Chapter Summaries

Jing Yang tested a new way to give mental instructions to targets under his Star Mark Manipulation, then sent marked birds to watch several groups around the island. As his allies investigated the Fanged Moon Tiger Sanctuary, he kept tabs on Shizuku and wondered whether she had joined the Phantom Troupe, while Wu Er led him to a training spot with seawater instead of fresh water.

• Jing Yang discovered he could leave room in a controlled target’s consciousness and give it a mental instruction before logging out, then tested the method with a white bird and Wu Er.
• Jing Yang decided to focus on increasing his Nen and strengthening his basics, marked a dozen birds, and sent them in groups to observe the people splitting up around the island.
• Jing Yang avoided sending the original Jing Green Bird near Kang Jae, whose instincts seemed sharp, and arranged rotating bird pairs to watch the Zodiac and the Ochima officials.
• Jing Yang used a Jing Green Bird to follow Shizuku and the other amateur Hunters as they entered the sanctuary, then focused on Shizuku’s sweater to check whether she bore the Phantom Troupe’s number 8 tattoo.
• Jing Yang reached Wu Er’s training spot, which had open ground but only seawater, while continuing to monitor Babimayna’s group, Kang Jae’s group, and Shizuku.

Jing Yang trained Nen on Ghost Island before meeting Ging and Menchi at the island’s strange boundary. Ging explained the island’s sudden appearance and revealed that Jing Yang’s victory over the Poachers had been less impressive than it seemed, while Menchi’s interest in Wu Er left Jing Yang suspecting her Nen category.

• Jing Yang practiced Nen, including a one-handed handstand that let him push himself briefly into the air with Aura.
• Jing Yang followed Wu Er’s seawater creek to a rugged boundary where the island’s terrain abruptly changed.
• Ging and Menchi told Jing Yang that Ghost Island had appeared there twenty-four years earlier, and Ging confirmed that Jing Yang had recognized him as a Zodiac.
• Ging said he had come to assess whether Jing Yang was a Poacher and explained that Galo, the Poachers’ leader, was an Enhancer who had trained abilities from other Nen categories.
• Ging warned Jing Yang that his victory over Galo had been a lucky fluke, and Menchi admitted she had imagined hundreds of ways to cook Wu Er.
• Jing Yang called Menchi twitchy and guessed she was a Conjurer, surprising her with his correct inference.

Jing Yang trained with Menchi and Ging, learned more about Ghost Island’s disputed history, and encountered Shizuku while she searched the reserve. The chapter ended with Menchi mistaking Jing Yang’s remarks for romantic interest and rejecting him.

• Menchi went into the woods to find food while Jing Yang and Ging stayed behind, and the deaths of her prey sent Death Qi into Jing Yang’s heart.
• Menchi cooked the prey, and Ging explained how the Biyue Tiger became known as the endangered Fanged Moon Tiger.
• Ging told Jing Yang that Ghost Island had appeared twenty-four years earlier and recounted the dispute between Kakin and Ochima over the island.
• Slooe argued with Blanche Company’s reserve manager for permission to investigate Ghost Island, while Kang Jae considered sneaking into the reserve to see a Fanged Moon Tiger.
• Shizuku summoned bread and water with Blobfish as two crows watched her and Jing Yang thought, “This girl is mine!”
• Menchi warned Jing Yang not to get strange ideas about her, and Jing Yang retorted that she was ignorant.

Jing Yang trained alongside Menchi and demonstrated advanced Nen techniques, leaving her frustrated with her own progress. Menchi continued working on a Conjurer ability while Ging suspected Jing Yang was like Biscuit.

• Menchi decided to train with Jing Yang, who explained that he had already practiced Hatsu and would train something else in the afternoon.
• Ging told Menchi to strengthen her Nen basics, and she unsuccessfully tried to maintain her Aura while using Ren.
• Jing Yang demonstrated Ken, which kept his Aura from leaking, as Menchi watched through Gyo.
• Menchi began developing a conjured cleaver ability, and Jing Yang used Shu to coat her cleaver and cut a stone cleanly.
• Jing Yang said he had learned Ken and Shu at the same time, and Ging suspected he shared Biscuit’s unusual situation.

Jing Yang used his crows and Wu Er to check on Shizuku, confirming that she had not joined the Phantom Troupe, while Kakin's investigators examined Muser's body. Later, Jing Yang sensed a strong smell of blood near Slaughterhouse Dock and hurried toward it.

• Jing Yang followed Shizuku with two crows and used Wu Er to appear as a Fanged Moon Tiger, which Shizuku subdued before the crows chased it away.
• Jing Yang had the crows lift Shizuku's sweater and saw that she had no Spider Tattoo.
• Babimayna reported Muser's gunshot death to the First Prince, who suspected Muser had been controlled by a Manipulator and killed himself to warn him.
• Jing Yang joked with Menchi about her developing a Conjurer ability, while Ging silently considered Biscuit's Nen type.
• Jing Yang smelled blood near Slaughterhouse Dock, learned from Menchi that seafood was being processed there, and rushed off saying he had something to do.

Jing Yang avoided a dangerous surge of Death Qi, trained Nen with Menchi and Ging, and began considering ways to earn money. The chapter left him planning to perform for visitors at the amusement park.

• Jing Yang reflected on the Death Qi near Slaughterhouse Dock and decided to avoid places such as slaughterhouses, markets, and hospitals.
• Shizuku returned late to meet the amateur Hunters and had forgotten their meeting arrangement, while Jing Yang watched through a crow.
• Jing Yang trained Ken repeatedly and improved his endurance far faster than Ging expected.
• Menchi told Ging she had an idea for developing her Nen Ability because she did not want to lose to Jing Yang.
• Jing Yang noticed his money was running low and decided to set up a stall and perform for cash.

Jing Yang earned money with a Blue Moon Pearl stunt, trained his Nen, and stopped spying on the Kakin group after Babimayna found the graves. On New Year's Day, Menchi announced that she had completed her ability and invited Jing Yang to celebrate with her.

• Jing Yang defeated every arm-wrestling challenger at his amusement park stall, then bought the genuine Blue Moon Pearl back from the crooked merchant.
• Jing Yang trained his Nen while monitoring Shizuku and the Kakin group, whose Babimayna found and reburied the Deposed Consort's and hunter's bodies.
• Babimayna suspected that trained birds were watching his group and considered whether the person who forced Muser to commit suicide had taken the little prince.
• Jing Yang withdrew his six birds, tested a powerful Finger Flick Divine Art that pierced several trees, and intensified his training.
• Menchi visited Jing Yang on January 1, 1995, declared that she had completed her ability, and invited him into town for a New Year's feast.

Menchi revealed Rainbow Seasoning, a Nen ability that gave her cooking a powerful recovery effect, while Jing Yang continued developing his Nen and created the Bright Moon mark. After more than half a month of training, he had greatly increased his Aura and agreed to investigate the protected zone, hoping to bring back a teammate.

• Menchi served Jing Yang a feast enhanced with Green Recovery Seasoning, which rapidly restored his Aura and stamina.
• Menchi explained that Rainbow Seasoning created different effects according to its colors and only worked when she was satisfied with her cooking.
• Jing Yang developed Bright Moon, a Manipulator ability centered on telepathic communication, and raised his total Nen quantity to 6,000 Aura.
• Menchi told Jing Yang that Blanche Company had allowed Ochima's people into the protected zone and that they were recruiting investigators.
• Jing Yang agreed to join the investigation, saying he was ready to leave training and bring back a teammate.

Jing Yang and Menchi accepted Ochima’s offer to search for the ancient Kakin king’s tomb, while Ging declined because the job had not gone through the Hunter Association. The contract signing brought Jing Yang into a tense exchange with Kang Jae, whose Zodiac-level Aura failed to intimidate him.

• Jing Yang and Menchi met Ging and learned that he would not join Ochima’s search because the job had not been processed through the Hunter Association.
• Ging explained that official commissions offered Professional Hunters benefits beyond higher pay, and Jing Yang suggested they could provide valuable connections.
• Slooe offered Menchi and Jing Yang contracts promising two million Jenie if they found nothing, double for a discovery, and ten million each for conclusive results; Menchi signed.
• Jing Yang asked Shizuku to read his contract, prompting Kang Jae to flare his Aura and threaten him after Jing Yang questioned why a Zodiac had to take jobs.
• Jing Yang remained unfazed and asked Shizuku whether she had already signed the same contract, but her vague reply left her meaning unclear.

Jing Yang joined the investigation in the protected area after Ging explained why Specialized Hunters avoided risky, time-consuming missions. When an amateur Hunter challenged him, Jing Yang demonstrated a devastating Nen attack, leaving the others to wonder if he was an Emitter.

• Ging explained that Specialized Hunters chose low-risk missions with high returns, while a true hunter pursued challenges with patience and curiosity; Menchi and Jing Yang named the goals they would risk everything for.
• Ging said goodbye and left, while Slooe and the Hunters prepared to investigate Blanche Company's protected area.
• Babimayna arrived with Kakin personnel, and Jing Yang learned that Prince Benjamin was behind Kakin's cooperation and recognized him as a future enemy.
• Jing Yang proposed working with Menchi and Shizuku, then fired a Nen bullet past an amateur Hunter who had challenged him, blasting through several trees.
• Kang Jae and Babimayna suspected Jing Yang was an Emitter, while the amateur Hunter collapsed in fear and Slooe struggled to understand what he had witnessed.

Jing Yang, Menchi, and Shizuku investigated the Fanged Moon Tiger Sanctuary but found nothing, while Dago continued searching alone. That night, Shizuku challenged Jing Yang to arm wrestling over the Blue Moon Pearl and proposed changing the stake to his Hunter License.

• Dago and the other amateur Hunters split up to search different zones of the sanctuary.
• Jing Yang and Menchi showed Shizuku how to use Gyo to sharpen her senses as they explored the core zone.
• The three explored until dusk without finding anything, and Shizuku left Dago behind when he tried to continue investigating that night.
• Jing Yang set up his arm-wrestling stall at Elf Amusement Park and easily defeated a muscular visitor.
• Shizuku arrived with two crows, challenged Jing Yang for the Blue Moon Pearl, and asked to wager his Hunter License instead.

Jing Yang beat Shizuku in an Aura-enhanced arm-wrestling match and recruited her as the first member of his new organization, Dawn. After taking Shizuku to ride a Ferris wheel, Jing Yang discovered strange runes on the gondola floor that rapidly restored his Aura.

• Jing Yang defeated Shizuku at arm wrestling and explained that his superior Aura-control fundamentals had overcome her greater total Nen quantity.
• Shizuku accepted Jing Yang as her boss, and he gave her the Blue Moon Pearl and named her Yi, the first member of his organization Dawn.
• Jing Yang learned that Shizuku wanted his Hunter License to ride the Ferris wheel and invited her to ride with him.
• Jing Yang showed his Hunter License to Blanche Company staff, who admitted him and Shizuku to the Ferris wheel.
• As their gondola rose, Jing Yang noticed black runes on its floor that rapidly restored his Aura, while Shizuku examined herself in confusion.

Jing Yang explained the Ferris wheel’s Divine Characters to Shizuku, recruited her into his Akatsuki organization, and learned she had come from Meteor City to find people. After spotting a possible connection between the characters and the park’s founder, he decided they should search for Divine Characters instead of continuing to look for Ochima’s job.

• Jing Yang explained that the Divine Characters in the Ferris wheel cabin seemed to boost Aura recovery, and Shizuku agreed to be his subordinate after losing their arm-wrestling match.
• Jing Yang told Shizuku that Akatsuki’s first goal was to reach the Dark Continent, and she became curious about the unknown place.
• Shizuku said she had come from Meteor City to find someone but had not found them, and Jing Yang teased her after noticing her smile.
• Rock Sparrow flew to the Ferris wheel cabin, and Jing Yang and Shizuku later left the attraction with the bird.
• Jing Yang suspected the Divine Characters might have been made by Blanchette’s founder, Allantrail Blanchette, and decided they should search for Divine Characters instead of Ochima’s job.

Jing Yang, Menchi, and Shizuku searched Blanche Company’s protected forest for Divine Characters but found none. At dusk, Jing Yang called out to a suspected spirit, and a pale child appeared before vanishing after repeating a threat against all Hui Guo Rous.

• Jing Yang, Menchi, and Shizuku searched the protected area while discussing En and the difficulty of finding Divine Characters.
• After another fruitless day, the group encountered Wu Er and Jing Yang asked Blanche Company’s staff about ghost stories in the area.
• Jing Yang speculated that Kakin’s people avoided the territory because of a curse and called on any wronged spirit to reveal itself.
• A pale childlike figure appeared among the Fanged Moon Tigers, and Shizuku confirmed that it was real.
• Jing Yang warned Menchi and Shizuku to listen, and they heard the figure say, “All Hui Guo Rous... must die,” before it disappeared.

Jing Yang persuaded Babimayna to use En to search for Divine Characters he believed were connected to Blanche Company. Babimayna led the group into the Fanged Moon Tigers’ territory and found something ahead.

• Slooe said the hunters’ reports of ghosts were not enough to count as results and offered double the reward for verifiable evidence.
• Jing Yang, Shizuku, and Menchi set off to search the forest at night while Dago and the others copied their ghost-calling method.
• Jing Yang asked Babimayna to use En to locate Divine Characters, explaining that he had seen them inside Elf Amusement Park.
• Jing Yang suggested Blanche Company might have left Divine Characters in places Babimayna suspected were significant.
• Babimayna led the group through a pack of Fanged Moon Tigers and announced that he had found something.

Jing Yang and the others triggered the Divine Characters, unleashing a terrifying Nen entity whose hatred targeted Hui Guo Rou. After awakening in an underground passage, they found a Nen message identifying the place as an ancient tomb and asking visitors not to disturb it.

• Babimayna led Jing Yang, Menchi, and Shizuku to Divine Characters carved into a boulder while a pale ghost appeared and repeated that Hui Guo Rou must die.
• Dago and the others arrived, and Jing Yang suggested testing the Divine Characters by injecting Nen aura into them.
• Jing Yang, Menchi, Shizuku, Dago, and the others vanished into the boulder as their Nen entered the symbols, causing the ghost to transform into a four-winged bone dragon.
• Jing Yang saw an account describing the entity as an undying, resentful soul that reincarnated through Fanged Moon Tigers and awakened its killing intent around Hui Guo Rou’s Royal Family bloodline.
• Jing Yang regained consciousness with the others in a passageway and read a hidden Nen message from Ging Freecss asking them not to disturb the ancient tomb.

Jing Yang and the others explored the ancient tomb while a ghost transformed into a bone dragon outside and confronted Babimayna. Allantrail Blanchette appeared, identified himself as a Ruin Hunter, and dismissed the dragon; Jing Yang later wondered why the ghost had targeted Benjamin’s subordinate, while Dago and the others discovered something ahead.

• Jing Yang explained that Ging Freecss was one of the world's five greatest Nen Users, then led Menchi, Shizuku, Dago, and the others deeper into the tomb because they could not find another way out.
• Outside, Jing Yang possessed Wu Er and watched Babimayna and Kakin soldiers face a bone dragon that waited without attacking.
• A blond middle-aged man knocked out several Kakin soldiers and told Babimayna that the dragon, Shiro, would attack Hui Guo Rou but not him.
• Allantrail Blanchette identified himself as a one-star Ruin Hunter and exchanged guarded answers with Babimayna about Shiro, his teacher, and the royal tomb.
• Inside the tomb, Jing Yang reasoned that Shiro might have sensed Hui Guo Rou through Babimayna's connection to Benjamin, as Dago and the others noticed something ahead.

Jing Yang and the others explored a sealed tomb filled with Nen-marked writings left by Kakin’s True Martial King, Viggo Hui Guo Rou. Allantrail revealed how the tomb’s ghostly resident had been contained, and Jing Yang learned that Ging Freecss had helped discover the site and was Allantrail’s teacher.

• Jing Yang’s group photographed the Aura-bearing marks and writings covering the tomb’s passages and main chamber.
• Allantrail Blanchette arrived with Babimayna and explained that the writings were left by Viggo Hui Guo Rou, who had used the tomb for secluded reflection.
• Allantrail revealed that Nastie Hui Guo Rou’s remaining consciousness had been bound to a Doll White Fox so it would no longer trouble the Hui Guo Rou Royal Family.
• Babimayna and the others left through the Divine Characters, but the Doll White Fox tugged at Jing Yang’s pants before he departed.
• Jing Yang asked Allantrail whether Ging Freecss had helped discover the tomb, and Allantrail confirmed that Ging was his teacher.

Jing Yang, Menchi, and Shizuku followed Allantrail through a hidden passage to his office, where he revealed that he had once been assigned to teach Ging Nen. The group learned that Ging had already been a Nen User during his Hunter Exam, while Allantrail showed them surveillance of Babimayna, Dago, and the others inside Ferris wheel cabins.

• Allantrail led Jing Yang, Menchi, and Shizuku through a secret passage opened by Shiro, the Doll White Fox.
• Jing Yang speculated about Shiro's connection to the Kakin royal family and wondered whether his own body had Hui Guo Rou blood.
• Allantrail explained that he had been assigned to teach twelve-year-old Ging after Ging passed the 267th Hunter Exam in 1979.
• Jing Yang realized that Ging had already been a powerful Nen User during the exam and had hidden his abilities from the Association.
• Allantrail activated screens showing Babimayna, Dago, and the others inside Ferris wheel cabins.

Allantrail released Jing Yang’s group and the amateur Hunters after confiscating and formatting their phones, then explained Viggo Hui Guo Rou’s abandoned plan to unite the six continents. As Jing Yang’s group headed to meet their employer, Allantrail reflected on Ging’s claim that Nen Abilities could not be widely popularized.

• Allantrail told Dago and the other amateur Hunters he would format their storage devices and supplied replacement materials for their assignment.
• Allantrail explained that Viggo Hui Guo Rou had prepared to unite the six continents but had abandoned the plan just before acting.
• Jing Yang, Shizuku, and Menchi left Allantrail and found Dago’s group complaining about their formatted phones; Jing Yang urged everyone to collect their reward.
• Babimayna noticed Allantrail watching from the tower, received a distant toast, and walked away.
• Allantrail recalled that Ging had said Nen Abilities could not be popularized as Viggo intended, while Jing Yang wondered if that had been Viggo’s plan.