Chapter Summaries

After the Fourth Kazekage killed Ōnoki and Kitsuchi, Kaitō blamed Han for letting him escape before Earth Style Clone—Shigan comforted her and left to confront the Kazekage. In the Land of Birds, Shigan and Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone staged a battle that convinced both villages that Iwagakure had a fighter who could withstand the Kazekage’s slash.

• Han told Kaitō that the brief battle ended with Roshi and Ōnoki dead, and that he had let the Fourth Kazekage go because he feared he could not stop him.
• Kaitō accused Han of allowing her father to die, then broke down and called for Shigan.
• Earth Style Clone—Shigan returned, comforted Kaitō, and promised to bring back the Fourth Kazekage’s head.
• Shigan set out for the Land of Birds with two Anbu squads, while Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone waited there for their planned fight.
• Shigan and the Wind Style Clone began a staged battle, and Shigan blocked the Kazekage’s slash with his body, astonishing the watching Sand ninja and inspiring Iwagakure’s Anbu.

Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone and Earth Style Clone—Shigan staged a devastating battle, with Shigan killing Rasa and later becoming Fourth Tsuchikage while Li Yao’s clone returned to Sunagakure. Meanwhile, Obito survived the staged accident and recovered in Madara’s base as Black Zetsu hoped his future Mangekyō ability could defeat Li Yao.

• Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone and Earth Style Clone—Shigan fought for ten minutes, and Shigan’s mass-enhanced body withstood the Wind Style Slash.
• Shigan killed Rasa in front of Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone, who retaliated by killing some Iwagakure shinobi before the two clones reached a temporary agreement.
• Shigan returned to Iwagakure and became Fourth Tsuchikage half a month later, while Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone led Sunagakure home and resumed researching ninjutsu.
• White Zetsu reconstructed half of Obito’s body in Madara’s underground base after staging an accident that awakened Obito’s Sharingan and made his companions believe he had died.
• Black Zetsu admired Obito’s potential but worried that Li Yao could disrupt their plans, and hoped Obito would awaken an ability capable of defeating him.

Madara sealed away Obito’s right Sharingan, passed his plans to Black Zetsu, and died believing Li Yao had been lost in the Dragon Vein. Li Yao’s hidden Water Style Clone witnessed his death and left unnoticed.

• Madara ordered White Zetsu to hide Obito’s right Sharingan in a sealed underground chamber so he could use it to restrain Obito if necessary.
• Madara gave White Zetsu Six Paths-level Chakra, turning the right half of his body black and naming him Black Zetsu to guide Obito.
• Li Yao’s Water Style Clone watched from inside the walls and resolved to obtain Obito’s Kamui Sharingan and kill Obito and Black Zetsu after Madara died.
• Madara asked whether Li Yao had truly entered the Dragon Vein, believed White Zetsu’s assurance, and died in relief.
• A White Zetsu took possession of Madara’s corpse to create a Black Zetsu clone that would impersonate Madara and guide Obito, while Li Yao’s clone withdrew unnoticed.

Li Yao's Water Style Clone mastered a Kekkei Tōta-level Water Style Penetration Technique that let him permeate matter, sense over great distances, and hide from perception, then set off for Sunagakure to study the Puppet Array. In the Dragon Vein Rōran world, Li Yao worried that Naruto's imminent arrival would disrupt his research and that the Dragon Vein might disappear before he could replicate it.

• Li Yao's Water Style Clone discovered that his water-transformed body could permeate matter, sense everything within a hundred kilometers, and conceal itself from perception.
• Li Yao's Water Style Clone used the new abilities to observe Madara's final moments and spot Obito's hidden Sharingan, then decided to leave Obito alone until he awakened Kamui.
• Li Yao's Water Style Clone headed for Sunagakure to look for a suitable body and study the Puppet Array.
• Li Yao spent two years studying the Dragon Vein Chakra in Rōran and had deciphered more than half of its changes.
• Li Yao feared Naruto's imminent arrival would cause major space-time fluctuations that would complicate his efforts to replicate the Dragon Vein Chakra before it disappeared.

Naruto arrived in Rōran through the Dragon Vein and joined Minato’s team in opposing Mukade. Minato confirmed Naruto had also come from the future, then arranged for Naruto to protect Queen of Roran Sarah while his team searched for Mukade.

• Naruto woke in a sealed chamber, fled from puppets, and emerged into Rōran, where sword-wielding puppets attacked him.
• Li Yao sensed that Naruto’s arrival had made the Dragon Vein Chakra unstable and feared it would soon collapse.
• Minato’s team rescued an injured Naruto from puppets, and Minato suspected Naruto had traveled from the future.
• Naruto rescued Queen of Roran Sarah, then mistook Minato’s team for her attackers and fought them before they compared what they knew.
• Minato confirmed Naruto and Mukade were from the future, and both sides agreed to stop Mukade and split up.
• Minato assigned Naruto to protect Sarah, explaining to Choza Akimichi that Naruto was most likely to encounter Mukade because of their space-time resonance.

Minato’s team searched for Mukade while avoiding direct interference with Naruto, and Li Yao realized the Dragon Vein was growing unstable and planned to reach its future-era power. As Mukade pursued Sarah, the antenna device restored his damaged puppet body with Time Reset Chakra, leaving him renewed after his defeat.

• Minato told Choji Akimichi that their team could not kill Mukade and should leave that task to Naruto to avoid changing the future.
• Li Yao sensed that Yamato’s arrival had worsened the Dragon Vein’s instability and decided to seek its power in Naruto’s future.
• Li Yao explained how Mukade’s Time Reset Chakra restored his puppets and made Mukade himself difficult to kill.
• Naruto and Sarah entered Mukade’s puppet factory while Li Yao watched the Dragon Vein conversion device.
• Mukade pursued Sarah toward the central plaza, but Choza Akimichi and an Aburame Clan shinobi defeated him.
• The antenna device struck Mukade with Time Reset Chakra, restoring the insects’ drained Chakra and his damaged puppet body.

Li Yao copied the Dragon Vein’s Time Reset Chakra and confronted Minato, whose reactions and Flying Thunder God Technique thwarted Li Yao’s attempt to strike him. Li Yao then disabled Mukade’s converter and rescued Sarah, while Minato remained wary and Naruto wondered who Li Yao was.

• Li Yao copied the Dragon Vein’s Time Reset Chakra and discovered he could reset his body and Chakra to an earlier state.
• Minato arrived at the tower and demanded to know who Li Yao was, and Li Yao greeted him like an old friend before attacking.
• Minato evaded Li Yao’s punch by teleporting to Naruto with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Li Yao decided to focus on the Dragon Vein and severed the antenna that let Mukade use Time Reset Chakra.
• Li Yao cut Mukade’s Chakra threads and freed Sarah, but Minato warned her and Naruto that Li Yao was not their companion.
• Li Yao said he also intended to stop Mukade, while Naruto asked him who he was.

Li Yao defeated Mukade by cutting off his access to the Dragon Vein and sealing him inside an ink sphere. Minato remained suspicious of Li Yao as Naruto and Sarah led the Rōran survivors toward the Dragon Vein tower.

• Li Yao struck Mukade’s Scorpion Puppet with an ink wave, while Minato told Naruto to escort Sarah and the survivors to the tower.
• Li Yao sent a Shadow Clone after Naruto and Sarah, prompting Minato to create a clone of his own to follow them.
• Li Yao destroyed Mukade’s formula on the Antenna Converter, preventing Mukade from using the Dragon Vein Chakra to restore his puppet.
• Li Yao’s adhesive ink restrained Mukade’s Scorpion Puppet, and an ink python pulled Mukade from its chest.
• Li Yao sealed Mukade inside an ink sphere and kept him alive, while Choza Akimichi and an Aburame Clan ninja watched warily alongside Minato.

Li Yao tried to study the Dragon Vein, but Minato refused to let him remain and attacked with Shibi Aburame and their ally. The fight began with Li Yao countering Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique, and Shibi Aburame’s insects swarmed him at the end.

• Minato recognized Li Yao as someone from the future after seeing him spread ink gel to counter the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Li Yao said he wanted to study the Dragon Vein for a month without damaging it, but Minato refused and insisted it be sealed immediately.
• Li Yao attacked Minato and the other two with bladed ink tentacles, while Minato used Fire Release to slow them.
• Minato’s Shadow Clone teleported to a Flying Thunder God Kunai and attacked Li Yao, but Li Yao’s ink tentacles bound and destroyed the clone.
• Minato called out to Shibi Aburame, who used the Insect Deception Technique to swarm Li Yao with insects.

Minato attacked Li Yao with Rasengan and Flying Thunder God, but Li Yao had prepared a trap that stopped Minato from teleporting and sealed his Chakra. Minato realized he had been defeated and demanded to know who Li Yao was and how he knew the Uzumaki Clan’s Contract Seal.

• Minato used Shibi Aburame’s insects to force Li Yao’s ink defense into a metallic state, then sent three Shadow Clones to break it with Rasengan.
• Li Yao shattered the clones with metallic ink fragments, creating an opening for Minato to teleport in and strike him with Rasengan.
• Minato weakened Li Yao’s injury and chose to touch his stomach to place a Flying Thunder God Mark, but Li Yao’s Contract Seal activated first.
• Minato found that the Flying Thunder God Technique would not work, then became trapped in gelatinous ink as Li Yao’s Black Iron Chains pierced his feet and sealed his Chakra.
• Minato accepted that he had been defeated and asked Li Yao who he was and how he could use the Uzumaki Clan’s Contract Seal.

Li Yao defeated Minato by sealing his Flying Thunder God Technique, then killed Choza Akimichi and Shibi Aburame and sealed Minato away. After Minato's Shadow Clone vanished, an enraged Naruto was transported by Li Yao to a desert, where the Nine-Tails identified the technique and Naruto recognized the kunai at his feet.

• Li Yao used an improved Contract Seal to disable Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique and trapped him with Black Water.
• Minato urged Choza Akimichi and Shibi Aburame to flee, but Li Yao's Ink Tentacles killed them before Minato was sealed into an ink sphere.
• At the Dragon Vein Transmission Tower, Minato's Shadow Clone vanished, leading Naruto to believe that Minato had died and to erupt in Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Li Yao appeared beside Naruto, touched his shoulder, and transported him to a desert using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that the desert was not genjutsu and pointed out a black kunai beneath his feet, which Naruto recognized with shock.

Naruto learned from the Nine-Tails that Li Yao had teleported him away from Rōran and was far too powerful to fight alone. Inside Naruto’s sealing space, Li Yao confronted the Nine-Tails, then effortlessly defeated Naruto’s first two attacks, leaving Naruto with only the Sexy Jutsu.

• The Nine-Tails warned Naruto that Li Yao was powerful and had used Space-Time Ninjutsu to send him away from Rōran.
• Naruto decided to wait for Li Yao and force him to take him back, but the Nine-Tails refused to help.
• Li Yao appeared in Naruto’s sealing space, where the Nine-Tails sensed Rinnegan Pupil Power Chakra in his consciousness.
• Naruto attacked Li Yao, but Li Yao kicked him away and cut down his Shadow Clones without harming the real Naruto.
• Naruto’s Wind Style Rasenshuriken was erased by Li Yao’s Slash Barrier, leaving Naruto with only his Sexy Jutsu.

Li Yao drained Naruto’s Chakra, knocked him unconscious, and began removing the seal on the Nine-Tails. Minato’s stored consciousness tried to stop him, but Li Yao restrained it and discovered that Naruto also carried a crow containing Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami eye.

• Naruto created hundreds of Shadow Clones and attacked Li Yao with a Big Ball Rasengan Barrage.
• Li Yao used Black Iron Chains to pierce the clones and absorb their Chakra, leaving Naruto nearly drained.
• Naruto kept charging Li Yao, who knocked him unconscious and held him upright.
• Li Yao began peeling away the sealing talisman, triggering Minato’s stored consciousness, and restrained Minato with a Black Iron Chain.
• Li Yao realized Naruto contained Minato and Kushina’s Spiritual Energy, the Nine-Tails, and a crow holding Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami eye.

Li Yao located Itachi’s crow and Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami Mangekyō Sharingan inside Naruto, then used a Fugaku disguise to draw the crow out. Kotoamatsukami took control of his Shadow Clone, which remained in existence even after Li Yao dispelled it.

• Li Yao planned to return Naruto to his world and pursue the Mangekyō Sharingan and Six Paths-level Chakra during the coming Fourth Ninja World War.
• Li Yao searched Naruto’s body with Black Iron Chains and found Itachi’s crow hidden in an Acupoint Space, where a sealing formula would destroy Shisui’s eye if the crow were forcibly removed.
• Li Yao created a Shadow Clone disguised as Fugaku and made it reveal its Mangekyō Sharingan to trigger the crow’s emergence from Naruto.
• The crow emerged from Naruto and used Kotoamatsukami on the Shadow Clone, changing its will to prioritize protecting Konoha.
• Li Yao severed his mental connection to the Shadow Clone, dispelled it, and prevented its Chakra from returning to him, but the clone did not disappear.

Li Yao escaped his uncontrolled Shadow Clone and took Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami Mangekyō Sharingan so he could eventually regain control. He realized the clone could not use his Flying Thunder God Marks, but could still threaten him by sealing the Dragon Vein.

• Li Yao teleported Naruto away from the Shadow Clone, severed the crow’s head, took Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami Mangekyō Sharingan, and sealed Naruto inside an ink sphere.
• Li Yao used his Wood Release Cells to nourish the Sharingan and planned to copy Kotoamatsukami’s genjutsu chakra once the eye recovered.
• Li Yao realized the Shadow Clone could not use the Flying Thunder God Marks left by his original body, though he could still sense the clone and teleport to its new marks.
• Li Yao concluded that the Shadow Clone might seal the Dragon Vein and use the Contract Seal to remove the original body’s Flying Thunder God contracts.

Li Yao fought his Uncontrolled Shadow Clone, which planned to seal the Dragon Vein and destroy his Flying Thunder God Marks to protect Konoha. Li Yao suspected he had found a way to defeat it, but the clone created over a hundred copies armed with Black Hole Space spheres.

• Li Yao confronted the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone in the sky to stop it from reaching Rōran and sealing the Dragon Vein.
• Li Yao and the clone traded Flying Thunder God attacks, each anticipating the other's moves and narrowly avoiding Black Hole Space blades.
• The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone resumed its flight toward Rōran, intending to seal the Dragon Vein and destroy Li Yao's remaining Flying Thunder God Marks.
• Li Yao pursued using Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Mass Release, then attacked the clone with a Black Hole Space Blade, but it teleported away.
• Li Yao formed a suspicion that he could defeat the clone within an hour, but the clone used Time Reset Chakra to create more than a hundred Shadow Clones wielding Black Hole Space spheres.

Li Yao used his Shadow Clones and Flying Thunder God Technique to pin down the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone, who could not break through Li Yao’s relentless attacks. The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone protected himself inside an impenetrable Black Hole Space Shield, while Li Yao’s other clones continued pursuing the ones hidden in the earth.

• Li Yao and the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone fired Black Hole Space spheres at each other, and Li Yao deduced that his opponent could not use the Transformation Jutsu.
• The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone unleashed Water Style—Penetration Ocean and sent some of his clones toward Rōran to seal or destroy the Dragon Vein.
• Li Yao’s Shadow Clones used the Flying Thunder God Technique to launch a suicidal attack, forcing the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone to teleport away.
• The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone blocked Li Yao’s pursuing clones with a Black Hole Space Shield and escaped their encirclement without teleporting again.
• Li Yao sent more Shadow Clones after him, but their Black Hole Space attacks could not penetrate the shield.
• Li Yao’s clones dispersed the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone’s other clones, while the ones merged into the earth remained hidden.

Li Yao contained the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone but could not yet break its Black Hole Space shield, so he turned to studying the Dragon Vein’s time and space powers. The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone tried to remove Li Yao’s Flying Thunder God Mark, then realized its limited Chakra control made developing a new sealing technique nearly impossible.

• Li Yao used the Flying Thunder God Marks to locate the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone and its clones, then had his shadow clones destroy the marks and disperse most of the underground clones.
• Five Uncontrolled Shadow Clones remained protected inside Black Hole Space shields, so Li Yao surrounded them with shadow clones to prevent them from escaping.
• Li Yao returned to the Dragon Vein and assigned three shadow clones to develop time, space, and time-space ninjutsu while he sensed the Dragon Vein Chakra.
• The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone decided to develop a sealing technique to remove its Flying Thunder God Mark and created a clone to work on it.
• The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone discovered it could not freely alter Chakra nature as Li Yao could, and realized that its simulated soul made it vulnerable to losing Kotoamatsukami control if it used Perfect Transformation Jutsu.

The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone sought help from the Sage of Six Paths, but the Sage ignored his call while Li Yao gained Kotoamatsukami and continued developing a way through the Black Hole Space. As the Ninja World War continued, new deaths and unexpected changes in the shinobi world bewildered the Sage.

• The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone used the Rinnegan’s Naraka Path to call to the Sage of Six Paths through the Pure Land.
• The Sage of Six Paths saw the clone’s plea but chose not to intervene, wary of revealing his power too early.
• Li Yao’s Kotoamatsukami Mangekyō Sharingan recovered, and he acquired Kotoamatsukami, but it could not penetrate the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone’s Black Hole Space defense.
• Li Yao continued sensing the Dragon Vein’s Chakra and developing a Space Ninjutsu while wearing down the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone.
• As shinobi souls entered the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths learned of the Third Tsuchikage’s and Fourth Kazekage’s deaths and other unexpected changes, leaving him bewildered.

The Sage of Six Paths investigated the changes to the Shinobi World and suspected Li Yao or someone connected to him was behind them. As Rōran collapsed with the Dragon Vein’s disappearance, Li Yao mastered a new temporal-spatial ability and used it to reach the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone.

• The Sage of Six Paths found that Li Yao and the Third Tsuchikage, Third Kazekage, and Third Mizukage had not entered the Pure Land, and suspected their souls had been destroyed.
• The Sage of Six Paths decided to search other parallel worlds for clues to the Shinobi World’s changes.
• After a month in Rōran City, Li Yao sensed the Dragon Vein growing unstable and grasped ninety percent of its Chakra property transformations.
• The Dragon Vein vanished, and its collapse caused Rōran to sink into ruins as Li Yao combined its properties into his own temporal-spatial Chakra.
• Li Yao created Time Mirage, an ability that let him exist in another time and space while affecting the present one, then used it to approach the Uncontrolled Shadow Clone through attacks that passed through him.