Recaps

Sashado sent his Skeletal Winged Dragons to search Peji for a strategic weapon while V5 deployed thousands of specialized troops against them. As war correspondents began broadcasting V5’s first public display of its infantry forces, soldiers jumped from airships toward the monsters.

• Sashado ordered the Skeletal Winged Dragons to search Peji for the weapon he wanted.
• President Xiupa and the generals in Peji’s nuclear shelter feared the approaching attack and pinned their hopes on V5’s reinforcements.
• V5 commanders rallied more than five thousand experienced soldiers aboard roughly fifty airships for a televised assault.
• The soldiers jumped from the airships without parachutes as Sashado ignored them and focused on finding the strategic weapon.
• War correspondents began transmitting footage of V5’s operation, which was presented as humanity’s first large-scale war against a humanoid Magical Beast.

V5 sent a heavily armed force to confront Sashado and broadcast footage of its new equipment worldwide, while Netero worried that Sashado had grown stronger despite surviving a Rose and a nuclear bomb. After watching the footage, Ian realized the force might be in grave danger.

• War correspondents filmed V5 soldiers using armored suits with jets to stabilize themselves in midair as they descended from Airships.
• Kannari Rin watched the blurry footage of Sashado in Lusen and grew uneasy at his changed appearance.
• Netero told a Begerose United Nations leader that he doubted V5's military could defeat Sashado, who now commanded more Skeletal Winged Dragons and appeared uninjured.
• V5 aired footage of its force confronting Sashado, drawing worldwide attention to the humanoid Magical Beast and his winged dragons.
• Kazan called Ian about V5's broadcast, and Ian watched the footage, realizing Sashado had survived both a Rose and a nuclear bomb.

Ian watched the battle between V5 and Sashado from Sharku Manor while V5’s Special Forces attacked the Pterosaur monsters in Peji. V5’s soldiers revealed increasingly powerful weapons as Sashado sent more monsters toward them.

• Ian served lavish food at Sharku Manor and watched the battle, confident that either outcome would benefit him.
• In Peji, V5 soldiers used Blazing Uranium Shells to destroy dozens of attacking Pterosaur monsters in one shot.
• Akaru explained that the individual weapon’s shell could reach 8,000 degrees, had a ten-kilometer range, and blasted across roughly seventy meters.
• Sashado noticed the unusual soldiers and directed around a thousand Pterosaurs toward their position.
• V5 soldiers assembled antiaircraft turrets and fired hundreds of shells, which burst into incandescent fragments across the sky.

V5’s soldiers used incendiary uranium rounds to devastate Sashado’s Skeletal Winged Dragons, but the falling flames also set Peji City ablaze. As the battle was broadcast around the world, Ian compared the soldiers’ destructive firepower to Zeno’s Dragon Dive.

• V5’s Nen observers ordered nearby airships to retreat as white flames consumed the Pterosaurs in the sky.
• Sashado brushed away the falling flames, examined one of the burning fragments, and worried that humanity’s destructive weapons would prevent him from establishing absolute rule.
• The burning Pterosaur corpses fell into Peji City, where the fires spread through buildings and trapped residents.
• President Xiupa watched the city burn and angrily condemned the V5 soldiers for disregarding Peji’s people.
• Television broadcasts showed the battle worldwide, and people recalled the power that had made V5 dominant.
• At Sharku Manor, Ian watched the footage and compared the soldiers’ monster-clearing firepower to Zeno’s Dragon Dive.

Sashado used his power to assemble a 500-meter rock monster from the battlefield, forcing V5’s soldiers to attack it over Peji City. The soldiers’ infrasound weapon shattered the monster but killed many civilians, and Sashado took an interest in them.

• Aimina reflected that modern human weapons might have helped the Gandor Dynasty fight the Fear-Eaters, while Ian considered how warfare drove human progress.
• After Heaven’s Flame burned many Pterosaurs, Sashado raised his hand and gathered earth, rubble, and burning corpses into a giant rock monster.
• The rock monster advanced on the soldiers, crushing buildings and worsening the destruction in Peji City.
• The soldiers fired missiles and used an infrasound weapon that shattered the rock monster but also killed many residents nearby.
• Sashado watched the soldiers’ attack with interest, hinting that his attention could change many people’s destinies.

The V5’s broadcast of the battle in Peji revealed its military power and the threat posed by Sashado, prompting reactions from the Zoldyck Family, Heavens Arena, Yorknew City, and Kakin. Ian watched the footage at Sharku Manor and worried that the V5’s infrasound weapons had killed everyone in the ruins.

• The public watched footage of the V5’s troops destroying the Rock Giant, while Nen users recognized the creature’s immense power and the V5’s military strength.
• At the Zoldyck Family home, Zeno speculated that Netero had fought the monster, while Silva wondered whether Netero had failed; Kikyo focused on her unborn son, Killua.
• At Heavens Arena, spectators dismissed the V5’s weapon-assisted victory, but a pink-haired boy was shaken by the Rock Giant’s Nen.
• Yorknew City’s gangsters and the Ten Dons feared the V5’s weapons, while King Nasubi Hui Guo Rou reportedly executed nearly a quarter of his palace attendants and maids in a rage.
• At Sharku Manor, Ian watched the broadcast and thought the infrasound weapons were deadly to ordinary people and had likely killed everyone in the ruins.

Ian watched footage of a devastated city in the Republic of the Congo and decided he could not stand by while civilians died, despite knowing he could not save everyone. As he prepared to stop both sides of the conflict, his companions pledged to go with him, and he promised to protect them.

• Ian felt grief for the civilians killed in the city’s destruction, then recalled that he had no regrets about saving a girl in his previous life and receiving a second chance.
• Ian told Uvogin, Nobunaga, Feitan, and Chrollo that he would stop both sides to prevent further innocent casualties.
• Uvogin, Nobunaga, Feitan, and Chrollo supported Ian and said they would stand with him, while Illumi silently envied their closeness.
• Milluki declared that he and Illumi supported Ian, and Ian promised that he would not let anyone hurt them.

Ian decided to intervene in the war after seeing the suffering in Peji City and prepared to lead the Dawn Organization onto the battlefield. He warned Netero that he would oppose V5’s troops if they continued fighting as they had, and Netero said he supported him.

• Illumi asked to join Ian’s effort, while the others gathered around Ian and voiced their support.
• Ian brought out the Anywhere Door and announced the Dawn Organization’s first operation.
• Ian called Netero and explained that the deaths in Peji City had changed his mind about intervening.
• Ian asked Netero to relay a warning to V5 that he would act against its troops if they did not change their tactics.
• Netero agreed to pass on the message and told Ian to do what he thought was right, saying he supported him.

Netero told Kigen that a young man would soon appear in Peji and urged him to order the soldiers there to follow the newcomers’ directions. Ian and his companions arrived over the battlefield, where Ian silenced the V5’s sonic weapons as war correspondents filmed them.

• Netero told Kigen that a young man with immeasurable potential would soon bring upheaval and appear in Peji.
• Netero asked Kigen to order the soldiers in Peji to follow the directions of the humans who appeared there.
• Ian opened the Anywhere Door and brought his companions into the sky above the battlefield, where Sashado recognized Aimina and Eluna among the arriving auras.
• Biscuit and Ian surveyed the ruined city, and Ian blamed Sashado and the V5 soldiers for the devastation.
• Ian used the Noise Jar to absorb the infrasound from the soldiers’ sonic shells.
• War correspondents trained their cameras on Ian and his companions as they appeared in public with their powers.

Ian used the Super Loudspeaker to disable the soldiers’ weapons and make Sashado’s Rock Giant stop fighting, bringing the battlefield to a halt. War correspondents recorded Ian’s intervention, and V5’s combat command center watched him appear in the battle.

• War correspondents and Nen users aboard the airship saw young people flying above the battlefield, while soldiers noticed the Rock Giant reforming after the bombardment stopped.
• A blond commander prepared to order a more powerful attack, but a soldier reported unidentified people floating in the sky.
• Ian spotted the commander, used Performance-Enhancing Liquid to sharpen his senses, and brought out the Super Loudspeaker.
• Ian commanded the weapons to stop attacking, causing the soldiers’ equipment to become useless and the Rock Giant to sit down despite Sashado’s efforts to control it.
• A war correspondent filmed Ian, and V5’s combat command center watched the footage as Kannari Rin recognized his involvement in the campaign against Sashado.

Ian and his group appeared on the battlefield against Sashado, shocking viewers and drawing reactions from the Zoldyck Family and Ron in Meteor City. The chapter left Ron watching Ian use a trumpet-shaped item as the soldiers’ equipment and Sashado’s Rock Giant suddenly stopped working.

• Kannari Rin and viewers around the world were stunned when Ian and his group appeared on Sashado’s battlefield.
• Silva, Zeno, and Kikyo recognized Illumi and Milluki among Ian’s companions, and Kikyo panicked over the danger they faced.
• Zeno and Silva urged Kikyo to trust Ian and respect Illumi and Milluki’s choice to join him.
• Ron watched V5’s broadcast and realized Ian and several former Meteor City residents were on the battlefield.
• Ian used a trumpet-shaped item, after which V5’s soldiers inspected their equipment and Sashado’s Rock Giant stopped moving.

Ron learned that Baines had become convinced Ian was a messenger of god, while Ian confronted the V5 army amid Sashado’s destruction. Ian challenged the soldiers over the devastation, as President Xiupa grieved the immense loss of life in Peji and the surrounding cities.

• Ron called Baines about Ian’s appearance on TV, but Baines declared Ian a messenger of god and urged Ron to follow him before Ron hung up.
• Baines watched Ian on TV from his home in Meteor City and vowed to find him, while Black Wolf retreated from his master’s excitement.
• Ian faced the V5 troops and refused the commander Sifus’s accusation that he was helping Sashado, pointing out that the army had killed people for the monster.
• Ian realized that Sifus and other soldiers had tried to activate hidden Rose Bombs, but his ability had disabled their weapons.
• President Xiupa watched from a hidden shelter as Peji suffered 300,000 deaths, with roughly a million people killed across five cities along Sashado’s route.

Ian confronted Sashado and the V5 forces over the civilian deaths caused by their battle, warning them to keep their war away from populated cities. He summoned a Godly Might No. 1, leaving the threat of force hanging over both sides.

• Ian accused the V5 soldiers of helping Sashado by killing civilians with their bombardment.
• Sashado approached Ian's group on a Pterosaur and recognized Aimina and Eluna as his daughters, but they kept their distance.
• Ian admitted that his ability had helped Aimina and Eluna remain in the world and warned Sashado not to approach them.
• Sashado realized Ian had been behind the Godly Might No. 1 that had nearly killed him and feared the weapons floating behind Ian.
• Ian told Sashado and Sifus to keep their war away from cities and warned that he would give neither side another chance.
• Ian summoned a Godly Might No. 1 onto the battlefield.

Ian used the threat of Godly Might No. 1 to deter Sashado and rejected his offer to divide the world, then demonstrated the Map of Repositioning by moving the V5 troops into a jungle. The chapter left the troops suddenly displaced as Ian prepared to move the conflict elsewhere.

• Ian revealed that he had a Time-Stop Watch and relied on it, along with his other items, to face Sashado without fear.
• Sashado backed down from attacking after seeing Ian's Godly Might No. 1, while Aimina and Eluna stood behind him.
• V5's troops broke into angry curses and calls to fight Ian and Sashado, and the airship correspondents filmed the mutiny.
• Ian told Sashado that he would relocate the conflict, and he rejected Sashado's proposal to divide the world together.
• Ian used the Map of Repositioning to swap an urban area with nearby forest, transporting the troops into a dense jungle.

Ian used the Map of Repositioning to swap all of Peji City with a forest on a distant mountainside, relocating the battlefield between Sashado and the V5 soldiers. After saying he would not interfere in their fight, he scattered miniature Toy Soldiers and shone a flashlight at them.

• Ian changed the surroundings, stunning Sashado, the V5 soldiers, and the observers aboard the airships.
• Airship footage revealed Ian replacing the ruined city with forest while a ruined city appeared on a distant mountainside.
• Ian continued using the Map of Repositioning until all of Peji City had been moved.
• Ian told Sashado and the soldiers they could keep fighting without his interference.
• Ian scattered miniature Toy Soldiers from the air and shone a flashlight at them.

Ian used the [Big Light] to enlarge his Toy Soldiers into hundreds-of-meters-tall giants and sent them toward the burning city of Peji to deal with the aftermath. He then gave Sashado and the V5 soldiers clearance to resume fighting and left with Uvogin and the others to see who could be saved.

• Ian activated the [Big Light], enlarging dozens of red Toy Soldiers until they towered hundreds of meters over the forest.
• The giant Toy Soldiers answered Ian’s orders and marched toward the distant city, frightening the V5 soldiers and the observers aboard the airship.
• The Toy Soldiers picked up Sashado’s Rock Giant and tossed it aside to clear their path, angering Sashado.
• Ian told Sashado the giants had not targeted him, then declared that weapons were cleared for use.
• Ian took Uvogin and the others and flashed away to check for survivors in Peji.

Ian and his companions reached Peji City after moving it out of the battlefield and found civilians killed by V5’s infrasound attack. As survivors emerged from hiding, Ian’s group tried to persuade them to leave with them, warning that the war was not over.

• Ian arrived in Peji City with Uvogin and the others and saw civilians killed by V5’s infrasound bomb among the rubble.
• Ian used Ice-Flame Demonic Fire to freeze the Hellfire burning across the city.
• Survivors cautiously left their hiding places after seeing the Toy Soldiers clear rubble without attacking them.
• Chrollo, Uvogin, Nobunaga, and the others called on the survivors to come with them, but many did not trust them and retreated.
• Ian directed Chrollo and the others to address the survivors again from atop the Toy Soldiers, saying they would rescue them and that staying risked further harm from the war.

Ian gathered Peji City’s survivors and used V5’s role in the massacre to persuade them to trust him and go to Ejin City. Just as he offered to take them there, President Xiupa and several generals emerged to confront him.

• Survivors followed Uvogin and the Toy Soldiers to Ian, while Ian planned to relocate Peji City’s population beside Ejin City and build support for his rule.
• Ian told the crowd that the war continued nearby and that more than a hundred thousand people had died in the pit, killed by monsters and V5 soldiers.
• Ian warned that V5 might silence the survivors to hide the massacre, prompting them to beg him not to hand them over.
• Ian invited the survivors to leave for Ejin City and rebuild their homes there.
• President Xiupa and several military generals emerged from the shelter and called for Ian to wait.

Xiupa approached Ian and argued that the survivors from all twenty-two cities of the Republic of the Congo should be rescued, not just those from Peji City. Ian recognized Xiupa’s political skill and had Aimina bring him closer, leaving Xiupa suspended before the group of giants.

• Xiupa appeared with several generals and asked Ian not to leave the Republic of the Congo yet.
• Xiupa explained that V5 might persecute survivors in the other cities and begged Ian to rescue people from all twenty-two cities.
• The survivors agreed with Xiupa, while Ian recognized his political instincts and considered how he might work with Xia and Kazan.
• Ian nodded to Aimina, who lifted Xiupa into the air and drew him toward Ian and the others.

Ian agreed to evacuate the people of Peji on the condition that Xiupa lead them to treat one another with respect, while Xiupa interpreted the exchange as a chance to become a king. After footage of Ian’s giant soldiers spread worldwide, Netero warned Kigen that Ian’s power exceeded his own and advised against opposing him.

• Ian agreed to take Peji’s survivors from other cities as well, provided Xiupa encouraged mutual respect and love among his people.
• Xiupa pledged to put Ian’s will first and privately understood the arrangement as a path to becoming a king.
• Footage of Ian’s giant soldiers and their battle with the Rock Giant caused an uproar in the outside world and exposed Nen users.
• Kigen asked Netero about Ian’s strength and goals after seeing the footage.
• Netero said Ian was probably more powerful than he was, admitted he had never seen Ian’s limits, and advised Kigen not to make an enemy of him.

Kigen realized Ian’s ties to Meteor City made him difficult for the V5 to control, while footage of Ian commanding dozens of Red Giants stunned people around the world. At Kukuroo Mountain, Zeno praised Silva for sending his children to Ian, whom the Zoldyck family now saw as a world-shaping force.

• Kigen considered Ian easier to control than Sashado until Netero warned him that Ian came from Meteor City and had no government ties.
• Television broadcasts of Ian driving dozens of enormous Red Giants through the forest to Peji City astonished viewers around the world and stunned Nen users at Heavens Arena.
• Zeno praised Silva for recognizing Ian’s potential and sending his children to stay with him.
• Zeno estimated that even Netero could handle only a few Red Giants, while Ian controlled thirty, and Kikyo watched in awe.

Kikyo, Silva, and Zeno discussed how Ian’s strength could shape Illumi and Milluki’s futures and perhaps lead humanity toward the Dark Continent. They then considered why the red giant had not attacked Ian, with Zeno concluding that the two had fought before and the monster feared him.

• Kikyo said Ian’s strength had reassured her about Illumi and Milluki’s futures, while Silva admitted the brothers might one day surpass him and Zeno.
• Zeno agreed that Ian could open an unimaginable future for humanity and perhaps lead people to the wondrous continent, though he feared he might not live to see it.
• Zeno said he would be content if Silva, Illumi, and the others could support the family before he died, and the family returned their attention to the broadcast.
• Silva asked why the red giant knew Ian and had not attacked him despite the V5’s campaign against it.
• Zeno reasoned that Ian and the monster had likely fought before, and that the monster’s wariness of Ian had kept it from attacking while it considered his words.

Xiupa led Congo’s survivors in worshipping Ian as a god, and Ian allowed the display to continue because it could calm them during relocation. When a new battle erupted between Sashado and V5’s forces, Ian judged that the ordinary soldiers had no chance of defeating Sashado and watched from above.

• Xiupa and his generals knelt before Ian, and the survivors followed, chanting their tribute to him.
• Ian felt briefly swept up in the worship but let it continue because it might reassure the survivors.
• Xiupa imagined that Ian’s promise would make him a king, until an enormous explosion interrupted his thoughts.
• Ian and his companions saw that Sashado was fighting V5’s forces with new weapons, while Xiupa begged forgiveness for his blasphemy.
• Ian concluded that V5’s soldiers could not defeat Sashado, whose Nen and sacrifices made him nearly impossible to kill.

Ian promised to evacuate the civilians from Peji City and began drawing them under his protection, while V5’s troops resumed their attack on Sashado. The Rock Giant was reduced to dust by shock-mine bombs, and dozens of bombs exploded around Sashado.

• Ian told Xiupa and the civilians that the war had nothing to do with them and promised to take them away.
• Xiupa declared that Ian had given them divine protection and resolved to follow him, while the military generals followed his lead.
• A war correspondent aboard the airship watched Ian’s display of power but stopped filming the scene in Peji City.
• V5’s troops resumed fighting after Ian’s restriction on their weapons ended, though Sashado had no desire to continue the battle.
• V5’s troops fired shock-mine bombs at the Rock Giant and Sashado; the Rock Giant crumbled to dust, and dozens of bombs exploded around Sashado.

V5’s tremor-mine bombs caused Sashado to crumble into dust, and the soldiers and war correspondents believed they had defeated him. The victory footage reached the V5 nations, while no one considered where Ian had gone or how Peji City had disappeared.

• Sashado grew furious when the tremor-mine bombs damaged his body and realized the V5 was testing him through its soldiers.
• The tremor-mine bombs made Sashado’s armor and body dissipate into dust, leading the V5 soldiers to believe he was dead.
• The soldiers and war correspondents celebrated the apparent end of the war, while the special Nen user unit watched in disbelief.
• Veteran Nen users worried that V5’s increasingly powerful weapons would threaten the space Nen users could occupy.
• The V5 nations received footage of the apparent victory, and the troops rested without asking where Ian or Peji City had gone.