Recaps

Qi Yuan revealed his Six Paths power and used his remaining enhancement points to strengthen the Ten-Tails inside him, transforming into a powerful Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Kaguya attacked with her hair and space-time abilities, but Qi Yuan blocked her approach with Limbo: Border Jail.

• Kaguya questioned Qi Yuan's origins and attacked him with her hair, while he blocked and severed it using Truth-Seeking Orbs shaped into weapons.
• Qi Yuan revealed that he knew about Kaguya's resurrection and could have stopped Infinite Tsukuyomi, then transformed his Byakugan into a six-tomoe Rinnegan.
• Qi Yuan spent his remaining five hundred thousand enhancement points on the Ten-Tails and transformed into a Six Paths Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Qi Yuan attacked Kaguya with Sage Art, Storm Release: Light Fang, and she escaped through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Qi Yuan used Limbo: Border Jail to exclude his body from real space, preventing Kaguya from reaching him through Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki trapped Yanling in her ice space and battled him while Qi Yuan used the Kamui Sharingan to enter the Planetary Space and track his clone. As Yanling neared defeat, he opened the Gate of Death of the Eight Gates of Limitless.

• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki used her space-time ability to pull Yanling into her ice world, while Qi Yuan's Limbo shadows kept her from reaching him.
• Yanling fought Kaguya Ōtsutsuki with Lava Release, Rashomon, and Sage Art, but she gained the advantage and wore down his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Qi Yuan recognized that Kaguya's spaces connected to the Planetary Space, embedded the Kamui Sharingan in his palms, and entered through its entrance in Central Province.
• Qi Yuan sensed Yanling's location but could not teleport to him because Yanling's chakra distorted the space around him.
• Yanling gathered his chakra toward his heart and opened the Gate of Death of the Eight Gates of Limitless.

Yanling used Night Guy to severely injure Kaguya, then Qi Yuan trapped her and began sealing her again with Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei. Black Zetsu pleaded for mercy and offered to serve Qi Yuan, while Kaguya surrendered and thought of Hagoromo and Hamura.

• Yanling disrupted Kaguya's space-switching ability and struck her with Night Guy, smashing her into a crater.
• Qi Yuan stabilized Yanling's injuries and took over the fight as Kaguya recovered and shifted the battlefield to the Magma Dimension.
• Qi Yuan sent Yanling to the Kamui Dimension, then used his enormous Perfect Susanoo and three Limbo: Border Jail shadows to confront Kaguya.
• Qi Yuan's shadows immobilized Kaguya, allowing him to begin Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei; Black Zetsu begged him to spare them and offered to serve him.
• Kaguya stopped resisting the seal and looked toward the distant starry sky, missing Hagoromo and Hamura.

Qi Yuan sealed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki on the moon, restored Hongye with Six Paths Power, and used his Enhancement Points to perfect the Ten-Tails and upgrade his Byakugan. He attained Kekkei Mōra and left Black Zetsu horrified after using Kaguya’s techniques.

• Qi Yuan sealed the freed tailed beasts again, rescued Hongye with Six Paths Power, and sent Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to the moon with Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.
• Black Zetsu watched Kaguya’s third sealing, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura learned through their ancient compass that their mother had been sealed again.
• Qi Yuan received Enhancement Points for suppressing Kaguya and maxed out his power of the Ten-Tails, becoming a perfect Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Qi Yuan spent his remaining million Enhancement Points on the Byakugan and unlocked Byakugan coercion, Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Qi Yuan used the newly gained Kekkei Mōra techniques, and Black Zetsu was horrified to see him wield Kaguya’s powers.

After awakening the Tenseigan and reaching late level eight, Qi Yuan restored the Ten-Tails to Hongye and returned to the Nine Provinces Alliance. He released the Infinite Tsukuyomi there while leaving the people in the Demon Beast spaces trapped.

• Qi Yuan's Byakugan transformed into the Tenseigan, and his strength rose to late level eight, surpassing Kaguya's raw power.
• Hongye summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, resealed the Nine Tailed Beasts, and became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki again.
• Qi Yuan asked Black Zetsu how long the victims would take to become White Zetsu, then searched Gu Huan's memories for a method to refine Chakra Fruits but found none.
• Qi Yuan formed the Rat seal and released the Infinite Tsukuyomi across the Nine Provinces Alliance, while keeping the bindings over the Demon Beast spaces in place.

Qi Yuan freed humanity from the Demon Beasts, uncovered a terrifying erasure of knowledge about human origins, and sent Gu Huan's spirit through the Soul Reaper Gate to investigate another world. The Nine Provinces Alliance entered a peaceful era of wider access to Ninja inheritances, while Qi Yuan awaited information from Gu Huan.

• Qi Yuan dispelled part of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the Nine Provinces Alliance discovered that the Demon Beasts had been killed and hung from trees.
• Qi Yuan realized that people had no knowledge of humanity's origins from three hundred years ago, and White Zetsu confirmed that the concept had been erased across generations.
• Qi Yuan sent Gu Huan's spirit toward the Soul Reaper Gate with a Limbo shadow hidden inside him, ordering him to investigate the other world after Qi Yuan extracted his memories.
• Gu Huan entered the other world with his memories erased and was reborn as a daughter named Gu Huan in a family that guarded the Eight-Mirror Sword.
• Qi Yuan abolished the Family Clans' exclusive privileges, and the Nine Provinces Alliance began freely seeking Ninja inheritances across the Secret Realm Spaces.

Qi Yuan absorbed the chakra of countless Foreign Race beings and planted his Ten-Tails to grow a God Tree, while Tianchi and Huameng began cultivating another Ten-Tails in a different world. The volume ended with Gu Zimei topping a mental power assessment in the Qing Kingdom, setting up the next story.

• Qi Yuan absorbed chakra through the connected Foreign Race spaces until he, Hongye, and Yanling reached their limits.
• Qi Yuan released his Ten-Tails and ordered it to root itself and grow into a God Tree that could produce a Chakra Fruit.
• Tianchi and Huameng planted their Ten-Tails seedling in another world and planned to sacrifice lives to accelerate its growth.
• The story shifted to Light City No. 1 High School, where Gu Zimei scored 200 on her mental power assessment.

Qi Yuan reflected on his six years with Gu Zimei and considered how the Devil Fruit world might serve his plans against the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After seeing Gu Zimei despair that she could never catch up to him, he left her question unanswered.

• Qi Yuan recalled how Gu Zimei had grown up while hosting his Limbo shadow, and considered turning her world into a source of chakra and a place to cultivate a God Tree.
• Qi Yuan sensed chakra flourishing in the distance and suspected Tianchi and Huameng were raising a Ten-Tails, while resolving to claim any God Tree fruit for himself.
• Qi Yuan checked Gu Zimei's training and recognized that her chakra potential could reach Kage Level, but would not approach his own strength.
• Gu Zimei showed Qi Yuan videos of Qing Wuji and photographs of the Five Emperors, asking whether their powers could help her catch up to him.
• Gu Zimei grew hopeless after Qi Yuan's repeated refusals and tearfully asked what she could do to catch up to him.

Gu Zimei faced the fear and gossip surrounding her cursed lone star reputation at school while reflecting on how Qi Yuan had changed her life. After a classmate tried to get close to her, Gu Zimei kept her distance and looked forward to seeing Qi Yuan again.

• Students discussed Wen Jing's and Zhang Wei's mental power before gossiping about Gu Zimei's exceptional mental power and cursed fate.
• Gu Zimei arrived at school, silenced the students with a cold stare, and recalled how Qi Yuan had taught her to stand up for herself.
• Gu Zimei rejected the idea that she was truly cursed, believing the Governor had used the label to hide the truth about her family's deaths.
• Xiao Xue praised Gu Zimei's test results and tried to learn her secret, but Gu Zimei remained wary of her.
• Gu Zimei looked forward to meeting Qi Yuan at the end of the month and wondered whether his unchanging appearance came from a Devil Fruit ability.

Gu Zimei studied Devil Fruit abilities and wondered whether one could help her catch up to Qi Yuan, while concealing her unusual past and learning the Ninjutsu he had taught her. After returning home, she waited eagerly for Qi Yuan to emerge from her shadow, and he appeared before her.

• Gu Zimei read an outdated Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and considered whether a Logia ability could help her match Qi Yuan.
• Xiao Xue offered Gu Zimei a new encyclopedia, but Gu Zimei suspected she had ulterior motives and kept Qi Yuan's secrets.
• Gu Zimei recalled that her father had possessed the Op-Op Fruit ability and wondered whether it had been connected to his death.
• Gu Zimei planned to enter the Devil Fruit Space after her college entrance exam, but questioned whether she should focus on Qi Yuan's Ninjutsu instead.
• Gu Zimei returned to her lonely home, resolved to hunt for meat in Sheshan because her appetite had grown with her strength.
• Gu Zimei watched her shadow beneath the moonlight as Qi Yuan emerged, and she greeted him excitedly.

Qi Yuan proposed that Gu Zimei seek the Dark-Dark Fruit and use the Chimera Technique to combine its power with other abilities, potentially reaching Six Paths level and even awakening Kekkei Mōra. Gu Zimei committed to training her mental strength, while Qi Yuan kept Du Zhen’s surveillance of her secret.

• Qi Yuan considered Gu Zimei’s limited talent and noticed that Du Zhen, a user of the Clear-Clear Fruit, had been watching her for two years on behalf of her mother.
• Qi Yuan recalled secretly examining Du Zhen’s memories and chose not to warn Gu Zimei, trusting that she could confront the matter when she grew stronger.
• Qi Yuan told Gu Zimei that obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit might let her reach his level, and she asked what the fruit could do.
• Qi Yuan reasoned that Gu Zimei could use the Dark-Dark Fruit to balance powers absorbed through the Chimera Technique and potentially fuse the seven attributes into Kekkei Mōra.
• Gu Zimei resolved to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit and asked Qi Yuan to let her train her mental strength in the Genjutsu Space.

Gu Zimei trained with Qi Yuan and learned that Du Zhen had discovered her diary, while Du Zhen and Zheng Huan received orders from Consort Xu to kill her. Zheng Huan chose to use the Xiao Family as a pawn and sent Yao Heng and Zhang Shan to carry out a discreet task.

• Qi Yuan put Gu Zimei through genjutsu training, praised her growing mental power, and warned her to hide her ability to open the fifth gate of the Eight Gates of Limitless.
• Gu Zimei recorded Qi Yuan’s visit in her notebook and looked at a childhood photograph that showed the tail she once had.
• Du Zhen secretly read Gu Zimei’s diary and concluded that the girl’s imagined Big Brother and high mental power indicated a split personality.
• Du Zhen went to Light City's administrative hall, where Zheng Huan told her that Consort Xu wanted Gu Zimei dead to protect the tenth prince’s standing.
• Zheng Huan sent Du Zhen to the Qing Kingdom Capital and decided to handle Gu Zimei himself, ordering Yao Heng and Zhang Shan to act discreetly while using the Xiao Family as a pawn.

Gu Zimei went to Sheshan to hunt ferocious beasts and replenish her food, unaware that Xiao Xue had arranged to capture her and uncover her secret. After Gu Zimei rejected Xiao Xue’s offer to team up, Xiao Xue and her bodyguards tracked her into the mountain and confronted her at sunset.

• Gu Zimei searched the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia for information about the Dark-Dark Fruit, then set out for Sheshan to hunt for food.
• Xiao Xue learned that Gu Zimei was far stronger than she had expected and planned to use her guard’s Memo-Memo Fruit to extract Gu Zimei’s memories.
• Gu Zimei sensed that someone had been watching her as she traveled to Sheshan.
• Xiao Xue offered to team up with Gu Zimei at the mountain town, but Gu Zimei refused and entered Sheshan alone.
• Xiao Xue had secretly marked Gu Zimei with a scent and told her five bodyguards to make their move after sunset.
• After hunting several ferocious beasts, Gu Zimei encountered Xiao Xue and her bodyguards in the mountain.

Gu Zimei fought Xiao Xue’s bodyguards and combined Lightning Release with the Eight Gates of Limitless to overcome their superior strength. In the battle, she accidentally awakened Armament Haki, leaving Xiao Xue and the remaining fighters stunned.

• Xiao Xue surrounded Gu Zimei with her bodyguards and demanded the secret behind her power, but Gu Zimei attacked first and badly injured the Memo-Memo Fruit Ability User.
• Gu Zimei activated Lightning Release, boosted her horsepower, and kicked a Level Three early-stage martial artist out of the fight.
• Gu Zimei opened the first two gates of the Eight Gates of Limitless and fought the remaining Level Three mid-stage bodyguards with lethal strikes.
• Gu Zimei’s fist turned black as she punched one bodyguard into the ground, accidentally awakening Armament Haki.
• Gu Zimei realized her normal strength had reached Level Three, while Xiao Xue and the two remaining martial artists reacted in disbelief to her awakened haki.

Gu Zimei defeated Xiao Xue’s bodyguards, then learned that two men working for Governor Zheng Huan had been waiting to kill her and frame the Xiao Family. She faced the attackers, and the chapter left her fighting Zhang Shan, whose Power Level was 888.

• Gu Zimei used Front Lotus to wound Xiao Xue’s two bodyguards, killed them, and discovered her strength had grown after the battle.
• Qi Yuan appeared and asked Gu Zimei if she had been scared to kill; she said she had only defended herself.
• Xiao Xue encountered Yao Heng and Zhang Shan, who revealed they had accepted Zheng Huan’s mission to kill Gu Zimei and frame the Xiao Family.
• Zhang Shan knocked Xiao Xue unconscious and explained that the Xiao Family would be blamed for Gu Zimei’s death.
• Gu Zimei arrived and sensed that Yao Heng and Zhang Shan had watched her before.
• Zhang Shan attacked Gu Zimei, but her Armament Haki let her withstand his blow as Yao Heng measured her Power Level at 700.

Gu Zimei opened the Fifth Gate of Limitless, raising her combat power enough to overpower Yao Heng and Zhang Shan in their Zoan forms. As Yao Heng tried to escape, Qi Yuan pulled him back with Banshō Ten'in, and Gu Zimei killed him with a Haki-coated strike.

• Gu Zimei opened the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Gates of Limitless, pushing her combat power to 1213 and causing her body intense pain.
• Gu Zimei struck Zhang Shan down, then fought Yao Heng and Zhang Shan after they transformed into a werewolf and an ox.
• Gu Zimei's Armament Haki strengthened as she held off both Zoan users, and Zhang Shan's transformation faded under his injuries.
• Yao Heng fled to report Gu Zimei to the Governor, but Gu Zimei's Eight Gates shut down from exhaustion before she could pursue him.
• Qi Yuan used Banshō Ten'in to pull Yao Heng back, and Gu Zimei leaped in and killed him with a Haki-coated blow.

Gu Zimei killed Xiao Xue and the others after Qi Yuan learned the details of their plot, then followed his directions to eliminate Xiao Xue’s remaining loyalists. Du Zhen secretly pursued Gu Zimei, alarmed by the battle and determined to kill her before she could gain a powerful Devil Fruit ability.

• Gu Zimei killed the wounded Zhang Shan, and Qi Yuan realized she had taken his ruthless advice to heart.
• Qi Yuan examined Gu Zimei and found that opening the fifth gate had drained her energy but caused little physical harm.
• Du Zhen watched Gu Zimei from hiding, shocked by her victory and by the unexplained force that had pulled Yao Heng back into the fight.
• Qi Yuan searched Xiao Xue’s memories and learned that a dozen loyal followers were looking for her, so Gu Zimei killed Xiao Xue and asked where to find them.
• Gu Zimei followed Qi Yuan’s directions to hunt down Xiao Xue’s followers, while the bodies at the scene were burned to ash.
• Du Zhen followed Gu Zimei under cover of her Clear-Clear Fruit ability, planning to kill her before she entered the Devil Fruit world.

Gu Zimei fought through the Xiao Family members with Qi Yuan’s guidance, then used his Sealing Jutsu to kill Du Zhen, who had been secretly watching her. The enormous fire engulfed Sheshan and drew the attention of a nine-tailed fox in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, who wondered whether Huameng had come for him.

• Gu Zimei killed seven or eight Xiao Family members and found that her fatigue eased as she fought.
• Qi Yuan revealed that Du Zhen had been monitoring Gu Zimei for two years and showed her memories of the woman watching her.
• Gu Zimei released Qi Yuan’s Sealing Jutsu and used Great Fire Annihilation to burn Du Zhen to ash.
• The flames spread across Sheshan, alarming nearby officials, Light City, and the wider Huainan Province.
• A nine-tailed fox in Mo Ming’s cave sensed the released chakra and wondered if Huameng had come after him.

Kurama, now a powerful physical being in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, decided to enter the human world disguised as Naruto and find a way back to the Shinobi World. As Sheshan burned, Zheng Huan sensed that approaching Gu Zimei meant certain death and fled his post as Governor.

• Kurama sensed a powerful chakra signature, recalled how he had gained a body and immense strength through the Mythical Zoan Nine-Tailed Fox Form, and wondered whether Huameng and Tianchi had reached the area.
• Kurama took Naruto’s twelve-year-old appearance, mourned his lost friend, and resolved to enter the human world as Naruto and find a way home.
• A raging fire spread across Sheshan and threatened the town below, driving residents, including Gu Zimei, to flee.
• Zheng Huan saw the fire and asked the Qing Capital to send a powerful Ice-Ice Fruit ability user to extinguish it.
• Zheng Huan noticed Gu Zimei and felt an overwhelming threat; repeated uses of his Straw-Straw Fruit ability showed that approaching her would bring certain death.
• Zheng Huan suspected Gu Zimei was connected to the fire and decided to abandon his position as Governor and run away.

After the Sheshan fire, Zheng Huan resigned and Wen Fan became Light City's acting governor while Xiao Peng sought revenge on Gu Zimei for his sister Xiao Xue’s death. When Xiao Peng insulted Gu Zimei’s notebook, she killed him and dumped his body in a foul-smelling ditch.

• Zheng Huan declared the Sheshan fire an accident, resigned, and nominated Wen Fan as acting governor.
• Xiao Peng learned that Xiao Xue had recently targeted Gu Zimei and decided to kill Gu Zimei in revenge.
• As the Devil Fruit Space’s annual opening approached, Gu Zimei returned home and found Xiao Peng holding her notebook about Qi Yuan.
• Xiao Peng mocked Gu Zimei’s notebook and threatened to cut it, so Gu Zimei attacked him, tore off his hand, and drowned him.
• After dinner, Gu Zimei cleaned the courtyard and dumped Xiao Peng’s corpse in a foul-smelling ditch outside the city.

Gu Zimei scored 300 on the final mental power assessment, surpassing Wen Jing and complicating the fight over the school’s Imperial Capital University recommendation. As Principal Qin received a call from Wen Zheng, a blond, blue-eyed boy entered the school, sensing a trace of chakra.

• Students discussed the recommendation spot and Gu Zimei’s family history as she resolved to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit and avenge her father.
• Wen Jing scored 200 mental power, then pretended to mourn Xiao Xue to provoke the class against Gu Zimei.
• Gu Zimei tested at 300 mental power, stunning her classmates and leaving Wen Jing unable to easily secure the recommendation through her family’s influence.
• Wen Zheng told Wen Jing that he would call Principal Qin to ensure she got the recommendation, while Principal Qin struggled with Gu Zimei’s result.
• A ragged blond, blue-eyed boy entered Light City No. 1 High School, following a faint trace of chakra.

Gu Zimei entered the Devil Fruit Space, where students received fruit choices according to their Mental Power, and Wen Jing planned to kill her before she could choose. The selection began with a student receiving the Bird-Bird Fruit, Ostrich Form, while Gu Zimei had yet to make her choice.

• Xiao Yun learned that his son Peng'er had been murdered and collapsed after hearing the news.
• Gu Zimei prepared to enter the Devil Fruit Space, determined to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit despite the school suppressing her Mental Power results.
• At two o’clock, the Devil Fruit Space opened behind Light City No. 1 High School, and eligible students were drawn inside.
• Gu Zimei arrived beneath the illusory Devil Fruit tree with Wen Jing and three Family Clan students, and Wen Jing planned to kill her before her selection.
• A boy tried to pluck a fruit, triggering the selection, and received the Bird-Bird Fruit, Ostrich Form.

Several students received Devil Fruit abilities, while Gu Zimei drew twenty choices but could not obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit. As her selection time ran out, she triggered Qi Yuan’s seal, and Qi Yuan took over her consciousness.

• Wu Han chose the Ostrich-Ostrich Fruit, Zhao Qi chose the Cat-Cat Fruit, and A Wei chose the giraffe form of the Ox-Ox Fruit, each gaining a major increase in strength.
• Wen Jing chose the Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit from her six options, despite Gu Zimei pointing out that she had passed up a mythical Zoan phoenix form and the Float-Float Fruit.
• Gu Zimei received twenty choices, including powerful ancient Zoan, mythical Zoan, Paramecia, and Logia fruits, but the Dark-Dark Fruit remained attached to the tree.
• With her five-minute selection limit nearly over, Gu Zimei triggered Qi Yuan’s seal using her chakra and pressed her hand to her shadow.
• A pair of strange eyes appeared in Gu Zimei’s shadow, and Qi Yuan took over her consciousness.

Gu Zimei received the Dark-Dark Fruit after Qi Yuan used his power to make more than a hundred Devil Fruits appear for her to choose from. After Wen Jing and the others tried to kill her, Gu Zimei killed them and left Awei terrified.

• Wen Jing and three allies threatened Awei when he tried to warn Gu Zimei, then Wen Jing struck him down and they attacked Gu Zimei.
• Qi Yuan used his Mental Power to draw more than a hundred Devil Fruits from the tree, and Gu Zimei chose the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Gu Zimei gained the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability to suppress and absorb fruit powers, rose to Level Four Peak, and awakened Observation Haki.
• Wen Jing and the others tried to excuse their attack by invoking their families, but Gu Zimei lifted Wen Jing and killed all four.
• Awei recovered from Wen Jing's attack, saw the four bodies, and fled from Gu Zimei in terror.

Wen Zheng tried to comfort Xiao Yun, but learned that Xiao Peng had also been murdered and provoked Xiao Yun into a fight. Xiao Yun accused Gu Zimei of killing his son and vowed to confront her when she emerged from the Devil Fruit Space.

• Wen Zheng saw Xiao Yun arrive at the school and offered condolences for Xiao Xue’s death while privately belittling the Xiao Family.
• Wen Zheng praised Xiao Peng’s prospects and said his daughter Wen Jing could have married him, not knowing Xiao Peng was dead.
• After his steward told him Xiao Peng had been murdered, Wen Zheng realized his words had enraged Xiao Yun, who accused him of involvement and attacked him.
• Wen Zheng denied responsibility, and Principal Qin stopped the two Level Five Family heads from fighting at the school.
• Xiao Yun said witnesses had seen Gu Zimei dumping a sack near Xiao Peng’s body and named her as his prime suspect.
• Xiao Yun threatened to attack Gu Zimei when she left the Devil Fruit Space, while Wen Zheng considered using the accusation to help Wen Jing gain a recommendation to Imperial Capital University.