Chapter Summaries

Zhang Miao and Ōnoki fought while Kitsuchi struggled to determine which of the two was his real father. After Zhang Miao reflected Ōnoki’s Dust Release, he revealed his identity as Madara Uchiha, leaving Ōnoki shocked.

• Ōnoki tried to leave the house, but Kitsuchi blocked him, suspecting he was fleeing.
• Ōnoki and Zhang Miao both rose into the air, leaving Kitsuchi unable to tell which one was real.
• Ōnoki attacked Zhang Miao with Rock Fist Jutsu, but Zhang Miao smashed the rock fist and kicked Ōnoki to the ground.
• Ōnoki unleashed Dust Release, and Zhang Miao reflected it with the Uchiha Gunbai, destroying nearby houses while sparing Kurotsuchi and the others.
• Zhang Miao called Ōnoki a little brat of the Kamizuru Clan and revealed that he was Madara Uchiha, shocking Ōnoki.

Zhang Miao used the Uchiha Gunbai and Transformation Jutsu to convince Ōnoki that he was Madara Uchiha, then pressured Iwagakure to make peace with Sunagakure within ten days. Ōnoki prepared for Madara’s attack, but after weeks passed without him appearing, Kitsuchi asked whether Ōnoki had visited him the previous night.

• Zhang Miao transformed into Madara Uchiha and told Ōnoki he would spare Iwagakure if it defeated Sunagakure within ten days.
• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi that Madara had once overwhelmed him and Mu, then ordered peace negotiations with Sunagakure instead of risking a costly battle.
• The envoys returned on the sixth day with a peace agreement, and Ōnoki ordered Stone Ninja at the border to return and prepared to face Madara.
• Madara did not appear on the tenth day or during the following weeks, so Ōnoki maintained strict defenses and wondered if he had been deceived.
• Kitsuchi asked Ōnoki whether he had come to his place at dawn the previous night, leaving Ōnoki with a bad feeling.

Zhang Miao posed as Iwagakure’s First Earth Shadow to confront Ōnoki about abandoning his resolve after meeting Madara Uchiha. Ōnoki was moved to tears, but Kurotsuchi’s remark about a red-haired big brother left him and Kitsuchi questioning what they had seen.

• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that the man who had entered his home went to Kurotsuchi’s room and gave him Mitarashi Dango.
• Kitsuchi suggested that the man might only be impersonating Madara Uchiha, and Ōnoki agreed that the stranger’s identity and intentions remained uncertain.
• Ōnoki invoked Iwagakure’s Will of Stone and went with Kitsuchi to face the visitor at Kitsuchi’s home.
• Zhang Miao transformed into Ishikawa and reminded Ōnoki of his grandfather’s words, urging him to hold fast to his will.
• Ōnoki believed Ishikawa had returned from the World of the Dead to awaken him, then Kurotsuchi asked where the red-haired big brother had gone.

Zhang Miao sneaked into Kurotsuchi’s room again by impersonating Ōnoki, then revealed himself to Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Han the next morning. He admitted to impersonating Ōnoki, Madara Uchiha, and the First Earth Shadow, and declared that his favorite identity was God.

• Ōnoki waited outside Kitsuchi’s house for Zhang Miao, then returned to stay there after Kitsuchi persuaded him to rest.
• Ōnoki entered Kurotsuchi’s room, but Zhang Miao replaced him with a transformation after Kitsuchi went back inside.
• Zhang Miao slept beside Kurotsuchi and decided to reveal his identity the next day.
• Zhang Miao sensed that Han and others had arrived, then greeted Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Han as they gathered outside.
• Zhang Miao admitted impersonating Ōnoki, Madara Uchiha, and the First Earth Shadow, then called himself God.

Zhang Miao challenged Ōnoki’s idea of what made someone a god, then summoned the Nine-Tails to demonstrate his power. Ōnoki was left shocked and unsettled, while Zhang Miao gained Ōnoki’s ninja fragments.

• Ōnoki mocked Zhang Miao’s claim to be a god, and Zhang Miao admitted he could not perform miracles like making land fertile or healing the dying.
• Zhang Miao asked Ōnoki what he considered a god, and Ōnoki named Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi.
• Zhang Miao claimed he was stronger than Hashirama and could destroy Iwagakure, then summoned the Nine-Tails before the Stone Ninja.
• The Nine-Tails threatened Ōnoki and the others, but Zhang Miao assured them it would not attack without his orders.
• Zhang Miao said he could also use Susanoo and called himself a god, causing the system to award him ten Seven-Star Kage-Level Ōnoki Ninja Fragments.

Zhang Miao convinced Ōnoki of his power by explaining Kekkei Mōra and claiming he could revive the dead. After Kitsuchi died protecting Ōnoki, Zhang Miao prepared to resurrect him, and Ōnoki promised to accept any condition if his son could be revived.

• Zhang Miao explained that Kekkei Mōra fused seven nature transformations and claimed his divine power could revive the dead.
• When no Stone Ninja volunteered to be a test subject, Zhang Miao attacked Ōnoki with Wood Style: Impaling Forest.
• Kitsuchi stepped in front of Ōnoki and was killed by Zhang Miao's wooden spikes.
• Zhang Miao told Ōnoki to lay Kitsuchi down so he could revive him.
• Ōnoki promised to agree to any condition if Zhang Miao brought Kitsuchi back to life, and Zhang Miao accepted.

Zhang Miao resurrected Kitsuchi in front of Ōnoki and the Stone Ninja, proving his power and securing Ōnoki’s promise to end Iwagakure’s foreign wars. Kitsuchi pledged his life to Zhang Miao, who explained the demand by claiming the fighting dead were disrupting the underworld.

• Ōnoki stopped Han from attacking Zhang Miao and agreed to recognize him as a god if he revived Kitsuchi.
• Zhang Miao used One's Own Life Reincarnation to heal Kitsuchi’s fatal chest wound and bring him back to life.
• Kitsuchi thanked Zhang Miao and pledged to repay him, while Zhang Miao gained Kitsuchi’s Ninja Fragments and collected fragments from the watching Stone Ninja.
• Zhang Miao demanded that Iwagakure cease all foreign wars, and Ōnoki agreed because he could influence both the previous and current daimyō.
• Zhang Miao told Ōnoki that resentful souls were fighting in the underworld, leaving Ōnoki stunned.

Zhang Miao used his power as Hades to win over Ōnoki and Han in Iwagakure, securing a daily source of Kokuō fragments and a promise of Han’s cooperation. Ōnoki left to halt the war and question Kitsuchi, while Zhang Miao planned to pursue the remaining tailed beasts.

• Ōnoki agreed to persuade those opposing the end of the war after Zhang Miao revived Kitsuchi.
• Zhang Miao offered Han a chance to work for him and gave him carvings that reduced the risk of Kokuō going berserk, earning daily Kokuō fragments.
• Han asked Zhang Miao to let Ōnoki continue leading Iwagakure until he found a successor, and Zhang Miao promised to do so if Han greeted him each morning for six months.
• Zhang Miao made Han meow, gaining a way to receive Han’s fragments whenever Han made that sound.
• Ōnoki agreed to halt the war, then left with Kitsuchi to question him about his resurrection and Zhang Miao.
• Zhang Miao dismissed the Stone Ninja and resolved to collect fragments from Mu, Roshi, and Son Goku.

Zhang Miao sought to recruit the Four-Tails and used Ōnoki’s struggle over Sunagakure’s ceasefire terms to press him into bringing Roshi back to Iwagakure. Ōnoki hesitated after Zhang Miao offered to reduce the village’s losses in exchange.

• Han came to greet Zhang Miao, earning Zhang Miao fragments for both Han and Kokuō before leaving.
• Zhang Miao visited Ōnoki’s office and found him asleep beside unsigned ceasefire treaties with Sunagakure.
• Ōnoki told Zhang Miao that Sunagakure’s demands were too costly to accept, though he intended to end the war.
• Zhang Miao said he could resolve the treaty dispute if Ōnoki brought Roshi back to Iwagakure.
• Zhang Miao claimed Roshi would return if Ōnoki admitted he was a stubborn old man and apologized, prompting Ōnoki’s anger.
• Zhang Miao offered to reduce Iwagakure’s losses if Ōnoki brought Roshi back, and Ōnoki began to hesitate.

Ōnoki agreed to bring Roshi back to Iwagakure after Zhang Miao promised to make Sunagakure drop its demands. Zhang Miao led Ōnoki to Roshi’s cabin, where Ōnoki apologized and asked him to return, leaving Roshi to fulfill his bet or face Zhang Miao.

• Ōnoki accepted Zhang Miao’s conditions and agreed to ask Roshi to return in exchange for help with Sunagakure’s demands.
• Zhang Miao told Ōnoki that Rasa and Sarutobi would not dare defy him, then led him out of Iwagakure to find Roshi.
• Zhang Miao and Ōnoki reached a forest cabin east of Iwagakure, where Pakura reported that Roshi was inside.
• Ōnoki recognized Pakura and learned that Zhang Miao had revived her and gained her loyalty.
• Roshi came out of the cabin, and Ōnoki apologized for his stubbornness and asked him to return to Iwagakure.
• Zhang Miao reminded Roshi of their bet and told him to fulfill it or let Zhang Miao act himself.

Zhang Miao made Roshi honor their bet by kissing the Four-Tails woodcarving, earning a steady supply of fragments for both Roshi and Son Goku. After agreeing to return with Ōnoki, Zhang Miao learned that a temple could generate fragments from worshippers and urged Ōnoki to build one quickly.

• Roshi agreed to honor the bet by greeting Zhang Miao daily and treasuring the woodcarvings, then kissed the juvenile Four-Tails woodcarving after Zhang Miao threatened him with an even worse alternative.
• Zhang Miao received fixed daily fragments for Roshi and Son Goku when Roshi kissed the carving.
• Roshi went to pack for his return to Iwagakure, and Zhang Miao promised Ōnoki he would have Pakura ask Sunagakure to revoke its excessive treaties.
• Ōnoki invited Zhang Miao to stay in Iwagakure and offered to build him a temple.
• After the system explained that worshippers at the temple would provide Ninja Fragments, Zhang Miao told Ōnoki to build it as soon as possible.

Zhang Miao arranged for shrines to be built in Iwagakure and Sunagakure so he could collect Ninja Fragments, then earned Deidara’s recognition by praising his explosive art. He promised to persuade Ōnoki to let Deidara move back into Iwagakure, leaving Ōnoki with another problem to handle.

• Ōnoki agreed to set aside land for a shrine in Iwagakure and flew back to the village.
• Zhang Miao sent Pakura and Yakura to Sunagakure to build a shrine and assigned Yakura to manage it.
• Zhang Miao brought Roshi back to Iwagakure and left him at the Tsuchikage's office before returning to Kitsuchi's house.
• Kurotsuchi introduced Zhang Miao to Deidara, and Zhang Miao gained Deidara's recognition by declaring that art was explosion.
• Deidara said Ōnoki would not let him return to the village, so Zhang Miao promised to speak to Ōnoki and Deidara went to pack his things.

Zhang Miao prepared to leave Iwagakure after six months and recruited Ōnoki with his collected Ninja Fragments. He selected Ōnoki’s Dust Release specialty before departing.

• Zhang Miao told Deidara he was leaving the Land of Earth, and Deidara resolved to carry his art forward without him.
• Zhang Miao informed Ōnoki that he was leaving Iwagakure and reassured him that he had enjoyed his stay.
• Zhang Miao summoned a younger version of Ōnoki from the Ninja Fragments he had collected.
• The system recognized Ōnoki as a Seven-Star Kage-Level ninja and offered Zhang Miao three specialties.
• Zhang Miao chose the Dust Release: World Decomposition Technique specialty.

Zhang Miao recruited Little Onoki to guard his Hades Temple in Iwagakure and left the village. On his way toward the Land of Fire, he summoned Deidara as a flying-transport companion.

• Zhang Miao recruited young Ōnoki, named him Little Onoki, and assigned him to guard the Hades Temple and help protect Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki declined Zhang Miao’s offer to summon Kitsuchi or an older Deidara, and Zhang Miao left Iwagakure.
• Little Onoki headed for the Hades Temple while Ōnoki watched the two departures and pondered.
• Zhang Miao flew southeast toward the Land of Fire, then remembered Deidara’s clay bird could carry him.
• Zhang Miao used Deidara’s Ninja Fragments to summon him and gained his chakra reserves and the Extreme Demolition specialty.

Zhang Miao chose Explosive Clay from Deidara’s specialties, renamed him Disco, and flew with him toward Konoha. During the journey, Zhang Miao refined the Shinigami Mask and gained the Soul Bead String and Soul Blade, but learned that using them rapidly consumed Seven-Star Ninja Fragments.

• Zhang Miao selected Deidara’s Explosive Clay specialty and renamed him Disco.
• Disco created a giant clay bird and flew Zhang Miao toward Konoha.
• Zhang Miao asked the system to bring out the Shinigami Mask containing Minato Namikaze’s soul and began refining it.
• The refined mask transformed Zhang Miao’s appearance and granted him the Soul Bead String and Soul Blade.
• The system explained that the weapons could pull out and cut apart souls, but using them consumed ten Seven-Star Ninja Fragments per second.

Zhang Miao refined Shinigami Mask No. 3 with Gaara's Ninja Fragments, then used One's Own Life Reincarnation to revive Minato Namikaze. Minato awakened and greeted Zhang Miao as Ryunosuke.

• Zhang Miao began refining Shinigami Mask No. 3 by feeding it Gaara's Ninja Fragments with his blood.
• Zhang Miao repeatedly reopened his rapidly healing finger until the mask's refinement was complete, granting him 160 seconds to use the Soul Blade and Soul Bead.
• Zhang Miao stored the refined mask and released Minato Namikaze's soul from it.
• Zhang Miao used One's Own Life Reincarnation on Minato Namikaze's corpse, restoring his life.
• Minato Namikaze opened his eyes and told Zhang Miao, "Finally... we meet again, Ryunosuke!"

Zhang Miao and Minato Namikaze reunited after Minato was revived, and Minato used the Flying Thunder God to take Zhang Miao back to Konoha. They arrived at Kakashi’s house, where Kakashi stared at them in surprise.

• Minato recognized Zhang Miao through the Chakra sealed inside him, and they agreed that Zhang Miao would call him Brother Minato.
• Minato suggested that Zhang Miao use marriage ties to help bring peace to the ninja world, but Zhang Miao said Naruto would handle that.
• Minato activated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and offered to take Zhang Miao back to Konoha with the Flying Thunder God.
• Zhang Miao asked Disco to find Tsunade and report to him in Konoha.
• Minato teleported Zhang Miao to Kakashi’s house, where Kakashi was surprised to see them.

Minato Namikaze met the resurrected Zhang Miao and Kakashi, then worried that Zhang Miao was following Jiraiya’s lecherous example. Zhang Miao promised to build a Hades Temple in Konoha so Minato could meet Naruto openly, and Minato set aside his concern.

• Minato Namikaze asked Kakashi to keep his resurrection secret, and Kakashi went to cook for him and Zhang Miao.
• Zhang Miao showed Minato a crystal ball displaying Hiruzen Sarutobi peeping into a bathhouse and teased him about Jiraiya.
• Minato worried that Zhang Miao was becoming like Jiraiya while Zhang Miao watched the crystal ball and enjoyed Kakashi’s meal.
• Zhang Miao told Minato he would build a Hades Temple in Konoha and offer recognized heroes a chance at resurrection, allowing Minato to meet Naruto openly.
• Minato stopped worrying and began eating with Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao arranged for a Hades Temple to be built in Konoha and revealed to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Minato Namikaze had been resurrected. Hiruzen decided to proceed with the temple so Minato could return publicly, though he worried about how it might affect Konoha.

• Minato Namikaze gave Zhang Miao a Flying Thunder God Kunai so Zhang could contact him from home, and Zhang Miao bit the weapon in half to demonstrate his strength.
• Zhang Miao visited Hiruzen Sarutobi and ordered him to arrange construction of a Hades Temple in Konoha.
• Zhang Miao asked Hiruzen to tell the villagers that heroes who upheld their convictions could earn Hades' favor and be resurrected.
• Hiruzen realized Zhang Miao was preparing for Minato Namikaze's return, and Zhang confirmed Minato had been resurrected but was not yet appearing in public.
• Hiruzen decided to build the temple, then summoned Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu before planning to visit Minato.

Zhang Miao reunited Minato Namikaze with Kushina Uzumaki and helped Minato reveal to Naruto that he was his father. After deciding that his goal was fulfilled and he could leave without worry, Zhang Miao was caught by Kushina and scolded for smoking and talking about leaving.

• Zhang Miao returned home and told Kushina Uzumaki that he had brought Minato Namikaze back to life.
• Zhang Miao used Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Kunai to summon him to the house.
• Minato Namikaze reunited with Kushina Uzumaki while Naruto recognized him as the Fourth Hokage.
• Minato Namikaze told Naruto that he was his father, and Naruto cried as he embraced him.
• Zhang Miao stepped outside, reflected that his goal was complete, and said he could leave without worry.
• Kushina Uzumaki took Zhang Miao's cigarette and scolded him for smoking and considering leaving.