Chapter Summaries

Ye Feng sought the Female Elf’s help with the living venom in his wounds, but she could not remove it and suggested using the Divine Realm’s power to suppress it. He recalled that planetary source might help the small world evolve, then awoke just as Miroku was preparing to sacrifice herself and told her he had found another solution.

• Ye Feng brought the Female Elf’s consciousness to his injured body, and she identified the venom as living, highly corrosive poison from the Alien Beast Clan.
• The Female Elf said she was too weak to cure Ye Feng, but proposed using the Divine Realm’s power to suppress the venom while he removed it.
• The Female Elf warned that drawing on the Divine Realm’s scarce wood spiritual energy might damage or collapse the small world.
• Ye Feng recalled that the Ten-Tails’ missing planetary source had coincided with the Divine Realm’s evolution, and left to investigate whether planetary source could help it evolve.
• Outside the Divine Realm, Miroku prepared to use her short sword, but Ye Feng awoke and asked her for the planetary source, assuring her he had found a solution.

Ye Feng used planetary source to trigger a major evolution of the Divine Realm, expanding it into a world of mountains, rivers, vegetation, and emerging life. He returned to find that the evolution had released an overwhelming aura that exhausted everyone nearby, then quickly suppressed it.

• Miroku offered Ye Feng three rings, but he told her and the others not to risk their lives for him, and Hashirama Senju interrupted their intimate moment.
• Ye Feng released planetary source into the Divine Realm, causing the world to shake as lightning, shifting land, rivers, mountains, and vegetation appeared.
• The Divine Realm more than doubled in size, and Ye Feng sensed that life had begun developing there and that further evolution remained possible.
• Ye Feng asked the female elf whether there was enough wood spirit qi, and she confirmed there was before he gave her some control over it.
• Ye Feng returned to his body and discovered that his growing aura had forced everyone away; he reined it in, allowing them to collapse and catch their breath.

Ye Feng discovered that the Divine Realm’s evolution had boosted his cultivation and used the Female Elf’s wood spiritual energy to purge the captain’s toxin. After screening the crew, he suspected Kalu had ordered the attack and returned to Taker Star by normal speed aboard the damaged spaceship.

• Ye Feng realized that the Divine Realm’s growth had raised his cultivation to the middle Nascent Soul stage and improved his Law Force comprehension.
• Ye Feng had the Female Elf send wood spiritual energy through a portal, which compressed the toxin into one piece of flesh that he cut away and kept.
• Ye Feng returned the unused wood spiritual energy to the Divine Realm and found that it recovered somewhat.
• Ye Feng used Genjutsu to screen the crew, found no accomplices among them, and suspected Kalu had arranged the captain’s attack.
• Ye Feng sealed the damaged spaceship’s cabin and traveled toward Taker Star without space-jumping, reaching the planet after more than a month.

Ye Feng returned to Taker Star and learned that the Ōtsutsuki and the Chris Family were hunting for him, while Kalu had been trying to help him escape. Ye Feng and Kalu investigated the captain’s home and uncovered hidden objects, including a token that shocked Kalu.

• Ye Feng secretly returned to Kalu's Manor and overheard Kalu ordering Maine to help him escape Taker Star.
• Kalu told Ye Feng that the Ōtsutsuki had arrived a month earlier to hunt him, and the Chris Family had ambushed the approaches to Taker Star.
• Ye Feng told Kalu about the captain, and Kalu insisted that the captain had been a trusted companion for twenty years.
• Ye Feng disguised himself as Rhode, and he and Kalu went to the captain’s home in the slums.
• Ye Feng searched the building and found hidden compartments, and Kalu recognized an ancient metal token among their contents.

Ye Feng and Kalu uncovered Blood Shadow’s plot, forcing Ye Feng’s group to hide on a small planet and focus on cultivation. As Shion approached a breakthrough, Ye Feng brought Kakuzu to begin his chosen cultivation path and pushed him into the range of Shion’s tribulation lightning.

• Ye Feng and Kalu learned that Blood Shadow had targeted Ye Feng and that a Deity Transformation Realm assassin would be sent after him.
• Jenny left to report the danger, and Ye Feng returned with Kalu to the Manor before relocating the group to a nearby small planet.
• Ye Feng used all their planetary source to expand the Divine Realm, but he remained at mid Nascent Soul.
• Shion’s energy grew disordered as she neared a breakthrough, and dark clouds gathered overhead.
• Ye Feng brought Kakuzu near Shion and pushed him into the range of her tribulation lightning.

Ye Feng guided Shion through her tribulation while using the lightning and flames to forge Kakuzu’s body and strengthen his Earth Grudge Fear. Shion completed her tribulation, and Kakuzu’s soul recovered enough for him to wake beside Ye Feng.

• The tribulation lightning summoned a Lightning Dragon, and its pressure forced Kakuzu to the ground while Shion struggled to stand.
• Ye Feng weakened the lightning striking Shion, but let the full force strike Kakuzu while protecting his soul and refining his body with flames.
• The Lightning Dragon softened its attacks on Shion after Ye Feng met its gaze, while successive bolts continued to strike Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu’s charred skin flaked away to reveal a metallic sheen, and Ye Feng saw that his body and five masks had been strengthened.
• After Shion’s tribulation ended, Ye Feng used an Upper-Grade Wood Spirit Talisman to restore Kakuzu’s soul, and Kakuzu woke with no memory of the forging.

Kakuzu tested his newly forged body in a spar with Madara Uchiha and proved exceptionally strong, shrugging off powerful attacks and destroying one of Madara’s Limbo Clones. Madara then escalated the fight with Wood Clones, trapping Kakuzu in a Wood Dragon and engulfing him in flames.

• Kakuzu woke with immense strength, agreed to spar with Madara Uchiha, and put on clothes after realizing he was naked.
• Madara’s opening punch failed to harm Kakuzu, who seized him and threw him aside.
• Kakuzu warned that he would stop holding back, then struck Madara hard enough to send him crashing into a mountain.
• Ye Feng explained that Kakuzu had tempered his body into a treasure, giving him exceptional strength and defense.
• Madara used Limbo: Border Jail, but Kakuzu endured the attacks and destroyed one clone with lightning from his back masks.
• Madara dismissed the Limbo clones, formed three Wood Clones, and trapped Kakuzu with a Wood Dragon before engulfing him in a massive fireball.

Madara Uchiha lost his fight with Kakuzu, and Ye Feng encouraged both of them before turning to deal with Ryūshiki's Kāma. With Orochimaru and Miroku boosting his spiritual power through the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Talents Formation, Ye Feng confronted Ryūshiki's consciousness and shattered its opening gale with five elemental dragons.

• Kakuzu overcame Madara Uchiha's attacks and pinned him until Ye Feng stopped the fight.
• Ye Feng urged Madara Uchiha to focus on future strength and gave Kakuzu body-tempering methods, including techniques for the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Ye Feng discovered Ryūshiki's consciousness within his Kāma and summoned Orochimaru and Miroku to strengthen his spiritual power with the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Talents Formation.
• Ye Feng entered Ryūshiki's dark space, where Ryūshiki attacked him with a gale.
• Ye Feng sent out five elemental dragons that shattered Ryūshiki's storm.

Ye Feng discovered that Ryūshiki could wield the Strength Law even as consciousness, forcing him to retreat from their first clash. With Orochimaru’s suggestion, Ye Feng brought them to his Divine Realm, where he battled Ryūshiki again and began exhausting his law force; Ryūshiki’s attempts to form new fists then mysteriously failed.

• Ryūshiki used remotely controlled law-force fists to destroy Ye Feng’s five dragons and pursue him, so Ye Feng withdrew from the Kāma space.
• Ye Feng told Orochimaru and Miroku what happened, and Orochimaru suggested restricting Ryūshiki’s law force while inside Ye Feng’s Divine Realm.
• Ye Feng took Orochimaru and Miroku into the Divine Realm, then reentered the Kāma space and provoked Ryūshiki into attacking.
• Ryūshiki revealed that he had comprehended the Strength Law and attacked Ye Feng with three fists, while Ye Feng struck them with the Kusanagi Sword to wear them down.
• Ye Feng shattered one fist, and Ryūshiki’s next attempts to form law-force fists broke apart before they could take shape, leaving him shocked and accusing Ye Feng.

Ye Feng wore down Ryūshiki’s Law Force inside the Kāma space and took control of it, though he remained uneasy about the Law Crystals he found. After Ryūshiki’s apparent defeat, Monica Bello emerged with the Seven Tailed Beasts and told Miroku that her aura made her feel comfortable.

• Ye Feng repeatedly entered the Kāma space and avoided Ryūshiki’s attacks while depleting his Law Force.
• Ryūshiki lost his strength and form, and Ye Feng explained that his Small World had limited the Law Force.
• Ye Feng found a mountain of solidified Law Crystals, took control of the Kāma space, and returned to Orochimaru and Miroku.
• Orochimaru sensed someone nearby, and Ye Feng invited Monica Bello and the Seven Tailed Beasts out of the bushes.
• Miroku introduced herself as Ye Feng’s wife, and Monica said Miroku’s unusual aura made her feel comfortable.

Orochimaru began advancing after Ye Feng transferred origin force to him, and Ye Feng discovered traces of law force strengthening his body. Ye Feng brought him to Taker Star to advance beneath tribulation lightning, but Kalu warned that the Chris Family might breach their efforts to keep the event hidden.

• Miroku befriended the Female Elf while Ye Feng transferred origin force to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru's aura surged as he sensed an uncontrollable power, and Ye Feng found law force entering his body with the origin force.
• Ye Feng took Orochimaru to Taker Star, where Kalu was surprised to learn that Ye Feng expected tribulation lightning during advancement.
• Dark clouds and lightning gathered overhead, and Ye Feng ordered Kalu to clear the area and keep outsiders away while Orochimaru advanced in a secret chamber.
• Representatives from several families arrived, so Kalu claimed he was cultivating in seclusion and stationed guards around the courtyard.
• Kalu warned Ye Feng that he might be unable to stop the Chris Family if they came to investigate.

Orochimaru began his tribulation at the Tamel Family manor as a Lightning Dragon formed above him, drawing the attention of the Chris Family. Kalu struggled with the threat posed by the Chris elders while Ye Feng prepared to leave with Orochimaru if necessary; after enduring two increasingly powerful lightning strikes, Orochimaru refused Ye Feng’s offer to heal him so he could continue benefiting from the tribulation.

• A Lightning Dragon formed in the tribulation clouds above the Tamel Family manor, and its pressure forced weaker onlookers to flee.
• The Chris Family Deputy Clan Leader sent the First Elder and Sixth Elder to investigate, while the First Elder chose to wait and judge the tribulation’s strength before acting.
• Kalu hesitated between opposing the Chris Family and betraying Ye Feng, so Ye Feng told him to stall and promised to leave with Orochimaru if needed.
• The Lightning Dragon struck Orochimaru, destroying his courtyard, and the First Elder judged the lightning manageable and planned to seize the opportunity near the end.
• Orochimaru endured a stronger second strike, emerged injured, and refused Ye Feng’s offer to use a Wood Spirit Talisman so he could continue cultivating through the tribulation.

Orochimaru endured the eighth bolt of tribulation lightning, revealing his white scales, while Ye Feng used a false identity to stop the Chris Family elders from approaching. The First Elder proposed a fight between Ye Feng and the Sixth Elder to decide whether they would interfere.

• Orochimaru used his last Wood Spirit Talisman as the eighth bolt took the form of a Lightning Dragon and swallowed him.
• The lightning tore through Orochimaru's body, revealing white scales that shattered under the attack before the bolt ended and his talisman began healing him.
• The First Elder ignored Butler Maine's shouts and tried to approach, but Kalu stepped forward to block him.
• Ye Feng appeared in disguise as Komlan Makarov and claimed to be a guard captain protecting a young master advancing his cultivation.
• The First Elder proposed that Ye Feng and the Sixth Elder fight, with the result determining whether the Chris Family would stop interfering.

Ye Feng drove off the Chris Family's First Elder and Sixth Elder by using the Fire Spirit Talisman and Space Spirit Talisman to strike the Sixth Elder in an instant. After learning that the First Elder planned to approach Kalu for the Paper Talismans, Ye Feng returned to Orochimaru as the final bolt of Tribulation Lightning descended.

• Ye Feng vanished from the Sixth Elder's sight and struck him with a fire dragon, leaving him badly injured.
• The First Elder halted the fight and withdrew with the Sixth Elder, warning him that Ye Feng could have killed him.
• The First Elder learned that the Makarov Family was powerful but that the man's identity was unconfirmed, and planned to approach Kalu after the tribulation.
• Ye Feng returned to Orochimaru, who was badly wounded and exhausted as the Lightning Dragon charged down for the ninth bolt.

Ye Feng rescued Orochimaru after the tribulation lightning left him critically injured, then met with the Chris Family’s Second Elder. Ye Feng used Kalu’s supposed ties to the Makarov Family to deter the Second Elder from trying to claim the Upper-Level Paper Talismans, and Kalu began discussing cooperation with him.

• A tribulation lightning strike blasted Orochimaru into a crater, and Ye Feng thought he had been killed when he could not sense him.
• Ye Feng tried to resurrect Orochimaru with the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, but the technique had no effect.
• Ye Feng found Orochimaru barely alive beneath the debris and used law force to protect and restore him.
• Kalu told Ye Feng that the Chris Family’s Second Elder wanted to meet them, and Ye Feng went to see him while Orochimaru rested.
• The Second Elder asked whether Kalu’s Upper-Level Paper Talismans came from the Makarov Family, and Ye Feng claimed Kalu had ties to its direct line.
• The Second Elder dropped his attempt to poach Ye Feng and instead began discussing cooperation with Kalu.

Ye Feng persuaded Kalu to enlist the Chris Family in finding nearby Ōtsutsuki in exchange for more Upper-Level Paper Talismans. Kalu proposed the deal to the Second Elder, while the Deputy Clan Leader and five elders secretly listened and prepared to consider the request.

• Kalu praised Ye Feng for improving the Chris Family’s attitude, and Ye Feng decided to use the family to locate nearby Ōtsutsuki.
• Kalu agreed to Ye Feng’s plan and returned to the Chris Family to propose it.
• The Second Elder reported his cooperation with Kalu to the Deputy Clan Leader and the six elders, who debated whether Kalu and his associates could be trusted.
• Kalu arrived at the Chris Family and asked the Second Elder to discuss a confidential matter.
• Kalu offered increased Upper-Level Paper Talisman sales in exchange for accurate information about nearby Ōtsutsuki, and the Second Elder said he needed to consult the family.

The Chris Family debated whether to accept Kalu’s proposal to gather intelligence on the Ōtsutsuki and agreed to negotiate for a share of the spoils. The Second Elder and Kalu haggled over the terms, ending with the Second Elder asking for 15% after Kalu offered a firm 10%.

• The Second Elder argued that the Chris Family could accept the risk if Kalu’s young master offered a share of the planetary source, and proposed gathering intelligence through covert agents and intermediaries.
• The Deputy Clan Leader approved negotiations and set the Chris Family’s minimum demand at 10% of the planetary source, assigning the Second Elder to handle the talks.
• The Second Elder pretended the family was too afraid of the Ōtsutsuki to cooperate, but Kalu refused to be pressured and prepared to leave.
• Kalu explained that the Chris Family’s risk was limited to gathering intelligence and said the young master would offer no more than 10% of the spoils, along with other benefits.
• The Second Elder asked Kalu to seek approval for a 15% share, claiming that amount would help him persuade the family’s leaders.

Kalu secured the Chris Family’s agreement to secretly provide intelligence, giving Ye Feng a plausible identity and freedom to operate beyond the Small Planet. After three months of cultivation and waiting, Ye Feng received a star map showing Ōtsutsuki forces across the region and began considering targets for ambush.

• Kalu persuaded the Second Elder to accept a secret partnership, with the Chris Family passing intelligence through Kalu while keeping its involvement concealed.
• Kalu told Ye Feng the negotiations had succeeded, and Ye Feng brought everyone back from the Small Planet.
• During the next three months, Miroku and Feng Yu reached the Golden Core Realm, while Ye Feng gained greater use of the Five Elements Law but recognized that he still needed to understand it himself.
• Kalu brought Ye Feng intelligence from the Chris Family, and Ye Feng examined a star map detailing Ōtsutsuki forces and dangerous planets.
• Ye Feng identified only five or six planets where he could safely attack and prepared to ambush the Ōtsutsuki with the Superior Spirit Talismans he had made.

Ye Feng attacked isolated Ōtsutsuki planets, using talismans and a Space-Jump Device to escape before reinforcements arrived. After one target detected his approach and another saw through his Wood Clone, Ye Feng ordered the spaceship to flee again.

• Kalu told Ye Feng that the number of Deity Transformation Realm Ōtsutsuki had nearly tripled, and Ye Feng chose an isolated planet guarded by an early stage Deity Transformation Realm fighter.
• Ye Feng intimidated the spaceship crew with genjutsu, then traveled to the planet and killed its Deity Transformation Realm guard and two Nascent Soul Realm Ōtsutsuki with Fire Spirit Talismans.
• An alarm sounded as Ye Feng gathered his spoils, so he returned to the spaceship and escaped before a middle stage Deity Transformation Realm aura appeared.
• Ye Feng used the Space-Jump Device to reach and plunder two more planets, then fled each one after its base raised an alarm.
• When an Ōtsutsuki detected his approach on the fourth planet, Ye Feng fled; on the fifth, the target saw through his Wood Clone and destroyed it, prompting Ye Feng to order the spaceship to leave.

Ye Feng absorbed Ryūshiki’s Law Crystals into the Divine Realm and gained the Strength Law, making him confident he could challenge stronger Ōtsutsuki. As he considered resuming his raids, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha broke through to the next realm.

• Ye Feng returned to Taker Star with five rings of Planetary Source and warned Kalu that the Ōtsutsuki were on alert.
• The Chris Family confirmed that its partner had attacked three Ōtsutsuki planets and agreed to lie low while paying those who had helped.
• After half a month of cultivation, Ye Feng remained short of the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm and decided to study Ryūshiki’s Law Crystals.
• Ye Feng placed the Law Crystals in the Divine Realm, where their Strength Law slowly seeped out and was absorbed.
• After a year, Ye Feng had digested the crystals and gained Ryūshiki’s Strength Law, then decided to ask Kalu to gather more intelligence on the Ōtsutsuki.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha broke through to the next realm at the same time.