Chapter Summaries

Yuu's violent slash forced Ōnoki and Han to defend Iwagakure's position. Ōnoki reinforced Han with the Super Heavy Rock Technique as they faced the attack's continuing force.

• Tsunade fled toward Konoha's battle formation after Yuu raised his blade again.
• Ōnoki used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to raise a stone arm and reinforced it with the Super Heavy Rock Technique.
• Yuu's slash cracked Ōnoki's stone defense despite the two Earth Styles.
• Ōnoki called for Han, who arrived and blocked the slash with his claws.
• Ōnoki cast the Super Heavy Rock Technique on Han, amplifying his strength.

Yuu attacked Iwagakure with overwhelming sword slashes, forcing Han and Ōnoki to defend the village. The chapter ended as Ōnoki rushed to intercept three new strikes threatening the stone ninja ranks.

• Han changed the course of Yuu’s slash, and it exploded high in the sky.
• Ōnoki and the stone ninja celebrated, but Yuu reminded them that they had blocked only one attack.
• Yuu swung Shusui three times and sent three massive slashes toward Iwagakure from different directions.
• Ōnoki realized the attacks were aimed at the stone ninja and moved to intercept them.

Yuu unleashed three devastating slashes while Ōnoki and Han were restrained, leaving the Iwagakure forces convinced they could not survive. Dozens of recovered Iwagakure fighters arrived to defend the formation.

• Ōnoki realized he could not evade Yuu’s repeated slashes and struggled to defend against their concentrated power.
• The Iwagakure soldiers lost hope as three slashes descended on their formation, recognizing that Ōnoki and Han could not block them all.
• An Iwagakure jonin named Higashi led dozens of fighters to the formation and urged the soldiers not to give up.
• The soldiers recognized Higashi, Hikari, Kitsuchi, and the others as Iwagakure’s strongest forces besides Ōnoki and the Jinchuriki.

Ōnoki, Han, and Higashi’s group tried to stop Yuu’s three powerful slashes before they reached Iwagakure’s battle formation. The chapter ended as Ōnoki and Han realized their defenses had met the slashes and reacted in shock.

• Ōnoki ordered Higashi and the other Iwagakure fighters to intercept one of the slashes while he and Han stopped the other two.
• Higashi and dozens of Iwagakure fighters combined their chakra to raise a massive, reinforced stone wall.
• Ōnoki used the Hard-Rigged Style Technique and Super Heavy Rock Technique to block another slash with a stone giant.
• Han covered himself in Tailed Beast chakra and struck at the third slash with both claws.
• Yuu smiled as the slashes made contact with the defenses, and Ōnoki and Han reacted with alarm.

Ōnoki and Han defended against two of Saiki Yuu’s slashes, only to realize they were weak decoys. The far stronger third slash expanded behind Ōnoki, leaving both men in grave danger.

• Ōnoki summoned a rock giant to block a slash while Han charged forward with his Tailed Beast chakra to protect the Stone Ninja.
• Ōnoki and Han stopped the slashes with little effort and realized their power was far weaker than Saiki Yuu’s earlier attack.
• Ōnoki recalled Saiki Yuu’s devastation of Sunagakure and feared that the third slash was the real threat.
• A sword hum sounded behind Ōnoki, and the final slash expanded to more than thirty meters as its pressure threatened to split the earth.

Saiki Yuu’s true slash threatened the Earth Style: Ten Thousand Miles Earth Flow Wall, and Ōnoki realized he had been tricked. Iwagakure’s elite shinobi heard Ōnoki’s warning too late as the slash struck their barrier.

• Ōnoki realized that Saiki Yuu had used two feints to conceal a killing blow and shouted for the shinobi behind the wall to move.
• Higashi and the other Iwagakure jonin braced behind the Earth Style: Ten Thousand Miles Earth Flow Wall as the sword pressure approached.
• Ōnoki’s warning reached the shinobi through the roar, and Higashi recognized that Tsuchikage-sama was telling them to move aside.
• Higashi began to shout a warning, but Saiki Yuu’s enormous slash slammed into the wall.

A devastating black-purple slash cut through Iwagakure’s massive Earth Style wall and tore into its forces. Higashi died protecting Kitsuchi and Hikari, while the slash continued rampaging through the Stone Ninjas.

• A towering black-purple slash expanded as it approached the Earth Style: Ten Thousand Miles Earth Flow Wall.
• The slash cleaved the wall in half despite its ability to withstand a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Higashi shoved Kitsuchi and Hikari out of the slash’s path, then was ground to pieces.
• The slash killed nearly all the Jonin and Special Jonin who had formed the wall, except for some at its edges.
• The slash continued through Iwagakure’s battle formation as Stone Ninjas cried out for help.

Saiki Yuu unleashed a devastating Sword Storm that killed thousands of Stone Ninja and drove Ōnoki into a rage. Yuu taunted Ōnoki and drank Iwagakure wine as the old ninja stared at him with hatred.

• Yuu sheathed Shusui and activated All Creation—Sword Storm.
• The Sword Storm shredded more than three thousand Stone Ninja and killed dozens of Iwagakure Jonin and Special Jonin.
• Ōnoki witnessed the destruction, roared in fury, and fixed Yuu with a hateful stare.
• Yuu taunted Ōnoki about blocking his slashes and drank Iwagakure's fine wine.

Yuu unleashed a devastating sword technique that killed thousands of Iwagakure ninja and left the survivors in despair. Minato, Tsunade, and Shikaku Nara witnessed the attack, while Shikaku recognized the tactics behind Yuu’s victory.

• Yuu drank more wine as notifications credited him with increased chakra, constitution, swordsmanship comprehension, and Haki.
• Ōnoki roared as Yuu’s dark-purple barrier filled with sword energy and formed a deadly net across the battlefield.
• Yuu’s sword technique shredded several thousand stone ninja, including dozens of Jonin and Special Jonin, and left the survivors terrified.
• Minato stared in disbelief at the scale of Yuu’s attack, while Tsunade admired him from Konoha’s formation.
• Shikaku Nara recognized that Yuu’s victory relied on astonishing tactics as well as overwhelming power.

Yuu’s layered tactics devastated Iwagakure, and Shikaku Nara admired his strategy while planning to study it. After revealing that the Power of All Creation had strengthened his attacks, Yuu turned his attention to Han, who desperately offered his body to the Five-Tails in exchange for killing him.

• Shikaku Nara realized Yuu had lured the Stone Ninja into a trap and used his final slash to inflict devastating casualties.
• Ōnoki roared at Yuu, who drank wine and mocked him while gaining attribute points from the slaughter.
• Yuu reflected that the Power of All Creation had enhanced his three slashes and created Sword Storm.
• Yuu looked at the trembling Han as prepared nourishment and anticipated gaining the complete power by cutting down all nine Tailed Beasts.
• Han grieved for his fallen comrades and begged the Five-Tails to take his body, kill Yuu, and accept its freedom in return.

Han released the Five-Tails and offered it his body in exchange for Yuu's death. The Five-Tails emerged on the battlefield, and Ōnoki agreed to let it fight Yuu as long as it followed his orders.

• Han urged the Five-Tails to kill Yuu in exchange for its freedom.
• The Five-Tails accepted Han's offer and took control of his body.
• The Five-Tails burst out of Han as a colossal white beast with five tails.
• Ōnoki recognized that Han risked his life by releasing the Five-Tails.
• The Five-Tails told Ōnoki it would kill Yuu but demanded that he not interfere afterward.
• Ōnoki agreed, provided the Five-Tails followed his orders.

Ōnoki accepted that Iwagakure had lost the war and focused on saving the surviving Stone Ninja. The Five-Tails teamed up with him to kill Yuu, believing Yuu was exhausted, but Yuu’s grin left the fight unresolved.

• After Yuu’s devastating attack killed dozens of Jonin and Special Jonin and thousands of Stone Ninja, Ōnoki gave up hope of winning and prioritized retreating the survivors to Iwagakure.
• Yuu taunted the Five-Tails, which blamed Han for fleeing before and insisted it was not like the Four-Tails.
• The Five-Tails decided to help Ōnoki kill Yuu, fearing that Yuu would eventually capture it if he grew stronger.
• Ōnoki and the Five-Tails assumed Yuu had nearly run out of chakra after his many powerful attacks.
• Yuu grinned when they questioned his chakra, leaving his response unrevealed.

Yuu drank a bottle of Nectar and regained his strength, shocking Ōnoki and the Five-Tails with the vast chakra surging from him. He prepared a final slash with Shusui, coating the blade in Armament Haki.

• Yuu grew tired after repeated attacks and used Armament Haki.
• Yuu drank a bottle of Nectar and entered a drunken state, his strength and chakra returning.
• Ōnoki and the Five-Tails were stunned by Yuu's immense chakra and realized that drinking had replenished it.
• Yuu insulted Ōnoki and raised Shusui to deliver a final slash.
• Yuu coated Shusui in Armament Haki as Ōnoki's expression changed in alarm.

Yuu unleashed a deathly sword strike that overwhelmed Ōnoki and threw the Stone Ninja into terror. As black energy rose from the fallen soldiers, Yuu called it nourishment, leaving Ōnoki horrified and unsure what he intended.

• Yuu coated Shusui in black and released a sword strike infused with sword intent and Armament Haki.
• Ōnoki was overwhelmed by visions of death but broke free through sheer willpower.
• The Stone Ninja behind Ōnoki fell into panic as countless black streams rose from the dead.
• Ōnoki demanded to know what Yuu had done, and Yuu said the black energy was nourishment.

Yuu summoned a colossal death-like figure and gathered Death Qi into a scythe-shaped slash nearly a thousand meters long. As Konoha’s forces retreated, Ōnoki unleashed his strongest Dust Release technique against the attack.

• Yuu ignored Ōnoki and summoned a towering figure wielding a massive scythe from the battlefield’s black currents.
• The Five-Tails recoiled in terror, and Minato recognized the technique Yuu had used to split Sunagakure and ordered Konoha’s people to retreat.
• Yuu merged a vast, Death Qi-filled sword slash into the figure’s scythe, forming a nearly thousand-meter-long black slash.
• Ōnoki gathered his chakra and unleashed Dust Release: Limit Separation Technique.

Yuu unleashed a massive death-charged sword slash as Ōnoki and the Five-Tails attacked him with Dust Release and a Tailed Beast Bomb. The slash began descending toward the battlefield, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Ōnoki and the Five-Tails gathered power for their strongest attacks against Yuu.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release—Limit Separation Technique while the Five-Tails launched a full-power Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Yuu swung Shusui and unleashed One-Sword Style—Reaper's Scythe, producing a nearly thousand-meter black slash.
• Yuu's slash descended toward the battlefield, cracking the ground under its immense pressure.

The Five-Tails and Ōnoki combined a Tailed Beast Bomb and Dust Release to stop a massive black slash, but the slash cut through both attacks and continued toward them. As the Five-Tails prepared to counter, Ōnoki revealed himself hidden in its belly, and the beast charged its horns for Horn Break.

• The Five-Tails and Ōnoki's attacks collided with the black slash, creating a blast that carved a ten-kilometer abyss and sent shockwaves toward Konoha's forces.
• Tsunade directed the Konoha ninjas as they struggled to withstand the shockwaves fifteen kilometers from the battlefield.
• Mimura Hamaki pointed out that the black slash had cut through the explosion from the Tailed Beast Bomb and Dust Release.
• Ōnoki realized that his Dust Release and the Five-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb had both been cut apart as the slash continued toward the beast.
• The Five-Tails discovered Ōnoki hiding in its belly and gathered its chakra into its horns to use Horn Break.

A devastating black slash split the battlefield and surrounding mountains, overwhelming the Stone Ninja. The survivors searched in terror for the Tsuchikage and the Five-Tails, who had faced the attack directly.

• The Five-Tails charged the black slash, but three of its horns were severed.
• The slash cleaved the Five-Tails into the ground and split the battlefield and mountain ranges apart.
• The surviving Stone Ninja lost their will to fight as they witnessed the destruction.
• The Stone Ninja searched for the Tsuchikage, who had faced the slash with the Five-Tails.
• Kitsuchi, battered and bleeding after being hit by a boulder, cried out for his father.

Kitsuchi, Hikari, and the surviving elite jonin searched the abyss after the attack and found the Five-Tails gravely wounded, with Ōnoki trapped in one of its blade marks. Ōnoki ordered them to return to Iwagakure before losing consciousness, and they carried him away, relieved that he was still alive.

• Kitsuchi and the others rushed to the abyss, fearing that Ōnoki had died.
• Kitsuchi, Hikari, and the elite jonin found the nearly dismembered Five-Tails lying on a fragment of earth.
• They spotted Ōnoki in a blade mark and leaped onto the Five-Tails to reach him.
• Kitsuchi and Hikari saw that Ōnoki had lost his right arm and shoulder and was badly wounded.
• Ōnoki ordered them to return to Iwagakure, then passed out.
• Kitsuchi and Hikari carried Ōnoki after confirming that he was still alive.

Yuu severely wounded Ōnoki and the Five-Tails with a devastating slash and gained major rewards. He reunited with Tsunade, Minato, Shikaku, and the others on the ruined battlefield, apparently unharmed.

• Yuu's slash left Ōnoki and the Five-Tails alive but severely wounded, earning him attribute points, Six Paths Power, and the sword technique Mingmie.
• Yuu sheathed Shusui after the attack and considered the rewards he had obtained.
• Tsunade, Minato, Shikaku, and others arrived at the devastated battlefield and asked Yuu if he was alright.
• Yuu told Tsunade he was fine and wondered why she seemed to be getting dumber.