Chapter Summaries

After seven days of strengthening his soul, Odin activated the Tiger Talisman and became an All Nen Type. He discovered that the change let him combine qi with True Essence, then tested the fused energy with a huge explosion in the rocky mountain region.

• Odin continued using Reiatsu to strengthen his soul and probe the Tiger Talisman while Ponzu rested and fed the Chinchillas.
• Seven days later, Odin drew on the Tiger Talisman, which released energy that restored balance within him.
• Odin found that his Nen flowed more smoothly and declared that he had become an All Nen Type.
• Odin combined qi and True Essence without an explosion, then launched the fused energy bullet at the rocky mountain region.
• The blast carved a crater two hundred meters across and fifty meters deep, astonishing Odin and Ponzu.

Odin discovered that the Tiger Talisman let him fuse and shape different energies with far less effort, and he found a way to cultivate True Essence and Reiatsu simultaneously. After Ponzu collapsed from training and fell asleep at the inn, Odin continued cultivating and planned to give her a proper power boost.

• Odin strengthened his Dragon Qi Blast with True Essence, but it could not grant him immortal power, so he wished for Tribulation Transcendence energy and received more True Essence.
• Odin fused the Tiger Talisman's energy with qi and Nen infused with Armament Haki, then shaped the qi into a sword that flew and sliced through a rocky mountain without dispersing.
• Odin absorbed Reiatsu while his soul remained above his body and discovered that he could cultivate it alongside True Essence, doubling his rate of progress.
• Odin continued studying the Nen Script Guide and converting Nen into True Essence while Ponzu trained until she collapsed from exhaustion.
• Odin flew with Ponzu to Masadora, where she bathed, lay down, and fell asleep; Odin kept cultivating and planned to give her a proper power boost.

Odin created two cards that could give Ponzu Nen Script meridians, and Ponzu chose the inscription method. Odin began inscribing the meridians onto her bones, using Healing Nen to ease the pain.

• Odin conjured a Spell Book and a Nen Script Meridians Card that would inscribe meridians over twenty-four hours.
• Odin created an external dantian card and presented both options to Ponzu when she woke.
• Ponzu chose to receive the same kind of Nen Script meridians Odin had.
• Odin began inscribing the meridians onto Ponzu's bones and repeatedly soothed her pain with Healing Nen.

Odin completed Ponzu’s Nen Script meridians and taught her to cultivate internal energy, but she could not yet sense the energy of heaven and earth. As Ponzu began practicing, Odin felt a hidden talisman stir and suspected it was the Horse Talisman.

• Odin finished inscribing Nen Script meridians on Ponzu and helped her circulate and store internal energy.
• Ponzu tried to sense the energy of heaven and earth, but could not detect or absorb it, so Odin gave her true qi to help her practice.
• While cultivating, Odin felt a hidden talisman tremble and recognized its energy as a possible repulsion ability, leading him to suspect it was the Horse Talisman.
• The next morning, Odin told Ponzu to pause noisy training and focus on sensing ambient energy and refining true qi.
• Ponzu meditated to sense the energy of heaven and earth while Odin continued cultivating and checking the talismans.

Odin helped Ponzu begin cultivating true qi while he awakened the Horse Talisman's and continued building his own cultivation. After more than half a month, Ponzu had nearly four hundred strands of true qi, while Odin was left weighing whether to keep accumulating true essence or force it into a core.

• Ponzu sensed Heaven and Earth Essence and refined fifteen strands of true qi overnight, so Odin explained how to advance toward Foundation Establishment and warned her to eat before continuing cultivation.
• Odin awakened the Horse Talisman's healing power, stopped it from erasing his Nen Script meridians, and imbued them with its power so it would recognize them as part of him.
• Odin and Ponzu continued cultivating for more than half a month, and Ponzu accumulated nearly four hundred strands of true qi.
• Odin built up more than sixty thousand years' worth of liquid true essence but saw no sign of Core Formation, leaving him unsure whether to accumulate more or condense it into a core.

Odin attempted to form a Golden Core after accumulating over sixty thousand years of cultivation, but his first effort failed because his soul cultivation could not keep pace with his True Essence. He used a Dragon Qi Blast to force the process and succeeded, leaving him much stronger as Ponzu watched.

• Odin told Ponzu that he had over sixty thousand years of cultivation and needed to form a core.
• Odin tried to compress his liquid True Essence, but it burst apart and injured him because his soul cultivation was insufficient.
• Odin used a Dragon Qi Blast and wished for his True Essence to form a Golden Core, which appeared in his Nen Script Dantian six seconds later.
• Odin's muscles, bones, skin, and internal organs changed as he completed Core Formation, and his body became much stronger.
• Odin sensed his Golden Core releasing energy through his body and estimated that his combat power had increased more than a hundredfold.
• Ponzu remarked that Odin had advanced to Core Formation only a little over two months after beginning immortal cultivation.

Odin and Ponzu left Greed Island after discovering that the island’s cards could not leave with them, while Ponzu managed to bring her animals along. They returned to the Old Castle, where Battera and several others approached them.

• Odin considered the dangers of the Dark Continent, continued cultivating, and sensed a sealed talisman deep within his soul.
• On December 29, Odin and Ponzu prepared to leave Greed Island, and Odin set aside the cards they could not take out of the game.
• Odin used a Boat Ticket to leave Greed Island, then returned through the game console and used Projection to reach Ponzu in Masadora.
• Odin and Ponzu flew to the Old Castle, where Ponzu confirmed that her five chinchillas had made it out with them.
• Battera and several others approached Odin and Ponzu in the Old Castle.

Odin and Ponzu left Battera’s estate after Odin sold him an SS-Rank healing card, then traveled to Ponzu’s village. Ponzu reunited with her parents at home, where the chapter left them settling in for tea and a meal.

• Odin gave Battera the Breath of Archangel for thirty billion, and Battera rushed inside to use it on his wife.
• Odin and Ponzu traveled by airship toward Ponzu’s hometown while Odin cultivated and Ponzu watched.
• Ponzu and Odin reached the village by taxi, passing the newly paved road and installed streetlights.
• Ponzu reunited with her father, Kumu Shiming, at the family home, and her mother came out to embrace her.
• Ponzu, Odin, and her parents went inside, where Ponzu’s mother began preparing food and Ponzu poured tea.

Ponzu spent the New Year with her family before leaving the village with Odin, who made a display of his power to deter trouble. In a forest, Odin replenished the True Qi Ponzu had missed during her Foundation Establishment and then resumed cultivating his own Reiatsu and True Essence.

• Ponzu showed Kumu her five Chameleon Cats, and her mother teased her about her relationship with Odin while they prepared lunch.
• Ponzu and Odin shared a New Year meal with her parents, then packed up and left on the fourth day of the New Year.
• At the village entrance, Odin used Nen and Projection to carry himself and Ponzu toward a distant forest, startling the villagers and impressing Ponzu's parents.
• Odin explained that Ponzu had missed several days of True Qi during Foundation Establishment and replenished it with True Qi matching hers.
• After Ponzu continued cultivating, Odin moved away and directed Reiatsu into his soul and True Essence into his Golden Core.

Two months later, Ponzu compressed her true qi and successfully reached Foundation Establishment, gaining strength and another hundred years of lifespan. She and Odin continued cultivating in their portable home, and Odin discussed ways to help her advance toward core formation.

• Odin helped Ponzu stay calm as she compressed her true qi until a drop of liquid formed in her dantian and her body completed its changes.
• Ponzu confirmed that she had reached Foundation Establishment, and Odin told her that her lifespan had increased by a hundred years.
• Odin explained that Ponzu would need to accumulate liquid true essence before attempting core formation, while she strengthened the dragonflies with nen.
• Odin and Ponzu cultivated and ate together in the Secluded Wedding House, which Odin had created so they could carry their home with them.
• Ponzu asked when she might reach core formation, and Odin estimated a few decades before offering to use alchemy and pills to help her progress.

Odin and Ponzu continued cultivating until Kirkia called for Odin's help with the Chimera Ant crisis in the NGL Autonomous Region. Odin and Ponzu teleported to Kirkia, where Morel and Knov reacted to their sudden arrival.

• Odin and Ponzu spent several days cultivating, and Ponzu's Chameleon Cats and Dragonflies began cultivating with demon cores Odin had created.
• Kirkia called Odin and explained that Chimera Ants in the NGL Autonomous Region were devouring humans and multiplying rapidly.
• Kirkia said the chairman had asked him to invite Odin, and Odin agreed to help and asked where to go.
• Odin and Ponzu packed their belongings, sensed Kirkia's location, and teleported to him with a Dragon Qi Blast.
• Kirkia called into his phone after Odin hung up, then saw Morel and Knov staring behind him in alarm.

Odin led Netero, Ponzu, Morel, Knov, and Kirkia straight to the Chimera Ant nest before Meruem was born. After crashing into the nest, Odin revealed that the ants had noticed them and were coming to attack.

• Knov showed the group a map of the Chimera Ant nest, and Morel explained that they needed to stop Meruem's birth.
• Odin agreed to bring Ponzu and proposed attacking the nest directly, while Netero endorsed the plan.
• Odin used his aura to carry the group through the air to the nest, where he sensed the Queen, Meruem, and thousands of ants.
• Odin blasted through the nest's roof with an Aura Bullet, and the group descended into the nest using their own abilities.
• Odin identified the Queen's location and said three Royal Guards had yet to be born, while Ponzu warned that the ants were coming to attack.

Odin and the Hunters fought through the Chimera Ants in the tunnels until Netero annihilated over a hundred combat soldiers with his Thousand-Armed Guanyin. The three Squadron Leaders and six Army Commanders remained, leaving Odin and his companions facing the nest’s stronger fighters.

• Kirkia, Morel, Knov, Ponzu, and Netero fought off Chimera Ants emerging from the tunnels, while Odin sensed the approaching forces.
• Odin warned that three Squadron Leaders, six Army Commanders, and over a hundred combat soldiers were heading toward them.
• Netero summoned his Thousand-Armed Guanyin and killed more than a hundred combat soldiers with a single palm strike.
• Odin offered to take Kirkia and the others out, but Kirkia said he could manage and stayed with the group.
• The three Squadron Leaders and six Army Commanders, led by a centaur-like ant, faced Odin and his companions in shock at Netero’s power.

Netero, Odin, and their team defeated the Chimera Ants guarding the nest and reached the Queen’s chamber. Neferpitou was born under immense pressure and immediately focused on Ponzu, whose aura terrified the Queen.

• Morel separated the Army Commanders from the Squadron Leaders with smoke while Netero and Odin killed the three Squadron Leaders.
• Ponzu, Knov, Kirkia, and Morel defeated the Army Commanders, and the six advanced deeper into the nest.
• Odin’s group found the Queen surrounded by Chimera Ants, and the Queen sensed in Ponzu the same oppressive aura as the being who had forced her into the lake.
• The Queen tried to awaken Neferpitou as Meruem stirred in her belly.
• Neferpitou was born, released a terrifying pressure, and stopped before the Queen while staring warily at Ponzu.

Odin, Ponzu, and Netero confronted Neferpitou and the Chimera Ant Queen, while Odin sent Morel, Knov, and Kirkia away. Netero attacked the Queen with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Neferpitou's Nen formed a shield-bearing beast before Odin wondered whether her Nen Ability had changed.

• Odin sent Morel, Knov, and Kirkia flying out of the NGL Autonomous Region despite Morel's protest.
• Netero asked the Queen whether she would fight or surrender, and she demanded ten thousand food items every day.
• Netero summoned the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva and attacked the Queen, prompting Neferpitou to carry her away.
• The Queen called Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi to awaken early, and both guards emerged prematurely.
• Neferpitou formed a shield-bearing Nen Beast to block Netero's attack, but the impact sent her flying and left Odin questioning whether her Nen Ability had changed.

Odin and Netero faced the Chimera Ant Royal Guards while Neferpitou protected the Queen with a Nen Beast that transferred damage to herself. After Ponzu fought Shaiapouf and Netero battled Menthuthuyoupi, Odin decided to kill the Queen himself and prepared to test Neferpitou’s defense.

• Neferpitou revealed a Nen Beast that transferred any damage dealt to it onto herself, making the Queen difficult to kill.
• Ponzu fought Shaiapouf in the air while Netero battled Menthuthuyoupi, and Odin watched to give Ponzu experience.
• Odin killed a Squadron Leader who attacked him, then warned Netero that the delay could allow Meruem to be born.
• Odin used an aura disc to slice through the charging Chimera Ants, leaving the Queen terrified and Neferpitou determined to protect her.
• Odin condensed an Aura Bullet to attack Neferpitou and the Queen and test the damage-transfer Nen Beast.

Meruem was born as Odin and the others fought the Royal Guards, and Odin killed Shaiapouf with a compressed Aura Bullet. Netero defeated Menthuthuyoupi and joined Odin, leaving the newly born Meruem facing the humans.

• Meruem emerged from the Queen’s egg, and Neferpitou knelt before him while Shaiapouf hurried to his side.
• Odin struck Shaiapouf with a compressed Aura Bullet, destroying him in the explosion.
• Neferpitou warned Meruem about the humans, but Meruem struck her and ordered her to stand down before acknowledging Odin’s strength.
• Netero’s 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva sent Menthuthuyoupi flying through a wall and into the sky.
• Netero joined Odin and explained that he had chosen to fight Menthuthuyoupi because Meruem had already been born.

Odin concluded that Netero had kept the Chimera Ant crisis small because he suspected Beyond and Pariston had engineered it, then helped Netero and Meruem move to a mountain for their fight. Left to deal with the nest, Odin refused the ants’ pleas and launched aura blades after the fleeing survivors, including Neferpitou and Menthuthuyoupi.

• Odin inferred that Beyond had used Pariston and others to provoke the Chimera Ant crisis so Beyond could challenge Netero’s ban on visiting the Dark Continent.
• Netero and Meruem chose a nearby mountain for their fight, and Odin sent them there with his aura.
• Odin asked Ponzu whether she wanted the dying Queen, but she declined, and the Chimera Ants begged for mercy or surrendered.
• Menthuthuyoupi returned to the nest, and Neferpitou used the distraction to flee while the other ants rushed out after her.
• Odin sent aura blades after the escaping Chimera Ants, and Neferpitou dodged one as she hurried toward Meruem.

Odin killed Neferpitou and Menthuthuyoupi while Netero began fighting Meruem with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva. Meruem adapted to Netero’s attacks, then tore off one of his legs before Netero forced him back.

• En Slash killed the other Chimera Ants, while Menthuthuyoupi regenerated and charged at Meruem.
• Odin trapped Menthuthuyoupi inside En Slash and ground him out of existence, then split Neferpitou into pieces.
• Netero summoned the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva and struck Meruem, who rose from the rubble with only a slight abrasion.
• Meruem learned to read Netero’s attack rhythm and dodged the statue’s increasingly fast palm strikes.
• Meruem accelerated through a gap in the attacks and tore off Netero’s leg, but Netero struck him back and sealed the wound.

Odin killed Meruem and healed Netero, who agreed to join him on an expedition to the Dark Continent. After leaving NGL with Netero and Ponzu, Odin met up with Morel, Kirkia, and Knov at the border as the Hunter Association prepared to handle the aftermath.

• Odin asked Netero to join him on the Dark Continent, and Netero accepted because he wanted stronger opponents and a chance to grow stronger.
• Odin appeared before Meruem and killed him with a true essence Aura Bullet, then blasted his corpse to ash.
• Odin used a Breath of Archangel card to restore Netero's missing limbs and heal his injuries.
• Odin picked up Ponzu at the ant nest and unleashed a Dragon Qi Blast that hunted down the remaining Chimera Ants in the area.
• Odin, Netero, and Ponzu reached the border and reunited with Morel, Kirkia, and Knov; Kirkia contacted the Hunter Association to arrange the aftermath response.
• Hunter Association staff arrived and set up a temporary base, where Beans stood beside Netero with a folder.