Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya guided Daren Yi toward the Temple of Fire and agreed to lead a new academy, then recalled his failed reformist days and the conflict among the Twelve Guardian Ninja. He explained that Naruto Uzumaki had changed his understanding of who the “king” was, leaving Daren Yi amused by the influence Naruto’s speech had gained.

• Daren Yi proposed building Mountain River Academy, and Jiraiya accepted responsibility for its construction and management.
• Jiraiya praised Naruto Uzumaki’s education reforms and described how he and Asuma Sarutobi had once joined the Twelve Guardian Ninja as reformists.
• Jiraiya explained that the reformists split into a moderate faction and Kazuma’s radical faction, whose plans risked provoking a devastating conflict between ninja and the daimyo’s forces.
• Daren Yi asked Jiraiya who he now considered the “king” after the deaths of Kazuma and the other radicals.
• Jiraiya answered that the true “king” was all living beings, especially children, hope, the future, and justice, and Daren Yi recognized Naruto’s speech as the source of Jiraiya’s renewed convictions.

Daren Yi observed how the Temple of Fire’s believers and monks generated its special Chakra, then asked Jiraiya whether the Buddha had ever performed a miracle. Jiraiya denied that gods were real and left Daren with his theory that ancient myths recorded humanity’s transition from matriarchal to patriarchal society.

• Eight warrior monks used their Talent of the Sage Clan Chakra to open the Temple of Fire’s sealed gate.
• Monks welcomed the guests with conches, Dharma drums, a bell, and Buddhist chants as believers in villages below prayed.
• Daren Yi sensed believers’ spiritual power stirring Nature Energy and contributing to the monks’ special Chakra.
• Daren Yi asked whether the Buddha had ever performed a miracle, and Jiraiya answered that gods and Buddhas were myths.
• Jiraiya explained that he interpreted the Sage of Six Paths and the Rabbit Goddess as symbols of the conflict between patriarchal and matriarchal societies.

Daren Yi visited the Temple of Fire with Jiraiya and considered turning its spiritually infused grounds into a powerful ninja tool. They encountered a noblewoman hoping that the temple could help her seven-year-old son, whose twin sister Chika Fujiwara was healthy.

• Daren Yi told Jiraiya not to panic if the Buddha appeared, while secretly considering how to use the Temple of Fire’s ownerless faith energy.
• Jiraiya welcomed Daren Yi into the Temple of Fire and described its history and grounds.
• Daren Yi imagined refining the temple or a mountain into a magic treasure and decided to try artifact cultivation when he had the chance.
• Jiraiya and Daren Yi found worshippers gathered outside a hall, where Madam Fujiwara anxiously waited.
• A monk explained that Madam Fujiwara wanted to entrust her muddleheaded seven-year-old son to the temple, while his twin sister, Chika Fujiwara, was normal.

Daren Yi arranged for the vacant seven-year-old novice at the Temple of Fire to receive the Dharma name Zhending, explaining that the child might recover and become a major figure in an approaching Golden Age. He left Jiraiya shaken by his claims about returning gods and ancient powers, while Zhending’s future remained open between Buddhism and becoming Hokage.

• Madam Fujiwara brought her dull-witted son to the Temple of Fire, where Jiraiya comforted her before the boy’s ordination.
• Daren Yi learned that the child had no master or Dharma name and named him Zhending.
• Daren Yi warned Jiraiya that Zhending might recover and insisted that the Buddha and other divine beings were real.
• Daren Yi described a coming Golden Age filled with reborn prodigies, ancient inheritances, and the possibility of either great hope or catastrophe.
• Jiraiya, overwhelmed by Daren Yi’s presence and claims, asked whether Zhending was destined to be a Buddha’s son.
• Daren Yi said Zhending might instead choose to become Hokage.

Daren Yi asked Jiraiya to star in a television drama and encouraged him to embrace entertainment as a way to spread Buddhism. He pitched an outlandish romance about an abbot who falls in love, helps a poor town prosper, and vows to save all sentient beings.

• Jiraiya was stunned when Daren Yi abruptly shifted from discussing becoming Hokage to inviting him to act in a television script.
• Jiraiya accepted Daren Yi's invitation, though he felt uneasy about acting and worried he might have to appear in a female form.
• Daren Yi urged Jiraiya to sing Buddhist scriptures in modern musical styles and described an electronic music Dharma assembly as a way to promote Buddhism.
• Daren Yi introduced his drama, From 5 to 9: The Handsome Monk Falls in Love with Me, about an abbot who romances an ordinary young woman.
• Daren Yi explained that the abbot would invest in fishponds and an aquaculture supply chain, help the woman's impoverished hometown, and learn from its residents.
• Daren Yi said the abbot would vow at his wedding to save all sentient beings and refuse Buddhahood until an ideal human nation was realized.

Jiraiya agreed to star in Daren Yi’s television project after embracing its charitable message, then explained the Temple of Fire’s weapons and his failed reformist past. Daren Yi discovered that the boy Sora was the son of the supposedly dead Radical Faction leader Kazuma and decided to leave that situation for Zhending to handle.

• Jiraiya accepted the television role, and Daren Yi restored the main hall’s occupants to motion after their conversation.
• Daren Yi and Jiraiya passed ninja monks training with machine guns, prompting Jiraiya to explain the Temple of Fire’s secret firearms and the history of his failed reforms.
• Jiraiya told Daren Yi that he had adopted Sora, the son of former Twelve Guardian Ninja Kazuma, after Asuma killed Kazuma.
• Daren Yi recognized Sora’s connection to the Nine-Tails and decided to make the boy and the Radical Faction remnants part of a future quest for Zhending.

Three masked men planned to assassinate the Daimyo while fleeing the Sky Patrol Department, believing the resulting chaos might help them escape. The chapter placed their desperation within a broader account of how political upheaval harmed ordinary people, and ended with a quotation about political order and its effects.

• Three masked men discussed killing the Daimyo because Konohagakure and the Sky Patrol Department had destroyed their operations and were pursuing them.
• The leading masked man feared his brothers would begin indiscriminate killings and gestured for them to calm down.
• He argued that killing the Daimyo could destabilize the Land of Fire and give the three men a chance to escape abroad.
• The brothers renewed their resolve, believing that fleeing would remain possible unless they violated the Ninja Clans' unspoken rules.
• The chapter described how Obito's revenge destabilized the Land of Water and devastated civilians who had no part in the conflict.

Three masked ninjas tried to assassinate the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, but Kabuto Yakushi blocked their attack with Orochimaru and accused them of being part of a criminal conspiracy. The would-be assassins and the daimyo were left bewildered by Kabuto’s claims.

• The three masked ninjas watched the daimyo’s lavish garden gathering and grew furious with envy.
• One masked ninja hurled a supersonic kunai at the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Kabuto Yakushi deflected the kunai with Orochimaru, whose snake-like body was injured and who resented being used as a weapon.
• Kabuto Yakushi accused the masked ninjas of trying to silence a criminal and demanded that they reveal the nobles and officials behind their supposed alliance.
• The masked ninjas wondered whether they had stumbled into a larger conspiracy, while the confused daimyo questioned why anyone considered him a criminal.

Kabuto Yakushi confronted the Daimyo and his officials, insisting that the Daimyo was subject to the law as the Sky Patrol Department surrounded the palace garden. He dismissed the officials’ claims about the Daimyo’s importance and left the confrontation poised to escalate.

• A Daimyo's official angrily rebuked Kabuto Yakushi for calling the Daimyo a criminal who could be arrested and tried.
• Kabuto declared that the Daimyo was as guilty as any commoner if he broke the law, and reflected on his devotion to Naruto and the Sky Patrol Department.
• Kabuto gave the Daimyo, his official, and three masked shinobi a three-second warning to surrender as Sky Patrol Department members appeared around the garden.
• The Daimyo's official tried to persuade Kabuto by listing the Land of Fire's economic achievements and influence over smaller nations.
• Kabuto answered that those achievements could have been accomplished under Konoha's protection without the Daimyo, whom he considered useless.

Kabuto Yakushi explained how Konohagakure’s strength had protected the Daimyo of the Land of Wind when he cut Sunagakure’s military expenses, while the Daimyo of the Land of Fire tried to justify his own value. Kabuto had the Sky Patrol Department restrain the daimyo, leaving his officials unable to stop them.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire panicked at the armed Konohagakure shinobi and argued that merchants and commoners needed his supervision.
• Kabuto Yakushi said the daimyo could be replaced and ordered Sky Patrol Department shinobi to restrain him.
• The daimyo’s officials protested and threatened that the Daimyo’s Mansion could cut Konohagakure’s military expenses, while the guard shinobi refused to intervene.
• Kabuto explained that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind could cut Sunagakure’s budget because Konohagakure backed and protected him.
• Kabuto described how Minato Namikaze had operated in the Land of Wind and Rōran, using his strength and Flying Thunder God Technique to pressure Sunagakure into yielding.

Kiba Inuzuka and Kabuto Yakushi confronted the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and his officials over corruption, murder, and human experimentation. Kabuto recruited Hiroki Sawada to testify and help purge the government, while reaffirming his loyalty to Naruto.

• A daimyo official insulted Kabuto as a stray dog, but Kiba Inuzuka arrived with Akamaru and asked what was wrong with being a dog.
• Kiba exposed how three criminals had murdered victims’ families with help from local officials, and Akamaru’s killing intent terrified the gathered nobles and officials.
• Kabuto judged the Daimyo’s crimes, including human experimentation, and reflected on the difficulty of pursuing justice while Orochimaru remained in his care.
• Kabuto urged Kiba to trust Naruto and approached the frightened official, asking him to testify against the Daimyo’s laboratories and help purge corrupt nobles.
• Hiroki Sawada agreed to cooperate, and Kabuto welcomed him as an external member of the Sky Patrol Department, joking that serving Naruto was an honor.

Kabuto Yakushi and Kiba Inuzuka escorted the Land of Fire’s leading nobles and officials toward Konohagakure while leaving Hiroki Sawada in control of the capital. Hiroki embraced his new authority and vowed to purge the country’s old elite as Kabuto encouraged him to act without restraint.

• Hiroki Sawada assured Kabuto Yakushi and Kiba Inuzuka that he would maintain order in the capital and carry out the Hokage’s purge.
• Kabuto left Hiroki in charge with a Sky Patrol Department command token and a squad of powerful ninja to support him.
• Kabuto told Hiroki to arrest or kill anyone necessary, while Kiba suspected Kabuto was setting Hiroki up for trouble.
• Daimyo’s Wife cursed Kabuto and Hiroki, so Hiroki slapped her and condemned the nobles’ use of young girls’ blood and marrow to make Youth Potion.
• Hiroki tearfully saw off Kabuto and Kiba, then resolved to conduct a sweeping purge of the Land of Fire’s officials and nobles.

Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha had dinner at an upscale restaurant in Konoha as the chapter described the village’s social hierarchy and the privileges enjoyed by its registered residents. It left Daren’s comfortable, Konoha-backed livelihood in the context of a system that let Konoha and its businesses profit from people across the Shinobi World.

• Daren Yi returned from the Temple of Fire and dined with Izumi Uchiha at a luxurious restaurant in central Konoha.
• The chapter described how Ninja Clans looked down on commercial restaurants and treated them as places for nouveau riche merchants and minor officials.
• Konoha residents benefited from special protection, while the Uchiha Police Force treated outsiders with especially blatant discrimination.
• Daren Yi’s toy-designer job was presented as an easy, well-paid position created to support Konoha residents, regardless of their qualifications.
• Merchants hired Konoha residents to gain protection and influence, then recouped their costs by exploiting people in other regions and small nations.

Daren Yi visited his Konoha restaurant with Izumi Uchiha, reassured the staff that their jobs and lease were safe, and reflected on the resentment created by Naruto’s efforts to help the poor. He wondered whether Konoha’s aggrieved residents might one day unite with those left behind and rebel against the Hokage.

• Daren Yi joked to the restaurant staff that he was an ordinary civilian living off a woman, while Izumi Uchiha poured him wine.
• Daren Yi told the owner he could keep renting the restaurant without fear of losing the property or facing a rent increase.
• The restaurant staff were relieved that their jobs were safe, though Daren Yi noticed their complicated feelings about their limited prospects in Konoha.
• Daren Yi compared Naruto’s rise and reforms with the First Emperor’s rule, considering how sweeping changes could provoke resentment even among supporters.
• Daren Yi wondered whether Konoha residents whose interests were harmed might join those overlooked by Naruto and rebel against the Hokage.

Naruto faced a protest by Konohagakure residents who opposed his effort to extend equal benefits to people across the Land of Fire, and he silenced the crowd with a display of power before ordering them to stand. Daren Yi realized that Naruto had become his Good Corpse, inheriting both immense potential and the mental pollution carried by the Deep Blue Tree, and wondered whether his world was the source of the Dark Upheaval.

• Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha watched protesters block Naruto on his way to Ichiraku Ramen Shop.
• An elderly man accused Naruto of favoring outsiders over Konohagakure residents, and the gathered locals joined him in demanding special treatment.
• Naruto listened to the kneeling crowd, then summoned a vast fire dragon and ordered everyone to stand.
• Daren Yi recognized that the white-clothed figure behind Naruto was his Good Corpse and that Naruto had taken on the influence of the ocean of Emotions and Desires.
• Daren Yi wondered whether other Parallel Worlds would see him as the source of the Dark Upheaval, then told Izumi Uchiha he was considering birthday gifts for Sasuke.

Daren Yi reviewed how his Deep Blue Tree industry harvested energy through the minds of the Shinobi World and concealed its competition with the Sage of Six Paths. He discovered that his Mental State Abnormality Degree had fallen to 22%, while a hidden display showed it as 220%.

• Daren Yi examined his Deep Blue Panel and the bonuses tied to his Mental State Abnormality Degree.
• Daren Yi recalled upgrading his Deep Blue Trees to juice their fruit automatically and transfer the energy into his inventory.
• Daren Yi compared his energy-harvesting business with the Sage of Six Paths’ Chakra Fruit process and noted their different resources and inefficiencies.
• The Sage of Six Paths believed Daren Yi’s research in the mind and spirit could benefit them both, unaware that Daren Yi was secretly taking resources from his territory.
• Daren Yi noticed his Mental State Abnormality Degree had dropped from 37% to 22%, then revealed a hidden value of 0 beneath it and saw the displayed degree change to 220%.

Daren Yi lifted his mental suppression and realized that his Uchiha bloodline amplified his madness alongside his strength. His arrogance spiraled into plans to transform the Shinobi World into an interstellar empire, and he considered challenging the Sage of Six Paths himself.

• Daren Yi concluded that his abnormal mental state was the real source of his extraordinary power and that the Deep Blue Panel had reflected his self-deception.
• Daren Yi lifted his suppression, leaving Izumi Uchiha uneasy as he stared toward the sky and watched Naruto move away.
• Daren Yi imagined reshaping humanity, breeding vast populations, and turning artificial moons into warships for interstellar conquest.
• Daren Yi envisioned the Five Great Ninja Villages colonizing planets and fighting an interstellar Fourth Great Ninja War in which he would be worshiped as a god.
• Daren Yi dismissed the Sage of Six Paths and considered visiting the Pure Land to fight him, unaware that he might need several near-death beatings to regain his senses.

Daren Yi’s illness manifested as a spreading darkness in his Mind World, and he shared his madness with the people linked to him while vowing to be the last person to go insane. In reality, his companions discussed preparations for the coming Dark Upheaval, including Tobirama’s dangerous training research and Fugaku’s plan to preserve humanity beyond the Shinobi World.

• Daren Yi’s Mind World filled with ominous signs as his Mental State Abnormality Degree fell from 220% to 200% while his connected companions absorbed his madness through the stars.
• Izumi Uchiha comforted Daren Yi and declared she would be the second-to-last person to go mad, leaving him to be the last.
• Daren Yi and Izumi returned to reality, where everyone had forgotten their glimpse of his Mind World.
• At Yakiniku Q, Shikamaru Nara and Ino Yamanaka discussed the shinobi training in seclusion and Tobirama’s research into Yang Release: Indestructible Golden Body, advanced through dangerous experiments involving Sasuke’s copies.
• Kiba Inuzuka revealed that Fugaku was building Seed Ships and Shelters to preserve humanity, and that Fugaku had asked for Akamaru because of his value to the species’ genetic repository.

Ino, Shikamaru, and Kabuto discussed escape plans for humanity, from hidden sanctuaries and starships to moving the entire planet, while imagining the terrible cost to the Tailed Beasts. Their shared fantasies fed the World Sea’s Illusion Worlds, and Kiba suddenly saw a game-like status panel marked “Deep Blue.”

• Ino embraced Fugaku’s plan to preserve humanity in underground sanctuaries and starships, while Shikamaru and Kabuto wondered whether earlier escape attempts had failed.
• Shikamaru proposed moving the home planet through space, and Ino considered whether humanity could power such a plan with technology, ninjutsu, and the Tailed Beasts.
• The group imagined using the Tailed Beasts as an endless energy source, then sighed that they lacked the time to carry out the plan.
• Their fantasies resonated through the World Sea and gave birth to Illusion Worlds, most of which were destroyed by its waves.
• Kiba froze when a translucent game-like panel bearing the “Deep Blue” emblem appeared before him.

Shikamaru discovered a new destiny feature on his Deep Blue Panel and spent his Rank B Crystal to activate it. Elsewhere, Kobayashi Kuri used his sole Rank F Crystal while facing death and received Heaven's Favor, as Daren Yi watched from afar.

• Shikamaru read the new destiny prompts and wondered whether they appeared because he had reached a personal Rank B destiny node and owned the matching crystal.
• Shikamaru considered the bloodshed tied to his work in the Sky Patrol Department, then instinctively learned how Destiny Points worked.
• Shikamaru tapped his Rank B Crystal and called on Deep Blue to add points.
• Bound in heavy chains, Kobayashi Kuri spent his Rank F Crystal while pleading for help and gained the new attribute Heaven's Favor · Rank F.
• Daren Yi glanced at Kobayashi Kuri from his courtyard and reflected that people had to save themselves and one another.