On Heavenly Twin-Island, after a grueling battle, Saori and the Divine Princess defeated Shangfu, the Branch Family's last hermit, at the cost of the Divine Princess's life and grievous injuries to Saori!
The deaths of all four mighty fighters sealed the Branch Family's defeat. Below Mount Hiba, with Yushiki and Rin supporting her from the flanks, Wan Sheng defeated more than two thousand Branch Family members.
Sympathizing with their plight, she did not slaughter them all.
The battle against the Branch Family ended in a complete victory.
On Awaki Plain, the Shadow Sannin-Yamashiro Ryūfū, Mirojin, and Yumiru-fought Ayase, Meilulang, and Bodouluo, whom Yu had personally named the "Lower Three Gods of Awaki Plain."
The Shadow Sannin fulfilled their mission, defeating the Lower Three Gods at the cost of severe injuries!
At the Shujian Mountain Foothills.
Kushina, Minato, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Kimimaro Kaguya, the six Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, fought fiercely against Guiyin and Shenyin, the two crones of the Heavenly Gods.
Though the two crones were Immortal Gods, time had left mottled traces on their faces. Even Ryushiki did not know why they had aged. But having lived in the same era as the Progenitor Gods, they knew more of Takamagahara's secrets than anyone else.
The price of defeating them was unbearably steep... Kushina, Minato, Orochimaru, Kimimaro, and Tsunade all fell in battle! Only by using their five hearts to unleash Heavenly Grudge did Kakuzu finally secure a devastatingly costly victory. Bearing the two crones' secrets, Kakuzu fell into a deep slumber!
At the foot of Ukano Mountain.
Chito Ōtsutsuki, one of the mighty Heavenly Gods, faced Tornado, Xiao Feng, and Ananda!
As Sana's former nemesis, Qiandou had strength equal to hers. Though Tornado was Sana's reincarnation, she had yet to regain the power Sana possessed at her peak.