Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru devoured the Saint Level male insect and emerged as a powerful Corpse Saint, adding another Saint Level combatant to the Shinobi World’s defenses. As the newly strengthened world celebrated and looked toward the stars, an immense, unfamiliar pressure swept across the Solar System from the depths of the universe.

• Orochimaru shut himself inside the Scientific Ninja Tools Bureau’s underground laboratory and spent three months absorbing the Saint Level male insect’s core despite its violent backlash.
• Orochimaru emerged transformed, with power beyond the Quasi-Saint level, and declared that he could now stand as Tsubasa’s equal.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke, and the people of the Shinobi World celebrated their new strength and prepared to face the Insect Race army.
• Kurotsuchi’s team established an outpost in the White Sun Star Domain, while Mei Terumi’s fleet explored beyond the Solar System and met alien civilizations.
• An indescribable pressure spread from the depths of the universe, enveloping the Solar System and reaching distant star domains.

A massive insect tide led by the Insect God attacked the Shinobi World Solar System, overwhelming its defenders as the insects devoured stars and planets. Just as Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke, and the other experts struggled to hold them back, Saint Venerable Tsubasa appeared and flew toward the Insect God.

• Senju Tenpuku and the researchers sensed a terrifying aura as the sky darkened and Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke recognized the approaching Starry Sky Insect Race.
• The black tide devoured a star and a planet, then the Insect God declared that he would turn the star domain into an insect nest in retaliation for an offense against the Saint Level insect mother.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke, Senju Nawaki, A Yotsuki, Gaara, Mei Terumi, and the other experts attacked the insects, but the swarm kept replenishing and evolving.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya warned that the defenders could not keep up as the insect tide advanced toward the Shinobi World.
• Saint Venerable Tsubasa rose from a mountain peak and sent a brilliant golden light toward the Insect God's illusory figure.

Tsubasa weakened the Insect God's apparition, but the Insect God began crossing the barriers of space and time to descend in person, terrifying the universe. As the Solar System faced imminent destruction, Tsubasa resolved to seek the Ōtsutsuki Clan's help while the Shinobi World continued fighting.

• Tsubasa attacked the Insect God's apparition with golden sword energy, weakening it as the Shinobi World's Immortal Kings joined the fight.
• The Insect God's apparition shattered and announced that its true body would descend to destroy the Shinobi World.
• The Insect God's approaching aura spread across the universe, awakening ancient beings and driving powerful races and Saint Level experts into fear and despair.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Tsunade, A Yotsuki, and the others realized they could not stop the Insect God's true body, while Tsubasa decided to enlist the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Naruto and Sasuke urged the Shinobi World to keep fighting as the insect tide waited for the Insect God to arrive.

Tenchu and Tenbutsu ordered the Shinobi World to mobilize against the advancing Insect Race and build a defensive line beyond the Solar System. Tsubasa led a hundred-billion-strong fleet toward the outer defensive line as a planet-sized mother insect commanded the insect tide to advance and destroy everything.

• Tenchu urged the Shinobi World leadership to take the offensive, and Tenbutsu issued the highest-level war mobilization order for an expedition in three months.
• The Ten Family and the Shinobi World's great clans sent their forces toward the star-domain assembly point, while planetary armies and interstellar legions mobilized.
• After three months, more than a hundred billion warships and other forces had gathered beyond the Shinobi World Star Domain.
• Tsubasa rallied the assembled army to defend the Shinobi World and ordered it to move toward the outer defensive line beyond the Solar System.
• A planet-sized mother insect opened her eyes in the insect tide and mentally ordered it to advance, devour, and destroy everything.

Tsubasa and Shikamaru directed the Shinobi World's defense against an enormous Insect Race invasion, as the first defensive position suffered heavy damage under the vanguard's assault. Tsubasa killed several Saint Level insects, but Insect One and the other insect kings prepared to intensify the attack.

• Shikamaru reported that the three defensive positions, reconnaissance network, and Uzumaki sealing formations were ready as Hyuga scouts warned that the insect tide was ten days away and included three thousand suspected Saint Level insect kings.
• Tenbutsu ordered the elite troops, Immortal King experts, sealing corps, and five mobile corps to prepare for the assault, and the vanguard attacked the first position after ten days.
• The first position's weapons and Senju defenses inflicted heavy losses, but the trillions of insects damaged fortresses and overran several positions, prompting Tsubasa to send Enshin Uchiha and the Ino-Shika-Cho Tactical Corps to support the front.
• Tobiken Senju fought a giant beetle until Tsubasa killed it, then Tsubasa swept across the battlefield and slew attacking Saint Level insects.
• Tsubasa ordered the second position to prepare to take over as the first position weakened, while Insect One roared and accelerated the insect tide's assault.

The Insect Race broke through the first line of defense, forcing Tsubasa and the Immortal King Level experts to hold the second line. The three thousand Saint Level male insect kings then attacked, overpowering the defenders and leaving Uchiha Itachi badly wounded.

• After the first line collapsed in several places, Tsubasa ordered the second line to open fire and called the Immortal King Level experts into battle.
• Uzumaki Murasaki’s sealing arrays trapped many insects, but the vast swarm dimmed the purple barrier and threatened to break through.
• Tsubasa, Flame Emperor Tenbutsu, Hinata Hyuga, Uchiha Itachi, Senju Nawaki, and thousands of other experts charged into the insect tide and killed large numbers of its members.
• Three thousand Saint Level male insect kings emerged and devastated the second line, destroying rune cannons and overwhelming the defenders’ attacks.
• Hinata Hyuga failed to pierce a Saint Level insect king’s defenses, Senju Nawaki’s golem was torn apart, and a king extinguished Uchiha Itachi’s Amaterasu before shattering his Susanoo and wounding him.

Tsubasa, Orochimaru, and the Shinobi World’s defenders fought the Saint Level insect kings as the insect tide threatened the Star Domain Great Wall. With the Immortal King fighters burning their life force to hold the enemy back, Tsubasa decided to attack the Saint Level female insect kings directing the tide.

• Tsubasa ordered the Immortal King Level fighters to activate the Celestial Star Gate Formation, and Senju Nawaki, Hinata Hyuga, Uchiha Itachi, and the other experts opened their Star Gates despite the cost to their lives.
• The formation let the Immortal King fighters wound the Saint Level insect kings, while Tsubasa and Orochimaru joined the battle and killed several of them.
• When an insect king broke through toward the planetary fortresses, Senju Nawaki tried to stop it, and Tian Yu intercepted it with Orochimaru’s help and killed it.
• As the defenders remained surrounded by thousands of Saint Level male insect kings and the wider insect army, Tsubasa identified Insect One and the other Saint Level female insect kings as the source driving the tide.
• Tsubasa asked the Immortal King fighters to hold the male insect kings while he went after the females, and he told Orochimaru he might use the Will of Fire Formation if necessary.

Tsubasa killed all three Saint Level mother insect kings, turning the battle at the Star Domain Great Wall into a Shinobi World victory. After three days of fighting and heavy losses, he ordered repairs and reinforcements while preparing for the Insect Race’s next attack.

• Tsubasa ordered the Immortal Kings to hold off the Saint Level male insect kings while he attacked the three mother insect kings.
• Tsubasa slew the mantis-shaped and spider-shaped mother insect kings, then killed the lizard-shaped king before it could destroy another defensive planet.
• With the mother insect kings dead, Tsubasa ordered an all-out counterattack, and the Shinobi World army drove back the disorganized Insect Race.
• After three days and nights, the vanguard was crushed, but the Shinobi World army had suffered over fifty percent casualties and lost more than two thousand Immortal King Level experts.
• At Dubhe fortress, Tsubasa ordered Shikamaru Nara to count losses, reinforce defenses, and monitor the enemy, while Flame Emperor Tenbutsu urged the army to grow stronger.
• News of the victory reached the Shinobi World mainland, where people celebrated as more soldiers and supplies headed for the Star Domain Great Wall.

As the Insect God attacked the Shinobi World, the Ōtsutsuki Clan seized the chance to raid the lightly defended Endless Insect Domain and plunder its accumulated power. The God of Ōtsutsuki also planned to keep Tsubasa and the Shinobi World fighting the Insect Race until the clan had taken what it wanted.

• A white-haired Ōtsutsuki Saint reported that the Insect God had left the Endless Insect Domain to confront the Shinobi World, leaving the Insect Race's lair weakly guarded.
• The God of Ōtsutsuki ordered the thirteen Saints to lead a trillion Saint Guard soldiers in a surprise attack on the Endless Insect Domain and seize its planetary origin and core energy.
• The thirteen Saints rallied the Saint Guard Army, and the soldiers boarded God Tree Battleships for the covert journey to the Insect Race's lair.
• The God of Ōtsutsuki watched Tsubasa and the Shinobi World hold back the Insect God and decided to keep them occupied until the Ōtsutsuki Clan seized the lair's treasures.

The Dragon Race and other ancient civilizations mobilized to exploit the insect tide, while the Dragon Race offered the Shinobi World limited support and watched its defenses. The Ōtsutsuki attacked the Endless Insect Domain as the Insect God renewed its assault on Tsubasa’s forces, leaving the Shinobi World under mounting pressure.

• The Seven-Colored Holy Dragon ordered the Dragon Race to harass the Insect Race’s supply lines, follow the Ōtsutsuki to the Endless Insect Domain, and potentially aid the Shinobi World in keeping the Insect God occupied.
• The Phoenix Race, Kirin Clan, and Titan Giant Race prepared forces to harass the insects, seek treasure, or fight alongside the Shinobi World.
• Tsubasa ordered Shikamaru Nara and the army to intensify surveillance and reinforce the defensive line after sensing that ancient races were moving through the universe.
• The Dragon Race sent an Immortal King Level dragon in human form to contact the Shinobi World with intelligence and limited technical support.
• The Ōtsutsuki army of a trillion attacked the Endless Insect Domain, and its insect defenders surged out to meet them.
• The Insect God sensed the danger to its nest and launched a fiercer attack on the Star Domain Great Wall, prompting Tsubasa and the Shinobi World’s warriors to fight on.

As the Insect God intensified its assault, Tsubasa negotiated a temporary alliance with Long Qing of the Dragon Race and rejected the Dragon Race’s demands for submission and half the spoils. Using the Dragon Race’s intelligence about insect cores, the Shinobi World turned the battle around, while the Ōtsutsuki and a hidden Dragon Race squad fought and schemed in the Endless Insect Domain.

• The Insect Race’s frenzied attack strained the Shinobi World’s defenses, and Tsubasa ordered reinforcements and counterattacks.
• Long Qing arrived as an envoy of the Dragon Race and offered intelligence and support in exchange for an alliance, half the Insect Race’s treasure, and the Shinobi World’s submission.
• Tsubasa rejected the Dragon Race’s demands but agreed to temporary cooperation on equal terms, with the Shinobi World paying planetary essence for useful intelligence and support.
• After Long Qing warned that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had launched a trillion-strong attack on the Endless Insect Domain, Tsubasa ordered the army to target the insects’ cores.
• The Shinobi World’s new tactics killed insects more effectively and halted their advance, while the Insect God attacked in fury.
• In the Endless Insect Domain, the Ōtsutsuki army fought the insect defenders as a hidden Dragon Race squad waited to seize the domain’s treasures.

Tsubasa and Orochimaru, badly wounded by the Insect God, lured it toward the Ōtsutsuki Star Region in hopes that the God of Ōtsutsuki would stop it. The Insect God pursued them into the region, where the God of Ōtsutsuki sensed the intruders and declared that they would die.

• Tsubasa and Orochimaru realized they could not defeat the Insect God and decided to draw it toward the Ōtsutsuki Star Region for outside help.
• Tsubasa hurled a golden spear toward a hidden coordinate and provoked the Insect God by claiming he had devoured its Holy Mother Insects.
• The enraged Insect God abandoned its attack and chased Tsubasa and Orochimaru across several star systems as they struggled to survive.
• Tsubasa and Orochimaru reached the Ōtsutsuki Star Region, where the Insect God hesitated before Tsubasa taunted it into pursuing them inside.
• The God of Ōtsutsuki sensed the three intruders and declared that they would die.

Tsubasa and Orochimaru were nearly killed by the God of Ōtsutsuki, but the Insect God’s arrival sparked a battle between the two True Gods. They joined forces with the God of Ōtsutsuki, though their attacks barely affected the Insect God’s Divine Domain.

• The God of Ōtsutsuki trapped Tsubasa and Orochimaru in its Divine Domain and attacked them with a golden spear.
• The Insect God arrived and clashed its dark green Divine Domain with the God of Ōtsutsuki’s pale golden domain, freeing Tsubasa and Orochimaru from the confinement.
• Tsubasa and Orochimaru urged the God of Ōtsutsuki to join them against the Insect God, and it agreed to fight.
• The Insect God mistook Tsubasa for an Ōtsutsuki conspirator and unleashed its forces against the God of Ōtsutsuki.
• Tsubasa and Orochimaru attacked the Insect God’s Divine Domain, but its shield swallowed their attacks without effect.

Tsubasa and Orochimaru struggled to survive the battle between the Insect God and the God of Ōtsutsuki, whose attacks threatened to erase them. Orochimaru and then Tsubasa were destroyed, while the two gods continued fighting in the void.

• Tsubasa and Orochimaru endured the divine shockwaves, but the Insect God kept diverting attacks toward them, disrupting its fight with the God of Ōtsutsuki.
• Orochimaru shoved Tsubasa out of the way of the Insect God's massive claw and suffered severe injuries while shielding him.
• The Insect God struck Orochimaru with a beam that destroyed his body and sealed his soul, erasing him completely.
• Tsubasa burned his life and soul to escape, but he could not break through the chaotic, solidified space around the gods.
• The Insect God's death ray pierced Tsubasa's heart and erased his body, soul, and consciousness as the God of Ōtsutsuki launched a powerful counterattack.

After Tsubasa and Orochimaru vanished, the God of Ōtsutsuki and the Insect God fought a devastating battle across the Ōtsutsuki Star Region. The chapter leaves the star region nearly destroyed, with fewer than one in ten thousand Ōtsutsuki clansmen surviving.

• The God of Ōtsutsuki attacked the Insect God with billions of golden war spears as the Insect God vowed to destroy the God Tree and the star region.
• The Insect God struggled under the assault after spending much of its divine power killing Tsubasa and Orochimaru.
• The God of Ōtsutsuki bound the Insect God with golden roots and pierced it with war spears, but the Insect God briefly broke free before the battle continued.
• Shockwaves from the gods' fight destroyed inhabited planets and killed countless Ōtsutsuki clansmen.
• Ōtsutsuki experts tried to flee through spatial rifts, but most were killed by spatial currents or stray attacks.
• The Ōtsutsuki civilization suffered catastrophic losses, and fewer than one in ten thousand clansmen survived.

The Insect God destroyed itself to take on the God of Ōtsutsuki, leaving the God of Ōtsutsuki gravely wounded and the Ōtsutsuki Star Region shattered. After Tsubasa and Orochimaru died, Tian Yu led the Shinobi World through the upheaval as the universe’s surviving races settled into a new balance.

• The Insect God compressed its remaining power and soul into a core, then self-destructed as the God of Ōtsutsuki tried to stop it.
• The blast annihilated the core of the Ōtsutsuki Star Region, destroyed the Insect God, and left the God of Ōtsutsuki broken and dormant.
• The Insect Race split into five rival Starry Sky Insect Races after its five Holy Mother Insects fought a thousand-year civil war, while the weakened Ōtsutsuki Clan retreated to rebuild.
• After Tsubasa and Orochimaru fell, Holy Venerable Tian Yu united the Shinobi World, helped it recover, and prepared it to defend itself.
• The major races agreed that Saint Level experts would not take part directly in conventional wars, ushering in an era of relative stability.

The Ten Family gathered in the Tsubasa Holy Temple to honor the fallen Saint Venerable Tsubasa, whose sacrifice had brought peace to the Shinobi World. During the rite, Tian Yu sensed a faint, familiar aura through her summoning bloodline and wondered whether her father might still be alive.

• Ten'i warned the family members to observe the solemn rules of the memorial rite as relatives from across the star domains arrived.
• The Ten Family assembled in three ranks, and nine bell tolls signaled the start of the ceremony.
• Senju Tenpuku, Senju Ga, Tsubasa's aunts, wives, and relatives mourned and remembered his sacrifice before his statue.
• Tian Yu reflected on her father's guidance and silently vowed to protect the Ten Family and the Shinobi World.
• Tian Yu sensed a familiar aura through her summoning bloodline and wondered if Tsubasa had returned to life somewhere in the universe.

During a daylong memorial for Saint Venerable Tsubasa, Tian Yu sensed a faint trace of her father through their summoning bond and vowed to find and save him if he had been sealed away. The ceremony ended with the Ten Family reaffirming its resolve to protect the Shinobi World, while Tian Yu remained convinced that Tsubasa might still be alive.

• Tian Yu sensed a fading warmth through her summoning bond, and her siblings hoped their father’s spirit was responding to them.
• Tian Yu promised to protect the Ten Family and the Shinobi World and to find a way to save Tsubasa if he had been sealed away.
• The Ten Family’s clansmen honored Tsubasa with offerings and chants as Senju Tenpuku, Senju Ga, his aunts, and his wives remembered him.
• Tian Yu felt the summoning bond tremble again and vowed to carry on her father’s will amid the continuing threats from the Insect Race and Ōtsutsuki God Clan.
• After the ceremony ended at sunset, Tian Yu and her siblings left the hall resolved to lead the Ten Family and protect the Shinobi World.

Tsubasa woke from a three-month coma believing his life in the Shinobi World had been a dream, but he later discovered he could still use Chakra. He ended the chapter wondering how his two lives were connected and what his power meant for his future.

• Tsubasa woke in a hospital and learned from his parents and doctor that he had been in a coma for three months.
• Tsubasa struggled to accept his memories of the Shinobi World as a dream while recovering in the hospital.
• After returning home, Tsubasa noticed unusual agility, heightened control over his body, and recurring dreams of his past battles.
• Tsubasa secretly concentrated on gathering energy and felt a faint wisp of Chakra flow through his arm.
• Tsubasa confirmed that he could guide Chakra through his body and questioned whether his journey in the Shinobi World had truly been a dream.