Chapter Summaries

Duanti Tian and Duanti Lian traveled toward the Aoyun capital when a rift brought Naruto into their world. After Naruto killed a Black Cloud Tiger King, Duanti Tian invited him to the capital, where Naruto could learn about this unfamiliar world.

• Duanti Tian recalled how he had defeated Tianheng's invading army and admitted he would defend Aoyun again despite the political suspicion his victory brought.
• A rift split the sky, and Naruto emerged into the Azure Continent as Duanti Tian and his entourage went to investigate.
• Naruto met the Black Cloud Tiger King, which attacked him after he could not explain how he had entered its territory.
• Duanti Tian arrived and tried to defend Naruto, but Naruto killed the Black Cloud Tiger King with a Mini Rasenshuriken.
• Naruto introduced himself to Duanti Tian, accepted his invitation to the emperor's birthday celebration, and traveled with him toward the Aoyun capital.

Naruto traveled with Duanti Tian and his sister Duanti Lian, then sensed danger at the Human Realm Inn and uncovered an illusion hiding its true nature. After Naruto and Duanti Tian chased a figure in red, a woman in red trapped them in genjutsu and confronted Duanti Lian, declaring her an extreme yin body.

• Naruto rode with Duanti Tian and Duanti Lian, declined an offer to become an Azure Empire guest retainer, and surprised Duanti Tian by admitting he knew nothing of spirit stones.
• Duanti Lian continued arguing with Naruto as the group traveled, and she entered the Human Realm Inn despite Naruto's warning that it felt strange.
• Inside the inn, Naruto used his White Eye and released an illusion that made the apparent crowd vanish.
• A voice accused Naruto of destroying its illusion realm, and Naruto and Duanti Tian chased a figure in red, leaving Duanti Lian behind.
• A woman in red told Duanti Lian that Naruto and Duanti Tian were caught in her genjutsu and revealed that Duanti Lian had an extreme yin body.

Duanti Lian nearly killed herself to escape the woman in red, but Naruto arrived in time to save her and turned the woman’s blue flames against her. After the woman revealed herself as a Nine-Tailed Beast Fox, Kurama explained how absorbing her could restore his foundation and give him a body, and Naruto prepared to fight her.

• The woman in red revealed that Duanti Lian’s companions were trapped in her illusion and that she intended to consume Duanti Lian’s Extreme Yin Body.
• Duanti Lian tried to stab herself rather than be eaten, but Naruto appeared and stopped her, then comforted her.
• The woman in red attacked Naruto with blue flames, but he sealed them and released them back at her.
• The woman in red emerged from the flames with beast claws, furry ears, and nine tails, revealing herself as a Nine-Tailed Beast Fox.
• Kurama told Naruto that absorbing the fox could restore his foundation, give him a body, and help Naruto become a new Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• After the fox teased Naruto and Duanti Lian accused him of being a pervert, Naruto raised his White Eye and Rinnegan and challenged the fox to fight.

Naruto defeated the woman in red, absorbed her crimson lotus ice flame, and sealed her before Duanti Tian and the others arrived. He concealed what happened and left with Duanti Lian, Duanti Tian, and Jiaoli.

• The woman in red offered Naruto a reward for Duanti Lian, but Naruto attacked her with Shinra Tensei and sent Duanti Lian to find Duanti Tian.
• Naruto fought the woman in red, survived her crimson lotus ice flame, and used the Preta Path to absorb it.
• The Dragon Ball inside Naruto absorbed the crimson lotus ice flame, which became a controllable blue ice dragon.
• Naruto drained the woman in red's remaining power and sealed her inside his body with the Four Symbols Seal before the others arrived.
• Naruto told Duanti Tian, Duanti Lian, and Jiaoli that the woman in red had run away, and they left the area together.

Naruto and Duanti Tian reached the Imperial Capital, where Duanmu Fei revealed that their father was arranging Duanti Tian’s marriage to Li Muyun and that Miss Qian had married Lü Lianhao. As Duanti Tian entered the city in anger, Naruto stopped Duanti Lian from confronting her second brother and explained her rare extreme yin physique, which she hoped to develop through cultivation.

• Duanti Tian and Naruto shared wine on the journey, and Duanti Lian stopped Naruto from drinking more before Duanti Tian asked him to protect her.
• Duanti Tian brought the group to the Imperial Capital and ordered Jiaoli to take a thousand guards into the city.
• Duanmu Fei told Duanti Tian that their father planned to marry him to Li Muyun and that Miss Qian had married Lü Lianhao, then claimed he had arranged both outcomes.
• Duanti Lian tried to confront Duanmu Fei, but Naruto held her back and explained that her extreme yin body was exceptionally rare and suited to yin-cold cultivation.
• Duanti Lian said she wanted to cultivate so she could help Naruto, while Duanmu Fei entered the city pleased that he had angered Duanti Tian.

Naruto and the others were transported to another world as Obito continued absorbing the dragon vein, while Minato accompanied Hanabi and Mie. At the Land of the Dragon Vein, Christina attacked Obito, but Rimuru’s arrival sparked a battle that Lola stopped; Christina then learned how terrifying Rimuru was.

• Naruto and Sasuke crossed over first, and Minato joined Hanabi and Mie as they teleported away with the others.
• Shizuka Uchiha recognized Itachi, embraced him, and heard him promise not to leave her again before they disappeared together.
• Kakashi stayed behind with Obito as the other Kage left, then confronted Christina when she arrived with the Demon Race and threatened Obito.
• Rimuru appeared and attacked Christina after they argued about Heaven Slayer, shattering Christina’s Domain with a punch.
• Lola stopped the fight with One Sword Across Worlds, healed Christina, and scolded Rimuru for losing control.
• Rimuru examined Obito’s Red Dragon King inheritance, and Lola revealed to Christina that Rimuru had survived heavenly tribulation from birth.

Lola revealed to Christina that Heaven Slayer was born from a Heavenly Dao rule developed by the Great Dao, while Rimuru was the rule that escaped and could not be controlled by the Heavenly Dao. After Heaven Slayer summoned his companions, Obito completed his transformation into an adult Red Dragon King, and Princess Tamahime asked Christina whether the Demon Race still intended to invade the Shinobi World.

• Lola told Christina that Rimuru was stronger than Heaven Slayer and explained the secrets behind their connection to the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao.
• Elixid arrived after Heaven Slayer summoned the group, and Christina extracted pure Dragon Essence from the dragon vein for Avril.
• Obito transformed into an adult red dragon after absorbing dragon energy, and Rimuru reassured Rin and Kakashi that he had inherited the Red Dragon King's legacy.
• Kakashi took Obito and Rin away from the Land of the Dragon Vein after Rimuru warned them that what came next was beyond their abilities.
• Princess Tamahime asked Christina whether the Demon Race intended to invade the Shinobi World, and Christina said the demons had intended to conquer it but no longer felt interested.

Christina sent Princess Tamahime and Princess Yukihime to train in another world after they declared their ambitions to strengthen their rule. In the Azure Continent, Sasuke trained by fighting magical beasts until he met Wisdom Academy instructor Vilis, who invited him to join her academy.

• Christina questioned Princess Tamahime and Princess Yukihime about their resolve to rule, then gave each a Black Orb that transported them away.
• Christina and Rimuru traded insults while Heaven Slayer and Wayne watched from a pocket of space.
• Sasuke explored the Azure Continent, killed magical beasts, collected their crystals, and practiced the Nine Transformations of the Sacred Dragon.
• Vilis and her students found the remains of a Three-Headed Patterned Snake that Sasuke had killed and eaten, and Sasuke introduced himself to them.
• Vilis invited Sasuke to join Wisdom Academy, offered him free admission to Class X, and Sasuke accepted.
• Vilis told Crevito that Sasuke's strength made him a valuable talent who might help the academy produce another God Realm expert.

Naruto helped Duanti Tian understand that his father and brothers had been protecting him from assassins, then met Li Muyun, an Earth-born transmigrator who recognized his identity. After they exchanged secrets, Naruto learned she was a former prosecutor and asked her about entering Wisdom Academy to pursue its heavenly flame.

• Naruto explained that Duanti Tian’s exile and his brothers’ apparent hostility were part of a plan to protect him and lure his enemies into a trap.
• Duanti Tian realized he had misunderstood his father and brothers, and Naruto advised him to keep acting as usual while they handled the threat.
• Naruto researched the ten great heavenly flames and decided to seek Wisdom Academy’s crimson lotus blazing flame after tomorrow.
• Li Muyun recognized Naruto as the Naruto Uzumaki from Konoha, and Naruto confirmed that she had come from Earth in her previous life.
• Naruto told Li Muyun to keep his origins secret, and she revealed her interest in Duanti Tian and deduced that Naruto wanted Wisdom Academy’s heavenly flame.
• Naruto inferred that Li Muyun had been a capable prosecutor rather than a novelist, then ended their conversation and released Duanti Tian and Duanti Lian from his genjutsu.

Naruto and Duanti Tian shared wine at the princely residence, where Naruto performed a sword dance and recited a poem, while Sasuke discovered a taste for Fire Spirit Wine at a tavern. After Vilis drove away Sain, Sasuke headed toward an auction house for more wine and confronted a pursuer who blamed him for Vilis’s treatment of Sain.

• Naruto and Duanti Tian agreed to visit the palace the next day, then drank together on the roof as Duanti Tian noticed Naruto’s necklace held a faint soul.
• Naruto danced with the Fūjin Sword while reciting Li Bai’s “Bring in the Wine,” captivating Duanti Lian, Li Muyun, and Duanti Tian.
• Sasuke tried Fire Spirit Wine at a tavern with Vilis and her students and found that he enjoyed it.
• Sain arrived and pursued Vilis, but she revealed her seventh-rank power and forced him to leave.
• Sasuke learned that the tavern had sold all its Fire Spirit Wine and set off for the town’s auction house.
• A figure followed Sasuke into an alley and vowed to kill him, blaming him for Vilis’s treatment of Sain.

Sasuke killed Sain and staged his death as a demon-beast attack before visiting the auction house to trade an eighth-tier demon crystal for Fire Spirit Wine. There, Hong Ling told him about ten ancient demon crystals and gave him a Spatial Stone as an advance deposit for a possible future trade, leaving Sasuke with a new lead and a promise to consider.

• Sain revealed that he had planned to kill Sasuke, but Sasuke used his Rinnegan to kill him and sealed his body in a scroll.
• Sasuke took Sain's body to the Demon Beast Forest, made a seventh-tier demon wolf attack the corpse, and used Fire Release to stage a battle; Sain's three students found the scene and fled.
• At the auction house, Sasuke offered an eighth-tier Spirit Swordfish demon crystal in exchange for Fire Spirit Wine and asked Hong Ling about the continent's most precious demon crystals.
• Hong Ling described ten ancient crystals, including the Wisdom Crystal and Spatial Demon Stone, and said the Wisdom Academy might possess the Wisdom Crystal.
• Hong Ling offered Sasuke a Spatial Stone as a deposit for a future trade for a ninth-tier fire-attribute demon crystal, and Sasuke agreed to consider the exchange if he obtained one.
• After Sasuke left with the Fire Spirit Wine, Hong Ling and Grandfather Xu discussed his power and Hong Ling's confidence that he would honor his word.

Naruto attended the Aoyun Empire emperor’s birthday banquet, learned about Duanti Tian and Li Muyun’s past, and left the Imperial Capital for Wisdom Academy. Before departing, he established a Konoha guild at the Adventurers’ Guild and posted notices for his companions to verify their membership.

• Naruto accompanied Duanti Tian to the Imperial Palace, where the emperor accepted the Great Zhou Empire’s proposal for Li Muyun to marry Duanti Tian.
• After the banquet, Duanti Tian told Naruto that he had rescued Li Muyun years earlier and that they had grown close while living together.
• Naruto told Duanti Tian he planned to leave for Wisdom Academy the next morning, then departed without saying goodbye and left him a sealed handwritten book.
• Naruto entered the Adventurers’ Guild, helped an injured adventurer’s daughter by buying her Wind Spirit Fruit wine, and declined an invitation to join an Adventuring Party.
• Naruto registered the Konoha guild with himself as leader, Sasuke and Shikamaru as deputy leaders, and his companions listed as members.
• Naruto paid the registration fee and used the remaining coins to post notices asking his companions to come verify their membership.

Naruto discovered Sasuke had killed Sain and altered the scene to preserve the cover-up before losing his way in the Demon Beast Forest. He rescued a wounded Six-Tailed Spirit Fox from the Black Fox Clan, learned how to reach Wisdom Academy, and reconsidered the scale of the powerful enemies he would eventually face.

• Naruto found Sain's corpse, recognized Sasuke's chakra, and had a controlled demon wolf add wounds and Naruto's senjutsu chakra to conceal the murder.
• Naruto learned from Hong Ling that Sasuke was also heading to Wisdom Academy, then got lost again after entering the forest.
• Naruto intervened when Hu Lai and two Black Fox Clan members attacked a wounded young woman, killing them with his nine tails and Crimson Lotus Ice Flame.
• Naruto asked the young woman for directions and learned she was a Six-Tailed Spirit Fox whose clan was feuding with the Black Fox Clan.
• After hearing how foxes advanced into the god and true god realms, Naruto estimated the strength of his future enemies and decided to take things one step at a time.

Naruto promised a dying Fox Clan girl to protect her little fox, while Sasuke and Vilis fought a band of thieves targeting the Wisdom Academy. After Sasuke killed the wounded thieves and challenged Vilis’s judgment as a leader, Naruto reunited with him, and they discovered they had both found the Wisdom Academy.

• A dying Fox Clan girl gave Naruto her little fox to protect, then dissolved into motes of light and left behind a Magic Crystal.
• Vilis and her students defeated a band of thieves who had targeted them because Vilis was on the Assassins Guild’s bounty list.
• Vilis released the thieves’ leader, but Sasuke killed him and the wounded thieves, then rebuked Vilis for failing to protect her students.
• Naruto found Sasuke at a tree, and the two shared wine while discussing Vilis and their earlier experiences.
• Naruto and Sasuke revealed that they had both found the Wisdom Academy.

Naruto and Sasuke reunited, planned to gather their companions and establish a base in the Chaos Principality, and set out for the Wisdom Academy. Meanwhile, Nawaki Senju arrived at the Elven Forest, while Itachi and Shizuka Uchiha faced a powerful hell demon dragon in the Underworld and chose to fight together.

• Naruto told Sasuke he sought heavenly flame, while Sasuke sought magic crystals, and explained his plan to gather their companions and connect the two worlds.
• Naruto and Sasuke agreed to seek territory in the Chaos Principality and traveled with Vilis and her students toward the Wisdom Academy, where Vilis promised to recommend them for admission.
• Nawaki Senju emerged from a spatial rift at the Tree of Life, and the Elf Queen welcomed him after the High Priest recognized his potential.
• Itachi and Shizuka Uchiha fought a hell demon dragon in the Underworld, but the demon unleashed a powerful aura after Itachi's attacks failed to defeat him.
• Itachi urged Shizuka Uchiha to escape, but she vowed never to leave him again, and they agreed to face the demon together.

Naruto and Sasuke visited Kaijin’s Forge in Sun City, where Kaijin discovered that both of their swords were divine artifacts. Elsewhere, a mysterious girl rescued Itachi and Shizuka from the Demon Dragon, while Minato fought the Giant Dragon Kait and wounded him with his kunai.

• Naruto and Sasuke asked Sean at Kaijin’s Forge for scabbards and weapon servicing.
• Kaijin recognized Naruto’s Fūjin Sword as a divine artifact, scolded him over its ruined scabbard, and discovered Sasuke’s Thunder God Sword was another artifact.
• The Demon Dragon broke Itachi’s Susanoo and resisted Shizuka’s ice, but fled when a little girl appeared; she then asked Itachi and Shizuka to play.
• Minato searched the Endless Forest for Uchiha Mie and Hanabi Hyuga, then confronted the Giant Dragon Kait after dodging his earth-splitting magic.
• Minato attacked Kait with his kunai and cut through the dragon’s claw and arm, leaving Kait staring at the weapon in terror.

Minato questioned Kait about the Endless Forest and learned of the sword strike that created the rift where Void Beasts appeared. After accidentally entering a hidden space, Minato uncovered murals about the origins of the Great Thousand Worlds and met a law that had gained life.

• Minato spared Kait after asking where he was and whether he had seen Hanabi and Mie, and Kait warned him about Rift Beasts and the eerie rift left by a silver-haired swordsman.
• Kait explained that the swordsman had shattered the Heavenly Dao, divided the Endless Forest, and opened a path for Void Beasts from the void.
• Minato resumed searching for Hanabi and Mie, accidentally entered a separate space, and used a Tailed Beast Bomb enhanced with spatial power to break through its barrier.
• Minato explored a palace and recognized its murals as depictions of the origins of the Great Thousand Worlds and its various races.
• A disembodied voice revealed itself to Minato as a law that had gained the ability to think, speak, and live.

Minato learned that Rule had pulled him into the Heaven Realm to find a custodian for the sacred land, while Hanabi Hyuga and Uchiha Mie were safe in the Ōtsutsuki Clan's Demiplane. Elsewhere, a mysterious little girl overwhelmed Itachi Uchiha and Shizuka Uchiha and examined Itachi's blood after recognizing his eyes and flames.

• Rule told Minato that Hanabi Hyuga and Uchiha Mie were receiving an inheritance in the Ōtsutsuki Clan's Demiplane and would eventually return safely, so Minato chose not to interrupt them.
• Minato realized Rule had deliberately brought him to the Heaven Realm, and Rule explained that he wanted Minato to become custodian of the sacred land before he left.
• The little girl frightened off the Demon Dragon, then confronted Itachi Uchiha and Shizuka Uchiha and closely examined Itachi's eyes.
• Shizuka Uchiha froze the little girl with her Mangekyō Sharingan while Itachi Uchiha attacked with Amaterasu, but Itachi passed out from overusing his eyes.
• The little girl survived the attacks, released immense pressure, and demanded to know where Itachi and Shizuka's eyes came from.
• The little girl restrained Itachi, controlled his remaining chakra, cut his arm, and examined his blood.

Shizuka Uchiha fought Chacha to save Itachi but collapsed after Chacha destroyed her Ice Domain, while Itachi awakened the Three Sacred Treasures and learned Chacha planned to visit his world. Chacha left through a space-time tunnel, and Minato questioned the rule about inheriting the Origin Land.

• Shizuka Uchiha unleashed her Ice Domain and used repeated Susanoo attacks against Chacha, but Chacha shattered the domain and Shizuka lost consciousness.
• Itachi regained control of his body through a sacred power, manifested a vastly stronger Susanoo bearing the Three Sacred Treasures, and confirmed that Shizuka was alive.
• Chacha questioned Itachi about how he and Shizuka reached this world, then decided to travel to their world after learning Heaven Slayer had sent them.
• Itachi chose to remain and cultivate, accepted an orb from Chacha, and watched her use his blood to open a space-time tunnel and leave.
• Minato learned that the rule had brought him to the Heaven Realm so he could inherit the Origin Land, then asked why it had chosen him.

Minato inherited Rule’s spatial legacy, took control of the Origin Demi-Space, and learned how the first War Between Good and Evil began. Back in the Naruto World, the others gathered at the Land of the Dragon Vein and waited for Heaven Slayer while Chacha punished Elixid and asked about Kaguya.

• Rule explained that an approaching upheaval would break all rules unless he became a living being, and Minato agreed to inherit his legacy.
• Minato absorbed Rule’s spatial knowledge and power, advanced to the middle stage of the god realm, and took over as administrator of the demiplane when Rule departed.
• Minato learned that the first War Between Good and Evil began when races studying yin and yang powers turned disagreements into violence, and he used Space-Time Dimension Slash to leave the Primordial Land.
• At the underground Land of the Dragon Vein, Rimuru complained about waiting for Heaven Slayer while Lola and Elixid discussed the missing arrivals.
• Chacha arrived and attacked Elixid after overhearing him mock her, then asked Lola about Kaguya’s sealing on the moon.
• Lola recounted Kaguya’s history, and Chacha agreed to wait for Heaven Slayer before attempting to break the seal.