Chapter Summaries

Ian and Aimina entered the Gate of Glory and found Uvogin and the others trapped there after Uvogin bragged that he would surpass Netero. Cat Teacher criticized Uvogin’s mindset and recognized Ian as the owner of the item that had trapped him.

• Ian took Aimina through the Anywhere Door into the Gate of Glory, where Uvogin and the others greeted him after spending a long time training.
• Nobunaga explained that Uvogin’s boast had triggered the Gate of Glory’s rules, trapping the group inside until Uvogin achieved his goal.
• Feitan said they had been inside for 274 days, and Chrollo, Pakunoda, Milluki, and Eluna joined Nobunaga in criticizing Uvogin’s training and behavior.
• Cat Teacher called Uvogin his dumbest student and told him that getting stronger, not merely training hard, was the goal.
• Cat Teacher noticed Ian and asked whether he was the owner of the item that had trapped him inside the Gate of Glory.

Ian met Cat Teacher, an unusually powerful instructor inside the Gate of Glory, who recognized him as the item's owner and attacked him. After Ian's amplified Defense Shield blocked the strike, Cat Teacher revealed he had been trapped inside for twenty thousand years.

• Cat Teacher recognized Ian as the owner of the Gate of Glory and abruptly struck at him.
• Ian's Defense Shield, amplified by the Seat of Light, blocked Cat Teacher's attack and sent the cat flying backward.
• Cat Teacher observed that Ian relied on strange items, while Ian challenged him to explain the sneak attack.
• Cat Teacher said he had been trapped inside the Gate of Glory for twenty thousand years, stunning Ian and the others.
• Eluna questioned how Cat Teacher could remain clearheaded after so long alone, and Milluki pointed out that the cat walked on two legs too.

Ian discovered that Cat Teacher had been trapped in the Cultivation Space for twenty thousand years, unable to improve his strength or cultivation. He won Cat Teacher over with a giant Bluefin Tuna, leaving the once stern teacher sprawled happily across the fish.

• Cat Teacher insisted he had only been teaching Ian a lesson, but Ian questioned why he had not grown stronger after twenty thousand years.
• Cat Teacher explained that the Cultivation Space had frozen his progress and complained that he had been trapped there through no fault of his own.
• Cat Teacher accidentally revealed his love of fish when an Iron-scaled Fish appeared, then tried to hide it from Ian and the others.
• Ian produced a nearly fifteen-meter Bluefin Tuna from his Miniature World Refrigerator, and Cat Teacher immediately stopped arguing.
• Cat Teacher declared that he would forgive Ian and threw himself onto the Bluefin Tuna, shocking Nobunaga and amusing the others.
• Milluki teased Illumi about cats loving fish, and Illumi punched him.

Ian heard Cat Teacher explain how he had been trapped in the Gate of Glory for twenty thousand years, then used the Make-Lies-Come-True Eraser to remove its restrictions. He invited Cat Teacher to leave and asked him to keep training Uvogin and the others.

• Cat Teacher told Ian that he was Chehu, a royal martial arts instructor from Cat Country who had been trapped after the Cat King used forbidden magic to save the cursed Cat Princess.
• Ian questioned Cat Teacher’s account and offered to free him if he promised to continue training Uvogin and the others.
• Cat Teacher rejected Ian’s claim that he could escape and admitted he had grown used to living inside the Gate of Glory.
• Ian used the Make-Lies-Come-True Eraser to let all beings enter and leave the Gate of Glory freely.
• Ian brought out the Anywhere Door and invited Cat Teacher to leave.

Ian led Cat Teacher and the others out of the Gate of Glory after nearly a year inside and shared breakfast with them. Cat Teacher enjoyed the sunlight and food, but died moments after leaving the gate, and Ian was left blaming himself.

• Ian pushed the hesitant Cat Teacher through the doorway into the outside world.
• Ian gave breakfast to Cat Teacher, Uvogin, Nobunaga, Feitan, and the others.
• Cat Teacher ate thirty-seven steamed buns, then said the outside world was his home.
• Cat Teacher peacefully died as the power of time caught up with his twenty-thousand-year lifespan.
• Ian told Uvogin and the others that he might have been wrong and felt responsible for Cat Teacher's death.

After Cat Teacher collapsed with no vital signs, Aimina sensed that his soul remained and Ian theorized he was undergoing a breakthrough after twenty thousand years of accumulated martial insight. Ian and Nobunaga watched over him, and when Nobunaga reported that Cat Teacher's tail had moved, Ian shouted a threat in hopes of waking him.

• Eluna confirmed that Cat Teacher had no heartbeat or breathing, leaving Nobunaga, Uvogin, and Ian devastated.
• Aimina used King's Gaze, Myriad Illusions Eye to see that Cat Teacher's soul remained in his body and that his spirit was growing more active.
• Ian reasoned that Cat Teacher's martial cultivation had built up during his twenty thousand years in the Gate of Glory and that his body had entered dormancy to withstand a breakthrough.
• Ian and Nobunaga kept watch for a day, finding no signs of decay even though Cat Teacher remained cold and unresponsive.
• Nobunaga said he had seen Cat Teacher's tail move, and Ian shouted that they would charcoal-grill him if he did not wake up.

Cat Teacher resurrected and awakened Nen, unleashing a vast martial arts domain as his power surged to an unprecedented level. After waking, he returned to his lazy self, learned what had happened, and ended the tense standoff with a quarrel with Ian.

• Cat Teacher's cold body revived, his heart began beating, and his Nen awakened with immense force.
• Chrollo, Eluna, Uvogin, Feitan, Aimina, and the others gathered as Cat Teacher's Nen expanded into a domain that shook the estate and clouds above it.
• Cat Teacher opened his eyes, startled the onlookers with his pressure, and nearly provoked Aimina and Eluna into a fight before Ian intervened.
• Cat Teacher said he remembered only dreaming of the Land of Cats, then listened as Nobunaga explained the events of the past two days.
• Cat Teacher realized his twenty thousand years of cultivation had produced a real breakthrough, then argued with Ian over the buns and clung to Nobunaga as the group descended into a ruckus.

At a feast in Sharku Manor, Ian and the others celebrated Cat Teacher Chehu joining their team and learned about his past in Cat Country. Chehu explained that he had awakened to Nen and a realm beyond the Extreme Realm after leaving the Gate of Glory, and demonstrated his ability to crack space.

• Ian and Cat Teacher Chehu put their earlier clash behind them and celebrated together at Sharku Manor.
• Nobunaga served Cat Teacher grilled fish, and Ian recognized Chehu as an Earthly Immortal and a genuine Cat Sage.
• Cat Teacher described Cat Country as a kingdom of Catfolk with varied forms and abilities, where some cats practiced Cultivation while he followed martial arts.
• Eluna asked why Cat Teacher had awakened Nen and surpassed the Extreme Realm after leaving the Gate of Glory.
• Cat Teacher said he felt one with the world, then waved a paw and caused cracks to appear in the space before him.

Cat Teacher demonstrated his mastery of Flow and helped Nobunaga break through in his swordsmanship. Ian then received an urgent call that Netero had been badly injured while hunting Sashado, and he seized Cat Teacher before heading to the hospital.

• Cat Teacher tore open space and explained that his realm had brought him into harmony with the world, which Ian identified as contact with the Dao.
• Cat Teacher demonstrated Flow and guided Nobunaga, who realized how to let his sword follow the momentum of the world.
• The next morning, Nobunaga practiced his newly transformed swordsmanship while Cat Teacher praised his progress.
• Beans called Ian and said Netero had been injured hunting Sashado and might not survive.
• Ian prepared to use the Anywhere Door to reach Netero, then grabbed Cat Teacher by the scruff of his neck.

Ian arrived at the medical room where Netero was being resuscitated and learned from Zeno that Sashado had nearly killed him during a mission in the Hutalya Wetlands. As Netero’s condition worsened, Ian moved to intervene, but the doctor objected.

• Ian appeared through the Anywhere Door with Cat Teacher biting his shoulder, and Beans greeted him as Netero’s doctors continued the resuscitation.
• When Netero’s heartbeat nearly flatlined, Ian offered Cat Teacher ten fish strips to make him stop biting, then went to check on Netero.
• Ian asked Zeno what had happened, and Zeno explained that Netero had hired his group to find Sashado in the Hutalya Wetlands.
• Zeno said Sashado had infiltrated human society by parasitizing people and that one weak host had nearly torn out Netero’s internal organs during their encounter.
• Ian criticized Netero for secretly challenging Sashado again and said he would handle the situation, but the doctor warned that Netero could not be moved.

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.