Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke found a possible location for the Earthly Treasure and earthwind, and planned to visit Blackglow Mountain during the academy’s expedition. Naruto then recalled how his classmates feared and misjudged him when he first joined his magic class.

• Naruto found a reference to Blackglow Mountain and told Sasuke its springlike summit might conceal earthwind alongside the Goblin Race’s Earthly Treasure.
• Naruto and Sasuke agreed to visit Blackglow Mountain during the new students’ training expedition and returned to their separate classes.
• Naruto recalled that Sakura had chosen ancient martial arts so she could grow stronger and stand beside Team 7, and he encouraged her to keep working hard.
• Naruto entered his classroom, where his classmates watched him nervously, and remembered the girls’ rumors about him after his first arrival.
• Yan Xiaoyu introduced herself, and the instructor guided the students through introductions until it was Naruto’s turn.

Naruto tried to build friendships with his classmates, but being appointed class representative made them wary of him again. When the academy announced a field-training assignment, Yan Xiaoyu asked to join his team, and Naruto welcomed her.

• Naruto introduced himself to his classmates and asked them to treat him as an ordinary student and be his friends.
• A week later, the instructor appointed Naruto class representative, causing his classmates to become distant again.
• The instructor announced that first- and second-year students would travel to Blackstone City to hunt Dark Demon Wolves and had to form their own teams.
• Naruto considered teaming up with Sasuke, Sakura, Duanti Lian, and Crevito.
• Yan Xiaoyu nervously asked to join Naruto's team, and he accepted her.

Naruto recruited Yan Xiaoyu for the field trial and explained why their team needed more than mages. He brought her to Sasuke, who signed the registration form, leaving their team ready to grow.

• Naruto agreed to team up with Yan Xiaoyu, who needed a strong field-trial result to afford tuition at Wisdom Academy.
• Naruto took Yan Xiaoyu to the swordsmanship department and explained that a balanced team would be safer than a group of mages.
• Naruto led Yan Xiaoyu to Sasuke's classroom, where Sasuke was surrounded by girls asking him to team up.
• Naruto used his White Eye to silence the classroom, then handed Sasuke the field-trial registration form.
• Naruto introduced Yan Xiaoyu to Sasuke, and Sasuke wrote his name on the form.

Naruto recruited Yan Xiaoyu, Sakura, Crevito, and Duanti Lian for the training expedition, helping Yan Xiaoyu regain her confidence along the way. The chapter ended with Minato sparring with young Uzumaki Qingxi in the Origin Land while Kushina and the others discussed her potential and Naruto’s exceptional strength.

• Naruto reassured Yan Xiaoyu that her earth magic and strong defense made her a valuable teammate, and she regained her confidence.
• Naruto introduced Yan Xiaoyu to Sakura Haruno, who signed the team application and welcomed Yan Xiaoyu as Little Fish.
• Naruto brought Yan Xiaoyu to recruit Crevito and Duanti Lian, whose status as the Azure Cloud Empire's Fifth Princess and a grand duke's heir left her stunned.
• In the Origin Land, Uzumaki Qingxi sparred with Minato while Kushina, Fugaku Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hyuga Qingxin watched.
• Kushina said Qingxi was already at Chunin level at three years old but still had far to go to match Naruto, whose talent and powers set him apart.

Uzumaki Qingxi struggled to avoid taijutsu training, prompting Kushina to take over her lessons. After learning that Naruto was training on the Azure Continent, Qingxi persuaded her parents to let her visit him if she improved her strength over the next three months.

• Minato tried to teach Qingxi taijutsu, but she refused and distracted herself until Kushina caught them and scolded her.
• Kushina decided to teach Qingxi starting the next day, while Qingxi complained to Minato about training with her.
• Minato explained that Naruto was training in another world where time passed differently and told Qingxi about his past.
• Qingxi asked to travel to the Azure Continent to find Naruto, and Minato agreed to consider it with Kushina.
• Kushina reluctantly agreed that Qingxi could go after three months if she studied Sealing Jutsu and taijutsu and became strong enough to protect herself.

After three months of training with Minato and Kushina, Qingxi tested herself against Minato and earned permission to leave the Origin Land. She and Obito arrived on the Azure Continent, where Qingxi excitedly explored the hillside while Obito thought of Rin.

• Qingxi trained in Taijutsu with Minato and Sealing Jutsu with Kushina for three months, rising to the peak of Chunin level or possibly Jonin level.
• Qingxi fought Minato and used the Flying Thunder God Technique and Adamantine Sealing Chains, but admitted defeat when she could not hit him.
• Minato persuaded Kushina to let Qingxi leave the Origin Land and asked Obito to protect her from the shadows.
• Minato gave Qingxi and Obito blue orbs and opened a spatial passage for them to travel to the Azure Continent.
• Qingxi and Obito emerged on a hillside at sunset, where Qingxi celebrated the scenery and Obito wondered when he and Rin could live as carefree a life.

Konohamaru’s team received a B-rank mission to investigate an Akatsuki branch in the Land of Hot Water, and the Third Hokage gave Konohamaru an ape demon summoning contract before he departed. After Konohamaru showed off Naruto’s Spatial Ring, Ebisu warned him that greed and suspicion could put him in danger.

• Tsunade assigned Ebisu, Konohamaru, Udon, and Huang Meng a mission to investigate an Akatsuki branch in the Land of Hot Water and destroy it if possible.
• The Third Hokage summoned Enshuku, and Konohamaru signed the ape demon clan’s summoning contract.
• Konohamaru and his teammates traveled to the Land of Hot Water, where Konohamaru used his Spatial Ring to store their purchases.
• Ebisu brought the team to a hot spring inn and warned Konohamaru that people had noticed his Spatial Ring and might try to steal it.

Qingxi explained to Obito why Rin had not recognized his feelings and promised to help him win her heart. Meanwhile, Konohamaru’s team uncovered an Akatsuki branch’s strength, reported back to Tsunade, and left Konohamaru brooding after he defended his grandfather.

• Qingxi teased Obito about loving Rin, then told him Rin was still thirteen and that she had asked her father to let time affect Rin so she could grow.
• Konohamaru summoned Toad Spirit to scout an Akatsuki branch while Toad Leader relayed the reconnaissance images to his team.
• After learning the branch had about fifty members, Konohamaru agreed with Ebisu to withdraw and report their findings rather than attack.
• Ebisu reported that Konohamaru had gathered the intelligence, and Tsunade summoned them to return in a day after hearing the details.
• Konohamaru angrily defended his grandfather when Tsunade called him useless, and Tsunade praised his boldness before dismissing him and Ebisu.

Konohamaru read and memorized Naruto’s secret scroll, which contained the Flying Thunder God Technique and Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, then began studying both techniques. Meanwhile, the Dean discovered Naruto and Sasuke’s interest in Blackglow Mountain and offered to help them if they won first place on the upcoming training expedition.

• Konohamaru used Naruto’s Sealing Jutsu to read the secret scroll, memorized its two techniques, and destroyed it.
• Konohamaru began studying Impure World Reincarnation and the Flying Thunder God Technique, but struggled to form the Flying Thunder God Mark.
• The Dean learned that Naruto and Sasuke were seeking the Ten Great Magic Crystals and heavenly flames, including the ones at Blackglow Mountain.
• The Dean summoned Naruto and Sasuke and offered to turn a blind eye to their plans for Blackglow Mountain if they brought back first place from the training expedition.
• Naruto and Sasuke agreed to the Dean’s condition.

Naruto and Sasuke agreed to pursue first place in the Academy trial while remaining wary of the Dean’s hidden motives. They retrieved a pair of powerful gauntlets for Sakura from Kai Jin and found their Fūjin Sword and Thunder God Sword in his Nine-Flame Divine Cauldron.

• Naruto warned the Dean not to threaten them again, and the Dean swore an oath to the Creator God that he would not do so.
• After Naruto and Sasuke left, the Dean explained to Carlo why he had backed their plan and urged his son to develop a firmer attitude.
• Naruto and Sasuke suspected the Dean was leading them toward another objective, then decided to retrieve their weapons before the trial.
• At Kai Jin’s smithy, Sasuke accepted a pair of quasi-divine gauntlets as a gift for Sakura after Kai Jin insisted on giving them to his friends.
• Kai Jin led Naruto and Sasuke to the Nine-Flame Divine Cauldron, where the Fūjin Sword and Thunder God Sword were being stored.

Kai Jin repaired the Fūjin Sword and Thunder God Sword, and Naruto and Sasuke forced the weapons to accept them. At the academy, Sakura received a semi-divine pair of Gauntlets and awakened a mysterious power of destruction as Naruto and Sasuke watched over her.

• Kai Jin explained that he had repaired the two swords and showed Naruto and Sasuke how they could absorb energy matching their attributes.
• Kai Jin warned that the swords' conscious spirits would require their approval, but Sasuke subdued the Thunder God Sword with his power and Naruto sealed the Fūjin Sword's resistance.
• Naruto and Sasuke thanked Kai Jin, then went to the academy carrying their swords in the scabbards he had provided.
• Sakura reunited with Sasuke, and he gave her the Gauntlets he had received from Kai Jin.
• Sakura entered an unconscious state as destructive power erupted from her and her strength increased, so Sasuke and Naruto raised a barrier and stayed to protect her.

Sakura touched the Gauntlets and met the God of Destruction inside the Chaos Crystal, accepting his inheritance and gaining power equal to Naruto and Sasuke. After Sasuke comforted her, Naruto visited Duanti Lian, whose friends teased them about their relationship as the two left to talk about the upcoming training expedition.

• Sakura touched the Gauntlets, entered the Chaos Crystal, and met the God of Destruction, who offered her power in exchange for a future condition.
• Sakura agreed to seek the God of Destruction again when she reached the Chief God Realm, and he granted her the power of destruction before sending her back.
• Naruto recognized the being as the God of Destruction, explained his fearsome history, and left Sasuke to comfort Sakura.
• Sasuke reassured Sakura that he and Naruto would face any danger with her, and she calmed down in his arms.
• Naruto visited Duanti Lian to discuss the training expedition, and her friends teased them about being a couple.
• Duanti Lian denied that she and Naruto were together, then hurriedly led him away to talk privately.

Naruto told Duanti Lian about his past in the Shinobi World and explained that she was the reincarnation of Mitaraishi Anko, the woman whose death had left him grieving. Meanwhile, Uzumaki Qingxi explored the Adventurers' Guild, punished a drunk who grabbed her, and disappeared after warning the onlookers not to challenge her.

• Duanti Lian confronted Naruto about feeling like a substitute, and Naruto revealed that Mitaraishi Anko had died on a mission because of him.
• Naruto recounted his childhood in Konoha, his parents' deaths, the villagers' abuse, and how he met Sasuke and Hinata.
• Naruto told Duanti Lian that she was Mitaraishi Anko's reincarnation and showed her a Divine Artifact containing Anko's soul fragment.
• Uzumaki Qingxi entered an Adventurers' Guild, bound a drunk with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and threw him outside before Obito Uchiha took her away through the Kamui Dimension.
• Qingxi returned to the Guild, bound the drunk again, threw him into a river, threatened the onlookers, and vanished.

Wisdom Academy’s Dean arranged a student expedition to hunt demon beasts ahead of an expected beast tide, with Spatial Talismans provided for emergencies. Meanwhile, Obito and Uzumaki Qingxi raced toward Free City by cutting through the Demon Beast Forest, arriving with a huge pack of beasts chasing them.

• The Dean told Wisdom Academy’s instructors that attacks on human cities signaled an approaching beast tide and announced plans to hunt demon beasts with nearby cities and the Three Great Empires.
• Vilis asked about rewards for higher-ranked beasts, and the Dean said those kills would earn gold or goods and affect final placement.
• Old Vic objected over student safety, and the Dean promised Spatial Talismans that would transport hunting teams to his space if they encountered danger.
• Obito told Uzumaki Qingxi that Naruto had left clues at the Adventurers' Guild and used a map to plan their trip to Free City.
• Uzumaki Qingxi chose to cut straight through the Demon Beast Forest, grabbed Obito, and used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to take them there.
• Uzumaki Qingxi reached Free City with a huge pack of demon beasts pursuing her and Obito.

Obito brought Uzumaki Qingxi and the demon beasts she had lured to Free City, then entered the city alone as the beasts launched an early Beast Tide. The Dean moved the academy’s field training forward and sent the students to help defend the city.

• Obito stopped Uzumaki Qingxi from escaping, sent her into the Kamui Dimension, and slipped through Free City’s wall while the demon beasts charged after them.
• The older guard captain recognized the approaching horde as a Beast Tide and sent the younger captain to alert the Dean and request reinforcements.
• The Dean summoned the instructors and students, moved field training forward, and urged everyone to face the unexpected attack with resolve.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura received their pagers and returned to the academy as instructors gathered their classes in the plaza.
• After the Dean sent the students to their missions, Naruto told Duanti Lian and Little Fish to help defend the gates while he, Sasuke, and Sakura took on the fighting.

Obito and Qingxi watched reinforcements arrive to defend Free City while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura joined the battle against the demon beasts. After recognizing the three, Obito took Qingxi toward Blackglow Mountain, considering it as a hidden foothold for the Shinobi World.

• Qingxi noticed the demon beasts attacking Free City's gates, and Obito reflected on his past before explaining that the world's ugliness made its beautiful things precious.
• Academy students arrived to help defend Free City, and the Senior Student Leader sent guards out to counterattack.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura entered the battle, killing demon beasts and stunning the defenders with their speed, lightning, and strength.
• Obito and Qingxi recognized Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, and Obito learned they were heading to Blackglow Mountain.
• After a seventh-rank Demon Wolf appeared, Obito decided to inspect Blackglow Mountain as a potential base and left with Qingxi.

Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke fought through the demon beasts blocking their way to Blackglow Mountain, with Sakura beginning to draw out the power of destruction and Naruto testing new techniques. The battle left the beasts devastated, and Naruto noticed Sasuke had also made progress.

• Sakura punched a fifth-tier demon beast apart and realized she had begun to draw out the power of destruction.
• Naruto and Sasuke decided to kill the beasts above the third tier, leave weaker ones for the students, and hurry toward Blackglow Mountain.
• Sasuke protected Sakura with Susanoo and Indra's Arrow while Sakura fought the surrounding beasts with Monster Strength and destructive power.
• Naruto restrained demon beasts with Adamantine Sealing Chains, then tested Rasengan variations that absorbed a beast's life force and bypassed another's defenses through Flying Thunder God transfer.
• Naruto unleashed Mini Rasenshuriken on the restrained beasts, destroying them, while Sasuke's Amaterasu burned the beasts surrounding him to ash.

Naruto and Sasuke prepared to enter Blackglow Mountain while Sakura stayed behind to help Duanti Lian and Yan Xiaoyu finish the beast hunt. A magic instructor named Edward teleported them near the mountain and warned them of its deadly dangers, offering to teach Naruto how to make Space Teleportation Arrays.

• Sakura killed a sixth-tier demon beast with her Heaven-Piercing Kick, while Naruto reunited with Duanti Lian and Yan Xiaoyu on the gate tower.
• Duanti Lian and Yan Xiaoyu chose to hunt the remaining third-tier demon beasts themselves, and Naruto arranged for Sakura to watch over them.
• Sakura reluctantly agreed to stay behind after Sasuke asked her to protect Duanti Lian and Yan Xiaoyu while he and Naruto searched for something important at Blackglow Mountain.
• Naruto and Sasuke met Edward, the magic instructor assigned by the Dean to guide them to Blackglow Mountain, and Naruto asked him to teach him about Space Teleportation Arrays.
• Edward teleported Naruto and Sasuke near the mountain, warned them that even a God Realm expert could die there, and offered Naruto lessons in Space Teleportation Arrays.

Naruto and Sasuke reached Blackglow Mountain after fighting through a forest packed with powerful magical beasts, then each faced a dangerous opponent on the mountain. Naruto's battle with a Gundam and Sasuke's clash with a regenerating mutant both ended in stalemates.

• Naruto and Sasuke raced through the forest, evading powerful magical beasts with the Flying Thunder God Technique and Amenotejikara before splitting up to climb Blackglow Mountain.
• Naruto dodged a Gundam's energy fire, then used the Rinnegan's Asura Path to trade attacks with it, but its shield and weapons kept him from gaining the advantage.
• Sasuke fought an eight-meter mutant with Susanoo, but the creature shrugged off Amaterasu by shedding its burning scales and rapidly growing new ones.
• Sasuke struck the mutant with Indra's Arrow and Susanoo's sword, but it dodged the arrow and quickly healed from the sword wound.
• Sasuke repeatedly repelled the charging mutant with Shinra Tensei, after which both opponents cautiously watched each other without attacking.

Naruto reunited with Shikamaru after destroying a robot and absorbed its Core Reactor to strengthen the Asura Path. They went to find Ino and Choji, and Naruto reunited with Sasuke before deciding he wanted to encounter Hinata by chance.

• Shikamaru immobilized the robot with the Shadow Imitation Technique, allowing Naruto to destroy it and absorb its Core Reactor and surviving parts into the Asura Path.
• Naruto and Shikamaru reunited, and Shikamaru explained that he, Ino, and Choji had spent months training in the dangerous forest.
• Naruto told Shikamaru that he and Sasuke were searching for the Gnomes' Sacred Land, and they set off to find Ino and Choji near Sasuke.
• Sasuke, Ino, and Choji defeated a monster, and Sasuke absorbed a Core Reactor like Naruto's.
• Naruto saw Ino and Sasuke together and, while respecting Hinata's request not to seek her out with the Flying Thunder God Technique, hoped to run into her by chance.