Chapter Summaries

Luo Ye broke into Kakin King Hui Guo Rou’s safe room and forced him to sign away seventy percent of the empire’s treasury in exchange for water. Kurapika arrived to find the Fourteenth Prince and her mother safe, while Luo Ye prepared to collect fees from the fighting below.

• Luo Ye smashed through the safe room door and found Hui Guo Rou hiding beneath a table.
• Luo Ye demanded seventy percent of the Kakin treasury as payment for water and other fees, then used his Nen to make Hui Guo Rou sign the contract.
• Hui Guo Rou signed the concessions contract and received the bottle of mineral water from Luo Ye.
• Kurapika reached the safe room with the Fourteenth Prince and her mother, saw Benjamin embedded in a ceiling pillar, and relaxed when he confirmed they were unharmed.
• Luo Ye told Kurapika he had claimed the Kakin treasury and left with Shizuku to collect venue fees from the fights on the lower levels.

After securing the Kakin King’s signed territorial concession and reparations, Luo Ye learned that the Phantom Troupe and Hisoka were battling on the Black Whale’s lower levels, damaging the ship and killing civilians. He led Shizuku and the others downstairs to watch the fight and collect fees, reaching the scorching staircase to level five as explosions continued below.

• Luo Ye pocketed the ledger documenting the Kakin King’s payments and ordered Shizuku to vacuum the valuable ornaments in the safe room.
• The floor shook, and a wounded Hunter Association Officer warned that the Phantom Troupe and Hisoka were fighting in the cargo area, killing civilians and cracking the Black Whale’s hull.
• Kurapika, Gon, and Killua reacted to the news, while Luo Ye focused on charging the fighters for the damage to his property.
• Luo Ye led Shizuku and the others down toward level five to collect from the fighters and watch the battle.
• The group passed bloodied, damaged corridors and reached the staircase to level five, where the iron steps were partly melted and explosions continued below.

Luo Ye stopped Hisoka and Chrollo’s destructive battle by tearing off and throwing the cargo-hold door, then confronted the fighters over the damage to his newly purchased ship. He defeated Chrollo’s new recruits and walked unharmed through Chrollo’s Nen flames, still demanding payment.

• Luo Ye found Hisoka fighting Chrollo and the new Spiders in a cargo hold flooding with seawater as their battle damaged the Black Whale.
• Luo Ye ripped the massive iron door from its hinges and hurled it into the fight, blasting the combatants apart and stopping the battle.
• Luo Ye entered the cargo hold with a ledger and demanded repair, pollution, and cleanup fees from the fighters.
• A giant from Meteor City attacked Luo Ye with an alloy pillar, but Luo Ye absorbed the giant’s Nen, crushed the pillar, and knocked him unconscious.
• A leather-clad Spider attacked Luo Ye with Nen wires, but he tore them apart and knocked her out with a strike to the neck.
• Chrollo attacked Luo Ye with two Nen fire dragons, but Luo Ye emerged unharmed and continued demanding payment.

Luo Ye defeated Chrollo and Hisoka, healed them with crystal fragments, and forced them into debt-bound jobs at the VIP Studio. Kurapika abandoned his revenge after seeing the Phantom Troupe reduced to corporate wage slaves, while Luo Ye claimed the Black Whale and everyone aboard as his property.

• Luo Ye overpowered Chrollo and broke Hisoka's resolve, then billed Hisoka for damages and made him sign on as an off-the-books worker.
• Luo Ye forced Chrollo to acknowledge the debt and had Shizuku feed Chrollo and Hisoka Universal Charger Crystal fragments, healing their injuries.
• Luo Ye ordered the Phantom Troupe members to wear security uniforms and work eighteen-hour mining shifts on the Dark Continent to repay their debts.
• Kurapika watched Chrollo being forced into a uniform, laughed, and let go of his desire for revenge.
• Luo Ye told Kurapika to pay his errand fee and declared the Black Whale and everyone aboard it his private property.

Luo Ye forced the injured Phantom Troupe to become VIP Studio security guards and collected a huge fee from Cheadle for their services. As the Black Whale reached the Dark Continent, he prepared to claim the World Tree as a company asset and sent the Spiders to deal with predators blocking the ship.

• Luo Ye used his overwhelming Nen to make Chrollo and the injured Phantom Troupe wear fluorescent-green security uniforms and work as order enforcement officers.
• Luo Ye led the newly hired Spiders onto the main deck, where Cheadle, Ging Freecss, and the others reacted with shock at their uniforms.
• Luo Ye demanded thirty billion Jenny from Cheadle for security services and repairs, and she signed the transfer agreement after Chrollo backed his threat with his aura.
• As the Black Whale entered the Dark Continent's fog, Luo Ye announced a team-building trip to claim the World Tree, while Chrollo despaired over the Spiders becoming wage slaves.
• Enormous predators gathered beside the ship, and Nobunaga drew his sword to deal with them as Luo Ye ordered him to keep the deck clean.
• The Black Whale anchored on the rocky shore, and Luo Ye ordered the Spiders to turn the World Tree into a long-term VIP Studio asset.

Luo Ye led the expedition up the World Tree Primordial, where the Starry Sky Dragon attacked with a spatial-erasure ability. He plunged into the dragon’s rift for what he called a free wormhole trial, leaving the expedition stunned as the dragon swallowed him.

• Luo Ye arrived with Shizuku and the Phantom Troupe remnants, whom he had made work as security to pay off a debt.
• Luo Ye ordered the expedition to climb the World Tree Primordial, pushing the security squad to lead as gravity grew stronger.
• The expedition reached the stars above the clouds, where the Starry Sky Dragon appeared and erased two mercenaries with a spatial attack.
• Ging and Beyond warned everyone to retreat, while Chrollo failed to activate a spatial escape ability.
• Luo Ye charged into the dragon’s spatial rift, insisting he wanted to try the wormhole, and the dragon swallowed him.

Luo Ye survived the Starry Sky Dragon’s spatial digestive system, tore his way out, and defeated the dragon before leading the expedition to the World Tree’s summit. There, he reached Lake Mobius’s Central Monitor and poked the enormous Law Orb.

• Luo Ye adapted to the dragon’s spatial laws, stabilized the space around himself, and drained its primordial spatial energy.
• Luo Ye ripped open the Starry Sky Dragon’s belly, emerged with its scales, and kicked the dragon plunging into the clouds.
• Luo Ye had Shizuku store the scales as materials for bathroom tiles, then ordered the group to continue climbing.
• The expedition reached the World Tree’s summit and found Lake Mobius’s Central Monitor above an ancient altar.
• The Central Monitor’s overwhelming pressure pinned everyone except Luo Ye, who walked up to the Law Orb and poked it.

Luo Ye fought Lake Mobius’s central monitor as its antivirus protocol erased everyone in the plaza. After adapting to the erasure, he seized the orb’s core and began dragging it out, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• The orb’s white light began conceptually erasing Ging, Beyond, the Zodiacs, the Spiders, Gon, Killua, and Luo Ye.
• Luo Ye resisted the erasure by combining his Nen abilities and repeatedly regenerating, while the others watched helplessly.
• The orb intensified its light, but Luo Ye adapted until his right leg became immune to erasure.
• Luo Ye advanced to the orb, thrust his hardened right hand into its center, and gripped its core.
• Luo Ye began forcibly dragging the orb outward.

Luo Ye devoured a fragment of the Law Orb, then forced it to sign a bill that transferred the Dark Continent’s resources to VIP Studio. He declared the expedition over and set out to collect the V5’s unpaid balance.

• Luo Ye bit off and swallowed a fragment of the Law Orb, ending its attack and restoring everyone to normal.
• Luo Ye billed the orb for unlawful termination and his ruined shirt, then claimed the Dark Continent’s land, minerals, and Magical Beast resources as collateral.
• The Law Orb signed Luo Ye’s ledger, and the World Tree and Dark Continent rumbled as authority changed hands.
• Luo Ye announced that the expedition was over, told the team to pack up, and said he would return to the human world to collect the V5’s unpaid balance.

After returning from the Dark Continent, Luo Ye crushed the V5’s attempt to seize the expedition’s discoveries and announced that VIP Studio would auction them in Yorknew City. As the crew settled back in, he prepared for a global auction that could spark conflict among the world’s powers.

• Luo Ye led the group down the World Tree, plundering its treasures and making Hisoka, Chrollo, and Ging haul the cargo while the calamities fled their path.
• Two months later, the treasure-laden Black Whale returned to Yorknew City, where the V5 fleet surrounded it and a commissioner demanded that its people and cargo be surrendered.
• Luo Ye knocked out the V5 soldiers with his Nen, kicked the commissioner, and threatened to auction the discoveries worldwide unless the V5 abandoned force.
• Luo Ye told Kanzai that VIP Studio would profit from the auction and any mercenary work that followed, while Beyond acknowledged his defeat and paid his toll.
• Kurapika released his Chain after watching the Spiders work, and Gon and Killua reflected on Luo Ye’s unorthodox solutions.
• Luo Ye ordered Chrollo to contact the world’s media and invite prominent buyers to VIP Studio’s press conference and auction in Yorknew City the next day.

Luo Ye auctioned Dark Continent medicine and clean energy to the world’s elite, amassing money and political assets while warning buyers not to challenge VIP Studio. After the auction, he made the Phantom Troupe’s surviving members keep working to repay their debts.

• Chrollo checked tickets at the auction entrance while Hisoka threatened a mocking Mafia boss, and Kurapika laughed at Chrollo’s humiliation.
• Luo Ye auctioned longevity tonic crystals to wealthy buyers, who bid hundreds of billions and traded insults as they fought to buy them.
• Luo Ye advised Gon and Killua that controlling lifespan and energy could make powerful customers work for a business.
• Luo Ye sold clean energy to national representatives, and Shizuku reported that revenue had passed three hundred million alongside mining rights and tax agreements.
• Luo Ye used his Nen to intimidate the attendees and told Cheadle that countries could rebuild through VIP Studio after their wars.
• Luo Ye demanded that the Phantom Troupe repay the damage to his cruise ship, then pinned Lu Renbing down when he tried to quit and ordered the members to keep working as security guards.

Luo Ye oversaw construction of the VIP Studio’s global headquarters with the Phantom Troupe forced to work as laborers, then traveled to the Kakin Empire to collect a debt from its king. He defeated Benjamin and confronted the king with an ultimatum to pay an astronomical property management fee.

• Luo Ye supervised the headquarters construction, using the Phantom Troupe as workers and describing the fortress’s Dark Continent materials to Gon and Killua.
• Cheadle and the Zodiacs arrived to challenge the unpermitted construction and discuss V5’s energy-technology offer, but Luo Ye intimidated them into leaving.
• Luo Ye ordered Chrollo to weld the Underground Vault’s door shut, celebrated the completed first construction phase, and decided to collect the Kakin king’s debt.
• Luo Ye and Shizuku flew to the Kakin Empire while Gon and Killua stayed behind to supervise the workers.
• The Kakin king and Benjamin prepared to kill Luo Ye, but Luo Ye crushed Benjamin with Nen and entered the palace.
• Luo Ye presented the king with a bill totaling his liquid treasury, rejected the king’s refusal, and demanded an astronomical property management fee.

Luo Ye forced the bankrupt Kakin Empire to surrender its treasury, then filled the VIP Studio’s new headquarters vault and made Chrollo its Treasury Manager. Gon and Killua left to travel the world, while Luo Ye stayed behind as the world’s biggest landlord.

• Luo Ye’s Nen pressure frightened Kakin’s guardian Nen beast back underground, and Hui Guo Rou signed over the empire’s treasury.
• Shizuku used Blinky to vacuum up the Kakin Empire’s gold and valuables, leaving the empire bankrupt and under the VIP Studio’s control.
• Luo Ye deposited the treasure in the headquarters vault and ordered Chrollo to serve as Treasury Manager and clean the gold bars daily.
• Gon and Killua told Luo Ye they were leaving to explore the world, and he let them go on their adventures.
• Luo Ye relaxed at headquarters, watching the Spider work while he reviewed the debts owed by nations around the world.