Chapter Summaries

Ye Liangnai visited Mei Terumi to discuss rebuilding the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and received a promotion to jonin. After proposing five young candidates, he agreed to protect Kirigakure from nearby villages and revealed how formidable he was to Mei Terumi.

• Ye Liangnai asked Mei Terumi to replenish the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and she gave him a candidate form, jonin clothes, and his promotion documents.
• Ye Liangnai listed Momochi Zabuza, Yuki Haku, Ringo Ameyuri, Hozuki Suigetsu, and Jurota as candidates for the ninja swords.
• Mei Terumi approved the proposal but noted that the young candidates would need time and strength to earn the village's acceptance.
• Mei Terumi asked Ye Liangnai to deter nearby villages that threatened Kirigakure, and he agreed to handle them.
• Mei Terumi questioned Ye Liangnai about taking the Two-Tails Jinchuriki from Kumogakure, and he claimed few people in the ninja world could challenge him.

Ye Liangnai told Mei Terumi he would handle Kumogakure’s threat to take the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, then offered a way to solve Kirigakure’s financial crisis. He revealed he had kept the Nako Stone and demonstrated a Water Clone with extraordinary strength, leaving Mei Terumi shocked by its power.

• Mei Terumi told Ye Liangnai that Kirigakure faced a financial crisis and had accepted the Land of Water daimyo’s demand for triple interest on emergency aid.
• Ye Liangnai said he had a solution and revealed that he possessed the Nako Stone, which he had secretly kept by deceiving Kakuzu and disguising himself as others.
• Mei Terumi questioned how Ye Liangnai had managed the deception and asked him to show her his technique.
• Ye Liangnai created a Water Clone on the Mizukage Building’s rooftop training ground, and Mei Terumi initially sensed no difference from an ordinary clone.
• The Water Clone unleashed powerful lightning and water techniques, forcing Mei Terumi to dodge and defend herself with a Water Wall.

Ye Liangnai demonstrated the Water Clone’s unusual strength and abilities to Mei Terumi, then offered to manage treasure from Nako Stone to help Kirigakure’s finances. Their plans were interrupted when Kumogakure threatened war unless Kirigakure handed over the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, leaving Mei Terumi to weigh the danger of resisting.

• Ye Liangnai’s Water Clone struck Mei Terumi with Lightning Release: Thunder Array, and he revealed that it possessed thirty percent of his strength and could use his techniques.
• The Water Clone used the Water Transformation Technique to evade Mei Terumi’s Lava Release, then trapped her with Illusion Technique: Binding and switched places with Ye Liangnai’s original body.
• Ye Liangnai told Mei Terumi that the map on Nako Stone led to a real treasure trove and volunteered to handle surveying and trading its contents for Kirigakure.
• An Anbu messenger reported that the Fourth Raikage demanded Kirigakure hand over the Two-Tails Jinchuriki or face an invasion by fifteen thousand troops.
• Mei Terumi worried that Kirigakure’s forces were outnumbered, while Ye Liangnai argued that Kirigakure’s powerful fighters and Jinchuriki could deter Kumogakure.

Mei Terumi refused the Fourth Raikage’s demand to return the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and Ye Liangnai assured her that Kirigakure could resist Kumogakure. As the ninja world watched the looming conflict, the Land of Waves decided to ally with Kirigakure rather than risk becoming a battlefield.

• Ye Liangnai told Mei Terumi that Kirigakure could fight Kumogakure and suggested releasing Yagura as a last resort.
• Mei Terumi ordered an Anbu to tell the Fourth Raikage that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki had defected and would not be returned unless Kumogakure took her by force.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ōnoki of Both Scales, and Sunagakure’s leaders considered the growing conflict and watched Kirigakure’s response.
• The Land of Waves feared becoming a battlefield between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water.
• The Land of Waves’ ministers urged an alliance with Kirigakure, and the Daimyo approved the plan.

As the Ninja World neared war, Kirigakure prepared a secret mission while Ye Liangnai used a forbidden jutsu to control Yagura. After Kirigakure refused to return Yugito, the Fourth Raikage mobilized Kumogakure’s army to attack.

• The Land of Rainbows’ ambitious Daimyo hoped to exploit the coming wars and make his country the sixth great nation.
• Ye Liangnai assigned Zabuza to lead a future confidential mission with Hozuki Suigetsu, Ringo Ameyuri, Kimimaro Kaguya, Yuki Haku, and Tian Jia’s team.
• Ye Liangnai took the Soul Control scroll, trained with the forbidden jutsu, and used it on Yagura for five minutes.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to march after Kirigakure refused to return Yugito, and he called on Killer B to fight alongside him.
• Darui and Tenshin anticipated their coming battle with Ye Liangnai.

Ye Liangnai helped Mei Terumi and Hama Goro organize Kirigakure and Wave Ninja Village into the Shinobi Alliance to face Kumogakure. The alliance moved to defend the Land of Waves as Kumogakure’s army advanced, surprising neighboring nations.

• Dou Lang reflected on Ye Liangnai’s apparent betrayal as fifteen thousand Kumogakure troops marched toward the Land of Water.
• Mei Terumi met Hama Goro and agreed that Kirigakure and Wave Ninja Village would cooperate against Kumogakure through joint operations with some integration.
• Ye Liangnai proposed naming the force the Shinobi Alliance and arranged its combat, medical, intelligence, and logistics units and commanders.
• The allied forces headed toward the Land of Waves to fight Kumogakure there while protecting the country and securing their supply lines.
• Kumogakure crossed the ocean toward the Land of Waves, and its commanders ordered scouts and surprise attack forces to watch for Kirigakure reconnaissance.
• The Fourth Raikage and other leaders of nearby small nations were astonished that Wave Ninja Village had joined the war.

Ye Liangnai used his Enhancement Points to raise Mei Terumi’s attributes and ninjutsu, then sparred with her at the allied army base. Their fight left the watching Wave Ninja stunned as Mei unleashed a powerful Water Dragon Bullet at Ye Liangnai.

• Other small nations mocked Wave Ninja Village for joining Kirigakure against Kumogakure, while the leader of Rainbow Country Colored Ninja Village planned to exploit the conflict.
• Ye Liangnai spent Enhancement Points to raise Mei Terumi’s strength and speed and enhance four of her techniques to S-rank.
• Mei Terumi tested her improved strength against Ye Liangnai at the allied army base, cutting him off with Hidden Mist Technique and then Boiling Release: Skilled Mist Technique.
• Mei Terumi attacked with Giant Vortex Water Release, but Ye Liangnai blocked it with Water Release: Water Wall and countered with Lightning Release: Thunder Ball.
• Mei Terumi evaded Ye Liangnai’s kick with a Water Clone and launched Water Dragon Bullet Technique as the Wave Ninja watched in amazement.

Ye Liangnai pressed Mei Terumi with a series of enhanced ninjutsu and sword attacks, while she used Water Clones and counterattacks to keep him at bay. The battle ended with Ye Liangnai’s blade at Mei Terumi’s neck after he outmaneuvered her final counterattack.

• Ye Liangnai launched rapid Water Bullet and Lightning Release attacks, but Mei Terumi dodged and escaped the lightning with a Water Clone.
• Mei Terumi defended against Ye Liangnai’s Sword Qi with a Water Wall, then used another Water Clone to evade as the barrier collapsed.
• Ye Liangnai anticipated where Mei Terumi would reappear and struck a Water Clone with lightning, but the real Mei Terumi attacked from behind and blocked his sword.
• Mei Terumi interrupted Ye Liangnai’s genjutsu with Water Wave and followed with Lava Release, then struck what appeared to be him with Giant Vortex Water Release.
• Ye Liangnai revealed that he had been a Water Clone, used its water bullet to disrupt Mei Terumi, and placed his sword at her neck.

Mei Terumi admitted defeat to Ye Liangnai after he dominated their spar, then prepared Kirigakure’s army for Kumogakure’s approaching forces. As Ye Liangnai led the Surprise Attack Squad to aid exposed scouts, the Fourth Raikage sent Feiyu and Dou Lang after them and drove his army toward the Land of Waves.

• Mei Terumi surrendered to Ye Liangnai and asked him to keep training with her so she could master her powers.
• The spectators praised Ye Liangnai’s strength, while Mei Terumi teased him after their three-hour battle.
• Ao reported that Kumogakure’s army had crossed Maru Island, and Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure’s nearly ten thousand allied troops to prepare and advance.
• Ye Liangnai split the fifty-member Surprise Attack Squad with Zabuza and led his group to support the reconnaissance unit.
• The Fourth Raikage learned Kirigakure’s scouts had exposed Kumogakure’s movements and ordered Feiyu and Dou Lang to pursue them.
• The scouts fled and called for help as the Fourth Raikage ordered his army to advance at full speed and defeat Kirigakure in one battle.

Ye Liangnai ambushed and wiped out Kumogakure’s scouting and assault squads in the Land of Waves while the Fourth Raikage sent Killer B and other elites to rescue them. The chapter ended with Zabuza’s forces standing by as Ye Liangnai finished the battle.

• Mabui told the Fourth Raikage that Ye Liangnai had confronted Kumogakure’s scouts, and he sent Sarui, Tenshin, and Killer B with five hundred elites to reinforce them.
• Ye Liangnai found Kumogakure’s scouting and assault squads and ordered the Mist Ninja to prevent them from escaping.
• The Mist Ninja’s Water Release and Lightning Release attacks struck many Cloud Ninja, while Zabuza’s Fire Release finished off those who evaded the lightning.
• Four Special Jonin attacked Ye Liangnai at once, but he used Flash Annihilation: Waltz to escape their encirclement and cut them down.
• Zabuza’s forces killed the four wounded attackers, then stayed back as Ye Liangnai slaughtered the remaining Cloud Ninja and wiped out both squads.

Ye Liangnai rescued Cangjian’s reconnaissance squad and led the retreat as Sarui’s Kumogakure forces arrived with Killer B. He then joined Mei Terumi and the Allied Forces at the front line, preparing for a direct confrontation with Kumogakure.

• Ye Liangnai and his squad followed an Allied Forces distress signal and met Cangjian, who warned that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and Kumogakure army were only five li away.
• Ye Liangnai ordered everyone to retreat, and Cangjian’s squad joined them as Kumogakure forces approached.
• Sarui chose not to pursue Ye Liangnai, ordered the bodies on the sea collected and buried, and heard Killer B compare Ye Liangnai’s threat to Minato Namikaze’s.
• Mei Terumi welcomed Ye Liangnai’s group back to base, then joined him in leading the Allied Forces toward the front line.
• Mei Terumi explained that their Water Clones would guard the rear while they faced the Raikage and Killer B.

Ye Liangnai led Kirigakure’s ambush against Kumogakure on Marutsu Island and faced the Fourth Raikage in battle. After Mei Terumi helped distract the Raikage, Ye Liangnai wounded him, but the fight continued.

• Kirigakure ambushed Kumogakure on Marutsu Island, killing more than a hundred Cloud Ninja before the Fourth Raikage and Killer B responded.
• Killer B fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Ye Liangnai blocked it with the Six Pillars Flame Formation before ordering Kirigakure’s squads to advance.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Ye Liangnai with Heavy Stone Bullet, but Ye Liangnai met his punch with his blade and held his ground.
• Mei Terumi sent Killer B flying with Water Dragon Bullet Technique while Ye Liangnai caught the Fourth Raikage in a genjutsu and slashed open his chest.
• The injured Fourth Raikage counterattacked with Violent Lightning Style, but Ye Liangnai evaded the strike and smiled at him.

Ye Liangnai appeared to be killed by a combined attack from the Fourth Raikage and Killer B, while Yugito refused to return to Kumogakure and fought the Raikage. The chapter ended with the Raikage charging Yugito as she evaded him and unleashed mouse-shaped flames.

• The Fourth Raikage's Chakra exploded after Ye Liangnai triggered the Nirvana Technique, leaving the Raikage badly wounded.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B struck Ye Liangnai with a Double Lariat, seemingly severing his head and killing him.
• Mei Terumi grieved over Ye Liangnai, while Zabuza, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Utakata insisted he would not fall so easily.
• The Fourth Raikage demanded that Yugito return to Kumogakure, but she declared she would stay in Kirigakure and live freely.
• The Fourth Raikage attacked Yugito, who entered her Tailed Beast Chakra form, dodged, and sent mouse-shaped flames at him.

Ye Liangnai intervened as Killer B and the Fourth Raikage threatened Yugito and Mei Terumi, then unleashed a vast lightning barrage against Killer B’s Eight-Tails form. The Eight-Tails emerged from the sea badly battered and missing a tentacle, carrying the gravely wounded Fourth Raikage.

• Yugito’s explosive attacks and Void Dog Cannon failed to stop the Fourth Raikage, while Killer B’s matching cannon helped him press his assault.
• Mei Terumi blocked the Fourth Raikage from striking Yugito, so he turned to attack Mei instead.
• Killer B overpowered Yugito and charged her with Headbutt Eight Slashes, but Ye Liangnai arrived and protected her with Lightning Pillar Wall.
• Ye Liangnai struck the Fourth Raikage with Thunder Array, sending him into the sea, and Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails to retaliate.
• Ye Liangnai summoned a relentless storm of lightning that engulfed the battlefield, and the Eight-Tails emerged from the sea carrying the heavily wounded Raikage, with one tentacle missing.

Killer B used the Eight-Tails to capture and seal Ye Liangnai, then rallied the Cloud Ninja for a counterattack. Mei Terumi organized the remaining Mist Ninja and their allies to meet the advancing forces.

• The Eight-Tails created a huge whirlpool that swept the combatants toward Killer B, then used the current to restrain Ye Liangnai.
• Killer B covered Ye Liangnai and nearby fighters with sealing ink, sealing Ye Liangnai and much of the Allied Forces before Mei Terumi and others washed the ink away in the sea.
• Killer B declared the Cloud Ninja’s counterattack after confirming that Ye Liangnai had been sealed.
• Mei Terumi rallied the Mist Ninja, assigning Kisame Hoshigaki, Zabuza, Juzo Biwa, Yugito, and Utakata to lead squads.
• Mei Terumi ordered Hozuki Suigetsu, Ringo Ameyuri, Yuki Haku, Kimimaro Kaguya, Jurota, and Shima Isshin to follow Tian Jia and intercept the Cloud Ninja.

Ye Liangnai reappeared after the Eight-Tails thought he had sealed him, then teamed up with Mei Terumi to trap and attack the Eight-Tails inside a barrier and Hidden Mist Technique. The battle continued in the mist, where the Eight-Tails was struck by a powerful blast.

• Mei Terumi agreed to face Killer B and the Eight-Tails with the Mist Anbu until Ye Liangnai suddenly appeared, revealing that the sealed figure had been a Water Clone.
• Ye Liangnai joined Mei Terumi and used Hidden Mist Technique, then trapped the Eight-Tails inside a Six Pillars Flame Formation barrier.
• Ye Liangnai created Water Clones to maintain the barrier and communicate with Mei Terumi, who prepared to attack with Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
• The Eight-Tails fired a Void Dog Cannon inside the barrier, but Ye Liangnai's mist concealed the explosion and blocked the Eight-Tails' perception.
• A powerful shockwave and intense heat struck the Eight-Tails, illuminating his vision.

Ye Liangnai trapped the Eight-Tails inside layered barriers and used mist to blind him while Mei Terumi attacked Killer B with Lava Release. After Killer B's Tailed Beast Bomb failed to break through the Six Pillars Flame Formation, he was left severely injured, and the Cloud Ninja realized he had been defeated.

• Ye Liangnai sealed the Eight-Tails inside a barrier and concealed him with the Mist Concealment Technique, then told Mei Terumi to deliver the decisive attack.
• Mei Terumi struck Killer B with Lava Globs, dissolving much of the Eight-Tails' body and driving him to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Ye Liangnai dispersed the mist and raised another barrier, blocking Killer B's Tailed Beast Bomb and containing its devastating explosion.
• The Six Pillars Flame Formation remained intact despite the blast, while the surrounding heat and storm battered the battlefield.
• The Cloud Ninja saw Killer B floating severely injured in the barrier and cried out that he had been defeated.

After surviving the Tailed Beast Bomb, Ye Liangnai pursued Killer B but turned to fight Kumogakure’s larger army when Dodai shielded Killer B and the Fourth Raikage. He battled through repeated ambushes and trapped the Cloud Ninja with an illusion before unleashing a massive lightning attack.

• Ye Liangnai survived the explosion but collapsed from Chakra exhaustion, while the Eight-Tails admitted defeat and Killer B escaped with the unconscious Fourth Raikage.
• Dodai wrapped Killer B and the Fourth Raikage in rubber to protect them, so Ye Liangnai charged into the Kumogakure army instead.
• Cloud Ninja attacked Ye Liangnai from every direction, but he dodged their strikes and used an Explosive Tag to kill a sword-wielding Anbu.
• Ye Liangnai hurled his blade through the Cloud Ninja ranks and used Illusion Technique: Binding to immobilize a group preparing to attack.
• Ye Liangnai unleashed Lightning Release: Gratitude Wave across the surrounding battlefield.

Ye Liangnai and Kirigakure’s fighters overwhelmed the Cloud Ninja, inflicting heavy casualties while Killer B recovered. The battle intensified when Killer B regained his strength and clashed with Ye Liangnai again.

• Cloud Ninja formed lightning defenses against Ye Liangnai, but his Sword Qi cut through them and killed hundreds.
• Zabuza and the others held Sarui’s group in place while Kisame Hoshigaki killed an Anbu squad captain with Samehada.
• Kimimaro Kaguya and Yuki Haku defeated two Anbu squad captains as Kirigakure’s fighters pressed their advantage.
• Mei Terumi fought Tenshin, while Juzo Biwa faced Feiyu, who grew anxious about the Cloud Ninja’s failure to retreat.
• Killer B recovered his strength and clashed with Ye Liangnai again.

Ye Liangnai fought Killer B to a bloody stalemate before defeating him with Flash Erasure. After fending off a Cloud Ninja ambush, he caught Dodai trying to rescue Killer B and attacked with a barrier technique.

• Killer B attacked Ye Liangnai with his Aragami Blade Style, and the two exchanged hundreds of blows without gaining the upper hand.
• Ye Liangnai used Flash Erasure to break Killer B’s blades and inflict a deep chest wound, then collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss.
• Cloud Ninja rushed to attack the wounded Ye Liangnai, but he repelled them with Water Release: Water Wall and struck them with Lightning Release: Gratitude Wave.
• Dodai tried to shield Killer B with Rubber Wall and pull him to safety, but Ye Liangnai spotted him and began casting Barrier Jutsu: Six Pillars Flame Formation.