Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke fought Li Yao but could neither defeat him nor outlast him, so they headed toward the Tailed Beasts to replenish their Chakra. Li Yao allowed them to approach because staying close to Naruto would give him time to copy Naruto and Sasuke’s powerful Chakra.

• Naruto and Sasuke’s attacks failed to overcome Li Yao’s Black Hole Space defenses, and their battle settled into a stalemate.
• Naruto suspected Li Yao’s Dragon Vein Chakra might be the reason he had traveled to their world.
• Sasuke realized his Chakra was running low and used Amenotejikara to move Naruto beside him so they could seek the Tailed Beasts.
• Naruto and Sasuke teleported toward the Tailed Beasts while Li Yao continued pursuing Naruto.
• Li Yao let them approach because he needed to remain close to Naruto for two days to copy Truth-Seeking Orb Chakra and other Six Paths powers.

Sasuke realized Li Yao had been targeting Naruto without trying to kill him, while Naruto fused with Kurama and fought Li Yao. Sasuke absorbed the other eight Tailed Beasts' Chakra and joined the battle, concluding that Li Yao wanted something Naruto possessed.

• Sasuke watched Li Yao and wondered why he had focused on Naruto without trying to kill him.
• Naruto merged with Kurama and transformed into Golden Nine-Tails Mode before fighting Li Yao in the sky.
• Sasuke absorbed the Chakra of the other eight Tailed Beasts into his Complete Body Susanoo, leaving them drained.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to join Naruto and pointed out that Li Yao had avoided using his strongest attacks against him.
• Naruto realized Li Yao might have another motive, and Sasuke concluded that Li Yao wanted something Naruto possessed.

Sasuke and Naruto used a coordinated lightning attack to paralyze Li Yao and attempted to seal him with the Six Paths - Chibaku Tensei. The Sage of Six Paths believed the seal had locked Li Yao’s space and left him unable to escape.

• Sasuke attacked Li Yao with rapid lightning while Naruto supported him, forcing Li Yao to teleport repeatedly near Naruto.
• Sasuke unleashed a massive lightning field that paralyzed Li Yao’s body, mind, and soul when he teleported into its range.
• Naruto and Sasuke used Amenotejikara to appear beside Li Yao and began activating the sealing technique.
• Li Yao’s Time Reset restored his body and consciousness, and he tried to escape with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The Sage of Six Paths revealed that Naruto and Sasuke’s Six Paths - Chibaku Tensei had locked the surrounding space and believed Li Yao could no longer teleport away.

Li Yao used Time Mirage to evade the final stage of Naruto and Sasuke’s Six Paths - Chibaku Tensei, though the spatial backlash severely injured them. The Sage of Six Paths realized Li Yao’s technique controlled both time and space, then abandoned his plan to intervene and capture him.

• Naruto and Sasuke activated Six Paths - Chibaku Tensei as Li Yao’s Flying Thunder God Technique failed, so Li Yao used Ninja Art - Time Mirage.
• Li Yao became untouchable, preventing the spatial gravitational node from forming and causing the sealing technique to fail.
• The Sage of Six Paths puzzled over Li Yao’s escape, then recognized that Time-Space Ninjutsu let him withstand a technique that only sealed space.
• The Sage of Six Paths considered capturing Li Yao for study but remembered a pair of starry eyes and chose not to intervene.
• The spatial power erupted after losing its target and hurled Naruto and Sasuke three kilometers away, leaving both severely injured.

Naruto and Sasuke’s Six Paths - Chibaku Tensei Sealing Technique failed when Li Yao escaped it with Time Mirage after Time Reset restored his consciousness. Li Yao survived by a hair’s breadth, recognized how Naruto and Sasuke’s choice had spared him, and reconsidered his combat strategy.

• Naruto and Sasuke watched in disbelief as Li Yao remained unharmed after their Six Paths - Chibaku Tensei Sealing Technique failed.
• Li Yao recalled that passive Time Reset had awakened him from Sasuke’s lightning attack, allowing him to activate Time Mirage as the sealing technique took hold.
• Time Mirage shifted Li Yao into another time-space, leaving the sealing technique’s spatial gravitational node without his true body and causing it to collapse.
• Li Yao realized Naruto and Sasuke could have killed him by attacking directly with lightning or a Truth-Seeking Orb instead of relying on the sealing technique.
• Li Yao resolved not to underestimate opponents or overlook the value of intelligence about their abilities, and recognized that his own strategy had made him neglect Time Mirage.

Li Yao fully protected himself with the Black Hole Space Feather Robe and pressed Naruto and Sasuke into a defensive deadlock while trying to copy Truth-Seeking Orb Chakra. Meanwhile, his Obito Shadow Clone prepared to destroy a town as Minato and the others raced to stop him.

• Li Yao wrapped himself completely in the Black Hole Space Feather Robe, then attacked Naruto and Sasuke alongside a Shadow Clone.
• Naruto and Sasuke repeatedly evaded with Amenotejikara, but Sasuke could not harm Li Yao through his defenses.
• Li Yao kept his true body near Naruto to sense his Truth-Seeking Orb Chakra while his Shadow Clone pursued Sasuke.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone waited above a town of about twenty thousand people and formed a massive Black Hole Space sphere.
• Minato teleported toward the Obito Shadow Clone, Tobirama headed for the town, and Hashirama raised wooden shields around it, but Li Yao's clone threw the sphere downward.

Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone destroyed a town and defeated Hashirama, Minato, Tobirama, and Itachi when they tried to stop him. With Konoha already destroyed and his allies beaten, Hashirama knelt and begged Li Yao to spare the people of the Land of Fire.

• Minato and Tobirama failed to transfer the Black Hole Space sphere, which swallowed a town of over twenty thousand people.
• Hashirama summoned True Several Thousand Hands and attacked Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone, but Kamui destroyed the Wood Golem's head.
• Minato, Tobirama, and Itachi attempted a coordinated attack with the Totsuka Blade, but Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone struck them with Kamui, leaving Itachi half-destroyed.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone confronted the five survivors, who realized they could not defeat him.
• Hashirama knelt before Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone and begged him to spare the people of the Land of Fire.

Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone demanded the nine Tailed Beasts in exchange for stopping the slaughter, and the Hokage agreed to surrender them. After absorbing the Beasts and becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki again, he marveled at how close his new form seemed to the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Hashirama, Itachi, Minato, and Hiruzen knelt before Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone to plead for the people of the Land of Fire.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone demanded the nine Tailed Beasts, and Hashirama and Minato agreed to hand them over.
• Minato summoned eight Tailed Beasts, while the Nine-Tails remained in Naruto; Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used Sealing Chains to capture the Beasts and extract the Nine-Tails from Minato.
• The Demonic Statue absorbed all nine Tailed Beasts and became the Ten-Tails, which Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone sealed into his body.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone regained his white hair, horns, and Truth-Seeking Orbs, then reflected that the Ten-Tails' Chakra had brought him closer to the Otsutsuki Clan.

Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone broke his promise by reanimating Tsunade with Samui's body and taunting Hashirama and the others. After stopping Minato and Tobirama's attack, he sent Tsunade into the Kamui Space and flew toward another town.

• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone left a Shadow Clone behind after his main body returned to the Kamui Space, then announced that the clone was not bound by the main body's promise.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone captured Samui and used Tsunade's head in Impure World Reincarnation to turn Samui into Tsunade.
• Hashirama attacked Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone, but the clone blocked his Wood Release and taunted Tsunade in front of the others.
• Minato and Tobirama charged with Flying Thunder God, but Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone pierced their chests with Truth-Seeking Orbs before they retreated.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone sent Tsunade into the Kamui Space and flew toward the next town.

Hashirama, Tobirama, and Minato tried to save civilians as Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone's Shadow Clone destroyed towns across the Land of Fire. The Sage of Six Paths considered intervening but closed his eyes under the pressure of a pair of cold, star-like eyes.

• Tobirama stopped Hashirama from pursuing the demon and urged everyone to evacuate civilians, so Hashirama sent out Wood Clones to warn the towns.
• Tobirama and Minato realized the demon's attacks could prevent their Impure World Reincarnation bodies from healing, and Minato set off to track it.
• Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone's Shadow Clone continued destroying towns, while Minato followed and watched the slaughter in growing terror.
• The Sage of Six Paths recognized that the destruction reflected Li Yao's intentions but could not understand his motive.
• After a great city vanished, the Sage of Six Paths tried to rise but closed his eyes under the gaze of a pair of cold, star-like eyes.

After two days of fighting, Li Yao Shadow Clone exhausted Naruto and Sasuke and erased them with Black Hole Space when neither the Sage of Six Paths nor Gamamaru intervened. Gamamaru watched Naruto die and chose to protect Mount Myōboku rather than risk confronting Li Yao.

• Li Yao Shadow Clone taunted the exhausted Naruto and Sasuke and waited to see whether the Sage of Six Paths would save them, but he did not appear.
• Naruto and Sasuke accepted their imminent deaths, and Li Yao Shadow Clone expanded the Black Hole Space spheres until both vanished.
• Gamamaru watched Naruto's death through a crystal ball and apologized, then shut off the image.
• Gamamaru chose not to rescue Naruto because he feared Li Yao would find and destroy Mount Myōboku if he intervened.

Li Yao's Obito Shadow Clone began exterminating people across the Land of Fire while Li Yao's true body grew stronger in Kamui Space and discovered that Six Paths-level Chakra had made him immortal. As the massacre spread through the Shinobi World, the Sage of Six Paths stayed in the Pure Land, afraid to confront Li Yao.

• The Obito Shadow Clone sent hundreds of Shadow Clones across the Land of Fire, killing civilians with Black Hole Spaces as Hashirama and Minato watched helplessly.
• After four days, Hashirama, Minato, Uchiha Itachi, and another of the four collapsed from guilt, while the Obito Shadow Clone personally killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, who felt no remorse.
• Li Yao sensed Six Paths-level Chakra strengthening his body and mind, and realized that his cells could divide without limit as long as his soul remained intact and his body was not destroyed.
• Over the following month, the Obito Shadow Clone's slaughter spread beyond the Land of Fire, and the Sage of Six Paths remained in the Pure Land rather than risk confronting Li Yao.
• Li Yao wondered why the Sage of Six Paths still had not come out.

Li Yao was struck by a cosmic pair of Rinnegan that marked him for the Otsutsuki Clan’s pursuit, forcing him to seal the memory and flee to the Rōran Naruto world. The Sage of Six Paths believed that returning to another world would not save Li Yao from being hunted.

• An invisible ripple swept through the Shinobi World, freezing Li Yao, Obito Shadow Clone, and even the Sage of Six Paths.
• Li Yao saw enormous Rinnegan with thirty-six black rings and one hundred and eight golden tomoe, then collapsed under their overwhelming pressure.
• Li Yao sealed away his detailed memories of the eyes and used the cross-world Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the Rōran Naruto world.
• Obito Shadow Clone destroyed the Tailed Beast Chakra, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and himself in a massive Black Hole Space attack.
• The Sage of Six Paths realized Li Yao had been marked by the Otsutsuki Clan’s eyes and believed he could not escape their pursuit by fleeing to another world.

Li Yao escaped the collapsing Kamui Space to a parallel Naruto world with Impure World Reincarnation Tsunade, then reflected on the immense eyes that had forced him to abandon his plans in the Fourth Great War Naruto world. He identified their owner as the legendary Progenitor of the Otsutsuki.

• Li Yao used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the Fourth Great War Naruto world with Tsunade as both Kamui Spaces collapsed.
• Li Yao and Tsunade arrived in the Rōran Naruto world's Land of Rain, where Tsunade realized the Third Great Ninja War had not yet begun.
• Li Yao confirmed that Tsunade's Impure World Reincarnation body was not being rejected by the new world.
• After three days, Li Yao recovered and flew toward the Land of Fire with Tsunade, who pleaded for him to use genjutsu to change her will.
• Li Yao recalled the enormous eyes that had overwhelmed him in the Fourth Great War Naruto world and concluded they belonged to the Progenitor of the Otsutsuki.

Li Yao reasoned that reaching Six Paths strength had exposed him to the Otsutsuki Progenitor and could bring Otsutsuki Clan members to harvest him. He suspected the Sage of Six Paths abandoned his body to remove the Progenitor’s Chakra mark, and the chapter left him considering how the Sage had concealed the Shinobi world from the clan.

• Li Yao realized the Otsutsuki Progenitor had marked his Chakra and soul after his power reached the Six Paths level.
• Li Yao recalled that the Sage of Six Paths had abandoned his physical body and wondered whether he had done so to escape the Progenitor’s attention.
• Li Yao reasoned that Six Paths-level Chakra could signal the Otsutsuki Clan that a Chakra Fruit was ready to harvest.
• Li Yao guessed that the Sage of Six Paths removed the Progenitor’s Chakra mark, hiding himself and possibly the Shinobi world from the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Li Yao considered that the clan had not returned for a thousand years because it could no longer sense the planet’s Chakra Fruit.

Li Yao reasoned that the Pure Land and the removal of will fluctuations from his soul might let him escape the Progenitor of the Otsutsuki's chakra mark. He concluded that developing the Perfect Transformation Jutsu was the next step toward hiding from the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Li Yao wondered why the Sage of Six Paths had not taken back Naruto and Sasuke's Six Paths Yin-Yang Style after sealing Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Li Yao concluded that abandoning his body could remove the mark from his physical energy, but he needed another way to remove it from his soul.
• Li Yao suspected the Pure Land could purify or shield a soul from the Progenitor of the Otsutsuki's chakra mark, though he feared it might be the Sage of Six Paths' domain.
• Li Yao considered whether the Sage of Six Paths had created the Pure Land using the Rinnegan's soul abilities and thought he might create his own version.
• Li Yao realized the mark in his soul might be a will fluctuation and decided that removing it could conceal him from the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Li Yao recognized that developing the Perfect Transformation Jutsu could help him remove will fluctuations from his soul.

Li Yao decided to improve his soul perception through the Spirit Transformation Technique and his soul strength through the Reaper Death Seal so he could eventually remove the Progenitor of the Otsutsuki’s mark. After three days of traveling with Tsunade, he reached Konoha and sent a Shadow Clone to bring her counterpart to him, wondering who had attacked the village.

• Li Yao concluded that developing the Spirit Transformation Technique would improve his soul perception, while researching the Reaper Death Seal might strengthen his soul.
• Li Yao created two Shadow Clones to research the techniques and spent the journey with Tsunade, promising to free her after she served him for a year.
• Three days later, Li Yao’s Ink Great Bird arrived above Konoha, where Tsunade saw the Hokage monument and struggled with memories of her destroyed world.
• Li Yao sensed another Tsunade treating wounded people at Konoha Hospital and sent a Shadow Clone to bring her up to the bird.
• Li Yao noticed that Konoha appeared to have suffered an attack and wondered which village had launched it.

Li Yao captured the Sannin-era Tsunade and brought her to the sky, where she discovered another version of herself serving him. After using Kotoamatsukami to make the Sannin Tsunade take the Fifth Hokage Tsunade’s place, Li Yao asked who had attacked Konoha.

• Tsunade healed a young chūnin’s broken leg and vanished from the hospital room without the brothers noticing.
• Li Yao Shadow Clone seized Tsunade and carried her through the ceiling to an Ink Great Bird high above Konoha.
• Tsunade tried to break what she believed was a genjutsu, then realized she was immobilized and that the other Tsunade was real.
• After watching Li Yao and the Fifth Hokage Tsunade for three hours, the Sannin Tsunade calmed down and accepted her situation.
• Li Yao used Kotoamatsukami to make the Sannin Tsunade replace the Fifth Hokage Tsunade, then asked who had attacked Konoha.

Li Yao learned that Madara’s allies had abducted Fugaku for his Mangekyō Sharingan and created a Minato clone to remain in this world. After marking Sannin Tsunade, Li Yao left Konoha with both Tsunades, planning to pursue his other goals in another world.

• Sannin Tsunade told Li Yao that three Wood Release users had attacked Konoha and abducted Fugaku Uchiha, leading Li Yao to suspect Black and White Zetsu were acting for Madara.
• Li Yao concluded Madara wanted Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan to regain the Rinnegan, then created a Minato clone to stay in the Shinobi World.
• Li Yao marked Sannin Tsunade with his Flying Thunder God formula while Konoha searched for the suddenly vanished Tsunade.
• Li Yao prepared to pursue Madara and the Rinnegan, then used the Cross-Dimensional Flying Thunder God Technique to leave with both Tsunades.

After returning to Rōran, Li Yao reunited with the worried Little Yezi and captured Black Zetsu, who was stunned by Li Yao’s Six Paths-level Chakra. Li Yao left Black Zetsu with a warning not to come within fifty kilometers if he wanted to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Little Yezi waited anxiously for Li Yao to return, and when he appeared with two identical women, she embraced him and cried.
• Impure World Reincarnation Tsunade watched Li Yao and Little Yezi reunite, suppressing her jealousy because a Forbidden Curse prevented her from attacking them.
• Li Yao sensed Black Zetsu hiding underground, pulled him out of the sand, and bound him with Wind Release.
• Tsunade recognized Black Zetsu as one of the attackers who had used Wood Release against Konoha three days earlier.
• Black Zetsu was shocked to sense Li Yao’s Six Paths-level Chakra, and Li Yao warned him to stay fifty kilometers away or lose his chance to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki.