Chapter Summaries

Lin Yao welcomed Medusa to Jia Nan Academy, guided his companions in cultivation, and explained how the Little Soul Hall was infiltrating the Soul Hall. He prepared to travel to the Central Plains after resolving Xiao Yi Xian’s poison body, then began refining Eighth Rank pills and secured Old Man Yao’s Bone Chilling Flame origin.

• Lin Yao spoke with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, then hosted a banquet at Jia Nan Academy where Qing Yue revealed that her Equal Contract with Little Cai had advanced her cultivation to One Star Dou Zong.
• Medusa described how her bond with Little Cai had strengthened her control of her bloodline and brought her close to breaking through to Dou Zun.
• Lin Yao led a private cultivation lesson for Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Qing Yue, Zi Yan, and Little Cai, using Star Power to help them understand their abilities.
• Lin Yao told Xiao Yi Xian that the Little Soul Hall had quietly taken over much of the Soul Hall’s Northwest Continent network and said he would study the Central Plains before making his next move.
• Lin Yao promised to fully resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Body of Calamity Poison before leaving, then spent seven days refining Eighth Rank pills and absorbed their Pill Lightning with the Five Thunder Drum.
• Lin Yao obtained a wisp of Bone Chilling Flame origin from Old Man Yao in exchange for promising to look after Xiao Yan, and gave Old Man Yao Soul-Nourishing Pills to aid his recovery.

Lin Yao refined the origin of Xiao Yi Xian’s Body of Calamity Poison, giving her control over its power, while Jia Nan Academy’s allies grew stronger. Zi Yan awakened her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and learned about her lineage before setting out to join Medusa and Qing Yue.

• Lin Yao distributed pills to Zi Yan, Su Qian, and the academy elders, then used three Heavenly Flames and Star Power to refine Xiao Yi Xian’s poison origin into a new core she could control.
• Medusa and Qing Yue strengthened after taking Lin Yao’s pills, then left to eliminate Soul Hall remnants and recruit powerful serpent-type magical beasts.
• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion at Eight-Star Dou Zong Peak with her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline awakened and demonstrated precise control over Spatial Power.
• Lin Yao told Zi Yan that her father was the Dragon Emperor and warned her to conceal her identity until she was strong enough to face the dragon clan’s internal strife.
• Three days later, Zi Yan gave Lin Yao a bottle of Ancient Void Dragon Origin Dragon Qi and departed to join Medusa and Qing Yue.

Lin Yao accepted Su Qian’s invitation to attend the Lei Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony but chose to prepare and grow stronger before leaving for the Central Plains. As the Soul Hall ordered Star-Seizing Old Ghost to capture him, Venerable Feng found Yao Chen in the Black Corner Region and reunited with him.

• The Inner Court Strong Ranking Tournament began, and Xiao Yan defeated the second-ranked expert, revealing that he had reached Eight-Star Dou Ling.
• Su Qian gave Lin Yao a Lei Clan Viewing Ceremony Jade Invitation and explained that the ceremony would gather young talents from across the continent.
• Lin Yao agreed to attend the ceremony after making preparations, and Su Qian gave him a letter from Headmaster Mang Tianchi to help him in the Central Plains.
• Lin Yao observed Xiao Yi Xian nearing the Peak Dou Zong realm as she cultivated her Body of Calamity Poison.
• The Soul Hall deputy hall master ordered Star-Seizing Old Ghost to capture Lin Yao alive and bring him to headquarters.
• Venerable Feng followed Yao Chen’s Soul Force imprint to the Black Corner Region and reunited with him, learning that Xiao Yan was cultivating at Jia Nan Academy.

After Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy with Venerable Feng and Old Man Yao, Lin Yao advanced to Late-Stage Dou Zun, refined his cultivation methods, and began cultivating additional Heavenly Flames. The chapter left him in seclusion, nurturing the Netherworld Poison Flame origin he had obtained from Xiao Yi Xian.

• Venerable Feng praised Lin Yao’s achievements and agreed to take Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao to the Central Plains, while Old Man Yao vowed to settle his score with Soul Hall.
• Lin Yao spent months refining pills and absorbing Pill Lightning before advancing from Mid-Stage Dou Zun to Late-Stage Dou Zun.
• Lin Yao studied Venerable Skyfire’s techniques and deduced the Five Elements Art and Five Elements Body Tempering Technique to the Half-Step Heavenly Tier level.
• Lin Yao checked on Xiao Yi Xian’s progress in seclusion and saw that her cultivation was nearing a breakthrough to Dou Zun.
• Lin Yao condensed his own Bone Chilling Flame, then asked Xiao Yi Xian for a strand of Netherworld Poison Flame origin.
• Lin Yao shut himself in the pill room and used Star Power to cultivate the Netherworld Poison Flame until its aura and potency grew stronger.

Lin Yao integrated the Netherworld Poison Flame with his four other Heavenly Flames and advanced to High-Rank Dou Zun. As Xiao Yi Xian began transforming through her breakthrough, a Soul Hall assassin attacked, but Lin Yao effortlessly defeated him and learned he was Old Bone Mu Gu.

• Lin Yao united five Heavenly Flames with the Star Palace’s help, reached High-Rank Dou Zun, and prepared to enter the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yi Xian began breaking through to Dou Zun, and Lin Yao used Star Power and the five flames to remove her hidden injury.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s Body of Calamity Poison fully awakened, forming an Energy Cocoon as the Netherworld Poison Flame fused with her Poison Body Origin.
• Venerable Skyfire noticed Lin Yao’s breakthrough, then sensed an attacker approaching from behind.
• Lin Yao blocked the assassin’s strike and restrained him with Sea Heart Flame; the man identified himself as Old Bone Mu Gu of the Soul Hall and demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Yao repelled Old Bone Mu Gu’s saber strike with one finger and pinned him down, leaving the Three-Star Dou Zun unable to move.

Lin Yao killed Mu Gu, a Soul Hall assassin, and seized his treasures before extracting Soul Hall’s secrets from his captured soul. The chapter ended with Mu Gu asking Lin Yao what relationship he had with Yao Chen.

• Mu Gu recognized Lin Yao’s Heavenly Realm Soul Force and five Heavenly Flames, then plotted to kill him and take his body, but Lin Yao struck first.
• Lin Yao shattered Mu Gu’s body and captured his fleeing soul in a Crystal Ball with his Heavenly Realm Soul Force.
• Lin Yao searched Mu Gu’s Storage Ring, found rare herbs and pill formulas, and gave some of the treasures to Su Qian for the academy’s treasury.
• Su Qian arranged for Headmaster Mang Tianchi to return while Qian Wan and Bai Li resolved to enter seclusion and pursue breakthroughs to Dou Zun.
• Lin Yao interrogated Mu Gu and extracted intelligence about Soul Hall, including its ranks, branches, and secret method for creating Soul Origin.
• As Lin Yao prepared to erase Mu Gu’s soul, Mu Gu asked what relationship Lin Yao had with Yao Chen.

Lin Yao let Mu Gu’s soul disperse, absorbed his memories, and learned more about Soul Hall and the Soul Clan. Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion as a High-Rank Dou Zun, while Star-Seizing Old Ghost arrived near Jia Nan Academy intending to recruit Lin Yao.

• Lin Yao told Mu Gu that Yao Chen was dead, and Mu Gu’s soul vanished after warning that Soul Hall would come for him.
• Venerable Feng announced Yao Chen’s return as Starfall Pavilion’s Pavilion Master and named Xiao Yan its Young Pavilion Master.
• Soul Hall learned of Mu Gu’s death and sent Star-Seizing Old Ghost to the Black Corner Region to find Lin Yao.
• Lin Yao refined Mu Gu’s soul and absorbed memories about Soul Hall’s methods, structure, and connection to the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from her cocoon as a High-Rank Dou Zun with an evolved Netherworld Poison Flame, then embraced Lin Yao.
• Star-Seizing Old Ghost reached a mountain near Jia Nan Academy and decided Lin Yao was a valuable recruit for Soul Hall.

Lin Yao subdued Star-Seizing Old Ghost and agreed to enter Soul Hall under his sponsorship, intending to use the opportunity for his own plans. After arranging for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yue to travel separately and entrusting Jia Nan Academy to Su Qian, Lin Yao departed for the Central Plains with Star-Seizing Old Ghost, who explained that the Luo Family controlled their route through Horizon City.

• Lin Yao sealed Star-Seizing Old Ghost with Dou Saint-level power, then agreed to let him recommend Lin Yao to Soul Hall in exchange for an Eighth Rank medicinal pill.
• Lin Yao told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yue, Su Qian, and the Qian and Bai Elders that he planned to enter Soul Hall and arranged for Qing Yue and Xiao Yi Xian to seek techniques at Heavenly Snake Mansion and Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Lin Yao to return safely, and he promised to come back after gaining a foothold in Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yue departed Jia Nan Academy, while Lin Yao entrusted the academy to Su Qian and left with Star-Seizing Old Ghost.
• Star-Seizing Old Ghost explained Soul Hall's internal rivalries and revealed that the Luo Family, Soul Hall's local watchdogs, controlled Horizon City's spatial wormhole to the Central Plains.

Lin Yao forced the Luo Family to open its Treasure Vault, took valuable medicinal herbs and Magic Cores, and secured a tentative foothold in Horizon City. While traveling through the Space Wormhole toward the Central Plains, he comprehended Spatial Power and advanced to Nine-Star Dou Zun.

• Lin Yao and Star-Seizing Old Ghost arrived at the Luo Family residence in Horizon City and asked to use its Space Wormhole.
• Lin Yao demanded access to the Luo Family's Treasure Vault, and Luo Hou agreed after sensing Lin Yao's overwhelming strength.
• Lin Yao took roughly thirty percent of the vault's finest medicinal herbs and Magic Cores, then offered the Luo Family protection through Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Yao and Star-Seizing Old Ghost entered the Space Wormhole to travel toward the Central Plains.
• Lin Yao studied the wormhole's Spatial Power, absorbed it into his cultivation, and reached Nine-Star Dou Zun.

Lin Yao entered Soul Hall’s Northern Domain Hub Hall, where he witnessed its brutal treatment of captured souls and was accepted as Feng Yuan’s subordinate despite killing Mu Gu. He secretly planned to infiltrate Soul Hall, then departed for the Western Regions Branch Hall as reports about him reached the organization’s highest levels.

• Lin Yao traveled with Star-Seizing Old Ghost to Soul Abyss City and saw Soul Hall deacons torture soul bodies in Soul-Imprisoning Plaza, studying their methods in secret.
• Feng Yuan learned that Lin Yao had killed Mu Gu, praised his talent, promised Soul Hall would not pursue the matter, and assigned him to the Heavenly Dipper Earth Hall.
• Lin Yao passed the Soul-Detection Grand Formation, received his identity plaque, and agreed to join a trip to the Western Regions Branch Hall three days later.
• Lin Yao resolved to feign loyalty and conceal his true purpose while using Soul Hall’s recognition of his value to gain access to its secrets.
• Lin Yao departed with Star-Seizing Old Ghost through a Space Wormhole, while Soul Hall’s report about the newly risen genius Lin Yao reached a powerful entity above its regional leadership.

Lin Yao entered the Soul Hall's Western Regions Branch Hall, subdued deputy hall master Gui Sha, and forced him to introduce Hun Xuzi. After defeating and controlling Hun Xuzi, Lin Yao spent the following days absorbing his knowledge while recognizing that the Soul Clan's strongest figures still posed a threat.

• Gui Sha seized Lin Yao with black mist and tried to teach him the Soul Hall's rules, but Lin Yao overwhelmed him with Heavenly Realm Soul Force and extracted information from his Soul Origin.
• Lin Yao planted a restriction in Gui Sha's soul and persuaded him to arrange a meeting with Hun Xuzi, a Soul Clan elder and Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Hun Xuzi tested Lin Yao with the Soul Devouring Finger, but Lin Yao blocked him with a five-colored halo and knocked him down with a Five-Colored Heavenly Flames strike.
• Lin Yao sealed Hun Xuzi's Dou Qi, examined his memories, and planted a restriction in his soul; Hun Xuzi agreed to cooperate.
• Lin Yao studied Hun Xuzi's alchemy inheritance, soul-tempering arts, cultivation methods, and Dou Techniques over the following days, while learning that the Soul Clan's highest-ranking experts remained beyond his assured strength.

Several Lin Yaos met in the Star Palace, where a newcomer from a world full of hidden demons and martial arts joined their mahjong game. Their gathering was interrupted when a new Lin Yao appeared as a sphere of light and began explaining how he had transformed.

• Four Lin Yaos played mahjong with the Star Palace’s Anti-Cheating Entertainment Set, discovering that it relied entirely on luck and that their luck was terrible.
• A newcomer explained that he had abandoned the Great Literary Master System after learning his world contained demons and monsters, and had begun studying Chinese Martial Arts instead.
• The newcomer joined the game, suffered even worse luck than the others, and lost a hand by discarding the Red Dragon that Kamen Rider Kabuto Lin Yao needed to win.
• After the five Lin Yaos played for two hours, the Star Palace’s light gate opened and a sphere of light appeared, introducing itself as another Lin Yao who had become a sphere after being struck by lightning.

Tsunade decided to send Jiraiya, Kakashi, Naruto, Hinata, Ino, and other young ninja through the spatial passageway to investigate the parallel world. Meanwhile, Sasuke defeated Itachi in a duel among the Uchiha Compound ruins, learned the truth behind his brother’s choices, and promised to change the twisted world as Itachi died.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya she would send a team to the parallel world in three days, with Jiraiya leading and Kakashi assisting.
• Tsunade said she wanted to assess Adult Sasuke’s training and arrange for him and Itachi to settle things.
• Sasuke used his advanced ocular power, Lightning Release Nintaijutsu, and fused Sage Mode against Itachi, then overpowered his Susanoo with his own.
• Sasuke asked why Itachi had held back, and Itachi told him he had been waiting for Sasuke to grow strong enough to live without hatred.
• Sasuke acknowledged that Itachi had protected him and had followed orders to protect Konoha, then Itachi tapped his forehead and died.
• Sasuke closed Itachi’s eyes, promised to change the twisted world, and walked away from the ruins.

Tsunade exposed Danzo’s Root crimes, cleared Itachi’s name, and prepared a team to travel through a spatial passage to another world. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yao and Sasuke exploited an attack on Killer B to weaken Kumogakure and advance their infiltration plan.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya she would publicly reveal Root’s crimes and review decisions from the Third’s term, while promoting Sasuke to Jonin and reclassifying Orochimaru as a Dangerous-Class Ninja.
• Tsunade sent Jiraiya, Kakashi, Naruto, Hinata, Ino, Orochimaru, and Sasuke to another world, where the group arrived near a town resembling Konoha.
• A learned that Kisame and Deidara had attacked Killer B and briefly captured the Eight-Tails, but B escaped using the Severed-Tail Clone Technique.
• A discovered that Uchiha Yao had left Kumogakure with a young Uchiha and headed northeast.
• Uchiha Yao told Sasuke that Kisame and Deidara’s attack had drawn Kumogakure’s forces away, and revealed that his people had replaced Mabui and Samui inside the village.

Sasuke defeated Killer B in the Land of Iron, then Uchiha Yao extracted and absorbed the Eight-Tails, killing its jinchuriki. A called for a Five Kage Summit, while Jiraiya, Naruto, Kakashi, Hinata, and Ino returned to Konoha with their counterparts from another world.

• Sasuke used his Mangekyō Sharingan, Susanoo, and Amaterasu to overwhelm Killer B and track him down after he escaped with the Severed-Tail Clone Technique.
• Uchiha Yao arrived, subdued Killer B with Tsukuyomi, extracted the Eight-Tails, and absorbed its Chakra, leaving Killer B dead.
• Sasuke summoned Killer B's corpse for Orochimaru and collected his Chakra Ninja Swords before leaving with Uchiha Yao.
• After learning Killer B had died and the Eight-Tails had been extracted, A ordered a Five Kage Summit to unite the Five Great Nations against Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya, Naruto, Hinata, Ino, and Kakashi returned to Konohagakure with Hinata, Ino, and Kakashi from the Otherworld.

Uchiha Yao showed Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shisui, and Adult Sasuke the truth of another world’s Uchiha Massacre Night. The vision revealed that Konoha’s leaders used Itachi to slaughter the clan and exploited the Sharingan, leaving the reason rooted in their fear of Uchiha power.

• Konohamaru found his grandfather, Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, dead in the Sarutobi ancestral hall and collapsed in grief.
• Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Shisui watched Konohamaru mourn as Adult Sasuke explained that the scene echoed his own past.
• Uchiha Yao arrived and used a Mangekyō-based Genjutsu to reveal the other world’s Uchiha Massacre Night.
• The vision showed Uchiha Itachi killing his clan under orders from Konoha’s High Command and leaving young Sasuke alive as a tool for hatred and Sharingan evolution.
• The vision revealed Root taking the Uchiha’s eyes while Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura benefited and Hiruzen Sarutobi turned away.
• Adult Sasuke told Uchiha Shisui that Konoha’s leaders had feared the Uchiha’s power and the threat it posed to their authority.

Jiraiya, Hinata, and Ino reflected on their Otherworld experiences as they returned to life in Konoha, while Hinata pushed for change in the Hyuga Clan and advised Sakura about pursuing Sasuke. Meanwhile, Akatsuki infiltrated Konoha with Konohamaru's help, and the chapter ended with Iruka discussing Naruto at Ichiraku Ramen.

• The two Jiraiyas discussed whether overwhelming power could create peace, and the Otherworld's Jiraiya reconsidered his opposition to forced unity.
• Hinata told Hyuga Hiashi she would direct the Hyuga Clan's peaceful reforms, and he accepted her leadership.
• The two Inos visited Yamanaka Inoichi, while the Otherworld's Kakashi took up a reconnaissance post at Konoha's border watchtower.
• Hinata urged Haruno Sakura to act boldly if she wanted a place beside Sasuke, leaving Sakura troubled and reconsidering her expectations.
• Obito and the Akatsuki entered Konoha through a gap arranged by Konohamaru, who sought revenge for the village's betrayal and bloodshed.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Iruka praised Naruto's growing maturity while preparing lessons and marking homework.

Konohamaru used Genjutsu to learn Naruto’s whereabouts, murdered Teuchi and Ayame, and fatally wounded Iruka before Naruto arrived. As Pain and Kisame attacked Konoha, Uchiha Yao confronted Nagato and Konan, urging Konan to choose her own path and challenging Nagato’s vision of peace through fear.

• Konohamaru manipulated Iruka into revealing where Naruto went, then killed Ayame and Teuchi and stabbed Iruka before escaping.
• Naruto found the dying Iruka, who warned him that Konohamaru wanted to kill him, then died in Naruto’s arms.
• The Six Paths of Pain attacked Konoha while Kakashi, Nara Shikaku, Hinata Hyuga, Neji, Rock Lee, and others organized the village’s defense; Kisame Hoshigaki joined the assault, and Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta.
• Uchiha Yao broke through the barrier to Nagato’s hideout and asked Konan to leave with him, but she refused.
• Uchiha Yao challenged Nagato’s reliance on fear to create peace and left after telling him that his path would fail.

Sasuke cornered Obito with Amaterasu and forced him to escape after using Izanagi, then killed Konohamaru after he injected First Hokage Cell Extract. Naruto witnessed Konohamaru’s death as Konoha’s counterattack advanced, with Jiraiya facing the last Pain and Might Guy defeating Kisame.

• Sasuke trapped Obito in a sea of Amaterasu flames, wounded him with a black-flame arrow, and forced him to use Izanagi before escaping through Kamui.
• Sasuke recovered Obito’s now-blind Sharingan and turned toward Konoha, declaring that the conflict was not over for him.
• Konohamaru injected First Hokage Cell Extract, but Sasuke impaled him with the Kusanagi Sword, and the unstable cells killed him as Naruto watched.
• Naruto said he wanted to kill Konohamaru himself, while Sasuke told him Konohamaru was already dead.
• Jiraiya defeated five Paths of Pain and confronted the remaining Deva Path.
• Might Guy used Daytime Tiger to defeat Kisame, whom the Sealing Squad then sealed in a scroll.

Konoha repelled Obito’s attack, while Uchiha Yao challenged Nagato’s beliefs and gave him a potion that restored his ability to walk. Nagato confronted Obito after learning of his manipulation, and Yao uncovered a path toward the moon as Konan prepared a massive explosive trap for Obito.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Konoha’s forces trapped Obito, who escaped through a Space Vortex after admitting defeat; Jiraiya suspected Pain was heading toward the Fire Temple for the Nine-Tails’ residual chakra.
• Uchiha Yao told Nagato that his plan for peace had betrayed Yahiko’s wishes, invited Konan to consider another path, and left Nagato a First Hokage Cell Potion.
• Nagato confronted Obito and learned that Obito had manipulated Yahiko and Akatsuki as part of his plan, then attacked him with the Six Paths of Pain.
• Nagato drank Yao’s potion, regained strength in his legs, and vowed to walk his path himself while the battle with Obito continued.
• Uchiha Yao drained the Sharingan stored in Obito’s cave, found Madara Uchiha’s Gunbai and notes about the moon, and decided to visit Amegakure before traveling there.
• Konan spread explosive tags across the sea in the Land of Rain, preparing to expose Obito’s intangibility and kill him.