Chapter Summaries

Tang Ping confronted Gamamaru at Mount Myōboku and attacked the temple before the Great Toad Sage could explain itself. He entered his peak Sage Mode and began searching the grounds for hidden threats.

• Tang Ping identified the Great Toad Sage as Gamamaru, and Gamamaru called him the Child of Destruction.
• Tang Ping interrupted Gamamaru’s attempt to speak and unleashed Great Serpent Mower and Lava Flow River against the temple.
• The temple’s natural barrier blocked Tang Ping’s flames, while Mount Myōboku’s dense Natural Energy weakened his Lava Release.
• Tang Ping used Hot Spring to enter Sage Mode, revealed his combat suit, and prepared to use Blazing Sun Wings.
• Tang Ping layered on Flame Garment and began scouring the ground with Sage Arts.

Tang Ping fought the Great Toad Sage in Mount Myōboku, testing its powers and defenses while it drew on the sacred land’s Natural Energy. After gathering enough information, Tang Ping withdrew to prepare for the real battle.

• Tang Ping used Sage Art: Lava World Advent to collapse the temple and flood the area with lava, but the Great Toad Sage protected itself with a layer of radiance.
• Tang Ping mocked Gamamaru and accused it of manipulating the events surrounding Kaguya’s sealing, rattling the Great Toad Sage before attacking with the Ama-no-Murakumo Sword.
• The Great Toad Sage used Earth Rhythm to solidify the lava and Frog Kumite to block Tang Ping’s attacks, while its radiance also stopped his Flame Finger.
• Tang Ping circled behind the Great Toad Sage and nearly pierced its defense, then dodged its counterattack and used a clone to bait out Frog Song.
• After several minutes of probing attacks, Tang Ping decided he had gathered enough information and opened the distance to begin the real battle.

Tang Ping used Sage Art: Zhurong True Body against the Great Toad Sage, but Gamamaru revealed a mountain-sized toad that sent him and Uchiha Mei flying. The Zhurong True Body began repairing itself as Tang Ping recognized Gamayūdō and prepared to answer the Great Toad Sage’s trump card.

• Tang Ping formed a seventy-meter Zhurong True Body and concealed himself inside its dark-gold armor.
• Tang Ping fired the Sage Art: Ama-no-Murakumo Sword at the Great Toad Sage, which dodged the strike and slammed its palms into the ground.
• A mountain-sized gray toad erupted beneath Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei’s Zhurong True Body, launching them into the air.
• The Zhurong True Body crashed down but began repairing its damaged parts with flames.
• Tang Ping recognized the giant toad as Gamayūdō and decided to stop holding back.

Tang Ping unleashed the Blazing Sun Wings and began gathering sunlight with the Sun Furnace to overcome Gamayūdō and the Great Toad Sage’s defenses. As Mount Myōboku tried to interrupt his preparation, Tang Ping’s power rose dramatically, leaving the battle poised for his ultimate attack.

• Tang Ping’s Ama-no-Murakumo Sword failed to pierce the Toad Cloak protecting Gamayūdō, so he dispelled the Sage Art.
• Gamamaru offered to let Tang Ping withdraw if he handed over Hot Spring Valley, but Tang Ping refused and declared they would fight to the death.
• Gamamaru ordered Gamayūdō to attack as Tang Ping activated his Blazing Sun Wings and rose into the air.
• The Blazing Sun Wings greatly increased Tang Ping’s fire control and Chakra reserves, while sunlight gathered around him through the Sun Furnace.
• Gamamaru saw Tang Ping preparing the Sun Furnace and moved to stop him.

Tang Ping fought the Great Toad Sage while secretly expanding the Sun Furnace, a Super S-Rank Composite Barrier that gathered and concentrated sunlight and heat. As Mount Myōboku’s temperature fell, both sides fought desperately, and Fukasaku and Shima feared the prophecy of its destruction was coming true.

• The Great Toad Sage struck Tang Ping with Sage Art: Water Severing Wave, but his Blazing Sun Wings blocked it.
• Tang Ping used Flame Finger to scorch Gamayūdō, then entered Elementalization to dispel the sound-based genjutsu affecting him.
• Tang Ping taunted the Great Toad Sage while the Sun Furnace expanded and gathered sunlight and heat.
• The Great Toad Sage used Genjutsu: Immovable Vidyaraja and followed with Sage Art: Water Bullet, but the barrier’s concentrated heat evaporated the attack.
• As the temperature dropped around Mount Myōboku, Uchiha Mei, Yamaa Koji, and the Tenshukaku higher-ups fought to keep Fukasaku, Shima, and their allies away from Tang Ping.
• Fukasaku and Shima fought desperately, fearing that the prophecy of Mount Myōboku’s destruction was coming true.

Tang Ping unleashed the Sun Furnace’s Sunshine Everywhere, devastating Mount Myōboku and seemingly killing the Great Toad Sage. The Sage’s Talisman resurrected it, leaving Tang Ping exhausted and facing its renewed attack.

• Tang Ping used Flame Finger to pierce Gamayūdō, but the Great Toad Sage dodged the intended strike.
• Tang Ping activated Sun Furnace: Sunshine Everywhere, blasting everything within several kilometers and reducing the battlefield to a smooth, empty expanse.
• The Sage’s Talisman revived the Great Toad Sage from the remains protected by Gamayūdō, then crumbled away.
• Tang Ping, drained of strength, joked about surrendering, but the Great Toad Sage prepared to attack him.
• Tang Ping smiled as he saw the Great Toad Sage’s approaching death.

Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue killed the Great Toad Sage, but his final attack destroyed the Kirov Airships and tore open the Six-Point Sealing Formation, allowing Mount Myōboku’s toads to escape. With the battle at Mount Myōboku over, they turned their attention to the fighting elsewhere.

• Tang Ping severed the Great Toad Sage at the waist and tried to finish him with a cyan fireball, but the Sage dispersed it with the Toad Tremor Technique.
• The Great Toad Sage ordered Fukasaku to lead the clan in escape, then detonated Mount Myōboku’s accumulated Toad Oil Waterfall, destroying five Kirov Airships and weakening the sealing formation.
• Hinata Cang Yue struck the Great Toad Sage with a Six-Fold Godly Vacuum Attack, shattering his body and killing him.
• The Six-Point Sealing Formation tore open, and Hinata Cang Yue worried that Mount Myōboku’s toads would escape; Tang Ping reassured her that their main objective had been achieved.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue decided to check how the battle was going elsewhere.

After the Great Toad Sage fell, Fukasaku ordered Mount Myōboku’s forces to retreat and summoned Jiraiya as Tenshukaku’s battered ninja held their line. Jiraiya arrived on the bloody battlefield, recognized Tenshukaku, and asked Uchiha Mei why they had come.

• Fukasaku used the breach in the barrier to reverse-summon Jiraiya and ordered the toads to retreat.
• Uchiha Mei urged Tenshukaku’s ninja to stop the retreating toads after they had suffered heavy casualties holding the line.
• Izumi awakened her Mangekyo Sharingan and used Kotoamatsukami.Radiance to subdue a Great Strength Toad.
• Jiraiya appeared on the battlefield, saw the corpses and wounded, and recognized Tenshukaku as the attackers.
• Jiraiya faced Uchiha Mei and asked why Tenshukaku had fought its way to Mount Myōboku.

Tang Ping confronted Jiraiya over Tenshukaku’s attack on Mount Myōboku and rejected the idea of a frog-chosen Child of Prophecy. Jiraiya formed a Sage Art team with Fukasaku and Shima, blasted a gap through Tenshukaku’s encirclement, and drew Tang Ping’s wrath.

• Tang Ping appeared before Jiraiya, explained that Tenshukaku had attacked Mount Myōboku to stop its interference in the Shinobi World, and dismissed its alliance with Konoha as irrelevant.
• Fukasaku identified Tang Ping as the Child of Destruction, prompting Jiraiya to turn his admiration into killing intent.
• Jiraiya gathered Natural Energy and joined Fukasaku and Shima in the Sage Art: Twin Life Technique.
• Fukasaku urged Jiraiya to escape with the surviving frogs, so Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima unleashed Sage Art: Goemon.
• Jiraiya’s flames burned through Tenshukaku’s encirclement and killed dozens of ninja, and Tang Ping declared that Jiraiya was courting death.

Jiraiya fought Uchiha Mei, Sho, and Izumi during the assault on Mount Myōboku, using Sage Art to hold off the three powerful Uchiha. Izumi’s Susanoo devastated the toads, while Jiraiya’s arrival rallied their collapsing forces and Tang Ping focused on a particular target.

• Uchiha Mei, Sho, and Izumi attacked Jiraiya together, but he countered with Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon and Frog Song.
• Jiraiya used a substitution and attacked from above with Great Ball Rasengan, which Uchiha Sho met head-on with Lightning Armor.
• Izumi used Susanoo to block Jiraiya’s Toad Oil Flame Bullet and Shima’s Water Severing Wave, then advanced Susanoo to its third stage.
• Izumi fired Yasakani no Magatama at the fleeing toads, causing heavy casualties despite Fukasaku and Shima’s attempts to stop her.
• Jiraiya’s arrival steadied the toads’ morale as some escaped Mount Myōboku, and Tang Ping watched a particular prey.

Tang Ping’s forces fought Mount Myōboku’s leaders while Yamaa Koji overwhelmed Gamabunta, allowing Tang Ping to retrieve Guren from the crystal sealed inside him. The toads realized Gamabunta had led Tenshukaku to their home, and Jiraiya continued fighting as he retreated toward a breach in the barrier, just as an unexpected development interrupted Tang Ping’s pursuit.

• Yamaa Koji opened the Sixth Gate and used Cosmic Illusion and Morning Peacock to break Gamabunta’s sword and badly injure him.
• Hinata Cang Yue used Banshō Ten'in to pull a piece of Gamabunta’s flesh containing Guren toward Tang Ping.
• Tang Ping removed the outer red layer around the crystal, exposing Guren and revealing how Mount Myōboku had been discovered.
• Jiraiya realized Gamabunta had led Tenshukaku to Mount Myōboku, but Fukasaku urged him to put aside his guilt and keep fighting.
• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima suppressed Mei, Izumi, and Sho as Jiraiya retreated toward the barrier’s breach.
• Tang Ping prepared to pursue Mount Myōboku’s leaders, but an unexpected development occurred.

Ryūchi Cave intervened just as Yamaa Koji was about to kill Gamabunta, forcing Tang Ping to negotiate with its Three God Princesses. Tang Ping agreed to peaceful coexistence, and the battle for Mount Myōboku ended with the toads withdrawing.

• Yamaa Koji attacked Gamabunta, but his blow destroyed a giant snake that burst from the ground instead.
• The Three God Princesses and Ryūchi Cave's snakes arrived, halting Tenshukaku's attack on Mount Myōboku.
• Tagorihime told Tang Ping that Ryūchi Cave had come to save Mount Myōboku under an ancient pact, not to become Tenshukaku's enemy.
• Tagorihime asked Tang Ping to promise that Tenshukaku and Ryūchi Cave would not violate one another, and Tang Ping agreed as long as Ryūchi Cave stayed out of the Shinobi World's affairs.
• The Three God Princesses withdrew with Ryūchi Cave's forces, and the defeated Mount Myōboku toads departed with hatred.

After Tang Ping’s forces destroyed Mount Myōboku and killed the Great Toad Sage, he ordered repairs and preparations for a possible war with Konoha. Jiraiya returned to Konoha and revealed the disaster to the shocked leadership, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi demanding the full story.

• Tang Ping explained to Hinata Cang Yue that Jiraiya would treat them as mortal enemies for threatening Konoha and Mount Myōboku, while Uchiha Mei welcomed the prospect of war.
• Tang Ping ordered repairs to Mount Myōboku’s barrier and told Uchiha Mei to regroup the troops and prepare for war.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha and summoned the elders and Nara Shikaku to the Hokage Office, where he found Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade and Konoha’s leadership that the Great Toad Sage was dead and Mount Myōboku had been breached.
• Jiraiya identified Tenshukaku as the force responsible, and Hiruzen Sarutobi asked him to explain what had happened.

After hearing Jiraiya’s account of Tang Ping conquering Mount Myōboku, Konoha’s leaders debated whether to confront Tenshukaku while facing attacks from other villages. They decided to invite Tang Ping to participate in the Hokage election, leaving open whether the invitation would avert conflict or serve as a trap.

• Jiraiya’s report left the Hokage Office stunned by Tang Ping’s power and Tenshukaku’s conquest of Mount Myōboku.
• Danzo urged Konoha to capture Tang Ping, but Tsunade mocked him and Homura warned that Konoha could not afford another enemy.
• Shikaku revealed that Konoha had sent two thousand ninja under Asuma to attack Sunagakure while Iwagakure and the Cloud Ninja also threatened the village.
• Hiruzen agreed that Konoha had to focus on Sunagakure, and Shikaku proposed inviting Tang Ping to the Hokage election to test his intentions.
• Tsunade said she wanted to see Tang Ping, and Konoha’s leaders agreed to grant him Hokage-candidate qualifications and summon him to the election.

Tang Ping accepted Konoha’s invitation to compete in the Hokage Election, recognizing it as a test and a delaying tactic while planning to settle old scores. Meanwhile, Pakura returned to Sunagakure and declared her ambition to become Kazekage, but the elders rejected her proposal to bring the village under the Tenshukaku’s influence before she revealed a shocking piece of news.

• Uzumaki Kasumi suggested that Konoha’s invitation was a test and a way to buy time, and Tang Ping agreed there might be another scheme behind it.
• Tang Ping told Hinata Cang Yue to accept the invitation and said Uzumaki Kasumi would accompany him to Konoha for the election.
• Pakura returned to Sunagakure and told Chiyo that she wanted to become Kazekage.
• Pakura promised that, if chosen, she would extend the Tenshukaku’s benefits to Sunagakure’s shinobi and villagers, but Ebizo and Chiyo rejected the proposal.
• Pakura appeared to anticipate their refusal and began revealing shocking news.

Pakura used Konoha’s invasion to pressure Sunagakure’s elders into allowing her to stay and pursue the Kazekage position. Konoha’s airships and aerial bombardment routed Sunagakure’s forces, leaving the village gathered to decide whether to resist or surrender.

• Pakura warned the elders that she would leave with her followers unless they let her become Kazekage, and Ebizo agreed she could remain in Sunagakure.
• After Pakura left, most elders opposed her bid for the Fifth Kazekage, while Chiyo condemned their self-interest and departed.
• Pakura feigned illness to avoid fighting as Sunagakure’s ninja, including Chiyo and Ebizo, marched out against Konoha.
• Asuma used airships to solve Konoha’s supply problems, and aerial bombardment forced Sunagakure’s forces to retreat after Chiyo and Gaara blocked their pursuit.
• Pakura recovered from her illness, and the elders, jonin, and Gaara assembled to discuss resisting Konoha or surrendering.

Sunagakure's leaders debated how to respond to Konoha's invasion, then turned to choosing a Fifth Kazekage. Gaara gained support from nobles' allies, but Pakura challenged their motives and openly denounced their dependence on the nobles.

• An elder proposed making peace with the Third Hokage, but Ebizo said negotiations could not begin until Konoha chose its Fifth Hokage.
• Pakura urged Sunagakure to choose a Kazekage who could lead the village against Konoha, and Chiyo backed holding an emergency selection.
• Baki nominated Gaara, and elders and jonin supported him because of his strength, his status as Rasa's son, and their ties to the nobles.
• Pakura accused Gaara's supporters of serving the nobles and blamed those nobles for Sunagakure's decline.

Pakura won Sunagakure's Kazekage vote after Chiyo backed her in exchange for the promise that the Tenshukaku would revive Chiyo's son and his wife. As Pakura prepared to lead the village toward the Tenshukaku, three enormous steel machines approached from the southern desert.

• Pakura persuaded Chiyo to support her by citing the Tenshukaku's power, offering relief from noble control, and promising to revive Chiyo's son and his wife in exchange for the Reanimation Jutsu.
• Chiyo and Ebizo voted for Pakura, prompting other elders and jonin to switch their support and secure her election as Kazekage.
• Pakura delivered a speech promising food, safety, and a better future for Sunagakure.
• An Anbu reported that three enormous steel machines were approaching from the south, and Pakura said they were the supplies she had purchased.
• Pakura, Chiyo, Ebizo, Baki, Gaara, and others passed through the village's southern gate to meet the approaching visitors.

Pakura received a massive shipment of supplies and more than a thousand trained fighters from Tenshukaku to strengthen Sunagakure and secure her position as Fifth Kazekage. The villagers welcomed the fresh water and provisions, while Pakura prepared to stop the Konoha Ninja Army.

• Three Ground Effect Vehicles arrived at Sunagakure and unloaded nearly one hundred thousand tons of supplies.
• Pakura announced that Tenshukaku had sent the supplies to help Sunagakure stop the Konoha Ninja Army.
• Chiyo and Ebizo were stunned by the shipment, which included tens of thousands of tons of fresh water and other necessities.
• Pakura planned for Sunagakure to pay for the supplies by manufacturing puppet components rather than relying on nobles and their businesses.
• Villagers learned they could buy an allotment of fresh water, and the delivery eased their worries after Sunagakure's defeat.
• Zi Luo arrived with more than a thousand Sunagakure-aligned fighters trained by Pakura, who then prepared to confront Konoha's army.

Pakura’s guerrilla campaign crippled Konoha’s supplies, but Asuma gambled on a direct advance toward Sunagakure to secure battle achievements for his Hokage ambitions. Near the battlefield, Tang Ping finished modifying Chiyo’s Reanimation Jutsu and watched as Gaara prepared to confront Konoha’s forces.

• Pakura harassed Konoha’s army and destroyed its civilian airships, worsening its supply crisis under Tang Ping’s guidance.
• Asuma ignored the harassment and led Konoha’s army toward Sunagakure, hoping to win the battle achievements he needed to run for Hokage.
• Tang Ping, Hinata Cang Yue, and Izumi watched near the battlefield while Tang Ping studied Chiyo’s Reanimation Jutsu scroll.
• Tang Ping completed an initial modification of the Reanimation Jutsu and gave it to Izumi to study.
• Gaara, restored to peak condition, appeared at the front of Konoha’s advancing forces and prepared to fight.