Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yao and Tsunade defeated Hashirama and Madara in a clash between colossal Buddha constructs, while Minato kept the masked man from interfering. After Tsunade revealed the Senju and Uchiha shared an ancestor and their clans now lived together, the bound founders argued over their bloodlines and were scolded by Tsunade.

• Minato fought the masked man, then let him withdraw after buying time for the main battlefield.
• Hashirama and Madara joined forces against Uchiha Yao and Tsunade, but their Buddha construct was shattered by the pair's modified attack.
• Uchiha Yao bound Hashirama and Madara, and Tsunade revealed her Sharingan, shocking both founders.
• Tsunade explained that the Senju and Uchiha descended from the Six Paths Sage's two sons and had reunited their bloodlines in Konoha.
• Madara praised Uchiha Yao, while Hashirama and Madara bickered over Tsunade and their clans' bloodlines until Tsunade ordered them to stop.

Shimura Danzō’s final attempt to destroy everyone failed, and Uchiha Yao’s forces ended the Konoha upheaval. As Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha returned to the underworld, they left the future of Konoha and the Ninja World to Uchiha Yao and Tsunade, while Madara’s hidden backup remained unrevealed.

• Shimura Danzō activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Kaguya Kimimaro’s bone spikes pinned him until the seal consumed him and he died without a trace.
• Uchiha Yao condemned Danzō, and Uchiha Mikoto, Uzumaki Kushina, Konan, and the Konoha Jonin confirmed that the conflict had ended.
• As the Impure World Reincarnation faded, Hashirama Senju apologized to Tsunade, and she assured him that Uchiha Yao would bring peace; Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju argued over their legacies.
• Uchiha Mikoto gained Madara Uchiha’s recognition, and Tsunade regrew a forest over the battlefield, leaving the watching nations to recognize Konoha’s overwhelming strength.
• Uchiha Yao explained that lasting peace required more than balancing power, and Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha acknowledged his approach before both vanished into white light.

Uchiha Yao used the Five Kage Summit to strengthen Konoha’s influence, install Mei Terumī and Pakura as Mizukage and Kazekage, and form alliances with Kirigakure and Sunagakure. As the villages began integrating and peace took hold, Black Zetsu and Obito watched from the shadows and continued preparing their plan.

• At the summit, A accused Konoha of provoking war, but Uchiha Yao silenced him and reassured Chiyo that Sunagakure’s role in Danzō’s scheme would be addressed later.
• Mei Terumī took the Mizukage’s seat, exposed Danzō’s control of Yagura, and was formally recognized by Uchiha Yao as the Fifth Mizukage and his wife.
• Konan presented evidence of Danzō’s crimes, while Pakura replaced Chiyo as Sunagakure’s representative, became Fifth Kazekage, and declared a strategic alliance with Konoha and Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Yao arranged for Konoha forces to stabilize Sunagakure and for Gaara to train in Konoha; afterward, A and Ōnoki secretly allied against Konoha, and Ōnoki left Kurotsuchi in the village as Yao’s student.
• In the Hokage Office, Uchiha Yao explained to Tsunade that he sought to change the Ninja World’s systems and build lasting peace rather than unify it through force; the villages then began reforms, exchanges, and joint training.
• Black Zetsu and Obito watched Konoha’s growing influence from the Land of Rain and agreed to use the time to prepare their plan to claim the Ninja World.

Konoha’s peaceful prosperity brought ninja from several villages together at a barbecue restaurant, while Gaara reflected on how Konoha had become a second home. Outside, Parallel Sasuke agreed to return to his world with Uchiha Yao to resolve its problems, and the two departed as Kakashi and Itachi quietly noticed.

• Kakashi, Might Guy, Uchiha Itachi, and other Jonin toasted Lord Naruto and discussed Konoha’s reforms, strength, and newfound peace.
• Naruto and Sasuke teased each other and promised to fight after the Chunin Exams had prevented their match, while Gaara recalled how Konoha’s kindness had helped him feel at home.
• Kankuro reflected on Gaara’s change and felt reassured that Temari would become Sunagakure’s next Kazekage as young ninja from different villages made new bonds.
• Uchiha Yao found Parallel Sasuke outside the restaurant and learned how deeply he envied the peaceful life of his counterpart.
• Uchiha Yao offered to accompany Parallel Sasuke back through the Dragon Vein, and Parallel Sasuke agreed to return and resolve his world’s problems before coming back.
• Parallel Sasuke and Uchiha Yao disappeared into the night while Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi noticed their departure and said nothing.

Uchiha Yao and the two Orochimarus developed a Dragon Vein crossing, allowing Yao and parallel-world Sasuke to travel to Sasuke’s world. There, Yao encouraged Sasuke to find his own purpose, while the Orochimarus set out to investigate their research.

• The two Orochimarus theorized that Chakra could carry the consciousness of those who came before, and parallel-world Sasuke asked Uchiha Yao to remove Indra’s reincarnated obsession from him.
• Uchiha Yao purged Indra’s influence from Sasuke and accelerated the Orochimarus’ Dragon Vein research until they created a stable model for a crossing gate.
• Uchiha Yao and parallel-world Sasuke passed through the gate to the Loulan Ruins in Sasuke’s world, while Yao’s main body remained in Konoha.
• At the ruins, Sasuke felt lost about what to do next, and Uchiha Yao urged him to think rationally, read, and take his time finding his own goals.
• The two Orochimarus crossed into Sasuke’s world to investigate their bloodline research and headed into the desert.

Adult Sasuke resolved to seek answers from Itachi, while Uchiha Yao entered another world and brought its burdened Tsunade to see the prosperous Konoha he governed. The two Tsunades met at a medical university construction site, trading polite but pointed remarks.

• Adult Sasuke told Orochimaru that he planned to find Itachi for answers rather than pursue revenge.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Sasuke was heading toward Konoha, and Obito ordered him to inform Itachi.
• Uchiha Yao entered Konoha, met Tsunade at her home, and proposed cooperation between their worlds; she agreed to visit his Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao transported Tsunade to his world, where she saw its thriving village and spent time gambling at his casino.
• Uchiha Yao brought Tsunade to the medical university construction site, where she met the other Tsunade, Kushina, and Mikoto.

After seeing another world's Konoha and her happier counterpart, Tsunade made Uchiha Yao a special adviser and began a sweeping effort to reclaim power and reform the village. Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu retaliated by seeking support from old clans and summoning Danzo back to Konoha.

• Tsunade reflected on the other world and accepted Uchiha Yao's proposal for mutual cooperation rather than conquest.
• Tsunade appointed Uchiha Yao a special adviser and brought him to the Hokage Building.
• Tsunade abolished the Hokage adviser positions, ordered Might Guy to escort Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu out, and barred them from the building.
• Tsunade began revising Academy textbooks and purging old factions from Konoha's departments, while Kakashi warned that the reforms could leave the village vulnerable to Akatsuki.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu contacted the Ino-Shika-Cho clans and the Sarutobi Clan, and summoned Danzo back to the village.

Tsunade faced growing opposition as Konoha’s clans and leaders chose sides in the struggle for power. She remained confident in her plans, confronted Jiraiya over his criticism, and tightened her control of the village by appointing Kakashi Jonin Commander.

• Hyuga Hiashi committed fifty elite clan members to Tsunade, while the Aburame stayed neutral and the Ino-Shika-Cho clans chose to withdraw from senior posts and align with Jiraiya.
• Shikaku recognized that Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were spreading rumors about Asuma’s death to inflame the conflict, while Jiraiya hurried back to Konoha after receiving reports.
• Tsunade went shopping with Shizune and explained that she planned to remove the old power brokers, cultivate loyal allies, and target the Sarutobi Clan through Konohamaru.
• Naruto refused to help Konohamaru challenge Tsunade after she returned his parents’ withheld inheritance and told him the truth about his father, Namikaze Minato.
• Jiraiya confronted Tsunade about risking Konoha’s security, but she rebuked him for neglecting the village and appointed Kakashi Jonin Commander.

Tsunade and Uchiha Yao broke the old advisers’ hold over Konoha, exposed Root’s crimes, and branded Danzō an S-rank rogue ninja. Tsunade then revealed that Yao was the Fourth Hokage from a parallel world, leaving Naruto wondering who the forgotten Fourth Hokage was in his own world as Tsunade vowed to reform Konoha.

• Tsunade confronted Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu over their past failures, and Uchiha Yao used Wood Release to silence them and demand obedience to the Hokage.
• Tsunade dissolved Root, transferred its authorization to Senju Yao, and sent Jiraiya, Kakashi, Hyuga Hiashi, Might Guy, and clan heads to investigate its bases.
• The task force uncovered Root’s human experiments and stolen clan abilities, while Uchiha Yao subdued the Root loyalists who resisted.
• Tsunade declared Shimura Danzō an S-rank rogue ninja, sealed news of Root’s atrocities, and warned Konoha’s leaders against avoiding battle.
• Naruto reconsidered his childhood after learning that Konoha’s leaders had withheld his parents’ inheritance, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu sought help from the Sarutobi Clan and Danzō.
• Tsunade identified Uchiha Yao as the Fourth Hokage from a parallel world and explained that she intended to rebuild Konoha; Naruto began questioning the identity of his own world’s Fourth Hokage.

Tsunade learned that the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Utatane elders planned a coup, so she mobilized Konoha’s forces and revealed Sasuke’s return as a secretly assigned undercover operative. Sasuke joined the mission to capture Danzo, and Konoha’s ambush waited as Danzo arrived at the Land of Fire Bridge.

• The Sarutobi Clan Head, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu decided to overthrow Tsunade in a coup before Danzo could expose their collusion with Root.
• Tsunade ordered Anbu to monitor the three clans and summoned neutral clan leaders, then prepared a forged top-secret file restoring Sasuke’s reputation as an undercover operative.
• Tsunade appointed Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Sasuke to command the mission to capture Danzo, and publicly reinstated Sasuke as a Konoha ninja and promoted him to Jonin.
• Sasuke reunited with Naruto and Sakura, made clear he had no romantic interest, and advised Naruto to value what he had rather than seek strength through suffering.
• Jiraiya led Konoha’s elite forces to the Land of Fire Bridge, where they hid in ambush for Danzo and his guards.
• Neji sensed Sasuke’s immense chakra, while Naruto reflected on Sasuke’s advice; Danzo and his party then appeared at the bridge.

Sasuke and Konoha’s forces captured Shimura Danzō, exposed his crimes, and killed him after his failed attempt to escape. Tsunade then crushed the coup by the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Utatane clans; by dawn, their crimes were public and Konoha’s old leadership had fallen.

• Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Konoha’s clans surrounded Shimura Danzō on Land of Fire Bridge, and Sasuke defeated him, removed Shisui’s eye, and escaped his final seal attack with a Shadow Clone.
• Kisame Hoshigaki left Uchiha Itachi behind as Itachi headed toward Konoha, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu planned a coup against Tsunade.
• Tsunade secured the clans’ support and ordered a midnight assault after Anbu uncovered the coup plot.
• Konoha’s forces attacked the Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Utatane clans, while Sasuke fought the rebels and Itachi watched from the former Uchiha grounds.
• Sasuke trapped Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu in a Genjutsu, and Kakashi ordered their Chakra sealed and their memories investigated.
• At dawn, Konoha publicly revealed the three clans’ crimes, and the village began recovering from the purge.

Lin Yao of the Joy of Life world was summoned to the Star Palace, where he gained memories and abilities from his other selves. Back in the Qing Kingdom capital, he realized his newfound power could change his world, though his joking claim about ruling the realm frightened his younger sister Nannan.

• Lin Yao was pulled from the parallel Konoha into the Star Palace, where a new throne appeared for the Joy of Life world.
• Lin Yao shared memories with the other Lin Yaos, who learned he had been reborn into the Lin family and had begun training in martial arts.
• The Lin Yaos learned that martial energy in Joy of Life came from nuclear radiation and gained the ability to absorb radiation for cultivation.
• Joy of Life Lin Yao returned to the Lin residence and tested the immense strength he had gained from his other selves.
• Lin Yao's sister Nannan mistook his joke about becoming the Supreme Ruler of the Realm for dangerous treasonous talk, and the maids agreed to keep it secret.
• Lin Yao watched Nannan hurry away and reflected that his world would be different from then on.

Lin Yao took over the Temple, turned its military museum into a robotic-guard factory, and won Northern Qi’s cooperation by backing Zhan Doudou. As his forces grew and reforms advanced, he planned to unite the world and eventually reach the stars.

• Lin Yao arrived at the Temple, ignored its AI guide, restrained and reprogrammed its robotic guards, and seized control of the museum’s systems.
• Lin Yao discovered the museum held mostly outdated technology, then used its weapons and parts to build several hundred upgraded robotic guards.
• Lin Yao chose to approach Northern Qi through Zhan Doudou, and publicly declared her heaven’s chosen ruler destined to unify the world.
• The Qing Emperor learned of the Temple’s support for Zhan Doudou and planned to bring Fan Xian back to the capital so he could find Wu Zhu and locate the Temple.
• Zhan Doudou abandoned thoughts of opposing Lin Yao and tried to secure an alliance with him, while Lin Yao’s maids blocked her attempts to approach him.
• With Zhan Doudou’s cooperation, Lin Yao suppressed resistance, established robotic-guard factories, and planned to expand his rule beyond Northern Qi and Qing Kingdom.

Lin Yao consolidated Shrek by purging corruption, reforming student duties, and preparing to accept disciples while a disguised Three-Eyed Golden Lion named Di Niqiu arrived at the academy to find him. After failing to reach him, Di Niqiu saw Lin Yao’s announcement as her chance to enter the Sea God Pavilion.

• Lin Yao backed Zhang Lexuan’s investigation into Shrek’s finances and appointments, exposing corruption and removing parasites from the academy.
• Di Niqiu left the Star Dou Great Forest, applied for Shrek’s Inner Court examination, and defeated a veteran Soul Emperor with a single punch.
• Xuan Zi granted Di Niqiu special admission and urged Lin Yao to place her on the academy’s tournament team, but Lin Yao instead planned to watch over her and choose competitors by merit.
• Lin Yao entered seclusion and expanded Shrek’s influence while Di Niqiu searched Sea God Island for him, confirmed he was the young man she had met years earlier, and failed to enter the Sea God Pavilion.
• Lin Yao abolished the Inner Court’s high-risk surveillance and execution missions, then announced he would accept talented students as disciples.
• Di Niqiu heard Lin Yao’s announcement and resolved to use the opportunity to get close to him.

Lin Yao announced a disciple selection and used his authority as Sea God Pavilion Master to begin transforming Shrek Academy. After Di Niqiu overwhelmed the other candidates, she and Wang Dong'er faced each other in the tournament's final match.

• Di Niqiu, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Wang Dong'er reacted to Lin Yao's disciple selection, while Tang San secretly influenced Wang Dong'er to register through the Sea God Trident.
• The Inner Court announced that applicants had to be under twenty and at least Soul Kings; nearly thirty qualified, including Di Niqiu, Wang Dong'er, Ning Tian, Dai Huabin, and Tang Ya.
• Lin Yao reviewed the applicants, recognized Tang San's scheme, and set a points-based tournament, intending to use the opportunity to approach Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King about cooperation between humans and soul beasts.
• At the first high-level Sea God Pavilion meeting after Mu En's death, Lin Yao abolished mandatory student supervision missions and redirected the Supervision Group toward overseeing the Three Douluo Kingdoms; the elders accepted his reforms.
• Lin Yao outlined plans to reshape Shrek and unite the continent's strength, then entered seclusion to study a new system linking soul masters and soul beasts.
• Di Niqiu defeated the other tournament contestants, leaving only her and Wang Dong'er in the arena as the final match began.

Di Niqiu and Wang Dong'er fought in the final of Shrek Academy's pavilion master's disciple selection tournament, but Lin Yao stopped their clash and chose both as his personal disciples. After receiving tailored cultivation gifts, the two settled into the Sea God Pavilion as fellow disciples and rivals.

• Di Niqiu and Wang Dong'er faced off in the tournament final, with Lin Yao announcing the match.
• Di Niqiu overwhelmed Wang Dong'er's Light Goddess Butterfly defenses, prompting Wang Dong'er to reveal her Clear Sky Hammer and use the Clear Sky Domain.
• Wang Dong'er and Di Niqiu launched their strongest attacks at each other, but Lin Yao caught the Clear Sky Hammer and Golden Dragon Spear and halted the duel.
• Lin Yao named both women his personal disciples, and the students celebrated his decision.
• Di Niqiu and Wang Dong'er chose rooms in the Sea God Pavilion, where Lin Yao gave Wang Dong'er body-tempering Pills and Di Niqiu a spiritual cultivation secret art and Pills.
• Di Niqiu and Wang Dong'er left Lin Yao's office and acknowledged each other as fellow disciples and rivals.

Lin Yao oversaw Shrek Academy’s purge and began teaching Di Niqiu and Wang Dong'er to fuse Soul Power with spiritual power. After returning to Shrek Island, he visited Ling Luochen, leaving their meeting unresolved.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress reported that they had purged corrupt officials and criminal forces from Shrek Academy and Shrek City, while Ice Empress said integrating the Extreme North soul beasts would take time.
• Di Niqiu and Wang Dong'er asked Lin Yao for help understanding how to synchronize Soul Power and spiritual power, so he demonstrated the technique outside Shrek City.
• Di Niqiu and Wang Dong'er learned the fusion technique and practiced attacking Lin Yao, with Di Niqiu progressing quickly and Wang Dong'er showing precise control.
• Di Niqiu challenged Wang Dong'er to a match to decide who would be senior disciple, but Lin Yao stopped them and declared that whoever reached Soul Saint first would be senior sister.
• Lin Yao set their lesson schedule, accepted gifts from Tang Ya and Ning Tian at a gathering, and then went to Ling Luochen’s residence.

Lin Yao transformed Ling Luochen’s ice martial soul into Ultimate Ice while Shrek pursued new supervision agreements with the continent’s empires. The negotiations exposed each nation’s dependence on Shrek, as Lin Yao prepared to expand his authority and purge forces linked to the Holy Spirit Cult within a year.

• Lin Yao used Star Power to evolve Ling Luochen’s ice martial soul into Ultimate Ice, and her Soul Power rose to the middle stage of Soul Saint by morning.
• Elder Song persuaded Blady to accept Shrek’s supervision agreement after Du Busi warned that Lin Yao’s strength made resistance dangerous, and Blady sent Princess Vina to study at Shrek.
• Princess Xu Jiujiu sought Shrek’s wartime support against the Sun Moon Empire, but Lin Yao made that aid conditional on the Star Luo Empire signing the supervision agreement, and she left to consider the choice.
• Elder Lin negotiated with the Dou Ling Empire, whose representatives accepted only half the terms and planned to renege, before the talks with the three nations concluded.
• Lin Yao continued expanding Shrek’s authority and planned to eliminate forces tied to the Holy Spirit Cult and abusive lords within a year.

As war threatened the continent, Lin Yao purged the Heaven Dou Plain’s criminal networks, strengthened his influence in the three empires and Shrek Academy, and cultivated the women around him. He also fused his Soul Destroying Spear’s annihilation power with Ultimate Ice to create Annihilation Ice Prison, completing another major transformation of his strength.

• As border clashes and shortages spread fear across the continent, Lin Yao focused on securing the Heaven Dou Plain around Shrek City.
• Lin Yao formed a special inspection force led by the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, which dismantled criminal dens, trafficking operations, and a spy network across the plain.
• Lin Yao secretly supported Shrek graduates in the Heaven Dou, Star Luo, and Sun Moon Empires, while replacing Shrek Academy’s entrenched elders with loyal younger leaders.
• Lin Yao helped Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, Han Ruoruo, and Ma Xiaotao improve their Martial Souls and cultivation, including purifying Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Lin Yao studied the origins of his Martial Souls and fused the Soul Destroying Spear’s annihilation power with Ultimate Ice, creating Annihilation Ice Prison.
• Lin Yao’s body, Spiritual Sea, Soul Skills, Soul Rings, and three Soul Cores underwent extensive refinement, greatly increasing his combat strength and recovery.

Lin Yao consolidated his influence across the continent, secretly embedding operatives throughout the Sun Moon Empire and the traditional three empires while governing Shrek with benevolence. He continued to strengthen himself through sparring with Du Busi, whose repeated defeats left the Body Sect in awe of Lin Yao.

• Lin Yao focused on expanding his influence into the Sun Moon Empire and investigating the Sea God Family as a way to learn about the Sea God and the God Realm.
• Lin Yao’s trained operatives infiltrated the Sun Moon Empire and gained control of more than half its grassroots administration, trade, workshops, and checkpoints.
• Lin Yao placed loyal agents in the courts, armies, merchant associations, and sects of the Heaven Soul, Star Luo, and Fighting Spirit Empires.
• Lin Yao governed Shrek through daily administration, inspections, and open channels for appeals while punishing external threats without mercy.
• Lin Yao repeatedly sparred with Du Busi at matched strength and defeated him, leading the Body Sect’s Elders and Core Disciples to replace their defiance with awe and submission.