Chapter Summaries

Yechen unleashed his full power and shattered the collapsing Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb world with one sword stroke. He sent Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and the Three Great Sages back to the Shinobi World while remaining behind to handle other matters.

• Yechen activated level-four Space Compression, summoned the Senju Buddha, and fused Hyōrinmaru’s frost dragons into its armor.
• Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and the Three Great Sages strengthened their defenses as Yechen froze space with the Susanoo Treasure Wheel.
• Yechen struck with the Ten Thousand Phenomena Dharma Sword, spreading spatial cracks that shattered the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb and half of the collapsing world.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju recognized the immense gulf between themselves and Yechen as the world’s destruction spread toward them.
• Yechen broke through their defenses, opened a passage to the Shinobi World, and sent Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and the Three Great Sages through it.
• Yechen stayed behind, saying he still had other things to do.

Yechen defeated Kaguya Otsutsuki in a collapsing dimension, but found her so broken by the loss that he tried to reach her with a kiss. He returned to the Valley of the End with Kaguya beside him, leaving the Gods Alliance stunned by her sudden gentleness.

• Yechen told the defeated Kaguya that she had lost, but she withdrew into despair as the dimension collapsed around them.
• Yechen approached Kaguya and kissed her when she stopped responding to him.
• Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and the three great Sages emerged from a spatial passage in the Valley of the End, where the Gods Alliance had gathered.
• Hashirama Senju reassured Tsunade that Yechen was still inside and recounted how the battle with Kaguya had destroyed half a world.
• After more than half an hour, Yechen returned through a spatial passage with Kaguya, whose gentle manner left the gathered onlookers bewildered.

Six months after Kaguya Otsutsuki settled in Konoha and took Hinata Hyuga as her disciple, Yechen checked on the Gods Alliance’s work and preparations against the hidden Ōtsutsuki threat. Kimimaro had recovered and joined Orochimaru’s research team, while the Alliance continued expanding patrols across the Shinobi World.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki moved to Konoha, took Hinata Hyuga as her disciple, and avoided Yechen after their intimate encounter.
• Yechen visited Kimimaro in Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Kimimaro thanked him for arranging a cure for his bloodline disease.
• Yechen encouraged Kimimaro to continue researching under Orochimaru and to carry on his bloodline.
• Orochimaru told Yechen that Inner Disciples of the Gods Alliance had achieved perfect integration with the first form of the tailed beast factor.
• Yechen visited the Mission Hall and saw ninjas taking patrol and escort missions as the Gods Alliance guarded against a possible covert attack by the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Yechen reviewed the plan for the Gods Alliance’s first Inner Disciples Examination and decided to attend it. Later, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha brought him to Ichiraku Ramen, where he discovered that prominent clan leaders had gathered because a major figure was dining there.

• Kakashi presented Yechen with the Inner Disciples Examination plan and the list of more than two hundred participants, including Hinata.
• Yechen approved the plan and said he would attend the examination in a month.
• Yechen teased Kakashi about his feelings for Rin Nohara before Kakashi left.
• Yechen went to Konoha’s Food Street and saw Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha walking together.
• Hashirama invited Yechen to join him and Madara at Ichiraku Ramen, where Yechen found clan leaders and elders gathered around a prominent diner.

Yechen learned that Dan Katō had returned to the Soul Realm, then oversaw the Gods Alliance's first inner disciple exams as the Shinobi World entered an era of peace. After two rounds, forty-seven contestants remained, including Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and several formidable opponents, setting up a tougher third round.

• Yechen learned that Dan Katō had undone his Impure World Reincarnation and left, then checked on Tsunade at the Medical Ninja Academy.
• One month later, the Gods Alliance began its inner disciple exams, with Kakashi and Kisame Hoshigaki serving as chief examiners and envoys from across the Shinobi World observing.
• Yechen reviewed the written exam and noted Naruto's improved knowledge, Sasuke's work, and Sakura's strong medical answers before telling Kakashi to limit the numbers advancing.
• After the second round, forty-seven contestants passed, including all of the original Konoha 12, while Kiba Inuzuka's team survived by avoiding stronger opponents.
• Yechen noted that Hinata Hyuga, Haku, and Gaara would make the third round more difficult for Naruto, Sasuke, and the other remaining contestants.

Naruto defeated Kiba in the third-round assessment while letting him save face, earning Yechen’s approval. The next match paired Sasuke with Hinata, whose training under Kaguya had left Kakashi concerned and Sasuke determined to prove himself.

• Yamaguchi I called Naruto Uzumaki and Kiba Inuzuka to fight in the third round of assessments.
• Naruto exchanged blows with Kiba before defeating him without humiliating him, pleasing Yechen.
• Obito and Rin arrived and asked Kakashi about his students’ results, then Kakashi and Obito bickered.
• The next pairing matched Sasuke Uchiha against Hinata Hyuga, prompting Kakashi to worry about Sasuke facing Kaguya’s disciple.
• Sasuke entered the arena determined to defeat Hinata and earn recognition from the Divine Lord.

Hinata Hyuga defeated Sasuke Uchiha in a one-sided match after his Sharingan genjutsu failed against her evolved Byakugan. The chapter ended with Hinata declared the winner and Sasuke unconscious in the arena.

• Sasuke Uchiha provoked Hinata Hyuga, who resolved to win to earn Kaguya's approval.
• Hinata and Sasuke activated their Byakugan and Sharingan, but Hinata blocked his genjutsu.
• Sasuke charged with Chidori, and Hinata countered with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, shattering the attack and knocking him unconscious.
• Neji Hyuga envied Hinata's strength, while Yechen and Hashirama Senju commented on Sasuke's defeat.
• Yamaguchi I checked Sasuke and declared Hinata the winner.

Hinata defeated Sasuke, who was eliminated from the Inner Disciples assessment, and twenty contestants advanced to the fourth round. Naruto sought help to grow stronger before the final round, while Itachi comforted Sasuke and warned him about the trauma required to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Hinata celebrated her victory over Sasuke as Uchiha Itachi carried his injured brother from the arena.
• Yamaguchi I announced that twenty contestants had reached the fourth round, which would take place in ten days for the title of Ninja Youth King and a reward from the Divine Lord.
• Naruto asked Kakashi for special training, and Obito suggested that he seek help from Ye Chen; Kakashi approved the idea.
• Sasuke woke up, cried over his elimination, and received comfort from Itachi.
• Sasuke asked Itachi how to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Itachi demonstrated his own before explaining the extreme emotional trauma it required.

Madara was impressed by Sasuke’s determination after his defeat and accepted him as a disciple. He gave Sasuke a Dragon Vein Blood Crystal Fruit that could strengthen his bloodline, though awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan would still depend on Sasuke’s efforts.

• Sasuke recovered from Itachi’s words and vowed to prove that the Uchiha never gave up.
• Madara praised Sasuke’s resolve and offered to train him if he had the determination.
• Sasuke agreed to become Madara’s disciple, while Itachi worried about the path his brother would follow.
• Madara explained that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan involved great pain but that the Dragon Vein Blood Crystal Fruit offered another possibility.
• Madara gave Sasuke his precious Dragon Vein Blood Crystal Fruit and warned him that it alone would not awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Naruto asked Yechen to help him become strong enough to defeat Hinata, and Yechen brought him to Orochimaru’s laboratory for a tailed beast factor implant. Orochimaru warned that the procedure was risky, and Yechen revealed that Naruto’s parents did not know about it.

• Naruto asked Yechen for help defeating Hinata fairly and offered to treat him to ramen.
• Yechen ate thirty-five bowls at Ichiraku Ramen, and Naruto cried over spending his saved pocket money until Yechen agreed to repay him and train him.
• Yechen took Naruto to Orochimaru and Kabuto’s laboratory and had him watch their research.
• Yechen told Orochimaru he had brought Naruto for a tailed beast factor implant.
• Orochimaru questioned which factor Naruto would receive and whether Minato and Kushina knew, then warned Yechen that the dangerous procedure could cause serious trouble.
• Yechen admitted he had not yet told Naruto’s parents.

Naruto began the procedure to become a Nine-Tails Factor Jinchūriki with Yechen's help and his parents' reluctant approval. Meanwhile, Kaguya took Hinata to a world she created to begin ten days of strict training ahead of the Fourth-Round Exam.

• Yechen gave Naruto a Dragon Vein Blood Crystal Fruit and instructed Orochimaru to begin implanting the tailed beast factor.
• Minato thanked Yechen for caring about Naruto, and Yechen joked that Naruto was his nephew.
• Kaguya sensed Yechen helping Naruto and left her meditation to find Hinata.
• Kaguya took Hinata through a spatial passage to her own world and announced ten days of strict training.

Kaguya began training Hinata to control more of the power she had inherited by helping her cultivate a sage body. The chapter ended with Hinata meditating as Kaguya gathered natural energy and began guiding the transformation.

• Hinata steadied herself and agreed to Kaguya's special training.
• Kaguya explained that Hinata had mastered less than a tenth of her inherited power and needed to assimilate a fifth of it within ten days.
• Kaguya told Hinata to train her sage body so her physique could withstand the power, and promised to guide her.
• Kaguya explained the sage body, Sage Mode, and natural energy, then had Hinata memorize the basics and meditate.
• Kaguya used her Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan to draw natural energy from across the Shinobi World and placed her hand on Hinata's shoulder.

Kaguya used natural energy and her ocular power to fashion a sage body for Hinata, while Yechen trained Naruto and evaluated his Rasengan techniques. Naruto learned that Hinata still had a slight advantage, and Yechen whispered a questionable plan to help him become the youth champion.

• Kaguya poured natural energy into Hinata and controlled its flow through her cells as she began transforming Hinata's body.
• Naruto sent shadow clones to attack Yechen with Rasengans, but Yechen repelled them and advised Naruto to compress the cyclone force.
• Naruto launched a Thousand-Blade Rasengan at Yechen, who blocked it with his Wind Wings.
• Naruto asked whether he could beat Hinata, and Yechen said she had a slight advantage but Naruto still had a chance.
• Yechen whispered a plan to Naruto for becoming the youth champion, and Naruto hesitated over whether it was wrong.

Hinata completed her training with Kaguya and prepared for the Fourth-Round Exam for Inner Disciples. At the exam venue, the crowd gathered to watch, and Yechen arrived as the Divine Lord of the Gods Alliance.

• Hinata attacked Kaguya with her Eight Trigrams techniques, but Kaguya easily blocked her strikes and sent her flying.
• Hinata unleashed the Eight Trigrams: Divine Vacuum Attack, and Kaguya stopped and destroyed the powerful palm imprint.
• Kaguya ended the training, praised Hinata for completing her training, and reminded her not to lose in the exam.
• The next morning, spectators and nobles gathered at a vast arena in the southern Land of Fire for the Fourth-Round Exam.
• Yechen emerged from a portal above the arena, and the crowd cheered as the Divine Lord arrived.

The Gods Alliance’s Fourth-Round Exam began with twenty Inner Disciples competing in unrestricted one-on-one matches before a crowd of shinobi, civilians, nobles, and envoys. Shikamaru surrendered to Neji, Rock Lee defeated Haku after opening the fifth gate, and the other contestants fought in succession as the audience watched.

• Yechen arrived to loud cheers, and Tsunade silenced the women rushing the platform before the guests and Kaguya took their seats.
• Kakashi explained the rules and called Neji Hyuga and Shikamaru Nara to the arena for the first match.
• Shikamaru decided he could not defeat Neji and surrendered after only a few exchanges.
• Rock Lee opened the fifth of the Eight Gates and fought Haku until both collapsed, then rose again and was declared the winner by Kakashi.
• Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Deidara, Kurotsuchi, Xi, Darui, Chōjūrō, Hozuki Suigetsu, and the remaining contestants fought, impressing the nobles and Daimyo’s envoys.

Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga began the final match, revealing that both had gained extraordinary power through their recent training. After their attacks collided, Yechen realized Naruto was outmatched by Hinata’s newly awakened Sage Body, leaving the fight’s outcome uncertain.

• Kakashi announced Naruto Uzumaki versus Hinata Hyuga as the final bout, and the two walked into the arena.
• Naruto warned Hinata not to underestimate him, while Hinata resolved to fight seriously so she would not disappoint Kaguya.
• Hinata attacked with an enormous Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, cracking the ground and startling the spectators.
• Naruto released his seal and countered with a meter-wide Rasengan, and the two techniques collided in a massive blast.
• Yechen and Kaguya silently acknowledged that each had given their student exceptional training, while Yechen judged that Hinata’s Sage Body made her too strong for Naruto to withstand.

Naruto activated tailed beast factor Jinchūriki mode to fight Hinata, but her sage body let her match him and sustain the battle. Their powerful techniques destroyed the tournament platform, and the chapter ended as the dust cleared over the shattered arena.

• Naruto used a Shadow Clone to evade Hinata, then activated tailed beast factor Jinchūriki mode, shocking the spectators.
• Naruto challenged Hinata, and the two fought to a draw as his new power rose against her sage body.
• Kaguya praised the technique and told Yechen that she had awakened Hinata's sage body so Hinata would not lose to his disciple.
• Naruto hurled a Violent Wind-Thousand-Blade Rasengan at Hinata, who countered with Eight Trigrams-Vacuum Palm Strike.
• The collision shattered the tournament platform and sent a shock wave toward the stands, which the Kage Level experts stopped.
• The dust cleared to reveal the platform in ruins and the ground cracked like a spiderweb.

Hinata defeated Naruto and won the Gods Alliance’s inaugural Inner Disciples Examination, earning the title of Ninja Youth King. Over the next six months, Yechen spent millions of Evolution Points to increase his combat power and improve his abilities.

• Hinata defeated Naruto in the final match, and Kakashi announced her as the winner.
• Kaguya congratulated Hinata and teased Yechen that her disciple had beaten his, then left while Yechen protested that they had made no bet.
• Hinata defeated every opponent over the following three days and became the tournament champion, receiving four major rewards and the title of Ninja Youth King.
• The top ten disciples earned opportunities to train in the Three Great Sage Lands, visit the Summoning Hall, and pursue summoning contracts and tailed beast factors.
• Over the next six months, Yechen raised his talents to level 4 and spent five million Evolution Points to increase his combat power to 155750.

Yechen announced that he would travel through the Myriad Worlds Corridor to gain experience, leaving the Gods Alliance’s council of elders to protect the Shinobi World from the Ōtsutsuki Clan. He planned to bring only Miyuki, but Tsunade objected and insisted on going too.

• Yechen gathered the Gods Alliance’s leaders, discussed the Shinobi World’s future and the Ōtsutsuki threat, and appointed Kaguya Otsutsuki, Hashirama Senju, Tobirama, Mito Uzumaki, Madara Uchiha, and others to the council of elders.
• Yechen announced that he would visit other worlds and told the council to govern the Gods Alliance and contact him through the Child God Token if the Ōtsutsuki appeared.
• Madara Uchiha urged Yechen to lead an attack on the Ōtsutsuki planet, but Yechen explained that reaching it and surviving in space required abilities they lacked.
• Yechen revealed that the Myriad Worlds Corridor could take travelers to unknown worlds and said he would bring Miyuki while leaving the others to defend the Shinobi World.
• Tsunade objected to Yechen taking only Miyuki and declared that she would go with him, leaving Miyuki blushing under everyone’s gaze.

Yechen set out from the Shinobi World with Tsunade and Ito Miyuki, learning that they would be unable to return for a year after entering a new world. They arrived in a world where a pirate crew led by Xi'er celebrated a recent plunder.

• Tsunade insisted on joining Yechen, and Jiraiya accepted that she had fallen for Yechen rather than him.
• Three days later, Yechen prepared to leave the Shinobi World and entrusted its future to Kaguya while the crowd saw him off.
• Yechen, Tsunade, and Ito Miyuki entered the Chaos Vortex after he warned them that the passage would close for a year.
• The three arrived in a new world, where pirate captain Xi'er admired the gold and jewels his crew had stolen from a luxury cruise ship.