Chapter Summaries

Tang Ping visited the Land of Snow after Kurenai and the others completed their mission to restore Kazahana Koyuki’s rule, and witnessed an alliance that placed the country under the Land of Demons’ effective management. Before returning to Tenshukaku, he learned that Hinata had awakened Shikotsumyaku and reached quasi-Kage strength.

• Tang Ping and his group arrived at Snow Capital to discuss an alliance with Kazahana Koyuki and rest after traveling by Ground Effect Vehicle.
• Kurenai and her team returned from eliminating a bandit hideout, and Tang Ping praised their work restoring the Land of Snow.
• Kazahana Koyuki and Miroku agreed that the Land of Demons would manage the country while Koyuki remained its nominal Daimyo and pursued acting.
• Tang Ping discovered that Hinata had awakened Shikotsumyaku, warned her to report any problems, and noted her remarkable increase in strength.
• After several days of rest, Tang Ping and the others left the Land of Snow aboard their Ground Effect Vehicles and returned to Tenshukaku.

Tang Ping returned to Tenshukaku and directed its leaders to weaken the Allied Forces without launching another attack. He rejected an immediate invasion of the Land of Fire and proposed renaming Tenshukaku the Blazing Sun Country.

• Tang Ping returned to Tenshukaku as merchants and residents watched, while Yakushi Nonō reported that the Allied Forces were avoiding action and maintaining a blockade.
• Honda Taka, Yashiro, and other officials reported that Tenshukaku was recovering from war damage, and Tang Ping gave instructions to its departments.
• Tang Ping told his leaders to begin a Cold War against the Allied Forces and use nonmilitary means to weaken them.
• Inaho urged Tang Ping to seize the Land of Fire and destroy Konoha, but Tang Ping said they could neither destroy Konoha nor manage an occupation of the Land of Fire.
• Tang Ping suggested renaming Tenshukaku the Blazing Sun Country.

Tang Ping formally renamed Tenshukaku as Blazing Sun Country and assigned plans for its defenses, intelligence, and expansion. He left the country preparing to secure influence in the Land of Wind, rebuild Ryūchi Cave, and recruit Konoha clans.

• Tang Ping announced the founding of Blazing Sun Country, and its leaders welcomed the name change.
• Tang Ping assigned Yakushi Nonō to spread word that Blazing Sun Country would maintain the current situation, and approved her request for a larger budget.
• Honda Taka reported that the main canal for East Water, West Diversion was complete, and Tang Ping sent him to take Mou Ryō and the Terracotta Army to Ryūchi Cave.
• Tang Ping instructed Yashiro to recruit neutral Konoha clans while excluding the major core clans of the Hokage Faction.
• Tang Ping told Yashiro to prioritize recruiting the Inuzuka Clan and offer them better terms.

After Blazing Sun Country’s founding alarmed the Shinobi World’s nobles, Tang Ping delegated the political struggle while securing Ryūchi Cave and pursuing his personal ambitions. With the cave stabilized and preparations underway for Hinata Cang Yue’s surgery, he finally brought the exhausted Tsunade to meet him, ready to use a trump card.

• The Daimyo and nobles feared Blazing Sun Country would inspire ninja to seize power, so they agreed to undermine it through indirect means.
• Tang Ping left the political response to his subordinates while focusing on the spatial formation and growing closer to Kurenai and Tenten.
• Over three months, Tang Ping and Mou Ryō repaired Ryūchi Cave’s core and installed large Composite Barriers to protect it.
• Tang Ping prepared for Hinata Cang Yue’s surgery, requiring more than a hundred jars of Nutrient Solution to protect the evolving Kekkei Mōra inside Kimimaro.
• Tang Ping decided to use a trump card to make Tsunade submit after months of imprisonment, then met her and Shizune at the Blazing Sun Building.
• Before Tang Ping could speak to Tsunade, another person in the office rushed over.

Tsunade reunited with Shizune and refused Tang Ping’s offer to join the Blazing Sun Country, but her resolve faltered when he brought in Tobirama Senju and her revived younger brother, Nawaki. After Tobirama urged her to hear Tang Ping’s conditions, Tang Ping revealed that Nawaki had fathered twenty-three children and claimed the Senju Clan had been revived.

• Shizune embraced Tsunade, who asked whether Tang Ping had mistreated her.
• Tang Ping invited Tsunade to join the Blazing Sun Country, but Tsunade refused and rejected his attempt to use Shizune as leverage.
• Tang Ping introduced Tobirama Senju and Nawaki, and Tsunade recognized her revived brother and pulled him behind her protectively.
• Tsunade addressed Tang Ping as Lord Tang Ping after he demanded recognition for reviving Nawaki.
• Tobirama urged Tsunade to hear Tang Ping’s conditions, and Tang Ping revealed that Nawaki had fathered twenty-three children.

Tobirama Senju confirmed that Nawaki had fathered dozens of Senju descendants and forced him to continue his clan-revival duties, while Tsunade declined to take his place. Tang Ping expected to recruit Tsunade and prepared to begin a plan to redirect water into the Land of Wind.

• Tobirama Senju revealed that Nawaki had dozens of children and more on the way, all intended to help restore the Senju Clan.
• Nawaki begged Tsunade to rescue him, but she supported his continued work after Tobirama suggested she bear children instead.
• Tsunade promised to develop medicine to strengthen Nawaki, and Tenshukaku ninja dragged him away to resume his duties.
• Tang Ping sent Tsunade to look around and left Tobirama Senju to persuade her to join Blazing Sun Country.
• With the Land of Wind’s Daimyo, nobles, and bureaucrats mostly removed and Priestesses stationed across the territory, Tang Ping set out to meet Pakura and begin the water diversion plan.

Pakura and Tang Ping brought Sunagakure’s leaders aboard the Golden Crow to witness a miracle that would end the Land of Wind’s water shortages. After several hours of flight, the group saw an unbelievable sight ahead, but the chapter ended before revealing it.

• Pakura announced that the Land of Wind would never lack water again and welcomed Tang Ping and his companions as the Golden Crow arrived.
• Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro realized how closely Sunagakure was tied to Blazing Sun Country and how thoroughly Pakura had reshaped the village.
• Tang Ping invited Sunagakure’s leaders aboard the Golden Crow to witness a miracle, and Chiyo led the group onto the airship.
• The Golden Crow flew several hundred kilometers with Sunagakure’s leaders aboard, and they gathered at the deck’s edge to stare at an unbelievable sight.

Pakura showed Sunagakure’s leaders the newly opened Dawn Canal, a project that promised to bring water and prosperity to the Land of Wind. After Tang Ping delivered Pakura’s rewards to Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro, he left with Hinata Cang Yue for Konoha.

• Pakura explained that the three-thousand-kilometer Dawn Canal crossed the Land of Wind and that grass seeds and windbreak forests would protect it from erosion.
• The Golden Crow carried the Sunagakure leaders to the Land of Rivers, where they saw water released into the canal and celebrated the hope it offered their country.
• Temari accepted that Sunagakure would develop better under Pakura, though she remained troubled by Pakura taking her father’s place as Kazekage.
• Tang Ping gave Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro Natural Power Potions that Pakura had obtained for them.
• Tang Ping left for Konoha with Hinata Cang Yue.

As Konoha weakened after its defeat, Asuma maneuvered to gain Jiraiya’s help in learning Sage Mode through the Toad Clan. He left with Jiraiya’s promise, hiding his ambition to rise to power.

• Utatane Koharu warned Jiraiya that villagers were leaving Konoha, but he refused to act, so she resolved to stop them herself.
• Asuma assured Utatane Koharu that he would protect Konoha and restore its glory, while privately aiming to lead it.
• Asuma asked Jiraiya for guidance about his strength and declined to inherit the Sarutobi Clan’s summoning scroll.
• Jiraiya promised to let Asuma contract with the Toad Clan and receive help mastering Sage Mode.
• Asuma thanked Jiraiya and concealed a strange smile as he left.

Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue visited Konoha to recruit the Inuzuka Clan and establish a migration route to Tenshukaku. After spotting Akatsuki members Kisame and Uchiha Itachi, Tang Ping headed for the Inuzuka Clan Head’s residence, wondering whether their visit could be turned to his advantage.

• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue entered Konoha to recruit the Inuzuka Clan and open a route for people migrating to Tenshukaku.
• Tang Ping spotted Naruto, Yamato, Sakura, and Sai outside a newly opened Ninja Tool Shop.
• Kisame and Uchiha Itachi emerged from the shop in Akatsuki robes, and Hinata Cang Yue recognized them.
• Hinata Cang Yue offered to mark the Akatsuki members with her Tenseigan, and Tang Ping agreed.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue arrived at Pet Street and went to visit the Inuzuka Clan Head.

Tang Ping met with Inuzuka Hana and Tsume to recruit the Inuzuka Clan into Blazing Sun Country, offering to heal Hana’s severe injuries. The clan agreed to leave Konoha quickly after revealing that its leaders planned to make them the core of a rebuilt Root.

• Tang Ping visited the Inuzuka estate with Hinata Cang Yue and met Inuzuka Tsume, while Anbu watched the clan from outside.
• Kiba brought ointment for his injured sister, Inuzuka Hana, who remained bedridden after being burned in battle.
• Tang Ping offered cooperation and a cure, and Inuzuka Hana agreed on behalf of the clan to join Blazing Sun Country.
• Inuzuka Hana explained that Konoha’s leaders were rebuilding Root and had targeted the Inuzuka Clan as its replacement for the Aburame Clan.
• Tang Ping accepted the clan’s request to leave Konoha as soon as possible.

Tang Ping secured the Inuzuka Clan’s allegiance by promising to heal Hana, while Tsume told Kiba that the clan would relocate to the Tenshukaku. After studying the clan’s records, Tang Ping operated on Hana and completed the surgery in under two hours.

• Tsume pledged the Inuzuka Clan’s loyalty to Tang Ping as he prepared to fulfill his promise to heal Hana.
• Tsume told Kiba that the clan would relocate to the Tenshukaku, and he gradually accepted the move after learning he could reunite with Hinata, Shino, and Kurenai.
• Tang Ping studied the Inuzuka Clan’s secret techniques and records in their hidden chamber.
• Tang Ping performed Hana’s surgery with Tsume observing, finishing in less than two hours.

Tang Ping left Inuzuka Hana ready to lead her clan’s evacuation and followed Hinata Cang Yue’s signal through Konoha, where he encountered the transformed Shikamaru and visited the Autumn Essence barbecue restaurant. Hinata Cang Yue reported that Sasuke was heading toward the Hokage Office and that other Akatsuki members had entered Konoha.

• Tang Ping advised Inuzuka Hana to disguise herself and command her clan from hiding, and she accepted him as her lord.
• Tang Ping passed the Nara Clan pharmacy and saw Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino leave to eat barbecue, noticing how much Shikamaru had changed since his father’s death.
• Tang Ping followed Team 10 to the Autumn Essence Barbecue Restaurant, which Yakushi Nonō ran as a source of everyday intelligence.
• Hinata Cang Yue joined Tang Ping at the restaurant and reported that Sasuke was sneaking toward the Hokage Office and other Akatsuki members were in Konoha.

Itachi warned Jiraiya that Hiruko had hired Akatsuki to attack Konoha that night, prompting the village to prepare a counterattack. Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue watched in disguise while arranging for the Inuzuka Clan and other people to flee Konoha by airship, as Akatsuki’s operation began.

• Itachi used a Shadow Clone to warn Jiraiya that Hiruko planned to send Akatsuki against Konoha that night.
• Jiraiya summoned the elders and Asuma to plan the village’s response.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue learned of the plan and prepared to watch Akatsuki while arranging an airship evacuation for the Inuzuka Clan and other people seeking to leave Konoha.
• Itachi and Kisame waited near Aki no Moto as Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue observed them in disguise.
• Konoha’s Anbu, Military Police Force leaders, and private troops began moving into position for a counterattack.

Akatsuki entered Konoha to carry out Hiruko’s mission, with Danzo secretly hoping the village would capture Hiruko and obtain the Chimera Technique. Konoha discovered the group and surrounded them, and Konan ordered the attack to begin as an unseen opponent confronted them.

• Danzo and Hiruko nearly fought outside Konoha until Konan stopped them and Pain intimidated them into continuing the mission.
• Danzo opened a gap in Konoha’s barrier, and Akatsuki’s members entered the village to target the Hokage Building and other sites named by Hiruko.
• Tang Ping watched the assembled Akatsuki group advance toward the Hokage Building with excitement.
• Pain stopped the group after they sensed they had been discovered, and Konoha’s shinobi surrounded them as warning flares prompted civilian evacuation.
• Konan ordered Akatsuki to begin the mission, and a bold voice in wooden clogs challenged them.

Jiraiya confronted Konan and Akatsuki in Konoha, buying time for the villagers to evacuate before battle began. Kakashi prepared to take revenge on Danzo, while Sasori and Deidara revealed the Third Kazekage puppet to counter Konoha’s aerial ninja.

• Jiraiya met Konan and asked Akatsuki why they had come to Konoha, while both sides concealed what they knew.
• Kakashi focused on Danzo, whom he blamed for his father’s death, and prepared to seize the chance to take revenge.
• After the villagers were evacuated, Jiraiya declared that he would fight Akatsuki without holding back.
• Deidara took to the air on a Clay Bird, but Konoha’s Wind Release aerial ninja attacked and suppressed him.
• Sasori deployed the Third Kazekage as a Human Puppet, and its Iron Sand spears struck down several aerial ninja.
• With the aerial attackers occupied, Deidara began bombarding the battlefield from above.

Konoha’s forces battled Akatsuki across a sealed-off section of the village as Deidara bombarded the streets and Jiraiya fought in Sage Mode. Tang Ping and Bone Mask watched the fight unseen, while Kakashi faced Danzo alone and opened their duel with his Lightning-infused White Fang Short Sword.

• Deidara used Clay Spiders to disrupt Konoha’s encirclement and destroy much of the street while the Third Kazekage’s Human Puppet held off aerial attackers.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with Fukasaku and Shima and fought several Akatsuki members as the battle spread across the village.
• Konoha activated a barrier around the battlefield, and Team 7 joined the fight against Sasori with Naruto, Sai, and Yamato attacking.
• Tang Ping and Bone Mask watched the battle from a high point without being detected as Konoha suffered more than a hundred casualties.
• Kakashi confronted Danzo alone, drew the White Fang Short Sword, charged it with Lightning Release, and attacked after Danzo dismissed his strength.

Kakashi unleashed his restored Hatake swordsmanship and Lightning Release against Danzo, driven by his long-held desire for revenge. As their battle continued, Hinata Cang Yue sensed a problem at the Hokage Building.

• Kakashi wounded Danzo in their first exchange and attacked him with lightning-enhanced swordsmanship, blaming him for White Fang's death.
• Danzo used Wood Release and Izanagi to survive Kakashi's attacks, while Kakashi kept fighting through his stored Sharingan lives.
• Tang Ping praised Kakashi's talent and explained that he had regained his drive after overcoming his inner knot.
• Hinata Cang Yue noticed something wrong at the Hokage Building.

Otsutsuki Toneri searched Konoha for the Book of Sealing, and Tang Ping suspected Hiruko had helped him target it for Impure World Reincarnation. Tang Ping chose not to attack Toneri directly and instead revealed himself to Konoha and Akatsuki, setting himself apart as the battle between the three sides paused.

• Hinata Cang Yue spotted Toneri searching for the Book of Sealing, and Tang Ping concluded he was after Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tang Ping suspected Hiruko had supplied Toneri with information about Konoha and the Book of Sealing.
• Tang Ping refused Hinata Cang Yue's offer to attack Toneri, saying he would not coexist with evil as the successor to the Will of Fire.
• Tang Ping dispelled his disguise in front of Konoha's ninja, while Hinata Cang Yue remained concealed.
• Konoha and Akatsuki noticed Tang Ping and took positions against each other as the three forces confronted one another inside the barrier.

Tang Ping exposed Otsutsuki Toneri’s theft of Konoha’s Book of Sealing while Kara’s actions let the Inuzuka Clan and other small clans escape. Jiraiya abandoned the standoff with Akatsuki to pursue the thief, leaving Tang Ping and Pain facing each other as Danzo and Hiruko broke away.

• Tang Ping warned Jiraiya and Akatsuki that an intruder was approaching the Hokage Building, and Jiraiya alerted the Anbu.
• Jiraiya learned that the Inuzuka Clan and several small clans had fled Konoha with Kara’s help, and he angrily confronted Tang Ping.
• Asuma reported that the intruder had stolen the Book of Sealing, so Jiraiya dismissed the barrier and rushed to the Hokage Building.
• Pain kept Akatsuki focused on Tang Ping as Danzo and Hiruko charged out of the barrier.
• Jiraiya reached the Hokage Building and confronted Otsutsuki Toneri.