Chapter Summaries

After learning that Hiruzen Sarutobi had wrongly targeted Ye Liang, the resurrected Hokages decided to apologize and recruit him into Konoha. Ye Liang revived and demanded Danzo’s death, refusing Hashirama Senju’s offer and challenging the Hokages to fight.

• Chen Baojun explained that he had protected Ye Liang because Ye Liang taught him a Taijutsu insight that could raise someone to Super Kage-level, and Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted what had happened.
• Tobirama Senju struck Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo for targeting Ye Liang, while Hashirama Senju concluded that Ye Liang had not harmed Konoha and deserved an apology.
• Hinata Hyuga placed Ye Liang’s head against his neck, and he used Creation Rebirth to heal his body and come back to life.
• Hashirama Senju and the other Hokages waited to apologize and offer Ye Liang a high position in Konoha, but Ye Liang emerged and demanded that Danzo be killed.
• Hashirama Senju refused to kill Danzo, so Ye Liang challenged the Hokages to fight him.

Ye Liang fought Tobirama Senju after wagering that victory would let him kill Danzo, while defeat would force him to join Konoha. Ye Liang’s Sage Arts and endless chakra kept him ahead, and Hashirama Senju joined the fight as Tobirama’s side struggled to wear him down.

• Ye Liang challenged Tobirama Senju to a duel and made Danzo’s fate the stake, while Hashirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to gang up on him.
• Tobirama Senju attacked with a bone dragon, but Ye Liang destroyed it with Sage Art—Rasenshuriken.
• Ye Liang overwhelmed Tobirama Senju with a Tailed Beast Bomb and continued fighting for hours without tiring.
• Hashirama Senju realized Ye Liang could remain in complete Sage Mode permanently and draw Sage Mode Chakra continuously.
• Hashirama Senju announced he would join the fight, prompting Ye Liang to call him shameless.

Ye Liang defeated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with the Demonic Blade Onikiri, completing his mission to challenge the Hokage. He then confronted Danzo, who was expelled from his position in Konoha.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju combined Wood Release and Water Release against Ye Liang, but he countered with Sage Art Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Ye Liang used Flying Thunder God to reach the Senju brothers and struck them with the Demonic Blade Onikiri, grinding their Impure World Reincarnation bodies apart.
• Hashirama Senju admitted defeat, and Ye Liang's system awarded him the S-rank Genjutsu Kotoamatsukami for completing the mission.
• Ye Liang called out Danzo to settle their personal grudge, and Danzo was expelled from his party position in Konoha.

Ye Liang discovered that the repaired system had gained a new consciousness, though it could not unlock its Treasure Vault. He found that some items had short passwords and enlisted the system to help him try more.

• Ye Liang watched Hinata train under Chen Baojun and reflected on why he had arranged for her to learn from him.
• Ye Liang entered his Mental Space and found that the system could speak again after being repaired by the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• The system explained that its new consciousness could not access the original system's Treasure Vault password.
• Ye Liang inspected the Treasure Vault and discovered that stronger treasures had longer passwords, while ordinary martial arts techniques had three-digit ones.
• Ye Liang unlocked and retrieved 999 Dermatitis Cream with a single-digit password, then asked the system to help him try passwords.

Ye Liang followed a Flying Thunder God signal to the Land of Haze, where a princess’s husband-selection contest was being held amid a political coup. He suspected the contest’s rules concealed a trick and realized that winning might not mean marrying the princess.

• Ye Liang noticed Hinata making progress with the Konoha Dragon God, then left to investigate a Flying Thunder God message from the Land of Haze.
• Ye Liang entered Haze Ninja Village in disguise after finding no trace of the signal and heard that Little Bird Princess was holding a martial contest to choose a husband.
• A Kumogakure ninja named Heiluyi told Ye Liang that a powerful minister had placed the daimyo under house arrest and intended to marry the princess.
• Little Bird Princess announced that the contest would last three days, with the last person standing receiving a reward, and Heiluyi leaped onto the arena first.
• Ye Liang noticed the referee’s pleased reaction and realized that the rules did not promise the winner would marry the princess.

Ye Liang fought Heiluyi and other challengers in the Land of Haze tournament, earning a reputation as a ruthless killer despite trying to conceal his identity and hold back. Heiluyi reported Ye Liang’s interference to a mysterious figure called Lord Angel, while Ye Liang doubted he could still win the Princess’s favor.

• Ye Liang took the stage to spar with Heiluyi after mocking the other contestants, and the Land of Haze guards silenced the crowd’s protests.
• Heiluyi charged as the match began, but Ye Liang’s Shuriken Shadow Windmill forced him to retreat and left him badly injured.
• Heiluyi left the arena and met a hooded figure in a Red Cloud Robe, whom he called Lord Angel, then blamed Ye Liang for ruining the plan to seize control of the Land of Haze.
• Ye Liang defeated the challengers who followed, but several older contestants died despite his efforts to hold back.
• Ye Liang lamented that the crowd had branded him the “Shuriken Murderer” and feared he had lost his chance to marry the Princess.

Ye Liang was summoned to Hattori Jiro’s mansion, where the prime minister asked him to help eliminate Kotori Saburo and take Heiluyi’s place in the marriage tournament. The chapter ended with Hattori Jiro explaining that he wanted to use the marriage to control the Land of Haze’s government.

• Ye Liang quit the tournament and ignored the female referee’s request to return for rewards in three days.
• Two ninjas brought Ye Liang to Hattori Jiro’s mansion, where he encountered Heiluyi.
• Hattori Jiro revealed that he was the Land of Haze’s prime minister and asked Ye Liang to help eliminate Kotori Saburo.
• Hattori Jiro offered to help Ye Liang marry Little Bird Princess, but Ye Liang said he had no interest in her.
• Heiluyi attacked Ye Liang with a Shuriken and Lightning Sword, but Ye Liang slapped him unconscious and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Hattori Jiro asked Ye Liang to replace Heiluyi as the marriage candidate so he could control the Land of Haze’s government.

Ye Liang infiltrated the Daimyo's Estate and discovered Konan hiding her Chakra with a talisman while meeting Nanako. He learned that Konan planned to help Nanako reclaim authority using Heiluyi, but left uncertain whether she was helping or deceiving her as he continued searching for Black Zetsu.

• Ye Liang rejected Hattori Jiro's offer and left after Hattori dismissed the ninjas surrounding him.
• Ye Liang infiltrated the Daimyo's Estate and spotted a veiled figure in a Red Cloud Robe, whom he followed inside.
• Ye Liang recognized the figure as Konan when she met Nanako, and he saw them go to a stream to bathe.
• Ye Liang discovered that Konan's talisman concealed her Chakra and realized it explained why he had been unable to sense her.
• Ye Liang overheard that Konan planned to help Nanako reclaim the Daimyo's authority with Heiluyi, then decided to follow her for clues about Black Zetsu.

Ye Liang fought Konan in the tournament and impressed Nanako, who recruited him to represent the Daimyo's Estate on the final day. He left with Konan, hoping to get closer to her and learn about the other Akatsuki members, while she remained wary of him.

• Ye Liang matched Konan's long-range attacks, then used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to cut off her escape routes.
• Konan charged Ye Liang, and he dodged her and guided them both safely to the ground, leaving her flustered.
• Nanako approved of Ye Liang's strength and asked him to represent the Daimyo's Estate in the tournament, with a reward if he won.
• Ye Liang agreed to join Nanako's side and followed Konan, who asked whether he knew another Ye Liang from Konoha.
• At the inn, Konan claimed she had been separated from her companions, and Ye Liang suspected she was still hiding the truth from him.

Ye Liang returned to the Haze Valley marriage tournament and defeated Saiki Kusuo and Heiluyi, drawing the crowd’s attention as he challenged the remaining contestants. He was poised to claim victory when Ibaraki Ichiro leaped onto the platform and announced himself.

• Ye Liang kicked Saiki Kusuo off the platform after Saiki insulted him, then joined Konan and Nanako beside the arena.
• Konan praised Heiluyi’s fighting, while Ye Liang recognized him as Hattori Jiro’s subordinate and a double agent.
• Ye Liang confronted Heiluyi and overwhelmed him with his Thousand Kunai technique.
• Heiluyi tried to use a powerful black Explosive Tag from Konan, but Ye Liang neutralized it and kicked him off the platform.
• Ye Liang challenged the crowd and declared he would marry the Princess if nobody else came forward, but Ibaraki Ichiro leaped onto the platform and called himself a real man.

Ye Liang fought Ibaraki Ichiro, the Haze Kage, and discovered that his forbidden black mist could summon a powerful creature called the Underworld Guide. After the creature drained his Chakra and Ibaraki Ichiro attacked, Ye Liang revealed an enhanced Body Flicker Technique, leaving Konan stunned.

• Nanako warned Ye Liang that Ibaraki Ichiro was the Haze Kage and specialized in the Land of Haze's Forbidden Jutsu.
• Ibaraki Ichiro sacrificed his fingers to unleash black mist, but Ye Liang resisted its erosion with the undead energy inside him.
• Ibaraki Ichiro sacrificed his arm and summoned the Underworld Guide, which absorbed Ye Liang's Chidori and grabbed him to drain his Chakra.
• Ye Liang escaped the Underworld Guide's grasp, and Ibaraki Ichiro threw Shuriken at him.
• Ye Liang vanished using an enhanced Body Flicker Technique, and Konan mistook it for Space-Time Ninjutsu.

Ye Liang watched Akatsuki capture and drain the Underworld Guide for energy from Yomi Hirasaka, then followed them to their hidden headquarters before withdrawing. He returned to the Land of Haze and confronted Hattori Jiro, finding the unconscious Nanako in his reception room.

• Ye Liang vanished from the arena while Ibaraki Ichiro assumed he had fled, and Nagato and four Akatsuki members arrived to surround the Underworld Guide.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei and Planetary Devastation to clear the square, while Konan knocked Nanako unconscious and handed her to Heiluyi to deliver to Hattori Jiro.
• Konan joined Nagato and the others in using the Gedo Mazo Sealing Technique to extract energy from the Underworld Guide, and Nagato explained that they were drawing power from Yomi Hirasaka through it.
• Ye Liang followed Akatsuki to their mountain cave, recognized it as their headquarters, and withdrew rather than risk confronting the forces he suspected might be there.
• Ye Liang returned to Hattori Jiro's residence, incapacitated the guards, found Nanako unconscious in the reception room, and sat down to talk with Hattori Jiro.

Ye Liang confronted Hattori Jiro, who revealed his deal with the Akatsuki and tried to kill him with Imperial Guards and Haze ninjas. Hattori Jiro summoned a towering Death God that damaged Ye Liang’s Demonic Blade and sent him crashing through walls, but Ye Liang healed and faced the motionless entity.

• Hattori Jiro admitted he had agreed to help the Akatsuki obtain the Land of Haze’s Forbidden Jutsu in exchange for Little Bird Princess.
• Hattori Jiro’s Shadow Clone vanished after an Explosive Tag detonated, revealing Ye Liang was surrounded by Imperial Guards and Haze ninjas.
• Ye Liang swiftly killed the samurai, but Hattori Jiro summoned a ten-meter-tall Death God with a forbidden technique.
• The Death God’s dagger clashed with Ye Liang’s Demonic Blade Onikiri, cracking the blade and hurling Ye Liang through three walls.
• Ye Liang activated his Yin Seal and Creation Rebirth to heal as Hattori Jiro watched, intent on preventing his escape.

Ye Liang defeated Hattori Jiro and escaped the Death God, but Nanako’s red eyes triggered a collapse that pulled them into a strange land. He woke on a vast red plain and found silent, expressionless villagers, leaving him unsure where he was.

• Ye Liang used Amaterasu to restrain the Death God, then realized he could end the fight by attacking Hattori Jiro instead.
• The Death God severed one of Ye Liang’s legs, but Ye Liang used Flying Thunder God to evade it and kill Hattori Jiro.
• The Death God faded away, and Ye Liang reattached his leg before carrying the unconscious Nanako from the residence.
• Nanako opened her glowing red eyes, causing cracks in space and a bloody abyss to appear beneath Ye Liang and Nanako.
• Ye Liang woke in a starless land of red rocks and found villages whose silent residents moved without expression.

Ye Liang was dragged into a village of cannibalistic Fallen Ones in Yomi Hirasaka, where a Konoha ninja named White Fang rescued him. White Fang said the Queen of the Underworld had chosen Ye Liang as her new husband and brought him to a nearby settlement.

• Villagers lured Ye Liang into their village, where he saw them tearing apart Da Bai and discovered that he could not use Chakra.
• The villagers attacked Ye Liang, but White Fang blasted them with Explosive Tags and led him toward the village entrance.
• Ye Liang used Konoha-style Taijutsu to help White Fang break through the attackers and escape.
• White Fang identified the village as a home of the Fallen Ones and asked how Ye Liang had reached Yomi Hirasaka.
• Ye Liang described the red light and the vanishing ground, and White Fang said the Queen of the Underworld had chosen Ye Liang as her new husband.
• White Fang took Ye Liang to a settlement where residents greeted him as Lord White Fang.

Ye Liang learned that Yomi Hirasaka was a world of spirits and that he could not use his Chakra there, so he began training with death energy instead. After two months of cultivation, he left his room, ready to go out.

• The middle-aged man explained that Pure Ones were ghosts who could reincarnate after surviving a hundred years, while the Queen of the Underworld, Izanami, turned sinful spirits into Fallen Ones.
• The middle-aged man told Ye Liang that only Izanami could provide a way out of Yomi Hirasaka, then gave him a room in the settlement.
• Ye Liang discovered he could not use his Chakra or access the System Space until the system's voice detected death energy and pulled him inside.
• The system explained that using Chakra in the death-energy-filled world would kill Ye Liang, but that he could train with death energy using necromancy methods.
• Ye Liang chose the Beginner Necromancy Cultivation Guide after learning the other manuals would take the system a long time to unlock, then trained for two months.

Ye Liang reached Peach Blossom Village after months wandering the Great Wilderness and fought a squad guarding Mother Superior’s territory. Mother Superior invited him into the village, while the squad wondered why he had willingly entered a place other Pure Ones tried to escape.

• Ye Liang crossed the Great Wilderness, defeated several Fallen Ones, and searched unsuccessfully for the Queen of the Underworld’s palace.
• A squad warned Ye Liang that he had entered Mother Superior’s territory, but he approached them hoping to find food and shelter.
• The squad attacked Ye Liang with weapons formed from death aura, and he defended himself with armor and explosive Death Aura Beads.
• The squad leader accused Ye Liang of serving Izanagi-no-Mikoto, but Ye Liang denied knowing him and continued fighting.
• Mother Superior arrived, questioned the squad, and invited Ye Liang into Peach Blossom Village after he asked to stay for food and wine.
• The squad watched Ye Liang follow Mother Superior into the village and speculated that he did not understand its reputation.

Ye Liang settled in Peach Blossom Village, learned that its residents could not leave, and used the System to assess Mother Superior’s strength while cultivating. At the village palace, Nanako—now revered as Lady Izanami—learned Ye Liang was missing and spoke with Mother Superior Duzhixu about their past and Izanagi.

• Ye Liang followed the hunting party to Peach Blossom Village, befriended Kobashi Shiki, and learned that ordinary villagers could never leave.
• Ye Liang chose a large house, then asked the System to assess Mother Superior and learned her physical strength was six stars, though she might have innate mystical abilities.
• Ye Liang reviewed his progress with the Nether Body Forging Method and decided to keep cultivating so he could surpass Mother Superior.
• Nanako sat above the kneeling Mother Superior Duzhixu in the palace, and Duzhixu reported that Ye Liang was missing and might have been taken by Lord Izanagi.
• Nanako angrily rejected Duzhixu’s defense of Izanagi, then helped Duzhixu stand and asked how many years she had served her.

Mother Superior Duzhixu secretly visited Ye Liang, gave him cultivation manuals, and concealed her true strength. The next morning, Ye Liang learned from Old Man Zhiqi that he had been assigned to the Hunting Team without being told.

• Nanako told Mother Superior Duzhixu that she could handle discovering Underworld geniuses herself.
• Mother Superior Duzhixu visited Ye Liang at night, tested his reaction, and gave him two cultivation manuals.
• Ye Liang asked the system to scan Mother Superior Duzhixu and discovered her physical strength was 13 Stars.
• Ye Liang met Old Man Zhiqi for breakfast, and Old Man Zhiqi said they were assigned to hunt together.
• Ye Liang protested that Mother Superior Duzhixu had never told him he had joined the Hunting Team.

Ye Liang learned that removing his village pass triggered unbearable hunger, trapping him in Peach Blossom Village unless he wore it. He joined a hunting party for Mother Superior Duzhixu’s birthday banquet, where he ended up paired with newcomer Uzumaki Nao to hunt Underworld Beasts.

• Old Man Zhiqi explained that the village pass suppressed the hunger caused by Underworld food, and Ye Liang discovered he could not safely remove it.
• Old Man Zhiqi told Ye Liang that eating Underworld food meant he could never leave the Underworld, then took him to gather ingredients for Mother Superior Duzhixu’s birthday banquet.
• Matsushita Ichiro challenged Ye Liang’s place on the hunting mission, but Old Man Zhiqi claimed Mother Superior Duzhixu had personally chosen him, and Matsushita led most of the hunters away.
• Old Man Zhiqi split the remaining hunters into pairs, leaving Uzumaki Nao to lead Ye Liang despite her doubts about taking a newcomer.
• Uzumaki Nao asked whether Ye Liang could hunt Underworld Beasts, and Ye Liang confidently said he could.