating the sand around him.

Lin Xuan defeated Crocodile’s sand attacks with Dark Magic and hurled him into Rain Dinners, where gamblers saw the Shichibukai fall. Crocodile rose and unleashed Erosion Cycle across the casino, turning a pirate gambler to dust as Lin Xuan faced the spreading danger.

• Lin Xuan erased Crocodile’s Desert Great Spada and sandstorm with Dark Moon, then slashed Crocodile while darkness suppressed his Logia transformation.
• Crocodile crashed through Rain Dinners and landed bloodied on a roulette table before hundreds of stunned gamblers.
• Lin Xuan dropped into the casino, and Crocodile rose from the wreckage and identified Lin Xuan’s power as the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Crocodile guessed that Lin Xuan’s darkness doubled the pain he felt, and Lin Xuan admitted the weakness while taunting him.
• Crocodile unleashed Erosion Cycle, which dried out the casino floor and turned a nearby pirate gambler into bones and dust.

Lin Xuan defeated and crippled Crocodile in Rain Dinners, leaving the Shichibukai alive but broken by the overwhelming gap in their strength. As Lin Xuan dismissed Crocodile as a weak opponent, Crocodile struggled to accept his defeat.

• Crocodile unleashed a massive Desert Greatsword, but Lin Xuan advanced through the sand with his black gravity ability.
• Lin Xuan formed a great blade from rubble and struck Crocodile, severing his right hand and hurling him into a wall.
• Crocodile’s sand failed to reform under Lin Xuan’s lingering gravity, and he muttered about his lost ambitions before collapsing.
• Lin Xuan said the battle had been boring and compared Crocodile unfavorably to other powerful opponents.
• Crocodile raised his head and protested, unable to accept that Lin Xuan had defeated him so easily.

Lin Xuan defeated Daz Bones and knocked Crocodile unconscious in Alabasta, then dragged the Shichibukai from the ruins. King Cobra and Vivi watched in shock as Lin Xuan emerged carrying Crocodile's gold hook.

• Daz Bones ambushed Lin Xuan, but Zoro intercepted him and cut through his steel body with a single sword strike.
• Zoro told Lin Xuan he had defeated Daz Bones so the agent would not dirty his master's hands, and Daz Bones lost consciousness.
• Lin Xuan struck Crocodile with Murakumo's scabbard, interrupting his sand transformation and knocking him unconscious.
• Lin Xuan received a reward for defeating Crocodile that increased his Observation Haki proficiency and slightly improved his physique.
• Cobra and Vivi called Fleet Admiral Sengoku for help, but Sengoku worried that Lin Xuan might have killed Crocodile and warned them not to approach.
• Lin Xuan emerged from the ruins dragging Crocodile, leaving Cobra and Vivi stunned.

Lin Xuan defeated Crocodile in Alabasta, prompting Sengoku and Garp to frame the incident as a Marine victory over a Shichibukai’s conspiracy and publicize it. At Fish-Man Island, Whitebeard’s crew saw the news and reacted with shock to Crocodile’s defeat.

• Lin Xuan dropped the beaten Crocodile beside Cobra and asked Sengoku whether the Marine wanted him returned or buried.
• Sengoku erupted over Lin Xuan’s treatment of a Shichibukai, while Garp proposed presenting Crocodile as a criminal plotting to seize Pluton and overthrow Alabasta.
• Garp urged Sengoku to establish Lin Xuan as a Marine hero before the Five Elders could challenge the incident, and Sengoku arranged a front-page story with Morgans.
• At a banquet aboard the Moby Dick, Jozu brought Whitebeard’s crew a newspaper showing Lin Xuan holding the defeated Crocodile.
• Jinbe cracked his bowl in shock, and Marco and the other pirates recognized Crocodile and questioned how a Marine named Lin Xuan had beaten him.

Smoker, Hina, and Isuka discovered that more than a thousand Marines had gathered at Marineford to welcome Lin Xuan after his capture of Crocodile. The chapter ended as Lin Xuan approached the docks and the assembled Marines turned to greet him.

• Smoker noticed the unusually large number of Marines lined up along the docks, while Tashigi revealed that Lin Xuan had helped her awaken Armament Haki.
• Smoker identified Lin Xuan as the person the Marines had gathered to welcome, surprising Hina.
• Isuka explained that many Marines, including herself, had requested transfers to serve under Lin Xuan.
• Someone announced Lin Xuan's arrival, and the Marines turned their attention toward the horizon.

Lin Xuan returned to Marine Headquarters with Crocodile defeated and learned that the Five Elders had assigned him missions to escort Crocodile to Impel Down and recruit a new Shichibukai. After seeing Portgas D. Ace on the candidate list, Lin Xuan received Smoker’s request to transfer to his command.

• Lin Xuan arrived at the pier with the wounded Crocodile, and Sengoku confronted him over defeating a Shichibukai.
• Lin Xuan gave Sengoku documents linking Crocodile to the Alabasta Kingdom “Utopia” Plan and the Ancient Weapon Pluton, and Sengoku accepted that Crocodile deserved to lose his title.
• Sengoku told Lin Xuan that the Five Elders had ordered him to escort Crocodile to Impel Down and personally invite candidates to become the new Shichibukai.
• Lin Xuan found Portgas D. Ace’s name at the bottom of the candidate list and wondered why the World Government had included him.
• Smoker formally requested a transfer to Lin Xuan’s command, saying that his justice had no way forward in his current position.

Lin Xuan delivered Crocodile to Impel Down, where he nearly challenged Warden Magellan before the warden led him into the prison. A special shop refresh let Lin Xuan buy Internal Destruction and Conqueror's Haki Infusion, but he had to suppress the newly acquired power to keep it from revealing his strength.

• Smoker joined Lin Xuan as an auxiliary escort, and they carried Crocodile aboard the warship bound for Impel Down.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Impel Down and unsettled Magellan and Hannyabal with his overwhelming killing aura.
• Lin Xuan provoked Magellan into a possible fight, but Magellan restrained himself and led the group inside.
• A special shop refresh offered Lin Xuan Internal Destruction and Conqueror's Haki Infusion, which he bought for 180,000 points.
• Lin Xuan struggled to contain his newly acquired Conqueror's Haki, briefly making Magellan sense a tremor before the group passed through a steel gate into the prison.

Lin Xuan entered Impel Down’s Infinite Hell, where Magellan introduced him to its legendary prisoners and revealed that he had been appointed a Fourth Admiral. Douglas Bullet challenged Lin Xuan’s qualification by unleashing Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Smoker struggling to stay conscious.

• Magellan thanked Lin Xuan for killing Golden Lion Shiki and explained that Infinite Hell held notorious criminals erased from history.
• Lin Xuan walked through the sixth level as Magellan introduced Catarina Devon, Vasco Shot, Sanjuan Wolf, and Avalo Pizarro.
• Shiryu arrived and identified Lin Xuan as the Marines’ newly appointed Fourth Admiral, prompting the prisoners to mock him.
• Douglas Bullet confronted Lin Xuan and released Conqueror’s Haki, overwhelming Smoker and weaker-willed prisoners.

Lin Xuan defeated Douglas Bullet by unleashing a power beyond Conqueror’s Haki, stunning the prisoners in Infinite Hell. Patrick Redfield recognized that power as resembling Rocks’s, and Lin Xuan revealed that Rocks had once led Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Kaido.

• Magellan prepared to attack Bullet, but Lin Xuan stopped him and faced Bullet himself.
• Lin Xuan’s Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed Bullet’s, drawing shocked reactions from the prisoners and Zoro.
• Bullet resisted and challenged Lin Xuan to an endurance contest, but Lin Xuan unleashed a greater spiritual pressure and hurled him into a wall.
• Patrick Redfield emerged from the shadows and said Lin Xuan’s power resembled Rocks’s.
• Lin Xuan identified Rocks as Rocks D. Zebek, captain of the Rocks Pirates, and named Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Kaido as former members of his crew.
• Tashigi, Smoker, and Zoro were stunned to learn that the three Emperors had once served under Rocks.

Shiryu launched a prison break on Level Six, killed Magellan, and released several legendary prisoners. As Shiryu and the freed criminals surrounded Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan calmly dismissed their attempts to recruit or threaten him.

• The Red Count withdrew into the darkness after learning Lin Xuan was Garp's descendant, while Vasco Shot challenged Lin Xuan to drink from his gourd and Lin Xuan drank nearly half of it.
• Shiryu insulted Magellan, unlocked his cell, and shackled Magellan with Seastone Handcuffs before cutting the Golden Den Den Mushi's wire.
• Shiryu released Catarina Devon, Avalo Pizarro, Vasco Shot, and other prisoners, then declared that he was creating a new world.
• Shiryu stabbed Magellan through the abdomen and invited Douglas Bullet to join him, but Bullet refused and named Lin Xuan as his only opponent.
• Shiryu and several freed prisoners surrounded Lin Xuan, who smiled and complained that recruiting people was a hassle.

Lin Xuan revived the mortally wounded Magellan with a mysterious bean, then faced Shiryu and the other prisoners in Infinite Hell. He blocked Shiryu’s sword with his hardened forearm and began a devastating counterattack.

• Lin Xuan gave Smoker a green bean and ordered him to feed it to Magellan, whose fatal wounds and poison vanished after he swallowed it.
• Lin Xuan dismissed the bean as a scarce local specialty and challenged Shiryu and the other prisoners to fight.
• Shiryu invited Crocodile to join him, but Crocodile rejected him and said Lin Xuan was more interesting.
• Shiryu attacked Lin Xuan with Raiu, but Lin Xuan blocked the sword with his Armament Haki-coated forearm without moving.
• Lin Xuan swung his Zanpakuto at Shiryu as immense Spiritual Pressure erupted through Infinite Hell.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed Shiryu of the Rain, who then joined forces with Catarina Devon, Corrupt King Avalo Pizarro, and Heavy Drinker Vasco Shot to attack him. Lin Xuan’s golden skull defense stopped their assault, and the chapter left him holding Avalo Pizarro’s broadsword blade barehanded as he drew Murakumo.

• Lin Xuan’s golden Slash hurled Shiryu of the Rain into a wall and wounded him through his guard with a second strike.
• After Lin Xuan taunted him, Shiryu of the Rain attacked with Purple Rainstorm and called for help.
• Catarina Devon, Corrupt King Avalo Pizarro, and Heavy Drinker Vasco Shot joined Shiryu of the Rain in a combined assault on Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan summoned a golden skull that blocked all four prisoners’ attacks, alarming Douglas Bullet and Count Patrick Redfield as they watched.
• Lin Xuan caught Corrupt King Avalo Pizarro’s broadsword blade with his armored left hand and drew Murakumo with his right.

Lin Xuan survived Catarina Devon and Vasco Shot’s coordinated attack, then caught Shiryu’s final thrust with his bare hand despite being cut. He restrained Shiryu and raised Demon Sword Murakumo, poised to end the fight.

• Lin Xuan defeated the Corrupt King with one slash and challenged the other prisoners.
• Catarina Devon transformed into a nine-tailed fox and created eight illusions of Shiryu while Vasco Shot bound Lin Xuan with a liquor python.
• Crocodile noticed a black sphere above Lin Xuan, whose white halo erased the illusions and dissolved the liquor restraint.
• Shiryu launched a desperate final thrust, but Lin Xuan caught Raiu’s tip in his left hand, suffering a deep cut and praising Shiryu’s attack.
• Lin Xuan tightened his grip to immobilize Shiryu and raised Demon Sword Murakumo as the prison fell silent.

Lin Xuan defeated Shiryu of the Rain in Impel Down, while the remaining Level 6 prisoners retreated to their cells and Crocodile stayed put. After CP0 reported that Magellan had been killed and the prison was in crisis, Garp erupted in fury and attacked the messenger, forcing Sengoku to intervene.

• Lin Xuan used Dark Coating: Dimensional Slash to sever Shiryu of the Rain's arms and inflict a devastating wound across his chest and abdomen.
• Vasco Shot, Avalo Pizarro, and Catarina Devon fled into their cells, while Hannyabal knocked out Shiryu and Crocodile chose not to run.
• Lin Xuan left Level 6, and Crocodile returned to the shadows of his cell.
• A CP0 agent told Sengoku and Tsuru that Impel Down had suffered a riot, Magellan was dead, and the Five Elders ordered immediate support, including a possible Buster Call.
• Garp erupted with Conqueror's Haki and rushed to strike the CP0 agent, but Sengoku kicked the messenger through a wall to stop him.