Chapter Summaries

Kakashi won his arena match against Douglas Bullet and fended off challengers, while Sakumo Hatake and Chako discussed the tournament and the threat stirring in the Land of Shadow. Elsewhere, Jiraiya committed to stealing the Land of Shadow’s ninjutsu research materials for Konoha, knowingly becoming an enemy of his former disciple.

• Kakashi defeated Douglas Bullet, then knocked away a giant and warned the remaining challengers that they were no match for him.
• Sakumo Hatake and Chako discussed Kakashi’s growth and the tournament as they watched the arena.
• Chako told Sakumo Hatake that unrest was rising in the Land of Shadow and insisted that anyone who endangered it would die.
• Asuma, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Yahiko urged Jiraiya to stop hesitating and act against the Land of Shadow.
• Jiraiya resolved to steal the Land of Shadow’s ninjutsu research materials and send them to Konoha, accepting that he would again oppose his disciple.

Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi began a plan to steal knowledge from Uchiha Jin’s laboratory, while Yahiko secretly approached the palace seeking a way to grow stronger. Shadow learned that the Sage of Six Paths had compelled the planet’s surviving gods to restrain him, and black flames struck as Jiraiya reached the laboratory beneath the palace.

• Jiraiya revealed that he had summoned Hiruzen Sarutobi and prepared to raid Uchiha Jin’s laboratory, using the Toad Sage’s fatal prophecy to find it.
• Yahiko approached the imperial palace in disguise, hoping Uchiha Jin’s research on Emotion Chakra could help him reach the Sage of Six Paths’ realm.
• Shadow confronted the surviving gods of the planet and learned that the Sage of Six Paths was using an old contract to force them to hold Shadow back.
• Jiraiya entered the palace and headed for the laboratory beneath it, where black flames suddenly plunged from the sky.

Jiraiya, Yahiko, the Sage of Six Paths, and Hiruzen Sarutobi launched an assault on the imperial palace, with Chako and Yugito Nii moving to stop them. The Sage of Six Paths and Yahiko reached the lower levels, where Yahiko questioned why the Sage was so determined to help Konoha.

• Chako attacked Jiraiya with Falling Fire Meteor, but Jiraiya survived and tried to bind her with the Darkness! Five-Head Seal before fleeing to draw her away.
• Yahiko summoned the Sage of Six Paths and Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the three rushed toward the basement beneath the imperial palace.
• Yugito Nii confronted the intruders, and Hiruzen Sarutobi stayed behind to fight her while the Sage of Six Paths led Yahiko onward.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Yahiko hurried through the palace as Yugito Nii's Falling Fire Meteor engulfed it, while Hiruzen Sarutobi continued blocking her.
• Yahiko asked the Sage of Six Paths why he was so determined to help Konoha.

The Sage of Six Paths and Yahiko broke into Uchiha Jin’s laboratory to search its files while Jin watched the tournament arenas and dismissed the intrusion. Jiraiya trapped Chako briefly and used a reverse summoning to reach Yahiko, who found a file about an ordinary ninja reaching the Galaxy God realm.

• The Sage of Six Paths told Yahiko he helped Konoha because he still regarded Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha as his children, then led Yahiko into Uchiha Jin’s laboratory.
• Hyuga Sei reported the palace intrusion to Uchiha Jin, who chose to let the intruders continue while monitoring the tournament’s arenas and their powerful fighters.
• Jiraiya lured Chako into a trap in the Land of Shadow and restrained her with chains, but admitted he could not defeat her.
• Jiraiya used the Reverse Summoning Technique to reach Yahiko and urged him to record the laboratory files before the seal failed.
• The Sage of Six Paths stopped at a computer describing the life of an ordinary ninja who reached the Galaxy God realm.

Uchiha Jin stopped the Sage of Six Paths from attacking Chako and Yugito Nii, then burned him with black flames and forced him to send Jiraiya and Yahiko away. As the Sage of Six Paths used his remaining power to summon Madara Uchiha, Madara arrived at the boundary between life and death and confronted him.

• Chako and Yugito Nii attacked the Sage of Six Paths after he called them bewitched, and Uchiha Jin appeared to protect them.
• Uchiha Jin exposed the Sage of Six Paths as a clone, overwhelmed him, and set him ablaze with black flames.
• The Sage of Six Paths escaped with Jiraiya and Yahiko to a barren planet, where the flames continued to burn them.
• Jiraiya asked to be sent to Konoha, and Yahiko chose to go to Nagato before the Sage of Six Paths vanished to give away his remaining strength.
• The Sage of Six Paths summoned Madara Uchiha's soul, and Madara appeared before him at the boundary between life and death.

The Sage of Six Paths summoned Madara Uchiha, Newborn, and others to share Uchiha Jin’s records of becoming a Galaxy God before the black flames consumed him. Yahiko and Jiraiya then sacrificed themselves to pass the same knowledge to Nagato and Tsunade, leaving them to carry on.

• The Sage of Six Paths summoned Madara Uchiha and Newborn to the space between life and death, where he explained their connection to Indra and Asura and asked them to wait for the others.
• Minato Namikaze, Sasori, Orochimaru, and Aizen arrived, and the Sage of Six Paths offered Uchiha Jin’s records in exchange for them not hastening his death.
• As black flames consumed him, the Sage of Six Paths sent his records of Uchiha Jin’s rise to Galaxy God into the minds of the six people present.
• Yahiko appeared beside Nagato, apologized for how events had unfolded, and passed him Uchiha Jin’s secrets before dying in the flames.
• Jiraiya gave Uchiha Jin’s research materials to Tsunade and entrusted everything to her before the flames reduced him to ash.

The first World Martial Arts Tournament continued as powerful fighters from across the universe entered the arenas, including Whitebeard and Hawkeye. The chapter left several major matchups underway, with Nagato still sitting motionless after Yahiko’s death.

• Nagato remained motionless in his arena for days, while Uchiha Shisui wondered what choice he would make after Yahiko’s death.
• Mecha Whitebeard challenged Uchiha Shisui, and the two clashed after Shisui formed his Crow Dharma Body.
• Hawkeye challenged Kakuzu, split him apart with his blade, and watched him recover through his remaining lives.
• Red-Haired Shanks and Kaido appeared on Madara Uchiha’s battlefield as other mysterious fighters entered the tournament arenas.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya, already in Bankai, fought Aokiji in a clash between two ice wielders.

The arena battles intensified as Garp gained the upper hand against Monk of the Eye, while Captain Commander fought Ace and Sengoku attacked Blackbeard. Aizen watched the fights and anticipated a grand performance as the hidden experts began to reveal themselves.

• Garp attacked Monk of the Eye with Dark Power, which suppressed his Zanpakutō abilities and left him unable to turn the fight around.
• Aizen judged that Garp had already decided the match and watched Uchiha Jin from across the battlefield.
• Captain Commander overwhelmed Ace with his flames and sword strikes while teaching him how to wield fire.
• Minato Namikaze watched the battles and wondered how strong Captain Commander would become at the Six Paths level.
• Sengoku continued fighting Blackbeard, who used Hollowfication to counter Sengoku's Dark Power.
• Battles across the ten arenas reached their most intense stage as hidden experts entered the fray.

Uchiha Jin ended the tournament early and transported its strongest fighters to a new battlefield, where Aizen, Minato Namikaze, Madara Uchiha, and Sasori confronted him. Hyuga Sei’s command turned the confrontation into an all-out war between the Land of Shadow and the opposing forces.

• Uchiha Jin changed the competition format, and teleportation runes sent the victors and other personnel to an ink-painting world.
• Minato Namikaze confirmed that he could still use his ability, while Aizen deduced that Uchiha Jin had forced the final battle to begin.
• Aizen, Minato Namikaze, Madara Uchiha, and Sasori faced Uchiha Jin, while Orochimaru stayed loyal and went to approach Nagato.
• Whitebeard, Hawkeye, Douglas Bullet, and others joined the opposing side as the Land of Shadow commanders gathered against them.
• Hyuga Sei ordered the Land of Shadow forces to charge, and the opposing fighters charged back, starting the war.

The war raged across multiple battlefields as Edward, Sakumo Hatake, Raikage A, Garp, and others fought powerful opponents. Naruto and Sasuke attacked Ichigo Kurosaki, who revealed his Bankai and stopped them, while Nagato questioned whether Hashirama Senju was an Origin.

• Edward fired his mech puppet's beams at the Land of Shadow forces, but Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Golden Infant Bug charged him.
• Hawkeye fought Sakumo Hatake with their Zanjutsu, while the Captain Commander used Bankai against Raikage A.
• The Monk of the Eye struck Garp with a golden palm, and they vanished into a rapid exchange of blows.
• Ichigo Kurosaki told Naruto and Sasuke that their side could not win, but Naruto said he opposed Uchiha Jin because Jin had taken his family from him.
• A bolt of dark lightning struck Ichigo, and Naruto and Sasuke seized the opening to attack with their giant avatars.
• Ichigo activated Bankai, blocked both attacks, and charged back at Naruto and Sasuke as Nagato watched Hashirama Senju fight Newborn and wondered whether Hashirama was an Origin.

Nagato fought Kinoki as the Land of Shadow battled the forces of the starry sky, while Yahiko’s power gathered from the dead into Nagato. Orochimaru discovered this and killed many more fighters with an anti-matter attack, causing a flood of white light to gather around Nagato.

• Nagato chose to fight Kinoki, and their attacks devastated the battlefield as Gaara and Rasa tried to defend themselves; Rasa’s puppet body was destroyed, and Shukaku urged Gaara to use his power.
• Kisame battled Kabuto’s White Snake Dharma Form while Kabuto used the dead as weapons, and Shanks, Kaido, and Kenpachi Zaraki fought their own opponents.
• Orochimaru noticed white lights rising from the dead and entering Nagato, realized Yahiko was helping Nagato grow stronger, and decided to assist him.
• Orochimaru hurled an anti-matter sphere at the battlefield, and Newborn’s colorful barriers failed to stop it from annihilating many fighters.
• Newborn angrily confronted Orochimaru as a huge amount of white light rose from the newly slain fighters.

Nagato absorbed the white radiance and advanced to the Origin realm, then joined the others in confronting Uchiha Jin. As Jin overwhelmed the five fighters, Minato’s hidden sphere of yellow light took human form and prepared a powerful punch.

• Nagato absorbed the white light, completed his Origin advancement, and flew toward Uchiha Jin’s battlefield.
• Hashirama Senju and Orochimaru fought with colorful wooden branches while Kinoki realized Nagato had become an Origin realm expert.
• Uchiha Jin easily blocked the attacks of Minato Namikaze, Madara Uchiha, Aizen, Sasori, and Nagato with one hand.
• Minato released a hidden yellow sphere of light as the five fighters surrounded Jin and kept his attention away from it.
• The sphere formed a stern-faced man in a red cape, who launched the Super Serious Series, Absolutely Serious Punch.

Saitama and the others launched a coordinated attack on Uchiha Jin, but he survived their assaults and the expanding dark fluid they unleashed. Saitama challenged Jin to a rematch, and their battle escalated beyond the speed of space and time.

• Saitama struck Uchiha Jin while the five Origins blocked his senses, and the blow severely injured him.
• Madara Uchiha used Eternal Tsukuyomi, Aizen stabbed Jin with Kyōka Suigetsu, Minato Namikaze hit him with a Rasengan, and Sasori fired a planetary cannon at him.
• Jin absorbed Sasori's beam and released a spreading sea of dark fluid, so Minato Namikaze teleported the battlefield’s fighters to safety.
• Saitama punched the dark sea and made its darkness vanish, but Jin soon re-formed unharmed and confronted him.
• Saitama declared that he would defeat Jin, and the two began a battle so fast that the others could no longer follow their movements.

Uchiha Jin revealed his planet-sized true body and captured Saitama, Minato Namikaze, Aizen, and the other powerful fighters, absorbing their accumulated strength to reach the Myriad Heavens Unique Realm. He preserved their life imprints for resurrection and turned his attention toward the universe’s Origin and the World Master realm.

• Madara Uchiha and the others noticed cracks spreading across Uchiha Jin’s world and prepared to escape while Saitama and Jin continued fighting unseen.
• Jin asked Saitama whether he had been wrong to help the others, and Saitama said he only wanted to teach Jin a lesson.
• Jin revealed his planet-sized true body and said he had reached the end of the Galaxy God realm.
• Jin formed a stellar-system-sized black hand, captured everyone, and absorbed the power they had accumulated, including Saitama and the seven Origins.
• Jin reached the Myriad Heavens Unique Realm, kept the fighters’ life imprints as the source of their resurrection, and looked toward the universe’s Origin and the World Master realm.

Uchiha Jin returned to Shadow Star, entrusted its development to Shadow, and visited the other star domains before remaking the universe’s Origin. He established the Root Source Realm, gathered the others there, and declared himself World Master as the book ended.

• Uchiha Jin asked Shadow to govern the Land of Shadow, and Shadow agreed to try.
• Uchiha Jin visited Konoha Hero Star and other star domains, briefly meeting Tsunade and unsettling the major powers.
• Uchiha Jin took Shadow Star’s Pure Land to the Origin, darkened the universe, and expanded the Pure Land into a new realm.
• Uchiha Jin summoned Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze, Aizen, Madara Uchiha, Saitama, and the others to the Root Source Realm, where their powers began to recover.
• Uchiha Jin told them to keep growing stronger and declared himself World Master.