Arc 21Thunder, Seals, and Reckoning

Wang Hao uncovered the threat posed by the World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent, enlisted Hamura and Mito to transform it, and resisted the Sage of Six Paths’s forces with Cloud. After learning that the Land of Lightning and Land of Iron faced future destruction, he began preparing to move people to the Devil Star and returned to the Leaf to confront the Hyuga Clan over his mother’s death.

  • Wang Hao armed A Yotsuki and Killer B, investigated the ancient battlefield beneath Cloud Lightning Ravine, and discovered the World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent and its origins in the fallen Gods and Devils.
  • Wang Hao reached the Ōtsutsuki ancestral lands, exposed the genjutsu that had manipulated Dōjin Ōtsutsuki, and helped Hamura Otsutsuki begin his revival as Hamura released Yuki Ōtsutsuki from her engagement.
  • A Yotsuki and Killer B forced their way into the Leaf to bring Mito Uzumaki to Cloud, while Wang Hao brought Hamura to the village and Mito cut ties with the Leaf after learning the Senju had withheld ancestral artifacts.
  • Wang Hao gathered Hamura, Mito, and Qianming at Cloud Lightning Ravine, where Hamura drew down solar energy and Wang Hao used the Nine Extremes Heavenly Thunder Grand Formation to transform the baleful intent into Destruction Divine Baleful Intent.
  • The Sage of Six Paths manipulated a vast army against Cloud, and Wang Hao defeated the controlled forces, sealed away Killer B’s purified spirit, and warned the Third Raikage that the Land of Lightning would become a dead zone.
  • Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha arrived from the future and tried to absorb the Destruction Divine Baleful Intent with the Box of Ultimate Bliss, then returned to their own time after the box consumed it.
  • Wang Hao told the Third Raikage and A Yotsuki that he planned to move people to the Devil Star, then discussed the danger with Danzō Shimura and Orochimaru and gave Danzō three days to consider joining the plan.
  • Wang Hao broke through the Leaf’s defensive barrier with his Thousand-Armed Tathagata and marched on the Hyuga compound, demanding that the clan surrender those responsible for his mother’s death after identifying its Branch Household members as scapegoats.
Chapters 501–525 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 501Thor Set

The Third Raikage and A Yotsuki discussed the threat posed by the Tailed Beasts’ ancient master and the Village Hidden in the Clouds’ plans to train trusted people with Wang Hao’s cultivation method. Wang Hao emerged from the forge and gave A Yotsuki Thor’s Hammer and matching armor, which healed his injuries and transformed his appearance.

  • A Yotsuki asked whether the Tailed Beasts’ master was still alive, and the Third Raikage linked the figure to the legendary being who spread Chakra.
  • The Third Raikage told A Yotsuki to screen the cultivation trainees carefully after Wang Hao had exposed seventeen spies and traitors in the village.
  • A Yotsuki asked whether his father had adopted Wang Hao’s system, and the Third Raikage revealed his progress and said the method could extend his lifespan.
  • Wang Hao left the forge and gave A Yotsuki Thor’s Hammer and matching battle armor.
  • Thor’s Hammer surrounded A Yotsuki with lightning that healed his injuries, while the armor assembled itself around him.

Ch. 502A Knockoff Stormbreaker

Wang Hao outfitted A Yotsuki with Thor’s Hammer and explained that the weapon could eventually evolve into Stormbreaker, while teaching him the techniques sealed within it. The Third Raikage agreed to consult the village elders about letting Wang Hao investigate Cloud Lightning Ravine, and he and A Yotsuki grew excited by the prospect of learning Wang Hao’s enhanced teleportation technique.

  • The Third Raikage added an unwashed red bedsheet as a cape to A Yotsuki’s armor, leaving his son embarrassed but himself pleased with the look.
  • Wang Hao asked to use the forbidden treasure in Cloud Lightning Ravine as forging material, and the Third Raikage promised an answer after consulting the village elders within three days.
  • Wang Hao took A Yotsuki to a clearing and revealed Thor’s Hammer and a Stormbreaker design sealed inside it, explaining that A Yotsuki could evolve the hammer after reaching god-level strength.
  • Wang Hao told A Yotsuki to master the Bifrost technique sealed in Thor’s Hammer before its evolution erased it, and explained that it combined high-speed teleportation with a spatial teleportation function.
  • The Third Raikage and A Yotsuki recognized the technique’s potential and became excited that A Yotsuki might learn and pass it down through the Yotsuki Lineage.

Ch. 503Fenrir Type Ten

Wang Hao finished refining A Yotsuki’s Thor’s Hammer, advised him to seek godhood through cultivation, and gave Killer B the Fenrir Type Ten swords. Killer B struggled to draw even one sword as the chapter ended.

  • A Yotsuki endured three days of lightning strikes to charge Thor’s Hammer while Wang Hao watched and the Third Raikage observed.
  • Killer B tried and failed to lift Thor’s Hammer, and Wang Hao explained its owner-binding, gravity control, and runes for future upgrades.
  • Wang Hao used the stored lightning to refine Thor’s Hammer into a more elaborate weapon, delighting A Yotsuki and impressing the Third Raikage.
  • Wang Hao urged A Yotsuki to pursue godhood through cultivation rather than relying on Thor’s Hammer, and A Yotsuki vowed to become the god of thunder.
  • Wang Hao presented Killer B with nine Fenrir Type Ten swords, and Killer B used an Eight-Tails Chakra arm to pull one free only with difficulty.

Ch. 504World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent

Wang Hao revealed Killer B’s Fenrir Type Ten sword and followed the Third Raikage into Cloud Lightning Ravine, where they discovered World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent threatening the world. Killer B then relayed that Little Eight knew the ravine had been the battlefield and burial place of ancient Gods and Devils, whose lingering thoughts formed the baleful intent.

  • Wang Hao joined Killer B’s nine divine swords into Fenrir Type Ten, and Killer B was pinned beneath the heavy weapon before the Eight-Tails protected him.
  • The Third Raikage agreed to lead Wang Hao to Cloud Lightning Ravine, while A Yotsuki taught Killer B to control the sword’s weight.
  • The Third Raikage brought Wang Hao and his sons into the ravine after Cloud’s forces evacuated the area and sealed its exits.
  • Wang Hao identified the black mist in the abyss as World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent, warning that declining natural energy would weaken the lightning suppressing it and eventually endanger all life.
  • Wang Hao asked for more records to learn the baleful intent’s origin, but the Third Raikage had none; Killer B then said Little Eight knew the ravine was an ancient battlefield and the baleful intent came from the fallen Gods and Devils.

Ch. 505Digging Through the Moon

Wang Hao uncovered evidence that someone had deliberately tried to refine the remnant thoughts of High Antiquity Gods and Devils, creating the World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent, and traveled to the moon to seek Hamura Otsutsuki’s help. He began digging through the moon’s powerful seal, but the reinforced rock slowed him down.

  • Wang Hao used World-Destroying Thunder to destroy the mountain over Cloud Lightning Ravine, revealing advanced Uzumaki-category sealing formulas and a refining formation beneath it.
  • Wang Hao inferred that someone had tried to refine the remnant thoughts of High Antiquity Gods and Devils, failed, and sealed away the resulting World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent.
  • Wang Hao instructed the Third Raikage to send A Yotsuki and Killer B to find Mifune and Mito Uzumaki, then used the Bifrost to travel toward the moon.
  • Wang Hao spent three days using Flying Thunder God kunai to reach the moon and began digging toward the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s territory.
  • Wang Hao discovered that Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei had spread powerful sealing formulas through the moon’s rocks, making his digging far slower as he sought Hamura Otsutsuki’s help.

Ch. 506The Byakugan Prince

Wang Hao reached the moon Ōtsutsuki Clan’s ancestral lands, where he found Dōjin Ōtsutsuki guarding an incomplete Giant Tenseigan. After summoning Hamura Otsutsuki’s Chakra projection, Wang Hao learned that Dōjin had exterminated the clan under supposed dying orders, which Hamura denied.

  • Wang Hao tunneled through the moon’s seals and discovered that only two people remained alive in the ancestral lands.
  • Wang Hao defeated a puppet, took its Tenseigan Chakra, and used it to locate the Giant Tenseigan beneath the seal holding Kaguya Otsutsuki.
  • Wang Hao entered the palace by opening its barrier with Hamura’s Tenseigan and repelled Dōjin Ōtsutsuki’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion attacks.
  • After seeing Wang Hao’s Byakugan and golden Tenseigan, Dōjin recognized him as the Byakugan Prince and bowed to him.
  • Wang Hao summoned Hamura Otsutsuki’s Chakra projection, and Dōjin claimed that he had wiped out the main family and sacrificed the branch family according to Hamura’s dying wishes.
  • Hamura denied leaving those orders, and Wang Hao questioned Dōjin about where he had found the supposed instructions.

Ch. 507A Heaven-Sent Assist!

Wang Hao investigated how the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s branch family had been manipulated and persuaded Hamura Otsutsuki that the Sage of Six Paths was responsible. He asked Hamura to help draw down the sun’s energy to stop the world-destroying Baleful Intent, but Hamura admitted he could not do so in his current state.

  • Wang Hao told Hamura Otsutsuki about the world-destroying Baleful Intent and Black Zetsu’s efforts to free Kaguya Otsutsuki.
  • Dōjin Ōtsutsuki brought Hamura’s ancestral stele, and Wang Hao found no unusual influence on it.
  • Wang Hao examined Dōjin and his magatama, learning that Dōjin’s new interpretation of Hamura’s teachings began after receiving it at his coming-of-age ceremony.
  • Hamura Otsutsuki discovered a genjutsu sealed in the magatama, and Wang Hao explained how the Sage of Six Paths could have used lunar Chakra formulas to manipulate the branch family.
  • Wang Hao asked Hamura to guide the sun’s energy to the ninja world, but Hamura said he lacked the power to do so as a Chakra remnant.

Ch. 508Atonement

Wang Hao prepared to revive Hamura Otsutsuki and evolve his Byakugan while Dōjin Ōtsutsuki offered himself as the sacrifice and entrusted Yuki Ōtsutsuki to Wang Hao. Meanwhile, A Yotsuki and Killer B broke through the Leaf’s border defenses with a Tailed Beast Ball to reach Mito Uzumaki.

  • Dōjin Ōtsutsuki knelt and offered his life as the sacrifice to revive Hamura Otsutsuki, hoping to atone for slaughtering his clan.
  • Wang Hao gave Hamura Otsutsuki a revival method and the golden Tenseigan, then began preparing to evolve his Byakugan with the Giant Tenseigan’s power.
  • Hamura Otsutsuki entered the Giant Tenseigan to accelerate its completion, while Dōjin Ōtsutsuki released Yuki Ōtsutsuki from their engagement and transferred it to Wang Hao.
  • A Yotsuki and Killer B confronted the Leaf border guards after waiting half a month for permission to enter and meet Mito Uzumaki.
  • Killer B formed a Tailed Beast Ball as A Yotsuki struck the Leaf ninja with Thor’s Hammer and World-Destroying Thunder.
  • A Yotsuki and Killer B blasted through the Leaf’s barriers and border city, then raced toward the Leaf.

Ch. 509The Hokage's Heart Was Full of Bitterness!

A Yotsuki and Killer B pressed the Leaf shinobi to let Mito Uzumaki intervene in a threat to the world, but Jiraiya refused to let them enter. As more powerful allies arrived to support A Yotsuki, the Third Hokage stayed hidden, unable to use the sealed Sword Qi and afraid of exposing his weakness.

  • Jiraiya summoned Fukasaku and Shima, but they judged that they could not defeat A Yotsuki because their strength depended on Jiraiya’s limits.
  • A Yotsuki strengthened his black lightning armor, and Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails Gyūki, further overwhelming the Leaf shinobi.
  • Kurosawa Shichirō arrived with the Kurosawa Divine Sword and demanded to know why the Leaf would not let Mito Uzumaki help protect the world.
  • Jiraiya rejected Kurosawa Shichirō’s explanation, while Kurosawa drew his sword and intimidated the Leaf shinobi.
  • Tsunade and Jiraiya waited for their teacher to intervene, unaware that the Third Hokage remained hidden because he could not resolve the problem caused by his inherited Sword Qi.

Ch. 510Mito Uzumaki

Kurosawa Shichirō entered the Leaf with A Yotsuki and Killer B to negotiate with Mito Uzumaki, bringing a hundred Swordmasters to pressure the village. Along the way, he learned Sakumo Hatake was dead, offered to guide Kakashi Hatake, and then watched Mito knock Killer B into the ground after he called her little sister.

  • Kurosawa Shichirō arrived at the Leaf with A Yotsuki, Killer B, and a hundred Swordmasters, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to welcome the three visitors while keeping their force outside the gates.
  • Kurosawa recognized Sakumo Hatake’s White Fang Blade on Kakashi Hatake, learned that Sakumo had killed himself, and blamed the ninja path and the Leaf’s pressure for his death.
  • Kurosawa offered to teach Kakashi Hatake and told him to visit during his two days in the Leaf, then continued to the Hokage building.
  • Kurosawa greeted Mito Uzumaki as an old acquaintance, and Mito bristled when he reminded her of her unruly past.
  • A Yotsuki and Killer B explained their plan to communicate with the Nine-Tails through Mito, but Mito punched Killer B into the ground after he called her little sister.

Ch. 511Arrival at the Hyuga Clan

Mito Uzumaki considered the Cloud Village’s plea while Hiruzen Sarutobi studied the secret techniques offered in exchange, but both were interrupted when Hamura Otsutsuki’s botched teleportation breached the Leaf’s defenses. Wang Hao and Hamura arrived at the Hyuga Clan compound, where the Hyuga clansmen confronted them.

  • Koharu Utatane and another Leaf elder adviser rejected A Yotsuki’s plea, while Mito Uzumaki believed the danger at Cloud Lightning Ravine was real and agreed to examine the Chakra formula.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mito Uzumaki studied the scrolls for a day and a night as A Yotsuki waited for Mito’s decision.
  • An impact broke through the Hidden Leaf Village’s defensive barrier, and Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Red Fox and ten Anbu to support the Hyuga compound.
  • Wang Hao blamed Hamura Otsutsuki for a failed Tenseigan teleportation that had left them in a crater, though Wang Hao had protected little Yuki.
  • Hyuga experts surrounded Wang Hao and Hamura Otsutsuki, then recognized the immense energy within them and realized they could not contend with the pair.

Ch. 512Kurama, the Little Pet

Hamura Otsutsuki judged the Hyuga Clan’s corruption beyond his ability to fix and joined Wang Hao in seeking Mito Uzumaki’s help with a formation in the Land of Lightning. He removed the Nine-Tails from Mito, then Wang Hao stabilized her as she rapidly aged, revealing that she remained powerful without the beast.

  • Hamura Otsutsuki inspected the Hyuga Clan’s grounds, condemned his descendants’ actions, and left with Wang Hao for the Hokage Building.
  • Hamura explained that the Nine-Tails and other Tailed Beasts had been created by his brother, leaving the Leaf shinobi stunned and the Nine-Tails terrified.
  • Wang Hao asked Mito to travel to Cloud Lightning Ravine, but Hiruzen Sarutobi objected to letting the Nine-Tails leave the Leaf.
  • Hamura reached through space, removed the Nine-Tails from Mito, and ordered him to remain in the Leaf.
  • Mito rapidly aged after losing the Nine-Tails, but Wang Hao restored her youthful state with Innate Qi, and she displayed formidable power without the beast.

Ch. 513The Break

Mito Uzumaki learned that Hashirama Senju had revealed the secret of her clan’s Shinigami Blades to the Leaf, and she formally severed her ties with the village and the Senju Clan. She prepared to leave with Wang Hao for the Land of Lightning, while telling Tsunade to remain behind.

  • Wang Hao stabilized Mito’s life force but said he could not restore her nearly exhausted lifespan, and Mito explained that she needed ancestral artifacts to modify the Chakra formula arrays.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mito that the nine Shinigami Blades had to remain in the Leaf because they were meant to counter Madara Uchiha, and Mito realized Hashirama Senju had betrayed her clan’s trust.
  • Mito formally cut ties with the Leaf and the Senju Clan, accepted a sealing scroll from Hiruzen, and left the Hokage’s office.
  • Wang Hao secretly read the conversation in Hiruzen’s office, then told Princess Tsunade that his changed eyes came from a visual Kekkei Genkai but refused to explain further.
  • Mito prepared to leave with Wang Hao, refused Tsunade’s request to accompany her, and told her to stay in the Leaf and take care of herself.

Ch. 514Land of Demons

Wang Hao and Hamura Otsutsuki visited the Land of Demons, where they confirmed the priestess Qianming and her daughter Miroku were Hamura's descendants and that Qianming's eyes could perceive the future. After Hamura destroyed the Devil Creature Mōryō and used its refined power to help restore Qianming, she accepted Wang Hao's invitation to aid them against a world-threatening calamity, pending the settlement of her country's affairs.

  • Wang Hao and Hamura Otsutsuki left Mito Uzumaki and the others to travel to the Land of Demons, while A Yotsuki and Killer B escorted Mito toward the Land of Lightning.
  • Qianming shielded Miroku when Wang Hao and Hamura appeared, and Hamura recognized them as descendants of his bloodline.
  • Wang Hao identified Qianming's evolved Byakugan as the Eye That Reflects the Heart, and Qianming explained that Mōryō's influence left her lineage with only one descendant per generation.
  • Wang Hao retrieved the sealed Devil Creature Mōryō, and Hamura refined it and sealed its power inside Qianming to help her recover.
  • Wang Hao invited Qianming to join their effort against a world-threatening calamity, and she accepted after arranging to settle the Land of Demons' affairs.

Ch. 515Nine Extremes Heavenly Thunder Grand Formation

Wang Hao brought Qianming, Miroku, and Yuki Ōtsutsuki to Cloud Lightning Ravine and began a plan to transform the World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent into a force that would no longer target living beings. As the World-Destroying Thunder engulfed the Land of Lightning, the Cloud ninja guarding the site showed an unnatural refusal to retreat.

  • Qianming left the Land of Demons with Miroku, and Wang Hao transported them and Hamura Otsutsuki to Cloud Lightning Ravine.
  • Wang Hao assigned samurai to protect Qianming, Miroku, and Yuki Ōtsutsuki, then explained that Hamura would draw down solar energy while he used World-Destroying Thunder to change the Evil Baleful Intent.
  • Mito Uzumaki used the Uzumaki Clan’s ancestral artifacts and Chakra chains to seal the Chakra technique formation, while A Yotsuki and the Third Raikage guarded her and the perimeter.
  • Wang Hao borrowed Killer B’s Fenrir Type Ten and set up the Nine Extremes Heavenly Thunder Grand Formation, which expanded the thunderclouds across the Land of Lightning.
  • Hamura Otsutsuki drew solar energy into the thunderclouds, and Wang Hao unleashed a vast barrage of World-Destroying Thunder into the pit containing the Evil Baleful Intent.
  • The pressure from the darkness suppressed investigators from other villages, while the Cloud ninja on the perimeter stayed in place even when stray lightning killed some of them.

Ch. 516The Sage of Six Paths' Backup Plan

Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura Haruno, Hinata, and Karin Uzumaki traveled from the future to stop Wang Hao from unleashing a world-ending threat, while Wang Hao continued refining the World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent. Naruto and the others obtained the Box of Ultimate Bliss, unaware that the Sage of Six Paths was manipulating them through hidden imprints in his Chakra.

  • Naruto and his companions arrived in the Land of Lōran from the future and used Sasuke’s Rinnegan to travel toward the Village Hidden in the Grass.
  • Wang Hao used the Nine Extremes Heavenly Thunder Grand Formation and solar power to bombard the World-Destroying Evil Baleful Intent while tempering his body.
  • The ruler of the Land of Lightning and forces from the great ninja villages mobilized toward the Village Hidden in the Clouds, while Cloud ninjas headed for Cloud Lightning Ravine to stop Wang Hao and the Third Raikage.
  • The Village Hidden in the Grass readily gave Naruto and his companions the Box of Ultimate Bliss, explaining that its weakening seal threatened to release the Devil Creatures within.
  • Sasuke suspected the Village Hidden in the Grass was acting strangely, but Naruto accepted their explanation, and the group set off toward the Land of Lightning with the box.
  • The Sage of Six Paths’s hidden imprints in his Chakra were revealed to be manipulating the ninjas, and even Naruto and Sasuke were only partly resisting his influence.

Ch. 517The Fisherman's Gain

Naruto and his companions from the future joined Jiraiya’s forces to stop the Third Raikage and General Hao from controlling the power in Cloud Lightning Ravine. After Hamura Otsutsuki sacrificed himself to complete the transformation of the baleful intent, Wang Hao faced a massive army of Cloud ninja, many of whom the Sage of Six Paths seemed ready to sacrifice.

  • Jiraiya welcomed Naruto and his companions, who explained their mission to seal the Devil Creature in Cloud Lightning Ravine while Jiraiya held off the Third Raikage and the others.
  • Hamura Otsutsuki gave Wang Hao one final surge of solar energy, passed him his golden Tenseigan, and dissolved as Wang Hao completed the baleful intent’s transformation into Destruction Divine Baleful Intent.
  • More than three hundred thousand ninja surrounded Cloud Lightning Ravine, and the Third Raikage recognized his aide Ran among the forces that had joined Jiraiya.
  • When Killer B began losing control, Wang Hao pulled Eight-Tails Gyūki from his sealed space, crushed him, and sealed away his purified true spirit for a chance to revive him later.
  • Wang Hao sealed Killer B’s fading life force and asked the Third Raikage whether he now believed there was a hidden danger in the ninja Chakra System; the Third Raikage promised to spread Wang Hao’s cultivation system and asked him to spare the Cloud ninja.
  • Wang Hao warned the Third Raikage that the Sage of Six Paths might be prepared to sacrifice the Land of Lightning, leaving the group facing an imminent and difficult battle.

Ch. 518Bamboozling Mito

Wang Hao used the World-Destroying Thunder to cripple or kill most of the Cloud ninja army before the survivors and other Kage Level fighters attacked. As the Third Raikage and A Yotsuki fought them, Wang Hao persuaded Mito Uzumaki to join his camp by offering to extend her life and restore the Uzumaki Clan.

  • Wang Hao explained that the controlled Cloud ninja were opening the Eight Gates Released Formation, and the Third Raikage agreed to his plan to stop them with the World-Destroying Thunder.
  • Wang Hao bombarded the army, killing more than half the ninja and leaving the survivors gravely injured.
  • Jiraiya and other Kage Level fighters attacked Wang Hao, so he gave the Fenrir Type Ten weapons to the Third Raikage and A Yotsuki, who charged into battle.
  • Mito Uzumaki revealed that she had abolished her Chakra, and Wang Hao asked whether she understood the danger behind the Sage of Six Paths' Chakra System.
  • Wang Hao invited Mito Uzumaki to establish a new home for the Uzumaki Clan and promised to extend her life and bring the clan back in large numbers.
  • Mito Uzumaki agreed to join Wang Hao's camp if he could restore the Uzumaki Clan.

Ch. 519Naruto and Sasuke Appear

Wang Hao confronted future versions of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, who had been sent back by the Sage of Six Paths to stop him. Though the two broke through to the Late Six Paths Level during their battle, Wang Hao overwhelmed them and left Naruto missing an arm and Sasuke disarmed.

  • Wang Hao sensed powerful newcomers, ordered the Swordmaster legion to escort Mito Uzumaki and the others away, and recognized the arriving Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha as middle-aged fighters from the future.
  • Wang Hao inferred that the Sage of Six Paths had used the Dragon Vein of the Land of Lōran to send Naruto and Sasuke back, and concluded that the Sage could not easily manifest in this era.
  • Naruto and Sasuke rejected Wang Hao's taunts and attacked him, but their strikes failed to overcome his defenses.
  • Wang Hao assessed their speed and strength while exploiting weaknesses in their fighting techniques, forcing both Naruto and Sasuke onto the defensive and injuring them.
  • Naruto and Sasuke broke through to the Late Six Paths Level after the Sage of Six Paths secretly empowered them, then charged Wang Hao again.
  • Wang Hao defeated their renewed assault, severing Naruto's left arm and knocking Sasuke's long blade away.

Ch. 520Discussion

Wang Hao confronted Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha as they used the Box of Ultimate Bliss to absorb the Destruction Divine Baleful Intent, then questioned them about the future. Their revelations about the Leaf’s rise and the fate of the Land of Lightning and Land of Iron left him with new leads.

  • Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha revealed the Box of Ultimate Bliss and activated it to absorb the Destruction Divine Baleful Intent while Chakra chains protected them.
  • The Box of Ultimate Bliss began to tremble after absorbing a tenth of the baleful intent, so the Sage of Six Paths strengthened it with the chains, leaving Naruto Uzumaki and the others exposed.
  • Wang Hao warned the group that the baleful intent could become more dangerous if it merged with the Devil Creature, then offered not to interfere if they told him about the future.
  • Wang Hao questioned the group about Hinata’s Tenseigan and Sakura Haruno and Karin Uzumaki’s strength, and Sasuke Uchiha said a mysterious person’s gifts and changes in the world had strengthened the Leaf.
  • Wang Hao claimed the Leaf’s leaders had arranged Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s meeting, then asked Karin Uzumaki about her mother, causing Karin to tremble before Sakura Haruno comforted her.
  • Sasuke Uchiha told Wang Hao that the Land of Lightning and the Land of Iron had become death zones in their era after an apparent natural disaster.

Ch. 521Migrating to the Devil Star

After the battle, Wang Hao explained that the Sage of Six Paths was constrained but that the Land of Iron and Land of Lightning would soon become uninhabitable. He proposed moving their people to the Devil Star and left the Third Raikage and A Yotsuki responsible for training fighters for the migration.

  • Naruto Uzumaki and his four companions returned to their own time after the Box of Ultimate Bliss consumed the Destruction Divine Baleful Intent, and Mito Uzumaki asked Wang Hao why Naruto seemed familiar.
  • Wang Hao told Mito that Naruto was Hashirama Senju's reincarnation, prompting her to rage over Hashirama having married many women.
  • The Third Raikage and A Yotsuki reported that Jiraiya had escaped and that they had killed the One-Tail, Three-Tails, and Five-Tails; the Third Raikage said he did not regret resisting the Sage of Six Paths despite the heavy losses.
  • Wang Hao told the Third Raikage and A Yotsuki that the Sage of Six Paths could not act against them directly for now, but the Land of Iron and Land of Lightning would become dead zones in the future.
  • Wang Hao recounted the world's mythological history and explained the origins of the Ōtsutsuki-descended clans, then revealed his plan to migrate everyone to the Devil Star.
  • Wang Hao said he would handle the spatial teleportation array and tasked the Third Raikage and A Yotsuki with rapidly training powerful combatants to secure a place to live on the Devil Star.

Ch. 522Danzō the Literary Master

Wang Hao returned to Hidden Leaf Village and found Orochimaru, who told him Tsunade and Hiruzen were both hesitating over what to do. He discovered Danzō had become a bestselling author and devoted the profits to an enormous orphanage, then gave Danzō two sealing scrolls before they went to Root’s headquarters to discuss business.

  • Wang Hao met Orochimaru after Orochimaru tracked him using blood collected from General Hao, and Orochimaru revealed that Tsunade seemed to suspect something while Hiruzen considered acting against her.
  • Wang Hao and Orochimaru found a crowd gathered for Danzō Shimura’s books, whose titles were based on Wang Hao’s notes, and Wang Hao decided he deserved a share of the proceeds.
  • Orochimaru took Wang Hao to Hope Orphanage, where he explained that Danzō had used all his book earnings to care for millions of orphans.
  • Wang Hao found Nonō Yakushi leaving Danzō’s office and teased Danzō about their relationship before learning that she was helping run the orphanage.
  • Wang Hao gave Danzō two sealing scrolls as a wedding gift for Nonō, and Danzō opened a passage to Root’s headquarters so they could talk privately.

Ch. 523The Three Sannin's Noble Origins

Wang Hao revealed the danger posed by the Sage of Six Paths and urged Danzō Shimura and Orochimaru to join him in developing Devil Star. Their discussion also exposed the noble origins of Orochimaru and Jiraiya, while Danzō seemed to recognize a secret about Minato Namikaze.

  • Danzō Shimura introduced Wang Hao to Little Dango, a girl with a painful bloodline disease, and Orochimaru noted that Wang Hao had cured his own bloodline defect.
  • Wang Hao sealed Danzō's and Orochimaru's Chakra, drew them into a genjutsu space, and showed them memories of the battle in the Land of Lightning.
  • Wang Hao proposed colonizing Devil Star and warned that the Sage of Six Paths was hiding in the Leaf and planned a coming catastrophe.
  • Danzō asked for Wang Hao's conditions, and Wang Hao gave him three days to consider his proposal while Orochimaru offered to send his younger sister, Orochi-hime Kusanagi, to the Land of Iron.
  • Orochimaru revealed that he was descended from the Kusanagi Clan, and Danzō disclosed that Jiraiya was Tobirama Senju's son.
  • Wang Hao wondered about Minato Namikaze's powerful bloodline, and Danzō reacted sharply but kept his thoughts to himself.

Ch. 524Knockoff Wood Release

Wang Hao attacked the Hidden Leaf Village with a knockoff Wood Release technique, overwhelming its defenses after destroying the village’s barrier. Torifu Akimichi confronted him and asked whether he had plotted the Senju Clan’s destruction for this power.

  • Wang Hao left the Root Organization after abolishing Danzō Shimura and another man’s Chakra bloodlines, then defeated Liuyue Ying in a brief spar and accepted the lunch she had brought him.
  • After waiting three days for Hiruzen Sarutobi to leave the village, Wang Hao reached the Hidden Leaf’s gates and summoned a wooden golem to attack its defensive barrier.
  • The village’s barrier bound and burned Wang Hao’s wooden golem, but he then summoned a giant Thousand-Armed Tathagata whose regenerating palms battered the barrier for an hour.
  • Wang Hao’s Thousand-Armed Tathagata broke through the Hidden Leaf’s defensive barrier, and Torifu Akimichi confronted him as a giant with butterfly wings.
  • Torifu Akimichi asked Wang Hao whether he had plotted the destruction of the Senju Clan and the Land of Whirlpools just to gain this power.

Ch. 525Revenge

Wang Hao came to Hidden Leaf Village to avenge his mother by forcing the Hyuga Clan to answer for its role in her death. After he destroyed the Hyuga compound and the clan offered only Branch Household members as scapegoats, he prepared to continue against the Main Household.

  • Princess Tsunade rushed at Wang Hao, but Torifu Akimichi restrained her and asked Wang Hao why he had come.
  • Wang Hao declared that he had come to settle old scores with the Hyuga Clan and marched his giant Buddha toward its compound, damaging much of Hidden Leaf Village along the way.
  • Wang Hao destroyed the evacuated Hyuga compound after its defensive barrier gave way, then told Torifu Akimichi he would leave if the clan handed over those responsible for his mother's death.
  • Torifu Akimichi summoned Hyuga clansmen, including Dan Kato's maternal grandfather, but Wang Hao spared the grandfather and recognized that the others were Branch Household members bearing Caged Bird Cursed Seals.
  • Wang Hao accused the Hyuga Main Household of hiding behind Branch Household scapegoats, while Torifu Akimichi and the surrounding Leaf ninja grew furious.
Arc 21 of 53
Arc 21 of 53