Recaps

Lin Yuan settled Tesoro and his companions in Cocoyasi Village, gave Devil Fruits to Genzo and Bellemere, and spent three years training until he became a great swordsman with strength he judged comparable to an Admiral. He stood ready to pursue the peak of the world, unleashing his Conqueror's Haki over the sea.

• Lin Yuan introduced Tesoro and his companions to Olvia and Bellemere, then persuaded Genzo and Bellemere to eat Devil Fruits so they could protect the village.
• Lin Yuan arranged homes for Tesoro and Stella and for Erza and Emile, and Tesoro and Stella held a small wedding with Lin Yuan as their witness.
• Lin Yuan spent three years training on uninhabited islands, improving his Haki, physique, Devil Fruit abilities, and swordsmanship.
• Lin Yuan broke through to the great swordsman realm and judged his overall strength to be comparable to an Admiral's.
• Lin Yuan vowed to reach the pinnacle of the world and released his Conqueror's Haki, raising towering waves and filling the sky with purple lightning.

Lin Yuan discussed Tesoro’s Haki training and the problems facing the village’s growing business, including limited production, weak protection, and declining Beli purchasing power. After Lin Yuan explained how Garp kept the East Blue’s strongest pirates in check, Tesoro suggested that Lin Yuan fight for a seat as an Emperor.

• Tesoro told Lin Yuan that he had reached intermediate levels in Armament Haki and Observation Haki and asked about the promised Gold-Gold Fruit.
• Tesoro described the commercial department’s production, security, and expansion problems, while Lin Yuan explained that the East Blue’s reputation for weakness came from Garp’s regular crackdowns.
• Lin Yuan revealed that his strength was comparable to an Admiral’s but admitted he would not be confident against Garp.
• Tesoro pointed out that Beli’s purchasing power was gradually declining, and Lin Yuan praised his business insight.
• Tesoro suggested that Lin Yuan compete for a seat as an Emperor, and the others watched Lin Yuan expectantly.

Lin Yuan left his village to visit Sky Island, where he planned to find gold and recruit Enel before he ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. After reaching God's Land, he knocked out its guards and summoned Gan Fall, who arrived ready to defend his authority.

• Lin Yuan told Tesoro and the others to stay in the village and protect it while he was away for up to a month.
• Lin Yuan left on his Flame Clouds, reached Jaya Island, and flew upward to Sky Island without waiting for a Knock Up Stream.
• Lin Yuan ignored the guards' demands, asked for directions to Birka or for Gan Fall, and knocked the guards unconscious with his aura.
• Lin Yuan shattered the Sea Clouds and called for the god of Sky Island to come out and face him.
• Gan Fall arrived with his ministers and mount, prepared to deal with Lin Yuan, while Lin Yuan greeted him as the god of the land.

Lin Yuan arrived on Sky Island and confronted Gan Fall, easily incapacitating the guards with his Conqueror’s Haki. After deciding Sky Island would make a useful base, he demanded that Gan Fall submit or die, and Gan Fall led the warriors in a charge.

• Gan Fall identified himself as Sky Island’s god after Lin Yuan wounded a man who challenged him.
• Gan Fall ordered the guards to attack Lin Yuan, who knocked them and the ministers unconscious with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Gan Fall offered to help Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan decided to take Sky Island as his base.
• Lin Yuan gave Gan Fall a choice between submission and death.
• Gan Fall refused to surrender and charged Lin Yuan with the other warriors.

Lin Yuan forced Gan Fall to submit and then set out to end the conflict between Sky Island’s natives and the Shandia People. He incapacitated nearly all the fighters with Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Saga and a handful of others kneeling on the battlefield.

• Lin Yuan defeated Gan Fall and the guard captains, and Gan Fall agreed to submit rather than risk the people of Sky Island being killed.
• Lin Yuan ordered Gan Fall to summon a Shandia representative and took over Gan Fall’s palace while waiting.
• A guard reported that Saga and the Shandia People had attacked, so Lin Yuan went with Gan Fall to the battlefield.
• Lin Yuan unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out nearly all the warriors from both sides and forcing the few still conscious to their knees.
• Saga, the Shandia leader, watched in despair as Lin Yuan considered how to use Conqueror’s Haki Coating.

Lin Yuan brought Gan Fall and Saga to an agreement to share Upper Yard peacefully, then traveled to Birka to find Enel. He offered Enel a chance to follow him and grant a wish, leaving Enel to consider what he wanted.

• Lin Yuan told Gan Fall and Saga that their peoples would share Upper Yard and warned them to prevent their followers from fighting.
• Gan Fall and Saga agreed to the arrangement, and Lin Yuan left them to gather their people and manage the peace.
• Lin Yuan transformed into a dragon god and flew to Birka, where Gan Fall and Saga announced the agreement and stripped opposing ministers of their authority.
• Lin Yuan searched Birka with Observation Haki and found Enel foraging in the forest.
• Lin Yuan introduced himself to Enel, offered to show him the Blue Sea world, and invited him to follow in exchange for granting a wish.
• Enel asked Lin Yuan whether he could help him get something, and Lin Yuan agreed if Enel joined him.

Lin Yuan agreed to help Enel obtain the sacred objects at an altar, where he found and took the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and another unknown fruit. He offered the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to Enel in exchange for Enel following him, and Enel agreed.

• Lin Yuan asked Enel what he wanted from the altar, and Enel explained that he sought its sacred objects, which he believed could grant wishes and make someone a god.
• Lin Yuan agreed to help Enel but warned him against betraying him, then followed Enel to the sacred place.
• Lin Yuan entered the altar unseen, took the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and a silver-patterned fruit, and returned to Enel.
• Lin Yuan carried the frightened Enel through the air on Flame Clouds and later offered him the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on the condition that he follow Lin Yuan.
• Enel looked at the fruit and agreed to follow Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan gave Enel the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Enel gained the power to control lightning. Enel challenged Lin Yuan to prove his strength, but Lin Yuan beat him down; Enel then prepared to unleash a powerful attack.

• Lin Yuan gave Enel the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and told him to eat all of it.
• Enel ate the fruit, gained lightning powers, and declared himself the thunder god, so Lin Yuan slapped him.
• Enel questioned whether he still needed to follow Lin Yuan and challenged him to a fight.
• Enel turned into lightning and attacked Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan used Observation Haki to strike him and send him crashing through Sea Cloud trees.
• Enel refused to give up and challenged Lin Yuan again, announcing his Thirty Million Volts: Thunderbird attack.

Enel ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit but exhausted himself trying to attack Lin Yuan, who then explained that strength required training and Haki as well as a Devil Fruit. Enel agreed to follow Lin Yuan and grow stronger, though he vowed to challenge him again.

• Enel unleashed a lightning attack at Lin Yuan, missed, and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Lin Yuan mocked the unconscious Enel, carried him to the Flame Clouds, and waited for him to wake.
• After Enel recovered, Lin Yuan explained that a Devil Fruit could not make someone strong without a capable body and introduced the Three Types of Haki.
• Lin Yuan told Enel that he had already awakened Observation Haki and offered to train him into one of the strongest fighters on the seas.
• Enel accepted Lin Yuan's offer but promised to challenge him again once he had grown stronger.

Lin Yuan accepted Enel’s challenge and offered to train his Haki, then revealed his Zhu Jiuyin form to show Enel the vast gap between them. After Lin Yuan plunged Enel into a lightless void, Enel collapsed in terror, leaving him completely shaken by Lin Yuan’s power.

• Lin Yuan told Enel that a Devil Fruit alone would not make him a top-tier fighter and offered to help him train Armament and Observation Haki.
• Enel demanded to see Lin Yuan’s true strength, insisting that he would not be discouraged.
• Lin Yuan transformed into the enormous crimson dragon god Zhu Jiuyin and told Enel he was not yet in his final form.
• Lin Yuan closed his eyes, plunging Enel into a silent, sensationless darkness that swallowed all light and left him unable to call for help.
• When the world returned to normal, Enel collapsed in cold sweat and tears, terrified of Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan defeated Enel with a stamina-draining ability, then convinced him to train and follow him. They flew to Shandora, the City of Gold, where Enel eagerly admired the ruins and Lin Yuan claimed the gold for his plans; a hissing sound interrupted them.

• Lin Yuan used his new ability to control Enel and overwhelm his senses, then explained that it had consumed most of his stamina.
• Enel asked about Lin Yuan’s strength and the Blue Sea, and Lin Yuan encouraged him to rebuild his physique, train, and develop his Devil Fruit.
• Enel stuffed himself with roast meat as Lin Yuan recovered his stamina and considered training his Haki and other abilities.
• Lin Yuan took Enel toward Shandora and told him that Gan Fall and Saga were under his command, barring Enel from harming the Skypieans or Shandia People.
• Lin Yuan and Enel reached Shandora, where Enel marveled at the gold and Lin Yuan said he had a use for most of it.
• A hissing sound suddenly rang out as Lin Yuan and Enel admired the City of Gold.

Lin Yuan found the City of Gold and sent Enel down to explore while he watched the giant serpent known as the Lord of Shandora. The serpent attacked Enel, and their fight began as Lin Yuan observed from above.

• Lin Yuan spotted the City of Gold and guessed that the Golden Bell and Poneglyph were in the giant tree, but he focused on a dark shape nearby instead.
• Lin Yuan hid his aura, and the Lord of Shandora emerged and crept toward Enel as he searched through the gold.
• The Lord of Shandora lunged at Enel, but Enel turned into lightning and dodged its bite just in time.
• Enel struck the serpent with his 1 Million Volt: Discharge, but the attack only made it stiffen briefly and enraged it.
• Lin Yuan watched from his Flame Clouds as Enel realized that his attack had barely affected the giant serpent.

Enel fought the Lord of Shandora, first blasting it with lightning and then shocking it at close range until his stamina ran low. After Enel pierced its eye with a makeshift golden spear, the wounded beast launched a dying counterattack, and Lin Yuan appeared to protect the helpless Enel.

• Enel struck the Lord of Shandora with a massive Thunder Ball, but the blast only wounded the giant snake and damaged Shandora’s gold.
• Enel clung to the Lord of Shandora’s broken scale and repeatedly shocked it until the beast was badly burned and Enel ran out of stamina.
• Lin Yuan told Enel to use the surrounding gold as a weapon, and Enel forged a heavy spear from a golden pillar.
• Enel hurled the spear through the Lord of Shandora’s eye, but the enraged snake struck him with its tail and sent him flying.
• As the Lord of Shandora charged at the injured Enel, Lin Yuan appeared in front of him and reached for his sword.

Lin Yuan killed the Lord of Shandora, rang the Golden Bell, and took it with its Poneglyph base. He planned to return to the Blue Sea with Enel after checking on Upper Yard, while making Enel train by smelting Shandora’s gold.

• Lin Yuan split the Lord of Shandora in two with a single sword slash, then left the injured Enel to rest while he climbed the giant tree.
• Lin Yuan found the Golden Bell and rang it nine times, prompting Saga and the Shandia People to kneel and give thanks.
• Lin Yuan took the Golden Bell and its Poneglyph base on Flame Clouds, intending to give the Poneglyph to Robin and Olvia.
• Lin Yuan told Enel he planned to return to the Blue Sea and advised him to learn Haki and train his body.
• Lin Yuan ordered Enel to gather and smelt Shandora’s gold into cubes, then began roasting the Lord of Shandora’s meat.

Lin Yuan collected Shandora’s gold with Enel and learned that Enel knew how to build a flying ship, prompting him to plan a trip to Water 7 for help with the design. After establishing Peace Day and joint rule on Sky Island, Lin Yuan departed for the Blue Sea with Enel and ten gold blocks.

• Lin Yuan made Enel melt down Shandora’s gold, then carried 258 gold blocks, six pillars, and thirteen bell towers to Upper Yard with Flame Clouds.
• Lin Yuan asked Enel about building a flying ship, and Enel revealed that he had blueprints for one.
• Lin Yuan obtained Enel’s blueprints after promising to build him his own flying ship.
• Lin Yuan placed the Golden Bell in the palace square and declared that Sky Island would celebrate Peace Day under the joint rule of Gan Fall and Saga.
• Lin Yuan ordered Gan Fall and Saga to keep the peace and train their people, then left for the Blue Sea with Enel and ten gold blocks.

Lin Yuan taught Enel about the Blue Sea’s power structure and warned him about stronger opponents as they traveled toward the East Blue. Their journey was interrupted when Golden Lion Shiki attacked, leaving Lin Yuan ready to retaliate.

• Lin Yuan warned Enel not to exhaust himself and began training him after Enel settled down on the Flame Clouds.
• Lin Yuan compared Enel’s strength to Marine ranks and explained that Haki experts and the Glint-Glint Fruit user could surpass his speed.
• Lin Yuan joked that Enel would need a lifetime to catch up to him, then sensed danger with Observation Haki and drew his sword.
• Lin Yuan and Enel saw Golden Lion Shiki approach from floating islands after their slashes collided in midair.
• Shiki invited Lin Yuan and Enel to join him, but Lin Yuan mocked him and prepared to return the attack with a slash.

Lin Yuan challenged Golden Lion Shiki and won their clash of slashes, but chose not to risk a full battle over the gold he was protecting. After Shiki let him leave, Lin Yuan departed with Enel and teased him about the fight shaking his confidence.

• Lin Yuan unleashed his Conqueror's Haki and launched a powerful slash at Golden Lion Shiki, while Enel watched in awe.
• Golden Lion Shiki countered with his swords, but Lin Yuan's slash broke through his attacks and struck the floating island behind him.
• Lin Yuan asked Golden Lion Shiki to move aside, and Shiki acknowledged Lin Yuan's strength before letting him go.
• Lin Yuan flew away on the Flame Clouds, while Golden Lion Shiki reflected on his declining strength and wondered if he had grown old.
• Lin Yuan looked at the silent Enel and asked whether the fight had shaken his confidence.

After returning to Cocoyasi Village with Enel and a fortune in gold, Lin Yuan discussed plans to expand Tesoro’s business onto the Grand Line. The group agreed to move forward with the venture, leaving Tesoro and Lin Yuan to scout for a headquarters.

• Enel asked Lin Yuan how he could grow stronger quickly, and Lin Yuan told him to train for at least a year before beginning special training.
• Lin Yuan and Enel returned safely to Cocoyasi Village, where Robin welcomed Lin Yuan and he introduced Enel to the others.
• Lin Yuan told the group they had taken a Sky Island and brought back gold worth ten billion Beli.
• Tesoro proposed establishing a headquarters on the Grand Line and expanding through casinos, factories, plantations, trade routes, and recruitment.
• Genzo and Bellemere agreed to leave Cocoyasi Village, and Lin Yuan said he and Tesoro would go ahead to find a place on the Grand Line.

Lin Yuan returned with a vast haul of gold and gave Cocoyasi Village’s residents gold bricks before presenting Olvia and Robin with a Poneglyph rubbing. Olvia and Robin began studying it, and Lin Yuan identified its contents as information about Poseidon and Roger’s message.

• Nami asked Lin Yuan whether his gold could buy lots of yummy things, and he revealed the gold he had brought back to the villagers.
• Enel and Tesoro argued over Enel’s golden spear, so Lin Yuan scolded them and warned them not to turn against their own side.
• Lin Yuan cut a block of gold into bricks and gave one to each villager, teasing Nami before Bellemere kept her brick safe.
• After the villagers left, Lin Yuan gave Olvia and Robin a Poneglyph rubbing, and they excitedly examined and took notes on it.
• Olvia offered to translate the Poneglyph, and Lin Yuan said it contained the location of the Ancient Weapon Poseidon and Roger’s message.

Lin Yuan reassured Olvia and Robin that he would help them find Poneglyph rubbings, then planned a visit to Water 7 to meet Tom and improve the Ark Maxim. He trained Enel, Tesoro, Stella, Erza, and Emile in Haki and their abilities, and a month later he prepared to leave.

• Lin Yuan told Olvia and Robin he knew what the Poneglyph said, but Robin asked to decipher the writings herself.
• Lin Yuan promised to bring Robin more Poneglyph rubbings and planned to visit Water 7 to ask Tom to modify the Ark Maxim.
• Lin Yuan ordered the group to train each morning and assigned Tesoro to plan the merchant association.
• Lin Yuan taught Enel how to train Armament Haki while Tesoro, Stella, Erza, and Emile practiced Haki, then the group trained their Devil Fruit abilities in the afternoon.
• A month later, Lin Yuan told Tesoro and the others to continue training while he went out.

Lin Yuan visited Shimotsuki Village to save Kuina and met her outside the Isshin Dojo. After encouraging her dream of becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman, he challenged Shimotsuki Koshiro to prove his words.

• Lin Yuan arrived at Shimotsuki Village by riding Flame Clouds and made a crater near the Isshin Dojo with his landing.
• Kuina ran outside to investigate the noise, and Lin Yuan climbed out of the crater to meet her.
• Kuina asked Lin Yuan to spar, then explained that she wanted to become a great swordsman despite her father's doubts about women reaching the top.
• Lin Yuan told Kuina that women could pursue the same path to strength and offered to defeat her father to prove it.
• Shimotsuki Koshiro arrived and asked Lin Yuan what brought him to the village, and Lin Yuan said he now wanted to challenge him.

Lin Yuan challenged Shimotsuki Koshiro to a duel, wagering that he should train Kuina to become the World's Greatest Swordsman. Their fight began with Lin Yuan overwhelming Koshiro with rapid sword strikes, but Koshiro unleashed a powerful Haki-coated counterattack that forced Lin Yuan to retreat.

• Lin Yuan challenged Shimotsuki Koshiro and proposed teaching Kuina, then followed him to a mountain clearing with Kuina.
• Lin Yuan dismissed Koshiro's complaints about Devil Fruit users and said he would demonstrate sword skill, prompting Koshiro to attack with a Flying Slash.
• Lin Yuan dodged the slash, countered with his own, and rushed Koshiro, who broke the attack and blocked Lin Yuan's strike.
• Lin Yuan's speed and strength pushed Koshiro onto the defensive as Kuina watched from the Flame Clouds.
• Koshiro erupted with a powerful aura, coated both hands in Armament Haki, and struck Lin Yuan with a hidden force that sent him retreating.

Lin Yuan and Shimotsuki Koshiro fought to a draw in a clash that split the mountaintop and the clouds, but Koshiro conceded defeat. He made Lin Yuan Kuina’s teacher and agreed to stop discouraging her dream of becoming the world’s greatest swordsman.

• Lin Yuan overwhelmed Shimotsuki Koshiro with thirty-six consecutive Flying Slashes, which Koshiro blocked with Wado Ichimonji.
• The two exchanged sword techniques and agreed to settle their fight with one decisive move.
• Lin Yuan and Shimotsuki Koshiro struck simultaneously, leaving a vast chasm in the mountaintop and splitting the clouds above.
• Shimotsuki Koshiro admitted defeat and heard Lin Yuan say he intended to help Kuina become the world’s greatest swordsman.
• Shimotsuki Koshiro made Lin Yuan Kuina’s teacher and encouraged her to train for her dream.

Lin Yuan met Kuina and promised to help her pursue her dream of becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman. Fearing the attic accident that would kill her, he demolished the dojo’s only attic, made Kuina promise to avoid dangerous equipment, and left Shimotsuki Koshiro with compensation and money for her care.

• Kuina became emotional when Shimotsuki Koshiro supported her ambition, and Lin Yuan comforted her and promised to take care of her.
• Lin Yuan learned Kuina was nearly seven and agreed that she would remain at the Isshin Dojo until he had time to teach her.
• While touring the dojo with Kuina, Lin Yuan found the attic and smashed its stairs and structure with one punch.
• Lin Yuan made Kuina promise not to climb into attics or handle whetstones or real swords before he returned to train her.
• Lin Yuan gave Shimotsuki Koshiro several hundred thousand Beli as compensation and urged him to feed Kuina Sea King meat; he then gave Kuina an enormous gold bar as a welcoming gift.

Lin Yuan left Kuina a huge gold bar as a challenge and flew back to Cocoyasi Village, where he and his companions prepared to depart for the Grand Line. After a week at sea, they encountered the powerful man who had once forced Lin Yuan and Robin to flee.

• Lin Yuan praised Kuina, left her a gold bar to lift, and discussed swordsmanship with Shimotsuki Koshiro before flying away.
• Lin Yuan returned to Cocoyasi Village, where his companions had prepared their luggage, supplies, and a merchant ship for the voyage.
• Lin Yuan lifted everyone and their cargo to the ship with Flame Clouds, and the group sailed away as the villagers bid them farewell.
• After seven days, Lin Yuan's group crossed the Knock Up Stream and continued toward Water 7, overcoming Marine inspections and pirate attacks along the way.
• A man formed an ice path across the sea, and Robin recognized him as the one who had gravely wounded Lin Yuan before; Lin Yuan assured her he would not lose again.
• Enel volunteered to fight the newcomer, and Lin Yuan warned that the man was at least as strong as Golden Lion Shiki.