Chapter Summaries

Yamanaka Kei and Queen Sāya escorted Tenten, Hinata, and Saya to the Dragon Vein so they could return to their own time. After sending them away, Kei adjusted the Dragon Vein’s control switch and traveled to the past himself.

• Sāya led Kei, Sara, Tenten, Hinata, and Saya through Rōran’s underground passage and production district to the Dragon Vein.
• Sara asked Kei if he was the Golden Light of prophecy, and Sāya explained that she had told Sara about the future.
• Sāya and Sara opened the sealed gate, and Kei installed a time-travel controller on the Dragon Vein’s switch.
• Tenten, Hinata, and Saya said goodbye to Sāya and Sara, then vanished as the Dragon Vein sent them back to their time.
• Kei adjusted the switch to a time in the past and vanished from the platform as Dragon Vein energy surged again.

Yamanaka Kei traveled back to the Warring States Period and used his connection to Uchiha Hikari’s Eight Thousand Spears mark to reach her in the Uchiha dungeon. After Hikari killed her guards, Kei introduced himself as her rescuer and opened her cell.

• Yamanaka Kei listened to the Queen of Rōran sing, then left the ancient city without disturbing her.
• Yamanaka Kei watched a fierce clan battle from above before using the Eight Thousand Spears mark to locate Uchiha Hikari.
• Yamanaka Kei appeared in Uchiha Hikari’s Inner Sea through their connected mark, startling her with his powerful presence.
• When a guard whipped her, Uchiha Hikari broke her sealing shackles, killed him, and used Genjutsu to make the other guard kill himself.
• Yamanaka Kei said he had come to save Uchiha Hikari, and she accepted his hand as he opened her dungeon door.

Yamanaka Kei took Uchiha Hikari away from the Uchiha Clan Grounds and spent a month traveling with her, giving her a taste of ordinary life before the clans sealed her. As Hikari prepared to sleep through the sealing, Kei promised to find her again and left her with a miniature Wood Clone.

• Yamanaka Kei left Sage Art Wood Clones to impersonate Uchiha Hikari and the two dead men while he took Hikari away.
• Yamanaka Kei shared grilled fish and rabbits with Hikari, then soothed her to sleep and carried her to a nearby city.
• Yamanaka Kei and Hikari spent a month traveling, shopping, and enjoying themselves while the Uchiha fought the Senju and Sarutobi Clans.
• The Senju and Sarutobi Clans sealed Uchiha's Strongest Weapon 'Nameless', and Kei and Hikari began their return journey.
• Hikari gave Kei a bouquet and asked about her sleep and their reunion; Kei promised to find her after the coming war.
• Yamanaka Kei gave Hikari a miniature Wood Clone, and she fell asleep holding it as he promised to return.

After Mist Village fell under his control, Yamanaka Kei learned that the World Line had completely collapsed and would take a year to restructure. He gained several System rewards, fused Infinite Armory with Unlimited Blade Works and Guaranteed Decapitation into a powerful Golden Entry, then received three more Entries and considered which one to convert to Red.

• The System announced that Yamanaka Kei had completely collapsed the original World Line, awarded him multiple rewards, and set its restructuring time at one year.
• Yamanaka Kei used his Random Associated Entry Draw on Infinite Armory and obtained Unlimited Blade Works.
• Yamanaka Kei fused Infinite Armory, Unlimited Blade Works, and Guaranteed Decapitation into the Golden Entry Immeasurable Martial Realm Domain, then tested its weapon-enhancing domain and controlled conceptual slashes.
• Saya and Sara clung to each other in fear when Yamanaka Kei released the oppressive Boundless Martial Domain.
• Yamanaka Kei used his remaining three Entry Draw opportunities and received Special Kind of Person, Great-grandmother's Staff, and Child of Heaven's Watering.
• Yamanaka Kei looked over his Red Entry Conversion Card and began considering which Entry to convert.

Yamanaka Kei converted Fate Weaver into the powerful red entry Fate Astrolabe and used it to inspect Queen Sāya and Sara, discovering their unusually short lifespans. He then harnessed the Dragon Vein to locate and record gates to two other worlds, including one with a higher power level.

• Yamanaka Kei rejected upgrading Glass Cannon, Great-grandmother's Staff, and High Heavens Entertainment, then used the Red Entry Conversion Card on Fate Weaver to obtain Fate Astrolabe.
• Yamanaka Kei examined Sāya and Sara with Fate Astrolabe and found that they had little sin, considerable virtue, and only thirty-five and thirty years of lifespan remaining.
• Sāya explained that generations of Rōran queens had rarely lived past forty, and Yamanaka Kei offered to examine her and Sara for effects caused by the Dragon Vein.
• Yamanaka Kei used Multi-Dimensional Traveler and the Dragon Vein to sense two World Gates, recording the smaller gate and eventually securing a stable marker on the larger, higher-power world.
• Yamanaka Kei ended the dimensional search as the Dragon Vein's energy settled, noting that its depth had fallen from less than ten meters to over fifty meters below ground.

Yamanaka Kei resolved the Dragon Vein’s harm to Sāya and Sara, then visited Orochimaru and secretly gave him an Entry that caused an unexpected change. Orochimaru realized what Kei had done and was left reacting to the painless sterilization.

• Yamanaka Kei treated Sāya and Sara with Yin-Yang Release and brought Kushina to Loulan.
• Kushina created a controllable seal that protected Sāya and Sara from the Dragon Vein’s influence, greatly extending their lifespans.
• Yamanaka Kei assigned two Root ninjas to guard Sāya and Sara, then returned to Konoha with Kushina.
• At Experiment Base Number Seven, Yamanaka Kei asked Orochimaru about the differences between men and women and secretly gave him a Gray Word Entry.
• After Kei left, Orochimaru noticed a strange bodily change and realized he had been given painless sterilization.

Yamanaka Kei enforced Tsunade’s order to abolish the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Curse Mark after Hyuga elders defied the village. He carved the mark onto the main family members and made its control method public, while Hyuga Hiashi submitted and offered to hand over the technique.

• Tsunade summoned Yamanaka Kei to discuss her order requiring the Hyuga Clan to remove the Caged Bird Curse Mark, while Hyuga Hiashi avoided the dispute.
• Hyuga Tenkai claimed the First Hokage had granted the clan autonomy, but Yamanaka Kei killed him and one of his attendants when they tried to resist.
• Yamanaka Kei threatened the remaining Hyuga main family member and went to the clan compound, where four Wood Golems demolished the ancestral hall and surrounding buildings.
• Yamanaka Kei carved the Caged Bird Curse Mark onto the remaining Hyuga main family members and resolved to reveal its control method to the branch family.
• Hyuga Hiashi returned, accepted responsibility, offered to receive the mark, and agreed to hand its control method to Tsunade.

Yamanaka Kei forced Hyuga Hiashi to reveal the Caged Bird control method, leaving the Hyuga Clan facing upheaval between its main and branch families. In the Rain Country, Kitsuchi and Ōnoki's group encountered Third Raikage A and Cloud Village forces blocking their path.

• Hyuga Hiashi submitted to Yamanaka Kei and prepared tea while Kei considered his attempt to preserve the main family's control.
• Hyuga Hiashi used the Caged Bird curse on himself, and Hyuga Hizu loudly recited the complete control method as Hizashi Hyuga watched.
• Yamanaka Kei left the compound, recalled his Wood Golem clones, and expected the Hyuga Clan's branch-family members to act on their resentment.
• Kitsuchi traveled through the Rain Country with Ōnoki, Roshi, Han, and Kari as Ōnoki worried whether Konoha would honor its promise to Hidden Stone Village.
• Third Raikage A, his son, Killer B, and Cloud Village elites led by Dodai surrounded Kitsuchi's group and blocked their way.

Yamanaka Kei built a wooden meeting hall at the Land of Fire border as Tsunade prepared to meet Hidden Stone and Cloud Village. The two villages arrived together with a formidable force, but Tsunade learned that Konoha had powerful fighters ready to defend her.

• Yamanaka Kei created a wooden replica of the Yellow Crane Tower, and Tsunade ordered Anbu to prepare it as a meeting venue.
• Fugaku Uchiha praised Yamanaka Kei’s construction and revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yamanaka Kei sensed Kitsuchi, Ōnoki, Roshi, Han, Shū, the Third Raikage A, Little A, Killer B, Dodai, and elite Cloud Village jonin approaching together.
• Tsunade worried that Konoha lacked enough fighters, but Yamanaka Kei assured her that she and Kushina could handle the enemy’s strongest fighters.
• Might Guy vowed to protect Tsunade, and Fugaku offered to face Kitsuchi if Hidden Stone attacked.

Third Raikage A and Ōnoki suffered embarrassing accidents while arriving at Konoha, and Tsunade treated Ōnoki before the village leaders discussed a possible alliance. The visiting shinobi began choosing sparring opponents, and the chapter ended as Third Raikage A attacked Tsunade and she activated Sage Mode.

• Third Raikage A bounced off Konoha’s resilient wooden ground, while Killer B rapped about his embarrassing landing and Little A scolded him.
• Yamanaka Kei used Hard Landing on Ōnoki, causing him to kneel and injure his back; Tsunade healed him, and Ōnoki and Third Raikage A traded insults.
• Third Raikage A challenged Tsunade, and Kushina volunteered to fight Killer B while Fugaku Uchiha accepted Roshi’s challenge.
• Kitsuchi steered Ōnoki and Han away from the sparring, and Yamanaka Kei led the group inside to talk.
• Third Raikage A attacked Tsunade with Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite, and Tsunade blocked him before activating Sage Mode.

Yamanaka Kei and the others watched Konoha’s fighters overwhelm their opponents as Tsunade battled Third Raikage A, Kushina chased Killer B and Gyūki, and Fugaku Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control Roshi and Son Gokū. The fights left the visiting shinobi stunned, while Tobi’s antics turned Roshi’s battle into a humiliating spectacle.

• Yamanaka Kei led Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, Han, Shū, and the others to watch the battles from the top floor of a wooden building.
• Tsunade healed the wound from Third Raikage A’s Hell Stab and countered his One Finger Thrust as the two continued fighting.
• Kushina used her Golden Body Supermacy and Adamantine Sealing Chains to beat Killer B and Gyūki, renewing her power when it began to fade.
• Fugaku Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan Genjutsu to control Roshi and make Four-Tails Son Gokū perform a Court Lady Dance.
• Tobi, possessing Fugaku, joked with him about humiliating Roshi, leaving Yamanaka Kei astonished by the absurd scene.

Might Dai overwhelmed Little A while Yamanaka Kei and the others received Namikaze Minato and Sand Village’s delegation. Pakura arrived after fleeing Sasori of the Red Sand, whose attack on the newly appointed Fourth Kazekage left the gathered leaders confronting Sand Village’s crisis.

• Might Dai used the Seven Gates to beat down the still-immature Little A.
• Namikaze Minato arrived beside Yamanaka Kei, greeted Ōnoki and Kitsuchi, and learned that Sand Village’s delegation was under attack.
• Yamanaka Kei sensed Sasori pursuing Pakura with Iron Sand and more than a hundred puppets as she protected her fleeing subordinates and Bunbuku.
• Pakura and the surviving Sand Ninja reached the meeting site after Sasori withdrew.
• Yamanaka Kei explained that Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage and turned him into a human puppet, and said Sasori might be targeting Pakura because Chiyo had died.

Tsunade and Konoha’s allies defeated the Raikage’s forces and captured Sasori, while Kushina subdued Killer B and frightened Shukaku into retreating. After Minato returned with Sasori’s core, Tsunade gathered the village leaders to discuss business, where the Raikage challenged her about excluding the Cloud Village.

• Minato used the Byakugan’s support to defeat Sasori’s puppets and capture his core while Tsunade knocked out Third Raikage A.
• Kushina’s Sealing Chains made Shukaku abandon the idea of joining the fight, then bound Killer B and ended his transformation.
• Minato returned with Sasori’s core and revealed he had used Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, which he preferred to call Spiral Storm Wheel Rotation Annihilation Pill.
• Tsunade invited Pakura and the other leaders to discuss business, and Third Raikage A asked whether Konoha planned to exclude the Cloud Village.

Yamanaka Kei activated the Strongest Spear Entry and fused it with several other Entries, gaining the Heavenly Evolution Spirit Lord and transforming his understanding of chakra techniques into mastery over spells and divine abilities. He tested his new power by forming a golden Spiritual Power Susanoo, leaving Kushina astonished.

• Yamanaka Kei activated Strongest Spear and gained complete mastery of Lightning Release techniques, Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and Hell Stab.
• Yamanaka Kei fused Strongest Spear with Yin Yang Sage Master, Wood Release Jinchuriki, and Dust Release Successor while Kushina sat beside him.
• The fusion opened Yamanaka Kei's meridians and gave him a harmonious Spiritual Power that made him feel united with nature.
• Yamanaka Kei obtained Heavenly Evolution Spirit Lord and realized he could learn and use Ninjutsu, Kekkei Genkai, and special Eye Techniques without possessing their original bloodlines or eyes.
• Yamanaka Kei formed a golden Spiritual Power Susanoo, and Kushina stared at him in shock.

Yamanaka Kei experimented with imitating the Byakugan and Sharingan using Spiritual Power, then explained the Ōtsutsuki threat and White Zetsu to the allied Kage. The villages prepared to conquer Mist Village and destroy the White Zetsu, while Kei remained uncertain about Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s motives.

• Yamanaka Kei used Spiritual Power to imitate the Byakugan, then created a Three-Tomoe Sharingan-like effect but could not evolve it into a Mangekyo.
• Over two days, Tsunade, Kitsuchi, A, Pakura, and the allied villages finalized most Village Merger plans and prepared to attack Mist Village with their combined forces.
• Yamanaka Kei explained the history of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Kaguya, the God Tree, and the White Zetsu to the four Kage.
• Yamanaka Kei told the Kage that the Ōtsutsuki could command White Zetsu and argued that they should eliminate them before they became a future threat.
• Yamanaka Kei considered combining the Tailed Beasts to destroy the White Zetsu but worried that extracting the Nine-Tails and Two-Tails would hurt Kushina and Yugito.

Yamanaka Kei presented the Ninja Alliance with two ways to confront the White Zetsu and Mist Village, and the Kage chose to revive the Ten Tails and sever the God Tree despite the risk of attracting the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Tsunade suspected Kei had wanted them to choose that dangerous plan from the start, but he denied it.

• Yamanaka Kei explained that the Pure Land was consuming the shinobi world's energy and that the White Zetsu army and Mist Village posed a major threat.
• The Third Raikage asked about reducing casualties, and Yamanaka Kei proposed reviving the Ten Tails to reconnect it to the White Zetsu and kill them by severing the God Tree.
• Yamanaka Kei warned that the God Tree could attract the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and the Kage weighed that danger against fighting over a hundred thousand White Zetsu directly.
• Tsunade, Pakura, Kitsuchi, and the Third Raikage voted to revive the Ten Tails and then fight Mist Village.
• Tsunade suspected Yamanaka Kei had steered them toward the plan to lure the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and Kei protested that she was slandering him.

Yamanaka Kei and the village leaders prepared for war against the Ōtsutsuki, while Tsunade questioned him about Danzo and her brother Nawaki. The chapter ended with Tsunade attacking Kei after he teased her about a surprise involving Nawaki.

• Yamanaka Kei weighed the options for dealing with the Ōtsutsuki and planned to strengthen Tsunade and Kushina.
• Pakura, Kitsuchi, and the Third Raikage returned to their villages to mobilize forces, while Konoha prepared its expeditionary force for the eastern coast.
• Tsunade remarked that Sarutobi Hiruzen had changed, and Yamanaka Kei revealed that Shimura Danzo was working as a popular bath attendant.
• Tsunade asked about Nawaki, and Yamanaka Kei said he had been reanimated but was afraid to meet her.
• Tsunade feared Kei planned to turn Nawaki into a girl, then punched him after he teased her about the surprise.

Tsunade and Yamanaka Kei reached Ancor Vantian, the Sky Ninja Fortress, and Tsunade slaughtered its defenders. After defeating Shinno and examining his regeneration technique, she killed him when he questioned how she had become so strong.

• Yamanaka Kei used his Byakugan to locate Ancor Vantian while Tsunade fumed over the misunderstanding in the Hokage's office.
• Tsunade smashed into the Sky Ninja Fortress and cut through the Sky Ninja shinobi as alarms sounded.
• Yamanaka Kei sensed the fortress and found Shinno drawing chakra from the Sky Ninja, while Zero-Tails remained absent.
• Tsunade defeated Shinno, opened his abdomen to study his chakra circulation, and then restored his injuries.
• Shinno questioned Tsunade's strength, and she stomped his head apart.

Yamanaka Kei and Konoha seized the Sky Ninja Fortress and fleet, then organized a massive allied invasion of the Mist Village. As the Expedition Ship set out, Tsunade was stunned to see Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and others alive—and Nawaki returned to her.

• Namikaze Minato brought Konoha forces to the Sky Ninja Fortress, and they subdued its occupants and took control of the fortress and its fleet.
• Orochimaru inspected the fortress's core, promised to improve its Chakra efficiency, and began studying the Spiritual Power Yamanaka Kei placed in Jiraiya.
• More than seventy thousand shinobi gathered on the eastern coast, and Yamanaka Kei used towering wooden constructs to quell tensions among them.
• Tsunade named the captured aerial fortress the Expedition Ship, and the allied forces divided into units to attack the Mist Village by sea and air.
• Third Raikage A delivered the captured beasts' Chakra, and Yamanaka Kei returned to the Expedition Ship as the allied invasion began.
• Hashirama Senju appeared with Madara Uchiha, Uchiha Izuna, and Tobirama Senju, while Nawaki greeted the astonished Tsunade.

Tsunade reunited with Nawaki and punished him for his reckless death, while Yamanaka Kei’s forces prepared to reactivate the God Tree during their assault on the Mist Village. In the Mist Village, Jigen appeared before Uchiha Hikari and offered her a transaction.

• Tsunade beat Nawaki for charging into danger and dying, then Yamanaka Kei trapped him in a seven-day Genjutsu to teach him caution.
• Kushina and Tobirama Senju channeled Nine-Tails and Three-Tails Chakra into the Amber Purifying Pot to prepare the God Tree’s activation.
• Yamanaka Kei’s forces planned to use the God Tree against the White Zetsu while the Mist Village’s defenders were distracted.
• Jigen appeared in the Mizukage Building, identified Uchiha Hikari as the Mizukage, and offered to discuss a transaction.