Chapter Summaries

Sosuke Aizen appeared in Roran during a celebration for Queen Sāra and her daughter, Princess Sāra, and watched the city’s people welcome them. After the Queen discussed Roran’s dwindling water supply and promised to find a new source with the Dragon Vein, Aizen spoke from beside the sleeping princess, saying he had kept her company.

• Aizen arrived in the desert and heard a song from the buildings of Roran.
• Aizen watched Queen Sāra appear with Princess Sāra before the celebrating crowd.
• Aizen observed the people’s joy and remarked on Roran’s peace amid a land of slaughter.
• The Queen learned that Roran’s third water source was nearly depleted and promised to use the Dragon Vein to find another.
• The Queen visited the sleeping Princess Sāra and apologized for leaving her alone, and Aizen answered that he had kept her company.

Aizen forced the Queen of Roran to lead him to the Dragon Vein, where she revealed that its power had once turned the region into the Nara Desert. After the queen opened the seal with her blood, Aizen touched the Dragon Vein and vanished into its light, leaving her and Sāra stunned.

• Aizen confronted the Queen of Roran in her chambers and demanded access to the Dragon Vein, threatening to make Sāra help if the queen refused.
• Aizen incapacitated the queen’s guards with an invisible force, and the queen led him and Sāra to the ancient Dragon Vein seal.
• The Queen of Roran explained that her ancestors had abused the Dragon Vein’s power, transforming fertile land into the Nara Desert.
• Aizen pressured the queen into cutting her arm and spilling royal blood onto the seal, which opened and released a pillar of light.
• Aizen touched the Dragon Vein, was absorbed into the light, and disappeared as the seal closed again.
• The Queen of Roran wondered if the Dragon Vein’s legendary power had taken effect.

Emperor led the warriors of Ancestor Country toward the mountains to stop a dragon beast from threatening the people and their harvest. After reaching a mountaintop, they looked down into the forest and saw something that left them horrified.

• Farmers worried about the heat until Emperor rode past and warned them to flee from the approaching dragon beast.
• Emperor led his warriors toward the mountains, but their horses refused to go farther, so he ordered everyone to continue on foot.
• Emperor and the warriors climbed to the highest peak while cries from the dragon beast shook the mountains.
• A warrior spotted something in the forest below, and Emperor and the others turned to look, their faces turning pale.

Tianzi and the warriors of the Ancestor Country attacked a horned dragon-serpent that was drawing on their earth vein to give birth, forcing it to leave its place. The earth-vein power erupted into a pillar of light, and Tianzi saw what appeared to be a person inside it.

• Tianzi told his warriors they had to drive the dragon-serpent away to protect the Ancestor Country and its people through winter.
• The dragon-serpent emerged from its cave, revealing horns and a swollen belly as it prepared to give birth.
• Tianzi ordered the warriors to attack, and they fired arrows that wounded the dragon-serpent.
• After arrows struck its abdomen, the dragon-serpent left the earth vein, releasing a brilliant pillar of energy into the sky.
• Tianzi recognized the pillar as the Ancestor Country’s earth-vein power and pointed out a person appearing at its center.

Aizen emerged from the Dragon Vein beneath the Country of Roran, where its power drained most of his chakra, and fell into the mountains before Tianzi and his warriors. He promised a dying dragon beast he would raise its unborn child, then opened its egg and found a little white snake.

• Aizen appeared inside a pillar of light that stripped away his chakra, then fell onto the mountain as Tianzi and his warriors watched.
• Tianzi led the warriors down the mountain to investigate Aizen, while Aizen approached the dying dragon beast.
• Aizen offered to take the dragon beast’s soul in exchange for raising its unborn child, and the beast delivered its egg before dying.
• Aizen asked Hogyoku to absorb the dragon beast’s soul, then cut open the egg and found a little white snake.

Sosuke Aizen protected the newborn white snake from Tianzi and his warriors, insisting that he would raise it as he had promised its mother. The confrontation escalated when Aizen stopped an attack and broke a warrior’s legs, leaving Tianzi and his men facing his power.

• The newborn white snake tried to flee from Aizen, but his white halo calmed it and supplied it with energy from the Hogyoku.
• Tianzi and his warriors arrived, and Aizen introduced himself as Sosuke Aizen, a visitor from another world.
• After learning that the dragon beast had produced offspring, Tianzi ordered his warriors to kill the white snake.
• Aizen cut a deep gorge in the ground to stop the warriors and declared that he would raise the snake as he had promised its mother.
• When a warrior stepped forward to attack Aizen, an invisible force crushed him to his knees and snapped both his legs.

Aizen agreed to take the dragon beast to the Ancestor Country, where the Emperor could keep it under observation. On the journey, Aizen sensed natural energy in the unfamiliar world as the Son of Heaven explained how dragon beasts had brought calamity and war to a land once blessed by the Divine Tree.

• Aizen wounded a warrior who challenged his will, then agreed to accompany the Emperor and keep the dragon beast under observation.
• Aizen walked beside the Emperor through the forest, sensing that his chakra had merged into another power while his body absorbed natural energy.
• The Son of Heaven warned Aizen that keeping the dragon beast would bring him trouble, and Aizen asked why it was considered a dragon beast.
• The Son of Heaven explained that the Divine Tree had once protected humanity and made the land fertile.
• The Son of Heaven said dragon beasts absorbed the Divine Tree's leylines, weakening it, ruining crops, and sparking war.

Aizen traveled with the Emperor through the Ancestor Country and sensed something in the distance while the villagers welcomed their ruler home. Far away, the Divine Tree defeated a group of enormous dragon beasts, and Aizen’s party reached the Royal Capital of the Ancestor Country.

• The Emperor warned Aizen that dragon beasts absorbing the earth veins would ruin the fields and threaten the people with famine.
• The Emperor and his warriors passed through villages, where relieved villagers gathered to welcome him back.
• Aizen sensed something distant while the Emperor wondered why the visitor from another world made him feel uneasy.
• Several enormous dragon beasts attacked the Divine Tree with lightning and hurricanes, but the tree resisted their assault.
• The Divine Tree sent countless branches into the mountains, killed the dragon beasts, and dragged their bodies away.
• Aizen and the Son of Heaven's group arrived at the Royal Capital of the Ancestor Country.

Aizen discussed the origins of war and the meaning of protecting the Ancestor Country with its Emperor, challenging the Emperor’s belief that dragon beasts alone had caused the world’s turmoil. Aizen left for his quarters and announced he would visit the Divine Tree the next day, leaving the Emperor wondering whether that had been his purpose all along.

• The Emperor brought Aizen to his palace and offered him a place to stay despite his subordinates’ concerns.
• Aizen asked the Emperor why he devoted himself to the country and challenged his belief that dragon beasts had caused the wars.
• Aizen suggested that ambitious people had used the dragon beasts as an opportunity to wage war, redistribute resources, and establish kings.
• The Emperor said he would continue protecting the Ancestor Country and its people, then recognized Aizen as someone driven by ambition.
• Aizen described his ideal of using absolute power to test whether the rules binding the world could be broken.
• Aizen told the Emperor he would visit the Divine Tree the next day, prompting the Emperor to suspect that Aizen had come for it.

Aizen traveled with the Son of Heaven toward the Divine Tree, revealing his ability to walk through the air and move vast distances instantly. As the party reached the mountains beneath the tree, Aizen noticed a strange light falling through the starry sky.

• The Son of Heaven’s horses panicked at the white snake, so Aizen walked through the air while the emperor and warriors rode ahead.
• Aizen sensed an unfamiliar power flowing into him and wondered whether it was senjutsu.
• Villagers mistook Aizen, standing high in the sky, for a heavenly god and knelt before him.
• Aizen spotted the Divine Tree and vanished ahead, prompting the Son of Heaven to hurry after him and warn him not to provoke other nations.
• The party reached the mountains at night, where Aizen watched the Divine Tree and told the Son of Heaven not to underestimate him.
• Aizen and the others noticed a faintly glowing object falling through the moonless sky.

Aizen and Emperor rushed to the Divine Tree as a blazing object fell from the sky, but the tree’s light slowed its descent. Aizen caught the object, which proved to be a woman with the Byakugan, leaving him uncertain about what her arrival meant.

• Aizen flew toward the Divine Tree, and Emperor led his warriors after him despite the danger.
• The falling object approached the Divine Tree, whose branches shook as it released a beam of light that slowed the object’s descent.
• Aizen and the warriors discovered that the falling object was a woman, and Emperor urged Aizen to save her.
• Aizen caught the woman just before she hit the ground, and she woke in his arms.
• Aizen recognized the woman’s pale eyes as the Byakugan and wondered how her arrival would change events.

Aizen and Emperor encountered the mysterious woman who emerged from the Divine Tree, while the Land of My Ancestors' warriors hailed her as a heavenly blessing. After she showed distrust of Emperor and remained close to Aizen, she revealed that her name was Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

• Aizen carried the dazed woman to the ground as Emperor and his warriors rushed over and recognized her as the Daughter Bestowed by Heaven.
• The warriors and Emperor stared at the woman's beauty, while Aizen wondered why the Divine Tree had caused such a disturbance for her.
• A warrior declared that the woman should become Emperor's wife, but she stepped behind Aizen and watched Emperor and the others warily.
• Emperor reassured the woman that she would be welcomed and would not be harmed, though she continued to stay behind Aizen.
• Aizen asked the woman her name and origin, and Emperor explained that Aizen was also a visitor from another world.
• The woman shyly introduced herself as Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

Aizen ignored questions about Otsutsuki Kaguya's origins and replenished his depleted power by absorbing energy from the air. Kaguya realized his actions could provoke the Divine Tree's wrath and urgently warned that he had to stop.

• Aizen asked Otsutsuki Kaguya where she came from, but she stayed silent, and Emperor urged him not to press her.
• Aizen rose into the sky above the plain and began absorbing the abundant natural energy around the Divine Tree.
• Aizen's power surged as he drew in more energy, triggering hurricanes, gathering dark clouds, and thunder across the wilderness.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya recognized that Aizen was absorbing the world's power and warned that he would provoke the Divine Tree's wrath if he continued.
• Emperor asked Kaguya what she meant by the Divine Tree's wrath.

Aizen faced the Divine Tree as its countless black branches surged across the sky to destroy him. He drew Kyoka Suigetsu and unleashed Jieluoshiya as the branches closed in.

• Otsutsuki Kaguya warned Emperor that the Divine Tree would not let Aizen take its power and said she could make it stop.
• A black storm spread from the Divine Tree, bringing violent winds and lightning as Emperor and the warriors watched in terror.
• Aizen dismissed Kaguya's offer of help, drew Kyoka Suigetsu, and declared that he would claim dominion over the land.
• The Divine Tree's enormous branches rushed toward Aizen and swelled to twice their size.
• Aizen unleashed Jieluoshiya, filling the sky with countless blazing white flashes.

Aizen shattered the Divine Tree’s branches with his slashes and then challenged the tree, claiming the world as his own. Kaguya warned him that the Divine Tree had become enraged, but Aizen prepared to destroy it.

• Aizen’s slashes cut apart the Divine Tree’s branches and left the warriors below stunned.
• Kaguya realized Aizen had shattered the branches with his power and wondered whether he could help her.
• The Divine Tree roared again, and Kaguya warned Aizen that it was angry and something major might happen.
• Aizen told the Divine Tree to submit to him or die, then declared that it should disappear from the world.

Aizen faced the Divine Tree’s fury as its roots erupted from beneath the plain and attacked him. After his slash failed to stop the roots from regenerating, Aizen evaded them and began casting Hadō #91: Senju Kōten Taihō.

• The Divine Tree sent shockwaves and a massive dust cloud across the land, leaving Emperor and the others convinced they would die.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya warned Aizen that she could no longer restrain the Divine Tree, but he continued to welcome the battle.
• Enormous roots burst from the ground and surged toward Aizen, who cut them apart with Kyoka Suigetsu.
• The severed roots regrew and chased Aizen, forcing him to move rapidly to a distant spot in the sky.
• Aizen chanted the spell for Hadō #91: Senju Kōten Taihō, and countless pillars of white light filled the sky.

Aizen destroyed the Divine Tree’s attacking roots, then approached it alone after deciding Otsutsuki Kaguya’s presence was keeping it from fighting freely. He blocked its lightning with Danku and began casting Hado #99: Five Dragons' Destruction, whose effects had just started to appear.

• Aizen blasted apart the Divine Tree’s roots, and the shockwave hurled Emperor and the other warriors away.
• The Divine Tree unleashed lightning around Aizen, prompting him to suspect Otsutsuki Kaguya’s presence was limiting its attacks.
• Aizen vanished and raced toward the Divine Tree as Kaguya spotted him and ran after him.
• Aizen shielded himself from the Divine Tree’s lightning with Bakudo #81: Danku.
• Aizen declared the Divine Tree’s methods insufficient and began casting Hado #99: Five Dragons' Destruction.

Aizen summoned five enormous black dragons and challenged the Divine Tree, questioning why it pursued supremacy while still possessing emotions. The Divine Tree sensed the threat, formed a massive beast head from its branches, and fired a gigantic crimson energy sphere at the incoming dragons.

• Aizen stood amid shattered space as five colossal black dragons emerged from the abyss and circled him.
• Observers from nearby nations and Otsutsuki Kaguya watched the dragons in shock.
• Aizen taunted the Divine Tree for hesitating and asked why it sought supremacy if it retained emotions.
• Aizen swept out his hand, sending the five dragons charging at the Divine Tree and shattering space in their wake.
• The Divine Tree formed a huge beast head from its branches and unleashed a massive crimson sphere of energy.

Aizen’s Five Dragons’ Destruction failed to stop the Divine Tree’s nearly limitless bombardment, and he prepared to leave after telling the tree he would return to reclaim its power. The Divine Tree attacked him with enormous limbs as he readied Kyoka Suigetsu.

• The Divine Tree struck Aizen’s five black dragons with successive crimson spheres, pinning them in the sky as their spatial rifts absorbed the blasts.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya raced across the ravaged ground toward Aizen, determined to save him despite her injuries.
• The Divine Tree’s third sphere overwhelmed and destroyed one black dragon, and its continuing assault soon broke apart the remaining dragons.
• Aizen admitted his approach had been presumptuous and told the Divine Tree to guard the power within it until he returned to collect it.
• The Divine Tree responded furiously by splitting massive limbs from its trunk and hurling them at Aizen, who raised Kyoka Suigetsu to face the attack.

Aizen fought the Divine Tree through the night, cutting down its endlessly regenerating arms but failing to reach its main body. At dawn, wounded and standing atop a mountain of severed arms, he admitted that he had lost.

• Aizen repeatedly slashed apart the Divine Tree’s attacking arms, which regenerated as soon as they were severed.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya reached the battlefield and watched in disbelief as Aizen contended with the Divine Tree.
• Aizen tried to close in on the Divine Tree’s main body, but its countless arms sensed his movements and surrounded him.
• Aizen fought on through the night, leaving the battlefield in ruins and carving a slow-healing wound across the Divine Tree.
• At dawn, Aizen stood bloodied atop a heap of broken arms and said, “Looks like... I lost...”