Chapter Summaries

Gelman defeated Camilla after she summoned the Grudges and transformed into the Million Cycle Cat, preventing her from claiming the Kakin throne. The fairy girl then absorbed Camilla’s Grudge and revealed that she had guided the Kakin bloodline for centuries in an attempt to resurrect her god.

• Gelman used his Legendary Stance to counter Camilla’s attacks, sever her claw, and destroy the Pot of Poisons.
• Camilla transformed into the strengthened Million Cycle Cat and furiously attacked Gelman’s shield.
• Gelman appeared behind Camilla, stabbed her through the chest, and killed her with a barrage of bullets.
• The fairy girl absorbed Camilla’s Grudge before it could reach Gelman’s Hunter Badge.
• The fairy girl explained that she had manipulated the first King of Kakin and the royal bloodline for centuries to prepare a resurrection ritual, but her god had been forced to be born early.

Gelman fought the Pot Holder after she transformed into a colossal giant and destroyed the platforms above the Ten Thousand Man Cave. He used successive forms to evade her attacks and finally nearly severed her neck, leaving her head falling toward the ground.

• The Pot Holder grew into a giant, shattered the staircase platform, and tried to crush Gelman between her palms.
• Gelman dodged her attacks and wounded her legs, but her next strike blasted him into a crater and destroyed the remaining platforms.
• The Pot Holder descended into the Ten Thousand Man Cave, and Gelman chose to stay and fight rather than search for Shizuku and the others.
• Gelman transformed into a silver-white form, darted between the Pot Holder’s palms, and slashed her throat and blinded her.
• Gelman changed into a dark form and struck the back of the Pot Holder’s neck with his Slash Wave, nearly severing it and sending her head tumbling down.

Gelman lured the Fairy Girl away from Shizuku and the others, but she crushed her severed head and sacrificed her left arm to bombard him with black-mist meteorites. After the attack buried him, a vast, uncanny full moon rose, and Gelman crawled alive out of his grave.

• The Fairy Girl absorbed Grudge into her severed head and chased Gelman with beams of annihilating black light as he flew beyond the city.
• Gelman drew the Fairy Girl away from Shizuku and the others, then turned back and dodged her attacks as he closed in.
• The Fairy Girl crushed her head, summoning a bombardment of black-mist meteorites that drove Gelman to the ground.
• The Fairy Girl tore off her left arm and sacrificed it to unleash another meteor shower, burying Gelman beneath the impacts.
• A huge full moon rose over the ruins, and Gelman pushed his way out of the earth alive.

Gelman forged the Scythe of Funeral from his rib and Hunter Badge, then fought the Headless Fairy in a relentless battle. He killed her by destroying her hearts and emerged fully healed, with his Nen Energy restored.

• Gelman combined a broken rib and the Hunter Badge to create the Scythe of Funeral.
• Gelman charged the Headless Fairy and used the scythe to wound her while healing by draining her life force.
• Gelman pursued the Headless Fairy into the air, destroyed her left wing, and caused her to crash to the ground.
• Gelman disemboweled the weakened Headless Fairy and destroyed her hearts one by one.
• Gelman defeated the Headless Fairy and finished the fight without wounds, with his Nen Energy restored.

Gelman faced the premature demigod Grudge after it emerged from the dark vortex and began attacking the land with vengeful spirits. He charged toward it with the survivors’ Nen amplifying him, as a storm gathered above the battlefield.

• The Headless Fairy’s corpse crumbled into dust, and its Grudge flowed with that of other defeated beasts into a vortex above the city.
• A huge, baby-faced Grudge emerged from the vortex and announced that it would rebuild its God's Country and seek revenge before unleashing vengeful spirits across the land.
• Gelman resisted the spirits with the Scythe of Funeral and leapt toward Grudge, embracing his fear and excitement as he charged.
• Netero, the Twelve Zodiacs, Biscuit, Shizuku, and other survivors drew strength from Gelman’s resolve, drove away the Grudge around them, and sent him silver Nen amplification.
• Gelman fought through the vengeful spirits until he was only a few hundred meters from Grudge, while lightning, wind, and rain gathered in the clouds above them.

Gelman survived the divine battle between Grudge and the deep sea, waking after Shizuku and Shubika found and treated him. He gained a second badge, the Gu Yuan Badge, while the Hunter Association’s core members recognized how powerful he had become.

• Grudge fought the deep sea in the sky, and Gelman stayed nearby as his Hunter Badge absorbed Grudge’s power.
• A blast from the gods’ battle sent Gelman crashing into the ground, where he lost consciousness.
• Shizuku, Biscuit, Ging, and others searched for Gelman, and Shubika treated him after the medical team arrived.
• Gelman woke beside Shizuku and Shubika, then discovered he had gained the Gu Yuan Badge, which let him perceive and communicate with souls.
• Netero, Ging, Biscuit, Morel, Micenei Strome, and others gathered to applaud Gelman and acknowledge his extraordinary strength.

Gelman and Shizuku joined the Hunter Association’s core members to discuss the Great Chaos and what they had learned about the gods. The meeting ended with Biscuit proposing that they pursue Beyond, Pariston, Xiyou, and the others toward Transfer Base Island.

• Gelman woke Shizuku, and they went to breakfast at the Coastal Fortress.
• List told Gelman that Netero had called the core members to a meeting in room X-2320.
• Gelman, Ging, and Biscuit explained what Don Freecss had revealed about the gods, leaving the attendees stunned.
• Netero described the gods as Nen users powerful enough to affect a vast area, while the group worried about the Outer God Devouring Stars.
• Biscuit reported that Beyond, Pariston, Xiyou, and others had sailed ahead for Transfer Base Island and suggested intercepting them at the Gatekeeper's.

Netero revealed an unrecorded Dark Continent disaster that Beyond might be pursuing: a volcanic region guarded by dragons and filled with rare Crystal Gems. Biscuit assembled a team to reach it before Beyond, while Ging chose to investigate the Gu Yuan ruins and Morel volunteered to join the expedition.

• Netero argued that the Hunter Association had to prioritize survivors and rebuilding before pursuing Beyond and his allies.
• Netero revealed that he and Linne and Jagg had once visited Ai, and that he later challenged an unrecorded B+ danger in a volcanic region guarded by dragons and carrying Crystal Gems.
• Netero suspected Beyond would seek the Crystal Gems to surpass and spite him, prompting Biscuit to hurry Gelman into forming an expedition.
• Gelman agreed to go, Shizuku joined because Gelman was going, and Ging declined to investigate the Gu Yuan ruins instead.
• Morel volunteered to accompany the expedition so he could learn the route and prepare to lead future journeys toward the Dark Continent.

The pursuit team settled on using Gelman’s conjured ship to reach the Gate of Limit while the Association prepared supplies and support for the New Continent. The Hunter Association then began recognizing members for their contributions, promoting Gelman, Ging, and Biscuit to Three-Star Hunters.

• Kansai asked how the pursuit team would cross the ocean, and Sacho explained that other Nen users could collectively conjure a long-distance ship but needed to stay behind to support the return route and report to the Six Continents.
• Gelman conjured a ship model and explained that his team could supply the Nen needed to operate it, solving the pursuit team’s transportation problem.
• Biscuit urged the group to leave immediately, but Chairman Netero said they needed to prepare supplies and could not depart before the next day.
• Gido and Micenei Strome announced Association honors and promotions, making Gelman a Three-Star Hunter and promoting Ging and Biscuit from Two-Star to Three-Star Hunters.
• Ging questioned why the Association had promoted him without an application, and Gido told him to accept the promotion before she turned to Shizuku.

Gido offered Shizuku direct membership in the Hunter Association and explained how her position could help Meteor City gain recognition and a place in the New Continent’s development. Shizuku agreed to join and help, leaving the plan for Meteor City’s future in motion.

• Gido told Shizuku that the Hunter Association was recruiting directly after losing members in the BW1 chaos, and offered her professional Hunter status alongside Kajin Dorudo and Meleoron.
• Gido promised Shizuku a One-Star rank and explained that the Association wanted her and Sheila to help build trust with Meteor City’s leaders.
• Gido outlined a plan for Meteor City to join the New Continent’s development and attract investment as the Six Continents faced labor shortages.
• Shizuku considered the proposal, then agreed to join the Hunter Association and help both Meteor City and the Association.

After the Great Chaos, Gelman and his companions sailed from the New Continent toward Transfer Base Island to pursue Beyond, leave Teleport Lanterns, and hunt a dragon for Biscuit’s Crystal Gem. After weeks at sea and Biscuit’s intensive training, they finally spotted Transfer Base Island.

• Hunter Association members gathered to see Gelman, Ging, Biscuit, and Shizuku off, while the Association promoted Gelman, Ging, and Biscuit to Three-Star Hunters, Nobunaga to a Two-Star Hunter, and Shizuku, Pam, and Kurapika to One-Star Hunters.
• Gelman conjured a White Yacht, and he, Biscuit, Morel, and Shizuku sailed toward the Gate of Limit.
• The group sailed south along the New Continent’s coast, rounded Turtle Cape, then headed east and northeast toward Transfer Base Island.
• The travelers faced fierce sea beasts and frequent storms, while Biscuit trained daily to build on the strength she had awakened during the battle against the Fierce Beast.
• Shizuku interrupted Biscuit’s training to tell her that Transfer Base Island was in sight, and Biscuit said she was eager to return to land.

Mewheru’s mercenaries tried to defend Transfer Base Island from the Hunter Association pursuers, but their coastal guns and fortified positions failed to stop a four-person attack. Mewheru watched his force collapse and recognized Rat Ging among the attackers.

• Mewheru learned that an unidentified sightseeing yacht was approaching Transfer Base Island and ordered his men to sink it.
• His subordinates reported that the yacht evaded their coastal guns and landed on the island within minutes.
• Mewheru learned that only four enemies had landed and rushed to the front line.
• Mewheru saw his mercenaries’ mechanical suits and troops being destroyed as they fell back under the attackers’ fire.
• Mewheru spotted Rat Ging among the four opponents and wondered why he had come.

Gelman’s group defeated Mewheru’s mercenaries and learned that Beyond’s team had departed for the Gate of Limit with Pauper’s Roses. Gelman spared the prisoners and took their ship, reaching the Gate of Limit two weeks later.

• Mewheru surrendered after Gelman, Biscuit, Morel, and Shizuku destroyed the mercenaries’ mechs and overwhelmed their squad.
• Gelman questioned Mewheru, who revealed that Beyond’s team had left four days earlier with twenty-five Nen users and a supply of Pauper’s Roses.
• Gelman spared Mewheru and his mercenaries and ordered them to take their group to the ship waiting at a nearby harbor.
• Gelman’s group boarded the oceanic research vessel and traveled northeast for two weeks, arriving at the Gate of Limit on December 16, 1999.
• Gelman and the others saw a towering ocean current that blocked ships from sailing onward.

Gelman’s group reached the island at the Wall of Limit, left Mewheru and the mercenaries behind, and climbed to the Gate of Limit. They learned the first Gatekeeper test was opening a 256-ton Testing Door, a weight tied to the Zoldyck Family’s tradition.

• Mewheru and the mercenaries abandoned their plans to resist Gelman after witnessing his Nen Energy drive away a giant deep-sea beast.
• Gelman’s group found Beyond’s expedition ship at the island, but no one or useful supplies aboard.
• Gelman left supplies with Mewheru and promised to take him and the mercenaries back to the New Continent when the group returned.
• Shizuku gave Mewheru’s group supplies from Evil Tenderfoot, and Gelman’s group climbed to the Gate of Limit.
• The group learned that the Gatekeeper’s first test was pushing open a 256-ton Testing Door, which explained the Zoldyck Family’s tradition of training to open seven heavy doors.

Gelman’s group entered the Gate of Limit’s courtyard and faced the Sphinx, which required three of them to answer questions before they could pass. Morel and Biscuit answered, while Gelman remained to take the final question.

• Gelman opened the Gate of Limit, and his group passed through to the courtyard where the Sphinx waited.
• The Sphinx explained that three people had to answer its questions and that their answers would bring blessings or curses.
• Morel chose to try to save both Knuckle and Shoto, and the Sphinx inflicted severe wounds on him.
• Morel argued that surviving meant he had succeeded in saving both apprentices, then Shizuku tended his wounds.
• Biscuit chose to make her strong form swifter and more powerful, accepting that her small form would become less attractive.

Biscuit and Gelman passed the Sphinx’s test and reached the Deep Sea Gate, where the Gatekeeper set a final trial for them. Biscuit faced a powerful Sharkman, while the Gatekeeper challenged Gelman to survive ten minutes in combat, and Gelman asked to move the fight away from his companions.

• Biscuit accepted her wrinkles as the cost of restoring her strength and planned to seek treatment and Nitoromi later.
• The Sphinx told Gelman its ability could not affect him, asked whether he would still choose to come to the Dark Continent, and let the group pass.
• Gelman and the others reached the Deep Sea Gate and learned that Beyond’s group had already passed the trial and set out.
• The Gatekeeper summoned a Champion Grade Sharkman and challenged Biscuit to withstand its attacks for ten minutes.
• The Gatekeeper rose to fight Gelman for ten minutes, and Gelman asked to relocate so the battle would not endanger his companions.

Gelman fought the Gatekeeper in the Sea of Storms after it agreed to keep their battle away from his companions. The ten-minute limit expired with both still standing, and the Gatekeeper declared Gelman the winner.

• Sphinx noticed Gelman flying beside the Gatekeeper and wondered why their god had taken an interest in him.
• Mewheru and his mercenaries watched the Gatekeeper attack a silver-lit figure and suspected it was Gelman.
• The Gatekeeper brought Gelman to the Sea of Storms and asked whether he had absorbed the God of Gu Yuan’s power.
• The Gatekeeper summoned a storm and attacked Gelman with lightning and its trident, but Gelman dodged each strike.
• Gelman charged the Gatekeeper, and their weapons clashed as they fought amid raging wind, rain, and waves.
• When their ten-minute limit ended, the Gatekeeper stopped fighting and said Gelman had won.

Gelman and the Gatekeeper ended their battle without a decisive winner, and the Gatekeeper gave Gelman a Deep Sea Badge while warning him of a recovering god whose influence could reach the East Coast. At the Deep Sea Gate, Biscuit defeated the Sharkman and broke through her bottleneck, then told Gelman that the gap between them kept growing.

• Gelman and the Gatekeeper stopped fighting, and the Gatekeeper hinted that it wanted to resist its shackles and gave Gelman a mysterious gift.
• The Gatekeeper warned Gelman that a god recovering in the West Coast could soon threaten the East Coast, and gave him the Deep Sea Badge.
• Biscuit defeated the Sharkman after her Nen Energy surged, then accepted her muscular form and asked Shizuku for treatment and clothes.
• Gelman returned with the Gatekeeper, congratulated Biscuit on advancing, and heard her say she could not see a way to close the growing gap between them.

Gelman and his companions crossed the Deep Sea Gate and boarded the Ferry Ghost Ship, whose Guides would carry them through the deep sea. During the submerged voyage, Gelman and Morel experienced a strange distortion that Gelman recognized as the transition the captain had mentioned.

• Gelman discovered that the Deep Sea Gate was a new Special Lantern Teleportation Point as the Gatekeeper summoned a ship from the sea.
• The Gatekeeper introduced the Ferry Ghost Ship’s captain and Guides, who agreed to take Gelman and his companions to the nearest harbor in a day and night.
• Gelman and his companions boarded the ship and settled into its cabin as it traveled through the dark deep sea.
• Morel complained that he could not see through the porthole, and Gelman sensed a strange phenomenon that briefly flattened and slowed their appearances.
• Gelman identified the distortion as the transition the captain and Guide had mentioned.

Gelman, Shizuku, Biscuit, and Morel traveled aboard the Ferry Ghost Ship toward the Dark Continent, reaching Siren Strait after nearly a day and night of jumps. The ship landed in a quiet bay, where the captain gave Gelman a conch shell to summon a return voyage.

• Gelman explained to Shizuku that the Ferry Ghost Ship would reach the Dark Continent by making repeated long-distance jumps, and the group admired glowing deep-sea creatures through the portholes.
• The Guide captain woke the group and announced they were almost at their destination, then released the cabin seal so they could prepare to leave.
• The Ferry Ghost Ship rose to the surface, and the captain identified Siren Strait as their destination and the landing point of the group before them.
• The group passed singing Sirens among cliffs and reefs, and Gelman tripped Morel to break him from their enchantment.
• The Ferry Ghost Ship docked in a quiet bay, and the captain gave Gelman a conch shell to call for a return voyage.