Recaps

Lin Yuan defeated the Marine expedition, captured Garp’s fate in uncertainty, and strengthened the Abyss Chamber of Commerce through new alliances and Mihawk’s arrival. As plans formed against Impel Down and the World Government, Ace tested Luffy’s resolve and strength in Alabasta.

• Sengoku sent Garp, Sakazuki, Kuzan, and a masked fighter to attack Lin Yuan, while Lin Yuan prepared the Abyss Chamber of Commerce and arranged for Dragon and his allies to confront the expedition.
• Lin Yuan and Enel ambushed the fleet with a massive lightning strike that destroyed seven warships, then withdrew to their island stronghold.
• The Marines attacked the island, but Lin Yuan and his allies fought them back, while Dragon and Zephyr defeated the masked fighter and the CP0 agents.
• Garp surrendered to protect the Marines, and Lin Yuan severed Sakazuki’s arm before fighting Garp in a final clash that shattered the island, and Garp disappeared afterward.
• News of the battle spread, and Lin Yuan celebrated the victory while Luffy vowed to train before challenging him, and Mihawk then traveled to Abyss headquarters and agreed to fight Kuina.
• Kuina lost to Mihawk, and Lin Yuan demonstrated his overwhelming swordsmanship, and Mihawk joined the Abyss Chamber of Commerce and learned Lin Yuan’s plans to target Impel Down and Marine Headquarters.
• After Blackbeard killed a Whitebeard Pirates captain, Ace set out to hunt him, while Luffy met Ace in Alabasta and declared he would avenge Garp by defeating Lin Yuan.
• Ace warned Luffy that his crew was too weak for the New World, then challenged him to a duel, after both brothers released Conqueror’s Haki, Ace struck Luffy with an Armament Haki-coated punch.

Lin Yuan arranged a rescue of Ace and brought allies into the battle at Marineford, where Whitebeard Newgate fought the Marines and Blackbeard. The war ended with Ace saved, Blackbeard killed and revived before Lin Yuan killed him again, and Lin Yuan testing whether Mandala could consume a Devil Fruit.

• Ace defeated Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates, then left after warning them that they needed to grow stronger.
• Blackbeard defeated Ace and traded his capture to the Marines for a Shichibukai position, prompting Sengoku to announce Ace’s execution at Marineford.
• Lin Yuan gathered allies to rescue Ace, secretly entered Impel Down, and freed Bullet and Redfield while taking Devil Fruit users into Mirror Space.
• Whitebeard Newgate and Lin Yuan’s forces confronted the Marines at Marineford, where Ace broke free and the Shichibukai turned against the Marines and Blackbeard.
• Whitebeard Newgate and Mihawk fought Blackbeard, while Lin Yuan’s agents killed Marine commanders and Enel killed Koby.
• Shanks briefly intervened, then withdrew, and Whitebeard Newgate agreed to end the war after Sengoku promised not to pursue Ace or the assisting Shichibukai for two years.
• Lafitte and Van Augur revived Blackbeard, but Lin Yuan tracked him down, killed him, and sealed his body in a Seastone coffin.
• Lin Yuan gave Lafitte the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit and Van Augur the Warp-Warp Fruit, then tested whether Mandala could eat a Devil Fruit.

Lin Yuan gathered powerful allies, took control of Wano, uncovered Pluton, and helped Shirahoshi awaken as Poseidon. As Imu prepared a killer and the Straw Hats trained, a mysterious attacker appeared at the Abyss Chamber of Commerce headquarters, where Lin Yuan arrived to confront him.

• Lin Yuan absorbed the Dark-Dark Fruit’s energy into Mandala, then gained Redfield and Bullet as allies and recruited Golden Lion Shiki.
• Lin Yuan strengthened the Abyss Chamber of Commerce and set its sights on the World Government, while the Marines began reorganizing and abolishing the Seven Warlords system.
• Lin Yuan traveled to Wano, defeated the samurai who attacked his group, and arranged for Kozuki Sukiyaki to forge swords as Kaido’s forces took control of the country.
• Lin Yuan killed Kurozumi Orochi and other captives, extracted their Devil Fruit powers with Mandala, and uncovered Pluton beneath Wano’s cliffs.
• Lin Yuan opened Wano’s borders, brought Pluton to headquarters, and helped create powerful Devil Fruit weapons while Tom and the others repaired the battleship.
• Lin Yuan revealed Shirahoshi’s identity as Poseidon, and she summoned the Sea Kings and demanded that they recognize her as their only king while Neptune pledged Fish-Man Island to Lin Yuan.
• Imu ordered a revived man to find and kill Lin Yuan, while Garp pushed the Straw Hat Pirates into Haki training and Zoro awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Lin Yuan experimented with his time powers, then arrived at headquarters after a mysterious attacker overwhelmed Zephyr and Enel.

Lin Yuan gathered powerful allies, brought Elbaf under Ripley’s rule, and secured its support for the coming war against the World Government. He then traveled to Elegia, where he met Uta and chose to stay with her for half a year.

• Lin Yuan defeated the corpse puppet sent by Imu, recovered, and prepared to travel to Elbaf with his powerful allies.
• Lin Yuan’s group arrived at Elbaf, where Bullet and Mihawk won the warriors’ challenge and Lin Yuan recruited Gaban after warning the elders of the coming war.
• Loki led a revolt in Elbaf, but Lin Yuan and his allies crushed the uprising and exposed World Government agents.
• Lin Yuan arranged for Ripley to rule Elbaf and Loki to establish a kingdom of his own, securing the giants’ alliance and giving both sides supplies and Devil Fruits.
• Lin Yuan left Elbaf and found Uta living on Elegia, where he introduced himself and promised to challenge the Red Hair Pirates for her.
• Lin Yuan warned Gordon not to inform Shanks of his presence and said he would remain on Elegia for half a year.
• Lin Yuan shared breakfast with Uta and invited her to sing and fish by the seaside.