Recaps

Kevin discovered that the Undying disease was a population-regulating disaster triggered by the Machine Lifeforms, then helped defeat the Parasite People and secure Dark Probe’s standing. As human society prepared for the next expedition, Kevin assembled its people and supplies and decided he would not return afterward.

• Kevin found that a ceramic shard could kill an Undying body, identified the disease as a Red Line Disaster, and joined Netero in confronting the Parasite People crisis.
• Kevin exposed and eliminated vast numbers of Parasite People, escaped their mental trap, and defeated Pariston after he fused the disease, corpses, and shadows into a monster.
• Kevin and Netero negotiated international rules that restricted future expeditions and recognized Dark Probe’s sovereignty over its Forward Base and discoveries.
• Kiy and Gon returned to the Zoldyck estate with Three-Tails, where Gon and Kiy demonstrated their strength to Hisoka and Illumi and reunited with Kiy’s family.
• Kevin prepared the next expedition while the Hunter Association planned reforms and a Chairman election, and he decided he would not return from the Dark Continent.
• Kevin selected expedition members and targets, completed thousands of potions for human society, and received Morel, Bellolight, and Ce as the Whale Ship neared readiness.

Kevin led the expedition to the Dark Continent, where his team encountered the Double-tailed Snake while searching for Nitromi and negotiated for Longevity Rice. After returning to the settlement, the explorers studied the strange bones and began new expeditions, while Kevin planned to turn the rice into potions.

• Kevin and Netero sparred, and Kevin’s Four-Armed Tripod-Bearer shattered Netero’s Hundred-Type Guanyin before they later exchanged ideas about their Mental Images.
• The Probe sailed through the Gate to the Dark Continent, where Melusina’s team encountered Double-tailed Snakes whose sound waves controlled and injured them.
• Kevin fought a powerful Double-tailed Snake, learned that it manipulated Life Energy and time, and withdrew after realizing he could not defeat it in a prolonged battle without his Medicine Tripod.
• Kevin negotiated with the Double-tailed Snake for Longevity Rice and discovered that its main body was old and frail, while the swamp’s bones contained valuable life energy.
• Jin reported that five newcomers had died in their first week, and the expedition decided not to establish a Forward Base near the dangerous territory.
• Kevin’s team returned to the settlement, where the explorers examined the bones and found that Longevity Rice could integrate life force into living bodies.
• Morel led Gon, Kiy, and Bianluoke on a coastal survey, while Jin prepared an inland expedition and Kevin planned to make potions from the Longevity Rice.
• Morel’s coastal team encountered a Giant-Clawed Lobster, which stopped to drink their Coconut Fruit before leaving.

Kevin traded for the Immortal Bone, gained a space-warping ability from an S-Rank potion, and led an expedition into the World Tree’s domain. At the Glorious Grand Arena, he fought a Red Spirit and learned how the Possessed Spirits’ conflict with the Winged Race was tied to the Undying disease.

• Kevin traded the Immortal Bone to Dragon Turtle for a cord and information about the Dark Continent’s Lords and territories.
• Kevin returned to Moon Bay and helped the leaders weigh inland exploration against a northern expedition.
• Gon, Morel, Bianluoke, and Qishou killed a Sand Whale, then escaped a Sand Worm before returning to town with its meat.
• Kevin brewed an S-Rank potion and used Cocoon of Rebirth to channel its transformation into his fingernails, gaining the space-warping ability Between the Unreachable.
• Kevin led Biscuit, Gowen, Men Qi, and Buhara into the World Tree’s domain, where they met Leckka and accepted his invitation to the Glorious Grand Arena.
• Kevin fought a Red Spirit at the arena, endured her attacks and possession, then trapped her with spiritual attacks from inside his Medicine Tripod.
• Kevin questioned the Possessed Spirits and learned from Featherwing that the Winged Race hunted infected spirits to stop the Undying disease, fueling their repeated clashes.