Chapter Summaries

Tang Ping warned Tobirama Senju not to interfere with Tsunade’s mission, then resurrected Uchiha Mei after Blazing Sun Country’s victory over the Sage of Six Paths. Mei learned that the decisive battle had been won and was asked to oversee the country while Tang Ping turned to more important work.

• Yuhi Kurenai warned Ino through genjutsu that the Yamanaka Clan’s survival depended on her choice, while Tang Ping acknowledged Kurenai’s efforts to protect her.
• Tang Ping asked Tobirama Senju not to interfere with Tsunade’s mission, and Tobirama agreed, hoping Tsunade would prevent Konoha’s destruction.
• Tang Ping summoned the God of Death Clone and returned Uchiha Mei’s soul to her repaired corpse, then restored her life with Life Potions at great cost to himself.
• Uchiha Mei woke and asked whether Blazing Sun Country had won, and Tang Ping confirmed that he had become a god and the Sage of Six Paths was no longer a threat.
• Tang Ping asked Uchiha Mei to oversee Blazing Sun Country’s affairs while he handled other matters.

After Blazing Sun Country defeated the Allied Forces, Tang Ping rested while Uchiha Mei handled the aftermath and prepared to take the Land of Fire. The Shinobi World watched Konoha, where rival candidates and factions prepared for a Hokage vote.

• Tang Ping sent Uchiha Mei to manage the aftermath and slept for a week as Blazing Sun Country set its sights on the Land of Fire and Konoha.
• The Daimyo and nobles rejected reports of their defeat at first, then sealed the news, gathered forces, and secretly investigated.
• The major ninja villages debated submission or resistance, made secret contacts, and prepared escape routes while watching Konoha.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha with Shizune and Ino to run for Hokage, but Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura opposed her.
• Naruto returned with Kakashi and Sakura and supported the elders, while Asuma Sarutobi also returned to run for Hokage with the Daimyo and nobles' backing.
• Konoha arranged a vote to elect its next Hokage one week later.

Tang Ping revived Yamaa Koji, Pakura, Terumi Mei, Uchiha Sho, and other powerful shinobi while Konoha’s Dove and Hawkish factions struggled over Tsunade’s bid to become Hokage. He then entered the Pure Land through its anchor point, intending to claim it now that the Sage of Six Paths was gone.

• Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei discussed how Konoha had split between the Dove Faction, which favored joining the Blazing Sun Country, and the Hawkish Faction, which backed Asuma and had gained support from other powers.
• Tang Ping revived Yamaa Koji, who remembered dying in the decisive battle, then revived Pakura, Terumi Mei, Uchiha Sho, and several others.
• Tang Ping left Uchiha Mei to handle the revived leaders’ affairs and went to a temple in the Land of Fire to find the Pure Land’s anchor point.
• Tang Ping melted the wall concealing a monk’s staff and touched it, opening a pitch-black doorway to the Pure Land.
• Tang Ping entered the Pure Land, determined to take it over while the Sage of Six Paths was gone.

Tang Ping began devouring the Pure Land with the Paradise Plane, intending to bring its sleeping shinobi souls and accumulated resources under his control. After leaving the God of Death Clone to continue the process, he returned to the Shinobi World exhausted and headed for Konoha to watch the action.

• Tang Ping discovered Soul Earth and realized the Pure Land held vast stores of resources and sleeping shinobi souls that could be revived as an army.
• Tang Ping connected the Divine Warriors to the Sage of Six Paths' plans to use them as sacrifices, and recalled eliminating the Great Toad Sage to prevent a prophecy-backed counterattack.
• Tang Ping and the God of Death Clone started using the Paradise Plane to devour the Pure Land, but Tang Ping stopped after several days and left the clone in charge.
• Tang Ping returned to the Shinobi World through the temple anchor, summoned a Ninja Cat, and rode toward Konoha while sleeping to recover his mental energy.

Tang Ping infiltrated Konoha under the identity of Kazama Rito, a shinobi from Ninja Cat Village, while the village strained under the struggle over the Hokage position and an influx of foreign forces. After resting on a rooftop and drawing Anbu surveillance, he woke and headed toward a gathering near the Nara Clan.

• Izumo Kamizuki checked the black cat's token and mission scroll, confirmed Tang Ping's identity as Kazama Rito, and let them enter Konoha.
• The black cat carried the sleeping Tang Ping to a rooftop, where Konoha Anbu monitored him through the night.
• At sunrise, Tang Ping absorbed the sunlight around him, creating a strange phenomenon that drew attention from those with special senses.
• Tang Ping woke, gave the black cat two bottles of Matatabi, and sent it away with the token and mission scroll.
• Tang Ping noticed a crowd near the Nara Clan and leaped toward it as Anbu followed.

Tang Ping watched Konoha villagers surround the Nara Clan’s residence amid rumors that the clan had to be eliminated for Konoha to join Blazing Sun Country. He slipped into the main hall, where Ino and ninja from the Ino-Shika-Cho clans were arguing.

• Rumors linking the Nara Clan’s fate to joining Blazing Sun Country spread after Tsunade returned, and the Dove Faction encouraged support for driving the clan from Konoha.
• Hundreds of villagers and civilian ninja surrounded the Nara Clan’s residence and shouted for them to leave.
• Tang Ping arrived, considered letting Ino deal with the Nara Clan, and used a Shadow Clone to conceal his real body’s movements.
• Tang Ping entered the residence unseen by using his spiritual force to mask his presence.
• Tang Ping reached the main hall and found Ino, ninja from the three clans, and more than a dozen jonin in a heated argument.

Ino tried to persuade the Nara Clan to evacuate Konoha before the Hokage election, but Nara Yifu refused to decide until afterward. As Ino turned to harsher methods against the clan, Tang Ping arranged for Shikamaru and Choji to return, and they arrived in time to witness a shocking scene.

• Ino argued that the Yamanaka, Akimichi, and Nara Clans should leave Konoha, but Nara Yifu rejected an immediate evacuation and chose to wait until the Hokage election.
• Ino left determined to deal with the Nara Clan, while Tang Ping secretly followed and watched her recruit supporters and plan to use Black Fire Oil against them.
• Tang Ping asked Hinata Cang Yue to rescue Shikamaru and Choji from the God Tree and send them to Konoha with Naruko.
• At dusk, Shikamaru and Choji arrived on Konoha's outskirts and witnessed a scene that made their eyes turn red.

Shikamaru and Choji uncovered an arson plot against the Nara Clan and fought the masked attackers, but a fleeing Jonin ignited the Black Fire Oil. The Nara Clan rushed to confront the blaze and welcomed Shikamaru as their clan head, while Tang Ping watched the scheme unfold.

• Choji and Shikamaru found masked figures pouring Black Fire Oil outside the Nara Clan Grounds, and Shikamaru realized they had likely been hypnotized and brought there.
• Shikamaru and Choji fought the attackers, overwhelming them as the Military Police Force arrived.
• A fleeing Jonin cast a Fireball that ignited the spilled Black Fire Oil and set the Nara Clan Grounds ablaze.
• Nara shinobi rushed out to rescue clan members and put out the fire, then greeted Shikamaru as their clan head.
• Tang Ping watched the captured attackers and smiled as the arson plot turned into chaos.

Shikamaru exposed masked intruders who had been genjutsu-controlled Hawkish Faction members, while the Yamanaka and Akimichi clans arrived to fight the blaze. Asuma tried to use the incident to discredit Tsunade, but she agreed to an investigation despite the risk it posed to Ino and herself.

• Shikamaru restrained the masked figures, who were revealed as Hawkish Faction members caught in a genjutsu and left behind as evidence against the faction.
• Ino led the Yamanaka Clan to the fire, while Akimichi Clan members and Konoha forces arrived; Shikamaru maintained his technique to prevent the prisoners from being killed.
• Tsunade arrived with Shizune and several clan heads, recognized Shikamaru, and questioned whether the masked figures had started the fire.
• Asuma arrived with Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and Anbu, then urged Tsunade to investigate who had set the fire.
• Tsunade agreed to the investigation, knowing that any discoveries could implicate Ino and herself.

After Root operatives died from poison during an inquiry into the attempted arson at the Nara Clan, Tsunade confronted Asuma, who rejected her bid for Hokage. Rumors spread and were manipulated before the unusual village-wide Hokage election began in the square.

• The Anbu unmasked several bound figures, and Utatane Koharu recognized them as peripheral Root members before informing Asuma.
• The operatives suddenly died from poison, prompting Tsunade to accuse Asuma of disgraceful conduct; he rejected her from the Hokage faction and vowed to block her election.
• Tsunade left after warning Asuma, and rumors about the Hawkish Faction’s alleged plan to burn down the Nara Clan spread through Konoha overnight.
• Tang Ping, disguised as Kazama Rito, heard rumors blaming both the Hawkish and Dove Factions and suspected Nara Shikamaru was steering the narrative.
• Tang Ping arrived at the Hokage Building square as Konoha prepared to hold an election in which registered shinobi could vote.

Tsunade and Asuma competed to become Hokage in a kunai vote, with Tsunade arguing that Konoha should join Blazing Sun Country to avoid war. Coercion and factional pressure gave Asuma the victory, and Tang Ping recognized Asuma’s speech as a copy of his own; the chapter ended before the next vote revealed its effect.

• Tsunade and Asuma took the stage as candidates for Hokage, representing opposing factions and visions for Konoha.
• Tsunade urged the village to join Blazing Sun Country for peace and better benefits, winning support among civilian ninja and small clans.
• Root, Anbu, and other faction operatives pressured voters, while the large clans backed Asuma, leaving Tsunade with too few votes.
• Tang Ping concluded that Tsunade had lost after the kunai vote showed Asuma’s support exceeding half.
• Asuma promised to restore Konoha’s glory, and Tang Ping realized that Asuma had borrowed lines from his earlier speeches.

Asuma defeated Tsunade in the Hokage election and took charge of Konoha, rallying the village with allied support and plans to fortify it against Blazing Sun Country. As Tsunade left and tensions with Naruto mounted, Tang Ping prepared to use Kakashi to eliminate the danger Naruto posed to Asuma.

• Asuma won far more votes than Tsunade, and Tsunade abandoned her attempt to seize the Hokage position by force.
• Asuma offered Tsunade the role of Advisor Elder, declared that he was Hokage, and announced that allied forces and supplies would support Konoha.
• Asuma ordered Konoha transformed into a war fortress, while the major powers contributed resources because they feared Blazing Sun Country.
• Tang Ping recognized that Konoha's confidence rested on believing Blazing Sun Country had lost most of its Kage-level fighters, and he anticipated a serious clash between Asuma and Naruto.
• Tang Ping decided Kakashi's undercover mission should end with him making a final contribution by eliminating Naruto.

Tsunade gathered her followers at the Senju Ancestral Home and decided to lead them out of Konoha for Tenshukaku before Asuma could take full control. Ino’s plan to distract Asuma was nearly ready, though it could destroy the Ino-Shika-Cho clans.

• Tsunade told Kobayashi Hei, Nobi Daixiong, and the others to gather everyone and leave Konoha that night.
• Tsunade explained that joining Tenshukaku offered civilian shinobi better opportunities and freedom from the Hokage Faction’s control.
• After the group departed, Tsunade asked Ino about her plan to keep Asuma occupied.
• Ino confirmed she had planted Exploding Tags in the Nara and Akimichi clans, a move that could destroy the Ino-Shika-Cho clans.

Tsunade secretly evacuated thousands of people from Konoha aboard an airship while a planted chain of Exploding Tags devastated the Nara Clan. The chapter left Konoha’s leaders arriving at the ruins as suspicion and blame could fall on foreign shinobi.

• Masked figures entered the Nara Clan grounds and planted Exploding Tags before leaving a candle to trigger them later.
• Tsunade used her knowledge of Konoha’s barriers to evacuate several thousand people from the Senju Ancestral Home by airship.
• At two in the morning, the planted Exploding Tags detonated, destroying the Nara Clan grounds and killing its members.
• Tsunade and Shizune reached the ruins, where the nearby Yamanaka and Akimichi clans had also suffered losses.
• Konoha’s higher-ups arrived at the devastated Nara Clan grounds.

After the Nara clan grounds were destroyed, Shikamaru blamed the Blazing Sun Country and began to go dark. Tang Ping recognized Ino’s role in the destruction and allowed Shikamaru’s transformation to continue, while Asuma prepared to investigate the village.

• Shikamaru saw the Nara clan grounds reduced to rubble and, after arriving with Asuma, blamed Tang Ping and the Blazing Sun Country for the destruction.
• Tsunade and Shizune arrived, and Shikamaru’s grief turned into hatred as he suspected the Blazing Sun Country was responsible.
• Tang Ping observed Ino and realized that going dark had greatly increased her spiritual energy, talent, and strategic ability.
• Shikamaru began to go dark, and Asuma and Ino noticed the change while Tang Ping chose not to kill him.
• Asuma prepared to search the village for clues, but another huge explosion occurred.

A second explosion at the Akimichi Clan Grounds gave Tsunade cover to delay Konoha while an airship carrying her and Shizune escaped. As Asuma ordered the village to search for further threats, Shikamaru realized the Yamanaka Clan could also be in danger, and Asuma rushed to inspect it.

• An explosion at the Akimichi Clan Grounds hit Konoha's gathered ninjas, while Tang Ping recognized that Ino's actions had helped Tsunade's plan.
• Asuma confronted Tsunade, but she feigned ignorance, and he ordered Anbu to search the village for more hidden dangers.
• Tsunade continued buying time for the airship to escape, while Ino's clan remained in Konoha to avoid arousing suspicion.
• Shikamaru urged Asuma to inspect the Yamanaka Clan, and Asuma hurried there to investigate Ino.

Konoha evacuated its villagers and searched the village for Exploding Tags, while Tsunade announced she would leave. Tsunade and Shizune departed the next day, and Kakashi soon led a force in pursuit.

• Asuma ordered Konoha’s ninjas to evacuate the villagers and search the village for Exploding Tags, while Tsunade said she would leave the next day.
• Asuma considered eliminating Tsunade, but Shikamaru warned him not to provoke Blazing Sun Country, and Asuma agreed to see her off.
• Konoha’s villagers complained as they went to shelters, while several thousand civilians and members of fallen small ninja clans went unnoticed among the evacuees.
• Konoha’s ninjas and reinforcements from other villages searched through the night and found fewer than a hundred scattered Exploding Tags.
• Tsunade and Shizune left Konoha the next day, and Tsunade looked back at the village before departing.
• A few hours later, Kakashi led a force in pursuit of Tsunade and Shizune.

After Tsunade’s escape weakened Konoha, Asuma exploited the village’s danger to secure support and turn it into a wartime fortress, while Naruto and Ino took opposing roles in its changing politics. A month later, Tang Ping gathered Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue to plan Konoha’s destruction, and Uchiha Mei began devising a detailed strategy.

• Asuma learned that several thousand villagers, including around two thousand ninja, were missing after Tsunade’s escape, and sent Kakashi after them to publicly show his opposition to traitors.
• Asuma demanded supplies and troops from other villages, the Daimyo, and nobles, and placed Konoha under wartime status to strengthen its defenses and military.
• Naruto clashed increasingly with Asuma over his conversion of Konoha into a war fortress, while Ino gained influence by offering ruthless strategies against Blazing Sun Country.
• Tang Ping revived people taken by the God Tree and returned them to Tenshu Pavilion as Blazing Sun Country recovered its forces.
• A month later, Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue met with Tang Ping at the Blazing Sun Building to discuss eliminating Konoha.
• Uchiha Mei began forming a detailed plan to deal with Konoha.

Tang Ping decided Blazing Sun Country would attack Konoha head-on without his intervention, aiming to demonstrate the nation’s strength. In Konoha, Ino proposed using the threat to demand more aid from other powers, while both sides prepared for a battle that would begin six months later.

• Tang Ping approved a direct assault on Konoha and planned to announce it in advance, while Blazing Sun Country gathered forces and supplies.
• Asuma learned of the impending attack and met privately with Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Shikamaru, and Ino to discuss Konoha’s response.
• Ino advised Asuma to threaten abandoning the village unless the major powers quickly supplied more reinforcements and resources.
• Ino argued that Konoha’s allies had invested too much to withdraw their support, and that Konoha would have no future to protect if it lost.
• Asuma ordered Mitokado Homura to demand additional supplies, and both sides began preparing for a battle scheduled to start six months later.

After six months of mounting tension and economic strain, Konoha learned that the Blazing Sun Country’s army had entered the Land of Fire and prepared to defend its heavily fortified war fortress. Tang Ping’s forces advanced toward Konoha, with the Blazing Sun Country’s younger generation leading the way as Tang Ping accompanied the army to deter enemies and show he was unharmed.

• The Blazing Sun Country’s army formally entered the Land of Fire, bringing an end to Konoha’s half-year wait for an attack.
• Konoha had become a fortified stronghold as civilians fled, its finances weakened, and the Allied Forces struggled to supply it amid the Currency War.
• Asuma rallied Konoha’s defenders, declaring that the Blazing Sun Army would bleed at Konoha, while the major powers continued sending support.
• The Blazing Sun Army advanced with tens of thousands of shinobi, Flying Corps personnel, airships, and the aerospace carrier Storm.
• Guren, Sasuke, Izumi, and Hinata Hyuga led Scout Squads in clearing enemies and traps, while Naruko, Gaara, White, and others followed.
• Tang Ping accompanied the army to intimidate the enemy and show that he had survived the previous great war.