Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke endured the Blazing Sun Beast’s attacks inside his divine kingdom and found its weak point on one of the suns. They escaped to a sheltered spot on the sun, but the Blazing Sun Beast warned Uzumaki Qingxi that they still had another challenge ahead before they could qualify to face him.

• Naruto and Sasuke survived the repeating fireball barrages, then agreed on a risky plan while they recovered between attacks.
• Sasuke used True Planetary Devastation to gather the falling meteorites into a massive rock sphere and shielded Naruto from the blue flames while Naruto searched for an exit.
• Naruto found the divine kingdom’s weakness on one of the suns, and Sasuke used Amaterasu to consume the final flames as the rock sphere broke apart.
• Naruto restored Sasuke’s chakra, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take them to a sheltered point on the sun that served as the kingdom’s weak spot.
• The Blazing Sun Beast acknowledged their discovery but told Qingxi that Naruto and Sasuke would need to withstand what came next before they could challenge him.

Qingxi refused to contract with the Blazing Sun Beast until he explained why he had chosen her, while Naruto and Sasuke fought a huge swarm of demon beasts on the sun. Naruto sealed the beasts with True Planetary Devastation, but the Blazing Sun Beast expected another threat to emerge as Sasuke recovered his ocular power.

• The Blazing Sun Beast pressed Qingxi to sign a contract, but she refused until he explained why he had chosen her.
• Naruto and Sasuke spotted countless demon beasts approaching, and Sasuke agreed to conserve his ocular power while fighting.
• Naruto and Sasuke battled the beast tide as the other eight suns drew closer, threatening to trap them.
• Sasuke began recovering his ocular power while Naruto used True Planetary Devastation to seal demon beasts of several ranks.
• Qingxi praised Naruto’s strength, while the Blazing Sun Beast watched warily and anticipated another enemy’s arrival.

Naruto fought a Three-Legged Golden Crow inside the Blazing Sun Beast’s domain while Sasuke recovered his ocular power. Naruto held the mindless bird at bay, and the Blazing Sun Beast opened an exit, allowing Naruto to carry Sasuke out.

• Naruto and Nine-Tails transformed into a seven-tailed beast to face a powerful fireball approaching them.
• The fireball revealed a Three-Legged Golden Crow, whose solar true fire burned through Naruto’s tail and forced him to dodge and counterattack.
• Naruto realized the Golden Crow attacked only by instinct and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade it while keeping it occupied.
• Uzumaki Qingxi persuaded the Blazing Sun Beast to end the fight, and he opened a spatial passage for Naruto and Sasuke to escape.
• Naruto grabbed Sasuke and leaped through the passage as the enraged Golden Crow released a burst of solar true fire.

Naruto and Sasuke escaped the Blazing Sun Beast’s domain, then encountered the Nine Yin Beast, who challenged the Blazing Sun Beast because of a wager with a scythe-wielding man. As the beasts fought, the Blazing Sun Beast recognized the Nine Yin Beast as his lost brother, the Mysterious Yin Beast, but the amnesiac beast insisted they finish their battle.

• Naruto reunited with Uzumaki Qingxi and explained that he had sensed the Blazing Sun Beast’s sealed Golden Crows through their killing intent.
• A stranger emerged from a spatial passage, identified himself as the Nine Yin Beast, and challenged the Blazing Sun Beast to fulfill a wager made in the Demon Realm.
• Naruto and Sasuke suspected the wager had been made with Thanatos, then sheltered Uzumaki Qingxi behind Tailed Beast Transformation and Susanoo as the two beasts clashed.
• Naruto and Sasuke discussed Naruto’s feelings for Anko and learned that Hinata had known about their relationship for over a year.
• The Blazing Sun Beast recognized the Nine Yin Beast as his brother, the Mysterious Yin Beast, and the amnesiac beast accepted him as family but continued fighting.

The Blazing Sun Beast punished the Mysterious Yin Beast for attacking him, while Naruto and his companions watched. In the Demon Realm, Obito Uchiha reunited with Itachi Uchiha and Shizuka Uchiha, and the group found Hinata Hyuga surrounded by powerful demon beasts.

• The Blazing Sun Beast used Sunlit Divine Rays to overwhelm the Mysterious Yin Beast, then dispersed his mysterious yin energy with Light Shines Upon the Earth and continued punishing him.
• Naruto steadied himself against the Mysterious Yin Beast’s soul-attacking roar, while Sasuke protected Uzumaki Qingxi with a shield.
• Obito Uchiha found Itachi Uchiha and Shizuka Uchiha in a cave, explained that Naruto had sent him to find Hinata Hyuga, and discussed gathering their scattered allies.
• Shizuka Uchiha agreed to give Obito Uchiha a chance after Itachi Uchiha urged her to trust Naruto’s judgment.
• Obito Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, and Shizuka Uchiha followed signs of a fight through the Demon Beast Forest and discovered Hinata Hyuga surrounded by five or six ninth-rank-or-higher demon beasts.
• Shizuka Uchiha moved to help Hinata Hyuga as Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha prepared to deal with the demon beasts.

Shizuka Uchiha rescued Hinata and helped reunite her with Kiba and Shino, while Naruto and Sasuke aided the Blazing Sun Beast in sealing the Mysterious Yin Beast. After learning Thanatos had manipulated his brother, Naruto left with Sasuke and Qingxi, worried about Sakura in Free City.

• Shizuka Uchiha froze the beasts attacking Hinata, who explained she was protecting a kitten whose dying mother had entrusted him to her.
• Obito Uchiha led Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Itachi Uchiha, and Shizuka Uchiha through a passage toward the Human World to find Naruto.
• Naruto and Sasuke joined the Blazing Sun Beast against the Mysterious Yin Beast, using sealing chains, the Gate of the Great God, and the Rinnegan to help seal him.
• The Blazing Sun Beast gave Naruto a token and identified Thanatos as the one who had manipulated the Mysterious Yin Beast.
• Naruto and Sasuke left Blackglow Mountain with Qingxi, concerned about Sakura facing the Beast Tide in Free City.

Naruto and his companions discovered that a herd of powerful magical beasts was heading toward Free City, so they stopped for the night to rest and plan a rescue. As Naruto questioned his feelings for Duanti Lian, Sasuke challenged his certainty that she was not Anko.

• Shikamaru hinted that he suspected Naruto had taken the nine-tailed Black Fox, but chose not to press him.
• Naruto and his companions found the forest empty of magical beasts and followed their tracks toward Free City.
• Naruto caught up with Sasuke and persuaded him to rest before continuing toward the city, where Sakura and the others could be in danger.
• Qingxi worried that she was too weak to protect herself, and Ino reassured her that she needed more time and combat experience.
• Sasuke apologized to Naruto for acting impulsively, then asked about his relationship with Duanti Lian.
• Naruto said he did not want to mistake Duanti Lian for Anko, but Sasuke questioned whether Naruto could be sure she was not Anko.

Naruto overcame his fear that Duanti Lian might be Mitaraishi Anko and resolved to let her share in deciding their future. As a Beast Tide threatened Free City, he raced ahead to mark defensive points through a canyon and reached the city to warn its people.

• Shikamaru helped Naruto regain his composure, and Naruto decided he needed to ask Duanmu Rong and Anko what they wanted rather than choose for them.
• Shikamaru proposed luring the demon beasts into a canyon and breaking up the herd, while Naruto traveled ahead to coordinate with Free City and mark key locations.
• Naruto left camp before dawn, caught up with the enormous Beast Tide, and placed Flying Thunder God Marks at the river, fissure, volcano, plain, and canyon exit.
• Naruto reached Free City's gates after two hours and set out to find the Dean before the Beast Tide arrived.

Naruto gained command of Free City's Self-Defense Force and prepared his allies to counter the approaching Beast Tide. While the Dean and Carlo speculated that Naruto’s group belonged to a hidden power destined to rise in the Land of Chaos, Naruto finished positioning troops and headed to join Sasuke.

• Naruto explained Shikamaru’s plan to disrupt the Beast Tide, and the Dean placed Free City’s Self-Defense Force under Naruto’s command.
• After Naruto left, the Dean told Carlo that he believed Naruto and his companions were members of a powerful, hidden organization preparing to rise in the Land of Chaos, and that the Academy should win their loyalty.
• Naruto ordered earth mages to widen a river and water mages to summon heavy rain, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to deploy troops at the volcano and across the Plainlands and Rocky Forest.
• Naruto stationed all the wind mages at the canyon exit, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Sakura, Yan Xiaoyu, and the others to rendezvous with Sasuke and intercept the magical beasts from behind.

Naruto and his allies split up to contain the Beast Tide threatening the region, then Naruto and Sasuke attacked the weaker beasts near the river to keep them from changing course. Shikamaru and Sakura’s group joined the battle, which continued at full intensity.

• Naruto and Shikamaru agreed that Shikamaru would lead Sakura and the others against the beasts held back by the river, while Duanti Lian arranged to seek help from Duanti Tian.
• Naruto took Uzumaki Qingxi to place a Flying Thunder God Mark, and Qingxi questioned him about his feelings for Duanti Lian and Hinata; Naruto said Hinata was the only girl he had ever loved.
• Qingxi took Duanti Lian toward the Southern Territory, while Shikamaru led the others after the horde and Naruto and Sasuke returned to Free City to recruit the assessment students.
• Naruto and Sasuke monitored the Beast Tide until it reached the river, where the storm and rushing water injured or killed many beasts and left weaker ones at risk of changing course.
• Naruto entered Nine-Tails Mode and Sasuke activated his complete Susanoo, and the two attacked the beasts gathered by the river.
• Shikamaru arrived with Sakura and the others, and Sakura struck the horde with the Strength of a Hundred Technique as the battle intensified.

Naruto coordinated the defense against the Beast Tide, sending reinforcements to contain weaker demon beasts and directing an ambush on the stronger ones. The chapter ended as Sasuke unleashed Lightning Release: Qilin against seventh-rank and peak sixth-rank beasts trapped in a basin.

• Shikamaru took command of the first battlefield while Choji drove demon beasts back into the river, and Naruto and Sasuke left to pursue the main force.
• Naruto and Sasuke met Ao Ling, who asked to lead the fourth-year students against stronger beasts; Naruto agreed to let them advance while the third-years guarded the others.
• Naruto directed the fire mages to use Meteor Shower against demon beasts isolated by lava, then ordered Ao Ling to keep the scattered herds from regrouping.
• Naruto took Sasuke to the plains and arranged a basin ambush with the water, lightning, and fire mages as the Beast Tide approached.
• Naruto waited until the eighth-rank beasts had passed through the basin, then ordered Sasuke to attack, and Sasuke unleashed Lightning Release: Qilin.

Naruto and Sasuke used coordinated mage attacks to hold back the demon beasts, then faced a counterattack from powerful eighth-rank beasts. Ao Ling arrived with eight of the Academy’s top geniuses, and Naruto began demonstrating his strength to Sun Kuang.

• Naruto ordered Lightning Mages to paralyze the demon beasts through the water, while Fire Mages’ compressed Fireball Techniques triggered devastating explosions.
• Naruto coordinated repeated freezing, water, lightning, and fire attacks to wear down the beasts, then Sasuke kicked him and raced ahead as Naruto chased him toward the next ambush point.
• Naruto’s mage corps used lightning and terrain to delay the remaining beasts, but several eighth-rank demon beasts attacked and damaged Naruto’s nine-tails mode.
• Sasuke manifested his complete-body Susanoo, and Naruto planned to bring in more mages to hold back the beasts while they intercepted the strongest ones.
• Ao Ling arrived with eight of the Academy’s top geniuses, including Liu Fengyi and Sun Kuang, and Naruto agreed to show Sun Kuang his strength.
• Naruto used the Multi Shadow Clone Technique and formed nine elemental Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken, startling the gathered geniuses.

Naruto and Sasuke joined Ao Ling’s adventuring party, which named itself the Azure Ten, after proving their strength against demon beasts. As the members introduced themselves and their powerful backgrounds, Naruto learned Ao Ling had once been rescued by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, and ended the chapter asking if he could quit the party.

• Naruto unleashed a Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken, and Sasuke used Amaterasu to devastate the demon beasts.
• Sun Kuang praised Naruto and Sasuke, and Ao Ling invited them to join his party; the group chose the name Azure Ten.
• Ao Ling explained that Naruto and Sasuke came from the Shinobi World and revealed Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had once saved him.
• Naruto and Sasuke joined the Zhao Adventuring Party and learned the members’ identities, including their royal, clan, and imperial ties.
• Ayr Sid revealed that his mother was the Berserker Clan’s God of War, prompting Naruto to ask Ao Ling if he could leave the party.

Naruto and the Zhao Adventuring Party battled the demon beast horde in the canyon as their companions displayed their abilities. Naruto sealed the entire canyon with the Four Symbols Seal and covered the barrier with Guren Ice Flame, trapping the beasts inside as they turned back toward the party.

• Ao Ling blasted through the demon beast tide with two enormous spheres of light energy, provoking the survivors to target Naruto and his companions.
• The Dark Night Demon Lord, Sasuke, Naruto, Sun Kuang, Ling Huang, Ao Xue, Hill, Liu Fengyi, and Mo Yan fought the beasts with their distinct abilities.
• Naruto bound three beasts that ambushed him, then cast the Four Symbols Seal to enclose the canyon and called on Kurama for nature energy.
• Naruto covered the vast seal with Guren Ice Flame, shocking Ao Ling and the Dean, who was fighting the ninth-rank beasts outside the canyon.
• The trapped demon beasts froze when they struck the barrier, then turned back toward Naruto and the others, just as the Dean had feared.

Naruto sealed the canyon and devised a gamble to turn the ninth-rank demon beasts against the eighth-rank beast tide. The two groups began fighting while Naruto and his companions watched from safety.

• The Dean, Kano, and Kara worried about Naruto sealing the canyon, then the Dean began examining the seal for a way inside.
• Naruto explained that he wanted to enrage the returning ninth-rank demon beasts and lure them into fighting the eighth-rank beast tide.
• Ao Ling and the others agreed to Naruto's plan, and the group prepared their strongest attacks as the ninth-rank beasts approached.
• Naruto and his companions unleashed devastating attacks on the ninth-rank beasts, then fled toward the eighth-rank horde as the survivors pursued them.
• Naruto teleported his group away as both beast tides attacked each other, and he and Ao Ling watched the two sides begin fighting.

Naruto brought the Dean and the instructors into the Four Symbols Seal to turn the battle against the ninth-rank demon beasts, and the Dean froze the battlefield before everyone withdrew. A week later, Shikamaru gave Naruto a Blood Jade he had found on Blackglow Mountain, which Naruto identified as the cause of the beasts’ frenzy.

• Naruto returned to the canyon entrance and persuaded the Dean to join the fight inside the Four Symbols Seal.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Ao Ling, the Zhao Adventuring Party, and the instructors attacked the ninth-rank demon beasts, allowing the eighth-rank beasts to drive them back.
• As dusk fell, the Dean ordered everyone to retreat and cast Icebound Miles, freezing the battlefield within a hundred miles.
• A week later, Naruto and Sasuke met Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino at Wisdom Academy and learned Shikamaru had been assigned to the Magic Department.
• Shikamaru gave Naruto a Blood Jade found on Blackglow Mountain, which he believed had caused the ninth-rank demon beasts to lose control.

Naruto and his companions chose the Bloodkill Principality as the base for expanding their forces and discussed plans to link the Azure Continent with the Shinobi World while unifying the shinobi nations. Their preparations paused when Ao Ling announced a heavenly flame had appeared in the elves’ Forest of Life and asked Naruto and Sasuke to escort the runaway elven princess back home.

• Naruto teleported Sasuke, Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru to his dorm, where Shikamaru presented three candidate sites for building their forces.
• Naruto and Shikamaru selected the Bloodkill Principality, planning to seize it, use nearby Mount Wanzong as a rear base, and expand into neighboring principalities.
• Naruto revealed that Tsunade’s crystal ball contained a spatial teleportation array and explained plans to enter the Azure Continent and unite the Shinobi World’s countries and villages through shared interests.
• Shikamaru identified the Bloodkill Group’s leader, Sha Wushuang, its mysterious strategist Xue Linglong, and Naruto proposed defeating the group at the upcoming Guild Free-for-All.
• Ao Ling arrived with news of a heavenly flame in the Forest of Life and told Naruto and Sasuke they had to escort the elven princess back to the Elf Empire.

Naruto and Sasuke learned that the Life Gem and Wisdom Crystal might be prizes at the Two Academies Showdown Exchange Meeting, while Naruto revealed how he planned to draw out the life flame. Meanwhile, Heaven Slayer and Christina emerged from a spatial storm into a ruined world, where Heaven Slayer recognized the palace murals.

• Ao Ling told Naruto that the life flame was in the Elven Forest and said the missing Life Gem might be at Wisdom Academy; he also revealed that the Life Gem and Wisdom Crystal were rumored to be the exchange meeting’s final prizes.
• Naruto and Sasuke realized their Rinnegan and mastery of the Preta Path let them absorb energy, and they agreed to leave with Ao Ling the next morning.
• Shikamaru questioned Naruto’s confidence about the life flame, and Naruto explained that his Guren Ice Flame and earthwind would draw the life flame out by provoking it.
• Heaven Slayer and Christina escaped a spatial storm and arrived in a ruined world, where they explored a palace decorated with myths about Pangu, Nuwa, and Hou Yi.
• At the deepest part of the palace, Heaven Slayer stared at an image carved into a stone while Christina waited beside him.

Heaven Slayer deciphered the Palace murals and explained the history of his world and the Three Realms to Christina. After absorbing Primordial Chaos Purple Qi from the Stone Tablet, he revealed that he came from the Three Realms and could use the qi as the foundation to become a sage.

• Heaven Slayer examined the Palace murals, then struck the Stone Tablet and absorbed the purple qi released from it.
• Heaven Slayer took Christina to an underground cave and explained that the murals described this world and another Great Thousand World called the Three Realms.
• Heaven Slayer told Christina that Pangu created the Three Realms under the Heavenly Dao, and described how Pangu's fall left Hongjun and the Seven Sages to oversee them.
• Heaven Slayer explained that the Supreme Gods of his world invaded the Three Realms tens of millions of years earlier, but were defeated, and revealed that he was descended from beings who entered this world during that war.
• Heaven Slayer identified the purple qi as Primordial Chaos Purple Qi and said it could let him entrust his primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao and eventually become a sage.

Heaven Slayer told Christina that they were in the real Divine Realm, where a terrifying force called Taboo had once threatened even the Gods, and suspected the Order Gods had drawn them there. After he and Christina found Chacha fighting the monsters, the creatures sacrificed themselves to summon a powerful, blood-eyed woman who appeared before them.

• Heaven Slayer explained that the Divine Realm had been invaded by Taboo and suspected the Order Gods, the Light Sacred Dragon and Dark Demon Dragon, had brought them there to reveal the truth and lead them to primordial chaos purple qi.
• Heaven Slayer told Christina he had discovered the Order Gods through Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, but he refused to ask them how to reach the Supreme God realm.
• Heaven Slayer and Christina left the cave, found the surrounding forest had been eaten, and followed Chacha's aura to a battle with a sea of monsters.
• Heaven Slayer and Christina joined Chacha and helped her destroy several waves of monsters, while Chacha wiped out one wave with a burst of purple energy.
• The monsters stopped, exploded, and formed a bloody mist; Heaven Slayer warned Christina and Chacha to flee as a beautiful woman emerged from the formation.