Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei learned that Mephisto had captured Danny to use him as a vessel and went to stop the demon king. He rescued Danny and opened an attack on Mephisto and his followers, but the battle’s outcome remained unknown.

• Shen Fei purged the Hellish aura from Stark, who recounted how Locke had defeated the Avengers and destroyed his Mark 55.
• Natasha and Coulson explained that the church, Johnny Blaze, and Danny were connected to Mephisto’s plan to use the Demon Child as a host.
• Shen Fei identified Locke as Mephisto and told the team that he could challenge the demon king in the human world.
• Shen Fei rejected killing Danny as a way to stop Mephisto and assured Natasha he could seek help from Asgard if necessary.
• At Ushak, Shen Fei used the Op-Op Fruit to switch Danny to his side, then sent his clones’ fireballs crashing down on Mephisto and his followers.

Shen Fei used a prepared spatial swap and the Sword of the Vishanti to destroy Mephisto’s clone, then helped the Church resolve Danny’s Demon Child problem. He explained that the Ancient One had driven God away and won Earth’s freedom from Asgard, and left to visit Ada.

• Shen Fei bound Locke with his clones’ energy whips, swapped him into their trap, and destroyed him with the Sword of the Vishanti and Bolts of Balthakk.
• Shen Fei told Natasha and Coulson that Locke had been Mephisto’s clone and that Mephisto might return while Danny remained a Demon Child.
• Coulson rejected Shen Fei’s suggestion to kill Danny, and Morrow took the group to the holy land of Ushak for the Church’s ritual.
• Shen Fei told Skye, Simmons, Fitz, and Natasha that the Sorcerer Supreme had driven God away and fought Odin to secure Earth’s freedom from Asgard.
• The Church resolved Danny’s and Johnny Blaze’s problems, and Shen Fei left to visit Ada.

Shen Fei learned that the Kakin Empire had publicly announced an expedition to the Dark Continent, drawing crowds and forcing V5 into a crisis. Ada explained that Beyond had engineered the plan to bypass Netero’s restriction, while V5 prepared a staged expedition and secret teams for the real Dark Continent; Ging joined Beyond’s group, and Robin and Ada refused Netero’s offer to become Zodiacs.

• Shen Fei explored the new artifacts and foods at his Saba City villa, then considered asking Menchi to prepare the ingredients.
• Shen Fei researched the Dark Continent and learned that Nasubi Hui Guo Rou had announced the Black Whale expedition and plans to send one hundred million people there within five years.
• Shen Fei called Ada, who told him that Beyond had helped Kakin become an empire and publicized the Dark Continent to circumvent Netero’s restriction.
• Ada explained that V5 planned to rebrand itself as V6, send ordinary people to an imaginary continent, and secretly continue to the real Dark Continent with the Hunter Association and its own forces.
• Ging left the Hunter Association to join Beyond’s team, while Robin and Ada had refused Netero’s offer to become Zodiacs.

Shen Fei reunited with Ada and Robin in the Kakin Empire, learned that the king planned to choose an heir during the voyage to the Dark Continent, and confronted the Fourth Prince, Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou. After discovering Tserriednich’s collection of stolen Scarlet Eyes and other human remains, Shen Fei restrained him and prepared to add him to the collection.

• Shen Fei used the Arcane Gate to meet Ada and Robin in the Kakin Empire’s capital, where Robin had been speaking with the Fourth Prince, Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou.
• Ada told Shen Fei that the Kakin king intended to choose an heir during the voyage to the Dark Continent.
• Tserriednich’s men ambushed Shen Fei, Ada, and Robin in the nightclub’s parking lot, so Ada and Robin drove away while Shen Fei killed five attackers and extracted the leader’s memories.
• Shen Fei learned that Tserriednich was involved in the crimes that enraged him, then refined the leader’s soul into a Philosopher’s Stone.
• Shen Fei entered Tserriednich’s suite at the Huihui Hotel and found his collection of Scarlet Eyes, human organs, and other remains.
• Tserriednich tried to reach a hidden button, but Shen Fei pinned him in place with silver chains and told him he would join the collection.

Shen Fei tortured and killed Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou, then fought his way out of the Hui Hui Hotel before escaping the Kakin Empire’s response. Back with Ada and Robin, he gave them spatial rings and began teaching them the Six Treasures Immortal Thief.

• Shen Fei tortured Tserriednich, destroyed his human-body collection, killed him, and refined his soul into a Philosopher’s Stone.
• When four guards came to the Fourth Prince’s room, Shen Fei killed them with grenades and blasted his way through the Hui Hui Hotel.
• Shen Fei escaped after reinforcements assembled into a giant mech, while Kakin’s secret-force commander found Tserriednich’s body and reported his death.
• Shen Fei returned to Ada and Robin, explained what Tserriednich had done, and gave them spatial rings and other Mystic Items.
• Shen Fei helped Ada and Robin cultivate qi and prepared to teach them the Six Treasures Immortal Thief.

Shen Fei prepared for the Dark Continent expedition while investigating the Kakin Empire’s deadly succession war and returning the Fourth Prince’s Scarlet Eyes to Kurapika. As the Black Whale departed with the Hunter Association and rival factions aboard, Shen Fei observed the ship’s grim conditions and the forces gathering for the voyage.

• Shen Fei discussed the Heir Succession War and warned Ada and Robin to be cautious when they explored the Dark Continent with the Hunter Association.
• Shen Fei noted the violence in the Kakin capital as factions fought for scarce Black Whale places, then met Kurapika and Leorio at the hotel.
• Shen Fei gave Kurapika the Scarlet Eyes from the Fourth Prince’s collection, and Kurapika inferred Shen Fei’s role in the Fourth Prince’s death.
• Nasubi Hui Guo Rou boarded the Black Whale after his speech, and passengers from the Kakin royal family, V6, and around the world followed.
• Shen Fei, Ada, and Robin boarded the Black Whale as attendants and bodyguards, while Shen Fei learned that Meteor City residents had also joined the voyage.
• Shen Fei surveyed the Black Whale’s crowded lower levels and noted the poor accommodations and inadequate staff and medical care.

Leorio treated the sick on the Black Whale while Shen Fei observed the Succession War, Kurapika’s efforts to protect the Fourteenth Prince, and the princes’ Nen Beasts. Shen Fei suspected the Succession Urn was the source of the war’s power, but chose not to intervene yet, and sent Ada and Robin back to Saba City.

• Leorio and the Hunter Association’s medical staff treated the sick passengers on the fourth and fifth levels, while Cheadle guided Leorio.
• Shen Fei reflected on Kurapika’s lifespan-consuming Index Finger Chain and the Fourteenth Prince’s bodyguards, whom the infant’s Nen Beast had killed after sensing their malice.
• Shen Fei concluded that Nasubi Hui Guo Rou’s Succession Urn granted the princes their Nen Beasts and abilities, and that the ritual would continue until one prince won.
• Kurapika taught the princes’ guards Nen to buy time and protect the Fourteenth Prince, while Shen Fei judged that destroying the Urn would require confronting Nasubi Hui Guo Rou.
• After Ada and Robin grew bored aboard the Black Whale, Shen Fei sent them through the Arcane Gate to their villa in Saba City.

Shen Fei investigated the escalating murders aboard the Black Whale and discovered that the killers had gained Nen abilities by leveling up through murder, a power distributed by Mo Lian Na. After identifying the source, he decided to confront her.

• The Eighth Prince died after the First Prince's subordinates destroyed his Nen Beast's protection and ambushed him.
• The Ninth Prince tried to force Nasubi Hui Guo Rou to end the Heir Succession War, but his Nen Beast stopped him from killing himself and his ability awakened.
• The Black Whale announced strict restrictions after hundreds of people were killed on the fourth and fifth levels.
• Shen Fei contacted Cheadle, learned about the murders, and used Observation Haki to locate a killer at a crime scene.
• Shen Fei captured and hypnotized Lu Yi Ni, learning that he and twenty-two others had gained Nen abilities by killing people.
• Shen Fei learned Mo Lian Na, head of the Ai Yi Yi Family, had granted the murderers their abilities and decided to visit her.

Shen Fei stopped Morena’s uprising aboard the Black Whale and agreed to help Melody save the Tenth and Eleventh Princes. During the banquet, he entered Nasubi Hui Guo Rou’s secret chamber to seize the succession urn, but its guardian attacked him.

• Shen Fei killed Lu Yi Ni, captured Morena, learned how Love Serenade created Nen users, and killed her infected patients before ordering the Ai Yi Yi Family to withdraw.
• After the underworld families stood down and order returned to the Black Whale, Melody and the other Hunters prepared to help Kacho and the Eleventh Prince escape the succession war.
• Shen Fei warned Melody that the princes’ Nen Beasts might kill them if they left the ship, then agreed to help and spoke with her privately.
• At the banquet, Melody performed to distract the guests while Shen Fei entered Nasubi Hui Guo Rou’s chamber and reached for the jade urn.
• The urn’s guardian attacked Shen Fei with a Nen hand, but he shattered it and pulled the urn into the Mirror Dimension as guards responded to the noise.

Shen Fei destroyed the urn, ending the Kakin Empire’s succession ritual and allowing the princes’ Nen Beasts to disappear. After the Black Whale reached the Imaginary Continent, Shen Fei and the expedition followed the guides toward the Dark Continent, where he saw the enormous creatures beyond Mobius Lake.

• Nasubi Hui Guo Rou discovered the urn missing and confronted his children, while Beyond and Netero left the banquet hall.
• Shen Fei shattered the urn and ended the ritual, causing the princes’ Nen Beasts to vanish while leaving their Nen abilities intact.
• Melody told Shen Fei that Keni would help Fugestu and Kacho escape, and she confirmed that she still sought the Dark Sonata.
• The Black Whale reached the Imaginary Continent, and Kurapika was freed from guarding the Fourteenth Prince as several princes left the ship.
• Shen Fei and the Dark Continent expedition met a purple wolf-headed guide, who sent a wolf-shaped Nen Beast to lead them onward.
• Shen Fei observed that Mobius Lake kept gigantic sea creatures beyond its waters and realized how vast and dangerous the Dark Continent was.

Shen Fei and the expedition reached the Dark Continent after witnessing the dangers surrounding Mobius Lake, while Ging challenged Netero over the risks created by their agreement with Beyond. After Beyond and Ging departed with their own teams, a Fish-Man monster attack killed nearly ten people and forced the remaining groups to negotiate where to establish a camp.

• Ging confronted Netero about the expedition’s size and asked how many Hunters would survive, then left after Netero questioned what understanding the danger would change.
• Shen Fei watched the Guide as the ships crossed Mobius Lake safely, and the expedition saw the towering forests along the Dark Continent’s shore.
• Beyond and Netero raced into the forest, while Ging departed with three companions after bidding farewell to Cheadle.
• Fish-Man Monsters surged from the sea and attacked the shore, but the officials, the Hunter Association, and Beyond’s remaining followers fought them back at the cost of nearly ten lives.
• The surviving groups began negotiating after the officials concluded that the monster attack made the shore unsuitable for establishing a camp.

Shen Fei reached the Dark Continent ahead of V5, collected Nitoromi from the dangerous Two-Tailed Snake swamp, and explored the region’s enormous wildlife. He defeated a colossal boar in the Mirror Dimension as V5 continued toward the swamp, leaving him free to pursue his next destination.

• Shen Fei left Ada and Robin to explore the Dark Continent alone and used a flying broom to travel quickly.
• Shen Fei found the Nitoromi swamp, used the Mirror Dimension to avoid Hell’s Bell, and gathered twelve plants’ worth of Nitoromi grains.
• Shen Fei captured and studied several Two-Tailed Snakes, then left the swamp through an Arcane Gate.
• Shen Fei spotted the distant World Tree and saw Calvin leading V5 toward the swamp.
• Shen Fei drew a colossal Great Stamp Boar into the Mirror Dimension and defeated it with his attacks.

Shen Fei collected the Five Hopes from the Dark Continent while avoiding their deadly guardians and learning more about V5’s disastrous expeditions. After gathering the curative herb and records from an ancient city, he spotted two giant beasts fighting and headed toward them before returning to Ada and Robin.

• Shen Fei safely swapped Metalion plants from outside their disease’s range, then took the Wish-Granting Stone mine and Tri-Source Water without entering the calamities’ territories.
• Shen Fei reached the ancient labyrinth city, learned that V5’s past expeditions had suffered enormous losses, and saw Gold Silver Ingots patrolling its streets.
• Shen Fei traveled through the Mirror Dimension to the herb’s location, harvested a large supply, and photographed the city’s murals and records while blocking incoming Gold Silver Ingots with an Arcane Gate.
• Shen Fei prepared to return to Ada and Robin, but spotted a giant white ape fighting a black giant bird and rushed toward them to explore further.

Shen Fei explored the Dark Continent, gathered rare treasures, and encountered a dangerous enchanted stone slab before rejoining Ada and Robin. After sharing the Five Great Hopes and preparing for their safety, he rested with them and ultimately awakened the Op-Op Fruit.

• Shen Fei killed the wounded black giant bird, left the injured giant ape alone, and discovered demi-humans, monkey wine, and a deadly bee colony while exploring.
• Shen Fei encountered a floating stone slab whose music caused sleep and violent impulses, then used an Arcane Gate to change its course before it reached the coast.
• Shen Fei returned to Ada and Robin at the camp, where they showed him murals of a Queen's people escaping to a paradise that resembled Mobius Lake.
• Shen Fei shared Nitoromi with Ada and Robin, kept the Five Great Hopes, and gave them monkey wine, honey, and enhanced defensive Mystic Items.
• Shen Fei hunted giant marine creatures and awakened the Op-Op Fruit with the help of the Six Treasures Immortal Thief and high-grade life-force items.

Shen Fei tested the awakened Op-Op Fruit, then took Esdeath, Akame, Kuroame, and Chelsea to Baratie, where they encountered Luffy’s early crew and the Krieg Pirates. As Sanji defended the restaurant, Shen Fei realized Hawkeye Mihawk was likely about to appear.

• Shen Fei reflected on the Op-Op Fruit’s Immortality Operation and discovered its awakening let him use its powers beyond the circular field, though at greater stamina cost.
• Shen Fei finished building an underground Dark Continent base, then traveled to the Pirate World and invited Esdeath, Akame, Kuroame, and Chelsea on an outing.
• Shen Fei took the group through an Arcane Gate to Baratie, where they met Sanji and learned Luffy, Nami, Zoro, and Usopp were together.
• Sanji offered the women free food, then kicked away a Marine captain who attacked him; a ragged Krieg Pirate arrived with a pistol.
• Luffy was made to work at Baratie for a year after damaging its dishes, while Shen Fei anticipated Hawkeye Mihawk’s arrival.

Krieg returned to Baratie with his surviving pirates and demanded Zeff’s navigation journal after revealing that Hawkeye had destroyed his fleet in the Grand Line. As a pirate reached for Esdeath, Kuroame cut off his arm, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Krieg entered Baratie, paid for food, then attacked the chef and demanded meals for a hundred people before leaving with Zeff’s food.
• Shen Fei recognized that Krieg planned to return with his men and noted the greed Krieg had shown toward Esdeath and the other women.
• Krieg came back with more than a dozen pirates and demanded Zeff’s navigation journal, while Zeff inferred that Krieg had failed in the Grand Line.
• Krieg admitted that a monster had wiped out his fleet, and the survivors’ fear revealed that Hawkeye had defeated them.
• A Krieg pirate reached toward Esdeath, and Kuroame cut off his arm before he could touch her.

Kuroame overwhelmed Gin and Krieg, while Krieg’s cruelty toward his own subordinate prompted Luffy to intervene. When the pirates revealed that Hawkeye Mihawk was pursuing them, Zoro went to meet him, and Esdeath froze Krieg before he could use his poison gas bomb.

• Kuroame blocked Gin’s attacks, then used Gin as a shield when Krieg shot at her with his hidden machine gun.
• Luffy punched Krieg for shooting Gin, and Shen Fei scanned Gin and found thirty-six bullets in his body.
• The pirates reported that Hawkeye Mihawk had returned, and Zoro left the restaurant to meet the world’s greatest swordsman.
• Zeff identified Hawkeye and revealed that Krieg had provoked two Seven Warlords, while Shen Fei ordered Kuroame to finish Krieg and collect the bounty.
• Krieg prepared to fire his poison gas bomb, but Esdeath froze him before he could use it.

Shen Fei and his companions watched Hawkeye Mihawk defeat Zoro with ease, exposing the vast gap between the young swordsman and the world’s greatest. After Hawkeye noticed Shen Fei, he drew Black Blade Night as Zoro prepared to face what he called the final strike.

• Shen Fei left the sea restaurant after Krieg and Gin died, then joined Esdeath and the others outside to watch Hawkeye arrive.
• Hawkeye deflected the Krieg Pirates’ bullets and accepted Zoro’s challenge, choosing a small knife instead of his sword.
• Hawkeye effortlessly blocked Zoro’s Onigiri and subdued him, while Zoro’s frustration and disbelief grew as his attacks failed.
• Shen Fei defended Zoro’s potential after Esdeath dismissed the fight, and Zoro rose to challenge Hawkeye again.
• Hawkeye noticed Shen Fei, put away his small knife, and drew Black Blade Night as Zoro gathered himself for a final strike.

After Zoro lost to Hawkeye, Esdeath and Akame challenged the world’s greatest swordsman, but he easily handled their attacks. Shen Fei then faced Hawkeye in a sword clash that left their duel unresolved.

• Hawkeye defeated Zoro with a single exchange, leaving him with a serious but survivable chest wound.
• Esdeath challenged Hawkeye, and Shen Fei arranged for her and Akame to test their strength against him while Kuroame declined.
• Esdeath unleashed her ice abilities and Akame joined her attack, but Hawkeye effortlessly countered them both.
• Hawkeye ended the spar by sending Esdeath and Akame flying back, and Shen Fei stepped forward to challenge him.
• Shen Fei and Hawkeye clashed their swords, locking towering black and green sword energies together as the frozen sea shook.

Shen Fei and Hawkeye tested their swordsmanship in a devastating duel before ending the fight without a winner. After eating at the Baratie, Shen Fei set course for Loguetown with Hawkeye aboard, while Luffy and Zoro reaffirmed their ambitions.

• Shen Fei and Hawkeye exchanged sword-energy attacks that split the sea and forced nearby ships to flee, with Esdeath freezing waves to protect them.
• Shen Fei called off the evenly matched duel after assessing his strength, and Hawkeye accepted his invitation to board his ship.
• Shen Fei and Hawkeye ate at the Baratie, where Luffy announced his dream of becoming Pirate King and Hawkeye warned him the road would be arduous.
• Zoro promised Hawkeye that he would not lose again before their next duel, and Hawkeye said he would wait for him.
• Shen Fei headed for Loguetown, and Hawkeye joined him after recognizing the ship's course and recalling Roger's execution.