Chapter Summaries

After Ye Liangnai’s victory over Konoha reached Kirigakure, Mei Terumi forced the defeated Rainbow Kage to sign a harsh treaty, while the Water Country’s daimyo and court faced the consequences of Ye Liangnai’s success. The chapter ended with the war’s outcome reshaping the political balance among the nations.

• An Anbu reported Ye Liangnai’s victory to the Fourth Raikage, who erupted in anger, reopened his wounds, and fainted.
• Mei Terumi learned Kirigakure had won and confronted Anjuurou, the captured Rainbow Kage, over reparations.
• Mei Terumi threatened to let Ye Liangnai handle negotiations, and Anjuurou agreed to her demands and signed the treaty.
• The treaty required the Land of Rainbows to pay silver, surrender ports and territory, grant trade and military concessions, and recognize the Land of Water as its suzerain.
• The daimyo of the Land of Water panicked in his dungeon after learning Ye Liangnai had won, while the court reeled at his defeats of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Konoha and Kumogakure’s losses.

After Ye Liangnai’s victory reshaped the balance between the ninja villages and the daimyos, he returned to Kirigakure and settled Yagura’s future. Yagura chose to remain in Kirigakure and serve as deputy minister of the Anbu, while Mei Terumi took responsibility for the Land of Water’s political arrangements.

• The daimyos began considering new rules that would give the Kage seats alongside them, while Shimura Danzō prepared to seek the Fifth Hokage position and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed to stop him.
• Mei Terumi welcomed Ye Liangnai to Kirigakure and explained that her forces had defeated Anjuurou and the Rainbow Ninja Village after their failed attack.
• Ye Liangnai handed Mei Terumi the agreement with Konoha and left her to handle the Land of Water’s daimyo and coordination with other ninja villages.
• Ye Liangnai went to the Mizukage Building and released Yagura from the sealing technique that had bound him.
• Yagura chose to stay in Kirigakure and follow Ye Liangnai’s arrangements, accepting a role as deputy minister of the Anbu.

Yagura chose to remain in Kirigakure, while Ye Liangnai spared the Land of Water's daimyo and arranged to rule through him. Ye Liangnai established a Shogunate to govern the country and returned to oversee Kirigakure's reconstruction, as people across the ninja world awaited a clearer system.

• Yagura decided to stay in Kirigakure and support Ye Liangnai after seeing the village's progress under Mei Terumi.
• Ye Liangnai warned the Land of Water's daimyo to obey him, then promised to restore him to his position under threat of punishment.
• Ye Liangnai proposed using the daimyo as a puppet while the Shogunate managed the country's affairs, and Mei Terumi approved.
• Ye Liangnai established the Land of Water's new governing system in Aoliu Town and left a Water Clone to oversee the Shogunate.
• Ye Liangnai returned to Kirigakure to handle reconstruction as the country resumed normal life and people across the ninja world awaited a new system.

Ye Liangnai returned the Third Hokage and other Konoha captives in exchange for silver and supplies, disrupting Shimura Danzō’s bid to become Hokage. After Ye Liangnai returned to Kirigakure, the village prepared for a period of reconstruction and growth.

• The Fifth Mizukage announced a summit of the Five Kage and daimyos in six months as Kirigakure restored its leadership and military forces.
• Shimura Danzō called for a new Hokage election while Jiraiya, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura opposed him.
• Ye Liangnai arrived in Konoha with Yugito, Yagura, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Ao, then inspected the goods Konoha offered before releasing the Third Hokage, Hyuga Hiashi, Kakashi Hatake, and Tenzo.
• Mitokado Homura sent the returned captives to the hospital, while Shimura Danzō’s position weakened with the Third Hokage’s return.
• Ye Liangnai returned to Kirigakure after the Sunagakure delegation departed, as the village prepared to rebuild using its acquired funds and the Nako Stone treasure.

After six months of rebuilding, the Land of Water had become a major power, and Ye Liangnai reached the peak of Kage-level before joining Mei Terumi at the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Waves. The summit began with sharp exchanges, then an unknown attacker charged at Ye Liangnai.

• The Land of Water strengthened its economy, military, and administration while Kirigakure rebuilt its medical and educational systems and expanded its shinobi forces.
• Ye Liangnai emerged from seclusion after reaching the peak of Kage-level and set out for the Five Kage Summit with Mei Terumi and Byakugan Ao.
• In the Land of Waves, Mei Terumi traded insults with Ōnoki and the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, while Ye Liangnai mocked the assembled leaders over their defeat.
• A furious figure rushed toward Ye Liangnai, and Mei Terumi shouted a warning.

Ye Liangnai fought off the Fourth Raikage during a peace negotiation, then rejected the Raikage's accusation that he had hired the Akatsuki to attack Kumogakure. The Third Hokage also demanded answers about Kakashi's Sharingan, but Ye Liangnai refused to return it.

• The Fourth Raikage launched a lethal attack on Ye Liangnai, who blocked his punch and cut through his Lightning Strike Armor with his sword.
• Ye Liangnai blasted the Raikage through walls with Lightning Release: Raging Thunder Tiger and pierced his shoulder with Water Release: Water Severing Wave.
• Killer B restrained the Raikage and reminded him that he had come to negotiate peace and could not defeat Ye Liangnai.
• The Raikage accused Ye Liangnai of hiring the Akatsuki Organization to attack Kumogakure, and Ye Liangnai mocked him and told him to seek revenge on the Akatsuki instead.
• The Raikage demanded that the Third Hokage answer for Orochimaru taking Cloud Ninja corpses, and the Third Hokage said the matter would be handled if Orochimaru was found.
• The Third Hokage demanded an explanation about Kakashi's Sharingan, but Ye Liangnai refused to return it and said their earlier deal was settled.

Mei Terumi led the Five Kage Summit through heated negotiations over a new world order, while the Raikage refused to ally with the other villages and demanded answers from Rasa about Sasori. Two days later, the leaders established a new order that strengthened Kirigakure and formally divided political, economic, and military authority between the feudal lords and the ninja villages.

• Ōnoki and Rasa challenged Mei Terumi’s negotiating stance, while Ye Liangnai mocked them and the Raikage refused to join forces with the other Kage.
• The Raikage demanded that Rasa explain why Sasori of the Red Sands had taken Cloud Ninja corpses.
• Mei Terumi presented her proposal to the Kage and feudal lords, who rejected it and argued over the division of benefits.
• After two days of negotiations, the summit established a new world order and awarded Kirigakure territory and interests ceded by Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure.
• The five great nations and ninja villages agreed to govern their economic and military affairs separately, and the new order became known as the Miracle of the New Era.
• The ninja world began changing rapidly after the summit, and would-be schemers held back while those who had gained power expanded their influence.

After the Five Kage Summit’s Joint Agreement restricted ninja from seizing power and required them to serve employers responsibly, Kirigakure settled into a new era. Ye Liangnai traveled to the Land of Rice Fields to meet Orochimaru about Wood Release research, but Guren challenged him before he could reach Orochimaru’s base.

• Mei Terumi worried that studying Wood Release and transplanting a Sharingan into Kimimaro could be dangerous, while Ye Liangnai said he would first cure Kimimaro’s bloodline disease.
• Kirigakure sent Ringo Ameyuri and Kimimaro Kaguya to the hospital and searched for the medicines they needed.
• After learning Orochimaru had left the Akatsuki Organization and established Otogakure, Ye Liangnai decided to visit him to exchange techniques.
• Ye Liangnai traveled through the impoverished Land of Rice Fields and reached the area near Orochimaru’s base.
• Guren stopped Ye Liangnai and demanded that he prove his strength before she would let him see Lord Orochimaru.

Ye Liangnai confronted Orochimaru and extorted his Wood Release research materials in exchange for prisoners and keeping his location secret. After Ye Liangnai left, Orochimaru ordered his base relocated, while rumors linked Ye Liangnai’s visit to the newly established Otogakure and Kirigakure.

• Ye Liangnai appeared behind Guren, confronted Orochimaru, and said he had come to discuss a deal.
• Ye Liangnai offered Orochimaru a hundred death-row prisoners and secrecy in exchange for his Wood Release research materials, threatening to expose his location if he refused.
• Orochimaru agreed and handed Ye Liangnai a scroll containing his research, which Ye Liangnai verified before leaving.
• Orochimaru immediately ordered his subordinates to relocate the base because he did not trust Ye Liangnai to keep his word.
• People speculated that Kirigakure secretly supported Otogakure, and Ye Liangnai let the rumor stand as cover for his visit.

Ye Liangnai was ambushed by Masai and his two brothers, who tried to poison and control him as part of a plan to infiltrate Kirigakure. After they appeared to kill him, Ye Liangnai revealed that the pierced body was only a water clone and confronted them unharmed.

• Masai and eleven strange companions ambushed Ye Liangnai, but he easily broke through their first attacks.
• Masai and the others turned themselves into poisonous mist, while his brothers attacked Ye Liangnai with barbed sea tentacles.
• Masai poisoned Ye Liangnai and temporarily restricted his movement, then ordered his brothers to pierce him with their attacks.
• Masai revealed his Dagger Plan to use Ye Liangnai as a vessel to spread poison through Kirigakure and eventually conquer the ninja world.
• Ye Liangnai's voice came from behind Masai, and he revealed that the body they had pierced was a water clone.

Ye Liangnai defeated Masai and his two brothers, then returned to Kirigakure and resumed his duties. After several developments elsewhere in the ninja world, the Medical Research Team told him they could not understand the Wood Release research materials.

• Ye Liangnai overwhelmed Masai and his brothers with lightning and water techniques, sealed Masai, and killed all three.
• Ye Liangnai brought the brothers' heads to Kirigakure's Intelligence Department and gave Orochimaru a hundred death-row prisoners through his Water Clone.
• Ye Liangnai handed Orochimaru's Wood Release research materials to Kirigakure's Medical Research Team, then returned to Anbu work.
• Itachi joined the Akatsuki Organization, Kumogakure placed a bounty on its members, Sasori massacred the Land of Paint, and Sky Ninja Village attacked Konoha before being defeated.
• Six members of the Medical Research Team approached Ye Liangnai and admitted they could not understand the Wood Release materials.

Ye Liangnai’s Wood Release research stalled because Kirigakure’s medical team could not understand the materials, so he considered seeking help from Shennong before realizing the system could enhance intelligence. After arranging intelligence upgrades for the researchers, he received a report that left him stunned and convinced he had found a treasure.

• Ye Liangnai disbanded the six-member special medical squad and suspended Wood Release research after its members admitted they could not understand the materials.
• Ye Liangnai considered asking Shennong for help but worried that the ambitious researcher would be difficult to control.
• Ye Liangnai asked the system about intelligence enhancement and learned it could raise people through four levels, with Orochimaru at the peak.
• Ye Liangnai decided to raise the six researchers to advanced intelligence and Ruri to peak intelligence, at a cost of 1.6 million Enhancement Points.
• An Anbu delivered an Intelligence Department report, and Ye Liangnai exclaimed that he had found a treasure.

Ye Liangnai ordered an investigation into Ting Country’s plans and later learned that the Fourth Raikage had destroyed the country after its attacks caused heavy casualties. While taking a break in Kirigakure, he overheard people arguing about Kirigakure’s second-place finish in a medical competition and the Poison Arts Compendium that had helped secure it.

• Ye Liangnai sent Tenshin and a team to investigate Ting Country, authorized them to act if they found a threat, and forwarded Masai’s Poison Arts Compendium to the Mizukage.
• A kind-faced man in the Land of Water resolved to strengthen Zero-Tails further and pursue his ambition to rule the ninja world.
• More than half a year later, Tenshin reported that the Fourth Raikage had wiped out Ting Country after its people devastated parts of the Land of Lightning and poisoned five hundred Cloud Ninja.
• Ye Liangnai learned that Ting Country had also stirred unrest in several other countries, then reflected that hidden powers in the ninja world required vigilance.
• Ye Liangnai changed his face and visited a barbecue restaurant, where he heard patrons argue over Kirigakure’s second-place finish in a medical competition and the Land of Whirlpools’ claim that the Poison Arts Compendium had made the difference.

Ye Liangnai investigated Shennong after learning he was aiding a powerful rebel faction in the Land of Water, while also warning Mei Terumi about growing personality worship. He resolved to stop Shennong’s plans as Kirigakure celebrated the Medical Department’s success and prepared to expand it.

• At a restaurant, Ye Liangnai was pressured into joining cheers for himself and worried that his growing cult of personality could lead to factionalism and suppressed dissent.
• After hearing that Shennong had arrived in the Land of Water, Ye Liangnai returned to the Anbu and ordered an investigation.
• An Anbu report revealed that Shennong was helping a rebel faction grow powerful and conduct research that could overturn the ninja world.
• Ye Liangnai dismissed the Anbu member and resolved to stop Shennong and prevent chaos in the Land of Water.
• Ye Liangnai told Mei Terumi to regulate the personality worship around him, and she praised his leadership and discussed the Medical Department’s success and expansion.

Ye Liangnai told Mei Terumi that Shennong, the leader of Sky Ninja Village, had allied with Land of Water rebels and laid out a plan to capture him. Shennong was revealed to be experimenting on children, and after one test subject died, he returned to the children waiting outside with a kindly face.

• Ye Liangnai warned Mei Terumi not to joke about undermining the Mizukage and said he still had to oversee Kirigakure and the Land of Water court.
• Ye Liangnai revealed that Shennong led Sky Ninja Village and had joined forces with rebel factions in the Land of Water.
• Ye Liangnai planned to lure Shennong out under the pretext of treating an incurable disease, capture him, and use any rescue attempt to locate his followers.
• Shennong's experiment caused a child named Xiao Yue to wither and die, and Shennong crushed the child's neck when he complained.
• Shennong disposed of the body, put on a benevolent expression, and was greeted by the children waiting in the play hall.

Shennong secretly used orphaned children for Live Experiments and adults for Toxin Cultivation while posing as a benevolent doctor. After a tall man demanded progress on Human Weapon research, Shennong tested his black toxin on a sick patient and left the man believing he had been cured.

• Shennong gave candies to children at his orphanage while planning to use them as subjects for Live Experiments.
• Shennong reflected that Ye Liangnai’s orphanage system had made it easy to obtain children for his research and that his healer’s reputation concealed his experiments.
• A tall man confronted Shennong about the failed Human Weapon research, and Shennong promised his plan would ensure Ye Liangnai fell into their hands.
• A sick man came to Shennong for help, and Shennong blamed him for breaking the medicine’s rules before taking him to the operating room.
• Shennong restrained the man, injected black liquid into his body, and stitched him up after the toxin appeared to restore his strength.
• The man thanked Shennong for curing him, unaware that Shennong had used him in a Toxin Cultivation experiment.

Shennong manipulated patients into worshipping him while secretly cultivating toxins, then faced a young man who accused him of causing severe harm. The crowd attacked the accuser, but Shennong intervened and let him leave, further winning their admiration.

• Shennong thought about using the crowd's gratitude to shield himself from Ye Liangnai, then coaxed Kotaro into helping him with something.
• A young man accused Shennong of worsening his health and putting his life in danger, but the crowd dismissed his claims and defended Shennong.
• A man from the orphanage rallied the crowd against the young man, who was seized and punched when he tried to leave.
• Shennong came outside, ordered the crowd to release the young man, and warned them to act more rationally.
• Shennong apologized to the young man and offered to examine him, but the man declined and left while the crowd continued praising Shennong.

Shennong murdered a curious girl and sent a creature to kill a man whose body contained a worm, while boasting of his plans to seize control of the Land of Water and the ninja world. A young man arrived at the orphanage asking for Shennong’s help, and Shennong questioned his subordinate about the visitor.

• Shennong killed the little girl after she discovered the corpses and organs in his laboratory.
• Shennong raged about Ye Liangnai and the Five Great Countries, vowing to take control of the Land of Water and rule the ninja world.
• Shennong ordered a humanoid creature to remove a black worm from the man who had demanded an explanation, and the creature beheaded him.
• A young man arrived at the orphanage, claiming his companion had a strange illness and asking to see Shennong.
• Shennong asked his Sky Ninja Village subordinate about the young man’s background and how many people had come with him.

Shennong suspected that the people who came to invite him to treat an illness were targeting his secret research, but public pressure forced him to leave Suchen Town. As he was escorted across the water, Ye Liangnai ordered the court to crush the rebels and looked forward to meeting him.

• A man in black warned Shennong that four suspicious strangers had arrived, so Shennong gave him a scroll of contingency instructions before going outside.
• A young man begged Shennong to treat an unconscious companion, while townspeople urged him to accept and the visitors arranged a carriage and care for the orphanage.
• Shennong suspected the invitation was a ploy to draw him away from his base, so he publicly asked whether he could return within a week before boarding the carriage.
• After Shennong left Suchen Town, Ye Liangnai ordered the Minister of War to close the net on the rebel forces and said he looked forward to meeting Shennong.
• On a warship, Shennong challenged the four men guarding him and recognized that their aura seemed more like that of people from Kirigakure.

Shennong was brought to Kirigakure to examine Ringo Ameyuri and Kimimaro Kaguya, discovering that Ringo’s condition could be treated only with an extinct herb. He began examining Kimimaro while Ye Liangnai silently planned to search for the Blood Sun Flower.

• Shennong realized his escorts had brought him to Kirigakure, where the Fourth Mizukage and Ye Liangnai welcomed him.
• Ye Liangnai explained that Ringo Ameyuri was the patient, and Shennong examined her with the Floating Pulse Technique.
• Shennong diagnosed Ringo’s birth defect and said the treatment required the extinct Blood Sun Flower, leaving Ringo resigned to her fate.
• Ye Liangnai asked Shennong to examine Kimimaro Kaguya as well, and Shennong agreed after asking whether he could leave afterward.
• Shennong’s meridian diagram showed crimson spots across Kimimaro’s body, indicating a condition more severe than Ringo’s.