Chapter Summaries

Ian, Netero, and Ging struggled against King Gondor IV, whose black barrier withstood their attacks and whose deadly ability threatened anyone nearby. Ian retaliated with an endless artillery barrage, but when the Exorcism Team joined in, King Gondor IV killed ten members with a gesture.

• Netero, Ian, and Ging struck King Gondor IV with a powerful combined attack, but he survived behind a black barrier.
• Ging warned Ian and Netero that King Gondor IV could kill people within roughly thirty meters, and Ian realized his Disaster-Repelling Sticker had protected him.
• After King Gondor IV mocked him, Ian ordered the Toy Soldiers to help the Hunters and unleashed the Invincible Turret on him.
• King Gondor IV blocked the turret’s relentless shells, while Hunters and the Exorcism Team finished driving the pale-skinned monsters back through the gate.
• The Exorcism Team joined the bombardment, but King Gondor IV clenched his hand and caused ten members to collapse, bleeding from their mouths.

Ian bombarded King Gondor IV with Crystal Bombs, but the monster survived and continued to taunt him. Ian then threatened him with Godly Might No. 1, making King Gondor IV raise multiple defenses before Ian recalled the warhead and mocked him.

• King Gondor IV absorbed the spirits of the fallen Exorcism Team members and insulted Ian, who answered by attacking with Crystal Bombs.
• Ian unleashed nearly a thousand Crystal Bombs, scorching King Gondor IV and devastating the surrounding area, but Ging eventually asked him to stop.
• King Gondor IV survived the bombardment and threatened to make the humans his food, prompting Ian to bring out Godly Might No. 1.
• Ging, Netero, and the other Hunters warned Ian that detonating the warhead in the Ruins would kill them all, while King Gondor IV admitted Ian's strength and pleaded for him to stop.
• Ian threw Godly Might No. 1 toward King Gondor IV, who raised four black barriers, then recalled it and mocked the frightened monster.

Ian and the Hunters watched as Sashado escaped through a Netherworld Gate, taking the Ruins’ monsters with him. After the immediate crisis passed, strange Nen began spreading from the Ruins, and Elina sensed someone calling her.

• Sashado opened a Netherworld Gate using the remaining sacrifices and prepared to escape with the monsters.
• Ging failed to pull Sashado into Game World, and Ian could not find a way to stop him without detonating Godly Might No. 1.
• Sashado called himself King Gondor IV and warned the humans that the Gandor Dynasty would return before vanishing through the gate.
• The monsters sank into the ground and disappeared, leaving the thirty-three pillars behind in the Ruins.
• Strange Nen spread from deep within the Ruins, and Elina paused while playing with Aimon, sensing that someone was calling her.

Elina began hearing a voice call her Eluna, and her pink hair turned black. Machi suspected the change might be connected to the Nen beneath Ejin City and called Ian, who was in the Ruins after a battle.

• Elina heard a voice calling her Eluna and became frightened when it grew clearer.
• Machi found Elina and noticed that her pink hair had turned black.
• Elina told Machi about the voice, and Machi suspected a connection to the Nen beneath Ejin City and Ian's mission in Gugurian.
• Machi called Ian in the Ruins and told him that something had happened to Elina.

After Machi reported that something strange had happened to Elina, Ian brought Ging from the Ruins to Sharku Manor to help investigate. Elina described a disturbing hallucination that began when Sashado left, and Ging identified it as a possible case of Soul Seizure, prompting Ian to promise to protect her.

• Machi called Ian to report that something unusual had happened to Elina, so Ian asked Ging to come with him.
• Ian used the Anywhere Door to take Ging from the Ruins to Sharku Manor, where Ging marveled at the ability and reflected on how much he still had to learn about Nen.
• Ian and Ging found Elina and Machi, and Machi explained that Elina had heard strange things during a hallucination.
• Ian and Ging realized the incident had begun when Sashado left the Ruins, and Ian wondered if something was trying to take over Elina's soul.
• Ging recalled a Ruin Hunter's report of a similar case among the Jiyana Tribe called Soul Seizure, frightening Elina.
• Machi comforted Elina, and Ian vowed that he would not let anything harm her.

Ian and Ging realized that a force connected to Sashado and the Ruins might be targeting Elina, so they returned to investigate the true source of the Malice. At the Ruins, they learned that Netero and the others had continued deeper inside despite an earlier plan to withdraw.

• Ging explained that a recorded soul-stealing case had killed both the caster and the victim, showing the extreme risks of soul-related Nen abilities and suggesting that Elina's changing body was preparing for something's arrival.
• Ian and Ging suspected that the voice calling Elina “Eluna” and referring to a father meant Sashado, and Ian vowed to protect Elina.
• Ging revealed that Sashado had not caused the Malice leaking from the Ruins and that something else strange was hidden deep within them.
• Ian took out the Anywhere Door, and he and Ging returned to the Ruins of the Gandor Dynasty to find the source of the problem.
• A Hunter told Ian and Ging that Netero and the others had gone deeper into the Ruins after receiving an order from the chairman, and the two followed their route through an ancient stone door.

Ian and Ging found Saisitong unconscious in the Ruins and learned that an unseen force had manipulated the Hunters’ perceptions, while Netero had mysteriously disappeared. They joined Saisitong and drove deeper into the Ruins as Netero tried to break out of an enclosed chamber.

• Ian and Ging found Saisitong unconscious, and Ging used a Nen healing technique to wake him.
• Saisitong said the Hunters had followed a voice that altered their perceptions, and he had not seen Netero since Ian and Ging left.
• Ian and Ging decided to investigate, and Saisitong agreed to go with them despite his depleted Nen.
• Ian hypnotized a rock with the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker, turned it into a car, and the three traveled deeper into the Ruins.
• Netero found himself trapped in an enclosed space and struck the sturdy walls with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, dislodging only a few fragments.

Trapped in a sealed cave, Netero reflected on his life and smashed through a rock wall, uncovering a pitch-black regular polyhedron. Meanwhile, Ian and Ging found hundreds of Hunters compelled to mine, moved them into Wallpaper Houses, and prepared to drill deeper into the Ruins with Godly Might No. 1.

• Netero conserved Nen while striking the cave wall with individual 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva palm techniques and recalled his past.
• Netero reaffirmed his resolve to cherish the present, strengthened his attacks, and uncovered a pitch-black regular polyhedron behind the wall.
• Ian, Ging, and Saisitong found Knov and hundreds of other Hunters mining in a ruined plaza, seemingly unaware of their surroundings.
• Ian and Ging carried the mining Hunters into four Wallpaper Houses to stop the hidden mastermind from directing them.
• Ian used the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker to create a large tunnel-boring vehicle and told Ging they would drill into the Ruins and plant Godly Might No. 1.

Ian and Ging uncovered a massive black prism beneath the Ruins of the Gandor Dynasty and suspected it was connected to an ancient God Script seal. They followed the mind-controlled Hunters toward another possible prism, while a chained girl murmured that two people had arrived.

• Ian and Ging used the Boring Machine to uncover a smooth, black prism that the drill could not pierce.
• They dug around the prism and found that it extended at least sixty meters into the Ruins before reaching a base marked with dense inscriptions.
• Ging recognized the inscriptions as ancient God Script and suspected the enormous prism was part of a sealing technique.
• Ian released the unconscious Hunters from the Wallpaper House, and they walked in a direction that Ian and Ging followed with the Boring Machine.
• In a strange space, a girl bound by at least thirty-three black chains murmured that two people had arrived.

Ian, Ging, and Netero discovered the black pillars at the heart of the Gandor Ruins and learned that a hidden entity was manipulating the Hunters. Ian began shrinking and collecting the pillars, provoking the entity into revealing its control over the others.

• Ian and Ging unearthed nine black pillars with the tunneling machine, then Netero broke through a rock wall and joined them beside a tenth pillar.
• Ging told Netero that an entity had hypnotized the people in the Gandor Ruins, and Ian said it wanted the pillars dug out and brought into the light.
• Ian brought Saisitong and the dazed Hunters out of the Wallpaper House, then used the Small Light to shrink and store the pillars.
• A hidden girl spoke in the ancient language, causing the Hunters and Exorcism Team members to freeze and order Ian to stop.
• Ian kept collecting the pillars and taunted the hidden entity, daring it to show itself.

Ian confronted the phantom of Amina Lian Gandor, who released the Hunters from her control and explained that the pillars helped suppress the Dark Creations beneath the Ruins. She revealed that Sashado was her father and warned that the creatures could awaken, leaving Ian to question her about Elina and Eluna.

• Ian threatened to take the remaining pillars until Amina Lian Gandor appeared and asked him to return them.
• Amina rang her black bell, freeing the Hunters from her control, and said she had used them to dig out the pillars.
• Amina identified Sashado as her father and warned that his awakening could destroy the present world.
• Amina explained that the pillars held her father's followers' souls and helped suppress the Dark Creations beneath the Ruins.
• Ian asked why Amina had sought Elina and who Eluna was.

Aimina revealed that Sashado had once been a near-omnipotent king whose power came from the faith of his followers, before dark creations overwhelmed him. The chapter ended with the corrupted Sashado surviving in a hellish world and vowing to bring his people back.

• Ian demanded to know who Eluna was and why she was connected to Elina, and Aimina said Eluna was her younger sister.
• Aimina explained that her father, King Gondor IV Sashado, could overpower Nen users by rewriting their perceptions and wills, and could reshape enormous amounts of matter.
• Aimina described how Sashado used his power to destroy the Toulouse Kingdom and lift a monster-infested island across the sea into the Gobi Desert.
• Aimina said dark creations from across the sea had brought about Sashado’s downfall.
• In a purgatorial world, Sashado killed an attacking monster, fed on its blood, and vowed to bring his people back.

Sashado crossed a monster-filled purgatory to gather souls, while Emina explained to Ian, Ging, and Netero how Fear-Eaters had brought down the Gandor Dynasty. Ian restored the black pillars that sealed the Ruins, and Kannari Rin prepared to report the new situation to the United States of Mito and the V5.

• Sashado trudged through the alternate space, gathering monsters so he could absorb their souls and reopen the Netherworld Gate.
• Emina told Ian, Ging, and Netero that the Fear-Eaters fed on fear, multiplied, and corrupted the Gandor Dynasty’s warriors.
• Emina explained that Eluna had used the royal family’s Xie Tools to seal the Fear-Eaters and the country, sacrificing herself and leaving her descendant Elina responsible for the seal.
• Ian returned the black stone pillars to their places and removed the Small Light’s effect, restoring them to their towering size.
• Kannari Rin recognized that the Ruins’ situation had changed and planned to send an update to the United States of Mito for the V5.

Ian and the others agreed to help Aimina uncover the remaining Xie Tools so she could awaken Eluna and reseal the Fear-Eaters beneath the Gandor Ruins. The story left Kannari Rin stunned after Ian explained the danger and challenged her to say whether she or the V5 could handle it.

• Aimina told Ian and Ging that they needed to uncover all thirty-three Xie Tools so she could awaken Eluna, and warned that the Fear-Eaters would grow more active as the pillars appeared.
• Ian questioned whether Aimina could be trusted, but agreed to help after she explained that the Fear-Eaters threatened the country and that she herself remained sealed away.
• Netero said the Fear-Eaters were likely creatures from the Dark Continent and agreed that they should follow Aimina's plan to reseal them.
• Kannari Rin asked Ian, Netero, and Ging what Aimina wanted, since she needed the information to decide how the V5's special forces should act.
• Ian explained the Gandor Dynasty's destruction and the danger beneath the ruins, then asked Kannari Rin whether she or the V5 intended to handle the threat.

Ian clashed with Kannari Rin over the V5’s authority and condemned the political system she served, then warned her that Sashado’s return threatened the leaders above her. After Ian left with Ging, Netero explained that Ian would not accept orders and that Kannari Rin lacked the power to resolve the crisis.

• Kannari Rin accused Ian of lying about the number of Nen users and demanded that he cooperate with the V5, but Ian refused to follow her orders.
• Ian criticized the V5 for sustaining a corrupt political structure and accused Kannari Rin and the Exorcism Team of serving it.
• The Exorcism Team aimed their Nen Guns at Ian, and Ian used telekinesis to rip the weapons from their hands.
• Ian warned Kannari Rin that Sashado’s appearance posed a threat beyond politics, then walked away with Ging.
• Netero told Kannari Rin that Ian had come without compensation, would accept no one’s orders, and was more important than anyone else present; Kannari Rin admitted she understood.

Ian and Ging resumed excavating the Xie Tool Pillars under Aimina’s guidance while reports of her resurrection reached powerful figures outside the Ruins. Dr. Takeshima Ritsu and Kannari Takeshi sought to capture her alive, and Sashado vowed to descend once more.

• Ian and Ging set aside their dispute with Kannari Rin and restarted the Boring Machine to excavate the thirty-three Xie Tool Pillars.
• Dr. Takeshima Ritsu watched footage of Aimina and realized that she had returned from the Gandor Dynasty more than four thousand years after its fall.
• Dr. Takeshima Ritsu urged officials to deploy the Exorcism Xie Group and capture Aimina alive so they could study her preserved Nen Ability.
• Kannari Takeshi reported the discovery to a young V5 official, who ordered a Special Forces unit to accompany the Exorcism Xie Group.
• Sashado stood among the monster corpses in a purgatory-like space and vowed to descend once more.

Two airships carrying a Xie-Prohibition Team and the Scythe of Judgment headed for Gugurian City to investigate the resurrected enemy. Beneath the Gandor Ruins, Ian brought Elina to the site so she could help awaken Eluna when the final Xie Tool was unearthed.

• Team Leader Wilson warned the Xie-Prohibition Team to proceed carefully, while its members learned that Kannari Rin had explored the Gandor Ruins.
• Flash Ghost dismissed the reports of an ancient resurrection, argued with Yuliya, and was ordered to stand down by the black-robed elder.
• Ian and Ging uncovered the enormous Black Disk and prepared to dig out its thirty-third pillar as Aimina said Eluna needed to awaken.
• Ian returned to Sharku Manor, woke Elina, and told her to attach a Disaster-Repelling Sticker to her belly button for twenty-four hours.
• Ian reassured Machi that Elina would be safe, then took Elina through the Anywhere Door back to the ruins.

Ian brought Elina to the ruins, where she fell asleep and awakened as Eluna, an ancestor from the Gandor Dynasty. Eluna and Aimina reunited, then Eluna reinforced the seal over the Fear-Eaters, leaving the Hunters to wonder whether the danger had passed.

• Ian told Elina she was likely descended from the Gandor Dynasty and that an ancestor might awaken in her body; Elina trusted him and relaxed.
• At the ruins, Elina fell asleep and awoke as Eluna, who greeted Aimina after four thousand years apart.
• Eluna asked Ian and Ging to uncover the thirty-third Black Pillar, completing the set of thirty-three Xie Tools.
• Aimina told Eluna that their father had returned to life as a corpse, and Eluna mourned their lost past before beginning the sealing ritual.
• The thirty-three pillars rose and formed a Nen net as black Nen from the Fear-Eaters emerged beneath the ruins.
• Eluna brought the Nen net down, erasing the black Nen and resealing the pillars; the Hunters wondered if the danger was over.

Ian, Ging, and Netero watched as the ancient sisters Aimina and Eluna reunited and said goodbye after the seal was restored. Eluna faded away, while Aimina remained bound to the darkness with the Fear-Eaters; Ian then produced a piece of patterned cloth.

• The Hunters and Exorcism Team members discussed the terrifying black Nen and wondered whether the sealing had succeeded.
• Aimina’s memories revealed that Eluna had used the royal court’s people as bait to seal the Fear-Eaters, while Aimina sacrificed herself to strengthen the seal and Eluna arranged to awaken through her descendants if it failed.
• Elina awakened, and Ian reassured her as she saw Aimina and Eluna’s souls together.
• Eluna wept and told Aimina she had always loved her sister before fading into particles; Aimina also began to fade as she returned to the seal.
• Ian, Ging, and Netero watched the sisters’ parting, and Ian wiped his eye and produced a piece of patterned cloth.

Ian used the Time Cloth to restore Eluna and Aimina, but warned that they could remain only for two days at a time. He asked them to offer something in exchange, and Eluna proposed that the sisters serve him together, embarrassing Aimina and Ian.

• Ian covered Eluna with the blue side of the Time Cloth and restored her to an intact soul.
• Ian used the Time Cloth on Aimina, restoring her conjured body despite the sealing of her true body.
• Ian explained that the sisters would dissipate again after about two days unless he turned their time back again.
• Aimina asked Ian what price he wanted, and Ian said they could decide what their lives were worth to him.
• Eluna suggested that she and Aimina serve Ian together, prompting Aimina to scold her and Ian to blush.