Chapter Summaries

Pairo performed a funeral rite that sent the Kurta Clan’s Fiery Red Eyes and their lingering resentment away, and his Nen ability grew stronger afterward. Biscuit explained how Specialization abilities could develop through difficult conditions and suggested the Kurta’s departing souls had left Pairo a gift, while Kevin suspected Mito’s resentment had played a key role.

• Pairo used Funeral Butterfly to carry thirty-three pairs of Fiery Red Eyes into the sky, and the Kurta Clan’s lingering resentment faded as their voices comforted Pairo, Kurapika, and Rosana.
• The next morning, Pairo showed Kevin that his ability had changed and that he now had thirty-four pairs of Eye Butterflies.
• Kevin brought Pairo to Biscuit, who explained Specialization Nen and how abilities could grow after their users fulfilled difficult conditions.
• Biscuit suggested the Kurta’s emotions might have strengthened Pairo’s ability after the funeral, and Pairo confirmed his mother had been the clan’s priestess.
• Kevin suspected Mito, Pairo’s father, had left his emotions within the resentment because he had stirred up the Kurta Clan’s anger before his death.

Kevin and his companions discussed the Kakin Empire’s Succession War aboard the B.W. Liner and finalized their candidates for the Dark Continent expedition. Kevin chose who would go and who would remain at Nosra Manor, leaving Rukira and Koala as the two Chimeric Ants selected for the remaining slots.

• Kurapika, Pairo, Kevin, and Biscuit discussed the Kakin Princes’ late recruitment notice and the history and purpose of the Succession War.
• Kevin explained that he would keep Gowen at Nosra Manor as its strongest remaining protector in case the expedition never returned.
• Kevin ruled out Basho, Goreinu, Pakunoda, Jie Mei, and Quan Delai because of their lack of interest, insufficient readiness, or need for more training.
• Kevin chose Benorite and Ce for their machinery control and information-analysis abilities.
• Kevin chose Rukira and Koala for the remaining expedition slots, while Meruem and Peggy would stay behind at Nosra Manor and Red Stone Pharmaceuticals.

Kevin finalized the fourteen-person Dark Continent expedition team, and Kurapika organized its members into combat, reconnaissance, and logistics groups. After discussing preparations and supply storage, the team traveled to a Kakin Empire port on the eve of departure.

• Kevin confirmed the fourteen selected expedition members, including Rukira and Koala, while Quan Delai and Jie Mei reacted to being left out and Benorite celebrated his selection.
• Kurapika assigned the team to Combat Hunting, Reconnaissance Support, and Logistics and Base groups, with Kevin, Melusina, and Biscuit as their respective leaders.
• Ce asked about the temporary base location, and Kevin described the terrain and hazards he had encountered before.
• Pairo proposed storing categorized supplies in linked, appropriately sized boxes that Shalnark could absorb and retrieve with her Vacuum Cleaner.
• The team continued its preparations through July and traveled to a Kakin Empire port on July 31, the day before departure.

Kevin and his allies boarded the B.W. Liner after he identified flaws in Kakin’s public colonization story and assigned his group to different tiers. At the banquet, Kevin confronted the Fourth Prince and concluded that the Succession Contest had begun and that the Prince had to die.

• Kevin reviewed the B.W. Liner’s layout with Kurapika and Ce, learned that the Kakin Empire had only ever intended to build one ship, and assigned himself, Biscuit, Kurapika, and Shalnark to the second floor while the others stayed on the Third Tier.
• Kevin and his allies boarded the B.W. Liner and attended a banquet where Kevin spoke with the Fifth Prince about medical potions.
• The Fourth Prince approached Kevin and Kurapika, and Kevin’s hostile aura overwhelmed him until he left the banquet.
• Kevin told Kurapika that the Fourth Prince was an enemy who had to be killed, and Kurapika agreed to find a way to handle him.
• Kevin told Biscuit that he had sensed a faint Aura of Resentment on the Fourth Prince and suspected the Succession Ceremony had begun as the ship set sail; Biscuit left with him.

Kevin gave Netero a vial that could help him pursue a new level of strength before attending a meeting about the Dark Continent voyage. At the meeting, Kevin clashed with Pariston and Heng Yangling, then settled back in as the exploration rules were presented.

• Kevin revealed his breakthrough to Netero and gave him a vial whose effects stirred his instincts and desire to improve.
• Kevin told Melusina that he had deliberately given Netero a reason to devote himself to exploring the Dark Continent.
• Kevin attended an International Voyage Bureau meeting with Melusina, where Beyond questioned him about the Chimeric Ant incident and Pariston criticized his involvement.
• Melusina attacked Pariston with a pen, Kevin sent it into him, and Heng Yangling fought Kevin briefly before a meeting official stopped them.
• Kevin and Jin discussed whether killing Pariston would satisfy them as the meeting resumed and its host began explaining the exploration rules.

Kevin, Jin, and Beyond accepted the Twelve Zodiacs’ restrictions on the Dark Continent expedition, while Jin warned that Kakin’s Succession War ceremony might require sacrifices. After the meeting, Kevin learned Morel and Bianluoke had joined the Twelve Zodiacs, and he and Melusina set out to find out where Bianluoke was and what had happened to Lorraine.

• Kevin and Jin sorted the expedition documents, and Jin explained that only Beyond’s, Jin’s, and Kevin’s teams were joining the first wave to the Dark Continent.
• Qiduo outlined the Twelve Zodiacs’ supervision plan and warned that explorers who returned without hope or a way to resolve the disasters would be stopped.
• Beyond, Jin, and Kevin accepted the conditions, and Kevin told Jin that his punch had shown Beyond was weaker than he was.
• Jin warned Kevin that the Kakin Empire’s Succession War ceremony might involve sacrifices, and Qiduo said the Twelve Zodiacs would stay alert.
• Qiduo told Kevin that Morel had replaced Jin and Bianluoke had replaced Pariston in the Twelve Zodiacs.
• Melusina worried about Bianluoke’s sister Lorraine, and Kevin and Melusina decided to ask Ox where Bianluoke was.

Kevin and Melusina found Bianluoke caring for Lorraine, whose rare illness caused her Aura Nodes to open and drain her life energy. Kevin realized the illness originated in her soul and believed he could find a cure on the Dark Continent.

• Maitai led Kevin and Melusina to Bianluoke, who had become a One-Star Beast Hunter and was serving as a temporary consultant aboard the ship.
• Kevin and Melusina discovered Lorraine asleep inside a bubble, and Bianluoke explained that Stamina Depletion Syndrome was opening her Aura Nodes and draining her life energy.
• Kevin explained that Aura-replenishing potions could not cure Lorraine, while Bianluoke revealed that Netero had brought him into the Twelve Zodiacs because a cure might be found on the Dark Continent.
• Kevin deduced that Netero had expected him to help Bianluoke and promised to find a cure within five or six years.
• Kevin examined Lorraine with his Nen and concluded that her illness came from her soul leaking away, rather than from her body.

Kevin and Melusina learned that Lorraine’s soul illness could be managed for at least ten years, then the B.W. Number One set sail and entered the Kakin Succession Ceremony’s range. Kevin questioned why the ceremony covered the entire ship and wondered whether its ordinary passengers were being used as offerings.

• Kevin explained that Lorraine’s leaking soul caused her Aura to become uncontrollable, but a Nen quantity battery potion could extend her life for at least ten years.
• Bianluoke described his Colorful Bubbles Nen ability, which he had developed to capture Beasts and keep Lorraine inside a bubble that sealed her Aura.
• Kevin and Melusina left after visiting Lorraine, and the B.W. Number One set sail following the Kakin King’s command.
• Kevin sensed black Resentment spreading through the ship and recognized that the Succession Ceremony had begun across the entire vessel.
• Kevin and Melusina discussed waiting before asking Nion for a prediction, while Kevin considered whether the ship’s ordinary passengers might serve as offerings.

Kevin observed the Kakin Princes at a banquet and discovered that the Succession Ceremony generated powerful Nen Beasts from Resentment. After the King identified Kevin as a threat to the Ceremony, Beyond chose to abandon his Kakin plans rather than confront him and jeopardize his preparations for the Dark Continent.

• Kevin attended the banquet to study the Princes and sensed Resentment surrounding King Nasby Hui Guo Rou.
• Kevin judged the Ninth Prince and Fifth Prince to be the only adult Princes with a righteous Aura, then watched Resentment-form Nen Beasts appear and bind themselves to the Princes.
• Kevin left the banquet with Biscuit and Melusina, while Kurapika and Pairo stayed to gather intelligence on the Fifth Prince and Ninth Prince.
• The King reviewed a dossier on Kevin, recognized him as a possible threat to the Succession Ceremony, and ordered Beyond to deal with him.
• Beyond acknowledged that Kevin had bested him in their clash, then refused the King's order and abandoned his plans in Kakin to avoid a conflict that could disrupt his Dark Continent preparations.

Kurapika and Pairo investigated the Princes’ quarters with Funeral Butterflies to assess the Succession War and plan how to kill the Fourth Prince. After one butterfly was eaten by the Fourth Prince’s Nen Beast, they considered using the other Princes against him, while the Fourth Prince questioned Tada about strange powers after his encounter with Kevin.

• Kurapika and Pairo discussed the danger of the Succession War and decided the Fourth Prince had to be eliminated.
• Pairo used Funeral Butterflies to observe the Fourteenth, Thirteenth, and Twelfth Princes, witnessing corpses and a failed assassination attempt against the Twelfth Prince.
• The Fourth Prince’s Nen Beast swallowed one of Pairo’s butterflies, injuring his eye and preventing him from spying on the Fourth Prince directly.
• Kurapika proposed exploiting the First Prince’s public conflict with the Fourth Prince to have other Princes attack him.
• The Fourth Prince brooded over how Kevin’s presence had frightened him and asked Tada whether strange powers existed.
• A warning about people vanishing and Nen Beasts reached Tada, who struggled to answer the Fourth Prince truthfully.

Gon and Killua explored the ship while Kevin’s team discussed the Kakin Succession War and the danger it posed to the hundreds of thousands of passengers. Kevin decided they had to destroy the ceremony and told Kurapika to find a prince who might cooperate with them.

• Kiy told Gon that Jin was aboard the ship but would be difficult to find among its more than two hundred thousand passengers, and Gon and Killua went off to explore.
• Men Qi served dessert at Kevin’s team gathering, where Kevin explained that the Succession Ceremony might sacrifice the passengers in the ship’s lower tiers.
• Kevin declared that he would destroy the ceremony and its Resentment core, and the team agreed to wait for Kurapika and Pairo’s intelligence.
• Kurapika reported that over a dozen people had died near the princes’ quarters, an attempted attack had exposed information about Nen abilities, and the Twelfth and Fourteenth Princes were especially vulnerable.
• Biscuit warned that the princes could awaken powerful Nen abilities once they learned about Nen, while Kevin instructed Kurapika to identify a prince who might help stop the ceremony.

Tserriednich mastered Ken in less than a day, then learned that Kevin was a formidable Nen user and decided to postpone his revenge until after the Succession War. Kurapika and Pairo considered which prince to approach, while Gon and Kiy explored the crowded ship and Benjamin recognized Kevin as a potential threat.

• Tserriednich quickly learned Ken and asked Tada about Kevin, who had intimidated him.
• Tada warned Tserriednich that Kevin had helped defeat the Chimeric Ants and was said to rival Netero, so Tserriednich chose not to provoke him during the Succession War.
• Kurapika told Pairo that his uncle considered the Fifth and Ninth Princes cleaner options, and they decided to gather more information before choosing an ally.
• Gon and Kiy explored the lower decks, where they saw many Nen users and drew some ill-intentioned looks.
• Benjamin learned that the Nen information had spread after assassination attempts and remained confident in his advantage, but recalled Tserriednich's fear of Kevin and wondered if Kevin could become a threat.

Gon and Killua decided to hunt the killers stalking the ship, while Kurapika and Pairo weighed how to approach the princes in the Succession War. The chapter ended when a young girl emerged through a Nen-created door in front of Kevin on the lower deck.

• Gon and Killua told the group about the ship's recent murders, and Koala suspected multiple killers were responsible.
• Gon and Killua persuaded Koala to join them in tracking down the killers and left the living quarters.
• Pairo briefed Kurapika and Biscuit on the princes' Nen Beasts, and Kurapika considered seeking support from the Fifth or Ninth Prince.
• Biscuit suggested that Kurapika and Pairo could help both princes pursue their separate goals, while Pairo noticed the Eleventh Prince had disappeared.
• Kevin stopped when a round door appeared before him, and a young girl stepped through it.

Kevin encountered Fugats Hui Guo Rou after her Guardian Spirit Beast brought her to the Third Tier, and helped arrange for her return. He later learned that Fugats and the Tenth Prince hoped to escape the Succession Ceremony, and concluded that the Guardian Spirit Beasts were Resentment-like entities resembling his own abilities.

• Fugats emerged from a heart-patterned pipe-like Nen Beast, and Kevin realized she could not reopen the passage to return.
• Kevin contacted the others, and Maitai, Kurapika, and Pairo helped escort Fugats back to the First Tier.
• Pairo confirmed that Fugats and the Tenth Prince wanted to escape the Succession Ceremony, so Kevin told him to cooperate while monitoring their plans.
• Kevin told Biscuit that escape from the Succession Ceremony would lead to death and explained that Guardian Spirit Beasts resembled Resentment-based Nen abilities.

Kevin explained to Biscuit how the princes might combine their Nen Beast abilities with personal Nen abilities, while Kurapika and Pairo monitored the Tenth and Eleventh Princes’ attempted escape. On the lower tiers, Maitai enlisted Gon, Killua, and Koala to investigate the murders, and Koala warned that the killers were pursuing a goal and included Nen users.

• Kevin told Biscuit that the princes could keep their Nen Beasts after the Succession War and potentially coordinate their abilities with personal Nen abilities.
• Kurapika and Pairo observed the Tenth and Eleventh Princes planning an escape with help from Professional Hunter guards, and Kurapika decided to watch and inform Kevin if their plan seemed feasible.
• Maitai agreed to let Gon, Killua, and Koala join the investigation into the indiscriminate murders, provided they reported their findings and avoided acting independently.
• Koala examined the crime photos and told Maitai that the killers were decisive despite their clumsy methods, suggesting they killed to achieve another goal rather than for its own sake.
• Killua identified a wound as likely caused by a Nen user, and Koala confirmed that the murder group included Nen users.

At the princes’ banquet, Kurapika, Pairo, and Biscuit discussed the Succession War’s Nen Beasts and the princes’ recent changes while Kevin waited to intercept the Tenth and Eleventh Princes’ escape attempt. Melody’s flute immobilized everyone for three minutes; Kevin stopped the escape boat but witnessed the Tenth Prince die and a second version of him emerge, while the others awoke stunned by the ability.

• Pairo explained that the Eighth Prince had been poisoned after his Nen Beast was destroyed, and Kurapika and Pairo discussed how the princes could control their beasts.
• Kurapika, Pairo, and Biscuit observed that the Fourth Prince had awakened Nen and discussed his likely Specialization ability, while Pairo reported that the Ninth Prince had confronted the King and later clashed with the First Prince’s Private Army.
• Kevin waited in the Escape Passage as Melody’s flute performance caused everyone who heard it to lose awareness for three minutes.
• The Tenth and Eleventh Princes and an old Hunter passed Kevin and escaped in a boat, but Kevin awoke, knocked the Hunter unconscious, and stopped the boat with a Water Droplet.
• Kevin saw the Tenth Prince’s corpse and watched a second Tenth Prince form from a soul filled with Nen Aura before entering a passage that disappeared.
• The banquet guests awoke and applauded Melody, while Kurapika and Biscuit questioned the overwhelming power and cost of her Nen ability.

Kevin examined the Tenth Prince’s corpse and concluded that her Nen Beast had restored her soul to a new body, then carried the corpse back and persuaded an old Hunter that they shared a goal of destroying the Succession Ceremony. After Kevin left, Kurapika and Biscuit discussed Melody’s performance and learned that Kevin had also been trapped by its Nen effect.

• Kevin reasoned that the Succession Ceremony tracked the princes’ souls and that the Tenth Prince had returned to it in a Nen Beast-created body.
• Kevin retrieved the Tenth Prince’s corpse from the Escape Boat and encountered the old Hunter, who had disguised himself with a Nen ability.
• Kevin explained the Tenth Prince’s apparent revival and proposed that he and the old Hunter work together to destroy the Succession Ceremony.
• The old Hunter accepted that their goals aligned, and Kevin asked him to observe the Tenth Prince’s condition before carrying the corpse away under a veil of Nen.
• After Melody’s performance, Kurapika asked Biscuit about its Nen ability, and they learned that Kevin had been caught in its effect for two minutes.

Kevin used Snake Venom to awaken the Tenth Prince’s corpse and trace its connection to the Succession Ceremony, discovering a Buddha-shaped Nen tool that bound the Whale Ship and its dead. The discovery left Kevin wondering whether Kakin’s Resentment Treasures could be adjusted, and whether he could use that method to alter the sealed [Master of Stealth].

• Kevin explained that a prince’s body could remain connected to the Succession War even after its soul departed, and said he had brought the Tenth Prince’s corpse to investigate that link.
• Kevin injected Snake Venom into the corpse, causing it to rise through Resentment, and explained that the toxin could draw Resentment from dead bodies but could not give them combat ability.
• Kevin sensed the Succession Ceremony’s Nen barrier and countless bound spirits, then located a Buddha-shaped Nen tool that appeared to define and control the ceremony’s range.
• Kevin concluded that destroying the Buddha image might disrupt the ceremony, though another powerful treasure likely granted the Princes their Nen Beasts.
• Kevin examined the sealed [Master of Stealth] and wondered whether a method existed to adjust the conditions of Resentment Treasures.

Pairo and Kurapika explored ways to cooperate with the Tenth and Eleventh Princes to enter the Succession Ceremony’s core, while Kevin learned the names and roles of Kakin’s three national treasures from Ging. Kevin weighed his reasons for interfering in the war as the group sought a prince who would help destroy the ceremony.

• Pairo told Kurapika that the Tenth Prince had returned as a Nen Beast and reviewed the princes’ unusual abilities while discussing their approach to the ceremony’s core.
• Kurapika said the Ninth Prince had accepted their proposal conditionally, and Pairo proposed cooperating with the Eleventh Prince through her tunnel and offered Kevin’s help with the Tenth Prince’s condition.
• Pairo contacted Kevin, who offered to revive the Tenth Prince; he then used a message to approach Melody, who confirmed someone had tried to save the princes during their earlier crisis.
• Kevin asked Ging about Kakin’s national treasures, and Ging identified the Pot of Eggs, the Ceremonial Sitting Buddha, and the Lucky Omen Pill.
• Ging lamented that Gon had not come to see him, and Kevin criticized him before Ging left.
• Kevin considered stopping the sacrifice of two hundred thousand people, disrupting Beyond’s plans, and finding a prince who would help destroy the Succession Ceremony.

Gon and the others uncovered Molena’s plan to spread a leveling-based infection across the ship, prompting the mafia families and Maitai to join forces against her. Meanwhile, Kevin explained how he could revive the Tenth Prince using her preserved corpse and soul.

• Maitai’s team and the two mafia families linked the Third Tier killings to the vanished Ai Yi Yi Family and captured one of Molena’s men.
• Lin Qi interrogated the prisoner with her Nen ability, revealing that Molena’s Love Etude infected people through kissing and let them gain levels by killing.
• The group learned that infected people who reached level one hundred could spread the infection themselves, potentially turning the ship into chaos and leading them to target the Princes.
• Ollu, Henrich, and Maitai agreed to cooperate to eliminate Molena and her subordinates before the contagion spread further.
• Kevin told Men Qi that Bianluoke’s bubble and his own Scale Powder could help return the Tenth Prince’s soul to her preserved corpse.