Chapter Summaries

Eluna and Biscuit fought a sparring match while Ian and the others slept, and Ian feared Eluna had killed Biscuit when he heard there had been an accident. After Eluna explained that Biscuit’s unexpectedly powerful attack had made her use too much sealing power, Ian calmed down, though the match’s outcome remained unclear.

• Eluna and Biscuit agreed to fight, while Aimina warned Eluna to be careful because Biscuit was Ian’s guest.
• Ian and the others woke refreshed after Cookie-chan’s massage, and Chrollo considered creating his own Nen Ability.
• Ian noticed Biscuit was missing and demanded to know where she was after Eluna admitted there had been an accident during their fight.
• Ian prepared his stored weapons and items for battle as he considered the danger posed by Aimina and Eluna.
• Eluna explained that Biscuit had unleashed unexpectedly powerful combat strength during their spar, forcing Eluna to use too much of her sealing power, and Ian’s anger eased.

Eluna explained that she had accidentally sealed Biscuit in the Gandor Ruins, so Ian and the others used the Anywhere Door to rescue her. After restoring Biscuit, Ian reflected on the ruins and remembered monsters powerful enough to destroy planets, then a good idea came to him.

• Eluna told Ian that her chains had dragged Biscuit into the Gandor Ruins, where she remained safely sealed in a cave.
• Ian opened the Anywhere Door and took Aimina, Eluna, and the others to the Gandor Ruins to find Biscuit.
• Eluna sensed Biscuit's location, and the group found her chained to a Black Pillar before Eluna released her.
• Ian used the Time Cloth to restore Biscuit, who thanked him and joked about what to call him.
• Biscuit discussed how unbelievable the events surrounding Sashado and the four thousand years seemed, while Ian recalled seeing monsters destroy planets.
• As Ian surveyed the ruins, an idea came to him.

Ian gathered a large group at Sharku Manor for a treasure hunt in the mineral vein at the Gandor Ruins, turning the outing into a competitive training game. After leading everyone there through the Anywhere Door, he began digging with a Power Pickaxe.

• Ian proposed a treasure hunt in the mineral vein, and Uvogin, Nobunaga, Feitan, and Chrollo showed interest.
• Franklin stayed behind at Sharku Manor to arrange food, then joined the game after Ian explained it to him.
• Ian invited the manor’s residents, including Milluki, Illumi, Tsubone, Mina, and Jorar, while Yuliya and Vollar could participate without rewards during their probation.
• Xia asked Walker to clear out sand bandits along a planned road route, leaving Walker dismayed at the task.
• Ian opened the Anywhere Door and led the group to the Gandor Ruins, where the newcomers marveled at the journey and their surroundings.
• Ian struck the ground with a Power Pickaxe and began mining.

Ian buried the group’s treasured possessions and a feast, then poured Synthetic Mountain Element over them to create veins from which copies would grow. While everyone awaited the next day’s harvest, V5 investigated seismic activity in Feilieka and suspected a Rose Bomb had been used, as Peji’s leaders celebrated the presumed death of the monster.

• Ian dug a pit and invited everyone to bury treasured possessions, including weapons, keepsakes, and gemstones.
• Ian added a gold bar and a lavish feast to the pit, then poured in Synthetic Mountain Element and covered everything with dirt.
• Ian told the group to return the next day to dig up their harvest, and they left the Gandor Ruins to wait.
• V5 reviewed reports from Kannari Rin and Netero and suspected the Rose Bomb had been sent to Feilieka, but it lacked information about Ian’s actions and could not determine whether the monster remained alive.
• Peji’s leaders celebrated after misleading the opposition and assumed the Rose Bomb had killed the monster in Feilieka.

Sashado survived the attack on Feilieka and led nearly a hundred thousand Skeletal Winged Dragons to destroy Oudeli. Meanwhile, Ian and his companions remained unaware of the invasion as they began digging in the Gandor Ruins.

• Sashado resurrected using the 330,000-Part Requiem Offering Ritual and gathered a vast legion of Skeletal Winged Dragons from the Netherworld Gate.
• Sashado sent his winged dragon legion toward Oudeli, the city closest to Feilieka.
• Oudeli's residents spotted the monsters and fled as the city descended into chaos.
• Sashado's forces overran Oudeli, setting fires and killing its residents.
• Ian used the Copying Mirror to make Power Pickaxes for Jorar and the others, while he and his companions practiced digging with iron pickaxes.
• Jorar uncovered the corner of a gold brick after only a few swings.

Ian organized a treasure hunt in the Gandor Ruins that doubled as strenuous training, with the group digging through unusually hard rock. Biscuit and Tsubone quickly outpaced them, but Ian and the others kept going and unearthed food and other treasures.

• Jorar found a gold brick with Uvogin’s help, and Ian encouraged everyone to start digging for more buried treasure.
• Ian gave Mina a shrunken Power Pickaxe while the others trained by striking the hard rock with Nen-enhanced iron pickaxes.
• Milluki dug up and ate a cake Ian had buried, prompting Nobunaga and Uvogin to turn their digging into a competition.
• Biscuit showed off four Burning Suns she had found with a Power Pickaxe, while she and Tsubone dug a huge pit nearby.
• Ian and the others persevered through the exhausting work, finding buried roast chicken and pig’s legs to replenish their energy.
• After half an hour, Ian and the others caught up to Mina and Milluki, with a pile of treasures gathered around them.

Ian and the others turned treasure hunting in the Gandor Ruins into training, using the food they unearthed to replenish the Nen they spent digging. Biscuit realized they had entered a state of complete Flow and kept the group supplied so they could continue.

• Tsubone dug up treasures and set them aside as gifts for the unborn Killua.
• Ian, Uvogin, Nobunaga, Chrollo, and the others trained by digging with Nen-coated iron pickaxes and replenishing their energy with food from the mineral vein.
• Biscuit accidentally dug through the boundary into Uvogin's tunnel, but the focused diggers barely noticed her.
• Biscuit recognized that Ian and the others had entered Flow by balancing Nen expenditure with food absorption.
• Biscuit brought them more food and watched over them to keep their training undisturbed.

Ian and the others pushed themselves into an intense state of training until they collapsed from exhausting their potential, while Ian continued digging. Biscuit noticed that Ian’s body kept recovering enough to sustain another training cycle, leaving her convinced that his extraordinary aptitude set him apart.

• Ian, Uvogin, Nobunaga, Chrollo, and the others immersed themselves in training as they excavated the cave, steadily growing thinner while their Nen strengthened.
• Uvogin reached his limit and collapsed, so Biscuit carried him to Sharku Manor and arranged for Cookie-chan to help him recover.
• Franklin, Nobunaga, Feitan, Illumi, and Chrollo collapsed in turn, and Biscuit brought them back to rest while Pakunoda and Machi watched over them.
• Milluki panicked at the sight of the exhausted boys, but Tsubone reassured him that they would recover and suspected Ian’s influence was behind the unusual event.
• Ian remained in the cave, mechanically digging without showing signs of stopping, while Biscuit, Aimina, and Eluna observed him.
• Biscuit noticed that Ian repeatedly recovered some of his lost strength and spirit, and concluded that he was a child beloved by God.

After digging unconsciously for two days and two nights, Ian returned to Sharku Manor exhausted but unharmed and found Uvogin and the others still unconscious. Meanwhile, President Xiupa saw V5 airships arrive over Peji and hoped to escape the besieged city.

• Ian stopped digging, learned from Biscuit that two days and two nights had passed, and discovered that Uvogin and the others had collapsed from overexertion.
• Biscuit warned Ian that his body was extremely weak, then accompanied him back to Sharku Manor, where Machi, Pakunoda, and Elina checked on him.
• Ian apologized for worrying the others and considered using his check-in rewards or Time Cloth if Uvogin and the others needed help.
• In Peji, President Xiupa panicked as he watched the monster outside the city and questioned his military commanders about whether they could hold out for V5 rescue.
• Xiupa saw dozens of airships arrive, believed the V5 had come to rescue them, and decided he wanted to flee and seek political asylum.

While people across the world went about their usual lives, Sashado and his monsters devastated the Republic of the Congo in search of the Rose Bomb. V5’s military arrived to find cities empty of life, as Sashado reached the capital, Peji.

• Ron regretted failing to capture Ian until Baines told him he had found the boy’s whereabouts, exciting Ron.
• A red-haired youth arrived at Heavens Arena, determined never to return to his former impoverished life.
• An orange-haired girl helped at her family’s restaurant on a whale-shaped island and kept looking toward the sea for someone who never returned.
• V5’s military Airships reached the Republic of the Congo and found the devastated cities devoid of life.
• Sashado led a mass of Pterosaurs to Peji after destroying cities while searching for the Rose Bomb.

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.