Chapter Summaries

Tang Ping and his allies confronted a Hidden Mist squad led by Hozuki Mangetsu, with Terumi Mei and Ao, and captured them rather than killing them. After Tang Ping revealed he had come to hunt the Third Mizukage, the squad learned the purpose of his mission.

• Ao warned Hozuki Mangetsu and Terumi Mei not to attack after his Byakugan showed how dangerous Tang Ping's group was.
• Tang Ping surrounded the Hidden Mist squad and had Hinata Cang Yue locate approaching reinforcements, which Yamaa Koji went to intercept.
• Tang Ping stopped Terumi Mei from using Lava Release and told the squad he intended to take them as guests.
• Hozuki Mangetsu challenged Tang Ping to a fight, but Tang Ping postponed it until after their mission.
• Tang Ping told Terumi Mei that he had come to hunt the Third Mizukage.

The Third Mizukage was lured to a coral island by a Kagerō Village informant, where Danzo and Root trapped him in a sealing barrier. Tang Ping and Yamaa Koji joined the fight, leaving the Mizukage and Konoha’s attackers facing off inside the arena-like barrier.

• The Third Mizukage arrived with four Kage Guard members to trade for intelligence and received a scroll containing Konoha’s deployments and reinforcement plans.
• The scroll’s ink sealed the Mizukage as twelve masked Root members emerged from ambush and killed the Kage Guard members who charged to protect him.
• Danzo appeared and launched signal flares, revealing that he had personally planned the operation to capture the Mizukage.
• Tang Ping arrived in Sage Mode, attacked with Flame Finger, and watched the Mizukage evade by turning into seawater.
• The Mizukage declared he would fight rather than flee because Root had raised the Twelve System Lamp Formation around the island.
• Yamaa Koji descended in Power Armor to join Tang Ping and Danzo inside the barrier, while Hinata Cang Yue and the reserve force remained outside to face the incoming Mist reinforcements.

Tang Ping and his allies fought the Third Mizukage on an island until the Mizukage tried to break through the barrier with a massive Water Release attack. Tang Ping summoned Taiyi and unleashed Sunset, leaving the island engulfed as the two natural-disaster-level attacks collided.

• Danzo restrained the Third Mizukage with Wind Release while Yamaa Koji fought him at close range and Tang Ping supported them with attacks.
• Tang Ping used the Ama-no-Murakumo Sword to pressure the Third Mizukage, who created distance with Water Release and defended himself behind a Water Formation Wall.
• Tang Ping pierced the wall with Flame Finger but struck a Water Clone, then realized the Third Mizukage was using enormous waves to attack the barrier.
• Tang Ping summoned Taiyi and ordered it to unleash Sunset, prompting Tang Ping and Yamaa Koji to take cover while Danzo rushed to join them.
• Hinata Cang Yue led Kobayashi Hei, Nobi Daixiong, and the others farther away as Hidden Mist Anbu hurried toward the island and Root Ninja maintained the barrier.
• Taiyi's Sunset collided with the Third Mizukage's towering seawaves, and a blinding light swallowed the island.

Tang Ping unleashed Sunset, which devastated Coral Island but left him weakened for months, and then killed the Third Mizukage after the man began to reveal Uchiha’s involvement. Tang Ping headed back to the Tenshukaku while Danzo retreated, and news of the Mizukage’s death shook the ninja world.

• Taiyi’s Sunset obliterated much of Coral Island, destroyed its barrier, and left Taiyi needing months to recover.
• Yamaa Koji and Tang Ping crawled from the rubble, and Tang Ping stopped Yamaa Koji from attacking Danzo.
• Tang Ping and Yamaa Koji found the Third Mizukage alive, but Tang Ping killed him with Flame Finger when he began to reveal Uchiha’s involvement.
• Danzo protested that Tang Ping had killed the Mizukage instead of bringing him back to Konoha, and Tang Ping challenged him to take the body himself.
• Tang Ping led his people toward the Tenshukaku, while Danzo prepared to use a Flying Thunder God Kunai to retreat safely.
• News of the Third Mizukage’s assassination provoked fierce reactions from the major ninja villages.

After the Third Mizukage’s death, the other villages adjusted their plans and Cloud and Iwagakure launched renewed attacks on Konoha. Tang Ping returned to Tenshukaku with three young prisoners, who were stunned by how much the once-barren area had changed.

• Rasa, Granny Chiyo, Pakura, and Ebizo discussed the Third Mizukage’s death, Sunagakure’s cautious strategy, and whether Konoha might turn against Tang Ping.
• The Third Raikage ordered A and Killer B to flank Konoha’s defenses while he held Orochimaru back, and A struck Killer B before they set out together.
• Ōnoki ordered Han to join him in a full assault on Konoha, prompting the Cloud and Iwagakure armies to attack before Konoha could recover.
• Konoha’s leaders learned that their two remaining enemies were attacking, while the Hokage Office received a new desk.
• Tang Ping brought three Chakra-sealed young prisoners to Tenshukaku, where they marveled at its new road and extensive rice paddies.

Tang Ping arranged a trade between the Hozuki and Terumi Clans and the United Fruit Trading Company while keeping their ransom separate, then assigned Uchiha Mei to escort the deal. After a month, Mei returned with five merchant ships, and Tenshukaku’s port was ready for trade.

• Tang Ping offered the Hozuki and Terumi Clans a trade in supplies and resources, and both clans agreed while Ao asked when the prisoners would be released.
• Tang Ping insisted that trade would not replace ransom and ordered Uchiha Mei to escort the caravan to the Land of Water and collect thirty million ryo.
• Tang Ping returned to researching an Extraordinary Organ for Hinata Cang Yue while rumors about Mou Ryō spread and helped secure Tenshukaku’s port.
• Uchiha Mei returned after a month with five merchant ships, which docked at Tenshukaku’s port.

Tang Ping welcomed Uchiha Mei and the returning fleet after a profitable trade mission to the Land of Water, which also brought thousands of refugees to Tenshukaku. As the rice fields and settlement grew, Uchiha Mei saw the city transformed, while Tang Ping planned further trade and promised land to the refugees.

• Tang Ping praised the Uchiha guards and promised them rewards for their work escorting the fleet.
• The fleet manager reported around one hundred million ryo in profit after costs, and Uchiha Mei said she had recovered a thirty-million-ryo ransom and secured protection for future trade visits to the Land of Water.
• Tang Ping dismissed the group and ordered managers to settle the refugees, check the accounts, and prepare the ships for another voyage.
• Tang Ping noted the fast-growing rice fields and said the refugees would receive reclaimed paddies to cultivate next year in exchange for half their harvest.
• Uchiha Mei returned to Tenshukaku and found its old earthen wall replaced by wooden and stone houses, izakaya, and general stores.

Tang Ping completed Hinata Cang Yue’s Extraordinary Organ transplant and tested her new Tail Hezi, while Hozuki Mangetsu secured the return of Nuibari. Hinata Cang Yue began learning to control her nine tails as Tang Ping prepared to assess their power.

• Tang Ping checked that Uchiha Sho’s regrown right hand was healing well and told him to report any unusual changes.
• Tang Ping agreed to let Hozuki Mangetsu, Ao, and Terumi Mei leave, and sold Nuibari to Hozuki Mangetsu for 50 million ryo, payable after his return home.
• Tang Ping successfully transplanted Hinata Cang Yue’s fully cultivated Extraordinary Organ using his blood to help it fuse with her body.
• Tang Ping took Hinata Cang Yue to the sea, where she formed hand seals and released nine red Fox Tails from her back.
• Hinata Cang Yue said the tails felt like parts of her body and began testing her control over them.

Hinata Cang Yue tested the Tailed Wings Technique, demonstrating its destructive power, defensive strength, and Chakra costs. Tang Ping learned that the wings could store Chakra more efficiently than Yamaa Koji's Power Armor, though their storage limit remained unknown.

• Hinata Cang Yue extended her nine Tailed Wings nearly a hundred meters and used them to pull a gigantic shark from the sea and crush it.
• Tang Ping threw a Chakra-enhanced Kunai at a Tailed Wing and found that it was tough but vulnerable to piercing attacks.
• Hinata Cang Yue used Needle Jizo to harden the Tailed Wings around herself, and Tang Ping's Kunai and Senbon bounced off them.
• Hinata Cang Yue said the technique had consumed about one-tenth of her Chakra, or roughly 2 Ka, but she expected to use less as she gained experience.
• Hinata Cang Yue reported that storing one portion of Chakra required about five portions of Chakra, with no upper limit detected.

Tang Ping tested whether Hinata Cang Yue’s tail kagune could absorb Natural Energy, then visited the Land of Rivers to inspect Mou Ryō’s massive farmland project. He left the region’s expanding settlement under Mou Ryō’s labor, with food and supplies limiting further growth.

• Tang Ping guided Hinata Cang Yue as she absorbed Natural Energy through her tail kagune, and she reported that it felt good.
• Tang Ping gave Hinata Cang Yue a bottle of Hot Spring so she could let her body adapt to Natural Energy.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue traveled to the Land of Rivers to check on Mou Ryō.
• Tang Ping saw that Mou Ryō’s Terracotta Army had diverted rivers and created vast farmland worked by refugees.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue reached Jiangxin Island, where the Starting Point Orphanage was located.

Tang Ping inspected the Starting Point Orphanage and the canal project, strengthening his plans to develop the southern Land of Rivers. After promising Mou Ryō access to the Land of Fire’s fear next year in exchange for cooperation, he received news he had been waiting for.

• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue visited Starting Point Orphanage, where Guren and the other children greeted them.
• Tang Ping tested the students’ progress and saw how the orphanage’s training and ranking system was helping them develop.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue visited the construction site, where Honda Taka and Asari Kiyoo reported progress on the canal.
• Tang Ping reinforced Yomi’s seal and promised Mou Ryō it could harvest fear in the Land of Fire next year if it cooperated fully.
• Tang Ping received intelligence and smiled, saying the news he had awaited had finally arrived.

Tang Ping agreed to intercept the A-Bee Duo in exchange for the village helping relocate the Uchiha Main Branch Lineage and other families out of Konoha. After securing the village’s promise, he prepared to lead Squad 404 to the battlefield while arranging protection for the relocation and the Southwest Shinobi Army.

• After Minato Namikaze was recalled from the front, the A-Bee Duo rampaged through northeastern Land of Fire, and Konoha asked Tang Ping and Squad 404 to stop them.
• Tang Ping negotiated with the village to help move the Uchiha Main Branch Lineage out of Konoha in exchange for his intervention.
• Tang Ping told Yamaa Koji and the Uchiha members that he would accept the mission, but would make the village honor its promise before they departed.
• Tang Ping ordered Mei to lead the family-retrieval team and assigned Yashiro and others to keep the Southwest Shinobi Army on the defensive while he was away.
• Tang Ping, Squad 404, and nearly two hundred private soldiers set out, leaving the Tenshukaku and trade operations in the care of the Southwest Shinobi Army.

Tang Ping brought Uchiha Mei and Uchiha Shizuka into Konoha before meeting the village leadership to negotiate the Main Branch Lineage’s relocation. He demanded that the village fulfill its conditions first, leaving the tense deal unresolved.

• Tang Ping entered Konoha with Squad 404 and the masked Uchiha Mei and Uchiha Shizuka, while the gate guards chose not to challenge them.
• Hinata Cang Yue complained that the guards had missed a chance to provoke a confrontation, and Uchiha Shizuka said they had acted wisely.
• Tang Ping sent Uchiha Mei and Uchiha Shizuka to the clan compound to prepare for the Main Branch Lineage’s relocation, which he planned to support with compensation and new housing.
• Tang Ping and his companions reached the Hokage Building, where villagers recognized him and Yamaa Koji as they entered.
• Tang Ping met Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo in private, then demanded that the village fulfill its conditions before he delivered what it wanted.

Tang Ping confronted Konoha’s leaders over the Uchiha Elder House Lineage and demanded they be allowed to leave for Tenshukaku. Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the demand under conditions and ordered Tang Ping to drive out the A-Bee duo.

• Danzo accused Tang Ping of bringing unreported people into Konoha and disobeying orders, while Tang Ping argued that the people were Konoha ninja whose identities the village had forced them to abandon.
• Tang Ping demanded that the Uchiha Elder House Lineage leave for Tenshukaku immediately, provoking objections from Danzo and Utatane Koharu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi threatened Tang Ping with Anbu, then called them off and refused the demand at first.
• Tang Ping challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s refusal and warned that Konoha would be responsible if the A-Bee duo continued ravaging the Land of Fire’s northeastern region.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to let the group leave secretly, barred them from revealing their identities or residing anywhere but Tenshukaku, and ordered Tang Ping to drive out the A-Bee duo.
• Tang Ping accepted the conditions and left to carry out the agreement.

Tang Ping took command of Konoha’s battered interception force and ordered it to relocate, but Killer B suddenly appeared and challenged him. The chapter ended as Gyuki sensed Tang Ping’s power and warned Killer B that he faced a formidable enemy.

• Tang Ping and his companions entered a war-torn region of the Land of Fire and found refugees suffering under violence and noble oppression.
• Tang Ping presented his appointment order to Deputy Commander Kunugi Mokume, who accepted him as the interception force’s new commander.
• Tang Ping ordered the force to leave its camp before the Cloud Ninja Army could find them.
• Killer B appeared at the camp after killing a Konoha guard, throwing the surviving ninjas into panic.
• Gyuki sensed Tang Ping’s imposing aura, and Killer B pointed at him and declared him a strong enemy.

Uchiha Tang Ping and Squad 404 encountered Killer B, who challenged Yamaa Koji before Cloud reinforcements arrived. After A joined Killer B, the brothers resolved to face Tang Ping’s squad, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Uchiha Tang Ping introduced himself to Killer B, who tested the group with a chakra-infused pencil and then charged into their camp.
• Tang Ping ordered Kunugi Mokume to retreat with the wounded while Yamaa Koji stayed behind to fight Killer B.
• Yamaa Koji opened the Eight Gates’ Gate of Life and battled Killer B, whose seven-sword style and lightning-enhanced blades eventually forced Koji to withdraw with Tang Ping.
• A rushed to Killer B after seeing the danger signal, punched him for acting recklessly, and then eagerly welcomed the chance to test himself against Squad 404.

After learning that the Nine-Tails had rampaged and Kushina Uzumaki had disappeared, Tang Ping abandoned his original mission and rushed to the main battlefield with Hinata Cang Yue to search for her. They found evidence that Black Zetsu had captured Kushina, leaving Tang Ping facing a desperate situation.

• Tang Ping received a report that the Nine-Tails had gone berserk on the main battlefield and Kushina Uzumaki was missing.
• Hinata Cang Yue urged Tang Ping to focus on finding Kushina, and he redirected his squad toward the main force.
• Tang Ping put Yamaa Koji in command of the squad while he and Hinata Cang Yue sped ahead using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue searched the devastated battlefield and discovered that Black Zetsu had taken Kushina Uzumaki.

Tang Ping discovered Black Zetsu tampering with Kushina Uzumaki, apparently to influence the unborn Asura reincarnation, and resolved to protect her without disrupting Naruto's birth. He rescued Kushina and led her back toward Konoha's camp after telling her Minato Namikaze had prioritized the village.

• Hinata Cang Yue used the Tenseigan to spot Black Zetsu hundreds of meters underground beside the unconscious Kushina Uzumaki.
• Tang Ping realized Black Zetsu was likely targeting the child Kushina carried and began devising a plan to protect the baby while preserving Naruto's birth.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue retreated beyond the Tenseigan's range, then returned after Black Zetsu left and found Kushina in a patch of grass.
• Tang Ping woke Kushina and told her that Minato Namikaze had chosen to protect the village rather than search for her, leaving her briefly saddened.
• Tang Ping escorted Kushina toward Konoha's camp, passing search teams from both Konoha and Kumogakure along the way.

Kushina Uzumaki and Tang Ping returned to the Northeast Ninja Army camp, where Minato Namikaze thanked them and convened a war council. With the Cloud Ninja weakened by the Nine-Tails’ rampage, Minato planned an afternoon counterattack before the ‘AB’ Combination could arrive, leaving Tang Ping reluctantly preparing to fight again.

• Minato Namikaze welcomed Kushina Uzumaki and Tang Ping back to camp and thanked Tang Ping for rescuing her.
• As Minato led them through camp, Tang Ping noticed that Ninja Academy Students were being sent to the battlefield.
• Minato opened a war council to plan a counterattack against the Cloud Ninja, and Tang Ping said the outcome depended on dealing with their tailed beasts.
• Minato proposed defeating the Cloud Ninja before the ‘AB’ Combination arrived that afternoon, and Tang Ping reluctantly agreed to join the attack.
• Tang Ping spent several hours recovering his Chakra before setting out with the force.

Konoha’s counterattack force came under a Tailed Beast Ball attack, but Jiraiya arrived with reinforcements and interrupted it. The Cloud Ninja Army then attacked from the north, leaving both sides in a chaotic battle as Minato assigned Tang Ping and Jiraiya to deal with the enemies to the south.

• Kushina Uzumaki joined Tang Ping as Konoha’s shinobi gathered to begin their counterattack.
• Tang Ping sensed a Tailed Beast Ball approaching from the south, and Kushina entered her five-tailed chakra state to protect the assembled force.
• Jiraiya arrived on a giant toad and interrupted the Eight-Tails’ attack, while Minato explained that Konoha had sent Jiraiya and a thousand clan shinobi as reinforcements.
• The Cloud Ninja Army arrived from the north, trapping the forces in a chaotic clash and creating a pincer against the AB Combination.
• Minato ordered Tang Ping and Jiraiya to defeat the enemies behind them before reinforcing him, while he held back the main Cloud Ninja force.