Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru and Liuyun split their forces to drive out the Cloud and Hidden Stone ninja invading the Land of Rice Fields. Liuyun cleared several Hidden Stone-held settlements and attacked their stronghold at Qingxi Town, where he prepared to ambush reinforcements.

• Orochimaru divided the ninja into two groups, sending Liuyun after the Hidden Stone bandits while he went to confront the Cloud Ninja.
• Liuyun led the Land of Rice Fields ninja in a frontal assault on Qingfeng Village, killed its resisting Chunin, and ordered a small group to tend the wounded.
• Liuyun and his men cleared three villages, killing or capturing around fifty Hidden Stone ninja.
• At Qingxi Town, Liuyun ordered Jonin Ito to flank the stronghold while he charged in alone.
• Liuyun bombed the town with Exploding Tags, killed surviving Stone Ninja with his sword, then ambushed arriving squads with poisoned needles.

Liuyun defeated a Hidden Stone squad and countered Dean’s Exploding Clay with lightning before bringing down the Jonins’ flying bird. Iwayu escaped onto a rooftop while Dean’s smaller clay bird struggled to carry him, and Liuyun pursued them with his tachi.

• Liuyun killed the Hidden Stone ninjas until only an Elite Chunin remained, then used lightning on his tachi to pierce the Chunin’s Earth Release Hardening Technique.
• Iwayu and Dean arrived on a clay bird, and Iwayu threatened Liuyun for killing Hidden Stone ninjas while Liuyun condemned their invasion of the Land of Rice Fields.
• Dean attacked Liuyun with Exploding Clay birds, but Liuyun’s Lightning Needles disabled them and he mocked Dean.
• Liuyun used a wire-controlled giant shuriken and Exploding Tag kunai to destroy the Jonins’ clay bird.
• Iwayu escaped to a rooftop as Dean’s replacement bird struggled to carry him, and Liuyun pursued them with his tachi.

Liuyun fought the Stone Ninja in Qingxi Town, killing Iwayu and then defeating Dean by exploiting the weakness of his clay bombs to lightning. As reinforcements joined the battle, Liuyun narrowly avoided a surprise attack from two Stone Ninja Chunin.

• Liuyun used a Shadow Clone and a lightning-charged tachi to kill Iwayu after Iwayu's Earth Clone trick failed.
• Dean bombed Liuyun from the air, but Liuyun charged into the Stone Ninja reinforcements and prevented Dean from safely using his C3 Bomb.
• Jonin Ito led nearly a hundred Land of Rice Fields ninjas into battle from the flank, and Dean flew toward them before Liuyun taunted him into turning back.
• Dean dropped the C3 Bomb on Liuyun, who disabled it with Lightning Release: False Darkness and struck Dean with Lightning Release: Lightning Panther.
• Two Stone Ninja Chunin attacked Liuyun with Rock Iron Cannon, but he dropped through a rooftop to evade their iron pellets.

Liuyun stayed behind in the Land of Rice Fields to repel two incoming Hidden Stone companies, then returned to the Land of Rain as Hanzō of the Salamander launched an attack on Konoha. He joined the chaotic battle near Dragon Gate Town and headed toward the main battlefield to find Orochimaru.

• After Liuyun and the Land of Rice Fields ninja captured the remaining Hidden Stone invaders, Orochimaru arrived and Liuyun persuaded him to return to the Land of Rain first.
• Liuyun drove off two newly arrived Hidden Stone companies, following the Land of Rice Fields Daimyo’s order to spare them, then spent a night at the daimyo’s residence.
• After returning to the Land of Rain, Liuyun found Hanzō of the Salamander attacking and joined the fighting alongside the main Konoha force.
• A Konoha Chunin told Liuyun that Orochimaru was at the main battlefield outside Dragon Gate Town, where Hanzō was trying to retake the town.
• Liuyun fought through the Rain Ninja and joined the chaotic battle as Konoha guarded against poisonous mist attacks.

Liuyun arrived on his Black Dragon as Hanzō of the Salamander spared the exhausted Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade and named them the Konoha Sannin. Liuyun and the dragon attacked Hanzō, and as steam and thunder emerged, Orochimaru began to suspect the reason behind Liuyun’s Fire Release attacks.

• Hanzō of the Salamander declared that he would spare Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade and gave them the title Konoha Sannin.
• Liuyun rode in on the Black Dragon and launched a Sage Art: Water Dragon Pillar, which Hanzō and his salamander evaded.
• The Black Dragon caught the salamander as it tried to ambush them underground and tore into its throat, killing it.
• Liuyun and the Black Dragon attacked Hanzō with Fire Release techniques while Hanzō used Body Flicker and Earth Release to defend himself.
• Orochimaru noticed steam and heard thunder after Liuyun’s Fire Release attack, then began to suspect Liuyun’s plan.

Liuyun and Hanzō of the Salamander traded powerful attacks while Black Dragon was injured, and both sides exhausted much of their Chakra. Hanzō tried to spare Liuyun and the Konoha Sannin, but Liuyun rejected his offer and prepared to fight on.

• Hanzō of the Salamander detonated Exploding Tags on Black Dragon's hind claws, badly injuring the dragon.
• Black Dragon unleashed a powerful Sage Art: Wind Release: Dragon Breath, but Hanzō escaped with Water Body Flicker Technique and attacked with a massive fire dragon.
• Liuyun countered Hanzō's Great Flame Dragon Technique with Great Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, and their clash left both fighters exhausted.
• Hanzō acknowledged Liuyun's talent and offered to spare him and the Konoha Sannin, saying the war was effectively lost and he would seek peace talks with Konoha.
• Liuyun rejected Hanzō's offer, declared that Hanzō's defeat was certain, and began crackling with lightning as Hanzō swallowed a Soldier Pill to restore his Chakra.

Liuyun used a lightning technique powered by the storm clouds to defeat Hanzō of the Salamander and shatter his reputation as the Demigod. As Liuyun moved to kill the defeated Hanzō, the Konoha Sannin asked him to spare his life.

• Tsunade worried Liuyun would be killed, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru urged her to wait and see how he fought.
• Liuyun ordered the Black Dragon to attack Hanzō of the Salamander and create an opening.
• Liuyun unleashed Lightning Release Secret Skill: Dragon Descent, striking Hanzō with a lightning dragon and blasting a vast crater into the battlefield.
• Liuyun approached the incapacitated Hanzō and raised his Chakra Blade to finish him.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya stopped Liuyun and pleaded for him to spare Hanzō because the war was over and Hanzō had spared them earlier.

Liuyun defeated Hanzō of the Salamander and persuaded him to surrender, bringing the War of Fire and Rain to an end. As Konoha celebrated its victory, Madara Uchiha began planning how to lure Liuyun into his control.

• Liuyun spared Orochimaru and the others, then Jiraiya and Tsunade urged Hanzō to surrender and negotiate with the Leaf High Command.
• After Liuyun threatened to behead him, Hanzō agreed to go with the Konoha shinobi.
• Liuyun’s Black Dragon carried the injured fighters across the battlefield as Konoha celebrated the war’s end and hailed their victory.
• Aloe White Zetsu reported Liuyun’s victory to Madara Uchiha, who reviewed its memories and decided to gather more intelligence before acting.

Konoha celebrated its victory over the Rain Country, and Asuka and Kushina awaited Liuyun’s return while arguing over whether to forgive him. As the Leaf Ninja prepared to leave, Liuyun learned Jiraiya would stay behind to care for Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, leaving him unable to interfere with Nagato’s rise.

• Madara Uchiha agreed to let Nagato and the others seek a teacher, while keeping himself as a last resort if they found no one suitable.
• Konoha celebrated after Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Konoha Sannin, and Uchiha Liuyun defeated and captured the demigod, and Asuka heard her son praised as a hero.
• Kushina tried to persuade Asuka to forgive Liuyun, but Asuka insisted she would punish him when he returned.
• Ten days after the final battle, Konoha and the Hidden Rain Village concluded postwar negotiations, and the Hidden Leaf Ninja received orders to return home.
• Liuyun learned from Orochimaru that Jiraiya planned to stay in the Rain Country to care for Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, and realized he could not stop Nagato’s rise.

Konoha welcomed home the ninja forces returning from the war in the Rain Country, and Uchiha Liuyun reunited with Kushina Uzumaki and his mother, Asuka. The chapter ended with Liuyun kneeling to hug Asuka’s thigh and crying that he had missed her.

• Konoha’s villagers, leaders, and families gathered at the gates to welcome the returning ninja forces.
• The Yūhi Clan Head arrived first and reunited with his family.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Uchiha Liuyun led the main force into Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed them home.
• Kushina Uzumaki rushed through the crowd and embraced Liuyun.
• Liuyun called for the crowd to make way, then knelt before Asuka and tearfully hugged her thigh.

Liuyun returned to Konoha and reunited with Asuka, publicly kneeling and begging for forgiveness after she threatened to break his legs. Once they were home, Asuka revealed that she was still furious he had secretly gone to the battlefield and made him choose between punishment with pliers or a stick.

• Liuyun knelt before Asuka in public, and onlookers praised him as Konoha Village’s great filial son.
• Asuka forgave Liuyun in front of the crowd, and he hugged her before they headed home together.
• Kushina parted from Liuyun and Asuka to visit Tsunade and Mito Uzumaki.
• Asuka shut the gate at home, confronted Liuyun over hiding his trip to the battlefield, and ordered him to kneel.
• Asuka brought out pliers and a wooden stick and demanded that Liuyun choose whether she would punish his mouth or break his leg.

Liuyun returned home, endured Asuka’s angry but tearful beating, and reconciled with her and Kushina. Later, he rejected the Uchiha Clan’s invitation to a victory banquet, leaving its messengers flustered.

• Asuka whipped Liuyun for risking his life on the battlefield, then stopped when she grew too tired and emotional.
• Liuyun treated Asuka’s injured hand and admitted he had not considered how his actions affected her.
• Asuka forgave Liuyun, heard his battlefield stories, and warned him to stop gambling and return Tsunade’s money.
• Liuyun reunited affectionately with Kushina and spent the afternoon chatting and eating with her and Asuka.
• Uchiha Qingmang and Uchiha Chiya invited Liuyun and Asuka to a victory banquet, but Liuyun declined and sent them back to the elders.

Liuyun attended a feast at the Uchiha Compound after his mother urged him to accept the elders’ invitation. When Uchiha Fourth Elder criticized him for keeping his battlefield service and Sharingan from the clan, Liuyun rejected the lecture and left the room’s elders facing his defiance.

• Asuka and Uchiha Qingmang urged Liuyun to attend the elders’ feast, and he agreed while Asuka stayed home.
• Liuyun told Kushina to wait for him, then entered the Uchiha Compound with Uchiha Qingmang and Uchiha Chiya.
• The five Uchiha elders welcomed Liuyun, while Uchiha Toyo regretted having failed to support him earlier.
• Uchiha Fourth Elder accused Liuyun of concealing his battlefield service, Jonin rank, and Three-Tomoe Sharingan from the clan.
• Uchiha Kawa tried to smooth things over, but Fourth Elder continued criticizing Liuyun, who said he had come to eat rather than listen to a lecture.

At a Uchiha Clan banquet celebrating his battlefield achievements, Liuyun rebuffed Fourth Elder’s attempt to lecture him and won the respect of the clan’s prominent Jonin. Afterward, Uchiha Great Elder apologized for Fugaku and gave Liuyun a scroll of Three-Tomoe Sharingan experience, leaving their relationship on friendly terms.

• Liuyun snapped at Uchiha Fourth Elder for criticizing him, and Uchiha Great Elder stopped the elder from continuing.
• Uchiha Great Elder introduced Liuyun as a celebrated young hero, and the gathered clan Jonin applauded and toasted him.
• Liuyun thanked the clan, shared sake with the guests, and welcomed their attempts to befriend him.
• After the banquet, Uchiha Great Elder asked Liuyun to forgive Fugaku for offending him.
• Uchiha Great Elder gave Liuyun a scroll containing predecessors’ experience with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Liuyun accepted the gift.

Liuyun chose to accept Uchiha Mikoto’s invitation instead of the Third Elder’s and learned that the Second Elder wanted to offer him a Jonin’s house and land. He declined the reward and explained that he and his mother had left the compound after she faced exclusion because of her Senju origins.

• A female Chunin invited Liuyun to meet the Third Elder, but Uchiha Mikoto arrived and invited him to meet her grandfather, the Second Elder.
• Liuyun chose to accompany Mikoto, politely leaving the Third Elder’s invitation for another time.
• On the way to Mikoto’s home, she invited Liuyun to his Jonin promotion celebration and promised to bring him a gift.
• The Second Elder offered Liuyun a house and land within the compound as a reward for becoming a Jonin.
• Liuyun declined the property and told the Second Elder that he and his mother had moved out because she had been excluded for her Senju Clan origins.

Liuyun declined Uchiha Second Elder's offer to live in the Uchiha Compound but accepted high-level ninjutsu as a reward for his battlefield service. After Liuyun left, Uchiha Mikoto revealed her admiration for him and her envy of Kushina.

• Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Second Elder invited Liuyun to live in the Uchiha Compound, but he declined and prepared to leave.
• Liuyun told Uchiha Second Elder that Uchiha Toyo had once recruited him, then thrown him out after he requested high-level ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Second Elder offered to send Liuyun high-level ninjutsu from his treasury as a reward for his service on the Land of Rain battlefield, and Liuyun accepted.
• Uchiha Second Elder and Uchiha Mikoto saw Liuyun to the entrance as he left the Uchiha Compound.
• Uchiha Second Elder teased Uchiha Mikoto about her feelings for Liuyun, and she admitted that he and Kushina were a couple and that he had risked his life to protect her.

Liuyun hosted Might Duy and Might Guy, encouraged Duy about advancing from Genin, and offered to take high-level missions with him. Later, Liuyun escorted Kushina home and pinned her against a wall, leaving her resisting as he tried to kiss her.

• Might Duy visited Liuyun with baby Might Guy and lamented that he was still a Genin because he struggled with the Chunin written exam.
• Liuyun comforted Might Duy, offered to team up with him on high-level missions, and invited him to train together the next morning.
• Might Duy accepted Liuyun's offer and left after thanking him for his concern about the cost of raising a child.
• Asuka brought out cards, and Liuyun, Asuka, and Kushina played Fight the Landlord late into the night.
• Liuyun insisted on walking Kushina home, then pinned her against a wall and tried to kiss her as she resisted.

After returning from the Land of Rain, Liuyun reunited with Kushina, trained, and attended a Jonin meeting where Konoha discussed tensions with the Land of Wind and plans to prepare for war. He visited Mito Uzumaki and learned that Kushina already knew she was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki but had not told him.

• Liuyun teased Kushina about kissing, but agreed to stop unless she gave permission.
• Kushina went to bed after returning home, while Liuyun read the Uchiha Great Elder’s experience scrolls.
• Liuyun ran and sparred with Might Duy, who praised his taijutsu while Liuyun reflected on the limits imposed by his age and physique.
• At the Jonin meeting, Liuyun received a reward and recognition, and Konoha’s adviser described its plans amid ongoing tensions with the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth.
• Liuyun resumed training and visited Mito Uzumaki, whose health had declined; he learned that she had told Kushina the truth about being the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kushina had kept her identity secret from Liuyun because Mito and the Third Hokage ordered her to, and she feared his reaction.

Liuyun worried that Kushina would be forced to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then spent the afternoon learning the Monster Strength Fist from Tsunade. On his way home, he attacked a Root ninja who ordered him to meet Danzo, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Liuyun noticed Kushina was distracted at the Senju Clan Grounds and suspected she was hiding something, but Tsunade interrupted their conversation.
• Tsunade taught Liuyun and Kushina the Monster Strength Fist, and she praised Liuyun for using Shadow Clones to speed up his training.
• Liuyun refused Tsunade's dinner invitation because he wanted to eat with his mother, Asuka.
• A Root ninja told Liuyun that Danzo wanted to see him at eight that night, and Liuyun demanded to meet at ten instead.
• When the Root ninja insisted on Danzo's order, Liuyun used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to catch him in a genjutsu, then punched and stomped him into the ground.

Liuyun received three powerful ninjutsu scrolls from the Uchiha Second Elder and spent the evening shopping with Asuka and Kushina before preparing to meet Danzo. As the meeting time approached, Danzo waited in Root's underground headquarters, growing angry.

• Liuyun beat a Root ninja who had come to summon him, then returned home to Asuka.
• Liuyun read the Second Elder's scrolls, which contained Great Fire Annihilation, Dragon Flame Song Technique, and Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.
• Kushina joined Liuyun and Asuka for a night-market shopping trip, and Liuyun carried their purchases.
• Liuyun and Kushina returned to the Senju Clan Grounds after he asked her to collect her belongings.
• Danzo watched the clock in Root's headquarters as ten o'clock approached and grew angry while waiting for Liuyun.