Chapter Summaries

After escaping World 6, Shinji cleansed the Bewitching Overlord’s taint and discovered that both Divine Trees had filled their energy stores. He returned to the Six Rings World, learned that it had about six months left, and set the Lantern Bearers’ assault on the Overlords for one month later.

• Shinji escaped the collapsing World 6, cleansed the taint from himself and the two Divine Trees, and found that both trees had stored their full energy.
• Shinji told Shion that Sasuke and Naruto had reached Six Paths level, prompting Shion to vow she would surpass them.
• Arcane told Shinji that the Contaminated Zones were spreading and the Six Rings World had about six months left.
• Alice urged Shinji to begin their move, and Shinji scheduled the assault for one month later because the world could only hold out another month or two.
• The Lantern Bearers pledged to fight the Overlords, and Shinji assured them they would win.

The Research Institute completed its seventh ritual, transforming Fuma Ichiro into a test subject who seemed unusually Otsutsuki-like and unnervingly calm. Shinji planned to wait for the Institute to test him before sacrificing him to the Divine Tree, while Orochimaru grew convinced Shinji was stealing divine arts and resolved to strengthen himself.

• The Research Institute successfully completed the seventh ritual, and its researchers celebrated their progress toward mass-producing test subjects.
• Orochimaru suspected Shinji had killed Yamada Juichi and the sixth ritual's subject to steal their divine arts, and he decided he had to grow stronger before his secret was exposed.
• Fuma Ichiro emerged from the cocoon with an impassive expression, unsettling the senior officials and drawing concern from Scorpion, Tsunade, and Amado.
• Naruto agreed to fight Fuma Ichiro later after Sasuke yielded the chance, while Haku warned Naruto not to let his guard down.
• Shinji noticed Fuma Ichiro seemed more Otsutsuki-like than the previous subject but chose to wait for the Institute's tests before offering him to the Divine Tree.

Naruto fought Fuma Ichiro in a remote Wind Country desert as the Research Institute recorded the test, but even Naruto’s Sage of Six Paths Mode failed to give him the advantage. Fuma Ichiro continued to suppress him, leaving the observers stunned and Orochimaru fixated on the power within him.

• The Research Institute tested Fuma Ichiro’s physical abilities, then Naruto began a combat test with him in an uninhabited desert.
• Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, but Fuma Ichiro easily defeated the clones and kept control of the fight.
• Naruto activated Sage of Six Paths Mode and charged Fuma Ichiro, sending shock waves that rocked the airships watching overhead.
• Fuma Ichiro continued to suppress Naruto despite his transformed state, while the Institute’s instruments exceeded their detection limits.
• Amado wondered what had gone wrong, Tsunade reflected on Naruto’s strength, and Orochimaru stared at Fuma Ichiro, consumed by a desire to absorb his divine technique.

Naruto and Menma fought Fuma Ichiro, whose mysterious ability let him anticipate their attacks, until Delta ended the test. Naruto suspected Fuma Ichiro could see the future, and Sasuke prepared to challenge him as Orochimaru watched with keen interest.

• Fuma Ichiro repeatedly blocked Naruto's attacks with uncanny precision, then trapped Naruto as Menma prepared to strike with Great Spiraling Ring.
• Menma weakened Great Spiraling Ring before it hit the ground to avoid badly injuring Naruto, but the blast shook the desert and battered the Research Institute's airships.
• Menma concluded that Fuma Ichiro had a precognitive divine technique, and Naruto wondered how they could defeat him.
• Delta called off the test, and Naruto and Fuma Ichiro stopped fighting as the sandstorm subsided.
• Naruto told Sasuke, Yakumo, and Haku that Fuma Ichiro seemed able to see the future, while Sasuke looked forward to fighting him.
• Orochimaru observed the battlefield and became certain that Fuma Ichiro possessed a powerful divine technique.

Orochimaru and Kabuto discovered that their ritual produced a subject with an unusually severe Otsutsuki transformation, while the Research Institute suspended its own rituals over similar concerns about Fuma Ichiro. Amado recommended suspending the rituals to Shinji, leaving the cause of the changes and Fuma Ichiro’s abilities uncertain.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto that he was certain Fuma Ichiro had awakened a concealed divine technique, and they concluded that time was running out after Yamada Juichi and the others failed to return.
• Orochimaru chose to betray the Research Institute and ordered Kabuto to prepare another ritual.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto created an experimental subject whose Otsutsuki transformation was more severe than Genyumaru’s, and the subject awakened a divine technique in less than three hours.
• Tsunade persuaded the Research Institute’s senior staff to suspend the rituals because Fuma Ichiro’s transformation made him seem increasingly dangerous.
• Tsunade warned Amado to stay vigilant about Fuma Ichiro, then Amado found Shinji reviewing Fuma Ichiro’s file and recommended suspending the rituals.

Shinji suspended the ritual after Amado warned that its subjects might be influenced by an Ōtsutsuki, and he considered using Urashiki as a sacrifice to cultivate a Chakra Fruit. He also checked on cell clones made from Naruto and Hinata’s cells, hoping they might awaken the Jōgan and give him control over the future.

• Shinji agreed to suspend the ritual and asked Amado to investigate Fuma Ichiro, whose profile suggested split personalities and a hidden divine art.
• Amado suspected that the ritual had affected all its subjects, including Orochimaru, and Shinji told him to test the others for signs of influence.
• Shinji considered sacrificing Otsutsuki Urashiki to the Divine Tree but left him alive for the moment, prioritizing the cultivation of a Chakra Fruit.
• Shinji inspected fifteen cell clones made from Naruto and Hinata’s cells, hoping they would awaken the Jōgan and mature in about a month.

Orochimaru absorbed the Mark divine art and decided to raid the Research Institute to steal more powers before his secrets were exposed. He followed Fuma Ichiro, but found that Fuma was waiting for him in the corridor.

• Orochimaru absorbed the test subject’s Mark divine art, bringing his total to four and increasing his strength.
• Orochimaru decided to absorb Fuma Ichiro’s divine art, then Ada’s and Daemon’s, before the Research Institute uncovered his secret.
• Orochimaru returned to the Research Institute and watched Fuma Ichiro spar with Sasuke using taijutsu alone.
• Orochimaru followed Fuma Ichiro toward the underground rest area and discovered Fuma waiting for him around a corridor bend.

Orochimaru used his divine arts to absorb Fuma Ichiro’s Premonition, but Fuma Ichiro’s strange cooperation left him suspecting that the ritual had gone terribly wrong. Amado learned that Orochimaru and Fuma Ichiro had met in an unmonitored passage and asked Delta to summon Ada to investigate.

• Orochimaru marked Fuma Ichiro, grabbed him through Claw Mark, and activated Absorption.
• Fuma Ichiro silently urged Orochimaru to hurry, and Orochimaru absorbed his Premonition, which let him foresee attacks about to harm him.
• Fuma Ichiro signaled Orochimaru to keep quiet, and Orochimaru withdrew Claw Mark before Fuma Ichiro left.
• Orochimaru grew suspicious that something had gone wrong with the ritual and wondered whether Fuma Ichiro’s soul was truly his own.
• Delta told Amado that Orochimaru had followed Fuma Ichiro toward the underground rest area but that there were no surveillance cameras or signs of a struggle.
• Amado agreed to have Delta call Ada so she could use her Telescopic Eye to inspect the passage.

Amado’s investigation into Fuma Ichiro and Orochimaru stalled when Ada’s 'Telescopic Eye' could not see what happened in the passageway. Shinji found no evidence in Fuma Ichiro’s memories, concluded Orochimaru was involved, and left with Fuma Ichiro to focus on more urgent matters.

• Amado asked Ada to use her 'Telescopic Eye' to investigate the passageway, but she saw only a blur and could not determine what had happened.
• Ada and Delta disagreed over whether Orochimaru or Fuma Ichiro was more suspicious, and Amado sent them away before contacting Shinji.
• After hearing Amado’s report, Shinji ordered him to bring Fuma Ichiro in for questioning.
• Shinji pulled out Fuma Ichiro’s Spirit Body and checked his memories, confirming that Fuma Ichiro had not met Orochimaru in the passageway.
• Shinji concluded Orochimaru was involved, told Amado to keep the Research Institute under control, and left with Fuma Ichiro.

Shinji sacrificed Otsutsuki Urashiki and Fuma Ichiro to two Divine Trees, then guarded the forming Chakra Fruits. When the trees bloomed, he discovered that Urashiki’s sacrifice had produced a fruit larger than an ordinary one.

• Shinji brought Otsutsuki Urashiki and Fuma Ichiro to the Divine Trees in a secluded dimension.
• Shinji sacrificed Otsutsuki Urashiki, and the Divine Tree began forming a Chakra Fruit.
• Fuma Ichiro claimed that something had controlled him after a ritual and might have gone to Orochimaru, but Shinji sacrificed him anyway.
• Shinji guarded the two trees for two days while waiting for the Chakra Fruits to mature.
• Shinji saw that the fruit produced from Urashiki was a full size larger than the other newly formed fruit.

After sacrificing Urashiki, Shinji ate the larger of two Chakra Fruits and evolved into Kekkei Sōra. He discovered that his new power let him transform matter by understanding it, and concluded that gaining more knowledge was the path toward omnipotence.

• Shinji decided to save the smaller Chakra Fruit for a Six Paths-level subordinate and swallowed the larger one.
• After meditating for a day, Shinji’s Chakra transformed and he entered the realm of Kekkei Sōra.
• Shinji tested his new abilities in a desert, turning sand into a rabbit, creating grassland, and making rain fall without sustaining it with Chakra.
• Shinji realized he could transform matter into anything he understood and that his knowledge was the only limit on his divine arts.
• Shinji recognized that the Overlords sought the information contained in worlds and concluded that he needed to gather knowledge to approach omniscience and omnipotence.

Shinji gathered his subordinates in the alternate space where Karin had fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and revealed a Chakra Fruit that could raise someone beyond Six Paths level. He left the group eager to learn who would receive it, announcing that the strongest among them would be chosen.

• Yakumo, Haku, Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, Hikari, Neji, Kimimaro, Ryūzetsu, and Chiyo gathered in the grassland-filled alternate space where Karin had fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Menma grew uneasy as he recognized that Karin and Hikari had reached Six Paths level and sensed hidden power in Neji and Kimimaro.
• Shinji arrived with Ōtsutsuki Toneri and showed the group a Chakra Fruit that could help its eater reach Kekkei Mōra.
• Karin and Uchiha Hikari urged Shinji to keep the fruit, but Shinji said he had already eaten one and would give this fruit to one of them.
• Sasuke asked how Shinji would choose, and Shinji announced that the strongest person present would receive the Chakra Fruit.

Shinji organized an open contest for the Chakra Fruit, and the remaining candidates drew lots for three matches. As Karin and Naruto, Hikari and Neji, and Sasuke and Kimimaro began fighting, the alternate dimension was engulfed in the force of their clashes.

• Yakumo, Ryūsetsuna, Chiyo, Haku, and Otsutsuki Toneri withdrew, leaving six candidates to compete for the Chakra Fruit.
• Karin drew Naruto, Hikari drew Neji, and Sasuke drew Kimimaro, then the pairs headed to separate arenas.
• Sasuke challenged Kimimaro over their rivalry from the Ninja Academy, and Kimimaro activated his Karma.
• Neji activated his Karma, prompting Otsutsuki Momoshiki to urge him not to waste his chance at the Chakra Fruit, but Neji said he was competing to test his training.
• Karin urged Naruto to fight seriously, and Naruto agreed as the three matches began and their clashes swept through the alternate dimension.

Sasuke defeated Kimimaro, while Hikari forced Neji to concede after Momoshiki ended his Karma release. Karin endured the combined attacks of Naruto and Menma with her Complete Body Susanoo and then trapped Naruto with luminous chains, leaving their match unresolved.

• Sasuke defeated Kimimaro, who accepted the loss, and Sasuke challenged him to fight again after reaching Six Paths level.
• Hikari overwhelmed Neji, prompting Momoshiki to end the Karma release; Neji conceded without regret.
• Naruto and Menma launched their finishing attacks together, severely damaging Karin's Complete Body Susanoo.
• Karin emerged unharmed and bound Naruto with luminous chains, leaving the outcome of their fight uncertain.

Karin defeated Naruto with the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Uchiha Hikari volunteered to fight two matches in a row because she could replenish her Chakra. Sasuke began his battle with Hikari, while Karin revealed that Hikari had surpassed her and was second only to Lord Shinji in the organization.

• Karin restrained Naruto with the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Naruto admitted defeat after the Nine-Tails said its power was countered.
• Sasuke, Karin, and Hikari remained after Neji, Kimimaro, and Naruto were eliminated from the first round.
• Uchiha Hikari volunteered to fight two matches in a row, and Sasuke stepped forward to face her first.
• Sasuke and Hikari began a fast-paced battle focused on technique and perception.
• Karin told Naruto that Hikari had surpassed her and that only Lord Shinji could likely beat Hikari.

Uchiha Hikari adapted to Sasuke Uchiha’s taijutsu and gained the upper hand, even after he summoned his complete-body Susanoo. Shinji explained to the others that Six Paths fighters needed strong taijutsu and a broad range of fundamental abilities, not just ninjutsu or genjutsu.

• Hikari used feints and other combat insights to read Sasuke’s movements and gradually overwhelm him in taijutsu.
• Sasuke summoned his complete-body Susanoo, but Hikari blocked its arrow with a Truth-Seeking Orb and pierced through its armor to fight him inside.
• Hikari continued suppressing Sasuke inside the Susanoo, while Shinji told Yakumo that the likely winner was obvious.
• Shinji explained to Naruto, Karin, Neji, and Kimimaro that taijutsu was a primary Six Paths combat method because ninjutsu and genjutsu often became less effective.
• Shinji advised Neji and the others to develop a range of fundamental abilities, including sealing techniques, space-time abilities, barriers, curses, and other unusual skills.

After Sasuke lost to Hikari, Shinji’s simulations confirmed she was far stronger, and Karin withdrew from competing for the Chakra Fruit. The group chose Hikari to ascend to Kekkei Mōra, and she began absorbing the fruit.

• Shinji explained that Six Paths-level battles relied on overwhelming power, special abilities, or Sealing Technique, and agreed that divine arts were effective against such fighters.
• Hikari defeated Sasuke, and Shinji’s seven thousand simulations showed Sasuke never won against her.
• Karin withdrew from the contest and said Hikari was the best choice to ascend to Kekkei Mōra because Yachihoko could improve everyone’s chakra.
• Shinji gave Hikari the Chakra Fruit, and she ate it with her friends’ encouragement.
• Shinji told everyone to leave Hikari undisturbed while she absorbed the fruit, which would take at least a day.

Shinji returned to the Shinobi World, warned his allies to monitor the Research Institute and avoid confronting Orochimaru, then watched over Hikari as she absorbed the Chakra Fruit. After Hikari advanced to Kekkei Mōra, Shinji invited her to join his dangerous mission to the Six Rings World.

• Shinji ordered the group returning from the Space Gate to keep the Chakra Fruit secret, then told Sasuke, Naruto, Yakumo, and Haku to watch the Research Institute.
• Shinji revealed that Fuma Ichiro had betrayed the Institute and that Orochimaru was secretly researching divine arts, but forbade Sasuke and Naruto from confronting him.
• Shinji told the four to cooperate with Amado, keep Orochimaru calm, and protect Ada and Daemon while he handled the Six Rings World mission.
• Shinji guarded Hikari as she absorbed the Chakra Fruit, and two days later confirmed that she had advanced to Kekkei Mōra and strengthened her Yachihoko.
• Shinji invited Hikari to help fight the Plague and possibly Breeding Overlords in the Six Rings World, and she agreed to follow his instructions.

Shinji brought Hikari to the Six Rings World, where they saw the devastation caused by the Plague Overlord and met Shion after she became an Archmage. With the world’s magical barriers close to collapse, Shinji assembled the Lantern Bearers and declared war on the Overlord.

• Shinji and Hikari flew to Shion’s mage tower and saw how the Plague Overlord’s corruption had spread across the Six Rings World.
• At the tower, Shion revealed that she had condensed a Magic Ring with thirteen magic arrays and reached the Six Paths level, while Shinji explained that Hikari had ascended to the Kekkei Mōra realm.
• Shion told Shinji that the magical barrier was riddled with holes and could collapse within a few months despite her repairs.
• Shinji told Hikari to protect Shion and warned Shion that the Overlord might target the Archmages.
• Shinji went to the Lantern Bearers’ temporary base, assembled them, and announced that their battle plan was underway and they were declaring war on the Overlord.

Shinji and the Lantern Bearers prepared to lure the Plague Overlord into the Six Rings World and fight it while preventing the world from collapsing. The coming war would pit Shinji’s faction against both the Plague Overlord and the Breeding Overlord.

• Alice the Radiant One presented a plan to provoke the Plague Overlord into invading early by releasing the Breeding Overlord’s remains, which had a 53.2% success rate.
• Shinji assigned the Lantern Bearers to stabilize eight regions of the Six Rings World instead of defending the six Archmages’ towers, warning that the world could collapse within days once he fought the Overlord.
• The Archmages assembled their mage corps to defend the six towers, while the eight Lantern Bearers went to their assigned zones and prepared equipment to slow the world’s collapse.
• Shinji looked up at the weakening Chibaku Tensei sealing part of the Breeding Overlord and considered the coming three-way contest between the Plague Overlord, the Breeding Overlord, and his faction.