Chapter Summaries

Helunaixing used overwhelming strength to crush Orochi beneath the displaced mountain, clearing the way for the group to reach the Seven-Colored Butterfly. The three continued forward, while Helunaixing promised to restore the mountain after recovering so the White Forest’s balance would not be disrupted.

• The mountain lost its gravity and crashed down on Orochi, crushing him as it shifted elsewhere.
• Dales Yi and Uchiha Madara were stunned, and Helunaixing said the path was clear and he would lead them to the Seven-Colored Butterfly.
• Helunaixing explained that the destination lay beyond the mountain, and Uchiha Madara warned that the exposed White Snakes could draw people to the White Forest and spark a battle.
• Helunaixing promised to move the mountain back after recovering, while Uchiha Madara said the future would take its course.
• Uchiha Madara wondered whether Helunaixing’s power came from his own strength or the strange hands he had brought out.

Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi teased Helunaixing about the danger they had faced and tried to persuade him to show them his family’s unusual weapon. Helunaixing refused and left Dales Yi with a warning not to trust everyone, even friends.

• Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi discussed the lessons they had learned from the incident, while Helunaixing protested that they were blaming him.
• Dales Yi praised Helunaixing’s powerful hands and asked to see the family treasure, but Helunaixing refused because he feared they might steal it.
• Uchiha Madara vouched for Dales Yi, but Helunaixing remained wary and said the treasure was too important to risk showing them.
• Dales Yi said he would make friends once he left No Man’s Land, and Helunaixing warned him to stay guarded even around friends.

Helunaixing warned Dales Yi not to become someone else’s tool, but refused to show him his hands or accept the Demon Codex. The three reached the Seven-Colored Butterflies’ territory, where Uchiha Madara sensed that the White Forest around them was an illusion.

• Dales Yi offered Helunaixing the Demon Codex in exchange for seeing his hands, but Helunaixing refused.
• Uchiha Madara told Dales Yi to stop pressing Helunaixing, and the three joked about their supposed sworn-brother bond.
• Helunaixing announced that they had reached the Seven-Colored Butterflies’ territory and explained that they had taken the wrong path earlier and encountered the Orochi.
• Uchiha Madara sensed that the area felt unreal, and Helunaixing revealed that the visible White Forest was an illusion created by the Seven-Colored Butterflies.
• Dales Yi asked Uchiha Madara what he could see, and Uchiha Madara said he could sense the illusion but could not make out the real scene.

Helunaixing dispelled the illusion hiding the colorful White Forest and explained how the Seven-Colored Butterflies used illusions. He led Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi onward to find one, while Uchiha Madara hoped they could return soon and resume his stalled objective.

• Uchiha Madara, Dales Yi, and Helunaixing exchanged taunts as Helunaixing claimed he could see through the forest's illusions.
• Helunaixing tapped the air and revealed the colorful springlike forest concealed beneath the white illusion.
• Helunaixing explained that his knowledge of the forest came from books and that he was naturally gifted at learning illusions.
• Helunaixing warned Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi not to look directly at the Seven-Colored Butterflies and offered to teach Dales Yi how to handle illusions.
• Helunaixing led the group onward to catch a butterfly, while Uchiha Madara said he wanted to return because his true objective remained stalled.

Uchiha Madara and Helunaixing guided Dales Yi through the White Forest to catch Seven-Colored Butterflies, warning him that they caused illusions. As Dales Yi approached the butterflies, a huge Orochi appeared and Uchiha Madara rushed to his side.

• Uchiha Madara told Dales Yi it was time to settle things, and the three continued through the White Forest.
• Dales Yi and Helunaixing spotted two Seven-Colored Butterflies, and Helunaixing explained that they caused illusions but were not physically dangerous.
• Helunaixing gave Dales Yi a small glass bottle, and Uchiha Madara reassured him that they would protect him as he went to catch the butterflies.
• As Dales Yi reached toward the butterflies, he sensed killing intent and saw a huge Orochi staring at him from the forest shadows.
• Uchiha Madara leaped to Dales Yi's side, and Dales Yi felt slightly relieved to see him.

Uchiha Madara exposed the colorful forest and Orochi as illusions, then realized Helunaixing’s old-man appearance was an illusion concealing a demon-race woman. The group left with two captured Seven-Colored Butterflies as Madara suggested the deception had begun when they first met Helunaixing.

• Uchiha Madara used his Sharingan to see that the Orochi and colorful forest were illusions, while Dales Yi initially still saw the snake threatening him.
• Uchiha Madara explained that the butterflies’ double illusion concealed a white forest and that the only colored creatures were two golden butterflies.
• Uchiha Madara discovered that Helunaixing appeared as a beautiful demon-race woman, while Dales Yi caught two Seven-Colored Butterflies.
• Helunaixing praised Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi for resisting the Orochi illusion, and the group continued on through the now-white forest.
• Uchiha Madara told Dales Yi that their perceptions had been distorted since meeting Helunaixing and wondered why the old man had kept Dales Yi from seeing his weapon.

Uchiha Madara exposed Helunaixing’s illusion and revealed that she was a beautiful woman who had disguised herself as an old man since meeting him and Dales Yi. Helunaixing explained how a Heavenly Eye Clan member had hinted at her identity, while Dales Yi reacted with shock and flirted with her.

• Uchiha Madara explained that Orochi’s lightning had disrupted Helunaixing’s illusion and revealed her hands, and that he had sensed the illusion from their first meeting.
• Helunaixing admitted she had placed Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi under an illusion and revealed her real appearance as a woman.
• Uchiha Madara told Dales Yi that Helunaixing’s present appearance was real, and Dales Yi recalled mistaking her softness for the effect of old age.
• Dales Yi tried to flirt with Helunaixing and promised to take responsibility for having touched her, but she denied that their contact counted and told him to stop talking nonsense.
• Helunaixing recalled that a Heavenly Eye Clan member had hinted at her identity in the White Forest by remarking on her beautiful eyes.

Helunaixing explained that she had concealed her identity because traveling as a woman in No Man’s Land would bring trouble, while Uchiha Madara questioned whether her name was real. Dales Yi confessed that he wanted a future with her, but Helunaixing doubted he could ever change the world’s prejudice against necromancers.

• Helunaixing revealed that she had disguised herself because No Man’s Land was dangerous for a woman traveling openly.
• Uchiha Madara asked whether Helunaixing was famous and whether she was using her real name, and she said she was an unknown junior who had no reason to hide it.
• Dales Yi told Helunaixing that she had already left her name in his heart and promised to take her traveling after he made the continent accept necromancers.
• Helunaixing asked whether Dales Yi valued her or his mission more, and he said his necromancers’ peaceful future came first.
• Helunaixing warned Dales Yi that he and the necromancers would never change the entire world’s thinking.

Dales Yi and Helunaixing discussed their shared age and Dales Yi’s hopes for future generations before Helunaixing revealed that Uchiha Madara’s Magic Stone was likely in No Man’s Land. The group turned back to restore the mountain pinning down an Orochi, hoping to prevent local creatures from going extinct.

• Dales Yi told Helunaixing that future generations could continue their mission, and they teased each other about being the same age.
• Helunaixing said the Magic Stone was probably in No Man’s Land and that a book described it as a glowing black stone.
• Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi agreed to return, while Dales Yi awkwardly offered to make amends to Helunaixing for touching her.
• Helunaixing reminded them that they had to move the mountain off the Orochi to protect the Seven-Colored Butterflies and legged snakes.
• Uchiha Madara, Helunaixing, and Dales Yi returned to the mountain, and Helunaixing prepared to try moving it again.

Helunaixing moved a mountain to restore the area and the giant snake disappeared, though Uchiha Madara believed it had escaped. As the three prepared to return, Helunaixing refused to help Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi deal with the dangerous Magic Stone on the Elzeran Continent.

• Helunaixing explained that her strength came from an ability others could learn, then admitted she had lied about it being unique to her family.
• After warning that she had little strength left, Helunaixing used her ability again and moved the mountain back into place.
• Dales Yi found the giant snake gone, and Uchiha Madara suggested it had escaped while Helunaixing insisted it had not been an illusion.
• Uchiha Madara said the three had restored the area and did not need to pursue the snake, so Helunaixing agreed to return with him and Dales Yi.
• Helunaixing reminded Dales Yi that their deal only covered finding the Seven-Colored Butterfly and telling them about the black glowing stone, then refused to help them seek the Magic Stone.

Dales Yi, Uchiha Madara, and Helunaixing returned from the White Forest to the little tavern, where they discussed trust and the dangers of traveling. The owner warned that many strangers were heading to the White Forest, while the enormous eyes beneath its lake remained unseen.

• Uchiha Madara and Helunaixing told Dales Yi that their relationship was not yet close enough to count as true friendship, and cautioned him against trusting people too easily.
• Dales Yi summoned his Four-Winged Bird, and the three left the White Forest without noticing a pair of enormous eyes watching them from a lake.
• After several days of flight, Uchiha Madara, Helunaixing, and Dales Yi returned to the little tavern, where the owner recognized the Seven-Colored Butterflies in Helunaixing's bottle.
• The owner said many strangers had recently arrived in No Man's Land and were heading for the White Forest, which was not peaceful.
• Helunaixing explained that he concealed his changed appearance because being good-looking could be dangerous, and Uchiha Madara told Dales Yi he was still too innocent to travel alone.

Uchiha Madara asked Helunaixing for the location of the Magic Stone, and she warned him about the danger of its black stone. She told him it was supposedly hidden in a ruined temple at the eastern edge of No Man’s Land, and Madara stayed to eat before setting out.

• Uchiha Madara praised Dales Yi and Helunaixing while they ate and asked Helunaixing where the thing he sought was.
• Helunaixing warned Uchiha Madara that people who saw the black stone became neither human nor ghost, and Madara revealed that he already had four black stones.
• Uchiha Madara told Helunaixing he was prepared for the Magic Stone and asked her to give him its location.
• Helunaixing said a book claimed the glowing black stone was inside a ruined temple at the easternmost edge of No Man’s Land, though she could not confirm the information.
• Uchiha Madara started to leave, but Helunaixing urged him to finish eating first, so he sat back down and began wolfing his food.

Uchiha Madara set out to find the Magic Stone, but Helunaixing and Dales Yi insisted on joining him. The three traveled east through No Man’s Land aboard Dales Yi’s summoned Four-Winged Bird.

• Uchiha Madara left the meal alone to search for the Magic Stone, refusing to risk Helunaixing and Dales Yi becoming demonized.
• Helunaixing pointed out that Uchiha Madara was heading in the wrong direction and agreed to accompany him so she could help protect Elzeran Continent.
• Dales Yi joined them, offering to guide them through No Man’s Land and asking them to value him as their free guide.
• Uchiha Madara told Dales Yi to take them east, and Dales Yi summoned a huge Four-Winged Bird that drew the attention of passersby.

Uchiha Madara discussed his search for Magic Stones with Dales Yi and Helunaixing while traveling on the Four-Winged Bird. Helunaixing warned that the remaining stones might already belong to powerful organizations, leaving Madara to face a difficult path ahead.

• Uchiha Madara and Helunaixing joked about the advantages of traveling as an old man before urging the group to continue toward the Magic Stone.
• Helunaixing asked how long Uchiha Madara had been collecting Magic Stones, and Madara said he had gathered four in only a few dozen days.
• Uchiha Madara declared that he intended to surpass his competitors and would not give up the Magic Stones because they mattered greatly to him.
• Helunaixing advised Uchiha Madara to stop searching alone, explaining that other people might already possess the remaining Magic Stones.
• Helunaixing warned Uchiha Madara that he would provoke organized groups and would struggle to oppose them by himself.

Uchiha Madara told Helunaixing and Dales Yi about the unknown person secretly helping him gather Magic Stones, then wondered whether Dales Yi could use summoned corpses to retrieve them. The chapter left Dales Yi’s answer uncertain, with Uchiha Madara considering the idea as a possible shortcut.

• Uchiha Madara said an unknown woman had secretly given him locations and arranged help retrieving Magic Stones.
• Helunaixing warned Uchiha Madara that the help might come with an unspoken price, but he chose to focus on collecting the stones for now.
• Dales Yi offered to help Uchiha Madara, and Helunaixing warned that she would stop him if he became dangerous.
• Uchiha Madara asked Dales Yi whether summoned corpses had thoughts of their own, and Dales Yi said they seemed like thoughtless puppets but she was not certain.

Uchiha Madara explained that a desireless corpse summoned by Dales Yi could retrieve the Magic Stone without being demonized. The three friends arrived at the remote temple, where Helunaixing explained why the Demon Clan restricted the ability to teleport.

• Uchiha Madara told Dales Yi that the Magic Stone demonized anyone with desires who saw it, and suggested using a desireless summoned corpse to retrieve it.
• Helunaixing and Dales Yi said their meeting with Uchiha Madara in No Man's Land was a coincidence, while Dales Yi attributed their friendship to fate.
• Helunaixing teleported Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi to the ground near the temple.
• Uchiha Madara admired Helunaixing's teleportation ability and noted that widespread use could cause problems across the Elzeran Continent.
• Helunaixing said the Demon Clan controlled who could use teleportation to prevent jealousy and trouble, warning that the clan could otherwise suffer the Elf Clan's fate.

Helunaixing told Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi that humans planned to attack the Elf Clan, drawing in many races, including the Demon Clan. Though the Demon Clan refused to join the human alliance and would support the elves, Helunaixing warned that the war was about to begin.

• Helunaixing warned Uchiha Madara and Dales Yi to keep secret that humans would wage war against the Elf Clan.
• Helunaixing explained that the conflict involved many races and that humans had invited the Demon Clan to ally against the elves in exchange for their territory.
• Helunaixing said the Demon Clan rejected the offer because it distrusted humans and would support the Elf Clan instead.
• Uchiha Madara warned that the Demon Clan could not remain an observer forever, but Helunaixing said humans had enough strength to attack without its support.
• Helunaixing revealed that the war was about to begin.

Uchiha Madara saw the coming war as a chance to find Magic Stones, while Dales Yi vowed to do everything he could to prevent the conflict. The three continued on, with Dales Yi newly resolved to help others and Uchiha Madara confident he could use corpses to retrieve the stones.

• Dales Yi questioned why a war would begin after years of peace, and Uchiha Madara said wars did not need good reasons.
• Uchiha Madara explained that the war would bring Magic Stones into the open, giving him a chance to collect them.
• Uchiha Madara urged Dales Yi to use the chaos to improve the standing of necromancers, but Dales Yi refused and vowed to stop the war.
• Uchiha Madara praised Dales Yi’s resolve, and Dales Yi said he finally felt he had a meaningful purpose.
• As the three walked, Uchiha Madara decided he could send thoughtless corpses to retrieve Magic Stones for him.

Uchiha Madara, Helunaixing, and Dales Yi reached the temple that Dales Yi called home while searching for a Magic Stone. They found it dilapidated and empty, and Dales Yi said he and his father had lived there because they were poor.

• Uchiha Madara asked Dales Yi about the place, and Dales Yi explained that he knew No Man's Land well and that the temple ahead was his home.
• Helunaixing said the temple matched the description in the book, while Dales Yi said he had never heard of a Magic Stone there.
• Uchiha Madara suggested that Dales Yi's father might not have known about the Magic Stone or might have kept it secret from him.
• The three of them spotted the temple, and Dales Yi welcomed Uchiha Madara and Helunaixing to his home.
• Uchiha Madara, Helunaixing, and Dales Yi entered the rundown, empty temple, where Dales Yi said he and his father were poor.

Dales Yi lamented his poverty while Uchiha Madara and Helunaixing disagreed over whether his future would be happy or difficult. Uchiha Madara then asked about a Magic Stone in Dales Yi’s home, but Dales Yi could not recall his father mentioning one.

• Dales Yi said he wanted money and a comfortable life, while Uchiha Madara tried to console him about his poverty and Demon Codex.
• Helunaixing told Dales Yi that his identity as a necromancer and the Demon Codex would bring trouble, and Dales Yi said he would discover his future by living it himself.
• Uchiha Madara asked whether Dales Yi’s home contained a Magic Stone and whether his father had told him anything about it.
• Dales Yi said he had never heard of a Magic Stone, though his father had told him much about necromancers.