Chapter Summaries

Feng Ye’s overwhelming speed and endurance turned the battle against Iwagakure into a rout, and he pursued and killed the retreating commander Kurotsuchi. The surviving Konoha ninja regrouped after the chase, while Orochimaru recognized how far Feng Ye had surpassed his expectations.

• Feng Ye continued fighting with seemingly inexhaustible Chakra, killing Stone Shinobi and helping Konoha reverse the battle.
• After Orochimaru killed the Jonin fighting him, Kurotsuchi ordered Iwagakure to retreat.
• Kurotsuchi fled underground, but Feng Ye struck her and severed her left arm before pursuing her.
• The Stone Shinobi scattered as Konoha pursued them, and the chase continued until afternoon.
• Feng Ye returned with Kurotsuchi’s head and told Orochimaru that her faint underground Chakra had made her difficult to track.
• Orochimaru praised Feng Ye’s mastery of the Eight Inner Gates and Chakra nature transformation, noting that his growth exceeded expectations.

Orochimaru realized Feng Ye had become a Kage-level fighter and deduced that his unusual speed came from a Kekkei Genkai affecting time. Feng Ye confirmed it was a time-related ability, and Orochimaru became determined to study its potential for overcoming death.

• Orochimaru admitted he was no longer confident he could stop Feng Ye from escaping, and Feng Ye modestly credited his teachings.
• Orochimaru noticed that Feng Ye's speed seemed to involve a higher frequency rather than ordinary movement enhancement.
• Feng Ye told Orochimaru that his ability was a first-generation Kekkei Genkai, and Orochimaru deduced it came from a mutation of Yang Release before suspecting it altered time.
• Feng Ye confirmed that his ability belonged to a Ninth Category beyond the five elemental Releases, Yin-Yang Release, and spatial techniques.
• Orochimaru saw Feng Ye's time-related Kekkei Genkai as a possible path to immortality and decided he would even defy Hiruzen Sarutobi or leave Konoha to protect him.

After the battle, Feng Ye agreed to let Orochimaru study his time-based abilities once the war ended. When Feng Ye asked for a replacement for his damaged White Fang, Orochimaru gave him intelligence about a village where he could find a Kusanagi Sword.

• Feng Ye explained the limits of Time Reversal and promised to cooperate with Orochimaru’s research after the war.
• A ninja reported that Konoha’s forces had killed seventy-seven Stone Shinobi, including thirteen Jonin, and Orochimaru ordered the battlefield report sent to the village.
• Feng Ye asked Orochimaru for a spare Kusanagi Sword because his use of the Four Gates and Chidori had damaged White Fang.
• Orochimaru said he had no spare sword but handed Feng Ye a scroll with approximate coordinates for a village where a Kusanagi Sword could be found.

Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha's leaders to respond to Sunagakure's invasion and learned that Orochimaru's force had won a costly victory against Iwagakure. As Hiruzen read the report's account of an ambush by elite Stone Shinobi, he paused before revealing how the battle had turned out.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Konoha's leaders that Sunagakure had blamed Konoha for the Third Kazekage's disappearance and launched an all-out assault on the Land of Fire.
• Jiraiya volunteered to face Sunagakure with Minato Namikaze, while Hiruzen Sarutobi remained in the village and assigned Danzo to watch for Kirigakure.
• The Uchiha Clan and Hyuga Clan agreed to follow Hiruzen Sarutobi's wartime orders and deployments.
• An Anbu shinobi delivered a report stating that Orochimaru's advance force had repelled Iwagakure's unit in the Arid Land Sector, killing more than half its shinobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reported that Konoha had suffered eleven dead, four seriously wounded, and twenty-one lightly wounded, then revealed that nearly thirty elite Stone Shinobi had ambushed Orochimaru's force from underground.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi paused while reading the report, leaving the meeting waiting to hear how Orochimaru had overcome the ambush.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leaders learned that Feng Ye had killed thirty-three Stone Shinobi, including nine Jonin, and turned the tide against Iwagakure’s elite ambush. Hiruzen promoted Feng Ye to Special Jonin under Orochimaru as the meeting returned to planning for the Sand Shinobi’s assault.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read intelligence reporting that Feng Ye’s self-created Lightning Release Forbidden Jutsu had killed thirty-three Stone Shinobi and broken Iwagakure’s ambush.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Hyuga Hiashi reacted with shock to Feng Ye’s strength at not yet eleven years old.
• Danzo regretted failing to recruit Feng Ye and considered using the war to get another chance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promoted Feng Ye to Special Jonin, placed him directly under Orochimaru, and authorized him to operate independently.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi resumed the meeting’s discussion of personnel for the front lines against the Sand Shinobi.

Minato Namikaze told Kakashi, Obito Uchiha, and Rin that Sunagakure had declared war and that they would head to the border the next day. He revealed that Feng Ye had killed more than thirty elite Iwagakure ninja, including many Jonin, leaving the team stunned as Obito vowed to surpass him.

• Obito Uchiha arrived late and argued with Kakashi while Rin tried to settle them.
• Minato Namikaze announced that Sunagakure had declared war and ordered the team to accompany him to the border the next day.
• Minato Namikaze warned Obito Uchiha to follow orders and not act on his own at the front lines.
• Rin wondered how Feng Ye was doing, and Minato Namikaze said Iwagakure's leaders had likely placed him on their high-alert list.
• Minato Namikaze confirmed that Feng Ye had killed more than thirty elite Iwagakure ninja, including many Jonin, shocking Kakashi, Rin, and Obito Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha recovered from his disbelief and vowed to surpass Feng Ye and become Hokage.

Feng Ye was promoted to Special Jonin after the battle, then considered how to repair White Fang and increase his strength. He left the sword aside and decided to focus on opening the next gate of the Eight Inner Gates.

• Orochimaru read Hiruzen Sarutobi's order and announced Feng Ye's promotion to Special Jonin, which the Jonin in the tent accepted without objection.
• Orochimaru assigned Shibi Aburame's squad to escort the wounded shinobi back to the village.
• Feng Ye tried using Time Reversal to repair the crack in White Fang but failed, and decided to look for a craftsman before giving the sword to Kakashi.
• Feng Ye considered ways to increase his Chakra reserves, including becoming a Jinchuriki or absorbing Rōran's Dragon Vein energy, but judged them too troublesome or risky.
• Feng Ye decided that focusing on opening the next gate of the Eight Inner Gates was the most suitable path for his training.

Feng Ye assessed his path to Super Kage-level strength and decided to focus on training the Fifth Gate while hoping to unlock the Phantom Clock’s third ability. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki learned that Hatake Feng Ye had wrecked the Stone advance force and chose to wait before committing to war with Konoha.

• Feng Ye judged that reaching the Sixth Gate with Time Acceleration could let him surpass Kage-level strength, while defeating Madara Uchiha or Hashirama Senju would likely require Sage Mode or a Sage Body.
• Feng Ye decided to train toward the Fifth Gate and considered pursuing a Sage Body and tailed-beast power to strengthen himself.
• Feng Ye examined the Phantom Clock and wondered what ability its mist-covered Scale III would unlock.
• A Stone Shinobi reported the advance force’s defeat to Ōnoki, who learned that Hatake Feng Ye, son of Hatake Sakumo, had caused the losses.
• Jōto asked Ōnoki what Iwagakure would do next, and Ōnoki decided to wait and see whether Sunagakure defeated Konoha before committing to an attack.

Ōnoki chose to keep Iwagakure out of the fighting while Konoha and Sunagakure battled, and Feng Ye left the Land of Grass camp to retrieve a Kusanagi Sword. He reached a suspicious village near the Land of Rain border and sensed that its hidden watchers were not ordinary villagers.

• Ōnoki ordered Jōto to suppress news of Feng Ye's victory and let Sunagakure continue fighting Konoha.
• Orochimaru and Feng Ye discussed Iwagakure's inactivity and the danger of the great villages forming an alliance.
• Feng Ye asked Orochimaru for permission to retrieve the Kusanagi Sword, and Orochimaru agreed.
• Feng Ye traveled to a village on the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain, where the sword's owner led a hidden faction of rogue ninjas.
• Feng Ye entered the desolate village in disguise and sensed that someone watching him from the shadows was not an ordinary person.

Feng Ye tracked a group of rogue ninja to the eastern river, where their scar-faced leader surrendered the Kusanagi Sword and fled rather than fight him. One subordinate then decided to attack Feng Ye and steal the sword.

• After learning that Feng Ye had entered the village, the scar-faced ninja ordered his group to evacuate immediately.
• Some of the ninja refused to follow the scar-faced ninja, choosing to stay behind and ambush Feng Ye instead.
• The scar-faced ninja led seven subordinates out of the village, but Feng Ye intercepted them at a river.
• When Feng Ye asked about the Kusanagi Sword, the scar-faced ninja threw it to him and fled.
• One subordinate coveted the Kusanagi Sword and began preparing to attack Feng Ye.

Feng Ye killed the ninjas who tried to take the Kusanagi Sword, then noticed a Sand Shinobi force attacking the fleeing scarred ninja. The Sand Shinobi pursued Feng Ye to keep their planned raid on Konoha’s camp secret, and he prepared to fight back if they continued.

• Feng Ye killed the ninja who tried to throw a kunai and swiftly cut down his fleeing subordinates.
• The scarred ninja escaped, but a force of nearly a hundred Sunagakure ninjas attacked and killed him with ninjutsu.
• Pakura ordered the Sand Shinobi to surround Feng Ye after a sensor detected him nearby.
• Feng Ye recognized that the Sand Shinobi were trying to conceal a planned surprise attack on Konoha’s camp and retreated from their pursuit.
• Feng Ye warned the pursuing Sand Shinobi that he would retaliate if they continued chasing him.

Pakura and several Sunagakure Jonin pursued Feng Ye, who revealed his overwhelming speed and killed Yuki with a single strike. As Pakura unleashed her Scorch Release, Feng Ye recognized her as the famed Pakura of Sunagakure.

• Pakura ordered the rear units to stop while she, Yuki, and other Jonin continued after Feng Ye.
• A Sand Shinobi used Earth Release to hinder Feng Ye, but his apparent defeat was revealed as a clone, and he blocked another attack with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Feng Ye activated Chidori and used Time Acceleration to slip through a three-person attack, startling Pakura with his powerful Chakra.
• Feng Ye moved at incredible speed and killed Yuki with one strike, prompting Pakura to realize he had let them catch up deliberately.
• Pakura unleashed Scorch Release: Over-Evaporation Kill, and Feng Ye recognized her as the renowned Scorch Release Pakura of Sunagakure.

Feng Ye fought Pakura and her Sunagakure squad, killing two Jonin before the survivors trapped him and Pakura inside a barrier. Pakura attacked with her Scorch Release, confident that Feng Ye’s speed would not save him, while the three Jonin expected him to die.

• Pakura recognized Feng Ye as a Konoha ninja and guarded herself with five Scorch Release fireballs.
• Feng Ye used his speed to evade Pakura and killed two of the five Sunagakure Jonin accompanying her.
• Pakura ordered the remaining Jonin to form a barrier, which enclosed Feng Ye and herself.
• Pakura entered the barrier and used her fireballs to block Feng Ye’s attacks.
• Pakura pressed Feng Ye with her Scorch Release as the three Jonin believed the barrier had sealed his fate.

Feng Ye and Pakura exchanged relentless long-range attacks inside a barrier until Pakura unleashed a devastating final strike that shattered it. Pakura was badly injured and believed Feng Ye had been killed, while a Jonin went to inspect the blast site.

• Feng Ye used the Kusanagi Sword to fire repeated Blazing Flashes at Pakura, who countered with Scorch Release orbs.
• The explosions shook the barrier, forcing the three Jonin maintaining it to pour their strength into keeping it stable.
• Pakura realized Feng Ye’s attacks were not weakening and decided she had to kill him before he could escape.
• Pakura gathered her Scorch Release orbs and unleashed Vaporize Kill, shattering the barrier and blasting the three Jonin away.
• Pakura survived but suffered severe burns and injuries, and she worried that the coming surprise attack might be affected.
• A Jonin went to inspect the shattered barrier for Feng Ye’s remains or identifying items.

Feng Ye survived Pakura’s Scorch Release explosion without a scratch, defeated the Sunagakure Jonin around her, and left Pakura apparently dead. After collecting identification tags, he disguised himself as a Jonin and headed toward the rest of the Sand Shinobi forces.

• Meno found Feng Ye’s Konoha forehead protector in the crater, but Feng Ye appeared behind him and killed him.
• Feng Ye emerged unharmed from the explosion and killed the two wounded Jonin supporting Pakura.
• Pakura attacked Feng Ye with her remaining Chakra, but he pierced her flames and she lost consciousness, apparently dying from her injuries and exhaustion.
• Feng Ye chose not to disturb Pakura’s corpse, then collected her identification tag and those of the other Jonin.
• Feng Ye took several Jonin heads, disguised himself as one of them, and headed toward the Sand Shinobi forces.

In the Land of Rain, Sand Shinobi waited anxiously for Pakura and her squad, who had vanished after pursuing Feng Ye. Feng Ye disguised as Yuki and charged their camp, where he deliberately burst through a wall of wind blades, apparently sacrificing himself to reach them.

• Sand Shinobi grew concerned when Pakura, Meno, and the others failed to return, and their Jonin decided to wait fifteen minutes before searching for them.
• A sensory ninja recognized that the approaching Yuki was an impostor, and Feng Ye revealed himself before speeding toward the Sand Shinobi camp.
• Feng Ye opened the Third and Fourth Gates and raced toward the gathered Sand Shinobi as several squads formed wind blade nets to trap him.
• Feng Ye charged straight through the wind blades, suffering terrible wounds as the Sand Shinobi stared in shock.

Feng Ye recovered from the wind blades and slaughtered the Sunagakure Shinobi until their retreat became a rout. He caught and killed the last fleeing ninja, then looked back at the blood-soaked battlefield.

• Feng Ye reformed from the blood carried by the wind and swept through the Sunagakure Shinobi with his Kusanagi Sword.
• The Jonin in command ordered the troops to form barriers, but Feng Ye avoided them and continued killing.
• The Jonin ordered a retreat, and Feng Ye killed many more Sunagakure Shinobi as they tried to withdraw.
• The surviving ninja scattered, but Feng Ye pursued them across the open ground and killed the last one.
• Feng Ye rejected the dying ninja's accusation that he was an evil demon and said he was trying to survive.

Rasa continued Sunagakure’s war against Konoha to consolidate his power, while Ebizo and Chiyo worried over the risks of the battle plan. The chapter ended with news that the surprise attack unit had gone silent and its communications shinobi was dead.

• A Sunagakure jonin gave Rasa the day’s casualty report, and Rasa ordered the frontal battle plan to continue unchanged.
• Ebizo and Rasa discussed keeping up attacks until Pakura’s surprise operation could turn the battlefield, while Chiyo expressed doubts and left the tent.
• Rasa’s political motives were revealed: he had launched the war to weaken his rivals and secure his position as Kazekage.
• Ebizo told Rasa he had an ominous feeling, then a communications shinobi reported that the surprise attack unit had failed to make contact and its communications shinobi was dead.
• Ebizo urged the camp to send scouts to investigate and find Pakura’s unit, and Rasa approved the order.

Feng Ye returned to Konoha's frontline camp after destroying a Sand Shinobi ambush force and showed Orochimaru the Tenburyu Sword and the spoils from the battle. Orochimaru said the Third Hokage had ordered Feng Ye to the Land of Wind front, but allowed him to rest while they awaited further instructions.

• Feng Ye returned to the camp and let Orochimaru examine the Tenburyu Sword, one of the three confirmed Kusanagi Swords.
• Orochimaru explained the Kusanagi Swords' abilities, and Feng Ye considered how the Tenburyu Sword suited his fighting style.
• Feng Ye showed Orochimaru nearly a hundred Sand Shinobi nameplates and described how he had destroyed their ambush force.
• Feng Ye gave Orochimaru blood samples from the Scorch Release ninja, and Orochimaru agreed to report the battle to the village.
• Orochimaru told Feng Ye that the Third Hokage had ordered him to the Land of Wind front, but said he could rest and wait for further instructions.

After Feng Ye destroyed a Sand Shinobi force in the Land of Rain, Konoha's leaders debated whether his power posed a threat. Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Feng Ye had awakened a speed-enhancing Kekkei Genkai and ordered him sent to the Land of Wind front to strike Sunagakure.

• Danzo warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Feng Ye's feat suggested an abnormal power and recommended bringing him under control.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo's proposal and decided to consult Orochimaru before taking action against Feng Ye.
• Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Feng Ye had awakened a Kekkei Genkai that increased his speed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the explanation, ordered Orochimaru to keep the previous deployment plan, and sent Feng Ye to the Land of Wind front to attack Sunagakure.