Chapter Summaries

Lucky studied the damaged Book Page from the Book of Sacrifice and discovered its Heart Nen, while Regina adjusted to her renewed life under his care. He left her a task that spawned an urban legend in the Heavenly Arena, then delegated Keli City's growing problems to the Martial Arts Halls.

• Lucky used Divine Script to control the damaged Book Page, which recreated Waterfall Town because Regina served as its core.
• Lucky realized the Book of Sacrifice had revealed a power he called Heart Nen, which might make something real if enough people believed in it.
• Regina accepted that she was still herself after learning she had once been a puppet, and Lucky gave her a task rather than restricting her freedom.
• An urban legend spread that doors in the Heavenly Arena could lead to unknown places, after which Lucky's secretaries reported on trouble in Keli City.
• Lucky learned that new casinos and a marijuana-like business had appeared in Keli City while the Conrad Family gained ground in the Mafia struggle.
• Lucky told Eriko to convey his intentions and let the Martial Arts Halls handle the city's problems themselves.

Silva Zoldyck brought his nine-year-old son Illumi to Keli City so Illumi could train at the Heavenly Arena and eventually master Nen. Their journey was interrupted by a Secret Realm appearing on the road, and Silva suspected Lucky was behind the new phenomenon as the story left him ready to investigate.

• Silva Zoldyck took Illumi to Keli City for the next stage of his training, which required reaching the 200th Floor of the Heavenly Arena before learning Nen.
• Silva observed how Keli City had become a forest city and a nation of martial arts after the rise of Nen users and the influence of Nen-enhanced seeds.
• A blue spatial rift appeared on the road, and passengers explained that it was a Secret Realm that Adventurer Guild members had to clear before its monsters emerged.
• Silva used Gyo to inspect the rift and saw an unknown force block curious onlookers from approaching it.
• Eight people entered the Secret Realm and returned more than two hours later injured and carrying minerals, creature remains, flowers, and plants, after which the entrance dissolved.
• Illumi asked Silva whether the phenomenon was the power of Nen, and Silva suspected Lucky was connected to it and decided to learn more.

Illumi began training at the Heavenly Arena, where referees and staff quickly checked his lethal instincts and showed him how dangerous the arena’s hidden experts could be. He reached the 30th Floor to prepare for his next match, while Silva investigated the information blackout surrounding Keli City and the Heavenly Arena.

• Silva left nine-year-old Illumi at the Heavenly Arena and told him to finish his training by reaching the 200th Floor.
• Illumi registered, attempted to use Heart Extraction in his first match, and was stopped by the referee, who advanced him directly to the 30th Floor and warned him not to kill.
• On the elevator, the Elevator Girl sensed Illumi’s intentions, effortlessly appeared beside him, and warned him to obey the arena’s rules despite his Zoldyck Family ties.
• Illumi reached the 30th Floor and prepared for his second match, while Silva gathered intelligence about changes in Keli City and learned that related information was being filtered or blocked.

Lucky finished establishing the Adventurer Guild and its first Dungeon Secret Realms, which used his modified Holy Grail System to gather Heart Nen and grant rewards. Beyond visited to announce that he was preparing to secretly enter the Dark Continent in search of Longevity Rice, while Lucky refused to join him.

• Lucky reflected on how his fourth Sign-in had given him a modified Holy Grail System, which he adapted to create Dungeon Secret Realms that accumulated Nen and could grant wishes.
• Lucky completed the first simple Dungeon Secret Realms and tied entry to Adventurer Guild qualifications, with similar development underway in the Basen Rainforest.
• Beyond told Lucky that he planned to sneak into the Dark Continent, despite the risks and his broken agreement with Netero.
• Beyond invited Lucky to join the expedition, but Lucky refused, and Beyond departed hoping the Secret Realms would grow more interesting before he returned.
• Beyond set his sights on finding Longevity Rice, while Netero had offered some help with the preparations.

Lucky trained his abilities and updated the Dungeon Secret Realm, which he powered through the Holy Grail System beneath Keli City. The chapter left Silva Zoldyck stunned after entering the Adventurer Guild.

• Lucky reflected on his changes to the world and wished Beyond success on his Dark Continent expedition.
• Lucky trained his Susanoo and swordsmanship in the Dungeon Secret Realm, demonstrating the immense strength and defenses he had developed.
• Lucky visited the Greater Grail beneath Keli City and inspected its slowly accumulating Wish Power and Ultra Divine Water.
• Lucky added the Ultra Divine Water as a Secret Realm reward and increased the difficulty and rewards of the Dungeon Secret Realm.
• Lucky considered using Wish Power to create Story Dungeons with convincing NPCs.
• Silva Zoldyck entered Keli City's Adventurer Guild and was stunned by what he saw inside.

Silva learned how Lucky’s Adventurer system and Keli City’s growth had disrupted the Zoldyck Family’s assassination business and drawn talent away from Meteor City. Meanwhile, Ging and the future Greed Island producers discussed the changing Secret Realm Dungeons and their failed attempt to steal the Heavenly Arena’s secrets.

• Silva visited the Adventurer Guild and learned that the Holy Grail randomly selected Adventurers, while Lucky’s influence had made the Zoldyck Family’s assassination work more competitive.
• Silva learned that dark factions were recruiting in Keli City instead of Meteor City, where Martial Artists and Nen Ability users were plentiful and Nen Cooking had become popular.
• Ging and his team read information about the Secret Realm Dungeons and discussed how the dungeons were changing and growing more dangerous.
• The team concluded that their Divine Script could not create independent spatial abilities, though Lister said their planned Greed Island was more comprehensive than the dungeons.
• Ging recalled that the Heavenly Arena had refused his offers to trade for Divine Script knowledge and had punished the team after they tried to sneak in and steal its secrets.

Ging and his team debated whether to begin building Greed Island while pursuing the knowledge needed to create an independent space. After the team split up, Ging investigated Dungeon Secret Realms and went to find Russell, only to arrive at a Hunter Training School.

• Ging's team debated delaying Greed Island's implementation or building it while learning about independent spaces, and Ging chose to do both.
• The team agreed to split up, with Ging staying behind to explore a Nen-formed Secret Realm and the others beginning construction.
• Before leaving, the team warned Ging not to steal the Heavenly Arena's core information, and the Yitan sisters told him a special Nen might have allowed him to escape before.
• Ging reviewed the team's map of Dungeon Secret Realms and their undeciphered Command Spell pattern, then decided to contact Russell for information.
• Ging reached an address given by Russell's subordinate and found a building labeled Hunter Training School.

Ging visited Russell at Hunter Training School to ask how he could become an adventurer and enter Secret Realms. Russell said he could not help because Ging had used Exorcism to remove his Contract mark, leaving Ging without the qualification Russell’s brother Yatai might have granted.

• Ging read Hunter Training School’s booklet, which described its Hunter Exam preparation, training, mock exams, and costly tuition.
• Ging met Russell and asked whether Russell could make him an adventurer.
• Russell noticed Ging had removed his Contract mark and regretted that Ging had terminated the Contract.
• Russell explained that Ging might have met Yatai at the Adventurer Guild if the Contract were intact, but he could no longer help him.

Ging rejected Russell’s suggestion to work for Lucky and sought out Yeta for help becoming an adventurer, but found him absent and continued observing Secret Realms. When a dungeon appeared in Keli City, Ging and Silva Zoldyck examined its countdown and impenetrable barrier as other Nen users gathered to test it.

• Russell urged Ging to work for Lord Lu Qi, but Ging refused because he wanted to explore and grow through his own efforts and distrusted Lucky.
• Russell reflected on his friendship with Ging after he left, then called someone.
• Ging went to the Adventurers' Guild seeking Yeta, learned that Yeta was in the Basen Rainforest, and continued watching for Secret Realms.
• The next day, Ging spotted a Secret Realm Dungeon appear at an underground garage entrance in Keli City and used Moonwalk to reach it.
• Silva Zoldyck arrived, tested the dungeon's invisible barrier with his hand and a punch, and could not break through it.
• Other Nen users gathered, and one claimed to have devised a way to enter the Secret Realm.

Ging and Silva investigated the barrier around the Secret Realm Rift while Nen users in Keli City tried various abilities and tools to get through. None succeeded, and Ging continued testing from another location while Silva gave up.

• A Nen user tried to use a Clone Seed to cross the barrier, but others pointed out that its Nen would be blocked once activated.
• A man sent Divine Script metal spheres through the barrier, but activating them did not let him teleport across.
• Another Nen user drank a bottle of blood and transformed into an adventurer, but the disguise did not give him the Command Spell.
• Ging tested the barrier with Nen bubbles and objects, finding that ordinary objects and small creatures could pass but anything connected to Nen abilities was blocked.
• Ging moved to another entrance to continue investigating the Secret Realm Rift, while Silva stopped testing the barrier.

Ging investigated the Secret Realms from the front lines and grew concerned when footage showed intelligent humanoid monsters. Lucky used the Holy Grail System to monitor Keli City and noticed that nine-year-old Illumi Zoldyck had arrived at Heavenly Arena, where he was struggling to advance.

• Ging questioned Secret Realm entrants, learned that the dungeons were becoming more dangerous, and paid someone to record footage for him.
• Ging saw that Secret Realm creatures included Goblins capable of thinking, setting traps, and ambushing Adventurers.
• Lucky used Regina's memories and the Holy Grail System to create intelligent beings, then spent his time studying the system and testing wishes.
• Lucky noticed Illumi Zoldyck among the newly selected Adventurers and used the Holy Grail System to locate Silva Zoldyck in Keli City.
• Illumi told Silva that he feared he had disappointed him after spending five days stuck on the 70th floor of Heavenly Arena.

Silva learned that Illumi was struggling against the stronger fighters at Heavenly Arena, where Keli City’s martial arts had advanced far beyond the standards of twenty years ago. Illumi was chosen as an adventurer, and Silva approved of him exploring Secret Realms for training while recognizing how much the Zoldyck Family had fallen behind.

• Silva concluded that Illumi needed more training because Heavenly Arena’s fighters were unusually strong and the lower floors had become much more competitive.
• A red adventurer mark appeared on Illumi’s hand, and Silva identified it as the mark that allowed him to enter Secret Realms.
• Illumi asked whether the mark was dangerous, and Silva reassured him that he could explore a Secret Realm if the opportunity arose.
• Silva watched Illumi win a match against a sixteen-year-old Martial Arts Hall fighter, though Illumi became fatigued and might have lost in a longer fight.
• Silva took Illumi to watch battles below the 100th Floor and saw how advanced training had produced many young fighters who outclassed Illumi.
• Silva realized the Zoldyck Family had fallen behind the younger generation of fighters.

Silva considered the threat posed by Keli City’s system for cultivating powerful fighters and asked Illumi whether he planned to join a Martial Arts Hall. Illumi remained undecided, and Silva encouraged him to seek training support and explore a Secret Realm as an adventurer.

• Silva reflected that Keli City’s training system could produce many powerful people and decided to discuss possible changes to Zoldyck training with his father.
• Silva asked Illumi whether he had considered joining a Martial Arts Hall, and Illumi said he was still deciding after trying the Gravity Training Room.
• Illumi explained that joining a hall could restrict his freedom and create problems if his assassin work brought him into conflict with its disciples.
• Silva told Illumi not to hide his identity and said the Zoldyck Family would handle any trouble that arose.
• Silva urged Illumi to explore a Secret Realm now that he had become an adventurer.

Illumi sought to join the Superpower Martial Arts Hall in Keli City so he could learn Nen before reaching the 200th Floor. After passing its appearance screening, he faced an interview with Baowen, who challenged him about his Zoldyck Family background and lack of Nen.

• Illumi chose the Superpower Martial Arts Hall because it prioritized early Nen training, unlike the Heart Source School.
• He learned that the school had grown from Beyond's research and trained disciples who had been experimental subjects or were born with superpowers.
• Illumi passed the school's appearance screening and advanced to a one-on-one interview.
• Baowen confirmed that Illumi belonged to the Zoldyck Family and used Nen to pressure him.
• Illumi remained composed and told Baowen that he had come to the Heavenly Arena specifically to learn Nen.

Illumi joined the Superpower School after assuring Baowen he would not take commissions against it and accepting its influence over his Nen development. At the new disciples’ welcome gathering, he met Athena, a celebrated Floor Master and senior member of the school.

• Baowen questioned Illumi’s reasons for joining, and Illumi promised not to proactively accept assassination commissions involving the Superpower School.
• Illumi agreed to the school’s rules and passed its interviews and tests, becoming one of four new disciples selected from more than a hundred applicants.
• The Superpower School welcomed its four new disciples, bringing its total number of true disciples to twenty-three.
• Athena arrived at the gathering, and Illumi recognized her as a seventeen-year-old Floor Master, celebrity, and Specialization-type Nen user.

Illumi met the young disciples of the martial arts hall and learned from Obadiah about Keli City's different methods of Nen awakening. After tests showed his body was well suited to Nen, Illumi prepared to undergo the Superpower School's awakening process.

• Illumi assessed the martial arts hall's disciples and sensed a deadly threat from a silver-haired girl.
• Obadiah took responsibility for Illumi's instruction and explained that his training differed because he was already a Heavenly Arena fighter and an adventurer.
• Obadiah described Nen awakening methods in Keli City, including the Basen Challenge, Nen Ability massages, and Nen Cooking.
• Obadiah brought Illumi to the Superpower School's laboratory and had staff test his body and blood.
• The tests showed Illumi had exceptional physical condition and poison resistance, so Obadiah prepared him for Nen awakening and gave him equipment to heighten his perception.

Illumi underwent the Superpower School’s Nen-awakening procedure and quickly learned to control his aura. After familiarizing him with the school, Obadiah explained his training schedule and requirements for competing in Heavenly Arena.

• Obadiah explained the aura-opening medicine and its risks, and Illumi drank it.
• The helmet activated as the medicine took effect, opening Illumi’s Aura Nodes and allowing him to sense aura.
• Illumi quickly entered Ten and then Zetsu, impressing Obadiah while the physician recorded data.
• Illumi celebrated gaining the ability his father and grandfather possessed, then followed Obadiah to learn about the school.
• Obadiah explained Illumi’s curriculum, facility time limits, and requirement to declare his Superpower School membership when competing in Heavenly Arena.

Illumi prepared to enter a Dungeon Secret Realm after reaching the 110th floor, while Silva went ahead to hold back other entrants until he arrived. At a river in Keli City, Silva blocked several people seeking to enter and kicked one attacker into the water.

• After half a month of training, Illumi broke through to the 110th floor but struggled against Nen-using opponents from Martial Arts Halls.
• Illumi told the Heavenly Arena staff not to schedule him for a match because he planned to enter a Dungeon Secret Realm.
• Silva arrived at a Secret Realm in the middle of a river in Keli City and found Ging Freecss trying to break through its invisible barrier with Divine Script.
• As Adventurers and other people gathered, Silva blocked several people from approaching the Secret Realm while waiting for Illumi.
• When one man rushed at him, Silva dodged and kicked him into the river.

Silva held back Adventurers at the river so Illumi could enter the Secret Realm, then left after Illumi went inside. The rift admitted ten people before turning red, leaving the remaining Adventurers to wait and speculate about Illumi’s chances.

• Silva stopped Adventurers from reaching the Secret Realm and knocked unconscious several who tried to rush past him.
• More Adventurers arrived by motorboat, but Silva halted them until Illumi arrived.
• Illumi joined Silva, received a warning that this would be the only time Silva helped him, and leaped into the Secret Realm.
• Silva departed, and nine other Adventurers entered the rift before it turned red and closed to further entrants.
• The remaining Adventurers debated whether to wait and worried that powerful groups would monopolize future Secret Realms.

Illumi entered a forest Secret Realm and rejected the Adventurers’ offer to travel together, while Baal explained the dungeon’s dangers and resources to the others. Illumi explored alone, killed a diving eagle, and wondered how the many seemingly real Secret Realms could exist.

• Illumi entered the Secret Realm and learned from the arriving Adventurers that its barrier would remain until all ten people had arrived.
• When the barrier vanished, Illumi rushed into the forest alone, while the other Adventurers agreed to follow Baal and divide rewards by contribution.
• Baal explained that Secret Realms held resources beyond monster drops and warned that creatures could target Adventurers who acted alone.
• Illumi climbed a tall tree to survey the endless forest and spotted a sun overhead.
• An eagle attacked Illumi, who killed it with sharpened fingernails and Ten, then marveled at its lifelike body and the existence of so many Secret Realms.