Chapter Summaries

Danzo revealed that he had coerced Sakumo Hatake into suicide by threatening Kakashi, while Hiruzen Sarutobi had helped suppress Sakumo’s reputation. Kakashi learned the truth and prepared to execute Danzo as Minato shielded him, leaving Hiruzen and Danzo blaming each other.

• Danzo confessed that he had used rumors and Kakashi’s life to force Sakumo Hatake to take his own life, while Hiruzen Sarutobi had only wanted to suppress Sakumo’s prestige.
• Kakashi realized his father had died to protect him and beat Hiruzen Sarutobi when the Third Hokage tried to shift all the blame onto Danzo.
• Kakashi thanked Xiao Zhen for revealing the truth, and Xiao Zhen dropped Danzo before him so Kakashi could kill him.
• Kakashi apologized to Minato Namikaze and said he would accept the consequences of killing Danzo, while Minato ordered him to execute Danzo as a criminal.
• Danzo claimed Hiruzen had ordered Sakumo’s death, and Hiruzen denied it, blaming Danzo instead.

After Kakashi killed Danzo, Minato Namikaze revealed that the masked Uchiha was Obito and moved to strip Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisors of their authority. With the Uchiha and Hyuga clans backing Minato, his control of Konoha was secured, though he had to give most of his reward Points to Queen Medusa.

• Kakashi killed Danzo and apologized to Minato Namikaze, who told him his actions had been under orders and revealed the restrained man as Obito Uchiha.
• Obito denied being the presumed-dead teammate, then punched Kakashi over Rin's death until Might Guy pulled him away.
• Minato Namikaze stripped Hiruzen Sarutobi and the two advisors of their political authority, while Koharu Utatane objected.
• Fugaku Uchiha's forces surrounded Koharu Utatane and her confidants, and Hiashi Hyuga led his clan in pledging loyalty to Minato.
• The other ninja clans acclaimed Minato, and the Chat Group confirmed his mission was complete; Minato then handed most of his reward Points to Queen Medusa.

Xiao Zhen and Queen Medusa left their honeymoon to investigate the Pure Land after discovering its location and sensing a powerful presence within. There, Xiao Zhen found that the Pure Land preserved souls while slowly absorbing those that were fading.

• Minato Namikaze governed Konoha without the elders, while rumors about his actions spread to the Land of Hot Water.
• Xiao Zhen and Queen Medusa listened to rumors at an inn, where they encountered Tsunade and Shizune Kato; Xiao Zhen secretly groped Tsunade before leaving.
• Xiao Zhen told Queen Medusa that Hagoromo Otsutsuki was in the Pure Land and might be plotting against the Otsutsuki, then they traveled there using spatial abilities.
• Tsunade decided to return to Konoha with Shizune Kato to see what had become of the village and prevent the Third Hokage from dying in a power struggle.
• Xiao Zhen examined the Pure Land's souls and concluded that the realm was absorbing those that had grown too weak.

Xiao Zhen awakened Tobirama Senju in the Pure Land while Queen Medusa fought the Sage of Six Paths. Tobirama learned what had become of the Senju Clan as the battle escalated around them.

• Xiao Zhen tried to awaken Tobirama Senju, drawing the Pure Land's attention and prompting Queen Medusa to attack the Sage of Six Paths.
• Tobirama awoke and warned Xiao Zhen to leave, but Xiao Zhen showed him memories of what had happened to Konoha and the Senju Clan.
• Tobirama grieved that his disciples had turned against the Senju Clan for power, while Xiao Zhen reminded him that Tsunade Senju was still alive.
• The Sage of Six Paths used Chibaku Tensei to trap Queen Medusa's giant snake form, so she changed back into human form and counterattacked as souls were caught in the battle.

Queen Medusa and Xiao Zhen confronted the Sage of Six Paths, who drew power from the Pure Land and revealed that he had been consuming souls. As Xiao Zhen and the Sage prepared to fight outside the Pure Land, its weakened barriers let Madara Uchiha and his younger brother escape into the living world.

• Queen Medusa used her devouring ability against the Sage of Six Paths, but he drew strength from the Pure Land and knocked her back.
• The Sage of Six Paths rose to the level of a First Transformation Dou Zun and declared that he would kill Xiao Zhen and Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Zhen exposed the Sage's practice of absorbing souls, causing the revived dead to fear and resent him.
• The Sage of Six Paths targeted Xiao Zhen's body as a potential vessel, and Xiao Zhen and Queen Medusa prepared to fight him.
• Xiao Zhen and the Sage agreed to move their battle away from the Pure Land, weakening its barriers as the Sage drew out its energy.
• Madara Uchiha broke through the Pure Land's barrier and reunited with his younger brother in the world of the living.

Xiao Zhen overwhelmed the Sage of Six Paths in their battle, forcing the Sage to flee his attacks. Hagoromo Otsutsuki awakened and seized the moon branch family’s Tenseigan to help his brother, who promised to take him to the Pure Land afterward.

• Xiao Zhen and the Sage of Six Paths fought in outer space, while the moon Otsutsuki main and branch families argued over the battle and their conflict.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki awakened when he sensed his elder brother’s Chakra and saw his descendants fighting among themselves.
• The Sage of Six Paths attacked Xiao Zhen with meteors, but Xiao Zhen pulverized them with his Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon Fist.
• Xiao Zhen’s black flames devoured the Sage of Six Paths’ Truth-Seeking Orbs, forcing him to escape with his spatial ability.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki took control of the branch family’s Tenseigan and joined his brother, who offered to bring him to the Pure Land and repair his soul.

Xiao Zhen defeated the Sage of Six Paths and Hagoromo Otsutsuki in battle, then followed them to the moon, where they evacuated their descendants to the ninja world. The brothers revealed their real plan by joining forces to seal Xiao Zhen with Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, leaving him trapped as the technique took hold.

• Xiao Zhen told the Chat Group that he was fighting the Sage of Six Paths and Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and the brothers failed to overcome his strength.
• The Sage of Six Paths offered compensation, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki proposed giving Xiao Zhen the ninja world before leading him to the moon.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki learned about the moon's civil war, scolded the Otsutsuki clansmen, and ordered them to move to the ground.
• Minato Namikaze considered bringing the arriving Otsutsuki to Konoha, while the clansmen passed through a spatial passage to the ninja world.
• Xiao Zhen recognized the brothers' trap, but the Sage of Six Paths and Hagoromo Otsutsuki locked down space and used Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to seal him.

Xiao Zhen was sealed inside the moon as the Sage of Six Paths and Hagoromo Otsutsuki struggled to hold him. Meanwhile, the souls of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju returned to Konoha, learned how the Senju clan had been treated, and set out to confront those responsible.

• Xiao Zhen told the Chat Group that he could escape the moon’s seal by spending Points to travel to another world, while Queen Medusa offered to come support him.
• The Sage of Six Paths summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, cutting off Nagato Uzumaki’s connection to it and helping stabilize the seal around Xiao Zhen.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju arrived in Konoha as souls and discovered that the Sarutobi clan occupied much of the former Senju territory.
• Tobirama Senju used Genjutsu on a Sarutobi Chunin and learned that the Senju clan had nearly been wiped out.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju returned to their neglected former home, then decided to find the Fourth Hokage before confronting Tobirama’s former disciples.

Xiao Zhen sensed a chance to break through while sealed, as Minato Namikaze showed the Senju brothers evidence of the clan’s destruction and led them to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi. Meanwhile, Queen trapped Black Zetsu after he infiltrated the prison, leaving him at her mercy.

• Xiao Zhen declined help from the Chat Group and said he wanted to remain inside Chibaku Tensei to pursue a breakthrough to Half-Saint.
• Minato Namikaze shared evidence from Danzo’s Root with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, revealing the Senju Clan’s betrayal and Nawaki Senju’s murder.
• Tobirama Senju blamed himself for the clan’s destruction, and Hashirama Senju led him to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Minato Namikaze sent Anbu to summon Konoha’s Jonin to the Sarutobi residence, where Hiruzen Sarutobi was meeting Jiraiya and Tsunade.
• Black Zetsu broke into the prison to free Obito Uchiha, but Queen’s barrier trapped him and she revealed that she had set a trap in the cell.

After reaching the Half-Saint realm, Xiao Zhen broke out of the Moon’s seal and freed Kaguya Otsutsuki. Meanwhile, the Sage of Six Paths gathered the Tailed Beasts to restore the Ten-Tails and fought Queen Medusa, until Xiao Zhen arrived above Konoha.

• After nine days of cultivation, Xiao Zhen broke through to the Low-Level Half-Saint realm and opened the Chibaku Tensei seal with a blast of Battle Qi.
• Xiao Zhen woke Kaguya Otsutsuki, explained that he was also a prisoner, and invited her to leave the seal with him.
• The Sage of Six Paths reclaimed the Tailed Beasts except the Nine-Tails and forced them to return to the Ten-Tails so he could seal a great enemy.
• Queen Medusa attacked the Sage of Six Paths when he reached his destination, and the two fought as the Otsutsuki brothers sensed trouble on the Moon.
• Xiao Zhen tore through space and arrived above Konoha Village, relieved to see Queen Medusa unharmed.

Xiao Zhen subdued Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, and the incomplete Ten-Tails while Kaguya Otsutsuki asked to save her sons. Queen Medusa demanded a valuable payment, and Kaguya was left surrounded by black flames as she considered acting.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki contacted Great Sage Gamamaru for visions of the invaders, but Gamamaru could no longer foresee the future and ordered Mount Myōboku’s toads to remain there for a hundred years.
• Xiao Zhen overwhelmed the two Otsutsuki brothers and pinned down the incomplete Ten-Tails while his black flames absorbed its Chakra.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked Xiao Zhen to spare her sons, but he demanded a valuable benefit in exchange.
• Queen Medusa took over the negotiations and rejected Kaguya Otsutsuki’s offer to reveal information about the Otsutsuki clan.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki instinctively gathered Chakra to act, but Xiao Zhen surrounded her with black flames, and she apologized to her sons.

Queen Medusa forced Kaguya Otsutsuki to become her subordinate, and Xiao Zhen planted Soul Seals in Kaguya and her sons to secure their loyalty. Kaguya reclaimed the Ten-Tails and began recovering her strength as she prepared to leave with them.

• Queen Medusa threatened Kaguya Otsutsuki and her sons, and Kaguya agreed to serve her rather than risk dying.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that Kaguya’s promise was not binding and offered to plant a Soul Seal, promising to remove it after twenty years without betrayal.
• Kaguya accepted the Soul Seal after warning them that Otsutsuki hunters could come for her, and Xiao Zhen also branded her son Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Queen Medusa returned Black Zetsu to Kaguya, who took him into her sleeve to learn what had changed during her thousand-year imprisonment.
• Kaguya asked for the Ten-Tails and, after Xiao Zhen agreed, absorbed it and rapidly increased her strength.

Xiao Zhen drew souls and powerful figures into his plans, while the Senju elders confronted Konoha’s former leaders and Naruto Namikaze was born. Black Zetsu identified Naruto as the reincarnation of Asura’s Chakra.

• Xiao Zhen used a soul brand to control Hagoromo Otsutsuki, made him and his younger brother organize the Pure Land’s souls, and planned to draw on the realm to strengthen his own Soul Power.
• Hashirama Senju urged Tsunade to find a husband to continue the Senju Clan, while Tobirama Senju severed his ties with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the two advisors and ordered them to return what their clans had taken from Konoha.
• Tsunade punched Jiraiya after he offered to marry into the Senju family, and told him her grandfathers had forbidden her from choosing someone like him.
• Xiao Zhen found the barely surviving Isshiki Otsutsuki and handed him to Kaguya Otsutsuki, then recruited Orochimaru with research materials and advanced technology.
• Naruto Namikaze was born without Kushina Uzumaki being made a jinchuriki, and Xiao Zhen gave him a Sixth-grade Medicinal Pill to improve his future aptitude.
• Black Zetsu told Kaguya Otsutsuki that Naruto was the reincarnation of Asura’s Chakra, and Kaguya nodded.

Minato Namikaze asked Xiao Zhen to remove Asura's Chakra from Naruto, and Xiao Zhen sent Asura's soul back to the Pure Land. After returning to the Dou Qi Continent and meeting Zi Yan, Xiao Zhen set out for Burning Flame Valley to seek the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.

• Minato Namikaze asked Xiao Zhen to make Naruto a normal child by driving out Asura's Chakra.
• Xiao Zhen extracted Asura's soul from Naruto and sent him back to the Pure Land, where Hagoromo Otsutsuki welcomed him.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki told Asura that the Ninja World might soon know peace while Xiao Zhen's influence remained.
• Zi Yan found Xiao Zhen after he returned to the Dou Qi Continent, and they spent several days together.
• After Yao Chen remained in seclusion, Xiao Zhen gathered medicinal ingredients and decided to visit Burning Flame Valley to seek the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.

Shi Tian advanced to seven-star Dou Zun and agreed to help Soul Hall spread war, while Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan traveled to Burning Flame Valley. The chapter ended with Burning Flame Valley disciples checking Xiao Zhen’s Pill Tower elder token.

• Shi Tian celebrated reaching seven-star Dou Zun and learned that Xiao Zhen had become an eighth-tier alchemist and Medusa had risen to around five- or six-star Dou Zun.
• Blood Soul Venerate arrived to remind Shi Tian of his obligations to Soul Hall, and Shi Tian agreed to help expand the wars and harvest souls.
• Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan traveled through the Scorching Volcano Range, where Zi Yan bit Xiao Zhen after he tricked her into tasting a bitter fruit.
• Xiao Zhen presented his Pill Tower elder token to Zhang Shun at Burning Flame Valley, and Zhang Shun was surprised that Xiao Zhen was an eighth-tier alchemist elder.

Xiao Zhen negotiated with Burning Flame Valley for its secret art, the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, and reached a deal with Old Ancestor Huoyun to refine five eighth-tier high-grade pills. He left the question of using his Xiao Clan ancestry to claim the art unresolved.

• Xiao Zhen asked Tang Zhen for the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, but Tang Zhen refused and said the Grand Elder was inaccessible.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun appeared with a young girl and praised Xiao Zhen’s strength before recognizing Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun offered the secret art in exchange for Xiao Zhen refining ten eighth-tier high-grade pills, then lowered the demand to nine.
• Xiao Zhen bargained with Old Ancestor Huoyun and settled on refining five pills for the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Zhen considered using his Xiao Clan ancestry to claim the art directly, but he had not yet tried it.

Xiao Zhen used the Rat Talisman to revive the ancient Xiao Clan ancestor Xiao Xuan from his statue at Burning Flame Valley. Xiao Xuan recognized Xiao Zhen as a descendant after seeing the Ancient Jade, but his revived strength was only around the half-step Dou Zong realm.

• Tang Zhen gave Xiao Zhen an inheritance crystal containing the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and Burning Flame Valley's cultivation insights.
• Xiao Zhen learned that the statues depicted Old Ancestor Fenyuan and Xiao Xuan, the legendary creator of the secret technique.
• Xiao Zhen secretly sent the Rat Talisman toward Xiao Xuan's statue while Tang Zhen talked with him.
• The statue glowed, absorbed surrounding Dou Qi, and shed its outer layer as Xiao Xuan emerged with weakened strength.
• Xiao Xuan questioned the people around him, and Xiao Zhen claimed descent from the Xiao Clan ancestor.
• Xiao Zhen showed Xiao Xuan an Ancient Jade, and Xiao Xuan accepted his claim and urged him to put it away.

Xiao Zhen questioned the resurrected Xiao Xuan about the Xiao Clan’s downfall and gained a Heaven-tier Combat Skill despite the ancestor’s fragmented memories. After testing Setting Sun Divine Fist near a volcanic range, Xiao Zhen left Burning Flame Valley while Xiao Xuan sensed a pull toward the Ancient Clan’s Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Zhen about the Xiao Clan, learned it had declined to a remote remnant, and grieved over its fate.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Soul Heavenly Emperor had attacked him after his failed attempt to become a Dou Di, then revealed that his memories and soul were incomplete.
• Xiao Xuan taught Xiao Zhen the Heaven-tier Setting Sun Divine Fist and answered his cultivation questions as best he could.
• Xiao Zhen left Burning Flame Valley and tested Setting Sun Divine Fist in a nearby volcanic range, finding his second strike more powerful than his first.
• Alone in the room, Xiao Xuan sensed a powerful attraction toward the northwest, where he believed the Ancient Clan’s Ancient Realm lay.

Xiao Zhen practiced the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and revealed his Nihility Devouring Flame to Xiao Xuan, then sought Burning Flame Valley’s support against the Soul Clan. After Yao Chen became a Half-Saint and was honored as Medicine Saint, Xiao Zhen returned to Pill Saint City with Xiao Xuan, where the Pill Tower Old Ancestor recognized him.

• Xiao Zhen practiced the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, temporarily raising his strength to the high-level Half-Saint realm.
• Xiao Xuan questioned Xiao Zhen about the Nihility Devouring Flame, and Xiao Zhen showed him the genuine flame without explaining its secret.
• Xiao Zhen and Xiao Xuan considered using Old Ancestor Huoyun to persuade Burning Flame Valley to fight the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Zhen learned that Yao Chen had broken through to the Half-Saint realm and received the title of Medicine Saint, then hurried back to Pill Saint City.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor greeted Xiao Xuan, recognized him from their past, and probed his weakened condition.

Xiao Zhen continued honing his alchemy skills at the Pill Tower while events unfolded among his Chat Group companions. He learned that Akame was pregnant with his second child and stayed with her to care for her.

• Yao Chen returned to public life as a Half-Saint and became one of the Pill Tower's new giants, drawing old acquaintances to Pill Saint City.
• Xiao Zhen spent another year at the Pill Tower improving his alchemy, while Tony Stark and Nia helped develop vaccines for Busujima Saeko's zombie crisis.
• Xiao Feng left his position as Beggar Gang Leader, killed Murong Bo, brought Xiao Yuanshan back to the grasslands, and informed the Dali Duan Clan that A'Zhu was Prince Zhennan's daughter.
• Xiao Zhen discovered that Akame was pregnant and used his battle qi to nourish the child.
• Xiao Zhen told Akame to rest, promised to make time for her, and stayed with her for several days.