Chapter Summaries

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan decided to attend Kumogakure’s peace talks and take down its three leaders, while Ōnoki confronted Iwagakure’s elders over surrender. Ōnoki ordered the elders seized and formally returned Iwagakure to the Gui Ning Army.

• Yahiko showed Nagato and Konan the Intelligence Department’s account of Kumogakure’s trap, and they agreed to attend the talks and capture Third Raikage A, Fourth Raikage A, and Sakui.
• The Gui Ning Army supplied Iwagakure with books as Kakashi’s forces seized the Land of Earth’s Daimyo’s Mansion and took its records and property.
• Ōnoki asked Iwagakure’s eight elders to consider surrender, but several resisted because they feared losing their positions and doubted the Ning Organization’s strength.
• After deciding surrender would protect Iwagakure, Ōnoki ordered Akatsuchi to surround the meeting room and had the elders detained.
• Ōnoki led elite ninja to meet Namikaze Minato and handed over Iwagakure’s maps and administrative records, returning the village to the Gui Ning Army.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan negotiated with Third Raikage A and Fourth Raikage A, but Yahiko refused to withdraw the Gui Ning Army and said the Land of Lightning would be brought under the Ning Organization. Third Raikage A questioned why Yahiko served Ningyuan and wondered whether the young leader’s reputation concealed a lack of combat strength.

• Third Raikage A opened the talks with praise for the young leaders, and Fourth Raikage A demanded that they withdraw their troops.
• Yahiko refused, declaring that the Gui Ning Army would not leave until the Land of Lightning was permanently brought under the Ning Organization.
• Third Raikage A asked why Yahiko had not used his sixty thousand soldiers to make the Land of Rain independent, and Yahiko answered that the organization sought peace and had created Rain Province.
• Third Raikage A asked what made Ningyuan worthy of such loyalty and privately doubted that the nine-year-old leader had real fighting ability.

Yahiko’s peace negotiations with Third Raikage A failed when Kumogakure tried to attack, and Nagato revealed his Rinnegan to repel them. After the two sides clashed over the Ning Organization’s laws and invasions, they abandoned talks and prepared for battle.

• Third Raikage A tried to recruit Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan, but Yahiko explained that their organization’s leadership was based on its ideals rather than strength.
• As and Sakui launched a surprise attack on Yahiko, but Nagato used Shinra Tensei to send them flying.
• Yahiko disputed Kumogakure’s accusations about White Soup City and defended the Ning Organization’s laws and treatment of prisoners.
• Sakui challenged Nagato with Black Lightning: Black Panther, but Nagato destroyed it with Shinra Tensei.
• Third Raikage A and Fourth Raikage A activated Lightning Release: Lightning Armor, and both sides formed up as the battle began.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan overwhelmed the Kumogakure leaders during negotiations with Nagato’s Rinnegan and Konan’s vast supply of Explosive Tags. Realizing resistance would doom his son, his subordinates, and Kumogakure, Third Raikage A surrendered to the Ning Organization.

• Nagato trapped Fourth Raikage A and Sakui in the Swamp of the Underworld while Konan halted Third Raikage A with explosive paper airplanes.
• Konan revealed a huge store of Explosive Tags, and Nagato absorbed Sakui’s Storm Release attacks with the Northern Darkness Divine Skill.
• Konan turned one hundred million Explosive Tags into airplanes and bombarded Third Raikage A as Nagato pulled Fourth Raikage A and Sakui back with Banshō Ten'in.
• Third Raikage A ordered Fourth Raikage A to become the Fourth Raikage and tried to hold off the explosives while his son and Sakui fled.
• Third Raikage A concluded that continued fighting would destroy Kumogakure and leave its people and history erased, so he declared Kumogakure’s surrender to the Ning Organization.

Third Raikage A surrendered Kumogakure to the Ning Organization after concluding that resistance was hopeless, and Yahiko explained how humane treatment of prisoners could help unify the shinobi world. The Ning Organization subdued the Land of Lightning and brought the last two northern nations under its control, leaving the shinobi continent unified.

• Third Raikage A explained to Fourth Raikage A and Sakui that Kumogakure could not win and had no reason to fight to the death.
• Yahiko persuaded Third Raikage A that treating prisoners well could attract Rogue Ninja and help the Ning Organization gain support.
• Nagato sealed the Chakra of Third Raikage A, Fourth Raikage A, Sakui, Eight-Tails Killer B, and Two-Tails Yugito Nii, and Kumogakure surrendered.
• The Gui Ning Army entered the Land of Lightning, captured its Daimyo, and established Ning Organization rule.
• Miroku announced the Land of Demons had joined the Ning Organization, and Kazahana Sōsetsu relinquished the Land of Snow to it.
• The Ning Organization brought the shinobi continent under its rule after a thousand years of division and warfare.

The Ning Organization blockaded the Land of Water while its representatives founded the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty and established its capital, divine-human co-governance system, government, and administrative divisions. The national flag and anthem remained undecided as preparations continued for the Founding Ceremony.

• The Ning Organization and its allies blockaded the Land of Water, while a popular education handbook urged Kirigakure to submit after four of the Five Great Ninja Villages had fallen.
• At the founding conference, representatives adopted the Rabbit Goddess Calendar and selected the former Land of Grass as the site of Zhongjing City, the new capital.
• Ningyuan declined to become a conventional emperor and proposed Divine-Human Co-governance, taking the title Immortal Lord Guiyuan while Tsunade, Orochimaru, Yakushi Nonō, Namikaze Minato, and Hatake Sakumo received Shadow titles.
• The conference established the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty, its Star Committees and government departments, and appointed their leaders.
• Representatives abolished the former national names and divided the territories into new states and directly administered cities, including Zhongjing City and Yuxiao City.
• The conference left the national flag and anthem under selection, with the Founding Ceremony still to come.

Kirigakure’s leaders learned that the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty had unified the ninja world and cut off the Land of Water’s supplies, leaving the village unable to resist for long. They chose to return to Ning and prepared to send clan representatives to the central capital.

• The Third Mizukage and Kirigakure’s clan heads discussed the sudden fall of Iwagakure and Kumogakure and the shortages caused by the continent-wide supply cutoff.
• The Terumi clan head argued that Kirigakure should return to Ning, while the leaders weighed resistance, surrender, and fleeing to the Shenzhou Continent.
• The Terumi clan head declared his clan’s support, and the Yukikaze, Hozuki, Tsuchigumo, and Kaguya clans followed.
• The Third Mizukage decided Kirigakure would join Gui Ning and ordered Suikazan Fuguki to seize the Daimyo before he could flee with the nation’s wealth.
• The clan heads volunteered to travel with the Mizukage to the central capital and agreed to bring their most outstanding juniors.

The Kirigakure delegation arrived in Gui Ning and saw its rapidly developed towns, new currency, public services, and career paths for ninja. As they traveled toward Yan Capital, Mei Yū considered buying an automobile and wondered whether the Terumi Clan should move to the mainland.

• The Kirigakure delegation arrived at Heiwa, where Genji and the others marveled at how quickly the small fishing village had grown.
• Hyuga Shin explained that Gui Ning ninja could pursue military and government careers or civilian work, and he described Might Duy's well-paid brick-hauling job.
• Mei Terumi recognized Ningyuan on a new banknote and reconsidered her family's plans for her marriage to him.
• Hyuga Shin described exams, government ranks, and the possibility that Mei Terumi could become a town chief after graduating from university.
• The delegation boarded special vehicles for Yan Capital, and Mei Yū asked about buying an automobile before wondering whether the Terumi Clan could relocate to the mainland.

Kirigakure's delegation met with Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty officials to discuss joining the new state and the consequences of the village's past crimes. The Third Mizukage accepted responsibility for Kirigakure's actions, while Ningyuan discreetly introduced himself to Mei Terumi.

• Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure delegation arrived in Yan Capital and were taken to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for talks about joining the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty.
• Shikana Shige explained that Kirigakure would need to follow the dynasty's rules, including choosing new surnames, and Mei Yū began considering a surname for his clan.
• The Third Mizukage asked whether Kirigakure's Blood Mist Policy would be investigated, and Genji said the Mizukage, elders, and clan heads had jointly approved it.
• The Third Mizukage admitted that Kirigakure had helped destroy the Land of Whirlpools, along with Kumogakure, while Sunagakure and Iwagakure had supplied support.
• Shikana Shige warned that the Third Mizukage could face trial or even death, but the Mizukage still agreed to let Kirigakure submit to the dynasty.
• Ningyuan sent Mei Terumi a note introducing himself and asking how he should address her.

Mei Terumi secretly exchanged notes with Ningyuan during the reunification conference, learned his identity, and came to admire his reasons for unifying the ninja world. When the meeting ended, she slipped away to follow him, leaving Mei Yū worried that her daughter had been lured off by someone.

• Mei Terumi questioned Ningyuan through notes, and he revealed his Ink Style and proved that he was the Immortal Lord by changing his eyes to the Byakugan.
• Ningyuan explained the suffering in the old ninja world, and Mei Terumi recognized his desire to give ordinary people a peaceful life.
• Mei Terumi admired Ningyuan and felt happy about the prospect of their marriage, though she worried he might not want to marry her.
• After the conference concluded, Mei Terumi spotted Ningyuan leaving and used the Body Flicker Technique to follow him.
• Mei Yū noticed Mei Terumi had left and worried that someone had lured her daughter away, while Shikana Shige offered to have someone watch over her.

Ningyuan left a diplomatic meeting with Mei Terumi and showed her his rare chakra releases while discussing her future. Mei decided to pursue an accelerated education and a political career so she could eventually work close to him.

• Ningyuan revealed his true appearance to Mei, changed his eye colors, and explained how he disguised himself with Light Style.
• Ningyuan showed Mei how he used Vapor Style and described his research into Kekkei Tōta, prompting her to ask about becoming stronger.
• Ningyuan explained that children in the submitted villages would receive schooling and told Mei she could apply to a Genius Class and graduate early.
• Mei asked Ningyuan to help choose her career, and he recommended political studies at Yan Jing University and the Civil Engineering Department.
• Ningyuan explained that Mei could seek a position in the Immortal Lord’s Secretariat by passing exams, and Mei resolved to study hard and become a top student.

Orochimaru summoned the previous generations of ninja leaders and other notable figures with Impure World Reincarnation so they could witness the founding ceremony of the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty. The revived leaders watched Ningyuan lead the ceremony in Yan Jing City, leaving Senju Tobirama determined to learn what had changed in the world.

• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, Hiruzen, Mito, and former Kage from the major ninja villages.
• Hashirama and Tobirama questioned Orochimaru and Hiruzen about why they had been summoned, but Orochimaru said Konoha was not in danger and asked them to watch the ceremony first.
• Orochimaru opened the curtains, revealing a vast crowd gathered in Yan Jing City for the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty's founding ceremony on January 8, 1027 of the Ushi Era.
• Tobirama recognized Tsunade and Orochimaru among the officials on the gate tower, then noticed that nine-year-old Ningyuan stood at the front and received the crowd's loudest cheers.
• Tobirama observed the Senju-marked medical stations treating people who fainted from excitement and resolved to watch the ceremony to understand the transformed world.

Ningyuan declared the founding of the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty and explained how he had unified the ninja world. He exposed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s crimes before the resurrected leaders, then called him trash.

• Ningyuan rejected the crowd’s kneeling, declared that the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty had been founded, and announced a new era for the Gui Ning people.
• Ningyuan attended the military parade as resurrected village leaders questioned Senju Hashirama about the disappearance of their nations.
• Uchiha Madara argued that unification was the path to peace and mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi, prompting Senju Tobirama to demand an account of Hiruzen’s actions.
• Ningyuan revealed his Wood Release and accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of engineering deaths, abandoning the Land of Whirlpools, and using Root to suppress village geniuses.
• Ningyuan described how he used Konoha’s resources and the Akatsuki Organization to defeat the rival villages and unify the ninja world.
• Ningyuan told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he was trash.

Ningyuan publicly condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi for suppressing talent and misgoverning Konoha, then arranged for his deeds to be taught as a warning throughout the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty. After the ceremony, he reunited the resurrected leaders with their descendants, while Uzumaki Mito began considering whether to bring Tsunade and Ningyuan together.

• Ningyuan listed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s failures as a Hokage, companion, father, and politician, and Hiruzen collapsed after Ningyuan called him the shinobi world’s CJB.
• Ningyuan ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s record to be used as a model case for examinations in the Gui Ning Immortal Dynasty, and Orochimaru prepared to send him away temporarily.
• Ningyuan brought Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uzumaki Mito, and Uchiha Madara to meet their descendants, and Senju Tobirama welcomed Namikaze Minato as Kushina’s lover.
• Tsunade told Uzumaki Mito that Hiruzen Sarutobi had been responsible for the deaths of her lover and Nawaki, prompting Tobirama to ask Minato to explain Konoha’s history.
• Uchiha Madara met Shisui, learned that the Uchiha Clan had been disarmed after Uchiha Nanato’s rebellion, and took pride in Shisui’s promise as a young genius.
• Uzumaki Mito noticed Tsunade’s growing affection for Ningyuan and considered helping bring them together.

Tsunade told Uzumaki Mito about her work building Gui Ning’s medical system, and Mito urged her to move on from Dan and pursue Ningyuan despite the age gap and his existing lover. Tsunade admitted she wanted him, but the chapter left her facing the problem of his lover and Gui Ning’s monogamous rules.

• Tsunade described her healthcare responsibilities and accomplishments as one of Gui Ning’s Seven Star Committee members.
• Uzumaki Mito praised Tsunade but cautioned her against becoming arrogant, prompting Tsunade to reflect on the Senju Clan’s fate.
• Mito asked whether Tsunade had moved on from Dan, and Tsunade realized she had barely thought of him in years.
• Mito suggested Ningyuan as a match, and Tsunade objected that she was thirty-five, he was ten, and he already had a lover.
• Mito argued that Tsunade’s youth and long lifespan made the age gap unimportant, then proposed keeping their relationship secret despite Gui Ning’s monogamous system.
• Tsunade said she chose Ningyuan, though she remained unhappy about lacking an official status.

Tsunade admitted her feelings for Ningyuan, and he openly confessed that he loved her as well as Yūhi Kurenai. The two silently accepted their relationship as Uzumaki Mito led Hashirama and Senju Tobirama away, leaving them alone together.

• Uzumaki Mito urged Tsunade to pursue her happiness, then asked Ningyuan whether he loved her.
• Ningyuan said he loved Tsunade romantically, and Tsunade learned that his feelings had begun when they first met five years earlier.
• Ningyuan admitted he loved both Tsunade and Yūhi Kurenai, while Tsunade recognized how his care had filled the emptiness in her heart.
• Tsunade and Ningyuan embraced and silently accepted their feelings for each other as Uzumaki Mito watched approvingly.
• Uzumaki Mito took Hashirama and Senju Tobirama away, Minato left with Kushina, and Madara took Shisui to train.
• Left alone with Tsunade, Ningyuan worried that others would tease them, but Tsunade said she would take responsibility.

Ningyuan reviewed White Zetsu’s findings on the Divine Continent, learned that its ancient Immortal Era may have ended in a war with the Otsutsuki, and decided Gui Ning should prepare for a future conflict rather than conquer it now. He assured Black Zetsu that he still intended to revive Otsutsuki Kaguya, then took him to see why the time was not right.

• Black Zetsu gave Ningyuan a report describing the Divine Continent’s countries, language, cultivation, and history.
• Ningyuan translated the Divine Continent’s historical records and concluded that the Otsutsuki likely slaughtered its immortals around the time they arrived in the ninja world.
• Ningyuan told Black Zetsu that Gui Ning would not try to conquer the distant Divine Continent yet, but could prepare to fight it after another eleven or twelve years of development.
• Black Zetsu asked whether the arrival of the Three-Tails and Six-Tails meant he could revive Otsutsuki Kaguya, and Ningyuan said it was not time yet.
• Ningyuan explained that he needed Kaguya’s knowledge to advance the Phoenix Heavenly Technique and face the Otsutsuki, convincing Black Zetsu that he would keep his promise.
• Ningyuan created a clone to handle government affairs, placed his hand on Black Zetsu’s shoulder, and took him away to show him the obstacle.

Ningyuan visited Chiyo and Ebizo’s Self-Reincarnation research lab with Black Zetsu to advance their plan to save Jinchuriki after extracting their Tailed Beasts. He redirected their stalled work toward developing a simple way to produce and distribute Yang Release Chakra, and Chiyo promised results in three days.

• Ningyuan and Black Zetsu visited Building Four, where Chiyo explained that her team had finally understood Self-Reincarnation as a transfer of Yang and Yin Release Chakra.
• Chiyo described how Self-Reincarnation could revive the dead, and Ningyuan explained that he wanted to adapt it to replenish Jinchuriki after their Tailed Beasts were extracted.
• Chiyo reported that her experiments with monkeys had stalled and that Tsunade had rejected her request to test the technique on human subjects.
• Ningyuan told Chiyo to broaden the project from improving Self-Reincarnation to studying life-force transfer, and proposed that people produce small, safe amounts of Yang Release Chakra for storage and later medical use.
• Chiyo agreed that a basic Yang Release technique could be made accessible to ordinary people, then shortened her estimate for developing it from two weeks to three days.

Ningyuan warned Black Zetsu that reviving Otsutsuki Kaguya through the Ten-Tails might be uncertain and proposed testing the process on a smaller scale. He brought Black Zetsu to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru revealed that the lotus had been successfully cultivated.

• Ningyuan questioned whether Black Zetsu’s plan to revive his mother was reliable, since Otsutsuki Kaguya had never tested the method herself.
• Black Zetsu pleaded with Ningyuan to help ensure his mother’s revival, and Ningyuan suggested starting with a smaller experiment.
• Ningyuan explained cloning to Black Zetsu and led him to the Clone Research Institute to investigate a safer approach.
• Ningyuan introduced Black Zetsu to Orochimaru, who was cultivating plants in the laboratory.
• Orochimaru told Ningyuan that the lotus had already been successfully cultivated.

Ningyuan demonstrated that a cultivated Divine Tree could support a plan to revive Kaguya, then began extracting the Tailed Beasts from their hosts. Kushina survived the Nine-Tails’ extraction, but Kurama emerged furious and threatened Yan Jing City as Ningyuan revealed the range’s purpose.

• Ningyuan and Orochimaru showed Black Zetsu a Divine Tree and explained how Orochimaru had cultivated it from a branch using Dragon Vein Chakra.
• Black Zetsu agreed to try reviving his mother with portions of the Ten-Tails and the Tailed Beasts, and Ningyuan set February 8 as the target date.
• Ningyuan refined Chiyo’s Yang Release Seal into the Soaring Sun Body Cultivation Method, promoted it in schools, and used collected Yang Release Chakra to accelerate a patient’s healing.
• Ningyuan gathered the Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts at a marked target range, and Kushina volunteered to be the first host to have her Tailed Beast extracted.
• Kurama refused to leave Kushina until Ningyuan threatened to publish a scandalous story about him, prompting Kurama to emerge and attack.
• Ningyuan gave Kushina a vitality-restoring crystal, and Minato confirmed that she survived the extraction as Kurama threatened to attack Yan Jing City.