Chapter Summaries

Hinata Cang Yue fought Hashirama Senju and the Konoha forces while Tang Ping waited for the Sage of Six Paths to intervene. After the Sage stopped her Super Almighty Push through Naruto, Tang Ping began his plan to establish connections across the Shinobi World.

• Hinata Cang Yue attacked the recovering Naruto, but Hashirama Senju broke free of Orochimaru's control and shielded him with Wood Release.
• Hinata Cang Yue confronted Hashirama Senju and criticized Konoha's double standards while fighting off his Wood Release techniques.
• Hinata Cang Yue unleashed Super Almighty Push, but the Nine-Tails burst out and interrupted her attack before it could cause casualties.
• Hinata Cang Yue received Tang Ping's message confirming that the Sage of Six Paths had entered the battlefield and fulfilled her mission.
• Tang Ping activated a prepared Summoning Technique formula, and Hot Spring Valley sent a signal that triggered strange events across the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Mei and the Golden Crow Clan defended Hot Spring Valley as monsters swarmed toward the Clear Sky Tower, while battles also erupted at Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave. With the Networking nearing completion, Tang Ping disguised himself as Kara and prepared to confront Naruto and hold the Sage of Six Paths at bay.

• Uchiha Mei received confirmation that the signal had been sent, then watched the Clear Sky Tower's golden radiance draw monsters toward Hot Spring Valley.
• Thousands of Three-Legged Golden Crows fought the monsters, and Uchiha Mei used Susanoo and Taiyi's flames to stop powerful sandworms.
• Monsters attacked Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave as well, but the Flying Corps and ninja forces held their defenses while the three Clear Sky Towers resonated.
• Tang Ping relied on the Priestess Festival and Chiki Maru's measures to keep the Networking's disturbances and Blazing Sun Country's empty capital from being exploited.
• Tang Ping changed into Kara's uniform, entered Lava Release: Zhurong Armor, and advanced toward the Nine-Tails to pressure Naruto while keeping the Sage of Six Paths occupied.

Hinata Cang Yue’s Pain disguise was exposed when Orochimaru recognized that she was not the real Pain, and Tang Ping revealed Kara’s involvement. As Kara confronted Konoha and fought Naruto’s tailed-beast form, Tang Ping countered Hashirama Senju while Hinata Cang Yue battled Asuma and Naruto.

• Orochimaru called out Hinata Cang Yue as an impostor, and a Kara member wearing a Bone Mask appeared to reveal the group’s presence.
• Tang Ping signaled Hinata Cang Yue to shed her Pain disguise, and she revealed herself as a Kara member while Orochimaru moved closer to Kara.
• Asuma challenged Kara’s intentions, and Tang Ping said they had come to fight the tailed-beast-transformed Naruto.
• Hashirama Senju attacked Tang Ping with Wood Release, but Tang Ping’s Lava Release turned the ground to lava and burned away the wooden palms.
• Hinata Cang Yue struck Naruto’s Nine-Tails form, then knocked Asuma back and pierced Yamato’s Wooden Dome Wall with Dong Dong Wave.
• Naruto attacked Hinata Cang Yue with a massive claw, but she countered it with Fivefold Godly Vacuum Attack.

Hinata Cang Yue overwhelmed Naruto's Nine-Tails form with her Extraordinary Organs and powerful techniques, while Tang Ping watched for interference from the Sage of Six Paths. Naruto broke free and entered his Jinchuriki state, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Hinata Cang Yue shattered the Nine-Tails' claw and restrained it with her nine Extraordinary Organs.
• Asuma and Yamato tried to free Naruto, but Hinata Cang Yue injured Asuma and blasted Yamato through his Tree World Wall.
• Hinata Cang Yue used the Tailed Wings Technique to squeeze the Nine-Tails, while Tang Ping observed and kept watch for the Six Paths' interference.
• Naruto broke free of Hinata Cang Yue's restraints and shifted into his Jinchuriki state.

Konoha reinforcements led by Jiraiya arrived at Tenchi Bridge, turning the fight against Orochimaru and Kara into a larger confrontation. As Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and challenged Tang Ping, Tang Ping worked to seal Hashirama Senju before facing him.

• Jiraiya, Choza, Inoichi, and hundreds of elite Konoha ninja arrived at Tenchi Bridge, and Kakashi wounded Orochimaru before Orochimaru escaped the injury with his substitution technique.
• Jiraiya’s forces reinforced the barrier around the battlefield as Tang Ping used gravity and lava hands to restrain and begin sealing Hashirama Senju.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with Shima and Fukasaku, then crossed the chasm and landed in the lava lake.
• Tang Ping accelerated his attempt to seal Hashirama Senju while assessing Jiraiya’s power.
• Jiraiya declared that Kara’s grudge with Konoha would be settled at Tenchi Bridge.

Tang Ping fought Jiraiya inside a barrier, where he unleashed Meteor Volcano and killed Yamanaka Inoichi when Inoichi tried to use the Mind Body Switch Technique on him. The chapter ended with Tang Ping's magma meteors beginning to rain down on every target within the barrier.

• Jiraiya and the sages attacked Tang Ping with senjutsu, but he resisted their techniques and avoided Jiraiya's Great Ball Rasengan.
• Tang Ping used Lava Release: Meteor Volcano, lifting masses of magma into the air and accelerating them with gravity.
• Yamanaka Inoichi used the Mind Body Switch Technique on Tang Ping, but Tang Ping's spiritual power overwhelmed him and killed him.
• Jiraiya attacked Tang Ping in anger over Inoichi's death, while Tang Ping completed Meteor Volcano.
• Tang Ping mocked Jiraiya and watched as the magma meteors began bombarding every target inside the barrier.

Tang Ping’s Meteor Volcano devastated the Konoha forces, while Hinata Cang Yue kept Naruto under attack and the Sage of Six Paths intervened to protect him. With the Paradise Plan’s Networking complete, Tang Ping prepared the Shell Organization’s retreat, leaving Jiraiya to choose between shielding Naruto and stopping them.

• Tang Ping’s Meteor Volcano battered the Konoha forces trapped inside the barriers, killing and injuring many while Jiraiya tried to stop him.
• Hinata Cang Yue used the Tenseigan to overwhelm Naruto, and Tang Ping recognized that the Sage of Six Paths had boosted Naruto to protect him.
• After the bombardment ended, Tang Ping realized Hashirama Senju had disappeared and suspected Orochimaru or the Byakugan Wolf had taken him.
• Tang Ping sensed that Paradise had successfully completed its Networking and ordered Kabuto to prepare to leave.
• Tang Ping hurled a Star Shattering Spear at Naruto and charged away, forcing Jiraiya to choose between protecting Naruto and pursuing the Shell Organization.

Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue turned back to attack Naruto after the Sage of Six Paths took control of his body, while Jiraiya ordered Konoha’s forces to withdraw. As Hinata Cang Yue’s power surged through her resonance with the Giant Tenseigan, Jiraiya chose to stay and face her with the toad sages.

• Tang Ping ordered Hinata Cang Yue to attack Naruto, suspecting the Sage of Six Paths had taken over Naruto’s body.
• Hinata Cang Yue resonated with the Giant Tenseigan, and Orochimaru sensed her terrifying power.
• Jiraiya ordered the barrier removed and Konoha’s forces evacuated while he stayed behind to hold off the enemy.
• Orochimaru refused to retreat and moved farther away to watch the battle with Kabuto.
• Hinata Cang Yue tested Naruto with a long-range strike that pierced a summoned frog statue, and Jiraiya prepared to fight alongside Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku.

Hinata Cang Yue revealed her nine Truth-Seeking Orbs while fighting Jiraiya, as Tang Ping tested the Six Paths power controlling Naruto. Jiraiya evaded Hinata Cang Yue’s attempt to strike him in the shadows, but the orb was closing in.

• Fukasaku attacked Hinata Cang Yue with his tongue, but she repelled it and destroyed Jiraiya’s clone with Dong Dong Wave.
• Tang Ping attacked Naruto with Lava Release, realized the Six Paths was fighting through him, and entered Sage Mode to test his opponent.
• Jiraiya and Hinata Cang Yue drew their fight away from Tang Ping and Naruto as Tang Ping launched a barrage of magma spears.
• Hinata Cang Yue summoned nine Truth-Seeking Orbs, and Sage Shima recognized them and warned Jiraiya to flee.
• Jiraiya attacked with a Great Ball Rasengan, but a Truth-Seeking Orb consumed it; he escaped Hinata Cang Yue’s pull with the Shadow Flattening Technique.
• Hinata Cang Yue fired a Truth-Seeking Orb at Jiraiya’s hiding place in the shadows, and Shima intervened just before it struck.

Hinata Cang Yue used her Truth-Seeking Orbs and Tenseigan to overwhelm Jiraiya, then killed Fukasaku when he intercepted her attack. She trapped Jiraiya in a deep crater and prepared to face his forbidden technique.

• Jiraiya evaded Hinata Cang Yue’s Truth-Seeking Orb attack with help from a summoned toad, but Hinata then unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Jiraiya, Sage Shima, and Fukasaku survived the storm using defensive techniques, though Jiraiya was badly injured.
• Hinata Cang Yue struck Fukasaku with a Truth-Seeking Orb, killing him and annihilating his soul.
• Jiraiya dispelled the summoning to remove Fukasaku and Shima, while Hinata used the crater to limit his escape.
• Jiraiya formed hand seals and prepared to use a famous forbidden technique as Hinata Cang Yue readied herself.

Jiraiya used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal against Hinata Cang Yue, forcing them into a perilous battle of souls. Tang Ping realized the Sage of Six Paths might be pursuing the Death God in the crater and rushed to save Cang Yue.

• Jiraiya cast the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and the Death God tried to pull Hinata Cang Yue's soul from her body.
• Hinata Cang Yue and Jiraiya struggled in a deadly contest of wills, with neither able to overpower the other.
• Tang Ping sensed the Death God's presence and concluded that the Sage of Six Paths was powerful but not invincible.
• Tang Ping unleashed Lava Release: Volcanic Explosion and hurried toward the crater as Naruto followed him with golden chakra around his body.
• Tang Ping suspected the Sage of Six Paths wanted the Death God for its connection to the Pure Land and realized his own Paradise might also be a destination for souls.

Tang Ping and the Sage of Six Paths struggled to capture the Death God, whose soul powers could help them with their work. As Naruto’s consciousness began to awaken, Tang Ping watched to see whether the Sage of Six Paths would keep controlling his body or leave.

• Tang Ping sealed the crater and ordered Hinata Cang Yue to hold the Death God back by gripping his soul claw.
• Tang Ping used the Reanimation Jutsu to project his soul and seize the Death God.
• Naruto reached out to pull the Death God toward himself, and the competing forces began drawing the Death God toward Tang Ping.
• Naruto’s consciousness began to awaken and called out, "Perverted Sage!"

Tang Ping captured the Death God after interrupting Jiraiya’s sacrifice, then returned to the Tenshukaku to resume the Paradise Plan. He left exhausted but determined to reach the Six Paths Level before the final battle.

• Tang Ping severed Jiraiya’s Dead Demon Consuming Seal and chose to fight the Death God instead of pursuing Jiraiya and Naruto.
• Hinata Cang Yue attacked the fleeing Naruto and Jiraiya, but the Sage of Six Paths’ consciousness deflected the strike and Naruto escaped with Jiraiya.
• Tang Ping spent several hours battling the Death God before sealing it temporarily in a scroll, leaving himself severely weakened.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue left the battlefield, and Tang Ping took several days to return to the Tenshukaku.
• Tang Ping learned that Chiki Maru had retained command after the allied forces threatened rebellion when the Daimyo and nobles considered replacing him.
• Tang Ping refused visitors and went straight to the laboratory to enter Paradise and continue his plan.

Tang Ping used Faith Energy to shape Paradise, a soul-only realm meant to differ from the Pure Land by giving souls a place to live and reincarnate. After seven days of work, he completed its idyllic landscape and Reincarnation Pool, leaving Paradise ready to receive souls.

• Tang Ping entered Paradise with his soul and used Faith Energy from the Clear Sky Towers to illuminate its empty space.
• Tang Ping created the sky, atmosphere, land, seas, stars, day and night, animals, and plants, resting between changes because his soul was strained.
• Uchiha Mei and other informed leaders learned that Paradise was taking shape and supported Tang Ping’s use of Faith Energy.
• On the seventh day, Tang Ping finished Paradise, building a shrine to the Lord of the Blazing Sun and establishing a Reincarnation Pool for souls.
• A figure appeared before Tang Ping’s soul inside the completed shrine.

Tang Ping returned from Paradise after recruiting a Priestess to help manage incoming souls, then oversaw Blazing Sun Country’s new long-distance communication network. After a month of calm, he finished controlling the Death God and prepared to witness a famous scene.

• Tang Ping explained Paradise to a newly arrived Priestess and assigned her to receive and settle future souls.
• Tang Ping returned to his body, rested, and planned to use faith-based methods to control the Death God.
• The Priestesses began providing long-distance calls through the Clear Sky Towers, linking Blazing Sun Country’s distant territories.
• Tobirama Senju developed the communication service, which Blazing Sun Country planned to offer first to allies and friendly forces.
• During a month of calm, Tang Ping turned the Death God into his own shape and made a clone to control it.
• With the Death God stationed in Paradise, Tang Ping prepared to witness a famous scene.

Tang Ping persuaded Uchiha Mei to let him leave Blazing Sun Country and bring Karin and Naruko along, hoping to witness Uchiha Sasuke absorb Orochimaru and claim Orochimaru's research. Before they departed, he warned Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue that the Sage of Six Paths was watching them and explained the truth about the Otsutsuki.

• Tang Ping insisted on going to observe Uchiha Sasuke and Orochimaru, eager to acquire Orochimaru's research and technology.
• Uchiha Mei agreed to let Tang Ping leave his post at Tenshukaku, and Karin and Naruko persuaded him to take them along.
• Tang Ping offered Karin and Naruko a chance to earn extra money by dealing with the Evil God in the Land of Hot Water.
• Tang Ping warned Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue that the Sage of Six Paths had noticed them and told them about Kaguya, the God Tree, and her sealing by her sons.
• Hinata Cang Yue mocked the Uchiha for apparently inheriting certain habits across generations.

Tang Ping and his companions reached Orochimaru's base in Rice Field Country to watch the confrontation between Orochimaru and Uchiha Sasuke. They observed from a prepared viewing point as the showdown began.

• After Hinata Cang Yue defeated Uchiha Mei in their fight, Tang Ping left Tenshukaku with Hinata Cang Yue, Naruko, Karin, and Tenten.
• Tang Ping and the four women traveled toward Rice Field Country, taking nearly a week while he monitored events through an informant.
• Tang Ping sent Naruko and Karin to handle their own business, but Karin persuaded him that the Land of Hot Water was worth visiting for its hot springs.
• Tang Ping led the group into Orochimaru's cleared-out base and took them to a prepared position with surveillance devices.
• Tang Ping and his companions watched as the anticipated showdown between Orochimaru and Uchiha Sasuke began.

Sasuke attacked Orochimaru before the rogue ninja could take his body, determined to settle the score for his crimes. Tang Ping and the others watched, confident Sasuke would win, and left to await the result.

• Sasuke left his room, and Kabuto anesthetized himself to avoid interfering in the confrontation.
• Sasuke pierced Orochimaru through the door with Chidori Sharp Spear, then entered and challenged him over his plan to take Sasuke's body.
• Sasuke condemned Orochimaru for treating human lives as tools in pursuit of truth and kept the advantage in their fight.
• Tang Ping, Hinata Cang Yue, Karin, Naruko, and Tenten watched the battle through hidden cameras, and Tang Ping refused to intervene because Sasuke had insurance and needed the experience.
• Tang Ping led the others to wait for Sasuke to win as the confrontation shifted toward a spiritual battle.

Tang Ping watched as Uchiha Sasuke defeated Orochimaru in their souls and absorbed his power. He warned Sasuke against awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan through a shortcut, then offered a safer method in exchange for Sasuke giving up the mission's credit.

• Tang Ping sensed that Sasuke had not yet awakened Indra's Chakra, while Sasuke fought Orochimaru within their souls.
• Sasuke awoke after absorbing Orochimaru's soul, and Tang Ping warned him not to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan through a shortcut.
• Tang Ping explained that a shortcut would leave Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan fragile and prone to damage.
• Sasuke asked how he could gain enough power to kill Itachi, and Tang Ping offered to help him awaken the Mangekyō safely at the cost of the mission's credit.
• Sasuke accepted Tang Ping's offer and agreed to cooperate with the remaining plan.

Tang Ping had Tenten take Orochimaru’s three Chakra Cannons and left Kabuto to manage the base and its inheritance for Blazing Sun Country. He headed for the Land of Hot Water with Sasuke, while Kabuto woke and accepted the secret plan.

• Tang Ping kept Kabuto’s allegiance hidden and planned to use him to take over the base and make Akatsuki shoulder blame for future upheaval.
• Tenten used her spatial ability and Extraordinary Organs to store all three Chakra Cannons without damaging the warehouse.
• Tang Ping told Sasuke to meet him in the Land of Hot Water after retrieving Jūgo, promising him a reward and help with surgery.
• Tang Ping took scrolls and documents from the base before departing with the others.
• A Shadow Clone woke Kabuto and left him instructions to transfer the inheritance to Blazing Sun Country and avoid contact because the Sage of Six Paths might be watching him.
• Kabuto read and destroyed the note, then accepted his role in Tang Ping’s plan.