Recaps

Minato Namikaze and his Konoha force intercepted Fourth Raikage A’s ambush and fought the A-B Combo and their Kumogakure troops. The Kumogakure force retreated, and Minato stopped pursuit at the Land of Fields before considering how to improve his strength.

• Mortem sensed Minato approaching, so Fourth Raikage A abandoned the surprise advance and ordered his troops to prepare for battle.
• Minato and Fourth Raikage A’s forces clashed; Shikaku Nara, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Choza Akimichi used their clan techniques to take down several Kumogakure ninjas.
• Minato exploited Flying Thunder God Kunai to strike at Killer B, but Killer B revealed his Eight-Tails power and escaped Minato’s Rasengan as Fourth Raikage A attacked.
• Fourth Raikage A ordered a retreat toward the Land of Asada, and Minato and Shikaku pursued the Kumogakure force to the border of the Land of Fields before stopping.
• Minato reported the battle’s results and decided he would ask Mu Yue to teach him advanced Breathing Techniques.

Ōnoki reconsidered his offer to Sōsuke while weighing Iwagakure’s opportunities in the war, and Minato returned to Konoha to learn Wind Breathing from Mu Yue. The next morning, Mu Yue told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he thought he had developed Wood Release.

• Ōnoki received Kitsuchi’s report that Sōsuke had rejected Iwagakure’s terms and decided to make a better offer for Ninshu.
• Ōnoki read that Kumogakure had attacked Konoha’s forces in the Land of Hot Water and considered how Iwagakure could exploit the fighting.
• Minato returned to Konoha, reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and visited Kushina before seeking Mu Yue to improve his combat power.
• Mu Yue taught Minato Wind Breathing, and they trained together until one in the morning.
• Mu Yue decided it was time to reveal his progress with Wood Release and told Hiruzen Sarutobi he thought he had developed it.

Mu Yue demonstrated that he had developed Wood Release, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to reconsider his potential and encourage him to focus on becoming stronger. Meanwhile, the Third Mizukage ordered Karatachi Yagura to invade the Land of Fire, opening another front against Konoha.

• Mu Yue showed Hiruzen Sarutobi a Wood Release shoot, and Hiruzen confirmed the technique and considered Mu Yue a possible successor to Hashirama Senju.
• Mu Yue taught Minato Namikaze Wind Breathing, then told Shisui he could stop attending Dark Breathing Method lessons because his skills had already advanced enough.
• Shisui visited Uchiha Itachi and continued telling him a story after explaining that his recent work was confidential.
• After learning that Kumogakure and Konoha had fought a major battle, the Third Mizukage ordered Karatachi Yagura to launch a surprise invasion of the Land of Fire.
• Karatachi Yagura prepared his troops to land in the northeastern Land of Fire and use guerrilla warfare to tie down Konoha's forces and encourage wider conflict.

Hidden Mist Village invaded the northeastern Land of Fire, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to send Mitokado Homura to lead Konoha’s response after Mu Yue’s Wood Release was revealed. Meanwhile, Mu Yue trained his disciples, Might Guy named a new taijutsu, and Yamato prepared to start at the Ninja Academy.

• Karatachi Yagura led over a thousand Hidden Mist Village ninja ashore and attacked Konoha’s border forces, prompting the Land of Fire Daimyo to demand action from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that Mu Yue had independently developed Wood Release, then accepted Mitokado Homura’s offer to lead troops against Hidden Mist Village.
• Mu Yue told his disciples that Shisui had joined the Training Squad, while Obito and Kakashi continued training after watching Might Guy test his powerful new taijutsu.
• Might Guy named his new taijutsu Morning Hawk, inspired by the morning and Black Feather.
• Mu Yue told Yamato that he would begin attending the Ninja Academy the following Monday, and Yamato resumed training with Wood Release: Flying Leaf Blade.

Karatachi Yagura used intelligence from Hidden Mist Village to prepare an ambush against Konoha, while Yamato began attending the Ninja Academy with Mu Yue. By the end of his first day, Yamato had made friends and understood why Mu Yue wanted him to stay at school for at least a year.

• Karatachi Yagura divided the Hidden Mist force into three groups, then changed from guerrilla tactics to an ambush after Hidden Mist Anbu supplied intelligence on Konoha's movements.
• Mitokado Homura planned to surround Karatachi Yagura's force and launched the operation after his intelligence ninja confirmed Yagura's location.
• Mu Yue gave Yamato a personally forged kunai as an entrance gift and received Transcription Seal at Mastery Level as a reward.
• At the entrance ceremony, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mu Yue addressed the new students, and Yamato then introduced himself to Class 1-1 as someone who wanted to protect everything he cared about.
• Yamato impressed his classmates with his knowledge of Chakra and kunai throwing, made eight classmates he could talk to, and realized Mu Yue had sent him to the Academy to socialize.
• Yamato's Trust Level increased to 4.

Mu Yue received a Perfect-grade Wood Release reward from Yamato’s gratitude and tested several powerful techniques in a remote area. Meanwhile, Mitokado Homura’s force encountered Karatachi Yagura’s Hidden Mist troops and discovered a much larger enemy force approaching.

• Mu Yue brought Yamato a new training plan and Cultivation Elixir, then received Perfect-grade Wood Release as a reward for Yamato’s gratitude.
• Mu Yue tested Deep Forest Emergence, Flower Tree World Advent, and Wood Golem Jutsu on an uninhabited mountain, and considered whether to pursue Sage Mode.
• Mu Yue returned to Konoha, continued researching Breathing Techniques, and noticed the Pokémon Egg briefly glow as he went to bed.
• Mitokado Homura and Teacher Chen split their forces to eliminate Hidden Mist ninjas, and Homura advanced through a vast Hidden Mist Jutsu cloud with Hyuga scouts.
• Karatachi Yagura attacked Homura’s force with a Water Dragon Bullet, and a Hyuga ninja reported that many more Hidden Mist ninjas were approaching.

Mitokado Homura’s Konoha unit suffered a costly defeat against Karatachi Yagura’s Hidden Mist forces before Teacher Chen arrived and helped the survivors retreat. Konoha decided to send Mu Yue to the front, while Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s leaders approved deploying troops against Konoha.

• Mitokado Homura fought Karatachi Yagura and was injured as Hidden Mist elites attacked his unit from multiple sides.
• Teacher Chen arrived with Konoha reinforcements, allowing Homura’s survivors to retreat after nearly three hundred ninja died and over five hundred were wounded.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed with Homura that Mu Yue should be sent to the battlefield.
• Ōnoki learned of the Hidden Mist victory and convened Iwagakure’s leaders, who unanimously approved sending troops against Konoha.
• Iwagakure’s leaders chose Retsuishi to command the force dispatched to fight Konoha.

Mu Yue assembled his disciples and a large Konoha force for a battlefield mission against Hidden Mist after Konoha’s recent defeat. Before departing, he accepted Tsunade’s valuable necklace as a loan and revealed that he had mastered Wood Release; the force then headed east as the disciples worried about the danger to him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi authorized Mu Yue to lead a force against Hidden Mist, and Mu Yue requested Kakashi and the others for his unit.
• Mu Yue summoned his disciples, including Shisui, and told them to prepare for a battlefield mission within the Land of Fire.
• Tsunade lent Mu Yue Hashirama Senju’s chakra-bearing necklace, and Mu Yue demonstrated that he had already mastered Wood Release.
• Mu Yue joined the assembled force at Training Ground 11, received a report from Mimura Hamaki and Teacher Chen, and led the ninjas toward the eastern coast.
• During a later combat meeting, the jonin debated whether to split up against scattered Hidden Mist squads, while Kakashi warned his companions that Konoha’s situation could put Mu Yue’s life at risk.

Mu Yue led Konoha’s divided forces into a Hidden Mist Village ambush, where Karatachi Yagura expected to repeat his earlier victory. Mu Yue unleashed Wood Release, turning the battlefield into a forest and leaving the outnumbered Mist shinobi shaken.

• Mu Yue approved splitting Konoha’s forces and led one half toward Karatachi Yagura after reconnaissance located his unit.
• Mimura Hamaki warned Mu Yue that the plan resembled Mitokado Homura’s failed strategy, but Mu Yue continued the march.
• Karatachi Yagura surrounded Mu Yue’s eight hundred shinobi with fourteen hundred Hidden Mist Village forces, and Mimura Hamaki ordered a signal flare fired.
• Mu Yue confronted Karatachi Yagura and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to cover the battlefield with trees that attacked the Hidden Mist shinobi.
• Konoha’s shinobi reacted with astonishment to Mu Yue’s Wood Release, while Karatachi Yagura grew grim and considered retreating.

Mu Yue used Flower Tree World Advent to overwhelm a Hidden Mist force of more than a thousand, then pursued Karatachi Yagura and the remaining elite ninjas. With his disciples’ help, he defeated the last resistance, leaving no Hidden Mist ninja able to escape.

• Mu Yue ordered the Konoha forces to withdraw, then trapped the Hidden Mist ninjas with Wood Release vines and knocked most of them unconscious with pollen.
• Mu Yue chased Karatachi Yagura as Kakashi, Might Guy, Obito, Shisui, and Nohara Rin pursued the other Hidden Mist elites.
• Mu Yue cut down a Hidden Mist jonin and then struck Karatachi Yagura with a purple lightning blade, breaking his iron club and sending him flying.
• Obito summoned Charizard and Shisui summoned Zoroark to help Kakashi defeat Hozuki Shingetsu, while Nohara Rin summoned Milotic to support Might Guy.
• Might Guy used Golden Horizon Line to send Momochika Kawazawa crashing through trees, and the Hidden Mist force was completely defeated without any survivors escaping.

Mu Yue defeated a large Hidden Mist Village force with Wood Release, captured Karatachi Yagura, and sent Konoha a major victory. Konoha planned to negotiate with Kirigakure and appoint Mu Yue Hokage Advisor, while Uchiha Madara decided to use his backup plan against him.

• Mu Yue returned to the battlefield with Karatachi Yagura captured alive, and Mimura Hamaki and Teacher Chen learned that Mu Yue had defeated the Hidden Mist Village force with Wood Release.
• Kakashi asked Mu Yue what it would take to defeat him, and Mu Yue listed greater Chakra, combat experience, powerful techniques, and a way to counter Flying Thunder God.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu received news of Mu Yue's victory and discussed negotiating with Kirigakure and sending him to support Jiraiya against Iwagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed making Mu Yue a Hokage Advisor after he returned, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu agreed.
• Uchiha Madara ordered Black Zetsu to capture a Grass shinobi and use their backup plan against Mu Yue, saying he would personally ensure it succeeded.

Mu Yue’s forces camped while awaiting orders, and Celebi hatched, revealing its healing, Wood Release, and time-travel abilities. After testing Celebi, Mu Yue received orders to take his disciples and four hundred ninja to reinforce Jiraiya in the Land of Grass, where Jiraiya awaited help against Iwagakure’s concealed spies.

• Mu Yue explained to Obito that he had split the troops because he suspected Hidden Mist Village had superior intelligence, then Celebi hatched in his tent.
• Mu Yue examined Celebi’s abilities, confirmed it retained time travel, tested its healing and Wood Release, and found that Transform could not copy its power of time and space.
• Mu Yue introduced Celebi to his disciples, and Kakashi declined Obito’s bet about its strength because it belonged to Mu Yue.
• Mu Yue received orders to lead his disciples and four hundred ninja to reinforce Jiraiya in the Land of Grass.
• Jiraiya struggled to defend against Iwagakure’s spies and considered using Mu Yue as inspiration for a novel before returning to his planning.

Mu Yue formed an elite squad and led it into the Land of Grass, where his team was ambushed by Kitsuchi’s Iwagakure forces. Mu Yue’s Wood Release turned the battle in Konoha’s favor, but a black-robed ninja suddenly appeared and confronted him.

• Mu Yue inspected Jiraiya’s forces but found no spies, then learned about Iwagakure’s commanders and agreed to lead a hundred-ninja elite squad.
• Mu Yue and Jiraiya selected the squad, and Mu Yue led it away from the main forces to hunt Iwagakure troops.
• Mu Yue’s squad eliminated eight Iwagakure squads without casualties before pursuing a larger force into an encirclement led by Kitsuchi.
• Mu Yue used Deep Forest Emergence to block Iwagakure’s Rock Bullet Technique and overwhelm their formation, while Might Guy charged at Kitsuchi.
• A black-robed ninja used the Body Flicker Technique to appear on the battlefield and stare at Mu Yue.

Uchiha Madara revived part of his strength and confronted Hanyu Muyue on the battlefield near Greenwood Forest. After their opening clash and Madara’s devastating Fire Release, Mu Yue extinguished the flames, but Madara summoned a towering blue Susanoo.

• Black Zetsu used Dragon Life Reincarnation to transfer a Grass ninja’s vitality to Uchiha Madara, who then absorbed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s Chakra and joined with Tobi.
• Uchiha Madara rejected Black Zetsu’s plan to wait until Hanyu Muyue had fought Iwagakure, and flew straight to Greenwood Forest.
• Mu Yue identified Madara through his status panel, and the two attacked each other with black Chakra rods and Enma before separating.
• Kitsuchi, Kakashi, Shisui, Obito, and the other nearby ninjas reacted to Madara’s Sharingan and immense Chakra as he nearly killed Konoha ninja who attacked him.
• Uchiha Madara unleashed Great Fire Annihilation across the battlefield, and Mu Yue saved nearby fighters before extinguishing the blaze with Great Waterfall Technique.
• Uchiha Madara formed a blue, four-armed Susanoo as Mu Yue’s disciples gathered to prepare for the fight.

Mu Yue faced Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo while protecting the Konoha forces, then overwhelmed Madara’s four Susanoo-using Wood Clones with his Wood Golem. The battle turned in Mu Yue’s favor, but Madara’s manic smile suggested he still had something planned.

• Mu Yue countered Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo attacks, and Madara’s Yasaka Magatama devastated the Iwagakure forces until Kitsuchi ordered a retreat.
• Uchiha Madara attacked Mu Yue with Fire Release, but Mu Yue blocked it with Water Release and sent powerful Water Dragons against Madara’s third-stage Susanoo.
• Uchiha Madara created four Wood Clones and gave each one a Susanoo, surrounding Mu Yue with five towering blue giants.
• Kakashi tried to draw the Susanoo away from the Konoha forces, while Might Guy prepared to use the Eight Gates to help Mu Yue.
• Mu Yue summoned the Wood Golem and smashed all four Susanoo-using Wood Clones, leaving only Uchiha Madara’s original Susanoo standing.
• Kitsuchi and Obito watched Mu Yue gain the upper hand, but Uchiha Madara smiled wildly despite his disadvantage.

Mu Yue battled Uchiha Madara’s towering Susanoo and destroyed it with his ultimate lightning strike, but Madara survived by using Izanagi and killed Mu Yue. The chapter ended with Obito and Shisui watching Mu Yue’s life force disappear.

• Uchiha Madara expanded his Susanoo to more than eighty meters, while Kitsuchi withdrew the Iwagakure force from the battlefield.
• Mu Yue used Flower Tree World Advent and rebuilt his Wood Golem, but Madara’s Susanoo eventually split it apart.
• Mu Yue unleashed Musou Isshin, shattered the Susanoo, and sent Uchiha Madara crashing to the ground as the battlefield erupted in celebration.
• Uchiha Madara used Izanagi to survive, then pierced Mu Yue with Wood Release spikes and repelled the disciples and Konoha ninja who rushed to intervene.
• Madara sent Wood Clones to hold off Mu Yue’s allies and struck down Mu Yue, whose life force vanished before Obito and Shisui’s eyes.

Obito and Shisui awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan after witnessing Mu Yue’s apparent death, and Shisui used a Restoration Elixir to heal Mu Yue’s wounds. Uchiha Madara moved to take Nohara Rin, but Obito’s new Mangekyō ability erased half of his Susanoo as Shisui charged in to attack.

• Obito remembered how Mu Yue had guided him from the Academy’s dead last to a celebrated ninja before seeing Mu Yue struck down by Uchiha Madara.
• Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Shisui awakened his own after grieving over Mu Yue’s lifeless body.
• Shisui gave Mu Yue a Restoration Elixir and removed the Wood Release branch, healing Mu Yue’s wounds, though Uchiha Madara insisted that Mu Yue was dead.
• Shisui vowed to find a way to revive Mu Yue and avenge him while Uchiha Madara formed a Susanoo and moved to take Nohara Rin.
• Obito’s Mangekyō ability distorted space and erased half of Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo, and Shisui charged at Madara.

Uchiha Madara overwhelmed the Konoha fighters as they tried to protect Nohara Rin, but Kakashi drew on Enma and Mu Yue's remaining Chakra to unleash a new attack. The battle was left at its most desperate as Madara reached for Rin and Milotic sensed a sudden wave of heat.

• Shisui trapped Uchiha Madara in Tsukuyomi, but Madara shattered the genjutsu and injured Shisui with the backlash.
• Uchiha Madara's Susanoo severely wounded Might Guy and broke Kakashi's White Fang Short Blade, leaving Kakashi struggling with despair until Lycanroc helped him stand.
• Milotic used Life Dew to heal the Konoha fighters, and Kakashi picked up Enma, drawing back Chakra left in the blade by Mu Yue.
• Kakashi released his Yang Seal, entered Thunder Breathing Chakra Mode, and struck Susanoo with Enma as lightning poured into the blade.
• Obito and Shisui tried to support Kakashi, but Uchiha Madara summoned an eighty-meter Susanoo and reached for Nohara Rin while the others were too exhausted to stop him.
• As Milotic gathered Water Release Chakra, it sensed a sudden wave of scorching heat.

Mu Yue revealed that he had faked his death with Izanagi, then returned to the battle with his Byakugan restored and the Chakra from his Yang Seal. He overwhelmed Uchiha Madara with Blue Flare and defeated him, leaving his disciples gathered around him.

• Celebi carried Mu Yue underground, where system notifications confirmed that Obito and Shisui had awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan and that Mu Yue’s Byakugan was ready to evolve.
• Mu Yue replaced his damaged eye with a Byakugan, released the Chakra in his Yang Seal, and used Celebi’s kunai to teleport back into the battle with Flying Thunder God.
• Mu Yue’s Blue Flare overwhelmed Madara’s Fire Release and burned away his Susanoo, while Obito, Shisui, Kakashi, and the Konoha ninjas recognized that Mu Yue was alive.
• Madara used Izanagi to evade Mu Yue’s attacks and tried to seize Sharingan from a White Zetsu, but Celebi lifted the eyes out of his reach.
• Black Zetsu fled as Madara urged Obito and Shisui to seek the secret on the Naka Shrine stone tablet; Mu Yue’s Blue Flare then pierced Madara and brought him down.
• Mu Yue dispersed the remaining flames to preserve Madara’s body, and his disciples gathered around him.

Mu Yue and his disciples recovered after their battle with the Black-Robed Uchiha, whom they identified as Uchiha Madara, and returned to the main camp. Kakashi received Enma and Mu Yue gained a powerful Lightning Release reward, while the group discussed their newly awakened Mangekyō abilities and their risks; Jiraiya was left stunned when Mu Yue revealed their opponent’s identity.

• Mu Yue healed the wounded, gave Enma to Kakashi, and received a perfect-level Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation reward.
• Obito used a Shadow Clone to remove the spiral covering from the Black-Robed Uchiha and exposed an ancient-looking face, leading Kakashi and Shisui to suspect Uchiha Madara.
• Mu Yue stored Uchiha Madara’s corpse in a scroll and led the group back to the main camp as Obito and Shisui explained their Mangekyō abilities.
• Kakashi and Obito considered ways to use Shisui’s ability, and Mu Yue warned Obito and Shisui that overusing their Mangekyō could blind them.
• Jiraiya asked whether Iwagakure had set up another threat after seeing the team’s injuries, and Mu Yue told him they had fought a ninja suspected to be Uchiha Madara.

Mu Yue’s report of a battle with a mysterious Uchiha wielding Susanoo led Jiraiya and Konoha’s leaders to suspect Uchiha Madara had returned, while Iwagakure feared Mu Yue’s growing power. As Konoha’s fronts quieted and Kirigakure weighed a peace treaty, Iwagakure representatives arrived in Kirigakure.

• Mu Yue told Jiraiya about the black-robed Sharingan user and showed him the aged corpse, prompting Jiraiya to report the threat and tell Mu Yue to stop leading missions temporarily.
• Iwagakure scouts examined the devastated battlefield, found their own dead and signs that Konoha’s forces had survived, and reported that Mu Yue was likely the victor.
• Kitsuchi and Retsuishi decided to withdraw to the western border, while Ōnoki ordered scouts to check Mu Yue’s condition and spies to investigate Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received the battlefield report, suspected the dead man was Uchiha Madara, and ordered Jiraiya not to act rashly while Konoha watched Iwagakure’s response.
• Kirigakure and Iwagakure’s forces paused their fighting as Konoha sought peace with Kirigakure, whose leaders debated the terms while holding more than a thousand prisoners.
• A Kirigakure Anbu informed the Third Mizukage that representatives sent by Ōnoki had arrived in the village.

The Third Mizukage and Rasa weighed Ōnoki’s invitation after receiving intelligence that Hanyu Muyue possessed powerful Wood Release, while Iwagakure sought Ninshu’s help approaching Kumogakure. Ninshu refused to take sides, but the villages ultimately agreed to attend Ōnoki’s conference in the Land of Earth.

• The Third Mizukage avoided deciding whether to negotiate over Karatachi Yagura and considered sending a trusted jonin to investigate Ōnoki’s invitation.
• After reading Ōnoki’s report about Hanyu Muyue’s Wood Release, the Third Mizukage suspected Muyue had defeated Yagura and considered sending a representative to the Land of Earth.
• Rasa judged Ōnoki’s intelligence plausible, agreed Sunagakure could attend the meeting, and assigned Pakura to the mission as a way to constrain her.
• Kitsuchi asked Sōsuke to help Iwagakure approach Kumogakure, but Mu Yue refused to involve Ninshu in conflicts between the Five Great Ninja Villages.
• Iwagakure contacted Kumogakure directly, secured its agreement to attend the conference, and the various villages sent ninja to the Land of Earth on the appointed date.

Iwagakure assembled Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Hidden Mist Village to plan an ambush that would kill Hanyu Muyue, and the four Kage ultimately agreed to join the operation. As Iwagakure launched an attack in the Land of Grass to draw Muyue out, he prepared to face the alliance while Hidden Mist Village secretly chose to negotiate with Konoha instead.

• Dodai, Pakura, and Suiyu met with Kitsuchi, who presented evidence of Muyue's strength and proposed ambushing him in the Land of Grass.
• Dodai agreed to cooperate, while Yashamaru and Suiyu said they needed approval from their Kage; Pakura refused to take part in the mission.
• Rasa approved Sunagakure's involvement, while the Third Mizukage and Genji decided to offer Konoha the alliance plans in exchange for protecting Hidden Mist Village's prisoners.
• Ōnoki secured the Third Raikage's, Third Mizukage's, and Fourth Kazekage's personal participation and arranged diversions to keep Konoha from sending reinforcements.
• Ōnoki ordered Retsuishi to attack Konoha's forces, prompting Jiraiya, Kakashi, Obito, and Muyue to prepare for the advancing Iwagakure army.

Mu Yue’s Wood Release turned the battle at the Land of Grass border in Konoha’s favor, but Iwagakure’s plan to kill him brought Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, and Rasa onto the field. As Mu Yue confronted the Kage, Kakashi realized the Four Great Ninja Villages had joined forces against him, and the Third Mizukage appeared with a Water Release defense.

• Mu Yue unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, creating a forest that attacked Iwagakure’s forces and protected Konoha’s ninja.
• Kitsuchi used Mountain Earth Technique to force Mu Yue to escape with Flying Thunder God, allowing Ōnoki to attack him with Dust Release, which Mu Yue dodged.
• The Third Raikage charged Mu Yue, but Mu Yue met his lightning-wreathed hand chop with his own and remained unharmed.
• Rasa attacked Mu Yue with Gold Dust while Kakashi realized the Kage from the Great Ninja Villages were coordinating to kill him.
• Obito and Shisui prepared to use their Mangekyo abilities to protect Mu Yue, and the Third Mizukage appeared with Water Release: Mirror Dome Technique.

The Third Mizukage betrayed Ōnoki’s alliance, and Hiruzen Sarutobi joined the battlefield as elite forces from several villages gathered for a massive fight over Mu Yue. As the battle resumed, Mu Yue began overpowering Rasa, leaving the Fourth Hokage battered and Sunagakure ninjas rushing to his aid.

• The Third Mizukage blocked Rasa’s gold dust and revealed his betrayal, while Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked Ōnoki and exposed the assassination plot.
• Ōnoki urged the gathered Kage to continue fighting, and elite forces from Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, Konoha, and Kirigakure arrived.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered the opposing villages peace talks, but Ōnoki rejected the offer and launched the battle again.
• Obito’s Kamui failed to catch the Third Raikage, and Mu Yue asked the Third Mizukage to hold him off while he targeted Rasa.
• Mu Yue opened the seventh Gate and used Stone Breathing Chakra Mode and Armament Haki to break through Rasa’s gold dust and strike him with a Serious Punch.
• Rasa flew through the battlefield after Mu Yue’s punch, and Sunagakure ninjas rushed to help him.