Recaps

Ian used the Time Cloth to heal Netero’s fatal injuries, and Netero awoke in the hospital. After reflecting on his defeat by Sashado’s host, Netero sensed Cat Teacher’s extraordinary martial realm and was stunned when the cat called him “kid.”

• Ian covered Netero with the Time Cloth and restored his damaged organs, bringing his vital signs back.
• Netero woke and thanked Ian, while Beans urged him not to risk his life again.
• Netero admitted that his fight against Sashado’s host had revealed a gap in strength he could not bridge.
• Netero noticed Cat Teacher floating in the room and sensed a martial realm beyond anything he had encountered.
• Ian suggested Netero and Cat Teacher speak, and Cat Teacher approached and called Netero “kid.”

Cat Teacher confronted the Hunter Association in Netero’s medical room, where Netero recognized the cat’s superior Martial Arts and sought his guidance. Cat Teacher challenged Netero’s beliefs about the path of Martial Arts, leaving him in deep thought.

• A Hunter named Kaga objected to Cat Teacher calling Netero a kid, but Cat Teacher’s pressure froze him.
• Netero rose from his bed and bowed to Cat Teacher, calling him his Martial Arts senior.
• Cat Teacher praised Netero’s dedication and explained that Martial Arts had no end, prompting Netero to reconsider his belief that he had reached its peak.
• Netero asked Cat Teacher what true Martial Arts meant, and Cat Teacher said it was mastering one’s state of mind rather than pursuing compassion or slaughter.
• Cat Teacher asked what Netero feared and why he pursued compassion, leaving Netero silent and questioning himself.

Cat Teacher’s advice helped Netero realize that he had restrained himself with fear and obligation, and Netero began breaking free of those limits. In the street, he devoted himself to training as his 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva transformed into an armed, openly offensive figure.

• Netero recognized that his own fears and compromises had caged his martial path, then thanked Cat Teacher for helping him understand.
• Netero’s Nen surged, and the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared above him, alarming the Hunters and doctors nearby.
• Netero broke through the medical-room wall and went to the street, where Cat Teacher and Ian followed with Beans and Zeno.
• Netero resolved to stop letting his duties and worries hold him back and to devote himself wholeheartedly to martial training.
• Netero’s Bodhisattva changed its expression and took up an array of weapons as he practiced his martial arts before the astonished crowd.

Netero broke through his martial limits under Cat Teacher’s guidance and recovered his strength. After Netero said he wanted to challenge Sashado again, Cat Teacher prepared to stir up trouble.

• Netero unleashed his 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, while Zeno and the Hunters watched in amazement.
• Cat Teacher praised Netero for breaking free of the cage that had trapped him for decades, and Netero thanked him for his guidance.
• Netero reunited with Beans and thanked Ian for helping him, then discovered his body had been reborn to the condition of a fifty-year-old.
• Netero announced that he wanted to challenge Sashado again, alarming the Hunters, and explained that Sashado’s human-hosted clone had nearly matched the real thing.
• Cat Teacher cleared his throat and began to speak, eager to stir up trouble.

Netero decided to resign as Hunter Association Chairman and challenge Sashado's Host Body again to advance his Martial Arts. Ian took Netero, Zeno, Beans, and several Hunters through the Anywhere Door to the Hutalya Wetlands, where they arrived in thick white fog.

• Cat Teacher encouraged Netero to pursue the challenge, believing his new Martial Arts strength would help him survive.
• Netero told the Hunters he planned to step down as chairman and dedicate himself to Martial Arts by challenging Sashado's Host Body again.
• Ian agreed to take Netero to the Hutalya Wetlands, and Zeno asked to join them.
• Several Hunters and Beans joined the group, while Beans asked an official to erase the footage of Netero using his Nen Ability.
• Ian opened the Anywhere Door, and the group arrived in the fog-covered Hutalya Wetlands.

Ian and the Hunters arrived at the fog-covered Hutalya Wetlands to search for Sashado’s host. Ian used his gadgets to clear the weather, and as Netero discussed how to locate their target, Ian brought out a Person-Finding Sensor.

• Ian and the group stepped through the Anywhere Door into dense fog at the Hutalya Wetlands on the Aijin Continent.
• Zeno explained that the wetlands often had heavy fog, and Ian used his Light Bracelet to improve visibility around them.
• Ian activated the Weather-Changing Table and changed the wetlands’ weather to sunny, clearing the fog and startling the Hunters.
• Netero said he had tracked Sashado’s host using information from the V5 and a Hunter’s ability, but Zeno noted that the Hunter had been killed by the host.
• Ian took out his Person-Finding Sensor as the group considered how to locate Sashado’s host.

Ian and his companions followed the Person-Finding Sensor through the Hutalya Wetlands, where Cat Teacher warned them that Nen could not reveal every danger. Cat Teacher killed a giant snake with an unseen slash, then asked Ian to make Snake Soup, but he refused.

• Ian used the Person-Finding Sensor to lead Netero and the others toward Sashado's host.
• As the group walked through the wetlands, Cat Teacher praised the living creatures around them and cautioned the Hunters against relying too much on Nen.
• Netero warned the Hunters that they had failed to notice a giant snake hiding above them, and Ian confirmed it was waiting in the canopy.
• The giant snake lunged at the group, but Cat Teacher cut through it and the tree with a single unseen slash.
• Cat Teacher asked Ian to make Snake Soup from the slain snake, but Ian refused, leaving Cat Teacher sulking while the Hunters stared in shock.

The Hunters learned that Sashado's host body had altered the wetland's creatures and gained a Nen Ability that could mutate living things, making him a threat to nearby human settlements. Ian reassured the group and led them onward to confront Sashado.

• The Hunters gathered around the dead Snake and wondered why their Nen had failed to detect it.
• Netero said Sashado's host body had affected the wetland's creatures, and the Hunters realized the nearby Duchy of Talhan could be in danger.
• Netero explained that Sashado's Nen Ability had changed and might mutate living things, and he admitted that he had been defeated in their previous encounter.
• Ian criticized V5 for creating the crisis, then urged the Hunters to keep moving and face Sashado.
• The Hunters regained confidence in Ian, and the group continued onward as Ian stored the Snake's corpse for Cat Teacher.

Ian's group reached Sashado's Host Body's cave in the wetlands, where Ian revealed that Sashado had already noticed them. As mechanical Sickle-Blade Spiders emerged to meet them, the group prepared to fight.

• Cat Teacher killed more creatures mutated by Sashado as Ian's group followed the Person-Finding Sensor through the wetlands.
• Ian's group reached a cave behind a waterfall, and Netero warned the Hunters that he might not be able to protect them from Sashado.
• The Hunters refused to turn back, and Netero discreetly signaled Ian to look after them.
• Ian lit the cave with light from his Light Bracelet and told the group that Sashado had already noticed their arrival.
• A swarm of altered Sickle-Blade Spiders appeared in the cave, and a Hunter explained how they differed from the species in the records.

Ian used the Invincible Turret’s ultimate evolution to blast through the cave and destroy the metal spiders, leaving the Hunters stunned by his power. Sashado then appeared in the crater, drenched and excited to see Ian again.

• Ian called out to Sashado, but the mechanical spiders surged toward his group instead.
• Ian summoned the Invincible Turret and used his Light Bracelet to evolve it into the Planet Buster.
• Ian fired the Planet-Busting Roar Cannon as the metal spiders released their own energy, and the explosion tore open the cave and erased the spiders.
• The Hunters, Zeno, and Netero reacted with shock to the destruction, while Cat Teacher criticized Ian for relying on outside power.
• Sashado emerged from the crater and greeted Ian, who wondered why the Host Body looked drenched and strange.

Sashado revealed that his altered Host Body was an experiment combining modern genetic research with his Nen Ability, which had produced creatures with unusual powers. Ian’s enthusiastic questions and praise left Sashado wondering whether the brat was mocking him.

• Ian asked why Sashado’s Host Body looked so different, and Sashado explained that he had adapted to the modern era and experimented with genetic mutation.
• Sashado said the strange creatures were born under the influence of his ability, alarming the Hunters who feared the consequences of uncontrolled mutations.
• Ian praised Sashado and asked about the creatures’ survival rate, considering the value of an ability that could produce beneficial mutations.
• Sashado found Ian’s curiosity irritating and wondered whether the brat was mocking him.

Ian and Sashado clashed after Sashado’s Nen attack mutated a tree and Ian fired back with the Planet Buster. When Sashado revealed a cavern full of mutant creatures and hinted at a new creation, Ian brought out the White Stone Crab to show him a rare creature of his own.

• Sashado slashed at Ian with a green Nen blade, and the attack caused parts of a tree to mutate into mushrooms and grass.
• Netero told the Hunters that Sashado’s mutation effect seemed to depend on chance, while Ian recognized it as a Specialization Nen ability.
• Ian fired the Planet Buster at Sashado, blasting open the cave and exposing a huge sinkhole crowded with mutant creatures.
• Sashado admitted he had been close to succeeding at something, and Ian encouraged him to continue his experiment.
• Ian opened the Miniature World Refrigerator and summoned the White Stone Crab, calling it his invincible king crab.

Ian summoned the enormous White Stone Crab and challenged Sashado to pit his engineered creature against it. Sashado brought out a rapidly moving giant mantis, but the chapter left its strength overshadowed by the crab’s overwhelming size.

• Ian summoned the White Stone Crab, stunning the Hunters and prompting Netero and Zeno to suspect it came from the Dark Continent.
• Ian climbed onto the crab and challenged Sashado to produce the creature he had made.
• The crab raised its gigantic claw, and Zeno warned everyone that its impact could unleash a deadly shock wave.
• Cat Teacher considered fighting the crab but held back because it belonged to Ian.
• Sashado summoned a three-meter-tall mantis, which Netero recognized as a fast, aggressive biological weapon capable of producing offspring.

The Ise Mantis, which Sashado had mutated into a powerful creature, faced off against Ian’s White Stone Crab. Ian ordered the crab to attack, and the mantis charged at its descending claw.

• Jikeya explained that the Ise Mantis had once been classified as an A-rank threat and exterminated, but this one had clearly mutated.
• Sashado considered the mantis a formidable creation and hoped to breed more of them, though Ian’s White Stone Crab had shaken his plans.
• Ian dismissed the mantis as no match for the crab, and Sashado admitted they would only know after the fight.
• Ian ordered the White Stone Crab to strike Sashado, who chose to watch without yielding.
• The Ise Mantis darted upward toward the crab’s descending claw.

Ian watched the Ise Mantis attack the White Stone Crab, whose nearly diamond-hard claw withstood thousands of slashes until the mantis’s blades broke. As the mantis fled while protecting its abdomen, Ian realized it was a mother and stopped Little White from striking it.

• The Ise Mantis attacked the White Stone Crab’s descending claw, but its slashes could not pierce the crab’s hard shell.
• The Ise Mantis used its supersonic speed to evade the claw and keep attacking, delivering thousands of blows.
• The Ise Mantis’s alloy limb blades snapped, and it fled while shielding its abdomen.
• Ian stopped Little White from attacking and recognized that the Ise Mantis was a mother.

Ian defeated Sashado’s mutated Ise Mantis, shrank it with the Small Light, and captured it in a cage of light. Sashado gave Ian the mantis and abandoned his Host Body, but warned that he would keep fighting humanity.

• Ian calmed the White Stone Crab and approached the injured Ise Mantis, noticing that it had become a mother after its mutation.
• Ian used the Small Light to shrink the Ise Mantis, then trapped it in a cage of light.
• Ian asked Sashado to give him the Ise Mantis, and Sashado erased the mantis mark from his arm to release his control over it.
• Sashado warned Ian that he would not stop fighting humanity and said he would find a thing that could threaten all humans.
• Sashado let his Host Body fade away, saying he was sick of the body and Ian could have it.

After Sashado vanished, Ian kept a fragment of his Host Body and brought the captured Ise Mantis along as the Hunters withdrew. On the way back, he discovered he could use the fragment to call a dark red butterfly, suggesting he might control creatures linked to Sashado’s imprints.

• Ian examined and pocketed a fragment of Sashado’s Host Body, while Netero said it might offer clues about its imprints.
• Netero decided the Hunters could not pursue Sashado, and Ian warned them that his Host Bodies were too dangerous to confront.
• Ian enlarged the light cage holding the injured Ise Mantis after Cat Teacher advised him to give it more space and nourishment.
• As the group left the wetlands, Ian, Netero, and Zeno discussed Sashado’s claim about a mysterious thing he was seeking.
• Ian spotted a dark red butterfly, matched its color to markings on the imprint fragment, and used the fragment to make it flutter toward him.
• Ian called Jikeya over to look at the butterfly.

Ian and the others returned from the wetlands after he claimed the mutated Hell Butterfly and Netero announced his resignation as Hunter Association Chairman. Ian brought Zeno to Sharku Manor, where Milluki greeted him from a green UFO.

• Jikeya identified the butterfly as a rare Hell Butterfly, and Ian made it perch on his shoulder after remembering it had mutated.
• Ian led the group through the Anywhere Door back to the city, where Netero thanked him and Cat Teacher for defeating Sashado's Host Body.
• Netero announced that he would step down as Hunter Association Chairman to focus on practicing his punches.
• Zeno invited Ian to visit Kukuroo Mountain, and Ian invited Zeno to come home with him instead.
• Ian and Zeno arrived at Sharku Manor, and Milluki flew over in a green UFO and called out to his grandfather.