Chapter Summaries

Shimizu forced Dormammu to withdraw from London after learning to manipulate space during their battle, then left the cleanup and political fallout to others. The story shifted to Wang Ye teaching his father, Wang Weiguo, tai chi on the lawn of his Beijing mansion.

• Shimizu used his growing mastery of space and the Mind Stone to counter Dormammu's attacks, while Dormammu realized he could not win and began retreating.
• Shimizu mocked Dormammu by calling himself King Happy Goat of Goat Village, and Dormammu recognized him as Wade before vanishing from London's skies.
• Tony asked whether the threat had ended, and Shimizu said Dormammu would not return while he remained able to stop him.
• Shimizu dismissed his Shadow Clone, joked with Hawkeye, and left the Avengers and authorities to manage the aftermath before opening a portal to rest.
• At Wang Weiguo's Beijing mansion, Wang Ye guided his father through tai chi movements that involved imagining cutting a watermelon, and Wang Weiguo questioned whether the practice was authentic.

Wang Weiguo arranged for Wang Ye to study under Professor Zhuo Shimizu at Peking University and sought protection for his son as powerful forces took an interest in him. Shimizu unveiled the Regeneration Serum on national television, while Zhang Zhiwei sent Zhang Lingyu to deliver a talisman and remain away from Longhu Mountain.

• Wang Weiguo told Wang Ye he had arranged a two-year study leave and a place in Professor Zhuo Shimizu's graduate program at Peking University using major donations and Professor Zhuo's connections.
• Wang Weiguo explained that Professor Zhuo had become a director of Nato Tong's new Otherworlder Science Department and could protect Wang Ye, while Wang Ye offered to contact Unwavering Lotus for help guarding his family.
• National television reported that Professor Zhuo Shimizu's team had unveiled the Regeneration Serum, and Shimizu and Xiao Xiao described Xiao Xiao's successful restoration of his severed arm.
• Shimizu received extensive security as the serum's breakthrough earned him widespread recognition as a leading scientist.
• After Shimizu sent Zhang Zhiwei photos of talismans and requested further materials, Zhang Zhiwei ordered Zhang Lingyu to deliver a Mengwei Talisman and stay away from the mountain for a few years.

Shimizu received Nobel Prize nominations for his Regeneration Serum while preparing to reveal controllable nuclear fusion, then brought Wang Ye into his laboratory and explained why he had recruited him. The chapter left Wang Ye about to use Feng Hou Qi Men to locate someone who might be eavesdropping.

• Zhang Zhiwei urged Zhang Lingyu to learn from Zhang Chulan how to handle people, then sent him to deliver the Taishang Zhengyi Mengwei Jinglu to Shimizu.
• Tu Youyou told Shimizu that she and Yang Zhenning planned to nominate him for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine because of the Regeneration Serum.
• Shimizu reviewed progress on molecular processing equipment and considered revealing an Arc Reactor to challenge the Nobel committee with controllable nuclear fusion.
• Yan Qiu led Wang Ye around Shimizu's laboratory, where he met Zhi Jinhua and Shimizu questioned him about his deliberately low university grades.
• Shimizu told Wang Ye that he had recruited him partly because of his Feng Hou Qi Men but would not force him to reveal it.
• Shimizu noticed a bird outside and asked about the Wind Listening Chant; Wang Ye began to use Feng Hou Qi Men to trace a possible eavesdropper.

Shimizu recruited Wang Ye to study Mystical Hand Technique and assessed his Qi Men knowledge and mathematical ability. Wang Ye agreed to collaborate, and Shimizu planned his graduate coursework before taking him to lunch.

• Shimizu explained why he wanted to learn Mystical Hand Technique from Wang Ye rather than risk studying Feng Hou Qimen.
• Wang Ye agreed to discuss Qi Men arts with Shimizu, who tested his theoretical knowledge and asked about the costs of shifting Feng Hou Qimen's four plates.
• Wang Ye challenged Shimizu to test his mathematics, then spent the morning completing exam papers in Shimizu's office.
• Shimizu reviewed Wang Ye's work, judged his mathematical foundation strong, and outlined his first-year graduate studies and lab duties.
• Shimizu and Wang Ye headed to Shaoyuan for lunch.

Wang Ye and Shimizu dealt with Chen Jinkui’s desperate attempt to learn Feng Hou Qi Men, then met Wang Ai, who asked Shimizu to discipline Wang Bing. The chapter ended with Wang Ai seeking a powerful protector for his great-grandson as his own life neared its end.

• Chen Jinkui begged Wang Ye to teach him Feng Hou Qi Men and tried to kowtow, but Shimizu ordered Grandpa Qin and Yue Qian to escort him away.
• Shimizu told Wang Ye that Chen Jinkui might become useful if Wang Ye imposed conditions, while warning that others would handle the problem if Chen kept pestering him.
• Wang Ye suspected someone was watching over him after Shimizu hinted that someone might intervene and offer guidance.
• Wang Ai and Wang Bing waited outside the laboratory and greeted Shimizu and Wang Ye, with Wang Bing presenting Shimizu a gift.
• Wang Ai asked Shimizu to discipline Wang Bing and sought a powerful backer for him because Wang Ai expected to die within a few years.

Wang Ai offered the Wang Family’s Divine Painting and proposed that Wang Bing study hard for a chance to become Shimizu’s disciple, but Shimizu set prestigious academic qualifications as a requirement and doubted Wang Bing would qualify. The next day, Shimizu took leave from the laboratory and consumed a rare Golden Turtle Earth Pill to advance his cultivation.

• Wang Ai offered Shimizu the Wang Family’s Divine Painting as a gift and asked him to accept Wang Bing as a disciple.
• Wang Bing objected to Shimizu accepting Wang Ye, but Wang Ye revealed his high Gaokao score and studies at Tsinghua University.
• Shimizu told Wang Bing he would consider him only if he earned a degree from a prestigious university, and Wang Ai promised to make him study and provide ten billion in cash and an Eight Wonder as an apprenticeship gift.
• After Wang Ai and Wang Bing left, Shimizu told Wang Ye that Feng Xingtong was likely to enter Tsinghua or Peking University first and that he would not accept duplicate Eight Wonders.
• The following day, Shimizu took leave from the laboratory, swallowed a Golden Turtle Earth Pill, and began refining its medicinal power with the Mo School Breathing Technique.

After reaching the Heavenly Will realm, Shimizu studied the Wang Family’s Divine Painting art and used his Marvel incarnation to develop a practical way to enter its two-dimensional space. Back in the One Man World, he gained new titles and prepared to meet Zhang Lingyu, while hinting to Wang Ye that Master Zhou might be watching him.

• Shimizu broke through to the Heavenly Will realm and tested how his improved qi accelerated Object Manifestation.
• Shimizu studied Wang Ai’s notes on Entering the Painting, then had his Marvel incarnation use Vishanti energy and the Time Stone to learn the technique and open portals with it.
• Shimizu’s Destiny Value rose above eighty percent as he gained the position of Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other honors.
• Shimizu told Wang Ye to pick up Zhang Lingyu, who was bringing him something for the Old Heavenly Master.
• Wang Ye mentioned that Chen Jinkui was still in the Capital City, and Shimizu advised him to run somewhere with fewer people if he encountered him.
• Wang Ye inferred that Master Zhou was watching him, and Shimizu praised his alertness.

Zhang Lingyu delivered Longhu Mountain’s talisman teachings to Shimizu and asked for advice about life beyond the mountain. After telling Shimizu’s fortune, Zhang Lingyu entered a dangerous state of Heavenly Heart Resonance, then emerged unharmed with new understanding and several prophetic remarks.

• Wang Ye brought Zhang Lingyu to meet Shimizu, who agreed to arrange Regeneration Serum treatment for Martial Uncle Tian.
• Zhang Lingyu gave Shimizu The Orthodox Unity Mengwei Canon and explained the thunder arts needed to advance Longhu Mountain’s talisman techniques.
• Shimizu asked Zhang Lingyu to tell his fortune, and Zhang Lingyu read the Great Possession Hexagram and warned him that petty people might bring harm.
• Zhang Lingyu entered Heavenly Heart Resonance, so Shimizu contacted Zeng Jiucheng for guidance while monitoring him.
• Zhang Lingyu awakened unharmed, said the experience had clarified many things, and began writing down several prophetic remarks for Shimizu.

Shimizu learned from Zhang Lingyu's divination that a major conflict might target him during an overseas event, then arranged for Zhang Lingyu to gain experience at Nato Tong's North China headquarters. The chapter ended with Zhao Fangxu and Bi Youlong realizing Zhang Chulan was away just as Shimizu planned to send Zhang Lingyu to find him.

• Zhang Lingyu divined that Shimizu faced serious repercussions from a conflict, possibly connected to an overseas gathering, and Shimizu recorded the warning for the authorities.
• Shimizu advised Zhang Lingyu to seek experience beyond fortune-telling and discussed Zhang Lingyu's feelings about Xia He and Zhang Chulan.
• Shimizu arranged for Zhang Lingyu to stay overnight and then join Nato Tong's North China headquarters, where he would work alongside Zhang Chulan.
• Shimizu called Zhao Fangxu to place Zhang Lingyu at the headquarters and learned that Zhang Chulan was not in North China.
• Zhao Fangxu and Bi Youlong exchanged helpless looks over Shimizu's plan to have Zhang Lingyu find Zhang Chulan.

Shimizu learned that Liao Zhong had died and that Nato Tong had sent its Temporary Workers to capture Chen Duo and destroy Ma Xianhong’s Body Refining Furnace. Suspecting the mission was tied to a traitor within the company and a woman who had targeted him, he flew to Biyou Village to intervene, where he reunited with Ma Xianhong.

• Shimizu discovered Liao Zhong’s death and learned that Gao Yushan had tried to keep the information from his Artificial Intelligence.
• Zhao Fangxu explained that the Temporary Workers had been ordered to kill Chen Duo, destroy the Body Refining Furnace, and bring Ma Xianhong to headquarters.
• Shimizu told Zhao Fangxu that Ma Xianhong’s backer was connected to the suspected company traitor, then asked him to keep the mission going quietly and summon Lu Clan experts versed in the Soul Illumination Technique.
• Shimizu rejected Zhao Fangxu’s attempts to delay his departure and flew toward Biyou Village in his Platinum battle armor.
• Shimizu landed at Biyou Village as the Temporary Workers danced at the entrance and greeted Ma Xianhong after more than half a year apart.

Shimizu tried to persuade Ma Xianhong to abandon his dangerous plan and work with him, but Ma Xianhong refused. Shimizu then fought him and overwhelmed him, while the Temporary Workers moved to handle the other Biyou Village residents and Zhao Guizhen.

• Shimizu met Ma Xianhong privately, discussed his goal of giving ordinary people power, and showed him information about the Behemoth SP Potion and Zhao Guizhen’s crimes.
• Shimizu warned Ma Xianhong that the company and military would oppose his use of the Body Refining Furnace, and offered to help him pursue his aims through a different approach.
• Ma Xianhong refused to abandon his plan, so Shimizu said he had come to save him and told him to return to Beijing.
• Shimizu struck Ma Xianhong with his Platinum battle armor, shattering his Black battle armor and disabling one of his Three Treasures Beads.
• Xiao Zizai went after Zhao Guizhen while Old Meng and Black Tube prepared to confront the other Biyou Village residents, and Shimizu continued fighting Ma Xianhong.

Shimizu defeated Ma Xianhong and suspected that Bi Youlong was Qu Tong’s spy inside Nato Tong, leaving the company’s response and Chen Duo’s fate unresolved. In the Naruto World, Shimizu and Pakura assessed Kumogakure’s schemes and the growing conflict with Amegakure.

• Shimizu destroyed Ma Xianhong’s artifacts, overcame the Soul Shaking Bell, and knocked him unconscious while the Temporary Workers defeated Biyou Village’s fighters.
• Old Meng asked Shimizu how he would handle Chen Duo, and Shimizu reasoned that Bi Youlong might be Qu Tong’s high-ranking spy within Nato Tong.
• Shimizu told Zhang Chulan to continue while he reconsidered their plans with Ma Xianhong in custody.
• In the Naruto World, Shimizu read intelligence with Pakura and concluded that Kumogakure wanted to profit from the war while delaying Konoha’s defeat.
• Shimizu explained that Hanzo had sent Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, and Amegakure’s elite forces to expand northeast, where they clashed with Kumogakure over the Land of Falls and the Seven-Tails.

Shimizu reassigned Pakura and sent Rasa north to connect Sunagakure’s territories, while Orochimaru prepared to strengthen Konoha by summoning Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation. The chapter left Tobirama asking why he had been revived as Orochimaru began explaining that Shimizu had sparked Konoha’s dire situation, while a green-clad Genin prepared for battle.

• Shimizu learned Pakura would be transferred to lead the northern advance, then told her that Sasori was making a prosthetic limb for Rasa so he could take command instead.
• Shimizu sent Rasa north to connect the territories, and Rasa declared that he would prove his return to the ninja world.
• Jiraiya told Orochimaru that Tsunade had sent the Impure World Reincarnation scroll, and Orochimaru decided to use the forbidden jutsu to improve Konoha’s strength.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya sacrificed a Sunagakure spy to summon Tobirama Senju, who learned that Sarutobi had died and Nawaki had been killed in the Second Great Ninja War.
• Orochimaru told Tobirama that Konoha’s crisis had begun with Shimizu, while Aburame Shikuroo gathered intelligence and watched a green-clad Genin train for battle.

Konoha’s hastily assembled unit ambushed Rasa’s Sunagakure forces, but Rasa overwhelmed the ordinary ninja until Might Duy opened the Eight Inner Gates and drove him into retreat. Duy collapsed from severe injuries after Sunagakure withdrew, and Konoha’s Medical Ninja began treating him.

• Kurenai Yuhi briefed the unit on delaying Rasa’s advance, and Aburame Shikuroo sensed the enemy nearing their ambush point.
• Rasa identified Konoha’s leading fighters and used Magnet Release to overpower the unit, leaving the young Chunin Black Cloud in danger.
• Might Duy rescued Black Cloud, opened the Seventh Gate, and attacked Rasa with a series of powerful taijutsu strikes.
• Kurenai Yuhi, Aburame Shikuroo, and Hizashi Hyuga helped exploit Duy’s assault, but Rasa blocked his final barrage with the Mechanism Shield Seal before retreating with his forces.
• Hizashi Hyuga stopped Konoha from pursuing, then caught Duy as he collapsed and called for Medical Ninja to treat his severe injuries.

Shimizu responded to Konoha’s unexpected Eight Inner Gates threat by revising Sunagakure’s campaign plan and assigning its forces separate objectives. Sasori revealed that he had made the Third Hokage into a Human Puppet, but Shimizu still chose to avoid concentrating their leaders and provoking Might Duy.

• Medical Ninjas treated Might Duy’s injuries, and Kurenai Yuhi sent Hizashi to escort him back to camp while she and Shiro monitored Sunagakure’s unit.
• Rasa returned to Sunagakure’s camp and told Shimizu, Sasori, and Kazakami Senran that a Konoha Genin had defeated him and cracked his puppet prosthetic.
• Shimizu considered the danger of Might Duy opening the Eighth Gate and proposed splitting Sunagakure’s forces to threaten Konoha and the Land of Fire’s capital.
• Sasori revealed that he had upgraded Hiruko and Gingyu and created a Human Puppet from the Third Hokage’s corpse.
• Shimizu rejected a plan to gather their strength for a direct assault and ordered Rasa north, himself to hold Konoha’s main force, and Pakura to lead the remaining troops toward the Land of Fire’s capital.

Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju examined Might Duy, learned that his Eight Inner Gates training remained unfinished, and arranged for his recovery and protection. As they assessed Konoha’s chances against Shimizu, Orochimaru began considering whether the First Hokage could be revived at full strength and whether Uchiha Fugaku might become as powerful as Madara.

• A Medical Ninja told Orochimaru that Might Duy’s old injuries would take at least two months to heal, and Orochimaru asked Hizashi Hyuga to remain after dismissing the medic.
• Tobirama Senju appeared through Impure World Reincarnation, explained his earlier work on the Eight Inner Gates, and determined that Might Duy had not completed the Gate of Death.
• Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru woke Might Duy, who confirmed that he still needed several years to work out how to open the eighth gate.
• Orochimaru praised Might Duy’s battle record, promoted him to Special Jonin, and ordered Hizashi Hyuga and two Anbu to protect him from Sunagakure assassins.
• Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju discussed Shimizu’s strength and the limits of improving Impure World Reincarnation, then Orochimaru considered fully reviving the First Hokage and the potential of Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

Orochimaru revived Senju Hashirama and Tobirama Senju to confront Konoha’s crisis, but Hashirama initially hoped to end the war through negotiation. After Sunagakure and Konoha split their forces and advanced toward each other, Hashirama used Wood Release to shield Konoha from Sunagakure’s artillery, leaving Shimizu facing an unexpectedly powerful opponent.

• Orochimaru revived Senju Hashirama and Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation, and they learned that Konoha was in grave danger.
• Orochimaru recounted the wars and Sunagakure’s rise under Shimizu; Hashirama hoped to negotiate an end to the conflict rather than intervene indefinitely.
• An Anbu reported that Sunagakure had sent Rasa north and Pakura toward the capital, so Orochimaru dispatched Minato Namikaze to the capital and Jiraiya to intercept Rasa.
• Shimizu and Sasori advanced toward Konoha’s fortress, while Konoha also marched out; Shimizu ordered Sunagakure’s artillery to fire first.
• Senju Hashirama raised a vast forest with Wood Release, stopping Sunagakure’s attacks, and Shimizu sensed an extremely powerful Chakra approaching.

Shimizu confronted the reincarnated Senju Hashirama, rejected his appeal to end the war through reconciliation, and argued that Konoha’s village system had failed to resolve its conflicts. Hashirama began fighting to defeat Shimizu and recruit him, but Shimizu countered his Wood Release with puppets, freezing weapons, and lightning as their battle escalated.

• Shimizu sensed Senju Hashirama approaching and met him alone, while ordering his team to wait for a signal.
• Hashirama asked Shimizu how to end the war, but Shimizu blamed Konoha and demanded territory, reparations, and punishment for those responsible before Sunagakure would withdraw.
• Shimizu challenged Hashirama’s faith in Konoha, arguing that the village system had failed and that Madara’s break with it had been justified.
• Hashirama decided he would defeat Shimizu and invite him to join Konoha rather than kill him, then attacked with Wood Release.
• Shimizu deployed his puppets and Freezing Bombs to counter Hashirama’s forest, removed the pollen poison, and unleashed Balthazar’s Thunder.
• Shimizu amplified the lightning with the Celestial Master Mansion’s Five Thunder True Method and fired the beam-like Purple Heaven at Hashirama.

Shimizu battled Senju Hashirama, using his strength and recovery to gain the upper hand until Tobirama Senju intervened with Flying Thunder God. With the brothers unable to defeat him and Shimizu unable to easily overcome them both, Senju Hashirama proposed peace negotiations.

• Shimizu and Senju Hashirama clashed with lightning, Wood Release, and their summoned dragons while Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju watched from a distance.
• Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju agreed to intervene, with Tobirama taking responsibility for assisting Senju Hashirama and Orochimaru preparing to attack Sunagakure's forces.
• Shimizu outmatched Senju Hashirama in close combat, destroyed his Wood Clones, and forced him to summon a Sage Art Wood Golem.
• Tobirama Senju ambushed Shimizu with Flying Thunder God, but Shimizu severed his arm and escaped Tobirama's follow-up attack.
• Shimizu accused Konoha of a dishonest attack and faced the Senju Brothers together as Senju Hashirama proposed ending the battle and negotiating peace.
• Tobirama Senju accepted that the brothers could not defeat Shimizu and agreed that negotiation was their only remaining option.

Orochimaru withdrew from Sunagakure after Sasori’s Third Hokage puppet helped turn the battle against Konoha, while Shimizu agreed to negotiate without surrendering Sunagakure’s gains. In the One Man World, Shimizu’s fusion-reactor celebration was interrupted by an attempted poisoning, and investigators identified a Japanese shapeshifter as the culprit.

• Sasori used the Third Hokage Human Puppet against Orochimaru, while his puppets protected him and held off Konoha’s attacks.
• Orochimaru withdrew his forces after Konoha suffered losses and failed to overcome Sunagakure’s defenses.
• Shimizu accepted Senju Hashirama’s request for negotiations but refused to give up Sunagakure’s territorial gains.
• At Peking University’s Zhuo Shimizu Science Research Center, Shimizu’s successful condensed nuclear fusion announcement was followed by the discovery that a Japanese spy had tried to poison him.
• Yue Qian told Shimizu that Lu Ci, Lu Ping, and other experts had helped identify and capture the shapeshifting Japanese practitioner.
• Lu Ci and Lu Ping left with National Security officers to assist with investigating the poison, while Feng Zhenghao and the other guests agreed to cooperate.