Chapter Summaries

Ye Liangnai escaped Kumogakure with Yugito by misleading the pursuing Cloud Ninja, then headed by ship toward Kirigakure, intent on confronting Yuan Long and Obito Uchiha. Hearing rumors of a feared pair of killers near the Land of Water, he suspected they might be Kimimaro and Haku.

• Ye Liangnai threw the Fourth Raikage aside, grabbed Yugito, and fled while the Cloud Ninja launched a pursuit.
• Mabui kept Killer B under guard as the injured Fourth Raikage remained behind to break Ye Liangnai's seal.
• Ye Liangnai used false tracks and a concealment array to evade the Cloud Ninja, then escaped with Yugito when some pursuers returned.
• At a border port, Ye Liangnai boarded a ship for Kirigakure and vowed to face Yuan Long and Obito Uchiha.
• After hearing about the Cold-Blooded Killers Duo, Ye Liangnai wondered whether the pair were Kimimaro and Haku and considered them potential allies.

Ye Liangnai and Yugito encountered the Cold Duo’s ship and confronted its masked occupants, including Kimimaro Kaguya. Ye Liangnai and Yugito overwhelmed the pair in battle, leaving Kimimaro smashed into the deck.

• Yugito and Ye Liangnai waited for the Cold Duo, then spotted their ship approaching.
• Pirates boarded Ye Liangnai’s ship and tried to rob him and Yugito, but the masked pair ordered the lackeys to move on.
• Ye Liangnai refused to hand over his money and dodged Kimimaro Kaguya’s attacks without being hurt.
• Kimimaro Kaguya used Ten Finger Bullet and Pine Dance, but Ye Liangnai countered with his blade and blasted him away.
• Yugito stopped the feminine-masked fighter from helping, while Ye Liangnai struck Kimimaro Kaguya and drove him into the deck.

Ye Liangnai defeated Kimimaro Kaguya and revealed his identity, then reunited with Haku and Yugito. After Haku reported a rebellion in Kirigakure, Ye Liangnai feared Mei Terumi was leading it and asked whether her name was Mei Terumi.

• Ye Liangnai overwhelmed Kimimaro Kaguya with his sword and lightning, then stopped short of killing him.
• Ye Liangnai revealed his true face to Kimimaro, who pledged to serve him and agreed that the time had come for a major move.
• Ye Liangnai told Yugito to stop fighting and revealed himself to Haku, who asked whether he was ready for the coming battle.
• Yuki Haku reported that Kirigakure's Grand Elder and the Third Mizukage had confronted a rebel force led by a woman.
• Ye Liangnai worried Mei Terumi was leading the rebellion and asked Haku whether the rebel leader's name was Mei Terumi.

Ye Liangnai learned that Mei Terumi had begun fighting Yagura for control of Kirigakure and raced back with Yugito’s Chakra. In Kirigakure, Mei Terumi and her allies battled Yagura’s forces while Kisame Hoshigaki confronted Suikazan Fuguki.

• Yuki Haku told Ye Liangnai that his ship could reach Kirigakure in half a day if it had enough Chakra, and Yugito agreed to lend him half of hers.
• Kimimaro Kaguya’s crew set sail, with Ye Liangnai feeding Chakra into the ship’s engine as it sped toward Kirigakure.
• Elder Genryu urged Mei Terumi to surrender, but she refused and Yagura attacked her with his hooked staff.
• Mei Terumi defended herself with Water Style techniques, and her clash with Yagura’s Great Waterfall Technique sent a powerful shockwave across the battlefield.
• Kisame Hoshigaki confronted Suikazan Fuguki over his betrayal and attacked him with Water Style: Water Wave.

Kisame Hoshigaki fought Suikazan Fuguki for Samehada while Juzo Biwa and Hozuki Suigetsu battled Raiga Kurosuki. The chapter left Juzo and Raiga both injured after their attacks collided, with Raiga weakened and Hozuki Suigetsu incapacitated.

• Kisame Hoshigaki clashed with Suikazan Fuguki, whose extended Samehada spikes forced Kisame to retreat.
• Juzo Biwa told Raiga Kurosuki he had sided with Mei Terumi, then attacked him from within the Hidden Mist Technique alongside Hozuki Suigetsu.
• Raiga Kurosuki endured Juzo Biwa's water attacks with Lightning Armor, but Juzo and Hozuki struck him and left him vomiting blood.
• Raiga Kurosuki unleashed Lightning Banquet across the ground, incapacitating Hozuki Suigetsu while Juzo escaped by using a Water Clone.
• Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki struck each other with a slash and Lightning Ball, sending both flying as Raiga vomited blood again.

Zabuza rebelled against Yagura and defeated Jonin Konamura in battle, strengthening Mei Terumi’s side. Yagura unleashed the Three-Tails’ power against Mei Terumi and struck her with a Light Cannon, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Zabuza declared his support for Mei Terumi and fought Konamura, using the Hidden Mist Technique to block the sensory ninja’s detection.
• Zabuza outmaneuvered Konamura with water techniques and trapped him in a Water Prison Technique.
• Mei Terumi’s forces gained morale after Zabuza defeated Konamura, while Yagura warned her not to celebrate.
• Yagura used the Three-Tails’ power to pursue Mei Terumi, then transformed into a three-tailed monster and attacked her with a Light Cannon.
• The Light Cannon swallowed Mei Terumi and blasted the distant ground, sending nearby fighters flying.

Yagura overwhelmed Mei Terumi and nearly killed her, but the Anbu commander intervened and used a life-consuming sealing technique to suppress Yagura’s Tailed Beast power. The commander’s sacrifice left Yagura writhing in agony as both sides watched in shock.

• Yagura blasted Zabuza aside and pursued him until Mei Terumi attacked with Lava Release.
• Yagura evaded Mei Terumi’s Water Release techniques, struck her with Coral Palm, and sealed her body in coral.
• Yagura prepared to kill Mei Terumi as Yuan Long urged her followers to surrender.
• The Anbu commander took Yagura’s attack in Mei Terumi’s place and urged her to keep fighting for Kirigakure.
• The Anbu commander used Sealing Jutsu: Flowing Soul Technique, suppressing Yagura’s Tailed Beast power and causing him severe pain.

Ye Liangnai hurried toward Kirigakure to save his sister while Mei Terumi tried to stop the Anbu minister from completing Flowing Soul Sealing Jutsu. Yagura summoned Utakata in his Six-Tails form, who overwhelmed Mei Terumi as the battle escalated.

• Ye Liangnai grew anxious about his sister, but Yugito urged him to calm down and conserve his Chakra as they traveled toward Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi freed herself and used Boiling Release: Skilled Mist Technique against the Anbu minister, who welcomed the chance to die alongside Yagura.
• Yagura called on Utakata, and the Six-Tails struck Mei Terumi before she could evade.
• The Six-Tails repeatedly attacked Mei Terumi, forcing her to use clones and ninjutsu to avoid its blows and Void Dog Cannon.
• Mei Terumi countered with Lava Release: Lava Globs, and the attack collided with the Six-Tails' Void Dog Cannon in a violent blast.

Mei Terumi ordered a retreat after Yagura killed the Anbu commander and turned the battle against her forces. Kisame Hoshigaki unleashed massive water techniques to cover their escape, but Yagura transformed into Isobu and pursued them through the flood.

• Yagura killed the Anbu commander and advanced on Mei Terumi, prompting cheers from his forces and alarm among hers.
• Obito Uchiha watched from the shadows as Zetsu speculated about who had tricked Kakuzu and asked about Kumogakure and Ye Liangnai.
• Mei Terumi ordered her forces to retreat and stayed behind to cover their escape while taunting Yagura.
• Kisame Hoshigaki used Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave to flood the battlefield and stop Yagura's forces from pursuing immediately.
• Yagura transformed into Isobu, rode the currents to catch up with Mei Terumi's group, and faced Kisame Hoshigaki's Great Shark Bullet Technique.

Mei Terumi and her allies fought through Kirigakure to escape Yagura, but he pursued them relentlessly. After they broke through the village blockade and boarded a warship, Yagura caught up and captured them.

• Yagura’s Void Dog Cannon strengthened Kisame Hoshigaki’s shark, which attacked Yagura and gave Mei Terumi and Kisame a chance to retreat.
• Tobi warped Yagura and the shark behind Mei Terumi’s group, but Kisame’s Rain Shark Dance wounded Yagura and Mei’s Water Dragon Whip devastated the pursuing Mist Ninja.
• Mei Terumi led her allies through Kirigakure as some Mist Ninja joined their resistance against Yagura and the Bloody Mist Village system.
• After an hour, Mei Terumi and her people broke through the village blockade and boarded a warship, but Yagura pursued them.
• Several hours later, Yagura caught Mei Terumi and her allies, and despair returned.

Mei Terumi’s exhausted faction faced defeat as Yagura attacked, and two of her followers betrayed her by stabbing her in the chest. Just as Yagura moved to kill her, a powerful voice rang out and a massive bolt of lightning struck him.

• Yuan Long tried to persuade Mei Terumi’s followers to surrender, but Mei urged them to keep fighting.
• Yagura overwhelmed Mei Terumi’s Water Wall with Water Dragon Breakthrough and sent her flying.
• Two of Mei Terumi’s followers stabbed her and declared that they were surrendering.
• Zabuza and Juzo Biwa tried to stop Yagura, but Raiga Kurosuki and Suikazan Fuguki blocked them.
• As Yagura moved to kill Mei Terumi, a voice shouted at him from the sky and Thunder Array struck him with lightning.

Ye Liangnai returned to the battle at sea, badly injuring Yagura and revealing himself to Yuan Long before killing the two men who had attacked Mei Terumi. He reunited with Mei Terumi and prepared to face Suikazan Fuguki, who stepped forward to fight him.

• Ye Liangnai's lightning struck Yagura and forced him out of Tailed Beast Mode, leaving him severely injured.
• Ye Liangnai appeared before Mei Terumi, and Yuan Long recognized him as the missing Ye Liangnai.
• Ye Liangnai killed the two Special Jonin who had pierced Mei Terumi, then helped his sister to her feet.
• Ye Liangnai told Mei Terumi to recover while he faced their enemies, and Yagura sent Suikazan Fuguki to test him.
• Ye Liangnai accepted Suikazan Fuguki's challenge and said he wanted his great sword.

Ye Liangnai killed Suikazan Fuguki in two moves, then faced Yagura as the Mizukage entered Tailed Beast Transformation. Ye Liangnai severed Yagura’s arm and wounded him, but Yagura continued attacking at close range.

• Suikazan Fuguki charged Ye Liangnai, but Ye Liangnai’s Flash Erasure cut open his chest.
• Ye Liangnai used Genjutsu: Mind Numb Technique to disrupt Suikazan Fuguki’s Chakra until it exploded, killing him and leaving Ye Liangnai with Samehada.
• Yagura entered Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Ye Liangnai, who cut off Yagura’s arm.
• Ye Liangnai struck Yagura’s chest with Lightning Release and Water Release attacks, interrupting his Void Dog Cannon before dodging the blast.
• Yagura swept his claw at Ye Liangnai as soon as he reappeared, certain his strike would land.

Ye Liangnai defeated and captured Yagura after sealing away the Three-Tails’ power, leaving Elder Genryu’s forces shaken. With Yagura in Mei Terumi’s custody, Ye Liangnai challenged the remaining opposition to try to take him back.

• Ye Liangnai blocked Yagura’s sneak attack and drove him back with a sword strike.
• Ye Liangnai unleashed Lightning Release techniques that struck Yagura and hurled him into the sea.
• Yagura seized Ye Liangnai underwater, but Ye Liangnai used a sealing jutsu to suppress the Tailed Beast power in Yagura’s arm.
• Ye Liangnai struck Yagura with lightning again, seized him, and emerged from the sea with Yagura near death.
• Ye Liangnai knocked Yagura unconscious, handed him to Mei Terumi to be sealed, and taunted Elder Genryu’s forces to try to reclaim him.

Ye Liangnai used the Hidden Mist Technique and a legion of Water Clones to confront the Mist Ninja army. He forced Utakata out of the mist while the enemy tried to reach Mei Terumi, whose allies moved to protect her.

• Yuan Long ordered Utakata and Raiga Kurosuki to lead the attack, while Mei Terumi and her allies offered to fight alongside Ye Liangnai.
• Ye Liangnai asked Zabuza to join him in a two-man assault and began forming the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Ye Liangnai’s dense mist concealed both sight and sound, and Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning attack vanished without revealing his location.
• Ye Liangnai created twenty-four powerful Water Clones, left one to maintain the mist, and sent the others to assassinate the Mist Ninja.
• Ye Liangnai targeted Utakata and forced the Six-Tails Jinchuriki out of the mist with repeated sword strikes.
• Elder Genryu ordered the Mist Ninja to bypass Ye Liangnai and reclaim the Mizukage, but Mei Terumi’s allies blocked their way.

Yugito arrived to help Ye Liangnai, who denied Yuan Long’s accusations that he had allied with Kumogakure. As Yugito fought Utakata and Ye Liangnai confronted Mei Terumi, Kimimaro Kaguya and Yuki Haku joined the battle, and Haku trapped hundreds of Mist Ninja in a vast Crystal Ice Mirror Technique.

• Yugito arrived by warship, and Yuan Long accused Ye Liangnai of betraying Kirigakure by joining forces with Kumogakure.
• Ye Liangnai rejected the accusation, and Yugito declared that she had left Kumogakure and brought no reinforcements.
• Yugito transformed and attacked Utakata, while Ye Liangnai charged toward Mei Terumi.
• Kimimaro Kaguya and Yuki Haku arrived to support Ye Liangnai as Yuan Long ordered nearly all his Mist Ninja to attack.
• Ye Liangnai directed Haku to use the Crystal Ice Mirror Technique, trapping around five or six hundred Mist Ninja inside a huge field of ice mirrors.

Ye Liangnai used a genjutsu to immobilize more than five hundred Mist Ninja, then slaughtered them while Zabuza killed more than a thousand in the mist. Their losses sent Yuan Long's side into panic and strengthened Mei Terumi's forces, but Yuan Long refused to surrender and insisted his side could still fight.

• Ye Liangnai used the reflected light from Yuki Haku's ice mirrors to cast a genjutsu that disrupted the Mist Ninja's Chakra and left them unable to move.
• Ye Liangnai told Yuki Haku to release the ice mirrors, then killed the genjutsu-bound Mist Ninja in about a minute.
• Ye Liangnai released the Mist Concealment Technique, revealing a sea of corpses and Zabuza standing alone amid the slaughter.
• Yuan Long's forces panicked at their losses while Mei Terumi's forces celebrated, and Mei Terumi sent Ao to help Ye Liangnai.
• Ye Liangnai demanded that the remaining Mist Ninja surrender, but Yuan Long refused and claimed his side still had thousands of fighters.

Ye Liangnai and Ao persuaded many Mist Ninja to abandon Yuan Long, then Ye Liangnai ordered the remaining loyalists killed. After slaying Raiga Kurosuki and refusing the survivors’ late surrender, Ye Liangnai left the defectors fearing that even Mei Terumi might not be able to restrain him.

• Ye Liangnai urged the Mist Ninja to surrender and support Mei Terumi’s plan for a peaceful New Kirigakure, while Ao attacked Yuan Long to silence him.
• Ao appealed to the Mist Ninja to end the Bloody Mist Village’s oppressive policies, persuading many to defect and leave only a little over a hundred loyalists with Yuan Long.
• Ye Liangnai ordered Zabuza, Juzo Biwa, Kisame Hoshigaki, Hozuki Suigetsu, Ringo Ameyuri, Shima Isshin, and Kimimaro to kill the remaining loyalists.
• Raiga Kurosuki attacked Ye Liangnai with lightning, but Ye Liangnai killed him with a single strike and then ran his sword through his heart.
• Ye Liangnai’s group cut down the loyalists, refusing to accept their surrender after they had rejected his earlier offer.
• The Mist Ninja who had defected felt relieved but feared Ye Liangnai might eventually turn against them, hoping Mei Terumi could restrain him.

After Kirigakure’s conflict ended, Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage and the village entered a more peaceful, open era. Ye Liangnai failed to catch Tobi, who returned to the Akatsuki and turned his attention toward Konoha and Itachi Uchiha.

• Yugito defeated Utakata in their Jinchuriki battle, and Ye Liangnai said he wanted to recruit Utakata for Kirigakure.
• Yugito realized the Ye Liangnai who had been with her was a Water Clone as his true body pursued Tobi.
• Tobi escaped Ye Liangnai, then returned with Zetsu to the Akatsuki and discussed recruiting more members and targeting Konoha.
• Tobi decided to make Konoha’s growing turmoil worse and considered recruiting Itachi Uchiha.
• The war in Kirigakure ended, the Bloody Mist era came to a close, and Mei Terumi took office as the Fifth Mizukage.

Mei Terumi struggled to lead Kirigakure while wounded as Ye Liangnai secured the surrender of its forces and dealt with prisoners. Utakata agreed to serve in the Intelligence Department, while Ye Liangnai confronted Yagura and left his fate unresolved.

• Mei Terumi continued working through Kirigakure’s affairs despite her injuries and the overwhelming workload.
• Ye Liangnai reassured the surrendered Mist Ninja and told Kisame Hoshigaki that he would wield Samehada and that Kirigakure would restore the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Ye Liangnai offered Utakata a squad captain position in the Intelligence Department, and Utakata accepted.
• Ye Liangnai confronted Yagura in prison and asked whether he should kill him; Yagura accepted his defeat and urged Ye Liangnai to do it.
• Ye Liangnai remained silent and did not kill Yagura.