Chapter Summaries

Lu Li overwhelmed Tsunade until Might Guy intervened and opened the seventh Gate to challenge him. Lu Li met Guy's powerful taijutsu head-on, eager to test himself against the Azure Beast.

• Lu Li used Shunpo and his sword to repeatedly wound Tsunade while draining the Chakra stored in her Strength of a Hundred Sealings Technique.
• Kakashi sent Guy to support Tsunade as he and his allies continued holding off Yagura and Kisame.
• Guy arrived, identified himself as Leaf Village's Azure Beast, and opened the seventh Gate of Wonder.
• Guy's high-speed kick drove Lu Li through several rows of houses, and his next punch forced Lu Li to retreat across the ground.
• Lu Li chose to fight Guy with taijutsu and charged into the gale raised by Guy's attacks.

Might Guy unleashed Daytime Tiger against Lu Li, but Lu Li survived the devastating attack and recovered with Healing Kidō. He then overpowered Konoha’s defenders, leaving Tsunade gravely wounded and Jiraiya shocked as the battle continued.

• Guy drove Lu Li through Konoha and struck him with Daytime Tiger, blasting him beyond the village gates and flattening a path through the forest.
• Lu Li survived by entering Sage Mode, bracing against the punch, and redirecting its force, though he suffered severe injuries and damaged equipment.
• Guy collapsed from exhaustion, and Kakashi carried him away as Lu Li sent Tsunade flying with a punch.
• Lu Li charged Tsunade and Konoha’s reinforcements, cutting off Tsunade’s left arm and kicking Asuma through several houses.
• Lu Li electrocuted and killed attacking Explorers, then evaded Jiraiya’s Sage Art: Super-Sized Rasengan, leaving Jiraiya shocked that Sage Mode had not stopped him.

The Third Hokage struggled against Orochimaru and Sasori while Lu Li defeated Jiraiya’s Sage Mode with tactics that exploited its dependence on Fukasaku and Shima. The chapter ended with Jiraiya and the two sages still facing Lu Li amid the burning forest, while Jiraiya questioned why Leaf Village had driven him out.

• The Third Hokage fought Orochimaru, Sasori, and their Impure World Reincarnation forces inside Advent of a World of Trees, and Orochimaru revealed that Lu Li had returned to attack Leaf Village.
• The Third Hokage tried to rally the Leaf Village fighters by saying Jiraiya was still outside, but Jiraiya was blasted through the forest and landed in a battered Sage Mode.
• Fukasaku warned Jiraiya that their injuries and Lu Li’s Raiden might prevent them from maintaining Sage Mode, while Lu Li arrived and moved to fight Jiraiya.
• Lu Li countered Jiraiya’s Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon by redirecting the needles, then split the combined Sage Art: Goemon firestorm with a blade strike.
• Fukasaku asked why Leaf Village’s rogue ninja were so strong, and Jiraiya wondered what Lu Li had done to deserve being driven out.

As Lu Li and his allies overwhelmed Leaf Village’s defenses, the Third Hokage hoped the Uchiha Clan would intervene, while Naruto and Sasuke met and fought in an evacuation shelter. The Uchiha had still not entered the battle when Naruto began to recognize Sasuke as someone who was ostracized too.

• Lu Li drove Jiraiya away from the fires, while the Third Hokage struggled against the First Hokage and regretted ordering the Uchiha Clan to remain on its grounds.
• At the evacuation shelter, Naruto waited for Lu Li to take him away and argued with Sasuke, who kicked him from a crate before the boys fought until Hinata’s voice stopped them.
• Naruto and Sasuke watched the battle together as Leaf Village’s forces fell back and Lu Li, Yagura, and Kisame Hoshigaki overwhelmed the defenders.
• Sasuke boasted that his father and brother would lead the Uchiha Clan to defeat Lu Li, and Naruto realized the Uchiha were disliked by villagers as he was.

Naruto realized the Uchiha were being kept out of the battle while Lu Li broke through Konoha and stole the Scroll of Forbidden Techniques. Lu Li defeated Konoha’s gathered defenders in a devastating slash and continued toward the shelter, where Naruto watched excitedly and Sasuke trembled.

• Naruto told Sasuke that the village was excluding the Uchiha, but Sasuke insisted his clan was simply being held back as a trump card.
• Lu Li pushed past Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the other defenders, then entered the underground archive and took the Scroll of Forbidden Techniques with Itachi’s help.
• Jiraiya ordered Kakashi to summon the Uchiha Clan, while Lu Li prepared to end the battle before they arrived.
• Lu Li used a powerful blade strike to cut through Konoha’s gathered heroes and send them crashing into Hokage Rock.
• Naruto watched Lu Li advance toward the shelter with excitement, while Sasuke trembled in fear.

Obito tried to kill Lu Li after Danzo’s failed ambush, but Itachi’s disguise and Tsukuyomi let Lu Li cut off Obito’s lower body before he escaped into another dimension. Lu Li reached the shelter and took Naruto, while Sasuke clung to him and vowed that the Uchiha Clan would defeat Lu Li.

• Obito found Danzo’s corpse, worried that his ties to Danzo would be exposed, and decided to assassinate Lu Li in Leaf Village.
• Obito saw Itachi disguised as Rin and rushed to protect her, letting Itachi trap him in Tsukuyomi as Lu Li struck and severed his lower body.
• Obito escaped into another dimension, leaving his severed legs behind, while Itachi dropped his disguise and withdrew toward the clan grounds.
• Lu Li advanced to the shelter as Orochimaru’s forces pushed into Leaf Village, then cut open its roof and seized Naruto.
• Sasuke grabbed Naruto’s wrist to stop Lu Li from taking him, while Naruto urged Sasuke to let go and hide.

Lu Li carried Naruto and Sasuke through Konoha as the Uchiha Clan entered the battle and defeated the enemy forces on both flanks. As Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi reached the main battlefield, Lu Li implied that he intended to take Naruto somewhere better, while Itachi tried to understand what would happen to Sasuke.

• Lu Li took Naruto and Sasuke with him and sent Shinya ahead while Konoha's forces struggled against the invading army.
• Uchiha Fugaku trapped Kisame Hoshigaki in a Mangekyo Sharingan genjutsu and called for the sealing unit.
• Uchiha Itachi used Amaterasu to restrain Yagura and declared that the Uchiha Clan would take control of the battlefield.
• Lu Li rode Shinya across Konoha and shocked Sasuke into silence when he boasted that his father and brother would defeat Lu Li.
• Uchiha Itachi and another figure blocked Shinya on the main street, and Itachi demanded that Lu Li release Naruto and Sasuke.
• Lu Li said Konoha would be destroyed and that he would find Naruto a better place, leaving Itachi to infer that Lu Li would not harm Sasuke.

Lu Li fought Uchiha Fugaku and Itachi after they revealed their Susanoo, while the Leaf Village ninja watched and hoped the Uchiha could stop him. The staged battle escalated into a fierce exchange, leaving Fugaku and Itachi wondering why Lu Li was fighting so seriously.

• Itachi reasoned that Lu Li had taken Naruto to strengthen the Uchiha Clan and help keep Naruto connected to Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and formed a Susanoo, then urged Itachi to use his full strength; Itachi summoned his own Susanoo.
• Shinya warned Lu Li about Susanoo and moved away with Naruto and the dazed Sasuke.
• Lu Li attacked with Mountain-Collapsing Slash, damaging both Susanoo and prompting Fugaku to increase his power.
• Fugaku and Lu Li traded blows that wrecked Konoha's streets, while Itachi punched Lu Li through ruined buildings to the western wall.
• Lu Li charged back at the Uchiha, and Itachi released Amaterasu as Fugaku tried to block him with Susanoo's blade.

Lu Li sparred with Uchiha Fugaku and Itachi while Konoha’s remaining forces faced Orochimaru and Sasori. When Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane joined the fight, Lu Li killed Koharu, and Homura demanded that Fugaku attack him.

• Sasuke woke and watched Fugaku and Itachi fight Lu Li while Naruto marveled at their Susanoo.
• Sasori and Orochimaru confronted the Uchiha elite force and began attacking them amid Konoha’s ruins.
• Fugaku pushed his Mangekyo Sharingan to its limit to hold Lu Li back while Itachi went to assist the Uchiha fighters.
• Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane joined Fugaku and tried to trap Lu Li with fire and earth techniques.
• Lu Li slipped past Susanoo and killed Koharu Utatane with Prison Demon.
• Homura grieved Koharu’s death, prepared an A-rank ninjutsu, and angrily ordered Fugaku to kill Lu Li.

Lu Li and the Uchiha father and son drove the battle away from Leaf Village, while Itachi defeated Orochimaru with his Sharingan. Afterward, Lu Li warned Itachi that the village’s devastation and the removal of its jinchuriki would make it easier for the Uchiha to take power, leaving Itachi questioning the cost.

• Lu Li killed Homura Mitokado while Uchiha Fugaku kept up appearances by fighting him.
• Itachi burned Sasori’s puppet-control threads with Amaterasu, then trapped Orochimaru in a genjutsu.
• Lu Li rescued Orochimaru and helped Uchiha Fugaku and Itachi drive him out of Leaf Village, while Shinya escaped with Naruto and Sasuke.
• The Dog Bark Brothers persuaded Leaf Village’s survivors to credit the Uchiha with defending the village, prompting them to consider supporting the clan.
• Lu Li treated Itachi’s eye injuries unsuccessfully, then told Fugaku he hoped the Uchiha would make Leaf Village fairer.
• Itachi warned that the destruction and the loss of the Nine-Tailed Fox Jinchuriki left Leaf Village vulnerable, and Lu Li questioned whether the Uchiha could have taken power without his actions.

Lu Li arranged for Orochimaru to train Naruto and Sasuke in the Land of Rice Fields, offering him Uchiha research material and the chance to obtain Obito’s Mangekyo Sharingan. The boys woke in Hidden Sound Village and learned they were to become Orochimaru’s disciples, while Itachi appeared to guide Sasuke.

• Itachi accepted Fugaku’s view that Tsunade and Jiraiya’s absence gave the Uchiha Clan room to grow without the old Hokage faction interfering.
• Lu Li woke Orochimaru and asked him to teach Naruto and Sasuke; Orochimaru agreed after Lu Li promised the Uchiha Clan would provide research material and help him obtain a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Lu Li told Itachi that Obito likely survived in an alternate space and promised not to let him escape their next encounter.
• Fugaku agreed to let Sasuke train under Orochimaru, while Itachi planned to visit the Land of Rice Fields regularly to check on his brother.
• Sasuke woke beside Naruto near Hidden Sound Village, where Orochimaru announced that they would be his disciples.
• Sasuke protested that his father and brother could not have lost, then saw Itachi appear and tell him to respect his new teacher.

Itachi left Sasuke in Orochimaru’s care, assuring him that training there would make him strong. After Suigetsu easily defeated Sasuke and Naruto, Itachi returned to Leaf Village while Kimimaro took the boys to settle in.

• Itachi told Sasuke to train under Orochimaru and promised to visit monthly, while Sasuke reluctantly accepted the arrangement.
• Lu Li and Orochimaru introduced Sasuke and Naruto to Kimimaro, Jugo, Karin, Suigetsu Hozuki, and Haku, who mocked the newcomers as weak.
• Sasuke challenged the others to a spar, and Suigetsu quickly knocked down both Sasuke and Naruto.
• Orochimaru called Sasuke and Naruto his junior disciples, lifting Kimimaro’s spirits, and sent him to take them to their rooms.
• Lu Li reassured Itachi that Sasuke would grow stronger, and Itachi used the Body Flicker Technique to return to Leaf Village.

Lu Li confronted Nagato about the failed deal with Danzo and exposed the masked man’s role in trying to frame and kill him. Nagato agreed to brand the masked man a traitor and promised Lu Li an explanation in Rain Village, while Lu Li revealed that he had captured the Nine-Tailed Fox Jinchuriki.

• Lu Li told Nagato that Danzo’s supposed deal had been a trap, and explained that he had fought Leaf Village’s forces after they attacked him.
• Lu Li said Orochimaru had come to his aid and accused Zetsu of following him and making baseless claims.
• Lu Li revealed that a masked man with the Mangekyo Sharingan had attacked him, leading Nagato to suspect that the masked man had conspired with Danzo.
• Konan identified the masked man as a hidden Akatsuki member who had requested the mission, and Kakuzu demanded an explanation about the organization’s secret dealings.
• Konan called for a kill order, and Nagato declared the masked man a traitor whom he would handle personally.
• Lu Li said he had captured the Nine-Tailed Fox Jinchuriki, and Nagato praised him and told him to keep the captive secure until the plan resumed.

Lu Li watched the Uchiha Clan consolidate its power in Leaf Village and claimed a reward containing two Mangekyo Sharingan, which he entrusted to Orochimaru for research. Seeing Naruto’s loneliness and lagging progress, Lu Li decided to seek teachers for him at the Uzumaki Clan ruins by releasing souls from the Shinigami’s stomach.

• Nagato ended the Akatsuki meeting and summoned Zetsu to Rain Village to discuss the aftermath of the Leaf Village attack.
• Sasuke and Naruto trained in Orochimaru’s village alongside Suigetsu and Karin, while Lu Li waited for events in Leaf Village to develop.
• Uchiha Fugaku became Fifth Hokage, and the Uchiha Clan expanded its influence through political alliances and plans to profit from the spread of its bloodline.
• After the Five Kage Summit was called to discuss Akatsuki, Lu Li claimed the Uchiha’s Redemption reward and gave Orochimaru two Mangekyo Sharingan to study alongside Hashirama Cells.
• Lu Li noticed Naruto’s loneliness and weak progress, then decided to visit the Uzumaki Clan ruins and release the dead from the Shinigami’s stomach to teach him.

Lu Li arranged for Orochimaru to undo the Reaper Death Seal and reincarnate Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki so they could help train Naruto. After explaining the upheaval in Leaf Village, Lu Li brought them to meet their son, and Minato and Kushina descended toward Naruto with joy and affection.

• Lu Li asked Orochimaru to release the souls sealed by the Reaper Death Seal and summon Minato and Kushina to teach Naruto.
• Orochimaru used the Shinigami mask to release the souls, then performed Impure World Reincarnation with two Hidden Sound Village ninjas as vessels.
• Minato and Kushina awakened, learned that Orochimaru and Lu Li had attacked Leaf Village, and questioned Lu Li about Naruto and the village.
• Lu Li explained what had happened in Leaf Village and led Minato and Kushina to the training field where Naruto was sparring with Sasuke.
• Kushina called out to Naruto, and she and Minato leapt down toward him as he recognized them.

Naruto reunited with his parents after Lu Li used the Impure World Reincarnation to bring Minato and Kushina back, and Kushina grew angry when she learned how the Leaf Village had treated him. As the group discussed the Akatsuki and Obito, Naruto struggled with his ninjutsu, leaving Lu Li to question why Minato and Kushina had not resolved his difficulties with the Nine-Tailed Fox.

• Lu Li introduced Naruto to Minato and Kushina, and Naruto tearfully reunited with his parents.
• Kushina learned that Naruto had only recently discovered who his parents were and condemned the Third Hokage for the way the village had treated him.
• Minato discussed the Akatsuki's plans with Lu Li, who said he was willing to support Pain's goal but would not surrender all of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Lu Li told Minato that the masked man was Obito and asked Minato to explain space-time ninjutsu so he could fight him.
• Naruto failed to use the Clone Jutsu, and Kushina tried to speak with the Nine-Tailed Fox before Lu Li asked why they had not settled the issue.

Lu Li entered Naruto’s spiritual world and drained the Nine-Tailed Fox until it shrank, temporarily stopping it from disrupting Naruto’s ninjutsu. After learning that the great nations planned to attack Akatsuki, Lu Li left to meet Nagato, while Obito and Zetsu planned to exploit the coming assault on Rain Village.

• Lu Li entered Naruto’s spiritual world and confronted the Nine-Tailed Fox, which refused to stop interfering with Naruto’s ninjutsu.
• Lu Li used Prison Demon and the Soul Eater Ring to drain the Nine-Tailed Fox’s Chakra until it shrank into a tiny fox.
• Naruto welcomed the smaller Nine-Tailed Fox, and Lu Li left the sealed world believing it would behave for a while.
• A ninja cat delivered Uchiha Fugaku’s message that the five great nations were organizing an allied force to attack Akatsuki in Rain Village, so Lu Li set out to meet Nagato.
• Obito reunited with Zetsu in the Land of Iron, learned Nagato no longer trusted them, and heard Zetsu propose using the coming attack on Rain Village to their advantage.

Lu Li met Nagato and agreed to help him pursue peace through military deterrence as the five great nations prepared to attack Rain Village. After Nagato revealed his frail condition and offered Lu Li the Rinnegan after his death, Lu Li said Nagato might still be saved by removing the black rods and repairing his spinal nerves.

• Konan welcomed Lu Li to Rain Village and led him to Pain, who admitted that he had not found the masked man and that Zetsu had betrayed Akatsuki.
• Lu Li questioned Nagato’s plan to create peace by deterring the ninja world, then agreed to help him carry it out.
• Nagato revealed that he was the real Pain and offered Lu Li the Rinnegan after his death if Lu Li helped fulfill his ideal.
• Lu Li told Nagato and Konan that Nagato might be cured if the black rods were removed and his spinal nerves repaired.
• Konan warned that Rain Village’s medical ninjas had found the treatment too dangerous and feared it could kill Nagato.

Lu Li operated on Nagato and restored his ability to move, then learned that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had launched a surprise attack on the Rain Village. He left Konan to guard the recovering Nagato and went out to face the invading elites alone.

• Lu Li used Healing Kidō to diagnose Nagato and proposed restoring his health with the Nine-Tailed Fox's Chakra while sparing Naruto.
• Nagato agreed to Lu Li's treatment, and Lu Li spent three days removing the black rods and repairing Nagato's damaged body.
• After the successful operation, Lu Li received a hidden quest to help Nagato achieve his ideal in exchange for the Six Paths Rinnegan.
• Konan learned that the Five Great Shinobi Villages' Kage and Jinchuriki had already reached the Rain Village with a small elite force.
• Lu Li told Konan to stay with Nagato and leaped out to confront the attackers himself.

Lu Li confronted the Five Kage and their elite forces as they launched a surprise attack on the Rain Village. After the allied shinobi struck down what they believed was Lu Li, he revealed that they had only destroyed his Shadow Clone.

• Uchiha Fugaku led the allied forces deeper into the Rain Village despite Ōnoki's objections, while secretly hoping to meet Lu Li and avoid a real fight.
• Lu Li appeared above a tower, entered Sage Mode, and prepared to face the Five Kage, five Jinchuriki, and their elite shinobi.
• Kazekage Rasa attacked Lu Li with gold dust, but Lu Li used lightning to seize control of it and send it crashing down.
• The allied shinobi joined the assault, and Lu Li wounded Rasa and Zabuza as the battle devastated the Rain Village and endangered its civilians.
• Ōnoki hit Lu Li with Dust Release, but the apparent corpse vanished in a puff of smoke, and Lu Li spoke from the tower, revealing it had been his Shadow Clone.