Recaps

Ian secured Netero’s support for investigating the Nen threat beneath Ejin City and introduced a training gate for his companions. As the group faced political and criminal threats, Ging arrived at Sharku Manor to rescue Elena and clashed with the Troupe.

• Netero invited Ian and his companions to join the Hunter Association, but Knov challenged them to prove themselves in a spar.
• Uvogin endured Knov’s attacks, and Ian copied Netero’s power to overwhelm Knov with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva.
• Ian told Netero about the ancient ruins and the suspected spread of Malice, prompting Netero to investigate with the Hunter Association.
• Ian learned from Elena that infected explorers had become monsters and that the crisis in the Gogar Kingdom had lasted a month.
• Ian created the Gate of Glory, where Nobunaga trained until he could cut eight Iron-scaled Fish in one second, while Mizaistom later taught the group about Nen.
• Ging arrived at Sharku Manor to rescue Elena, while Ian captured a Nen user sent by Boss Tadas of the Black Axe Gang and questioned him with Tsubone’s help.
• Franklin attacked Ging as he carried the weakened Elena, and Uvogin and Nobunaga joined the fight before Ging disrupted their assault with a crater and unleashed black talismans.

Ian fought Ging inside his Game Space, then returned to Sharku Manor and drew Milluki and Illumi closer to him. When Rune Insects emerged from the Gugurian Ruins and threatened the country, Ian agreed to help Netero and arrived at the site.

• Ging trapped Chrollo, Uvogin, and Nobunaga before Ian returned and challenged him over the Dark Sonata.
• Ian and Ging fought, then Ging pulled them into his Game Space, where Ian cleared several stages until Ging ended the game after seven hours.
• Ian gave Ging the Dark Sonata, warned that he would visit the nobles Ryuk had named, and learned that Netero was gathering Hunters to investigate the ruins.
• Ian welcomed Milluki as his little brother, gave the group Take-copters, and used magical items to encourage Milluki to train.
• Kannari Rin led the Exorcism Team into the Gugurian Ruins, where monsters infected several members with spreading black runes.
• Ging investigated the cave and concluded that the black runes spread through Nen, while Malice Crystals disrupted Hunters' Nen.
• After Kannari Rin demanded his help and Ian joked about needing a spaceship, Netero called to explain the threat and Ian agreed to assist him.
• Ian used the Anywhere Door to reach the ruins, turned away the Exorcism Team's weapons with telekinesis, and urged Kannari Rin to hurry.

Ian and the Hunters confronted King Gondor IV Sashado, then uncovered the sealed threat beneath the Ruins and learned that Elina was tied to the ancient seal. The arc ended with Ian rejecting the V5’s authority as the group prepared to deal with the Fear-Eaters.

• Ian led the group into the Ruins, where they fought through Malice Crystals and monsters before confronting King Gondor IV Sashado.
• Ian weakened Sashado with the Cursed Camera and bombarded him, but Sashado escaped through a Netherworld Gate with his monsters.
• After Elina began hearing a voice calling her Eluna, Ian and Ging returned to the Ruins and found Hunters under the influence of a hidden force.
• Ian and Ging uncovered black pillars that Amina Lian Gandor revealed were part of the seal holding back the Fear-Eaters and containing her father’s followers’ souls.
• Amina explained that Eluna had sacrificed herself to seal the Fear-Eaters and that Elina was her descendant and the seal’s heir.
• Ian returned the pillars to their places and agreed to help uncover the Xie Tools and awaken Eluna so the Fear-Eaters could be sealed again.
• Kannari Rin demanded Ian cooperate with the V5, but he rejected her authority, disarmed the Exorcism Team, and left with Ging.

Ian sealed the Fear-Eaters with Eluna and Aimina, then brought the sisters to Sharku Manor to teach his companions. As Sashado attacked Feilieka and the Scythe of Judgment arrived in Ejin City, Ian’s growing vine and its defenders drew the newcomers into a battle.

• Ian and Ging uncovered the thirty-third Xie Tool Pillar, and Eluna awakened in Elina to reseal the Fear-Eaters with all thirty-three pillars.
• Eluna and Aimina began fading after their farewell, but Ian used the Time Cloth to restore them and offered them a year-long agreement to teach his group.
• Ian took Aimina, Eluna, and Elina to Sharku Manor, where he wagered with Aimina and Eluna that his companions could reach the level of Sashado’s imperial guards within a year.
• Netero defeated five Special Forces members, while Kannari Rin told Wilson that Sashado had escaped the ruins and might be ten times stronger than Netero.
• Sashado descended on Feilieka as Malice spread across the sky, and Biscuit found herself surrounded by monsters and alerted Netero.
• Aimina and Eluna demonstrated their Nen Abilities to Ian’s companions, inspiring Chrollo and the others to challenge them and train.
• Ian planted a Magic Bean that grew into a vast vine, then led his companions, Aimina, and Eluna on a climb toward the clouds.
• The Scythe of Judgment confronted Ejin City’s defenders, and Steel Shell and the Justice Ropes attacked them until Ian sensed the fight and opened the Anywhere Door.