Chapter Summaries

Shengu Xuan revealed that his talisman powers were magic rather than chakra, leaving Momoshiki unable to absorb or analyze them. After Shengu Xuan easily injured Momoshiki, the Ōtsutsuki prepared to fight him together.

• Momoshiki failed to absorb the Chicken Talisman’s flame, and it burned his right arm when he tried to touch it.
• Shengu Xuan explained that his power was magic, which Momoshiki’s and Urashiki’s eyes could neither identify nor absorb.
• Momoshiki attacked Shengu Xuan physically, but Shengu Xuan caught his kick and shattered his ankle before letting him fly backward.
• Momoshiki ordered Kinshiki to use his full-power form, while Urashiki summoned a scythe-like weapon and revealed a Rinnegan on his forehead.
• Shengu Xuan faced the three Ōtsutsuki as they formed up to attack him together.

Shengu Xuan effortlessly withstood the Ōtsutsuki trio’s attacks and demonstrated that his magic could injure Momoshiki despite his ability to absorb Chakra. After overpowering Momoshiki in close combat, he left the battered invader calling Kinshiki to his side.

• Kinshiki, Momoshiki, and Urashiki attacked Shengu Xuan together, but their blows and energy attacks failed to harm him.
• Shengu Xuan explained that attacks on the material level could not reach his conceptual self and used the Snake Talisman to break Momoshiki’s right arm.
• Momoshiki asked Urashiki about his spacetime rewind, then swallowed one of his own energy spheres to boost his speed and strength.
• Momoshiki struck Shengu Xuan at greater speed, but Shengu Xuan grabbed him, slammed his head into the lunar surface, dragged him across the ground, and flung him away.
• Momoshiki called Kinshiki over while Kinshiki struggled up from the rubble with cracks across his body.

Momoshiki absorbed Kinshiki to gain his complete form and golden Rinnegan, hoping to overcome Shengu Xuan's defenses. After Shengu Xuan easily struck him down, Momoshiki realized that he and Urashiki could not escape the moon.

• Momoshiki asked Kinshiki if he would give anything for him, and Kinshiki agreed to sacrifice himself.
• Kinshiki knelt as Momoshiki absorbed his life force and chakra, leaving only his empty robes behind.
• Momoshiki transformed and used his golden Rinnegan to tug slightly at the talisman light surrounding Shengu Xuan, but could not absorb it.
• Shengu Xuan explained that his power came from outside the universe's rules and sent Momoshiki flying with a finger tap.
• Urashiki caught Momoshiki, who concluded that retreat was impossible because Shengu Xuan had said they would not leave the moon.

Shengu Xuan revealed his Shendu Form, defeated Momoshiki and Urashiki, and let them leave after warning them to keep their homeworld away from Earth and the moon. Toneri then revealed that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, older than the universe, was waiting on Momoshiki’s homeworld, giving Shengu Xuan a new opponent to anticipate.

• Momoshiki combined his Golden Rinnegan, Kinshiki’s life essence, and Urashiki’s temporal power to attack Shengu Xuan, but his strongest punch had no effect.
• Shengu Xuan transformed into Shendu Form by combining the twelve sources of magic and immobilized Momoshiki.
• Momoshiki tried to absorb Shengu Xuan’s chaos-colored light, destroying his Golden Rinnegan and forcing him out of his complete form.
• Urashiki attacked Shengu Xuan, but his weapon shattered and Shengu Xuan flicked him aside, leaving both Otsutsuki unable to fight.
• Shengu Xuan spared Momoshiki and Urashiki, ordering them to tell their homeworld that Earth and the moon were his territory.
• Toneri told Shengu Xuan that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was older than the universe and that Momoshiki was only his backup vessel; Shengu Xuan looked forward to meeting him.

Shengu Xuan killed Momoshiki with a single stomp after Momoshiki tried to absorb the Ten-Tails core, while Urashiki escaped to report back to Isshiki. With the moon base and its power systems secure, Shengu Xuan prepared to return to Earth and left Toneri behind to watch the place.

• Momoshiki sensed the Ten-Tails core beneath the moon and decided to absorb it to restore his power, while ordering Urashiki to escape through the Altar and report to Isshiki.
• Momoshiki entered the fissure and began draining the Ten-Tails Orb, disrupting the moon's energy conduits.
• Shengu Xuan appeared above Momoshiki and erased him with a single stomp before he could react.
• Shengu Xuan confirmed to Toneri that Momoshiki was gone and Urashiki had escaped, then checked that the Ten-Tails Orb and Tenseigan were functioning again.
• Shengu Xuan announced he was returning to Earth and left Toneri on the moon to watch the base.

After returning from the moon, Shengu Xuan explained to the Five Kage that he had stopped Toneri and other Ōtsutsuki from endangering Earth. The Kage proposed uniting the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and Shengu Xuan asked who would lead them.

• Shengu Xuan returned to Konoha and told Shikaku that the crisis on the moon was over.
• Shikaku told Shengu Xuan that all five Kage had gathered in Konoha to wait for him.
• Shengu Xuan explained that Toneri had tried to crash the moon into Earth and that he had stabilized its orbit and dealt with other Ōtsutsuki.
• Shengu Xuan warned the Kage that more Ōtsutsuki might come, but said he had built a lunar base to handle future threats away from Earth.
• Gaara, Raikage A, Mei Terumi, and Tsunade proposed merging the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and Shengu Xuan asked who would be in charge.

The Five Kage appointed Shengu Xuan supreme leader of the newly established Shinobi World Union, while leaving routine affairs to a Joint Council. As the Union’s founding ceremony took place without him on the platform, Shengu Xuan watched from a rooftop and considered the threats still ahead.

• The Five Kage asked Shengu Xuan to lead the Shinobi World Union, and he accepted after Gaara proposed that a Joint Council handle routine affairs.
• Shengu Xuan told Naruto that enemies from outside would return, then challenged him to defeat more than three Shadowkhan before they visited the Moon Base together.
• Three days later, the Five Kage held the Union’s founding ceremony in Konoha, but Shengu Xuan refused to attend and sent a message urging them to focus on useful work.
• Shengu Xuan watched the simplified ceremony from a rooftop and thought about the Union, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and the Moon Base.

Shengu Xuan learned that Kara, an organization linked to the Ōtsutsuki, had built a widespread covert network and was connected to abnormal chakra signatures. After ordering the Shadowkhan to investigate, he prepared to draw out Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's hidden scheme.

• Shikaku told Shengu Xuan that intercepted communications mentioned Kara, "shells," "vessels," and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Shengu Xuan told Shikaku to wait and observe Kara, dismissing the possibility that anything on the planet could threaten the Union or himself.
• A Shadowkhan soldier reported northeastern Land of Rain chakra fluctuations with a seventy-three percent similarity to Momoshiki Otsutsuki's residual signature.
• Shengu Xuan sent twelve shadows to surveil Kara's five relay nodes without alerting the organization.
• The Moon Base detected similar chakra fluctuations in seven countries, while the Shadowkhan reported at least six core members and over two hundred peripheral personnel across the Five Great Nations.
• Shengu Xuan decided to draw Kara out and see how deep a game Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had laid on the planet.

Shengu Xuan revealed that Kara served Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and launched a simultaneous operation to capture its core members. He left the fifth member to the Shadowkhan and went to confront Jigen, where both said they had been waiting for each other.

• Shikaku told the five Kage that the Shadowkhan had detected Kara's core members across several countries.
• Shengu Xuan explained that Jigen was Isshiki's vessel and that Kara's core members were modified human weapons.
• Shengu Xuan used the Rat Talisman to send the Shadowkhan after Kara's members, while reserving Jigen for himself.
• The Shadowkhan simultaneously captured four core members in the Land of Lightning, the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, and the Land of Fire's border.
• Shengu Xuan teleported to a remote tavern and met Jigen, who said he had been waiting for him.

Shengu Xuan confronted Jigen and tested the shrinking technique granted by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, overcoming its physical defenses with conceptual force. Jigen transformed as Isshiki emerged and spoke directly to Shengu Xuan, setting up their encounter.

• Jigen revealed that his people had been captured and admitted Kashin Koji had betrayed him, while Shengu Xuan identified Ōtsutsuki Isshiki inside him.
• Jigen attacked with a Black Receiver, then demonstrated Isshiki’s ability to shrink matter and restore it at any location.
• Shengu Xuan pushed Jigen back and explained that conceptual force could still affect him regardless of his size.
• Shengu Xuan flicked microscopic Jigen into a doorpost, injuring him and forcing him to admit his body alone was insufficient.
• White patterns spread across Jigen as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki took over and recognized Shengu Xuan by name.

Shengu Xuan confronted Isshiki after Isshiki took over Jigen, and used the Snake Talisman's expanded perception to find him hiding in a dimensional fold. Isshiki revealed that his bodiless consciousness had less than three days left to live.

• Isshiki took control of Jigen's body and attacked Shengu Xuan with Sukunahikona, but his shrinking ability had no effect on Shengu Xuan.
• Isshiki detached his consciousness from the material plane and left Jigen's body behind.
• Shengu Xuan activated the Snake Talisman and located Isshiki hiding in a dimensional fold beneath the izakaya.
• Shengu Xuan stamped on the dimensional interlayer, forcing Isshiki's consciousness out of hiding.
• Isshiki told Shengu Xuan that he had less than three days left to live.

Isshiki attempted to reincarnate into Shengu Xuan, but his Kāma could not affect Shengu Xuan’s soul. As Isshiki’s consciousness faded away, he revealed that Code and a white Kāma remained as his contingency.

• Isshiki told Shengu Xuan that his body had only three days left and explained that he intended to reincarnate.
• Isshiki implanted a Kāma on Shengu Xuan, but the mark melted away because Shengu Xuan’s soul did not belong to the universe’s rules.
• Isshiki’s consciousness weakened and admitted that he would dissipate without a new vessel.
• Isshiki revealed that Code possessed a white Kāma and would carry out his unfinished harvest before his consciousness disappeared.
• Shengu Xuan sensed across the planet with the Snake Talisman and called Code another pawn he had yet to catch.

Shengu Xuan tracked down Code, Isshiki’s last remaining follower, and confronted him in an underground cavern. Code revealed his Claw Marks and vowed to harvest the planet for Isshiki’s sake, then attacked Shengu Xuan, whose defense stopped every blow.

• Shengu Xuan used the Snake Talisman to find the white Kāma embedded in Code beneath the Land of Rain.
• Shengu Xuan tore open the rock above Code’s cavern and told him that Isshiki had died.
• Code activated his white Kāma and demonstrated how his Claw Marks created passages between marked surfaces.
• Code declared that he would use the God Tree to harvest the planet and preserve Isshiki’s will.
• Code launched repeated attacks through the Claw Marks, but none could reach Shengu Xuan.

Shengu Xuan defeated Code by erasing his Claw Marks and stopping the White Kāma’s self-destruction, then destroyed him. As Shengu Xuan prepared to leave, the Snake Talisman sensed a steady energy signature sealed behind the cavern wall.

• Code attacked Shengu Xuan through his Claw Marks, but both strikes hit an invisible barrier.
• Code folded the cavern’s space, but the effect stopped short of Shengu Xuan, who then erased every Claw Mark in the area.
• Code began using the White Kāma to self-destruct, but Shengu Xuan removed the cause of the reaction and halted his movement.
• Shengu Xuan condemned Code’s loyalty to Isshiki and destroyed him, leaving the White Kāma to fade into particles.
• The Snake Talisman detected an unusual energy signature behind the rock wall, and Shengu Xuan stopped to investigate.

Shengu Xuan found Eida and Daemon in sealed cultivation pods and learned about their abilities. He planned to bring them to the Coalition, while anticipating that the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld might send more enemies.

• Shengu Xuan broke through the sealed chamber and discovered Eida and Daemon in cultivation pods.
• Eida woke and learned that Shengu Xuan had killed Code, but her Omniscient Eye could not see his past.
• Eida explained that she had been created to monitor humanity for Isshiki and that Daemon could force people to obey commands.
• Shengu Xuan said neither sibling’s ability could affect him and told Eida to wake Daemon and come with him to the Coalition.
• Shengu Xuan reflected that Isshiki and Code were dead and wondered when the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld would send its next visitors.

Ada discovered that her charm had no effect on Shengu Xuan, whose nervous system did not follow biological rules, and chose to leave the underground facility with him. After Ada woke Daemon, he asked to test his own ability on Shengu Xuan.

• Ada used her passive Charm Technique on Shengu Xuan, but its effects vanished against his barrier.
• Shengu Xuan explained that his nervous system was a projection from the conceptual layer, so Ada's biological charm could not affect him.
• Ada said she would choose to go with Shengu Xuan even if she had another option, and he told her to wake Daemon.
• Ada drained Daemon's cultivation pod and gently woke her brother.
• Daemon learned that Ada's charm did not work on Shengu Xuan and asked whether he could try his own ability on him.

Daemon tested his Shinjutsu on Shengu Xuan, but his command had no effect because Shengu Xuan’s nervous system worked outside its rules. Shengu Xuan dismantled the causal foundation of Daemon’s Backlash with the Rat Talisman, temporarily disabling the ability and leaving Daemon impressed.

• Daemon commanded Shengu Xuan to squat, but Shengu Xuan was unaffected.
• Daemon activated Backlash, and Ada warned Shengu Xuan that it reflected harm through causality.
• Shengu Xuan used the Rat Talisman to deconstruct the rules supporting Daemon’s Backlash without attacking him.
• Daemon’s Backlash field shattered, temporarily disabling his ability for up to three minutes.
• Daemon asked Ada whether Shengu Xuan was a monster.

Ada and Daemon agreed to follow Shengu Xuan after recognizing that their powers could not affect him, and he accepted Ada’s pledge of allegiance. He revealed that the Coalition ruled the Shinobi World and hinted that his plans extended beyond the planet.

• Ada told Daemon to go with Shengu Xuan, and Daemon agreed after setting the condition that he would not be used as a tool.
• Shengu Xuan said the siblings could make their own choices, provided Daemon did not use Shinjutsu to cause trouble on Coalition territory.
• Ada asked about the Coalition, and Shengu Xuan explained that he was its nominal supreme leader at seventeen.
• Ada offered her Omniscient Eye’s findings about Code as a pledge of allegiance, and Shengu Xuan accepted.
• At dawn, Shengu Xuan said Isshiki, Code, and Kara were gone, then implied that he needed the siblings for threats beyond their planet.

Shengu Xuan sensed the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld’s arrival and confronted Shibai, a god-rank member of the Main Family, in orbit. Shibai revealed that he had come to decide whether Shengu Xuan was worth the Main Family’s full attention.

• Shengu Xuan told Ada that the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld might arrive soon, and Ada recognized what he meant.
• After three weeks of peace, the Snake Talisman alerted Shengu Xuan to a familiar spatial fluctuation in high orbit, and Ada confirmed that observatory staff had detected unidentified objects approaching.
• Shengu Xuan told Ada to keep Daemon in the village and teleported to the rift opening beyond the atmosphere.
• Shibai emerged from the rift and identified himself as a god-rank member of the Ōtsutsuki Main Family.
• Shibai told Shengu Xuan that he had come to determine whether he was worth mobilizing the entire Main Family.

Shengu Xuan confirmed that Shibai’s Otsutsuki Main Family was preparing to mobilize, then crossed the rift to face them on their planet. The chapter ended with Shengu Xuan challenging the gathered Otsutsuki to attack him together.

• Shibai tested Shengu Xuan with Existence Erasure, confirmed he warranted the Main Family’s attention, and revealed that he had placed a coordinate anchor in the rift.
• Shengu Xuan activated Shendu Form, prompting the rift to open into a passage facing a planet crowded with hundreds of powerful Otsutsuki.
• Shengu Xuan manifested Stellar Domain Projection and crossed the passage to the Otsutsuki planet instead of waiting for them to come to Earth.
• Ada told Daemon that Shengu Xuan had left to fight an entire planet of Otsutsuki, while Shikaku recorded his return date as undetermined.
• Shengu Xuan arrived before the assembled Otsutsuki Main Family and challenged them to attack him together.