Chapter Summaries

Lin Ke and his allies survived Uchiha Madara’s attack while Senju Hashirama confronted Madara in battle. Lin Ke sent Second Pillar and the shadows to search for Zetsu as Hashirama and Madara continued fighting.

• Lin Ke rescued himself and Senju Tobirama from Madara’s Susanoo slash, and the Earth Dragon’s final boulder damaged Susanoo before it repaired itself.
• Senju Hashirama tried to warn Madara that Zetsu was using him, but Madara ignored him and attacked, prompting Hashirama to block the blade with the Wooden Man Technique.
• Second Pillar and Utakata arrived to check on Lin Ke and Tobirama, while Tsunade left to find Jiraiya and the others and Utakata followed her.
• Lin Ke explained that he wanted to seal Madara rather than reincarnate him, since Hashirama still valued their friendship.
• Lin Ke refused Second Pillar’s request to join the fight and sent him with the shadows to find Zetsu, warning him to watch for an ambush.

Lin Ke joined the battle between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, helping Hashirama destroy Susanoo and collecting chunks of solid chakra. While gathering them, Lin Ke was confronted by Uchiha Obito and raised an alarm.

• Lin Ke left shadows with Senju Tobirama and flew toward Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara’s battle.
• Lin Ke summoned an enormous Chakra Scalpel, and Hashirama’s Wood Human seized it and cut apart two Susanoo.
• Lin Ke sent Eight Gates Shadows to collect solid chakra fragments from the battlefield while he stayed at a safer distance.
• Lin Ke sensed an abnormal chakra presence, surrounded himself with shadows, and fired a signal flare when Uchiha Obito appeared.

Lin Ke left Uchiha Sasuke to fight Uchiha Obito and went to look for Utakata, who survived Black Zetsu’s ambush and pursued it. At Amegakure, Lin Ke found Konan and the injured Jiraiya, summoned Yahiko, and began treating the captives while asking where Utakata had gone.

• Lin Ke retreated from Uchiha Obito and left Uchiha Sasuke to fight him, then hurried to find Utakata in case Black Zetsu had attacked.
• Uchiha Sasuke confronted Uchiha Obito over the Uchiha Clan massacre, and the two fought with their Sharingan, Ninjutsu, and Susanoo.
• Black Zetsu ambushed Utakata, but Utakata’s Water Clone trapped it; Black Zetsu escaped through the ground, and Utakata pursued it after destroying its white body.
• Lin Ke reached Konan and summoned Yahiko, prompting the former comrades to face each other while Lin Ke turned to the injured Jiraiya.
• Lin Ke treated Jiraiya and brought over the unconscious Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy, then asked whether Utakata had passed by.

Lin Ke healed Kakashi, Might Guy, and Jiraiya while the group prepared to withdraw from the battle with Uchiha Madara. Konan began to ask Lin Ke for a favor, but he sensed Senju Tobirama’s chakra fluctuate and rushed away before she could finish.

• Lin Ke removed the Black Rods from Might Guy and used the Enhanced Delicate Illness Extraction Technique to heal him and Kakashi.
• Jiraiya released the techniques keeping Kakashi and Might Guy unconscious, and Guy accidentally punched Jiraiya as he woke.
• Jiraiya told the group to prepare to withdraw, but Lin Ke said Tsunade and his friend were still there and that the First Hokage was fighting outside.
• Jiraiya went to find Tsunade, while Konan asked Lin Ke to speak with her alone and Yahiko watched anxiously.
• Konan started to ask Lin Ke for a favor, but he sensed Senju Tobirama’s chakra fluctuate and used the Body Flicker Technique to leave.

Sasuke failed to catch Zetsu, then joined Tsunade in fighting Orochimaru, who escaped after disrupting Tsunade’s Sage Mode. Lin Ke arrived to find Tsunade incapacitated and asked what had happened.

• Sasuke searched the ruins for Lin Ke after Zetsu escaped, then encountered Tsunade chasing Orochimaru and struck Orochimaru with Susanoo.
• Orochimaru sensed the living, child-sized Senju Tobirama and tried to attack him, but Tobirama evaded and kicked Orochimaru’s head away.
• Tsunade caught Orochimaru, but he disrupted her Natural Energy and forced her out of Sage Mode before escaping with Reverse Summoning Jutsu.
• Lin Ke arrived and found Tsunade lying on the ground, then began treating her and asked what had happened.

Senju Hashirama sealed Uchiha Madara, but Madara realized Black Zetsu’s planned rescue had failed. Lin Ke secretly used Crazy Diamond to repair Tsunade, while Black Zetsu hid in Tobirama’s scroll and weighed whether to capture Lin Ke before noticing space twisting behind him.

• Senju Hashirama pinned Uchiha Madara with Sage Art: Myriad Divine Gates, and Madara realized Black Zetsu had not transferred him away.
• Lin Ke used Crazy Diamond to repair Tsunade’s internal injuries and dispersed the rampant Natural Energy while disguising the ability as medical treatment.
• Hatake Kakashi, Might Guy, Konan, Yahiko, Utakata, and Senju Tobirama arrived, and Utakata reported that Black Zetsu had escaped him.
• Black Zetsu hid in the gap of Senju Tobirama’s scroll and considered abandoning Madara, manipulating Sasuke, or capturing Lin Ke.
• Black Zetsu noticed space twisting behind Lin Ke and held still, believing Obito had arrived.

Lin Ke and his allies fought off Uchiha Obito’s attempt to seize him, but Obito escaped using Izanagi. Senju Hashirama captured Madara, and the group prepared to return to the village with the sealed Senju Tobirama.

• Uchiha Obito attacked Lin Ke from behind, but Lin Ke anticipated his attempt to grab him and sent Crazy Diamond after him.
• Crazy Diamond struck Obito and triggered Lin Ke’s delayed restoration, but Obito escaped by using Izanagi.
• Black Zetsu abandoned its plan to act directly and decided to stay near Senju Tobirama.
• Senju Hashirama arrived and told Senju Tobirama to help seal Madara, then returned carrying the sealed object and the displeased Senju Tobirama.
• Jiraiya helped the unconscious Tsunade, while Sasuke, Utakata, and Kakashi reacted to the aftermath.
• Senju Hashirama told the group to prepare to return to the village.

Senju Hashirama and Konoha’s leaders debated whether to pursue missions in the Land of Rain, while Senju Tobirama laid out a cautious plan for the village. He assigned Tsunade to become Fifth Hokage, kept Jiraiya in Konoha, and returned to his research on Impure World Reincarnation.

• Senju Hashirama rejected Utatane Koharu’s proposal to pursue the Land of Rain’s missions, and the leaders argued over whether force or negotiation could bring peace.
• The Third Hokage opposed starting a war, while Mitokado Homura proposed negotiating with Iwagakure to share the Land of Rain’s missions.
• Senju Tobirama told Senju Hashirama to seek out Lin Ke, then ordered the Anbu to seal information about reincarnation and assigned Koharu and Homura to negotiate through the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Senju Tobirama ordered Jiraiya or Tsunade to take over as Fifth Hokage within a month, and Tsunade accepted the role while Jiraiya refused.
• Senju Tobirama ordered Jiraiya to remain in the village and assist Tsunade and the Third Hokage, then left for his laboratory to continue researching Impure World Reincarnation.

Lin Ke helped Konoha reincarnate numerous deceased shinobi, prompting gratitude from their families while he wondered what purpose he should pursue now that danger seemed distant. Senju Tobirama asked him to assist with a new space-time technique, and Lin Ke went to take a look.

• Senju Tobirama repeatedly failed to activate a space-time formula he derived from Lin Ke's Impure World Reincarnation, while Black Zetsu recognized that it lacked sufficient chakra and a search direction.
• Tsunade reunited with the reincarnated Dan Katō, and Nawaki thanked Lin Ke for bringing back the deceased shinobi.
• Lin Ke and Senju Tobirama used Impure World Reincarnation to restore many deceased shinobi, though some could not be found or reincarnated.
• As the families thanked him, Lin Ke reflected that Konoha's growing strength had made his plans for cultivation and troop-building seem unnecessary, leaving him unsure what goal to pursue.
• Senju Tobirama asked Lin Ke to help examine a new technique, and Lin Ke agreed to go with him.

Senju Tobirama’s experimental technique activated unexpectedly and teleported him to Kannabi Bridge, where he encountered a young Hatake Kakashi and an Uchiha boy. Tobirama realized he had arrived in the past but could not determine what had happened.

• Senju Tobirama told Lin Ke that his brother had been released to wander and had borrowed money from Kakashi and the others.
• Senju Tobirama explained his new technique, and Lin Ke injected chakra into the formula on the scroll.
• The formula activated and teleported Senju Tobirama, Lin Ke, and the nearby table away, while Lin Ke was left behind.
• Senju Tobirama arrived at Kannabi Bridge, killed two approaching Iwagakure ninja, and found a young female ninja trapped in a genjutsu.
• Hatake Kakashi confronted Senju Tobirama and demanded the code, while Tobirama asked what had happened and whether Kakashi had been reincarnated.

After Senju Tobirama vanished in a Space-Time Ninjutsu accident, Lin Ke and Konoha’s leaders planned to rescue him by unsealing Minato and seeking Orochimaru’s help. Senju Hashirama, Lin Ke, and Jiraiya prepared to capture Orochimaru while Tsunade took over as Hokage.

• Lin Ke realized Senju Tobirama had been transported away by an unknown Space-Time Ninjutsu and accepted that the accident might lead to a new adventure.
• An Anbu informed Senju Hashirama at the FUN FUN Street Casino that Tobirama was missing, and Hashirama rushed to the Hokage Office.
• Lin Ke explained the accident, and Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed stepping down for Tsunade, then sacrificing himself to release Minato from the Death God's stomach.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen suggested that Orochimaru might understand Tobirama's technique, so Senju Hashirama volunteered to capture him with Lin Ke.
• Jiraiya asked to join the mission, Tsunade prepared to become Hokage, and Hashirama entrusted Konoha's future to Lin Ke.

Orochimaru returned to his Eastern Base, reclaimed his former body, and overwhelmed the surviving test subjects with his newfound power. Lin Ke discovered Orochimaru had taken Yakushi Kabuto’s body and led a powerful team toward the base to confront him.

• Orochimaru opened the sealed Eastern Base, found Suigetsu alive, and announced he had come to reclaim what belonged to him.
• Orochimaru activated Cursed Seal Three to fight Jirobo and confidently relied on his Sage Mode and Kabuto’s body.
• Lin Ke’s photographs confirmed Yakushi Kabuto had died and that Orochimaru had taken his body, leading Lin Ke to suspect Five Elements Sealing drew in Natural Energy.
• Lin Ke photographed the Eastern Base, then set out with Utakata and Sasuke and summoned the Earth Dragon, Rashomon, and three Hokage.
• Namikaze Minato scouted the base, then teleported the First and Third Hokage ahead as Lin Ke’s team approached Orochimaru.

Lin Ke and three reanimated Hokage captured Orochimaru and brought him back to Konoha, asking for his help finding the missing Senju Tobirama. Orochimaru agreed, while Lin Ke warned him not to plot against them.

• Orochimaru sensed Lin Ke, Senju Hashirama, Namikaze Minato, and Sarutobi Hiruzen at his base and surrendered.
• Namikaze Minato marked Orochimaru with Flying Thunder God, and Senju Hashirama retrieved the unconscious Hozuki Suigetsu.
• Lin Ke and the Hokage brought Orochimaru and Hozuki Suigetsu to Shimura Danzō and Jiraiya.
• Senju Hashirama explained that Senju Tobirama had disappeared while experimenting with Space-Time Ninjutsu and asked Orochimaru to help find him.
• Orochimaru agreed to investigate Tobirama's technique, and Lin Ke threatened him with Five Elements Unsealing if he tried anything.
• Orochimaru boarded the Earth Dragon with the group and flew toward Konoha while considering his options.

Lin Ke tested Wind Release: Gale Palm and discovered that Wind Release: Great Breakthrough temporarily advanced a random skill or bodily ability to an extraordinary level. He left the training ground pondering the technique’s unpredictable uses while Second Pillar and Utakata watched in confusion.

• Lin Ke used Gale Palm to pulverize rocks and found that it strengthened his palms while consuming chakra.
• Lin Ke cast Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and temporarily became an expert at sewing clothes.
• Lin Ke tried the technique again and gained absurd temporary abilities, including exceptional pooping and emotional endurance, before his left pinky nail grew enormously.
• Lin Ke concluded that Great Breakthrough could randomly advance skills, instincts, organs, and mental endurance, and considered experimenting with it further.
• Second Pillar and Utakata watched Lin Ke practice, grow his nail, and glance at his crotch, then wondered what he was doing.

Lin Ke continued helping Orochimaru, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Namikaze Minato study Impure World Reincarnation and the technique that had made Senju Tobirama disappear. The Hokages chose to continue the experiments, though safely recovering Tobirama still required answers they did not have.

• Lin Ke observed Orochimaru’s enthusiastic reaction to a reincarnated Anbu member and urged the group to speed up their experiments because few candidates remained.
• Orochimaru proposed reincarnating dead subordinates, killing them afterward, and using them for further tests, but Lin Ke shut him down.
• Orochimaru explained that deciphering the technique’s structure was unlikely, so they would need to recreate its activation to learn more about the formula that had taken Senju Tobirama.
• Lin Ke and the Hokages recognized that testing the unknown teleportation could require Lin Ke’s chakra and put the village’s leaders at risk.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the experiments to continue, leaving the risks of pursuing Senju Tobirama for later.

Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, and Sarutobi Hiruzen studied the space-time formula that had taken Senju Tobirama, discovering it searched for a location and teleported whoever touched it after activation. Unable to summon anyone back from the distant destination, they settled on sending Lin Ke and others through to find Tobirama and work out a return.

• Orochimaru and the others activated the formula with Lin Ke's chakra, but tests with a Shadow Clone failed to reproduce Tobirama's disappearance, leading them to conclude he must have triggered it by accident.
• Lin Ke's activated formula sucked in an experimental rabbit and other animals when they touched it, and Orochimaru concluded it was a temporary trigger-type technique that anyone could use once activated.
• Namikaze Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen identified runes for searching, positioning, spatial transfer, and communicating with the mind, while Orochimaru recorded their findings.
• Lin Ke and Namikaze Minato failed to create the external brain Tobirama had designed, so Lin Ke set aside the idea of learning Flying Thunder God through it.
• Over several days, the researchers tested the formula on beasts and death-row prisoners, but Summoning Jutsu could not retrieve anyone from the distant destination.
• Orochimaru attributed the technique's low chakra cost to Lin Ke's unusual chakra, and the group decided Lin Ke would take others through to find Tobirama and seek a way back.

Namikaze Minato departed for the unknown world to investigate and search for Uzumaki Kushina, despite the danger that his summoned body might not return. Lin Ke and the others prepared a rescue attempt, but Senju Hashirama insisted that the adults take the risk instead of Lin Ke.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Lin Ke warned Namikaze Minato about the dangers and his eight-hour limit before he activated the space-time formula and vanished.
• Namikaze Minato comforted Uzumaki Naruto, asked Lin Ke to look after Kushina, and promised himself he would find his wife and son.
• Lin Ke told Orochimaru to prepare scrolls for another release and said he would go support Minato if he did not return within five hours.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen volunteered to lead a rescue team, but Senju Hashirama stopped Lin Ke from taking the risk and said the adults would handle it.

Senju Tobirama found himself in the past during the Kannabi Bridge mission and rescued Nohara Rin from genjutsu. He split up the approaching Iwagakure ninja, swiftly defeated three, and watched as Hatake Kakashi faced the remaining two.

• Senju Tobirama recognized Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Obito, dispelled Nohara Rin’s genjutsu, and led the group out of the cave.
• Senju Tobirama sensed six approaching Iwagakure ninja and assigned three to Hatake Kakashi while he handled the other three.
• Senju Tobirama ambushed and knocked out the Iwagakure Special Jonin Sumashi after killing two of his subordinates.
• Hatake Kakashi used an Exploding Tag to kill one of his opponents, then attacked another by disguising himself as a corpse, only for the target to turn out to be a mud clone.

Senju Tobirama helped Kakashi, Obito, and Rin defeat the Iwagakure ninja before asking Minato to take him to the Third Hokage. After sensing Madara nearby, Tobirama left the cave uneasy, while Madara decided to reclaim his Rinnegan and capture Tobirama and Lin Ke.

• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin worked together to trap the Iwagakure ninja, and Tobirama killed him before he could escape.
• Tobirama recognized Minato and asked him to take him to Sarutobi, using old Hokage-era code phrases.
• Tobirama sensed Madara's chakra, and Minato tested him with Flying Thunder God before agreeing to take him to the Third Hokage.
• Tobirama left the forest with Minato, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, worried that Konoha could not face Madara without Lin Ke and his brother.
• Future Black Zetsu told Madara that Tobirama had come from the future, and Madara resolved to reclaim his Rinnegan, capture Tobirama, and control Lin Ke.

Yahiko worried about Nagato’s delayed return and reflected on the sacrifices needed to secure peace in the Land of Rain. Meanwhile, Namikaze Minato was sent back to the past near Kannabi Bridge, where he confirmed that events had changed and prepared to return to his own time.

• Yahiko sent Konan to look for Nagato after his uneasy feeling grew, then remained alone beneath the bridge.
• Yahiko considered how the war had left his group too weak to force peace and hoped he would be the last sacrifice.
• Namikaze Minato appeared near Kannabi Bridge, captured a White Zetsu, and recognized the surrounding terrain.
• Namikaze Minato learned that his younger self had just completed the Kannabi Bridge mission and that Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were alive and on another mission.
• Namikaze Minato confirmed he had returned to the past, sensed his other self approaching, and activated the technique to return to his original position.