Chapter Summaries

Leo fought Zeno and Silva, using precise movements and powerful Nen to withstand their coordinated attacks and counter them. Zeno withdrew and began gathering aura for a stronger technique, leaving the real fight about to begin.

• Zeno and Silva approached Leo and unleashed their Nen, while Leo’s immense aura surprised Zeno.
• Zeno and Silva attacked Leo together, but he blocked their blows and evaded Zeno’s rapid strikes.
• Silva landed a punch on Leo’s back, but Leo concentrated his Nen to withstand it, then struck Zeno and kicked Silva away.
• Silva circled and watched as Leo continued dodging Zeno’s attacks while tracking his movements.
• Zeno stopped attacking and backed away, then brought his hands together as aura gathered for his next move.

Zeno and Silva unleashed a sustained Nen bombardment against Leo, but his defenses and rapid healing let him withstand it. As the smoke cleared and the two realized their attacks had barely hurt him, Leo announced that his turn had begun.

• Zeno used Fang Thrust, but Leo punched the aura dragon apart before it could hit him.
• Silva and Zeno attacked Leo from multiple directions with Nen bullets and Dragon Dive, then Zeno unleashed Dragon Meteor.
• Kalluto watched the bombardment from afar and cried out for Leo as the explosions swallowed his position.
• Leo emerged from the crater with black markings covering his body, having used Final Moment and Conversion to withstand the attacks.
• Leo’s minor wounds healed within seconds, shocking Silva and Zeno as they faced his seemingly unbreakable defense.
• Leo rolled his shoulders, looked at Silva and Zeno, and calmly said it was his turn.

Leo overwhelmed Silva and Zeno with his speed and strength, then fought them again by trading injuries and healing through them. Silva and Zeno steadied themselves, alarmed that Leo had already recovered from their attacks.

• Leo switched his markings to boost his agility and struck Silva hard enough to break his arm and send him into a boulder.
• Leo hit Zeno twice, sending him crashing through trees before Kalluto pleaded with Leo to go easy on his family.
• Silva and Zeno got back up, and Zeno praised Leo as a worthy disciple of the Heart Source School and Netero.
• Leo charged between the two men, trading their attacks for punches to their chests and quickly regenerating his wounds.
• Silva and Zeno steadied themselves and realized their injuries remained while Leo's wounds had already healed.

Leo defeated Silva and Zeno in the failed assassination attempt, then spared them after Kalluto pleaded for their lives. The Zoldycks agreed to give Leo a mythical beast egg and leave him alone, while Silva and Zeno recognized Kalluto’s growth.

• Leo struck the ground with a golden Nen orb, creating a massive explosion that injured Silva and Zeno and left a crater over fifty meters wide.
• Kalluto stood between Leo and the injured Zoldycks and begged Leo to spare them, so Leo agreed on the condition that they give him a flying dragon magical beast.
• Silva and Zeno acknowledged that their assassination had failed and agreed to provide Leo with their unhatched dragon egg.
• On the flight back to Kukuroo Mountain, Zeno and Silva discussed their injuries, praised Kalluto’s growth, and decided to refuse future assassination contracts targeting Leo.
• Zeno agreed to give Leo the egg, since the Zoldycks could not hatch it and wanted to build goodwill with him.

Silva said goodbye to Kalluto and left with Zeno, and Leo brought Kalluto back to Colton Manor. That night, Liam called Leo, revealed his role in the Doctor’s project, and implied that more powerful people stood behind him.

• Silva told Kalluto to stay with Leo, make his own choices, and never betray his friends before leaving with Zeno on a flying dragon.
• Leo and Kalluto returned through Asher’s portal to Colton Manor, where Leo sent Kalluto to rest.
• Vivian told Leo that Delilah wanted to meet him and threatened to remove Colton from the Ten Dons if he did not respond.
• Liam called Leo, claimed he had arranged Colton’s Ten Dons position, and said he had investigated Leo and his team.
• Liam concluded that Leo intended to explore the Dark Continent and revealed that he was involved in the Doctor’s project but only handled personnel assignments.

Leo weighed Liam’s offer to cooperate, which promised help eliminating their rivals and securing access to the Dark Continent, against the danger of trusting a powerful V5 official. He gave himself three days to decide and asked Nico to investigate Liam.

• Liam offered to help Leo eliminate four people and protect him from official consequences, while revealing that he had suppressed V5 plans to target Leo.
• Liam admitted he had arranged the Douglas Family’s recent troubles to test Leo and urged him to cooperate, promising Dark Continent authorization and exploration equipment.
• Leo rejected Liam’s confidence in his influence and privately resolved that any cooperation would be temporary, since he expected Liam to become his next enemy.
• After Liam gave Leo three days to decide, Leo went to Nico and asked him to investigate Liam discreetly; Nico agreed to return information within a day.

Leo and Kalluto attended the Heaven’s Arena match between Leo’s student Kastro and Hisoka, where Kastro opened the fight with a clean hit and earned the first point. Kastro avoided Hisoka’s concealed Bungee Gum attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Leo and Kalluto arrived at the 235th-floor arena, where spectators gathered to watch Kastro face Hisoka.
• Leo told Sophia, Shizuku, and Goreinu that Kastro had about an even chance if he resisted Hisoka’s tricks and used Gyo.
• Kastro thanked Hisoka for the fight that had led him to awaken Nen and meet Leo, then promised to fight without holding back.
• When the match began, Kastro dodged Hisoka’s counter and struck him with a kick, scoring the first point.
• Kastro pursued Hisoka with a punch, but Hisoka used Bungee Gum to pull himself aside.
• Kastro used Gyo to spot and evade Hisoka’s concealed Bungee Gum strand.

Kastro fought Hisoka in the ring, using his Nen ability to gain the upper hand and score a critical hit. Hisoka rose with a swollen cheek, still delighted by the fight, as Kastro faced him with a bleeding chest.

• Leo watched Kastro dodge Hisoka’s opening trick and warned that Kastro’s chances depended on his willingness to risk his life.
• Kastro and Hisoka exchanged a fast series of close-range attacks, and Hisoka asked Kastro to show his ability.
• Kastro activated Tiger-Pattern Battle Body, increasing his strength, speed, and healing as he dodged Hisoka’s cards and counterattacked.
• Kastro used Tiger Bite Cannon Fist to fill the ring with smoke, then struck Hisoka’s cheek while Hisoka cut his chest.
• The referee awarded Kastro two points for a critical hit, and Hisoka stood up laughing as Kastro reminded him that he had promised to repay the earlier punch.

Kastro defeated Hisoka in the Heaven’s Arena match after turning Hisoka’s traps against him with Tiger Roar and landing a decisive punch. Exhausted but victorious, Kastro looked to Leo in the stands, who acknowledged his win.

• Goreinu, Sophia, and Leo cheered when Hisoka was knocked down, while Kalluto watched in confusion.
• Hisoka landed a clean punch on Kastro, but Kastro kept fighting and the score climbed to seven to five in Kastro’s favor.
• Hisoka exploited the aura cost of Kastro’s Tiger-Pattern Battle Body and laid a trap across the ring with playing cards and Bungee Gum.
• Hisoka’s trap injured Kastro and drained his aura, but Kastro used Tiger Roar to daze Hisoka and struck his poorly defended chest.
• The referee declared Kastro the winner, and Kastro exchanged a grateful smile with Leo from the ring.

After Kastro celebrated his victory over Hisoka, Leo visited Hisoka in the medical ward and saw him recover his spirit. Leo then met Kalluto outside Heaven’s Arena to collect the Azure Dragon egg from Illumi.

• Kastro’s friends congratulated him on defeating Hisoka, and Goreinu proposed a celebratory feast.
• Leo told Kalluto to join the others while he went to see Hisoka in the medical ward.
• Leo teased Hisoka about his loss, and Hisoka began laughing before thanking him quietly.
• Kalluto called Leo to say the egg had arrived, and they went together to meet Illumi outside the city.
• Illumi handed Leo the heavy blue-green egg, then departed on his three-winged flying dragon.

Leo learned that the Zoldyck Family’s dragon egg was a rare phantom beast egg called the Azure Dragon, which required continuous Nen and the owner’s blood to hatch. After reviewing the Five Great Calamities and considering Nanika’s origins, he concluded the egg was likely a hidden hope kept by the Zoldycks and left eager to hatch it.

• Leo asked Kalluto how to hatch the egg, and Kalluto called Milluki for information.
• Milluki explained that the Azure Dragon was a phantom beast egg that required one person to feed it Nen and blood continuously, and that Zeno had failed to hatch it after being nearly drained dry.
• Leo reviewed the Five Great Calamities and Five Great Hopes, then speculated that Nanika was a sixth calamity brought back by Maha Zoldyck.
• Leo concluded that the Azure Dragon egg was likely the hope the Zoldyck Family had hidden alongside Nanika.
• Leo told Kalluto to return, and they used a portal called by Asher to leave.

Leo secured the dragon egg at Colton Manor, reviewed preparations for an overseas base, and decided to stop investigating Liam. He reunited with the others at Heaven’s Arena to celebrate Kastro’s victory, while Morel’s arrival remained a few days away.

• Leo placed the dragon egg in a secured vault beneath Colton Manor and assigned six guards to protect it around the clock.
• Vivian told Leo that more than twenty thousand animals had been purchased and the base’s materials and construction crew were ready; Leo asked her to wait for further instructions.
• Leo told Asher and Nico that Kastro had beaten Hisoka, and he told Nico to stop investigating Liam because further attempts could expose him.
• Leo, Kalluto, Asher, and Nico traveled through a portal to Heaven’s Arena and joined Sophia, Shizuku, Goreinu, and Kastro for a celebration.
• Leo said the group would travel overseas and learned from Asher that Morel would arrive in three or four days.
• After eating and drinking, the group left the restaurant and went their separate ways for the night.

Leo spoke with Morel about joining his sea expedition and later agreed to cooperate with Liam in exchange for information about the people behind the Doctor. He waited at Colton Manor for Liam’s contact to deliver the promised information.

• Leo answered Morel’s call, explained that he had chosen him for his experience and trustworthiness, and Morel agreed to arrive in five days.
• Leo resumed training and considered how Morel could help lead the team during a future Dark Continent expedition.
• On the fourth day, Leo meditated while waiting for his preparations to be completed and his strength to reach level eighty.
• Liam called Leo and asked whether he had made a decision about cooperating.
• Leo agreed to cooperate if Liam identified the people behind the Doctor, and Liam promised to have someone deliver their information within ten minutes.

Leo received information identifying four V5 officials who protected the Doctor and agreed to cooperate with Liam, who also warned him about a plan targeting Netero. After killing more than twenty thousand ranch animals, Leo reached level 80, gained immense strength, and shrank his body back to two meters; he planned to hatch the mythical beast egg.

• Leo examined documents naming four V5 officials who had enabled the Doctor’s secret laboratory and agreed to cooperate with Liam once.
• Liam told Leo that the four officials would attend a summit next March and warned him that someone planned to deal with Netero.
• Leo connected the warning to the coming Chimera Ant Incident and decided to have Nico investigate the four officials.
• Leo slaughtered more than twenty thousand creatures at Colton Ranch and reached level 80, greatly increasing his size, strength, aura, senses, and healing.
• Leo manipulated his flesh and bones to return to a two-meter height and decided it was time to hatch the mythical beast egg.

Leo hired Morel to find an island near the Boundary Sea as a base for exploring the Dark Continent, then began hatching the phantom beast egg by feeding it his blood and Nen Aura. The egg started glowing and trembling as it rapidly drained his aura.

• Leo met Morel, Knuckle, and Shoot at Colton Manor and commissioned Morel to search for a suitable island near the Boundary Sea.
• Leo told Morel he intended to build a transit base for exploring the Dark Continent, and Morel agreed to find the island without getting involved in the rest of the plan.
• Asher gave Morel a metal disc to place on the island once he found it, and Vivian escorted Morel and his disciples to the harbor.
• Leo retrieved the phantom beast egg from the vault, prepared food in the training room, and cut his palm to feed the egg his blood.
• Leo poured Nen Aura into the egg as its shell glowed and heated, and the egg began trembling while a third of his aura drained away.

Leo endured severe aura and blood loss to hatch the mythical beast egg, which emerged as an Azure Dragon. He named the newborn Little Azure, who grew after eating the shell fragments and fell asleep in Leo’s arms as Leo rested.

• Leo kept feeding his aura and blood into the egg, using food to sustain himself as the process left him severely weakened.
• The egg filled, cut off Leo’s aura and blood, and cracked open as azure light filled the training room.
• An Azure Dragon emerged, flew around the room, and nuzzled Leo.
• Leo named the dragon Little Azure, who responded affectionately and licked his face.
• Little Azure ate the shell fragments, grew to more than two meters long, and fell asleep in Leo’s arms.
• Leo rested against the wall after exhausting his aura and blood.

After Azure Dragon hatched, Leo recovered and discovered the young dragon’s enormous appetite and love of chocolate and roast meat. Over the next twenty days it grew rapidly, learned to breathe fire to cook its food, and reached six meters long as Leo waited for news from Morel and searched for an island for the staging base.

• Leo woke to Azure Dragon licking his face, then took it downstairs and ordered the staff to prepare plenty of food.
• Azure Dragon devoured chocolate and roast meat, and Vivian agreed to hire more cooks and increase food reserves.
• By August 28, Leo had gained another level while killing cattle and horses at Colton Ranch.
• Azure Dragon grew to six meters long, learned to breathe fire, and roasted carcasses for itself at the ranch.
• Leo patted Azure Dragon and noted that Morel had been at sea for over twenty days and that the staging base was ready once he found an island.

Leo returned to Colton Manor after Azure Dragon finished eating and learned that Owl had been imprisoned for nearly two months. He freed Owl and assigned him to train Nen users to strengthen Vivian’s security.

• Leo watched Azure Dragon finish eating a cow carcass, then returned with him to Colton Manor.
• Dean told Leo that Owl had been kept in a basement cell for almost two months and was willing to serve the Colton Family.
• Leo found Owl gaunt and starving, ordered Dean to release him, and appointed him deputy captain of the Colton Gang Guard Unit.
• Leo told Dean to awaken the Nen of loyal Colton Family members and have Owl train them to improve Vivian’s security.

Leo subdued Owl and decided to put him to work training newcomers and guarding the manor. He reviewed the Ten Dons and the coming Yorknew auction with Vivian, then returned to training while planning to visit the Greed Island auction on September 1st.

• Dean helped Owl out of the basement after Leo's display of power left him unwilling to resist.
• Leo considered Owl's capture ability and decided he would be best used to help Dean train newcomers and protect the manor.
• Vivian told Leo that Ethan and Remy had secured two Ten Dons seats and that the Gasha, Xi Wuwu, and Aiyi Families had claimed others; Leo instructed her to warn them at the September 1st auction but otherwise leave them alone.
• Vivian reported that the auction would include a pair of Scarlet Eyes, but Leo told her to let them be sold normally so they could attract Kurapika.
• Leo returned to training and planned to visit Yorknew City on September 1st to explore Greed Island and test its cards, possibly helping Battera's terminally ill girlfriend for a fee.

In Yorknew City, Gon, Killua, and Leorio worried about how to afford the 8.9-billion-Jenny Greed Island auction, while Kurapika learned that scarlet eyes would be among the underground auction items. Milluki also headed to Yorknew after asking Silva for fifteen billion Jenny.

• Leorio discovered Gon and Killua had only a little over five million Jenny left and warned them they could not afford to enter the Greed Island auction.
• Gon and Killua told Leorio that Leo was their martial uncle, then Gon resolved to make money while Leorio searched for ways to earn it.
• Dalzollene briefed the Nosla Family bodyguards about the underground auction and showed them the Kurta Clan scarlet eyes.
• Kurapika recognized the scarlet eyes on the screen and controlled his reaction while Melody noticed his heartbeat change.
• Milluki failed to uncover the secrets of the game, asked Silva for fifteen billion Jenny in exchange for killing fifteen people, and flew to Yorknew City.