Chapter Summaries

The Land of Heaven and the Heavenly Hidden Village established control over the nations, while Liuyun focused on cultivating the God Fruit’s power and preparing for his son’s birth. A year later, Orochimaru decided to step down as Heavenly Shadow and proposed Nagato as his successor.

• The Land of Rice was renamed the Land of Heaven, and the Sound Village became the Heavenly Hidden Village, which imposed its rule and restrictions across the nations.
• Orochimaru made agreements with the Emperor Daimyo to ensure the Heavenly Hidden Village could remove him or hold him accountable if disorder arose.
• Liuyun refined the God Fruit’s energy at home, sharing some of its power with Kushina as her pregnancy progressed.
• A year later, Orochimaru discussed Liuyun’s cultivation and expected son with him while they played chess in the Yamikage Estate garden.
• Orochimaru announced that he planned to resign as Heavenly Shadow and study forbidden techniques and science, then proposed Nagato as his successor; Liuyun agreed.

After assessing the Otsutsuki threat and considering potential allies, Liuyun rushed home when Nanao told him Kushina was about to give birth. He used Flying Thunder God to deliver their son without pain, and the family welcomed the newborn.

• Liuyun reflected on the Otsutsuki Clan’s strength and considered cultivating Sasuke, Minato Namikaze, Hidan, and Orochimaru to help face them.
• Nanao warned Liuyun that Kushina was about to give birth, and he immediately used Flying Thunder God to reach her.
• Liuyun told Kushina he would deliver the baby himself and used a Flying Thunder God Formula to teleport the infant from her womb after cutting the umbilical cord.
• Liuyun washed the newborn and placed him in swaddling clothes before handing him to Kushina.

Kushina and Liuyun welcomed their son, Uchiha Junlin, who was born with the Rinnegan. Liuyun celebrated Junlin’s birth with a grand banquet, where the gathered guests admired him and Naruto and Sasuke saw him as the ideal protagonist.

• Kushina asked Liuyun to name their newborn son, and they agreed to call him Uchiha Junlin.
• Nanao noticed Junlin’s purple eyes, and Liuyun recognized that he had been born with the Rinnegan.
• Tsunade arrived after the birth and learned that Liuyun had used the Flying Thunder God Formula to deliver the baby without injuring Kushina.
• News of Junlin’s birth spread across the Shinobi Nations, and Liuyun hosted a grand feast for the village.
• At the banquet, Naruto and Sasuke admired Liuyun and thought he embodied what a protagonist should be.

Liuyun warned the gathered ninjas that enemies from beyond the world could arrive and explained how the Otsutsuki could counter their abilities. He assigned Hidan to train for the coming battle but excluded Deidara, then silenced Hidan’s mockery with the terrifying stare of his Nine Tomoe Rinnegan.

• Liuyun urged the ninjas to keep training and described how the Otsutsuki’s Karma could absorb ninjutsu and Chakra, while their Rinnegan and Byakugan countered genjutsu and taijutsu.
• Hidan vowed to fight the Otsutsuki, but Liuyun pointed out that his taijutsu was too weak and ordered him to train under Might Guy.
• Liuyun told Hidan he had included him in the battle, prompting Hidan to promise he would improve and tease Deidara.
• Deidara asked whether he was included, but Liuyun excluded him because he was too vulnerable to survive the fight.
• Hidan laughed at Deidara, but Liuyun fixed him with his Nine Tomoe Rinnegan and terrified everyone present.

Liuyun chose a small team for his planned counterattack against the Otsutsuki Clan and assigned those staying behind to protect and govern their world. He left the others time to grow stronger before the expedition, then watched Might Guy defeat Hidan and Sasuke in taijutsu.

• Liuyun rejected Deidara as unprepared for the dangers of the expedition but told him to learn survival skills from Orochimaru.
• Liuyun selected Orochimaru, Hidan, Minato, and Sasuke to join him, while assigning the others to oversee the world in his absence.
• Liuyun estimated that new Otsutsuki enemies would arrive in ten to fifteen years, giving the others time to strengthen themselves.
• Hidan challenged Might Guy to a taijutsu spar and was badly beaten even after both fighters were allowed to use weapons.
• Liuyun advised everyone to train in taijutsu and weapon techniques, then had Sasuke spar with Might Guy, who also defeated him.

After Nanao dreamed that a gigantic palm killed Liuyun and destroyed the world, she insisted the vision was a prophecy. Liuyun erased the family’s memories of the vision and, left alone with the sleeping baby, rejected the idea that fate could dictate his future.

• Nanao woke crying and told Liuyun that the White Snake Sage’s technique made her dreams visions of the future, including one in which a giant palm killed everyone.
• Liuyun used his Nine Tomoe Rinnegan to make Asuka and Kushina faint and erase their memories of the incident.
• Liuyun tried to reassure Nanao that fate could be changed, but she resisted having her memory erased and then fainted as he used the Human Path on her.
• Liuyun put Asuka, Kushina, and Nanao to bed, settled the sleeping Junlin, and sat by the window contemplating the prophecy.
• Liuyun laughed at the idea that fate would end with him being struck dead by a single palm.

After the household overslept, Nanao discovered she had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Liuyun helped her identify her Dōjutsu as a Spatial Mirror and began testing its abilities.

• Asuka, Nanao, and Kushina woke after noon, then found Liuyun had prepared lunch and cared for the sleeping Junlin.
• Nanao activated her newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan, and Liuyun told her that he had not caused its awakening.
• After lunch, Liuyun took Nanao to the garden and guided her in discovering her Mangekyo Dōjutsu.
• Nanao revealed that her Spatial Mirror could block damage on one side and form a Spatial Tunnel on the other.
• Liuyun tested the mirror with a punch and a fireball, neither of which harmed Nanao behind it, then attacked it with a Chidori Sharp Spear.

Liuyun tested Nanao’s new Mangekyō Dōjutsu and discovered that her Spatial Mirror could defend against powerful attacks, then shatter into dangerous spatial fragments. Nanao also demonstrated that the mirror could transport her through space, revealing two potent defensive and escape abilities.

• Liuyun tested Nanao’s Spatial Mirror against Kage-level and Super Shadow-level attacks, which it withstood.
• Liuyun struck the mirror with Six Paths-level power, shattering it and sending spatial fragments through him and the Yamikage Estate.
• Nanao’s eyes bled from the strain, and Kushina scolded Liuyun and Nanao for testing the ability at home.
• Nanao explained that she could create only one mirror and needed two minutes to recover after it shattered.
• Nanao revealed that she could enter the mirror and teleport through space in one direction, while its opposite side could block attacks.

Liuyun brought Nanao to Ryūchi Cave to visit the Three Snake Princesses after discovering how her Spatial Mirror let users perceive distant space and dimensions. The princesses confronted Liuyun over the promises he had made and forgotten, leaving him embarrassed as Nanao teased him.

• Nanao explained that others could enter her Spatial Mirror, and Liuyun discovered that it sharpened his awareness of Flying Thunder God nodes and pocket dimensions.
• Liuyun praised Nanao's Dojutsu and took her to Ryūchi Cave to visit the Three Great Sage Regions.
• The White Snake Sage sensed Liuyun's arrival and remarked that his strength had become unfathomable.
• Tagorihime, Tagitsuhime, and Ichikishimahime called Liuyun heartless and unfaithful for neglecting them and breaking his promises.
• Nanao teased Liuyun about his old promises to take the Snake Princesses to the mortal world and show Tagitsuhime the cherry blossoms.

Liuyun brought Nanao to Ryūchi Cave to fulfill his old promise to the Three Snake Princesses and visit the White Snake Sage. After smoothing over the Snake Princesses’ resentment, he presented the White Snake Sage with enormous Summoning Beast Eggs and Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid.

• Liuyun persuaded the Three Snake Princesses that he had come to honor his promise, and Nanao reluctantly backed up his story.
• Liuyun praised the Three Snake Princesses, then learned that Black Dragon mated with snakes of other colors but not white snakes.
• Liuyun and Nanao met the White Snake Sage, who welcomed them to White Snake Hall.
• Liuyun gave the White Snake Sage three enormous Summoning Beast Eggs and one hundred liters of Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid, and she accepted the gifts.

Liuyun received permission from the White Snake Sage to take the Three Snake Princesses out of Ryūchi Cave, and she gave Nanao a Spirit Stone as a parting gift. After storing the princesses and the stone in his Kamui Dimension, Liuyun and Nanao set off for Mount Myōboku.

• Liuyun asked the White Snake Sage to let the Three Snake Princesses visit the human world, and she agreed.
• The White Snake Sage asked whether Liuyun wanted to change his contract with Ryūchi Cave, and he said he trusted the region.
• The White Snake Sage gave Nanao a Spirit Stone, and Liuyun declined her offer to summon Black Dragon.
• Liuyun placed the Three Snake Princesses in his Kamui Dimension, where they explored its Giant Tenseigan, Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid, and other belongings.
• Liuyun dropped the Spirit Stone into the pit of spirit liquid and left Ryūchi Cave with Nanao for Mount Myōboku.

Liuyun and Nanao visited Mount Myōboku, where Liuyun secretly drew in some of its Natural Energy before meeting the Great Toad Sage. The Great Toad Sage praised Liuyun for removing the God Tree’s roots and asked him to treat his eyes.

• Liuyun brought Nanao to Mount Myōboku and absorbed a large amount of its Natural Energy into the Kamui Dimension.
• The Great Toad Sage sensed Liuyun’s arrival and sent Sage Fukasaku to welcome him and Nanao.
• Liuyun asked Sage Fukasaku to take them to the Great Toad Sage, whom he greeted by name.
• The Great Toad Sage praised Liuyun for gathering up the Demon Tree’s roots and protecting the world from disaster.
• The Great Toad Sage asked Liuyun to help treat his eyes.

Liuyun learned that the Great Toad Sage’s blindness came from an old vision of Liuyun’s future, which showed him battling a colossal Creation God Tree. After warning that his attempt to lift the curse could cause mental trauma or death, Liuyun agreed to try because the Great Toad Sage wanted to see Mount Myōboku again.

• The Great Toad Sage asked Liuyun to treat his blind eyes, which Liuyun recognized as a lingering effect of his Eternal Night Dojutsu.
• The Great Toad Sage explained that a Dream of Foresight from twenty-six years earlier had shown him part of Liuyun’s fate and caused the curse.
• The Great Toad Sage described Liuyun fighting a colossal Demon Tree, leading Liuyun to identify it as the Creation God Tree and fear a future conflict with the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Liuyun warned that lifting the curse could cause mental trauma or death, but the Great Toad Sage insisted because he wanted to see Mount Myōboku again.
• Liuyun agreed to attempt the cure after warning the Toad Clan not to blame him if the Great Toad Sage was injured or killed.

Liuyun used Eternal Day to weaken the Great Toad Sage’s Eternal Night blindness, then studied Mount Myōboku’s sage arts with Nanao and the toads. The next day, the Great Toad Sage explained that it could not teach Nanao its personal ability to foresee the future through dreams, but offered to teach her Immortal Arts for Averting Misfortune and Seeking Good Fortune.

• Liuyun used Eternal Day to weaken the cursed power in the Great Toad Sage’s eyes, though the old toad could not see again immediately.
• The Great Toad Sage thanked Liuyun and arranged gifts, while Liuyun asked to learn Mount Myōboku’s sage arts to develop techniques suited to humans.
• The Great Toad Sage taught Liuyun and Nanao about sage arts and cultivation, and their discussion continued through a day and night.
• The Great Toad Sage noticed Nanao’s special qualities and, the next day, heard Liuyun ask it to guide her in peering into destiny.
• The Great Toad Sage explained that its foresight came through personal dreams and offered to teach Nanao Immortal Arts for Averting Misfortune and Seeking Good Fortune instead.

Liuyun and Nanao traveled to Shikkotsu Forest, where they gathered rare Spiritual Roots while Liuyun planned to claim territory there. As they ventured deeper into a Miasma Forbidden Land, a Slug Sage clone recognized Liuyun.

• Liuyun asked Sage Fukasaku to set aside land for an elite human settlement at Mount Myōboku, and Sage Fukasaku agreed to prepare it while Liuyun was away.
• Liuyun and Nanao arrived at Shikkotsu Forest and surveyed its vast rainforest from above.
• Liuyun began collecting rare Spiritual Roots from miasma-covered areas and sent them to the Kamui Dimension for the three Snake Princesses to replant.
• Liuyun and Nanao continued deeper into Shikkotsu Forest, where a small Slug Sage clone recognized Liuyun.

Liuyun met the Great Slug in Shikkotsu Forest and learned that the immortal beast sustained the Sacred Land by healing and protecting its creatures. After witnessing the Great Slug care for animals without distinction, Liuyun realized that its healing power could also suppress evil thoughts and purify souls.

• Liuyun encountered a little slug while gathering spiritual herbs and learned that the Great Slug ate the spiritual plants growing in Shikkotsu Forest's miasma.
• The little slug offered to show Liuyun other spiritual roots, but he declined and asked to meet the Great Slug's true body.
• Liuyun and Nanao teleported to the forest's center, where the mountain-sized Great Slug welcomed them and explained that animals gathered there for treatment or refuge.
• Nanao asked whether the Great Slug treated Fierce Beasts, and it said that it saw every creature as an injured patient, regardless of its nature.
• Liuyun and Nanao watched the Great Slug's clones heal creatures while animals voluntarily offered it food and gifts, and Liuyun understood why Shikkotsu Forest was a Sacred Land.
• Liuyun sensed that the Great Slug's healing gift could also suppress evil thoughts and purify souls.

Liuyun and Nanao visited Shikkotsu Forest, where the Slug Sage taught them about spiritual plants and Immortal Techniques. After nine days of study, Liuyun prepared to leave for Mount Myōboku and return home to his newborn baby.

• The Great Slug gave Liuyun a spiritual fruit and offered Nanao a Body Purifying Spiritual Flower, explaining their effects and the flower’s unpleasant side effect.
• Nanao enjoyed the Crimson Yin Spiritual Fruit and shared half with Liuyun, who kept its seed to plant in Kamui's Pocket Dimension.
• Liuyun asked the Slug Sage to teach him and Nanao Immortal Techniques, and the Sage agreed.
• Liuyun and Nanao spent nine days learning Sage Mode and cultivation from the Slug Sage, while Liuyun developed a path suited to human cultivation.
• The Slug Sage offered to protect humans who came to cultivate in Shikkotsu Forest, and Liuyun requested a miasma-free wilderness before taking his leave.

Liuyun traded Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid for three ripe Crimson Yin Spiritual Fruits after Nanao translated the White Ape Chief’s words. He then returned to Mount Myōboku, where he accepted the Toad Clan’s conditions for settling on its land and promised to protect their territory.

• Liuyun restrained the White Apes with his Rinnegan and offered the White Ape Chief Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid for three Crimson Yin Spiritual Fruits.
• Nanao translated the White Ape Chief’s refusal and explained that it wanted the apes released and would appeal to the Slug Sage.
• Liuyun threatened the White Apes, then let them go and took the three ripe fruits; the White Ape Chief revealed it had knowingly traded the liquid to nourish the fruit tree.
• Liuyun and Nanao traveled to Mount Myōboku, where Sage Fukasaku laid out the Toad Clan’s rules for the land granted to Liuyun.
• Liuyun agreed to keep future humans within the allotted territory and promised they would not harm the toads, damage the environment, or claim more land.

Liuyun returned home, arranged an outing for the Three Snake Princesses, gave Nagato an Uzumaki sealing scroll, and ordered Heavenly Hidden Village to collect and sort powerful techniques. He discovered the Snake Princesses had slept in the Kamui Dimension bed, replaced it before Redhead could find out, and improved the family home with a Spirit Stone.

• Liuyun returned to Yamikage Estate, soothed Redhead with spiritual gifts, and resumed caring for Junlin.
• Liuyun brought the Three Snake Princesses to Heavenly Hidden Village and asked Nagato to arrange guides and expenses for their outing.
• Nagato told Liuyun that he and Konan planned to marry in a month, and Liuyun gave Nagato an inherited Uzumaki Sealing Technique scroll.
• Liuyun ordered Nagato to compile forbidden and secret techniques, prioritizing practical S-Rank Ninjutsu and including techniques still in testing.
• Liuyun found the Snake Princesses' hair on the Kamui Dimension bed, destroyed the bedding, and bought replacements before bringing Redhead there.
• Liuyun planted and accelerated a Red Berry Seed, then placed Ryūchi Cave's Spirit Stone in his home, filling it with Natural Energy.

After studying the Scripture Pavilion’s techniques, Liuyun asked Orochimaru to gather death-row prisoners for human testing as he worked to perfect a cultivation method suited to humans. Orochimaru accepted the task and wondered whether Liuyun’s gift of Spirit-Connecting Grass hinted that he could use Living Corpse Reincarnation.

• Liuyun spent half a month studying secret techniques in the Scripture Pavilion with ten Shadow Clones, then opened the collection to his trusted subordinates.
• Liuyun told Orochimaru to find young death-row prisoners so he could scientifically test techniques on living people.
• Orochimaru suggested that his Curse Mark could give people Sage Mode, but Liuyun said he wanted to create a lasting cultivation method for humans.
• Liuyun explained that the Sage Regions’ techniques suited other species and said he had nearly finished verifying a human cultivation method.
• Liuyun gave Orochimaru Spirit-Connecting Grass from Shikkotsu Forest and left, while Orochimaru considered using it with the Body-Reaper Technique and wondered if it was a hint about Living Corpse Reincarnation.