Chapter Summaries

Jing Yang spoke with Camilla, who asked him to help deal with Tserriednich, and arranged to send a body to him through the Star Mark. After A Luo began learning Nen and demonstrated her strange ability, Linne warned Jing Yang that their next contact was in an unusual and dangerous state.

• Jing Yang connected with Camilla through the Moon Mark, and she asked him to help because Tserriednich had learned Nen and threatened her position.
• Jing Yang said he could not travel immediately and told Camilla to prepare a body so he could possess it through the Star Mark.
• A Luo discovered that her Aura Nodes had opened, and Xiao Fen and Xiao Zi explained the basics of Nen to her.
• Jing Yang possessed A Luo to test her Water Divination, found that she was an Enhancer, and failed to reproduce her earth-burrowing ability.
• After A Luo spent the night demonstrating her ability, Linne warned Jing Yang that the person they were going to meet was in a dangerous, unusual state and said he had once been a Gatekeeper.

Jing Yang and his companions traveled with Linne to a fogbound coast and boarded a boat guided by fishmen toward the place where fishmen and Rabbit People originated. Linne warned that the journey could transform them, leaving Jing Yang wondering whether the world’s magical beasts and humanoid races had once been human.

• Linne allowed A Luo to join the group after A Luo revealed she had overheard Linne discussing her homeland.
• As they rode north, Jing Yang considered using a Star Mark combined with a Sun Mark to summon talismans from his main body and examined the Nen-Drinking Sword.
• At the coast, Jing Yang placed a Star Mark on A Luo’s ear, and Linne sent a Nen sound across the sea to summon fishmen.
• Linne and the others boarded a boat pulled by fishmen and headed into the fog toward the creatures’ place of origin.
• Linne told Jing Yang and Shizuku that they might be the ones who turned into rabbits, prompting Jing Yang to wonder whether the world’s magical beasts and humanoid races had originated as humans.

Jing Yang took control of Elliebie’s body to help investigate Tserriednich’s apparent ability to foresee danger. The group planned to use Kurapika’s Apocalypse to locate the Fourth Prince, with Jing Yang offering Nen Paste to fuel the divination.

• Jing Yang possessed Camilla, marked Elliebie with a Star Mark, and then transferred his consciousness into Elliebie’s body.
• Camilla explained that Elliebie was an Unpossessable Person whose lack of records made her difficult to identify.
• Kurapika described his failed operations against Tserriednich, and Camilla and Kurapika concluded that the Fourth Prince likely had a secret danger-foreseeing Nen Ability.
• Kurapika said he needed to see the Scarlet Eyes in Tserriednich’s possession to divine their location, but Jing Yang suggested first locating the Fourth Prince.
• Jing Yang summoned a Purple Gold Gourd talisman and offered its enormous reserve of Nen Paste to power Kurapika’s divination.

Kurapika used 'Apocalypse' to track Tserriednich from Kakin to Klafa, and Jing Ai Li and Kurapika traveled north to approach his convoy. As they neared his location in a forest, a strange creature caught and devoured Jing Ai Li's marked rat.

• Kurapika used 'Apocalypse' to locate Tserriednich in Klafa, and Camilla recognized the region as a war-torn neighboring country.
• Jing Ai Li and Kurapika left for Klafa, passing through Camilla's stronghold in Trida Province before boarding an airship north.
• Kurapika tracked Tserriednich again and found that he had moved from the hills into a forest, so Jing Ai Li followed his directions by jeep.
• Jing Ai Li marked animals with Star Marks as she and Kurapika approached Tserriednich's force through the forest.
• A huge insect-like human hand grabbed and ate Jing Ai Li's Jing Rat, startling her as she and Kurapika neared the convoy.

Tserriednich tested a custom Chimera Ant soldier and used his time-stopping Nen ability to find Kurapika and Jing Ai Li approaching. Jing Ai Li killed the soldier and rushed toward Tserriednich, who closed his eyes as a strange sound began.

• Tserriednich questioned the Ant Queen about producing specialized soldiers loyal only to him and named the new soldier Beatles.
• Beatles ate a mutant rat after sensing hostility, prompting Tserriednich and his private soldiers to search the area.
• Tserriednich entered Zetsu and used his Nen beast to locate Kurapika and Jing Ai Li in the frozen moment.
• Tserriednich's Nen beast attacked Kurapika without effect and noticed Jing Ai Li's gaze seemed to move.
• Tserriednich ordered Beatles to bring back their heads, but Jing Ai Li killed Beatles and charged at Tserriednich.
• Tserriednich closed his eyes as a strange gurgling sound rose beside his ear.

Kurapika and Jing Ai Li discovered that Tserriednich could reverse matter within a ten-kilometer range, undoing their attack and erasing their memories of the reversed interval. Jing Ai Li realized the connection to his main body was not working normally, and the chapter ended with Jing Yang gripping Shizuku as an extra arm grew from his right shoulder.

• Jing Ai Li and Kurapika hid their car, and Kurapika divined that Tserriednich had moved north while Jing Ai Li sensed a ten-minute gap in his memories.
• Jing Ai Li explained that his main body's consciousness had preserved memories that his current body's brain had lost, and he and Kurapika raced north toward Tserriednich.
• Kurapika divined Tserriednich's location, and Jing Ai Li left a written note before they spotted the prince watching them from a rocky peak.
• A beetle-like mutant attacked and wounded Kurapika, while Jing Ai Li rushed past it and nearly killed Tserriednich.
• Tserriednich reversed matter within ten kilometers, undoing the attack and returning everyone to their earlier positions, but one of Jing Ai Li's Nine Yin Talismans remained gone.
• Jing Ai Li told Kurapika that his main body's consciousness might be in trouble, and Jing Yang appeared gripping Shizuku as an extra arm grew from his right shoulder.

The Second Prince and her allies planned to use a Star Mark to force a meeting with the Fourth Prince, Tserriednich, while hiding their killing move until his time-reversal ability could no longer save him. The Second Consort then marked the Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Princes, leaving her children unaware of what she had done.

• After the Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Princes gathered at the Second Consort's residence, they asked why Camilla was absent, but the Second Consort stayed silent.
• Flying Star Bubbles marked the Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Princes with Rose Gold Five-Pointed Stars while the Second Consort silently apologized.
• Two hours earlier, the Second Prince had ordered the Second Consort to accept a Star Mark and help with her plans.
• The Second Prince, Kurapika, and "Jing Ai Li" discussed Tserriednich's ten-minute time reversal and agreed to conceal their killing move until more than ten minutes had passed.
• "Jing Ai Li" proposed using a Star Mark to control the King of Cascadia and summon Tserriednich, and the Second Prince suggested that a prince or consort could approach the king.

Jing Yang used Star Marks to steer several Kakin royals and mafia leaders into investigating Nen and advancing Camilla’s interests. The chapter ended with Benjamin’s mother asking him about a person who died during a pursuit in 1994.

• As the Seventh Prince, Jing Yang ordered Brocco Li to ask the leaders and Wakashira of the three major mafia families what they knew about Nen.
• As the Ninth Prince, Jing Yang visited the Third Prince, Chorai, while posing as Halkenburg.
• Jing Yang, posing as the Fifth Prince, visited the Sixth Prince, Tyson, and observed her entourage and aura.
• At afternoon tea, Jing Yang, posing as the Second Consort, discussed Camilla with the First Consort, Unma, who dismissed her without noticing a Star Mark beneath her wrist.
• Benjamin entered Unma’s room, and she asked whether he remembered someone he had pursued who died on December 21, 1994.

Jing Yang, controlling the First Consort’s body, confronted Benjamin about the Deposed Consort and her missing child, then confirmed he was her son and subdued the prince. He left the room disguised as Benjamin and sent Vincent and Lihan to accompany him to the king.

• Benjamin spoke of the Deposed Consort’s death and asked whether her child had been found, prompting Jing Yang to reveal his control of the First Consort’s body.
• Jing Yang immobilized Benjamin and silenced him, then questioned him about how he had noticed the deception.
• Benjamin explained that his mother had ordered the Deposed Consort’s capture and identified her child as Haguro, whom Jing Yang said was his biological godmother.
• Benjamin realized Jing Yang was the Deposed Consort’s son and a powerful Manipulator, but Jing Yang overwhelmed his senses and trapped his thoughts.
• Jing Yang left the room wearing Benjamin’s identity and told Vincent and Lihan to accompany him to the king.

Jing Yang used Broco Li to inform the bosses and Wakashira of Family A and Family Zhou that Nen Abilities existed, then took control of the First Prince’s subordinates to approach King Nasubi Hui Guo Rou. The First Prince could not see the king’s Guardian Spirit Beast, but Lihan Kord and Vincent Levin could, and Nasubi asked Benjamin why he had come.

• Broco Li told Spinich Seler, Onioll, and their Wakashira that the Seventh Prince wanted confirmation that Nen Abilities existed.
• Wokenyi and Heinrich confirmed Nen Abilities were real, and Morena warned that the Fourth Prince had already mastered them.
• As the gang bosses exchanged perfunctory handshakes, Jing Yang took control of the First Prince’s subordinates, Lihan Kord and Vincent Levin.
• Jing Yang saw the king’s grotesque Guardian Spirit Beast through Lihan and Vincent’s eyes, though the First Prince could not see it.
• King Nasubi Hui Guo Rou asked Benjamin what he had come to see him for.

Jing Yang used the First Prince’s apparent attack on King Nasubi to stage an assassination attempt and expose the control placed on him. After freeing the First Prince from the Star Mark, Jing Yang impersonated the King and planned to search Tserriednich’s properties for the stolen clan eyes, while Camilla pressed him to transfer the throne.

• Lihan and Vincent threatened King Nasubi and demanded that he abdicate in favor of Tserriednich.
• The First Prince broke free from Lihan and shielded his father, but Vincent shot the Star Mark hidden at the nape of his neck.
• Freed from the Star Mark’s control, the First Prince realized that Camilla had orchestrated the scheme before dying from his wounds.
• Jing Yang, posing as King Nasubi, assured Camilla and Kurapika that he would search Tserriednich’s properties for the stolen eyes.
• Camilla urged Jing Yang to pass the throne to her, while the Guardian Spirit Beast grew increasingly suspicious of him.

Jing Yang concealed the Kakin King’s Guardian Spirit Beast and let two possessed guards die by suicide, then ordered an investigation into Tserriednich. Pariston revealed that the Ant Queen was preparing to give birth to the Ant King, while news of an assassination accusation ordered Tserriednich to return to the capital within five days.

• Jing Yang sealed the king’s Aura, causing the Guardian Spirit Beast to vanish, then released his possession of Vincent and Lihan.
• Vincent and Lihan poisoned themselves, and the king ordered a thorough investigation of Tserriednich while publicly insisting on his son’s innocence.
• Pariston showed Tserriednich three eggs containing the Ant Queen’s Royal Guards and revealed that the Queen was carrying the Ant King.
• Tserriednich discovered that the Ant Queen’s surveillance footage had been replaced, and Pariston showed him the Queen’s swollen abdomen with the Ant King inside.
• Tita informed Tserriednich that the king had accused him of suspected rebellion and attempted assassination and ordered him to return by August 26, 1997.

Jing Yang used the King of Cascadia’s body to capture Fourth Prince Tserriednich in the Purple Gold Gourd, hoping to prevent him from using his time-reversing Nen Ability. Tserriednich vanished after being released from the gourd, then appeared behind Jing Yang and asked what vessel he had mentioned.

• Second Prince Camilla’s forces and other groups tracked Tserriednich’s car as it traveled toward the royal palace, while Jing Yang discussed Tserriednich’s ability with Camilla from a distant safe house.
• Jing Yang focused on the King of Cascadia’s body in the palace, where Tserriednich arrived while maintaining Zetsu and asked where everyone else was.
• Jing Yang disguised as the King told Tserriednich about a special vessel for choosing a future king, then sucked him into the Purple Gold Gourd.
• Jing Yang drained Tserriednich’s Aura in the gourd and released his weakened body onto the floor.
• Tserriednich vanished from Jing Yang’s sight, then spoke from behind him and asked what vessel he had mentioned.

Tserriednich used his time-based Nen abilities to evade his father’s Purple Gold Gourd, then confronted the suspicion that the king had been replaced. He rewound the palace’s surroundings by ten minutes, only to reappear in the path of a sniper’s bullet.

• Tserriednich entered Zetsu and used a false body to let the Purple Gold Gourd absorb it while his real body watched from behind his father.
• Jing Yang explained the Succession War and tried to mark Tserriednich, but Tserriednich vanished again after putting blood into the gourd.
• Tserriednich questioned why his father had ignored his disappearances, and both men suspected the other knew more than he let on.
• Tserriednich accused the king of stealing the nation and rewound time in the area around him by ten minutes.
• Tserriednich reappeared as a sniper fired a bullet toward his brow.

Camilla’s forces used the Fourth Prince Tserriednich’s time-reversal ability to ambush him, but he survived the sniper shot and escaped the palace. After Kurapika confirmed that Tserriednich was still alive, the squad launched Plan B, and Tserriednich began reversing time again after his car was hit by a rocket.

• Jing Ai Li warned Camilla that Tserriednich had activated his time-reversal ability, and Camilla ordered the tactical squads to prepare.
• As Tserriednich rewound the past ten minutes, the squads waited beyond the ability’s range and shot him when he returned to the moment he had left his car.
• Tita saw Tserriednich’s headless body vanish and found him alive in the car, then obeyed his order to withdraw while pretending to mourn him.
• Camilla’s squad captain received Camilla’s order to continue with Plan B after Kurapika used Apocalypse to confirm that Tserriednich was alive.
• A rocket struck Tserriednich’s car, and he entered Zetsu and began reversing time again, restoring Tita’s severed arm as the explosion receded.

Tserriednich used Reversal to escape the attack and moved backward through the capital, while Camilla’s allies worked to identify his ability’s limits and time a coordinated assault. Their ambush forced him to use Erasure, but he activated Reversal again when two flaming skeletal hands attacked his car.

• Tserriednich’s Reversal restored his head and sent his car and the surrounding city backward through the external world’s past ten minutes.
• Camilla and Jing Ai Li deduced that Tserriednich could not use Reversal consecutively and planned to strike between Reversal and Erasure; Jing Yang left by possessing Elliebie.
• Tserriednich’s convoy approached the three mafia families’ positions as Morena and Heinrich watched the backward-moving crowds.
• Members of the three mafia families opened fire at the edge of Tserriednich’s Reversal range, killing Tita and destroying his fake body after he activated Erasure.
• Two flaming skeletal hands grabbed Tserriednich’s ruined car, and he activated Reversal again.

Kurapika’s Reversal restored Tserriednich’s convoy and carried the Fourth Prince back to the airport, where Jing Yang seized the instant the ability ended to trap and bombard him. Kurapika and a rabbit-eared woman reached the aftermath, uncertain whether Tserriednich was truly defeated.

• Kurapika crushed the Fourth Prince’s car, triggering Reversal and sending the convoy, its passengers, and the surrounding scene back ten minutes.
• Tserriednich’s consciousness returned to his body when Reversal ended, but he found himself frozen in place as Jing Yang’s Star Marks controlled the people around him.
• Tita and the guards were displaced to a safe distance while Jing Yang struck Tserriednich with a Super Spiraling Shuriken.
• Jing Yang counted ten seconds, then threw a second, stronger Spiraling Shuriken that pulverized Tserriednich in the airport plaza.
• Kurapika arrived and wondered how Jing Yang had done it, as a rabbit-eared woman appeared and asked whether it was over.

Jing Yang used A Luo’s nature-merging ability and Star Mark to seize control of the Fourth Prince and his guards, then destroyed the immobilized prince with two enhanced Wind Style: Spiraling Shurikens. Kurapika learned that Jing Yang had found the Scarlet Eyes collection and arrived at the room where the King of Cascadia sat before the jars.

• Jing Yang summoned A Luo to the airport, where she merged with her surroundings and helped him mark the Fourth Prince and his group as Reversal ended.
• Jing Yang controlled the Fourth Prince’s guards and killed the immobilized prince with two enhanced Wind Style: Spiraling Shurikens.
• A Luo told Kurapika what had happened, then vanished; the guards regained their senses, and Tita concluded that the Fourth Prince had lost.
• Kurapika found Elliebie asleep at the airport and learned from Camilla that Jing Yang had found the location he wanted.
• Kurapika entered the collection room and saw the King of Cascadia seated before a wall of jars containing Scarlet Eyes, including the head of his childhood companion.

Kurapika recovered Pyro’s head and the other Scarlet Eyes while Jing Yang discussed his origins with Camilla and recruited A Luo into Dawn. The chapter ended with Kurapika asking Jing Yang why the powerful form that destroyed Tserriednich had three heads and six arms.

• Kurapika used his Aura and the volume Resurrection to close Pyro’s eyes and preserve his head, then began storing the Scarlet Eyes collection.
• Jing Yang asked Camilla about the Deposed Consort and explained his suspicion that the Kakin royal jar tested princes’ blood and produced their Guardian Spirit Beasts.
• Jing Yang claimed his soul had entered the Deposed Consort’s child after her death, and Camilla questioned how that could explain his adult body.
• A Luo appeared, learned that Jing Yang controlled her and the others, and accepted his invitation to join Dawn.
• Kurapika asked Jing Yang what had changed his heart and why the form that destroyed Tserriednich had three heads and six arms.

Jing Yang explained that a mysterious island and its gatekeeper had changed his body, and he warned Kurapika that their journey to the Dark Continent might come soon. He told Camilla that Tserriednich had produced no Death Qi, destroyed the Witchcraft Gu Jar and the Guardian Spirit Beast, and planned to go into seclusion while Camilla arranged to pass the throne to the Second Prince.

• Kurapika questioned Jing Yang about his three-headed, six-armed form, and A Luo explained that Granny Linne had taken Jing Yang and Shizuku through a strange mist to meet a gatekeeper on an island.
• Jing Yang told Kurapika that the Dark Continent expedition was not far off, and Kurapika said he understood.
• Jing Yang told Camilla that he had received no Death Qi when Tserriednich died, leaving open the possibility that Tserriednich was somehow still alive.
• Jing Yang used the Nen-Drinking Sword to consume the Witchcraft Gu Jar and destroy the Guardian Spirit Beast inside his body.
• Jing Yang asked Camilla to arrange to pass the throne to the Second Prince, then said he would go into seclusion to learn how to hide his extra heads.