Chapter Summaries

Ian met Ging and Egina, and after losing a rock-paper-scissors match, he told them that Sashado had survived the Rose Bomb and that V5’s troops had likely been killed. He revealed that he knew Sashado could survive because he had once detonated two similar bombs beside him, leaving everyone shocked.

• Ian and Ging asked each other about Ging’s child and whether Sashado had been eliminated, then competed at rock-paper-scissors to decide who would speak first.
• Ging defeated Ian, who accepted the loss and said he would beat Ging someday.
• Ian told Ging that Sashado had not died and that V5’s troops had probably been slaughtered by him.
• Ian revealed that a Rose Bomb had exploded on the battlefield but said he believed Sashado had survived it.
• Ian explained that he had once detonated two similar bombs beside Sashado, shocking Egina, Younian, and Elena.

Ian showed Ging and the others a Rose Bomb, then learned that Gogar’s royal family had already sent information about him to the V5. Egina offered to help him oppose the royal family, but Ian declined and said he preferred to deal with his enemies himself.

• Ian produced a Rose Bomb and complained that it had failed to kill Sashado.
• Ging curiously took the bomb, but Egina snatched it back and warned him to be careful while their child was present.
• Egina confirmed that Gogar’s royal family had likely reported Ian to the V5, despite her inability to stop the decision.
• Ian condemned the king and royal family for targeting him and told Ging that he had to act before they could control his fate.
• Egina offered to use her influence in Gugurian to help Ian, but he declined and said he preferred to execute his enemies himself.

Ian refused Egina’s intelligence and entered the royal palace to confront the King of Gogar, using gadgets to turn guards into allies and summon an army of giants. He ordered the Red Giants to bring the King to him.

• Egina offered Ian a list of intelligence about the royal family and ministers, but he said he would deal with the conspirators himself.
• Ian used the Anywhere Door to enter the royal palace and headed toward the King’s residence.
• Ian fired the Good Friend Ring at the guards, twisting their wills and leading them toward the King’s residence.
• The King sent hidden Nen user guards to investigate the commotion, and they recognized Ian and tried to evacuate the King.
• Ian summoned hundreds of Toy Soldiers and enlarged them with the Big Light, then ordered the Red Giants to bring him the King.

Ian watched Yinkui and Rost attack his giant Toy Soldiers in the royal palace, then restored the damaged soldiers and used the Cursed Camera to capture the two guards. With their lives in his hands, Ian ordered the Toy Soldiers to stop.

• Yinkui and Rost attacked Ian's Toy Soldiers, with Rost trapping them in sand and Yinkui cutting dozens apart.
• Ian restored the destroyed Toy Soldiers with the Time Cloth, and the remaining soldiers opened fire on the guards.
• The king fled with his attendants as cannon fire battered the palace square.
• Ian used the Cursed Camera to turn Yinkui and Rost into dolls, then commanded the Toy Soldiers to stop.

Ian defeated Yinkui and Rost, then entered the palace to confront the king of Gogar. He offered the two Nen users a chance to live if they helped him ensure nothing was overlooked, and left their choice unresolved as he approached the king.

• Ian used the Cursed Dolls to choke Yinkui and Rost until they admitted defeat.
• Ian spared Yinkui and Rost and told them they could live if they helped him, or be buried with the king.
• Yinkui and Rost chose to follow Ian toward the palace, where giant Toy Soldiers and hypnotized guards cleared his way.
• Ian entered the palace and told the king of Gogar that he had come to take his life.

Ian seized control of the Gogar palace, captured the King, and ordered the nobles who opposed him summoned. As forged royal decrees went out, Egina learned that the palace had moved against the First Prince and other nobles, and suspected Ian had chosen to smash through the rules rather than work within them.

• Ian had the Toy Soldiers seize the King and silence him, keeping him alive because he still had a use.
• Ian ordered the palace attendants, Yinkui, and Rost to identify and summon the nobles plotting against him and Ejin City.
• Palace officials compiled a list of suspicious nobles, with the First Prince at the top, and Ian dismissed it without looking.
• Forged royal decrees ordered the listed nobles to report to the palace, while Ian waited for their arrival.
• Egina received intelligence that orders had gone to the First Prince and noble ministers, and wondered whether Ian intended to smash the system outright.

Ging warned Egina that Ian’s arrival meant she could not stop what was about to happen at the palace. There, Ian confronted First Prince Kafka, Minister Oster, and the nobles over their plan to cooperate with V5 against him.

• Egina received a report about Ian and grew uneasy, but Ging warned her to prepare for whatever he would do in Gugurian.
• Ian waited in the royal palace as hypnotized guards regained their memories and nobles gathered after being summoned by the King.
• First Prince Kafka and Minister Oster arrived and demanded to see the King, but giant crimson figures emerged from the royal chambers.
• Ian revealed that the King was held in a giant’s hand and told the assembled nobles that Kafka and the ministers could not save him.
• Ian asked which of them had proposed joining V5 against him, fixing his gaze on Kafka and Oster.

Ian punished First Prince Kafka with the Cursed Camera, then slaughtered many officials in the hall and confronted Minister Oster about the plot against him. Oster blamed V5 Minister Netahu, and Ian ordered him to make contact with Netahu.

• Ian used the Cursed Camera on Kafka, and the Toy Soldiers tortured the prince through his Cursed Doll.
• Ian fired invisible Nen at the gathered officials, killing nearly half of the kingdom’s powerful ministers as the rest tried to flee.
• Ian questioned Oster, who admitted that V5 Minister Netahu had led him into the plot.
• Ian ordered Oster to contact Minister Netahu.

Ian forced Minister Oster to call V5 and confronted Netahu, who admitted that V5 had targeted Ian as a threat to humanity. Ian vowed to deal with Netahu later, then brought out an item that expanded into a green Paper Dragon.

• Ian ordered Oster to place a call while the surviving ministers cowered among the dead in the palace.
• Netahu answered and dismissed Oster’s actions as foolish, then confirmed that V5 had made Ian its target.
• Ian concluded that V5 feared the unknown presence it associated with him and warned Netahu that he would show him something more interesting.
• Netahu declared that Ian must be eliminated, and Ian challenged him before crushing the phone.
• Ian resolved to deal with Netahu and V5 later, then produced an item that swelled into a green Paper Dragon.

Ian unleashed a giant paper dinosaur that wrecked the Gogar royal palace, killed King Gogar and First Prince Kafka, and left Oster in charge of deciding which nobles and officials would live. Ging arrived with Egina as the monster rampaged outside, but Ian folded it back into a piece of paper.

• Ian’s paper dinosaur grew to nearly a hundred meters tall and smashed through the palace roof.
• Ian ordered the dinosaur to destroy the palace, then had a Toy Soldier crush First Prince Kafka and King Gogar.
• Ian offered Oster a chance to live if he used his authority to choose which half of the surviving nobles and officials would be spared, and told him to end the Gogar royal bloodline.
• Ian left Yinkui and Rost to watch Oster and the others, then went outside to stop the dinosaur from harming passersby.
• Ging arrived with Egina and saw the dinosaur terrorizing the city as people fled.
• Ian landed on the dinosaur’s head and turned it back into a piece of paper.

Ian arrived in Gugurian after destroying part of the kingdom’s walls and told Ging and Egina that he had spared Oster, whom he planned to make clean up the aftermath and eliminate the remaining royal bloodline. Egina sought authority over the city, and she agreed to Ian’s terms when he revealed the task he had given Oster.

• Ian landed after the kingdom’s walls crumbled, then told Ging that Oster would have to handle the aftermath if he survived.
• Egina worried that Ian intended to take control of Gugurian and offered to manage its problems herself.
• Ging pulled Egina away from Ian and suggested she supervise Oster instead.
• Ian explained that Oster’s assignment included wiping out the remnants of the royal bloodline, sparing only Egina.
• Egina agreed to eliminate the remaining royal bloodline herself.

Ian left Egina in charge of the city and prepared to confront Netahu, the V5 mastermind, but his mention of the Dark Continent caught Ging’s attention. Ging asked Ian whether he really intended to go there.

• Ian let Egina decide how to deal with Oster and the nobles, while asking her not to harm ordinary people or allow anyone seeking him to escape.
• Ging accepted Egina’s decision, and Ian handed Yinkui and Rost’s Cursed Dolls to them so they would follow Egina’s orders.
• Oster emerged from the ruined palace with a few surviving nobles who had been forced to fight each other to survive.
• Ian warned Yinkui and Rost not to defy Egina and told them that Ging was a Nen expert they could not overcome.
• Ian opened his Anywhere Door and said he would go to the Dark Continent, prompting Ging to ask if he meant it.

Ian revealed that the Anywhere Door could reach the Dark Continent, and Ging reacted with intense longing. Ian had not visited yet, but said he could take a quick trip there now, leaving Ging stunned by how close his greatest goal seemed.

• Ging realized the Anywhere Door might reach the Dark Continent and asked Ian if it could.
• Ian confirmed that the door could reach it, and Ging struggled to contain his excitement.
• Ging enclosed himself and Ian in a Nen cube to discuss the Dark Continent privately, while Egina, Yinkui, and Rost watched.
• Ging asked whether Ian had already reached the Dark Continent, and Ian said he had not because he lacked enough information and considered it too dangerous.
• Ian said he could take a quick trip to the Dark Continent immediately but could not stay long, leaving Ging stunned.

Ian used the Anywhere Door to take Ging to the Dark Continent, where they witnessed enormous creatures and began exploring the coast. After discovering that a small white crab had an exceptionally hard shell, Ian spared it and imagined it might one day become the crab overlord.

• Ian opened the Anywhere Door, and he and Ging stepped into the Dark Continent.
• Ian and Ging watched a huge sea creature leap out and swallow several giant black bird Magical Beasts.
• Ian gave Ging a Disaster-Repelling Sticker, and they headed from the coast toward a forest.
• Ian pulled a white crab from a rock crevice with his Nen and found its shell remarkably hard when he crushed it.
• The cracked crab escaped into the sea, and Ian stopped Ging from catching it again, saying it might someday become the overlord of crabs.

Ian repaired, tamed, and enlarged a white stone crab with his magical tools, turning it into a giant mount for him and Ging. The two rode the jumbo crab toward the Dark Continent’s vast primeval forest.

• Ging crushed a white stone crab and discovered that its body was nearly as hard as stone.
• Ian caught the surviving crab and decided to strengthen it into a guide and means of transportation.
• Ian used [Freezing Gel] to repair its shell and the [Animal Training Gloves] to make it affectionate toward him.
• Ian shone the [Magnifying Flashlight] on the crab, enlarging it into a gigantic creature.
• Ian and Ging climbed aboard the crab, and Ian directed it toward the forest.

Ian and Ging traveled across the Dark Continent on the enormous white stone crab while discussing Ging’s ancestor Don Freecss and the earlier expedition led by Chairman Netero. They stopped in the middle of the forest to explore on foot.

• Ian and Ging rode the giant white stone crab over the forest and found the view and air pleasant, though the plants looked ordinary to them.
• Ging told Ian that his ancestor Don Freecss had explored the Dark Continent and lived there for a long time, inspiring Ging to follow in his footsteps.
• Ging explained that Chairman Netero had once explored the Dark Continent with companions and V5 representatives, then agreed not to block Ging from going once he had prepared what he needed.
• Ian and Ging joked about bringing Netero to the Dark Continent, then Ian asked Little White to stop so they could investigate the forest.

Ian and Ging explored the Dark Continent, studying its wildlife and finding that even a giant centipede could survive with its head pierced by Ging’s Nen blade. As a storm gathered, a vine attacked them, and Ging kicked it away while Ian relied on his Disaster-Repelling Sticker.

• Ian and Ging landed beside Big White, and Ian told the crab to stay still and stop waving its claws.
• Ging examined the soil and a giant centipede, then taught Ian to notice the bite marks and scratches that revealed its predators.
• Ian questioned whether the Dark Continent’s creatures were as terrifying as expected, but Ging warned that they might simply not have encountered the worst dangers yet.
• Ging pinned the centipede to a tree with a Nen blade, and he and Ian examined it while Ian wondered how it would taste grilled.
• After the centipede kept struggling for half an hour despite its pierced head, Ging concluded that it had extraordinary vitality.
• As thunder and lightning struck nearby, a sharp-toothed vine lashed at Ian and Ging, and Ging kicked it away.

Ian and Ging encountered a strange Nen-sensing-blocking plant and a giant centipede in the Dark Continent. Ian used his Miniature World Refrigerator to contain both creatures in its miniature ecosystem, and Ging watched them explore their new surroundings.

• Ging trapped the green plant in a Nen cage and discovered that it could block Nen sensing and resist being stretched.
• Ian and Ging decided to move on, while Ging worried about the dangers of bringing Dark Continent creatures back to the human world.
• Ian summoned his Miniature World Refrigerator and explained that its interior held a miniature ecosystem.
• Ian threw the strange plant and giant centipede into the refrigerator, where they shrank and disappeared inside.
• Ian invited Ging to look into the refrigerator, and they saw the centipede exploring a miniature forest while the plant hid among the vegetation.

Ian and Ging traveled through the Dark Continent’s sparse forest, collecting unusual creatures as they searched for its rumored giant beast. When vines attacked the White Stone Crab, they discovered a powerful Nen creature had been following them and devouring the local wildlife.

• Ian gave up on making captured creatures fight inside the Miniature World Refrigerator after seeing them hide instead.
• Ian and Ging rode the White Stone Crab deeper into the forest, collecting the strange animals they encountered.
• Ging observed that the forest had surprisingly little wildlife and wondered why its ecosystem was so sparse.
• Vines suddenly wrapped around the White Stone Crab’s legs, but it tore them apart as it kept moving.
• Ian and Ging used Gyo to spot a powerful Nen creature behind the attack and realized it had been following them.
• Ging concluded that the creature had devoured most of the forest’s animals and would soon leave the region lifeless.

Ian and Ging discovered a huge vine creature hidden beneath the Dark Continent forest and attacked it with Ian’s Ice-Flame Demonic Fire. As the creature retaliated from underground, Ian empowered Big White and sent it to tear up the forest while he and Ging watched from above.

• Ian fired Ice-Flame Demonic Fire into the forest, freezing and killing the surrounding vegetation as a hidden creature screamed.
• Ice-covered vines erupted from the ground, and Ian realized the creature’s main body was still concealed underground.
• Ian ordered Big White to attack, then poured Performance-Enhancing Liquid over the giant crab and boosted its strength nearly tenfold.
• Big White dug into the frozen earth with its claws and legs, provoking agonized screams from the underground vine monster.
• Ian and Ging rode their Take-copters onto an enlarged cloud, and Ian prepared to power up Big White with the Big Light.