Recaps

Lin Xuan joined the Marines and traveled through the East Blue, mastering Haki and defeating pirates while pushing his swordsmanship forward. The arc left him racing to the coast as Trejer’s pirates attacked a Marine force and threatened Carina.

• Lin Xuan challenged Ace, overwhelmed him with his newly awakened Kenpachi Zaraki power, then joined the Marines after Garp arrived and Ace sailed away.
• Lin Xuan learned Armament and Observation Haki from Bogard, awakened Conqueror’s Haki, and left Foosha Village by boat before Garp could escort him to Marineford.
• Lin Xuan rescued Zoro from Black Axe Buck’s pirates, defeated Buck, and recruited Zoro, Nami, and Carina as shipmates and prisoners.
• Lin Xuan subdued the cursed sword Murakumo after Zoro was injured by it, then made Zoro work aboard the ship while Nami revealed the Devil Fruit they had stolen from Trejer.
• Lin Xuan fought Koshiro at Shimotsuki Village, defeated him, and used a talisman to grasp the beginnings of the Breath of All Things.
• Lin Xuan donned a 300-kilogram gravity-adjusting coat, then rushed toward the coast after hearing that Trejer’s pirates were attacking Lieutenant Commander Domon’s battered Marines.
• Trejer ordered his men to find Carina and kill the Marines, while Sek P appeared above Carina’s hiding place and prepared to attack her.

Lin Xuan defeated Trejer, Onigumo, Arlong, and Krieg while building a crew and revealing his strength to the Marines. The arc left Lin Xuan and Carina near Loguetown as bubbles rose around their ship after a Sea King attack.

• Lin Xuan killed Trejer with a slash after breaking through his chain armor, then sailed on with Zoro and Carina as Garp nominated him for Admiral Candidate.
• Lin Xuan challenged Onigumo to an Eight-Sword Style fight, defeated him, and refused his offer to train at Marineford.
• Nami returned to Arlong Park with the money to free Cocoyasi Village, but Lin Xuan intervened and killed Arlong’s crew and Arlong.
• Smoker confronted Lin Xuan over Captain Nezumi’s death, but Lin Xuan defeated him, and Garp agreed to conceal Nezumi’s killing.
• Lin Xuan rejected Garp’s offer to join the Marines and equipped Carina with a modified rifle before facing Don Krieg’s fleet.
• At the Baratie, Lin Xuan battled Ace and knocked him into the sea, then revealed that Ace was his younger brother and subdued Krieg’s pirates with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Sengoku reviewed Lin Xuan’s record and combat footage, then delayed deciding his rank until Lin Xuan could be assessed at Marineford.
• Smoker prepared Loguetown for an expected influx of pirates as Lin Xuan and Carina weathered a storm nearby, where bubbles rose around their ship after Carina shot a Sea King.

Lin Xuan defeated Golden Lion Shiki, then fought Enel and returned to Marineford, where he defeated Akainu. As the world reacted to his strength and the Navy debated his promotion, Lin Xuan resumed training and prepared to pursue faster growth.

• At Loguetown, Lin Xuan caught Sandai Kitetsu before it could cut Isuka, and Zoro killed a mutant mantis as Shiki arrived to threaten the town.
• Lin Xuan faced Shiki on the floating island, defeated him with his awakened Thousand Blades and spiritual pressure, and Shiki fell as the islands collapsed.
• Lin Xuan landed on Sky Island, fought off Wyper and the Shandia, then challenged Enel and broke through his attacks.
• After Shiki’s defeat, Lin Xuan returned to Marineford with Oto and told the officers that Shiki had likely fallen into the sea.
• Lin Xuan challenged Akainu at Marineford and defeated him with a Dark Coating: Dimensional Slash that sent him into the sea.
• Sengoku stopped Akainu from continuing the fight, while Lin Xuan let the Marines believe he had the Dark-Dark Fruit and refused Sengoku’s offer to study it.
• Reports of Lin Xuan’s victory reached the Emperors, Teach panicked over the supposed loss of the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Big Mom ordered her crew to invite Lin Xuan to marry her.
• Lin Xuan completed ten thousand practice swings, then bought a modified gravity training room and a defective Senzu Bean as Zoro pushed himself to 5,100 swings.

Lin Xuan earned the Fourth Admiral title by defeating Crocodile and exposing his plot in Alabasta, then escorted him to Impel Down. There, Lin Xuan stopped Shiryu’s prison riot, but the incident left the prison in chaos and drew an urgent response from the Five Elders.

• Lin Xuan’s training chamber awakened Haki in Marines, and Sengoku announced that Lin Xuan could earn a new Admiral post through a major mission.
• Lin Xuan sailed to Alabasta, rescued Vivi and Igaram from Baroque Works, and followed Crocodile’s agents to Rain Dinners.
• Lin Xuan recorded Crocodile’s Utopia plans, unlocked his Yami Sukehiro powers during their battle, and defeated Crocodile while Zoro stopped Daz Bones.
• Lin Xuan brought Crocodile to Sengoku, who used evidence of the Utopia plot to justify removing Crocodile’s Shichibukai title and publicized Lin Xuan’s victory.
• Smoker requested a transfer to Lin Xuan’s command, and Lin Xuan escorted Crocodile to Impel Down, where Douglas Bullet challenged him and Shiryu began a prison riot.
• Lin Xuan overwhelmed Bullet with Conqueror’s Haki and confronted Shiryu and the freed prisoners after Shiryu wounded Magellan.
• Lin Xuan revived Magellan with a green bean, defeated Shiryu’s allies, and severely wounded Shiryu with Dark Coating: Dimensional Slash.
• Hannyabal knocked out Shiryu as the other prisoners retreated, then CP0 reported the riot and Magellan’s apparent death to Sengoku and Tsuru, prompting Garp to erupt in anger.