Ch. 481The Heroes' Swan Song

The Shinobi World's heroes sacrificed themselves to destroy powerful Ōtsutsuki forces, but the Legion adapted, revived casualties, and overwhelmed the defenders. After suicide bombers destroyed three fortresses and opened a gap in the Allied Shinobi Forces' defenses, Ōtsutsuki Sōichi watched as Tian Yu sensed the dormant saintly power stirring.

  • Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi Hatake, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, Uchiha Itachi, Shisui Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, Killer B, A Yotsuki, and Might Guy opened the Celestial Star Gate and sacrificed themselves to devastate Ōtsutsuki forces.
  • The Ōtsutsuki Legion recovered from the attacks, revived some of its fallen, and used ranged, assassination, teleportation, genjutsu, and transformation units to inflict mounting casualties.
  • Shikamaru Nara ordered the Shinobi World forces to prioritize the Ōtsutsuki medics and sensory units, but ammunition shortages and worsening losses left the defenders unable to sustain an attrition battle.
  • Ōtsutsuki suicide units detonated God Tree energy cores, destroying three planetary defense fortresses and thousands of warships and collapsing a third of the Allied Shinobi Forces' combined shield.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi watched the breach from the sacred tree spaceship, while Tian Yu sensed that its dormant saintly might had begun to stir.

Ch. 482The Last Bastion

After the Ten Family’s younger generation sacrificed themselves to hold the breach, the Allied Shinobi Forces fought for a month until their supplies and strength were nearly gone. Shikamaru ordered a final assault, and Ōtsutsuki Sōichi finally rose to enter the battle.

  • Tenchu led the Ten Family’s younger generation into the breach, where they made successive last stands against the Ōtsutsuki Legion.
  • Tenchu unleashed his power as a thousand-armed giant Buddha, killing three Domain Level experts and more than a thousand Ōtsutsuki before dying.
  • The Shinobi World’s surviving fighters launched suicide attacks and fought for a month as their forces and supplies dwindled.
  • Shikamaru told the remaining Allied Shinobi Forces to abandon their defenses and charge the enemy in small groups.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi rose from his throne to end the battle, and Tian Yu realized he was finally entering the fight.

Ch. 483Despair at the Saint's Arrival

Ōtsutsuki Sōichi appeared on the battlefield and crushed much of the Allied Shinobi Forces with his power as a Saint. Tian Yu sacrificed herself to attack him, but he erased her ultimate technique with a pale flame, leaving the survivors facing overwhelming despair.

  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi emerged from the Divine Tree spacecraft, and his pressure disabled the Shinobi World’s ships and immobilized both armies.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi compressed space around the Allied Shinobi Forces, destroying many surviving ships and warriors.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi’s gaze injured Naruto, Sasuke, Tian Yu, and the other powerful survivors as he prepared to wipe them out.
  • Tian Yu transformed into a gigantic Katsuyu and burned her life and soul to unleash a seven-colored torrent of runes at Ōtsutsuki Sōichi.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi countered with a pale flame that erased Tian Yu’s attack and the will within it.

Ch. 484Saintly Might and Annihilation

Ōtsutsuki Sōichi annihilated the remaining Allied Shinobi Forces and the planets they fought to protect, while the Will of the Shinobi World used its last vitality to help Tsubasa escape into the void. Sōichi found and took a surviving Insect Race Life Seed before ordering his legion to withdraw.

  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi effortlessly nullified Tian Yu’s final attack and prepared to wipe out the survivors.
  • The Will of the Shinobi World sent its last primal vitality to Tsubasa, whose Golden Lotus Dao Soul used it to escape the material world.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi discovered a surviving Insect Race Life Seed on a warship fragment and recognized that Katsuyu had left it behind.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi used the Annihilation of Fire to erase Shikamaru Nara, the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the remaining life on Jupiter, Mars, and the Shinobi Planet.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi stored the Life Seed and ordered his divine wood spaceship legion to withdraw.

Ch. 485Two Variables

Ōtsutsuki Sōichi reported the destruction of the Shinobi World and revealed that its two unusual survivors were an Insect Race life seed and a golden lotus that escaped into the void. The Ōtsutsuki God and Twelve Saints treated the Insect Race presence near their territory as a major threat and dispatched ten Saints to investigate and purge the rear star regions.

  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi returned to the Ōtsutsuki Temple and told the Twelve Saints and Ōtsutsuki God that the Shinobi World had been cleared, describing its sacrificial techniques and the zombie calamity’s origin.
  • Sōichi reported that the Zombie Monarch Origin had likely retreated to the Zombie Forbidden Zone on the Ōtsutsuki Planet.
  • Sōichi presented an Insect Race Life Seed left by the Shinobi World’s strongest being and explained that a golden lotus had escaped through space before he could destroy it.
  • The Twelve Saints and Ōtsutsuki God judged the lotus to be a minor concern but treated the Insect Race Life Seed as evidence of a possible incursion into their rear territory.
  • The Ōtsutsuki God ordered ten Saints to lead divine army divisions through the rear star regions and eliminate any Insect Race traces they found.
  • The ten Saints departed to mobilize their forces, while Sōichi left the temple and two Saints remained on guard.

Ch. 486Half-Saint and the Dead Planet

After decades rebuilding his body in the void, Tsubasa reached the Half-Saint realm and returned to the Shinobi Planet seeking the insight needed to become a Saint. He discovered that the planet and the rest of the Solar System were lifeless, and turned to the river of time to learn what had happened.

  • Tsubasa used the Golden Lotus Dao Soul and the Shinobi World's origin vitality to reforge his body over decades.
  • Tsubasa combined his understanding of life and world origin to break through into the Half-Saint realm, but could not take the final step toward sainthood.
  • Tsubasa returned to the Shikkotsu Forest and found it lifeless, then sensed that the entire Shinobi Planet and its people had vanished.
  • Tsubasa extended his perception across the Solar System and found every planet and celestial body he could sense devoid of life.
  • Tsubasa suspected the Ōtsutsuki Clan's invasion was connected to the devastation and used his Half-Saint power to seek answers in the river of time.

Ch. 487Looking Back Through Time, an Epiphany in the Star Domain

Tsubasa witnessed the Shinobi World’s final stand against Ōtsutsuki Sōichi and discovered that the survivors’ Will of Fire had left an imprint on the Neptune Star Domain. Drawing together that will, his Golden Lotus Dao, and the laws of life and death, he began transforming his essence, qi, and spirit into his own Saintly Dao.

  • Tsubasa looked back through time and saw the Shinobi World’s people sacrifice their lives and souls in a desperate attack on Ōtsutsuki Sōichi’s fleet.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi repelled the attack with the law of annihilation, then covered the star domain with world-ending flames.
  • Tsubasa traveled to the ruined battlefield and sensed the surviving imprint of the Shinobi World’s Will of Fire in its laws.
  • Tsubasa realized that the will to protect life could unite countless convictions into a power capable of challenging a Saint’s law.
  • Tsubasa combined the Golden Lotus Dao, the Will of Fire, and his understanding of life and death to form his own Saintly Dao.
  • Tsubasa began a dangerous reorganization of his essence, qi, and spirit, drawing the star domain’s void energy around him as a hundred years passed.

Ch. 488A Saint's Divine Abilities

A hundred years later, Tsubasa became an Eternal Saint and used his new abilities to restore the Shinobi World and revive its planetary will. He began resurrecting his family and former allies, leaving them reunited in a reborn world and eager to learn what had happened.

  • Tsubasa ascended to the Saint realm and gained Golden Lotus Holy Light and the Will of Fire Formation as divine abilities.
  • Tsubasa restored the Shinobi Planet’s rivers, forests, mountains, and other lands with Golden Lotus Holy Light.
  • Tsubasa revived the Shinobi World’s planetary will by planting a new seed of consciousness in its core.
  • Tsubasa resurrected his parents, Senju Tenpuku and Senju Ga, along with his aunts, wives, and children.
  • Tsubasa brought back former allies and powerful figures, including Mito Uzumaki, Madara Uchiha, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha.
  • Tsubasa told the resurrected group to return to the Shinobi World and promised to explain what had happened later.

Ch. 489Gathering Strength

Tsubasa told the resurrected people that Tian Yu’s life origin had become a crystal taken by Ōtsutsuki Sōichi to the Ōtsutsuki homeworld, and called on the Shinobi World to gather strength before confronting the Ōtsutsuki Clan. The people began cultivating while Tsubasa prepared to conceal their world and search for Tian Yu and a way to defeat the Ōtsutsuki.

  • The resurrected people discussed their defeat and the higher-power insights they had gained, while Tsubasa realized Tian Yu was the only one he could not revive.
  • Tsubasa told the square that Ōtsutsuki Sōichi had taken Tian Yu’s crystal to the Ōtsutsuki homeworld, and warned that the newly resurrected people were too weak to fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
  • Shikamaru Nara, Mito Uzumaki, and Madara Uchiha urged everyone to use the reborn world and their battle insights to grow stronger before taking action.
  • Tsubasa vowed to save Tian Yu and end the Ōtsutsuki threat, and said he would create a Saint-level barrier around the Shinobi World while searching for the Ōtsutsuki homeworld.
  • The resurrected people dispersed to cultivate, while Tsubasa returned to Hokage Rock and vowed to bring Tian Yu back and settle accounts with the Ōtsutsuki.

Ch. 490Returnees from the Sea of Stars

Decades after Tsubasa helped the Shinobi World flourish into a powerhouse with hundreds of Immortal Kings, Tenpei and his companions returned from a two-century expedition to the White Sun Star Domain. They found their homeland vastly stronger, and Tsubasa planned to expand its reach into the newly connected star domain.

  • Tsubasa’s Celestial Star Gate Formation let Peak Golden Core Immortal Venerables risk a breakthrough, and his intervention resurrected them with a clear path to becoming Immortal Kings.
  • Over the decades, hundreds of Immortal Kings and hundreds of thousands of Golden Core Immortal Venerables emerged in the Shinobi World as Tsubasa strengthened his abilities.
  • Tenpei, Otsutsuki Kaguya, Minato Namikaze, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and Senju Nawaki returned after more than two hundred years, having established a base and teleportation link in the White Sun Star Domain.
  • The returnees were astonished to find Golden Core Immortal Venerables guarding the Immortal Venerable Hall and hundreds of Immortal Kings gathered behind Tsubasa.
  • At a welcoming ceremony in Konoha, Tenpei and his companions described their struggles and the Shinobi World White Sun Branch.
  • Tsubasa declared that the Shinobi World should unify the White Sun Star Domain and bring it under its control.

Ch. 491Resources of Two Star Domains

The Shinobi World conquered the White Sun Star Domain, gained vast resources, and strengthened its forces for a future war against the Ōtsutsuki Clan. On the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld, Orochimaru’s zombie plague was driven back to Crimson Sky City, and his intercepted plea for help prompted the three Ōtsutsuki Saints to intensify their purge.

  • Tsubasa’s leadership sent an army led by Tenchu and Tian Mai to conquer the White Sun Star Domain, and Tsubasa secured it with a Saint Level barrier.
  • Tsubasa used the new resources to forge Runic Saint Weapons while the Shinobi World advanced its runic energy weapons and prepared for war against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi, Ōtsutsuki Enmu, and Ōtsutsuki Konkei steadily crushed Orochimaru’s zombie forces and confined them to Crimson Sky City.
  • Orochimaru sent Tsubasa a discreet plea for help, but the Ōtsutsuki surveillance network intercepted the message.
  • The three Ōtsutsuki Saints intensified their attacks and seals, leaving Orochimaru’s remaining clones dwindling and his hiding places nearly exhausted.

Ch. 492The Human Race Would One Day Be Great

Tsubasa narrowed the likely location of the Ōtsutsuki home planet to the forbidden Void Black Domain and organized preparations for an expedition to rescue Tian Yu and confront the clan. The chapter left Kaguya chosen to infiltrate the home planet once the coordinates were refined, while the Shinobi World and White Sun Star Domain entered full combat readiness.

  • Tsubasa identified the Void Black Domain as the likely location of the Ōtsutsuki home planet after years of deduction.
  • Tsubasa rejected Naruto and Sasuke as scouts because Ōtsutsuki Sōichi might recognize them, and Kaguya volunteered to infiltrate the home planet.
  • The leaders chose Kaguya as their advance scout and ordered both star domains to focus on combat readiness, weapons production, and training.
  • Tsubasa forged Saint-level weapons for Tenchu, Tian Mai, and Tian Flying Swallow, and produced runic weapons and armor for the army.
  • Tsunade and Tenpi advanced the Shinobi World's combat technology by fitting miniature fusion reactors to armor and developing Saint Slayer-class energy cannons.

Ch. 493Eternal Seal

Kaguya departed for the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld to find the Tian Yu Crystal and investigate its defenses while Tsubasa and the others prepared for the counterattack. At Crimson Sky City, three Ōtsutsuki Saints defeated Orochimaru but could not destroy his regenerating body, so they sealed him instead.

  • Tsubasa gave Kaguya a holy power mark and sent her through the teleportation array to infiltrate the Ōtsutsuki Homeworld.
  • Ōtsutsuki Enmu burned away Crimson Sky City's corpse qi while Ōtsutsuki Konkei attacked Orochimaru's soul and Ōtsutsuki Sōichi sealed off the city's space.
  • Orochimaru emerged from underground and attacked Ōtsutsuki Enmu, but his body regenerated from the surrounding corpse qi after Ōtsutsuki Sōichi's flame struck him.
  • The three Ōtsutsuki Saints joined their powers to bind Orochimaru's soul and body in a sealing array.
  • Ōtsutsuki Konkei, Ōtsutsuki Enmu, and Ōtsutsuki Sōichi compressed Orochimaru into a cocoon-like seal after they failed to destroy him.

Ch. 494Kaguya's Homecoming

Kaguya returned to the Ōtsutsuki ancestral planet after more than a thousand years and found Crimson Sky City reduced to a desolate ruin. She saw Orochimaru’s body bound and displayed at Crimson Sky Peak, then set out for God Tree City to learn about Tian Yu and the Saints.

  • Kaguya arrived at the Ōtsutsuki Star Region and told the border guards she was a pure-blooded clanswoman from Crimson Sky City who had been stranded in the Shinobi World.
  • The guards verified Kaguya’s identity and allowed her to enter the ancestral planet through a gate of light.
  • Kaguya reached Crimson Sky City and found its ruined streets turned into a tourist attraction among the Ōtsutsuki clansmen.
  • Kaguya saw Orochimaru bound in chains and displayed on Crimson Sky Peak as the Zombie Monarch.
  • Kaguya left Crimson Sky City and headed for God Tree City to seek news of Tian Yu and the Saints.

Ch. 495God Tree City

Kaguya arrived in God Tree City and secretly investigated the Saint Hall while searching for Tian Yu. She learned Tian Yu might be held in the Nine Nether Absolute Prison and prepared to find a way into the heavily guarded Saint Hall.

  • Kaguya reached God Tree City and was awestruck by the God Tree and the thriving Ōtsutsuki capital.
  • Kaguya questioned two clansmen in a drink shop and learned that the Saint Hall was difficult to access and reportedly contained the Nine Nether Absolute Prison.
  • Kaguya registered her identity and spent several days gathering information about the Saints, the Saint Hall, and the prison.
  • Kaguya learned the canopy entrances had guard shifts and required a passage talisman edict, and confirmed that the Nine Nether Absolute Prison held major criminals under tight guard.
  • Kaguya sent her findings to Tsubasa through the Saint's mark and resolved to devise a plan to infiltrate the Saint Hall and rescue Tian Yu.

Ch. 496Divine Domain

Tsubasa entered the Ōtsutsuki Star Region and was trapped beneath the God of the God Tree’s Divine Domain, which overwhelmed his Saint power. After confirming Tian Yu and Orochimaru were imprisoned in the Nine Nether Absolute Prison, he faced three Ōtsutsuki Saints preparing to seal him and resolved to unleash his last resort.

  • Tsubasa arrived in the Ōtsutsuki Star Region and was crushed by the God of the God Tree’s vast Divine Domain.
  • The God of the God Tree demanded that Tsubasa surrender, while he struggled to resist the domain’s suppression.
  • Ōtsutsuki Sōichi, Ōtsutsuki Konkei, and Ōtsutsuki Enmu appeared and surrounded Tsubasa.
  • Tsubasa recognized Ōtsutsuki Sōichi as the one who had captured Tian Yu and demanded to know where she was.
  • Ōtsutsuki Enmu revealed that Tian Yu and Orochimaru were in the Nine Nether Absolute Prison, and the three Saints prepared to seal Tsubasa.
  • As the sealing chains approached, Tsubasa resolved to burn his Saint power and unleash his last resort.

Ch. 497Fleeing After an All-Out Surprise Attack

Tsubasa used Will of Fire Formation to break through the Divine Domain, severely injure and seal Ōtsutsuki Sōichi, then escaped to a dead planet to recover. After a month, he set off with Sōichi toward the edge of the Ōtsutsuki Star Region.

  • Tsubasa unleashed Will of Fire Formation, ruptured the Divine Domain, and struck Ōtsutsuki Sōichi with a devastating surprise attack.
  • Tsubasa sealed Sōichi's remaining upper body and escaped through a spatial rift while Ōtsutsuki Konkei and Enmu stayed behind, shaken.
  • Tsubasa staggered onto an unnamed dead planet and began meditating to restore his depleted holy power and life essence.
  • Over the next month, Tsubasa recovered while the seal kept the briefly waking Sōichi captive.
  • Tsubasa picked up Sōichi and tore through space toward the edge of the Ōtsutsuki Star Region.

Ch. 498Negotiating with a God

Tsubasa negotiated with the God of the God Tree for Tian Yu and Zombie Monarch Orochimaru, securing a cosmic oath that barred Saints from attacking beings below Saint Level. After the exchange, Tsubasa left the Ōtsutsuki Star Region with his companions, while Ōtsutsuki Enmu and Ōtsutsuki Konkei discussed finding a loophole in the oath.

  • Tsubasa offered Ōtsutsuki Sōichi in exchange for Tian Yu and Zombie Monarch Orochimaru, and the God of the God Tree agreed to the trade.
  • Tsubasa demanded that both sides swear not to let Saint-level beings casually attack those below Saint Level, and the God of the God Tree established the agreement through a cosmic oath.
  • Ōtsutsuki Konkei brought Tian Yu in a cocoon, and Ōtsutsuki Enmu brought the sealed Zombie Monarch Orochimaru to the exchange.
  • Tsubasa and the Ōtsutsuki Saints exchanged their captives, and Tsubasa confirmed that Tian Yu was alive and Orochimaru was sealed.
  • Tsubasa left with Tian Yu and Orochimaru, while Ōtsutsuki Enmu and Ōtsutsuki Konkei considered their next move and the possibility of exploiting a loophole in the oath.

Ch. 499Return to the Shinobi World

Saint Tsubasa returned to the Shinobi World with Lady Tian Yu preserved in a cocoon and Orochimaru sealed, then warned that the Ōtsutsuki Star Region was far beyond their current strength. The chapter left the gathered Immortal Kings confronting the existence of a God Level God Tree whose Divine Domain suppressed anyone below its level.

  • Tsubasa returned to the Immortal Venerable Hall carrying Lady Tian Yu's cocoon and Orochimaru, drawing Jiraiya, Tsunade, Naruto, Sasuke, and other Immortal Kings to greet him.
  • Tsubasa explained that Tian Yu's damaged soul had forced her into a dormant cocoon and that Orochimaru had been sealed by an Ōtsutsuki Saint.
  • Naruto and the others asked about the Ōtsutsuki Star Region, and Tsubasa warned that it was beyond the Shinobi World's current reach.
  • Tsubasa revealed that the Shinobi World's God Tree was only a branch of a branch of the Ōtsutsuki God Tree's true body.
  • Tsubasa said the true God Tree was a God Level life-form whose Divine Domain controlled time, space, and energy across the Ōtsutsuki Star Region, suppressing all beings below God Level.

Ch. 500Resurrecting Tian Yu

Tsubasa warned the Shinobi World about the overwhelming power of the God Tree after barely escaping the Ōtsutsuki Star Region. He then used the Golden Lotus Holy Light to free Tian Yu from her insect cocoon, and she awoke safely.

  • Tsubasa recounted how he burned his holy power and sacrificed part of his origin to escape the God Tree's Divine Domain.
  • Senju Tenpuku and the others agreed to forbid unauthorized trips to the Ōtsutsuki Star Region and focus on protecting the Shinobi World.
  • Tsubasa urged the Immortal King experts to strengthen themselves, then went to restore Tian Yu while Naruto and Sasuke supported him.
  • Tsubasa used the Golden Lotus Holy Light to break Tian Yu's cocoon and restore her.
  • Tian Yu woke and told Tsubasa that she had returned.
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