Chapter Summaries

Tang Ping faced Orochimaru and Danzo before the allied forces launched their attack, confident he could survive the siege with his allies kept out of the way. He prepared to test his power and relied on his secret Heavenly Court Plan as a safeguard against deaths in battle.

• Orochimaru became fascinated by Tang Ping's youthful vitality and resolved to pursue Sasuke's body so he could gain power to study Tang Ping.
• Tang Ping provoked Danzo, who vowed to make him pay and had helped arrange the assault on Tenshukaku with Iwagakure and the Cloud Ninja.
• Tang Ping activated his Flame Garment and sent his allies back, assigning Naruko and Karin to watch Naruto while Yamaa Koji and Izumi prepared to fight.
• Tang Ping considered his Heavenly Court Plan, which would imitate and surpass the Pure Land and let him revive fallen allies at a cost.
• Killer B charged Tang Ping, beginning the battle.

Tang Ping fought off a powerful coalition led by Orochimaru, A, and Killer B, using his Sage Body and taijutsu to withstand their coordinated attacks. After retaliating against the Cloud Ninja, he was forced to break off his pursuit of A as Orochimaru and the others renewed their assault.

• Tang Ping used Golden Crow Style Taijutsu: Oni Burning to defend himself while Yamaa Koji and Izumi fought Chiki Maru, Danzo, and the samurai, and Naruko and Karin remained under guard.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation as A and Killer B joined the battle against Tang Ping.
• A and Killer B knocked Tang Ping into the lake, where Orochimaru restrained him with water snakes and Ōnoki struck him with Dust Release: Original World Detachment Technique.
• Tang Ping appeared among the Kumogakure jonin, seized a Cloud Ninja, and used Kotozuki: Yang to turn him into an explosive weapon against the approaching Cloud Ninja.
• A charged Tang Ping with Guillotine Leg Drop, but Tang Ping blocked it with Oni Burning and taunted him about Kumogakure's history of plundering.
• Orochimaru emerged from the lake with his Kusanagi Sword and forced Tang Ping to stop pursuing A as Han, Kitsuchi, and the others attacked in turn.

Tang Ping’s forces and the Allied Forces continued their battle of attrition while Yamaa Koji and Izumi fought separate engagements. The chapter ended when a Tailed Beast Ball detonated upstream, unleashing a flood across the battlefield.

• Tang Ping kept fighting without revealing Sage Mode or high-level ninjutsu, while the Allied Forces tried to wear him down through rotating attacks.
• Yamaa Koji opened the Sixth Gate and unleashed Morning Peacock, blasting the battlefield with a barrage of flaming punches.
• Naruto called Yamaa Koji “White Can,” and Naruko elbowed him and told him to shut up; Sasuke watched longingly while Karin monitored their surroundings with Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Izumi used multiple phantom-body doubles to attack Danzo and Chiki Maru, while Danzo tried to provoke her into losing her composure.
• A Tailed Beast Ball exploded upstream and sent lake water into the clouds, turning the waterfall into a raging flood that swept across the surrounding battles.

Tang Ping survived Killer B’s Tailed Beast Ball, then revealed his Sage Mode and Blazing Sun Wings before summoning a gigantic azure flame giant. His display of Super-Kage power left the gathered fighters and the Four Kids stunned as they prepared to face him.

• Killer B’s Tailed Beast Ball blasted the lake, but Tang Ping reappeared above the water with only part of his clothing torn.
• Tang Ping entered Sage Mode and ignited a towering pillar of fire to destroy the ninjas who tried to interrupt him.
• Tang Ping spread his Blazing Sun Wings, multiplying his Chakra and revealing a power comparable to a Tailed Beast’s.
• Tang Ping used Sage Art: Zhurong True Body to form a hundred-meter-tall azure flame giant with wings.
• Ōnoki and A resolved to kill Tang Ping, Orochimaru coveted his power, and Naruto, Sasuke, and the others stared in shock.

Tang Ping revealed his immense Sage Art: Zhurong True Body and faced the threat of Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation. Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode to challenge him, while Tang Ping looked for an opening to attack the surrounding forces.

• Tang Ping used Sage Art: Zhurong True Body and explained how his technique differed from Susanoo.
• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to fight for Konoha, while Tobirama Senju remained resentful of Orochimaru and Danzo.
• Hashirama Senju charged toward Tang Ping as the other forces watched from a distance.
• Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode, and Tang Ping praised how quickly he had done so while planning a surprise attack on the surrounding forces.

Tang Ping challenged Hashirama Senju's ideals during their battle, weakening him before launching an attack. After Hashirama recovered and fought back, Tang Ping redirected his assault toward Kira Bee's Eight-Tails Gyuki.

• Tang Ping questioned Hashirama Senju's goal of bringing peace and argued that the Shinobi World had become more violent since Hashirama's death.
• Hashirama Senju defended his legacy by saying he had at least protected Konoha, but Tang Ping pointed out that both the Senju and Uchiha had disappeared from it.
• Tobirama Senju defended his brother and helped him recover, while Tang Ping summoned the Ama-no-Murakumo Sword and attacked Hashirama Senju.
• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God to move himself and Hashirama Senju out of the sword's path, and Hashirama Senju countered with Wood Release: Hotei Technique.
• Tang Ping cut through Hashirama Senju's wooden palms, then charged toward Kira Bee's Eight-Tails Gyuki and thrust with the Ama-no-Murakumo Sword.

Tang Ping fought the allied forces in his Zhurong True Body, overwhelming A and countering Hashirama Senju’s defenses. The battle left Gyuki trapped in Hashirama’s Wood Release while the attackers’ divided loyalties undermined their encirclement.

• Killer B kept Gyuki in Tailed Beast form as Tang Ping’s blade nearly sliced him in half, while A struck the Zhurong True Body’s foot and Tang Ping quickly repaired it.
• Tang Ping slowed A with Sage Art: Super Added-Weight Rock Technique and swung the Ama-no-Murakumo Sword, but Hashirama blocked it with Wood Release: Hobi Technique.
• Tobirama Senju used Flying Thunder God to move the others away after Tang Ping’s fiery sword cut through Hashirama’s wooden shield.
• Tang Ping noticed Ōnoki had stayed back near Kitsuchi and Han rather than helping A, and considered that the encirclement had already served its purpose by revealing his strength.
• Hashirama Senju unleashed Wood Release: Tree World Advent, trapping Gyuki in a mass of vines and leaving him unable to break free.

Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release failed to incapacitate Tang Ping, who revealed the power of his Zhurong True Body and prepared to end the battle. Tang Ping planned to leave his opponents hope of victory so they would unite rather than fight him with guerrilla tactics.

• Onlookers compared Hashirama Senju’s feats with Hiruzen Sarutobi’s reputation as the Strongest Hokage, while Naruto continued to believe in Grandpa Hokage.
• Hashirama Senju’s Tree World Advent covered the lake in vines and released poisonous pollen, but Tang Ping remained unaffected in his Zhurong True Body.
• Gyuki appeared to succumb to the poison, but its body turned out to be a severed octopus leg used for its escape.
• Hashirama Senju praised Tang Ping and summoned a Wood Human and a Wood Dragon after the pollen failed.
• Tang Ping unleashed the full flames of his Zhurong True Body, burned away the vines, and decided to finish the fight while allowing his enemies to believe they could still win.

Tang Ping unleashed Sage Art: Earth Fire Burning City against Hashirama Senju, detonating five prepared Earth Fire Techniques in a colossal eruption. As the flames began to subside, the watching shinobi waited to see who had survived.

• Tang Ping repeatedly cast Sage Art: Earth Fire Technique, while the lake grew hot enough to boil and nearby spectators retreated.
• Orochimaru withdrew with Kabuto, wary that the other gathered shinobi might target him if he showed weakness.
• Hashirama Senju sent the Wood Dragon to coil around Tang Ping and drain his Chakra as the Wood Golem Arhat closed in to attack.
• Tang Ping used Sage Art: Earth Fire Burning City, unleashing the stored flames and blasting the Wood Dragon and Wood Golem away.
• A fire pillar two kilometers wide and over a thousand meters tall erupted, leaving the watching shinobi waiting to learn the battle's outcome.

Tang Ping staged a grave injury after defeating Hashirama Senju, hoping to lure the Five Great Ninja Villages and nobles into attacking the Tenshukaku. As the other fighters moved in, Orochimaru turned on Ōnoki to protect Tang Ping’s body, while Tang Ping prepared to strike Han.

• Tang Ping destroyed the lake with his attack, leaving a vast magma-filled crater and convincing the gathered leaders that he had reached the beyond-Kage level.
• Tobirama Senju switched places with Hashirama Senju, and Tang Ping seized the chance to seal Tobirama into a scroll.
• Tang Ping pretended that Hashirama’s Wood Spear had gravely wounded him, then let A knock him through the air and Ōnoki prepare a Dust Release attack.
• Orochimaru attacked Ōnoki with venomous snakes to stop him from destroying Tang Ping’s body, while Kabuto poisoned Kitsuchi.
• Han charged toward the apparently wounded Tang Ping, who viewed the Five-Tails Jinchuriki as his first target.

Tang Ping instantly killed Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, during their fight, while Ōnoki withdrew with Kitsuchi. Orochimaru left with Sasuke, and the surviving fighters regrouped after the battle.

• Han used his Half-Tailed Beast Transformation and Boil Release to strike Tang Ping with a powerful punch.
• Tang Ping used lime and lava to obscure the others’ vision, then let Han punch through his body so he could seize Han and inject Fire Release Chakra into him.
• Tang Ping’s attack killed Han in an explosion, and Tang Ping fled while keeping his heart wound intact.
• Ōnoki mourned Han and left with Kitsuchi, while Orochimaru chose not to pursue him and went to collect Sasuke.
• Orochimaru departed with Sasuke after Sasuke calmly said goodbye to Naruto.
• Izumi and Yamaa Koji protected Naruko and Karin, while the noble warriors were wiped out and Danzo escaped with Chiki Maru.

Izumi refused Orochimaru’s demand for Karin and Naruko’s blood, then led the group back toward Konoha. Tang Ping continued to flee the pursuing Cloud Ninja, concealing his real condition as Dodai’s force caught up and attacked him near a forested mountainside.

• Orochimaru asked Izumi to let her take blood from Karin and Naruko, but Izumi and Yamaa Koji stood in her way, so Orochimaru left and asked her to tell Tang Ping she wanted to cooperate.
• Naruto vowed to bring Sasuke back to Konoha, while Naruko decided not to recruit him into Tenshukaku.
• Izumi led the group back toward Konoha to complete their mission of escorting Naruto and the others.
• Tang Ping slowed his flight and used collected blood to disguise his trail while A, Killer B, Dodai, and the Cloud Ninja pursued him.
• Dodai ordered Tang Ping to surrender and launched kunai and Lightning Release attacks, and Tang Ping plunged toward a forested mountainside.

Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue ambushed the Cloud Ninja pursuing them, then Tang Ping lured A and Killer B into a fight while Cang Yue secretly incapacitated Dodai. The chapter ended with Tang Ping killing Dodai with a Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.

• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue killed the scattered Cloud Ninja surrounding the area.
• Dodai realized the Cloud Ninja had gone silent and urged A and Killer B to retreat, but Tang Ping attacked before they could escape.
• Tang Ping targeted Dodai, and A and Killer B fought him while Dodai withdrew from the battle.
• Hinata Cang Yue secretly used Chakra Light Orb to immobilize Dodai, then left so Tang Ping could kill him himself.
• Tang Ping flew to Dodai and engulfed him in a Fire Dragon Flame Bullet as A cried out his name.

Tang Ping killed Dodai, then escaped A and Killer B while pretending to be gravely injured. He returned to Konoha with Hinata Cang Yue, expecting the deception to help spark a Ninja World War that would let the Tenshukaku and Kirigakure expand.

• Tang Ping's Fire Dragon Flame Bullet obliterated Dodai, and A stopped Killer B from seeking revenge.
• Tang Ping taunted A and Killer B, then flew away while acting as though his wounds were severe.
• Hinata Cang Yue confirmed no one had followed them, and Tang Ping repaired his false chest wound before disguising himself as badly injured.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue headed back to Konoha to report the mission.
• Tang Ping reflected on how a coming Ninja World War could let the Tenshukaku and Kirigakure exploit the chaos, and accepted that his strategy resembled Eagle Sauce's.

Tang Ping returned to Konoha badly injured and demanded an investigation into the intelligence leak that had led to his ambush. He left after Tsunade agreed to let more than a thousand villagers and several genin relocate to Tenshukaku, while the leak remained unresolved.

• Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki greeted Tang Ping as he returned to Konoha, and he went straight to the Hokage Office to report to Jiraiya.
• Tang Ping accused Konoha of allowing his mission intelligence to leak and demanded an investigation, leaving Jiraiya and the others uneasy.
• Tsunade claimed Danzo's remaining subordinates had passed on the intelligence, and Tang Ping presented a list of villagers he wanted to hire for Tenshukaku.
• Utatane Koharu and Jiraiya objected to transferring villagers, but Tang Ping argued that they wanted the chance to train as ninjas at Tenshukaku.
• Tsunade agreed that villagers could relocate voluntarily and that the listed genin could use special procedures, and Tang Ping dropped his demand to pursue the leak before leaving.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Konoha’s advisers debated transferring declining ninja clans to the Tenshukaku and considered using the migration to drain its resources ahead of the Fire Extinguishing Plan. They approved allowing more people to leave, while Jiraiya prepared to seek the Toad Clan’s participation and discuss involving Ryūchi Cave.

• Tsunade challenged Mitokado Homura for complaining after staying silent during the earlier agreement, while Jiraiya warned the elders not to leak intelligence to Danzo again.
• After Tsunade left, Nara Shikaku argued that relocating thousands of people would consume the Tenshukaku’s resources before they could become ninja.
• Utatane Koharu suggested letting more people voluntarily move to the Tenshukaku, and Shikaku and Homura supported the idea as a way to weaken their opponent and later reclaim promising recruits.
• Jiraiya approved the proposal and said the Fire Extinguishing Plan would not begin for at least another month because Konoha, the Cloud Ninja, and Iwagakure were still preparing.
• Jiraiya planned to discuss joining the war with the Toad Clan and agreed that he would also raise Ryūchi Cave’s participation with Fukasaku and Shima.

Tang Ping recruited Kakashi to gather intelligence on Konoha and invited Tenten to join the Tenshukaku, while arranging Izumi’s eye transplant outside the village. As Naruko transported Tang Ping and Izumi to a safe location, news that Konoha residents could go to the Tenshukaku spread and stirred the village.

• Kakashi praised My Struggle, questioned its author’s pen name, and accepted Tang Ping’s request to gather intelligence on Konoha’s activities.
• Tang Ping invited Tenten to join the Tenshukaku and encouraged her to develop her talent there; she said she would think about it.
• Tang Ping prepared to perform Izumi’s eye transplant away from Konoha, where he feared trouble from the Sarutobi Clan.
• Naruko used Flying Thunder God to transport Tang Ping and Izumi from the Guild Hall to a location several hundred kilometers away.
• Tenshukaku personnel discussed relocation with the ninja clans, and news that villagers could go to the Tenshukaku caused an uproar in Konoha.

Tang Ping successfully transplanted Shisui's Mangekyo into Izumi, and she awakened her own Mangekyo under the moonlight. After demonstrating her left-eye ability, Okitsunokami, she prepared to reveal what her right eye could do.

• Tang Ping transplanted Shisui's Mangekyo into Izumi and waited while she adjusted to her restored eyes.
• Izumi's eye power transformed, awakening a petal-patterned Mangekyo and greatly increasing her strength.
• Tang Ping concluded that his method of awakening the Mangekyo could produce powerful eyes without damaging the user's mind or body.
• Izumi told Tang Ping that her left eye's Okitsunokami could adjust her speed, then demonstrated it by moving too quickly for him to track.
• Izumi explained how she could use Okitsunokami and began revealing her right eye's Mangekyo ability.

Izumi awakened two powerful Mangekyo abilities and tested her Susanoo, while Tang Ping prepared further experiments and Uchiha Mei arrived to receive new recruits. Mei then headed toward Konoha, leaving Utatane Koharu furious but forced to follow.

• Izumi explained that her Mangekyo abilities were Okitsunokami and Izanagi, and Tang Ping judged her strength to be that of a special Super-Kage while her eye power lasted.
• Tang Ping tested Izumi's moon-silver Susanoo and recorded that her eye power was stronger and higher quality than Mei's.
• Naruko used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Izumi and Tang Ping back to Konoha, where Tang Ping continued preparing surgeries for the Shikotsumyaku and Eternal Mangekyo experiments.
• Uchiha Mei arrived at the airship tower to receive Tenshukaku's new recruits, delegated the task to Shizuka, and headed toward Konoha.
• Utatane Koharu criticized Mei's arrogance but followed after her, vowing to make her pay later.

Tang Ping prepared to perform Uchiha Mei’s Eternal Mangekyo operation while Nara Shikaku negotiated to send thousands of applicants to the Tenshukaku. Tang Ping accepted them under training contracts, then took Uchiha Mei to an unexpected location to begin the operation.

• Tang Ping finished preparing potions for Uchiha Mei’s Eternal Mangekyo operation and arranged to avoid interference at the Tenshukaku.
• Nara Shikaku brought Tang Ping lists of thousands of Konoha residents seeking migration and Tenshukaku ninja training.
• Uchiha Mei recognized Konoha’s plan to burden the Tenshukaku with trainees, but Tang Ping agreed to accept everyone who signed a training contract.
• Nara Shikaku left to handle Konoha’s internal turmoil after the Hokage Faction’s decline.
• Tang Ping and Naruko took Uchiha Mei to an unexpected location to begin the operation.