Ch. 421Forging Divine Equipment Through Alchemy

Tsubasa oversaw advances in rune alloy, bionic mecha, planetary infrastructure, and the interplanetary network as the Shinobi World prepared to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After researchers deciphered the God Tree spaceship core, he launched a project to build an interstellar fleet, leaving the Shinobi World poised to expand into space.

  • Sasori and Orochimaru demonstrated rune super alloy steel that withstood Senju Seiyō's Golden Core attack, while Tsubasa urged them to develop technology ordinary people could use against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
  • Tenpi reported Jupiter's resources and improved teleportation arrays, and Tsubasa assigned Sasori, Orochimaru, Himiko, and Tenpi their research and development priorities.
  • A researcher delivered Himiko's report that the Bionic Vajra Mecha could repair damaged limbs and run on light, and Tsubasa ordered her to build a combat-ready prototype with a nuclear engine.
  • Orochimaru and Himiko revealed that they had deciphered the God Tree spaceship core and adapted it to power a spacecraft and detect Ōtsutsuki energy.
  • Tsubasa ordered an interstellar fleet built with rune alloy hulls, bionic structures, and multiple power sources, declaring it would take the Shinobi World into space to confront the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Ch. 422Ōtsutsuki Planet Sends Its Troops

After learning that three squadrons had been wiped out on the Shinobi Planet, the God Tree City lord ordered Ōtsutsuki Ran to lead a division there and destroy it. Ran assembled ten thousand troops and prepared to depart with orders to recover the planet’s God Tree gene research and plant God Trees there.

  • Ōtsutsuki Taku reported that the Shinobi Planet’s cultivators and technology had advanced, and that its people were researching the genes of God Tree children.
  • The city lord dismissed objections from Ōtsutsuki Gō and Ōtsutsuki Gen and chose Ōtsutsuki Ran to lead an expedition against the planet.
  • Ōtsutsuki Ran accepted command of a division, while the city lord ordered him to destroy the Shinobi Planet and bring back its research.
  • Over three days, Ōtsutsuki Ran assembled ten thousand troops equipped with specialized units, warships, and twenty God Tree saplings.
  • Ōtsutsuki Ran ordered his army to depart for the Shinobi Planet in one hour.

Ch. 423Interstellar Carrier Behemoths

The Shinobi World completed ten Tailed Beast-inspired interstellar carriers and began testing the fleet near Mars. Their internal systems passed inspection, and the chapter ended as propulsion and maneuverability tests were about to begin.

  • The ten carriers, including the God Tree flagship, reached the final stage of construction at the Mars shipyard, with a designated captain for each vessel.
  • Tsubasa ordered the fleet’s first collective functionality test after technicians reported that the ships were ready.
  • The captains and crews tested the ships’ residential, training, military, mech-hangar, and bridge systems, which all passed.
  • The fleet completed its internal tests and moved on to propulsion and maneuverability testing.

Ch. 424The Power of the Tailed Beast Carriers

Tsubasa oversaw the first full tests of the ten Tailed Beast interstellar carriers, which demonstrated their speed, maneuverability, and devastating weapons. He officially commissioned the fleet, and the ships set out on their first patrols across the solar system.

  • Tsubasa ordered the ships to activate their Tailed Beast cores and tested their movement through a series of high-speed maneuvers.
  • Sasori praised the carriers' maneuverability and the runic fluid dynamics powering them.
  • Tsubasa ordered the carriers to fire their weapons at targets in the asteroid belt, and each ship destroyed its assigned targets.
  • The Ten-Tails God Tree fired its Spatial Shock Wave, disintegrating the remaining targets and briefly distorting space.
  • Tsubasa announced the fleet's official commissioning in a broadcast to the Yan Nation and the Shinobi World.
  • The ten Tailed Beast starships began their first exploratory patrols in the solar system.

Ch. 425Shinobi Planet Prepares for War

Tsubasa mobilized Shinobi Planet’s forces after sensors detected an Ōtsutsuki spatial passage beyond Mars, and he prepared to intercept the expected regular army in space. The factions agreed to assemble, while the Flying Zombie Corps headed ahead to Mars as Tsubasa worried whether reinforcements would arrive in time.

  • Shikamaru Nara reported abnormal spatial fluctuations beyond Mars that resembled an Ōtsutsuki passage, and Tsubasa ordered evacuations, troop deployments, and accelerated weapons production.
  • Tsubasa learned that the Ōtsutsuki force was likely a regular army and ordered all three interstellar carriers and High Immortal experts to reinforce Mars.
  • Tsubasa summoned the major factions and sacred lands, and Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Kakuzu, and Kabuto agreed to send their forces.
  • Orochimaru sent the Flying Zombie Corps, led by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, ahead to Mars and ordered them to protect civilians during the evacuation.
  • Shikamaru estimated that the factions’ High Immortals would arrive in three shichen, and Tsubasa wondered whether they would reach Tenmei in time.

Ch. 426Muster the Troops for Battle

As the Ōtsutsuki fleet approached Mars earlier than expected, Tsubasa rushed reinforcements to the planet while Tenmei completed the civilian evacuation and prepared the Azure Dragon Corps for battle. The first fighters arrived, and the defenders braced for the coming invasion as the Divine Tree ships emerged from a spatial rift.

  • Tenmei ordered Lee's squad to protect civilians evacuating Mars, then received Orochimaru's Flying Zombie Corps as reinforcements.
  • After Tenmei reported an early spatial fluctuation, Tsubasa ordered the Nine-Tails Kurama and assembled Golden Core Immortal Venerables and High Immortals to head for Mars immediately.
  • Tsubasa sent the first group of fighters through the teleportation array, while Rasa and Deidara reported that their superconducting nuclear bomb would be ready in four hours.
  • Tenpi delivered Jupiter's ore and helium-3, and Tsubasa ordered Sasori to prioritize rune mechs for the Azure Dragon Corps.
  • Tenmei and Orochimaru prepared their forces after the last civilians evacuated, while Tsubasa led the second group of High Immortals toward Mars.
  • The Divine Tree ships appeared through a growing black rift as the defenders took positions in Mars's outer orbit.

Ch. 427The Flames of War on Mars

Tsubasa and Tenmei prepared Mars’s defenses against Ōtsutsuki Ran’s approaching army, but the enemy’s gravity shields and combined ranged and Genjutsu attacks overwhelmed the first line’s defenses. After ordering the Immortal Corps to probe for weaknesses, Tenmei sent Orochimaru’s forces into battle.

  • Tsubasa assigned Tenmei to hold the line, test the Ōtsutsuki troops, and prevent them from reaching Shinobi Planet, while Orochimaru’s Flying Zombie Corps and Hell Oni Clan Corps were made the vanguard.
  • Ōtsutsuki Ran ordered his army to attack Mars with ranged and Genjutsu troops first, followed by teleporting, assassination, melee, and defensive forces.
  • A Uzumaki Clan researcher delivered jamming devices that weakened the Ōtsutsuki troops’ space-time abilities, and Sasori reported that fifty new Super Rune Vajra Mechas had arrived.
  • Tenmei ordered a missile salvo, but the Ōtsutsuki defensive troops deflected most of it with gravity barriers and withstood the rest behind their shields.
  • The Ōtsutsuki ranged and Genjutsu troops pierced Mars’s defenses with dark arrows and mental attacks, prompting Tsubasa to order the Immortal Corps to probe for weaknesses.
  • Tenmei sent Orochimaru’s Flying Zombie Corps behind the Hell Oni Clan Corps to attack, and Orochimaru urged his troops to charge.

Ch. 428Iron Wall and Probe

The Allied Shinobi Forces’ attacks failed to break the Ōtsutsuki Legion’s defenses, so Tenmei ordered fighters and mechas to strike from all sides. The mechas began to weaken the spherical shield, but Ōtsutsuki Ran countered with a volley of black arrows as elite Golden Core Immortal Venerable Level pilots reached the front.

  • The Flying Zombies and Hell Oni Clan attacked the Ōtsutsuki shield wall, but the shields resisted them and ranged troops destroyed the ghostly Oni with black arrows.
  • The Ten Great Ghost Emperors unleashed powerful attacks, but the Ōtsutsuki Legion’s defensive formation remained intact.
  • Tenmei sent Azure Dragon Corps fighters and rune Vajra Mechas to attack the enemy’s flanks, prompting Ōtsutsuki Ran to order an all-around spherical defense.
  • The Allied Shinobi Forces harassed the sphere with fighter fire while mechas attacked at close range, leaving scratches and slight deformations in the shields.
  • Ōtsutsuki Ran ordered ranged troops to fire black arrows at the attacking mechas as fifty elite super rune Vajra Mechas arrived at the front.

Ch. 429A Bloodstained Starry Sky

The allied mecha forces initially held off the Ōtsutsuki Legion, but its three-person squads and teleporting assault troops inflicted heavy losses and disrupted the battle. Tenmei sent the Golden Core experts into combat, turning parts of the battlefield in the allies’ favor as fighting spread into chaotic skirmishes.

  • The super mechas withstood the Ōtsutsuki Legion’s black-arrow barrage, prompting Ōtsutsuki Ran to order the army into mobile three-person squads.
  • The Ōtsutsuki melee soldiers tore through ordinary mechas and damaged super mechas, forcing Tenmei to order the rune fighter squadrons to launch saturation bombardments.
  • Ōtsutsuki spatial teleportation assault troops bypassed the allies’ interference devices and destroyed or damaged more than a hundred rune fighters.
  • Tenmei ordered the Golden Core Immortal Venerable experts to reinforce the battle lines.
  • The Golden Core experts, including Kitsuchi and Kakashi, attacked the Ōtsutsuki soldiers, and the battlefield broke into countless scattered melees.

Ch. 430Ōtsutsuki Special Forces

The Allied Shinobi Forces pushed into the scattered Ōtsutsuki ranks, but shadowless assassins and suicide bombers turned the battle against them. Senju Nawaki was annihilated, Sarutobi Shinnosuke was left near death, and Minato Namikaze escaped with injuries as the allies suffered catastrophic losses.

  • Orochimaru, the Flying Zombie Corps, and the Ten Great Ghost Emperors broke through the Ōtsutsuki formation, only for shadowless assassins to kill Flying Zombies and destroy an Ice Ghost Emperor.
  • Senju Nawaki, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and Minato Namikaze advanced through enemy ranks with their Sage techniques and Flying Thunder God Technique.
  • A disguised Ōtsutsuki suicide bomber detonated a God Tree energy-core fragment near the trio, annihilating Nawaki and gravely injuring Shinnosuke while Minato escaped through a spatial rift.
  • Other Ōtsutsuki suicide bombers detonated across the battlefield, killing more than thirty Golden Core Immortal Venerables and devastating the allied forces.

Ch. 431The Ten Family Takes Action

After the Ōtsutsuki Clan revived nearly all its fallen soldiers with God Tree sap, the allied forces faced devastating losses and collapsing morale. Tsubasa sent more than three hundred Ten Family Golden Core Immortal Venerables, led by Tian Yu and Tenchu, to attack the Ōtsutsuki Legion.

  • The Ōtsutsuki medical troops used God Tree sap to revive nearly all fallen Ōtsutsuki soldiers and heal some allies with Ōtsutsuki blood.
  • The allied forces saw their losses mount while the Ōtsutsuki Legion returned to full strength, and despair spread through the command center and battlefield.
  • Tsubasa declared the conventional war lost and ordered the Ten Family Golden Core Immortal Venerables to attack.
  • Tian Yu and Tenchu joined Tsubasa at the head of more than three hundred Ten Family fighters as they charged toward the Ōtsutsuki Legion.

Ch. 432The Ten Family's Might

Ōtsutsuki Ran and Tsubasa left the main battlefield to fight one another, while Tian Yu and Tenchu led the Ten Family's elites against the Ōtsutsuki Legion. Their coordinated assault turned the battle in the Shinobi World's favor, though the Ōtsutsuki Clan's deeper strength remained unseen.

  • Ōtsutsuki Ran sensed Tsubasa's Domain Level power and left his flagship to stop him from threatening the legion.
  • Tsubasa met Ran's challenge, while Tian Yu and Tenchu took command of the Ten Family forces.
  • Tenchu ordered the Ten Family warriors to form the Heavenly Cycle Star Battle Formation and target the legion's medics and self-destruct units.
  • Tian Yu used life energy to drain enemies and heal allies, while Tenchu's physical attacks shattered the Ōtsutsuki ranks.
  • The surviving allied troops withdrew to Mars orbit as Orochimaru hunted wounded Ōtsutsuki soldiers and devoured their vitality.
  • The Ten Family's attack disrupted the legion's formation and prevented its medics from using Time Rewind, but the Ōtsutsuki Clan's true reserves remained unknown.

Ch. 433The Tailed Beast Aircraft Carrier Arrives

The Kurama Interstellar Aircraft Carrier arrived and devastated the Ōtsutsuki Legion, turning the battle further in the Ten Family Legion’s favor. The Ōtsutsuki survivors regrouped and began implementing countermeasures.

  • The Kurama Interstellar Aircraft Carrier emerged from warp space and its main cannon vaporized a thousand Ōtsutsuki soldiers.
  • Naruto Uzumaki ordered the Kurama to fire its secondary cannons and Tailed Beast Bombs, breaking the Ōtsutsuki Legion’s formation.
  • The Kurama’s defenses destroyed attackers trying to infiltrate or ram the carrier, while fighters and mechs joined the battle.
  • Tian Yu killed an Ōtsutsuki officer, and Tenchu crushed a defensive troop formation.
  • Orochimaru collected enemy corpses for research as the Ōtsutsuki Legion’s surviving command structure organized countermeasures.

Ch. 434The Fox's Might Shook the World

The Kurama and the Ten Family gained the upper hand as they fought the Ōtsutsuki forces, while Tsubasa and Ōtsutsuki Ran began a decisive battle in the void. Tsubasa unleashed his domain to confront Ran’s God Tree Devouring Domain.

  • Naruto Uzumaki ordered the Kurama to defend itself and counterattack as more than a hundred Divine Wood spaceships surrounded it.
  • The Kurama destroyed many Divine Wood spaceships, while the ship’s shield and systems suffered damage and its crew fought to hold out.
  • With the enemy’s support disrupted, Tian Yu and Tenchu led the Ten Family’s younger generation in sweeping up the remaining Ōtsutsuki forces.
  • Orochimaru climbed onto a disabled Divine Wood spaceship and devoured its Ten-Tails energy.
  • Immortal King Tsubasa and Ōtsutsuki Ran confronted each other in the void, where Ran expanded his God Tree Devouring Domain and Tsubasa answered with the domain of his Jūni-Grade Golden Lotus of Dao.

Ch. 435Golden Lotus Dao Domain

Tsubasa defeated Ōtsutsuki Ran by overwhelming his God Tree Devouring Domain with the Golden Lotus Dao Domain, while the Shinobi World’s forces destroyed the Ōtsutsuki Legion. The battlefield celebrated victory, but Tsubasa knew the Ōtsutsuki threat might only be beginning.

  • Tsubasa’s Golden Lotus Dao Domain overpowered Ōtsutsuki Ran’s domain, shattered his bone spear, and sent him flying with a punch.
  • The Kurama destroyed the last God Wood spaceship, and the Ten Family’s forces wiped out the remaining Ōtsutsuki soldiers.
  • Orochimaru devoured Ōtsutsuki soldiers and spaceship wreckage as Naruto Uzumaki confirmed that the battered Kurama had survived.
  • A giant God Tree phantom collapsed in space as Ōtsutsuki Ran’s final roar cut off, and Tsubasa’s returning aura signaled his victory.
  • The allied forces cheered for Tsubasa and the Shinobi World, while Tsubasa looked toward the universe and prepared for the possibility of further Ōtsutsuki attacks.

Ch. 436The Shadow After Victory

After the Shinobi World’s costly victory over the Ōtsutsuki force, its leaders argued over whether to fight again or flee. Shikamaru and Tsubasa proposed preparations to defend against Genshō City, and Tsubasa introduced three plans to pursue.

  • Tsunade reviewed the devastating casualties and questioned how the Shinobi World could have survived without the Ten Clan and the Kurama.
  • Naruto and Sasuke argued against abandoning the Shinobi World, while Minazuki Clan head and Hyuga Hiashi urged preserving the people and their legacy by escaping.
  • Shikamaru proposed exploiting the Ōtsutsuki’s likely arrival point, building a defensive perimeter with heavy weapons, and uniting the Shinobi World under stronger coordination.
  • Tsubasa revealed that Ōtsutsuki Ran had served Ōtsutsuki Genshō, the Peak Domain Level lord of Genshō City, who commanded dozens of Domain Level experts.
  • Tsubasa said he could hold off one or two Domain Level enemies and proposed the Spark Plan, the Starlink Defense Base, and the immortal king training plan.

Ch. 437The Spark Plan

As the Ten-Tails became an ark meant to carry humanity beyond the solar system, clans and families struggled over who would leave and who would remain to defend the Shinobi World. Immortal King Tsubasa chose ten Golden Core Immortal Venerables by lot, and Tenpei and Tenna began assembling a group of more than five hundred Ten Family members for the migration.

  • Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, and other clan leaders argued over how to divide the Ten-Tails’ one hundred thousand places, while Kiba Inuzuka and hundreds of others gave up their places to stay and fight.
  • Immortal King Tsubasa told the Ten Family’s core members that Hashira and Tian Yu would lead the migration, but Tenchu, Tian Yu, Tian Mai, Tian Flying Swallow, and the others refused to leave.
  • Tsubasa ordered a lottery among the Golden Core Immortal Venerables, and the first chosen were Tenpei and Tenna.
  • The drawing selected ten Golden Core Immortal Venerables, who accepted Tsubasa’s order despite their reluctance.
  • Tenpei and Tenna selected more than five hundred Ten Family members, including engineers, agricultural experts, biologists, educators, and young people to sustain the population.

Ch. 438The Spark's Long Voyage

Tsubasa encouraged his descendants to leave the Shinobi World as pioneers tasked with preserving humanity, while families said tearful farewells at the Mars spaceport. The Ten-Tails departed with hundreds of thousands of elites and the last spark of civilization, leaving the war and the Shinobi World's fate unresolved.

  • Tsubasa told his descendants they were pioneers, not deserters, and urged them to survive and carry their civilization forward.
  • Families and comrades said goodbye at the Mars spaceport as Minato Namikaze, Senju Nawaki, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and others prepared to depart.
  • Tenpei and Kaguya Otsutsuki completed the carrier's preparations, and Tenpei ordered the Ten-Tails to set sail.
  • The Ten-Tails left Mars and headed into the sea of stars as those remaining behind watched and called out to their loved ones.
  • Passengers watched the Shinobi World shrink to a bright star while beginning their journey aboard the carrier's miniature world.

Ch. 439Star Chain Fortress

The Shinobi World built the Steel Star Chain, a vast defensive network of weaponized artificial celestial bodies around the Ten-Tails’ former arrival point. Years later, Naruto Uzumaki surveyed the nearly completed defenses as the shinobi prepared to face another possible invasion.

  • Thousands of shinobi and Golden Core Immortal Venerables used their abilities to form hundreds of artificial celestial bodies from asteroids and wreckage.
  • Engineering crews hollowed out the celestial bodies and equipped them with nuclear warheads, railguns, lasers, shields, and other advanced weapons.
  • Shikamaru Nara and formation experts arranged the fortresses into an interconnected cosmic defense formation, with nine Tailed Beast carriers guarding its key nodes.
  • The five elite legions of the Allied Shinobi Forces rotated troops through the fortresses and conducted defensive drills.
  • Several years later, Naruto Uzumaki viewed the completed Steel Star Chain from the Kurama as shinobi pledged to make the region the invaders’ grave.

Ch. 440The Star Soul's Gift

Tsubasa sacrificed Ōtsutsuki Ran’s corpse to the Will of the Shinobi World, triggering a dramatic rise in Spiritual Qi that empowered life across the planet. As sages and beasts advanced, newly strengthened demonic beasts began attacking settlements, leaving ninja to contain the danger while Tsubasa watched over the world.

  • Tsubasa refined Ōtsutsuki Ran’s corpse in space and offered its energy and rules to the Will of the Shinobi World.
  • The Shinobi Planet awakened and its Spiritual Qi surged, enriching nature and helping cultivators and animals advance.
  • The Great Toad Sage reached the Golden Core Realm, while the White Snake Sage evolved into a flood dragon and other beast sages also grew stronger.
  • A newly advanced wild boar demonic beast destroyed a village and killed twenty villagers before Kakashi Hatake defeated it with Might Guy nearby.
  • Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy found ninja fighting a rampaging bear demonic beast, while Tsubasa sensed the planet growing stronger and remembered the coming Ōtsutsuki threat.
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