Chapter Summaries

Itachi Uchiha explained the unavoidable-hit ability of Reverse Light: Remnant and guided Sasuke toward realizing that his power came from his Destiny Item and Class Change. He revealed that the long blade was himself, then vanished, leaving Sasuke with the weapon.

• Itachi Uchiha explained how Reverse Light: Remnant let his attacks strike after the fact, and Sasuke struggled to find a counter.
• Itachi Uchiha advised Sasuke to obscure his vision, but Sasuke rejected his help and grew angry at their difference in strength.
• Sasuke deduced that Itachi Uchiha’s Class Change was tied to the long blade and that his skills strengthened it through Jars.
• Itachi Uchiha said his original plan had been to die by Sasuke’s hand and give him his eyes, but a lord’s arrival had disrupted it.
• Itachi Uchiha declared, “This long blade is me,” before his clone vanished in white smoke and the blade struck the ground.

Sasuke rejected Itachi Uchiha’s power and conceded, leaving Itachi’s blade behind. Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze’s group was ambushed by Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation forces, and Tsunade prepared to fight the resurrected dead.

• Sasuke realized Itachi Uchiha had fought him through a clone, rejected the blade’s offer, and conceded.
• Minato Namikaze’s group found the Amegakure camp evacuated and continued toward the gold mine.
• A Wood Release forest engulfed the group, and Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Dan Katō, and other resurrected figures appeared.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had joined forces with Konan and preserved the resurrected figures’ consciousness.
• Minato Namikaze ordered Tsunade to use her Holy Light against the Impure World Reincarnation, and she raised Apokre as he attacked Tobirama Senju.

Orochimaru used Energy Berserk to empower the Impure World Reincarnations, turning Hashirama Senju into a devastating threat to Konoha. Tsunade unleashed Great Purification, destroying the undead forces and freeing their souls, including Dan Katō’s.

• Orochimaru’s Energy Berserk skill transformed Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju, and Hashirama attacked Tsunade before Might Guy intervened.
• Hashirama overwhelmed Might Guy with a single punch, clearing the battlefield and revealing the full force of Orochimaru’s control.
• Jiraiya identified Orochimaru’s limits, but Orochimaru sent the Undead Knights and the Impure World Reincarnation army to attack Konoha.
• Tsunade faced Dan Katō among the charging undead, steadied herself with Holy Light, and summoned her armor and cross-shaped warhammer.
• Tsunade cast Great Purification, turning the undead into smoke and returning the Impure World Reincarnation bodies and their souls to the afterlife.

Orochimaru revealed that Konan’s plan had left Konoha vulnerable and claimed Amegakure had already taken the village. Minato Namikaze and the others abandoned their fight with Orochimaru and began retreating to return to Konoha.

• Tsunade confronted Orochimaru, who argued that the revived Hashirama Senju was not truly dead, while Tobirama Senju criticized Minato Namikaze’s leadership.
• Orochimaru explained that Konan had allied with him because Konoha’s strategy of strengthening everyone would eventually threaten their approach of concentrating resources on a few people.
• Orochimaru claimed that Konoha Village already belonged to Amegakure and revealed that the Gold Mine that drew Konoha’s forces away had been emptied by the third day after its discovery.
• Jiraiya and the others realized their loved ones in Konoha were in danger, and Tobirama Senju urged Minato Namikaze to take everyone back.
• Minato Namikaze said he could transport only three people at a time, and the group began retreating while Orochimaru watched without stopping them.

Orochimaru brought the resurrected Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to Konoha, where Konan had taken control of the village and its people. The Hokage watched as Konoha’s residents were gathered and saw the village’s defeat firsthand.

• Hashirama Senju questioned Orochimaru’s plans, while Tobirama Senju insisted Konoha was still fighting to uphold his brother’s will.
• Orochimaru used Tobirama Senju’s Flying Thunder God Technique to bring them near Konoha, which appeared undamaged but eerily quiet.
• Konan told Orochimaru that their opponents had already lost, since their families and the Chest Openers in Konoha were in her hands.
• Orochimaru controlled Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju and led them into the village, where Konan’s clones had gathered and restrained the residents.
• Konoha’s people cried out at seeing the First and Second Hokage under enemy control, and Konan’s talisman paper subdued those who resisted.

Konan declared Konoha defeated and offered its people a chance to resist, but her attacks endangered civilians and kept Minato Namikaze and the others from acting. Hashirama Senju urged the crowd to protect Konoha for its current Hokage, who was still fighting.

• Minato Namikaze and his allies saw the injured Konoha leaders, captured Rin and Nawaki, and held back from rescuing them.
• Konan announced Amegakure's victory and said she would spare those who did not resist, while warning that anyone who fought would die.
• When some Konoha ninjas attacked, Konan's explosive paper talismans injured and killed civilians, and Minato Namikaze stopped Tsunade from rushing out.
• Hashirama Senju told the crowd they could not defeat Konan and urged them to preserve Konoha for their still-fighting Hokage.

After Konan seized Konoha, Minato Namikaze considered moving the surviving Konoha ninja to Kirigakure, but Mei Terumi resisted. Shikaku Nara raised questions about whether reanimated Hokage could open chests, and Tsunade reached Shen Mo, who had returned.

• Konan destroyed Hokage Rock, left talisman clones to control the Land of Fire, and allowed Minato Namikaze and the surviving Konoha ninja to leave without a massacre.
• Minato Namikaze proposed taking the Konoha ninja to Kirigakure, warning Mei Terumi that the village would be vulnerable after Konoha's defeat.
• Mei Terumi bristled at Minato Namikaze's proposal, and the tense discussion threatened to break their alliance.
• Shikaku Nara asked whether First Hokage and Second could open chests despite being brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tsunade contacted the Badge and heard Shen Mo answer, confirming that he had returned.

Shen Mo explained that the group had reached the limit of growing stronger through treasures and introduced the Expansive World Stage, where they could earn the right to advance further. Naruto and Tsunade resolved to enter, but Shen Mo left them to discover what kind of world awaited.

• Minato Namikaze asked whether treasures could only strengthen them up to a limit, and Shen Mo confirmed that they would eventually need another path.
• Shen Mo explained that members would have to prove themselves on the Expansive World Stage to continue growing stronger and that they would face members from the New World.
• Naruto declared that he would join the stage to obtain jars and protect his village, and Tsunade agreed so she could rescue her brother.
• Shen Mo said their world was not eligible for the grand stage, but another world had broad membership eligibility; he refused to reveal more and told them to wait.

Shen Mo explained why the revived Hokage could not open Jars while Orochimaru controlled them, then encouraged Tsunade and the others to reclaim Konoha on their own. He chose Black Bullet as the Doomsday Dungeon and planned to create valuable Gastrea monsters for players to defeat and trade.

• Shikaku Nara asked whether the revived First Hokage and Second could open Jars, and Shen Mo explained that Orochimaru's control prevented them from meeting the conditions for a transaction.
• Minato Namikaze suggested separating Orochimaru from the revived Hokage in the Destiny Stage, but finding Orochimaru's true body would be difficult.
• Shen Mo told Tsunade and the others he would no longer provide substantive help, and Tsunade rallied them to take Konoha back.
• Shen Mo selected Black Bullet as the Doomsday Dungeon because its Gastrea could become powerful monsters whose remains would yield Trading Points.
• Shen Mo planned to combine Gastrea cells with creatures from other worlds, creating high-value monsters for players to defeat and trade.

Shen Mo entered the Black Bullet world and used his power and Trading Points to reshape it into a battlefield for warriors from other worlds. He divided the world into zones and established rules that made humanity safe from Gastrea within Safe Zones while warriors could earn rewards by fighting monsters.

• Shen Mo inspected the Black Bullet world, found its ecosystem intact and Active Energy suitable for producing monsters, and decided to take control of it.
• Shen Mo spread his Stellar-Level Nen Ability across the world and transformed reality, causing survivors to witness the sky change as his Trading Points dwindled.
• Shen Mo sent knowledge into everyone's minds explaining that their world would serve as a training battlefield for warriors from other worlds and that the warriors' actions would protect them from Gastrea.
• Rentaro Satomi asked Kogetsu Tendo what was happening, and she confirmed that their world had been chosen as a battlefield.
• Shen Mo divided the world into Safe, Newbie, Elite, and Boss Zones, replacing the Monoliths with a protective barrier and erasing Gastrea from within the cities.
• Shen Mo established the identity of Warrior, which people could earn by leaving the Safe Zone and killing their first monster, allowing them to receive rewards from battle.

After the world’s transformation made fighting a path to power, Kogetsu Tendo set out to pursue her revenge despite Rentaro Satomi’s concern. A colossal monster appeared over the city, and the two agreed to investigate while the world’s governments, including the Tokyo Area, descended into chaos.

• Kogetsu Tendo announced she would become a warrior and took a katana from Baroque Works.
• Rentaro Satomi urged Kogetsu Tendo to wait for Enju and prepare, but she said she needed to act before her powerful enemies gained an advantage.
• A colossal winged monster roared over the city and blasted a hole through the clouds with a shock wave.
• Kogetsu Tendo called the monster a boss and said she would not wait for information, so Rentaro agreed to accompany her on an investigation with plans to withdraw if danger arose.
• Rentaro Satomi and Kogetsu Tendo headed through streets filled with frightened and bewildered people as governments around the world fell into chaos.
• Seitenshi stared at satellite images from the Tokyo Area's evacuation zone.

Seitenshi and Kikunojo Tendo monitored the worldwide monster crisis as refuge cities prepared to respond. On Tokyo’s outskirts, abandoned Cursed Children discovered they could defeat Gastrea for points and obtain food, leaving their caretaker overcome with gratitude while Rentaro Satomi and Kogetsu Tendo watched.

• Seitenshi watched footage of enormous monsters and heard Kikunojo Tendo report that troops had been dispatched to investigate and test whether elite units could become Warriors.
• Kikunojo Tendo urged Seitenshi to convene the other refuge-city rulers, while cities and Civil Officers elsewhere sent forces and Initiators toward the borders.
• Abandoned Cursed Children on Tokyo’s outskirts ventured beyond the safe zone, defeated Gastrea, and learned that they could submit them for points.
• One girl spent points on a Food Series Jar and shared fragrant Cod Rice with the other children, whose faces brightened as they ate.
• The old man caring for the children knelt and thanked God, while Rentaro Satomi and Kogetsu Tendo watched nearby and Kogetsu teased Rentaro.

Kogetsu Tendo and Rentaro Satomi tested the strength of Gastrea, while Shen Mo considered raising the difficulty of low-level monsters after seeing Kogetsu's swordsmanship. When Kogetsu's failing kidneys left her near collapse, Rentaro opened her Medical Series Jars, and their Red Potions restored her.

• Kogetsu Tendo cut down second-level Gastrea while Rentaro Satomi watched over her, and Shen Mo considered increasing the difficulty of low-level monsters after seeing her strength.
• Kogetsu explained that the game let players earn Points by defeating monsters and spend them only on Jars, then bought ten Medical Series Jars when she grew too weak to continue.
• Rentaro opened the Jars for Kogetsu, and the fifth one produced a Red Potion that restored her color and strength.
• Kogetsu scolded Rentaro for his bad luck, opened the remaining Jars herself, and found two more Red Potions among the final five.

Kogetsu Tendo’s hunger for battle was interrupted when the Gastrea suddenly gained dinosaur traits, forcing her to retreat. After Shen Mo strengthened the monsters and restricted their growth, the survivor cities were overwhelmed, and he gave Cursed Children the right to fight back against abuse in safe zones.

• Kogetsu Tendo charged at approaching Level Two Gastrea, but her blade stuck as the monsters transformed and gained dinosaur traits.
• Kogetsu Tendo protested the sudden increase in difficulty, then withdrew to tend to her injuries after the strengthened Gastrea ended her easy victories.
• Shen Mo restricted Gastrea production and observed armies in survivor cities suffer crushing defeats against the stronger monsters.
• Survivors increasingly sought to exploit the Cursed Children and take their chest rewards, so Shen Mo granted them the right to fight back against harassment and attacks in safe zones.
• Cursed Children resisted hostile people at survivor bases, and Shen Mo realized that many of them regarded him as a source of warmth and protection.

Shen Mo reviewed developments among the Chest Openers and prepared an announcement for a new Dungeon World. He finished the announcement and called Ikaros and Hikari to dinner.

• Shen Mo decided the Cursed Children had made enough progress resisting oppression and turned his attention to introducing new players.
• Ikaros told Shen Mo that Konan had selected newcomers for membership trials, and Shen Mo let Ikaros assess them.
• Shen Mo read Bismarck’s report: Aokiji had become the Navy’s second admiral Chest Opener, while Roger, Blackbeard, and Hancock had grown stronger through chest openings and attacks on the Celestial Dragons.
• Shen Mo worked on an announcement for the Dungeon World, including its rules, benefits, and a short CG.
• After finishing and checking the announcement, Shen Mo called Ikaros and Hikari to dinner.

Shen Mo announced that the Merchant Guild had opened the World Stage, a venue where members from different worlds could meet and compete. He showed them a once-prosperous planet with seven billion people and ended by revealing that its civilization was nearing destruction.

• Shen Mo put the overweight Hikari in a cultivation room and told her to cultivate and lose weight, while assuring Ikaros that she had not gained weight.
• The Chest Opener members received a Guild notice, and Shen Mo announced that their numbers had reached the threshold for opening the World Stage.
• Shen Mo explained that members would eventually compete across worlds and introduced the World Stage as a place where they could meet before they were ready to travel between worlds.
• Garp, Sengoku, Kizaru, Akainu, Roger, Rayleigh, and other members reacted to the prospect of meeting people from different worlds, with the Marines growing solemn and the pirates looking forward to new adventures.
• Shen Mo showed the members a planet that had once supported a civilization of seven billion people, shocking Konan and the members from the One Piece world.
• Shen Mo revealed that the planet's civilization was approaching destruction.

Shen Mo showed the members how a failed experiment unleashed Gastrea and destroyed a prosperous civilization of seven billion people. He explained that he had moved the planet into the gaps between universes to serve as their first World Stage, leaving the members stunned by the scale of his power and the Multiverse.

• Shen Mo explained that civilizations could be destroyed by Pandora’s Boxes and showed researchers’ experiment turning a rabbit into a monster that attacked them.
• Gastrea overwhelmed humanity’s defenses and reduced its cities to ruins, while survivors found refuge behind monoliths.
• Konan and the other members were shaken by the destruction of a world far more prosperous than their own.
• Shen Mo said the Merchant Guild usually preserved the last remnants of doomed civilizations in exchange for ownership of their planets.
• Shen Mo revealed that he had moved the planet into the gaps between universes so the members could use it as a transfer station and their first World Stage.
• Konan and the other members realized Shen Mo had accomplished this alone and wondered how powerful the Merchant Guild was.

Shen Mo announced the rules for the remodeled Destiny Stage, including its Safe Zone, Newbie Zone, Elite Zone, and Boss Zone, and explained how members could earn Points and unlock Level 4 Chests. The stage would open in three days, and members began preparing to enter while Shen Mo planned to purchase a World Gate.

• Shen Mo created a Safe Zone where survivors could not fight except in response to insults, attacks, or malicious treatment.
• Shen Mo explained that the Newbie Zone was for members who had opened Level 1 Chests, while the Elite Zone offered another way to earn Points.
• Shen Mo announced that the Boss Zone held world-destroying bosses whose defeat granted Points and keys required to purchase Level 4 Chests.
• Orochimaru and other viewers were awed by Shen Mo's power as he encouraged members to pursue their destinies and become stronger.
• Shen Mo said the Destiny Stage would open in three days and that members would spend Points to travel there and return only from the Safe Zone.
• Shen Mo observed the members' reactions, then decided to purchase a World Gate and reflected that he had reached his limit after working from morning until midnight.

Xiaonan ended her alliance with Orochimaru after warning him not to experiment on the World Stage’s monsters, then joined the newly opened stage. In the New World’s Safe Zone, she unexpectedly met Tsunade, Naruto, and Sasuke, and Tsunade demanded to know what had happened to Nawaki.

• Xiaonan visited Orochimaru and warned that she would kill him if he studied the World Stage’s monsters, dissolving their alliance when he refused to give up his pursuit of power.
• Back in Konoha, Xiaonan reflected that protecting the world would become harder as power grew, and she prepared for the new stage to open.
• Three days after Shen Mo’s announcement, Xiaonan used her Badge to enter the New World with the remaining Akatsuki members.
• Tsunade, Naruto, and Sasuke arrived beside Xiaonan and recognized her as a dangerous enemy, but Xiaonan told them they were in the Safe Zone.
• Xiaonan greeted Tsunade as Big Sister Tsunade, and Tsunade demanded to know what had happened to Nawaki; Xiaonan assured her that he was alive and well.

Tsunade and Konan assessed the danger in their Safe Zone as Luffy and Zoro arrived, followed by Nico Robin and the Navy’s Aokiji and Tashigi. Luffy and Naruto became fast friends, but Aokiji’s arrival left the group facing a powerful new threat.

• Tsunade guarded Naruto and Sasuke while weighing the danger Konan posed outside the Safe Zone.
• Luffy and Zoro arrived, and Zoro recognized Sasuke as a Sword Master before the two swordsmen sized each other up.
• Luffy and Naruto introduced themselves, shared their dreams of becoming One Piece and Hokage, and eagerly befriended each other.
• Nico Robin appeared alone and realized she had been separated from Whitebeard.
• Aokiji and Tashigi appeared beside Robin, and Tashigi suggested arresting Luffy, Zoro, and Robin.
• Tsunade and Konan sensed Aokiji’s immense strength as the Navy group confronted the others.