Chapter Summaries

The Tenshukaku Flying Corps cleared the Allied aerial forces and the Kirov Airships devastated the gathered Allied troops with a massive bombardment. As the airships began encircling the battlefield to deploy barriers, Tsunade ordered Asuma and Konoha’s remaining forces to retreat, leaving the other Allied troops to cover their escape.

• The Tenshukaku Flying Corps drove off the Allied aerial forces, allowing dozens of Kirov Airships to drop nearly ten thousand tons of Airburst and Incendiary Bombs on the Allied counterattack.
• The bombardment devastated the battlefield, wiping out the Root Blade and killing over a thousand Sarutobi Clan ninjas.
• The Kirov Airships spread out to encircle the battlefield and prepare to deploy barriers, prompting Tsunade to order an immediate retreat.
• Tsunade told Asuma to lead the surviving Konoha ninjas back to the village and ordered Kakashi, Guy, and Yamato to retreat with him.
• Asuma accepted the task, while Tsunade prepared to use the remaining Allied forces to cover Konoha’s withdrawal.

Tang Ping trapped the battlefield’s remaining forces inside a Six-Point Sealing Formation, intending to cripple Ryūchi Cave and confront the Allied fighters. As the sides prepared for a decisive battle, Tsunade and Might Guy refused his offer to leave.

• Tenshukaku let Konoha and Iwagakure retreat, while Tsunade obstructed her allies and helped cover Konoha’s withdrawal.
• Tang Ping activated the Six-Point Sealing Formation, trapping the remaining Allied forces and Ryūchi Cave’s fighters while preventing summons and spatial techniques.
• The Tenshukaku troops gathered around Tang Ping as Jiraiya, Tsunade, the Three God Princesses, and other surviving opponents assembled across from them.
• Tang Ping challenged Tsunade’s claim that she was protecting the Senju-founded village by pointing out that the Senju Clan no longer existed there.
• Tang Ping offered Might Guy a chance to leave, but Guy refused and stood with Jiraiya, so both sides prepared to fight.

Tang Ping entered Sage Mode and unleashed the full power of his improved Sun Furnace against the Allied Shinobi forces. As he gathered the flames from the battlefield into a blazing sphere overhead, both sides prepared for its devastating attack.

• Tang Ping entered Sage Mode after the Six-Point Sealing Formation was ready, then ordered Tenshukaku's forces to retreat and challenged the enemy to surrender.
• Jiraiya and the other Allied Shinobi attacked Tang Ping as he rose into the air, but his Sun Furnace barrier gathered their attacks and the surrounding heat.
• Tang Ping repelled Tsunade with Flame Fist and Great Eruption while the Sun Furnace absorbed energy from the sea of fire below.
• Uchiha Mei ordered Tenshukaku's forces to take cover, and Fukasaku warned the Allied Shinobi to prepare defenses.
• Tang Ping raised his hands and unleashed his super S-Rank ultimate move, Return to Nothingness.

Tang Ping unleashed his Super S-Rank technique, Sunshine Everywhere, melting the battlefield and devastating the Allied Forces. He surveyed the surviving enemies and prepared for the fight to continue.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Guy, and the others hid underground as the Allied Forces and summoned creatures used whatever defenses they could against Tang Ping’s gathering attack.
• Tang Ping released Sunshine Everywhere, melting the battlefield into a vast hemispherical crater while Uchiha Mei shielded the Tenshukaku forces with Susanoo.
• Uchiha Mei ordered the surviving Tenshukaku ninjas to prepare for battle, while fewer than a third of the Allied Forces emerged alive and Gamahiro and Gamaken were killed.
• Tang Ping explained to Gamabunta and Fukasaku that the Toad Clan had made itself his enemy, then mocked their accusation that he was a demon.
• The survivors emerged: two of the Three God Princesses were dead, Tagitsuhime was badly injured, and Manda, Kouga, and some other snakes had survived by burrowing underground.

Tenshukaku’s forces overwhelmed the Allied Forces as Tang Ping’s group engaged the remaining Kage-level opponents. Tang Ping faced Might Guy, who opened the Sixth Gate, and resolved to kill him; Tagorihime’s survival also left Tang Ping a potential guide to Ryūchi Cave.

• Tenshukaku’s army launched its attack and routed the outnumbered Allied Forces while other fighters dealt with the summoned beasts.
• Hinata Cang Yue challenged Tsunade with the Gentle Fist, both to restrain her and to establish herself publicly as an Elite Jonin.
• Jiraiya prepared to fight Tang Ping, but Guy volunteered to face him and Jiraiya accepted before charging at Uchiha Mei.
• Tang Ping revealed that he had secretly marked Tagorihime with a Flying Thunder God mark and had deliberately allowed her to survive as a possible guide to Ryūchi Cave.
• Guy opened the Sixth Gate and traded blows with Tang Ping, who recognized the danger and attacked with lethal intent.

Tang Ping fought Might Guy after Guy opened the Seventh Gate, and he withstood Guy’s Daytime Tiger using his wings and Needle Jizo. Around them, the other battles and the Allied Forces’ defeat left only three fights inside the barrier, while Guy realized his strongest attack had barely harmed Tang Ping.

• Tang Ping pushed Might Guy to open the Seventh Gate and traded attacks with him, using Fire Pillar Formation to interrupt Guy’s assault.
• Guy unleashed Daytime Tiger, and Tang Ping shielded himself with his Blazing Sun Wings reinforced by Needle Jizo before being blasted away.
• Jiraiya and the two toads held Uchiha Mei back, while Hinata Cang Yue continued countering Tsunade’s attacks.
• The Tenshukaku ninja forces wiped out the Allied Forces’ remaining ninjas and withdrew to the barrier’s edge instead of joining the ongoing fights.
• Tang Ping rose after Daytime Tiger with little injury, and Guy recognized that he had already used his strongest attack in the Seventh Gate.

Might Guy opened the Gate of Death and attacked Tang Ping with the Evening Elephant, forcing Tang Ping to rely on defenses and misdirection rather than fight head-on. After Guy’s fourth strike blasted Tang Ping from sight, crows cried out, leaving the battlefield uncertain about his fate.

• Guy opened the Gate of Death, unleashing a red storm of Chakra that drew the attention of Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the Tenshukaku forces.
• Tang Ping praised Guy’s taijutsu but avoided a direct clash, using the Sage Art Fire Pillar Formation to obscure Guy’s perception.
• Guy ran through the air and struck Tang Ping with the first and second stages of Evening Elephant, while Tang Ping endured the attacks and tested his strength.
• Tang Ping used Sage Art Earth Fire Burning City to disrupt Guy, but Guy’s third strike shattered the area and stopped the flames.
• Tang Ping cast the Sage Art Golden Crow Clone Technique as Guy launched the fourth stage of Evening Elephant and blasted apart the spot where Tang Ping stood.
• Crows cried out from the devastated area, while Tang Ping was no longer visible.

Tang Ping used his Golden Crow Clone Technique and knowledge of Guy’s weaknesses to survive the fifth strike of Evening Elephant, though he was badly injured. As Guy gathered himself for a final, inescapable attack, Tang Ping faced the last stage of the fight.

• Tang Ping revealed that his Golden Crow Clone Technique combined genjutsu, summoning, and ninjutsu to conceal his true body among the Golden Crows.
• Guy widened the range of his fifth Evening Elephant strike, catching Tang Ping and blasting a hundred-meter crater into the ground.
• Tang Ping rose from the crater with serious injuries, having reduced the strike’s power by forcing its attack across a wide area.
• Uchiha Mei and Jiraiya recognized the Eight Gates’ overwhelming power, while Tagorihime and the other beings inside the barrier watched in terror.
• Guy, nearing the end of his strength, planted his hands on the ground, locked his will onto Tang Ping, and began gathering power for his final strike.

Tang Ping used layered defenses and a flame attack to meet Guy’s Night Guy, enduring the devastating blow with his Sage Body and Nirvana Technique. The dragon’s advance finally stopped, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Tang Ping raised thick Earth Flow Walls, wrapped himself in Needle Jizo, and formed his Zhurong True Body as Guy charged in the Gate of Death state.
• Tang Ping sent a sea of azure flames toward Guy, but Guy broke through the walls and unleashed Night Guy to cross the burning field.
• Night Guy shattered Tang Ping’s Zhurong True Body and Needle Jizo before striking his Sage Body, while Tang Ping used Nirvana Technique to keep his body intact.
• Guy’s blood-colored dragon finally stopped advancing after the blow struck Tang Ping.

Tang Ping survived Might Guy’s Night Guy by using Elementalization and a prepared backup body, while Guy destroyed the barrier to give Jiraiya a chance to escape. Tang Ping tried to finish Guy and claim his soul, but Manda seized the corpse and escaped.

• Night Guy pulverized Tang Ping’s visible body and left Guy near death, but Tang Ping reassembled himself from magma using his life-saving techniques.
• Tang Ping explained that he had used Elementalization, a backup body, and soul control to survive Guy’s attack.
• Guy revealed that he had deliberately broken the Six-Point Sealing Formation’s barrier, creating an opportunity for Jiraiya to escape.
• Tang Ping raised the Ama-no-Murakumo Sword to destroy Guy’s body and take his soul, but Manda burst from the ground and swallowed the corpse.
• Tang Ping cut Manda in two with an extended Ama-no-Murakumo Sword, but Manda escaped with Guy’s corpse by leaving behind shed skin.

Tang Ping's forces defeated Konoha's central army, captured Tsunade, and let Jiraiya escape while Guy's corpse was taken by Ryūchi Cave. As the other allied armies began retreating, Tang Ping ordered his forces to punish them too, and Yamaa Koji and Izumi launched an attack on Ōnoki's route.

• Tang Ping ordered Jiraiya to retreat, and Jiraiya used Yomi Swamp while Shima raised a sandstorm to cover their escape.
• Tsunade turned back to cover Jiraiya, but Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue ambushed and captured her in the sandstorm.
• Tang Ping chose not to pursue Jiraiya, saying a stable Konoha served his plans, but ordered attacks on the allied armies on the other routes.
• Ōnoki directed his army's retreat and used Dust Release to scatter Tenshukaku's pursuing Flying Corps.
• Yamaa Koji opened the Seventh Gate and attacked Ōnoki with Daytime Tiger, while Izumi prepared the real attack from the ground.

Izumi and Naruko attacked Iwagakure’s retreating forces, with Naruko using Flying Thunder God to cut down dozens of ninja. Izumi ambushed Rōshi with her Mangekyo ability and the Kusanagi Sword, leaving the Four-Tails’ Jinchuriki grievously wounded.

• Naruko began using Flying Thunder God to strike Iwagakure’s formation and killed dozens of ninja in less than a minute.
• Karin used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to fling the remaining Iwagakure ninja toward the Tenshukaku, and Rōshi disguised himself as one of them.
• Rōshi revealed himself and attacked Karin with Lava Release, leaving her in danger despite the Tenshukaku ninja’s protection.
• Rōshi used Lava Release: Granite to defend himself when he sensed danger, but Izumi appeared behind him and struck with her Mangekyo ability, Okitsunokami.
• Izumi identified her weapon as the Kusanagi Sword as blood poured from Rōshi’s wounds and his right leg was nearly severed.

Izumi used the Kusanagi Sword and her Mangekyo to defeat Rōshi, then tricked him into transforming so Karin could bind the Four-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains. Izumi took control of Son Goku and turned its Tailed Beast Ball on Iwagakure’s forces, leaving the battlefield devastated.

• Izumi used the Kusanagi Sword to grievously wound Rōshi while Yamaa Koji kept Ōnoki from intervening.
• Iwagakure’s Demolition Squad charged to rescue Rōshi, and Izumi vowed to kill them.
• Rōshi transformed into the Four-Tails, but Karin bound Son Goku with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Izumi used her Mangekyo to control Rōshi and Son Goku, then had Karin release the Four-Tails.
• Son Goku fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Iwagakure’s forces, creating a huge explosion that destroyed the surrounding battlefield.

Izumi used Rōshi’s transformed Four-Tails to devastate Iwagakure’s forces, while Ōnoki made a desperate decision that eliminated the Tailed Beast. With the Allied Forces’ left flank collapsing and its aerial forces destroyed, the Fire Extinguishing Plan failed and the war temporarily fell silent.

• Rōshi gathered chakra for another Tailed Beast Ball, and Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s shinobi to stop the Four-Tails at any cost.
• Izumi used her Mangekyo speed and swordsmanship to cut down the Demolition Squad, including its captain, No Shiba.
• Rōshi fired repeated Tailed Beast Balls, forcing the Allied Forces’ left flank to scatter and retreat.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to erase the Four-Tails, then ordered Iwagakure’s forces to retreat and abandon their supplies.
• The Radiance Tower destroyed the enemy’s airborne forces, and the Allied Forces’ Fire Extinguishing Plan failed, bringing a temporary lull in the war.

After the Allied Forces’ defeat, the Tenshukaku prepared an expedition to seize Ryūchi Cave, which Tang Ping hoped to use to build a Clear Sky Tower network. Tang Ping’s force reached the cave and began fighting its snakes.

• The Daimyos of the Three Great Nations and smaller nations agreed to stabilize the front and blockade the Tenshukaku while delaying any decision to fight or negotiate.
• Tang Ping left Taka, Yashiro, and Kiyofu in charge of the Tenshukaku and departed with three thousand shinobi aboard five Ground Effect Vehicles.
• Tang Ping’s fleet followed altered Flying Thunder God coordinates northwest toward Ryūchi Cave, taking a week to reach a desolate wasteland.
• Tang Ping used Earth Release: Opening Earth Rising Excavation to split the ground and create a passage underground.
• Countless snakes poured from the passage, and Yamaa Koji and Uchiha Sho led the shinobi into the swarm.

Tang Ping led Tenshukaku forces into Ryūchi Cave to confront Tagorihime and the White Snake Sage. When Tagorihime stalled for time, Tang Ping ordered an attack, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Tang Ping guided two thousand shinobi through Ryūchi Cave’s labyrinthine approach while a thousand remained behind to protect the Ground Effect Vehicles.
• At Ryūchi Cave’s entrance, Tang Ping handed battlefield command to Yamaa Koji and Uchiha Sho before leading the troops inside.
• Snake swarms and giant snakes surrounded the invading forces, while Tang Ping waited for Tagorihime, Manda, and Kouga to arrive.
• Tagorihime threatened Tang Ping and invoked the White Snake Sage, but Tang Ping demanded that the Sage show herself.
• Tagorihime stalled as the White Snake Sage prepared her trump card, so Tang Ping ordered an attack and advanced with Hinata Cang Yue and Uchiha Mei.

Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei defeated Manda, Kouga, and Tagorihime as they fought to take Ryūchi Cave. With only the White Snake remaining, Tang Ping led the way deeper into the cave.

• Tang Ping pierced Manda's shed skin, then used a Golden Crow Clone to evade Manda's ambush and Kouga's petrifying venom.
• Tang Ping shielded himself with the Blazing Sun Wings, restrained Kouga with a stone hand, and burned Manda to ashes after demanding to know where Guy's corpse was.
• Tang Ping knocked Kouga unconscious and decided to give it to Uchiha Sasuke as a meeting gift.
• Uchiha Mei used Ama-no-Iwato to blind Tagorihime briefly, then beheaded it and watched Tang Ping burn its corpse.
• Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei headed deeper into Ryūchi Cave to face the White Snake.

Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei found the White Snake Sage fused with Ryūchi Cave, making a fight there likely to devastate the sacred land. After she refused to surrender, the White Snake Sage revealed Guy’s revived corpse, enraging Tang Ping and leaving him poised to unleash his power.

• Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei followed Hinata Cang Yue’s scouting mark through Ryūchi Cave and discovered the White Snake Sage beside an emerald pool.
• The White Snake Sage revealed that she had fused with Ryūchi Cave, giving her overwhelming control over the cave and its surroundings.
• Tang Ping ordered Uchiha Mei to send the shinobi army a retreat signal, but refused the White Snake Sage’s offer to let them leave in exchange for never attacking again.
• The White Snake Sage brought Guy’s corpse out of the pool, revealing that she had revived him and left his soul trapped inside.
• Enraged, Tang Ping threatened the White Snake Sage as Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue withdrew, expecting him to fight alone.

Tang Ping fought the White Snake Sage in Ryūchi Cave and destroyed it with a uranium-powered Sage Art. The explosion devastated the cave and left the retreating Blazing Sun vehicles badly damaged.

• After Uchiha Mei left, Tang Ping absorbed a Hot Spring potion and entered Sage Mode as the White Snake Sage prepared to fight.
• The White Snake Sage tested its White Flash Technique against Tang Ping, who resisted it with Elementalization.
• Tang Ping formed a uranium-filled Star Shattering Spear while the White Snake Sage brought all of Ryūchi Cave to life with Inorganic Reincarnation.
• The White Snake Sage sent a temporarily revived Guy to kick the spear, triggering its explosion and destroying the fused Sage and cave.
• The five retreating Ground Effect Vehicles endured the explosion’s shockwave, and their crew saw a vast crater and a ring of torn clouds.

Tang Ping destroyed Ryūchi Cave with the Star Shattering Spear but found its core intact and began stabilizing the sacred land. After half a month of preliminary repairs and setting up a teleportation coordinate, he returned toward Tenshukaku with Uchiha Mei and three working Ground Effect Vehicles.

• Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue found Tang Ping alive after the Star Shattering Spear obliterated the White Snake Sage and most of Ryūchi Cave.
• Tang Ping uncovered Ryūchi Cave’s damaged core and confirmed that it had survived by consuming its stored Natural Energy to block the attack.
• Tang Ping promised to restore Ryūchi Cave within half a year after Uchiha Mei told him Tenshukaku needed him during the war.
• Tang Ping began stabilizing the sacred land while Uchiha Mei organized personnel to guard it and the Ground Effect Vehicles were repaired.
• Half a month later, Tang Ping set up a teleportation coordinate and started back with Uchiha Mei aboard three operational Ground Effect Vehicles.