Chapter Summaries

Shunren fought the Mist's Ninja Swordsmen and killed Yuki Kan and Juzo Biwa, though he suffered grievous wounds and collapsed. As the other battles continued and the Raikage hunt neared its end, a familiar thunderclap sounded.

• Shunren froze and shattered Kushimaru Kuriarare's steel wires, then faced Yuki Kan's Ice Release attack head-on.
• Shunren and Yuki Kan pierced each other, but Shunren survived the freezing attack and Yuki Kan froze to death.
• Kushimaru fled, while Juzo Biwa struck Shunren with his killing blow; Shunren fatally wounded Juzo in return and collapsed.
• Kitsuchi and the remaining Ninja Swordsmen continued their stalemated fight as the Stone, Konoha, and Mist Ninja battled on.
• A familiar thunderclap rang out just as the fighters expected the battle to end.

The Raikage revealed that he had faked his death with a Lightning Illusion Secret Technique and launched a furious attack on the exhausted forces that had hunted him. As the battle turned into a slaughter, Shunren’s corpse silently revived and used Yin Release: Projection.

• The Raikage appeared after his apparent death, and Suikazan Fuguki and Kitsuchi realized that their depleted forces were in danger.
• The Raikage’s deception was revealed: he had fought seriously for two days, then used a lightning-based illusion and recovered Chakra while the three sides fought among themselves.
• Suikazan Fuguki urged everyone to scatter, but Kitsuchi trapped them with Earth Release: Mountain Jutsu.
• The Raikage used Lightning Release: Hell Stab to kill hundreds of ninja and badly wound Kitsuchi and the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• The Raikage kept attacking despite rapidly consuming his recovered Chakra, while Shunren’s corpse revived and used Yin Release: Projection.

Shunren survived the battle with Guardian Angel and revealed Gáe Bolg, a spear that guaranteed its target’s heart would be pierced. The Raikage tried to dodge the thrust, but the spear struck him down, leaving Shunren victorious.

• Shunren’s Guardian Angel revived him after the bloody battle, and he revealed that he had suspected the Raikage’s death was a ruse.
• Shunren summoned a crimson spear, while the Raikage and the remaining Ninja Swordsmen recognized him as alive.
• The Raikage declared that he would evade Shunren’s attack and then counter with One-Finger Nukite.
• Shunren unleashed Gáe Bolg, whose cursed thrust pierced the Raikage’s heart despite his retreat.
• Shunren explained that Gáe Bolg reversed cause and effect, and the Raikage fell dead.

Shunren killed the Third Raikage after the Raikage’s final stand, then used the Bloodthirsty Bead to drain his life force. He began fusing the bead with the Soul-Absorbing Staff as the wounded Mist swordsmen and Kitsuchi withdrew.

• The Third Raikage rose for a final explosion, injuring the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and Kitsuchi before declaring himself the Third Raikage.
• Shunren pierced the Raikage’s chest with the Bloodthirsty Bead, draining his life force until his body crumbled into dust.
• The Bloodthirsty Bead returned a surge of energy to Shunren, who released the excess power he could not control.
• Shunren projected the Soul-Absorbing Staff, and the two magic treasures began to merge after he fed his blood into the bead.
• Kitsuchi realized the Raikage’s body could not be recovered, while Suikazan Fuguki ordered the wounded Mist swordsmen to leave.

After killing the Raikage, Shunren fused two demonic treasures into Soul-Devouring and used his increased Chakra to project many items, including Doraemon’s Anywhere Door. He chose a destination and opened the door to the Hokage’s office, where the Third, Danzo, and Orochimaru were discussing him.

• Shunren expelled the Raikage’s borrowed power from his body, then used it to create Soul-Absorbing and fuse it with the Bloodthirsty Bead into Soul-Devouring.
• Shunren sensed his greatly increased Chakra and projected many weapons and items, including an Anywhere Door.
• Shunren considered escaping the ninja world someday, then chose a destination and opened the Anywhere Door.
• At the Hokage building, the Third and Danzo discussed Shunren’s rapid rise while Orochimaru expressed interest in observing him.
• Orochimaru sensed Shunren’s presence as the door to the Hokage’s office opened.

After killing the Raikage, Shunren returned instantly to Konoha and confronted the village’s leaders to warn them against provoking him. He left Danzo at swordpoint after stopping his attempt to use Izanagi.

• Shunren returned from the Land of Frost to Konoha using the Anywhere Door and entered the Hokage building’s council chamber.
• Shunren released Tensa Zangetsu and Hollowfication to intimidate Danzo, the Third, and Orochimaru.
• Danzo resolved to eliminate Shunren and began forming the seals for Izanagi.
• The Third stopped Danzo and told Shunren to put away his sword.
• Shunren appeared behind Danzo with a blade at his neck and ordered him to stop the Dōjutsu in his right eye.

After absorbing the Raikage’s power, Shunren reached Kage Level and stayed out of Konoha’s wars and political disputes. In winter, he took Izumi and Hezi on another trip, choosing the hot springs in the Land of Hot Water.

• After the Raikage died, the Cloud Ninja scaled back their expansion and focused their hostility on Konoha, while compromising with the Mist Ninja and Stone Ninja.
• The Stone Ninja and Cloud Ninja advanced on Konoha the following year, but both battles ended in victories for Konoha.
• Shunren warned Konoha High Command not to provoke him, then spent a year digesting the Raikage’s vital blood and reaching Kage Level.
• The Uchiha stopped providing Shunren with clan benefits after he refused to support Fugaku’s bid to become Hokage.
• When Izumi invited him to play in the snow, Shunren instead asked her to fetch Hezi and proposed a trip to the Land of Hot Water.

Shunren, Hezi, and Izumi visited Yugakure’s hot springs, where Shunren sensed that the villagers ignored nearby ninja fighting. He then saw Cloud Ninja Yotsuki Teki confronting Oyashiro En, whose hidden identity and Dōjutsu were revealed as the clash began.

• Shunren took Hezi and Izumi to Yugakure, where Hezi teased him about marrying Izumi someday.
• An explosion disturbed the village, but its residents and the innkeeper carried on as if nothing had happened.
• Shunren used the Mind Transmission Technique to call Izumi back after sensing a fight nearby.
• Yotsuki Teki ordered Oyashiro En, a weapons merchant accused of targeting children with Kekkei Genkai, to come with the Cloud Ninja.
• Oyashiro En put several Cloud Ninja under Genjutsu and revealed his blood-red eyes with dark purple horizontal pupils.

Oyashiro En used the Ketsuryūgan to turn fallen Cloud Ninja into explosive weapons, forcing Yotsuki Teki to flee through the village. Shunren intervened with a sniper shot and Railgun, and Yotsuki Teki was caught in an explosion that left no trace of him.

• Yotsuki Teki attacked the Cloud Ninja under Oyashiro En’s Dōjutsu control and knocked them down.
• Oyashiro En used the Ketsuryūgan Secret Technique: Exploding Human to make the fallen Cloud Ninja swell and detonate, but Yotsuki Teki escaped the blasts.
• Yotsuki Teki tried to flee through the village, where Oyashiro En detonated more explosive puppets hidden among the pedestrians.
• Shunren used Yin Release: Projection and Ace in the Hole to shoot Yotsuki Teki, then fired a Railgun that blasted him into Oyashiro En’s explosive puppets.
• The puppets exploded around Yotsuki Teki, leaving no trace of him behind.

Shunren used his Sharingan to stop Oyashiro En’s explosive puppets and force him to withdraw from their Dōjutsu clash. As Oyashiro En prepared to leave Yugakure, Orochimaru appeared and confronted him.

• Oyashiro En sent explosive puppets after Shunren, Hezi, and Izumi, but Shunren used his Sharingan to paralyze them and dispel the Ketsuryūgan’s control.
• The clash revealed Shunren’s Sharingan to Oyashiro En, who recalled the Chinoike Clan’s history and chose to deactivate his Ketsuryūgan rather than provoke Shunren again.
• Shunren returned to the hot spring, and Hezi and Izumi relaxed after the danger passed.
• Oyashiro En decided to leave Yugakure and return to training his daughter.
• Orochimaru emerged from the darkness, and Oyashiro En turned to face him and asked what he wanted.

Orochimaru persuaded Oyashiro En to join him in an attack on Shunren, offering him the Sharingan in exchange for Shunren’s body. When a blood dragon appeared near Shunren’s hot spring, Shunren secured his family inside and prepared to fight while Orochimaru and En approached.

• Oyashiro En distrusted Orochimaru because he had previously tried to ambush him, but Orochimaru asked him to help capture Shunren.
• Orochimaru offered Oyashiro En the Sharingan, and En agreed to join the attack.
• Shunren spotted a blood dragon on the horizon and sent Hezi and Izumi back to their room.
• Shunren summoned Senbonzakura and used Bankai to surround the house with blades set to kill anyone who approached.
• Orochimaru told Oyashiro En to confront Shunren while he hid and waited for a chance to attack from behind.

Shunren destroyed Oyashiro En’s blood dragon and pursued him through the alleys, landing several severe attacks. Oyashiro En survived and begged for help, leaving Shunren aiming Jinx’s machine gun at him as he called out to Orochimaru.

• Shunren used White Fang Style techniques and Hiramekarei to destroy Oyashiro En’s blood dragon.
• Shunren sensed Oyashiro En’s hiding place and threw Nuibari, pinning him through the chest.
• Shunren followed Oyashiro En and struck him with Dance of the Crescent Moon, but sensed that he was still alive.
• Oyashiro En tried to flee from Shunren’s projected swords, which severed his leg and tore open his stomach.
• Oyashiro En surrendered, and Shunren projected Jinx’s machine gun; Oyashiro En shouted for Orochimaru to intervene.

Shunren was ambushed by Orochimaru after Oyashiro En escaped, and the two fought through illusions, strange transformations, and powerful techniques. Shunren trapped the real Orochimaru and shot him, while Orochimaru hinted at the source of Shunren’s ability to create weapons.

• Oyashiro En escaped Shunren’s gunfire by leaving behind a pile of bloody mud, and Shunren sensed him two kilometers away.
• Orochimaru attacked Shunren with a mass of snakes, then fought him with multiple heads and weapons as Shunren used Clear Mirror, Still Water and Death Lotus to strike him down.
• Shunren froze Orochimaru in midair and bound him with Earth Spider Sewing, while Orochimaru identified Shunren’s power as Yin Release.
• Shunren shot the bound Orochimaru with Lucian’s pistols as his wounds rapidly healed, and Orochimaru suggested that Yin Release alone could not create more than empty shells.
• Shunren declared that Orochimaru was the real one and warned him that he would cut him down if he tried to escape through his mouth.

Shunren confronted Orochimaru, who revealed that he had secretly prepared to summon powerful fighters with Impure World Reincarnation. Shunren faced Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and the Third Raikage, A, without backing down.

• Orochimaru revealed that Oyashiro En had been keeping Shunren occupied while he prepared a trap.
• Shunren summoned Soul-Devouring, a magic treasure capable of consuming life force and extracting souls.
• Orochimaru activated three summoning formulas and released a swarm of blade-carrying snakes to delay Shunren.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and the Third Raikage, A.
• Shunren identified the three resurrected figures, while Hashirama praised him and Tobirama called him an evil descendant of the Uchiha Clan.

Shunren faced Orochimaru and the three reanimated Kage, who were manipulated into attacking him. He held off the Raikage’s strongest strike and began driving Soul-Devouring into the Raikage’s chest.

• Orochimaru claimed he had summoned Hashirama and Tobirama to help him capture Shunren, and Tobirama accepted his explanation.
• The Raikage attacked Shunren, who caught his punch and reminded him that he had also returned from the dead.
• Tobirama questioned Shunren about killing the Raikage, while Hashirama and the Raikage argued over their past deaths in battle.
• Orochimaru urged the three Kage to attack Shunren, and Shunren accepted the fight despite facing four opponents.
• The Raikage used Hell Nukite, but Shunren caught the attack, seized his arm, and swung Soul-Devouring at his chest.

Shunren fought the Raikage, then faced a combined attack from Hashirama, Tobirama, Orochimaru, and the Raikage. He held his ground with his swords and ninja tools, leaving Tobirama worried about how powerful he might become.

• Shunren severed the Raikage's right arm and struck him with a powerful sword slash, but the Raikage's body began to regenerate.
• Tobirama realized Soul-Devouring had absorbed the spirit of the Raikage's severed arm, and Orochimaru, Hashirama, Tobirama, and the Raikage prepared to attack Shunren together.
• Shunren used Yin Release: Projection to create phantoms and fought the four Kage Level opponents with Kanshou and Bakuya.
• Tobirama and Orochimaru countered Shunren's movements, while Hashirama's kick shattered two petals of Shunren's Rho Aias defense.
• Shunren blocked Orochimaru and the Raikage's pincer attack with Soul-Devouring, then deflected Tobirama's surprise strike.
• Tobirama judged that Shunren could become another Madara Uchiha if he continued to grow.

Shunren fought Hashirama, Tobirama, the Raikage, and Orochimaru, using his swords and Soul-Devouring to withstand their combined attacks. After declaring the battle over, he faced Tobirama’s Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, which plunged the battlefield into darkness and sealed off his senses.

• Shunren deflected attacks from Tobirama and the Raikage with projected Mist Ninja blades, while Hashirama pressed him with taijutsu.
• Hashirama tricked Shunren with a Wood Release Clone and Thorn Kill Technique, but Shunren escaped by recognizing the clone’s genjutsu.
• Orochimaru sent snakes at Shunren, allowing Hashirama to disarm and knock him back before the Raikage struck Kanshou from his other hand.
• Tobirama attacked with Water Trumpet, but Shunren blocked it with the Heavy Black Iron Ruler; Tobirama then noted that Impure World Reincarnation limited his strength.
• Shunren said the fight was over and dismissed the resurrected Kage as dead men, prompting Tobirama to cast Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

Shunren fought Tobirama, the Raikage, Hashirama, and Orochimaru, countering their attacks until their combined techniques restrained him. He then unleashed overwhelming Yin Release Chakra and announced that he would show the Kage its essence.

• Shunren countered Tobirama's Genjutsu barrier and escaped the Raikage and Tobirama's pincer attack with Arcane Shift.
• Hashirama used Deep Forest Emergence while Orochimaru summoned snakes, forcing Shunren to fight through their attacks.
• Tobirama and the Raikage combined Water and Lightning Release into a dragon that paralyzed Shunren and let the group bind him.
• Orochimaru restrained the Raikage and discussed capturing Shunren, while Tobirama warned him about the Uchiha's Izanagi.
• Shunren released a surge of black Yin Release Chakra that blasted apart the vines and snakes, then said he would reveal its essence.

Shunren used Yin Release to trap the Kage and Orochimaru in a self-created world filled with stored weapons. He revealed that he could summon copies of weapons he had seen and launched a relentless sword assault against them.

• Shunren spread black Chakra through the area, locking space and freezing the Raikage when he charged in.
• Shunren completed twelve Hand Seals and used Yin Release: Unlimited Blade Works to transport himself, Orochimaru, Hashirama, Tobirama, and the Raikage into his alternate space.
• Shunren explained that his world stored weapons he had seen and summoned Tobirama's Thunder God Sword, shocking Tobirama.
• Shunren called a host of swords and ninja tools to attack, and the Kage defended themselves against successive waves.

Shunren fought the resurrected Kage and killed Orochimaru with Shinso’s lethal poison. Orochimaru’s death freed the Kage from his control, but Impure World Reincarnation could no longer be undone.

• Hashirama raised a forest to defend the Kage, but Excalibur Galatine burned it away with an explosive blast.
• Orochimaru dodged Shunren’s barrage of flying swords, lost an arm to Shibuki, and fought Shunren with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to block Shunren’s attacks, but Shunren used Shinso to pierce the gates and wound him.
• Shunren revealed that fragments of Shinso’s blade had lodged inside Orochimaru and carried a cell-dissolving toxin.
• Orochimaru’s body dissolved completely, freeing the Kage from his control while leaving Impure World Reincarnation impossible to undo.