Chapter Summaries

Fugaku witnessed the Guardian Army test directional mines as Konoha and Cloud Hidden Village fought, with devastating losses among the cloud ninja. Minato repeatedly teleported the Eight-Tails away from the battlefield, leaving Gyūki to flee north rather than face him.

• Song Yi ordered a live test of the Ten-Style Directional Mine, whose directed blast and iron fragments killed four cloud ninja.
• The Guardian Army began testing the Hundred-Style Directional Mine, while Fugaku promised Konoha's ninja they would receive the weapons after reliability tests.
• Directional mines and mortar shells inflicted heavy casualties as the cloud ninja advanced, and the Third Lightning Kage called on Bubi to unleash Gyūki.
• Bubi released Gyūki after agreeing it could roam freely for a year, and Minato teleported the Eight-Tails to a barren mountain range before it could attack Konoha's position.
• Gyūki returned toward the battlefield, but Minato teleported it away again and threatened to kill it, so Gyūki fled north while cursing Bubi and the Third Lightning Kage.

Minato defeated the Cloud Ninja, conquered the Land of Hot Water, and ordered its nobles purged before setting his sights on the Land of the Moon’s iron mines. As Minato advanced north, the Land of Lightning’s daimyo sought help from Cloud Hidden Village and ordered Todiwa to develop mortars and protect the Land of the Moon.

• Minato led Konoha and the Guardian Army to the Land of Hot Water’s capital after the Third Lightning Kage fled with fewer than three hundred men.
• Minato killed the Land of Hot Water’s daimyo, and the Guardian Army executed the nobles and took control of Kyoto.
• Minato announced that the Land of Hot Water would become the Tang Guarding Way of the Land of Summer and ordered its wealth redirected to developing the Guardian Army.
• Minato decided to seize the Land of the Moon’s iron mines and marched north after a brief rest.
• The Land of the Moon requested aid as Minato’s army advanced, and the Land of Lightning’s daimyo questioned Todiwa about his failed mortar project.
• The Land of Lightning’s daimyo ordered Todiwa to send his mortar prototypes to Cloud Hidden Village, instructed it to spy on the Land of Summer, and told the Lightning Kage to protect the Land of the Moon’s daimyo and nobles.

Minato abandoned the costly mountain campaign against the Cloud Ninja and planned a naval landing to strike Kyoto and kill the Land of Lightning's daimyo. He led five Land of Summer steamships north, where the fleet encountered a ship belonging to the daimyo's family.

• Minato detected the approaching Cloud Ninja and warned Konoha's troops to prepare for battle.
• The Third Lightning Kage used reverse-slope cliffs to limit the damage from Konoha's bombardment, and Minato learned the attack was consuming too much ammunition.
• Minato ordered Hatake Sakumo to hold the Cloud Ninja in the mountains while he took a naval force toward Kyoto to target the Land of Lightning's daimyo.
• Minato assembled five steamships at Dadu Port with Bai Cun and Nara Shikaku's 4th Army Corps, then sailed north under the guise of a training exercise.
• The fleet encountered a steamship flying the Land of Lightning daimyo's family flag, and Minato ordered his ships to follow it and ready their weapons.

Minato led the Land of Summer fleet and 4th Army Corps in a devastating assault on the Land of Lightning, destroying Beihai City’s noble district and bombarding Kyoto. He intercepted and killed the Land of Lightning daimyo as he tried to flee.

• Minato’s fleet sank the daimyo’s ship and other vessels, then bombarded Beihai City while sparing civilians fleeing through the city gates.
• Minato ordered the 4th Army Corps to breach Beihai City’s wall and destroy the Noble Residence district with mortar fire.
• The 4th Army Corps reached Kyoto and bombarded its walls, Castle Keep, and Noble Residence district, inflicting massive casualties and destroying the Castle Keep.
• Minato saw the Land of Lightning daimyo fleeing Kyoto in a luxurious carriage and trapped it in a Yellow Springs Swamp.
• Minato killed the daimyo with his kunai after the daimyo’s Guardian Ninja captain fell dead from the carriage roof.

After returning from the northern campaign, Minato planned a naval offensive, but the fall of the Land of the Moon and the assassination of the Land of Lightning Daimyo prompted nations across the ninja world to form allied armies against the Land of Summer. At Konoha’s Jonin Meeting, Minato reported the northern battlefield’s victories and the Land of Summer’s weapons as Hiruzen prepared Konoha’s strategy for the wider war.

• The 4th Army Corps returned to Beihai Port, and Minato decided not to resume fighting in the Land of Lightning’s mountains, instead planning future naval attacks after securing the eastern seas.
• The Land of Water, the Land of Waves, and the Land of Whirlpools agreed to unite under the Land of Water Daimyo and attack Dadu Port, while other nations formed allied armies for routes into the Land of Summer.
• Minato returned to Konoha for the Jonin Meeting, where he reported thousands of enemy ninja killed and described how the Land of Summer Guardian Army’s weapons had helped secure victory.
• The jonin studied reports on the weapons and considered how to use them, while Hiruzen declared that Konoha would crush the other Four Great Ninja Villages.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Konoha’s forces to four battlefields, while Minato Namikaze worried about the western front and planned to move there after securing victory in the east. During a quiet spell, Minato and Kushina visited Mikoto, then grew closer at Minato’s home.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the battlefield commanders and deployed 8,000 of Konoha’s 12,000 ninja against the anti-Konoha alliance.
• Minato judged the western battlefield most dangerous because Nagato and Uchiha Madara remained unknown threats, and he intended to reach it after defeating the Mist Hidden Village.
• Kushina took Minato to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where they visited the pregnant Mikoto and discussed marriage and having children.
• Minato told Mikoto he would propose to Kushina after the war, and Kushina blushed before pulling him away.
• That evening, Minato dried Kushina’s hair, and the two kissed and became intimate.

Minato led the Land of Summer’s fleet in a devastating assault that destroyed the Mist Hidden Village’s allied ships and killed Yagura Karatachi, then conquered the Land of Waves. After a week of occupation and reforms, the fleet set sail for the Land of Water.

• Five modified steamships sailed from Dadu Port toward the Land of Waves, where Yagura Karatachi commanded a large Mist Hidden Village fleet.
• Using Wireless Communication, the Land of Summer’s ships fired first and destroyed most of the allied fleet with cannon fire.
• Boli G Lang trapped Yagura Karatachi with Toad Oil, and Minato killed him with a Chakra Kunai; the Three-Tails’ chakra dispersed into the sea.
• The fleet defeated the Land of Waves’ ships, and Minato demanded that Kyoto open its gates for free trade as the 4th Army Corps occupied the city.
• Bai Cun called on trusted merchant guild members to provide intelligence, while Nara Shikaku’s forces captured the Land of Waves’ cities and executed the nobles they found.
• After the Land of Summer began transforming the Land of Waves, the fleet departed for the Land of Water.

Minato’s water mines devastated the Mist Ninja’s underwater assault, and the Land of Summer’s fleet then destroyed the Land of Water’s defenses and entered Kyoto. The chapter left the fleet advancing into the city as the Land of Water began accepting Chakra Industrialization.

• Yuan Shi sent over a thousand Mist Ninja underwater to attack the Land of Summer’s steamship, with Suikazan Fuguki commanding them.
• Minato’s water mines detonated beneath the sea, killing most of the attackers before Suikazan Fuguki ordered a retreat.
• Yuan Shi learned that only a little over two hundred Mist Ninja had survived and ordered the remaining forces to protect the daimyo.
• Nara Shikaku’s forces destroyed the daimyo’s floating palace and bombarded the Castle Keep of Kyoto.
• The Land of Summer’s steamships blasted through Kyoto’s water gate and entered the city with Minato aboard the flagship.

Konoha and the Land of Summer conquer the Land of Water, and Minato oversees the Mist Hidden Village’s surrender. Suikazan Fuguki becomes the Fourth Mizukage, while the narrator receives a chakra reward for bringing the village into the new order.

• Yuan Shi orders the Mist ninja to scatter as Konoha’s bombardment and pursuit devastate their forces.
• Suikazan Fuguki gathers Mist jonin willing to negotiate peace, while killing or winning over those who refuse.
• Minato and Fuguki confront Yuan Shi near the Mist Hidden Village, and Konoha and Fuguki’s followers kill Yuan Shi’s remaining forces.
• Fuguki takes control of the Mist Hidden Village, disables its barrier, and opens its gates to Minato.
• The Mist jonin appoint Fuguki Fourth Mizukage, recognize the Land of Summer’s authority, and approve a Chakra Joint Academy.
• The narrator receives 500 chakra units, raising his total to 4295.

Minato ended Mist Hidden Village’s blood mist policies and brought the Land of Whirlpools under the Land of Summer’s control. On the western battlefield, he warned Orochimaru about Nagato, the Rinnegan, and Uchiha Madara before heading north to confront the Land of Lightning and Cloud Hidden Village.

• Minato announced that the Land of Summer would lead Mist Hidden Village’s reforms, ending its blood mist policies and developing the archipelago with chakra-powered ships.
• Minato and Kushina discussed the slaughter of the Uzumaki Clan, and Minato left Mist Hidden Village without destroying it.
• Minato reached the Land of Whirlpools and found its daimyo and relatives dead; he burned the daimyo’s message and received a chakra reward as the country entered the Land of Summer’s new order.
• Minato joined Orochimaru on the western battlefield and explained that Rasa was delaying an attack while competing with Yekura for the Fourth Kazekage position.
• Minato warned Orochimaru that Nagato had killed Hanzo and wielded the Rinnegan, then revealed that Uchiha Madara was still alive and gave Orochimaru a scroll containing intelligence on the Rinnegan and Zetsu.
• Minato said he would lead a team north to take the Land of Lightning and Cloud Hidden Village while Orochimaru kept the western front on the defensive.

Suikazan Fuguki led Mist ninja to join the Land of Summer Navy's expedition against the Land of Lightning, while the Third Raikage rallied Cloud ninja to defend Beihai City. Minato Namikaze confronted the advancing force and stopped Ei Yano Yu with his powerful Wind Release Chakra Mode.

• Suikazan Fuguki led 200 Mist ninja aboard a Land of Summer Navy ship, and they reached Beihai Port after ten days.
• The Land of Summer Navy bombarded Beihai Port, while Cloud ninja fled for cover and intelligence ninja warned the Third Raikage and the new Daimyo.
• The Third Raikage led thousands of Cloud ninja toward Beihai City, dismissing Ei Yano Yu's concerns about the war and ordering the force onward through repeated bombardments.
• The Cloud force lost hundreds of ninja to shelling before reaching the outskirts of Beihai City, where the Third Raikage charged ahead with Ei Yano Yu and Yugito.
• Minato Namikaze kicked the Third Raikage backward, then halted Ei Yano Yu's attack with the shockwaves of his Wind Release Chakra Mode.

Minato Namikaze killed Ei Yano Yu and the Third Lightning Kage, then defeated the Cloud ninja outside Beihai City. He allowed the surviving Cloud ninja and Yugito to leave, while Chibi Nai sought advice from Suikazan Fuguki on surrendering with dignity.

• Minato Namikaze cut Ei Yano Yu in half, and the Third Lightning Kage went mad after seeing his son die.
• Minato entered Sage Mode, stopped the Third Lightning Kage's One Finger Thrust, and killed him with his Chakra Kunai.
• Kushina bound Yugito with Adamantine Chains as Konoha and Mist ninja pursued the Cloud forces.
• After half an hour of fighting, Chibi Nai and the surviving Cloud ninja surrendered their weapons, and Minato offered to let them return home if they left the war.
• Chibi Nai asked to speak with Suikazan Fuguki, learned he was the Fourth Mizukage, and later left with Yugito.
• Suikazan Fuguki told Minato that Chibi Nai had asked how to surrender with dignity, and he had described it as a joint decision made at a Jonin Meeting.

Minato conquered Kyoto and secured Todiwa’s agreement to lead the Land of Summer National Research Institute. He then accepted the Cloud Hidden Village’s surrender and appointed Yugito Nii as Fourth Raikage, leaving the village under Land of Summer rule.

• The Land of Summer Guardian Army blasted through Kyoto’s defenses, and Minato invited Todiwa to become president of its National Research Institute.
• Todiwa accepted Minato’s invitation and asked to establish a research institute branch in the Land of Lightning.
• Minato met Hatake Sakumo outside the Cloud Hidden Village as Yugito Nii and Chibi Nai emerged to surrender on the village’s behalf.
• Yugito asked Minato to complete her succession as Fourth Raikage, and Minato appointed her while requiring the village to establish a Joint Chakra Academy.
• Chibi Nai replaced the village gate plaque with one reading “Land of Summer Cloud Hidden Village,” and Minato promised the gathered villagers that war would end in their generation.

The Land of Summer destroyed the Land of Iron after its samurai mutinied and Mifune was killed. The news reached Ōnoki in Waterfall Country, where he faced growing pressure and learned that a young man had replaced Hanzo as leader of the Rain Hidden Village.

• Samurai mutinied against the Land of Iron Daimyo, and Mifune rushed to stop them as the Land of Summer's bombardment overwhelmed the battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze killed Mifune, and the Land of Summer's forces advanced to Kyoto and bombed the Daimyo to death, destroying the Land of Iron.
• The system announced that the Land of Iron had joined the new order and rewarded the Host with 200 chakra units.
• Ōnoki considered the difficult stalemate in Waterfall Country and questioned why the Sand Hidden Village and Konoha forces had not launched major offensives elsewhere.
• Dong Siren told Ōnoki that a young orange-red-haired man had arrived, claiming Hanzo was dead and that he led the Rain Hidden Village.

Yahiko revealed that he had killed Hanzo and offered Ōnoki an alliance to gather the tailed beasts and defeat the Land of Summer. After Yahiko and Konan left, Ōnoki accepted his help capturing the Two-Tails Jinchuriki while planning to test Yahiko against Minato Namikaze.

• Yahiko told Ōnoki that he had killed Hanzo, then used Almighty Push to demonstrate his power and convince Ōnoki that Hanzo might be dead.
• Yahiko explained that Sand Hidden Village had yielded to the Land of Summer and that he had sent people to capture the One-Tail Jinchuriki, Bunbuku Priest.
• Yahiko proposed gathering the tailed beasts to create a weapon capable of defeating the Land of Summer, and asked Ōnoki to cooperate.
• Rōshi objected to Yahiko's plan to gather the tailed beasts, and a fight broke out in the command tent, where Yahiko subdued Ōnoki and Rōshi.
• Ōnoki agreed to help Yahiko capture Two-Tails Jinchuriki Yugito Nii, then ordered the allied forces to accept the Rain Ninja and scout Minato Namikaze and the Two-Tails' locations.

Minato accepted Sand Hidden Village’s surrender and shifted his forces toward the final campaign against Stone Hidden Village and its allies. He began a three-day artillery bombardment of Ōnoki’s army in Waterfall Country, forcing the allied forces to retreat.

• Orochimaru reported that Rasa had consolidated power, sincerely sought peace, and that the Rain Ninja had left River Country.
• Minato accepted Sand Hidden Village’s surrender, demanded the Land of Wind Daimyo’s head, and ordered the Guardian Army to purge nobles in River Country and the Land of Wind.
• Minato brought Orochimaru, Senju Takeoto, and Senju Chihiro to Waterfall Country and announced a two-front offensive against the allied forces.
• Ōnoki learned that Konoha’s eastern and southern forces had moved, then kept his army sheltered as long-range artillery struck the allied camp.
• Minato ordered three days and three nights of bombardment, and Ōnoki eventually ordered his army to abandon its shelters and tunnels and retreat.

Ōnoki’s Allied forces suffered massive losses under Konoha’s relentless bombardment, and Minato and Kushina destroyed nearly all of the White Zetsu army. As the remaining Iwa Ninja faced Konoha’s advancing forces, the Three Ninja and other powerful defenders gathered on the battlefield.

• Ōnoki agreed to use Black and White Zetsu’s army of one hundred thousand White Zetsu to attack Konoha.
• Kushina and Hizashi located the White Zetsu underground, and Kushina and Minato destroyed more than ninety thousand of them.
• After three days of bombardment left only one-quarter of the Allied forces alive, Ōnoki learned Konoha’s ninja were advancing from two directions.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Enma arrived with their Summoning Beasts as Konoha prepared to attack.
• Fugaku Uchiha summoned Susanoo, while Senju Chihiro’s Wood Golem and Wood Dragon appeared on the other flank.

Minato and the Allied Forces defeated the enemy armies, destroyed Nagato’s Paths of Pain, and stopped Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara’s plans. The war ended with the Land of Summer unifying the ninja world and Minato and Kushina sealing away the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Fugaku, and Orochimaru overwhelmed Ōnoki, Huangtu, and Rōshi, while Fugaku and Uchiha Ga suppressed the released Four-Tails.
• Kushina restrained Mei with Adamantine Chains as Sakumo defeated Sasori’s puppets, and Fuguki and Kakuzu fought to a standstill.
• Minato countered the Paths of Pain, destroyed the Animal Path, tracked Nagato, and killed Nagato after Black Zetsu took control of him.
• Minato sealed Black Zetsu into a rocket and launched him into space, then confronted Uchiha Madara, who died after admitting defeat.
• Minato and Kushina sealed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and cast it into the Mariana Trench, ending the war and enabling the Land of Summer to unify the ninja world.