Chapter Summaries

After Valmont and the Enforcers stole the Twelve Talismans from Section 13, Shendu regained his complete form and challenged Lin Yao, who defeated him with Susanoo and Dragon Killer. Lin Yao took control of the Talismans, while he realized that his growing strength could bring stronger dark Ki and future dangers.

• Taru called Uncle to report that Valmont and the Enforcers had escaped Section 13 with all twelve Talismans, and Jackie Chan hurried to the shop, regretting that he had trusted its security.
• Shendu returned in his complete form and confronted Lin Yao outside Uncle's Antique Shop, where Lin Yao summoned a Three-Colored Susanoo infused with Tiga's power.
• Lin Yao fought Shendu, countered his Super Dragon Blast with Giga Destroyer, and used Dragon Killer to suppress and wound the demon.
• Uncle, Jackie Chan, and Jade used a potion to turn Shendu to stone, while Jade collected the Talismans and Lin Yao drew them into a spatial vortex.
• Back at the shop, Lin Yao considered Uncle's warning that greater power could strengthen dark Ki and resolved to face whatever dangers followed.

Star Palace welcomed Lin Yao from King's Continent and a Third-Eyed Lin Yao from a distorted Soul Land world ruled by the overpowered Qian Shen. As the Lin Yaos compared their dangerous worlds, more versions of themselves arrived, leaving the Third-Eyed Lin Yao despairing over his chances of survival.

• Urban World Lin Yao welcomed King's Continent Lin Yao and shared memories with him, learning that he was the Child of Thunder, a Great Wall Guard fighting the Demonspawn and fearing Hai Yue's plans to revive Di Jun.
• Urban World Lin Yao and King's Continent Lin Yao greeted a new Lin Yao wearing a Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniform and fused memories with him.
• Third-Eyed Lin Yao revealed that his Soul Land world was ruled by Qian Shen, a Peerless Douluo who had taken control of Spirit Hall and built a vast harem.
• Jackie Chan Adventures World Lin Yao joined the conversation, and the others joked about how Qian Shen gained strength before Third-Eyed Lin Yao feared his world might collapse if its author abandoned the story.
• More Lin Yaos arrived at Star Palace and noticed the newcomer and the despondent Third-Eyed Lin Yao.

After recognizing Lin Wanyu and Lu Zhanbo from Apartment of Love, Lin Yao helped Lin Wanyu evade her bodyguards and joined her search for the apartment. The group headed toward Magic City with Mo Lan after Lin Yao secretly stopped a speeding BMW, leaving Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu together on their way into the city.

• Lin Yao recognized Lin Wanyu and Lu Zhanbo on the bus and let Lin Wanyu hide from the bodyguards pursuing her.
• After the bodyguards left, Lin Yao introduced himself to Lin Wanyu, and she and Lu Zhanbo got acquainted with him.
• At the bus’s final stop, Lin Yao called the police to help Lu Zhanbo, while he and Lin Wanyu picked wildflowers and decided to look for Apartment of Love together.
• Lin Yao stopped a speeding BMW with Star Power before it could hit the tractor, and the drunk driver was knocked unconscious by the airbags.
• Mo Lan arrived to handle the crash and offered everyone a ride into the city, so Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu joined her in the police car while Lu Zhanbo was taken along to find his sister.

Lin Yao helped Mo Lan arrange for Lu Zhanbo to pose as her boyfriend to dodge blind dates, then accompanied Lin Wanyu to the Apartment of Love. After Zeng Xiaoxian offered them a couples’ rent benefit, Lin Wanyu quietly grew more conscious of her feelings for Lin Yao.

• Mo Lan and Lin Wanyu bonded over their families’ attempts to arrange blind dates, while Lin Yao suggested Lu Zhanbo pretend to be Mo Lan’s boyfriend.
• Mo Lan accepted the plan, saved Lu Zhanbo’s number as “Temporary Boyfriend,” and parted from him near the wedding venue.
• Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu met Hu Yifei, who asked Zeng Xiaoxian to receive them while she returned to greeting guests.
• Zeng Xiaoxian mistook Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu for a couple and offered them half-price rent and free utilities at the Apartment of Love.
• Lin Yao accepted Zeng Xiaoxian’s offer, while Lin Wanyu blushed and privately savored being with Lin Yao at the apartment.

Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu moved into Room 3602 of Apartment of Love and pretended to be a couple as they met their neighbors. At the welcome dinner, Lin Yao invented a shared college history for them and redirected the neighbors’ questions toward Lu Zhanbo and Mo Lan.

• Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu arrived at Room 3602, where Lin Wanyu explored the apartment and enjoyed snacks Lin Yao brought back.
• Zeng Xiaoxian visited from Room 3601 with a hot-water bottle from Hu Yifei and invited Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu to dinner.
• Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu attended the welcome dinner and met Hu Yifei, Lu Zhanbo, and Chen Meijia.
• When Hu Yifei asked how they met, Lin Yao claimed he and Lin Wanyu had been college classmates at Berklee and showed a graduation photo and certificates he had prepared.
• Lin Yao turned the conversation toward Lu Zhanbo and Mo Lan, prompting Lu Zhanbo to awkwardly deny that they were more than ordinary friends.

Hu Yifei pushed Lu Zhanbo to ask police officer Mo Lan on a date, while Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu enjoyed a quiet evening together. The next morning, Qin Yumo visited and announced that she planned to move into Apartment of Love as their neighbor.

• Hu Yifei questioned Lu Zhanbo about Mo Lan and urged him to ask her out, while Lin Wanyu and Zeng Xiaoxian watched and joined the discussion.
• Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu left 3601, walked together, and returned to settle into a room in 3602.
• The next morning, Lin Yao prepared breakfast, and Zeng Xiaoxian complained about spending the night keeping drunk Hu Yifei safe.
• Qin Yumo arrived at 3602, greeted Lin Yao, and said she planned to move into Apartment of Love; Lin Wanyu studied her with curiosity.

Lin Yao arranged for Lu Ziqiao to coach Lu Zhanbo ahead of his blind date with police officer Mo Lan, while Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu spent the day together and visited the bar he had secretly bought. The chapter ended with the bar filling with friends and family as everyone watched Lu Zhanbo nervously await Mo Lan.

• Qin Yumo visited Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu, then left with Zeng Xiaoxian to find Hu Yifei; Lin Wanyu enjoyed breakfast with Lin Yao and playfully wrestled with him.
• Lin Wanyu and Lin Yao went shopping and decorated their home, then Lu Zhanbo came to them for help arranging a date with Mo Lan.
• Lin Yao called Lu Ziqiao to coach Lu Zhanbo and paid him a stack of cash to help prepare for the date.
• At the bar, Lu Zhanbo learned dating advice from Lu Ziqiao while Mo Lan traveled there with her brother, who warned her not to scare him off.
• Lu Zhanbo, Lu Ziqiao, Lin Yao, Lin Wanyu, Hu Yifei, Zeng Xiaoxian, and Qin Yumo gathered at the bar as Mo Lan's brother watched Lu Zhanbo from the counter.

Lin Yao impressed the bar with his piano playing, then secretly eliminated two men who were drugging drinks and learned where they got the drugs. The next day, Lu Ziqiao and Chen Meijia moved into the apartment pretending to be a couple, while Lu Zhanbo began training after being inspired by Mo Lan.

• Lin Yao played Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 at the bar, captivating Lin Wanyu and soothing Qin Yumo.
• Lin Yao spotted two men slipping powder into a woman's drink, killed them without drawing attention, and extracted information about their supplier.
• Lu Ziqiao and Chen Meijia arrived at Room 3603 with their luggage and pretended to Lin Wanyu and Lin Yao that they were a loving couple seeking the co-rental discount.
• Lin Yao and Lin Wanyu visited Room 3601 and found Lu Zhanbo working out, having been inspired by Mo Lan to become stronger.
• Lu Zhanbo announced his exercise plan and goal of getting an eight-pack, and Zeng Xiaoxian promised him spicy crayfish if he stuck with it.

Lu Zhanbo revealed that he had passed the exams for a police technical position and asked the others to keep it from Hu Yifei, while Lin Wanyu offered Chen Meijia money to cook for everyone. The peaceful afternoon ended when Shinguji arrived and introduced himself as a Japanese manga artist who had rented a place at the Apartment of Love.

• Lu Zhanbo told Lin Yao, Lin Wanyu, and Zeng Xiaoxian that he had passed the police exams and asked them not to tell Hu Yifei.
• Lin Yao, Lin Wanyu, and Zeng Xiaoxian agreed to keep Lu Zhanbo's new job secret, and Qin Yumo also promised not to tell Hu Yifei.
• Chen Meijia served the group her cooking, and Lin Wanyu offered to pay for ingredients in exchange for Chen Meijia cooking meals for everyone.
• Zeng Xiaoxian opened the door to Shinguji, who introduced himself as a Japanese manga artist renting a place at the Apartment of Love.

Zeng Xiaoxian helped Shinguji choose the Apartment of Love over Aisen Apartment, then mistook Lu Ziqiao’s conversation with another woman for cheating on Chen Meijia. Meijia revealed that their relationship had only been a rent-discount arrangement, ended it with Lu Ziqiao, and the chapter left Lin Yao answering Lu Ziqiao’s call.

• Zeng Xiaoxian recruited Lu Zhanbo to compare Aisen Apartment with the Apartment of Love, and Shinguji chose to move into the Apartment of Love.
• Zeng Xiaoxian spotted Lu Ziqiao with a woman at the bar and called Lin Yao, while Lin Wanyu photographed them together.
• Chen Meijia admitted that she and Lu Ziqiao had only pretended to be a couple to get a rent discount, though she was hurt to see him with another woman.
• Chen Meijia slapped Lu Ziqiao, declared their agreement over, and ran from the café in tears.
• Lin Yao wondered whether to invite Chen Meijia to Zhanbo’s welcome dinner, then answered a call from Lu Ziqiao.

Lu Ziqiao admitted to Lin Yao that he had fled to the Northeast rather than face Meijia, while Wanyu cleared up Meijia’s misunderstanding about her relationship with Lin Yao. The group celebrated Zhanbo becoming a police officer and welcomed Shinguji, but Hu Yifei revealed her fear that a family history of mental illness could jeopardize Zhanbo’s future; Wanyu ended the chapter looking forward to growing closer to Lin Yao.

• Lu Ziqiao told Lin Yao that he was hiding with his godfather in the Northeast and did not know when he would return to face Meijia.
• Wanyu told Meijia that she and Lin Yao were only pretending to be a couple, easing Meijia’s guilt and restoring their friendship.
• Lu Zhanbo and the residents celebrated his new police job and welcomed Shinguji at Little South Country, where Lin Yao encouraged Zhanbo to use his computer skills in police work.
• Hu Yifei arrived at the restaurant, accepted Zhanbo’s decision to become a police officer, then revealed while drunk that their family had a history of mental illness and she feared it could affect his work.
• Lin Yao promised to take Wanyu sightseeing, and the next morning Wanyu happily anticipated their relationship developing further.

Apartment of Love World Lin Yao welcomed three new counterparts to the Star Palace: a navy officer, a pirate, and a young fox demon. After exchanging memories, the two One Piece Lin Yaos fought over the suffering each had endured, then joined the others in resolving to grow stronger and protect their loved ones.

• Apartment of Love World Lin Yao arrived at the Star Palace and found Navy Lin Yao, Pirate Lin Yao, and Little Fox-Spirit Lin Yao among the newcomers.
• Navy Lin Yao and Pirate Lin Yao clashed over their opposing sides, while the other Lin Yaos separated them and urged them to exchange memories.
• The Star Palace shared the newcomers’ memories, revealing Navy Lin Yao’s disillusionment with the World Government, Pirate Lin Yao’s revenge against it, and Little Fox-Spirit Lin Yao’s fears for Tushan and his sisters.
• After seeing each other’s memories, Pirate Lin Yao punched Navy Lin Yao, and Navy Lin Yao struck back before the two broke into a brawl.
• The Lin Yaos assessed the newcomers’ abilities and discussed the dangers their worlds might hold.
• Navy Lin Yao, Pirate Lin Yao, and Little Fox-Spirit Lin Yao agreed with the others that they would grow stronger and protect what they cared about.

Uchiha Yao and Namikaze Minato returned to Konoha during the Nine-Tails’ attack, where Yao helped suppress the beast and Minato confronted its masked controller. After rescuing Kushina and Naruto and resisting Danzō’s attempt to dictate the sealing plan, Minato joined Yao in subduing the Nine-Tails as the Sealing Squad began binding it.

• Uchiha Yao sensed the Nine-Tails’ rampage, warned Namikaze Minato that Konoha’s leaders might have engineered the crisis to frame the Uchiha, and rushed back to the village with Uchiha Mikoto.
• Uchiha Yao punched the Nine-Tails away from villagers, and Uchiha Mikoto deflected its Tailed Beast Ball while Uchiha Yashiro led Uchiha forces to aid the village despite Root’s obstruction.
• Namikaze Minato confronted the masked Uchiha Obito atop Kage Rock, fought his Wood Release and space-time techniques, and watched him escape.
• Namikaze Minato found Uzumaki Kushina and Naruto, rejected Danzō’s attempt to have Naruto made the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki, and hid Root’s prepared substitute before returning to the battlefield.
• Namikaze Minato joined Uchiha Yao in a barrier around the weakened Nine-Tails, and their attacks enabled the Sealing Squad to bind it with Chakra threads.

Uchiha Yao and Namikaze Minato subdued the Nine-Tails, saved Uzumaki Sakura with its Chakra, and sealed some inside Sasuke. After discovering evidence of Root’s crimes and facing plans to surveil the Uchiha, Yao prepared to challenge Konoha’s leadership at the next Jonin meeting.

• Uchiha Yao restrained the Nine-Tails while Namikaze Minato sealed it, and they used its Chakra to stabilize Uzumaki Sakura and make Sasuke a Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Yao learned that Uchiha Fugaku had been ambushed, lost a Mangekyō Sharingan, and was poisoned by Aburame Shikuroo’s Nano Poison Insects.
• Uchiha Yao told the Uchiha leaders that someone within Konoha was plotting against their clan and urged them to unite and focus on Fugaku’s recovery.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō agreed to increase surveillance of the Uchiha, while Minato objected and later discovered Uchiha corpses in Root’s base with their eyes removed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced his resignation, Uchiha Yao took Uchiha Itachi as his disciple, and Hyuga Hiashi agreed to cooperate with the village against the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yao anticipated the return of Tsunade and the others and planned to expose Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō at the next Jonin meeting.

After the Nine-Tails Incident, suspicion and political maneuvering threatened to divide Konoha, but Uchiha Yao exposed Danzō’s stolen Sharingan and First Hokage Cells and seized control of the village with his allies. Konoha entered a state of emergency under the Police Force as Senju Nawaki and Namikaze Minato took charge of Anbu and Root.

• The four great nations abandoned plans to invade Konoha after Uchiha Yao’s power during the Nine-Tails attack made them fear retaliation.
• At an emergency meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi announced his resignation, and Shimura Danzō proposed moving the Uchiha Compound to the village outskirts.
• Uchiha Yao entered with allies and challenged Danzō’s accusations, then restrained him and revealed that he had implanted Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyo Sharingan and First Hokage Cells.
• Tsunade Senju condemned Danzō, while Uchiha Mikoto restrained Hiruzen Sarutobi and Namikaze Minato refused to intervene against Uchiha Yao.
• Might Duy blocked Jiraiya from interfering as Uchiha Yao trapped Danzō inside a Four Violet Flames Formation.
• An Anbu report revealed that Senju Nawaki had seized the Anbu and Root bases with Senju forces, and Uchiha Yao placed Konoha under Police Force control and ordered a full investigation.

Uchiha Yao and Tsunade led an Uchiha-Senju takeover of Konoha, exposing Danzo and the Third Hokage leadership’s crimes and defeating their resistance. Three days later, the Jonin appointed Yao acting Hokage, and he reorganized Konoha’s leadership and departments.

• Uchiha and Senju forces sealed Konoha, took control of key departments, and gained the support of the Hyuga Branch Family and the Medical Department.
• Uchiha Yao exposed Danzo’s stolen Sharingan and Wood Release cells, then used Genjutsu to provoke Danzo into unleashing the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, which injured Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu.
• Uchiha Yao and Namikaze Minato sealed Danzo’s Chakra as his Wood Release cells ran wild, and Uchiha Yao severed his affected limbs; Hiruzen Sarutobi later fainted.
• Uchiha Yao and Tsunade restored order, confined the allied leadership’s rival clans, and informed villagers of the alleged crimes behind the Nine-Tails attack.
• Three days later, Tsunade proposed Uchiha Yao as acting Hokage, and the Jonin assembly overwhelmingly approved.
• Uchiha Yao appointed Tsunade Hokage Advisor and assigned leaders to the Anbu, Barrier, Police, Intelligence, and Special Investigation departments.

Uchiha Yao consolidated Konoha’s post-disaster reforms by reshaping clan territories, appointing security leaders, and reorganizing village institutions, prompting the other great nations to reassess Konoha. He invited Konan to join him as his secretary, and she arrived in Konoha to review a cooperation proposal between the village and the Land of Rain.

• Uchiha Yao and the Elder announced clan relocations, establishing the Sarutobi, Mitokado, Utatane, and Shimura clans in the former Uchiha Compound; Sarutobi Asuma supported the plan despite a Shimora Elder’s protest.
• Uchiha Yao appointed Namikaze Minato chief of the Konoha Security Police Division and promoted Sarutobi Asuma to Jonin Assistant, while the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads offered support for reconstruction.
• Ōnoki, Ai, and Sunagakure’s leaders reacted to Konoha’s reforms by ordering diplomatic or intelligence missions, while Konoha updated Academy materials and reorganized Anbu and Root.
• Namikaze Minato declined additional offices, and Tsunade handled the reconstruction budget as Uchiha Yao oversaw village affairs.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan discussed Konoha’s transformation in the Land of Rain, and Konan accepted Uchiha Yao’s invitation to become his secretary.
• Konan arrived at the Hokage Office, where Uchiha Yao welcomed her and gave her a proposal for cooperation between Konoha and the Land of Rain.

Uchiha Yao sealed the hidden wills in Naruto and Sasuke, accepted both infants as his disciples, and began reshaping Konoha’s political order. The chapter ended with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu being arrested, while Hiruzen Sarutobi was confined to the Sarutobi Clan Shrine.

• Uchiha Yao detected the concealed Chakra wills within Naruto and Second Pillar, then sealed them until the boys came of age and could choose how to face them.
• Uchiha Yao accepted Naruto and Sasuke as disciples, giving Mitokado a Rasengan scroll for Naruto and Uchiha Itachi a Chidori scroll for Sasuke.
• Uchiha Yao ordered the Sarutobi Clan, Mitokado Clan, Utatane Clan, and Shimura Clan to relocate, then offered the Shimura Clan better land if it served Konoha; the offer divided the other three clans.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya delivered Uchiha Yao’s decision to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu, sentencing the former advisers to life in prison and confining Hiruzen to the Sarutobi Clan Shrine.
• Anbu arrested Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu as Uchiha elites stood ready outside the clan grounds to suppress any resistance.

Uchiha Yao expanded Konoha’s power by recruiting Orochimaru, pursuing the Dragon Vein, and arranging to acquire promising ninja from other villages. The chapter ended with Mei Terumī and Kisame Hoshigaki captured in Konoha and Pakura framed for attacking Temari.

• Uchiha Yao set a strict ban on using Konoha people as research subjects, then approved Orochimaru’s plan to exploit conflicts in the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Yao ordered elite ninja to monitor Rōran’s Dragon Vein, and Uzumaki Kushina recovered the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror before receiving Danzo’s Baku summoning scroll.
• Tsunade imprisoned two elders, sent the Third Hokage to reflect at the shrine, and gave Uchiha Yao the Monkey Clan summoning scroll; Konoha later prepared to draw talent from other villages.
• Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina negotiated with the Kirigakure envoy, who agreed to exchange Kisame Hoshigaki, Mei Terumī, and Zabuza Momochi for Kirigakure’s ninja swords.
• Uchiha Yao and Tsunade planned to recruit foreign kekkei genkai ninja, while Rasa ordered Pakura to escort Temari to Konoha as part of Sunagakure’s deal.
• Uchiha Mikoto captured Kisame Hoshigaki and Mei Terumī, while the Sunagakure envoy wounded Temari and framed Pakura as a traitor; Uchiha Yao watched as the scheme brought the promising ninja under his control.

After celebrating Konoha’s new order, Uchiha Yao fell asleep and the story shifted to the Star Palace, where two new Lin Yaos arrived. Their memories revealed Starry World Lin Yao’s rise as a Human Federation fleet commander and Campus Lin Yao’s unusual university life, leaving the assembled Lin Yaos envious of their respective worlds.

• Uchiha Yao celebrated Konoha’s new order with his inner circle, then returned to his bedroom and fell asleep.
• Two newcomers appeared in the Star Palace among Lin Yaos from many different worlds.
• A traditionally dressed Lin Yao summoned phantom stars, and Starry World Lin Yao and Campus Lin Yao touched them to reveal their memories.
• The Lin Yaos learned that Starry World Lin Yao was a decorated Human Federation reserve commander seeking revenge for his parents’ deaths.
• The Lin Yaos discovered that Campus Lin Yao attended a university in a world of urban-novel heroines, including Shen Youchu, and had grown close to several girls he protected.
• The Lin Yaos envied both newcomers’ worlds, while Starry World Lin Yao longed for the peaceful campus life he had never known.