Chapter Summaries

Heaven Slayer, Christina, and Chacha fled from Kuilian, the Lord of Annihilation, and identified her as an ancient power linked to the Creator God. As they fought through her monsters to reach Lola, Kuilian sent Ji after them and reunited with the Lord of Ruin and the Lord of Destruction, who warned her not to harm Chacha.

• Heaven Slayer escaped with Christina and Chacha after Kuilian awakened and sent monsters after them.
• Chacha recognized Kuilian as the Lord of Annihilation, one of her brother the Lord of Destruction's friends, and Heaven Slayer recalled the Stone Tablet's account of the world's creation.
• Heaven Slayer proposed gathering their companions and escaping the Divine Realm through its spatial barrier to the Shinobi World, and Christina used Lola's Locator Crystal to find her.
• Chacha, Heaven Slayer, and Christina destroyed swarms of pursuing monsters and continued toward Lola, who was ten million miles away.
• Kuilian created Ji from a monster using her power of annihilation and ordered her to pursue the trio.
• The Lord of Ruin and the Lord of Destruction appeared before Kuilian, and the Lord of Destruction threatened to kill her if she harmed Chacha.

Heaven Slayer, Christina, and Chacha encountered Ji, a being created by the Lord of Annihilation, while searching for Lola. Christina and Chacha left to find Lola as Heaven Slayer fought Ji, revealing his half-step Supreme God strength before their battle continued with neither gaining the upper hand.

• Christina sensed Lola moving farther away, but Ji appeared and attacked the group with the power of annihilation.
• Ji destroyed Christina’s Black Flames attack and revealed that the Lord of Annihilation had created her.
• Heaven Slayer sent Christina and Chacha to search for Lola while he stayed behind to fight Ji.
• Heaven Slayer broke through Ji’s annihilation shield with Thousand Blade Slash and reached the half-step Supreme God realm under pressure from her All Things Annihilation.
• Heaven Slayer and Ji traded powerful attacks, then fought with their saber and sword in midair.

Christina and Chacha found Lola in the Divine Realm, but Rimuru had to tear through Lola’s laboratory barrier to get them inside. Lola learned about the Taboo monsters and Ji’s provocation of Heaven Slayer, and warned that Ji was in far greater danger than Heaven Slayer.

• Christina and Chacha followed the Crystal’s route to Rimuru, who told them Lola was inside the Cave.
• Christina and Chacha found Lola’s laboratory sealed behind a barrier, and Rimuru tore it open with her hands to reach Lola.
• Lola stormed out and threatened to imprison Rimuru, then let Christina and Chacha explain that they urgently needed her help.
• Lola explained that Rimuru’s hands could nullify Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, and urged Christina to be more patient with the lonely dragon.
• Lola showed the group her research on the monsters, whose strongest brain waves represented destruction, and Christina identified them as the Gods’ Taboo.
• Christina told Lola about the Divine Realm and Ji’s provocation of Heaven Slayer, and Lola said Ji was the one they should fear.

Lola reassured Christina, Chacha, and Rimuru that Heaven Slayer would survive his fight with Ji, while hinting that his identity made him difficult to kill. Christina resolved to grow stronger, and after Ji withdrew from battle, she reunited with Heaven Slayer and openly showed her concern for him.

• Lola told Christina and the others that Heaven Slayer was safe, then resumed experimenting on the monsters in her Laboratory.
• Christina left the Laboratory and resolved to catch up with Rimuru after realizing she could not defeat her rival.
• Christina returned with Chacha and Rimuru to check on Heaven Slayer as Ji gradually overwhelmed him after his temporary burst of strength faded.
• Ji knocked Heaven Slayer down, then unexpectedly withdrew through a spatial rift before he could respond.
• Christina reunited with Heaven Slayer, took his hand, and asked whether he was hurt; he told her Ji had left.
• Rimuru regretted missing the chance to fight Ji, and Heaven Slayer promised to keep her there if they met again.

Ji reported that Heaven Slayer had become powerful, while Kuilian revealed that the Three Sovereigns could not directly attack the Child of the Heavenly Dao. Elsewhere, Christina affirmed her commitment to Heaven Slayer, and Naruto finally told Sasuke why he was pushing Duanti Lian away before breaking down in grief.

• Ji told Kuilian that Heaven Slayer had reached the peak of the Chief God realm and was close to becoming a Half-Step Supreme God, and Kuilian said the Three Sovereigns could not act directly against him.
• Heaven Slayer split the group’s search, and Lola stayed behind to study the taboos while warning Christina that life with Heaven Slayer would bring hardship.
• Christina told Lola she would never betray Heaven Slayer, then joined him and took his hand as they set out together.
• Duanti Lian confronted Naruto at Wisdom Academy, but Naruto told her that leaving him was best and watched her run away in tears.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto’s decision, and Naruto revealed that Duanti Lian might die beside him as someone he had already lost once; Sasuke embraced him as he sobbed.

Naruto told Sasuke why he had kept Anko’s consciousness from merging with Duanti Lian’s reincarnated soul, then traveled with their companions to catch up with the others. At a tavern, Naruto recognized Princess Yukihime, spotted people preparing to follow the group, and stayed behind with Sasuke to deal with them.

• Naruto explained that merging Anko’s consciousness with Duanti Lian could erase one of them, and that fate might target Anko if she returned while Naruto remained vulnerable.
• Sasuke told Naruto that Ao Ling, Dark Night, Ao Xue, and El Sid were waiting, and they set off in El Sid’s mechanical carriage.
• Naruto and Sasuke met Sun Kuang’s group and discovered that Princess Yukihime had arrived in their world through the Dragon Vein.
• The elven princess paid for the meal with gold coins, drawing the attention of greedy patrons as Ao Ling’s group left the tavern.
• Naruto noticed several people following Ao Ling’s group and stayed behind with Sasuke, intending to stop them.

Naruto explained that he planned to establish a country and bring Princess Yukihime along to serve as its Daimyo. Meanwhile, Shikamaru’s team investigated the Bloodkill Principality and prepared to seize it, ending with Shikamaru briefing Obito Uchiha and the others on a plan to attack during a sacrificial ceremony.

• Naruto told Sasuke that Shikamaru and Obito Uchiha would take over a small country, with Princess Yukihime as its Daimyo.
• Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji reached the Bloodkill Principality and learned that its ruler would inspect the gates and hold a sacrificial ceremony the day after tomorrow.
• Ino discovered the ceremony schedule, Choji knocked out a drunk who harassed her, and Shikamaru’s team secretly mapped the palace and its guard rotations.
• Shikamaru’s team replenished their ninja tools and waited outside the city for Obito Uchiha and Hinata to arrive with Kiba and Shino.
• Shikamaru proposed attacking during the ceremony, when the principality’s senior officials would be gathered, and Obito Uchiha accepted his plan.

Obito Uchiha told Shikamaru how grief, war, and Madara Uchiha’s deception led him to pursue Infinite Tsukuyomi, and how Naruto eventually changed his mind. Their conversation about Naruto’s romantic feelings ended with Hinata revealing that Naruto had loved Anko, who had already died.

• Obito Uchiha left the inn’s gathering and told Shikamaru that memories of Minato-sensei, Kakashi Hatake, and Rin had made him feel lonely.
• Obito Uchiha explained that he had not known Infinite Tsukuyomi would destroy the world and described how Rin Nohara died after Kirigakure tried to use her to destroy Konoha.
• Obito Uchiha recounted how Madara Uchiha convinced him that Infinite Tsukuyomi would create peace, and how Naruto later exposed Black Zetsu’s deception and helped change his mind.
• Obito Uchiha and Shikamaru discussed Naruto’s tendency to hide his awareness of others’ feelings, including Karin’s and Hanabi Hyuga’s affection for him.
• Hinata told Shikamaru and Obito Uchiha that Naruto had also loved Anko, but Anko had already passed away.

Obito Uchiha killed the ruler of the Bloodkill Principality and attempted to take his place, but Blood One exposed him at the sacrificial ceremony. Obito defeated the assassins and destroyed the Imperial Palace, leaving the principality in ruins as he waited for Hinata and the others.

• Hinata questioned Shikamaru about why he chose the Bloodkill Principality, then decided they would attack the next day and warned Obito Uchiha not to tell Naruto about their conversation.
• Obito Uchiha trapped the ruler in a Uchiha Flame Barrier, killed him with a kunai, and took the Bloodkill Thirteen Swords manual.
• Obito Uchiha disguised himself as the ruler, but Blood One recognized him and led twelve others in confronting him at the sacrificial altar.
• Obito Uchiha sealed the ceremonial grounds in flames, defeated the thirteen assassins, and stored them unconscious in his Kamui Dimension after they refused to submit.
• The Guard Captain sent the palace guards after Obito Uchiha, who fought them and used True Shinra Tensei to raze the Imperial Palace.

Hinata and her companions defeated the defenders of Bloodkill City, with Ino using a corpse flower to put the soldiers to sleep and make them kill themselves. As reinforcements approached, Hinata insisted on facing them herself, revealing pressure that Obito Uchiha sensed had reached the god realm.

• Hinata destroyed the defenders’ battle formation with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and Shikamaru’s group routed the soldiers.
• Shino’s Bloodsucking Bees blocked the routes to the streets, preventing the defenders from retreating and regrouping.
• Ino warned her companions to withdraw, then used a corpse flower and Mind-Soul Slaughter Technique to make the remaining soldiers kill themselves.
• Obito Uchiha explained the flower’s soul-poisoning fragrance, and Shikamaru suggested Ino could control it because of the Yamanaka Clan’s mental abilities.
• Ino recalled the corpse flower and offered to use it against the approaching reinforcements, but Hinata demanded that she handle them herself.
• Hinata released a crushing aura that made Shikamaru back down, and Obito Uchiha sensed that her pressure had reached the god realm.

Obito Uchiha and the others concluded that Hinata’s Tenseigan had changed her personality and that Naruto was the only one who might restore her. Meanwhile, Xue Wuyi led the Bloodkill Principality’s army back to its attacked Capital, where the Crown Prince went to confront a woman who had blocked their path.

• Obito Uchiha told Shikamaru, Shino, and Kiba that Hinata’s Tenseigan likely caused her personality changes, and they decided Naruto should be informed.
• Xue Wuyi forced his way past the Crown Prince’s guards and interrupted the Crown Prince’s assault on Gongshu Li to report that the Capital had been attacked and the Emperor was missing.
• The Crown Prince ordered Xue Wuyi to prepare the army to return to the Capital, then warned him to keep what he had learned secret.
• Xue Wuyi led the army to the Capital, where a soldier reported that a woman who appeared to be one of the seven attackers was blocking their way.
• The Crown Prince went to confront the woman despite Xue Wuyi’s attempt to stop him.

Hinata obliterated the Bloodkill Principality's hundred-thousand-strong army, revealing power that Xue Wuyi recognized as the god realm. The Crown Prince fled toward the Extreme Ice Realm while Xue Wuyi stayed behind to face Hinata with his remaining troops, using a battle formation to raise his power to nearly the god realm.

• The Crown Prince provoked Hinata, but she nearly killed him before Xue Wuyi rescued him and retreated to the rear.
• Hinata slaughtered the soldiers with Gentle Fist and deflected the mage corps' spells with Rotation, then killed tens of thousands with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Xue Wuyi teleported the Crown Prince away from the blast and told him to take the tiger tally and the Eighteen Blood Slaves to the Extreme Ice Realm.
• Xue Wuyi sent the Crown Prince away with the Eighteen Blood Slaves, then confronted Hinata after she arrived.
• Xue Wuyi ordered his remaining twenty thousand soldiers to form a battle formation, raising his aura to half a step from the god realm as he prepared to fight Hinata.

Hinata fought Xue Wuyi, who used the life force of twenty thousand soldiers to gain God Realm power, while Obito helped Shikamaru recognize the value of his strategic intelligence. The chapter ended with Xue Wuyi and his soldiers sacrificing themselves to launch a blood arrow at Hinata, who shielded herself with a Truth-Seeking Orb as it exploded.

• After Hinata defeated the reinforcements, Shikamaru canceled the plan, and Obito reminded him that Konoha needed his strategic and political skills.
• Xue Wuyi used his battle formation with twenty thousand soldiers to gain temporary God Realm power and attacked Hinata with blood techniques.
• Hinata absorbed Xue Wuyi's Blood Dragon Slash and struck him with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, breaking his sword and leaving him badly injured.
• Xue Wuyi stood again and charged Hinata with a reforged blood sword, but Hinata used her White Eye and Gentle Fist to strike him repeatedly and shatter his internal organs.
• Xue Wuyi and the twenty thousand soldiers exploded, combining their blood into an arrow that struck Hinata's Truth-Seeking Orb and caused a massive explosion.

Hinata survived a severe injury after shielding herself with a Truth-Seeking Orb, while Shikamaru reluctantly promised not to tell Naruto yet. In the Bloodkill Principality, Sakura followed the Second and Third Princes into the palace Treasury, killed them, and accepted the soldiers’ surrender.

• Hinata emerged from her Truth-Seeking Orb with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and Ino said she would need a year to recover.
• Hinata pleaded with Shikamaru not to tell Naruto about her injuries, and he reluctantly agreed.
• The Second and Third Princes learned that their father was dead and decided to rob the palace Treasury to undermine the Crown Prince and build their own power.
• The princes killed the Treasury commander and slaughtered the guards before entering the Treasury, where Sakura revealed that she had followed them there.
• Sakura killed the Second and Third Princes and defeated their soldiers, then accepted the soldiers’ surrender and sent Shikamaru a message.

Shikamaru used the princes’ bid for power and General Jinde’s support to secure the Bloodkill Principality for the Land of Fire. Meanwhile, Naruto tested Princess Yukihime’s hidden abilities, and after she killed a mercenary with black flames, he confronted the remaining mercenaries.

• Shikamaru told Obito Uchiha that Sakura had followed the Second Prince into the Treasury and that General Jinde had agreed to submit to the Land of Fire.
• Naruto told Sasuke he suspected Princess Yukihime was more capable and dangerous than she appeared, and planned to speak frankly with her after Shikamaru settled the principality.
• Naruto left Sasuke to find a place to stay and lured the mercenaries who had been following them toward their camp.
• The mercenary boss and his group found Princess Yukihime alone, and Big Fool’s hand erupted in black flames when he tried to grab her, burning him to death.
• Princess Yukihime accused Naruto of testing her through the mercenaries, and Naruto appeared, drew the Fūjin Sword, and prepared to kill them.

Naruto killed the mercenaries who attacked him and learned that Xiao Ling had lost her family to the Second Prince of the Bloodkill Principality. He accepted her commission to kill the prince in exchange for her bell, which he identified as a divine artifact, and continued toward his meeting with Sasuke.

• A mercenary recognized Naruto's Fūjin Sword as a high-grade divine artifact, and Naruto killed the leader before using Flying Thunder God and Mini Tailed Beast Bombs to eliminate the fleeing mercenaries.
• Naruto questioned Xiao Ling, who explained that the Second Prince of the Bloodkill Principality had hounded her father to death and that assassins had killed her mother while she escaped.
• Princess Yukihime suggested that Naruto could take Xiao Ling's commission to kill the prince, and Naruto agreed in exchange for the bell she wore.
• Naruto identified Xiao Ling's bell as a divine artifact that might be the Primordial Chaos Bell, but Xiao Ling gave it to him as payment anyway.
• Naruto introduced himself and Princess Yukihime to Xiao Ling, then set off to meet Sasuke and warned Yukihime that she would have to explain the demonic energy inside her.

Naruto and Sasuke discussed Princess Yukihime’s hidden demonic power and the coming Two Academies tournament before learning that Obito had captured the Bloodkill Principality. Naruto reunited with the others, discovered Hinata had been seriously injured, and demanded to know where the escaped crown prince had gone.

• Naruto and the Nine-Tails decided not to press Princess Yukihime about her demonic energy, while Naruto worried that Obito’s mission might encounter trouble.
• Naruto, Princess Yukihime, and Xiao Ling met Sasuke in a town, then Naruto and Sasuke privately agreed to leave Yukihime’s secrets alone unless she threatened their plans.
• Naruto and Sasuke discussed the Two Academies tournament and its mysterious gate before Naruto used the Space-Folding Technique to contact Obito Uchiha.
• Obito told Naruto and Sasuke that he had taken the Bloodkill Principality and secured its treasury, but Hinata had been injured during the operation.
• Naruto arrived at the Bloodkill Principality with Sasuke, Princess Yukihime, and Xiao Ling, then went to Hinata’s room and learned that Xue Wuyi’s attack had injured her heart meridians.
• Naruto’s eyes filled with murderous intent as he asked Obito where the escaped crown prince had gone.

Naruto learned that Xue Wuyi was likely heading to the Extreme Ice Realm, while Hinata woke and reassured him as he struggled to hide his anger. As Princess Yukihime stabilized the newly renamed Land of Fire, news of its rise drew attention from across the Azure Continent, and the Fox Clan leader returned with news that she had found the person destined to change her clan.

• Obito Uchiha told Naruto that Xue Wuyi would likely seek his mother in the Extreme Ice Realm, and Hinata woke and comforted Naruto after he apologized for failing to protect her.
• Shikamaru asked Princess Yukihime to oversee the Bloodkill Principality as it became the Land of Fire, and she agreed until the Fifth Hokage and her father decided its future.
• Over the next two days, Princess Yukihime stabilized the country, won the people’s support with tax relief, and quietly dealt with dismissed loyalist ministers.
• The Wisdom Academy Dean rejected Carlo’s concerns about Naruto and Sasuke, while Duanti Tian and Li Muyun prepared to visit the Land of Fire and Duanti Lian reacted to Naruto’s name.
• The white fox returned to her palace, transformed into the Fox Clan leader, confirmed that Naruto possessed the guren ice flame, and told an elder she had found the person who would change the Fox Clan.

The Fox Clan leader told an elder that Naruto Uzumaki was the person their clan had sought and explained how she recognized him during a Beast Tide. As the battle continued to worsen, Naruto chose to reveal his and Sasuke’s dragon forms rather than retreat.

• The Fox Clan leader explained that Hongyu had stolen the Guren Ice Flame and that she had infiltrated Naruto’s group to recover it.
• The Fox Clan leader revealed that Naruto hosted a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and was the person the Fox Clan had been searching for.
• During the Beast Tide, the Academy’s Ten Great Experts fought the demon beasts while Naruto and Sasuke joined forces with Majestic Attire: Susanoo.
• The battle lasted until evening, leaving the fighters exhausted as roughly two hundred ninth-rank demon beasts remained.
• Sasuke offered Naruto the choice to escape using Space-Time Ninjutsu or reveal their dragon forms, and Naruto chose the second option.

Naruto and Sasuke transformed into divine dragons and devoured demon beasts to complete their bodily evolution. The Dean and Carlo witnessed the transformation and agreed to keep it secret, while Little White Fox had awakened beside the protected group.

• Naruto and Sasuke used genjutsu to put Ao Ling and the others to sleep, then Naruto protected them with the Demon-Sealing Technique.
• Naruto and Sasuke transformed into white and black dragons and absorbed the dead and wounded demon beasts, but their evolution began consuming their vitality when the beasts ran out.
• Naruto and Sasuke fought through the remaining horde, using their dragon blood and breath to kill and devour enough beasts to finish their evolution.
• Naruto and Sasuke grew a final talon and completed their divine dragon bodies, healing their wounds but leaving their minds exhausted.
• The Dean and Carlo watched the transformation, identified Naruto and Sasuke as divine dragons, and agreed that only they should know what happened.
• The Dean told Carlo to warn Mo Yan and keep Naruto's use of genjutsu on someone from the Celestial Race secret.