Chapter Summaries

Shisui's newly hatched Zorua showed off its unusual Genjutsu, and Mu Yue hosted a celebratory dinner attended by Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi. After the dinner ended, Mu Yue went to the Southern Forest training ground for his scheduled lesson with Yamato.

• Shisui's Zorua spoke telepathically and used Genjutsu to make Obito see a copy of himself before Shisui told it to stop.
• Mu Yue invited Tsunade and Shizune to dinner, and Hiruzen Sarutobi joined them after claiming he had happened to pass by.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Tsunade about her studies and considered Konoha's possible future Hokage, but Tsunade rebuffed his offer of help.
• Everyone enjoyed Mu Yue's meal, and Tsunade dragged Obito outside after he called her Granny Tsunade before letting him off with a warning.
• The next evening, Mu Yue went to the Southern Forest training ground to tutor Yamato.

Mu Yue began training Yamato, giving him a name and teaching him Chakra Control and Water Release. When Yamato met Kakashi at the training ground, Kakashi used their practice match to get revenge for the future Yamato’s head strikes, before Mu Yue introduced Yamato to his other disciples.

• Mu Yue named Kinoe Yamato and began training him in Chakra Control and Water Release.
• Shimura Danzō received a report on Yamato’s training, monitored him for five days, then withdrew Root’s surveillance.
• Kakashi recognized Yamato at the training ground and challenged him to a practice match, striking him on the head while pretending to offer guidance.
• Obito and Shisui arrived and recognized Yamato as the younger version of the Anbu captain they had met in the future.
• Mu Yue introduced Yamato to Kakashi, Obito, and Shisui, then began the group’s training.

Kitsuchi tried to persuade Hanzo and Ninshu to reconcile by blaming Konoha for the conflict between Amegakure and Ninshu. Mu Yue recognized Iwagakure’s plan to turn the Land of Rain against Konoha, and the chapter ended with Ninshu’s fighters awaiting his judgment.

• Kitsuchi told Hanzo that Iwagakure’s investigation showed Konoha ninja had killed the Iwagakure squad, then offered compensation and help repairing Amegakure’s relationship with Ninshu.
• Hanzo revealed that Shimura Danzō had proposed working with him to eliminate Ninshu, and Kitsuchi left to present Iwagakure’s account to Sōsuke.
• Kitsuchi told Mu Yue and the Ninshu fighters that Konoha had framed Ninshu and deceived Hanzo, backing his claim with fabricated evidence.
• Yahiko and other Ninshu fighters questioned the story, but Kitsuchi’s account shifted some of their anger toward Konoha.
• Mu Yue gathered more than a hundred Ninshu fighters to discuss the offer, where Chi Chang and Kakuzu warned that Iwagakure might be pursuing its own interests.
• The Ninshu fighters looked to Mu Yue for his decision.

Mu Yue led Ninshu to agree to temporary cooperation with Amegakure under conditions of equality and recognition, while secretly intending to eliminate Amegakure once Ninshu grew strong enough. In Konoha, Might Guy challenged Teacher Chen and escalated their fight with Stone Breathing Chakra Mode before unleashing Konoha Dragon God.

• Nagato argued that Ninshu’s most urgent task was restoring peace to the Land of Rain, and Mu Yue and the assembled ninja supported that goal.
• Mu Yue proposed temporary cooperation with Amegakure, requiring an equal relationship and official recognition for Ninshu, while treating the partnership as a temporary step toward Ninshu replacing Amegakure.
• Ninshu voted to cooperate, and Kitsuchi carried its demands to Hanzo, who agreed to discuss recognition with the Land of Rain’s Daimyo.
• At a Konoha training ground, Might Guy began a challenge against Teacher Chen, whom he hoped to defeat as a step toward becoming the strongest taijutsu practitioner.
• Might Guy opened the fifth gate, then entered Stone Breathing Chakra Mode when Teacher Chen’s experience kept him at a disadvantage.
• Teacher Chen caught and threw Might Guy’s enhanced punch, and Might Guy answered by unleashing Konoha Dragon God.

Might Guy lost a fierce taijutsu match against Teacher Chen, accepted his advice, and resolved to train harder. Mu Yue continued instructing the Anbu and later celebrated Nohara Rin’s promotion to jonin by giving her a Pokémon Egg.

• Might Guy unleashed the Konoha Dragon God against Teacher Chen, but Teacher Chen outmaneuvered him and knocked him down.
• Might Guy tried the Golden Horizon Line, but Teacher Chen evaded it and defeated him with a relentless counterattack.
• After Teacher Chen advised him to gain more combat experience and practice taijutsu, Might Guy accepted the loss and vowed to run five hundred laps around Konoha.
• Mu Yue checked Might Guy’s mission progress, adjusted the Anbu training schedule, and taught C-rank elemental Ninjutsu before reviewing his skill gains.
• Nohara Rin told Mu Yue and Tsunade that she had advanced to jonin, and Mu Yue gave her a Pokémon Egg as her promotion gift.

Hanzo agreed to a five-year cooperation between Amegakure and Ninshu, while Kitsuchi continued Iwagakure’s schemes in the Land of Grass. In Konoha’s Southern Forest, Obito and Nohara Rin’s Pokémon Eggs began hatching at the same time.

• Hanzo accepted Ninshu’s terms for cooperation, and Mu Yue negotiated an agreement near Amegakure that would last five years.
• Kitsuchi learned that Grass Fruit’s leader wanted to work with Iwagakure against Konoha, while Grass Flower remained unaware of the plan.
• Kakashi discovered that Rockruff could launch the stones around its neck, though it struggled to control them and quickly grew tired.
• Zorua used genjutsu to prank Obito as Nohara Rin, then Shisui took it away to train its physique.
• Obito’s and Nohara Rin’s Pokémon Eggs erupted in dazzling white light as they began to hatch.

Obito and Nohara Rin's Ninja Beasts hatched, and Mu Yue reassured Rin that Feebas had great potential. The next day, Minato's Team trained with Kushina, who quickly defeated Obito with her Adamantine Chains, and the group later ate ramen together.

• Obito's Charmander hatched, while Nohara Rin's Feebas emerged and struggled on dry ground until Kakashi made a pond for it.
• Mu Yue encouraged Nohara Rin to care for Feebas, explaining that it could become powerful despite its weak beginnings.
• Minato Namikaze told Obito, Kakashi, and Nohara Rin to gather the next day, and brought Kushina along to meet and train with them.
• Obito challenged Kushina, but her Adamantine Chains bound him before he could use Flame Breathing Chakra Mode effectively.
• Kakashi distracted Obito with a photograph after Obito brought up Naruto, and the team later trained with Kushina and ate ramen together.

Shisui considered Uchiha Kakyu’s advice to join the Police Force and declined, while Mu Yue continued training the Anbu and Yamato and gained ideas for developing new Breathing Techniques. Minato left on a mission to the Land of Grass after asking Mu Yue to look after Kushina and help teach her the Rasengan.

• Shisui fed Zorua, then heard Uchiha Kakyu urge him to join the Police Force as a path toward clan recognition and elder status.
• Shisui declined because Mu Yue had other plans for him, while privately believing the Police Force needed reform and seeking Uchiha Kakyu’s support.
• Sarutobi Masanari watched Mu Yue teach the Anbu and improved his Dark Breathing Method after listening to Mu Yue’s instruction.
• Mu Yue gained new insights into Breathing Techniques and considered combining Flame Breathing with Breath of Sun, then taught Yamato Basic Breathing.
• Mu Yue discussed sealing techniques with Minato, who explained that he was leaving for the Land of Grass battlefield and asked Mu Yue to look after Kushina and teach her the Rasengan.

Kitsuchi secured Kusagakure’s apparent cooperation against Konoha, while Yokogawa Tsutomu secretly planned to use the Box of Ultimate Bliss to strengthen Kusagakure. In Konoha, Obito and the other students trained their Ninja Beasts, and Kakashi treated Yamato to dinner after teasing him.

• Kitsuchi persuaded Yokogawa Tsutomu to have Kusagakure cooperate with Iwagakure while disguising its ninja as Iwagakure forces.
• Wuchang warned Yokogawa Tsutomu that Iwagakure’s plan was dangerous, but Yokogawa revealed he hoped the war would provide the Box of Ultimate Bliss with enough nourishment to grant him greater strength.
• Kakashi reprimanded Yamato over his greeting before the disciples practiced with their Ninja Beasts, and Shisui advised Obito to develop Zorua’s innate Genjutsu rather than teach it Ninjutsu.
• Obito struggled to understand Charmander’s gestures, borrowed Zorua as a translator, and cheered when Charmander spat out a small flame.
• Yamato envied the other students’ Ninja Beasts, and Kakashi invited him to dinner before paying the restaurant bill himself.

Mu Yue taught Kushina to strengthen her Rasengan and confirmed that teaching a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki triggered a lesson reward. Yamato impressed Shimura Danzō with his Wood Release and combat progress, while Danzō received troubling intelligence that Amegakure had allied with Ninshu.

• Mu Yue taught Kushina to increase and compress the Rasengan’s Chakra, and the lesson earned him a reward.
• Mu Yue practiced Wood Release and created two Wood Clones after teaching Yamato.
• Shimura Danzō visited Yamato, tested his Wood Release, and ordered him to fight Aburame Ryoma.
• Yamato used Wood Clones, Torrent Stream, and taijutsu against Ryoma before Danzō praised his progress and gave him candy.
• Yamato compared Danzō’s treatment with Mu Yue’s and felt more grateful to Mu Yue.
• Shimura Danzō read intelligence that Amegakure and Ninshu had cooperated, then ordered Root to investigate the alliance.

Kakashi improved his resistance to genjutsu, while Might Guy learned that his strengthened body could support combining the fifth gate with Stone Breathing Chakra Mode. Mu Yue then pushed Might Guy through intense combat training and drew the Spirit Punch technique from an S-rank taijutsu scroll.

• Kakashi demonstrated that he could quickly break free of Shisui's genjutsu after a month and a half of training, and Zorua's genjutsu no longer affected him.
• Might Guy opened the fifth gate while using Stone Breathing Chakra Mode without injuring himself, confirming that his physical strength had grown enough to combine them.
• Might Guy earned a Life Mission progress reward at 30% and asked Mu Yue for training that would expose him to pressure from a stronger opponent.
• Mu Yue fought Might Guy with the Eight Gates, Stone Breathing Chakra Mode, and Transparent World, overwhelming him throughout the afternoon without allowing a single effective blow.
• Might Guy decided to challenge Teacher Chen again in a week, while Mu Yue used his S-rank Taijutsu Extraction Scroll and obtained Spirit Punch.

Mu Yue returned to the Ninja Academy for Class 3-1’s graduation, watched his students pass their exams, and received a new disciple slot, which he used to take Yamato as his disciple. Meanwhile, Might Guy defeated Teacher Chen in a fierce taijutsu match, proving how far his training had taken him.

• Mu Yue added Spirit Punch, a technique that gathered strength into a devastating attack, to Might Guy’s training plan.
• Mu Yue reunited with Class 3-1, joked with the students, and oversaw their Transformation Jutsu graduation exams, which they passed successfully.
• The system rewarded Mu Yue with a disciple slot, and he used it to establish a master-disciple relationship with Yamato at Trust Level 3.
• Mu Yue thanked Class 3-1 for their years together, took graduation photos with the students, and reminded them to keep training as ninja.
• Might Guy challenged Teacher Chen after a week of intense training and fought him using the Fifth Gate and Stone Breathing Chakra Mode.
• Might Guy won their clash of Konoha Dragon God techniques, and Teacher Chen praised him as his finest student and a possible future inspiration for taijutsu ninja.

Mu Yue and Ninshu chose to establish their base in eastern Land of Rain, organized the growing group, and dissolved Akatsuki into a planned special operations squad. After returning to Konoha, Mu Yue’s disciples tested Yamato with a study quiz, and Mu Yue began developing a simpler Breathing Technique for Ninshu.

• Mu Yue, Yahiko, Nagato, Kakuzu, and Chi Chang weighed the risks of basing Ninshu in eastern Land of Rain, and the members voted to settle there after Mu Yue promised two months of special training.
• Mu Yue made himself Ninshu’s leader, appointed Kakuzu to head its military department, and assigned ranks to its members; Yahiko formally dissolved Akatsuki and proposed forming an Akatsuki special operations squad.
• Mu Yue received two Pokémon Eggs, hid his own egg from Byakugan, left a Shadow Clone at Ninshu, and returned to Konoha while keeping Nagato’s egg with him.
• Kakashi challenged Obito and Yamato to answer a test, and Obito barely passed while Yamato struggled through the questions.
• Obito treated Kakashi and Yamato to snacks, obtained Kakashi’s embarrassing photograph, and buried its ashes to keep it from being used against him again.
• Mu Yue began developing a simpler Ninshu Breathing Technique based on Stone Breathing, with separate branches focused on power and defense.

Mu Yue used combat training and encouragement to help Yamato question Shimura Danzō’s expectations and choose his own reason to grow stronger, then rewarded him with a Wood Release technique. At the Ninshu base, Mu Yue gave Nagato a Pokémon Egg, received the Four Red Yang Formation in return, and told him to keep the egg in the training room.

• Kakashi, Might Guy, and Obito trained with their Pokémon while Mu Yue arranged combat practice for Yamato.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Shisui each defeated Yamato, leaving him questioning whether he was as important as Shimura Danzō had claimed.
• Mu Yue reassured Yamato, described how his seniors had improved through hard work, and helped him decide to train so he could surpass Kakashi.
• Yamato gained a two-year training mission, and Mu Yue’s calligraphy gift triggered a reward of Wood Release: Cutting Technique at Mastery Level.
• Mu Yue taught Ninshu ninja at the base, then gave Nagato a Pokémon Egg as a jonin gift and received the Four Red Yang Formation at Mastery Level.
• Mu Yue told Nagato to keep the egg in the training room and check on it there.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Mu Yue and a squad of Konoha ninja to investigate whether Kusagakure was supporting Iwagakure, and the team set out for the Land of Grass. Meanwhile, Yokogawa Tsutomu continued his dangerous effort to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss and concealed his plans from Grass Flower's leader.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi chose Mu Yue to lead six jōnin and genin Maruboshi Kosuke on a mission to investigate Kusagakure and aid Konoha's war effort if needed.
• Mu Yue ended Anbu training early, used a reward scroll to raise Wood Release to Mastery, and gathered his team at Training Ground 16.
• Mu Yue explained the mission to his squad, then led them toward the Land of Grass and cooked dinner with Maruboshi Kosuke during their journey.
• Yokogawa Tsutomu and Wuchang discussed the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and Wuchang said he wished for Kusagakure to rule the ninja world so his son could live without war.
• Grass Flower's leader Longfei questioned Yokogawa Tsutomu about the village's missions and missing ninja, but Yokogawa concealed his plans and promised to address refugee security.

Mu Yue infiltrated Kusagakure with his team and discovered the Box of Ultimate Bliss in an underground base. After subduing Wuchang and investigating his memories, Mu Yue learned that Kusagakure was cooperating with Iwagakure to intensify the war and planned to use the box to restore the Land of Grass to greatness.

• Mu Yue split the infiltrating team into three groups, gave Kakashi a Flying Thunder God Kunai, and left a Shadow Clone to protect Kakashi's group.
• Mu Yue used his Byakugan to find Kusagakure's underground research base and knocked Wuchang unconscious after evading his attack.
• Mu Yue examined the Box of Ultimate Bliss, found that its seal strengthened as the entity inside absorbed Chakra, and suspected it had been created by the Sage of Six Paths.
• Mu Yue used the Yamanaka Clan's secret technique on Wuchang and learned that Kusagakure was working with Iwagakure to intensify the war and open the box.

Kakashi’s team investigated Kusagakure and discovered Uzumaki Hualing, a red-haired refugee with powerful Chakra whom Kusagakure leader Yokogawa Tsutomu planned to sacrifice to the Box of Ultimate Bliss. Kakashi returned to report the discovery to Mu Yue, leaving Hualing’s fate undecided.

• Kakashi disguised his team and searched Kusagakure, but overheard only Grass ninja complaints about the war and their talk of new tea.
• The team observed Kusagakure screening refugees, and Kakashi noticed that few ninja were managing a large crowd.
• Obito spotted red-haired Uzumaki Hualing among the refugees, and Kakashi used Transparent World to confirm her powerful Chakra.
• Hualing was assigned to the line of refugees being expelled because she claimed sewing as her only specialty, but Yokogawa Tsutomu sensed her Chakra and ordered that she stay.
• Kakashi refrained from intervening and planned to report Hualing’s discovery to Mu Yue before returning to the inn with his team.

Mu Yue gathered intelligence indicating Kusagakure was supporting Iwagakure and protecting an Uzumaki survivor, then approached Longfei to enlist Grass Flower in replacing the Kusagakure leader. The chapter left Longfei agreeing to find evidence and prepare to take power while Mu Yue continued his larger plan around the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

• Nara Suzaku and Kakashi reported their teams’ findings, including Kusagakure’s weak staffing, a likely Uzumaki survivor, and the building layout; Mu Yue approved their caution and said Konoha should help the survivor when possible.
• Mu Yue told the team he had found Kusagakure’s Anbu base, but kept his deeper intelligence to himself so he could guide events toward Grass Flower taking power and use the Box of Ultimate Bliss to train his disciples.
• Longfei walked through Kusagakure’s Main City Area, worried that Grass Fruit’s aggressive policies would endanger the village’s future.
• Mu Yue confronted Longfei at home and revealed that Kusagakure had joined Iwagakure in attacking Konoha’s forces.
• Longfei blamed Yokogawa Tsutomu and offered to help remove him; Mu Yue instead ordered Longfei to find proof of the alliance and be ready to become Kusagakure’s leader.

Yokogawa Tsutomu pushed ahead with opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss, while Longfei and Mu Yue closed in on his operation. The box opened and pulled Yokogawa Tsutomu inside, while Mu Yue retained his Flying Thunder God connection to a mark within it.

• Yokogawa Tsutomu ordered Kusagakure to suspend routine work and funnel Chakra into the Box of Ultimate Bliss, while Wuchang urged him to move quickly.
• Longfei brought evidence to Yokogawa Tsutomu's office, discovered the leader was missing, and organized a search with Grass Flower after learning Mu Yue was in the village.
• Mu Yue recalled Kakashi's team and Nara Suzaku's team, then used Aburame Shibi's insect on Uzumaki Hualing to locate Yokogawa Tsutomu's underground base.
• At the base, Mu Yue struck Yokogawa Tsutomu and treated Uzumaki Hualing, while exhausted Kusagakure ninja watched and Yokogawa Tsutomu supplied the Chakra needed to open the box.
• Yokogawa Tsutomu opened the Box of Ultimate Bliss and wished to become stronger, but its powerful suction pulled him inside as Mu Yue moved Uzumaki Hualing away and sensed his mark within the box.

Mu Yue tested the Box of Ultimate Bliss and confirmed that the Flying Thunder God Technique could let him escape it, then fought Yokogawa Tsutomu after he emerged transformed into Satori. The box sucked Mu Yue inside, leaving his allies to confront the monster and the Kusagakure forces as Longfei realized Yokogawa was no longer truly himself.

• Mu Yue defeated the Kusagakure ninjas at the research base and used a Shadow Clone to confirm that the Flying Thunder God Technique worked inside the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Yokogawa Tsutomu emerged from the box claiming godlike power, but Mu Yue quickly knocked him down with a punch.
• Yokogawa transformed into the giant winged Satori, and Mu Yue struck him again while the other Konoha ninja attacked.
• Yokogawa called on the Box of Ultimate Bliss to devour Mu Yue, and Mu Yue let himself be pulled inside after signaling his disciples to hold back.
• Yokogawa ordered the Kusagakure ninjas to attack Konoha and killed one who hesitated, prompting Longfei to conclude that the real Yokogawa was already dead.
• Shisui finished recovering his Chakra and prepared to act with Kakashi and Obito.