Chapter Summaries

Tsunade and Ryōken reunited with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju in Pure Land Paradise, where Hashirama tried to help the unconscious Hiwa. Hiwa’s soul began transforming, and Hashirama told the group they could seek more medicinal herbs near Misty God Valley after its dangerous low-tide period began.

• Tsunade explained Konoha’s current situation and how Ryōken’s group had entered Pure Land Paradise, shocking Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with his ability to pierce through space.
• Hashirama Senju led the group to his home and offered medicinal herbs to treat Hiwa’s injured soul.
• Tsunade processed and applied several herbs to Hiwa, but Hiwa remained asleep as her soul continued transforming.
• Hashirama Senju recognized Hiwa’s transformation as resembling that of Tenji Hyuga, a powerful figure from his era.
• Hashirama Senju told the group that more herbs could be gathered near Misty God Valley, where conditions would become safer during an upcoming low-tide period.

Ryōken and his companions waited for the mist around Misty God Valley to recede, while he secretly used his contract to influence Pure Land Paradise’s world consciousness. As Purple Moon neared its peak, they joined the gathering of powerful undead outside the valley, where Hashirama warned them about the dangers within.

• Tsunade told Hashirama Senju about Konoha, while Ryōken and Tobirama Senju discussed souls and Tobirama shared his extensive research.
• Ryōken used his contract to gradually spread his spiritual aura to Pure Land Paradise’s world consciousness and gently lower its guard.
• As Purple Moon brightened, Ryōken’s group reached Misty God Valley and saw powerful undead and Undead Kings gathering for the annual event.
• Tobirama Senju explained the rules against unannounced soul detection and warned Ryōken about the ancient undead and dangerous Soul Beasts.
• Hashirama Senju warned Tsunade and Ryōken about the valley’s dangers, while Tsunade prepared to fight after strengthening her soul with medicinal herbs.

The undead gathered before Misty God Valley as Soul Spirit and Skull Leaf arrived, and the Purple Moon’s brilliance dispelled the fog and opened the way into the mountains. Hashirama Senju led Tsunade, Tobirama Senju, Ryōken, and Hiwa inside, where they faced the danger of Soul Beasts and discovered they could not use chakra; the chapter ended with a sudden clawed attack aimed at Tsunade.

• The Undead Kings noticed Ryōken and the cloaked figures, while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju explained the power of Soul Spirit and other ancient Super-Kage-level beings to Tsunade.
• Soul Spirit arrived and crushed the gathered undead with his pressure, then spoke with Skull Leaf about meeting in the center of Misty God Valley.
• The Purple Moon brightened, the fog vanished, and impatient undead who rushed into the forest disappeared; Soul Spirit and Skull Leaf entered the mountains, followed by Hashirama Senju and the others.
• Blood Shadow arrived with newly evolved pinwheel eyes and vowed to reach the world of the living to find his brother.
• Tobirama Senju warned Tsunade about Soul Beasts, and Ryōken explained that they could not release chakra but that Tsunade could still use Super Strength.
• A black Soul Beast suddenly lunged at Tsunade, its claws poised to strike her before she or the others could react.

Ryōken and the others explored Misty God Valley with a Soul Beast under his control, then encountered a fleeing Skeleton King and the powerful Soul Beast pursuing him. After Ryōken and Tsunade subdued the Skeleton King, Ryōken approached the leopard-shaped King-level Soul Beast.

• Ryōken severed a tiger-shaped Soul Beast’s arm, knocked it down with Hashirama Senju, and used the Soul Sealing Sigil to control it.
• Tobirama Senju examined the captured Soul Beast and learned to use the Soul Sealing Sigil as the group followed it through safer routes and found rare herbs.
• Ryōken sensed fighting ahead, and Hashirama Senju suggested avoiding the approaching Skeleton King.
• The Skeleton King rushed toward the group to escape a pursuing enemy, but Ryōken cut him in half and Tsunade stomped him into a crater.
• The Skeleton King offered information to save his life, and Tobirama Senju ordered Tsunade to spare him.
• Hashirama Senju identified the pursuing leopard-shaped Soul Beast as a King-level creature that naturally restrained the undead, and Ryōken advanced to meet it.

Ryōken fought the Soul Beast King and failed to seal its soul, but spared it before learning that Misty God Valley opens to its center once every hundred years. He and his companions headed there, where the gathered powers of Pure Land Paradise noticed their arrival.

• Ryōken used Courage, Alpha Strike to defeat the Soul Beast King's many phantoms and tried to bind it with Soul Sealing Sigil, but its protected, resolute soul resisted.
• Ryōken let the Soul Beast King go, then asked Tobirama Senju what he had learned from the Skeleton King.
• Tobirama Senju explained that Skull Leaf and the other strongest beings could enter Misty God Valley's center during its weakest period, once every hundred years, and the group decided to investigate.
• The Soul Beast King watched Ryōken's group approach the center, then headed elsewhere after reflecting that a debt of mercy had to be repaid.
• At the center, Yin Yang Qingming offered to take command while Soul Spirit challenged his manner; Skull Leaf then noticed Ryōken and his companions approaching.

Ryōken and Hashirama Senju joined eight ancient powerhouses to break through the increasingly dangerous mist in the Misty God Mountains. After Ryōken killed an ambushing Soul Beast, Yin Yang Qingming urged the group onward toward the Stone Tablet.

• Ryōken and Hashirama Senju met the eight powerhouses’ display of aura with their own, forcing the others to retreat before Yin Yang Qingming explained the mist’s growing danger.
• Yin Yang Qingming opened a breach with the Four Symbols Curse: Vermillion Bird Skyfire, and Hashirama Senju widened it with a strange tree that countered the mist.
• Skull Leaf, Soul Spirit, and the others worked together to clear a path while Ryōken guarded against attacks from within the mist.
• Ryōken killed a Soul Beast that ambushed the group, and Yin Yang Qingming revealed that the beasts had caused casualties during an earlier expedition.
• Yin Yang Qingming urged everyone to press on, predicting that the Stone Tablet would change, just as a blood-red figure blasted through the mist and charged toward them.

Ryōken and the group pushed through the mist after a Soul Beast King’s roar prompted Yin Yang Qingming to consider retreating. The beasts withdrew instead, allowing the group to reach a strange Stone Tablet whose light strengthened souls and began to stir Hiwa.

• Izuna Uchiha recognized Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju, then joined the group clearing a path through the mist.
• Huo Mei flirted with Ryōken, but he bluntly told her to scram, amusing Tsunade and the others.
• A Soul Beast King roared, and Yin Yang Qingming urged the group to withdraw before it attacked.
• Ryōken sensed that the Soul Beasts had retreated, so Yin Yang Qingming ordered everyone to keep advancing.
• The group reached a towering Stone Tablet whose gentle light strengthened Tsunade and Tobirama Senju and stirred Hiwa in Ryōken’s arms.

Ryōken entered the stone tablet’s willpower trial and endured an illusion of a modern world collapsing into nothingness, gaining strange reincarnation power that his Nascent Sword Soul began to refine. When he returned, he saw the others had advanced through the rings, while Tsunade was expelled from the trial and could not reenter.

• Skull Leaf explained that the concentric rings tested willpower and that moving farther inward brought greater rewards.
• Ryōken entered the first ring with Hiwa in his arms and faced a reincarnation force more than twice as strong as the others faced.
• Ryōken saw an illusion of modern Earth, then shattered it with his sword intent and contemplated the destruction and return of the world to chaos.
• Ryōken emerged with reincarnation power in his soul sea, which his Nascent Sword Soul suppressed and began refining.
• Ryōken saw Yin Yang Qingming and Izuna Uchiha in the fifth ring, Hashirama Senju in the fourth, and Tsunade and Tobirama Senju in the third.
• Tsunade was forced out of the trial after reaching her limit, and a gentle glow prevented her from entering again.

Ryōken identified the Reincarnation Stone and entered the next floor’s illusion while the others tested their limits. Izuna Uchiha pushed through the fifth floor until Hamura Otsutsuki awakened, healed him, and revealed himself as a descendant of Hagu.

• Ryōken appraised the Reincarnation Stone, learned it could temper souls through reincarnation illusions, and stepped into the next floor.
• Tobirama Senju, Skull Leaf, Soul Spirit, Huo Mei, and others withdrew from the trials, while Hashirama Senju stopped below the fifth floor.
• Yin Yang Qingming failed to break through the fifth floor but returned with significant gains and vowed to try again.
• Izuna Uchiha persisted through the fifth floor under immense soul pressure, astonishing the others with his determination.
• Hamura Otsutsuki turned toward Izuna, addressed him as a descendant of Hagu, and used his power to awaken and heal him.

Tsunade and the Senju brothers learned that Hamura Otsutsuki might be their ancestor, while Hamura rescued Izuna Uchiha from the Reincarnation Illusion Realm. Ryōken remained in the fifth level, where the Reincarnation Stone’s crushing pressure failed to faze him.

• Hashirama Senju confirmed that the Slug Sage had verified the Senju and Uchiha descended from the Sage of Six Paths, and Tsunade suggested Hamura Otsutsuki might be their ancestor.
• Hamura Otsutsuki protected Izuna Uchiha from the Reincarnation Stone, and Izuna thanked him before joining him.
• Hamura Otsutsuki surveyed the arena and noticed that Ryōken was enduring the fifth level of the illusion while carrying Hiwa.
• Hamura Otsutsuki realized Ryōken had entered Pure Land Paradise with his physical body and was enduring twice the usual illusionary power, prompting Izuna Uchiha to hope Ryōken could help him leave.
• Ryōken stood beneath the fifth level’s starless, mist-covered sky as the Reincarnation Stone pressed down on him, but his Nascent Sword Soul remained unaffected.

Ryōken passed the fifth level of the Reincarnation Stone’s trial, prompting a world-spanning golden phenomenon that marked him as close to godhood. After exchanging names with Hamura Otsutsuki, Ryōken’s solemn moment ended when Hiwa woke in his arms.

• Ryōken slowly advanced through the latter part of the fifth level while the onlookers watched in disbelief.
• Ryōken stepped beyond the fifth level, and the Reincarnation Stone cast golden light across Pure Land Paradise, revealing his achievement to everyone.
• Hamura Otsutsuki and Ryōken faced each other before introducing themselves, and their names appeared in the sky through their power.
• Hiwa woke in Ryōken’s arms, greeted him, and emerged from beneath his cloak, leaving the onlookers speechless and amused.
• Ryōken removed his cloak and stood in his fitted combat outfit.

Ryōken learned that Hamura Otsutsuki was the ancestor of the Hyuga Clan and heard his explanation of the three requirements for becoming a True God. After asking Hamura to protect Hiwa, Ryōken entered the sixth level of the Reincarnation Stone, leaving Hiwa worried as Hamura reassured her.

• Hiwa questioned Ryōken about Hamura Otsutsuki's Byakugan, and Ryōken told her Hamura was the Hyuga Clan's ancestor.
• Hamura Otsutsuki judged Ryōken's character and ability, then warned that the sixth level was harder than the first five combined.
• Hamura explained that becoming a True God required a Godly Body, Godly Power, and Godly Soul, and noted that Ryōken had condensed a Godly Soul first.
• Ryōken asked Hamura to look after Hiwa and entered the sixth level.
• Hamura protected Hiwa and reassured her while asking about the Naruto World and the Hyuga Clan.

Ryōken entered the sixth level and faced a trial that stripped away his strength and energy, tempting him to retreat into an abyss. He cut through the trial’s soul-mist with his sword will, while the golden light surrounding the Reincarnation Stone suggested he had made a major breakthrough.

• Ryōken found himself on a narrow plank path above an abyss, with his physical strength, soul power, and chakra gone.
• After he stepped forward, black mist engulfed the path and voices urged him to retreat, but a sword-shaped soul phantom dispelled the mist and came to his hand.
• Ryōken recognized his Nascent Sword Soul and sword Dao inheritances as advantages over Hamura Otsutsuki in the trial of will.
• Ryōken pressed onward, cutting through waves of increasingly heavy mist as he refused to turn back.
• Golden light from the Reincarnation Stone spread through the world, calming people and nature while cleansing the souls of those in Misty God Valley.
• Hamura Otsutsuki wondered whether Ryōken had succeeded as the golden light enveloped Tsunade, Hiwa, and the others.

Ryōken merged with the consciousness of Pure Land Paradise, gained insight into the Naruto World's history and power, and tempered his Nascent Sword Soul. The world recognized him as its first god, granting him the eternal title Sword God Ryōken.

• Ryōken merged with Pure Land Paradise's consciousness and witnessed the world's history, including the Purple Moon's arrival and the Reincarnation Stone's power.
• Ryōken discovered that he could control the Reincarnation Stone's golden light and direct it toward Hiwa and Tsunade.
• Ryōken realized the Purple Moon restricted the world's development, but decided he was not yet ready to destroy it.
• Ryōken stopped tempering his Nascent Sword Soul when he reached his limit, then awakened beneath the Reincarnation Stone with a greatly strengthened soul.
• The world bestowed the title Sword God Ryōken, recording his name and deeds in its laws for future generations.

Hiwa worried that Ryōken would outlive and abandon her, but he reassured her and redirected the conversation. Ryōken’s advice helped Hamura Otsutsuki realize why his path to becoming a True God had stalled, and Hamura revealed that powerful Void Creatures were at war with the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Hiwa feared growing old while Ryōken remained young, and Ryōken promised that time could not take her from him and said her training would preserve her youth.
• Ryōken told Hamura Otsutsuki that experience and engagement with life were essential to becoming a True God, prompting Hamura to recognize his isolated cultivation had been misguided.
• Hamura Otsutsuki said he planned to travel through the universe after resolving the current matter and hoped to avoid the Otsutsuki Clan by leaving the Naruto World.
• Hamura Otsutsuki described the Otsutsuki Clan's war against powerful Void Creatures, whose evolved forms required special weapons and methods even for True Gods.

Ryōken learned that the Otsutsuki Clan was likely occupied by the Void Cataclysm, then gained Evolution Factors as the cataclysm began. He and Hamura Otsutsuki entered a battle of wills, where Hamura unleashed his Tenseigan Chakra Mode and Truth-Seeking Orbs.

• Ryōken speculated that the Void Cataclysm had delayed the Otsutsuki Clan from coming to reclaim Kaguya.
• The system announced that the Void Cataclysm had begun and granted Ryōken Evolution Factors, starting a transformation of his body and bloodlines.
• Hamura Otsutsuki invited Ryōken to spar through their wills, and they used the Reincarnation Stone to enter a misty world.
• Tsunade, Hiwa, and Tobirama Senju noticed the two motionless figures and realized that they were fighting through their souls and wills.
• Ryōken manifested overwhelming sword intent, while Hamura activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and formed a weapon from his Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Ryōken and Hamura Otsutsuki fought in the space of will, trading overwhelming attacks as Ryōken’s concentrated strength and sword qi broke through Hamura’s techniques. Hamura, inspired by Ryōken’s swordsmanship, gathered golden light for a final strike.

• Ryōken shattered Hamura Otsutsuki’s Godly Air Strike with a single punch.
• Hamura transformed his weapon into a storm of Truth-Seeking Orbs and attacked with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Ryōken’s sword qi endured the storm, grew sharper, and severed it before nearly cleaving Hamura’s Truth-Seeking Orb shield.
• Hamura recognized the sharpness of Ryōken’s swordsmanship and resolved to follow his own path beyond relying on the Tenseigan.
• Hamura proposed deciding the victor with one strike and gathered golden light for Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Ryōken and Hamura Otsutsuki fought a decisive duel in the world of will, each landing a potentially fatal blow and emerging from the Reincarnation Stone badly injured. Hamura judged Ryōken the victor, and the chapter ended with Tsunade treating him as the Pure Land Paradise overlords reacted to the display of power.

• Hamura Otsutsuki unleashed the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at Ryōken, who gathered the world's sharpness into a single sword strike and cut Hamura apart.
• Hamura's remaining golden attack split Ryōken at the waist, but Ryōken used Immortal Sword Intent to sever the death aura threatening him.
• Ryōken and Hamura Otsutsuki awoke beneath the Reincarnation Stone, spat blood, and agreed that their duel had ended in a draw, though Hamura said Ryōken had won.
• Tsunade and Hiwa hurried to Ryōken, and Tsunade insisted on treating him with medical ninjutsu.
• Soul Spirit, Skull Leaf, Yin Yang Qingming, Huo Mei, and the other overlords of Pure Land Paradise reacted with awe and humility after witnessing the battle.

Hamura Otsutsuki discovered that the moon clan had twisted his teachings and entrusted Ryōken with stopping their threat and using the Eternal Tenseigan to help Hiwa awaken. After Hamura departed to pursue his own path, Ryōken left Pure Land Paradise with Hiwa and Tsunade, while Hashirama Senju and the others returned to the Misty God Mountains.

• Hamura Otsutsuki used the Tenseigan to see the moon clan and its Eternal Tenseigan, and Ryōken and Hiwa explained how his teachings had become distorted into oppression.
• Hamura Otsutsuki asked Ryōken to visit the moon and use the Eternal Tenseigan to help Hiwa awaken, then vanished to pursue his own path.
• Ryōken assured Hashirama Senju that he had no intention of harming Konoha, but said he could not bring the dead back because he was not yet a True God.
• Ryōken led Hiwa and Tsunade through a black gate, leaving Hashirama Senju and the others behind; he hinted that Hashirama could explain Madara Uchiha's whereabouts to Izuna Uchiha.
• An unfathomable force transported Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Izuna Uchiha to the outskirts of the Misty God Mountains, where the group parted ways.

A gate to Pure Land Paradise opened in Konoha’s quarantine zone, and Ryōken, Hiwa, and Tsunade returned as the gate drew in lingering spirits. Tsunade revealed her greatly improved strength, while Hiruzen received a message from Tobirama and reported Danzo’s downfall.

• A black gate appeared in the quarantine zone, and the guards summoned Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha jonin.
• Ryōken, Hiwa, and Tsunade emerged from the gate as spirits were pulled inside and the gate eventually vanished.
• Tsunade demonstrated that her trip to Pure Land Paradise had greatly increased her strength and chakra control.
• Ryōken and Hiwa left for the Hyuga clan grounds without acknowledging Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tsunade gave Hiruzen a silk message from Tobirama, and Hiruzen said Ryōken remained Konoha’s hero, Danzo had committed suicide, and Root had been disbanded.