Chapter Summaries

Li Yao’s Uncontrolled Shadow Clone unleashed a devastating Black Hole Space technique that erased Rōran and left a massive crater. Li Yao sealed Naruto’s memories and sent him back to his world, where Naruto woke among the ruins with no memory of what had happened.

• The Uncontrolled Shadow Clone expanded Black Hole Space to a fifty-kilometer sphere, swallowing Rōran and the surrounding desert before Li Yao survived the resulting tornado vortex.
• Li Yao released Naruto from the Black Water Space and used the Memory Seal to erase his memories of the world before Naruto vanished.
• Li Yao realized that Yamato had been swallowed by Black Hole Space and considered the possibility of finding other Naruto parallel worlds and Dragon Veins.
• At the Rōran ruins, Sakura and Sai found Naruto awake but could not find Yamato or Mukade.
• Sai suggested that the Dragon Vein’s power had swept Yamato into another world.

Naruto and Sakura learned that Yamato might have been dragged into another world through the Dragon Vein, while Li Yao traveled across Rōran to seize Nagato’s Rinnegan and copy Limbo: Border Jail. He arrived above Drizzle City, where the Akatsuki Organization had recently settled, and reflected on how identical the parallel worlds were.

• Sai told Naruto and Sakura that the Dragon Vein could send people through time and space, but he did not know how to bring Captain Yamato back.
• Li Yao headed for Amegakure to take Nagato’s Rinnegan and use Limbo: Border Jail so he could copy the advanced Time-Space Ninjutsu.
• Hanzō dismissed a subordinate’s concerns about Konoha and Iwagakure fighting within the Land of Rain, reflecting on how the war had left Amegakure too weak to resist the great villages.
• The Akatsuki Organization had settled in Drizzle City, and Li Yao observed the city from above while noting its exact resemblance to the other world.

Li Yao stole Nagato’s Rinnegan, implanted them to unlock their abilities, and copied Limbo: Border Jail into his own Chakra. After testing the spatial technique and gaining a new spatial attack, he destroyed the eyes and set out for another Naruto world on the eve of the Fourth Ninja World War.

• Li Yao stole Nagato’s Rinnegan while Nagato was immobilized, then escaped when Konan attacked without revealing himself.
• Li Yao replaced his Kotoamatsukami Sharingan with Madara’s Rinnegan and used Wood Release Chakra to integrate the eyes.
• Li Yao activated Limbo: Border Jail, copied its Chakra, and learned to enter its spatial layer without the Rinnegan.
• Li Yao tore open the spatial layer to create a hundred-meter-long spatial slash.
• Li Yao destroyed the Rinnegan, regrew his eyes, and prepared to visit a Naruto world where the Fourth Ninja World War was about to begin.

Li Yao crossed into the Fourth Ninja World War-era Naruto world and planned to obtain its powerful abilities while avoiding risks he could not control. He sent Shadow Clones to monitor Obito, Sasuke, and Nagato, then entered Konoha’s Root base to target Danzo’s Kotoamatsukami Sharingan.

• Li Yao used the Dragon Vein’s Chakra to power the Flying Thunder God Technique across worlds, then concealed himself as he approached Naruto and his companions.
• The Nine-Tails sensed a faint trace of malice near Naruto, but Li Yao flew away before Naruto’s group could detect him.
• Li Yao confirmed that the Dragon Vein let him enter Naruto’s parallel worlds without being rejected and considered seeking Kotoamatsukami, Kamui, Nature Energy, and Truth-Seeking Orb powers.
• Li Yao created three Shadow Clones to watch Obito, Sasuke, and Nagato while he headed for Konoha.
• Li Yao entered Root’s underground base as Danzo studied Jiraiya’s coded intelligence about the Rinnegan and reflected on his past dealings with Pain.

Danzo prepared to exploit an Akatsuki attack on Konoha to claim the Hokage seat, but Li Yao secretly killed him and took his Kotoamatsukami Sharingan. After discovering the eye could only restore the will of someone affected by Kotoamatsukami, Li Yao left it destroyed and learned why Danzo had never used it.

• Danzo planned to let the Akatsuki attack Konoha, hoping Tsunade would die or lose the Hokage seat, and considered withdrawing Root to preserve his strength.
• Li Yao appeared in Danzo's office, beheaded him, absorbed his soul to prevent resurrection, took the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan, and escaped using Flying Thunder God.
• Root discovered Danzo's body and reported his death to Tsunade after the base fell into confusion.
• Li Yao tried to repair the damaged eye, then crushed it and reset his body after failing to obtain the genjutsu Chakra he wanted.
• Li Yao searched Danzo's memories and learned that Danzo's Kotoamatsukami Sharingan restored the will of people affected by Kotoamatsukami rather than altering their will.

Tsunade investigated Danzo’s murder in the Root Base but found no trace of the killer, only palm prints and Danzo’s stolen Sharingan. She ordered Danzo’s remains taken to the Anbu interrogation room so they could search his memories for clues.

• Tsunade arrived at the Root Base with Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Anbu guards, and examined Danzo’s head and headless corpse.
• Anbu chakra sensing and scent tracking found no trace of the murderer, while Root’s barriers had not been triggered and no sounds of fighting had been heard.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu suspected Tsunade, but she rebuked them and reminded them that she was the Hokage.
• Tsunade opened the restraints on Danzo’s right arm, causing a tree to burst through the ceiling, then found only palm prints that suggested the killer was a young man.
• Tsunade ordered Danzo’s head and corpse taken to the Anbu interrogation room to search his memories for how he had died.

Tsunade investigated Danzo’s death while Li Yao infiltrated the Anbu Base and used Kotoamatsukami to control her. The chapter ended with Tsunade welcoming Li Yao home and going to bed with him.

• Tsunade suspected that the Uchiha member of the Akatsuki who attacked Kushina might have killed Danzo, while the interrogation unit worked to recover Danzo’s memories.
• Li Yao decided to wait in Konoha for Naruto to return and planned to use Kotoamatsukami on Tsunade.
• The interrogation unit recovered Danzo’s final memories, which showed no attacker before an invisible blade killed him.
• Tsunade ordered the village to strengthen its defenses and continue examining Danzo’s memories, then left the Anbu Base.
• Tsunade returned home under Li Yao’s control, welcomed him affectionately, and went to bed with him.

Li Yao and Tsunade spent the night together, and Tsunade used the Strength of a Hundred Technique during their battle. After Tsunade left for work, Li Yao stayed at her home, relying on a new Space-Time Barrier to hide from the Nine-Tails while he waited for Kakashi.

• Li Yao and Tsunade moved from the bed to the sofa, where Tsunade activated the Strength of a Hundred Technique.
• Li Yao used Wood Release: Wood Dragon Jutsu as he and Tsunade tested their regenerative abilities through a battle of attrition.
• By morning, Tsunade was completely exhausted and her Strength of a Hundred markings had receded.
• Naruto came to Tsunade's home looking for her, and she cleaned up before heading to work.
• Li Yao cultivated inside the Space-Time Barrier he had created to conceal his presence from the Nine-Tails.

After Yamato disappeared in the Dragon Vein’s eruption, Tsunade investigated what might have happened and continued trying to decipher the intelligence Jiraiya left behind. She ordered Naruto to come help crack the code, despite his grief over Jiraiya and worry for Yamato.

• Tsunade sent Naruto and Sakura away while she went to Root to investigate the Dragon Vein, and Sai joined Naruto’s team.
• Tsunade reviewed Minato’s records and decided to classify Yamato as missing rather than tell Naruto he might be dead.
• Tsunade learned that the Anbu had found no clue to Danzo’s killer in his memories.
• The intelligence chief told Tsunade that Jiraiya’s code likely required someone who understood his recent thoughts, and suggested Naruto.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to summon Naruto so he could help decipher Jiraiya’s intelligence before the Akatsuki attacked.

Naruto and Tsunade made progress deciphering Jiraiya’s code by searching Kakashi’s home for his books, but they needed Kakashi’s newest volume to continue. Meanwhile, Tsunade returned home to Li Yao, who used his Five Senses Domination Technique to deceive the Anbu guarding her.

• Naruto realized Jiraiya’s code began with the character for “evening,” and the group deduced it referred to page numbers in Jiraiya’s books.
• Tsunade ordered a search of Kakashi’s home, where Naruto found four volumes of The Paradise of Lovers, but their coded pages produced nonsense.
• Naruto explained that Kakashi carried the newest volume, so Tsunade sent Shizune to summon him while the others continued searching.
• Tsunade left the intelligence team and returned home to cook for Li Yao, while Shikamaru wondered why she seemed unusually happy.
• Li Yao used his Five Senses Domination Technique to make the Anbu perceive him as a man created by Tsunade’s Shadow Clone and Transformation Jutsu.

Kakashi returned to Konoha, where Naruto and Shikamaru deciphered Jiraiya’s code but found its message cryptic. Li Yao planned to revive Jiraiya and prevent Nagato from reviving Konoha’s dead, while Naruto went to Mount Myōboku to train for Pain’s attack.

• Kakashi rushed back to Konoha and found his books and photo albums scattered after the burglary.
• Naruto and Shikamaru used Jiraiya’s latest book to decipher the code and discovered the message, “The real one is not among them!”
• Li Yao decided to use Impure World Reincarnation on Jiraiya and planned to stop Nagato from reviving the people killed in Konoha.
• Fukasaku challenged Naruto’s confidence in defeating the enemy who had beaten Jiraiya, leaving Naruto speechless.
• Naruto went with Fukasaku to Mount Myōboku to train in sage arts while Shikamaru and the others continued investigating Pain.

Nagato led the Six Paths of Pain toward Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails while Li Yao Shadow Clone recovered Jiraiya’s remains and returned to Tsunade’s house. There, Li Yao used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Jiraiya, who opened his eyes in Tsunade’s home and saw Li Yao.

• Nagato rejected Konan’s suggestion to let Madara capture the Nine-Tails and set off for Konoha with Konan and the Six Paths of Pain.
• Li Yao Shadow Clone watched Nagato depart, then dove into Genkai Lake and retrieved a bone from Jiraiya’s preserved corpse.
• Li Yao Shadow Clone teleported to Tsunade’s home and placed a barrier there that concealed Chakra fluctuations.
• Li Yao explained that he had strengthened Impure World Reincarnation with restraints that prevented summoned ninjas from breaking free.
• Li Yao used Jiraiya’s bone and a living sacrifice to summon Jiraiya, who recognized Tsunade’s house and noticed Li Yao.

Li Yao questioned the resurrected Jiraiya about his coded message and learned why Jiraiya believed Naruto was the Child of Prophecy. He sent Jiraiya into a layered space, where Jiraiya failed to summon the toads and set out for the Hokage Building to find Tsunade.

• Jiraiya realized he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation and could not attack Li Yao, the contract's master.
• Li Yao showed Jiraiya the decoded message, and the contract forced Jiraiya to reveal his belief that Naruto was the Child of Prophecy.
• Jiraiya explained that he had once considered Nagato and Minato candidates, but had become certain Naruto was the one he had sought.
• Li Yao placed Jiraiya in a layered space and told him to see Konoha as it was before he could no longer do so.
• Jiraiya's Summoning Technique failed in the layered space, and he passed through Li Yao and the house before heading toward the Hokage Building to find Tsunade.

Li Yao ambushed Sasuke’s team on their way to Kumogakure and seized Jugo after discovering that he could sense Li Yao while he was transformed into air. Sasuke and Suigetsu were struck down, and Karin jumped off the cliff after Sasuke.

• Jugo sensed someone ahead on the mountain path even though Karin, Sasuke, and Suigetsu could not detect anyone.
• Li Yao Shadow Clone appeared and asked Jugo how he had sensed him while he was using Water Transformation Penetration.
• Sasuke attacked Li Yao, who knocked the blade from his hand and sent him flying off the cliff with an ink-black staff.
• Li Yao kicked Suigetsu into the mountain wall and grabbed Jugo by the neck.
• Karin leaped off the cliff to rush after the falling Sasuke.

Li Yao Shadow Clone defeated Sasuke’s team, captured Jugo for research, and escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique. Sasuke pursued him, but he and Jugo vanished from Karin’s chakra perception, leaving Sasuke, Karin, and Suigetsu searching beneath the empty sky.

• Li Yao Shadow Clone bound Jugo with ink, carried him into the sky, and left Sasuke badly injured after a clash.
• Karin healed Sasuke by letting him bite her, restoring his injuries and chakra.
• Sasuke ordered Karin and Suigetsu to pursue Jugo, and Karin sensed that he had flown toward Kumogakure.
• Li Yao Shadow Clone completed recording Jugo’s physical data, sealed him for future research, and escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Karin lost track of Jugo and Li Yao Shadow Clone’s chakra, and Sasuke’s team found no one in the sky.

After defeating Sasuke and Suigetsu, Li Yao’s Shadow Clone followed Obito into the Kamui Space and sealed him there. Obito realized Li Yao had infiltrated the space by hiding alongside him, leaving Obito helpless and stunned.

• Sasuke decided to continue toward Kumogakure to capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and seek information about the man who took Jugo.
• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed the unknown powerhouse, and Obito ordered Black Zetsu to find him so he could recruit him or eliminate him.
• Obito traveled through the Kamui Space to wait above Kumogakure for Sasuke and the Eight-Tails capture.
• Li Yao’s Shadow Clone appeared in the Kamui Space and used Black Iron Chains to seal Obito’s Chakra and immobilize him.
• Li Yao’s Shadow Clone explained that he had hidden alongside Obito as Obito entered the Kamui Space, then marked the space with Flying Thunder God Technique marks.

Li Yao subdued Obito in the Kamui Space, learned how the alternate dimension worked, and used Kotoamatsukami to make Obito accept him as master. He turned Obito into a Shadow Clone, which then sensed the Forbidden Curse Madara had placed on Obito’s heart, leaving Li Yao puzzled about why it could detect it.

• Li Yao used the Flying Thunder God Technique to enter the Kamui Space, where Obito realized he had lost control of the situation and begged to be released.
• Li Yao explored the Kamui Space and determined that it was a finite, self-contained alternate space connected to the real world by a spatial conduit.
• Li Yao used Kotoamatsukami on Obito, who stopped resisting and called Li Yao master.
• Li Yao brought his Water Style Clone into the Kamui Space, erased Obito’s will, and had the clone take over Obito’s body and soul.
• After becoming an Obito Shadow Clone, the Water Style Clone sensed the Forbidden Curse Madara had placed on Obito’s heart, puzzling Li Yao.

Li Yao took control of Obito, removed the Forbidden Curse from his heart, and set his clone to capture Killer B and retrieve Kakashi’s Kamui Sharingan. Jiraiya worried about Konoha’s looming danger and Naruto’s delayed return, but his fears about the mysterious man in Tsunade’s home vanished when he saw Tsunade embrace Li Yao as her lover.

• Li Yao sensed and dispelled the Forbidden Curse in the Obito clone’s heart, then ordered the clone to make sure Killer B could not escape.
• Li Yao decided to speed up his plans and sent a Shadow Clone to take Kakashi’s Kamui Sharingan for the Obito clone.
• Jiraiya worried that Naruto was still training in senjutsu while Konoha remained at risk of an attack by the Six Paths of Pain.
• Jiraiya resolved to warn Tsunade about the powerful man he believed was hiding in her home.
• Jiraiya saw Tsunade cling to Li Yao and call him her husband, leaving him stunned.

Li Yao remained invisible to Jiraiya while Tsunade treated him as her partner, until an Anbu reported that the killer suspected of murdering Danzo had stolen Kakashi’s Sharingan. Tsunade went to Konoha Hospital, where Kakashi woke with no memory of the attack, leaving the killer’s identity and motives unknown.

• Jiraiya raged helplessly as Li Yao ignored him and spent time with Tsunade.
• An Anbu told Tsunade that the suspected Danzo killer had attacked Kakashi and taken his Sharingan, so she hurried to Konoha Hospital.
• Tsunade used the Mystical Palm Technique to heal Kakashi, who woke and discovered his left eye was gone.
• Kakashi told Tsunade he had fallen asleep at home and remembered nothing about the attack.
• Tsunade arranged for Anbu to protect Kakashi while she considered the danger posed by the unknown killer.

Sasuke’s team confronted Killer B outside Kumogakure, but Sasuke’s confidence led him to underestimate the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. Killer B overwhelmed him in combat and forced him to use Susanoo before striking him down in his complete Eight-Tails form.

• Karin sensed the Eight-Tails’ Chakra behind a gate, and Killer B emerged and recognized Sasuke’s team as members of the Akatsuki that had captured Yuzuki.
• Sasuke challenged Killer B alone, but Killer B blocked his attacks and quickly wounded him with his seven-sword fighting style.
• Killer B pinned Suigetsu’s Kubikiribōchō, kicked him away, and nearly struck Sasuke before Sasuke activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails Gyūki, collapsed the platform, and punched Sasuke and Karin through Susanoo.
• Sasuke spat blood and lost control of Susanoo after the blow, while Karin remained with him at the foot of the mountain.