Chapter Summaries

Liuyun refused to reconsider killing Uchiha Itachi, while Obito planned to take Nagato’s Rinnegan to oppose him. Kushina persuaded Liuyun to travel to Konoha with her, and Nana later asked her exhausted father to watch a horror movie.

• Liuyun told Nana and Kushina that Itachi had been his enemy and could only die, while Kushina sympathized with Sasuke’s grief.
• Obito learned that Nagato had defected to the Hidden Sound Village and ordered Black Zetsu to activate Madara’s contingency so he could seize Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Kushina worried about Mikoto and asked Liuyun to take her to Konoha; he agreed after urging her to prepare for their plans involving the Nine-Tails and Loulan.
• Nana interrupted Liuyun in bed to ask him to watch a horror movie, and he scolded her for watching such films with Kushina.

Kushina visited Mikoto and Sasuke to explain how Itachi had died, while Liuyun listened from the roof. After Sasuke accepted that he had misunderstood Liuyun, Mikoto slapped him for accusing his benefactor, and Liuyun appeared to apologize; Mikoto then broke down in his arms.

• Liuyun and Kushina traveled to Mikoto's home, where Kushina went inside while Liuyun stayed hidden on the roof.
• Kushina told Mikoto and Sasuke that Itachi had died by his own hand and had asked her to convey his apology.
• Sasuke admitted he had misunderstood Liuyun, and Mikoto said she did not blame him for Itachi's death.
• Mikoto slapped Sasuke for leaving Yamikage Estate and accusing Liuyun without knowing the truth, then raised her hand to strike him again.
• Liuyun appeared, stopped Mikoto's second slap, and apologized for failing to explain things and for not giving Itachi another way out.
• Mikoto threw herself into Liuyun's arms and sobbed after he gently remarked that she had grown much thinner.

After Mikoto accepted Itachi’s death and resolved to live for Sasuke, Liuyun advised Sasuke about his Mangekyō Sharingan and discouraged him from leaving Konoha. Back at his home, Liuyun fused the power of two pairs of Mangekyō and broke through to a greater level of Sage Mana.

• Mikoto apologized to Liuyun, accepted that Itachi had no future, and promised to stay alive for Sasuke.
• Kushina comforted Mikoto and took her back to their room, while Sasuke turned away to hide his tears.
• Liuyun taught Sasuke about Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi, warned him about the Mangekyō’s harmful side effects, and recommended training with Kakashi and Guy.
• Sasuke regretted his impulsive actions and believed he had lost the chance to learn Nanao’s Sage cultivation method.
• Liuyun returned to his Konoha home and began fusing the ocular powers of two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan.
• As Liuyun’s spiritual energy surged, Natural Energy flowed into him and his Sage Mana broke through its limits.

After awakening the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Liuyun prepared to use the Ten-Tails' power to pursue the Rinnegan and took Kushina and Nanao to Rōran so he could extract the Nine-Tails. He left the chapter ready to begin the extraction at the Dragon Vein.

• Liuyun completed the fusion of his ocular power, awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and resolved to pursue the Ten-Tails' power as a path to the Rinnegan.
• Liuyun used his newly mastered space-warping ability to return with Kushina to Yamikage Estate, where they found Nanao surrounded by the mess from a party.
• Two days later, Kakuzu, Sasori of the Red Sand, Kisame Hoshigaki, Hidan, and Deidara joined the Hidden Sound Village as a private force under Yamikage Estate.
• Liuyun took Kushina and Nanao to the Ancient City of Rōran to extract the Nine-Tails at the Dragon Vein and let Nanao cultivate there.
• Kushina revealed the swirl seal on her abdomen as Liuyun assured her that the Nine-Tails could not interfere with the extraction.

Liuyun helped Kushina extract the Nine-Tails and used the Creation Resurrection Technique to repair the damage to her body. He left Kushina and Nanao absorbing Dragon Vein energy while preparing to use the Nine-Tails as bait.

• Kushina absorbed Dragon Vein energy until her Sage Chakra was full, with Nanao helping guide the energy.
• Liuyun subdued Kurama with his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then Kushina opened her seal and Liuyun pulled the Nine-Tails from her body.
• Liuyun replenished Kushina's seal with Sage Chakra as she used the Creation Resurrection Technique to heal the damage caused by the extraction.
• Liuyun told Kushina to keep the seal partly open so his power could continue nourishing her, then Kushina and Nanao entered the Spirit Liquid to absorb Dragon Vein energy.
• Liuyun confirmed that the Nine Brahma Dragon God Seal was concealed inside the Nine-Tails and decided to use it as bait.

Liuyun returned to the Hidden Sound Village, began fusing the Tailed Beasts’ chakra to pursue the Rinnegan, and received Nagato and Konan’s surrender on behalf of the Land of Rain. He promised the daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields leadership over the allied nations after conquering the Five Great Nations, then recruited Orochimaru to help seal the Tailed Beasts.

• Liuyun left Kushina and Nana in Rōran, returned to the Hidden Sound Village, and began combining the Tailed Beasts’ chakra inside his body.
• Liuyun put the Nine Great Tailed Beasts into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and planned to cultivate in seclusion to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Nagato and Konan brought the Land of Rain’s surrender letter to Liuyun, who made the Land of Rain a vassal state of the Land of Rice Fields and ordered them to prepare the Phantom Dragon Nine Sealing.
• Liuyun promised the daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields that he would make him leader of the allied nations after sweeping away the daimyos of the Five Great Nations.
• Orochimaru returned victorious to the Hidden Sound Village, and Liuyun tried to enlist him to help seal the Tailed Beasts by telling him about the Ten-Tails.

Liuyun joined Akatsuki in sealing the Tailed Beasts into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then left the others to finish while he continued fusing Ten-Tails Power. After the Nine-Tails was sealed and the statue went berserk, Liuyun appeared and teleported himself and the statue outside the village.

• Nagato explained that the Two-Tails would take a day and a night to seal, and Liuyun ordered Akatsuki to begin the Phantom Dragon Nine Sealing Technique.
• After the Two-Tails was sealed, Liuyun secretly tested his contingency, causing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to tremble, then left the remaining sealing to Akatsuki.
• Liuyun returned to Yamikage Estate to continue fusing Ten-Tails Power as Akatsuki began sealing the Three-Tails.
• Obito Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to keep contacting Nagato because he wanted to meet him and obtain powerful eyes.
• One week later, Akatsuki sealed the Nine-Tails, causing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to open its ninth eye and begin rampaging.
• Liuyun appeared, touched the statue's foot, and teleported it and himself outside the village as Nagato warned the others.

The Ten-Tails transformed into its first form and attacked Liuyun, who restrained it with Myōjin Gates. Nagato gained control of the beast and agreed to keep it from going berserk as it continued evolving.

• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path transformed into the monstrous first form of the Ten-Tails, which sensed the Ten-Tails' power in Liuyun and attacked him.
• Nagato explained that he could not control the unstable Ten-Tails remotely, while Liuyun evaded its claws with his phasing ability.
• Liuyun used Immortal Technique: Myōjin Gate to seal the Ten-Tails' tails and arms, allowing Nagato to connect to its head and gain initial control.
• Nagato told Liuyun that the Ten-Tails was still evolving, and Liuyun instructed him to prevent it from going berserk rather than interfere with its evolution.
• Nagato tried to demonstrate the Ten-Tails' power, but the Myōjin Gates kept it restrained and prevented him from unleashing a Tailed Beast Ball.

Liuyun demonstrated the Ten-Tails’ power and explained that it was still transforming toward its God Tree form. He then challenged Nagato’s claim to the Rinnegan, leaving Akatsuki stunned and the tension between the two leaders unresolved.

• Liuyun freed the Ten-Tails, and Nagato ordered it to fire a massive Tailed Beast Ball out to sea.
• Akatsuki watched the distant blast and discussed conquering the Five Great Nations, but Liuyun warned that the Ten-Tails did not make them invincible.
• The Ten-Tails began changing shape, and Liuyun explained that it had only reached its second form and was transforming toward the God Tree.
• Nagato questioned Liuyun about his past plans, and Liuyun revealed that he had been watching Nagato for far longer than Nagato had realized.
• Liuyun asked Nagato whether the Rinnegan was really his, shocking the Akatsuki members gathered nearby.

As the Ten-Tails transformed into the God Tree beneath a blood-red moon, Liuyun hinted to Nagato that his Rinnegan did not truly belong to him. Hagoromo Otsutsuki awakened in a hidden chamber, sensed the God Tree and Liuyun, and prepared to watch the unfolding crisis while Liuyun waited for powerful observers to approach.

• Liuyun told Nagato that his Rinnegan was neither Liuyun's nor Nagato's, but Konan calmed Nagato before the two could fight.
• The Ten-Tails rooted itself in the earth and transformed into the God Tree as a red moon appeared over the Shinobi World.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki's chakra awakened in an underground chamber, immobilized a White Zetsu, and sensed the God Tree and Liuyun from afar.
• Hagoromo entered the White Zetsu's body and resolved to intervene if the Infinite Tsukuyomi was activated.
• Liuyun sensed Hagoromo's gaze, recognized that hidden Six Paths-level figures were watching, and waited beneath the God Tree for them to come.

Liuyun ordered the Akatsuki to wait in Hidden Sound Village while he worked to control the God Tree, and the other members beat up Hidan after his complaints sparked a fight. Two days later, envoys from the Five Great Nations arrived to question Orochimaru about the God Tree, and he directed them to Liuyun’s estate.

• Liuyun told Nagato to leave the God Tree in its current form and ordered the Akatsuki to wait in Hidden Sound Village while he learned to control it.
• Hidan complained about waiting, picked fights with the others, and was beaten until his face was bruised and his jaw dislocated.
• Two days later, envoys from the Five Great Nations arrived in Hidden Sound Village, with Konoha sending Might Duy, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Orochimaru over founding Hidden Sound Village, and Orochimaru defended his decision to leave Konoha.
• Tsunade demanded answers about the God Tree and the Red Moon, but Orochimaru said he knew nothing and pointed the envoys toward Liuyun at Yamikage Estate.

Might Duy, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato visited Liuyun to investigate the God Tree, which he admitted to planting. Liuyun left them alarmed by suggesting he might use its power to eliminate shinobi across the nations, while reassuring them that he would not harm his friends.

• Might Duy, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato arrived at Yamikage Estate, and Liuyun welcomed them with tea.
• Jiraiya and Minato discussed how Liuyun’s presence blended with nature, and Tsunade asked where Kushina and Nana had gone.
• Tsunade asked about the God Tree, and Liuyun said he had planted it.
• Jiraiya revealed that Mount Myōboku’s toads had identified the tree as the Ten-Tails, and Liuyun guessed Gamamaru had told him.
• Liuyun suggested he might use the God Tree to eliminate shinobi of every nation, then assured Tsunade that he would not harm her or his other friends.
• Tsunade pressed Liuyun about shinobi unrelated to him, and he replied that they had nothing to do with him.

Liuyun told Tsunade that the God Tree could bring lasting peace and that the Red Moon posed no lasting danger, but he refused to reveal the tree’s full purpose. On the journey back to Konoha, Jiraiya concluded that Liuyun planned to eliminate shinobi and reshape the world, leaving Minato to decide what to report and whether to oppose him.

• Liuyun assured Tsunade that the God Tree was not demonic, claimed it could bring lasting peace, and said the Red Moon would not harm living beings.
• Tsunade accepted Liuyun’s answers, and the Konoha envoys left the Hidden Sound Village after a feast while Orochimaru dismissed the other nations’ envoys.
• Minato told Jiraiya that Liuyun intended to wipe out shinobi, and Jiraiya agreed that he seemed serious but questioned whether Konoha could stop him.
• Minato proposed uniting the nations against Liuyun, while Jiraiya warned that war could devastate the world and suggested trusting Liuyun instead.
• Jiraiya explained that Liuyun saw shinobi as the source of chaos and intended to use the God Tree to eliminate them and guide the world toward peace.
• Jiraiya used the Body Flicker Technique and left Minato to report the mission to the Fourth Hokage, but Minato remained unsure what to say or decide.

Minato asked Naruto whether ninja should oppose Liuyun’s plan to wipe out the ninja in pursuit of peace, and Naruto urged him to seek help from the Hokage and the wider Shinobi World. Naruto then revealed that he and Sasuke had been dreaming of the Sage of Six Paths, leaving Minato determined to have them train while he informed the Fourth Hokage.

• Minato returned home and asked Naruto whether he should stop a powerful acquaintance who planned to eliminate every ninja for the sake of lasting peace.
• Naruto argued that Minato should oppose the plan and involve the Hokage and the entire Shinobi World rather than face the threat alone.
• Naruto told Minato that he and Sasuke had shared vivid dreams of the Sage of Six Paths, who wanted to teach them skills.
• Minato told Naruto to believe the Sage, discuss the dreams with Sasuke, and focus on training while he explained the situation to the Fourth Hokage.

Minato told Hatake Sakumo that Uchiha Liuyun might use the God Tree to eliminate shinobi, prompting Konoha’s leaders to prepare for a possible war without provoking one prematurely. Tsunade decided to investigate the Hidden Sound Village with Shizune, then wagered Jiraiya that Liuyun would let them stay at Yamikage Estate.

• Minato recounted his trip to the Hidden Sound Village and Liuyun’s stated goal to Hatake Sakumo, who summoned Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and others for advice.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Konoha not to start a war based on uncertain information, but to investigate Liuyun’s intentions, find a way to deal with the God Tree, and strengthen Konoha’s forces.
• Hatake Sakumo agreed to reduce tedious missions and increase military preparations, while Minato secured permission to train Naruto and Sasuke without assigning them missions.
• Tsunade volunteered to go with Shizune to the Hidden Sound Village to investigate Liuyun and the God Tree, and Jiraiya offered to accompany her.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya argued over whether Liuyun would let her stay at Yamikage Estate, then agreed to wager their assets on the outcome.

Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Hidden Sound Village, but Orochimaru refused to host them, and Liuyun’s guards barred Tsunade from entering Yamikage Estate without authorization. After Tsunade’s attempts to win a bet with Jiraiya caused a scene, Orochimaru warned them to stay away from the God Tree or risk being killed.

• Orochimaru refused Jiraiya’s request to stay at the Shadow Estate and told the two visitors they needed supervision to remain in Hidden Sound Village.
• Tsunade went to Yamikage Estate, but the guards refused her entry because Liuyun was away and she had no authorization.
• Tsunade threatened the guards and tried to force her way in, but Shizune stopped her from starting a fight.
• Tsunade returned to Orochimaru to seek permission, but he refused, and Jiraiya waived their gambling debt to calm her after she caused a scene in the Shadow Tower.
• Orochimaru warned Tsunade and Jiraiya to avoid Yamikage Estate and the God Tree, where Akatsuki would kill anyone approaching without permission.

Tsunade and Jiraiya secretly investigated the God Tree but were discovered and surrounded by the Akatsuki. Nagato and Konan let them leave after Jiraiya appealed to his former students, while the Akatsuki identified the pair as two of the Konoha Sannin.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya evaded Sound Anbu surveillance and approached the God Tree, but its immense Natural Energy overwhelmed Jiraiya's sage senses and their presence was detected.
• Deva Path Pain caught Tsunade with Almighty Pull and Shinra Tensei, but Jiraiya rescued her and recognized Pain as Yahiko.
• Deidara and the other Akatsuki members attacked the pair, and Jiraiya used Wild Lion's Mane Technique to fend off threats and save Tsunade from Sasori's scorpion tail.
• Jiraiya called out to Yahiko and Konan, explained their visit, and Deva Path Pain asked the Akatsuki to let them go.
• Konan urged Tsunade and Jiraiya to leave, and they fled as the Akatsuki discussed their identities as the other two Konoha Sannin.

After Akatsuki drove Jiraiya and Tsunade away from the God Tree, Orochimaru closed the Hidden Sound Village to outsiders. At Mount Myōboku, Hagoromo Otsutsuki met the Great Toad Sage to discuss the Ten-Tails’ return and was shocked to learn that the sage had gone blind.

• Orochimaru ordered Jiraiya and Tsunade to leave the Hidden Sound Village, and Tsunade declared that the Three Ninja were finished.
• Jiraiya took Tsunade and Shizune away, abandoning their investigation, while Orochimaru ordered the village to bar foreigners.
• Sage Fukasaku told the Great Toad Sage that Hagoromo Otsutsuki had arrived at Mount Myōboku, and the Great Toad Sage welcomed him.
• Hagoromo told the Great Toad Sage that the Ten-Tails had revived and that he planned to awaken Asura and Indra to defeat the schemers and reinforce his mother’s seal.
• Hagoromo asked about the young Senju sage he had sensed beneath the God Tree, but the Great Toad Sage said he could no longer dream or see the future.
• Hagoromo discovered that the Great Toad Sage was blind and reacted with shock.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki visited Mount Myōboku for Sage Power Regeneration Talismans and help training Asura’s reincarnation, but the Great Toad Sage refused to teach him and revealed its belief that the Child of Prophecy would lose. The Great Toad Sage explained that it was distancing Mount Myōboku from Hagoromo to avoid the karma of backing the losing side.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki asked the Great Toad Sage for two Sage Power Regeneration Talismans and for Mount Myōboku to teach Immortal Technique to Asura’s reincarnation.
• The Great Toad Sage agreed to provide the talismans and Toad Oil but said Hagoromo should teach the technique himself, then declared that Mount Myōboku would prepare to close itself off.
• Sage Fukasaku mourned the Great Toad Sage’s supposed impending death, but the Great Toad Sage startled him by claiming Fukasaku would die first.
• The Great Toad Sage told Sage Fukasaku that Hagoromo had once helped Mount Myōboku defeat Kaguya and seal the God Tree in exchange for its training and Immortal Treasures.
• The Great Toad Sage said its blindness showed that the god’s rise was inevitable and that the Child of Prophecy and Hagoromo’s side would lose, so it had given Hagoromo the treasures only out of old friendship.
• The Great Toad Sage told Sage Fukasaku that Heaven’s Mandate favored strength and background, not compassion.

After Otsutsuki Toneri severed the God Tree and fled toward the moon, Liuyun pursued him there and joined Deidara and Konan. Liuyun faced Toneri in battle, shrugging off his attacks with Kamui Intangibility before closing in to strike.

• Liuyun sensed the village barrier activate and discovered that Otsutsuki Toneri had cut down the God Tree and fled toward the moon.
• Sasori of the Red Sand and Kakuzu told Liuyun that Toneri’s powerful technique had injured several Akatsuki members, and Liuyun assured them the village was safe.
• Liuyun ordered the others to tend to Hidan, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the moon and pursue Toneri.
• Liuyun arrived as Deidara and Konan fought Toneri, sliced through the attacking puppets, and told them to leave Toneri to him.
• Liuyun asked Toneri whose Byakugan he had taken, then endured Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion with Kamui Intangibility and closed in to attack.