Chapter Summaries

Hogwarts accelerated its transformation into an Arcane Empire stronghold as Ian prepared to confront the International Confederation of Wizards in Paris over Britain's arcane militarization. He kept Hermione at Hogwarts to oversee the reforms while he prepared to attend the meeting with a friendly-looking clone and the First Formation's War Sentinels.

• Hermione monitored Hogwarts's Arcane Network as students trained in the expanded trial grounds and an Arcane Astronomical Observatory rose on the former Quidditch pitch.
• Ian told Hermione that the Ministry and the Daily Prophet were minor obstacles compared with the emergency International Confederation of Wizards meeting scheduled in Paris.
• Ian rejected sending diplomats and said he would make a direct declaration to the gathered representatives.
• The Rune Command Nexus Matrices confirmed that the First Formation was combat-ready.
• Ian ordered Hermione to stay at Hogwarts and maintain the reforms and students' calibration protocols.
• Ian created a diplomatic-looking clone for the Paris meeting and announced that the First Formation's Arcane War Sentinels would accompany them.

Hermione Granger demonstrated the Arcane Empire’s overwhelming power to Aequus’s three Legendary leaders, then offered trade and ways to extend their lives. She began sparring with Marcus de la Croix, Elaine Silverbow, and Fury in a Mirror Dimension, and ended the fight poised to finish it.

• Hermione scanned Aequus and assessed its environment before Marcus de la Croix, Elaine Silverbow, and Fury arrived in response to the Planar Will’s war alert.
• Hermione revealed a Floating City and its planet-destroying cannon, introduced herself as Empress of the Arcane Empire, and offered the three leaders trade, including ways to prolong their lives.
• Elaine challenged Hermione to demonstrate her civilization’s battle prowess, so Hermione transported the four of them into a Mirror Dimension.
• Marcus, Elaine, and Fury attacked Hermione together; she countered their strikes with spells, curses, a Black Hole, and a supergravity field.
• Fury resisted Hermione’s gravity and magic, Elaine escaped her arrows through Void Walk, and Marcus struck a phantom clone before Hermione’s true body appeared and declared the sparring over.

Hermione defeated the three Legendary Knights, healed Elaine in exchange for the Ehere Empire's Knight Breathing Technique, and analyzed the Knight's Path as a potential model for improving the Arcane Empire's Battle Aura. She withheld the system from public release and ended the chapter by offering the three rulers two choices for their plane's future.

• Hermione summoned the AS-987 Special Annihilation Golem to fight Elaine while she battled Marcus and Wrath with arcane spells.
• Hermione trapped Wrath with Spatial Doors and a causality-bound beam, then overwhelmed Marcus's Light of God with Grand Annihilation Blast.
• Elaine tried to assassinate Hermione with Arrow Translocation, but Hermione's physical defenses repelled her, and Elaine surrendered.
• Hermione healed Elaine, who returned with the Ehere Empire's original Knight Breathing Technique for Hermione to study.
• Hermione identified War Aura as a destructive transformation of Battle Aura and mapped the Knight's Path, deciding that the system must remain secret while the Empire studied it.
• Hermione told Elaine, Marcus, and Wrath that the game was over and offered them two choices for their plane's future.

Hermione offered the Aquis Plane’s leaders a choice between commercial partnership and joining the Arcane Empire, while Ian learned that Luna had received a warning about the Seven Pillar Deity System. The chapter ended with Hermione returning from her expedition as Ian and Luna spent time together.

• Hermione offered Marcus, Elaine, and Fury two paths for the Aquis Plane and explained the empire’s protections for nonhuman citizens and its hostility toward gods.
• Fury read the empire’s racial-protection laws, while Marcus questioned Hermione about religion and heard Ian’s view that gods were parasites dependent on mortal faith.
• Ian worried over Luna’s prolonged unconsciousness until she awoke and explained that a message from the true, imprisoned Lord of Prophets had reached her through their shared Seer Bloodline.
• Luna told Ian that the Seven Pillar Deity System threatened the Arcane Empire and that the Goddess of Magic and the Dwarf God were its weaknesses.
• Ian advised Luna to explore divination systems across the Omniverse before deciding whether to accept the Lord of Prophets as her master.
• Several days later, Hermione returned victorious after completing her expedition to the Aquis Plane.

Ian planned to travel to the Naruto plane to obtain the Otsutsuki Divine Tree, but a catastrophic spatial anomaly hurled him into an unfamiliar world. He awakened badly injured before Tsunade, who suspected he was a spy after he recognized her.

• Hermione reported that she had made the Aquis Plane a vassal of the Arcane Empire and brought back a Ninth Tier knight power system, which the Empire decided to study in secret.
• Ian proposed modifying the Otsutsuki Divine Tree to produce fruits containing mana, life force, souls, and knowledge, then decided to retrieve its origin himself after the Star-Skin Tribe's surrender ceremony.
• The Arcane Empire announced the Star-Skin Tribe's unconditional surrender, and Ian prepared a Floating City for a cross-dimensional journey to the Naruto plane.
• A violent spatial anomaly struck Ian's Floating City during its transition, leaving Ian severely injured and unconscious in the Void turbulence.
• Ian awakened before Tsunade and made a lewd remark about her appearance; after he recognized her name, Tsunade accused him of being a spy from another ninja village.

Ian revealed his overwhelming power to Tsunade and persuaded her to help create a cloned body, offering her gold and a cure for her hemophobia. After Tsunade and Shizune left to prepare a laboratory, Ian noticed someone watching him.

• Tsunade attacked Ian, but her punches had no effect, and Ian explained that he was an extraterrestrial life-form who could see the future.
• Ian searched for information about chakra and ninjutsu, captured a rogue ninja, and read her memories after deciding Tsunade's mind might be protected by a seal.
• Ian offered Tsunade miracles, including resurrecting her younger brother, then warned he might seek Orochimaru's help if she refused to clone a body for him.
• Tsunade agreed to help after Ian supplied gold and a potion that cured her hemophobia, allowing her to face blood without distress.
• Ian gave Tsunade and Shizune a space-time storage pouch and, after they left, confronted an unseen observer.

Ian confronted Hagoromo, then worked with Tsunade to create a chakra-compatible clone and test its abilities. After discovering that the clone still faced an innate chakra limit, Ian warned Tsunade that the Third Hokage was about to die.

• Ian warned Hagoromo that Kaguya's seal on the moon might be in danger, prompting Hagoromo to leave and inspect it.
• Tsunade and Shizune prepared Orochimaru's abandoned laboratory, where Ian wrote advanced cloning instructions and criticized the Shinobi world's practice of sending children to war.
• Tsunade used Ian's theories to cultivate a perfect clone, and Ian transferred his soul into it.
• Ian refined chakra, found that the clone still had an invisible upper limit, and demonstrated powerful ninjutsu to Tsunade.
• Ian told Tsunade to leave immediately because the Third Hokage was about to die.

During the Konoha Collapse, Tsunade helped save the Third Hokage and wounded villagers while Ian exploited the chaos to steal Konoha’s secrets and capture Danzō. The chapter ended with Tsunade preparing to investigate Danzō’s crimes as Ian left to study his stolen materials.

• Tsunade learned that Orochimaru and Sunagakure planned to destroy Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams, and Ian admitted he intended to loot the village amid the chaos.
• Shukaku attacked Konoha, and Tsunade used Ian’s mysterious energy to break through the Four Violet Flames Formation and help the Third Hokage survive.
• Tsunade summoned the Slug Sage to heal civilians and ninjas while Ian copied forbidden scrolls, took clan blood samples, and raided Root.
• Ian incapacitated Danzō with Psychic Energy, seized Root’s intelligence and research, and later told Tsunade that he had taken Danzō captive.
• Ian revealed that Danzō had implanted Senju Hashirama’s cells and stolen Sharingan in his arm, prompting Tsunade to send trusted people to investigate.

Ian studied the Chakra System and concluded that its bloodline-based powers could be reverse-engineered for the Arcane Empire. After testing Sharingan and Byakugan across magical systems, he prepared to leave his laboratory and seek samples and Natural Energy in the wider Ninja World.

• Ian bought a Cosmic Time Dilation Device from the Akashic Records system after Lord Merlin’s intervention, but received no remedy for his missing limbs.
• Ian and his clone determined that Kekkei Genkai depended on specific genes and that the Ōtsutsuki Clan consumed Chakra Fruits to absorb genetic traits and increase their power.
• Ian and his clone planned to reproduce ninja bloodlines and abilities for the Arcane Empire, including the Rinnegan, Truth-Seeking Orb, Izanagi, and Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Ian’s clone found that the Sharingan could copy wand magic through similar chakra and magical circuits, while the Byakugan could greatly improve Battle Aura warriors’ combat abilities.
• Ian equipped himself with mechanical prostheses, then decided to visit the other great ninja villages, obtain bloodline samples, and investigate Natural Energy.

Ian reunited with Tsunade, gave her prosthetic and medical knowledge along with a potion to awaken her Senju bloodline, and revealed the future calamity he planned to prevent. Tsunade agreed to guide him to Shikkotsu Forest in three days, while Ian secretly headed to Konoha’s cemetery to pursue the Fourth Hokage’s Nine-Tails chakra.

• Ian returned to Konoha’s makeshift hospital and teased Tsunade about worrying over his month-long absence.
• Ian showed Tsunade his mechanical prosthetic, gave her downgraded prosthetic technology and limb-reconnection procedures, and offered her a Bloodline Awakening Potion for Wood Release.
• Ian showed Tsunade the future involving Madara Uchiha, the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Kaguya Otsutsuki, then asked her to take him to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsunade agreed to guide Ian to Shikkotsu Forest after three days and planned to warn Hiruzen Sarutobi about Akatsuki and its Tailed Beast scheme.
• Ian infiltrated Konoha’s cemetery district to resurrect or summon Minato Namikaze and take the Yin half of the Nine-Tails from his soul.
• Clone No. 1 grumbled as he prepared to gather supplies, blaming Ian for leaving him with the work in revenge for the wooden prosthetic.

Ian's clone overwhelmed Itachi and Kisame, took their valuable eyes and samples, and then raided Akatsuki, the shinobi villages, and other targets for research materials. After collecting half the chakra of each Tailed Beast and capturing Kaguya, Ian returned to his laboratory to resume his research, leaving turmoil across the Shinobi World.

• Ian defeated Kisame with Monster Strength and Wood Release, draining his chakra and restraining him.
• Itachi used Amaterasu and Susanoo against Ian, but Ian's Wood Dragon and Shadow Imitation Technique subdued him.
• Ian removed Itachi's eyes and took Shisui's eye, then cured Itachi's illness and restored ordinary eyes to him.
• Ian defeated the Six Paths of Pain in Amegakure, took Nagato's Rinnegan, and captured Black Zetsu and Hidan.
• Over the following months, Ian looted forbidden techniques and blood samples, extracted half the chakra from each Tailed Beast, and raided Orochimaru's base.
• Ian dragged Kaguya out of her lunar seal, banished Hagoromo and Hamura into the Void, and returned to his laboratory with his haul.

Ian traveled with Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest, where the Slug Sage approved him for Senjutsu training after seeing a magically altered vision of his virtue. He mastered the forest’s Sage Mode and then discovered a way to fuse Natural Energy with his Magic Power and Battle Aura, creating Arcane Sage Mode.

• Ian told Tsunade that he had resurrected his parents and would defy death to reclaim anyone he cherished, while Tsunade admitted she might someday ask him to resurrect Nawaki and Dan Katō.
• Tsunade brought Ian to Shikkotsu Forest, where the Slug Sage judged him pure and kind because Ian’s spell concealed his sins and amplified his merit.
• Ian revealed his enormous Chakra reserves to Katsuyu and mastered Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode on his first attempt.
• Ian compared the three sacred lands’ Sage Modes, then failed for hours to fuse Natural Energy with his Magic Power.
• Ian noticed Tsunade’s Yin Seal and used Battle Aura as a buffer to fuse it with Magic Power and Natural Energy, creating Arcane Sage Mode.

Ian tested the power of his newly created Magic Sage Mode and trained Tsunade to sense Natural Energy, awaken her Senju Bloodline, and enter Sage Mode. The chapter ended with Tsunade receiving an emergency summons from the Third Hokage.

• Ian tested Magic Sage Mode, discovering immense physical strength, heightened perception, control over Void Energy, and resistance to all attributes.
• Ian clashed his will against the destructive imprint inside his body, suffered a brief backlash, and healed immediately.
• Ian offered to teach Tsunade Sage Mode, then created a helmet that helped her lower the difficulty of sensing Natural Energy.
• Tsunade trained with the helmet for five days, reached Level Two, and drank the Bloodline Awakening Potion after Ian warned her of the coming Otsutsuki threat.
• Tsunade awakened Wood Release and Senju power, then learned to sense Natural Energy and successfully entered Sage Mode.
• The Third Hokage urgently summoned Tsunade.

Tsunade returned to Konoha with Ian and learned that the other great nations were preparing to oppose him at a Five Kage Summit. Ian abducted the leaders, demonstrated his overwhelming power, and gave them one month to prepare for his invasion and the Arcane Empire’s conquest.

• Tsunade and Ian returned to Konoha after she received an emergency distress signal, where Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi told her that Ian’s attacks on the Tailed Beasts had alarmed the other nations.
• Tsunade warned Hiruzen against attending the Five Kage Summit, but Ian appeared and restrained Hiruzen and Jiraiya before teleporting the other Kage and Killer B into the Hokage Office.
• Ian transported the assembled leaders into space, destroyed a planet with one strike, restored it, and transformed it into a necklace that A, Killer B, and Ōnoki could not move.
• Ian returned the leaders to the Land of Fire, summoned ten thousand war Golems, and gave the shinobi nations one month to prepare for war.
• Ian described the Arcane Empire’s promises and shortcomings, then sent the Kage back to their villages to prepare for the invasion.

Ian recruited Tsunade and a team of researchers to develop a Chakra System that could break genetic limits, promising that success would earn Orochimaru access to Arcane magic. The god-making research project began in the underground laboratory with Kaguya Otsutsuki designated as its primary specimen.

• Ian explained his motives for conquering the Shinobi World, then recruited Tsunade to lead a classified research project and transferred ten years of Arcane Empire knowledge into her mind.
• Ian introduced Tsunade to Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, Katasuke Tono, and the resurrected Senju Tobirama in an underground laboratory.
• Ian forced the group to learn the future events of Naruto and Shippuden, prompting Orochimaru and Senju Tobirama to react to their roles in coming conflicts.
• Ian assigned the team to develop a Chakra System from Zero Tier to Sixth Tier that could overcome genetic limits, using Kaguya Otsutsuki as their primary specimen.
• Orochimaru eagerly accepted the research assignment after Ian promised him the opportunity to study Arcane magic, and the project began.

Ian healed his body, sealed the lingering will inside him, and revived Morgana, who revealed that a colossal Void beast had crippled the Floating City. While they sent a distress signal, Ian watched the Arcane War Golems crush the Allied Shinobi Forces and rejected Tobirama’s appeal to summon Hashirama, determined to break the shinobi’s resolve.

• Ian absorbed Natural Energy, perfected Magic Sage Mode, removed the Void Energy from his body, regrew his limbs, and sealed the unknown will within him.
• Ian spent a week nurturing Morgana back to consciousness, and she confirmed that the Floating City survived but was gravely damaged and would take thousands of years to repair.
• Morgana explained that a gigantic Void beast had damaged the Floating City with a casual touch before she teleported Ian to safety; Ian sent a weak distress signal to the imperial homeland.
• Ian switched to his clone and joined Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Senju Tobirama as they watched ten thousand Arcane War Golems overwhelm the Allied Shinobi Forces led by Jiraiya.
• Tobirama asked Ian to release him so he could summon Hashirama, but Ian argued that Hashirama could not match the golems and declared that he meant to crush the shinobi’s pride and faith in their old system.

Ian reviewed the team’s chakra research, discussed plans to create a Supreme Magical Body, and tempered his will while confronting a hostile force inside himself. He touched the universe’s Authority and gained the Grand Wizard title, leaving him ready to test his new powers.

• Tsunade presented two Fourth-Tier Chakra Cultivation Methods: one based on genetic engineering and another using Medical Ninjutsu and chakra control to alter genes.
• Orochimaru proposed creating a Supreme Magical Body from Kaguya’s physique, but Ian refused to let him work with Ian’s clone because the research had to remain under Imperial Family control.
• Ian assigned Morgana to monitor his vital signs and help Clone Five analyze the laws of the world, then entered the machine and resisted the hostile will attacking his body and Life Code.
• Ian separated the creature’s will from his body, and Merlin’s stored aura frightened the creature away when it sensed him from afar.
• With Morgana’s analysis, Ian touched the universe’s Authority and gained control over space-time and death, while sensing other laws with varying difficulty.
• The Akashic Records awarded Ian the Grand Wizard title, which increased his security level and granted immunity to intermediate instant-death magic.

Ian learned that Conceptual Magic could challenge reality distorters across the Omniverse, then discussed the Golden Generation and future dangers with Merlin. After Merlin warned him to prepare for losing his family, Ian ordered Morgana to create an illusion of their deaths and discovered new Akashic Records privileges, including two slots to recommend members; he then searched for the Main God.

• Ian researched reality distortion and learned that Conceptual Magic worked across most universes, while most reality distorters lost their powers outside their native universes.
• Merlin praised Ian for mastering Conceptual Magic at the Eighth Tier and told him about Toussaint Louverture and the extreme Golden Generation.
• Merlin warned Ian that he would face dangerous missions and urged him to prepare himself and his family for the coming Endless Chaos.
• Ian ordered Morgana to create an illusion in which every member of his family died and could not be saved or resurrected.
• Ian examined his Akashic Records privileges, found two slots for recommending new members, and decided to let his wives choose whom to nominate.
• Ian searched the Akashic Records for the Main God.

Ian learned more about Main Gods and planned to infiltrate a weak Main God Space to seize its artifact and obtain World Origin. After traveling to the universe’s end and back to its birth, he reached the limit of his Eighth Tier mental energy and told the others how the universe would eventually be destroyed.

• Ian studied how Main Gods stole World Origin, identified a discovered watch as evidence of a weak Main God, and planned to send a clone into Main God Space to steal its artifact.
• Ian considered World Origin as a possible solution to Soul Limitation and decided to search for stolen timelines before testing his new power.
• Ian traveled to the universe’s end and then upstream to its birth, deepening his understanding of its laws and raising his mental energy to its saturated extreme.
• Ian returned to the laboratory, where Tsunade, Senju Tobirama, and Orochimaru asked what had happened.
• Ian explained that Otsutsuki God would eventually try to devour the universe and destroy its laws, but said the catastrophe would not begin for at least 3.7 billion years.

After three months studying the universe’s birth and destruction, Ian developed theories that might advance his Arcane Rune System. He learned that Orochimaru wanted to master all knowledge, outlined the nearly impossible path to the Knowledge Authority, and then asked his clones about their research.

• Ian recorded new theories and papers on Primordial Runes, Ancient Runes, and the possible existence of Origin Runes.
• Ian met with his team and discovered that Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi had converted their chakra into magic power and were approaching the Fourth Tier.
• Ian warned Orochimaru that learning every spell and all magical knowledge was impossible, but said the Knowledge Authority could offer a slim chance at omniscience.
• Ian explained that mastering the Knowledge Authority required becoming a Legendary Arcanist or defeating the Tenth Tier god who possessed it.
• Ian reminded Orochimaru that he was only a Third Tier Arcanist and asked his clones about their research results.