Chapter Summaries

Liuyun collected Tsunade’s gambling debt and returned to his room in Konoha’s camp, where two letters from home reminded him how much Asuka and Kushina missed him. As he replied to them, news that Might Guy had been born left him feeling newly aware of time passing.

• Tsunade paid Liuyun the money she owed after he reminded her of their past debts and offered to forgive the balance if she stopped gambling.
• Liuyun planned to win Tsunade’s remaining money and later learn the Strength of a Hundred Technique from her.
• Liuyun found a Communication White Snake carrying two letters from Asuka and Kushina.
• Asuka’s letter said Might Guy had been born, prompting Liuyun to think Kakashi and Kabuto would soon follow.
• Liuyun read Kushina’s affectionate letter and missed home, then began writing replies to both women.

Liuyun prepared to leave on a scouting mission to Dragon Gate Town while discussing the war and his unsuccessful efforts to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. Konoha planned to seize the strategic town now that antidotes for Salamander Poison had been distributed, and Liuyun departed with Orochimaru and a Hyuga Branch Family scout.

• Tsunade sought Liuyun out to play cards, but Orochimaru told her to work on the antidote and Liuyun said he was busy maintaining his Chakra Blade.
• Liuyun reflected on his dangerous battles and his desire to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan without sacrificing someone close to him, but he had made no progress.
• Orochimaru explained that Konoha had nearly distributed antidotes throughout its forces and was preparing for another major battle.
• Orochimaru identified Dragon Gate Town as a crucial target whose capture would cripple Rain Country's waterways and threaten Hidden Rain Village.
• A Hyuga Branch Family scout arrived, and Liuyun left with Orochimaru for Dragon Gate Town after Tsunade warned him to be careful.

Orochimaru, Liuyun, and Hyuga Hisei infiltrated Dragon Gate Town to record the Rain Ninja’s defenses, but the rain and a sudden enemy movement revealed their presence. Orochimaru sacrificed Hisei and ordered a split breakout; Orochimaru drew most of the pursuers while Liuyun fled in another direction.

• Orochimaru led Liuyun and Hyuga Hisei around Dragon Gate Town, where Hisei used his Byakugan to record the guards.
• The trio entered the town inside summoned snakes, and Liuyun grew suspicious when the rain intensified near the Rain Ninja camp.
• Hyuga Hisei reported a sudden movement of Rain Ninja, so Orochimaru took the intelligence cloth and had a giant snake swallow him.
• Orochimaru and Liuyun fled southeast, using Shadow Clones to mislead their pursuers before Rain Ninja blocked their path with a Water Release attack.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant snake and fled right while Liuyun went left, drawing a separate group of Rain Ninja after him.

Surrounded by Rain Ninja in Dragon Gate Town, Liuyun fought his way through their attacks and summoned Black Dragon when he was badly injured. Black Dragon ignored Liuyun’s order to retreat and charged into the enemy, leaving their escape unresolved.

• Liuyun killed a pursuing Rain Ninja Jonin with his Sharingan genjutsu and Chakra Blade, but more Rain Ninja surrounded him.
• Liuyun countered the Rain Ninja’s Great Waterfall Technique with Exploding Water Shockwave, destroying the earthen walls before a Water Cannon Technique blasted him away.
• Liuyun summoned Black Dragon with his blood and urged him to retreat, but Black Dragon refused and charged the Rain Ninja.
• Black Dragon smashed through a Water Dragon Bullet, rushed into the enemy group, and swallowed two Rain Ninja.
• Liuyun questioned why Black Dragon crawled on four legs instead of flying.

Liuyun and Black Dragon fought their way through a Rain Ninja encirclement, with Black Dragon using a powerful Sage Art to break through and escape into a river. Liuyun rode atop the flood dragon as they sped away, thrilled to fulfill his dream of riding a dragon.

• Liuyun mocked Black Dragon for being unable to fly, and Black Dragon explained that it was training its Immortal Technique and Sage Chakra after spending its youth mating.
• Black Dragon charged through a Rain Ninja Jonin's Great Waterfall Technique while Liuyun struck the Jonin with Lightning Needles, allowing Black Dragon to catch and eat him.
• A Rain Ninja Lightning Release expert struck Black Dragon, but Liuyun diverted the expert's next Lightning Punishment and protected them from the attack.
• Black Dragon unleashed Sage Art: Water Dragon Pillar, tore open the encirclement, and endured Exploding Tag kunai as it fled toward the outskirts of Dragon Gate Town.
• Liuyun used Great Waterfall Technique to hinder their pursuers, and Black Dragon escaped into a river while the Rain Ninja stopped chasing them.
• Liuyun stood on Black Dragon's head and laughed as they raced through the dark, rain-lashed river.

Liuyun fooled the Black Dragon with fabricated legends about how snakes evolved into dragons, then urged it to study Immortal Techniques and save its strength. The Black Dragon returned to the Summoning World after delivering Liuyun to shore, and Liuyun went back to the Konoha camp, where Orochimaru was absent.

• Liuyun told the Black Dragon that snakes evolved through several stages before becoming true dragons and explained away its questions about the timeline.
• When the Black Dragon challenged his story with the White Snake Sage's age, Liuyun claimed evolution depended on opportunity and advised it to gather Sage Chakra.
• Liuyun urged the Black Dragon to study Immortal Techniques and reduce its mating, but the Black Dragon refused to abstain from females.
• Liuyun entertained the Black Dragon with more dragon legends until it delivered him to a safe riverbank and returned to the Summoning World.
• Liuyun returned to the Konoha camp and found Orochimaru missing.

Orochimaru and Liuyun used a feint to help Konoha capture the towns around Dragon Gate Town, including Valley Rain Town, while steadily weakening the Rain Ninja. Konoha then began its decisive siege of Dragon Gate Town, assigning Orochimaru and Jiraiya to block the river and intercept Hanzō of the Salamander.

• Liuyun treated Orochimaru’s wounds, and the two agreed to draw Rain Ninja reinforcements toward Dragon Gate Town before attacking nearby towns.
• Konoha captured two neighboring towns by surprise after the Rain Ninja redeployed their forces toward Dragon Gate Town.
• Konoha lured Rain Ninja out of Dragon Gate Town, ambushed and killed nearly a hundred of them, then captured another town.
• After more than half a month of fighting, Konoha breached Valley Rain Town and spent nearly ten days securing its gains against Rain Ninja counterattacks.
• The Yūhi Clan Head ordered Orochimaru and Jiraiya to lead Water Release specialists in blocking the waterways and intercepting Hanzō of the Salamander.
• After the meeting, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Liuyun discussed their battle plan and shared their experience fighting Hanzō.

Liuyun and the Konoha leaders planned to intercept Hanzō of the Salamander’s reinforcements before they reached Dragon Gate Town. As the Rain Ninja fleet approached, the hidden Konoha forces and their Summoning Beasts prepared to strike beneath the river.

• Liuyun shared intelligence about Hanzō’s poison sac and the recovery time for his salamander’s poisonous mist, and the group discussed countermeasures.
• Orochimaru led Liuyun, Jiraiya, and elite Konoha ninja upstream to ambush Amegakure’s reinforcements traveling by river.
• Liuyun, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya summoned Black Dragon, Manda, and Gamabunta, then ordered the beasts to hide in the river and attack the ships.
• Black Dragon raced ahead underwater with Liuyun on his head as Hanzō’s fleet sped downstream toward Dragon Gate Town.
• The Rain Ninja noticed a disturbance beneath the water and went on alert.

A Konoha youth riding a Black Dragon led an attack on the Rain Country fleet, and the summoned beasts devastated the reinforcements on the river. After the Black Dragon drove one salamander back despite its poison, Hanzō summoned the salamander clan’s matriarch, who charged the dragon in a rage.

• The Black Dragon capsized a Rain Country troop transport and destroyed another ship while the Konoha ninja attacked from its head.
• Manda and Gamabunta emerged from the river and joined the Black Dragon in battling the Rain Ninja and their ships.
• Hanzō summoned three salamanders, but the Black Dragon ignored their poison, tore into one, and forced it to retreat.
• Hanzō summoned the salamander clan’s intelligent matriarch and told her the Black Dragon had wounded her son, Big Gray.
• The matriarch recognized the Black Dragon as the Evil Dragon and lunged at it in anger.

Hanzō of the Salamander targeted Liuyun and fought him while their giant summons clashed in the river. Orochimaru and Jiraiya arrived to help Liuyun, and the chapter ended as two savage beasts burst from the water.

• Hanzō of the Salamander ordered his giant salamander to attack the Black Dragon and declared his intent to kill Liuyun.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya left Manda and Gamabunta to fight the salamander and rushed to help Liuyun against Hanzō.
• The Black Dragon and the giant salamander collided in a fierce battle, while Liuyun and Hanzō exchanged blows in midair.
• Hanzō's speed and strength overwhelmed Liuyun, who was driven into the river before Orochimaru and Jiraiya intervened.
• Orochimaru pulled Liuyun from the river, and Liuyun healed his injured hands as the three prepared to attack Hanzō together.
• Jiraiya warned the others as two savage giant beasts burst from the surging river.

Black Dragon fought Hanzo’s giant salamander while Konoha’s ninja and summoned beasts battled the Rain Ninja reinforcements. The salamander’s poison mist forced Gamabunta and Manda to retreat, leaving Black Dragon to face the remaining salamanders alone.

• Black Dragon gained the upper hand against the giant salamander, but its toxin numbed his jaws and let the creature slip free.
• The salamander released poison mist that seeped through skin, prompting Orochimaru to order Konoha’s forces to retreat.
• The giant salamander escaped Black Dragon’s water attack, while a poisoned Gamabunta fled to Mount Myōboku.
• Manda retreated to Ryūchi Cave after the toxins overwhelmed it, though its venom later caused one salamander to collapse and disappear.
• Black Dragon remained in the thinning poison mist as the two remaining salamanders approached him.

Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Liuyun fought Hanzō of the Salamander on the river while the Rain Ninja attacked the poisoned Konoha forces. After surviving Hanzō’s traps and counterattacks, the trio prepared to continue the battle with Liuyun taking the lead, and Hanzō singled him out as a future threat.

• The Rain Ninja charged the poisoned Hidden Leaf Ninja as Black Dragon fought two gigantic salamanders in the river.
• Hanzō of the Salamander used a Water Clone and an explosive trap to attack Jiraiya, who was injured and nearly dragged underwater before Orochimaru and Liuyun rescued him.
• Liuyun shocked the chain with Chidori Current, then sent lightning into the river, while Orochimaru pulled him clear of Hanzō’s Water Dragon Whirlwind.
• Jiraiya and Liuyun used explosive-tagged kunai to disrupt the Water Dragon Whirlwind, forcing Hanzō of the Salamander to rise from the river with his weapon partly lost.
• Orochimaru told Liuyun to lead the next attack while he and Jiraiya supported him, and Hanzō declared that Liuyun was too dangerous to leave alive before attacking again.

Hanzō of the Salamander used Ibuse’s poisonous mist and his Body Flicker Technique to pressure Liuyun, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya. The three coordinated attacks against him, but Hanzo escaped their trap and detonated Exploding Tags beside Liuyun, leaving his fate unclear.

• Hanzō of the Salamander summoned Ibuse, whose poisonous mist obscured the battlefield and irritated the trio’s eyes.
• Hanzo struck Liuyun with his scythe, then used Body Flicker to attack Jiraiya and cut his neck with the poison-coated blade.
• Jiraiya retreated after being poisoned, while Liuyun used False Darkness to electrocute Ibuse in the river.
• Orochimaru flooded the battlefield, giving Liuyun an opening to rush Hanzo with Chidori, but Hanzo escaped with Body Flicker.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru trapped Hanzo with Needle Jizo and Multiple Serpent Entangling Hands, but Hanzo turned into water and escaped.
• Hanzo detonated Exploding Tags hidden among the pythons, and the blast appeared to engulf Liuyun.

Liuyun, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru struggled against Hanzō of the Salamander while the Black Dragon battled two giant salamanders. The Black Dragon unleashed a vast flood that swept everyone into the river, leaving the three young ninjas trapped inside Jiraiya’s hair-and-python shelter.

• Liuyun used the Body Flicker Technique to evade the explosion, then attacked Hanzō with a Lightning Panther after his Water Body Flicker Technique left him unable to evade again.
• Hanzō escaped the Lightning Panther by dropping into the river, but Liuyun directed the attack into the water and exhausted himself.
• Ibuse spat Orochimaru and his Shadow Clones out, then returned with Hanzō, who had been wounded by Liuyun’s lightning.
• The Black Dragon fought the two salamanders, suffering bites and venom while still holding the advantage.
• The Black Dragon entered a rampaging state and sent a hundred-meter wave toward the battlefield, sweeping the combatants and flooding nearby villages and fields.
• Liuyun tried to rescue Jiraiya, but Orochimaru joined them as Jiraiya wrapped all three in his hair and Orochimaru reinforced the shelter with pythons.

Liuyun, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya survived the river disaster and reached Dragon Gate Town after Konoha captured it, securing victory in the War of Fire and Rain. News of Liuyun’s strength spread across the Shinobi World, and the Uchiha Clan confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over keeping his achievements and promotion secret.

• Liuyun treated Orochimaru and Jiraiya after the three washed ashore and found their fellow Konoha shinobi dead.
• The three reached Dragon Gate Town and learned from Tsunade that Hanzō had abandoned it, allowing Konoha to win the decisive battle.
• Reports of Liuyun’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan, black dragon, and battlefield achievements spread through the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and a large bounty was placed on him.
• The Uchiha Clan erupted after learning of Liuyun’s achievements, and the Uchiha Great Elder demanded an explanation from Sarutobi Hiruzen at the Hokage Tower.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said Liuyun had requested secrecy and that his Jonin promotion was kept quiet for his safety, but the Uchiha Great Elder left insisting the clan had a right to know.

After Uchiha Liuyun’s battlefield exploits made him famous across Konoha, his reputation benefited the Uchiha Clan and inspired young shinobi. Asuka learned that Liuyun had hidden his deployment from her and demanded Kushina find out what else he had kept secret.

• Hanzo’s hostile assessment of Liuyun helped spread his abilities and identity, making it difficult for him to remain unknown.
• The news of Liuyun and the Third Hokage’s three disciples returning as heroes reached Konoha, where villagers praised them and the Uchiha Clan gained public standing.
• Asuka turned away Uchiha Clan visitors who wanted her to move back, then raged at Liuyun and Kushina for hiding his battlefield service.
• Kushina begged Asuka for forgiveness, and Asuka eventually forgave her and asked her to gather more information about Liuyun.
• Konoha’s young shinobi became more motivated by Liuyun’s example, while the Third Hokage praised him as a shinobi who had grasped the Will of Fire.

Liuyun read a furious letter from his mother, then gathered with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to discuss the differences between the Sage Modes of the Three Great Sage Regions. He revealed that Ryūchi Cave had agreed to let him study its techniques, but their risks and flaws made him seek advice from the others.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya read Liuyun's mother's angry letter and teased him about being punished when he returned home.
• Liuyun demanded that Jiraiya repay his gambling debt, and the four settled down to drink tea.
• Liuyun wrote the character for “Sage” and asked the others to compare the Sage Modes of their regions.
• Jiraiya was surprised that Liuyun knew about Sage Mode, while Orochimaru asked whether Liuyun had found Ryūchi Cave.
• Liuyun told Orochimaru that Ryūchi Cave had permitted him to learn its techniques, but their flaws led him to ask the others for advice.

Liuyun discussed the Sage Mode inheritances of the three sacred lands with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, then questioned whether their training mediums caused the dangerous transformations. He learned that cultivating Sage Mode without a medium could take decades and left his decision about Ryūchi Cave’s Immortal Technique until after the war.

• Tsunade explained that Shikkotsu Forest’s Immortal Technique required enormous Chakra and that the First Hokage was the only person to master it.
• Liuyun, Tsunade, and Jiraiya described how Ryūchi Cave’s bite, Shikkotsu Forest’s slug, and Mount Myōboku’s Toad Oil helped people sense Natural Energy.
• Liuyun suggested that the sacred lands’ mediums caused Sage Mode’s physical side effects, and Jiraiya confirmed that Toad Oil could cause frogification or petrification.
• Liuyun asked what would happen if someone absorbed Natural Energy without a sacred land or its medium, but none of them knew the answer.
• Jiraiya explained that self-taught Sage Mode could take decades, leaving Liuyun frustrated by the cost and risks of learning Ryūchi Cave’s Immortal Technique.
• Liuyun decided to postpone entering Ryūchi Cave to learn its Immortal Technique until after the war.

Madara Uchiha learned about Uchiha Liuyun’s family and relationships, while Liuyun trained with Orochimaru to counter Hanzō of the Salamander’s speed. The war spread across more borders, leaving the Shinobi World in its most chaotic phase.

• Madara Uchiha questioned White Zetsu about Liuyun’s background and learned about his mother, Uchiha Asuka, his teacher Orochimaru, and his closeness with Kushina Uzumaki.
• Madara Uchiha told White Zetsu to investigate Liuyun’s relatives and friends but not to monitor him closely.
• Liuyun tested a lightning-enhanced Body Flicker Technique, strained his leg muscles, and heard Orochimaru warn him not to overtrain.
• Liuyun and Orochimaru discussed Hanzō of the Salamander’s speed and the need for faster Lightning Release techniques.
• Two months later, Sand Ninja attacked a Konoha outpost, and the fighting spread as the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, Rain Country, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Earth became embroiled in war.

Orochimaru and Liuyun secretly left the Land of Rain battlefield to help the Land of Rice Fields Daimyo repel invaders from the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth. They arrived and learned that two hundred local ninja were ready to join them, while Konoha’s follow-up protection remained conditional on the country driving out the invaders itself.

• Orochimaru received a plea for help from the Land of Rice Fields Daimyo, whose country had been invaded by the Land of Lightning and raided by bandits from the Land of Earth.
• Orochimaru decided to help in exchange for the Daimyo’s support with money, a location, manpower, and materials for his research plans.
• Liuyun agreed to accompany Orochimaru, and they left Shadow Clones behind before secretly departing the Land of Rain battlefield.
• After two days of forced marching, Orochimaru and Liuyun met the Land of Rice Fields Daimyo, who said the Third Hokage had promised follow-up protection if the country repelled the invaders itself.
• The Land of Rice Fields Daimyo told Orochimaru that intelligence was ready and two hundred local ninja awaited his command.