Chapter Summaries

Joey used the eyes to monitor the ship, destroyed them, and joined Kurapika after helping neutralize the Ninth Prince’s attack. Knov warned Joey to be wary of the Twelfth Prince, and Joey’s alarm sharpened when an unseen voice suddenly spoke beside him.

• Joey and Hisoka found the eyes, where Joey watched Ging block the Ninth Prince’s soul-swapping arrow with a Ming clone.
• Joey destroyed the eyes with First Bomb and hurried with Hisoka to Kurapika, then subdued the revived Eighth Queen and began restoring her with Gold Experience.
• Knov gathered the Hunter Association members in the Middle Tier and messaged Joey that the Twelfth Prince’s unsettling expression made him suspicious.
• Joey decided to trust Knov’s warning, but a sudden voice beside him made the back of his neck go cold.

Joey discovered that the Twelfth Prince, Mumuzawa, had turned against them and fled with Fugetsu, Kacho, and Woble after the Seventh Prince was killed. Joey repaired the Eighth Queen’s brain but could not find the fugitives, who might be hiding behind Fugetsu’s portal on the Lower Level.

• The Twelfth Prince’s Nen Beast Clone attacked Joey, then shattered when Killer Queen and Joey’s wind drove it away.
• Joey and Hisoka realized Mumuzawa had become a threat, and the group hurried to deal with the remaining Princes.
• Joey found the Seventh Prince dead and learned from Morel that a hidden attacker, likely controlled by Mumuzawa’s ability, had struck him.
• Morel explained that Mumuzawa had fled with Fugetsu, Kacho, and Woble through Fugetsu’s portal after Mizaistom was held back by the Fourteenth Prince’s Guardian Nen Beast.
• Joey concluded that Mumuzawa had observed Killer Queen’s abilities through her Nen Beast Clones and might know how dangerous they were.
• Joey repaired the Eighth Queen’s brain, but Mumuzawa and the others remained missing, possibly concealed behind Fugetsu’s portal.

Momoze led Kacho and Fugetsu through a door, while Nasubi secretly possessed her and prepared to kill them. After Bites the Dust triggered a second time, Joey returned to an earlier point, learned from Ging that the rewind had occurred, and narrowed down who might have killed the Fourteenth Prince.

• Momoze used her Nen ability and aura to help Fugetsu open a door to the Lower Level, then offered to bring up the rear as Kacho and Fugetsu followed.
• Nasubi revealed that he had possessed Momoze, deceived the others with the appearance of a Nen Beast, and planned to kill Momoze, Kacho, and Fugetsu.
• Joey realized the Third Bomb had triggered again, possibly because the Fourteenth Prince had been killed, and decided to keep it attached to her while searching for the cause.
• Joey encountered an injured Ging, who recognized the second trigger and estimated that the rewind had occurred thirteen minutes earlier than the previous one.
• Joey considered the possible killers of the Fourteenth Prince and narrowed the suspects to Nasubi, Mizaistom, or one of the three Princes accompanying her.

Joey and Kurapika concluded that Twelfth Prince Momoze had been manipulated into attacking the Fourteenth Prince, likely through Nasubi Hui Guo Rou’s influence, and prepared to restrain her. They left to investigate Nasubi’s condition and find a way to stop his plans, while Hisoka hinted that he might interfere for his own amusement.

• Joey realized that Momoze, rather than Mizaistom or the Second Prince’s guards, had attacked the Fourteenth Prince, and suspected something had happened to her.
• Kurapika showed Joey Momoze’s diary, which revealed that she disliked the struggle for the throne and expected to die, convincing them that she was being controlled.
• Joey and Kurapika inferred that Nasubi Hui Guo Rou had manipulated Momoze and could influence guardian Nen beasts, though Joey wondered whether Ming was involved.
• Kurapika proposed using Momoze’s attack on Joey as evidence that Nasubi saw Joey as a threat, while Joey decided they needed to approach Nasubi and learn his true condition.
• Joey and Kurapika set out to restrain Momoze, and Kurapika warned Hisoka against interfering for entertainment.

Joey and his allies fought the Twelfth Prince’s controlled Guardian Nen Beast while trying to protect Fugetsu, Kacho, and Woble. The Twelfth Prince was struck by the Fifth Prince’s Guardian Nen Beast’s Black Pill, but survived, and Joey’s Nen Beast Clone returned as Nasubi’s plans remained unclear.

• Joey returned to the deck early, saw Mumze deceive Fugetsu and Kacho, and watched the Fourth Prince’s Guardian Nen Beast attack them as they fell through Fugetsu’s passage.
• Mizaistom used Secret Room Judgment to restrain the Twelfth Prince, while Joey, Hisoka, and Kurapika attacked her Guardian Nen Beast to stop it reaching Fugetsu and Kacho.
• Kurapika used his index-finger chain to try to steal the Guardian Nen Beast’s ability, but the beast exploded into black aura and the Twelfth Prince mocked him.
• The Fifth Prince’s Guardian Nen Beast appeared and forced a Black Pill into the Twelfth Prince, leaving her apparently dead before she began to recover and a Nen Beast Clone appeared on Joey’s shoulder.
• Mizaistom prepared to protect the recovering Twelfth Prince, the Eighth Queen asked to care for Woble, and Kurapika took the Fourteenth Prince into his arms.

Joey and the Hunters discovered that Nasubi’s apparent death had not stopped the Succession War or the spreading black aura, leaving them facing a choice between killing Princes and letting everyone die. Ging killed the Eighth Queen and escaped, prompting Joey to trigger Bites the Dust through Woble as the chapter ended.

• Joey arranged for Nina to control the Eighth Queen and turn the black aura into white aura, while Fugetsu and Kacho hid in the passage.
• Botobai’s Nen Beasts pierced the black aura and struck Nasubi, splitting him and the Throne, but the black aura continued spreading.
• Joey realized that Nasubi’s death had not ended the Succession War and that the black aura might only stop when one Prince remained.
• Ging proposed building large Coffin Areas to expose a flaw in the black aura, but Joey concluded they needed Bites the Dust and a new experience of despair.
• Ging shot the Eighth Queen in the head, then used a teleportation ability to escape after explaining that Joey could not leave Black Whale 1 without her.
• Joey took Woble, urged the others to remember their anger at Ging, and had Killer Queen touch the Fourteenth Prince as he felt despair.

Joey used Bites the Dust to rewind time and worked with Ging to build Coffin Areas that could reduce the black aura and help save people aboard Black Whale 1. After Nasubi was killed, Joey recovered a mysterious Ming Skin, while the group faced the ship’s dangers and the fallout of the Succession War.

• Joey met Ging after the time reset and asked him to arrange for the Kent Family to build Coffin Areas on the Lower Level, then sent the plans to Domi.
• Joey and Ging carried out their plan, and the Coffin Areas and hull openings reduced the black aura enough for Joey to sense the location of the Ming Nasubi used.
• Ging attacked the Twelfth Prince after Nasubi’s identity was exposed, but Nasubi’s attempt to kill the prince failed; Nina controlled the Eighth Queen, and Botobai tore Nasubi apart.
• Joey retrieved a piece of skin bearing an unknown map from Nasubi’s pocket, and Ging offered him three hundred million Jenny to make a copy.
• Joey and Ging discussed Kakin’s political turmoil and the dangers facing Black Whale 1 as the ship continued through Unexplored Waters.
• Ging told Joey that Izunavi and his companions had been rescued and were no longer aboard Black Whale 1.

Joey realized that the apparent surrender of Kakin’s princes and the reassuring news from Ging and Hisoka were wishes made real inside a false world created by the Second Prince Camilla’s Guardian Nen Beast. He confronted Camilla and began tracing when the illusion had started, focusing on the Ming Skin and Nasubi’s death.

• Ging told Joey that Izunavi, Hanzo, and Basho were alive and would return, while Joey noticed Camilla’s Guardian Nen Beast watching him.
• Benjamin, the Second Prince, and the Ninth Prince surrendered to the Hunter Association, and Mizaistom led them toward the Lower Level.
• Joey challenged Hisoka about the falsehoods around him, and Hisoka revealed herself as the Second Prince Camilla.
• Joey deduced that Camilla’s Guardian Nen Beast used Wish Fulfillment and that the apparent Camilla before him was a false person shaped by his wishes.
• Camilla explained that Joey’s wishes became truths in the illusory world and revealed that she had not killed the Fifth Prince, though her people had killed the Sixth.
• Joey questioned whether the false world began when he found the Ming Skin in Nasubi’s pocket or when Nasubi died.

Joey woke from the Second Prince's illusion and discovered that Nasubi's death had unleashed black-aura-enhanced Guardian Nen Beasts and set the Succession War's final stage in motion. As seven Guardian Nen Beasts began fighting above the dome, the nearby princes vanished and figures appeared in the empty coffins.

• Joey sensed Killer Queen and used their connection to wake himself from the Second Prince's illusion.
• Joey saw the princes and their Guardian Nen Beasts surrounded by black aura, and Nen Beast Kacho told him Nasubi's death had freed the beasts and made the Urn impossible to destroy through his Guardian Nen Beast's Time Reversal.
• Ging, Mizaistom, Botobai, Ginta, and Koyakawa awakened, while Botobai's Nen Beast moved to attack the Second Prince and the others tried to rouse the victims.
• Nen Beast Kacho urged Joey and the others to destroy the Urn during the coming battle, then lunged toward the coffins as Guardian Nen Beasts attacked the beasts of the dead princes.
• The dead princes' Guardian Nen Beasts were devoured, and the seven remaining beasts began fighting above the dome as figures appeared in the empty coffins and the nearby princes disappeared.

Joey and Ging stopped Nasubi’s Guardian Nen Beast from restoring the Seed Urn, ending the Succession War and dispersing the black aura. The Princes awakened as the Nen Beasts vanished, and Black Whale 1 resumed its voyage toward the Imaginary Continent.

• Ging revealed that he could use changes in time and shattered the Urn before Nasubi’s Guardian Nen Beast could restore it.
• Nasubi’s Guardian Nen Beast rewound out of existence, causing the other Guardian Nen Beasts to stop and the black aura to disperse.
• The Princes awakened, the Nen Beasts began disappearing, and the Nen Beast Kacho told Joey that Kacho cared for him before vanishing.
• Joey told the Nen Beast Kacho he would not be with Kacho, and she said Kacho already knew he would not return her feelings.
• The Hunter Association took control of Black Whale 1, and Morel steered the damaged ship toward the Imaginary Continent.

After the Succession War, Joey learned that Izunavi might have survived and that the Phantom Troupe had left the Black Whale 1, then went outside to see the Unexplored Waters. He emerged from the ship into a sight that completely captivated him.

• Joey learned from Ging that Izunavi had survived a dangerous assignment and that Kurapika's search might not be pointless.
• Ging told Joey that the Phantom Troupe, Beyond's team, the Zoldyck Family, and Razor's group were aboard a submarine behind the Black Whale 1.
• Joey went to the Third Tier Observation Deck, where Yan Mei offered to escort him outside but he hurried past her through an existing iron door.
• Joey heard Yan Mei complain after he left and considered Morena's plans and the Ai Yi Yi Family's potential danger.
• Joey emerged into the storm outside the Black Whale 1 and was captivated by the sight before him.

Joey and Ging explored the Unexplored Waters alongside the Black Whale 1, witnessing enormous monsters and discussing the Dark Continent and Beyond’s route. Ging demonstrated his ability to manipulate a World Bird and continued teaching Joey as they traveled toward the Imaginary Continent.

• Joey spotted flocks of World Birds catching fish in the storm, and Ging explained that the birds lived on World Trees and could lead explorers to them.
• Joey asked whether humanity still lived beyond Lake Mobius, and Ging said they would have to find out through exploration.
• A gigantic sea monster leapt out of the water, devoured many World Birds, and sent towering waves crashing toward the Black Whale 1.
• Joey and Ging flew above the waves beside the ship, and Ging used a Manipulation ability to take control of a World Bird.
• Ging taught Joey about using Nen to explore and protect himself, and the two traveled on World Birds while testing Joey’s abilities and keeping pace with the ship.
• Joey saw that the Phantom Troupe and Zoldyck Family had returned from Beyond’s Submarine, while the Hunter Association’s damaged Warship continued following the Black Whale 1.

Joey learned Ging’s method for temporarily controlling beasts and used it to explore the Unexplored Waters while avoiding the growing violence aboard Black Whale 1. After more than seven weeks at sea, the ship was about a week from reaching the Imaginary Continent.

• Ging explained how Nen quality, threats, and temporary vows could control unintelligent beasts, and Joey learned to use the method within the range of his En.
• Joey explored the Unexplored Waters, recording enormous crustacean beasts that rested beneath the sea and proved too large for him to control.
• As murders aboard Black Whale 1 escalated and the Phantom Troupe searched for him, Joey stayed at sea and served as a scout for Morel’s team.
• Joey weighed the dangers facing the Phantom Troupe, Hisoka, and Kurapika aboard the ship, and chose to wait for his rivals to weaken each other.
• More than seven weeks into the voyage, Joey realized the ship was likely about a week away from the Imaginary Continent.

Joey reached the Imaginary Continent and learned that V5 forces were stationed there to collect Kakin’s expedition, while the Hunter Association planned to cross the continent en route to the Dark Continent. After boarding a boat with Morel’s team, Joey questioned whether the supposedly V5 warships and soldiers were truly what they claimed, but he landed without proof of anything suspicious.

• Joey flew ahead of Black Whale 1 and landed on a V5 warship after its officer called him aboard.
• Joey inspected the soldiers’ unusual Nen-infused armor and weapons, then learned that people lived inside the coast’s enormous black rocks, known as the Black Rock Belt.
• An adjutant told Joey that the warships had been sent to collect Kakin’s people and that the expedition would have to cross the Imaginary Continent and another stretch of sea to reach the Dark Continent.
• Joey learned the Hunter Association had listed him among its Dark Continent personnel and asked why the soldiers lacked Nen, but the adjutant refused to explain.
• Joey joined Morel’s team on a boat to the Black Rock Belt and questioned how the warships had reached the continent and whether their crews were really from V5.
• Morel said Cheadle and Mizaistom had met the V5 representatives, and Joey landed on the unknown shore with the team.

After reaching the Imaginary Continent, Joey arranged for Kurapika and Biscuit to take the Kakin Princes into hiding while he joined the Hunter Association’s expedition inland. The team crossed the Black Rock Belt, where encounters with enormous beasts left Joey wondering how they survived in the desolate region.

• The fleet departed with selected Kakin royals, while Joey learned that Fugetsu, Kacho, Momoze, Woble, and the Eighth Queen had stayed inside Knov’s space.
• Knov explained that the Black Whale 1 could not return soon, and Joey struggled to find a safe place for the Princes until Kurapika offered to take them with Biscuit.
• Kurapika and Biscuit chose to return toward Kakin with the Princes, while Joey joined the Hunter Association’s inland expedition.
• Cheadle organized the expedition into squads, and Joey used his En to cover the team as they set out across the Black Rock Belt.
• Gel collected a sample from a giant cricket monster after it was killed, while the team continued past more enormous beasts and insects.
• By evening, the team remained in the Black Rock Belt, and Joey wondered how its ferocious creatures survived in such a desolate place.

Ging, Pariston, and several other teams followed the Hunter Association into the Black Rock Belt as Joey considered the dangers of crossing the Imaginary Continent. On his first night there, Joey watched the wilderness and reflected on the courage it would take for humanity to settle it.

• Ging and Pariston led Beyond's elite team inland, while Pariston questioned an armored officer for information.
• List, Dwun, Ida, Elena, and Razor's group discussed building a game world on the Imaginary Continent and considered recruiting Joey.
• Chrollo continued pursuing Hisoka and Joey with the Phantom Troupe's few remaining members, while Hisoka traveled with Illumi, Zigg, and Kalluto in the Zoldyck Family's team.
• The Hunter Association stopped among the rocks at night, and Botobai had Hunters carve caves for shelter.
• Joey volunteered for the night watch and observed the moonlit land, where beasts hunted in packs and enormous creatures shook the ground.

Joey and Cluck observed the strange food chain in the Black Rock Belt, then continued into the wilderness and captured a scaled beast for experiments. The beast’s scales could store life energy and conceal Nen, raising Joey’s suspicions about V5, while Leorio joined the examination with something he seemed eager to tell Joey.

• Joey and Cluck watched fish fall from the sky as insects, giant birds, and swift beasts preyed on one another, and Joey secretly captured insects for Cluck to study.
• Joey sensed the underground insects retreating, then traveled with the team from the Black Rock Belt into a wasteland filled with enormous, docile, scaled beasts.
• Joey asked Cheadle for permission, knocked one of the beasts unconscious, and dragged it back to the group to investigate its scales.
• Joey and Cluck discovered that the scales absorbed and stored life energy, potentially concealing the Nen of anyone wearing armor made from them, and Joey wondered whether V5 had hidden Nen users.
• Joey and Cluck began experiments with equipment from Knov, and Leorio joined them, appearing to have something he wanted to tell Joey.

Joey and Cluck examined scales from a powerful beast and learned they could absorb Nen, though the material also risked draining its wearer. Joey began experimenting with the scales as Nen storage and explosives, then reassured Leorio that Kurapika was safe with Hunters on the coast and warned Leorio to strengthen himself for the Dark Continent.

• Joey and Cluck butchered the beast, and Gel, Buhara, and Menchi checked and prepared its meat for the Hunters.
• Cluck explained that the scales resembled those of the Black Dragon and that its descendants might still inhabit the Imaginary Continent.
• Joey found that the scales absorbed Nen until they overheated and burst, then began engraving God Script on them to test their use as storage vessels and bombs.
• Leorio asked Joey about Kurapika, and Joey told him Kurapika was on the coast with other Hunters and would return to the Black Whale 1.
• Joey warned Leorio that his aura was weak, but Leorio insisted he could fight as a Professional Hunter before going to help Cluck.

Joey and the team discovered that Monster Birds’ cries triggered underground Monster Insects to swarm them, suggesting a rule-based pursuit. As the team fought back, a powerful fire-breathing magical beast appeared and attacked the insects, leaving its purpose unclear.

• Joey realized that he could use God Script to seal the life energy stored in the scales, improving his research.
• A massive Monster Insect swarm attacked the team, forcing them to shelter in Knov’s Hide and Seek before moving on.
• Joey detected Monster Insects tracking the team underground, killed several, and learned that more kept emerging as they traveled.
• Monster Birds’ cries triggered another surge of insects, and Joey and the others charged toward the birds while Knov sheltered the Crossing the Great Lake Commission’s members.
• Joey killed a Monster Bird with Wind Blades as a fire dragon-like magical beast appeared and unleashed flames on the Monster Insects.

Joey and the Hunter Association faced a seemingly endless Monster Insect swarm while a fire dragon battled the birds and insects. After the Association withdrew, Joey used bird cries to lure the fire dragon back into the fight, hoping its attack would help expose the hidden source of the swarm.

• The fire dragon attacked the Monster Insects, killing birds that challenged it, while the Hunter Association sheltered and prepared to retreat.
• Joey reasoned that contact with him, Cluck, or Leorio might have drawn the swarm, and Knov instructed the three to split from the team and use Hide and Seek if pursued.
• Cheadle reported that there were no insects below five hundred meters, leading Joey to suspect a Conjurer was creating the swarm with an ability.
• Ginta led the Hunter Association members through the swarm as the fire dragon fought, and Knov left Joey, Cluck, and Leorio a marked route to Hide and Seek.
• As bird cries faded, fewer insects emerged and the fire dragon began to leave, so Joey used Weather Report to recreate the flock's cries and draw the insects back out.
• The renewed cries brought the Monster Insects surging from the ground, and the fire dragon turned back to attack them.