Recaps

Yang Hao and his allies killed Asura God, while Tang Ya accepted the Tang Sect’s end and the others celebrated their victory. Wang Qiu’er’s battle with Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong continued, with Ju Zi joining the fight against Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu’er wounding Tang Wutong.

• Yang Hao used Dragon God power to disrupt Asura God, then pinned and helped refine him while Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, Ye Xishui, and the others suppressed him.
• Asura God died, and Yang Hao examined his memories; Bibi Dong thanked him with a kiss, while he considered using the Jade Plate of Creation fragment to travel between worlds.
• Ye Guyi, Ju Zi, and Tang Ya reacted to the victory, and Tang Ya accepted that the Tang Sect was finished.
• Wang Qiu’er kept Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong at bay until Ju Zi arrived and challenged Huo Yuhao to avenge Xuan Ziwen.
• Ju Zi’s Mecha helped her pressure Huo Yuhao, while Wang Qiu’er gained the advantage over Tang Wutong and pierced her shoulder with the Angel Holy Spear.

Yang Hao killed Tang Wutong and Huo Yuhao, then reunited with Xu Jiujiu and Vina before bringing Wang Qiu'er to the Star Dou Forest to challenge its rulers. The Silver Dragon King appeared and questioned Wang Qiu'er about her unusual new cultivation system.

• Wang Qiu'er revealed that Tang Wutong's father had fused Tang Wutong's Divine Sense into her, then killed Tang Wutong, devoured her body's power, and sent her Divine Soul to the Underworld; Huo Yuhao was also killed, and his River God's divine position was sealed.
• Yang Hao met Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Xu Yun at the Star Luo Empire battlefield, admitted that Xiao Yan had been his disguise, and insisted he had not deliberately caused the Heaven Dou Empire's downfall.
• Yang Hao declared that Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Xu Yun would join his wedding, despite their anger and protests.
• Yang Hao brought Wang Qiu'er to the Lake of Life, where Di Tian and Bi Ji recognized her as the Emperor Auspicious Beast they had thought dead.
• Wang Qiu'er declared that she would defeat the Ferocious Beasts and lead the Soul Beast Clan into the Heavenly Court, then knocked Xiong Jun through the forest with a punch.
• The Silver Dragon King emerged from the Lake of Life, recognized Wang Qiu'er's unusual state, and asked whether it was a new cultivation path; Wang Qiu'er began explaining the Golden Core system.

Yang Hao unified the continent, founded the Heavenly Court, and began rebuilding while seeking a way to strengthen his world before the Divine Realm could attack. He remained concerned about the Heavenly Realm’s slow development and the danger of advancing to God King, as Ye Xishui ended by asking him to have a child.

• The Silver Dragon King approved the Golden Core System, ordered Di Tian to assist Wang Qiu'er, and warned Yang Hao not to rashly break through to God King.
• The God Kings debated the Sea God’s unexplained actions and delayed deciding whether to remove him from the God Realm Committee; meanwhile, Tang San was reborn as a baby and vowed revenge on Destruction.
• Yang Hao unified the continent, founded the Heavenly Court with Bright Peak as its capital, and began rebuilding with help from the Bright Cult and Mingde Hall.
• Yang Hao ceded eastern Star Luo territory to the Soul Beast race and used his Plane Master authority to raise parts of the seabed into new land.
• Yang Hao told Ye Xishui that the Heavenly Realm lacked high-grade energy and that they needed to grow stronger before the Divine Realm attacked.
• Ye Xishui urged Yang Hao to focus on breaking through, then told him she wanted a child.

Yang Hao’s consciousness entered the Naruto world as orphan Ito Makoto, where he extracted chakra on the final day of preschool class and resolved to become a ninja. After returning to the orphanage, he told Yakushi Nonō he would pass the entrance exam and asked her for Chakra Paper to learn his chakra nature.

• Yang Hao traveled to the Naruto world and recovered his memories when Ito Makoto extracted chakra at the Ninja Academy preschool class.
• An instructor warned the children about the dangers of becoming ninjas and dismissed the class after explaining that those who failed to extract chakra would not enroll.
• Ito Makoto returned to the orphanage with eight classmates who had failed to extract chakra and embraced Yakushi Nonō, telling her he had succeeded.
• Yakushi Nonō encouraged Ito Makoto while worrying about the risks of ninja life and considering whether he could become a medical ninja.
• Ito Makoto vowed to pass the entrance exam and asked Yakushi Nonō for Chakra Paper so he could discover his chakra nature.

Yang Hao, living as Ito Makoto in the Hidden Leaf Village, discovered his Lightning Release affinity and planned to stand out at the Ninja Academy entrance assessment. After finishing the written exam with a perfect score, he caught Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attention as he waited for the next test.

• Ito Makoto tested his chakra nature with Yakushi Nonō and learned that Lightning Release was his strongest affinity.
• Ito Makoto decided to excel at the Ninja Academy to earn Sarutobi Hiruzen’s protection and considered using Hatake Kakashi to approach Hatake Sakumo.
• Ito Makoto made a wooden sword and went alone to the Ninja Academy entrance assessment, where he spotted Hatake Kakashi and Hatake Sakumo.
• Ito Makoto finished the written exam in ten minutes with every answer correct, while Uchiha Obito suspected he had cheated and Hatake Kakashi hurried to keep up.
• Ito Makoto wandered the school corridors to attract notice, and an ANBU informed Sarutobi Hiruzen that the orphan had earned a perfect score.

Yang Hao, posing as Ito Makoto, impressed the academy staff and students by finishing the written exam quickly and performing five basic jutsu flawlessly. After passing the ninjutsu test, he waited for the practical test, where Shizune joined him and offered to share her lunch.

• Yang Hao returned to the exam room and drew attention after finishing the written test in ten minutes, while Uchiha Obito questioned whether he had cheated.
• The female teacher announced the ninjutsu and practical tests, and Yang Hao asked to demonstrate all five basic jutsu for extra points.
• Yang Hao performed the Clone Technique, Substitution Technique, Transformation Jutsu, Transformation Technique, and Escape Technique, earning the teacher’s praise and permission to wait on the training ground.
• Yang Hao encouraged Shizune before leaving, and she realized he had volunteered first to help ease her nerves.
• After using the five jutsu and feeling hungry, Yang Hao ate at the training ground, where Shizune arrived, congratulated him, and offered to share her lunch.

Yang Hao defeated Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Obito in the practical test, then faced Sarutobi Asuma. The chapter ended when Yang Hao disrupted Asuma’s attempt to use the Fireball Technique with an unsharpened Kunai.

• Yang Hao challenged his classmates for first place and defeated Hatake Kakashi after spotting and striking his shadow clone.
• Yang Hao explained that he had identified Kakashi’s clone by observing differences in its eyes.
• Yang Hao defeated Uchiha Obito before Obito could use his clan’s Kunai Taijutsu.
• Sarutobi Asuma stepped forward to challenge Yang Hao and began forming hand seals for the Fireball Technique.
• Yang Hao threw an unsharpened Kunai at Asuma’s wrist, disrupting his hand seals and preventing the technique.

Yang Hao won first place in the Ninja Academy entrance examination, drawing notice from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo. After Tsunade returned to the village, Yang Hao challenged her to a bet and asked her to lend him money to gamble.

• Yang Hao defeated Sarutobi Asuma with a thrown kunai, claimed first place, and was welcomed into Umino Kairi’s class.
• Umino Kairi reported Yang Hao’s performance to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who rejected Danzo’s request to recruit him into Root because Yang Hao’s chakra aptitude was weak.
• Hiruzen worried about his standing as Hokage and considered Hatake Sakumo’s popularity and Namikaze Minato’s future prospects.
• Tsunade reunited with Shizune outside the Academy, and Yang Hao called her the legendary Big Fat Sheep before proposing a bet.
• Yang Hao explained that the orphanage needed money for food, then asked Tsunade to lend him cash so he could gamble without risking money of his own.

Yang Hao borrowed ten thousand ryo from Tsunade and lost their dice game, prompting Tsunade to flee in fear of the misfortune her rare wins brought. He then accompanied Shizune to buy supplies and notebooks, planning to earn money to repay the loan.

• Tsunade lent Yang Hao ten thousand ryo at an interest rate of ten thousand ryo per day and challenged him to roll dice.
• Tsunade rolled three ones and Yang Hao's dice landed with a total of two, so Tsunade won and ran away, fearing the death that often followed her victories.
• Yang Hao explained to Shizune that he had tried to cheer Tsunade up after noticing signs she had visited a cemetery, and Shizune said her uncle had died on the battlefield.
• Yang Hao invited Shizune to celebrate with him at the orphanage, took her to the market, and bought fifty jin of pork.
• Yang Hao visited a bookstore, briefly examined Jiraiya's Icha Icha Paradise, then bought three notebooks and ten pens to make money for repaying Tsunade.

After passing the Ninja Academy entrance exam, Yang Hao celebrated with Shizune at the orphanage and escorted her to the Senju estate, where Tsunade confronted him. Tsunade claimed her support was a rapidly compounding loan and threatened to take Yang Hao as payment, while he secretly welcomed the debt as a way to stay under her protection.

• Yang Hao brought Shizune to the orphanage for a celebratory meal funded by Tsunade, and the children and Yakushi Nono welcomed her.
• The orphanage served Yang Hao's red-braised pork to celebrate both Yang Hao and Shizune passing the entrance exam.
• Yakushi Nono asked Yang Hao to escort Shizune home, and he discovered she lived at the Senju estate.
• Tsunade appeared, seized Yang Hao, and took him into her residence after he apologized for his earlier behavior.
• Tsunade ate the pork Yang Hao brought and insisted her ten-thousand-ryo support was a loan whose interest doubled daily.
• Tsunade threatened to take Yang Hao as payment if he could not repay the debt, while he privately considered the debt a source of protection.

Yang Hao negotiated with Tsunade over selling the orphanage’s improved braised pork stew through the Akimichi Clan and persuaded her to pursue a gambling-themed movie and title. As he left the Senju compound, Orochimaru ambushed him with kunai, then asked about Yang Hao beating Tsunade.

• Yang Hao proposed that Tsunade help sell the orphanage’s improved stew to the Akimichi Clan in exchange for a share of the profits.
• Tsunade negotiated for seventy percent and agreed to let orphanage workers maintain the Senju compound after Yang Hao bargained for a smaller share.
• Yang Hao persuaded Tsunade to become the God of Gambling among Shinobi and make a movie about her gambling prowess.
• Tsunade decided to recruit Jiraiya and Orochimaru to help with the movie and negotiations with Uncle Torifu.
• As Yang Hao left the compound, he sensed someone watching him and deflected four kunai thrown from the trees.
• Orochimaru revealed himself and asked Yang Hao about defeating Tsunade, and Yang Hao blamed his loss to her on bad luck.

Yang Hao secured Orochimaru as his teacher and arranged for the orphanage children to move onto the Senju clan grounds. He continued studying chakra while Tsunade funded his cooking experiments and dragged him into a gambling match.

• Orochimaru tested Yang Hao's reflexes, offered to teach him, and told him to visit his residence the next day.
• Yang Hao told Yakushi Nono that Tsunade would let the orphanage children work and live on the Senju clan grounds, and Yakushi Nono gave him a medical-ninja textbook.
• Yang Hao studied chakra and the body's meridian system, hoping to develop a way to store chakra and overcome his weak aptitude.
• The orphanage director brought the children to the Senju clan grounds, where Tsunade assigned them houses near Hokage Rock to clean and occupy.
• Yang Hao asked Tsunade to fund new braised-pork recipes, and Tsunade ordered Shizune to buy the ingredients while teasing her about marrying Yang Hao.
• Tsunade seized Yang Hao and challenged him to gamble, while Shizune warned that he was underage and should not gamble.

Yang Hao used his chakra control to win a dice game against Tsunade, then explained his unusual talents and his reasons for helping the orphanage. He left Tsunade intrigued by a more advanced gambling technique while Shizune worried that he was encouraging Tsunade’s gambling addiction.

• Yang Hao manipulated dice with chakra threads and beat Tsunade, who recognized that he had cheated.
• Yang Hao explained his knack for chakra control, revealed that Orochimaru had taken him as a disciple, and listened as Tsunade warned him against dangerous methods of increasing chakra.
• Yang Hao told Tsunade he wanted to help the orphanage and framed her money as a friendly sponsorship, while she insisted it was a high-interest loan.
• Yang Hao proposed that Tsunade use subtle differences in dice sounds and vibrations to identify and change their results, and she decided to study the technique.
• Shizune returned with the groceries, and Yang Hao helped her before she warned him that encouraging Tsunade’s gambling could lead to worse trouble.

Yang Hao tested braised pork recipes with Tsunade and Shizune, hoping to refine them for a business deal with the Akimichi Clan, while studying medical ninja techniques. He then visited Orochimaru’s laboratory with food and revealed that he had read the introductory medical material Yakushi Nono gave him.

• Yang Hao set up twenty clay pots to test braised pork variations, and Tsunade secretly drank the sake meant for cooking.
• Shizune bought replacement sake, and the children and Tsunade sampled the dishes; Tsunade proposed refining the recipes before inviting Torifu to taste them.
• Yang Hao read and memorized Yakushi Nono’s introductory medical ninja material in one day, surprising Tsunade with his speed.
• Yang Hao brought refined meat dishes to Orochimaru’s laboratory and watched him dissect a woman’s corpse without fear.
• Orochimaru questioned Yang Hao about his medical experience, and Yang Hao explained that Yakushi had given him a medical ninja book that he had finished reading.

Yang Hao discussed ways to study and use bloodline limits with Orochimaru, proposing chakra-absorbing tools and tissue transplants as routes to understanding them. Orochimaru approved his reasoning, then had him practice dissection in the laboratory.

• Yang Hao explained that bloodline limits likely depended on genes and suggested turning the Hidden Mist ninja's corpse into a bloodline-powered tool.
• After learning how Boil Release worked, Yang Hao proposed making armor that absorbed suitable chakra to activate its steam abilities, though he said he would prioritize his own training.
• Yang Hao suggested transplanting bloodline-ninja tissue to study its chakra and potentially guide the user's own bloodline development, and Orochimaru considered the approach worth testing.
• Yang Hao asked about bloodline limits' origins, and Orochimaru explained that elemental limits involved fusing chakra natures and altering genes, a dangerous process.
• Orochimaru told Yang Hao to practice anatomy on the corpse, and Yang Hao removed and preserved its organs and other tissues while Orochimaru watched.

Yang Hao studied Orochimaru’s laboratory and received an Eight-Tails horn to help overcome his poor chakra aptitude. After earning money from a novel and gathering materials, he began a modified sealing experiment with Shizune, leaving the horn’s chakra fusing with his own as a sealing space opened.

• Yang Hao impressed Orochimaru with his dissection skills, and Orochimaru showed him his laboratory and its collections.
• Yang Hao asked for the Eight-Tails horn, and Orochimaru gave it to him after warning him about the danger of tailed beast chakra.
• Yang Hao studied Orochimaru’s books, attended the Ninja Academy with Shizune, and sold his novel, The Pure White Tale, to fund his plans.
• Yang Hao brought Shizune and his materials to a sealed basement, where he prepared a modified Demon-Sealing Seal and collected a buffalo’s soul with the Jade Plate of Creation fragment.
• Yang Hao used the seal to contain the Eight-Tails horn, and its chakra began merging with his as it opened a sealing space.

Yang Hao used the Demon-Sealing Formation and a buffalo summon’s soul to create and possess a lightning-attribute Martial Soul derived from the Eight-Tails. After Tsunade mistook his transformation for losing control and attacked him, Shizune obtained the First Hokage’s necklace for him, and Orochimaru examined the sealing formula.

• After Shizune left to fetch Tsunade, Yang Hao used his Golden Finger to fuse the buffalo summon’s soul and horn with chakra, creating a minotaur-shaped Martial Soul.
• Yang Hao activated Martial Soul Possession and transformed into a bull-headed creature, just as Tsunade rushed into the basement and attacked him, mistaking his state for a loss of control.
• Yang Hao grabbed Tsunade’s leg, pressed against her, and took the First Hokage’s necklace in his mouth before Tsunade sent him flying and he returned to normal.
• Tsunade recognized that Yang Hao’s horn came from the Eight-Tails, refused to give him the necklace, and went to fetch Orochimaru; Shizune later returned with the necklace after persuading her.
• Yang Hao used the necklace to suppress the transformation, ate food to replenish his energy, and met Orochimaru, who examined the Demon-Sealing Formation and found his body unharmed.

Yang Hao demonstrated his Eight-Tails-based transformation and new techniques to Orochimaru, who examined him and considered how to help him improve the sealing method. After returning to the Senju clan grounds wearing Tsunade’s necklace, Yang Hao left Tsunade wondering whether its supposed curse had played any part in Nawaki and Dan’s deaths.

• Yang Hao explained that he had fused Eight-Tails chakra with a bison summon and used Tsunade’s necklace to suppress the resulting transformation.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade examined Yang Hao’s transformed body, and Orochimaru suggested that Eight-Tails tentacles could strengthen the form.
• Yang Hao proposed sealing the powers of other tailed beasts, and Orochimaru offered to arrange a meeting with a sealing specialist if Yang Hao documented his method.
• Yang Hao demonstrated his Rasengan and chakra-based repulsion and attraction techniques, impressing Orochimaru with his control.
• Orochimaru told Yang Hao to keep Tsunade’s necklace on, and Tsunade later wondered whether Yang Hao might prove that its curse was not real.

Yang Hao gave Shizune new chakra-control techniques while preparing her for the upcoming assessment. Jiraiya returned to Konoha and reunited with Tsunade and Uzumaki Kushina, only to learn that Tsunade wanted him to write a gambling movie.

• Yang Hao confirmed Shizune had mastered water-walking and taught her the no-seal techniques Blowing Palm and Suction Palm for the end-of-month assessment.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha, fled the villagers' complaints about his peeping, and went to his disciple's home to find Uzumaki Kushina there while Minato was away on a mission.
• Jiraiya told Uzumaki Kushina that Tsunade had called him back, and Kushina hurried to the Senju grounds after learning Tsunade had returned without visiting her.
• Tsunade told Uzumaki Kushina she had avoided the village elders and explained that she had returned to see Shizune.
• Tsunade asked Jiraiya to write a script for her God of Gamblers movie, and Jiraiya wondered whether she intended to make a pornographic film.

Tsunade recruited Jiraiya to write a script for her gambling-themed film and arranged to fund it through Shizune’s investment, while also planning to pitch Cheng’s dishes to the Akimichi Clan. The chapter ended with Jiraiya discovering that Cheng was a devoted reader of his book, Strong Will Ninja Chronicle.

• Tsunade explained her Ninja God of Gamblers film idea, and Jiraiya agreed to write the script if he paid for production.
• Kushina offered her savings, but Tsunade refused; Shizune then offered money from Cheng and said she wanted to invest in the film.
• Shizune told Tsunade that her school assessment was the next day, and Tsunade agreed to attend.
• Tsunade planned to invite Uncle Torifu to discuss Cheng’s new pork dishes and asked Jiraiya to bring Orochimaru for the evening’s film discussion.
• Shizune brought Cheng to meet Jiraiya and Kushina, and Jiraiya learned that Cheng had repeatedly read and admired Strong Will Ninja Chronicle.

Yang Hao impressed Jiraiya, Kushina, and the others with his cooking and demonstrated how he used the Eight-Tails horn and a seal to transform. Tsunade secured the Akimichi Clan’s cooperation for a food business, while Orochimaru identified flaws in Yang Hao’s seal that still needed correcting.

• Yang Hao won Jiraiya’s favor by asking him to autograph Strong Will Ninja Chronicle and promising to work toward becoming Hokage.
• Yang Hao cooked a feast with help from Jiraiya’s Fire Release, and Kushina was so impressed that she decided to move in with Tsunade.
• Tsunade said Torifu Akimichi had agreed to cooperate, and Yang Hao explained that the profits would be divided among Tsunade, the orphanage, and Shizune.
• Yang Hao activated his Gyuki Martial Soul using the Eight-Tails horn, transforming into a bull-headed form that enhanced his physical strength.
• Orochimaru explained that the seal was imperfect and that Tsunade’s necklace suppressed the form; Yang Hao confirmed he could not use a Tailed Beast Ball.

Orochimaru traded his Rasengan technique to Uzumaki Kushina for the Nine Palace Seal, which she added to Yang Hao’s seal. Afterward, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Kushina left to work on the movie script, while Shizune stayed with Cheng.

• Orochimaru showed Jiraiya and Kushina the Rasengan and explained how its rotation could purify tailed beast chakra, using Yang Hao as proof.
• Kushina agreed to trade the Nine Palace Seal formula for the Rasengan, and she described the technique’s demanding activation requirements.
• Yang Hao led the group to the basement, where Kushina and the others activated the Nine Palace Seal and successfully merged it with the seal on his abdomen.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Kushina left to work on the movie script, while Shizune gave Cheng his clothes.

Yang Hao studied the Nine Palace Seal and used Kushina’s visit to arrange lessons in sealing techniques while teaching her the Rasengan. At the Ninja Academy assessment, he excelled at basic ninjutsu, Shizune impressed her classmates, and the students prepared for the practical combat assessment.

• Yang Hao continued studying the Nine Palace Seal and considered adapting it to fuse the powers of the nine tailed beasts.
• Kushina visited to learn the Rasengan from Yang Hao, who asked her to teach him sealing techniques, and she agreed.
• Yang Hao earned full marks in the ninjutsu assessment, while Shizune scored twenty points and Kakashi scored twenty.
• Umino Kairi announced the practical combat assessment for noon at Training Ground Four, and Yang Hao and Shizune brought lavish lunches to school.
• Yuhi Kurenai, Mitarashi Anko, and Nohara Rin asked Shizune how to improve, and Shizune offered to teach them if they supported Cheng as class president.

Shizune invited Kurenai, Anko, and Rin to live and train with her, while Yang Hao taught Might Guy a safer chakra-based method to recover and strengthen his body. At the practical examination, several students looked for their parents or guardians in the audience but did not see them.

• Shizune promised to help Kurenai, Anko, and Rin improve and invited them to live with her at Lady Tsunade’s residence.
• Yang Hao warned Might Guy that his excessive training was damaging his joints and explained how chakra could activate his cells and aid recovery.
• Yang Hao guided chakra through Might Guy’s meridians so he could sense the method, while Hyuga Xia watched with her Byakugan and copied the cellular activation.
• The students arrived at Training Ground Four for the practical examination, where Umino Kairi served as referee and invited parents watched from the upper corridor.
• Sarutobi Asuma, Hatake Kakashi, and Shizune each looked for someone important to them in the audience but did not see them.

Yang Hao demonstrated his flexible, chakra-threaded sword in the academy's third practical assessment, defeating Shizune, Uchiha Obito, and Might Guy. The assessment continued with Yang Hao revealing that he could channel lightning-nature chakra through his blade without hand seals.

• Yang Hao reminded Shizune to take advantage of the classmates' Transformation Technique and agreed to fight her before she challenged Kakashi.
• Uzumaki Kushina and Mikoto Uchiha discussed Yang Hao's exceptional talent as the students gathered for the practical assessment.
• Shizune challenged Yang Hao, but he used his flexible sword to defeat her after she attacked with kunai and the Substitution Jutsu.
• Uchiha Obito charged Yang Hao with his kunai taijutsu, but Yang Hao's sword pierced his goggles and stopped him cold.
• Might Guy challenged Yang Hao, who evaded his Konoha Whirlwind and used lightning-charged strikes to numb his legs and knock him down.
• Umino Kairi recognized that Yang Hao had used lightning-nature chakra without hand seals.