Chapter Summaries

Ye Wen rejected the Dragon God’s proposed inheritance, sealed its Divine Throne, and later studied its theory for breaking past the God King realm. After twenty thousand years and completing all ten laws, he concluded that he had reached the Quasi-God Emperor realm, though the true breakthrough remained ahead.

• Ye Wen decided the Dragon God’s unstable Divine Throne was too dangerous to inherit, and Yuena agreed that it should be sealed away.
• Yuena subdued Di Tian and explained the Dragon God’s situation; after seeing the Divine Throne, Di Tian accepted the truth, married a female dragon, and withdrew from the Dragon Clan’s affairs.
• Over twenty thousand years, Douluo Star grew into an interstellar civilization with more than a hundred God King-level experts, while Ye Wen delegated authority and sought a way beyond his own limits.
• Ye Wen studied the Dragon God’s gift, which proposed destroying and creating worlds to reach a higher realm, and considered its theory that the next stage required mastering several laws to their ultimate extremes.
• After completing all ten laws, Ye Wen judged himself to have reached the Quasi-God Emperor realm and named the realm above God King God Emperor.

Ye Wen learned that a distant world used chakra and prepared a campaign to conquer its star domain and pursue the Otsutsuki. He arrived near Ninja Star with a large force but kept his ship out of sight to avoid alerting Otsutsuki Isshiki.

• Ye Wen reviewed a Starry Sky Spy report about a chakra-based world and identified it as the Naruto world, whose timeline had advanced by more than thirty years since the report.
• Ye Wen decided to travel there, viewing the Otsutsuki star domain as a rich source of resources and preparing for a major battle.
• Ye Wen issued orders to mobilize Douluo Star, then departed with ten newly promoted God Kings and tens of thousands of gods.
• Ye Wen used Mass Teleportation to bring his Vast Sea to the Otsutsuki Star Domain near Ninja Star.
• Ye Wen avoided approaching Ninja Star directly so he would not alert the Otsutsuki left on the moon or Otsutsuki Isshiki, who was hiding in the ninja world.

Ye Wen arrived in Konoha and observed Naruto’s lonely life while considering the ninja world’s history and his plans to find Isshiki. He then followed the smell of broth to Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi and Ayame welcomed him.

• Ye Wen watched Naruto being shunned by the other children and sitting alone on a swing.
• Ye Wen reflected on Naruto, Hashirama, Madara, and the causes of conflict in the ninja world, then decided to leave Naruto alone for now.
• Ye Wen entered Konoha undetected and thought about the strange mix of technology in the village and the nature of his universe.
• Ye Wen followed the scent of rich broth to Ichiraku Ramen and was greeted by Teuchi and Ayame.

Ye Wen enjoyed a bowl of ramen at Ichiraku and met Naruto, who came to redeem a discount coupon. He paid Teuchi with a small gold ingot, leaving the shopkeeper to realize he was a foreigner without local currency.

• Ye Wen ordered Ichiraku's basic ramen with extra chashu and judged the meal delicious.
• Naruto appeared from beneath the seats and handed Teuchi a ramen discount coupon.
• Teuchi asked Ye Wen for his opinion, and Ye Wen praised the ramen while saying it ranked among the top hundred dishes he had eaten.
• Ye Wen offered Teuchi a small gold ingot for the meal, and Teuchi tried to return it because it was worth far more than sixty ryo.
• Teuchi realized Ye Wen had used gold because he was a foreigner without Land of Fire currency.

Ye Wen gave Teuchi a gold ingot to renovate Ichiraku Ramen, then explored Konoha and was confronted by Kakashi and a squad of Anbu. The chapter ended with the shinobi treating Ye Wen as a dangerous unknown despite sensing no Chakra from him.

• Ye Wen insisted that Teuchi accept his gold and use it to renovate Ichiraku Ramen.
• Teuchi celebrated by offering Naruto a Super Deluxe Ichiraku Ramen.
• Ye Wen wandered through Konoha and reflected on the village’s training grounds and the Otsutsuki threat.
• Ye Wen noticed Kakashi following him and called him out in a deserted forest.
• Kakashi questioned Ye Wen as ten Anbu emerged from hiding, while his instincts warned him that Ye Wen was dangerous.

Kakashi and the Anbu attacked Ye Wen after suspecting he had come to Konoha with hostile intentions, but his strange defenses stopped every strike. Kakashi continued fighting inside Ye Wen’s barrier and was left wondering how he had become so powerless.

• Kakashi tested Ye Wen with a Great Fireball, then attacked from behind with Chidori, but Ye Wen’s defenses stopped both techniques.
• The Anbu tried to attack Ye Wen at close range, but their weapons could not reach him, and Ye Wen trapped them inside a barrier.
• Kakashi ordered the Anbu to break the barrier while he held Ye Wen back, then raised an Earth Wall around him.
• Kakashi struck Ye Wen with Chidori again, but the attack failed, leaving Kakashi stunned by his helplessness.

Ye Wen overwhelmed Kakashi and the Anbu, then pulled White Zetsu from a tree to investigate the nature of Chakra. His analysis revealed that Chakra relied on tiny robots connected to the Otsutsuki, and he concluded that studying them fully would require the complete Ten-Tails.

• Ye Wen shattered Kakashi’s Earth-Style Wall with a shockwave, sending Kakashi and the Anbu crashing into the barrier.
• Ye Wen used suction to pull White Zetsu out of a tree while Kakashi watched in confusion.
• Ye Wen analyzed the Chakra in White Zetsu and found that it was derived from spiritual and physical energy but contained picometer-scale robots.
• Ye Wen recalled that Hagoromo had spread Chakra through his disciples and concluded that Chakra users carried a vulnerability left by its source.
• Ye Wen determined that he would need the complete Ten-Tails to fully analyze the Chakra robots.

Ye Wen confronted Kakashi and accused Konoha of targeting him because he had approached Naruto, exposing Kakashi’s guilt over the village’s treatment of the boy. He then challenged Kakashi’s belief that Hiruzen Sarutobi was the strongest Hokage, leaving Kakashi silent as Ye Wen called Hiruzen a fraud.

• Ye Wen sealed White Zetsu into his Martial Soul Space and questioned Kakashi about the Anbu operation.
• Kakashi apologized and claimed the Anbu had acted because Ye Wen entered Konoha without registering.
• Ye Wen pointed out that the Anbu had targeted him for appearing beside Naruto, and Kakashi could not defend the village’s treatment of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ye Wen mocked Kakashi’s belief that Hiruzen Sarutobi was the strongest Hokage and named Senju Hashirama as the only Hokage worthy of that title.
• Kakashi asked what Ye Wen wanted, and Ye Wen called Hiruzen a fraud hiding behind the title of the strongest Hokage.

Ye Wen revealed to Kakashi that Uchiha Obito was alive and plotting against the ninja world, forcing Kakashi to connect Obito to Rin’s death and the Nine-Tails Attack. He offered Kakashi a deal to change the past, and Kakashi asked what it would cost.

• Ye Wen provoked Kakashi by arguing that his weakness had caused him to lose everything important.
• Ye Wen told Kakashi that one former companion was alive and secretly plotting to overthrow the ninja world.
• Ye Wen identified the survivor as Uchiha Obito, and Kakashi recalled the clues linking Obito to Rin’s death and the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Kakashi struggled with his grief and guilt as he considered Obito’s actions and his own failure to protect Rin.
• Ye Wen offered Kakashi a deal to change fate and bring back the people he cared about, and Kakashi asked what he would have to give.

Ye Wen made Kakashi his apostle by granting him Vast Sea Chakra Mode and ordered him to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage. Kakashi left the Anbu and began preparing to challenge Konoha’s leadership.

• Kakashi agreed to give everything to Ye Wen in exchange for undoing the regrets of the past.
• Ye Wen formed a contract with Kakashi, bestowed Vast Sea Chakra Mode on him, and named him the Vast Sea God King’s apostle.
• Ye Wen ordered Kakashi to drive Hiruzen Sarutobi from the Hokage seat as his first trial.
• After Ye Wen vanished, Kakashi told the Anbu to report to Hiruzen Sarutobi and returned to Konoha with them.
• Kakashi asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to let him leave the Anbu, then left before Hiruzen could talk him out of it.

Kakashi won the support of Konoha’s major clans by promising to shoulder the village’s future and demonstrating his overwhelming strength. The next day, after Kakashi submitted his resignation, Shikaku Nara and Konoha’s jōnin confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and demanded an election for a new Fifth Hokage.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the mission report about Kakashi and wondered why he had knelt before an unknown enemy.
• Kakashi visited Konoha’s shinobi clans and gained their support by revealing Vast Sea Chakra Mode.
• Kakashi presented his resignation to Hiruzen Sarutobi the next day.
• Shikaku Nara announced that more than eighty percent of Konoha’s jōnin demanded an election for a new Fifth Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked whether they were impeaching him, and the gathered jōnin nodded.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to hold a Jonin Assembly to choose the Fifth Hokage, but tried to block Kakashi’s succession by raising questions about an enemy encounter. Kakashi responded by producing six scrolls that alarmed Hiruzen, leaving their contents unrevealed.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to convene the Jonin Assembly and choose the Fifth Hokage.
• Shikaku Nara oversaw nominations and a vote in which Kakashi received seventy-seven votes, far more than the other candidates.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted Shikaku Nara before he could announce Kakashi’s victory and demanded that Kakashi’s succession be postponed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi presented an Anbu mission report and accused Kakashi of kneeling before a mysterious enemy.
• Kakashi opened a Storage Scroll and revealed six enormous scrolls, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to demand to know how Kakashi had obtained them.

Kakashi confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and revealed stolen scrolls documenting Konoha’s darkest secrets, turning the assembled Jonin against the former Hokage. He then exposed the Sarutobi Clan’s enormous membership and ninja ranks, leaving the village’s power balance in question.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to stop Kakashi from revealing the six scrolls, but Kakashi entered Vast Sea Chakra Mode and restrained him with Shadow Clones.
• Kakashi opened a scroll documenting Konoha’s secret human experiments and listed other scrolls concerning dissidents, Root recruits, clan techniques, and the Fourth Hokage’s funds.
• The Jonin read the records and glared at Hiruzen Sarutobi after realizing he knew about the village’s abuses.
• Kakashi unfurled the Sarutobi Clan’s family register and revealed that the clan had more than ten thousand members, including seventy-two registered Jonin, seven hundred and twenty-nine Chunin, and thirteen hundred Genin.

As Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to blame Danzō and prevent Kakashi from becoming Fifth Hokage, Kakashi exposed his awakened Mangekyo Sharingan and demonstrated his immense power. He ended by asking the gathered ninja whether they believed in gods.

• Fugaku Uchiha reacted with disbelief to the revelation of the Sarutobi Clan's size, while Hiruzen Sarutobi defended its growth and shifted blame for the village's abuses onto Danzō.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced he would step back from village affairs but urged the ninja not to let Kakashi become Fifth Hokage until his apparent submission to an unknown enemy was investigated.
• Kakashi mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi's accusations, removed his headband and mask, and revealed that his left eye could switch between black and the Sharingan.
• Kakashi transformed his Sharingan into a Mangekyo Sharingan, released a terrifying surge of Chakra, and rose into the air.
• Kakashi looked down at the gathered ninja and asked whether they believed in gods.

Kakashi used his newfound power and faith in the Vast Sea God King to win the Jonin Assembly’s support and become Konoha’s Fifth Hokage. He began purging corruption in Konoha, imprisoning the Konoha F4, while Danzō Shimura remained unyielding.

• Kakashi told the Jonin Assembly that a god had empowered him and called on them to support his bid for Hokage.
• The Jonin rose in support of Kakashi, and he took the Hokage hat from Hiruzen Sarutobi, becoming the Fifth Hokage.
• Kakashi reviewed Konoha’s affairs and launched a purge targeting corruption and the Sarutobi, Shimura, Mito Kadomatsu, and Utatane clans.
• Kakashi had the Konoha F4 imprisoned, and Hiruzen Sarutobi submitted to custody to protect his clansmen.
• The two other Hokage advisers were subdued, but Danzō Shimura resisted.

Kakashi led Konoha’s clans in destroying Danzō Shimura’s Root base, then used Divine Technique: Resurrection to revive the dead Root ninjas. Danzō remained under guard as Kakashi prepared to bring the revived ninjas into his service to the Vast Sea God King.

• Danzō Shimura heard explosions at Root’s base and went to confront the attackers.
• Konoha ninjas, including the Ino–Shika–Chō and clan heads, killed every Root ninja at the base while Danzō held back.
• Danzō discovered that Kakashi had become Hokage, and Kakashi ordered the Root bodies gathered and bound.
• Kakashi used Divine Technique: Resurrection to revive the Root ninjas, who awoke restrained and bewildered.

Kakashi revived the Root ninjas and confronted Danzō Shimura, revealing Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan and its Kotoamatsukami ability. As the Uchiha turned against Danzō, he released the seal on his right arm.

• Kakashi revived the Root ninjas, earning the attention of Konoha’s clan heads.
• Danzō challenged Kakashi as a Hokage adviser, but Kakashi manifested the Vast Sea God King Avatar.
• Kakashi dispelled Genjutsu and revealed that Danzō’s concealed right eye held Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami.
• The Uchiha accused Danzō of taking Shisui’s eye, and Itachi joined them in directing his killing intent at Danzō.
• Danzō tore away the covering on his right side and released the seal on his right arm.

Kakashi confronted Danzō Shimura over his crimes and arrested him, but Danzō resisted and attacked. After Kakashi and Itachi stopped his assaults, Kakashi killed him with Kamui, leaving the Uchiha unable to take their revenge themselves.

• Kakashi condemned Danzō for desecrating the First Hokage and stripped him of his position, then ordered his arrest for crimes including trafficking and stealing ninja bloodlines.
• Danzō rejected Kakashi's authority and attacked with Wind Release: Vacuum Consecutive Wave, but the Vast Sea Avatar blocked it.
• Danzō tried to seize Kakashi at close range, but his kunai broke against the Chakra barrier and Kakashi kicked him away.
• Danzō summoned Baku, but Itachi Uchiha used Tsukuyomi to make the summon disappear and asked to take Danzō into the Police Force's custody.
• Kakashi used Kamui to turn Danzō into a cloud of bloody mist, leaving Itachi and the other Uchiha stunned as Kakashi told them to look.

Kakashi and the Uchiha defeated Danzō Shimura and recovered Shisui's Kotoamatsukami eye. Danzō survived, but was imprisoned and publicly humiliated, and his dream of becoming Hokage ended.

• Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha summoned their Susanoo to shield Kakashi from Danzō Shimura's attacks.
• Fugaku Uchiha led the Uchiha members against Danzō Shimura, exhausting the Sharingan in his arm and weakening him.
• Danzō Shimura tried to activate the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing, but Kakashi trapped him in a crystal barrier and stopped the technique.
• Kakashi removed Shisui's eye from Danzō Shimura and gave it to Fugaku Uchiha.
• Danzō Shimura's Wood Release cells ran wild, transforming half his body into a tree before he escaped by abandoning it.
• Danzō Shimura was arrested, paraded through the streets for public humiliation, and eventually went mad.

Ye Wen studied the Dragon Veins in Loulan, a Cosmic Treasure linked to time and space, while Zhu Zhuqing reported that she had captured Otsutsuki Isshiki. Ye Wen ordered her to release him and prepared to face the restrained Otsutsuki.

• Kakashi consolidated Konoha, controlled the Land of Fire's nobles, and prepared the village for war without involving civilians.
• Ye Wen had Kakashi acknowledge Naruto as his younger brother and reveal Naruto's identity; Kakashi also had Hiruzen Sarutobi's face removed from Hokage Rock.
• Jiraiya returned and tried to persuade Kakashi to spare Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Kakashi rebuked him over Naruto, and Jiraiya left to search for the Child of Prophecy.
• Ye Wen traveled to Loulan and studied the Dragon Veins, realizing its connection to spiritual light across other timelines made it impossible to replicate.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that her expeditionary force had captured Otsutsuki Isshiki, and Ye Wen ordered her to release him from the spatial restraint device.