Chapter Summaries

Meikyō visited Alabasta’s royal collection to view a Poneglyph, then attended Sasuke’s full-month celebration in Konoha and worried about the coming Nine-Tails incident. Meanwhile, Madara learned that Black Zetsu could restore his youth, and Meikyō continued training his swordsmanship aboard ship in the Pirate World.

• Meikyō persuaded Cobra to let him view Alabasta’s Poneglyph, which recorded information about the Pluton warship’s location in Wano Country.
• Uchiha Fugaku hosted Sasuke’s full-month celebration, where Konoha’s leaders and their families gathered and Uchiha Yu urged Meikyō to find a partner.
• Meikyō wondered whether Obito’s changed fate would prevent the Nine-Tails incident and considered how Madara’s survival might affect the reincarnations of Indra and Asura.
• Black Zetsu told the aging Uchiha Madara that Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Shisui were difficult to manipulate, then revealed he knew a way to restore Madara’s youth.
• Aboard ship, Meikyō meditated with Ama-no-Ohabari and reflected that Shimotsuki Kōshirō could teach him how to become a Great Swordsman.

Meikyō arrived at Skypiea with Koala and Sabo, where he defeated and captured Enel, intending to keep him as a source of electricity to temper his body. He then left local affairs to Kuina and the others while arranging to collect the Golden City's gold and find the Poneglyph beneath the Golden Bell.

• Meikyō explained that the Knock Up Stream would carry their ship to Skypiea, and Koala steered them into the whirlpool as it erupted.
• Meikyō sensed Enel's attack, intercepted him on Aphelandra, and fought him with lightning techniques and Ama-no-Ohabari.
• Meikyō overwhelmed Enel, used genjutsu to control and frighten him, and forced him to surrender; Sabo and the others captured Enel's priests.
• Meikyō sealed Enel and left Kuina and the others to handle matters between the Shandians and Sky Island natives.
• Meikyō planned to collect the Golden City's gold for the Revolutionary Army and retrieve the Poneglyph beneath the Golden Bell so Robin could translate its information about Poseidon.

Uchiha Madara confronted Kakuzu and sought to take his Earth Grudge Fear technique to restore his youth. After Kakuzu fought off Karatachi Yagura and Madara, Madara revealed his Rinnegan and used Limbo to destroy Kakuzu’s four masked creatures, leaving Kakuzu vulnerable to capture.

• Kakuzu encountered Uchiha Madara, who claimed his identity and ordered White Zetsu Afū to take him to Yagura.
• Kakuzu fought Karatachi Yagura, testing his Water Mirror Technique with attacks of different chakra natures before escaping through the mist.
• Madara blocked Kakuzu’s escape and demanded Earth Grudge Fear so he could restore his youthful body.
• Kakuzu attacked Madara, who used Susanoo while Yagura continued fighting alongside him.
• Yagura revealed that Black Zetsu had suppressed his resisting will, and he renewed his assault on Kakuzu.
• Madara activated his Rinnegan and used Limbo: Border Jail to shatter Kakuzu’s four masked creatures, then prepared to capture and interrogate him.

Uchiha Madara attacked the Uchiha Clan Compound to draw Konoha’s strongest shinobi away while Black Zetsu targeted the Hokage Building and the Scroll of Seals. Madara confronted Itachi and his family, and the chapter ended as he and Fugaku clashed with their Susanoo.

• Madara decided to attack the Uchiha Clan Compound as a diversion while Black Zetsu infiltrated the Hokage Building to seek the Scroll of Seals.
• Madara arrived at the compound and used his Sharingan to make Uchiha En lead him to the clan head’s home.
• Madara attacked Itachi, who escaped with Sasuke and resisted him with substitution and Fire Style techniques before Madara defeated him.
• Mikoto intervened with Uchiha Tajima’s sword, but Madara disarmed and injured her, then reflected her genjutsu back at her.
• Fugaku arrived to protect his family and challenged Madara, who revealed a light-blue Susanoo as Fugaku manifested his own.

Uchiha Madara attacked Konoha with Wood Release and Susanoo, forcing Fugaku and the village’s strongest ninja to fight him while Kushina remained under guard. Madara escaped after framing Danzō, and Hiruzen suspected the attacker was the long-surviving Uchiha who had once surpassed Meikyō.

• Fugaku sent Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke away, then fought Madara as the two Susanoo clashed; Inoichi alerted Konoha’s leaders and Minato stayed to protect Kushina.
• Madara combined a Wood Golem, Susanoo armor, and five-element attacks, but Hiruzen and the other Konoha fighters arrived to support Fugaku.
• Torifu enlarged himself with the Butterfly Technique, and Fugaku armored him with Susanoo as they battled Madara’s Wood Golem.
• Madara unleashed a forest and a sea of flames, but Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru countered with wind, earth, and water techniques, weakening his forces.
• Madara used White Zetsu to disguise a decoy as himself and escaped underground; Hiruzen captured the decoy and discovered it was White Zetsu wearing Danzō’s face.
• Fugaku revealed that Madara had used Susanoo with only a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Hiruzen concluded the attacker might be an Uchiha from the past who had survived and gained Wood Release.

After Madara’s attack on Konoha, Meikyō helped Fugaku devise a misleading account of Izanagi to protect the Uchiha, while the villages strengthened their defenses. Orochimaru then revealed his breakthrough: a Cursed Mark that stored natural energy and transformed its user, though implantation rarely succeeded.

• Hiruzen recognized Madara as the man he had known in his youth, and Fugaku privately considered how Izanagi might have saved him.
• Minato and Tsunade cared for Kushina after Naruto’s birth while Meikyō reflected on how the altered future might change their roles.
• Madara’s attack became known across the Ninja World, prompting other villages to reinforce their defenses.
• Meikyō advised Fugaku to conceal parts of the truth about Izanagi by linking Madara’s survival and power to Indra’s legacy.
• Orochimaru investigated the Uchiha stone tablet, then presented Meikyō with research on Jugo and his newly developed Cursed Mark.

Meikyō tested the Cursed Mark-enhanced Wind God and Thunder God, then discussed Orochimaru’s theories for storing Natural Energy and developing cultivation. Orochimaru’s research into Mangekyō Sharingan genetics had not yet produced a solution, but he revealed that he was comparing Uchiha bloodlines to reconstruct Indra’s eyes.

• Orochimaru led Meikyō to meet the Wind God and Thunder God brothers, the only two of ten prisoners who survived his Cursed Mark experiments.
• Meikyō took away the brothers’ food and fought them hand-to-hand after their Cursed Marks transformed them, defeating them despite their Kage-level destructive power.
• Meikyō and Orochimaru discussed Orochimaru’s theory of using Breathing Techniques, the body’s digestive system, and Cursed Marks to absorb and store Natural Energy.
• Meikyō asked about the Mangekyō Sharingan gene research, and Orochimaru showed genetic comparisons among Meikyō, Fugaku, Obito, Kagami, and other Uchiha.
• Orochimaru said Meikyō had the greatest genetic variation and explained that he was comparing Uchiha genes to see whether they could reconstruct Indra’s eyes.

Meikyō discussed ways to evolve his Mangekyō Sharingan with Orochimaru, then trained Enel near Sabaody before meeting Vice Admiral Momousagi. After accepting the World Government's Seven Warlords appointment letter, Meikyō fought Momousagi to demonstrate his strength.

• Orochimaru explained that closely related Uchiha could combine their Mangekyō Sharingan powers, while Meikyō concluded he had no suitable relative available to use that method.
• Meikyō trained beneath Enel's lightning and ordered Enel to increase his physical training so he could awaken Armament Haki.
• Koala spotted Navy warships at Sabaody, and Meikyō ordered the ship to approach them.
• Momousagi offered Meikyō the Seven Warlords appointment and explained that she wanted to assess whether he could threaten the Four Emperors.
• Meikyō and Momousagi moved to rocky waters and began a sword fight, with Meikyō activating Sage Mode and Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Meikyō fought Momousagi, completed all eighteen forms of Sun Breathing, and reached the level of a Great Swordsman before accepting the Seven Warlords of the Sea position. The World Government approved his passage through Mary Geoise into the New World, where he planned to investigate Punk Hazard and use the Mogara Kingdom as a base.

• Kuina watched Meikyō and Momousagi’s battle and drew inspiration from Momousagi as a female Great Swordsman.
• Meikyō refined his new Sun Breathing forms while fighting Momousagi, awakened as a Great Swordsman, and narrowly won after their day-and-night duel.
• Momousagi offered Meikyō a place in the Navy, but he refused, accepted the Seven Warlords appointment letter, and learned that she had been ordered to Punk Hazard.
• Meikyō sealed the World Government’s listening device on his Den Den Mushi and told Dragon that he had become a Great Swordsman and wanted Punk Hazard investigated, including Caesar Clown’s whereabouts.
• The World Government approved the Tsugikuni Yoriichi group’s passage through Mary Geoise into the New World, and Robin read the news of Meikyō’s Seven Warlords appointment.

Meikyō learned that Caesar Clown had been spotted in Torrance Town and captured him after stopping his escape by sea and air. He questioned Caesar about editing the genes of adults, but Caesar’s answer remained uncertain as Meikyō used genjutsu to prevent further lies.

• Koala told Meikyō that Caesar had escaped custody and was seen in Torrance Town, where Robin explained the town’s history and its connection to the Vampire-Vampire Fruit.
• Meikyō ordered the crew to Torrance Town, hoping to find Caesar and the Mythical Zoan fruit.
• Caesar tried to escape aboard a fast ship that he transformed into an airship, but Meikyō’s slash and Enel’s lightning forced him to flee and then be captured.
• Meikyō confronted Caesar, who offered his scientific services in exchange for freedom.
• Meikyō asked whether Caesar could edit the genes of an adult, detected his lie, and used genjutsu before asking again.

Meikyō learned that Caesar could not safely perform gene editing on an adult and recruited him to make Ama-no-Ohabari eat a Devil Fruit. Meikyō then persuaded Adoya to reveal the history of a hidden fruit in Torrance Town and lead the group to the church where it was concealed.

• Caesar told Meikyō that adult gene editing could cause the body and brain to collapse, and Meikyō decided Caesar was still useful for feeding a Devil Fruit to a weapon.
• Meikyō brought Caesar to Adoya and offered her gold in exchange for helping find the rare Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Adoya negotiated for double the gold, accepted the deal, and led Meikyō's group to an old church in Torrance Town.
• Adoya explained that pirates had hidden a rare Devil Fruit at the church and that her family had searched for it for generations using inherited blueprints.
• Caesar declared that he would solve the mystery of the church's differing design and furnishings.

Meikyō uncovered a pirate crew’s hidden treasure with Adoya and returned to Konoha, where Dan Katō asked him to oversee the Medical Department during Tsunade’s pregnancy. They also planned to strengthen Konoha by training elite ninjas in the Breathing Technique and Orochimaru’s developing Sage Mode.

• Meikyō completed the church blueprint, found the hidden passage, and led the group to a secret chamber containing treasure and a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Meikyō let Adoya choose one treasure, and she chose a gold statue to be melted into bars before he sealed her memories of the chamber and sent her back to the inn.
• Dan Katō told Meikyō that Tsunade was pregnant and asked him to pay more attention to the Medical Department.
• Meikyō reported that the masked man suspected to be Uchiha Madara remained untraced and identified the Land of Rain and the Land of Water as possible intelligence black holes.
• Meikyō and Dan Katō agreed to train Konoha’s elite ninjas in the Breathing Technique and develop Orochimaru’s Sage Mode research.

Meikyō, Dan Katō, and Orochimaru investigated how the Star Meteorite’s radiation affected Dan’s spirit and planned a way to use it to advance Spirit Transformation safely. The chapter then shifted to the Pirate World, where Meikyō’s ship remained at Mogara Kingdom, a nation infiltrated by the Revolutionary Army.

• Anko summoned Dan Katō and Meikyō to Orochimaru’s Root base to hear about his research on the Star Meteorite.
• Orochimaru explained that the meteorite was a radioactive element from beyond the heavens and that Hoshigakure had used its radiation to develop the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Dan Katō agreed to fund Orochimaru’s development of a radiation-based ninjutsu, which would be sealed for future use, and Orochimaru proposed testing the radiation on First Hokage and White Zetsu cells.
• Orochimaru explained that Dan’s spirit had absorbed the meteorite’s energy while he used the Spirit Transformation Technique, strengthening his soul without exposing his body.
• Meikyō proposed using Dan Katō’s protection, the Star Meteorite, and the Impure World Reincarnation to advance Spirit Transformation; Dan agreed under restrictions on its use and reincarnation materials.
• The story shifted to Mogara Kingdom, where Meikyō’s ship remained docked and the Revolutionary Army had infiltrated the nation.

Meikyō tested Ama-no-Ohabari’s new bat form, named Bruce, and discovered that its bloodsucking ability could strengthen him but carried risks. He then visited Rōran to support Konoha’s influence there and was interrupted by rumors linking him to the Queen of Roran.

• Meikyō confirmed that Bruce obeyed him, tested its new sword and flying forms, and named the weapon Bruce.
• Meikyō drained the blood of a sea beast through Bruce and found that the weapon could strengthen his body, though absorbed resentment and mental fragments could make Bruce bloodthirsty.
• Meikyō decided to remain in the Mogara Kingdom while his Shadow Clones trained his crew, and considered traveling to a world with advanced genetic technology.
• In Rōran, Meikyō told Oomuro Castle Flame to expand his merchant association there with Konoha’s secret support and help keep Sunagakure in check.
• Might Guy, Yūhi Kurenai, and Asuma arrived and asked Meikyō whether rumors about an affair with the Queen of Roran were true.

Meikyō secured Rōran’s alliance with Konoha and used its Dragon Vein to locate a potential new world. On his return to the Land of Fire, he discovered that Uchiha Madara had intercepted him and sent his subordinates to escape and warn the village.

• The Queen of Roran welcomed Meikyō, who presented Konoha’s alliance agreement while Pakura left to report back to the Fourth Kazekage.
• Meikyō considered killing Pakura but chose not to act immediately, then used Rōran’s Dragon Vein to search for worlds matching his chosen technology parameters.
• Meikyō selected World One’s coordinates but postponed transmission until he reached a safer place.
• The next day, Meikyō signed treaties between Konoha and Rōran, then returned toward Konoha with Might Guy, Yūhi Kurenai, and Asuma.
• Uchiha Madara waited near a valley and learned that Meikyō had left Rōran.
• Meikyō detected Madara ahead and ordered Might Guy, Yūhi Kurenai, and Asuma to escape and alert the village, rejecting Guy’s offer to stay and fight.

Meikyō fought Uchiha Madara in the gorge, demonstrating swordsmanship and power that forced Madara to use Susanoo, Wood Release, and Earth Grudge Fear. Madara acknowledged Meikyō as the strongest swordsman, but their battle continued as Meikyō unleashed a colossal Amaterasu dragon at him.

• Meikyō met Uchiha Madara in the gorge, and they began a fierce duel with their weapons.
• Meikyō overwhelmed Madara in close combat, while Madara used Susanoo and the Uchiha Flame Fan to defend himself and counterattack.
• Madara brought out Wood Release and Earth Grudge Fear, but Meikyō met his attacks with Sage Mode and Susanoo-enhanced swordsmanship.
• Madara acknowledged Meikyō as the strongest swordsman and tried to recruit him by asking how he viewed war, but Meikyō mocked him.
• Meikyō covered the Totsuka Blade in Amaterasu and launched a colossal black-flame dragon at Madara with Uchiha Style: Sun Breathing, Nineteenth Form.

Meikyō defeated Uchiha Madara in a devastating battle, forcing him to retreat before Konoha's reinforcements arrived. After Konoha's leaders discussed Madara's threat, Meikyō traveled to a modern world and discovered evidence that he had arrived in the world of heroes.

• Meikyō's Amaterasu Black Dragon destroyed Madara's wood golem, and he wounded Madara by destroying four of the five hearts sustained by Earth Grudge Fear.
• Madara tried to persuade Meikyō to join his plan for a new world, then fled underground after warning him to examine the Uchiha stone tablet.
• Minato Namikaze, Dan Katō, and Uchiha Fugaku arrived; Meikyō identified their enemy as Uchiha Madara and explained how Earth Grudge Fear worked.
• Dan Katō convened Konoha's leaders, who ordered precautions against Madara and arranged for Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru to investigate Takigakure and bring back Jiraiya.
• Meikyō treated Might Guy, returned home, and used his Reincarnator's Wristwatch to travel to a modern city.
• Meikyō read books about Sweet Mask and heroes, then realized he had arrived in a world where heroes were prominent.

Uchiha Meikyō fought Vaccine Man, a Dragon-level monster, until Saitama arrived and defeated it with one punch. Meikyō then befriended Saitama, and the two set out to exchange Meikyō’s gold for money before going to a supermarket sale.

• Meikyō recognized the world as One-Punch Man’s and fought Vaccine Man after the monster attacked Z-City.
• Meikyō battled Vaccine Man through his transformations and protected the heroes who came to assist him.
• King was knocked unconscious amid the destruction, while Saitama arrived and destroyed Vaccine Man with one punch.
• Meikyō introduced himself to Saitama, and the two shared a meal that left Saitama to pay the bill.
• Meikyō revealed he had a gold bar but no cash, and he and Saitama planned to visit a bank and the supermarket sale the next morning.

Meikyō and Saitama stopped Giant Brother from destroying more of the city, and Meikyō used Ama-no-Ohabari to seal the giant’s corpse and let Bruce absorb it. Back in Konoha, Orochimaru explained how Hero Water worked and warned that excessive use could be fatal.

• Meikyō went shopping with Saitama, then sensed a huge monster approaching as the city began to shake.
• Scientist Brother celebrated Giant Brother’s new strength, but Giant Brother accidentally crushed him while trying to attack Saitama and Meikyō.
• Meikyō escaped with Amenotejikara and left a Shadow Clone to urge Saitama to stop Giant Brother before the fight damaged more of the city.
• Saitama killed Giant Brother with a Serious Punch, and Meikyō used Ama-no-Ohabari as Susanoo’s Totsuka Blade to seal the corpse and let Bruce absorb it.
• Meikyō returned to the Naruto World, where Orochimaru presented Hero Water and explained that it boosted Chakra by draining the body and straining the mind, with excessive amounts risking death.

Orochimaru and Dan Katō arranged a guarded attempt to help Meikyō master the Spirit Transformation Technique, while opening the Scroll of Seals to Konoha’s upper ranks. Inside his spiritual world, Meikyō encountered a hostile mirror self and began fighting it with Bruce in sword form.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and the others discussed Hero Water’s uses and Orochimaru’s ideas for combining it with the Golden Potion or experimenting on First Hokage’s Cells.
• Dan Katō announced plans to use controlled Star Meteorite radiation to help Meikyō cultivate the Spirit Transformation Technique and to let Konoha’s upper ranks study the Scroll of Seals.
• Orochimaru, Torifu Akimichi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Fugaku took positions to guard the Star Meteorite and Meikyō’s body during the dangerous process.
• Meikyō entered his spiritual world, where he met a mirror version of himself that claimed to be his opposite and challenged him for the life and achievements he possessed.
• Meikyō summoned Bruce as a sword and attacked his mirror self with Sun Breathing forms.