Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Liuyun and Kushina Uzumaki celebrated their wedding in Hidden Sound Village with a ceremony Liuyun had designed. After a banquet where villagers and guests offered their congratulations, Liuyun carried Kushina off to complete the wedding night as fireworks lit the village.

• Uchiha Liuyun and Kushina Uzumaki exchanged wedding bows in crimson robes at a ceremony overseen by Orochimaru and the Land of Rice Fields Daimyo.
• Liuyun explained his wedding customs to Orochimaru and joked with the daimyo and his wife about his promise to stay with Kushina for more than a hundred years.
• Ito, Kurosuki Raiga, and more than thirty Hidden Sound Village Jonin came to congratulate the newlyweds and drink with Liuyun.
• Liuyun drank with the Jonin, then pretended to feel dizzy when the daimyo's wife teased him about returning to the bridal chamber.
• Liuyun swept Kushina into his arms and carried her away, while fireworks rose over Hidden Sound Village.

Liuyun and Kushina spent their wedding night together, and he revealed that his left eye had begun recovering. Meanwhile, Sand Village’s attack on the Wind-Fire Battlefield opened the Third Shinobi World War, but Konoha ambushed its overextended vanguard and won the first major battle.

• Liuyun told Kushina that his Sage Body had helped restore some of the vision in his left eye, and the two spent the night together.
• Sand Village launched a surprise attack on the Wind-Fire Battlefield, beginning the Third Shinobi World War.
• After early advances, Sand Village’s vanguard pushed too far and Konoha forces surrounded it, inflicting heavy losses and capturing over twenty Sand Ninja.
• Rōsa sent the First Division to reinforce the battlefield and ordered it to hold its positions rather than attack.
• Konoha’s forces struck Sand Village’s positions, destroyed supplies and camps, and withdrew under the cautious command of the Yūhi Clan head.
• The Lands of Earth, Lightning, and Water issued orders for war against the Land of Fire.

After a leisurely morning with Kushina, Liuyun learned that the Wind Country had begun its war with the Land of Fire and asked Orochimaru to monitor the Fire-Earth Battlefield, especially Minato Namikaze’s squad. Before leaving with Kushina to visit the Land of Whirlpools, Liuyun was tasked with asking Tsunade to train medical ninja for Hidden Sound Village.

• Liuyun and Kushina spent the morning together at home, and Liuyun treated her soreness with medical ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru told Liuyun that the Wind Country had attacked the Land of Fire at midnight and that fighting in the Land of Grass was likely soon.
• Liuyun asked Orochimaru to watch the Fire-Earth Battlefield and discreetly locate Minato Namikaze’s ninja squad.
• Liuyun told Orochimaru to assign Kakuzu dangerous missions whenever he next reported to Hidden Sound Village.
• Liuyun told Orochimaru he planned to take Kushina to the Land of Whirlpools, and Orochimaru asked him to recruit Tsunade to train elite medical ninja.

Liuyun and Kushina visited Asuka’s frozen body before traveling toward Whirlpool Country, then stopped in Hot Springs Country. In its capital, they found Tsunade at a casino, where Kushina’s extraordinary luck enraged her.

• Liuyun took Kushina into the cryogenic chamber, where they mourned beside Asuka’s coffin; he also glanced at a jar holding two scarlet Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Liuyun and Kushina traveled leisurely toward Whirlpool Country and playfully argued about bathing together at a hot spring inn, but they left without soaking.
• Two days later, Liuyun sensed Tsunade in a casino in Hot Springs Country’s capital, and he and Kushina approached her wearing half-face masks.
• After Tsunade lost her coins and walked away from a slot machine, Kushina hit the jackpot twice while playing beside Liuyun.
• Tsunade watched Kushina win again and grew furious, blaming Liuyun for the red-haired girl’s luck.

Liuyun and Kushina won a fortune by betting against Tsunade at the casino, while Tsunade lost her last chip and tried to borrow from Kushina. After Liuyun and Kushina left to cash out, Tsunade followed them, unwilling to let them go.

• Tsunade lost repeatedly as Liuyun and Kushina bet against her and won, until Tsunade wagered her final chip on triple sixes.
• Kushina placed her chips on triple ones, but the casino manager refused most of the bet; the dice revealed triple twos, and Kushina avoided losing her winnings.
• Tsunade marched toward Liuyun and Kushina, then dropped her anger and begged Kushina to lend her chips to cover her gambling debts.
• Liuyun pulled Kushina away when Tsunade reached for her chips, and casino security warned Tsunade to stop.
• Liuyun and Kushina went to cash out their chips, while Tsunade and Shizune followed close behind.

Liuyun and Kushina met Tsunade for a meal, where teasing escalated into a proposed physical duel. Kushina stopped the fight and refereed an arm-wrestling wager between Liuyun and Tsunade, which ended with Tsunade demanding a dangerous oath from Liuyun.

• Tsunade congratulated Liuyun and Kushina on their marriage, then teased Kushina and argued with Liuyun about being single.
• Tsunade challenged Liuyun to a one-on-one fight, and Liuyun accepted and headed outside.
• Tsunade proposed a punch-for-punch duel, but Kushina intervened and redirected them to arm-wrestling.
• Liuyun and Tsunade wagered that the loser would fulfill one condition chosen by the winner, with Liuyun using one hand and Tsunade using both.
• Liuyun demanded that Tsunade swear not to break the wager, and Tsunade demanded that he swear he would not become impotent if he lost, alarming Kushina.

Liuyun defeated Tsunade in a strength contest and won her agreement to train medical ninja in the Hidden Sound Village for one month. He then hurriedly left with Kushina when Tsunade tried to give them her Crystal Necklace as a wedding gift.

• Liuyun and Tsunade tested their strength, and Tsunade activated her Yin Seal after Liuyun began to overpower her.
• Tsunade secretly spat a silver needle at Liuyun, but he blocked it and forced her to concede defeat.
• Tsunade healed her injured wrist with Creation Rebirth and agreed to train medical ninja in the Hidden Sound Village for one month.
• Tsunade questioned Kushina about their visit and began to remove her Crystal Necklace as a wedding gift.
• Liuyun recognized the danger of the Crystal Necklace and carried Kushina away before Tsunade could give it to her.

Liuyun and Kushina crossed the sea toward the Land of Waves by walking over the waves, but darkness and the open water frightened Kushina. After Liuyun sensed a Land of Water warship and boarded it, Mei Terumi recognized him as the black-clad killer who had once attacked the Hidden Mist Village.

• Liuyun proposed crossing the sea on foot, and Kushina climbed onto his back so he could carry her while training.
• As night fell, Kushina worried about losing their direction and feared what might lurk beneath the dark sea.
• Liuyun sensed a Land of Water warship and rushed toward it, telling Kushina that its crew would take them across whether they wanted to or not.
• A sensory ninja spotted Liuyun and Kushina walking over the waves, and Liuyun flashed onto the warship's deck.
• Mei Terumi arrived and recognized Liuyun's appearance and gaze, then recoiled in fear as the other ninja watched her reaction.

Uchiha Liuyun and Kushina encountered a Hidden Mist ship while traveling to the Land of Whirlpools, and Mei Terumi recognized the feared shinobi from their meeting ten years earlier. Mei Terumi bowed and agreed to ferry them onward, while Liuyun spared the crew and teased Kushina.

• Mei Terumi recognized Uchiha Liuyun and feared he would kill everyone aboard the ship.
• Liuyun explained that he and his wife were traveling to the Land of Whirlpools and threatened to vent his anger on the Water Country shinobi.
• Mei Terumi apologized on behalf of the Land of Water and offered the ship to carry Liuyun and his wife.
• Liuyun recalled meeting Mei Terumi in the Hidden Mist Village ten years earlier and assured her that he would not attack her again.
• Kushina joined Liuyun aboard the ship, and Liuyun told her the crew would take them to the Land of Whirlpools without charge.

Mei Terumi ordered the Hidden Mist Village ship toward the Land of Whirlpools while Liuyun and Kushina’s affectionate bickering stirred her jealousy. When Liuyun revealed his suspicions about the Mist ninja’s role in Whirlpool Village’s destruction, Mei Terumi tried to help her people escape, but his Susanoo unleashed a flood that swept the ship toward the village’s graveyard.

• Mei Terumi ordered the Hidden Mist Village ninja to put away their weapons and take Liuyun and Kushina to the Land of Whirlpools, then served them as Liuyun demanded.
• Mei Terumi watched Liuyun pamper Kushina and grew jealous of their relationship.
• An older Jonin warned Mei Terumi that Liuyun might target the Mist ninja because they had taken part in destroying Whirlpool Village, so she planned an evacuation.
• Liuyun asked Kushina about the attackers who had destroyed her village, then declared that the Mist ninja would serve as offerings for the dead.
• Mei Terumi attacked Liuyun and Kushina with her Lava Release, shouted for her people to flee, and escaped toward the Land of Waves.
• Liuyun emerged unharmed with Susanoo and raised a massive flood that swept the ship and the Mist ninja toward Whirlpool Village’s graveyard.

Liuyun and Kushina visited the ruins of Whirlpool Village, where Kushina told her deceased parents that she had married and was happy. After their honeymoon ended because of the Third Shinobi World War, Liuyun learned Kakashi was developing a Lightning Release technique like Chidori and hurried to the Land of Grass to watch over events there.

• Liuyun and Kushina entered the ruined Whirlpool Village and could not find Kushina’s childhood home or her parents’ graves.
• Kushina shouted to her parents that she had married Uchiha Liuyun and was happy, then wept in his arms.
• Liuyun used Earth Release to bury the ruined village and its exposed remains beneath a large mound.
• A month later, Liuyun and Kushina ended their honeymoon and returned to Hidden Sound Village as the war spread across the Five Great Nations.
• Orochimaru told Liuyun that Kakashi was developing a Lightning Release Ninjutsu resembling Chidori, and Liuyun decided to go to the Land of Grass.
• Liuyun asked Orochimaru to look after Kushina before leaving to keep watch at the Fire-Earth Battlefield.

Liuyun secretly followed Minato's Team and confirmed that Obito Uchiha had awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan. After Obito was injured and left the team to recuperate, Liuyun disguised himself as a nurse, knocked him unconscious, and prepared to take his eyes.

• Liuyun questioned why Madara Uchiha had chosen Obito Uchiha and traveled to the Fire-Earth Battlefield to watch him.
• Liuyun sensed White Zetsu monitoring Minato's Team and secretly observed Obito Uchiha until he confirmed Obito had awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Liuyun waited for an opportunity and acted after Obito injured his leg and returned to camp to recover.
• Liuyun disguised himself as a Medical Ninja and entered Obito's tent while blocking White Zetsu's view.
• Liuyun used a technique to make Obito lose consciousness and said he would borrow Obito's eye sockets.

Liuyun replaced Obito’s eyes with his father’s Sharingan, secretly prepared a backup seal, and left Obito to awaken their power. Obito later woke in agony as Rin and Minato examined his eyes, while Liuyun watched from a distance.

• Liuyun removed both of Obito’s eyes and transplanted his father’s scarlet Sharingan, using Mystical Palm Technique to connect and heal the eye sockets.
• Liuyun made Obito absorb the Pupil Power from his old eyes, destroyed them, and placed concealed sealing formulas in his eye sockets as a backup plan.
• Liuyun healed Obito’s leg, warned that Obito had no reason to live if he failed to awaken his eyes, and left disguised as a nurse while White Zetsu kept watch.
• White Zetsu entered the tent after Liuyun left, noticed faint smells of blood and burning, and withdrew after confirming Obito was alive.
• More than ten hours later, Obito woke with severe eye pain, and Rin and Minato examined his Two-Tomoe Sharingan as Liuyun observed from afar.

Liuyun left the Fire-Earth Battlefield after entrusting a clone with watching Obito, then returned to the Hidden Sound Village and reunited with Kushina. They worried about her not becoming pregnant and decided to keep trying while adjusting her chakra.

• Liuyun created a water-earth clone to monitor Obito and returned to the Land of Rice Fields to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique from Orochimaru.
• Liuyun encountered about two hundred Hidden Stone Village ninja who had crossed the border, killed them, and destroyed their base.
• Liuyun returned home and reunited with Kushina, who had been practicing Immortal Technique while he was away.
• Liuyun sensed Kushina's condition and found no sign that she was pregnant, so she asked whether she needed a medical examination.
• Liuyun suggested that Kushina try entering Sage Mode or opening the Yang Seal as they continued trying to conceive.

Madara Uchiha ordered Aloe White Zetsu and Spiral White Zetsu to bring Obito Uchiha into the fold after his eyes recovered. In Hidden Sound Village, Liuyun learned of Hanzō of the Salamander’s death and Sasori of the Red Sand’s location, then ordered Hidden Stone’s intruders expelled or killed and declared that unauthorized ninja forces entering the Land of Rice Fields would die.

• Madara Uchiha learned that Obito Uchiha’s eyes had recovered and ordered Aloe White Zetsu and Spiral White Zetsu to bring him into the fold.
• Orochimaru told Liuyun that Hanzō of the Salamander had died and that Pain now ruled Hidden Rain Village, and Liuyun identified Pain as Nagato, Jiraiya’s disciple.
• Orochimaru revealed Sasori of the Red Sand’s location in the Land of Rivers, and Liuyun demonstrated that he had learned to use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Orochimaru reported that twenty or thirty Hidden Stone ninjas had entered the Land of Rice Fields to investigate the deaths of their comrades.
• Liuyun ordered Hidden Sound Village to tell the Hidden Stone ninjas to leave or be killed and declared that unauthorized ninja forces entering the Land of Rice Fields would die.

Obito sacrificed himself to save Kakashi and Rin, but Kakashi lost an arm before the two escaped the Stone Ninja. Two days later, Obito awoke in Madara Uchiha’s underground hideout and learned that Kakashi might be badly hurt.

• With Minato away, Kakashi led Obito and Rin on dangerous missions, and Stone Ninja captured Rin and threatened Kakashi.
• Obito threw himself in front of a blade, while Kakashi fought the Stone Ninja and lost his left arm before escaping with Rin.
• Liuyun watched as Obito and Kakashi’s severed arm disappeared underground, then left the battlefield.
• Two days later, Obito woke in an underground chamber and met Madara Uchiha, who told him he was still alive and demanded that he repay the favor by serving him.
• Madara showed Obito Kakashi’s arm, and Obito realized his sacrifice had not spared Kakashi from harm.

Obito rejected Madara Uchiha’s offer to become a God of Creation and focused on recovering so he could return to Kakashi and Rin. When he learned they were surrounded during a major attack, Madara finally let him leave with Aloe White Zetsu to find them.

• Obito tried to return Kakashi’s severed arm, but Madara Uchiha told him it had died and could not be reattached.
• While recovering, Obito learned Madara Uchiha was his ancestor and refused his offer to help create a perfect world.
• Aloe White Zetsu told Obito that the Land of Earth’s shinobi had attacked the Land of Fire’s shinobi and that Kakashi and Rin were surrounded.
• Obito tried to break through the underground walls to reach his companions, worsening his injuries, while Madara watched.
• Madara ordered Spiral White Zetsu to break through the walls and allowed Aloe White Zetsu to lead Obito to Kakashi and Rin.

Obito Uchiha arrived at the battlefield and awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan after witnessing Rin’s apparent death, then slaughtered the Stone Ninja. He left with Rin’s body to seek Madara’s help, while Liuyun’s clone returned to his main body with the news that Obito’s eyes had awakened.

• Aloe White Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Kakashi and Rin were surrounded after Konoha’s retreat, and Obito rushed to their battlefield.
• Obito saw Rin shield Kakashi from a fatal blow and believed they had both died, causing his Sharingan to awaken into the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Obito used Kamui and Spiral White Zetsu’s Wood Release to kill the Stone Ninja, then discovered that Kakashi was still alive.
• Obito accepted that the world was hell and, after Aloe White Zetsu suggested Madara might save Rin, carried her body toward Madara’s hideout.
• Liuyun’s clone watched Obito leave without intervening, then returned its Sage Chakra and memories to Liuyun’s main body.

Uchiha Liuyun confronted Sasori of the Red Sand and twice overwhelmed his defenses in three moves, leaving Sasori frightened but unwilling to submit. Sasori summoned a hundred puppets, and Liuyun declared that he would kill him within three moves.

• Uchiha Liuyun blocked Sasori of the Red Sand and said he would destroy Hiruko in three moves.
• Liuyun riddled Hiruko with lightning-infused kunai and crushed it with a kick, forcing Sasori to abandon the puppet and injuring his arm.
• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage Puppet, but Liuyun broke through its iron sand barrier and sealed the puppet, rendering it uncontrollable.
• Sasori refused to submit and summoned one hundred puppets with the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets.
• Liuyun raised three fingers and threatened to kill Sasori within three moves, making Sasori's heart clench with fear.

Liuyun subdued Sasori of the Red Sand and instructed him to join Akatsuki when invited, then visited Loulan before returning to Konoha. There, he discovered that the Konoha Twelve had all been born early, with the oldest already three years old.

• Sasori of the Red Sand submitted to Liuyun after Liuyun threatened to kill him within three moves, and Liuyun removed the seal from the Kazekage Puppet.
• Liuyun branded Sasori of the Red Sand with a Flying Thunder God Mark and told him to join Akatsuki when approached, then disappeared.
• Liuyun visited Loulan, confirmed the Dragon Vein Spirit Liquid had partly recovered, and promised Queen Sara he would station Jonin there for protection.
• Liuyun returned to his home in Konoha and sensed that Naruto, Sasuke, and the rest of the Konoha Twelve had already been born.
• Liuyun noted that the oldest of the Konoha Twelve were three years old, while Naruto and Sasuke were about two.