Chapter Summaries

Ye Liang fought his inner demon in Kirigakure’s back mountain, revealing his Tenseigan and battling the demon’s Rinnegan and stolen Kaguya powers. The inner demon used time-stopping techniques and Shinra Tensei to injure Ye Liang, then declared that he would replace him, while Ye Liang recognized the demon’s speech as a quotation from Wukong Biography.

• Ye Liang met his inner demon at Kirigakure’s back mountain, where the demon claimed he had slaughtered everyone in the village.
• Ye Liang and the inner demon activated their powerful eyes, triggering an eclipse and a clash between Truth-Seeking Orbs and Kaguya’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Ye Liang drew lightning from the storm and directed it at the inner demon, who summoned a three-headed hellhound to absorb the attack.
• The inner demon stopped time, approached Ye Liang, and blasted him away with Shinra Tensei.
• The inner demon revealed he had inherited Ye Liang’s lost memories and vowed to replace him, and Ye Liang noted that his speech copied Wukong Biography.

Ye Liang defeated the inner demon’s physical form, but it invaded his Sea of Consciousness and began devouring his Spiritual Power. He realized the system had erased his memories, recovered their backup and his Sage Mode Chakra, then crushed the inner demon.

• Ye Liang used the Tenseigan to attack the inner demon from a parallel space and struck its heart until it collapsed.
• The inner demon became black mist, entered Ye Liang’s head, and attacked him in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Ye Liang concluded that the system had erased his memories and asked it to restore them from a backup.
• The system unlocked Ye Liang’s memories, restoring his Sage Mode Chakra and allowing him to pin down the inner demon.
• Ye Liang crushed the inner demon into fragments with his restored power.

After restoring his memories and repairing the system, Ye Liang staged repeated attacks on the Land of Snow to disguise himself and draw out his impostor. The two identical men met over the Pacific Ocean, where Ye Liang began their final fight with Shinra Tensei.

• Ye Liang used Sage Mode Chakra to repair the system, then said he had one more task before returning.
• Months later, Ye Liang killed a rebellious Masked White Zetsu and used its body to disguise himself.
• Ye Liang joined the White Zetsu assault on the Land of Snow, where Deidara and Uchiha Itachi defeated the disguised Masked White Zetsu he controlled.
• Ye Liang ambushed Deidara and Uchiha Itachi, then confronted the arriving impostor, who looked exactly like him.
• Ye Liang and the impostor flew to the center of the Pacific Ocean, where Ye Liang attacked with Shinra Tensei.

Ye Liang defeated and drained his future self, then confirmed the White Zetsu had been contained and reviewed his immense abilities. He revived Amaru and promised to take her to see her father after she recovered.

• Ye Liang used the System to drain Chakra from his future self, then kicked him through a hole in the heavens and sent him back through time.
• Ye Liang met Toneri in a hidden cave and confirmed that Toneri had dealt with the White Zetsu.
• Ye Liang checked his status and reflected on how energy cultivation and physical training could make him stronger.
• Ye Liang revived Amaru by restoring her soul to her healed body.
• Amaru woke up, and Ye Liang told her to rest before he took her to see her father.

Otogakure celebrated its founding as Ye Liang stayed inside with Kaguya and learned about the Otsutsuki clan’s history and the threat posed by her sister. Kaguya warned that Ōtsutsuki Amaterasu might arrive within a year to retaliate against Ye Liang.

• Uchiha Fugaku waited for Ye Liang to attend Otogakure’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, but Kaguya and Hinata confronted Ye Liang about his relationships with other women.
• Hyuga Hiashi met his younger self, while Naruto reacted to little Naruto calling Ye Liang Dad and Kushina calling Ye Liang darling.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages sent gifts to celebrate Otogakure’s founding, and Gaara moved Sunagakure’s homeland into Ye Liang’s territory.
• Kaguya told Ye Liang how the Otsutsuki clan rose from a weakened civilization and explained why she had once launched the White Zetsu Plan.
• Kaguya revealed that her sister, Ōtsutsuki Amaterasu, might come to Earth within a year to retaliate against Ye Liang.

Nearly half a year later, Otsutsuki clansmen arrived to capture Kaguya, but Ye Liang and Otogakure’s strengthened guards easily subdued them. Kaguya spared the attackers because they were her clansmen, and the chapter ended with them stunned to learn she was pregnant.

• Black Lightning struck a ruined temple in the Land of Hot Water, and the golden Buddha Statue opened its eyes as someone warned that their pursuers had caught up.
• Three Otsutsuki youths arrived above Otogakure; the golden-helmeted youth sent Ginshiki and Doushiki to find the traitor and went to search for Orochi.
• Ginshiki and Doushiki demanded that Otogakure hand over Kaguya, but the Hyuga guards attacked them and trapped them inside a Six Red Yang Formation.
• Ye Liang appeared before the two Otsutsuki men, whose strength he judged far below his own, and they recognized him as the greater threat.
• Kaguya arrived and asked Ye Liang to spare the Otsutsuki clansmen, so he released them and urged her to return home and rest.
• Ginshiki and Doushiki learned that Kaguya was pregnant and feared how Lord Tenshiki would react.

Ye Liang faced Otsutsuki Tenshiki, who attacked him over his marriage to Kaguya. Though Ye Liang used his strongest techniques and weapon, Tenshiki effortlessly stopped his final strike.

• Ye Liang released the pale-faced youths and sent them away after his wife agreed to spare them.
• Ginshiki and Doushiki told Tenshiki that Kaguya had married Ye Liang and was carrying his child, enraging him.
• The golden Buddha Statue mocked Tenshiki and flew toward Otogakure after Tenshiki left.
• Tenshiki confronted Ye Liang in evacuated Otogakure and attacked him with powerful space and time techniques.
• Ye Liang used Amenominaka to move Otogakure's people to safety, then attacked Tenshiki with the Chaos Demonic Blade.
• Tenshiki caught Ye Liang's full-force blade strike between two fingers, leaving Ye Liang stunned by his defeat.

After Otsutsuki Tenshiki abducted Kaguya and crushed Ye Liang’s body, Susanoo rescued him and brought him to Takama-ga-hara. As Ye Liang began recovering, he discovered that his savior was an extraordinarily powerful god of the Izanagi Clan.

• Otsutsuki Tenshiki restrained Ye Liang, took Kaguya away through a Space Channel, and crushed nearly every bone in Ye Liang’s body.
• A mysterious man wielding a purple demonic blade killed Otsutsuki Tenshiki and carried Ye Liang away.
• Ye Liang awoke in Takama-ga-hara, where Izanami told him her younger brother Susanoo had saved him.
• Ye Liang tried to go rescue Kaguya and their child, but Izanami stopped him because his injuries were too severe.
• Several days later, Ye Liang met Susanoo in the courtyard and used Krypton Eye to identify him as Takama-ga-hara’s Number One God of Destruction, a being at the Third Civilization level.

Ye Liang questioned Susanoo about his strength and learned why the Eight-Shaku Magatama Sword had fused with Demonic Blade Onikiri, but Susanoo left before explaining how he killed Otsutsuki Tenshiki. After Izanami secretly gave Ye Liang Susanoo’s cultivation technique, Susanoo accused him of involving her in a clan crime and took him to the ancestral hall, where she faced interrogation.

• Ye Liang tried to befriend Susanoo, who asked how Ye Liang had fused the Eight-Shaku Magatama Sword with a demonic blade.
• Ye Liang explained that the blades had merged through the mutual understanding of their owners, and Susanoo became angry when he mentioned Izanagi.
• Susanoo demonstrated his unexplained power by raising and lowering his hand, but Ye Liang could not tell what he had done to kill Otsutsuki Tenshiki.
• That evening, Xiao Cui delivered Susanoo’s cultivation technique to Ye Liang on Izanami’s behalf, warning that Izanami risked betraying the clan to obtain it.
• The next day, Susanoo told Ye Liang that Izanami had been caught and summoned to the ancestral hall, then took Ye Liang there.

Ye Liang faced Izanami Yamato in the Izanagi Clan council hall after Susanoo defended him from an order to execute him. Izanami Yamato forced Ye Liang to his knees with divine power, but Ye Liang still refused to accept the god’s authority.

• Izanami Yamato berated Izanami and ordered the guards to behead Ye Liang for trespassing in Takama-ga-hara and allegedly stealing cultivation arts.
• Susanoo stopped the guards and told Izanami Yamato that Ye Liang had fought alongside his elder brother, returned the Eight-Shaku Magatama Sword, and rescued Izanami from the Underworld Realm.
• Izanami Yamato acknowledged Ye Liang’s service, then used his divine majesty to force him down when Ye Liang challenged him.
• Ye Liang endured his knee breaking and accused Izanami Yamato of failing to help mortals in their time of need, then rose to his feet.
• Izanami Yamato struck Ye Liang down with tangible divine power, crushing his knees, but Ye Liang declared that he still refused to accept defeat.

After being imprisoned and sentenced to exile in another dimension, Ye Liang learned that its inhabitants were at least third-stage experts and found himself too injured and depleted to escape. As the Jailer Chiefs took him away, Susanoo secretly returned the Chaos Demonic Blade, and Ye Liang sent Izanami’s refinement manual back with him.

• Ye Liang woke in a dungeon, bribed a guard for water, and learned he would be exiled to another dimension the next day.
• The system explained that Ye Liang was beneath Takama-ga-hara and that escaping through the walls required at least 50 Body Strength.
• Ye Liang studied Izanami’s Chakra Refinement Method but realized he had no Chakra to refine.
• The Jailer Chiefs carried Ye Liang in a sack to a hidden compartment, where Susanoo returned the Chaos Demonic Blade.
• Ye Liang returned Izanami’s manual to Susanoo and asked him to tell her that she had repaid her debt before crawling back into the sack.

Ye Liang was exiled through a dangerous space channel into a lush new world, where a Cyclops attacked him. After fleeing the first giant, he found another Cyclops blocking his way.

• Ye Liang found the other exiles avoiding him, then met the Crew-cut Man, who gave him a bamboo flute to use to meet up inside the new world.
• Susanoo opened a portal to another dimension and warned Ye Liang to be careful of the Izanagi Clan before Ye Liang entered.
• Ye Liang crossed a turbulent Space Channel, where weaker exiles were torn apart, and emerged in a dense forest.
• A Cyclops with a physical strength of 35 attacked Ye Liang, who fled because his injuries left him too weak to fight.
• Ye Liang hid behind a tree while escaping the first Cyclops, but another Cyclops appeared and blocked his way.

Ye Liang was rescued by Izanagi after being cornered by two Cyclopes, then learned how to defeat them and the rules for surviving in the other world. The next day, the pair searched for food and discovered that the guides’ advice was difficult to follow in practice.

• Ye Liang blew the piccolo as the Cyclopes attacked, but their blows sent him crashing into a tree.
• Izanagi rescued Ye Liang and introduced himself before explaining that the Cyclopes could be defeated by striking their eyes.
• Ye Liang and Izanagi destroyed the Cyclopes’ eyes, then hid in a tree hollow while Izanagi explained the creatures’ weak points and how the Heaven’s Gate could offer a way home.
• Izanagi told Ye Liang that he had come to the other world voluntarily to train for the Izanagi Clan, while some prisoners were exiled there for forced labor.
• After spending the night safely, Ye Liang and Izanagi tried the food they found and learned that the guides’ recommendations were unpleasant or impractical.

Ye Liang and Izanagi fled the Heaven-Piercing Great Roc King, then Ye Liang used the system to investigate his companion. The system revealed that the man was actually Izanami Yamato, head of the Izanagi Clan, with extremely poor friendliness.

• Ye Liang and Izanagi reached a lake, where the Heaven-Piercing Great Roc King attacked Izanagi; Ye Liang knocked its beak aside with the Chaos Demonic Blade, and they escaped into the forest.
• Ye Liang and Izanagi found food among the animals trampled during the lake-side chaos and continued traveling together.
• That night, Ye Liang asked the system to check Izanagi's strength and explained why he suspected his companion was hiding his abilities.
• The system warned that exposing the man's concealment would cause it to hibernate, but Ye Liang agreed to the risk.
• The system revealed that the man was Izanami Yamato, with physical strength 100, no weaknesses, and extremely poor friendliness.

Ye Liang learned about Takama-ga-hara’s stages, Divinity Cores, and the legendary Ancient Ruins while trying to escape Izanagi’s constant watch. At the ruins, he threw a stone at their formidable guardian, Charizard, waking it and putting everyone in danger.

• Ye Liang tried to flee from Izanagi, but Izanagi noticed and stayed close to him the next day.
• Ye Liang and Izanagi overheard two exiles discuss the Ancient Ruins and their rumored power to help visitors condense Divinity Cores and become Main Gods.
• Izanagi explained Takama-ga-hara’s power stages and said Susanoo had reached the fifth stage through the inherited Divinity Core of the God of Destruction.
• Ye Liang, Izanagi, and the two exiles reached the ruins, where a powerful winged dragon called Charizard guarded the ancient buildings.
• Ye Liang threw a stone at the sleeping Charizard, waking it with a roar.

Ye Liang tried to escape Izanagi and Charizard, but fell into an underground passage and discovered a water vein beneath the ruins. He jumped into the freezing water to get away from Izanagi, while Izanagi remained aboveground.

• Izanagi and Ye Liang found a bronze metal door after Charizard chased a fleeing couple away from the ruins.
• Ye Liang secretly tossed Cyclops flesh to lure beasts back, then tried to flee when Charizard returned and attacked Izanagi.
• Izanagi extinguished Charizard’s fire, but the beast attacked again as Ye Liang vanished and fell into a pit.
• Ye Liang used the Black-and-White Demon Blade to stop Heracles Ants from dragging him through a narrow underground passage.
• Ye Liang found a second passage, dug through to a flowing underground water vein, and jumped into its freezing water to escape.

Ye Liang entered the Creator God's ruins while searching for an exit, where a masked woman rescued him from a monster made of black hands. Inside a domed house, Ye Liang absorbed hidden divine power that healed his injuries and restored his strength, leaving the woman astonished.

• Ye Liang entered a Bronze Gate while fleeing the black hand that had attacked him underwater, then emerged from a pond inside the ruins.
• Ye Liang fought a swarm of black hands with the Chaos Demonic Blade, but they fused into a monster and chased him.
• A masked woman wielding an Emerald Staff split the monster and warned Ye Liang that the ruins were dangerous for a third-level expert.
• Ye Liang followed the woman through the ruins, insisting he did not know how to leave, and entered a domed house with her.
• Ye Liang absorbed a torrent of divine power hidden beneath the house, which healed his injuries and restored his strength.
• The woman explained that the divine power was a rare blessing, then blushed when Ye Liang pointed out that her hand was resting on his arm.

Ye Liang discovered how to find and absorb divine power in the Ancient Ruins, restoring the System and raising his strength past level 40. He helped Fujiwara Yui absorb a torrent as well, then the two entered a lavish old house that seemed to belong to a noble.

• Ye Liang returned to previously searched rooms, found the right spot to trigger divine power, and replenished the System as his Physical Strength rose from 30 to 39.
• Ye Liang showed Fujiwara Yui where a torrent would appear, and she absorbed it while he cultivated using the method Izanami had given him.
• Ye Liang cleansed and strengthened his body with divine power, breaking through level 40, while Fujiwara Yui reached Physical Strength 48.
• Fujiwara Yui told Ye Liang she belonged to the Fujiwara Clan and had entered the Ancient Ruins to raise her clan's prestige and rival the Izanagi Clan.
• Ye Liang and Fujiwara Yui absorbed divine power from several more residences, then entered a distinctive tiled-roof house filled with luxurious furnishings.

Ye Liang and Fujiwara Yui awakened a powerful Deceased Noble, whose strength far exceeded theirs. After the monster recovered from Ye Liang’s attack and began to go berserk, Ye Liang pulled Fujiwara Yui into the void and spotted a familiar figure approaching.

• Ye Liang sensed divine power inside the corpse and fled with Fujiwara Yui when the Deceased Noble rose and attacked.
• The Deceased Noble summoned a Metal Bone Claw, and Ye Liang identified him as a Sixth Stage expert after the claw shattered Fujiwara Yui’s Emerald Staff.
• Ye Liang used Shadow Camouflage to strike the Deceased Noble’s neck, but the monster healed and wounded Ye Liang with its claw.
• Fujiwara Yui knocked the Deceased Noble aside, and Ye Liang used the Chaos Demonic Blade to block its attack, triggering its rage.
• Ye Liang activated the Tenseigan and brought Fujiwara Yui into the void, then disguised himself when a familiar figure appeared nearby.

Ye Liang reached Level 50 and entered the Third Civilization, gaining the ability to advance without bottlenecks as long as he had enough energy. After Fujiwara Yui told him about the Creator God's Divinity Core inheritance hidden somewhere in the ruins, Izanami Yamato reappeared and killed her, leaving Ye Liang facing him alone.

• Izanami Yamato killed an awakened Deceased Noble while Ye Liang and Fujiwara Yui hid in the void.
• After Izanami Yamato left, Ye Liang drained the corpse's divine power and broke through to Level 50, entering the Third Civilization.
• The system explained that Ye Liang could now grow without bottlenecks if he had enough energy.
• Fujiwara Yui led Ye Liang through the ruins and described its treasures, including a hidden Creator God's Divinity Core inheritance that could lead to God Lord strength.
• Izanami Yamato found Ye Liang and proposed they travel together, but Ye Liang refused and tried to leave with Fujiwara Yui.
• Izanami Yamato struck Fujiwara Yui with black light, leaving a hole in her forehead and causing her to fall.