Chapter Summaries

Luo Qingyu swiftly cleared the fourth floor’s areas while Luo Yu gained Chidori and Earth Release training rewards from the Great Will. After defeating the floor’s final Rock King Giant Lizard, the siblings prepared to enter the fifth floor.

• Luo Qingyu crushed six Jonin monsters in the first area, then continued onward while Luo Yu slept.
• The Great Will raised Luo Yu’s Chidori proficiency by two levels as he dreamed of training.
• Luo Qingyu killed two Rockscale Giant Lizards in the swamp, waking Luo Yu, who received Earth Dragon Bullet at Peak Mastery.
• Luo Yu stored the muddy bed and sleeping accessories in the Kamui Dimension before entering the final area with Luo Qingyu.
• Luo Qingyu killed the Rock King Giant Lizard with a Serious Punch, and Luo Yu took her hand to head for the fifth floor.

After Luo Qingyu's chakra opened the hidden Fifth Floor of the Deep Realm Corridor, the Great Will announced a seven-day event called the Elemental War and expelled all challengers. Luo Yu kept his role secret amid the crowd's demands for refunds and found his Mizukage sis among the complainers.

• Luo Yu received mastery-level Earth-Flow Wall proficiency and reached the teleportation array with Luo Qingyu.
• Luo Qingyu's chakra activated the hidden Fifth Floor, and the Great Will opened the Elemental War for seven days.
• The Deep Realm Corridor forcibly returned every challenger to the Imperial Capital's arena, where angry contestants demanded refunds.
• Luo Yu decided not to reveal that he and Luo Qingyu had opened the hidden route, wary of stronger ninjas and possible threats to Kaguya's inheritance.
• Luo Yu reunited with Yasu and Sun Hao, who described how the rock monsters had defeated them.
• Luo Yu spotted his Mizukage sis leading the crowd's refund demands.

After the Deep Realm Corridor’s hidden stage unsealed, the Association compensated the ejected visitors and temporarily closed the site for investigation. At Jingzhou University, Chu Ge learned that the stage required Ninshu-level entrants and prepared to lead an advance team, confident he could defeat Luo Yu.

• Liu Ruoshui explained that she had been collecting Abyss Tomoe on the seventh floor when the Corridor forcibly ejected her, and He Tao said the Association was investigating.
• Luo Yu learned that the Corridor would close temporarily while an advance team investigated its newly opened hidden stage.
• Zhuo Jun arrived, announced that the Association would compensate everyone who had been ejected, and confirmed that the Corridor’s teleportation site would be sealed until the stage was explored.
• Liu Ruoshui returned to Imperial Capital University with Luo Yu and his companions, then contacted the Land of the Sea’s leadership about the Corridor’s changes.
• At Jingzhou University, Principal Yan told Chu Ge that the hidden stage, Elemental War, required Ninshu-level entrants and that universities were being asked to form an advance team.
• Chu Ge said he had studied Luo Yu’s abilities and believed he could beat him, while Principal Yan encouraged him to secure the first clear.

Luo Yu joined the Vanguard Team selected to investigate the Deep Realm Corridor, hoping to find clues about the Moon Mother Goddess. The next morning, he met the other team members and learned Su Ying had come to cheer Su Lan on.

• Luo Yu asked Principal Yue to enter the Campus Tournament, but Principal Yue instead granted him a place on the School Team.
• Principal Yue told Luo Yu that only Ninshu-level Ninjas could enter the Deep Realm Corridor's hidden area and invited him to join a Vanguard Team representing the top five universities.
• Luo Yu accepted and agreed to meet Su Lan and the others at the teleportation point the next day.
• Luo Yu struggled with questions about Luo Qingyu's connection to the Moon Mother Goddess, then fell asleep with his head resting on her rabbit form.
• Luo Yu met Su Lan, Bai Mengyao, Li Yanlong, and Liu Yue at the university gates, while Su Ying explained that she had come to cheer for Su Lan.

Luo Yu and other elite students gathered at the Imperial Capital's Secret Realm Transfer Station to investigate Elemental War, a hidden stage with enemies immune to their own elements. Luo Yu entered the stage with Tobi and Luo Qingyu, where he found only three combat spaces available and wondered when the fourth would open.

• Luo Yu told Su Ying he had reached Ninshu Second Tier, leaving her resigned and Liu Yue and Li Yanlong skeptical.
• Luo Yu and his companions arrived at the transfer station, where students from several universities gathered and Chu Ge sized up Luo Yu as a future tournament opponent.
• Zhuo Jun explained that Elemental War had four elemental enemies immune to their own attributes and announced unlimited attempts until nine that night.
• Luo Yu summoned Tobi and Luo Qingyu before entering Elemental War through the Blue Rift.
• Luo Yu arrived at the starting space and saw choices for Molten Space, Extreme Cold Space, and Thunder Space, but no fourth area.

Luo Yu and Luo Qingyu challenged the Infernal Flame Executioner in the Molten Space, where the fire-empowered demon initially attacked from the magma. Luo Yu defeated him by drawing him into the Kamui Dimension and using Susanoo, then asked Luo Qingyu to reward him with two meals.

• Luo Yu chose the Molten Space and sent Tobi into the Kamui Dimension because the intense heat was unbearable for him.
• The Infernal Flame Executioner emerged from the magma, evaded Luo Qingyu’s Byakugan immobilization by merging with fire, and attacked Luo Yu.
• Luo Yu teleported himself and Luo Qingyu away from the magma, then used Kamui to pull the Executioner into the Kamui Dimension.
• Luo Qingyu immobilized the Executioner while Luo Yu struck him with the Great Waterfall Technique, but the demon survived and formed a dragon-shaped shell of fire.
• Luo Yu summoned Susanoo and tore apart the Executioner and his Elemental Dragon, killing him.
• Luo Qingyu offered to cook for Luo Yu as a reward, and he asked her to make him two meals.

After clearing the Molten Space, Luo Qingyu gained Fire Origin Lv. 3 and learned to transform into a fire elemental, while Luo Yu prepared to enter the Extreme Cold Space. Their perfect clear astonished the challengers gathered at the Deep Realm Corridor and made the Molten Space permanently accessible.

• The Great Will awarded Luo Qingyu Fire Origin Lv. 3, allowing her to transform fully into a fire elemental and absorb fire attacks as nourishment.
• Luo Qingyu tested her new form by absorbing Luo Yu's Great Fireball, then suggested using her flames for cooking before resting with him.
• Challengers complained about the Infernal Flame Executioner while Zhuo Jun treated the injured, and a middle-aged Ninshu described surviving the fight with Water Formation Wall.
• The Deep Realm Corridor announced that an unnamed challenger had perfectly cleared the Molten Space in three minutes and fifty-six seconds, making it permanently open.
• The gathered challengers realized the record-breaking clear had surpassed the previous best and speculated that a powerful Shadow Guard had done it.

Luo Yu defeated Frost Truesight by using Tobi’s Chakra Spirit Fruit to transform the giant into a White Zetsu, and Luo Qingyu gained ice, water, and wind origins from its eye. Luo Yu then perfectly cleared the Extreme Cold Space, leaving the challengers outside astonished.

• Luo Yu protected Luo Qingyu from Frost Truesight’s tracking ice attacks by using Intangibility and teleportation.
• Luo Yu had Tobi provide a Chakra Spirit Fruit, which caused White Zetsu cells to invade and transform Frost Truesight.
• Frost Truesight’s eye vanished, and Luo Qingyu absorbed ice origin Lv.1, water origin Lv.1, and wind origin Lv.1.
• Tobi mourned losing his hoped-for subordinate and ride, but Luo Yu sent him back to the Kamui Dimension after promising to find him powerful subordinates.
• Luo Yu achieved a perfect clear of the Extreme Cold Space, prompting the challengers outside and Zhuo Jun to marvel at his strength.

Luo Yu defeated the regenerating Thunder Judge by interrupting its finishing move and killing it inside the Kamui Dimension, earning Luo Qingyu another lightning reward. After they rested, news of Thunder Space’s permanent opening reached Zhuo Jun, who ordered an investigation into the challengers behind the perfect clears.

• Luo Yu sent Luo Qingyu into the Kamui Dimension after Thunder Space’s currents paralyzed her, then faced the Thunder Judge and trapped it with Susanoo.
• When the Thunder Judge reformed and gathered lightning for an arena-destroying finishing move, Luo Yu used Kamui to pull it into the Kamui Dimension and interrupt its charge.
• Luo Yu returned to the Kamui Dimension and struck the stunned Thunder Judge with Susanoo, destroying it and completing the Thunder Space clear.
• Luo Qingyu received origin of lightning Lv.3, and Luo Yu rested with her before they planned to enter Heavy Rock Space.
• After learning Thunder Space had been permanently opened, Zhuo Jun smashed a wooden table and ordered someone to identify the challengers responsible for the perfect clears.

Luo Yu and Luo Qingyu confronted Hill Stomper in the Heavy Rock Space, but the giant turtle recognized Luo Qingyu as the prophesied reincarnation of the Moon Mother Goddess and stopped fighting. Hill Stomper revealed the Six Paths Manifesting Sage had created the Secret Realm to guard the Moon Mother Goddess’s origin power, leaving Luo Yu puzzled by his unexpected place in the prophecy.

• Luo Yu and Luo Qingyu entered the Heavy Rock Space, where Hill Stomper used Earth Release to turn them to stone until Luo Yu escaped with them into the Kamui Dimension.
• Luo Yu identified the enemy as Hill Stomper, a gigantic Quasi-Divine Beast, and sent Luo Qingyu out in her lightning-element form to attack.
• Hill Stomper sensed Luo Qingyu’s origin power, recognized her as the one in the Six Paths Manifesting Sage’s prophecy, and respectfully apologized.
• Luo Yu questioned Hill Stomper, who explained that the Six Paths Manifesting Sage had organized the Moon-Worshipping Cult and created the Secret Realm to protect the Moon Mother Goddess’s origin power.
• Hill Stomper said the Hidden Stages guarded portions of that power and wondered whether Luo Yu was Luo Qingyu’s servant, prompting Luo Qingyu to tease him and Luo Yu to insist he was her little brother and master.

Luo Yu and Luo Qingyu defeated Mountain Turtle through three elemental challenge stages and claimed the Earth, Lava, and Acid Sources. After Mountain Turtle revealed his true body, he told Luo Yu the Moon-Worshipping Cult had vanished but its descendants thrived on Blue Star, then agreed to share what he knew about the Sage of Six Paths and the Moon Goddess.

• Luo Yu explained to Mountain Turtle that Luo Qingyu was his summoning beast, and Mountain Turtle mistook them for siblings.
• Luo Yu and Luo Qingyu defeated Mountain Turtle's first avatar stage using Kamui and lightning, then Luo Yu chose the second stage.
• Luo Yu and Luo Qingyu overcame the Lava and Acid stages, earning the Earth, Lava, and Acid Sources, which Luo Qingyu absorbed to reach level three.
• Mountain Turtle's Kage Level true body appeared on a hexagonal altar after the challenges, and Luo Yu asked why the Sage of Six Paths had waited for the Moon Goddess's reincarnation.
• Mountain Turtle learned from Luo Yu that the Moon-Worshipping Cult no longer existed but its descendants thrived on Blue Star, then agreed to tell Luo Yu what he knew.

Mountain Turtle explained that the Sage of Six Paths had prepared Blue Star for an invasion from other planes, but Luo Yu's arrival had changed the predicted future. After Luo Yu left the Heavy Rock Space, challengers outside tried to identify the mysterious expert who had perfectly cleared every part of the Elemental War.

• Mountain Turtle told Luo Yu that the Sage of Six Paths foresaw enemies from other planes enslaving Blue Star and arranged for the Moon Goddess to regain her power and oppose them.
• Luo Yu learned that his presence was a major variable in the Sage's plans, while Luo Qingyu admitted she had forgotten the earlier explanation and cared more about Xiao Yu than saving the world.
• Mountain Turtle told Luo Yu that the Heavy Rock Space would stay open to train humans and urged him to bring the Moon Goddess back to collect more source power.
• Luo Yu offered to introduce Mountain Turtle to the government, but Mountain Turtle declined and chose to remain in the Heavy Rock Space.
• Outside the Deep Realm Corridor, Zhuo Jun questioned challengers about the perfect clears, while Li Yanlong teased Liu Yue and denied being the mysterious expert.
• Zhuo Jun treated Su Lan after he emerged from the teleportation array, and Su Lan denied clearing the Elemental War, admitting he had only just cleared the Extreme Cold Space for one Abyssal Star.

The challengers debated whether Luo Yu or Chu Ge was the mysterious expert who had permanently unlocked Elemental War. Chu Ge emerged from the teleportation array looking proud and was immediately welcomed as the speedrun master.

• Zhuo Jun comforted Su Lan after he struggled with the Elemental War challenges, and he registered his findings before asking Su Ying who the mysterious expert might be.
• Su Ying and Bai Mengyao both guessed that Luo Yu was the expert, while Zhuo Jun noted that Luo Yu and Chu Ge were the only challengers still inside Heavy Rock Space.
• Capital University’s students argued over whether Luo Yu or Chu Ge had speedrun the challenge, with Ye Qin, Li Qun, and Yan Yiyi backing Luo Yu.
• Chu Ge emerged from the teleportation array looking bedraggled but confident, and the crowd surrounded him with congratulations and questions.

Chu Ge learned that Luo Yu had perfectly cleared all four elemental spaces and became the speedrun expert everyone was discussing. Zhuo Jun took Luo Yu aside to hear what he knew, while Chu Ge resolved to improve during the extended three-day operation.

• Chu Ge told the crowd he had earned one star in Molten Space, two stars each in Extreme Cold and Thunder, and had withdrawn from Heavy Rock Space.
• The crowd told Chu Ge that a speedrun expert had earned a three-star clear in Heavy Rock Space and permanently opened the Elemental War.
• Zhuo Jun suggested Luo Yu was the speedrun expert, and Chu Ge and Capital University's four elites reacted to the possibility.
• Luo Yu emerged from the teleportation array, confirmed he had perfectly cleared every space, and met Chu Ge, who challenged him to a rematch at the National Campus Tournament.
• Zhuo Jun extended the advance operation by three days, took Luo Yu to a secluded room, and Chu Ge headed to the Medical Room determined to catch up.

Luo Yu briefed Zhuo Jun on the elemental spaces and the coming threat from another plane, prompting her to organize a search for the Moon God's sealed essences and enlist him to befriend the Mountain Turtle. Back in his dorm, Luo Yu saw that news of his team’s hidden-stage clear had made him a sensation as the National Campus Tournament approached.

• Luo Yu told Zhuo Jun how to challenge the elemental spaces and revealed the Mountain Turtle’s warning about powerful enemies from another plane, while keeping Luo Qingyu’s identity secret.
• Zhuo Jun decided to urge the Ninja Association and other nations to search for Moon God ruins, and asked Luo Yu to build ties with the Mountain Turtle using resources she would provide.
• The Mountain Turtle’s clone swatted Chu Ge out of Heavy Rock Space, ending his attempt to clear the first phase.
• Luo Yu returned to his dorm, released Luo Qingyu and Tobi, and let his sister cook while he prepared to wait for the national tournament and pursue Shadow Guard Level.
• Luo Yu found a popular post announcing his team’s first clear of the Deep Realm Corridor’s hidden stage and realized the achievement had drawn major attention.

Liu Ruoshui told Cang Ji that Luo Yu had perfectly cleared Elemental War in half an hour, though Cang Ji doubted the report. At Imperial Capital University, Luo Yu dominated the final assessments in both combat and written exams, and the Campus Tournament began to select School Team members.

• Cang Ji told Liu Ruoshui that he had cleared the second stage of Heavy Rock Space after a difficult battle with the Hill Stomper.
• Liu Ruoshui reported that Luo Yu had perfectly cleared Elemental War in half an hour and warned Cang Ji to train for the World Tournament, but he suspected the story was exaggerated.
• Half a month passed without another perfect clear in the Land of the Dragon, while several other powerful nations made Elemental War permanent by producing their own perfect clearers.
• Luo Yu defeated the final assessment's mutant beasts with a Serious Punch and earned the top practical result among Imperial Capital University's freshmen.
• Luo Yu scored full marks on the written exam, and his publicly shared answers silenced doubts about his score.
• Imperial Capital University's Campus Tournament began, with its strongest performers set to join the School Team for the National Campus Tournament.

Luo Yu skipped the Campus Tournament after Principal Yue awarded him one million credits and urged him to pursue Ninshu certification. He agreed to join the Anbu assessment and took Little Bunny to Ye Lingbo’s villa for resources, where her enormous appetite astonished Ye Lingbo.

• Principal Yue awarded Luo Yu one million credits for his service on the Elemental War Vanguard Team and told him to pursue Ninshu certification instead of competing in the Campus Tournament.
• Ye Lingbo invited Luo Yu to take the Anbu assessment, and he agreed so he could access missions and intelligence about the Moon God ruins and sealed Moon God Origin.
• Luo Yu asked Ye Lingbo for resources to help Little Bunny strengthen her elemental origins, and Ye Lingbo agreed to let them choose from her stock the next day.
• Luo Yu spent one million credits on water, ice, and wind resources, but his sister only advanced the three origins to level two overnight.
• Ye Lingbo offered Luo Yu water-element materials at her villa, where Little Bunny consumed more than half the stock, including high-grade ores.

After Luo Qingyu and Ye Lingbo left to shop together, Luo Yu went to Imperial Capital University to register for Ninshu certification. He learned that certification required inventing a practical Ninjutsu and publishing a paper, and returned to his dorm to consider what to create.

• Luo Qingyu and Ye Lingbo became friends and went shopping, leaving Luo Yu to go home alone.
• Luo Yu used Kamui to travel to Imperial Capital University's administrative center, where Yasu and Sun Hao were taking Jonin certification exams.
• Luo Yu went to register for Ninshu certification and learned from Li Yanlong and Liu Yue that candidates had to invent a practical Ninjutsu and publish a paper about it.
• Li Yanlong suggested Luo Yu write about raising Moon Beasts into humanoid forms, but Luo Yu decided to invent a Ninjutsu instead.
• Luo Yu registered for the assessment, learned he had until the new semester to produce results, and returned to his dorm to think of a technique.

Luo Yu received advice from Ye Lingbo on creating an original Ninjutsu and decided to develop a Lightning Release technique before the Anbu assessment. He entered the Thunderclap Peak Secret Realm to improve his Chidori, where mutant lightning made pursuing the local Mutant Beasts dangerous.

• Luo Qingyu and Ye Lingbo returned from shopping, and Ye Lingbo told Luo Yu that Jun Qianhe would be one of his opponents in the upcoming Anbu assessment.
• Ye Lingbo explained that the Jun Family wanted Jun Qianhe eliminated from the assessment so she could gain another year of experience before joining the dangerous Anbu.
• Ye Lingbo advised Luo Yu to draw inspiration from Mutant Beasts' Racial Techniques and build a strong foundation in the element he chose.
• Luo Yu decided to develop Lightning Release after thinking about the assessment and spent the night researching lightning-type Mutant Beasts.
• Luo Yu took Tobi to the Thunderclap Peak Secret Realm to upgrade his Chidori, where mutant lightning could quickly consume anyone who entered its dangerous areas.

Luo Yu farmed mutant lightning sprites at Thunderclap Peak until Chidori reached Return to the Origin, then summoned Luo Qingyu to test whether she could absorb the area’s anomalous lightning. She could not absorb it without a power from her past life, leaving Luo Yu’s plan to drain Thunderclap Peak on hold.

• Luo Yu spent eight hours defeating Mutated Lightning Sprites, collecting Young Kakashi inheritance fragments and attribute points.
• Chidori advanced to Return to the Origin, giving Luo Yu profound insights into Lightning Release and the ability to copy low-level Lightning Release techniques with entry-level proficiency.
• Luo Yu found a zone of dense anomalous lightning and summoned Luo Qingyu, hoping she could absorb it to strengthen her origin of lightning.
• Luo Qingyu transformed into lightning and approached the zone, but found that its purple lightning did not match her origin and could not be absorbed.
• Luo Qingyu explained that she could incorporate the anomalous lightning if she found the third eye from her previous life, and Luo Yu concluded it would not appear until much later.