Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara and Xing En discussed their plans with Helunaixing, who offered limited support for the war and revealed that the Greed Pointer was guarded by Demon Clan elders. Madara decided to pursue it and asked Helunaixing to arrange a matchup between two powerful competitors in the racial league.

• Uchiha Madara and Xing En discussed Madara’s plan, and Helunaixing arrived and said the Demon Clan elders had fallen in line.
• Helunaixing said her clan would stay out of the war but would support Xing En, and she would personally help when needed.
• Helunaixing told Madara the Greed Pointer was held by the elders, and Madara insisted they would take it.
• Madara said they should wait until night to steal the Greed Pointer and asked Helunaixing to arrange for Ci Enyiwu and Feis Qianjie to face each other in the racial league.
• Helunaixing agreed the matchup would be easy to arrange but warned Madara he would still have to face one of them, then suggested stealing the prize instead.

Uchiha Madara asked Helunaixing to help him borrow an important item from her country so he could compete for first place without stealing it. The Demon King agreed to lend it to him once, and Madara decided to head straight to his next destination afterward.

• Uchiha Madara refused to steal the prize from Helunaixing's country, saying he feared the consequences and wanted to win it through his own abilities.
• Helunaixing warned Uchiha Madara that borrowing from the Church's Saintess or a legendary magical beast would be dangerous, but he remained determined.
• The Demon King arrived to repay his debt, and Uchiha Madara asked to borrow an important item once instead of taking five gold coins.
• The Demon King understood what Uchiha Madara wanted and agreed to lend it, then led him and Helunaixing to the palace to retrieve it.
• Uchiha Madara told Helunaixing he would go directly to the item’s destination rather than seek out Ci Enyiwu about her task.

Uchiha Madara received a magical compass that revealed the direction and distance to the thing he wanted most. After learning it was in Island Green City, he and Xing En prepared to leave and continue their search.

• Helunaixing envied Uchiha Madara and Xing En’s traveling lives, while they told her about its hardships and responsibilities.
• The little boy gave Uchiha Madara a red compass that could point toward what he wanted most and measure the distance.
• Uchiha Madara activated the compass with chakra, and Xing En identified its destination as Island Green City, about a week away on foot.
• Uchiha Madara returned the compass and said he had signed up for the racial tournament to compete for it as a prize.
• Xing En and Uchiha Madara decided to leave, and Helunaixing thanked Xing En and offered to help him in the future.

Uchiha Madara and Xing En parted ways after discussing their beliefs about peace, war, and Madara’s determination to return to his world. Xing En then encountered Cien Yiwu, who confronted him about a plan involving Feis Qianjie.

• Uchiha Madara told Xing En that he remained certain he would return to his world and wanted to end war there, while Xing En argued that war and peace naturally coexisted.
• Xing En and Uchiha Madara traveled together for two more days before separating to continue their journeys alone.
• Xing En noted that the Demon Clan treasure interested Uchiha Madara, though reputation did not matter to him.
• Xing En encountered Cien Yiwu leaning against a tree, and Cien Yiwu accused him of scheming to make Feis Qianjie and Cien Yiwu badly injure each other so Xing En could benefit.

Xing En questioned Cien Yiwu about why she had entered the competition, and she admitted she intended to eliminate one of its participants. When Xing En guessed she was targeting Uchiha Madara, Cien Yiwu said he was wrong but did not reveal who her target was.

• Xing En asked Cien Yiwu why she and Feis Qianjie had entered the competition, and Cien Yiwu claimed she wanted exercise because she was bored.
• Xing En inferred that Cien Yiwu had entered to eliminate a participant she could not stop from registering, and she confirmed his theory.
• Cien Yiwu admitted her target was either Uchiha Madara or Feis Qianjie, while Xing En said he found her plan more interesting than the coming war.
• Xing En guessed Cien Yiwu wanted to keep Uchiha Madara, an outsider, from winning the competition, but she denied it and said she lacked confidence in defeating him.
• Xing En wondered whether Cien Yiwu was targeting another outsider, and she insisted she was telling the truth without identifying her target.

Cien Yiwu told Xing En that someone he liked would soon disappear from the Elzeran Continent, though their fate could not be changed. He asked Xing En to kill an evil criminal, and Xing En agreed to hear the target’s name and try, despite Cien Yiwu’s warning.

• Xing En questioned why Cien Yiwu had targeted Feis Qianjie, and Cien Yiwu refused to explain his reasons.
• Cien Yiwu warned Xing En that someone he liked would soon disappear from the Elzeran Continent and said he could not reveal who it was.
• Xing En pressed Cien Yiwu for more details, but Cien Yiwu refused to name the person or say when it would happen.
• Cien Yiwu revealed that he had come to ask Xing En to kill an utterly evil criminal.
• Xing En agreed to hear the criminal’s name and try to kill them, even if doing so could not change the fate Cien Yiwu described.

Cien Yiwu told Xing En that Elminster was fated to die and tasked him with killing a woman carrying something connected to dark magic. Xing En set off to complete the task before visiting the Elf Clan, while Uchiha Madara reached the place where he believed the Magic Stone was hidden.

• Xing En accepted Cien Yiwu's proposal and learned that Elminster was destined to disappear from the world.
• Cien Yiwu told Xing En to kill a woman he would encounter with a man on the fourth day, explaining that she carried something connected to dark magic and that the matter involved Uchiha Madara.
• Xing En questioned Cien Yiwu's interference and warned that Madara's presence would bring him endless trouble.
• Xing En left to complete the assignment quickly, intending to warn Elminster about her fate afterward.
• Uchiha Madara reached his destination, exhausted but certain that the Magic Stone was there.

Uchiha Madara visited a tavern to ask about the Magic Stone, but found only a young woman drinking alone. He learned the tavern was empty because its wine was expensive and poor, then tried to draw out why the woman was upset.

• Uchiha Madara rented a room in the country and came downstairs at dinner to look for information about the Magic Stone.
• Uchiha Madara sat beside a young woman who had emptied several jars of wine, and she told him to get lost.
• Uchiha Madara asked why the tavern had no customers, and the young woman explained that its wine was expensive and tasted awful.
• The young woman said she came there because it offered peace and quiet, and Uchiha Madara guessed she was drinking alone because she was in a bad mood.

Uchiha Madara spoke with a young girl who was grieving over a love that could not be fulfilled, while trying to learn whether anything unusual was happening in her country. Their conversation turned to love that crossed social boundaries, and Madara urged her to be brave about the choice she had made.

• The young girl called Uchiha Madara ordinary after he admitted his feelings, and he hoped they could become friends.
• The girl asked about lovers who could not be together, and Madara tried to comfort her while dismissing the importance of a love that could not work out.
• Madara attempted to redirect the conversation toward strange events in the country, but the girl asked what kinds of people could love each other.
• Madara said love could transcend species, gender, age, and eras, and the girl wondered whether their own relationship was strange.
• The girl said society would reject love between people of the same gender, and Madara told her to be brave and stop worrying about others' opinions once she had chosen.

Uchiha Madara discussed impossible love with a heartbroken girl, who revealed that she could not abandon her parents or the person she loved’s special status. He then asked her about strange events in her country, especially Magic Stones and black monsters, but she knew of none.

• Uchiha Madara told the girl that two people could be together if they were willing to cast everything aside, though the sacrifice would be great.
• The girl said she loved someone but could not be with them, and Uchiha Madara realized she loved a woman.
• The girl explained that the person she loved had a special status and that she could not leave her parents, so Uchiha Madara said there was little more to discuss.
• Uchiha Madara asked the girl about strange events in her country to gather material for his writing.
• The girl said she knew little about Magic Stones and had never heard of anything that ate people or a black monster appearing in her country.

Uchiha Madara searched for information about Magic Stones but found none, and the young woman asked him to help her meet the man she loved. He agreed to consider helping if she shared what she knew about Magic Stones, and she asked to see his writing.

• Uchiha Madara questioned the young woman about strange happenings and learned nothing about Magic Stones.
• The young woman asked about Uchiha Madara's love life, and he said he had remained alone because other things mattered more than romance.
• The young woman asked Uchiha Madara to help her meet the man she loved, but he initially refused because he was in a hurry.
• The young woman offered to tell Uchiha Madara about Magic Stones, prompting him to agree to help if she truly knew something.
• The young woman asked Uchiha Madara to show her what he had written before.

Uchiha Madara spoke with a sharp young woman who doubted his honesty and asked for his help meeting someone trapped inside the Royal City. He told her their difference in class was a formidable barrier, but promised to help if she explained what she wanted him to do.

• The young woman accused Uchiha Madara of lying about being a novelist and demanded proof that he could be trusted.
• Uchiha Madara stopped the young woman from drinking more and offered to help her before hearing about the Magic Stone.
• The young woman revealed that she wanted to meet someone in the Royal City, but she could not enter and he could not leave.
• Uchiha Madara warned that class separated them by a nearly insurmountable wall, while the young woman said she would give her life for the relationship.
• Uchiha Madara said death was not a meaningful sacrifice and offered to handle the plan if she told him what to do.

Uchiha Madara agreed to help the little girl enter the Royal City in exchange for her help finding a Magic Stone. She explained that an upcoming competition could give him a way into the city, though her own plan remained undisclosed.

• The little girl arranged to tell Uchiha Madara her plan the next day and said they would enter the country’s interior the day after.
• The little girl washed her face, then asked Uchiha Madara to accompany her to get something for him.
• The little girl explained that a competition in two days would let commoners enter the Royal City.
• The little girl said the city lord would choose the country’s strongest competitor for the Interracial League and reward the selected warrior with favor.
• Uchiha Madara observed that the country’s shops and streets showed how highly it valued strength.

The little girl persuaded Uchiha Madara to help her enter a competition so she could meet someone, though her plan depended on disguising herself and using him as a ladder. They reached her home, where she reminded him that she had something he needed to get into the Royal City.

• The little girl explained that the city lord might sponsor the nation’s strongest warrior, give him a position, and arrange for him to marry the princess.
• She revealed that she wanted to disguise herself as a competitor and asked Uchiha Madara to help her meet someone; he doubted she could pass as a man.
• The little girl admitted she planned to use Uchiha Madara as a ladder to climb into the person’s room, but had not figured out how she would get back out.
• Uchiha Madara asked when she would tell him what he wanted to know, and the little girl offered to tell him immediately.
• The pair arrived at the little girl’s home, where she told Uchiha Madara he could not leave yet because she had something he needed to get into the Royal City.

Uchiha Madara visited the young girl's home, where she explained how her family handled notices for the Royal City and why her mother was pleased to see him with her. She gave him a mask and a genuine registration card so they could enter the competition in disguise.

• Uchiha Madara questioned why he needed a pass, and the young girl explained that registration had closed and she had a registration slip for him.
• The young girl brought Uchiha Madara to her home, where her mother assumed they were together and happily left them alone.
• The young girl told Uchiha Madara that her mother was glad to see another man beside her because no one approved of the person she liked.
• The young girl gave Uchiha Madara a bear mask and explained that contestants used masks to hide their identities from their families.
• The young girl handed Uchiha Madara a genuine competition card, explaining that she had registered twice to help someone before him.

Uchiha Madara spent the night wondering whether Kelana truly knew about the Magic Stone, then joined her the next morning to register for the competition. As Kelana went to put on makeup, Madara waited downstairs, where a man approached him.

• Kelana promised to tell Uchiha Madara everything the next day, and he returned to his room and fell asleep thinking about the Magic Stone.
• Kelana knocked on Madara’s door in the morning, introduced herself, and learned his name.
• Kelana told Madara they needed to register for the competition before it began the following day.
• Kelana asked Madara to wait downstairs while she put on makeup, and he ordered food as he waited.
• A man walked over to Madara while he was waiting downstairs.

Uchiha Madara met Kelana in disguise, then accompanied her to the Royal City for a competition involving the princess. They arrived to find a crowd of masked men, while Kelana kept her own purpose for entering secret.

• Kelana approached Uchiha Madara disguised as a man and questioned him about his visit.
• Uchiha Madara recognized Kelana, who explained that her appearance came from makeup and disguise rather than an illusion.
• Kelana said she would show Uchiha Madara the venue and tell him what he wanted to know after he followed her instructions.
• Kelana led Uchiha Madara to the Royal City gates, where they found a long line of masked men entering the competition for the princess.
• Kelana explained that winning could transform a contestant's status, and she and Uchiha Madara called themselves conspirators with their own purposes.

Uchiha Madara and Kelana registered for a deadly competition in which contestants could use weapons, and Madara questioned the country’s acceptance of death and violence. Kelana mocked his fear of death, while Madara maintained that people should live lives of value.

• Uchiha Madara and Kelana waited in long lines to register for the competition.
• The registrar told Uchiha Madara to remove his mask and asked what weapon he used, explaining that contestants could bring weapons.
• Uchiha Madara questioned Kelana about allowing weapons in the Royal City and the casualties the competition would cause.
• Kelana explained that contestants were responsible for their own safety and that those who died in battle or struggle earned respect.
• Uchiha Madara said he valued living a meaningful life, while Kelana argued that people should be fearless and asked whether a valuable life should end on the battlefield.

Uchiha Madara and Kelana discussed their plans for the competition before Kelana insisted that he come to her home for dinner to help maintain a lie she had told her mother. When she threatened to forget her promises if he refused, Madara agreed to go.

• Uchiha Madara explained to Kelana that he considered his life valuable when he used it to help others, while Kelana said she would not take his life.
• Kelana said they could forfeit the competition and suggested they split up until the next morning, but Madara looked forward to spending a free afternoon alone.
• Kelana revealed that her mother wanted to invite Madara to dinner and asked him to help uphold a lie she had told.
• Madara tried to refuse and asked Kelana to invent an excuse for him, but she warned that their cooperation would become difficult if he would not help.
• Kelana threatened to forget the things she had promised him, so Madara agreed to go to her home for dinner.

Kelana brought Uchiha Madara home, pretending he was the man she had found so her mother would let her leave the house for the competition. After dinner, Kelana said she could go out the next day, while Uchiha Madara suspected she might still need his help before they parted ways.

• Kelana told Uchiha Madara that she planned to introduce him to her mother as her man to keep her from being confined at home before the competition.
• Uchiha Madara worried Kelana's mother would see through their act, but Kelana linked arms with him and led him inside.
• Kelana's mother welcomed them happily and asked what they had done that morning, and Kelana said they had gone for a walk.
• Uchiha Madara found dinner awkward as Kelana and her mother did most of the talking.
• After dinner, Kelana said the plan had solved her problem and she could go out the next day, while Uchiha Madara warned she might still need him to clean up a mess.
• Kelana offered to show Uchiha Madara around, but he chose to find somewhere to rest before their plans for the next day.