Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha attacked Old Woman’s consciousness, which possessed a purple-clad puppet, and destroyed the puppet despite her taunts and evasive powers. As her voice faded, Sasori approached the room in a dazed state.

• Madara Uchiha used Banshō Ten'in to pull the purple-clad puppet toward him, then brutally smashed her head and accused Old Woman of lying.
• Old Woman taunted Madara Uchiha about gaining Wood Release and the Rinnegan through Yanbai’s blood, while strange sealing markings appeared across the room.
• Old Woman escaped Madara Uchiha’s grasp and evaded his attacks as he threatened her and unleashed Susanoo.
• Madara Uchiha used the Flower of Thorns to bind and crush the puppet until it broke into fragments, though Old Woman’s consciousness survived.
• Sasori approached the room in his pajamas, looking hollow-eyed and lost.

Yanbai and Madara Uchiha witnessed the Old Woman return in the form of Sasori’s beloved Kaguya, after Sasori grieved over the puppet’s destruction. She revealed herself as Qian Wanming, the creator god of the Shinobi World, and explained that she had manipulated Madara and used the ordeal to develop Sasori’s emotions.

• Sasori mourned Kaguya’s shattered puppet remains, while Yanbai struggled to endure his grief.
• A white-robed stranger entered, swelled and burst, revealing the living purple-clad woman who resembled the destroyed puppet.
• Sasori joyfully embraced the woman, who promised she would never perish as long as he loved her.
• Yanbai realized the Old Woman had returned in the form Sasori loved and chose not to expose her deception.
• Madara Uchiha confronted the Old Woman as she prepared to leave with a sleeping Sasori.
• The Old Woman introduced herself as Qian Wanming, creator god of the Shinobi World, and admitted she had stirred Madara’s emotions and made Sasori’s feelings more complete.

Yanbai and Madara Uchiha faced the Old Woman’s overwhelming power, and she left with Sasori after giving Yanbai her clothes. Later, Sasori asked Kaguya to make him immortal like her, and she said she did not know how, prompting him to offer to teach her.

• Madara Uchiha attacked the Old Woman, who crushed him against a wall and unleashed a blast that Yanbai blocked.
• Yanbai asked the Old Woman for clothes, and she dressed him in Sasori’s pajamas after explaining that she could become anything in the world outside her family.
• The Old Woman carried Sasori to his private Workshop, while Yanbai repaired the Master Bedroom and Madara Uchiha insisted he would never give up fighting fate.
• Sasori woke beside Kaguya and asked whether she would share his lifetime, then worried she would be alone after his death.
• Sasori asked Kaguya to turn him into a being like her, and when she said she did not know how, he offered to teach her.

Yanbai dreamed of Sasori’s final moments and confessed his uncertainty about leaving the Shinobi World, along with the bonds that kept him attached to it. Sasori urged him to keep moving forward, then disappeared as the dream ended, and Yanbai found the workshop empty.

• Yanbai witnessed Sasori’s dream of being transformed into a puppet while he spoke lovingly to Kaguya.
• Yanbai told Sasori he wanted to leave the Shinobi World but felt bound to his family, and hoped to revive people from the past.
• Sasori encouraged Yanbai to face the unknown future and said he wanted to become an important member of Yanbai’s family.
• Sasori’s figure crumbled as the dream gave way to reality, and Yanbai realized the Old Woman had come to save him because he had stayed in the world too long.
• Yanbai rushed into the workshop and found neither Sasori nor the Old Woman, though the smell of blood remained.

Junlin told Uchiha Itachi that the Akatsuki was in disarray and that a new leader planned to stir trouble in the Land of Water. Madara Uchiha arrived and confronted Itachi over his attempt to make him leave Yanbai, ending the chapter as Madara’s laughter filled the hall and crimson spread through his eyes.

• Junlin shared what he knew about the Akatsuki’s new leadership while eating breakfast with Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Itachi reflected that Yanbai’s power had deterred the shinobi world and pushed it toward technological progress.
• Madara Uchiha arrived from the Princess Mausoleum and accused Uchiha Itachi of calling Yanbai to take his place.
• Uchiha Itachi argued that Madara needed to abandon his selfish motives and sacrifice everything to rescue Yanbai from this world.
• Madara Uchiha laughed and asked why he should let Yanbai leave as crimson spread through his eyes.

Madara Uchiha revealed that he had only pretended to help Yanbai escape because he wanted to remain with him, and he opposed the retainers choosing Yanbai’s future for him. Junlin understood Madara’s selfish desire to keep Yanbai while still prioritizing Yanbai’s wishes.

• Madara Uchiha told Uchiha Itachi that he never intended to let Yanbai leave the Shinobi World because he feared losing him.
• Madara Uchiha said the retainers had been abandoned by Yanbai and warned Uchiha Itachi that becoming Yanbai’s exclusive system would cost him control over his own fate.
• Uchiha Itachi created an Armor-Piercing Sword and attacked Madara Uchiha from behind, but the weapon could not reach him.
• Madara Uchiha seized the sword, reduced it to scrap, and argued that people should fight for what they want and choose their own paths.
• Junlin asked whether Madara Uchiha feared Mother would turn against him, then reflected that he understood Madara’s desire to keep Yanbai while caring most about Yanbai’s happiness.

Madara Uchiha explained to Uchiha Itachi that Yanbai had gradually distanced his Retainers so they could live independently, and described his own view of love as a deliberate choice rather than dependence. He said he would cherish the time he had with Yanbai, but declared that this was neither the right time nor the right place.

• Uchiha Itachi thanked Junlin but told him to stay out of the conflict, and Junlin decided not to intervene.
• Madara Uchiha recounted how Yanbai had taken in Shisui Uchiha and other Retainers, then left them behind in a peaceful world while continuing his travels.
• Madara Uchiha argued that Yanbai was using time and ordinary life to help his Retainers become independent, which Uchiha Itachi recognized as a possible form of abandonment.
• Madara Uchiha explained that he saw love as a conscious act that allowed him to accept Yanbai and himself without depending on Yanbai to meet his needs.
• Madara Uchiha said he would cherish his remaining time with Yanbai and die at the fitting moment, then declared that the present was neither the right time nor the right place.

A purple-clad woman claiming to be Yanbai’s great-grandmother visited Muye and Silver Moon in the forest, while Cherry Ink defended them from her advances. She revealed that a personal system was made from a human who sacrificed body and soul for a god, leaving the children shocked and Yanbai’s system still unexplained.

• Cherry Ink stood between the Purple-Clad Woman and Muye and Silver Moon, refusing to let her approach them.
• The Purple-Clad Woman said she was Yanbai’s great-grandmother and tried to persuade Cherry Ink to join her family.
• She explained that she had come to make Yanbai his own system so he could leave the world freely.
• The Purple-Clad Woman revealed that Madara Uchiha had learned the truth about the material used for Yanbai’s system but had not told the children.
• She told Muye, Silver Moon, and Cherry Ink that a system was a human who devoted body and soul to a god, citing the systems of Baiying, Baijing, and Gao Jing.

The woman in purple revealed that she was the central system of the Ten Thousand Worlds and could not become Yanbai's system without endangering everyone. Before she could explain further, Madara Uchiha attacked, and the chapter ended with him advancing in a seemingly crazed state.

• The woman in purple explained that few people had the resolve to sacrifice everything for Yanbai, and Silver Moon realized she had already become a system.
• The woman in purple said she was the central system of the Ten Thousand Worlds and could not undergo the ritual without risking the worlds and everyone in them.
• Muye tackled Silver Moon and Cherry Ink aside just before a devastating attack tore through the forest and killed many small animals.
• The woman in purple recognized the attacker as Madara Uchiha and destroyed the debris he sent flying at her.
• Madara Uchiha approached with bloodred eyes, deflected the woman's incoming strikes, and advanced with a strange black aura surrounding him.

Madara Uchiha fought the Purple-Clad Woman, who recognized that he sought power rather than Yanbai and tested the power Wakatsuki had given him. The battle escalated with her overwhelming techniques, but Madara struck her for the first time, and she declared that she wanted his body as an offering.

• The Purple-Clad Woman beckoned Madara Uchiha into a fierce fight while Muye and Silver Moon recovered from being thrown away.
• Cherry Ink fled down a dark path, and Silver Moon chased after him while Muye stayed behind to watch the battle.
• The Purple-Clad Woman said Madara Uchiha sought power rather than Yanbai and asked whether his power came from Wakatsuki.
• The Purple-Clad Woman unleashed Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, shattering Madara Uchiha's Perfect Susanoo, and then attacked with Moon Rush.
• Madara Uchiha dodged the radiant web and struck the Purple-Clad Woman with Susanoo, surprising her.
• The Purple-Clad Woman said she regretted choosing Sasori over Madara Uchiha and demanded his body as an offering.

Yanbai wandered Konoha in grief until Cherry Ink brought word that Madara Uchiha was fighting the Purple-Clad Woman. As Madara unleashed a catastrophic technique, Muye tried to reach him, and a dark shadow covered the Land of Fire.

• Yanbai searched for the Old Woman and Sasori, then wandered Konoha feeling isolated until Cherry Ink and Silver Moon told him his family was fighting.
• The Purple-Clad Woman used Black Zetsu to bind the berserk Madara Uchiha and accused him of loving himself more than Yanbai.
• Muye sensed the forest and its creatures wailing as Madara forced his hands free and began forming a technique.
• The Purple-Clad Woman identified Madara's technique as Tengai Shinsei, and Muye rushed to stop him, pleading with him to protect his family.
• Living creatures throughout the Land of Fire collapsed as a dark shadow covered the land, and a blue giant reached toward it.

Yanbai caught and hurled away a falling star that threatened Konoha, then ordered emergency preparations across the Land of Fire. He traced the tremors to Madara Uchiha and the Old Woman, with Silver Moon following behind him.

• Konoha's residents recognized Yanbai's power as he caught the falling star and threw it toward the sea beyond the Land of Fire.
• Yanbai dispelled his Susanoo and told Shikaku Nara to evacuate villagers, prepare food and water, and keep people away from the forest.
• Shikaku Nara and the Anbu began organizing evacuations, while Didi Beast-Ride spread an alert throughout the Land of Fire.
• Yanbai reached the place where Madara Uchiha and the Old Woman were confronting each other, followed by Silver Moon.

After Cherry Ink sacrificed itself to repair Yanbai’s system, Yanbai and Silver Moon reached a vast abyss and discovered that Kaguya had transported their targets to another dimension with Amenominaka. Inside that dimension, Madara Uchiha and Muye tried to identify their surroundings as a mysterious voice approached.

• Cherry Ink collapsed and scattered after Yanbai failed to stop its sacrifice, and Silver Moon followed Yanbai toward their destination.
• Forest animals and birds warned Yanbai and Silver Moon of danger as they ran toward an enormous abyss created by a great battle.
• Yanbai recognized Kaguya’s Amenominaka and told Silver Moon that the others had been transported to another dimension, then asked him to wait while Cherry Ink’s sacrifice rebuilt the system.
• In a snowy dimension, Madara Uchiha regained his senses and questioned where he was while Muye identified the place as Amenominaka.
• White downy matter drifted around Madara Uchiha and Muye as the voice of the Purple-Clad Woman emerged from the mist.

Muye watched as the Purple-Clad Woman explained how she had turned people from different timelines into systems, then fought Madara Uchiha with Black Zetsu. Madara realized he had to stop and seal her to protect Yanbai, but the Purple-Clad Woman remained confident because the Server made her immortal.

• The Purple-Clad Woman named the people she had turned into systems, including Sasori, Rena, Hexiang, Leizi, Konan, and Yahiko, and described their abilities.
• The Purple-Clad Woman revealed that she had hypnotized Rena into becoming the Housekeeper System after Rena betrayed Yanbai.
• Madara Uchiha confronted the Purple-Clad Woman, who challenged him to battle as black liquid surged toward his Susanoo.
• Madara Uchiha fought back and realized he had to seal the Purple-Clad Woman to keep Yanbai's future from remaining under her control.
• The Purple-Clad Woman continued attacking Madara Uchiha and declared that the Server made her immortal.

Madara Uchiha fought the Purple-Clad Woman as she tested strange paid items on him, and his Wood Release engulfed the frozen landscape in deadly vines. After hearing Sasori’s lingering voice and learning how the woman had made him an undying puppet, Madara charged her again, despite her ability to sense and predict her opponents’ movements.

• The Purple-Clad Woman tested a succession of strange items on Madara Uchiha, including a puppet resembling Sasori.
• Madara unleashed Yanbai’s Wood Release, and giant vines consumed the battlefield while Muye watched from inside a protective barrier.
• Muye heard Sasori’s voice describing his pain and his wish to reconcile with Yanbai and Madara for the sake of their family.
• The Purple-Clad Woman said Sasori would remain with her forever as an undying, indestructible masterpiece, and Madara condemned her for trampling on Sasori’s love.
• Madara charged the Purple-Clad Woman, who could sense consciousness and predict movements through the energy field of the Ten Thousand Worlds.

Madara Uchiha fought Yanbai’s great-grandmother, the Purple-Clad Woman, and tried to wear down the supernatural traps and shields protecting her. He planned to hold her in place long enough for Yanbai’s younger siblings to reset the worlds and permanently delete her.

• Madara Uchiha attacked the Purple-Clad Woman, but her Repulsion Traps blasted him away and she followed with a lightning-wreathed sphere.
• Madara Uchiha countered with a transparent energy field and Susanoo, but the Purple-Clad Woman broke free and warned him that she had laid traps throughout the area.
• The Purple-Clad Woman showed Madara Uchiha an All-Killing Ash Bone and noted how Yanbai had changed his temperament.
• Madara Uchiha kept testing the Purple-Clad Woman’s defenses while avoiding her attacks, aiming to exhaust her shields rather than fight her head-on.
• Madara Uchiha resolved to restrain the Purple-Clad Woman briefly so Yanbai’s younger brothers and sisters could reset the worlds and delete her.

Madara Uchiha used Wakatsuki’s Time of Ruin to trap the Purple-Clad Woman in a death-filled God-Sealing Barrier and sever her connection to the system. Though she recognized his true objective and claimed she was immortal, Madara told her to shut up.

• Madara Uchiha hurled the Time of Ruin at the Purple-Clad Woman, whose movements the instant-death spell temporarily restricted.
• Madara Uchiha activated the formula, destroying the space and leaving only himself and the Purple-Clad Woman alive within its death-filled air.
• The Purple-Clad Woman discovered that her backend had frozen and could no longer connect to her other incarnations or the system.
• Madara Uchiha explained that the space had become a God-Sealing Barrier and revealed that he had been prepared to risk his life to seal her away.
• The Purple-Clad Woman deduced that Yanbai’s younger siblings had helped Madara and claimed she was immortal.
• Madara Uchiha called the Purple-Clad Woman a twisted old freak and told her to shut her mouth.

Madara Uchiha used the Hour of Destruction and a plan to shut down the worlds’ servers to trap the Purple-Clad Woman and kill her incarnation. As she faded away, she praised Madara and wished him well with Yanbai, leaving him to wonder whether her true form had survived.

• Madara Uchiha told the Purple-Clad Woman that his will was real and explained that he had arranged for Yanbai’s younger siblings to shut down the central server and the other servers.
• The Hour of Destruction’s death magic caused the Purple-Clad Woman to turn to ash and drained Madara Uchiha’s life force, while her frozen dimension and system access collapsed.
• Madara Uchiha and the Purple-Clad Woman appeared in the forest outside Konoha, where their deathly auras withered the grass and turned the ground to desert.
• The Purple-Clad Woman praised Madara’s will and said meeting and fighting him had brought her joy, while Madara admitted he had long wanted them to kill each other.
• As the Purple-Clad Woman’s last remains scattered, she wished Madara and Yanbai a future filled with curses and blessings, and Madara called her annoying.

Madara Uchiha believed the Purple-Clad Woman had been defeated and prepared to die, but Yanbai revived him and explained that the Old Woman had many bodies. The chapter ended with a voice warning that they could not kill them all.

• Madara Uchiha reflected on his guilt toward Yanbai and told Muye that the Purple-Clad Woman could not be killed but would no longer control his mother for now.
• Madara Uchiha told Yanbai he was ready to die and asked him not to bring him back again.
• Yanbai used Divine: Twin Heaven Return Shield to restore Madara Uchiha's vitality and demanded an account of the fight.
• Madara Uchiha explained that Yanbai's mother had opposed the plan, and Yanbai said she had been right.
• A female voice warned Madara Uchiha that the Old Woman had many physical bodies and could not be killed all at once.

After the Old Woman’s attack, Yanbai issued orders and heard Uchiha Itachi explain his mission to investigate her. Itachi revealed that Rena had vanished after finding conglomerate hospitals specializing in gynecological cosmetic procedures, leaving Yanbai suspicious that the hospitals held a secret.

• Yanbai returned to the Hokage Office, issued orders to the Shadow Clone, and later met Uchiha Itachi and Junlin.
• Madara Uchiha explained that he had sought one last fight with Uchiha Itachi before his planned death, and that Itachi had been injured while protecting Junlin.
• Uchiha Itachi told Yanbai that he had infiltrated the conglomerate’s main system but could not access information about the Old Woman without risking detection.
• Uchiha Itachi said Rena disappeared after discovering conglomerate hospitals specializing in gynecological cosmetic procedures.
• Uchiha Itachi reported that he had recorded publicly available information about the hospitals, while Yanbai suspected they concealed something important.