Recaps

Qiao Lun sold [A Plot of Beach] to Tsezguerra for five billion Jenny, payable after the game was cleared, while preparing for the final exam and developing new ways to use his shadows. He left the chapter training with Killua and Gon under Biscuit’s guidance and considering Greed Island’s players as a future source of shadows.

• Tsezguerra offered to buy Qiao Lun’s [A Plot of Beach], and Qiao Lun set the price at five billion Jenny, payable after the game was cleared.
• Kira gave Tsezguerra a copied card, and Tsezguerra left after obtaining it without triggering a system announcement.
• Qiao Lun anticipated the final exam and continued training his Shikigami and [Shadow Cursed Technique], while planning to master Piercing Ox before taming Tiger Funeral and Mahoraga.
• Qiao Lun found he could transfer his shadow into a Shikigami and use another person’s shadow to keep summoning Shikigami, and he considered collecting shadows from Greed Island players and Phantom Troupe members.
• Killua and Gon fought the Divine Dogs, while Biscuit guided them and Qiao Lun on the fundamentals of Nen Abilities.

Qiao Lun learned that the Phantom Troupe had entered Greed Island and confronted Chrollo at the starting point. Chrollo revealed he had prepared for the encounter and tried to transport Qiao Lun and Killua to Ansei Mine, but they countered with [Castle Gate].

• The system announced the final quiz, while a scout told Qiao Lun that Chrollo and two other Phantom Troupe members had appeared at the starting point before the call abruptly ended.
• Qiao Lun used [Revisit] to travel to the starting point, while Killua planned to find Kurapika and Gon and Biscuit prepared to answer the quiz.
• Qiao Lun confronted Chrollo, who admitted he had anticipated Qiao Lun's plan to wipe out the Phantom Troupe and had chosen Greed Island as his battlefield.
• Killua arrived at the starting point, and Chrollo used [Accompany] to try to send him and Qiao Lun to Ansei Mine.
• Qiao Lun and Killua each activated [Castle Gate] to block Chrollo's short-range spell.

After Chrollo trapped himself inside the game, Qiao Lun returned to Battera’s Castle to investigate a Phantom Troupe attack. He found the Castle’s staff slaughtered and Sabazushi gravely wounded, while the intruder’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Chrollo used [Accompany] to fly away, and Qiao Lun sent Killua back to Gon and Biscuit before using [Leave] to return to Battera’s Castle.
• Qiao Lun contacted Tsezguerra to buy spell cards and warned him that the Phantom Troupe might target him.
• Qiao Lun confirmed Chrollo was still inside the game, sent Divine Dogs to investigate the Castle, and told Kurapika that the Phantom Troupe had entered under false identities.
• Kurapika agreed to join Qiao Lun in the game, while the Divine Dogs found evidence of an attack inside the Castle.
• Qiao Lun discovered dead maids and security personnel, then found the wounded Sabazushi, who said a one-eyed intruder in a ragged burlap sack had attacked and that Battera had been moved to safety.
• Qiao Lun asked Sabazushi for Battera’s contact information as Round Deer emerged from his shadow.

Qiao Lun healed Sabazushi with Round Deer and reviewed the Castle’s surveillance footage to track the intruder. The footage revealed Chrollo had been in the Castle alongside the apparent Kortopi, and Qiao Lun realized the attack involved more than one Phantom Troupe member.

• Qiao Lun used Round Deer’s Reverse Cursed Technique to heal Sabazushi, who then gave him Mr. Battera’s contact details.
• Sabazushi suggested showing Battera the healing footage so he might let Qiao Lun treat his girlfriend, but Qiao Lun doubted Battera would agree.
• Sabazushi explained that he had survived the attacker by faking his death and concealing his presence with [Zetsu] and [In].
• Qiao Lun and Sabazushi reviewed the surveillance footage and identified the intruder as Kortopi, though Qiao Lun doubted he had acted alone.
• Qiao Lun checked the corridor footage near the machine room and discovered Chrollo had also been in the Castle.

Qiao Lun realized Chrollo had lured him out of the game to draw him into a fight at Battera's Castle. Chrollo confronted him alone and used a teleportation ability to launch a dagger attack, which Qiao Lun blocked with a shadow as he wondered how the ability worked.

• Qiao Lun deduced that the attack on Battera's Castle and the hint about the game had been arranged to lure him out, then warned Sabazushi to hide or enter the game.
• Qiao Lun rode Great Serpent toward the Divine Dogs and used [En] to sense the area around him.
• Qiao Lun found Chrollo alone with Divine Dog: Totality, which had been wounded by sword cuts, and recalled Chrollo's flying-sword Nen Ability.
• Chrollo declared that he had chosen the Castle as Qiao Lun's graveyard, and Qiao Lun challenged his confidence in fighting alone.
• Chrollo teleported Qiao Lun to another location and attacked him with a dagger, but Qiao Lun sensed the danger and blocked it with a shadow.

Qiao Lun fought Chrollo in a sealed passage, where Chrollo used Indoor Fish to attack and defend. Qiao Lun broke the passage open and wounded Chrollo, but the fish returned as he realized Kuhua had built multiple layers of enclosed spaces around them.

• Qiao Lun suspected Chrollo could not use Teleportation repeatedly and watched for other conditions on the ability.
• Chrollo retreated from Qiao Lun's attack and summoned Indoor Fish after Kuhua sealed the passage with a copied wall.
• Qiao Lun and Great Serpent fought off the regenerating fish, and Qiao Lun summoned Max Elephant to smash open the passage and disable Indoor Fish.
• Chrollo used three swords to attack Qiao Lun while Qiao Lun partially merged with Max Elephant and struck Chrollo with a jet of water, injuring his shoulder.
• Indoor Fish reappeared in large numbers, and Qiao Lun realized Kuhua had surrounded the passage with multiple layers of enclosed spaces.

Qiao Lun fought Chrollo inside a lightless enclosure, using Shadow Curtain to destroy the Nen fish and then battling Chrollo in a blinding flash. After their abilities collided in an explosion, Qiao Lun suspected Chrollo was deliberately taking injuries to prepare Feitan’s ability, but could not explain how Chrollo had kept it active.

• Qiao Lun realized Chrollo had created the darkness to disable his shadow ability, but used Sub’s shadow to form Shadow Curtain and crush the hollow-boned Nen fish.
• Chrollo entered Qiao Lun’s [En], and Qiao Lun enlarged Shadow Curtain while merging Max Elephant into his body.
• Chrollo released the stolen light, then sliced through Shadow Curtain, which exploded and badly injured both fighters.
• Qiao Lun noticed Chrollo’s wounds and wondered whether he was preparing Feitan’s Nen Ability, but concluded that Chrollo should not have been able to keep it active.

Qiao Lun continued fighting Chrollo while trying to understand his Reverse Cursed Technique, but Chrollo used a barrier to block his attacks and Phinks ambushed him from behind a wall. Injured and with Max Elephant badly wounded, Qiao Lun summoned Piercing Ox as the battle continued.

• Qiao Lun suspected Chrollo had Feitan's Nen Ability but decided to keep attacking and tried to learn Reverse Cursed Technique through the fight.
• Chrollo turned to a new page in Skill Hunter while keeping his bookmarked ability, and Qiao Lun noticed the dagger had not disappeared.
• Qiao Lun kicked at Chrollo, but a nearly transparent barrier blocked the blow, so he broke through it and fired a high-pressure water column.
• Chrollo was driven through a wall, where Phinks emerged and punched Max Elephant, sending it and Qiao Lun crashing through more walls.
• Qiao Lun climbed up injured as Max Elephant sank into his shadow, then formed a hand sign to summon Piercing Ox.

Qiao Lun finally mastered Reverse Cursed Technique and restored his arms while Chrollo unleashed Feitan's freezing ability against Piercing Ox. The chapter left Piercing Ox frozen and Chrollo's side facing Qiao Lun's renewed strength.

• Qiao Lun sent Piercing Ox charging at Chrollo and Phinks while concentrating on producing positive energy to heal himself.
• Phinks's prepared punch struck Piercing Ox instead of Qiao Lun, and Chrollo ordered Phinks and the others to retreat as the beast charged.
• Kortopi raised walls to slow Piercing Ox, while Chrollo used Feitan's borrowed ability, Ice Hell, to freeze the charging beast.
• Qiao Lun realized Piercing Ox had stopped and discovered that Reverse Cursed Technique had restored his arms, finally mastering the technique.

Qiao Lun struggled against Chrollo’s extreme-cold ability after rescuing Piercing Ox and retreating into Shadow Space. With the Castle freezing around him and no safe way to emerge, he summoned Round Deer to break through the ice.

• Qiao Lun rushed toward Chrollo through worsening cold and found Piercing Ox frozen in ice.
• Qiao Lun hurled Bara's Shadow Ball at Piercing Ox, shattering the ice and allowing the still-living shikigami to sink into the shadow.
• Qiao Lun hid in Shadow Space as Chrollo unleashed extreme cold to freeze the entire Castle, intending to trap him there.
• Qiao Lun realized the surrounding ice would block his escape and that the air outside could freeze his respiratory tract.
• Qiao Lun summoned Round Deer, which emerged through the ice while Qiao Lun's expanding shadow protected it from freezing.

Qiao Lun broke through Chrollo’s ice barrier and faced the explosive power of Chrollo’s final ability. After Round Deer survived the annihilating blast through Reverse Cursed Technique, Qiao Lun found only Chrollo’s blood remaining.

• Qiao Lun endured the extreme cold with Round Deer’s help and deduced that Chrollo was behind the ice wall, badly injured and nearing his limits.
• Round Deer charged the ice wall while Qiao Lun’s shadows shattered it, revealing Chrollo behind it.
• Chrollo admitted defeat, then removed the bookmark from [Skill Hunter] and activated another ability despite the freezing cold.
• Qiao Lun unleashed Rabbit Escape, but Chrollo’s body burst and released an annihilating wave that destroyed the rabbits and severely mangled Round Deer.
• Qiao Lun sent Round Deer into the shadows to heal and appeared where Chrollo had been, finding only a pool of blood.

Qiao Lun escaped the frozen Castle, sent Kurapika to warn the others and check whether Chrollo had entered the game, then tracked down Kuhua and Phinks. He launched an attack on the two Phantom Troupe members and began fighting Phinks while Nue targeted Kuhua.

• Qiao Lun stored the bloodied ground in his shadow, left the Castle, and sent rabbits to search the area while Nue carried him into the sky.
• Qiao Lun called Kurapika and told him to warn Killua about the danger near the Castle, check Chrollo's status, and stop Tsezguerra from completing the game.
• Kurapika entered the game, met Gon and Killua, and learned from Killua that Chrollo's name was dim in the Binder.
• Kurapika took [Leave] to contact Qiao Lun and head for the Castle, while telling Gon and the others to use [Pass] if danger arose.
• Qiao Lun found Kuhua and Phinks outside the Castle and attacked them, with Nue striking at Kuhua as Qiao Lun leaped at Phinks.

Qiao Lun defeated Phinks and captured Kuhua, while Kurapika reported that Chrollo had not appeared in the game and prepared to head to the Castle. Qiao Lun left Kuhua alive at Kurapika’s request and planned to contact Battera himself.

• Phinks and Qiao Lun exchanged close-range blows while Nue and Kuhua fought off the Rabbit Escape rabbits.
• Qiao Lun pursued Phinks as Phinks crashed through Kuhua’s stone defenses, and Nue incapacitated Kuhua with electricity.
• Phinks’s charged Revolving Sky punch met Qiao Lun’s Black Flash, but Qiao Lun shattered Phinks’s right arm and took his shadow.
• Qiao Lun killed Phinks, then answered Kurapika’s call and learned that Chrollo had not appeared in the game.
• Qiao Lun told Kurapika that Chrollo had blown himself up and that he had captured Kuhua; Kurapika asked him to leave Kuhua alive.

After killing Kuhua and finding the Castle frozen, Qiao Lun returned to Greed Island and explained the attack to Tsezguerra and the others. The group planned to contact Mr. Battera, search the game for the Phantom Troupe, and possibly pursue them to Meteor City later.

• Kurapika reentered Greed Island instead of going to the Castle, while Qiao Lun killed the unconscious Kuhua and returned to find the Castle encased in ice and Sabazushi dead.
• Qiao Lun used a protected game console to return to Greed Island, where Kurapika, Gon, Killua, Biscuit, and Tsezguerra were waiting.
• Qiao Lun told Tsezguerra that the Castle had been attacked and frozen, and Tsezguerra agreed to leave the game with him to contact Mr. Battera and confirm what had happened.
• Qiao Lun told Kurapika and the others that Chrollo might still be alive and that Kuhua and Phinks were dead, then asked them to look for the remaining Phantom Troupe members in the game.
• Kurapika asked to accompany Qiao Lun to Meteor City to recover the Kurta Clan's Scarlet Eyes, and Gon asked to join so he could gauge his strength against the Phantom Troupe.
• Qiao Lun considered giving Gon and Killua several months to train with Biscuit, who warned that they would have to manage their training intensity themselves.

Qiao Lun and Tsezguerra escaped the frozen Castle and confirmed Battera was safe. Qiao Lun agreed to obtain Battera’s requested cards during New Game Plus, while resolving to track down Chrollo.

• Qiao Lun led Tsezguerra out of the frozen Castle, and Tsezguerra called Battera to confirm his safety.
• Battera arrived by airship, offered Tsezguerra an extra ten billion Jenny, and requested [Archangel's Breath], [Witch's Rejuvenation Potion], and [Rainbow Diamond].
• Qiao Lun chose to honor the contract and return to the game with Tsezguerra rather than use his healing ability to secure a card for himself.
• Qiao Lun told Kurapika he had considered healing Battera's girlfriend but decided to give way and obtain the cards in New Game Plus.
• Tsezguerra's team joined the town's celebration, and Qiao Lun vowed that Chrollo would not get away.

Qiao Lun returned to the Castle, collected his reward, and partnered with Tsezguerra to clear Greed Island while Battera arranged to learn Nen. Back in the game, Qiao Lun weighed how to use his limited cards to reach the Chimera Ants, but Biscuit confronted him about the gem he owed her.

• Battera paid Tsezguerra 60 billion Jenny and Qiao Lun 15 billion Jenny, after which Qiao Lun agreed to hire Tsezguerra for 10 billion to help collect cards.
• Battera asked to enter Greed Island and learn Nen, and Tsezguerra offered to perform a Nen Initiation for one billion Jenny.
• Qiao Lun returned to Greed Island, where Gon and Killua relaxed from training while he practiced with Kurapika.
• Qiao Lun considered using [Accompany] to reach Kite and investigate the Chimera Ants, but worried that doing so would delay his hunt for the Phantom Troupe and leave too few cards for Biscuit.
• Biscuit noticed Qiao Lun sneaking glances at her and told him to give her a higher-quality gem instead of the one from the game.

Qiao Lun joined Gon and his friends to challenge Razor to a dodgeball match, which Gon ultimately won. After the game, Hisoka challenged Qiao Lun, and Qiao Lun warned him that fighting would likely get him killed.

• Qiao Lun gave Biscuit a crystallized cursed object, and she let the group choose what to take out of the game instead of claiming the Blue Planet.
• Qiao Lun trained Kurapika to spot numbers concealed with [In], and Gon and Killua later returned with cards and asked Qiao Lun to help them deal with pirates.
• Qiao Lun assembled a team with Gon, Killua, Kurapika, Biscuit, Tsezguerra, Hisoka, and Dalzollene to challenge Razor at the abandoned shipyard.
• Qiao Lun told Razor he had come to play ball, and Razor agreed to a match in which the winners would stay and the losers would leave.
• Razor recognized Gon as Ging's son as the dodgeball match continued, but Gon and his team won after more than half an hour.
• Round Deer healed the players, and Hisoka challenged Qiao Lun to a fight; Qiao Lun refused, warning that Hisoka would likely die, so Hisoka attacked him.

Qiao Lun defeated Hisoka by coordinating his Shikigami in a relentless team attack. Hisoka admitted he was outmatched, concealed his injuries, and left after exchanging jokes with Qiao Lun.

• Qiao Lun sent Great Serpent, the Divine Dogs, and Max Elephant after Hisoka, who fought back with Bungee Gum before the dogs merged into Divine Dog: Totality.
• Qiao Lun summoned Nue to electrify the water around Hisoka and Divine Dog: Totality, knocking them both unconscious.
• Toad pulled Hisoka and Divine Dog: Totality from the water, bound Hisoka, and held him until he admitted defeat.
• Hisoka concealed his injuries with Texture Surprise, joked with Qiao Lun about rabies shots, and left without asking for a rematch.
• Qiao Lun let Hisoka go and hoped he would grow stronger before they met again.

Gon won Greed Island’s final quiz and went to the Ruler’s Castle with Killua, while Qiao Lun collected the promised cards and discussed his next plans with Biscuit. Qiao Lun planned to travel with Kurapika, then reunite with Gon and prevent the Chimera Ant crisis from unfolding as it had before.

• Gon won the final quiz, and Qiao Lun reminded him to bring the cards they had agreed on as payment for his contribution to clearing the game.
• Gon and Killua went to the Ruler’s Castle, where List welcomed them and led Gon to Dwun.
• Qiao Lun and Biscuit relaxed at a café in Love Love City, and Qiao Lun refused Biscuit’s request to visit his distant hometown for more Death Nen Gems.
• Qiao Lun told Biscuit he would travel with Kurapika before rejoining Gon and the others, and he planned to keep the Chimera Ants from reaching East Gorteau.

Qiao Lun, Kurapika, Gon, Killua, and Biscuit used [Accompany] to travel to Chrollo in Meteor City. They arrived to find Chrollo with Shizuku and Franklin, and Qiao Lun prepared to fight.

• Gon gave Qiao Lun the disguised cards and used [Paladin's Necklace] to reveal two [Accompany] cards.
• Qiao Lun and the others traveled to the harbor, where Kurapika met them and Biscuit announced she was leaving.
• Gon stopped Qiao Lun from going alone, and Killua activated [Accompany] with Chrollo as the target, carrying all five of them away.
• The group replenished [Accompany]'s aura with their own Nen during the long flight toward Meteor City.
• They arrived in Meteor City and found Chrollo with Shizuku and Franklin; Qiao Lun raised his hand and formed the Great Serpent gesture.

Qiao Lun and his allies fought Chrollo, Franklin, and Shizuku, countering the Phantom Troupe members’ varied Nen abilities. The battle continued as Qiao Lun closed in on Franklin with claws formed through Fusion with Divine Dogs.

• Chrollo used Teleportation to send the Great Serpent into Gon, while Franklin attacked Qiao Lun with Nen Bullets and Shizuku tried to suck away his Shadow Curtain.
• Qiao Lun deflected Franklin’s barrage with the Shadow Curtain and Rabbit Escape, as Kurapika’s concealed Chain was detected, pinned down, and pulled off course by Blinky.
• Killua attacked Chrollo with his iron yo-yo, but Chrollo blocked it with Flying Swords and deflected its path.
• Biscuit held Gon back and told him to watch the fight, while Franklin replaced his finger-joint guns with larger cannon muzzles.
• Qiao Lun used Max Elephant to meet Franklin’s cannon fire, then rushed forward with claws formed through Fusion with Divine Dogs and attacked Franklin’s abdomen.

Qiao Lun faced Franklin, Feitan, and Bonolenov as the Phantom Troupe’s coordinated attacks failed to land cleanly. Bonolenov launched himself toward Qiao Lun with a spear, while Qiao Lun noticed Chrollo had changed the ability in [Skill Hunter].

• Franklin exposed his mechanical body and charged a Nen Bullet through his open neck, but Feitan interrupted Qiao Lun’s attempt to kill him with a poisoned sword thrust.
• Qiao Lun evaded Feitan’s attack, and Franklin continued charging his Nen Bullet as Feitan’s intervention kept Qiao Lun from finishing him.
• Bonolenov’s Jupiter descended toward Qiao Lun, but Max Elephant held it in midair with a powerful stream of water.
• Bonolenov leaped over Max Elephant and aimed his spear at Qiao Lun while Qiao Lun noticed that Chrollo had moved the bookmark in [Skill Hunter], indicating he had switched abilities.
• Bonolenov’s spear pointed at Qiao Lun’s head as wind through the holes in his body played stirring music.

Bonolenov’s memories of the Chudondou Clan’s massacre surfaced as Qiao Lun defeated him and swallowed Franklin’s charged Nen Bullet into his shadow. Franklin began charging another attack while Feitan rushed toward Qiao Lun, who prepared to stop him from using his ability.

• Bonolenov recalled joining Chrollo, Pakunoda, Uvogin, and Nobunaga in killing the Chudondou Clan and plugging the holes in his dead clansmen’s bodies with mud.
• Qiao Lun pierced Bonolenov’s chest, tossed him aside, and judged his Battle Cantabile inferior to Melody’s music-based ability.
• Qiao Lun swallowed Franklin’s charged Nen Bullet into Shadow Space, leaving Franklin stunned and bleeding as he began forming another Nen Bullet.
• Feitan assessed the other Phantom Troupe members’ situations and decided to protect Franklin while charging another attack.
• Feitan dodged Max Elephant’s descending foot and charged at Qiao Lun, who resolved not to let him unleash his ability.

Qiao Lun used Piercing Ox to kill Feitan, then erased Feitan’s post-mortem Nen with Round Deer’s positive energy. As a convoy of people from Junk Mountain approached, Qiao Lun sent Rabbit Escape to meet them and turned his attention to Shizuku and Gon.

• Qiao Lun summoned Piercing Ox, which charged through Feitan and impaled him on its horns.
• Feitan died before he could speak, unleashing powerful, indiscriminate post-mortem Nen that began corroding Piercing Ox.
• Qiao Lun sent Round Deer forward, and its positive energy rapidly erased Feitan and his post-mortem Nen.
• Round Deer healed Piercing Ox, and both shikigami sank into Qiao Lun’s shadow.
• Qiao Lun spotted a convoy approaching from Junk Mountain and sent a swarm of rabbits after them.
• Qiao Lun turned his attention to Shizuku, who was fighting Gon.

Shizuku used Blinky to corner Gon with a barrage of objects and a powerful suction vortex, while Gon faced the danger with calm enjoyment. As Gon closed his eyes amid the gathering storm, Qiao Lun turned toward the fight between Chrollo, Kurapika, and Killua, and Biscuit remained ready to intervene.

• Shizuku wounded Gon and used Blinky's suction to drain his blood, forcing him to defend himself while she watched his Nen with Gyo.
• Shizuku retreated and attacked with black liquid, but Gon blocked it with a rock and fired an Emission Nen Bullet as he tried to close the distance.
• Shizuku used Blinky to spit out a small car and a stream of other objects, gradually surrounding Gon as he dodged them.
• Qiao Lun left to join the battlefield where Chrollo, Kurapika, and Killua were fighting, while Biscuit watched Gon and prepared to rescue him.
• Shizuku ordered Blinky to suck back everything it had spat out, creating a spiraling vortex around Gon, who slowly closed his eyes as the objects rushed toward him.