Chapter Summaries

Nara Dan returned to Konoha’s Cabinet meeting and handed gifts to Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Fugaku for their newborn sons, Naruto and Sasuke. Hyuga Hiashi reported that Konoha’s expanded food production had drawn the Daimyo’s nobles into opposing its grain exports.

• Nara Dan teased Nara Shikaku about his marriage and promised a gift when Shikaku had a child.
• Yakushi Nonō announced the Cabinet meeting, and Nara Dan joined the five Cabinet members for the first time since returning.
• Nara Dan gave Minato Namikaze a gift box containing a protective charm for Naruto Namikaze.
• After Uchiha Fugaku mentioned his newborn son Sasuke, Nara Dan gave him a World Tree Leaf.
• Hyuga Hiashi reported that Konoha had increased crop yields, become a food exporter, and faced opposition from nobles at the Daimyo’s Residence.

Nara Dan introduced the Palm Sage Tag and reshaped the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams into an event that would also host the other villages’ Kage. After Konoha’s invitations spread, Rasa questioned Konoha’s intentions, but Chiyo urged him to accept that Sunagakure could not resist Nara Dan and depended on Konoha’s support.

• Nara Dan assured Hyuga Hiashi he would handle the Daimyo and sent a Shadow Clone to deal with the matter.
• Nara Dan presented Orochimaru’s Palm Sage Tag to Konoha’s leaders, and they discussed pricing, supply limits, and its strategic value.
• Minato Namikaze reported on the rebuilt education system, and Nara Dan ordered the Chunin Ninja Exams to include eligible Genin and upper-grade students.
• Nara Dan announced that every other ninja village and its Kage would be invited to Konoha’s exams, prompting the Cabinet to recognize Konoha’s overwhelming power.
• Rasa asked Chiyo whether Konoha’s invitation concealed a scheme, but Chiyo argued Sunagakure had no viable allies and relied on Konoha’s support.

Nara Dan banished Black Zetsu into the void and confronted Madara Uchiha, who captured the Four-Tails while seeking a chance to fight Dan at full strength. Madara revealed his Rinnegan and demanded that Dan return his eyes, setting up their clash.

• The Fourth Raikage accepted Konoha's invitation, while Black Zetsu tried to turn young Kabuto against Nara Dan by claiming Dan was keeping Yakushi Nonō away from him.
• Nara Dan appeared at the Orphanage, burned Black Zetsu with Divine Refined Gang Qi, and banished him deep into the void with Space-Time Banishment.
• Madara Uchiha found Roshi at the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass, defeated the Four-Tails with Wood Release and genjutsu, and captured him.
• Nara Dan appeared before Madara and said he had killed Black Zetsu, then asked whether Madara could escape him this time.
• Madara said he wanted to fight Dan after being revived at full strength, revealed his Rinnegan, and demanded that Dan hand over his eyes.

Nara Dan revealed a godlike form and erased Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo army with an ordinary punch, then confronted the Sage of Six Paths, who had possessed Madara. The Sage warned Dan to stay out of the Ninja World, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Madara Uchiha unleashed Shinra Tensei and summoned more than a hundred Complete Body Susanoo, but Nara Dan remained unharmed.
• Dan transformed into a nine-zhang Divine Demon Body and incapacitated Madara with a punch that devastated the surrounding land.
• Madara recognized Dan’s overwhelming power and understood that his Eye of the Moon Plan could not succeed against it.
• Dan called out the watcher, and the Sage of Six Paths took control of Madara’s body and confronted him.
• Dan accused the Sage of Six Paths of stealing Gaia’s and the God of Death’s authority to prolong his existence.
• The Sage of Six Paths warned Dan to leave the Ninja World and not interfere in its affairs again.

Nara Dan confronted the Sage of Six Paths over their opposing paths to power, but the Sage escaped by calling on Otsutsuki Hamura and the moon’s Byakugan. Nara Dan could not pursue him into the Underworld, so he turned his attention to Hamura.

• The Sage of Six Paths recognized that Nara Dan’s Blood and Qi martial arts could rival or replace chakra and threaten his plan to become the Ninja World’s god.
• Nara Dan declared that the Sage’s rule would end and prepared to strike, while the Sage chose to flee rather than face his overwhelming power.
• Nara Dan sealed the space around the Sage and reached for his soul, but the Sage used his Rinnegan to break free briefly.
• The Sage called out to Hamura, and an enormous Byakugan covering the moon slowed Nara Dan long enough for the Sage to vanish.
• Nara Dan concluded that the Sage had escaped to the Underworld and confronted Otsutsuki Hamura for interfering.

Nara Dan went to the moon, met Otsutsuki Hamura, and learned that Otsutsuki Isshiki and other Otsutsuki could threaten the planet. As the moon’s descendants slaughtered one another, Nara Dan took their gigantic Byakugan and then examined the moon, spotting Kaguya Otsutsuki sealed within its core.

• Nara Dan reached the moon and spoke with Otsutsuki Hamura, who asked him to spare his descendants and warned him about Otsutsuki Isshiki and other Otsutsuki on Earth.
• Otsutsuki Hamura faded away, while the moon’s Main Family and Branch Family descendants began killing one another.
• Nara Dan entered the clan’s ancestral hall, found the young Otsutsuki Toneri, and took the gigantic Byakugan into the Spirit World.
• Nara Dan watched the descendants’ slaughter until the last one had died, then moved away to view the moon as a whole.
• Nara Dan looked through the moon’s core and saw the sealed body of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Nara Dan shattered the moon, freed Kaguya Otsutsuki, and forced her to reveal what she knew about the Otsutsuki Clan. After taking the God Tree Fruit she had left behind, he fed it to Samehada, which survived and entered an evolutionary slumber.

• Nara Dan used Heaven-Earth Reversal to strike the moon, breaking it into countless chunks of rock.
• Nara Dan freed Kaguya Otsutsuki from the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei seals and demanded information about the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki agreed to tell Nara Dan about her clan after he wounded her and threatened to kill her.
• Nara Dan took the God Tree Fruit formed from Kaguya Otsutsuki's sacrifice of half of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and considered its power.
• Nara Dan sent the fruit to the Void Spirit Realm, where Samehada swallowed it and fell into an evolutionary slumber.

Ōnoki learned that Nara Dan had grown stronger after the moon was shattered, while Konoha’s candidates trained for the approaching Chunin Ninja Exams. Nara Dan then convened the Five Kage in Konoha and proposed a shared organization to manage Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki.

• Ōnoki’s subordinate confirmed that the enormous figure in the sky resembled Nara Dan, and Ōnoki wondered who Dan had fought to shatter the moon.
• Ino Rinya and Hyuga Nana discussed their training and the approaching exams as Might Father and Might Guy trained nearby.
• Ino Rinya speculated that Nara Dan might unify the Ninja World, but Hyuga Nana said Dan was more focused on pursuing strength.
• The Four Kage waited in Konoha for Nara Dan, who arrived and unsettled them with his presence.
• Nara Dan told the Kage that his first reason for summoning them was to establish a Tailed Beast Monitoring Team to oversee free Tailed Beasts and standardize Jinchuriki selection and evaluation.

Nara Dan proposed standardizing jinchuriki treatment and establishing a Five-Village Alliance backed by a Tailed Beast Monitoring Team, using his overwhelming power to pressure the Kage into accepting. The other Kage stayed silent until Fourth Kazekage Rasa became the first to support the proposal.

• Nara Dan proposed standardizing jinchuriki selection and assessment, creating public gathering areas, ending abuse, and forming a Tailed Beast Monitoring Team.
• Nara Dan announced a Five-Village Alliance that could use military force, with the monitoring team serving as an enforcement body.
• The Fourth Raikage rejected the proposal, but Nara Dan threatened to reclaim the Tailed Beasts and reminded the Kage of his power.
• The Kage recognized that the alliance could give Konoha a pretext to control the other villages, but none dared to oppose Nara Dan first.
• Fourth Kazekage Rasa broke the silence and agreed to put Nara Dan's proposal into practice.

Nara Dan secured the other villages’ agreement to Konoha’s Five-Village Alliance before using his True Spirit Reincarnation method to enter a new world. He awoke in a fragile Spirit Body in Meteor City, where he recognized Sosuke Aizen and pretended to be unconscious as Aizen and Gin Ichimaru left for the night’s events.

• Nara Dan used his promised aid to Sunagakure to persuade Rasa to support the alliance, prompting the other Kage to agree as well.
• Nara Dan left the alliance’s practical arrangements to Nara Shikaku and sent a fragment of his True Spirit into another world.
• Nara Dan’s Cheat System eased the world’s rejection, and he took over a boy’s body, erasing the original owner’s identity.
• An explosion buried Nara Dan in the ruins, leaving his new Spirit Body badly injured.
• Nara Dan recognized Sosuke Aizen and Gin Ichimaru, played dead, and heard Aizen say that the real show was about to begin.
• Aizen noticed Nara Dan but dismissed him as a gravely injured boy, then left with Gin Ichimaru.

Nara Dan recovered in Meteor City after his clash with Aizen, tested the limits of his weak Shinigami spirit body, and began training to protect himself. He concluded that Hollows survived by devouring other spirit bodies as he worked to strengthen his own.

• Nara Dan considered the Spirit King, Hollows, and other mysteries of Bleach before heading toward Meteor City.
• A starving man tried to rob Nara Dan, but Nara Dan killed him and seized a nearby house after driving out its occupant.
• Nara Dan examined his spirit body and found that Life Essence could heal it only slowly because it replenished Reishi rather than repairing physical cells.
• Nara Dan judged his spirit body's density to be extremely low and decided to build basic strength before relying on contingencies from his main body.
• The next day, Nara Dan trained with push-ups and the Breathing Technique while Life Essence aided his recovery.
• Nara Dan concluded that Hollows fed on other spirit bodies because Reishi-rich spirit bodies were their best source of nourishment.

Nara Dan discovered that Blood Qi martial arts were poorly suited to his spirit body, so he trained to strengthen it through Spiritual Power and Reishi. After seven days of intensive practice, he revived his Swordsmanship and learned to cut with a Flying Slash, leaving him with a method he could use before becoming a Shinigami.

• Nara Dan examined his spirit body and concluded that physical training could increase its density and Spiritual Pressure as he depleted and replenished Spiritual Power and Reishi.
• Nara Dan realized his True Spirit could gradually cleanse his body and transform its limited aptitude, potentially allowing him to reach Captain-level.
• Nara Dan trained for seven days in Rukongai, absorbing Reishi and Life Essence while trying to sense his Zanpakutō.
• Nara Dan used a Wooden Sword to cut through a tree stump with a Flying Slash he had learned from One Piece World Swordsmanship.

After the Soul Society condemned the captains involved in Hollowfication, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto ordered Shino Academy to hold an admissions round to fill the ranks with new recruits. Nara Dan entered the test alongside Rukia and Renji Abarai, and the chapter ended with all three registering B-level Spiritual Power aptitude.

• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto rejected Chojiro Sasakibe's doubts and upheld Central 46's judgment against those accused of Hollowfication.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto assigned vacant Division positions to qualified Shinigami and called for another Shino Academy admissions round.
• Nara Dan learned about the admissions test, defeated a gang of thugs, and headed to the registration site in western Rukongai.
• Rukia impressed the examiners with a bright test result, while her childhood friend Renji Abarai celebrated her success.
• Nara Dan took the test and received a B-level aptitude rating, matching Rukia and Renji Abarai.

Nara Dan enrolled at Shino Academy, demonstrated his strength to Rukia and Renji Abarai, and developed Spiritual Power Self-Weight Armor to train his Spirit Body. During a practical assessment, he impressed the examiners with his Hakuda and earned an A-rank talent evaluation.

• Nara Dan shook hands with Rukia and Renji Abarai, quietly overpowering Renji and making him realize how much stronger he needed to become.
• Nara Dan and four other students passed the entrance exam, and Nara Dan received a dormitory room, an ID Tag, and Shihakusho.
• Nara Dan developed Spiritual Power Self-Weight Armor overnight and used it to increase the weight and training strain on his Spirit Body.
• At the next assessment, Nara Dan fought a stern examiner with a relentless Hakuda barrage before stepping aside after the examiner forced him back with a powerful kick.
• The examiner judged Nara Dan's Hakuda talent to be A-rank after using more Spiritual Power than the standard amount to suppress him.

Nara Dan demonstrated an unprecedented, powerful sword slash during Shino Academy’s aptitude tests, impressing the examiners with his exceptional abilities across the Four Shinigami Arts. Examiner Denichi said his technique would be reported to higher-ranking officers and offered him the choice of continuing at the academy or joining a Division directly.

• Rukia and Renji Abarai attacked Examiner Denichi in the Hakuda test, but he quickly knocked them down while Nara Dan watched.
• Nara Dan released a nearly ten-meter blade of energy with a Wooden Sword, forcing Denichi to defend himself with Bakudo #8: Repulse and leaving his clothing torn.
• Nara Dan claimed he had simply concentrated and swung, while the examiners recognized his slash as an unprecedented technique and judged him an extraordinary genius.
• Nara Dan performed well in the Kido and Shunpo tests, while Rukia showed strong Kido talent and Renji Abarai stood out in Swordsmanship.
• After the tests, Examiner Denichi told Nara Dan that his technique would be reported to a Captain or the Captain-Commander and offered him a choice between Shino Academy and joining a Division directly.

Nara Dan chose to continue studying at Shino Academy, while Yamamoto reviewed his talent and assigned several new division leaders. Aizen anticipated becoming a captain and spoke with Gin Ichimaru about their ambitions.

• Nara Dan declined to join a division and chose to keep studying at Shino Academy so he could develop without taking on missions.
• Examiner Denichi approved of Nara Dan's choice, and Yamamoto instructed Sasakibe to mark him as exceptionally talented and let him continue training.
• Yamamoto reviewed the captain candidates and appointed Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Sajin Komamura, and Isshin Shiba to lead divisions, leaving the Third Division vacant.
• Aizen practiced calligraphy as Gin Ichimaru congratulated him on his expected promotion to captain.
• Aizen remarked that Gin's talent could make him a captain too, noting that Gin had completed Shino Academy in a year.

Gin Ichimaru reflected on Aizen's overwhelming strength while Nara Dan trained to apply the principles of One Piece swordsmanship in the Bleach world. After Nara Dan nearly struck a boy who had been watching him, the boy introduced himself as his neighbor, Kira Izuru.

• Gin Ichimaru praised Aizen and privately feared that even his own talent would not let him defeat him.
• Nara Dan reasoned that he could adapt Sword Intent and the principles of the Black Blade to manifest Spiritual Power through his weapon.
• Nara Dan slashed with his Wooden Sword, sending Blade Qi through several trees and narrowly missing a boy hiding behind them.
• Nara Dan asked the frightened boy his name, and the boy identified himself as Kira Izuru, his neighbor in the Dormitory.

Nara Dan discovered that Kira Izuru had been watching his training and examined Kira’s Asauchi, recognizing how it could develop into a Zanpakutō. He advised Kira to awaken its spirituality through battle, then returned to his dormitory.

• Nara Dan stopped attacking Kira Izuru and asked why he had watched him meditate for several days.
• Kira Izuru explained that he had come to learn from Nara Dan’s Sword Meditation and showed him his Asauchi.
• Nara Dan examined the Asauchi and understood how a Soul Reaper’s spirit could awaken it into a Zanpakutō.
• Nara Dan advised Kira Izuru to repeatedly cover the Asauchi with Spiritual Pressure during battle to stimulate its spirituality.
• Kira Izuru thanked Nara Dan and confirmed his name before Nara Dan entered his Dormitory.

Nara Dan encountered Aizen, now a captain, at Shin'ō Academy and realized he would be teaching Sword Meditation Class. As Aizen and Nara Dan recognized each other as secretive and ambitious, they sized one another up, leaving Nara Dan calmly watching Aizen begin the lesson.

• Nara Dan entered his classroom and saw Aizen wearing a Captain's Haori, realizing Aizen had risen to captain after the Hollowfication Incident.
• Nara Dan identified Aizen's Sword Meditation Class as instruction about Asauchi and Zanpakutō awakening and considered ways to resist Aizen's Complete Hypnosis.
• Aizen began class by asking the new students to introduce themselves, and Renji Abarai and Nara Dan presented themselves to the class.
• Nara Dan and Aizen exchanged searching looks, each sensing that the other concealed powerful secrets and ambitions.
• Nara Dan reflected that he pursued power without abandoning his humanity, unlike Aizen, and watched him teach with a calm smile.

Aizen taught Nara Dan and the other students about Zanpakutō before demonstrating his Shikai, Illusion, and its control over the senses. Nara Dan appeared to perceive through the illusion, prompting Aizen to test him by reaching for his eyes.

• Aizen finished his final Sword Meditation Class after becoming captain of the Fifth Division.
• Aizen released Illusion with the command “Shatter, Illusion” and filled the classroom with fog.
• Aizen demonstrated how Illusion used mist and flowing water to create convincing images, while Nara Dan considered how controlling all five senses blurred reality and falsehood.
• Nara Dan shifted his gaze toward the space in front of him, making Aizen wonder whether the boy could see through the illusion.
• Aizen reached toward Nara Dan’s face, then suddenly accelerated his hand toward the boy’s eyes.