Chapter Summaries

Tsubasa transformed the Yan Emperor Mountain Range into a hidden spiritual stronghold, completed a teleportation link to Konoha, and built the Immortal Venerable Hall. He revealed that three trial towers connected to otherworlds offered dangers, treasures, and a chance to find deceased friends and relatives in Hell.

• Tsubasa reshaped the Yan Emperor Mountain Range, created spirit stone veins, and concealed it behind a barrier.
• Seven days later, Tsubasa's researchers activated a teleportation array connecting the mountain range to Konoha, and Jiraiya arrived there.
• Tsubasa rapidly completed the Immortal Venerable Hall and declared the mountain range the heart of the Shinobi World.
• At the hall's completion, Tsubasa told the gathered Kage Level experts that the mountain's Dragon Vein could connect them to three otherworlds.
• Tsubasa presented three trial towers, setting entry requirements for the Ghost World, Aquatic Otherworld, and Hell World.
• Tsubasa explained that the towers held treasures and opportunities, and that Hell contained the Shinobi World's predecessors, including deceased friends and relatives.

Himiko, Maruboshi Kosuke, Tian Yu, and Tenmei led a Konoha expedition into the Undead Realm to gather soul crystals, but a battle with an undead lord and its horde forced them to retreat through a spatial node. Tian Yu made it back at the last moment, though a gigantic blood-red undead skeleton appeared behind her in the gate.

• Himiko and Maruboshi Kosuke entered the Undead Realm with the Konoha team and learned that soul crystals dropped by undead could be collected for resources.
• An undead lord blocked their signal and attacked; Kosuke used a Blood Pact Barrier while Tian Yu and the others fought through the horde.
• Tenmei spotted the lord's core, and Tian Yu, Kosuke, and Himiko helped destroy it and retrieve its purple soul crystal.
• The undead kept advancing, so Himiko activated the spatial node; Tian Yu gave Kosuke a pouch of crystals and stayed behind to cover the retreat.
• Himiko, Kosuke, and the surviving ninjas returned to the tower with their crystals, and Tian Yu emerged just before the gate closed as a towering blood-red undead skeleton watched from beyond it.

The seven Kage encountered an azure dragon imprisoned by a human seal in the mid-tier tower, then faced a Blood Rose hunting party that sought the dragon’s core. Blood Rose’s mages bound the Kage with Domain Magic, and the chapter ended as the two sides prepared to fight.

• Madara Uchiha led the Holy Land squad into the tower while the seven Kage explored separately and Tsunade narrowly avoided an Abyss Stone Leech.
• The Kage found a False Core Realm dragon chained inside an ice-crystal seal, and Nara Shikanei identified it as a human forbidden technique draining the dragon’s life force.
• The dragon warned that someone was coming for its dragon pearl as twelve green lights approached and the cavern began to shake.
• Tsunade and the other Kage confronted twelve Blood Rose warriors and three mages, whose leader demanded they surrender the dragon core.
• Blood Rose’s mages trapped the Kage with Domain Magic, and Hatake Sakumo’s attack on Scarface was blocked by a black shield.

The seven Kage and their allies fought Blood Rose in the abyss, but Madara Uchiha’s arrival turned the battle and exposed the group’s plan to use the Azure Dragon’s power to connect continents. The dragon’s seal shattered and awakened the abyssal creatures, forcing everyone to escape; outside, blood-tinted dragon cores and strange frost runes suggested the disturbance had spread beyond the ocean.

• The seven Kage struggled against Blood Rose’s mages and warriors as the Azure Dragon began burning its dragon core and the tall mage used a blood-binding ritual to drain it.
• Madara Uchiha arrived with Tenchu, Tenpei, and other holy land disciples, killed one mage, and helped the Kage defeat Blood Rose’s forces, though Scarface fled.
• Madara examined the chains and Nara Shikanei identified the black crystals as spatial anchors meant to connect the abyss to the Western Continent using the dragon core’s energy.
• The cavern shook as the Azure Dragon’s seal broke and enormous tentacled creatures emerged, so Madara led the group toward the teleportation tower.
• The group escaped through Madara’s teleportation gate, where Madara warned that the dragon core’s energy might have disturbed more than the abyssal creatures.
• Tsunade found that the dragon cores she had collected had turned faintly red, while strange frost and unfamiliar runes appeared at the intermediate tower’s entrance.

Tsubasa opened the Gate of Hell and sent Tian Mai and the other women into Hell to seek resources and overcome their limits while he guarded the entrance. Tian Mai battled ghost warriors in Molten Flame Hell, collected a Molten Hell Crystal, and followed her pursuers toward richer ore deposits.

• Tsubasa opened the high-tier tower’s gate and saw the Sage of Six Paths, now a ghost emperor, inside Hell.
• Tsubasa warned Tian Mai and the others about Hell’s dangers, then let them enter while he stayed behind to guard the gate and confronted unseen watchers.
• Tian Mai entered Molten Flame Hell and used Senjutsu to disperse ghost soldiers and guide her deeper into the volcanic region.
• Tian Mai bound and killed a lava-armored ghost general, obtaining a Molten Hell Crystal from its remains.
• More than a dozen ghost generals emerged from the magma lake, and Tian Mai used her vines to travel deeper toward the region’s richest ore deposits.

Tian Mai fought her way through the Molten Flame Prison, gathered valuable ores and Soul Crystals, and escaped the three immortal ghost kings with Tsubasa’s armor. Tsubasa revealed that the encounter had been a trial arranged by the Ghost Emperor, and Tian Mai left to study her haul and improve her ninja tools.

• Tian Mai used her armor and Senjutsu to fend off pursuing ghost generals and battle the three ghost kings in the lava lake.
• Tian Mai entered a fissure, collected ores and Molten Hell Crystals, and used Wood Release to restrain the ghost kings before escaping their self-destruction blast.
• Tian Mai reached the Gate of Hell with a bag full of treasures and told Tsubasa that three ghost kings had nearly trapped her.
• Tsubasa explained that the Ghost Emperor had arranged the ghost kings as sparring partners for the Ten Family, and that they had been forbidden to kill her.
• Tian Mai left with Tsubasa, planning to study the ores and upgrade her ninja tools.

Tian Muyan explored Ten Thousand Bones Hell, defeated a nine-headed bone dragon, and collected valuable spirit materials before three ghost kings confronted her. When her Tenseigan proved ineffective against them, she launched an ice-based attack and prepared to fight.

• Tian Muyan used her Tenseigan to control three bone puppets and sent them to scout for ore while she searched the bone fields.
• A nine-headed black dragon attacked, but Tian Muyan sealed it temporarily, struck its spinal weakness with an ice arrow, and claimed its crystal core.
• The bone puppets returned with ore, including nether cold iron, and Tian Muyan prepared to leave as more disturbances rumbled through the mountains.
• Three ghost kings confronted Tian Muyan, including the Many-Faced Ghost King and the Black-Robed Ghost King, who said her Tenseigan was useless against them.
• Tian Muyan blocked the ghost kings with ice spikes, then vanished onto an ice staircase and activated Ice Set as the Black-Robed Ghost King attacked.

Tian Muyan fought the three Ghost Kings in Ten Thousand Bones Hell, destroyed their trapping formation, and escaped through a portal. She reunited with Tsubasa at the Gate of Hell with valuable spoils and planned to explore Ten Thousand Bones Hell again someday.

• Tian Muyan used her Ice Set, Tenseigan, and Ice Divine Bow to injure the three Ghost Kings and withstand their attacks.
• The Ghost Kings activated the Bone Prison Grand Formation, but Tian Muyan used Tsubasa's compass to locate its core and shattered the encircling bone mountains.
• Tian Muyan opened a portal with Tsubasa's Specially Made Realm-Breaking Talisman and escaped the Ghost Kings' attack.
• Tian Muyan reunited with Tsubasa at the Gate of Hell and reported that she had obtained Netherworld Cold Iron and a black dragon crystal core.
• Tian Muyan left Hell with Tsubasa to rest, saying she would return to explore Ten Thousand Bones Hell farther.

Tian Uguisu entered Hell’s Mist Prison, gathered soul crystals, and uncovered a trap guarded by two Ghost Kings and a horde of mist fiends. After activating her Earth Spirit armor and spear and revealing her Rinnegan, she used Shinra Tensei against the Fat Ghost King.

• Tian Uguisu fought possessed undead in the mist and collected their soul crystals with her flame-covered spear.
• Tian Uguisu lured a white-robed man with soul crystals, pierced him, and took his void-wood lantern.
• Tian Uguisu found a mountain of soul crystals guarded by a vast horde of mist fiends and the Skeleton King and Fat Ghost King.
• Tian Uguisu equipped the Earth Spirit Battle Armor and fully activated the Earth Spirit Spear to fight the kings and their minions.
• Tian Uguisu unleashed Senjutsu Chakra Burst, awakened her Rinnegan, and used Shinra Tensei against the Fat Ghost King’s ambush.

Tian Uguisu fought her way through the Mist Prison, using Susanoo to defeat the Skeleton King and escape with a haul of Soul Crystals and Void Wood. She emerged exhausted and reunited with Tsubasa's clone, who promised to take her home.

• Tian Uguisu killed the Fat Ghost King and battled the Skeleton King while gathering Soul Crystals from the mist ghosts.
• The Skeleton King revived the mist ghosts, so Tian Uguisu summoned Susanoo, which destroyed the ghosts and defeated him.
• Tian Uguisu led Susanoo to a tunnel beneath the stone stele and escaped the Mist Prison as her Chakra ran low.
• Tian Uguisu emerged onto a sunny hillside and found Tsubasa's clone waiting for her.
• Tsubasa's clone examined her loot, helped her recover, and led her down the hillside to return to the Shinobi World.

Tian Yueqing entered Frozen Hell to search for treasures and tested her sealing techniques against its ghostly creatures. After sealing a ghost general, she faced the arrival of the five great ghost kings.

• Tian Yueqing found an ice soul crystal beneath the ice and fought off a ghost general that tried to stop her from taking it.
• Ice ghost beasts emerged in a crowd, and Tian Yueqing trapped them inside an Adamantine Sealing Formation.
• Tian Yueqing donned her Space Sealing Armor, burned the ghost general with her brazier, and sealed it underground.
• The five great ghost kings emerged from the ice, and the king with the ice saber charged Tian Yueqing.

Tian Yueqing defeated the five Ghost Kings and sealed the ice ghost beasts in Frozen Hell, then gathered valuable ore and Soul Crystals. She escaped through a warm passage and reunited with Tsubasa's clone, who offered her food and prepared to take her home.

• Tian Yueqing used her armor, fire formations, and talismans to freeze the Ice Blade Ghost King and the Ghost King with the ice staff, while the other Ghost Kings attacked.
• Tian Yueqing used the Ice Soul Crystal to strengthen her shield, sealed the Ghost King with the ice hammer, and burned the Ghost Kings with the ice chain and ice claws in a crack.
• Tian Yueqing sealed the remaining ice ghost beasts and collected ore and Soul Crystals from the frozen area.
• Tian Yueqing followed a warm passage out of Frozen Hell and emerged onto a gloomy grassland.
• Tsubasa's clone greeted Tian Yueqing, inspected her haul, and offered her food before they set off for home.

Tian Zhiyun gathered Poison Dragon Grass Spirit Pearls and a poison crystal in the Poison Miasma Prison, then was surrounded by the Hell Poison Oni Clan. Wearing Tsubasa’s Poison-Repelling Battle Armor, she unleashed the Eight Gates Released Formation and fought back against their forces.

• Tian Zhiyun used Miasma-Clearing Powder to enter the swamp and collected the dew from Poison Dragon Grass after weakening its Poison Oni Flood Dragon guardian with Poison-Dissolving Water.
• Tian Zhiyun took a poison crystal from the guardian’s lair and tried to escape as more Poison Oni Flood Dragons stirred in the swamp.
• Tian Zhiyun found her route to the spatial node blocked by imps, oni generals, over a hundred oni commanders, and five Poison Oni Kings.
• Tian Zhiyun donned Tsubasa’s Poison-Repelling Battle Armor, resisted the oni kings’ attacks, and opened the Eight Gates up to the Gate of Wonder.
• Tian Zhiyun charged through the oni ranks, killed several enemies, shattered a poisonous net, and attacked the oni commanders with Konoha Divine Dragon.

Tian Zhiyun escaped the Five Poison Oni Kings with Tsubasa’s talisman, returning with the Poison Dragon Grass dew, a poison crystal, and ore before collapsing from exhaustion and poison. At the Gate of Hell, the Sage of Six Paths explained Hell’s ten divisions and warned Tsubasa that the Oni Clan was waiting for an Oni Emperor’s orders.

• The Five Poison Oni Kings overwhelmed Tian Zhiyun, poisoned her, and destroyed her dragon’s shadow, leaving her trapped in the sludge.
• Tian Zhiyun crushed Tsubasa’s talisman and teleported away just before the Oni Kings’ attacks struck.
• Tsubasa caught Tian Zhiyun, gave her an antidote, and carried her down the hillside after she fainted with the Poison Dragon Grass dew, poison crystal, and collected ore.
• The Sage of Six Paths praised the ninja souls’ rapid cultivation, and Tsubasa explained that his wives were training in Hell to grow stronger against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained that Hell had ten directions ruled by ten Oni Emperors and that Hamura Otsutsuki was teaching ninja souls a cultivation method combining oni cultivation with Chakra.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Tsubasa that the Oni Clan was waiting for an Oni Emperor’s orders and was allowing them to cultivate there only as a courtesy to him.

Tian Flying Swallow entered Asura Prison to gather Soul Crystals and used Yan Nation’s national fortune to defeat two oni commanders. After the oni forces turned on her, the ten oni kings revealed that they wanted to devour her national fortune, and she fought back with the Nine Dragons Heaven-Burning Art.

• Tian Flying Swallow watched two crowned oni commanders weaken each other, then killed them with the Nine Dragons Jade Seal and collected their Soul Crystals.
• The oni soldiers stopped fighting among themselves and turned toward Tian Flying Swallow after she killed their leaders.
• More than a hundred oni commanders and the ten asura oni kings emerged, and the scar-faced oni king declared that they would take her national fortune.
• Tian Flying Swallow unleashed the Nine Dragons Heaven-Burning Art, destroying oni commanders and defeating the flaming-skull king’s black fire.
• Tian Flying Swallow collected another Soul Crystal as the scar-faced oni king charged and swung his massive saber at her.

Tian Flying Swallow fought the ten Ghost Kings in Asura Prison, escaped after drawing the Ghost Emperor’s attention, and returned to Tsubasa with Soul Crystals. She left determined to return stronger and challenge the Ghost Emperor again.

• Tian Flying Swallow used the Nine Dragons Jade Seal and National Fortune to fight the ten Ghost Kings and their commanders, while sensing the Ghost Emperor watching her.
• Tian Flying Swallow gathered Soul Crystals, but the Ghost Kings trapped her and tried to seize the Yan Nation’s National Fortune.
• Tian Flying Swallow borrowed the faith of the Yan Nation’s people to empower the nine dragons, broke free, and fled toward the spatial node as the Ghost Emperor attacked her shield.
• Tian Flying Swallow escaped Asura Prison and reunited with Tsubasa’s clone, who checked her injuries and found that the jade seal was damaged but repairable.
• Tian Flying Swallow gave Tsubasa the Soul Crystals and vowed to return after breaking through her limits to take the Ghost Emperor’s scepter.

Tsubasa and Tian Flying Swallow met three Oni Emperors, who asked to draw on Yan Nation’s national fortune to advance their cultivation. Tsubasa agreed to consult humanity’s leaders, and the Seven Kage and Tian Flying Swallow later judged the request feasible.

• Tsubasa sensed the Oni Emperors approaching and vowed to protect Tian Flying Swallow if they threatened her.
• Three Oni Emperors emerged from Hell and explained that they wanted to draw on national fortune to break through their cultivation bottlenecks.
• The Oni Emperors proposed a Heavenly Dao Blood Oath and contract limiting their use of national fortune to six hours on each full moon, while promising not to harm Tian Flying Swallow or its foundation.
• Tsubasa refused to decide alone and promised the Oni Emperors an answer in three days after consulting Yan Nation and Konoha’s leaders.
• Tsubasa gathered the Seven Kage and Tian Flying Swallow, and they considered the proposal feasible as long as it did not interfere with her cultivation.

Tsubasa negotiated a Heavenly Dao Contract between the Yan Nation and Hell, allowing the Oni Clan to cultivate with the nation’s fortune in exchange for access to Hell’s holy lands and other benefits. With the contract signed and delivered, human and Hell cooperation began as they prepared to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• The female Ghost Emperor gave Tsubasa the contract scroll and warned that breaking his promise would affect his fate.
• Tsubasa returned to the Yan Nation’s imperial palace and discussed the contract with Tian Flying Swallow and the Seven Kage.
• Tian Flying Swallow signed and sealed the contract, agreeing to let ten Oni Clan members cultivate with the Yan Nation’s fortune each full moon.
• Tsunade asked Tsubasa to inquire about soul-cultivation techniques that could help Dan Katō.
• Tsubasa delivered the signed contract to the Ghost Emperors, who agreed to honor it and offered human cultivators access to Hell’s holy lands.
• The Ice Ghost Emperor gave Tsubasa a cartload of Hell’s ores, and Tsubasa left Hell reassured by the new alliance against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Decades after peace unified the Shinobi World, Tsubasa watched Konoha’s younger generation grow and offered guidance to several children. He met Minato and pregnant Kushina at the Kage Academy graduation, where Fugaku and Mikoto were waiting to treat him to a drink.

• Tsubasa visited Might Duy’s training group, identified Jūsan’s Taijutsu potential, and gave him advice for training.
• Tsubasa encountered Kakashi, Kurenai, Obito, Asuma, and Jūsan, correcting their habits and giving Kakashi a book on Chakra control.
• Tsubasa remembered Minato’s graduation day and went to the Kage Academy.
• Tsubasa congratulated Minato on graduating as the class’s only Immortal Level student and noted that Kushina’s unborn child seemed promising.
• Kushina told Tsubasa that Fugaku and Mikoto were waiting inside to treat him to a drink.

Tsubasa learned that strange, blood-drained corpses had appeared near Moon City and traveled to the Moon Forest to investigate. After explaining that the creatures were zombies of varying ranks, he heard that a cave full of corpses had been discovered.

• Shikaku told Tsubasa that stiff, blood-drained corpses had appeared near the Thunder City and Moon City border, and Tsubasa decided to investigate.
• A Konoha Jonin warned Tsubasa that monsters in the Moon Forest were stronger and that their bites caused victims to mutate.
• Tsubasa arrived at the Moon Forest camp, where Senju Nawaki showed him footprint rubbings surrounded by poisonous black corpse qi.
• Tsubasa explained the different zombie ranks and warned the ninja that higher-ranked creatures were dangerous.
• A Sunagakure ninja reported finding a cave full of corpses, and Nawaki hurried off to lead the way.