Chapter Summaries

Lucky learned that dangerous ruins from the ancient kingdom of Dengxia were being excavated ahead of Yorknew City’s auction, where valuable Divine Script relics could exceed his ability to afford them. He sought Netero’s advice on Gourmet Hunters and cultivation-supporting food, and learned that Nen Cooking was uncertain even for experienced Gourmet Hunters.

• Julia told Lucky that the Ten Dons, Mafia families, Hunters, and ruins specialists were jointly excavating Dengxia’s dangerous ruins, where several people had already died.
• Lucky realized he needed to save money for Yorknew City’s auction because Divine Script inheritances could attract wealthy organizations and nations willing to outbid him.
• Lucky considered selling Blood Jade Bees and Blood Orchids and decided to ask Netero about Gourmet Hunters and their potential to improve the Heavenly Arena’s medicinal meals.
• Netero praised Lucky’s use of external methods to aid martial arts training and said they could help even mediocre fighters reach the 200th Floor.
• Netero explained that Gourmet Hunters specialized in finding new ingredients and producing dishes independently, while Nen Cooking remained unreliable and often depended on luck.

Lucky learned that Nen Cooking required intention to transform a dish, then sensed Julia borrowing Nen and teleported to save her from Silva Zoldyck. He arrived just as Silva was about to kill Julia and sent the assassin crashing through several trees.

• Lucky learned from Netero that true Nen Cooking depended on intention and could produce miraculous effects.
• Lucky sensed Julia borrowing Nen and used the Contract mark to teleport to her.
• Silva Zoldyck attacked Julia, Eva, and Eve after overturning their vehicle; Eve was mortally wounded, and Eva stayed beside her instead of fleeing to help Julia.
• Julia borrowed Lucky's Nen and tried to stall Silva, but she could not withstand his attacks or escape.
• Lucky appeared beside Julia and kicked Silva through several trees.

Lucky saved Julia from Silva Zoldyck’s assassination attempt, then confronted Silva at a distance using his ability and asked whether the Puwenla Group had hired him. Silva explained that the Zoldyck Family judged commissions by both payment and difficulty, while Lucky continued to probe him.

• Silva recognized Lucky but attacked again, then fled into the park forest after Lucky repelled his strikes.
• Julia realized the Zoldyck Family had been hired to kill her and asked Lucky for help; Lucky told her she would need to spend a large sum to protect herself.
• Police and Conrad Family members arrived, and Julia found Eve gravely wounded while Eva continued maintaining her Nen Ability.
• Lucky spotted Silva watching from a high-rise and appeared in the room with him, trapping him in an illusion-like ability despite Silva’s attempts to break free.
• Lucky asked whether the Puwenla Group had commissioned the assassination, and Silva said the Zoldyck Family refused missions when targets were too troublesome, regardless of the payment.

Lucky exposed Silva to his illusion and brought him to Netero, who fought him and overwhelmed him. Silva left the encounter shaken by Netero’s strength, while Lucky considered recruiting him for KOF.

• Lucky claimed the Zoldyck Family could refuse the assignment, then stabbed Silva inside an illusion; Silva broke free by amplifying his sense of pain.
• Lucky revealed his real body and bound Silva with Nen ropes, then transported him to Netero.
• Netero recognized Silva as a Zoldyck and agreed to fight him at Lucky’s request.
• Silva tried to assess Lucky’s spatial ability, but Netero soon defeated him and left him unable to maintain his composure.
• Lucky considered Silva a promising KOF candidate, while Netero remarked that Silva was stronger than Zeno had been at the same age.

Silva remained imprisoned in the Heavenly Arena as a challenge target, while Zeno decided to take over the failed mission and visit. In Keli City, Piccolo’s team advanced through the KOF qualifiers, and Beyond watched their match before heading to the Heavenly Arena.

• Silva told Zeno that his mission could no longer be completed and described being trapped in the Heavenly Arena as a Floor Master challenge target.
• Zeno told Silva to stay and train, then left home to take over the mission and see Netero’s disciple.
• Piccolo, Wallis, and Virgil discussed the growing number of Nen users as their team prepared for a KOF qualifier match.
• Piccolo refused his blond opponent’s handshake and knocked him out, explaining that an ability alone could not win a match.
• Beyond watched the qualifier match conclude and headed toward the Heavenly Arena.

Beyond returned to the Heavenly Arena and asked Netero about exploring the Dark Continent, then tried to recruit Lucky as a companion. Lucky refused for now, explaining that his changes to the Heavenly Arena had been made for fun rather than as preparation for the Dark Continent.

• Beyond visited Netero and asked whether his growing strength meant he would return to the Dark Continent.
• Beyond pointed to the vitality in Keli City and the Heavenly Arena as potential ways to find and develop companions.
• Lucky arrived and revealed that he had overheard their conversation about the Dark Continent.
• Beyond invited Lucky to cooperate with him, but Lucky said he was curious about the Dark Continent yet had no plans to explore it now.
• Lucky said he wanted to understand the known human world first, and Netero accepted that he might consider the Dark Continent later.
• Netero asked whether Lucky had planned the Heavenly Arena's changes with the Dark Continent in mind, and Lucky said he had mainly done them for fun.

Beyond told Lucky about the dangers and aims of Dark Continent exploration, while Lucky invited him to join the Heavenly Arena Group and help build a force that could transcend nations. After touring Lucky’s projects, Beyond agreed to join, and Lucky explained his plan to make the Heavenly Arena a training ground.

• Beyond described his Dark Continent experiences and explained that survival, support, and concealment mattered more than combat strength.
• Lucky said he would postpone exploring the Dark Continent until he had prepared, then invited Beyond to join the Heavenly Arena Group.
• Lucky explained that he wanted the Heavenly Arena to become a force beyond nations and encouraged Beyond to build his own team.
• Lucky showed Beyond the Heavenly Arena’s Gravity Room, Alchemical Creations, and pharmaceutical research in Keli City.
• After considering the offer for three days, Beyond agreed to join Lucky.
• Lucky told Beyond that he planned to turn the Heavenly Arena into a training ground where Beyond could select people for his team.

After the KOF Tournament, Lucky seized research from the Puvenla Group, continued developing Heavenly Arena, and trained with Netero. Six years later, Biscuit invited Lucky to join her as an examiner for the Hunter Exam, the year Ging Freecss became a Hunter.

• Lucky had the Conrad Family and the Pachi Tribe raid the Puvenla Group's underground research facility and took its research for Heavenly Arena's pharmaceutical group.
• Piccolo's team won the first KOF Tournament, showcasing how Divine Script weapons and clothing could shift battles between Nen users.
• Silva stayed at Heavenly Arena after his mission was canceled, climbed to the 200th Floor, and became a Floor Master.
• Lucky fought Netero and lost, while Netero warned him that his plan to spread Nen could attract the attention of V5 and the country's leaders.
• Lucky developed the Basen Rainforest and transplanted the Blood Orchid and Blood Jade Bees there as six years passed.
• In 1979, Biscuit invited Lucky to join her as an examiner for the Hunter Exam, and Lucky agreed after recalling that Ging Freecss would become a Hunter that year.

Lucky agreed to let Biscuit serve as a Hunter Exam examiner and considered using Basen Rainforest and the Pachi Tribe’s trial as an exam. As Keli City and Heavenly Arena continued to grow, they planned to open the trial to interested applicants.

• Lucky recalled Ging Freecss’s achievements and Nen talent before agreeing to take on the Hunter Exam project.
• Biscuit asked whether Lucky intended to use Basen Rainforest and the Pachi Tribe’s trial as the examination site and question.
• The chapter described how Keli City had grown into a hub of tournaments, Nen users, and training, while Heavenly Arena introduced new rules for lower-floor matches.
• Lucky said the Pachi Tribe trial could be opened to Heavenly Arena participants, since many people were interested in the tribe’s War Marks and Contracts.
• Biscuit said she had decided to become an examiner because her teacher had mentioned it, while Lucky suspected she also wanted to influence the growing number of Keli City applicants.

The four Hunter Exam examiners finalized their plans, while Ging Freecss set out from Whale Island to take the Hunter Exam. After Ging sensed an approaching storm at sea, the ship entered the preliminary test and he watched the waves with excitement.

• Lucky, Biscuit, Elliot, and Annie met at Heavenly Arena and discussed their Hunter Exam plans, with Elliot and Annie choosing all of Keli City as their venue.
• After the examiners finalized their content, they notified Netero, and Lucky later traveled to Basen Rainforest.
• Ging Freecss registered for the Hunter Exam and left Whale Island by ship after Mito urged him to return.
• The ship's captain began the preliminary exam after Whale Island disappeared from sight, and Ging sensed the approaching storm before it arrived.
• The storm battered the ship and sent candidates into the sea, while Ging held on deck and watched the waves without fear.

During a storm, Ging spotted a Mermaid in the sea and learned from the captain about the race known as Sirens. After the ship reached safety, the captain told Ging where to go for the official Hunter Exam.

• Ging heard a chant during the storm, tied himself to the mast with his Fishing Rod, and saw a Mermaid swimming near the ship.
• The Mermaid noticed Ging but submerged and later left after hearing another chant beneath the waves.
• Once the ship cleared the storm, sailors found Ging hanging over the side, and he told the captain and crew what he had seen.
• The captain explained that Sirens were an intelligent demi-human race called Mermaids, whose stories had grown darker as humans encroached on the sea.
• Ging realized the voyage had begun the Hunter Exam, and the captain told him where to go for the official exam.

Ging reached the Hunter Exam venue in Keli City, where he marveled at the bustling city and met veteran examinee Tonpa. Tonpa explained that examinees could move around freely while they waited for the Hunter Association to prepare their Number Plates.

• The mayor brought Ging to the exam venue in Keli City and advised him not to push himself through the dangerous exam.
• Ging explored the crowded lobby and watched examinees speak with staff and head upstairs.
• Tonpa approached Ging, introduced himself, and said he had taken the Hunter Exam more than ten times.
• Ging praised Tonpa for surviving so many exams, and Tonpa began advising him about the venue.
• Tonpa told Ging that the examinees could move around until the Hunter Association prepared their Number Plates.

Ging and Tonpa learned that Elliot, a Heavenly Arena martial artist, would examine them, and that fighters reaching the required arena floor could skip the preliminary exam. Russell befriended Ging and invited him to stay in his room, leaving Ging puzzled by Russell’s blunt interest in his potential.

• The counter staff told the examinees that Elliot would be their first examiner and explained that qualified Heavenly Arena fighters could skip the preliminary exam.
• Tonpa asked Ging whether he had enough money to wait for the exam, and Russell offered to help Ging find lodging and work in Keli City.
• Russell invited Ging to share his room, while Tonpa tried to imply that he needed a place to stay too.
• On the elevator, Russell said he wanted to be friends with Ging because of his potential, and Ging questioned his unusual approach.
• Ging and Russell arrived at Russell’s spacious, luxurious room.

Ging and Russell discovered that the first Hunter Exam was a citywide Number Plate Exam, then used Keli City’s opportunities and Russell’s connections to finish it first. They received Number Plates 1 and 2, drawing the attention of the other examinees.

• Ging and Russell talked late into the night about Keli City, Heavenly Arena, and Russell’s Conrad Family background.
• The next morning, Tonpa explained that examinees who had tried to stay and eat for free had fought the staff and been sent to the hospital.
• Ging and Russell went to Heavenly Arena, fought two matches each, and received booklets for a citywide event.
• Ging and Russell helped people around Keli City and used Russell’s connections to fill their booklets with stamps.
• On the third day, Ging and Russell completed the event and received Number Plates 1 and 2, prompting examinees in the lobby to crowd around them.

Russell and Ging completed the first Hunter Exam early after Russell used the Conrad Family’s influence to uncover its secret and traded the information to other examinees. On the final day, Tonpa offered extra Number Plates to failed examinees in exchange for their help in later exams.

• Russell broke an impatient examinee’s leg, then traded the exam information to several examinees for money or other useful offers.
• Russell checked whether Ging disliked his actions, and Ging praised him before the two left together.
• Elliot learned that Russell and Ging had exposed the exam early, but decided not to change its difficulty.
• Half a month passed as Ging explored Keli City with Russell, and the examinees gathered in the hall on the exam’s final day.
• Tonpa offered his three extra Number Plates to failed examinees who agreed to help him pass the following exams.

After passing the first Hunter Exam, the candidates were led to the Female Fighter Alliance headquarters in Keli City for the second exam. Floor Master Diana appeared, crushed Russell with her Nen, and headed toward the exam location on the eighteenth floor.

• Elliot announced that 473 candidates had passed and led them to the Female Fighter Alliance headquarters.
• Russell joked to Ging that the Alliance was Keli City's most famous massage parlor, angering a female Fighter.
• Diana used Gravity to pin Russell to the floor, and Russell apologized to her.
• Elliot and the candidates recognized Diana as a Floor Master of Heavenly Arena's 213th Floor.
• Diana headed for the VIP elevator as Elliot warned the candidates about the Alliance's reputation and the exam location.

Annie set the second Hunter Exam at the Heavenly Arena, requiring examinees to obtain three qualification certificates from Fighters within seven days. Ging and Russell sought certificates without relying on family connections, and Ging devised ways to earn or steal them after losing his first arena match.

• Annie announced that examinees needed three Fighter qualification certificates to pass, barred private fights, and set a seven-day limit.
• Tian Ye questioned how examinees could take certificates from Nen users, and Annie warned the group not to interrupt her.
• Annie used arena matches recorded during the exam to promote the Female Fighter Alliance and its Fighters.
• Ging and Russell started on the first floor, asking Fighters about their certificates and deciding to avoid battles if possible.
• Ging lost his first arena match to a strong female Fighter, then planned to earn certificates through a fight or steal them.

Ging stole three passing certificates and reached the eighteenth floor, where he was forced into a series of fights. After Tonpa spread a rumor that Ging had hidden certificates, other examinees beat him unconscious, and he woke up badly injured.

• Ging stole three female Fighters’ passing certificates by concealing his presence and reached the eighteenth floor on the third day.
• Ging hid the certificates and defeated five examinees in a gauntlet, including Tonpa.
• Annie invited Ging to join the Flame Fire School and offered to help him pass, but Ging refused.
• Tonpa spread a rumor that Ging had certificates, prompting examinees to beat him until he fainted.
• Ging woke up in a room, wrapped in bandages and aching from his injuries.

Ging explained to Russell that he had pretended to be badly injured to avoid further attacks, then went to the examiner despite still lacking passing certificates. He left Russell guessing about his plan after offering to trade with a female staff member and provoking another examinee into challenging him.

• Ging told Russell that his injuries were partly real, but he had used bandages and feigned weakness to discourage examinees from targeting him.
• Russell said 157 examinees had passed so far and explained how Tonpa had helped several examinees pass while causing others to fail.
• Ging removed his bandages and headed toward the examiner, refusing Russell's offer of help.
• When examinees challenged Ging, he surrendered after they confirmed he had no passing certificates, and the staff allowed him to continue on his way.
• Ging asked a female staff member to trade with him for a passing certificate, prompting another examinee to challenge him; Ging surrendered again.

Ging negotiated a test in which he had to steal three passing certificates from a female staff member, using the attempts to study Nen. During the final theft, he awakened his Aura Nodes, mastered Ten, and passed the exam.

• Ging proposed that the female staff member carry a passing certificate through the building while he tried to steal it, and she agreed.
• Ging ambushed her on the third floor and stole the first certificate.
• Ging repeatedly concealed and revealed his presence, stealing the second certificate on the fifteenth floor after several failed attempts.
• Ging used a Fishing Rod to steal the third certificate and, after sensing the staff member's aura, opened his Aura Nodes and formed Ten.
• Annie and the female Fighters watched Ging awaken Nen, and Ging passed the exam.