Chapter Summaries

Liuyun entered a cross-realm duel against Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who accepted to reclaim the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. Just before the fight began, Ninigi-no-Mikoto borrowed Takamimusubi-no-Kami’s Heavenly Agate Spear, leaving Liuyun to face a far more powerful weapon.

• Ninigi-no-Mikoto accepted Liuyun’s challenge after Liuyun wagered the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, and Susanoo agreed to let the duel proceed.
• Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto helped the High Priest strengthen the barrier while Liuyun and Ninigi-no-Mikoto traded insults.
• Amaterasu Omikami offered Ninigi-no-Mikoto her Sun God's Sword, but he returned it and called upon Takamimusubi-no-Kami for the Heavenly Agate Spear.
• The Heavenly Agate Spear descended from the sky, and the assembled Gods bowed in reverence while Liuyun remained standing.

Liuyun swallowed the sealed Black Chakra God Fruit before facing Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who wielded the Heavenly Agate Spear. Once the barrier closed, the final battle began with both of them striking at once.

• Ninigi-no-Mikoto summoned the Genesis Heavenly Agate Spear, while Liuyun decided the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi alone might not be enough to defeat him.
• Liuyun had the Tendo Puppet tear the Black Chakra God Fruit from the God Tree, and Kushina sealed its aura before Liuyun took it.
• Liuyun swallowed the sealed fruit on the battlefield, drawing ridicule from Amaterasu Omikami and the other Gods.
• Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto announced that the High God-level barrier was complete, and Liuyun and Ninigi-no-Mikoto began their fight with powerful attacks.

Liuyun fought Ninigi-no-Mikoto in the arena, using his speed and illusions to gain an early advantage before the Great God adapted and overwhelmed him with the Heavenly Agate Spear. After suffering severe injuries, Liuyun healed with the Yang Seal and charged back into battle.

• Liuyun used spatial ninjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique to attack Ninigi-no-Mikoto while the watching Gods debated their battle.
• Ninigi-no-Mikoto adapted to Liuyun’s attacks and knocked him into the defensive barrier, leaving him coughing blood.
• Liuyun blinded Ninigi-no-Mikoto with Eternal Day and attacked, but his sword inflicted only minor wounds before Ninigi-no-Mikoto blasted him away with the Heavenly Agate Spear.
• Ninigi-no-Mikoto pressed his advantage, repeatedly breaking Liuyun’s defenses and injuring him as Liuyun retreated and blocked with the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
• Liuyun released the Yang Seal and used the Creation Rebirth Technique to heal, then picked up the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and charged Ninigi-no-Mikoto again.

Liuyun used his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan and time-manipulating Dōjutsu to launch a nearly fatal two-part attack on Ninigi-no-Mikoto. The Heavenly Agate Spear intervened on its own to save Ninigi-no-Mikoto, leaving Susanoo furious that the innate Creator God had interfered.

• The Gods discussed Liuyun’s rapid recovery and how both fighters feared the other’s divine weapon.
• As Ninigi-no-Mikoto pressed his advantage, Liuyun accelerated the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi with time power and pierced Ninigi-no-Mikoto’s body.
• Liuyun teleported behind Ninigi-no-Mikoto and accelerated a killing slash aimed at his head.
• The Heavenly Agate Spear moved on its own to block the slash, leaving Ninigi-no-Mikoto bloodied and hurling him away.
• Amaterasu Omikami reacted to Ninigi-no-Mikoto’s near-death, while Susanoo accused the innate Creator God of intervening.

Liuyun and Ninigi-no-Mikoto continued their battle after a hidden intervention saved Ninigi-no-Mikoto from Liuyun’s killing blow. Liuyun severed Ninigi-no-Mikoto’s arm and escaped the Heavenly Agate Spear, but Ninigi-no-Mikoto blasted his weakened body apart.

• Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto stopped Susanoo from denouncing the hidden Creator God, and Izanagi warned Susanoo to keep silent.
• Ninigi-no-Mikoto unleashed his full power and overwhelmed Liuyun with a brutal spear assault.
• Ninigi-no-Mikoto pierced Liuyun’s heart, but Liuyun seized his wrist and severed one of his arms with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
• Liuyun cut open his chest to free himself from the Heavenly Agate Spear, as purple light flickered in his eye and his body began to fade.
• Ninigi-no-Mikoto recovered and blasted Liuyun’s tottering body apart with a full-force palm.

Liuyun survived Ninigi-no-Mikoto’s attacks by restoring his body, then ate the black Chakra God Fruit and began breaking through to the Great God Realm. As his power surged, his eyes evolved and manifested the Mangekyō Sharingan patterns of the Uchiha Clan.

• Liuyun’s destroyed body reappeared unharmed, and he wounded Ninigi-no-Mikoto with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
• The Gods realized Liuyun had used the same mysterious ability to recover from a fatal wound during his fight with Yukino Hime, while Susanoo rejoiced that he was alive.
• Liuyun judged that the Gods of Takamanohara or the Creation God might intervene after the duel, so he ate the black Chakra God Fruit.
• Liuyun’s power surged, and a Great God recognized that he was breaking through; Amaterasu Omikami urged Ninigi-no-Mikoto to stop him.
• Ninigi-no-Mikoto attacked, but Liuyun held his ground as his eyes transformed and displayed countless Mangekyō Sharingan patterns.

Liuyun consumed the black Chakra God Fruit, gained the perfect eyes and became the human race’s first High God, but the fruit’s Yomi power marked him as an evil god of the Yellow Springs Realm. After Liuyun killed Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Takamimusubi-no-Kami ordered the gods to kill him.

• Liuyun’s eyes completed their transformation into the power of Myriad Transformations as the Chakra God Fruit elevated him to the High God realm.
• The black fruit’s Yomi power spread through Liuyun, changing the heavenly signs and placing a Yellow Springs Mark on his forehead.
• Liuyun used his Dojutsu to pull Ninigi-no-Mikoto before him and cut him in half with the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, sending his divine soul to Izanami.
• Amaterasu Omikami tried to reach the battlefield, but Susanoo stopped her while Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto urged her to accept the agreed defeat.
• Takamimusubi-no-Kami declared Liuyun an evil god and commanded the gods, including God King-level beings, to kill him.

After Takamimusubi-no-Kami declared Liuyun an evil god and ordered his execution, the gods attacked him, and their battle destroyed Withered Plain Country. Takamimusubi-no-Kami then struck Liuyun out of the God Realm, where Amaterasu Omikami and the Yang Star attacked him.

• Amaterasu Omikami and Izanagi condemned Susanoo for sheltering Liuyun and warned him not to interfere as the gods moved to eliminate Liuyun.
• Take-Mikazuchi-no-Kami unleashed world-destroying lightning, and Liuyun blocked it with his Susanoo and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, though the strike devastated Withered Plain Country.
• Amaterasu Omikami charged Liuyun, while Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto froze Susanoo in ice and forcibly removed him from the God Realm.
• Takamimusubi-no-Kami hurled the enormous Heavenly Agate Spear at Liuyun and knocked him out of the God Realm, as the gods blocked his way back.
• Amaterasu Omikami attacked Liuyun with a blazing palm strike, and the Yang Star fired True Sun Fire at him.

Liuyun endured a siege by several Great Gods, then teleported into Takamanohara to escape their attacks and recover. A concealed Conceptual God King attacked him there, revealing a new danger.

• Liuyun used Susanoo’s weapons to counter Amaterasu Omikami’s True Sun Fire, her palm attack, and Take-Mikazuchi-no-Kami’s lightning, while his power continued to grow.
• Several Great Gods joined the siege, and Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto fought Susanoo to hold him back.
• Liuyun teleported into Takamanohara despite the Gods’ spatial seals, hoping to gain time to recover and absorb his power.
• A towering tree attacked Liuyun with leaves that shattered parts of his Susanoo, but the Yellow Springs Mark protected his soul and he regenerated.
• Liuyun cut the tree in two with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, but a nearby blade of grass struck him with a powerful slash and blasted him away.
• The Great Gods recognized that the attacker was a Conceptual God King whose being encompassed the world’s flowers, grass, and trees.

Liuyun endured the Takamanohara Gods’ assault by using increasingly powerful Dojutsu, including the ability to reset damage and transfer it to another target. He left the battle having killed a great God, whose divine soul Izanami devoured.

• Liuyun burned away the unknown deity’s vines with Amaterasu, but Kagutsuchi-no-Mikoto absorbed the flames as the Gods renewed their attack.
• Liuyun used Eternal Day to injure the Gods’ divine souls, until the Yang Star’s radiance temporarily suppressed his Dojutsu.
• A great God realized Liuyun was using a time ability to reset his injuries, and the others feared they had no way to kill him.
• After Take-Mikazuchi-no-Kami blasted open Liuyun’s chest with Palm Lightning, Liuyun transferred the damage to a charging great God and recovered.
• Liuyun teleported to the injured God and cut off his head with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi; the Yellow Springs Dharma Seal absorbed the divine soul, and Izanami devoured it.

Liuyun used his damage-transfer Dojutsu to wound Amaterasu Omikami, then redirected Izanagi’s deadly palm strike onto Take-Mikazuchi-no-Kami. Izanagi’s attack still smashed Liuyun apart, but Liuyun turned illusory with his Rinnegan, leaving Izanagi unsure whether he could kill him.

• After the Gods retreated into a defensive formation, Liuyun attacked Amaterasu Omikami, but her life-saving jade talisman shattered and protected her from Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
• Liuyun endured the Gods’ attacks and used his Dojutsu to transfer their damage to Amaterasu Omikami, badly wounding her.
• Amaterasu Omikami appeared beside Izanagi, who struck at Liuyun with a powerful palm attack.
• Liuyun transferred Izanagi’s palm strike onto Take-Mikazuchi-no-Kami, crushing him, then raised Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi to block the attack’s remaining force.
• Izanagi’s palm smashed Liuyun apart, but Liuyun used his Rinnegan to turn illusory, and Izanagi doubted that the attack had killed him.

Liuyun was impaled by the Heavenly Agate Spear and trapped by Izanagi and the Gods, but he escaped their blockade by teleporting to Yomotsu Hirasaka. After freeing himself from the spear and surviving Izanagi’s attack, he entered Yomi with the sealed spear and his headless body stored in Daikokuten.

• Takamimusubi-no-Kami hurled the Heavenly Agate Spear into Liuyun, severely injuring him and restricting his Dojutsu.
• Susanoo broke free and attacked the Gods, while Izanagi ordered them to seal the space and launched a world-destroying strike at Liuyun.
• Liuyun used a support Dojutsu to teleport near Yomotsu Hirasaka, then bound the spear with God Tree roots and began sealing himself with it.
• Liuyun cut off his own head to escape the spear’s restraint, and Susanoo intercepted Izanagi’s attack before it could hit him.
• Liuyun restored his body, stored the sealed spear and headless corpse in Daikokuten, shrank with Sukuna-Hikona, and flew into Yomi.

Liuyun entered the Yellow Springs Realm and became trapped in the palm of Izanami, while Takamimusubi-no-Kami tried to recover his Heavenly Agate Spear. Izanami lured Izanagi toward the realm’s entrance, and Takamimusubi-no-Kami pulled him away just before her hair could seize him.

• Liuyun entered the Yellow Springs Realm through the hole left by the God Tree’s roots, while Izanagi and Takamimusubi-no-Kami watched from Takamanohara.
• Takamimusubi-no-Kami used his divine power to summon the Heavenly Agate Spear out of Daikokuten, but Izanami caught it in her hand along with the unaware Liuyun.
• Liuyun flew blindly through the darkness, unable to see that he was trapped in Izanami’s palm.
• Izanami spoke through the hole and invited Takamimusubi-no-Kami or Izanagi to enter and retrieve the spear.
• Izanagi walked toward the hole under Izanami’s influence, but Takamimusubi-no-Kami pulled him back as Izanami’s hair shot out to grab him.

Takamimusubi-no-Kami drove Izanami’s black hair back into Yellow Springs and sealed the hole with divine fire. As the Gods believed the war had ended, Takamimusubi-no-Kami wondered whether Liuyun’s unexpected actions had drawn even him into a tribulation.

• Izanami unleashed her black hair at the Gods, but Takamimusubi-no-Kami suppressed its spread long enough for them to flee Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Takamimusubi-no-Kami combined Kagutsuchi-no-Mikoto’s divine fire with True Sun Fire and forced Izanami’s hair back into Yellow Springs.
• Izanami taunted Takamimusubi-no-Kami about his lost Heavenly Agate Spear, but he ignored her and sealed the Yellow Springs Hole with a flame seal.
• Izanagi and the other Gods bowed to Takamimusubi-no-Kami, who said Jashin alone bore responsibility for the chaos and his Heavenly Grandchild’s death.
• Takamimusubi-no-Kami reflected that he had allowed Susanoo’s war to preserve balance, then wondered whether Liuyun’s unexpected appearance had placed him in the tribulation.

Liuyun and Kushina became trapped in a lightless region of Yomi, where they comforted each other inside Liuyun’s Kamui Dimension. Izanami watched them and sent an unfamiliar black mist into the dimension, leaving Liuyun unconscious while Kushina remained sheltered.

• Liuyun failed to find his way through the dark, silent region of Yomi and suspected he was trapped in a pocket dimension or maze.
• Kushina reassured Liuyun that she had chosen to follow him, and the two reaffirmed their devotion to each other.
• Izanami watched Liuyun and Kushina, resented their affection, and decided to test whether their love was genuine.
• Izanami sent black mist into Liuyun’s Kamui Dimension, and Liuyun hurried Kushina into the wooden house before sealing it behind barriers.
• Liuyun sensed that the mist was different from ordinary Yellow Springs Black Qi, then collapsed and lost consciousness when he tried to absorb it.

Liuyun confronted Izanami after she revealed herself as the one behind the Yellow Springs mist, but she overwhelmed him despite his powerful techniques. As she examined the lotus seal on his forehead, Izanami realized that Heaven’s Mandate had passed to him through the Chakra Fruit.

• Liuyun attacked the woman who entered his Kamui Dimension, but she easily knocked aside his Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and revealed herself as Izanami.
• Liuyun questioned Izanami about trapping him in the mist and warned her not to use underhanded tricks, but she asserted her control over the Land of Yomi and attacked.
• Izanami caught Liuyun’s sword, seized his throat with a monstrous hand, and suppressed his strength with the power of Yomi.
• Liuyun used Amaterasu and a spatial rift against Izanami, but she extinguished the flames, survived the attack, and tore off his head before subduing him in the mist.
• Izanami lifted the defeated Liuyun and recognized his Yellow Springs Lotus Seal as the same mark once borne by Izanagi, concluding that Heaven’s Mandate had transferred to Liuyun through the Chakra Fruit.

After Izanami took Kushina from Kamui World, Liuyun searched the Yellow Springs Realm for decades, following clues from its evil creatures to Izanami’s lair. There he found a hideously twisted female ghost with vivid red hair, and the sight left him convinced she might be Kushina.

• Izanami broke into Kamui World, destroyed Kushina’s cabin, and took her while Liuyun lay unconscious.
• After awakening, Liuyun found the cabin destroyed and Kushina missing, then searched the Yellow Springs Realm with countless clones.
• Liuyun’s clones used Amaterasu against attacking Yomi creatures, unintentionally creating Black Flame Hell.
• After decades of searching for Kushina and Izanami, Liuyun found clues in the memories of great evil creatures and tracked them to Izanami’s palace and the Yellow Springs Blood Sea.
• Liuyun defeated one of Izanami’s manifested offspring and followed it to the Netherworld, where he found a hideous red-haired female ghost imprisoned in the Netherworld Divine Palace.
• Liuyun recognized the ghost’s vivid blood-red hair and collapsed, whispering Kushina’s name.

Liuyun found Kushina in the Yellow Springs Realm and broke through the palace formation to reach her, but her decayed appearance and his guilt drove him into an emotional frenzy. As Kushina tried to deny her identity and calm him, Izanami watched in disbelief from a hidden Pocket Dimension.

• Liuyun recognized Kushina, tore open the palace formation, and rushed to her side.
• Liuyun embraced Kushina and wept while she recognized him, then tried to push him away and deny that she was Kushina.
• Liuyun refused to release Kushina, crushed some of her ribs during their struggle, and blamed himself for her suffering.
• Kushina told Liuyun she had never blamed him and urged him to wake up, but his sobbing continued.
• Izanami watched Liuyun and Kushina through a bronze mirror and wondered why he had not recoiled from his wife's appearance.

Liuyun learned that Izanami had cursed Kushina with a horrifying, incurable condition and had made her immortal, leaving her desperate to die. He carried Kushina out of the palace, vowed to avenge her and restore her, and unleashed such a storm of blood-red lightning that the Netherworld became Thunder Hell.

• Kushina told Liuyun that Izanami's curse made her body rot by day and left her unable to kill herself.
• Liuyun used his spiritual Dojutsu to erase Kushina's suicidal thoughts and promised to avenge her and restore her body.
• Liuyun covered Kushina with a Truth-Seeking Orb and carried her from the palace on his back.
• Liuyun tore open the formation and unleashed blood-red lightning that devastated the Netherworld and created Thunder Hell.
• Kushina warned Liuyun not to challenge Izanami before he grew stronger, and Liuyun vowed to make Izanami pay.
• The Black Lotus Seal absorbed the Yellow Springs death energy released as Liuyun's lightning killed creatures across Yomi.

Liuyun discovered that he could use the Hell Path and Hungry Ghost Path together to absorb the curse attached to Kushina’s soul, gradually easing its effects while gaining power. After ten years of progress, Kushina’s symptoms had improved, and Izanami’s faith in her own judgment wavered, beginning the decline of her power as Ruler of Yellow Springs.

• Liuyun stopped the Living Corpse Reincarnation ritual after seeing that Izanami’s curse clung to Kushina’s soul and would affect any new body.
• Liuyun spent days testing ways to remove the curse and found that the Hell Path could reach it while the Hungry Ghost Path could absorb it.
• Liuyun showed Kushina the black qi he had drawn out and explained that absorbing the curse could also make him stronger.
• Liuyun spent ten years absorbing the curse while traveling through the Yellow Springs Realm with Kushina, and her symptoms gradually lessened.
• Izanami watched Liuyun remain devoted to Kushina, questioned whether she had been wrong about faithful men, and began losing Yellow Springs Black Qi and power.