Chapter Summaries

Genji and Ao exposed Karatachi Yagura as being controlled, triggering a battle between Kirigakure’s factions. Obito ordered Zetsu’s clones to withdraw as Hinata Cang Yue spotted him and Zetsu from afar with her Tenseigan, just as Obito unleashed his ultimate move.

• Genji stalled Karatachi Yagura while Ao used his transplanted Byakugan to confirm that foreign chakra controlled Yagura’s brain.
• Ao accused Yagura of not being the real Mizukage, but Yagura denied it and ordered his supporters to attack Genji’s faction.
• Kirigakure’s ninjas began fighting outside the Mizukage Building as Obito and Zetsu watched from a nearby building.
• Obito ordered Zetsu to withdraw the White Zetsu hidden among Kirigakure’s ninjas to prevent their identities from being exposed.
• Hinata Cang Yue used her Tenseigan to spot Obito and Zetsu from a distance, while Obito unleashed his ultimate move.

Karatachi Yagura revealed himself as a perfect Jinchuriki and fought Terumi Mei, while Genji’s side tried to restrain him and evacuate the village. Obito then forced Yagura to transform fully into the Three-Tails, leaving Kirigakure in ruins as Isobu began gathering a Tailed Beast Ball.

• Karatachi Yagura entered a Half-Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked, prompting Genji to signal Terumi Mei.
• Terumi Mei used her Lava Release to suppress Yagura and rejected his offer of support for her bid to become Mizukage.
• Karatachi Yagura transformed completely into Isobu and swept through Kirigakure, flattening buildings despite the evacuation.
• Genji ordered the Kirigakure ninja to stop Isobu, while Obito spoke through Yagura and Isobu began gathering Chakra for a Tailed Beast Ball.

Isobu’s rampage devastated Kirigakure as the village’s shinobi struggled to stop him. Genji interrupted Isobu’s Tailed Beast Ball with a powerful Water Release, but the Three-Tails resumed his assault, leaving the village in ruins and Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue isolated.

• Kirigakure’s Water Release attacks and Terumi Mei’s Corrosion Technique failed to penetrate Isobu’s shell as he prepared a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Genji unleashed Water Release: Water Dragon Bite Explosion, using the rain and water around him to overwhelm Isobu with pressure and interrupt the Tailed Beast Ball.
• Isobu smashed the ground and killed several Kirigakure shinobi, then continued tearing through the village as their attacks proved ineffective.
• Kirigakure’s shinobi abandoned the area around Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue to focus on Isobu while villagers fled the destruction.
• With buildings collapsing and casualties mounting, Genji and the others faced pressure to end Isobu’s rampage quickly.

Tang Ping left Kirigakure in chaos after the berserk Three-Tails attacked, leaving Terumi Mei and Genji to deal with it. He returned to Tenshukaku, where its fleet and thousands of pilots were ready to launch a counterattack and seize Kirigakure.

• Terumi Mei used Boil Release to corrode the Three-Tails, enraging it and sending it into a berserk state.
• Terumi Mei, Genji, and the Kirigakure ninja fought the Three-Tails while Tang Ping judged that the village had been weakened enough for Tenshukaku to strike.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue left Kirigakure without drawing Byakugan Wolf's attention.
• Tang Ping returned to Tenshukaku and found the Blazing Sun Fleet and its warriors assembled for the counterattack.
• Tang Ping boarded a ship to join the campaign as an overseer while thousands of trained pilots prepared to deploy flying machines.

Tang Ping sailed with the Blazing Sun toward the front as Kirigakure prepared an all-out assault on the Tenshukaku. Kirigakure chose to press the attack despite trouble in the village, and Tang Ping timed his fleet's arrival for the decisive battle.

• Tang Ping led Hinata Cang Yue, Yamaa Koji, Pakura, and other leaders aboard the Blazing Sun and set sail for the front.
• Ringo Yurui learned that trouble had arisen in Kirigakure, and commander Nagai Takaomi ordered the army to attack rather than withdraw.
• Nagai Takaomi planned to make the nobles provide supplies in exchange for Kirigakure fulfilling their request to attack.
• Kirigakure's commanders chose a frontal assault, trusting their numerical advantage over the Tenshukaku.
• Tang Ping slowed the fleet and arrived at the battlefield on the day of the decisive battle.

Kirigakure launched a major assault on Crab Island, aiming to seize the Tenshukaku’s frontline supplies and prove its strength after internal conflict. Uchiha Sho prepared the island’s defenders for battle as Kirigakure forces charged across the sea.

• Kirigakure’s fleet and more than five thousand troops surrounded Crab Island, where fewer than a thousand Tenshukaku ninjas defended the supply fortress.
• Uchiha Sho recognized that Kirigakure had chosen the Tenshukaku as an easier target to demonstrate that its forces remained powerful.
• Uchiha Sho’s defenders, including Yakushi Nonō and Uchiha Inaho, prepared to fight while reinforcements waited for an opening to enter the battle.
• Uchiha Sho ordered his troops to prepare as Kirigakure ninjas charged across the sea, and the two sides began fighting.

Hired ninja forces charged Tenshukaku’s fortress on Crab Island, only to be battered by traps and defensive ninjutsu before Kirigakure unleashed a massive tsunami. The fortress survived behind a barrier, but the wave cleared its defenses, and Uchiha Sho led Konoha ninja onto the cliff as the battle entered its next stage.

• Noble-funded hired ninja charged Tenshukaku for bounties, but senbon, Exploding Tag traps, and fortress ninjutsu inflicted heavy losses.
• Kirigakure ninja unleashed waves of Water Release that combined into a huge tsunami aimed at Crab Island.
• Tenshukaku’s Barrier Team raised a barrier that withstood the tsunami and protected the fortress.
• The tsunami swept away the island’s traps and preparations, clearing the way for Kirigakure’s larger force.
• Uchiha Sho led a group of Konoha ninja out onto the cliff above the fortress.

The Tenshukaku Blazing Sun Fleet confronted Kirigakure near Crab Island while Tang Ping prepared a new aerial force of Chakra-powered Flying Machines. The chapter ended with five thousand aircraft launching toward the battlefield.

• Nagai Takaomi ordered three hundred Kirigakure ninjas to attack the Blazing Sun Fleet's Steel Warships.
• Yamaa Koji, Pakura, and other ninjas deployed from the Steel Warships to protect the fleet and block Kirigakure's advance.
• Tang Ping's improved Flying Machines used Chakra Cores to let ordinary people fly them and activate Wind Release and Anti-Gravity Barriers.
• Pilots launched Flying Machines from five aircraft carriers and gathered them into formations.
• Tang Ping gave the order to move out, and five thousand Flying Machines flew south toward the battlefield.

Yamaa Koji and Pakura held off Kirigakure while the Steel Warships opened fire with special explosive shells. Tang Ping’s flying craft arrived and began bombing Rin Kin Yuli’s force, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yamaa Koji and Pakura fought Kirigakure ninja while waiting for Tang Ping’s aerial force to arrive.
• Yamaa Koji ordered the Steel Warships to fire, and their special shells killed more than a hundred Kirigakure ninja despite Nagai Takaomi’s Water Formation Wall.
• Nagai Takaomi sent Rin Kin Yuli and over a thousand ninja to destroy the Steel Warships while the rest guarded their fleet.
• Tang Ping arrived over the warships and ordered the Fifth Squadron to descend and attack.
• Rin Kin Yuli warned her force to scatter and struck down one pilot with Lightning Release: Thunderclap, but Airburst Bombs burst above the Kirigakure ninja and tore through them with metal fragments.

Tenshukaku’s Fifth Squadron devastated the Kirigakure army with aerial bombing and kunai fire, leaving the survivors unable to fight back. As the Kirigakure forces tried to retreat, the aircraft targeted their ships, and Uchiha Sho watched the destruction from outside the bombardment zone.

• The Fifth Squadron bombed the Kirigakure forces, killing and wounding many ninja in a single pass.
• The pilots descended and fired kunai, prompting Rin Kin Yuli to order the survivors to scatter and retreat.
• Pakura and Tenshukaku’s other leaders realized that ordinary people using aircraft could become the main force in future wars.
• Nagai Takaomi ordered the army to board its ships and retreat while he stayed behind to cover them.
• The Flying Corps bombed the retreating Kirigakure troops and sank their warships as Uchiha Sho watched from outside the bombardment zone.

Tang Ping’s Flying Corps destroyed the Kirigakure fleet and left Nagai Takaomi’s forces with no way to escape. Tang Ping offered the survivors surrender, and Nagai Takaomi agreed to save his comrades.

• Tang Ping watched the bombardment destroy the Kirigakure fleet, while nearly half its ninja survived underwater.
• Tang Ping ordered the Flying Corps not to strike Nagai Takaomi and landed to approach the Kirigakure commander.
• Tang Ping offered Nagai Takaomi and his comrades the chance to surrender.
• Rin Kin Yuli urged Nagai Takaomi to fight their way back to the village, but he judged escape impossible.
• Nagai Takaomi surrendered to spare the lives of the Kirigakure ninja behind him.

After defeating Kirigakure’s forces at sea, Tang Ping ordered a blitzkrieg assault on Kirigakure and tried to recruit Nagai Takaomi by threatening the village. The fleet set sail with Nagai Takaomi and Rin Kin Yuli captive, while Nagai remained convinced that Kirigakure and the other powers would stop the invasion.

• Tang Ping’s forces defeated Kirigakure’s fleet, sealed off news of the battle, and held the surviving ninja prisoner on Crab Island Fortress.
• Tang Ping told Nagai Takaomi and Rin Kin Yuli that he planned to take Kirigakure and offered Nagai a chance to work for him to protect the village.
• Nagai refused to betray Kirigakure, believing the village and the major powers would soon prepare to stop the Tenshukaku.
• Tang Ping led the group to the Blazing Sun Fleet, where Nagai realized the carriers had launched the Flying Corps.
• Tang Ping and his forces boarded the ships and set sail for Kirigakure.

After the Fourth Mizukage died and Kirigakure was devastated, Terumi Mei became Acting Mizukage and ordered the village to prepare for peace talks. When the frontline commander’s reports stopped, she and Genji feared Uchiha Tang Ping was involved, while an enormous fleet and thousands of aircraft appeared off the Land of Fire coast.

• Genji proposed appointing an Acting Mizukage, and Kirigakure’s higher-ups backed Terumi Mei for the role.
• Terumi Mei took charge of the meeting and ordered a delegation prepared to invade the Land of Fire and force peace talks.
• The Anbu Captain reported that Nagai Takaomi had sent no intelligence for two days, prompting Genji and Terumi Mei to suspect trouble at the front.
• Terumi Mei ordered Anbu to investigate and raised Kirigakure’s alert level, warning that Uchiha Tang Ping could be behind the anomaly.
• A huge fleet arrived off the coast, and five aircraft carriers launched five thousand aircraft as Nagai Takaomi and Rin Kin Yuli watched in disbelief.

Tang Ping led Tenshukaku’s force aboard the flying Blazing Sun and with the Flying Corps toward Kirigakure, whose weakened defenses faced a surprise night assault. After incendiary bombs lit and cleared the fog over the village, Terumi Mei ordered the villagers evacuated and the ninja to prepare for battle.

• The Blazing Sun took flight, shocking Nagai Takaomi and Rin Kin Yuli as Tang Ping ordered it to full speed toward Kirigakure.
• Tang Ping’s force traveled along a route planned from detailed maps of the Land of Water, arriving at Kirigakure in the dead of night.
• Tang Ping signaled the attack, and the Flying Corps dropped incendiary bombs that ignited across Kirigakure and dispersed the fog.
• Terumi Mei woke to reports of fires throughout the village, recognized that an attack was likely, and ordered an evacuation and battle preparations.
• Terumi Mei met Ao and Chōjūrō and headed to Genji’s residence, where she and Genji looked out the window.

Tang Ping’s Flying Corps bombarded Kirigakure through the night, inflicting civilian casualties and exhausting the village’s defenders. As the aircraft withdrew at dawn, an enormous metal warship arrived from the east.

• Tang Ping’s Flying Corps dropped Airburst Bombs and Incendiary Bombs over Kirigakure, killing civilians and forcing ninja to seek cover.
• Terumi Mei used Boil Release to corrode the Airburst Bombs and ordered Kirigakure’s ninja to evacuate civilians and prepare to counterattack.
• Kirigakure’s ninja concealed themselves from the bombardment while the Flying Corps resumed its attacks with incendiaries and Kunai.
• The Flying Corps exhausted its ammunition and returned as dawn broke.
• An enormous metal warship flew toward Kirigakure from the east.

Tang Ping led the Blazing Sun and Tenshukaku forces into Kirigakure, aiming to crush the exhausted village before outside powers could intervene. The warship smashed through the village defenses as Yamaa Koji, Uchiha Sho, Pakura, Guren, and the others began their assault.

• Terumi Mei rejected Genji’s offer to take over and ordered the Kirigakure ninja to scatter as the Blazing Sun accelerated toward them.
• Tang Ping sent Yamaa Koji, Uchiha Sho, and Pakura ahead to clear a path for the warship.
• The Blazing Sun smashed through Kirigakure’s eastern gate and wall, while Tang Ping planned to use the destruction to help absorb the village.
• Yamaa Koji attacked Terumi Mei with Cosmic Illusion as Uchiha Sho and Pakura supported him.
• Guren led the Tenshukaku ninja into battle, unleashing Crystal Release while the other fighters attacked with ninjutsu.

Tenshukaku’s forces overwhelmed Kirigakure, and Tang Ping secured Nagai Takaomi’s cooperation as an intermediary for absorbing the village. As the battle turned into a rout, Terumi Mei charged onto the Blazing Sun to confront Tang Ping.

• Tenshukaku’s well-equipped ninjas, especially the Sharingan-wielding Uchiha, cut through Kirigakure’s weakened forces despite running short on Exploding Tags.
• Tang Ping confirmed that Nagai Takaomi’s warning had been delayed, and Nagai agreed to serve Tenshukaku to protect Kirigakure.
• Tang Ping warned Nagai to prove useful, while Hinata Cang Yue recognized his skill in winning over the Quasi-Kage.
• Tenshukaku’s forces routed Kirigakure, though Terumi Mei’s strength drove Yamaa Koji and the other Kage-level fighters back.
• Terumi Mei endured Pakura’s Scorch Release attack and charged onto the Blazing Sun, where Tang Ping waved off Yamaa Koji’s attempt to intercept her.

After Hinata Cang Yue knocked Terumi Mei unconscious, Tang Ping forced Nagai Takaomi to threaten the Kirigakure forces and secure their surrender. Kirigakure’s resistance stopped, leaving its surviving ninjas under the Tenshukaku’s control.

• Hinata Cang Yue used the Triple Godly Vacuum Attack to knock Terumi Mei unconscious while deliberately sparing her life.
• Tang Ping ordered Nagai Takaomi to prove his worth, and Nagai Takaomi pressed a kunai to Terumi Mei’s neck and demanded that Kirigakure stop fighting.
• Genji, Ao, and Chōjūrō halted the fighting, and Tenshukaku’s forces regrouped after Tang Ping signaled them to stand down.
• Nagai Takaomi urged Genji to submit to the Tenshukaku, drawing angry accusations of treachery from Kirigakure’s wounded ninjas.
• Genji pretended to condemn Nagai Takaomi while helping secure his place with the Tenshukaku, whose generous benefits made returning to Kirigakure unlikely.

Tang Ping secured Kirigakure for the Tenshukaku after Nagai Takaomi pressured its surviving ninja to surrender, and began arranging its takeover and reforms. He then confronted Genji and Kaguya Ao, demanding they state their conditions as the story turned to negotiating with Kirigakure’s leaders.

• Tang Ping offered to preserve Kirigakure’s name and provide better living conditions if its people joined the Tenshukaku, but Genji refused to surrender.
• Nagai Takaomi warned the Kirigakure ninja that resisting would endanger their surviving families, and they surrendered despite their anger.
• Half a day later, Tang Ping established a command post on the Blazing Sun bridge while Nagai Takaomi and administrators counted survivors and supplies and treated the wounded.
• Tang Ping declared Kirigakure part of the Tenshukaku and considered its future growth and the possibility of taking control of the Land of Water.
• Tang Ping summoned Genji and Kaguya Ao and gave them one chance to state their conditions.

Tang Ping secured Genji’s cooperation by agreeing that Kirigakure would choose its own Mizukage, then rejected Kaguya Ao’s defiant clan. He ordered the Kaguya Clan dealt with and agreed to release Terumi Mei to help keep Kirigakure’s leaders in balance.

• Genji offered Kirigakure’s ninjutsu archives and his help infiltrating radical groups in exchange for the village choosing its own Mizukage, and Tang Ping accepted.
• Tang Ping asked Kaguya Ao what the Kaguya Clan needed to submit, but Ao refused and left defiantly.
• Tang Ping told Genji that the Kaguya Clan had to be dealt with.
• Genji offered to handle the task if Terumi Mei could assist, and Tang Ping agreed to release her.