Chapter Summaries

Shimizu traveled beyond his universe with Odin’s help and met Tony Stark from another universe, who brought him to the ruined Altos Dimension. After they fought a strange swamp monster, Tony led Shimizu through a portal toward Antuach’s main city while warning him to avoid attracting attention from Doctor Doom and his allies.

• Odin used Gungnir and the World Tree to escort Shimizu beyond his universe, where Shimizu opened a portal and met Tony Stark from another universe.
• Tony and Shimizu traveled with Hogarth through the multiverse to the ruined Altos Dimension, where Shimizu received a World Tree marker for returning home.
• Tony advised Shimizu to keep his armor on, established radio and telepathic communication with him, and explained that they were seeking Antuach’s main city.
• A patterned water monster attacked them in the swamp, and Shimizu cut it apart with the Net of Xolara before Tony could capture it.
• Tony told Shimizu that Doctor Doom and several magically enhanced allies were also seeking Altos’s knowledge, then opened a portal to Antuach’s main city.

Tony Stark and Shimizu entered the Tower of Altos after its protective shield vanished, only to find Doctor Doom and his allies already inside. They ambushed Doom’s team, but the Wind and Fire Elemental Giants merged, leaving Shimizu fighting the remaining enemies as Tony headed upstairs.

• Tony Stark restored a Rune Stone and used it to project scenes and sounds from Antuach Main City a million years earlier.
• The Tower of Altos’s protective barrier vanished, and Shimizu sensed that Doctor Doom had gone upstairs while four Rune Giants guarded the entrance.
• Tony planned to ambush Ovi while Shimizu held off the others, but Shimizu entered the tower and attacked Doc Ock, killing her and damaging the Fire Elemental Giant.
• Tony froze Sandman and the Earth Elemental Giant with Yoki Doma’s Tear, while Shimizu fought the Prowler and the Wind Elemental Giant.
• The Wind Elemental Giant absorbed the Fire Elemental Giant, and Shimizu caught Mysterio with Krakken’s Chain and killed him as the Prowler fled with a Rune Stone.

Shimizu fought Doom’s elemental guardians while Tony battled Doom for the Book of Altos. After the guardians fell and Doom escaped, Shimizu and Tony agreed to share the book, with Shimizu borrowing it first.

• Prowler tried to throw a Rune Stone at Shimizu, but Shimizu redirected it through a portal and killed him with its blast.
• Shimizu trapped the Sandman and the earth Elemental Giant in the Mirror Dimension, then weakened and captured the Elemental Giants with borrowed magic and the Net of Xolara.
• Tony and Doom continued fighting over the Book of Altos until Shimizu attacked Doom with the Flame of Fal't and Tony seized the book.
• Doom escaped after Tony blasted apart his duplicate, and Shimizu sealed much of the book’s knowledge from overwhelming his mind.
• Tony and Shimizu agreed to share ownership of the Book of Altos and take turns borrowing it, with Shimizu getting the first year.

After returning from Antuach with the Book of Altos and selected samples, Shimizu resumed his work at Kyoto University, where his rising profile earned him a dual associate professorship. He left campus planning a winter road trip, new research, and study of the Art of Divine Machines, equipped with materials from Meng Xuan.

• Tony and Shimizu gathered selected artifacts and biological samples in Antuach, then returned to their respective universes after agreeing that Shimizu would deliver the Book of Altos to Vishanti within a year.
• Shimizu taught a final-exam review at Kyoto University, where his increasing Destiny Value accompanied his appointment as an associate professor in both physics and mathematics.
• Meng Xuan urged Shimizu to pursue their artificial-intelligence projects, but Shimizu said he planned to take a winter road trip and establish a company to manage his patent earnings.
• Shimizu explained that his electron-beam lithography paper had solved the proximity-effect problem, surprising Meng Xuan with the progress.
• Shimizu asked Meng Xuan for materials to study the Art of Divine Machines, received permission to take what he needed, and left campus carrying a Storage Pouch.

Shimizu built a new A+-rank combat puppet and traveled to Biyou Village in Guizhou, hoping to learn Divine Machine Hundred Refinements from Ma Xianhong. After giving Fu Rong a ride to the village, he met its chief, who questioned him about being an artifact refiner.

• Shimizu designed and built Platinum, an armored combat puppet rated A+ with an ion thruster and energy cannon.
• Shimizu used advanced computing resources to investigate Yaoxing Society and located Biyou Village in the Wumeng Mountains.
• Shimizu drove from the Capital City toward Guizhou, arriving near Liupanshui around January 20.
• Shimizu picked up Fu Rong on the highway, learned she was headed to Biyou Village, and drove her to its entrance.
• Shimizu sensed Ma Xianhong and the village's surveillance artifacts before meeting Guo Liang at the entrance.
• Ma Xianhong welcomed Shimizu and Fu Rong, then asked Shimizu about his skills as an artifact refiner.

Zhuo Shimizu introduced himself to Ma Xianhong and explained that he had come for the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, but also wanted to save Ma Xianhong from a path that would bring the authorities down on Biyou Village. After Shimizu demonstrated Platinum, Ma Xianhong offered him the technique and hinted at another idea.

• Zhuo Shimizu told Ma Xianhong that his Mo School granduncle-master was Zhang Xuan, whose history eased Ma Xianhong’s suspicions.
• Shimizu inferred that Ma Xianhong could turn ordinary people into Otherworlders and warned that the company and state would oppose the method if it threatened social stability.
• Ma Xianhong rejected Shimizu’s warning and said he would keep pursuing his goal, but Shimizu proposed a way to use science and state support to help everyone become like dragons.
• Shimizu demonstrated Platinum, and Ma Xianhong admitted he had planned to give Shimizu the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.
• Ma Xianhong offered Shimizu the book but said he had another idea.

Shimizu learned the basics of the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements and used it to craft a Sealing Rune flying knife, while discussing his plans to turn Platinum into an artifact. He also helped Ma Xianhong assess the Body Refining Furnace, drawing attention from Qu Tong now that he had mastered the Eight Wonders technique.

• Ma Xianhong gave Shimizu the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements after deciding he trusted him, and Shimizu demonstrated his science-based freezing ray.
• Shimizu studied the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements beside the Mo School Divine Machine and used qi and heat to craft a chromium alloy flying needle.
• After working through the night, Shimizu completed a flying knife etched with Sealing Runes, and Ma Xianhong praised how quickly he learned.
• Shimizu explained why he intended to turn Platinum into an artifact, while Ma Xianhong questioned whether the project was worth the effort.
• Ma Xianhong showed Shimizu the Body Refining Furnace, and Shimizu offered engineering and medical expertise to improve it without mentioning its hidden core.
• Shimizu realized that mastering the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements had brought him to Qu Tong's attention.

Shimizu finished forging a powerful magical artifact arm and used it to defeat Chai Yan, who had infiltrated Biyou Village in disguise. The villagers arrived after the fight, and Shimizu learned that Ma Xianhong had left the village around dusk.

• Shimizu decided to avoid confronting Qu Tong for now, since he had no reason to risk fighting her before becoming stronger.
• After more than ten days of work, Shimizu completed the magical artifact arm and tested its flexibility and power.
• Shimizu sensed an unfamiliar intruder approaching and recognized the man's altered face as a disguise made with the All-Round Hands.
• Shimizu ambushed the intruder with the Platinum Puppet, identified him as Chai Yan, and overwhelmed him with repeated blows from the artifact arm.
• The villagers rushed toward the commotion, but Shimizu had already beaten Chai Yan nearly unconscious.
• Shimizu asked where Ma Xianhong was, and the villagers said the village chief had left around dusk for an urgent matter.

Shimizu captured Chai Yan, left Biyou Village with Ma Xianhong’s defensive artifact, and called his powerful connections after Qu Tong’s attack. His research team also reported a five-nanometer chip breakthrough, while National Security and Nato Tong arranged his protection and an investigation.

• Shimizu kept Chai Yan unconscious with a seal and an Immortal Binding Lock while waiting for Ma Xianhong to return.
• Ma Xianhong gave Shimizu a Spirit Controlling Bead, and Shimizu left Biyou Village with Chai Yan after knocking him unconscious again.
• Shimizu called his grandteacher, prompting a National Security agent to arrange protection for him in Guizhou.
• Liu Yi told Shimizu that the research team had produced five-nanometer chips, and Shimizu considered how they would support his nanorobot and Arc Reactor plans.
• Shimizu arrived in LPS City, where Major Yue Qian took responsibility for protecting him and Hao Yi said Nato Tong would investigate the attacker.

Nato Tong captured Chai Yan and used Lu Ping’s Soul Illumination Technique to uncover an apparent South Korean connection to his attack on Shimizu. Hao Yi’s questions raised doubts that Chai Yan’s memories had been altered, leaving Zhao Fangxu wary of a possible insider and Lu Ci considering Lu Liang’s abilities.

• Shimizu and Yue Qian confirmed Chai Yan’s identity through DNA testing and arranged for his transfer to the Capital City under guard.
• Na Ruhu visited Chai Yan in Nato Tong’s maximum-security prison, but Chai Yan refused to reveal anything about the attack.
• Lu Ping used the Soul Illumination Technique and found memories linking Chai Yan’s attack on Professor Zhuo to a conflict with Mo School disciples and South Korean infiltrators skilled in disguise.
• Bi Youlong examined the soul orb and planned to have Gao lead an operation against the suspected South Korean force, while Zhao Fangxu privately questioned whether Chai Yan’s memories had been altered.
• Hao Yi asked Lu Ci whether the Soul Illumination Technique could miss altered memories, and Lu Ping said only Lu Liang might now be skilled enough to make seamless changes.

Shimizu used Lu Ci’s feud with Duanmu Ying to draw the Lu Clan into investigating Qu Tong, while advancing his chip technology and learning he may receive the Abel and Wolf Prizes. In the Naruto World, Shimizu’s Sunagakure force pushed toward the Land of Fire until Orochimaru ambushed Rasa’s vanguard, leaving Shimizu to plan their response.

• Lu Ci agreed to help Hao Yi investigate, and Shimizu concluded that involving the Lu Clan would force Qu Tong to spend resources dealing with Duanmu Ying’s traces.
• Shimizu showed Ren Zhengfei and Lei Bus the electronic-beam chip process and offered to license the technology to Huawei and Rice Group.
• Shimizu told Academician Jiang he would accept the Abel and Wolf Prizes remotely or send someone in his place, then joked about founding a prize in his own name.
• Sunagakure’s forces advanced through the Land of Rivers toward the Land of Fire, with Rasa leading a vanguard of a thousand shinobi.
• Orochimaru poisoned and defeated Rasa during an ambush, but Rasa held the retreat long enough for most of his vanguard to escape.
• Shimizu extracted Rasa’s snake venom and told him the other poisoned shinobi were receiving antivenom before leading him to a meeting to discuss Orochimaru.

Shimizu used the Lu Clan to draw attention to Qu Tong, promoted his chip technology, and avoided traveling abroad to receive the Abel and Wolf Prizes. In the Naruto World, Sunagakure's advance toward the Land of Fire met resistance when Orochimaru poisoned Rasa, and Shimizu prepared to plan their response.

• Lu Ci agreed to have the Lu Clan investigate suspicious traces connected to Duanmu Ying, while Shimizu hoped to use the clan to restrain Qu Tong.
• Shimizu offered Huawei and Rice Group licenses for his electron-beam chip technology and sought their help building powerful GPU computing clusters.
• Academician Jiang told Shimizu that he was expected to receive the Abel Prize and Wolf Prize, and Shimizu decided to accept remotely or send someone in his place.
• Sunagakure and Konoha resumed their war, and Shimizu's force advanced through the Land of Rivers with Rasa leading the vanguard.
• Orochimaru ambushed Rasa and his troops with snake venom, but Shimizu extracted Rasa's poison and gave the others antivenom serum.
• Shimizu and Rasa went to a conference room to discuss how Sunagakure should respond to Orochimaru.

Shimizu decided to attack Baichuan City while personally guarding against Orochimaru, and Sunagakure advanced with new weapons. At Baichuan City, Jiraiya watched rockets batter the barrier and realized Konoha might have to leave its defenses to stop them.

• Shimizu explained that Konoha had fortified Baichuan City and that Orochimaru’s forces were positioned near the Eastwater River, then analyzed how the terrain favored Konoha’s defense.
• Sasori argued that Sunagakure should target Baichuan City, and Shimizu agreed to personally counter Orochimaru while using Fear Gas, Freezing Bombs, and semi-automatic puppets in the main assault.
• Orochimaru learned that Sunagakure’s main force had moved toward Baichuan City and ordered his troops to prepare while warning them to avoid Shimizu if necessary.
• Orochimaru rebuked Shimura Genichi for urging an immediate victory and ordered him to prioritize containing Sunagakure and avoiding defeat.
• Shimizu ordered the attack on Baichuan City, and Sunagakure launched rockets that struck the city’s barrier.
• Jiraiya learned that the barrier’s seals would need repairs about every two hours and considered coordinating with Orochimaru to attack the rocket launchers.

Shimizu ordered Sunagakure to bombard Baichuan City, then sent its forces against Konoha with new weapons and bloodline fighters. Fear Gas threw Konoha’s formation into chaos, but Kurenai Yuhi shared a method that let some shinobi resist its illusions as the battle continued.

• Shimizu ordered the Puppet Force to bombard Konoha’s barrier and directed Pakura and Rasa to prepare an assault.
• Orochimaru scouted the bombardment and concluded that Konoha should keep defending and probing Sunagakure’s new weapons rather than risk a frontal clash.
• After the barrier fell, Sunagakure and Konoha clashed; Freezing Bombs froze Konoha’s Water Release, while Pakura and Rasa fought Jiraiya in Sage Mode.
• Shimizu ordered the automated puppet legion into battle, and Sasori led it in releasing Fear Gas that drove many Konoha Genin and Chunin into attacking their comrades.
• Kurenai Yuhi identified the gas as a nerve toxin that caused fear-based illusions and explained how disrupting chakra could help Konoha shinobi resist its effects.

Shimizu’s gas, weapons, and battle formations overwhelmed Konoha, while he defeated Orochimaru’s attempts to reach the main battlefield. Jiraiya and Orochimaru escaped together as Konoha’s army collapsed, leaving the surviving forces in retreat.

• Jiraiya and the toads disrupted the Fear Gas’s hallucinations, but Shimizu ordered more gas released and sent Sunagakure’s main forces into battle.
• Sunagakure’s coordinated squads and new weapons overwhelmed Konoha, while Shimizu’s surveillance puppets spotted Orochimaru’s unit approaching the reserves.
• Shimizu intercepted Orochimaru and pursued him with puppets and powerful techniques, while Manda struggled against the five puppets.
• Jiraiya intervened to protect Orochimaru, but Shimizu’s attacks broke through their defenses and forced them underground.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya summoned snakes and toads, then fled on Gamabunta after Orochimaru recognized that Konoha had been routed.
• Jiraiya saw Konoha’s forces collapsing and asked Orochimaru whether they should do something.

Jiraiya and Orochimaru escaped Sunagakure’s pursuit after their forces suffered a crushing defeat, while Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Konoha was losing on both fronts. He mobilized the ninja clans, sent Minato to reinforce the eastern front, and decided to lead the defense against Sunagakure himself.

• Orochimaru persuaded Jiraiya to prioritize escaping and regrouping rather than risk being dragged into another fight with Sunagakure’s leaders.
• Shimizu, Rasa, and Pakura pursued Jiraiya and Orochimaru, but the injured Konoha commanders escaped despite the Sand Ninja’s efforts.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo discussed Konoha’s dwindling reserves and agreed to call on the major ninja clans for troops and supplies.
• An Anbu reported that Sunagakure’s new weapons had devastated the western front, leaving just over two thousand survivors from 6,500 Konoha Ninja.
• After hearing the battle report, Hiruzen sent Minato to support Homura on the eastern front and chose to go west himself to face Shimizu.

Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Konoha for the war by assigning forces to the western and northwestern fronts and giving Minato Tobirama’s weapons and techniques for the Kirigakure front. He asked Kushina about controlling the Nine-Tails, and she revealed that Mito had left behind a possible solution before retrieving an old book.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to lead the western battlefield while Danzo, Utatane Koharu, Torifu Akimichi, and the older Ino-Shika-Cho generation prepared to defend the northwest.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi chose Minato to face Kirigakure and ordered the Uchiha mobilized to bolster Konoha’s forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Minato Tobirama’s God of Thunder Sword, swordsmanship notes, and Mutual Multiplication Exploding Tag Technique, and assigned Kakashi and Kosuke to him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato and Kushina that the Fourth Mizukage could control a Tailed Beast, then asked how well Kushina controlled the Nine-Tails.
• Kushina explained the limits of her control and said Mito had left a possible solution to the sealing problem, then retrieved an old book.

Kushina received an S-rank mission to develop the Eight Trigrams Seal, while Minato vowed to keep her off the battlefield and Hiruzen prepared to recruit the Uchiha. In the Marvel world, Shimizu refined the foreign will in his Chakra, then learned Ancient One could no longer safely use the Time Stone and joked about his impending funeral.

• Kushina explained the unfinished Eight Trigrams Seal, and Hiruzen assigned her an S-rank mission to complete it with the village's support.
• Hiruzen told Minato he would visit Fugaku and ordered him to prepare to depart the next day.
• Shimizu led Kamar-Taj sorcerers in defeating a resurrected lich, then used the Mind Stone and dragon saliva incense to nearly finish purging foreign consciousness from his Chakra.
• Wong waited for Shimizu to emerge from seclusion and directed him to meet Ancient One, while Shimizu repeatedly stole skewers through teleportation portals.
• Ancient One showed Shimizu the injured Doctor Strange and explained that the Regeneration Serum had disrupted Strange's path to becoming Sorcerer Supreme.
• Ancient One revealed that his dying body could no longer withstand using the Time Stone, and Shimizu considered holding his seventh-day memorial karaoke championship.

Shimizu negotiated with Ancient One over the conditions for becoming Sorcerer Supreme, then managed S.H.I.E.L.D. operations while arranging to recruit Stephen Strange. The chapter ended with Shimizu watching Howard Stark’s recording to uncover the secret of the Palladium Isotope and attempt to create a second-generation Arc Reactor.

• Shimizu and Ancient One discussed Shimizu succeeding him as Sorcerer Supreme, and Ancient One demanded conditions including computer and console offerings at his grave, no memorial karaoke event on the seventh day after his death, and no changing Kamar-Taj’s Wi-Fi password to HHHHGYSL.
• Shimizu agreed to the conditions and proposed keeping Strange away from magic by recruiting him into S.H.I.E.L.D.; Ancient One accepted after adding supplementary clauses.
• One week later, Maria Hill reported that Steve Rogers had become captain of the rebuilt special operations unit, Sharon Carter had begun contacting Stephen Strange, Daisy Johnson had retrieved the Obelisk, and Coulson’s team was pursuing Pym Particle technology.
• Shimizu reviewed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s reports and received a USB drive containing Howard Stark’s video for Tony Stark.
• At Wade Manor, Shimizu played Howard’s recording, which revealed that the secret of the Palladium Isotope was hidden in Howard’s work and could lead to a new Arc Reactor.

Shimizu discovered that Mind Stone energy could transform Ruthenium into a new isotope, then struggled to reproduce the Palladium isotope Howard Stark had described. When Tony Stark arrived seeking help with nanotechnology, Shimizu showed him the Ruthenium discovery, leaving Tony intrigued by the new element.

• Shimizu scanned the Mind Stone and Tesseract fragment, finding that their atomic structures matched distinct Palladium and Ruthenium isotopes.
• Shimizu tested Mind Stone energy on several Platinum Group Elements and found that only Ruthenium could absorb it and transform into a new isotope.
• Shimizu tried and failed seventeen times to synthesize the Palladium isotope, then decided Tony might help him solve the problem.
• Tony arrived at Wade Manor to discuss cooperation on nanotechnology and his second-generation Arc Reactor.
• Shimizu offered Tony a file on the Ruthenium isotope, and Tony recognized it as a previously unknown element.