Chapter Summaries

Koushiro found Kari missing and searched for her, but diverted to stop a Digimon attack in Tokyo. After AtlurKabuterimon defeated SkullMammothmon, Koushiro sought a meeting with the Self-Defense Forces' superior, while Myotismon faced a mysterious voice and an enigmatic crystal.

• Koushiro found Kari's apartment empty and discovered that her Digivice was missing, then searched the area from the sky with Kabuterimon.
• Koushiro witnessed Mammothmon transform into SkullMammothmon as it absorbed negative emotions from the panicked crowd and resisted the Self-Defense Forces' attack.
• Koushiro had Kabuterimon Ultimate Digivolve into AtlurKabuterimon, which destroyed SkullMammothmon with Giga Blaster.
• Koushiro collected SkullMammothmon's remaining data and told the Self-Defense Forces commander that he needed to see his superior.
• Myotismon watched the battle in a mirror, then knelt before a mysterious presence beside a crystal containing two intertwined currents of darkness.

Koushiro secured government support for the search as the children returned from the Digital World and reunited with their families. After learning that Myotismon had abducted Kari, Tai and the others resolved to rescue her, and an officer reported that Myotismon’s location had been found.

• Koushiro explained the Digimon invasion to government officials, who agreed to provide technical support in exchange for information about the Digital World.
• The children’s parents and guardians gathered at a safe house, where Tai, Yamato, Sora, and the others returned through a distortion near the server.
• Koushiro told the children and their families that Myotismon had invaded and abducted Kari.
• The parents protested against sending the children to fight, but Tai insisted that he and his friends had to save Kari, and the others joined him.
• An Intelligence Division officer rushed in and reported that Myotismon’s whereabouts had been confirmed.

Myotismon paralyzed Tokyo with a cyberattack and used Kari’s Crest of Light to force her into a nightmare. Her despair corrupted Gatomon, transforming her into Ophanimon: Falldown Mode.

• Myotismon broadcast a threat across Japan’s connected devices while Keramon disrupted Koushiro’s attempt to trace the attack.
• Koushiro and Tentomon cleared the Keramon from the computer, then received a message offering to save Kari at the attached coordinates.
• Myotismon revealed that he had kidnapped Kari and Gatomon, and that the citywide panic was feeding him dark energy.
• Myotismon placed Kari’s Crest of Light around her neck and trapped her in a nightmare where Tai, Agumon, and others died because of her.
• Kari’s despair unleashed dark energy that corrupted Gatomon, who transformed into Ophanimon: Falldown Mode.

Myotismon used the fallen Cherubimon to attack the city, but AtlurKabuterimon intervened while Tai and Yamato brought MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon to fight Myotismon. As Wizardmon faded from his injuries, Koushiro offered to modify his DigiCore, and Wizardmon chose the dangerous procedure so he could save Gatomon.

• Myotismon made Cherubimon unleash a wave of purple fire toward the city, but AtlurKabuterimon blocked it and drove her away from the populated area.
• Tai saw Kari bound on the rooftop and sent MetalGreymon to attack Myotismon, while Yamato sent WereGarurumon after him.
• Myotismon destroyed MetalGreymon's missiles and struck WereGarurumon, knocking him into a nearby building.
• Wizardmon, fading from Myotismon's attack, asked the DigiDestined to save Gatomon before Koushiro found him in an alley.
• Koushiro offered to preserve Wizardmon's data or modify his DigiCore to give him fighting power, and Wizardmon chose the dangerous modification.

Koushiro began using DigiSoul to repair and reshape Wizardmon’s dangerously damaged Digital Core. On the rooftop, Myotismon defeated MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon, then prepared to kill Tai and Yamato.

• Koushiro explained the risks of altering Wizardmon’s fragile Digital Core, and Wizardmon confirmed he wanted to proceed.
• Koushiro used DigiSoul to examine Wizardmon’s core and began directing new data into it to enhance him.
• Myotismon exploited MetalGreymon’s distraction, drained his power, and defeated him with Night Raid.
• Myotismon struck WereGarurumon with Demon Blood Whip, drained his power, and left him unconscious as Gabumon; MetalGreymon devolved into Koromon.
• Myotismon approached the Bakemon-bound Tai and Yamato, reflected on overturning his foretold defeat, and gathered darkness to deliver a final blow.

MedievalDukemon, reborn from Wizardmon, rescued Tai and Yamato and defeated Myotismon, who warned that a powerful lord was behind him. Three Cerberumon appeared and engaged MedievalDukemon, giving Myotismon a chance to attack Koushiro.

• A wind dragon struck Myotismon and wiped out the Bakemon surrounding Tai and Yamato.
• Wizardmon appeared in his new form as MedievalDukemon and hit Myotismon with Dragon's Rage.
• Koushiro arrived, sent Tai to free Kari, and questioned the wounded Myotismon about who was behind him.
• Myotismon laughed and warned that his lord was terrifying as three Cerberumon emerged from cyberspace.
• MedievalDukemon stepped in to fight the Cerberumon, and Myotismon used the opening to attack Koushiro.

Koushiro used DigiSoul to destroy Myotismon’s arm, but Myotismon and three Cerberumon merged with dark data and triggered a vast explosion. A mysterious giant Digimon emerged from the ruins, and Koushiro found its identity was absent from Gennai’s database.

• Koushiro struck Myotismon with a DigiSoul-coated fist, disintegrating his arm and sending him crashing across the rooftop.
• Myotismon broke down and cried out at an unseen betrayer as three Cerberumon abandoned MedievalDukemon and joined him.
• Myotismon and the Cerberumon merged into black data, unleashing an explosion that devastated the surrounding area.
• MedievalDukemon shielded Koushiro, Tai, Yamato, Kari, and the others, but the blast weakened him and devolved AtlurKabuterimon and Ophanimon: Falldown Mode.
• A colossal Digimon formed from Myotismon, the Cerberumon, cyberspace’s negative data, and Ophanimon: Falldown Mode’s dark power rose from the crater.
• Koushiro checked his Digivice and found only question marks where the new Digimon’s information should have appeared.

Koushiro escaped with Tai, Yamato, and their Digimon to an underground command center and revealed that the monster was attacking the barrier between the real and Digital Worlds. He gathered messages of hope from around the world to empower Agumon and Gabumon, whose combined evolution began to reveal a new holy knight.

• Koushiro used a spatial data substitution program to teleport himself, Tai, Yamato, and their Digimon away from the monster's devastating attack.
• Koushiro told the command center staff that the monster had absorbed people as data, but defeating it could allow them to be restored.
• Koushiro learned that the emergency network lines were open, then explained that the monster was attacking the firewall between the real and Digital Worlds.
• Koushiro routed messages of support from people around the world into the command center as a torrent of hope-filled data.
• Tai and Yamato raised their Digivices, and Agumon and Gabumon began a combined evolution that formed the silhouette of a white-armored holy knight.

Tai, Yamato, and Omnimon lured GrandDracmon into Koushiro’s Ark data space, where Koushiro dismantled its defenses and Omnimon defeated it. The chapter ended with the monster cleaved in half by a strike empowered by the Crests.

• Omnimon appeared above the ruined city with Tai and Yamato aboard and fought GrandDracmon while Koushiro prepared the Ark system.
• Koushiro warned Tai that destroying GrandDracmon outright would erase the people and data it had absorbed, so Omnimon froze the monster and pushed it through the Ark’s gate.
• Inside Ark, Koushiro used his control of the system to analyze GrandDracmon and forcibly separate its data while Omnimon attacked.
• Lights from the other DigiDestined children’s Crests weakened GrandDracmon, and Tai and Yamato joined their Crests’ power with them.
• GrandDracmon gathered its remaining strength for a final attack, but Tai and Yamato empowered Omnimon’s Grey Sword, which cleaved the monster in half.

Koushiro and the command center celebrated as the people erased by ZeedMillenniummon returned, but the Digital World's sky shattered and the resulting data pulse disabled electronic systems worldwide. Homeostasis explained that ZeedMillenniummon had traveled from the future because Koushiro was an unpredictable variable, then gave him a sphere of data before time resumed and the colossal Digimon descended.

• The human data trapped in the darkness returned to their bodies, and the command center celebrated as life signals reappeared across the map.
• The reflected Digital World sky shattered, unleashing a data pulse that shut down the command center's systems and cut external communications.
• Time stopped, and Koushiro recognized that Kari was possessed by Homeostasis, who explained that ZeedMillenniummon had come from the future because Koushiro disrupted the predicted timeline.
• Homeostasis gave Koushiro a sphere of data and vanished as time resumed and alarms sounded across the world.
• Tai and Yamato sent the white holy knight charging at ZeedMillenniummon, but the creature erased them and everything around them into nothing.

Koushiro survived Millenniumon’s erasure because his soul came from outside the world’s system, but Millenniumon was analyzing him to find a way to delete him. He obtained the Digital World’s administrator key from Homeostasis and entered Agunimon’s data, summoning Agunimon as he prepared to confront Millenniumon.

• Koushiro realized Millenniumon had erased the human world and spared him only because his soul was an anomaly outside the system.
• Koushiro understood that Millenniumon was scanning and analyzing him so it could create a way to erase him.
• Koushiro found Homeostasis’s administrator key and the Digital World’s source code on his protected computer.
• Koushiro recognized that Homeostasis had given him the authority to manually repair the system from outside it.
• Koushiro entered Agunimon’s icon, and Agunimon took shape in a torrent of crimson data.

Millenniumon confronted Agunimon, who wielded Homeostasis’s system authority to restart the Digital World and defeat its attacks. As Millenniumon unleashed a final assault to erase the system, Agunimon evolved into Susanoomon.

• Agunimon appeared in the void and struck Millenniumon with flames empowered by Homeostasis’s system authority.
• Millenniumon attacked with Time-Space Destruction, but Koushiro explained that the world’s laws could not affect an outsider.
• Agunimon rewrote Millenniumon’s data as the Digital World’s deleted source code began to reconverge and reboot.
• Millenniumon understood that Homeostasis had given Agunimon the permissions to defeat it and despaired over losing the meaning of its existence.
• Millenniumon formed a singularity to destroy the system, and Agunimon met the attack while activating the Final Evolution Program.
• Agunimon’s armor crumbled as the destructive power fueled his evolution into Susanoomon.

Susanoomon destroyed Millenniumon and rebuilt the Digital World, while Koushirou embedded cultivation concepts into its core rules. After explaining the Digital World to world leaders and helping establish an international research organization, Koushirou entered the newly reopened Digital World to see how it had changed.

• Susanoomon used Eight Thunder Gods to lock down Millenniumon, then destroyed it with Heaven's Feather Blade.
• Susanoomon reached the Digital World's backend, and Koushirou reinstalled its system while weaving cultivation concepts into its underlying rules.
• The Digital World began rebuilding, and Koushirou told Tai and the others that their Digimon had temporarily returned while the passage between worlds was closed.
• Koushirou explained the Digital World to world leaders and proposed a global organization to research it, with a research center established in an eastern country across the sea.
• Three months later, Koushirou opened the stabilized Digital World's gate and stepped through to see the newborn world.

Koushiro examined the Digital World’s transformation and found that its Digimon had built a cultivation civilization, with Shakamon and the Four Holy Beasts leading the Heavenly Court. In the Infinite World, Zhang Qi received the civilization’s accumulated knowledge and prepared to begin cultivating.

• Koushiro explored the vastly expanded Digital World, whose continent had taken the shape of a yin-yang symbol.
• He discovered Taoist Beast Digimon cultivating by drawing data from their surroundings and found a flourishing sect devoted to forging, alchemy, and other practices.
• Koushiro saw Shakamon leading the Heavenly Court, with Azulongmon, Baihumon, Zhuqiaomon, and Ebonwumon guarding its directions.
• Zhang Qi received centuries of cultivation research from the Digital World and compared its outward, universe-focused methods with the inward cultivation of Under One Person.
• Zhang Qi realized the Digimon’s cultivation records and creations made the techniques understandable to him, allowing him to begin cultivating.

Zhang Qi chose the Primordial Chaos Profound Insight True Scripture and used the Body Cultivation Furnace and rare treasures to establish his foundation and form a Primordial Unity Dao Core. As the core neared completion, the world outside fell silent and its very background seemed to change.

• Zhang Qi selected the Primordial Chaos Profound Insight True Scripture because it suited his ability to observe beyond the universe and draw on the Digital World's evolutionary data.
• Zhang Qi swallowed the Fallen Star Dao Fruit and Yggdrasil Marrow, then entered the Body Cultivation Furnace to establish his foundation and form an exceptionally pure true essence.
• Zhang Qi compressed his true essence and used the Digital World's information to inscribe countless laws as Dao patterns onto his forming core.
• Zhang Qi's Primordial Unity Dao Core neared completion as the world outside lost its color and sound, and the air grew heavy with subtle disturbances to physical constants.

Zhang Qi’s breakthrough unleashed chaos, shattered space, and summoned a vast green lotus and a world-ending tribulation, all of which vanished when a gentle ripple restored the world. He awoke with a profound new perception and the ability to wield immense powers, then realized the space connecting countless worlds had changed too.

• Zhang Jie and the Central Continent Team sensed a gray-white expanse spreading from Zhang Qi’s secluded chamber, and Zhang Jie’s mental probe vanished inside it.
• Space shattered around Zhang Qi’s chamber, releasing chaotic Earth Fire Water Wind, so Zhang Jie and the others fled on Green Goblin gliders.
• A vast Chaos Green Lotus appeared amid the chaos, and Purple tribulation clouds gathered above it as Zhang Jie wondered whether Zhang Qi was becoming an immortal.
• A gentle ripple from Zhang Qi’s chamber calmed the chaos and dissolved the tribulation clouds, restoring the sky and surrounding world.
• Zhang Qi awakened with a new perception of matter, energy, space, and time, then formed and dispersed a miniature black hole with a thought.
• Zhang Qi recognized that his breakthrough had also changed the space connecting countless worlds.

After Infinite Zhang Qi formed a Golden Core in the shared consciousness space, the other Zhang Qis discovered their connection had transformed and returned to their worlds to test their new abilities. In the Naruto World, Orochimaru mastered Chakra nature transformations and Natural Energy, then entered a secret chamber where a body rested in a cultivation tank.

• Infinite Zhang Qi explained that the Golden Core had strengthened the shared space and the connections among all the Zhang Qis.
• The Zhang Qis left the shared space, eager to investigate what had changed in their respective worlds.
• Orochimaru awakened in Konoha and gained the ability to perceive Chakra pathways, energy particles, and Natural Energy.
• Orochimaru effortlessly created Rasengan with all five basic Chakra natures and combined elements to reproduce Lava Style and Storm Style.
• Orochimaru summoned pure Natural Energy directly, recognized the secrets behind the world's power system, and opened a hidden chamber containing a black-and-white body in a cultivation tank.

Orochimaru used his newfound mastery of Chakra to analyze Black Zetsu, but the experiment triggered a force that pulled his consciousness into another space. There, he encountered the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

• Orochimaru activated his machine to study Black Zetsu using Yin and Yang Release Chakra.
• He realized ordinary Chakra could not penetrate the denser Six Paths Power within Black Zetsu.
• Orochimaru reshaped the Chakra into true Double Full Hands and reached into Black Zetsu's body.
• A powerful attraction seized Orochimaru's consciousness and transported him away from the laboratory.
• Orochimaru recognized the figure waiting in the starry space as the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

Orochimaru met the Sage of Six Paths, who explained the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s God Tree sacrifices and Isshiki’s survival through Karma. The Sage then revealed that an ancient Ōtsutsuki who had consumed countless planets was on their planet.

• Orochimaru asked the Sage of Six Paths why he had summoned his consciousness.
• The Sage questioned Orochimaru about his knowledge of Kaguya and the Ōtsutsuki Clan, then admitted he had not known Isshiki was on the planet.
• The Sage explained that God Tree fruit required an Ōtsutsuki sacrifice, and that Kaguya had killed Isshiki and consumed the fruit meant for them.
• Orochimaru deduced that Isshiki survived by placing Karma on a vessel, and the Sage described how Karma enabled an Ōtsutsuki to resurrect.
• The Sage warned that an Ōtsutsuki who had devoured planets for thousands of years existed on their planet.

The Sage of Six Paths revealed that Isshiki had found the corpse of an even more ancient Ōtsutsuki and gave Orochimaru part of the Six Paths Power to protect the Ninja World. Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha to share the threat, and they asked how he planned to defeat Isshiki.

• The Sage of Six Paths told Orochimaru that Isshiki had found the corpse of another Ōtsutsuki and asked him to protect the world.
• The Sage of Six Paths gave Orochimaru Yang and Yin marks, granting him part of the authority behind the Chakra system.
• Orochimaru returned to his laboratory and used the Six Paths Power to summon Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru explained the Ōtsutsuki threat, and Hashirama Senju declared that anyone threatening their peace was his enemy.
• Tobirama Senju asked Orochimaru how he could deal with Isshiki and the ancient being, and Orochimaru answered that he could.