Arc 14Chapters 326–345

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Ch. 326Arrival on the Ōtsutsuki Planet

Qingyun led the Flying Fortress to the Ōtsutsuki Planet, where he and his allies launched an assault on the Ōtsutsuki Clan. The fighting began across the planet as Qingyun headed toward the Ancestral Land and Madara Uchiha and the others engaged the clan’s experts.

  • Qingyun gave Orochimaru the Interstellar Chart and instructed him to pilot the Flying Fortress toward the Ōtsutsuki Planet while he prepared for the journey.
  • A gray vertical pupil appeared briefly within Qingyun’s martial dao golden core as he pondered whether he could return to his previous life’s world.
  • After traveling through Interstellar Space, Qingyun blocked an energy shell with a Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram and sent it exploding back toward the Ōtsutsuki Planet.
  • Qingyun used the Six Meridian Sword Formation to kill many Otsutsuki Branch Family members, then flew toward the Ōtsutsuki Ancestral Land as the Flying Fortress opened fire.
  • Madara Uchiha and the others engaged the nine Ōtsutsuki Main Family experts while Orochimaru and the Scientists bombarded the remaining branch-family fighters.
  • Madara Uchiha attacked with the Great Fireball Technique, and Hashirama Senju used Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands as battles erupted across the planet.

Ch. 327Everyone's battles, the God of Ōtsutsuki

Hinata Hyuga defeated the Ōtsutsuki First Elder and helped the others wipe out the Ōtsutsuki Clan's forces on the planet. Qingyun confronted the God of Ōtsutsuki at the Ancestral Land, and their battle remained hidden inside his Tai Chi barrier.

  • Hinata Hyuga weakened the Ōtsutsuki First Elder, refined him into a Blood Pill, and then turned to the other battlefields.
  • Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, Kimimaro, Yahiko, Nagato Uzumaki, Shisui Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, Shion, and Might Guy defeated the Nine Main Family's experts, while Hinata refined the survivors into Blood Pills.
  • Mito Uzumaki restrained the Ten-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and the Flying Fortress destroyed the fleeing members of the Otsutsuki Branch Family.
  • Minato Namikaze and the others watched a Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram covering the center of the planet, where Qingyun fought the God of Ōtsutsuki.
  • Qingyun reflected the God of Ōtsutsuki's attack and enclosed the Ancestral Land in a barrier before taunting his opponent.

Ch. 328Refining the God of Ōtsutsuki, the Void Space

Qingyun defeated the God of Ōtsutsuki with Tai Chi Fist and Infinite Mahā, then refined him into bloodline essence and absorbed his power. Ten years later, Qingyun was still cultivating inside the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram while Kushina and the others waited aboard the Flying Fortress.

  • The God of Ōtsutsuki tried to reverse time and rebuild his clan, but Qingyun dispersed the time power with his martial dao golden core.
  • Qingyun trapped the God of Ōtsutsuki with Tai Chi Fist and battered him with a series of strikes.
  • Qingyun unleashed Infinite Mahā, and its blade and sword energies overwhelmed the God of Ōtsutsuki's defenses and cut him to pieces.
  • Qingyun used a gray eye to refine the God of Ōtsutsuki into bloodline essence, then absorbed his power through the War God Record.
  • Ten years later, Tsunade asked about Qingyun, and Kushina said he was safe and still cultivating inside the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram.

Ch. 329Ten Years of Change

After ten years of Qingyun’s seclusion, the Shinobi World had become peaceful and technologically advanced while his companions explored other worlds and built families. Qingyun reached the earthly immortal realm’s limit, discovered the Dimensional Rift dojutsu, and began seeking a way through a gray dimension back to the real world.

  • Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, and others explored Interstellar Space in spacecraft, while Minato Namikaze opened a stable passage to the Shinobi World and Yahiko returned with him.
  • Shion traveled to a Pokémon world and became a powerful Pokémon Master who defeated even Legendary and Mythical Pokémon with her fists.
  • Konoha developed into a modern tourist city, Naruto became the Sixth Hokage and married Hanabi Hyuga, Sasuke married Sakura, and the Shinobi World remained at peace.
  • Yahiko traveled with Mei Terumi, and Qingyun’s disciples settled down with their partners and children in Konoha.
  • Qingyun’s cultivation reached the earthly immortal realm’s limit, and the Universe began forcing his true body out of its space.
  • Qingyun activated the Dimensional Rift dojutsu, entered a gray world filled with Space-Time Turbulence, and realized he needed to master it and use the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram to form wuji and return to the real world.

Ch. 330The Origin of the Gray Eye, the Power of Wuji

Qingyun's Tai Chi practice dissolves the universe and transforms his martial dao golden core into the source of a renewed cosmos. After discovering that his Vertical Third Eye can restore him, he emerges reborn and reunites with Tsunade and the other women.

  • As Qingyun performs Tai Chi, the Yin-Yang Diagram trembles, Interstellar Space disintegrates, and Tsunade and the other women dissolve into particles.
  • Qingyun absorbs the universe's temporal and spatial power into his martial dao golden core as his body vanishes and his soul continues practicing Tai Chi.
  • Qingyun recalls that Tai Chi Fist created his Vertical Third Eye and realizes its energy can rebuild his body and soul.
  • A gray eye appears on the golden core, which bursts and releases the powers of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire to create a world and then a universe.
  • The Shinobi World and its people reappear, but Tsunade and the other women find Qingyun missing from the Ōtsutsuki Ancestral Land.
  • Qingyun emerges from the cracked gray sphere, creates a miniature version of himself to cultivate in his dantian, and teleports beside his wives.

Ch. 331Pikachu's Astonishing Potential, a Return to the Shinobi World

After ten years in seclusion, Qingyun reunited with Tsunade, Kushina, Miroku, and Konan, then visited the Pokémon World where Shion had been exploring. He gathered his family to return to the Shinobi World before leaving the Universe for his homeland.

  • Qingyun emerged from seclusion, explained his breakthroughs to the four women, and learned he had been gone for ten years.
  • Miroku told Qingyun that Shion was on a strange planet, so he took Tsunade, Kushina, Miroku, and Konan to the Pokémon World.
  • Qingyun met a powerful Pikachu, absorbed its Thunderbolt, and learned that it had been frightened by Shion.
  • Shion reunited with Qingyun and learned that he planned to return to the Shinobi World before leaving the Universe.
  • Shion gathered her four Mothers, and Qingyun took them and Shion back to the Shinobi World.

Ch. 332Boruto Uzumaki

Qingyun returned to Konoha with Tsunade, Kushina, Miroku, Konan, and Shion, where he met Naruto and Hanabi’s son, Boruto Uzumaki. Boruto told his classmates that his Great-Granduncle was back, leaving them stunned by the news.

  • Boruto hurried toward the Ninja Academy, carrying breakfast and lunch from his mother, Hanabi.
  • Boruto collided with Qingyun and his companions, recognized Qingyun as his grandfather, and urged him to punish Naruto for neglecting his family.
  • Qingyun sent Boruto straight to the Ninja Academy, where Boruto arrived early and happily began eating breakfast.
  • Shikadai, Sarada, and the others asked Boruto why he was in such a good mood, and he revealed that his Great-Granduncle had returned.
  • Boruto’s classmates recalled Qingyun’s legendary accomplishments and realized that his return could draw powerful shinobi to Konoha.

Ch. 333Everyone's changes, Hinata Hyuga's unusual reaction

Qingyun returned to the Central Estate with Tsunade and the others, where Hanabi introduced him to her daughter, Himawari. After Naruto gathered Konoha’s leaders and fighters to see Qingyun, he announced that he had come to say goodbye, prompting Hinata to ask to go with him.

  • Qingyun returned to the Central Estate and reunited with Hanabi, who introduced her daughter Himawari to him and the women accompanying him.
  • Hanabi left to tell Naruto, Hinata, and Neji that Qingyun had returned, and Naruto gathered Minato and other allies before rushing to the estate.
  • Konoha’s strongest fighters and a crowd of villagers gathered outside the estate, where Qingyun greeted Hatake Sakumo, Might Duy, Shinnosuke Sarutobi, and Uchiha Fugaku.
  • Might Duy, Uchiha Fugaku, and Shinnosuke Sarutobi hinted that they hoped Qingyun could help them obtain God Tree Fruits, but Qingyun ignored their expectations.
  • Qingyun told Hatake Sakumo that he had returned to say goodbye, and Hinata asked to go with him.
  • Qingyun warned Hinata that he was leaving for another universe and might never return, asking whether she would leave her family behind.

Ch. 334The strong gathered, and everyone made their choice

Qingyun told Hinata Hyuga and his friends that he planned to leave the two-dimensional Universe for reality, though he could not promise they could return. Minato Namikaze and Neji Hyuga chose to stay and protect their home, while Qingyun prepared for his departure and reunited with the Divine Condor.

  • Qingyun explained that finding this Universe again from reality would be nearly impossible and invited Hinata Hyuga, Minato Namikaze, and the others to come with him.
  • Hinata Hyuga hesitated because she could not leave her family behind without knowing whether they could ever return.
  • Minato Namikaze declined to leave, choosing to stay in the Shinobi World in case another threat arose, and Qingyun reassured him that he did not blame him.
  • Neji Hyuga also refused to leave because his family and friends were in the Shinobi World, and Qingyun told everyone not to agonize over their choices.
  • The group shared news about the past ten years, and the Divine Condor arrived, teasing Qingyun for staying away so long.

Ch. 335The Divine Condor's Changes and Teaching Boruto Uzumaki

Qingyun reassured the Divine Condor that he would never leave it behind, then showed Boruto Uzumaki that he could not retain Qingyun’s cultivation technique and helped him awaken his Jōgan instead. When Madara Uchiha returned from Interstellar Space, Qingyun effortlessly sent him flying with a flick and revealed that no one in the Universe could match his strength.

  • Qingyun promised the Divine Condor he would take it wherever he went, and everyone later shared a feast together.
  • Boruto Uzumaki asked Qingyun to teach him taijutsu, but the Primordial Chaos Technique Qingyun demonstrated vanished when he withdrew his true essence.
  • Qingyun helped Boruto awaken and control his Jōgan, then sent him to learn its dojutsu from Hinata Hyuga.
  • Qingyun greeted Madara Uchiha after his return from Interstellar Space, and Madara challenged him to a fight.
  • Qingyun flicked Madara's forehead and sent him flying, then explained that no one in the Universe could match his power.

Ch. 336Three years, the final mission

After three years of farewells and preparations, Qingyun left the Shinobi World with Tsunade and the others, and Hinata Hyuga chose to join them. At the Universe’s weak point, a new system mission led Qingyun to pause their departure and search for a planet where he could spread the Martial Way.

  • Over three years, Boruto Uzumaki, Himawari Uzumaki, and Sarada Uchiha trained under Qingyun, while Hinata Hyuga struggled to choose between following him and staying with her family.
  • Hyuga Hiashi and Hinata Hyuga’s mother encouraged Hinata to go with Qingyun, and she finally decided to leave.
  • At the farewell gathering in the Forest of Death, Hinata caught up with Qingyun, who then took her, Tsunade, and the others to the Universe’s weak point.
  • The system gave Qingyun the Ancestor of Martial Arts mission, requiring him to spread the Martial Way on a planet and rewarding him with seven Body Transformation Pills.
  • Qingyun paused before breaking through space and used his mental power to search the Universe for a planet where he could complete the mission.

Ch. 337Spreading the martial dao

Qingyun found an Earth-like world where intelligent humans were only beginning to develop, and decided to spread the Martial Way there. After observing the people for three years, he taught a curious primitive man how to make fire and promised to train him.

  • Qingyun located a planet with intelligent primitive humans and brought Tsunade and the other women there to begin spreading the Martial Way.
  • Qingyun spent three years observing the humans and created twelve basic fist techniques and a breathing art.
  • A primitive man discovered that lightning had roasted meat and began wondering how to make fire.
  • Qingyun taught the man Chinese and showed him how to make fire by spinning a pointed stick against wood.
  • Qingyun demonstrated his strength by shooting down a giant flying beast, and the man agreed to learn from him each morning.

Ch. 338The three ancestors of humanity, a stirring in the heart

Qingyun taught Suiren cultivation and martial arts, then named him and trained Youchao and Ziyi to help their people. After Suiren learned to make fire, Ziyi discovered how to use animal hides for clothing, and Youchao built a house; Qingyun sent the three disciples back to aid their clans.

  • After Suiren taught his clan to make fire, the world's fortune flowed into him, and Qingyun recognized him as the one who had given humanity its first light.
  • Qingyun taught Suiren the Twelve Zodiac Fist and Breathing Technique, and Suiren quickly advanced to early Houtian.
  • Qingyun named his first disciple Suiren and agreed to let him teach martial arts and language to his clan.
  • On the tenth day, Suiren brought a man and a woman to Qingyun, who showed the woman how to make clothing from Fierce Beast hides.
  • Qingyun showed the man how birds built nests and inspired him to construct a house for his clan.
  • Qingyun named the man Youchao and the woman Ziyi, then sent all three disciples home to help their people.

Ch. 339Harsh weather and the Fierce Beast rampage

Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi led humanity through a crisis of extreme weather and rampaging Fierce Beasts, prompting Ziyi to seek Qingyun’s help. As Qingyun wondered why his mission to spread the Martial Way remained incomplete, the system offered him two choices for a new mission, and he learned that choosing one would convert the Shinobi World’s martial energy into chakra.

  • Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi’s teachings improved human survival, and the three became humanity’s leaders as its population spread beyond the mountains.
  • Severe Weather killed many newborns and drove Fierce Beasts into attacks, forcing the humans to retreat behind wooden walls.
  • Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi sent Ziyi to find Qingyun and ask for help against the crisis.
  • Qingyun concluded that his Martial Way mission remained incomplete because humanity’s survival, and the continuation of the Martial Way, were at risk.
  • The system offered Qingyun two mission options: transfer the Shinobi World’s providence and martial power to this world, or let humanity face its fate and teach the Martial Way to a later generation.
  • Qingyun asked whether the first option would strip Minato Namikaze and the others of their cultivation, and the system said their energy would become chakra while their Martial Arts memories would be extracted.

Ch. 340Qingyun's Choice, the Birth of the Children of Destiny

Qingyun transferred the Shinobi World's fortune and martial cultivation into this world, ending its severe weather and helping its people survive the rampaging Fierce Beasts. After the beasts withdrew, four women gave birth to the Children of Destiny, who smiled at Qingyun.

  • Ziyi begged Qingyun to save her Clan Members, and Qingyun healed her forehead and agreed to intervene.
  • Qingyun ordered the system to transfer the Shinobi World's fortune into this world and reclaim the Martial Way cultivation of its ninja.
  • The Sage of Six Paths awakened in fury, while the Great Toad Sage warned Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Naruto Uzumaki of an approaching attack by black creatures.
  • The transferred fortune and cultivation helped restore this world's balance, and Qingyun released the Divine Condor and Pikachu to warn the Beast Kings.
  • The Fierce Beasts withdrew from human settlements, and Ziyi helped four women safely give birth to four babies who smiled at Qingyun.

Ch. 341The Yeyou Clan's rise, Fuxi the common ruler

Fuxi eased humanity’s food shortage and became its common ruler, then created the Innate Eight Trigrams, writing, marriage rules, and musical instruments. Meanwhile, the Yeyou Clan expanded through brutal planetary conquests as Qingyun forged an eternal vessel for his Martial Way.

  • Qingyun named the four children Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, and Chiyou, and their mothers thanked him.
  • The Yeyou Great World recovered over a thousand years, and the Netherworld Emperor led the Yeyou Clan in conquering the Ōtsutsuki Planet and other worlds.
  • Qingyun used exchange points, rare materials, and Youchao’s first Wooden House to forge an indestructible palace as a vessel for his Martial Way.
  • Fuxi discovered that nets could catch aquatic Fierce Beasts, taught the method to humanity, and helped relieve the food shortage.
  • Humanity recognized Fuxi as its common ruler, and he created the Innate Eight Trigrams, writing, rules against close-relative unions and multiple husbands, and musical instruments.

Ch. 342Shennong tasted a hundred herbs; Xuanyuan and Chiyou clashed

Shennong discovered the Five Grains, became humanity’s common ruler, and later compiled a Medical Classic while tasting herbs. Meanwhile, Xuanyuan and Chiyou’s opposing approaches to tribal disputes split humanity and sparked civil war, with Shennong returning to support Xuanyuan.

  • Qingyun guided Shennong to Rice, and Shennong spent a year finding Rice, Millet, Foxtail Millet, Wheat, and Legumes.
  • Fuxi passed the position of common ruler to Shennong, who later entrusted humanity’s affairs to Xuanyuan and Chiyou while he traveled to taste herbs; Qingyun sent Tsunade to protect him.
  • Xuanyuan urged tribes to settle disputes peacefully, while Chiyou favored fighting and forged Bronze weapons that intensified the conflicts.
  • Chiyou left the ancestral grounds with his followers and allied tribes, and Suiren, the other two, and Fuxi sought Qingyun’s counsel; Qingyun told them humanity had to endure its tribulation.
  • Shennong compiled his medicinal findings into a Medical Classic, learned that humanity had split apart, and rushed back to support Xuanyuan, beginning a civil war.

Ch. 343The Battle of Zhuolu, Chiyou's Defeat

Xuanyuan and Shennong fought Chiyou for control of humanity, and Xuanyuan defeated Chiyou’s forces at Zhuolu with an ambush and the South-Pointing Chariot. As Xuanyuan and Shennong moved to kill the weakened Chiyou, Qingyun stopped them and asked Chiyou to answer their accusations.

  • Chiyou’s bronze-armed army repeatedly defeated Xuanyuan and Shennong, while rebellions and martial recluses strengthened Xuanyuan’s forces.
  • Xuanyuan trained his army, forged weapons, and invented the South-Pointing Chariot before meeting Chiyou again at Zhuolu.
  • Xuanyuan lured Chiyou’s troops into a gorge, where hidden soldiers ambushed them and restored his army’s confidence.
  • Xuanyuan used the South-Pointing Chariot to guide his forces through thick fog and rout Chiyou’s army the next morning.
  • Chiyou charged Xuanyuan and Shennong, but an arrow struck his vulnerable point and weakened him.
  • Qingyun stopped Xuanyuan and Shennong from killing Chiyou, then asked whether he disputed their accusations; Chiyou admitted they were true.

Ch. 344The Shinobi World's new enemy, the God of War Hall

Qingyun explained why humanity needed to preserve its fighting spirit, then completed the God of War Hall as a repository of martial arts. In Konoha, Boruto discovered that an outside race had begun possessing people and warned Naruto that the Fifth Shinobi World War was imminent.

  • Qingyun heard Chiyou defend humanity’s need for conflict, and Xuanyuan agreed while Shennong remained unconvinced.
  • Qingyun told Shennong, Xuanyuan, and Chiyou that humanity must keep growing stronger, ordered them not to interfere with its development, and permitted Xuanyuan to peacefully bring the Jiuli Tribe under his rule.
  • Qingyun completed the palace, filled it with statues embodying martial arts, and named it the God of War Hall.
  • Boruto Uzumaki’s Jōgan revealed that a person in Konoha had two souls, and he used his Space-Time Dojutsu and mental power to destroy the invading soul.
  • Boruto Uzumaki told Naruto Uzumaki that members of the invading race had possessed people across the Shinobi World and that the Fifth Shinobi World War was about to begin.

Ch. 345Final Chapter 2: Return to Reality, A New Journey

Qingyun left the Yeyou World after entrusting the human race with the God of War Hall and returned to reality, where ancient gods and ferocious beasts had plunged Earth into disaster. Reunited with Qibai and remembered as Xiaoran, he began a new journey by rescuing the people of Linchuan City and declaring his intent to rise to the top of this world and the Primordial.

  • Qingyun summoned Suiren, Youchao, Ziyi, Fuxi, Shennong, Chiyou, and Xuanyuan, entrusted them with the God of War Hall, gave them God Tree Fruits, and warned them about humans from other planets.
  • Qingyun left the Yeyou World with Tsunade and the others, traveled through a portal, and used a Body Transformation Pill to restore their physical forms.
  • Qingyun arrived in a modern city during a disaster and destroyed a gigantic foot that had been about to crush him.
  • Qibai recognized Qingyun as Xiaoran and explained that ancient gods had awakened three months earlier, Earth had suffered widespread devastation, and ferocious beasts now threatened humanity.
  • Qingyun attacked the beasts in Linchuan City, killed a colossal fire-breathing beast with the Heaven-Extinguishing Earth-Destroying Sword Twenty-Three, and cleared the city as the survivors hailed him as the Sword God.
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