Chapter Summaries

As Kirigakure prepared for invasion, news arrived that the Uchiha Clan had rebelled and Akatsuki Organization had delayed Kumogakure’s army. Ye Liangnai then agreed to release Yagura after the battle in exchange for his help, leaving Kirigakure’s safety dependent on the former Mizukage’s cooperation.

• Ye Liangnai spent 30,000 Enhancement Points to strengthen Water Severing Wave and Lightning Beast.
• Kirigakure learned that the Uchiha Clan had rebelled in Konoha and that Akatsuki Organization had attacked Kumogakure, preventing both armies from arriving.
• Ye Liangnai visited Yagura in the dungeon and asked him to help in the coming battle.
• Yagura agreed to fight on the condition that Ye Liangnai restore his freedom afterward and not interfere with where he went.
• Despite Kisame Hoshigaki and the Anbu warning him of the danger, Ye Liangnai accepted Yagura’s condition and removed his chains.

Ye Liangnai released Yagura from prison and brought him to Mei Terumi to help Kirigakure face the approaching war. After Wave Ninja Village agreed to join the fight, Ye Liangnai laid out a plan to divide their forces against Sunagakure and Iwagakure.

• Ye Liangnai released Yagura and took him to Kirigakure’s Mizukage Building, where Anbu and civilians reacted with alarm.
• Mei Terumi questioned Yagura’s intentions, while Ye Liangnai assured her he had agreed to cooperate and could keep Yagura under control.
• Hama Goro agreed that Wave Ninja Village would support Kirigakure, and Ye Liangnai praised his decision.
• Ye Liangnai explained that Akatsuki would delay Kumogakure for three days and Konoha’s Uchiha Clan rebellion would occupy it for one or two days, leaving only two days to face Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Ye Liangnai proposed leading five hundred elite troops with Yagura and Yugito against Sunagakure, while Mei Terumi led Kirigakure and Wave Ninja Village forces against Iwagakure.

Ye Liangnai proposed defeating Sunagakure quickly with five hundred elite troops and two Jinchuriki, then supporting the fight against Iwagakure. The leaders approved the broader plan and tactics, but the jonin meeting ended in disbelief at the idea of sending such a small force against an entire village.

• Mei Terumi and Ao doubted Ye Liangnai could defeat Sunagakure quickly, but Yagura said the attempt was worth making and asked Ye Liangnai how likely he was to win.
• Ye Liangnai estimated his chance at thirty-five percent alone and fifty-five percent with five hundred elite soldiers and cooperation from Yagura and Yugito.
• Ao proposed using fortifications on the floating islands and the ocean to stall Iwagakure, while Kisame Hoshigaki offered to lead an underwater assault unit.
• Ye Liangnai and Ao approved Kisame Hoshigaki's unit, and Mei Terumi finalized the plan before the group continued discussing tactics.
• Ye Liangnai convened a jonin meeting to settle the details, where the attendees reacted with disbelief to his proposal to attack Sunagakure with five hundred people.

Kirigakure debated Ye Liangnai’s plan to attack Sunagakure with five hundred elite soldiers and two Jinchuriki, then approved it by a margin of two votes. As the village mobilized for war, Ye Liangnai gathered his force and felt the weight of his responsibility.

• Mei Terumi moved the meeting on to Ao’s proposal and Kisame Hoshigaki’s assault force, and the ninja refined their tactics and logistics.
• Yagura argued that Ye Liangnai’s plan was Kirigakure’s best response to attacks from Iwagakure and Sunagakure, though several shinobi remained concerned about its risks.
• The shinobi voted on their strategy, and Ye Liangnai’s plan won by two votes over concentrating forces against one enemy or dividing them between both fronts.
• Mei Terumi ordered Kirigakure to mobilize, shelter its civilians, and send nearly every available ninja to battle.
• Ye Liangnai selected five hundred elite soldiers and, seeing their trust in him, resolved to prepare more carefully in the future.

Ye Liangnai gathered his forces in Daimyo City and prepared to face Sunagakure, with Kimimaro Kaguya bringing in five hundred wandering ninja. He gave Yuki Haku Nuibari and began training both Haku and Kimimaro before the war, which was due to begin in two days.

• Ye Liangnai arrived in Daimyo City with more than five hundred troops and began preparing for war.
• Kimimaro Kaguya reported that he had recruited five hundred wandering ninja, and Ye Liangnai praised him and put him in command of the pirate forces.
• Ye Liangnai gave Nuibari to Yuki Haku and asked him to master it before the battle; Haku accepted eagerly.
• Ye Liangnai arranged two days of special training for Haku and Kimimaro, and promised Kimimaro a gift of his own.
• The next day, Ye Liangnai used Water Clones to train Kimimaro while he helped Haku learn Nuibari, and his Anbu trained the recruits into a fighting force.

As Iwagakure and Sunagakure advanced toward the Land of Water, the Land of Rainbows prepared to exploit the war, while the imprisoned Land of Water Daimyo expected Ye Liangnai’s defeat. After two days of training, Ye Liangnai enhanced Kimimaro’s stamina, and Kimimaro immediately tested his new strength against Yuki Haku.

• Kurotsuchi and Chiyo anticipated Kirigakure’s defeat as the Iwagakure and Sunagakure armies crossed toward the Land of Water.
• The leader of the Land of Rainbows assembled an army to seize an opportunity, while the imprisoned Land of Water Daimyo vowed to punish Ye Liangnai and those who betrayed him after victory.
• Ye Liangnai praised Yuki Haku and Kimimaro Kaguya for their rapid progress during two days of training.
• Ye Liangnai used his ability to enhance Kimimaro’s stamina to Jonin level, strengthening him after the system consumed 50,000 Enhancement Points.
• Kimimaro challenged Yuki Haku to a spar and fought with renewed power, forcing Haku to struggle against him.

Ye Liangnai prepared Kirigakure’s forces to meet Sunagakure, but the enemy fleet turned out to be Iwagakure, leaving his outnumbered army facing a far stronger force. The battle began with no chance to retreat.

• Kimimaro defeated Yuki Haku after his strength increased dramatically, and Yagura praised his Kekkei Genkai.
• Yugito reported that Sunagakure’s army was approaching, so Ye Liangnai ordered everyone into position.
• Mei Terumi prepared to face Iwagakure with Kirigakure and Wave Ninja Village forces near Daimyo City.
• Ye Liangnai waited at sea with Yagura transformed into the Three-Tails, but the approaching fleet proved to be Iwagakure rather than Sunagakure.
• Mei Terumi realized Ye Liangnai was facing the wrong enemy, while Yugito complained about the danger of their situation.
• Ye Liangnai signaled his thousand troops to prepare for battle as Iwagakure’s ten-thousand-strong army mocked them from its ships.

Ye Liangnai faced Ōnoki’s ten-thousand-strong Stone Ninja army with a much smaller force, countering Ōnoki’s Dust Release and striking the fleet with powerful attacks. As Roshi confronted the Two-Tails, a vast presence began rising from the sea beneath Iwagakure’s warships.

• Ōnoki challenged Ye Liangnai to surrender, but Ye Liangnai refused and signaled for battle.
• Ōnoki’s Dust Release erased the spot where Ye Liangnai had stood, but Ye Liangnai answered with Void Dog Cannon and devastated the Stone Ninja ranks.
• Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails and frightened the Stone Ninja as Ye Liangnai used Thunder Array to strike Ōnoki with lightning.
• Ōnoki reappeared unharmed and assigned Roshi to fight the Two-Tails while he faced Ye Liangnai.
• Roshi transformed into the Four-Tails, Son Goku, as a huge black shadow rose beneath Iwagakure’s warships and the sea began to boil.

Ye Liangnai’s lightning attack detonated Yagura’s Tailed Beast Bomb, devastating Ōnoki’s forces and leaving roughly six thousand Stone Ninja alive. With the Stone Ninja badly weakened, Ye Liangnai ordered his troops into battle and the Three-Tails appeared among Ōnoki’s forces.

• Ōnoki and Roshi recognized the incoming attack as a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Ye Liangnai struck the Stone Ninja with the Lightning Strike Formation before they could escape.
• Ye Liangnai’s lightning detonated Yagura’s Tailed Beast Bomb, and he and Ōnoki raised barriers to protect their respective forces from the blast and ensuing waves.
• The storm subsided, leaving more than three thousand Stone Ninja dead or incapacitated and roughly six thousand alive; Ōnoki roared Ye Liangnai’s name in rage.
• Ye Liangnai ordered Kimimaro and the elite Anbu to deploy their vanguard, long-range, and assassination teams while he held back the enemy’s strongest fighters alongside the two Jinchuriki.
• The Three-Tails surfaced among Ōnoki’s forces, leaving Ōnoki stunned.

Ye Liangnai led the Assassination Squad against the Stone Ninja, using mist and coordinated attacks to overwhelm their ranks while Yagura fought the Four-Tails. Ye Liangnai wounded Ōnoki and evaded attacks from Kari and Akatsuchi, but Kurotsuchi struck at him as he prepared to finish them.

• Ye Liangnai summoned a hundred Water Clones and led the Assassination Squad into battle against the Stone Ninja.
• Ye Liangnai’s Mist Concealment Technique engulfed the battlefield, while Kimimaro, Yuki Haku, and the vanguard pursued retreating Stone Ninja and the ships’ squad bombarded them.
• Ye Liangnai struck Ōnoki with Water Severing Wave, but Yagura’s Three-Tails intervened to stop the Four-Tails from attacking him.
• Ōnoki injured his arm while defending against Ye Liangnai’s attack, and Ye Liangnai charged him with a lightning-coated blade.
• Kari and Akatsuchi attacked Ye Liangnai, but he vanished and appeared behind them; Kurotsuchi then swung her rock-armored fist at him.

Ye Liangnai used his Water Transformation Technique and the sea battlefield to overwhelm Ōnoki and the Iwagakure fighters. Deidara intervened to rescue Ōnoki, but Ye Liangnai survived the explosion and remained a threat.

• Ye Liangnai pierced Akatsuchi and Kari with water bullets, then used his Water Transformation Technique to evade Kurotsuchi's attack and stab her.
• Ye Liangnai badly injured Kari and Akatsuchi while Ōnoki charged Dust Release, then survived the attack by transforming into water.
• Ōnoki remained trapped despite an attempt to release the genjutsu, and Ye Liangnai explained that the sea favored Kirigakure before charging him.
• Ōnoki flew to evade Ye Liangnai, but Deidara arrived on clay birds, carried Ōnoki away, and bombarded Ye Liangnai with explosive clay sparrows.
• Ōnoki warned Deidara that Ye Liangnai's Water Transformation Technique made the explosions ineffective and urged him to land quickly.

Deidara attacked Ye Liangnai with explosive clay while the tailed-beast battles and the larger clash between Mist Ninja and Stone Ninja continued. The Stone Ninja trapped in the mist were being massacred by Mist Ninja clones, while the fighting outside remained at a stalemate.

• Deidara ignored Ōnoki’s warning and bombarded Ye Liangnai with explosive twin-winged birds and hidden clay insects, but Ye Liangnai reappeared unharmed.
• Yugito and Han fought evenly as Yugito evaded his steam-powered attacks and wounded him with her claws.
• Yagura used the sea and his techniques to restrain the Four-Tails, leaving the tailed beast frustrated by the battle.
• Kimimaro, Haku, and the Mist Ninja held off the Stone Ninja outside the mist despite their numerical disadvantage.
• More than three thousand Stone Ninja trapped in the Mist Concealment Technique were unable to see or hear their enemies and were slaughtered by Mist Ninja clones.

Ye Liangnai’s Mist Concealment Technique let the Mist Ninja Assassination Squad slaughter the Stone Ninja, while Ōnoki and Deidara forced Ye Liangnai into a desperate battle. Ye Liangnai survived Ōnoki’s Dust Release at great cost, and Kimimaro and Yuki Haku rushed to protect him from the advancing Stone Ninja.

• Ye Liangnai’s Water Clones warned the Mist Ninja Assassination Squad to fight quickly as his Mist Concealment Technique drained his Chakra, while the squad killed half of the Stone Ninja force.
• Ōnoki used the Super Weighted Rock Technique to restrict Ye Liangnai’s movement, and Deidara attacked him with explosive clay creatures.
• Ye Liangnai destroyed Deidara’s hidden bombs with lightning and counterattacked with Lightning Release: Raging Thunder Tiger, but Ōnoki shattered it with Dust Release.
• Ye Liangnai broke free of the weighted technique long enough to raise the Six Pillars Flame Formation, but Ōnoki’s Dust Release destroyed much of his right arm.
• Stone Ninja charged the wounded Ye Liangnai, and Kimimaro and Yuki Haku intervened to stop them.

Ye Liangnai fought off the Stone Ninja and used the Rage Lightning Tiger to knock Ōnoki and Deidara unconscious. He captured both of them and called on Iwagakure to surrender, leaving the Stone Ninja stunned.

• Ye Liangnai killed a Stone Ninja who attacked him and forced Ōnoki to use a substitution to avoid his blade.
• Ye Liangnai unleashed the Raging Thunder Tiger, swallowing Deidara’s Clay Flying Dragon and forcing Deidara to flee toward the edge of the storm clouds.
• Ōnoki ordered the Stone Ninja to withdraw, but Ye Liangnai expanded the clouds across several kilometers and struck Ōnoki and Deidara unconscious with the Rage Lightning Tiger.
• Ye Liangnai dispersed the lightning attack into guided bolts that struck the Stone Ninja, then rushed to the unconscious Ōnoki and Deidara.
• Ye Liangnai wounded the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, sealed Ōnoki and Deidara, and demanded that the Stone Ninja surrender.

Ye Liangnai forced the Stone Ninja to surrender by threatening Ōnoki and agreeing to release him after Iwagakure helped Kirigakure defeat Sunagakure and capture the Fourth Kazekage. After revealing the slaughter inside the mist, he sent Kitsuchi and the surviving Stone Ninja toward Maoming Town, leaving the hostage exchange for after the war.

• Ye Liangnai gave the Stone Ninja three seconds to surrender or face further losses while he held Ōnoki hostage.
• Kitsuchi agreed to surrender on the Tsuchikage's behalf and signed Ye Liangnai's contract to support the Fifth Mizukage, capture the Fourth Kazekage, and exchange hostages after the war.
• Ye Liangnai dispelled the mist and revealed that the Assassination Squad had killed at least two thousand five hundred Stone Ninja inside it.
• Kitsuchi ordered the surviving Stone Ninja to march to Maoming Town after Ye Liangnai urged him to support the Fifth Mizukage.

Ye Liangnai’s victory over Iwagakure sent reinforcements to Mei Terumi, who launched a counterattack against Sunagakure. Rasa ordered a retreat as the Sand Ninja lines crumbled, but the Mist Ninja pursued them across the sea.

• Ye Liangnai celebrated defeating Iwagakure with his fifteen hundred Mist Ninja and ordered them to spread the news and head for Maoming Town to reinforce Mei Terumi.
• Mei Terumi believed Ye Liangnai’s handwritten report, ordered her army to attack, and prepared to coordinate with the arriving Iwagakure forces.
• Zabuza, the Mist Ninja, and the Wave Ninja charged the Sand Ninja, whose battle lines collapsed under their assault.
• Rasa struggled against Mei Terumi, Hozuki Suigetsu, and the other Mist Ninja before ordering the Sand Ninja to retreat as Iwagakure approached.
• Kisame Hoshigaki sent a wave of sharks after the retreating Sand Ninja while Hozuki Suigetsu and the Mist Ninja pursued them.

Ye Liangnai arrived with Yugito and reinforcements, trapping Rasa’s retreating Sand Ninja between the Mist and Stone armies. Rasa released the One-Tail to create a chance to escape, but Ye Liangnai confronted Shukaku and regarded him as a source of Chakra.

• Hama Goro led his troops in pursuit as the Sand Ninja retreat faltered under pressure from the Mist Ninja.
• Rasa ordered his army to break east, but Ye Liangnai attacked with Lightning Release: Raging Thunder Tiger and scattered the Sand Ninja forces.
• Ye Liangnai arrived on the Three-Tails with Yugito, Kimimaro, Haku, and ten warships, sealing off the Sand Ninja’s escape.
• Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails, and the Three-Tails, Han, Roshi, and the Stone and Mist armies joined the assault.
• Rasa released the One-Tail, but Ye Liangnai appeared before Shukaku and treated him as food for replenishing his Chakra.

Ye Liangnai drained Shukaku’s remaining chakra and sealed him again, then thwarted Chiyo’s poison-puppet attack. He urged Chiyo to surrender, warning that Sunagakure would face greater danger if its forces were further weakened.

• Ye Liangnai cut Shukaku with a powerful slash and immobilized him with a Lightning Tiger.
• Ye Liangnai used the Binding Karma Curse to seal Shukaku, leaving Gaara unconscious in his hands.
• Chiyo attacked Ye Liangnai with poison puppets, but he escaped the needles and emerged unharmed.
• Ye Liangnai told Chiyo that Sunagakure had no chance of winning and urged her to stop resisting.

Ye Liangnai warned Chiyo that Sunagakure could not withstand the allied assault and five perfect Jinchuriki, while the battlefield’s losses and fear continued to mount. Rasa fought Roshi and Han at sea, landing several powerful blows but remaining surrounded as the battle continued.

• Ye Liangnai told Chiyo that Sunagakure’s destruction would be beyond his control and said sealing the One-Tail had spared the village an even worse disaster.
• Sunagakure’s casualties rose sharply as its ninja lost hope, while Stone Ninja advanced toward Rasa and shouted for his capture.
• Rasa used Sand Hell against Roshi and Han, but Roshi’s lava and Han’s charge overwhelmed his defenses as Kitsuchi attacked from behind.
• Roshi struck Rasa in the back with a scorching punch, leaving him badly burned and frustrated by the limits of fighting at sea.
• Rasa unleashed Gold Dust Burial and caught Roshi and Han with concealed fists before impaling them with gold-dust harpoons.
• Roshi and Han began gathering Void Dog Cannons, but Rasa knocked them into the armies of Sand Ninja, Mist Ninja, and Stone Ninja.

Ye Liangnai used Chiyo’s capture and the Sand Ninja’s dire losses to pressure Rasa into surrendering. Rasa ordered his forces to stop fighting, and the Mist Ninja celebrated their victory.

• Ye Liangnai revealed that Chiyo had been captured and taunted the Stone Ninja for failing to defeat Rasa.
• Ye Liangnai pointed out that five Jinchuriki surrounded Rasa while the Sand Ninja’s forces dwindled and pleaded for surrender.
• Ye Liangnai ordered the attack to continue and had Chiyo and Gaara sealed into a scroll, intensifying pressure on Rasa.
• Rasa accused Ye Liangnai of forcing his surrender through public pressure, then demanded that the fighting stop.
• Rasa announced the Sand Ninja’s surrender, prompting their relief and the Mist Ninja’s cheers for Ye Liangnai.