Chapter Summaries

Inside the bone cocoon, Hoshino’s soul remained trapped between Jashin’s corruption, the All-Killing Ash Bones, and Shion’s fading Priestess Power. His forgotten Qi from Divine Machine Hundred Refinements awakened, balanced the four forces, and began rebuilding him into a new body.

• Hoshino realized Jashin’s power had seized his soul and was trying to assimilate it, while Shion’s charm and the All-Killing Ash Bones kept it at bay.
• Hoshino’s cultivated Qi awakened and used its power of creation to restore the Priestess Power, sever Jashin’s tendrils, and temper the All-Killing Ash Bones.
• The Qi guided the Mutant Insects and the other forces as they formed Hoshino a new skeleton, Chakra circuits, regenerative flesh, and a protective veil around his soul.
• The four forces converged into a mark between Hoshino’s brows, where they restrained and balanced one another.

Hoshino emerged from the bone cocoon transformed into an energy-based, seemingly divine being, but the Priestess Power and Jashin's power still bound his soul and prevented his eyes from forming. After sensing coordinates in the Land of Wind, he vanished, leaving those around him shaken by how distant he seemed.

• Hoshino realized that the five powers within him remained separate and that the Priestess Power and Jashin's power prevented their true fusion.
• Hoshino told Grandma Chiyo and Temari to return without him, then vanished after sensing coordinates in the Land of Wind.
• Grandma Chiyo, Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro questioned whether Hoshino was still the same person, while Sasori watched them leave in his Hiruko puppet.
• Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju examined the energy fragments Hoshino had left behind and marveled at their stable, living structure.
• Tobirama Senju concluded that Hoshino's energy body might have reached the domain of god and hoped his preparations would help Konoha face such a being.

Hoshino discovered that the Dragon Vein beneath the ruins of Roran had been damaged by disturbances between space-times and was calling for help. After the seal broke, the Dragon Vein urged him to travel to a new world and grow stronger before the unknown presence watching his world could arrive.

• Hoshino reached the ruins of Roran and sensed powerful energy coming from the Dragon Vein beneath the central tower.
• He found cracks in the seal and learned from the Dragon Vein that invaders from other space-times were waging war across the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Hoshino glimpsed a pair of eyes watching his world through a space-time rift and cut off his connection to the Dragon Vein.
• The weakened seal shattered, unleashing the Dragon Vein's power across the ruins.
• The Dragon Vein urged Hoshino to travel to a new world, grow stronger, and return to save them, while Hoshino estimated the watcher might arrive in three to five years.

Hoshino gathered the shinobi leaders at the Rōran Ruins and showed them real scenes of devastation across seven parallel space-times. After demonstrating his overwhelming power, he exposed Black Zetsu and revealed its connection to Kaguya, Hagoromo, and Hamura.

• The leaders of the Shinobi Alliance Council and the Reform Society arrived at the Rōran Ruins to meet Hoshino.
• Hoshino displayed scenes of ruined villages and powerful fighters from seven parallel space-times, but Raikage A, Killer B, and Yugito Nii doubted the vision.
• Hoshino's energy subdued A and disrupted Killer B's Tailed Beast Cloak, while Orochimaru and Pain reacted with intense interest.
• Pain asked Hoshino who the figures were, and Hoshino dragged Black Zetsu from beneath the ground to answer.
• Hoshino identified Black Zetsu as a creation of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and a vessel for Kaguya's will, then named Kaguya as the mother of Hagoromo and Hamura.
• Black Zetsu denied being Kaguya's third son, but Hoshino bound it with purple energy chains.

Hoshino used the Dragon Vein’s memories to show Pain, Obito, and the others the history of Kaguya, the Ten-Tails, and Black Zetsu’s schemes. The revelation left Pain bewildered and Obito questioning the destruction he had caused.

• Hoshino told Pain that the Ten-Tails was Otsutsuki Kaguya and that Black Zetsu was not Madara Uchiha’s manifested will.
• Hoshino invoked the Will of the Dragon Vein, which transported everyone into a vision of Kaguya planting the God Tree, consuming its fruit, and giving birth to Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki.
• The vision showed Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki sealing Kaguya, the God Tree becoming the Ten-Tails, its Chakra splitting into the Nine Tailed Beasts, and Black Zetsu escaping underground.
• Hoshino showed how Black Zetsu manipulated Indra, Asura, the Uchiha, the Senju, and Madara Uchiha to arrange Kaguya’s revival through the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Killer B said Gyūki confirmed the revelation, while Tsunade grieved that Hashirama and Madara had died without knowing the cause of their conflict.
• Obito emerged from the Kamui Dimension, removed his mask, and cried out Rin, Kakashi, and sensei as he questioned what he had done.

Hoshino stopped Pain from killing Obito and urged the shinobi leaders to unite against an invasion expected within three to five years, offering the Power of Creation and the Reform Society’s technology as the basis for their defense. Most leaders agreed to form an alliance, but Obito rejected the cause and insisted the world was not worth saving, even if Rin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki could be resurrected.

• Pain attacked Obito with Banshō Ten'in, but Hoshino used bone spikes to interrupt the pull and save him.
• Hoshino warned the Kage that an overwhelming force would invade in three to five years and proposed a united alliance rather than fighting among themselves.
• Hoshino revealed the Power of Creation and offered to teach its use, while proposing that the Reform Society share its prosthetic technology to train fighters quickly.
• Ōnoki and Raikage A agreed to join the alliance, with Raikage A demanding access to the Reform Society's Scientific Research Department; Tsunade and Orochimaru also agreed.
• Hoshino said Black Zetsu would be sealed and Obito would serve in the vanguard, earning acceptance through battlefield achievements; Pain asked what would happen if Obito betrayed them.
• Obito refused to help defend the world, declaring it was already hell and that even the resurrection of Rin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki would not make it worth saving.

Hoshino pressured Obito into helping revive Madara Uchiha to defend the Shinobi World from an invasion, and Obito returned with Madara’s corpse. After Orochimaru resurrected Madara, Hashirama appeared and greeted him, while Hoshino showed them an illusion of the otherworldly invasion.

• Hoshino told Obito that he intended to revive powerful figures, including Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Madara Uchiha, to strengthen the Shinobi World.
• The Kage questioned whether Madara could be trusted, and Hoshino proposed using Impure World Reincarnation first; Obito left after Hoshino used Rin’s possible revival to pressure him.
• About half an hour later, Obito returned with Madara Uchiha’s corpse and gave it to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru performed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, bringing Madara back in a weakened form.
• Madara challenged Hoshino’s request for help, but Hashirama Senju arrived and eagerly greeted him.
• Hoshino showed Madara and Hashirama a Dragon Vein illusion depicting the invasion from another world.

At the Dragon Vein altar, Hoshino stopped Madara from killing Black Zetsu and secured Madara’s agreement to join the war. The group settled the Rinnegan’s return and planned to meet in Deliberation City to discuss unifying the Shinobi World.

• Madara tried to attack Black Zetsu, but Hashirama restrained him while Hoshino insisted Black Zetsu had to remain alive for further analysis.
• Madara agreed to spare Black Zetsu for now and reclaim his Rinnegan, while Pain asked that Yahiko be among the first resurrected.
• Nagato removed his Rinnegan and handed it to Madara, who gave the eyes to Hashirama for safekeeping.
• Tsunade treated Nagato’s wounds, and Konan supported him as Hoshino said Yahiko’s resurrection would wait until the Shinobi Alliance’s affairs were settled.
• Madara left for the Valley of the End, and Hashirama followed him; the others agreed to meet in Deliberation City three days later to discuss unifying the Shinobi World.

The Shinobi Alliance exposed Zetsu Ōtsutsuki and Obito Uchiha, then gathered the Shinobi World’s factions in Deliberation City to establish the War Council and prepare for invaders expected within three to five years. The new wartime measures stirred hope in small shinobi villages and threatened the nobles’ longstanding privileges.

• The Shinobi Alliance announced that Zetsu Ōtsutsuki had manipulated Obito Uchiha and caused major tragedies, redirecting some public hatred toward them.
• Three days later, representatives from across the Shinobi World gathered in Deliberation City and heard that otherworldly invaders could arrive within three to five years.
• The Shinobi Alliance proposed resurrecting selected deceased fighters, building an intelligent puppet legion, sharing technology, training ninja together, and integrating intelligence networks.
• The Shinobi Alliance established the War Council, a three-year preparation schedule, centralized resource systems, and special wartime powers.
• Small shinobi villages began searching their records for past powerhouses, while nobles secretly moved their wealth overseas to escape the Alliance’s resource controls.

Sasuke returned to Konoha and began restoring his family home, haunted by memories of his parents and Itachi. After Naruto confronted his grief over Obito, he ran to Sasuke’s house, where their reunion ended in familiar bickering.

• Sasuke chose to return to Konoha, and Tsunade approved his residence permit despite Shizune’s concerns about his Akatsuki ties.
• Sasuke cleaned the Uchiha home and found a family portrait that brought back memories of his parents and Itachi.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto questioned why Obito had killed his parents and harmed Sasuke, while Kakashi urged him not to sink into hatred.
• Naruto remembered Sasuke alone in the old house and rushed there to see him.
• Sasuke and Naruto reunited, and their teasing and arguing filled the Uchiha home with noise again.

As the Shinobi Alliance built its communications network across the Land of Demons, Shion awakened the power sealed by generations of priestesses and released Moryo’s spirit. She and Hoshino set out for the Land of Swamps to end their thousand-year cycle.

• The Shinobi Alliance expanded its network into the Land of Demons, and Shion wondered whether Hoshino had changed as the world prepared for new enemies.
• Shion led Hoshino into the shrine and used her mother’s bell to open the sealed shaft beneath the altar.
• Moryo’s serpent spirit escaped its chains and flew southwest to reunite with its true body in the Land of Swamps.
• The bell shattered, and Shion absorbed the power and blood pacts of nine generations of priestesses, surpassing Kage Level.
• Shion called Hoshino to join her in the Land of Swamps, and the two traveled there along a passage of light.

Tobirama Senju and Obito released Moryo from its seal in the Land of Swamps, and Moryo emerged with a massive Immortal Army. Madara Uchiha attacked the monster while Hashirama Senju watched, but Moryo’s regenerating tentacles absorbed Madara’s Fire Style.

• Tobirama Senju and Obito broke the temple seal and escaped as Moryo’s true body emerged.
• Moryo’s appearance raised tens of thousands of skeletal soldiers across the wilderness.
• Obito used Kamui to avoid Moryo’s tentacle attack, then left with Tobirama Senju.
• Madara Uchiha charged at Moryo despite Hashirama Senju’s warning and summoned two meteors with Tengai Shinsei.
• Moryo’s tentacles regenerated into black pythons, which absorbed Madara’s Majestic Destroyer Flame.

Madara Uchiha fought Moryo, discovering that sage techniques could damage it, while Shion joined the battle with her purifying power. As Hoshino began rebuilding his body to replicate the priestess constitution, Shion prepared to end Moryo’s thousand-year cycle.

• Madara Uchiha’s ordinary fire attack failed against Moryo, and its blast damaged his Not Perfect Susanoo.
• Madara Uchiha used Sage Art lightning and Light Fang to burn Moryo’s slime and cut its core, while fending off the Immortal Army skeletons.
• Madara Uchiha strengthened Susanoo with natural energy, and Shion struck Moryo’s core with purifying light.
• Hoshino took an energy form as Mutant Insects and Qi reconstructed his body to replicate Shion’s ability to resonate with natural energy.
• Shion’s Priestess Power weakened Moryo, and she summoned nine spectral priestesses before engulfing its core in purple light and declaring the thousand-year cycle would end that day.

Shion merged with Moryo and inherited the power of the nine priestesses, awakening the Pure Moon Eye and reaching a state beyond ordinary Sage Mode. As her transformation stabilized, Hoshino told Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha they could leave, while Madara challenged Shion to a future fight.

• Shion embraced Moryo's consciousness as the nine priestesses' apparitions and ritual implements joined their power with hers.
• Shion awakened the Pure Moon Eye and used its moonlight to accept and purify the resentment hidden in Moryo's core.
• Hoshino completed the reconstruction of his energy circulation system and protected Shion with a barrier while her transformation continued.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha recognized Shion's natural-energy state as surpassing ordinary Sage Mode.
• Hoshino told Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha they could leave, and Madara challenged Shion to fight after she mastered her power.

Half a month after the Shinobi Alliance began rebuilding the Shinobi World, Hoshino prepared to travel through the Dragon Vein to another world while Shion agreed to guard it. The chapter ended with Grandma Chiyo looking back on photographs of Sasori and Hoshino.

• Hoshino and Shion advanced their powers as the Shinobi Alliance established schools, new career paths, intelligent puppets, and a preliminary Resurrection Plan.
• Hoshino asked Shion to guard the Dragon Vein while he traveled to the new world, and he explained that the Alliance would seek a way to restrain Jashin.
• Shion accepted Hoshino's decision and promised to wait for his return as he dissolved into golden motes of light.
• Grandma Chiyo sat alone in Deliberation City and remembered her family and Hoshino while looking at two old photographs.

On a rainy night, Grandma Chiyo and Ebizo reflected on their family and Hoshino’s place in it before Hoshino came to ask where she had found him. After learning he had been discovered near the Rōran Ruins, Hoshino left for a new world, and Grandma Chiyo feared he might never return.

• Grandma Chiyo looked at treasured family photographs and mourned the family life she had once wished for.
• Ebizo brought Grandma Chiyo miso soup and recalled how he had come to accept Hoshino as family rather than a replacement for Sasori.
• Hoshino arrived and asked Grandma Chiyo where she had found him.
• Grandma Chiyo told Hoshino she had found him in a damaged formation near the Rōran Ruins, on the border of the Land of Wind.
• Grandma Chiyo asked whether Hoshino would return from the new world, but he did not answer before leaving.

Hoshino left the Shinobi World through the Dragon Vein, beginning a dangerous crossing into another universe. The Dragon Vein spent its power forcing open a passage, and Hoshino descended toward a blue planet as a purple-tailed meteor.

• Hoshino told Grandma Chiyo that the Shinobi World was his home and promised to return, while Ebizo and Chiyo watched him leave.
• Hoshino entered the Dragon Vein’s light at the Rōran Ruins as Shion silently blessed his departure.
• While traveling through the void, Hoshino saw visions of other Shinobi Worlds and recognized that the crack ahead led to a different universe.
• The Dragon Vein sacrificed its origin power to force the crack open, then promised to come for Hoshino in half a year as he crossed through.
• Hoshino regained some awareness while hurtling toward a blue planet, trailing purple light as its land came into view.

Black Pipe explained that the board sent the temporary workers to Biyou Village because a power there might push the Outcast population past the tolerated red line. After Ren Fei changed the mission and military forces blocked the road, the workers were allowed through and directed to a meeting point.

• Black Pipe told the workers that the board feared a power in Biyou Village could turn ordinary people into Outcasts and cross the population red line.
• Ren Fei called Black Pipe and instructed him to contact a number near Biyou Village, but gave no further details.
• The workers saw three military helicopters flying toward Biyou Village, prompting Zhang Chulan and the others to suspect the situation had worsened.
• Old Meng drove the minivan to a military checkpoint, where soldiers stopped them at gunpoint.
• Black Pipe called the number Ren Fei had sent, and an officer soon ordered the soldiers to let the minivan pass and directed them to turn right five hundred meters ahead.

Zhang Chulan and the other temporary workers entered Biyou Village to investigate the connection between Ma Xianhong and the powerful person who had fallen from the sky. They met Ma Xianhong’s younger brother, Hoshino, who claimed to be an immortal.

• Ren Fei briefed the temporary workers on the celestial arrival and assigned them to enter Biyou Village under the pretext of their original mission.
• The group reached Biyou Village and convinced Har Chagai to take them to Ma Xianhong by claiming they wanted to join the village.
• Ma Xianhong recognized Zhang Chulan and identified the visitors as company agents, but welcomed them inside and sent Har Chagai away.
• Ma Xianhong introduced Hoshino as his younger brother, and Feng Baobao touched Hoshino’s hair without provoking a reaction.
• Hoshino revealed that he had wanted to experience this world’s immortal and claimed that he himself was currently one.

Hoshino revealed that he came from a world threatened by a war between parallel space-times and sought to make Blue Star a refuge. He offered cooperation and advanced technology in exchange for shelter, leaving Ren Fei and the others to weigh an agreement against the threat of war.

• Hoshino told Zhang Chulan and the others he knew about the military deployment, the nuclear submarine, and their real purpose in coming to Biyou Village.
• Hoshino demanded that Ren Fei join the discussion and warned he would visit Beijing Capital if they deceived him.
• Ren Fei arrived and confirmed she could report directly to the highest authority.
• Hoshino showed the group parallel worlds colliding and explained that he wanted a safe base on Blue Star for his world’s people.
• Hoshino offered energy, biotechnology, and space technology in return for refuge, while Zhang Chulan, Wang Zhenqiu, and Xiao Zizai questioned the risks and credibility of his proposal.