Chapter Summaries

Moro drove Ponzu toward the NGL border, then used his flying star to slaughter the lower-class Chimera Ant soldiers and intimidate their leaders. As he advanced deeper into the forest and planted Star Marks on more ants, a terrible aura made him suspect that Neferpitou had entered combat.

• Moro hurled Ponzu over the forest canopy toward the NGL border after realizing she hesitated to escape.
• Moro released the Golden Chains and sent a green flying star through the charging Soldier Ants, killing them while the Division Leaders and Army Leaders stayed frozen.
• Moro left the surviving Chimera Ant leaders behind and continued deeper into the forest, wondering whether the unfamiliar ants meant events had diverged from the original plot.
• Over the next day and night, Moro implanted Star Marks in thirty-three more Chimera Ants, bringing his total to sixty-seven as the squads grew denser near the nest.
• Moro sensed a distant aura of ill omen and suspected that Neferpitou had entered a combat state.

Moro rushed to rescue Kite after sensing Neferpitou, but the Direct Guard reached Kite first and overwhelmed him while Gon and Killua were nearby. Moro interrupted the fight with a Flying Star blast and told Kite to run, leaving Neferpitou separated from his opponent.

• Moro sensed a Direct Guard near the ant nest and decided to risk approaching to save Kite and protect his plans for gaining experience from the Chimera Ants.
• Neferpitou detected Kite, Gon, and Killua from several kilometers away, rushed at them, and severed Kite’s right arm.
• Gon attacked Neferpitou in rage, but his strike had no effect, while Killua knocked Gon unconscious and fled with him.
• Kite used Crazy Slots to summon the Number 3 magic wand and tried to stall Neferpitou, who studied Kite’s Nen ability and prepared to fight.
• Moro spotted the battle from the air and fired a Deceptive Flying Star at Neferpitou, forcing him to leap away and giving Moro time to tell Kite to run.

Moro intervened to save Kite from Neferpitou, using redirected Flying Stars to force Neferpitou to protect the ant nest while Kite escaped. The chapter left Moro holding Neferpitou’s attention with a succession of attacks, while Neferpitou grew more determined to strengthen the Soldier Ants under his command.

• Moro launched a redirected Flying Star toward the ant nest, prompting Neferpitou to abandon his attack on Kite and intercept it.
• Kite understood Moro’s plan and fled while Moro stayed behind to keep Neferpitou occupied.
• After blocking the Flying Star, Neferpitou charged Moro, but stopped short of killing him and turned back toward the ant nest.
• Moro resisted the urge to ambush Neferpitou and instead launched successive Flying Stars to prolong the retreat.
• Kite escaped through the forest as explosions confirmed Moro was still engaging Neferpitou.
• Neferpitou intercepted another Flying Star and resolved to strengthen the Soldier Ants under his command.

Moro retreated after using Deceptive Flying Stars to keep Neferpitou occupied, while Neferpitou created a Nen puppet to protect the ant nest and open Nen for the Soldier Ants. As Puppeteer began the endowment ceremony, Molena was struck and awakened to Nen, seeing a scarred face in the blood she coughed up.

• Moro retreated to the NGL border while his final Deceptive Flying Star forced Neferpitou to defend the ant nest from afar.
• Neferpitou decided the Soldier Ants needed to learn Nen and created a floating Nen puppet named Puppeteer to act in her place.
• Neferpitou ordered the Division Leaders and Army Leaders to gather at the First Lecture Hall, where Puppeteer explained Nen and the opening process.
• Molena volunteered to undergo external Nen opening first, and Puppeteer punched her into the wall.
• Molena remained conscious as Nen awakened within her, and she saw a face marked by a centipede-like scar in the blood on the floor.

Molena regained her past-life memories and planned to use her Nen ability, Love's Practice Session, to spread power among the Chimera Ants. At the NGL border, Killua reunited with Kite, who had been rescued by a powerful ability user, and recognized the approaching rescuer as his teacher.

• Molena recovered her memories and Love's Practice Session, then decided to infect Chimera Ants who desperately wanted power and expand the ability's reach.
• Molena approached Leol and offered him a way to become stronger, then noticed a golden star mark in his hair and realized Moro had sent the ants back in fear.
• Killua reached the NGL border carrying the unconscious Gon, contacted Kite's teammates, and brooded over having stopped Gon from confronting the monster.
• Kite appeared before Killua and explained that a powerful ability user had saved him, while concealing that he had lost an arm.
• A dust cloud approached the border, and Killua recognized the arriving figure as his teacher.

Moro reunited with Kite and Killua after rescuing Kite from the Chimera Ants, then removed Illumi’s post-mortem Nen from Killua. He headed back toward NGL to hunt Ants before Netero’s team arrived, and agreed to let Ponzu join the operation to avenge her friends.

• Kite thanked Moro for saving him from becoming food for the Chimera Ants, while Killua explained what had happened and Moro reassured him that he had protected Gon.
• After returning to town, Moro knocked out Killua and absorbed the post-mortem Nen Illumi had placed in him, raising the fourth Growth Ring’s conversion to 9%.
• Moro told Kite he was returning to NGL before the Association’s support arrived, then waited at their meeting place for Menchi and Kalluto.
• Menchi arrived with her apprentice Ponzu and told Moro that Ponzu wanted to join the Chimera Ant hunt to avenge her friends.
• Moro accepted Ponzu’s request despite the danger, and praised Menchi for recognizing Ponzu’s potential.

Moro led Menchi, Kalluto, and Ponzu into NGL to hunt Chimera Ants, using Ponzu’s hornets to locate targets and rank their danger. After rapidly leveling up by killing powerful ants, Moro learned that Morel, Nobunaga, and Netero had arrived, leaving him to wonder what Chairman Netero would do next.

• Ponzu explained Boundless Bee Window, and Moro helped her improve the hornets’ danger rankings by having them memorize the party’s Nen intensities.
• Moro, Menchi, Kalluto, and Ponzu infiltrated NGL and found a village slaughtered by Chimera Ants before Ponzu detected a nearby squad.
• Moro rushed ahead and killed an owl-like Chimera Ant Army Leader, then let Ponzu and Kalluto handle the weaker Soldier Ants with Menchi’s support.
• Over two days, Moro hunted Chimera Ant squads and rose from Lv.74 to Lv.76, gaining most of his experience from Army Leaders and Division Leaders.
• On the team’s third day, Ponzu’s hornet detected two targets near Moro’s strength and one far stronger, but the hornet was killed; Moro recognized the arrivals as Morel, Nobunaga, and Netero.

Moro pushed his hunting deeper into Chimera Ant territory while Netero’s team scouted the nest and assessed Neferpitou’s strength. With the Ant King expected to be born early, Moro raced to reach Lv.81 before the extermination team attacked, while Molena prepared to act once the Ant King left the nest.

• Moro decided to persuade Netero to attack the Ant Colony early and aimed to claim a kill on one of the Direct Guards.
• Netero, Morel, and Nobunaga reached a rocky ridge near the nest, where Netero judged Neferpitou’s Nen intensity to be greater than his own.
• Morel’s smoke rabbits probed the Ant Colony as Neferpitou and Shaiapouf discussed the Soldier Ants’ abilities and the humans’ surveillance.
• Moro pushed into deeper hunting grounds and reached Lv.77, then rose to Lv.80 as the Division Leaders grouped their forces against the hunters.
• Moro waited at a rocky mountain with about five days left to reach Lv.81, while Molena noted that four offline members had reached level 100 and planned to act after the Ant King left the nest.

Moro’s team and Netero’s force continued hunting Chimera Ants, while Molena’s level-up ability drove Calius to attack Morel and Nobunaga. Moro killed Calius with a guided Nen Bullet, reached Lv.81, and received another opportunity to develop a Nen ability; Neferpitou sensed the blast and alone reacted as if facing a serious threat.

• Moro’s mobile hunting tactics helped his team eliminate Chimera Ant squads, while Shaiapouf offered some Soldier Ants help developing Nen abilities and Molena’s followers secretly leveled up through kills.
• On the fourteenth day of the operation, Morel and Nobunaga spotted Calius, a powerful Division Leader who absorbed Morel’s smoke and charged at them to gain levels.
• Calius used the smoke he had swallowed to dodge a fluorescent green Nen Bullet, but Moro’s Star Mark guided the attack back onto him and killed him.
• Calius’s experience raised Moro to Lv.81, and Moro received another reward that made developing a powerful Nen ability easier.
• Morel and Nobunaga stared at the trench left by Moro’s attack, while Neferpitou, Shaiapouf, Youpi, and the other Chimera Ants sensed the blast; only Neferpitou reacted with alarm.

Moro warned Netero that the Ant King would be born soon, prompting Netero to call in reinforcements and prepare an early assault on the ant nest. As the team assembled and Moro planned how to fight the Direct Guards, the general offensive began with a shooting star descending toward the nest.

• Neferpitou maintained his En around the clock and watched for Moro while the humans continued weakening the Chimera Ant forces.
• Moro met Netero and claimed the Ant King would soon be born, explaining that a Chimera Ant had given him the information in exchange for its life.
• After considering the risks, Netero summoned reinforcements and asked Moro to restrain one of the Direct Guards; Moro agreed.
• Moro planned a new ability to overcome the Direct Guards' immense aura and physical strength while preparing to fight alongside the arriving reinforcements.
• Kalluto, Shoot, Kite, Gon, and Killua joined Netero's team, which gathered in the Four-Dimensional Apartment to plan the assault.
• On the twentieth day of the hunting plan, a fluorescent green shooting star fell toward the ant nest, and Neferpitou realized the humans had begun their attack.

Moro’s split Nen Bullets devastated the ant nest while Neferpitou and the other guards tried to protect the Ant Queen. The Queen vanished during the bombardment, and outside the nest Moro used Star Mark, Instant Lock on Youpi as the battle escalated.

• Neferpitou misjudged Moro’s green shooting star, which split into over a hundred Nen Bullets and struck the ant nest as the extermination team charged in.
• The bombardment wrecked the nest, while Youpi tried to shield the Ant Queen; she suddenly vanished before his wings could close around her.
• Neferpitou confirmed with En that the Ant Queen was gone, and Shaiapouf sent clones to mobilize the nest’s forces as Neferpitou went to confront the attackers.
• Youpi rushed outside and struck at Morel and Shoot, who vanished as smoke decoys, before Moro arrived to intercept him.
• Moro dodged Youpi’s attacks, bound him with Golden Chains, then used the opening to retreat and activate Star Mark, Instant Lock.

Moro used Morel’s intervention to finish charging and strike Youpi with a full-powered Nen Bullet, but Youpi’s defenses held. As Neferpitou launched a killing attack, Netero knocked him away, while Moro evaded Youpi’s follow-up spear and prepared to keep targeting him.

• Moro marked Youpi with Star Brilliance Condensation and began charging a full-powered Nen attack as Youpi rushed him.
• Morel sent sixteen smoke soldiers to obstruct Youpi, then drew his attention long enough for Moro to complete the charge; Shoot hesitated and stayed behind.
• Moro’s Nen Bullet exploded against Youpi, but Youpi’s aura remained strong within the dust cloud.
• Neferpitou hurled himself at Moro, who trusted Netero to intervene and kept watching Youpi; Netero struck Neferpitou away with Hyakushiki Kannon.
• Youpi launched a flesh-and-blood spear through the smoke, but Moro dodged it and decided he had been right to choose Youpi as his target.

Moro tested his new ability, Sparks Ignite a Prairie Fire, against Youpi while trying to find a way to defeat the Direct Guard. Youpi’s transformations helped Moro ignite sparks on several body parts, but the fight left Moro badly wounded just as Kalluto arrived.

• Moro used Star Mark and a full-power Flying Stars attack to activate Sparks Ignite a Prairie Fire on Youpi.
• Youpi transformed his body to block Moro’s barrage and charged through the flames, while Moro discovered that Youpi’s extra arms also counted as ignition zones.
• Moro retreated from Youpi’s assault and reasoned that each spark required about fifty concentrated hits, with Youpi’s forehead the hardest area to ignite.
• Youpi expanded to ten arms and overwhelmed Moro’s defenses, leaving him wounded as he narrowly dodged the attacks.
• Kalluto arrived as reinforcements, saw Youpi’s monstrous form, and was shocked that Moro had held him off.

Kalluto risked his life to distract Youpi and give Moro an opening, while Moro used Portoklin’s interest calculation to land a sequence of attacks and escape with Flash Strike. Though Youpi believed Moro was too injured to threaten him, Moro sent an Essence Drain Flying Star toward the ant nest to restore his strength for Ants Devouring Elephants.

• Kalluto charged Youpi, endured severe wounds, and landed a punch before escaping under cover of Portoklin’s sudden appearance.
• Moro used the distraction to retreat, then advanced through Youpi’s attacks after timing Portoklin’s first interest calculation.
• Moro struck Youpi between the brows with a marked coin, vanished with Flash Strike, and hit Youpi with a Flying Star Chain.
• Kalluto landed another punch on Youpi’s lower back and fled while a ghostly blue flame appeared on Youpi’s forehead.
• Moro sent an Essence Drain Flying Star toward the ant nest to absorb life force and heal his wounds.

Moro used Essence Drain Flying Star to heal his wounds and baited Youpi into a dangerous exchange while Kalluto supported him with Heavenly Echo. Moro ignited a fifth spark on Youpi’s left knee, leaving only two more before his strategy could reach its goal, while Nobunaga prepared another entrance.

• Moro drained a Lower-class Soldier’s life force and used the healing energy to recover from Youpi’s attacks.
• Kalluto chose to preserve Portoklin and pressure Youpi rather than risk a direct assault, despite feeling guilty about leaving Moro to bear the danger.
• Moro used Flying Star Jump to counterattack and provoke Youpi into continuing his offense, risking an instant fatal blow to build up ignition sparks.
• Kalluto understood Moro’s strategy, overcame his hesitation, and resumed pressuring Youpi as Moro ignited a fifth spark on Youpi’s left knee.
• Nobunaga judged that Moro no longer needed help, then drew a passage to the Four-Dimensional Apartment and quietly left to set up another entrance.

Nobunaga assessed the battle and discovered that Netero’s duel with Neferpitou was unlikely to end quickly, while Morel and Shoot engaged Shaiapouf inside the nest. Killua found the Queen’s chamber empty, and Molena kept the Ant Queen hidden elsewhere as she prepared to give birth to the King.

• Nobunaga witnessed Netero suppressing Neferpitou, who awakened Black Warding Dance but still could not break through Hyakushiki Kannon’s attacks.
• Realizing the duel could drag on, Nobunaga left an entrance to the Four-Dimensional Apartment and hurried back toward the nest, deciding that killing the Queen was the team’s priority.
• Morel used a wide smoke screen to divide the nest’s battlefield, and he and Shoot confronted Shaiapouf behind a Prison Seal.
• Shaiapouf pretended to rush toward the Queen, then learned from Killua’s reaction that the humans did not know she had disappeared.
• Molena kept the Ant Queen in a hidden room, where the Queen praised her preparations and stroked her swollen abdomen as the King neared birth.

Molena hid the Ant Queen in a conjured space and accelerated the Ant King's gestation while the extermination team attacked the nest. As Youpi tried to lure Moro into exposing himself, the Ant King’s immense Aura erupted from inside the nest.

• Molena explained that her Kidnapping Nen ability had let her save the Ant Queen and continued feeding her rare meat to hasten the Ant King's birth.
• Kite, Gon, Kalluto, and Ponzu fought the Soldier Ants inside the nest while Youpi struggled against Moro outside.
• Youpi feigned concern over the nest to lure the humans into a trap, but Moro recognized the ploy and warned Kalluto.
• Youpi charged after Kalluto and began swelling with power as Moro pursued, leaving only one more spark for Moro to ignite.
• The Ant King's vast Aura burst skyward from the nest, startling the fighters and Direct Guards.

Molena’s kidnapping space expelled the newborn Ant King after he tore through the Ant Queen, and his overwhelming Aura announced his birth across the battlefield. The extermination team began to withdraw, but Moro stayed to attack Youpi and ignited the final cluster of starfire, leaving Youpi’s soul engulfed in blue flames.

• The Ant King punched through the Ant Queen’s abdomen, but Molena’s ability expelled him from the conjured space before he could kill her.
• Molena decided the Ant Queen should die, reasoning that her death would draw the Soldier Ants across the world and make the Ant King humanity’s main target.
• The newborn Ant King appeared inside the ant nest and released his Aura, alerting the Direct Guards and overwhelming the humans on the battlefield.
• Killua and Shaiapouf raced toward the Ant Queen’s chambers, while Morel, Shoot, Kite, and Nobunaga prepared to retreat after Morel ended Prison Seal.
• Youpi regained his composure and chose to kill Moro, who charged in despite Kalluto’s attempt to retreat.
• Moro baited Youpi into piercing him, then sent concealed flying stars through his wounds; the seventh cluster ignited and Youpi’s soul floated from his body in blue flames.

Moro killed Youpi by burning his soul with Sparks Ignite a Prairie Fire, despite suffering severe injuries. He sent Essence Drain Flying Star toward the ant nest before collapsing, while Nobunaga and Kalluto faced the threat of the Ant King nearby.

• Moro's azure flames burned Youpi's soul to nothing, killing the Direct Guard and raising Moro from Lv.81 to Lv.89.
• Moro, badly wounded, realized Youpi's death would prevent the enemy from learning how his abilities worked and preparing a counter.
• Moro threw Essence Drain Flying Star toward the ant nest, then collapsed as Kalluto and Nobunaga rushed to him.
• Emerald motes from the ant nest entered Moro and stopped his bleeding, while Nobunaga opened a passage in the ground and told Kalluto to go in first.
• Nobunaga stayed behind, watching the direction Essence Drain Flying Star had flown.

Nobunaga waited in terror for Moro’s healing ability to reach the Four-Dimensional Apartment, then escaped inside and went to bring Netero in. Meanwhile, Shaiapouf discovered that Youpi’s corpse and all traces of the battle had vanished, and hurried toward Neferpitou’s fight.

• Kalluto carried Youpi’s corpse and the unconscious Moro into the Four-Dimensional Apartment while Nobunaga stayed behind to wait for Moro’s healing ability.
• Moro’s emerald-green healing energy entered the passage, and Nobunaga escaped inside, closed the passage, and opened another one to reach Netero.
• Kalluto regretted failing to keep up with Moro, but Morel reassured him, while Kite examined Youpi’s nearly unwounded corpse and wondered how Moro had defeated him.
• Shaiapouf found the battlefield empty of traces and Youpi’s corpse, then hurried toward Neferpitou’s fight.