Chapter Summaries

Ou Ling toured Konoha with Namikaze Minato and sought an alliance, but Konoha refused to give her access to the moon. Their negotiations paused when Tao Yu arrived, and Ou Ling turned her attention to him.

• Ou Ling praised Konoha’s peaceful stability and proposed deeper cooperation against the Witch Church, including an alliance.
• Namikaze Minato agreed to an alliance only on equal terms and refused Ou Ling’s request to inspect the moon, which Konoha considered vital.
• Ou Ling warned that the Witch Church might target the moon and offered support, but Namikaze Minato said the ninja world would handle the matter itself.
• Tao Yu appeared while Ou Ling explained that the Ancestor Saint could not stay in the area, and Namikaze Minato greeted him as Jack.
• Ou Ling questioned Tao Yu about his origins, and he claimed he was from Tiannan Prefecture.

Tao Yu learned that the Ou Family feared a Witch Church attack on the Pioneer Zone, then set out with the Sage of Six Paths to check on Kaguya. Their plans were interrupted when the wounded Saint Ou fled into the shinobi world and revealed that a Witch Church Saint had destroyed the Ou Family’s base.

• Tao Yu questioned Ou Ling about the Ou Family’s preparations and learned they feared the Witch Church might destroy the Pioneer Zone’s teleportation device and slaughter its inhabitants.
• The Sage of Six Paths called Tao Yu to check on Kaguya, and Tao Yu strengthened Ou Ling’s Seed of Spirit before preparing to leave.
• A fiery red sunset appeared over the shinobi world as Tao Yu sensed Saint Ou being pursued and heard him plead for help against the Witch Church.
• Tao Yu used Flying Thunder God to reach the Sage of Six Paths at the world’s edge, where the Sage opened the barrier for Saint Ou.
• Saint Ou entered the shinobi world wounded and told Tao Yu and the Sage of Six Paths that a Witch Church Saint had attacked and destroyed the Ou Family’s base.

Tao Yu, Saint Ou, and the Sage of Six Paths faced the Demoness Beatrice, who demanded that they hand someone over while demonstrating her ability to weave and unravel a vast sandstorm. Beatrice revealed she wanted only her target and claimed Kaguya would leave the Shinobi World alone, but the standoff remained unresolved.

• Saint Ou explained that the Pioneers had long fought the Witch Church and described the balance between the factions.
• A colossal sandstorm surged toward the Shinobi World's barrier as Beatrice pursued Saint Ou and demanded that they surrender someone.
• Saint Ou challenged Beatrice by invoking Saint Cheng, but Beatrice argued that Saint Ou would have summoned him if he could.
• Tao Yu recognized that Beatrice was weaving the disaster into existence, and she introduced herself as the Golden Witch.
• Beatrice gathered the storm back into herself and said she wanted only her target, leaving the three defenders to face her demand.

Tao Yu let the Sage of Six Paths decide whether to protect Saint Ou, but Beatrice attacked when she refused to accept Saint Ou’s account of Kamishiro Rize’s death. As Beatrice fought the Sage and targeted both men with the Sloth Witch’s Invisible Hands, Tao Yu’s ascension halted them and revealed a black halo above him.

• Tao Yu deferred to the Sage of Six Paths, who allowed Beatrice to leave with her mother but asked her not to attack Saint Ou in the ninja world.
• Beatrice rejected Saint Ou’s claim that he had not killed Kamishiro Rize, and Saint Ou blamed the Bai family and a third party for the deaths and massacre.
• Beatrice thrust a golden spear at Saint Ou, and the Sage of Six Paths intercepted it with his staff and the ninja world’s power.
• The Sage of Six Paths used Almighty Pull and Planetary Devastation against Beatrice, but she transferred the sealing attack to another dimension.
• Beatrice summoned Invisible Hands to attack Tao Yu, Saint Ou, and the Sage of Six Paths; Saint Ou warned them that the Sloth Witch’s power was difficult to counter.
• Tao Yu entered a state of ascension, and his black halo stopped the Invisible Hands before they could reach him.

Tao Yu, Saint Ou, and the Sage of Six Paths cornered Beatrice, but the Sloth Witch rescued her before they could finish her. Tao Yu accepted that the Witch Church had escaped him again and considered leaving the conflict to the others.

• Beatrice’s Invisible Hands seized Tao Yu, but his Gaf’s Gate tendrils ensnared them and his Spears of Longinus weakened their power.
• Saint Ou recognized Tao Yu as an Explorer and unleashed the Flame of Civilization, joining Tao Yu and the Sage of Six Paths in driving Beatrice into retreat.
• Tao Yu’s hidden counterpart stabbed Beatrice with the genuine Spear of Longinus, and the Sage of Six Paths opened the Gate to the Pure Land to contain the resentful spirits spilling from her wound.
• Tao Yu projected the Zhu Xian Sword Array into the Real World and swept Beatrice into a devastating tornado of sword energy.
• A colossal black hand rescued the shattered Beatrice and vanished into the Abyssal void, leaving Tao Yu to reflect that the Witch Church had taken someone from him again.

Uchiha Madara and the others arrived as the battlefield’s stray sword energy overwhelmed Madara, while Tao Yu effortlessly cleared it away. The Sage of Six Paths then invited Saint Ou to investigate the moon, where his mother was sealed and might have reached an agreement with the Witch Church.

• Hyuga Hiashi warned his clan not to use the Byakugan to look at the strange sky after it injured his eyes.
• Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara arrived with Namikaze Minato and Senju Tobirama as the scattered sword energy swept across the battlefield.
• Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo and Shinra Tensei failed to stop a stray strand of sword energy, which severed his arms and halted his regeneration.
• Tao Yu dispelled the sword intent in Uchiha Madara’s wounds and restored his body’s ability to regenerate.
• The Sage of Six Paths excised the shattered battlefield area from the shinobi world and told Uchiha Madara to return home.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Saint Ou that the moon sealed his mother and proposed they go there together, and Saint Ou agreed.

Tao Yu, Saint Ou, and the Sage of Six Paths traveled to the moon to inspect Kaguya’s seal. They discovered that the Witch Church had already helped Kaguya escape, leaving behind only an obsession that wanted to speak with her son.

• Tao Yu questioned Saint Ou about the ruined Pioneer Zone, then agreed to keep him around as they went to the moon with the Sage of Six Paths.
• The Sage of Six Paths led Tao Yu and Saint Ou into the sealed space, where they found Kaguya waiting near a wooden house.
• Kaguya told the Sage of Six Paths that she had let go of her old obsession but had become obsessed with him instead.
• Tao Yu used his Rinnegan to discover that Kaguya had been transferring herself away and that only her obsession remained in the seal.
• Kaguya learned that Tao Yu and Saint Ou were pioneers, then began discussing terms with the Sage of Six Paths.

After the battle against the Witch Church, Tao Yu negotiated compensation from Saint Ou for helping defend him and the ninja world. Saint Ou gave him a Will Key, while Tao Yu left open the possibility of claiming more.

• Saint Ou said he would return to the Real World, assess the surviving pioneers, and travel to Tianlong City for materials to restore the teleportation array.
• Tao Yu told Saint Ou he would not use his teleportation device and demanded compensation for helping him fight the Witch Church.
• Saint Ou offered the Wish Power he carried, and Tao Yu demanded all of it along with World Heart fragments.
• Saint Ou gave Tao Yu a Will Key, which could help someone communicate with the World Will and improve their chances of advancing.
• Tao Yu recognized the Will Key's value, and Saint Ou insisted it was the only valuable item he had.

Tao Yu returned from the ruined Pioneer Zone to White Star City, where his arrival alerted the city’s authorities and he learned that the Sun Family had been caught in the fallout between the Yue and Xing Families. After checking on the Sun Family’s affairs, he prepared to confront the Yue Family and eventually deal with the Xing Family as well.

• Tao Yu left the devastated Tokyo area after giving Ou Ling a communication device and traveled through the Nightcrawler World back to White Star City.
• Tao Yu questioned two Intermediate Partners, whose encounter with him prompted the inspector to take them away, and learned that the Flame of Civilization had detected his return.
• Tao Yu reviewed messages about the continuing purge of Starfall Company’s influence and learned that the Sun Family’s manager Chu Fa had been assaulted amid its feud with the Yue Family.
• Tao Yu resolved to seek Long Yin'er’s hand and considered how to confront the Xing Family while pursuing the Wish Power needed for further Deification.
• Tao Yu visited the Sun Family residence, where Han Yu reported that Chu Fa was recovering and that the Dicalon Family had offered help against the Yue Family.

Tao Yu used himself to draw the Yue Family's old ancestor into an ambush, then trapped and sealed him in a bottle after revealing a strange Negative World that left the Catastrophe-level elder unable to perceive or resist it. He left the elder contained for now, intending to release him later when his disappearance would attract less attention.

• The Dicalon Family learned Tao Yu had returned from outside the Abyss, and its clan head considered recruiting him for his Duel Space while anticipating that the Yue Family's old ancestor might intervene.
• Tao Yu visited the Dicalon Family, sensed the Yue Family's old ancestor watching him, and deliberately left for the Outer Ring District.
• The Yue Family's old ancestor attacked Tao Yu in an alley with a lethal strike, but Tao Yu survived and pulled him into the Negative World.
• Tao Yu explained that the Negative World blocked the elder's senses, then learned that the Xing Family had offered the Yue Family benefits to target him.
• The Yue Family's old ancestor tried to bargain and break free, but Tao Yu used Flesh Version—Planetary Devastation to seal him inside a jade bottle.

Tao Yu rescued Han Yu from the Moon Family, then used the captured Moon Family ancestor to force his way into the family’s headquarters and destroy it. White Star City’s leaders investigated the massacre but failed to identify Tao Yu, who had already left for the Gray Mist Zone.

• Tao Yu received Han Yu’s warning, drove Yue Cheng and the Moon Family members away with help from Shi Di, and left Han Yu to manage the shops.
• Tao Yu threatened the captured Moon Family ancestor for wish power and the location of family treasures while the Moon Family searched for its missing ancestor.
• Tao Yu entered the Moon Family headquarters in Klein’s guise, trapped the building behind a barrier, and unleashed tendrils that swallowed it and its occupants.
• The next morning, White Star City’s leaders found the Moon Family headquarters lifeless and questioned Hao Te Dicalon about Tao Yu and the ancestor’s disappearance.
• The investigators ruled out the Dicalon and Sun Families, failed to identify the culprit, and raised the alert level for the Flame of Civilization.

Tao Yu returned to Starfall City and found that the Morning Sun Society had expanded its influence in the Outer City, while Tao Tong had become a respected Security Team captain. When Tao Tong confronted the Black Rat Gang for abusing locals, Tao Yu arrived and prepared to deal with the gang’s powerful backers.

• Tao Yu left White Star City and crossed the Gray Mist Zone into Starfall City, where Sentinels recognized him as a powerful pioneer.
• Tao Yu noticed the Morning Sun Society’s sanitation work and its spread through parts of the Outer City, while gangs backed by Inner City families resisted its influence.
• Tao Tong led his squad to confront the Black Rat Gang after its members publicly tortured locals for allegedly informing for the Morning Sun Society.
• Tao Tong refused Gang Leader Bei’s bribe and ordered the whip-wielding enforcer arrested, despite Mad Rat’s threats and claims of powerful connections.
• Tao Yu arrived, greeted Tao Tong, healed the injured locals, and said he would investigate the trouble involving the Gan family.

Tao Yu returned to the Outer City, killed the Black Rat Gang’s leaders, and went to confront the Gan Family over the gang’s backing. When Carter Guandi attacked Gu Qiu, Tao Yu revealed Catastrophe-class strength, killed Carter, and left the conflict with the Floating City’s powerful families poised to escalate.

• Tao Yu killed Mad Rat and the man who had insulted Tao Tong, then ordered Tao Tong to gather the family for dinner.
• Tao Yu went to the Gan Family to ask about its connection to the Black Rat Gang, while Gan Hao and Gan Te learned that Carter Guandi had arrived to target him.
• Gan Kun revealed that the Sun Family was weakened, and Carter trapped Tao Yu, Gu Qiu, and the Gan Family in his Dark Kingdom.
• Gu Qiu attacked Carter with power drawn from vengeful spirits, but Tao Yu moved them into a world of his own and healed most of Gu Qiu’s injuries.
• Carter recognized that Tao Yu was Catastrophe-class and pleaded for his life, but Tao Yu killed him despite Gu Qiu’s warning about the consequences.

After Tao Yu killed Carter and exposed Gan Kun’s betrayal, the Guandi Family prepared to retaliate, prompting the Sun Family to confront them in Floating City. As the families agreed to investigate Carter’s death, Tao Yu revealed himself and proposed marriage to Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing.

• Gan Hao killed Gan Kun, then obeyed Tao Yu’s order to handle Gan Kun’s branch and the Black Rat Gang; Tao Yu left with Gu Qiu and Carter’s head.
• The Guandi Family’s old monster roared over Carter’s death, and Tao Tong warned Sun Shiyu that Tao Yu might be in danger.
• Sun Shiyu told Sun Guanghui that Tao Yu had reached Catastrophe-level, and the Sun Family gathered to protect him from the Guandi Family.
• The Sun Family Grand Elder challenged the Guandi Family, but Old Ghost Xing halted the clash and called for an investigation followed by a Board of Directors meeting.
• Tao Yu announced before Starfall’s gathered powerhouses that he had come to ask for Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing’s hands in marriage.

After Tao Yu publicly proposed to Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing, the Sun Family welcomed his relatives and agreed to a grand wedding while seeking to protect him from the Xing Family. At a family meeting, Tao Yu requested World Hearts and Wish Power, then offered the Grand Elder a Will Key that could help him pursue Sainthood.

• Tao Yu proposed to Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing publicly, and the Sun Family Grand Elder accepted the match and arranged to bring Tao Yu's relatives to the Floating City.
• Tao Yu's family arrived at the Sun estate, where the Sun elders agreed on a wedding date and discussed how to support and protect him.
• The Sun Family Grand Elder offered Tao Yu the family's Soul Beads Sacred Artifact, but Tao Yu said his teacher had already prepared a better-matched artifact for him.
• Tao Yu asked the Sun Family for World Hearts and Wish Power to develop his new talent, and the Grand Elder offered three World Hearts and one billion Wish Power.
• Tao Yu gave the Grand Elder a Will Key as a betrothal gift, astonishing the Sun Family because it could help him advance toward Sainthood.

Tao Yu traded his rare items to the Sun Family for a huge supply of wish power, then used it to Deify his new spatial talent and transform Gaf's Gate. As the Sun Family prepared for his wedding, Saint Xing sensed an ominous disturbance and began considering the guests who might support the family.

• Tao Yu offered the Sun Family a Will Key and a large cache of questionable goods, and the Grand Elder arranged to trade them for more wish power.
• The Grand Elder delivered Tao Yu twenty-two billion wish power, and Tao Yu entered seclusion while Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing went home to prepare for the wedding.
• Tao Yu formed Space Affinity, Deified it three times into Space Walking and Vacuum Phase Transition, and made Gaf's Gate project its negative universe into the Training Room.
• The Grand Elder felt a brief, ominous disturbance while preparing to heal and use the Will Key, then suspected Saint Xing was plotting again.
• Saint Xing sensed the same disturbance, failed to divine its cause, and learned that the Sun Family's wedding celebration would draw prominent guests who could lend it support.

Tao Yu’s wedding to Sun Shiyu and Sun Shiqing drew powerful guests, including Bai Ling and Saint Qian Lin. When Xing Chen interrupted the ceremony, Tao Yu killed him with a Sacred Artifact, prompting the Star Family to activate a long-prepared array and trap Floating City as they launched their attack.

• The Sun Family transformed Starfall City for the wedding, while the Yinkui Sect welcomed Mrs. Galadriel amid rumors of coming unrest.
• Qian Lin arrived to support the Sun Family, and Tao Yu greeted guests, including the Dicalon Family patriarch and the unexpectedly appearing Bai Ling.
• Tao Yu, Sun Shiyu, and Sun Shiqing began the wedding ceremony, and Qian Lin, Bai Ling, and Sun Miao offered the Goddess of Love’s blessing.
• Xing Chen interrupted the ceremony by declaring that he objected to the marriage, but Tao Yu killed him with a black spear before he could challenge anyone.
• The Star Family patriarch raged at Xing Chen’s death, and Star Saint activated an array of Starry Sky Orbs that isolated Floating City as the Star Family prepared to destroy the Sun Family gathered there.

At Sun Shiyu and Tao Yu’s wedding, the Star Family sealed off the Floating City and moved to exterminate the Sun Family, but Tao Yu’s teacher, Nether River, appeared and overwhelmed the assembled forces. The Star Family and Guandi Family were destroyed, while Nether River demanded compensation from the survivors.

• Tao Yu killed Xing Chen, prompting the Star Family to seal the wedding platform in a starry barrier and surround the Sun Family with more than fifty disaster-class powerhouses.
• The guests abandoned the Sun Family, and Saint Xing declared it would be exterminated; Sun Miao prepared to fight by joining the formation and igniting his power with the Will Key.
• Saint Xing and Sun Miao charged each other, but their battle stopped when the barrier broke and Nether River appeared above the Floating City in a vast sea of blood.
• Nether River identified himself as Tao Yu’s teacher and threatened the gathered forces, while Saint Xing pleaded for mercy and offered the Star Family’s assets.
• Nether River rejected Saint Xing’s offer, destroyed the Star Family’s Sacred Artifact, and sent blood through the Star Family Ancestral Land and the Guandi Family, wiping both families out.

Tao Yu’s Limbo clone trapped the Floating City in a sea of blood and destroyed the Star Family and Guandi Family after Saint Xing’s desperate attack failed. With the Sun Family taking control of Xingyao and its assets, Tao Yu gained vast wish power and Deified his Innate Demonic Body, which began transforming his abilities.

• Tao Yu’s Limbo clone covered the Floating City in an expanding sea of blood, and the Star Family and Guandi Family experts attacked him and were killed.
• Saint Xing sacrificed himself in a concentrated explosion to provoke the World Will, but Tao Yu sealed the Space Rift, seized the Flame of Civilization, and erased the survivors.
• Tao Yu examined the spoils, including three Sacred Artifacts, then ordered the wedding celebration to continue as the sea of blood receded.
• The Sun Family announced that the Xing and Guandi Families had been executed and promised a twenty-percent tax cut; the city learned that Saint Xing had fallen.
• Minghe assigned the captured businesses’ management and profits among the Sun Family and other families, while Tao Yu received more than twenty billion wish power.
• Tao Yu invested twenty billion wish power in Deifying his Innate Demonic Body, transforming his physical talents and beginning to evolve Susanoo toward a true Dharma Body.

Tao Yu consolidated his power, negotiated with Bai Xin and Zhan Di, and prepared to leave Starfall after trading for faith and other resources. Meanwhile, Madam Long and Long Yin'er arrived seeking a place with the Sun Family, where Tao Yu’s backing secured them management of former Xing Family holdings.

• Tao Yu unified his abilities, assessed his strength, and decided to gather more resources before exploring an unfamiliar independent world or returning to the Abyss.
• Bai Xin questioned Tao Yu about the Yue Family and his teacher, while Tao Yu denied responsibility and reassured her that his teacher remained sane.
• Tao Yu offered Starry Sky Orbs, the Vajra Ring, and other goods in exchange for offerings of faith, gaining more faith and two World Heart fragments.
• Madam Long and Long Yin'er arrived in Starfall to seek stable positions with the rising Sun Family, and Bai Ling directed them to Talia.
• Sun Guanghui welcomed Madam Long and Long Yin'er and assigned them management of former Xing Family holdings and shares from the Nether River after Mr. Klein had arranged their acceptance.