Recaps

Xuandou claimed an SSS-rank Clan Treasure Chest and received the Immortal Artifact Minglin Boots, which greatly increased his speed and offered teleportation and other abilities. Eida became pregnant, and Xuandou then faced a quest choice involving the boots and the Dragon Vein.

• Xuandou claimed and opened the SSS-rank Clan Treasure Chest, obtaining the Immortal Artifact Minglin Boots.
• Xuandou examined the boots’ traits, equipped them, and tested their enhanced speed and short-range teleportation.
• The System notified Xuandou that Eida had become pregnant through the Conception Card.
• The System triggered the Immortal Artifact Upgrade side quest and offered Xuandou three choices involving the Minglin Boots and the Dragon Vein.

Xuandou weighed two system choices: transforming Rōran’s Dragon Vein into an eternal energy source or sacrificing it to obtain the Qiankun Armor blueprint. The armor’s exceptional defenses and power-gathering ability left him considering whether it could outweigh the energy source’s benefits.

• Xuandou wondered whether the Clan System could reward weapons beyond SSS-rank Immortal Artifacts, then examined its three choices.
• Xuandou dismissed the first choice because an A-rank ninjutsu would be of little use to him.
• Xuandou learned that sacrificing the Minglin Boots would turn the Dragon Vein into Eternal Infinite Energy that drew energy particles from the universe.
• Xuandou considered how Eternal Infinite Energy could power the Shinobi World’s development and provide the God Tree with abundant offerings, helping him prepare to face Shibai Ōtsutsuki.
• Xuandou examined the Qiankun Armor blueprint, which promised near-invincible defense, the power to gather others’ strength, and the ability to repair itself.

Xuandou chose to sacrifice the Dragon Vein to upgrade the Minglin Boots, prioritizing immediate strength against the threat of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After Eida watched the Dragon Vein’s power merge with the World Origin Stone and the boots, they transformed into the Qilin Dragon Boots, which could repair themselves, teleport, and travel through spacetime.

• Xuandou chose the Qiankun Armor option, deciding that its Shinjutsu would give him and his allies strength to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan sooner than growing through God Tree Fruits.
• Xuandou retrieved the merged Dragon Vein from Yomotsu Space, where Eida appeared and asked what the beautiful purple energy was.
• Xuandou explained the Dragon Vein to Eida and let her admire and control it before feeding it to the Minglin Boots.
• The Minglin Boots became scarlet kirin and devoured the Dragon Vein while Xuandou watched.
• Xuandou tossed the World Origin Stone to the boots, and it fused with them and the Dragon Vein.
• The Minglin Boots transformed into the Qilin Dragon Boots, gaining powers that included self-repair, teleportation, enhanced speed, and travel through time.

Xuandou tested the upgraded Qilin Dragon Boots and realized that SSR-rank rewards existed, while Shibai Ōtsutsuki sensed trouble and questioned Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki about their mission. Shibai ordered them to find Isshiki and Kaguya and eliminate whichever had betrayed the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Xuandou tested the Qilin Dragon Boots, which gained greater speed, self-restoration, stored energy, and expanded teleportation abilities, but had not yet reached SSR-rank.
• Xuandou resolved to pursue god-level system rewards through higher family prosperity and his Tokitsumori space-time reversal dōjutsu.
• Shibai Ōtsutsuki used Clairvoyance to contact Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki as they traveled toward the Shinobi World to retrieve Isshiki and Kaguya’s God Tree Fruit.
• Shibai asked why he had never heard of Kaguya, and Urashiki explained that she had an inferior bloodline and had awakened no shinjutsu.
• Shibai warned that Isshiki had likely betrayed the Ōtsutsuki Clan, or that something had gone wrong with Kaguya, and ordered the team to find and eliminate the traitor.

Xuandou explained Shibai Ōtsutsuki’s origins and the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s threat to Eida, who questioned their lack of compassion. He brought Eida to Amado’s laboratory, where she reunited with Daemon, and Xuandou wondered how Daemon would react to becoming an uncle.

• After Shibai ended the sky screen, Momoshiki and two others sped up as they continued their search for the traitor among Isshiki and Kaguya.
• Xuandou told Eida that the true Shibai had become a god by consuming God Tree Fruits, while the Shibai remaining with the Ōtsutsuki Clan was a powerful remnant who could not be underestimated.
• Eida questioned why the Ōtsutsuki targeted living planets, and Xuandou explained that they treated life as nourishment and had no compassion for its inhabitants.
• Xuandou brought Eida to Amado’s laboratory at Azure Tide Port, where Amado asked for more research funding and Xuandou refused to approve it.
• Daemon rushed to embrace Eida, then protested when Delta, Aoya, and the researchers teased him; Xuandou wondered how he would react to becoming an uncle.

Xuandou hosted a grand banquet in Azure Tide Port to celebrate the twins and welcome Eida and Daemon, then advised Naruto and Sasuke on breaking their cycle of reincarnation. Meanwhile, Research Ninja Shukuse and two companions reached Nagato’s abandoned base, where one man declared his plan to reset the Shinobi World through pain.

• Xuandou brought guests from across the Shinobi World to Azure Tide Port for a banquet celebrating Shiroya and Baichen and welcoming Eida and Daemon.
• Ninja from different eras and villages gathered at the Imperial Palace, while residents celebrated throughout Azure Tide Port.
• Sasuke asked Xuandou how he and Naruto could break the thousand-year cycle of conflict between Indra’s and Asura’s chakra reincarnations.
• Xuandou told Naruto and Sasuke that they needed to understand each other and acknowledge each other’s paths to build a bond.
• Research Ninja Shukuse and two companions evaded their pursuers and entered Nagato’s abandoned underground base in the Land of Rain.
• The bandaged ninja at the base denounced Xuandou’s peace and vowed to reset the Shinobi World to zero so the world would feel pain again.

Xuandou began forging the Qiankun Armor with rare materials gathered from across the Shinobi World and Kara’s warehouses. Meanwhile, Urashiki warned Momoshiki and Kinshiki that a monster awaited them near the Shinobi World, but the squad continued toward it.

• Xuandou retrieved the Qiankun Armor Blueprint and began feeding it rare materials to forge the armor.
• Xuandou added a complete World Origin Stone to strengthen the Qiankun Armor’s potential.
• Urashiki stopped Momoshiki and Kinshiki from proceeding, warning that something dangerous lay ahead.
• Momoshiki questioned Urashiki, but Kinshiki insisted they carry out the mission despite the danger.
• Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki raced toward the Shinobi World.

Xuandou completed the Qiankun Armor and discovered that, despite its SSS quality, it possessed powerful traits that protected both body and soul. Reflecting on the Qilin Dragon Boots’ evolution, he resolved to seek a path to godhood beyond simply accumulating energy.

• Xuandou forged the Qiankun Armor from rare materials and a World Origin Stone, then summoned the completed black armor and examined its extraordinary craftsmanship.
• Xuandou found that the armor was SSS-rank, below the Half-SSR Qilin Dragon Boots, and realized their evolution likely came from resonating with the Dragon Vein rather than merely accumulating energy.
• Xuandou concluded that treasures, Ninjutsu, or Shinjutsu might provide another path to surpass Kaguya’s realm, and he vowed to reach the divine realm.
• Xuandou examined the Qiankun Armor’s traits: Peerless reduced damage and boosted attacks against multiple foes, Soul Armor safeguarded his spiritual essence, Undying allowed repairs, and Divine Armor gathered others’ strength into him.
• Xuandou welcomed the armor’s protection for his soul and future reincarnations, deciding its traits made the materials and World Origin Stone worthwhile.

Xuandou realized Uchiha Hikari had returned and decided to use Murotsu’s plans to recruit Nagato into Xuanyin and correct his beliefs. He showed Nagato evidence that Murotsu intended to start a war in his name, and Nagato angrily denied that this matched his goal of ending war.

• Anbu reports revealed that Murotsu and Shoujuse had gathered tools near the ruins of Uzushio Village and later vanished with a cool-faced Kunoichi, leading Xuandou to conclude that Uchiha Hikari had returned.
• Xuandou considered bringing Nagato into Xuanyin by using Murotsu to challenge the beliefs Nagato had formed after Yahiko’s sacrifice.
• Xuandou visited Nagato at Azure Tide Port Hospital and learned from the Medical Ninja that Nagato remained weak and needed continued recovery.
• Xuandou showed Nagato an image of Murotsu and explained that he planned to shatter the peace and reignite war in Nagato’s name.
• Nagato rejected Murotsu’s plan, insisting that his ideal was to make people fear war and end it, not start one.

Murotsu tried to recruit captured Rain ninja into the Zero Organization by preaching that war would prevent a future conflict, but they defended the peace Uchiha Xuantou had brought. As the captives prepared to fight, Uchiha Hikari used her dōjutsu on them, while Shoujuse became fixated on researching her powers.

• Murotsu preached to the captured ninja that the Zero Organization would destroy the shinobi world's systems and start a war to avert a greater one.
• The Rain ninja rejected Murotsu's ideas and praised Uchiha Xuantou for ending the suffering and shortages that war had brought to their country.
• A jōnin woman and the other captives challenged Murotsu for claiming to be a savior, and he accused them of being deceived by Uchiha Xuantou.
• The captives prepared to attack Murotsu, but Uchiha Hikari appeared and linked them with chakra strands through her dōjutsu.
• Murotsu ordered Uchiha Hikari, whom he called Nameless, to bring the captives onto Pain's path.
• Shoujuse ignored Murotsu and resolved to create a prosthetic eye incorporating Uchiha Hikari's dōjutsu.

Uchiha Hikari used her Mangekyō to alter the minds of captured Rain ninja, but Murotsu’s celebration ended when one of them slapped him and Uchiha Xuantou arrived with a powerful red-haired ally. Murotsu retreated under attack, while Shoujuse recognized Xuantou and Hikari remained unsure how the newcomers had entered the base.

• Uchiha Hikari used Yachihoko to make the captured ninja believe they had to start a massive war and reset the world.
• Murotsu celebrated recruiting the ninja and vowed to overthrow Uchiha Xuantou’s rule.
• A bearded Chunin slapped Murotsu four times, stunning Hikari and Shoujuse.
• Murotsu attacked the bearded Chunin, but a red-haired ninja blocked his fist as he and Uchiha Xuantou appeared.
• Shoujuse identified Uchiha Xuantou and warned Murotsu, who retreated while the red-haired ninja pursued him.

Xuandou arrived at the underground base and protected the captured ninja from Uchiha Hikari’s mind-altering ability. As Murotsu and Nagato fought, Xuandou confronted Uchiha Hikari and learned that the system rated her S-S-rank.

• Xuandou reassured the Bearded Chunin, who had broken cover to strike Murotsu after hearing him threaten war.
• Shoujuse recognized Xuandou, urged Uchiha Hikari to flee, and then tried to escape through the underground base’s passage.
• Uchiha Hikari refused to flee and charged Xuandou with a heavy kunai-shaped great shuriken.
• The system identified Uchiha Hikari as a Kage-level Sharingan wielder with an S-S-rank rating.
• Xuandou blocked Uchiha Hikari’s strikes with his bare left hand while the assembled ninja watched, unable to join the battle.

Nagato fought Murotsu after rejecting his path of spreading pain, while Xuandou rewound time to prevent Murotsu’s attack from overwhelming the underground base. Xuandou defeated Uchiha Hikari, healed her damaged spirit, and Nagato brought the bound Murotsu to him.

• Murotsu accused Nagato of failing to understand his suffering and unleashed a massive Earth Release attack, but Xuandou rewound time by one minute.
• Nagato renewed his assault on Murotsu with Rain Tiger at Will Technique and Water Dragon Bullet as the battle intensified.
• Uchiha Hikari attacked Xuandou with her greatsword, but he blocked every strike with one hand.
• Uchiha Hikari used Yachihoko to invade Xuandou’s mind, but he destroyed its spiritual vines and subdued her with genjutsu.
• Xuandou examined Uchiha Hikari and used Yin-Yang Release to nourish her damaged spirit.
• Nagato brought Murotsu to Xuandou, bound in Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Xuandou captured Murotsu and Shoujuse, ending the Zero Organization, then returned to Azure Tide Port with Nagato and Uchiha Hikari. There, Nagato reunited with Konan, who was moved to see him standing again.

• Murotsu told Xuandou that he had never considered Xuanyin a serious threat, and the bearded Chunin asked to interrogate him.
• Xuandou dismissed the captured ninja and returned to Azure Tide Port with Murotsu, Uchiha Hikari, and Nagato.
• Xuandou revealed that Shoujuse had also been captured, declared the Zero Organization eradicated, and ordered guards to detain him and Murotsu.
• Xuandou brought Uchiha Hikari and Nagato to meet Konan, who came out after hearing her old song.
• Nagato greeted Konan, and she became emotional when she saw him standing on his feet.

Xuandou welcomed Nagato and Uchiha Hikari to Xuanyin, where Nagato reunited with Konan and met their daughter, Yuzu. He urged Nagato to join Xuanyin, then questioned Uchiha Hikari about her past and asked her to give him a reason to release her.

• Xuandou brought Nagato and Uchiha Hikari into Konan’s home, where Nagato met his daughter, Uchiha Yuzu.
• Konan prepared a celebratory dinner for Nagato, and Xuandou asked him to join Xuanyin to help protect the Shinobi World.
• The next morning, Xuandou greeted Uchiha Hikari by name after her genjutsu was lifted, and she demanded to know how he knew her identity.
• Uchiha Hikari accused Xuandou of being an ancient shinobi because of his strength, his natural energy cultivation method, and his knowledge of her name.
• Xuandou refused to explain his origins and asked Uchiha Hikari to give him a reason to release her, but she said she had no reason to ask.

Xuandou used images of Uchiha Hikari’s parents to provoke her, and she fought him with the Eightfold Spear and her Mangekyō abilities before he captured her. After she woke, he offered her a chance to resurrect her parents in exchange for helping him have children and provide an heir to his throne.

• Xuandou projected images of Uchiha Hikari’s parents, prompting her to attack him with fierce taijutsu.
• Uchiha Hikari projected the complete Eightfold Spear onto the moon, so Xuandou reversed time and opened the Seventh Gate to fight her.
• Xuandou used Amaterasu and other attacks to overpower and knock Uchiha Hikari unconscious, then had her injuries healed.
• After Uchiha Hikari woke in Xuandou’s bed, he asked whether she would ignore a chance to resurrect her parents.
• Uchiha Hikari demanded to know the price, and Xuandou asked her to help him have children so his throne would have an heir.

Uchiha Hikari refused Xuandou’s offer to resurrect her parents in exchange for bearing his children, but stayed in the Imperial Palace as she weighed her decision. Xuandou’s day with Kazahana Koyuki was interrupted when Fugaku reported that the Uchiha clan tombs had been robbed and the stolen remains destroyed.

• Uchiha Hikari rejected Xuandou’s condition, then closed the door on her parents’ images and followed a maid to another courtyard.
• For two weeks, Uchiha Hikari stayed in the Imperial Palace, leaving each day and returning at night without agreeing to Xuandou’s deal.
• Xuandou taught Kazahana Koyuki ninjutsu, but they stopped when he turned their lesson into an intimate encounter.
• Fugaku urgently told Xuandou that the Uchiha clan tombs had been robbed.
• Fugaku revealed that the culprit had turned the stolen ancestral remains into fireworks and set them off at Azure Tide Port.

Xuandou learned that Uchiha Hikari had turned the Uchiha ancestors’ remains into fireworks, then settled the matter after confirming she was an Uchiha and that the dead had been her enemies. The chapter ended with Hikari agreeing to bear Xuandou’s children in exchange for him reviving her parents, and the two becoming intimate at a hot spring.

• Fugaku told Xuandou that the culprit who had made fireworks from the ancestors’ remains claimed to be Xuandou’s woman, so Elder Zongyan had summoned him.
• Xuandou confirmed that Uchiha Hikari was his woman and an Uchiha, proving her clan identity by revealing that she had the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Hikari said the ancestors had been her enemies, and Xuandou took responsibility for the matter; Elder Zongyan accepted the explanation and left.
• Xuandou asked why Uchiha Hikari had turned herself in and claimed to be his woman, and she said she had agreed to his deal to revive her parents.
• Uchiha Hikari offered to bear Xuandou’s children as payment for reviving her parents, and Xuandou took her to a hot spring, where they began an intimate encounter.

After receiving an SSR Mission Card from Uchiha Hikari’s S-S-rank Family Chest, Xuandou accepted a mission to damage the Ōtsutsuki Clan Grounds and planned to confront the Ōtsutsuki after dealing with their advance party. Meanwhile, Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki reached the concealed shinobi world without realizing it was nearby and continued on their way.

• Uchiha Hikari cleaned up the scene, and Xuandou claimed an S-S-rank Family Chest that contained an SSR Mission Card.
• Xuandou used the card and received a mission to destroy at least seventy percent of the Ōtsutsuki Clan Grounds in exchange for an SSR-rank Summoning Card.
• Xuandou decided to postpone attacking the Ōtsutsuki Clan Grounds until he dealt with Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki, who he believed were still en route.
• Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki arrived near the shinobi world, which Xuandou had hidden with Shinjutsu: Divine Concealment, but Urashiki could not locate the planet.
• Momoshiki asked Urashiki what he had found, and the three continued traveling without noticing the concealed shinobi world.

Xuandou opened a gateway to the Pure Land so he could find a way to resurrect Uchiha Hikari’s parents. After entering, he received a main quest to unify the Pure Land, whose reward could provide a foundation for godhood.

• Uchiha Hikari pressed Xuandou to fulfill his promise to resurrect her parents.
• Xuandou opened a spatial gateway to the Pure Land and explained that they needed something capable of locating Hikari’s parents there.
• Hikari offered Xuandou a treasured bell, but he said they needed a more direct means of finding her parents.
• Xuandou and Hikari entered the Pure Land and found a silent, featureless white expanse.
• Xuandou received the main quest to unify the Pure Land, with Shinjutsu: Samsara as its reward.

Xuandou and Uchiha Hikari entered the Pure Land, where they discovered that its residents could normally recover from attacks and use its protection to avoid being forced out. After Xuandou killed Akihiko and learned that the Sage of Six Paths could help locate his relatives, he closed the passage and refused to let the remaining souls enter the living world.

• Uzumaki Ayane introduced herself to Xuandou and Hikari, but Akihiko angrily attacked Xuandou for being Uchiha and tried to leave through the passage.
• Xuandou struck Akihiko with a Great Fireball Technique, and Hikari later cut him apart, but the Pure Land restored him after both attacks.
• Akihiko insulted Ayane and the others, then panicked when Hikari tried to send him through the passage; Xuandou killed him with a black ray, advancing his quest to unify the Pure Land by one point.
• Ayane explained that sensing bloodlines could help Xuandou find his relatives, while the boy said the Sage of Six Paths could locate them and send souls between the Pure Land and the living world.
• Xuandou withdrew the Truth-Seeking Orb that maintained the passage and told the remaining souls he would neither kill them nor allow them to enter the living world.

Xuandou tried to summon the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land by unleashing a Truth-Seeking Orb, but instead drew a horned Ōtsutsuki who attacked him. Xuandou used Tokitsumori to rewind time and landed a powerful blow on the young man.

• Xuandou and Uchiha Hikari flew across the vast Pure Land, and Xuandou decided to draw the Sage of Six Paths to them rather than search for him.
• Xuandou created an enormous Truth-Seeking Orb and released its destructive aura, causing a rift to open in the sky.
• A horned young Ōtsutsuki appeared and attacked Xuandou with a golden blade of light.
• Xuandou and the young man exchanged attacks across the sky while Uchiha Hikari watched from the plain.
• Xuandou activated Tokitsumori to rewind time, opened the Seventh Gate, and struck the young man before he could react.

Xuandou fought a horned young Ōtsutsuki in the Pure Land, then learned from the Sage of Six Paths that his opponent was Hamura. The Sage rushed into the crater to find Hamura, while Xuandou hoped he had survived and considered recruiting the Ōtsutsuki brothers into the Uchiha Clan.

• Xuandou struck the young Ōtsutsuki with the Black Rod, blasting a vast crater into the Pure Land as red flowers grew across the damaged ground.
• The Sage of Six Paths arrived, saw the crater and flowers, and asked Xuandou what had happened.
• Xuandou described the horned attacker, and the Sage formed an image that revealed the young man was Hamura Otsutsuki.
• The Sage of Six Paths rushed into the crater to search for Hamura as Xuandou wondered whether he had survived.
• Xuandou considered how adding Hagoromo and Hamura to the Uchiha Clan could fulfill his family-prosperity quest, but resolved to forgive Hamura only if he survived and knew better than to attack again.

The Sage of Six Paths rescued Hamura after Xuandou nearly destroyed him, and the brothers explained that Kaguya had escaped her seal. Xuandou agreed to stop her while privately planning to marry and impregnate her.

• The Sage of Six Paths healed Hamura in the pit, and Hamura explained that he had attacked Xuandou after sensing a Truth-Seeking Orb and learning Kaguya's seal had been undone.
• The brothers apologized to Xuandou for the misunderstanding, and the Sage of Six Paths introduced Hamura.
• The Sage of Six Paths used Uchiha Hikari's blood to find her parents in the Pure Land, and Hikari reunited with them.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura warned Xuandou that Kaguya's escape threatened the Shinobi World and asked him to stop her.
• Xuandou promised to prevent Kaguya from attacking the Shinobi World while privately imagining becoming her husband and getting her pregnant.

Xuandou and Uchiha Hikari returned from the Pure Land after Hikari’s parents chose not to be resurrected, then went to investigate Danzo’s organization. They discovered a Root-controlled settlement in the Pure Land and waited for Danzo’s forces to confront them.

• Hikari’s parents told her they were content in the Pure Land and refused resurrection, so she left with Xuandou feeling she had lost out in their bargain.
• Xuandou told Hikari they were going to visit an unexpected old friend, then retrieved Danzo’s Ninjutsu Scroll and used its trace to find his settlement in the Pure Land.
• At the settlement entrance, Root members claimed it was Danzo’s private territory and demanded recruits praise Danzo, insult Hiruzen, and curse the Uchiha.
• A girl warned Xuandou and Hikari that Root’s recruitment used escalating demands, while an old man explained that its members could torment souls into eternal silence.
• When a bald Root member tried to strike the girl, Xuandou threw him aside; after hearing the danger, Xuandou stayed at the entrance to await the organization’s forces.
• A rabbit-masked Root ninja arrived with a large group, recognized Xuandou, and immediately retreated to summon more reinforcements.