Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan fought Koshiro at the Isshin Dojo, removing his wrist weight and unleashing his full strength against the swordsman. The battle ended with Lin Xuan blasting Koshiro through the dojo and into the Bamboo Grove, though Koshiro appeared to have survived.

• Lin Xuan and Koshiro clashed, and Zoro rushed into the dojo before realizing his teacher was holding back Lin Xuan's sword.
• Koshiro thrust at Lin Xuan's throat with Star Point, but Lin Xuan dodged and knocked the bamboo sword aside with his Haki-coated fist.
• Lin Xuan dropped his heavy wrist weight, releasing his suppressed aura, and charged Koshiro with a rapid series of powerful slashes.
• Koshiro began preparing a secret technique, but Lin Xuan charged into his strike and broke through his Armament Haki defense.
• Lin Xuan blasted Koshiro through the dojo's walls and into the Bamboo Grove, then watched for signs that he was still alive.

Lin Xuan fought Koshiro in the bamboo grove, using his monstrous strength and spiritual pressure to withstand the swordsman’s secret technique and land a decisive counterattack. The battle ended with Koshiro blasted away and Lin Xuan wounded but exhilarated.

• Lin Xuan borrowed a wooden sword and unleashed golden spiritual pressure as he charged into the bamboo grove toward Koshiro.
• Koshiro met Lin Xuan’s charge with One Sword Style: Torrent, and their clash destroyed the surrounding bamboo and sent Zoro flying into a rock.
• Koshiro invoked the secret of cutting steel and struck at Lin Xuan’s neck with One Sword Style: Lion’s Song.
• Lin Xuan trapped Koshiro’s blade in his shoulder muscles, then smashed Koshiro in the abdomen with his wooden sword and sent him crashing through the bamboo.
• Lin Xuan pulled splinters from his wounded shoulder, laughed, and drank rum while blood covered his body.

After defeating Koshiro, Lin Xuan gained two-handed swordsmanship and used a system-bought epiphany talisman to grasp the Breath of All Things. The chapter ended as he saw the world’s structures and weak points with startling clarity.

• Lin Xuan’s victory over Koshiro unlocked two-handed swordsmanship, raised his template progress to 10%, and earned him 1,500 points.
• Koshiro stopped the fight and explained that mastering the Breath of All Things might take Lin Xuan three years, while Zoro listened from the rubble.
• Lin Xuan spent 1,500 points on a Beginner Epiphany Talisman and a gravity-adjusting suit, leaving him with 20 points.
• Lin Xuan asked Koshiro to explain the Breath of All Things, then crushed the talisman and perceived the paths of the wind and the structure of a bamboo leaf.

Lin Xuan revealed his newfound sword intent and replaced his old weighted wristbands with a gravity-adjusting coat weighing three hundred kilograms. After putting it on, he suppressed his aura and recognized that his strength had reached 820 Doriki.

• Lin Xuan's gaze made Zoro freeze, and Koshiro realized Lin Xuan had developed the beginnings of the ability to cut iron.
• Lin Xuan tossed his old weighted wristbands to Zoro, who was pinned to the ground by their weight before managing to throw them away.
• Lin Xuan dropped his new black coat, creating a deep crater in the dojo yard, and revealed that it weighed three hundred kilograms before its Gravity Field activated.
• Lin Xuan put on the coat and checked his status, finding his Doriki value had reached 820 while his spiritual pressure remained sealed.
• Koshiro sensed that the coat was suppressing Lin Xuan's savage aura, and Lin Xuan confirmed it before fastening the coat and appearing ordinary.

Lin Xuan learned that Trejer and the Crazy Treasure Pirates had attacked Shimotsuki Village, then rushed toward the docks while Zoro and Koshiro followed. As the Marines fought the pirates, Carina was discovered hiding with stolen gold, leaving her in immediate danger.

• Zoro reclaimed the weighted wrist guards after Lin Xuan dismissed them, and the village chief arrived with news of a bloodied Marine warship pursued by a gem-covered pirate ship.
• Lin Xuan recognized the ship’s description as a possible match for Trejer and vanished toward the coast; Zoro identified Trejer’s Chain Chain Fruit and followed with Koshiro.
• Using Observation Haki, Lin Xuan sensed Carina hiding near the docks and hurled a wooden sword ahead before accelerating toward the harbor.
• Trejer ordered his pirates to find Carina and kill the Marines as the Crazy Treasure Pirates attacked the battered Marine force led by Lieutenant Commander Domon.
• Sek P, wielder of the Color Color Fruit, revealed himself above Carina’s hiding place and prepared to attack her.

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.