Chapter Summaries

Danzo and Orochimaru discussed the threat posed by underground shinobi targeting Feng Ye, whose bounty had risen above thirty million ryo. In Amegakure, Feng Ye effortlessly killed Kakuzu after seeing through his abilities, leaving Kakuzu to die in fear.

• Danzo told Orochimaru he planned to visit the Land of Wind border and said Feng Ye was likely still hunting Rain Shinobi in the Land of Rain.
• Danzo revealed that Feng Ye's bounty exceeded thirty million ryo and warned that underground shinobi included survivors who had fought Hashirama Senju.
• Kakuzu ambushed Feng Ye with five combined ninjutsu, but Feng Ye emerged without injuries.
• Feng Ye swiftly destroyed Kakuzu's heart avatars and pierced his final heart.
• Feng Ye crushed Kakuzu's head, and Kakuzu died regretting that he had attacked him.

After killing Kakuzu, Feng Ye returned to Konoha’s camp and discussed his growing strength and the war with Orochimaru. He obtained a scroll leading to Ryūchi Cave but decided to return to Konoha first to prepare for further training and possible threats.

• Feng Ye searched Kakuzu’s corpse, gave the recovered money to the ramen shop owner as compensation, and left town.
• Feng Ye met Root Ninja on his way back, learned the location of Konoha’s camp, and returned two days later.
• Orochimaru congratulated Feng Ye on killing Hanzo, and Feng Ye revealed that he had also killed the bounty hunter Kakuzu.
• Feng Ye asked Orochimaru about Sage Technique, and Orochimaru gave him a scroll containing Ryūchi Cave’s location and entry method.
• Feng Ye discussed the Fourth Hokage succession with Orochimaru and said he supported him.
• After weighing Sage training against opening the Sixth Gate, Feng Ye decided to return to Konoha to repair the White Fang for Kakashi and obtain heavier training weights.

Feng Ye returned to Konoha after the war and was summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi to investigate a dangerous power in Rōran. He agreed to investigate the Dragon Vein, suspecting its space-time energy might interact with the Phantom Clock.

• Feng Ye returned to Konoha and was greeted with respect by the gate guards.
• Feng Ye encountered Kakashi and their former classmates while visiting the newly opened Ichiraku Ramen, and he gave Kakashi advice on Lightning Release.
• An Anbu shinobi summoned Feng Ye to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Feng Ye ate ramen before going to the Hokage Office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Feng Ye that scouts had discovered a powerful Dragon Vein beneath Rōran and asked him to investigate.
• Feng Ye accepted the mission, sensing that the Dragon Vein might be useful to the Phantom Clock.

Feng Ye and Kakashi traveled to Rōran to investigate the Dragon Vein, where they discovered a town controlled by Chakra puppets. When Princess Sara fell from a tower, Feng Ye caught her after Kakashi and a blond ninja accidentally interfered with each other’s rescue attempts.

• Feng Ye gave Kakashi the Third Raikage’s Lightning Release scroll and learned that Kakashi had studied the Flying Thunder God Technique but could not use it effectively.
• Feng Ye and Kakashi traveled to Rōran for half a month, and Feng Ye tried training in the Flying Thunder God Technique before deciding to focus on other training.
• After arriving in Rōran, Kakashi sensed the Dragon Vein’s Chakra, and the pair found a plaza full of puppets controlled by Chakra strings.
• Princess Sara fell from the central tower, and Kakashi and a blond ninja both rushed to save her but dodged each other’s attacks instead.
• Feng Ye caught Sara just before she struck the ground and landed with her on a nearby building.

Feng Ye rescued Sara and learned that Naruto had traveled from the future through the Dragon Vein’s time-space distortion. After Naruto and Kakashi discovered their connection, Naruto proposed they work together against Mukade.

• Feng Ye rescued Sara from falling, and Kakashi recognized him as a Konoha ninja.
• Naruto revealed that he had come from twenty years in the future, and Feng Ye explained that the Dragon Vein had distorted time and space.
• Kakashi threatened Naruto after he failed to recognize Feng Ye, but Feng Ye told Kakashi that Naruto was a Konoha ninja from the future.
• Naruto learned that the year was Konoha Year 45 and that the young Kakashi was his future teacher.
• Feng Ye warned Kakashi not to ask about the future, while Naruto laughed at Kakashi’s younger appearance.
• Naruto proposed that they work together because Mukade was dangerous.

Feng Ye exposed Anrokuzan’s deception to Sara and learned that the minister had used the Dragon Vein to control her subjects and create an army of puppets. After Anrokuzan revealed his power and apparent immortality, Feng Ye asked Sara to show him the Dragon Vein’s source before the fight escalated.

• Kakashi dismissed Naruto’s orders, and Feng Ye asked Sara where Mukade, now known as Anrokuzan, could be found.
• Feng Ye carried Sara down among the cheering subjects and showed her that they were all puppets, explaining how Anrokuzan had exploited the Dragon Vein and enslaved the real people.
• Sara accepted the truth and agreed to lead Feng Ye to the Dragon Vein’s source, but Anrokuzan emerged with a massive puppet force and threatened her.
• Feng Ye struck Anrokuzan down with lightning, but Anrokuzan reassembled himself with the Dragon Vein’s power and claimed he was immortal.
• Feng Ye drew the Kusanagi Sword and asked Sara to reveal the Dragon Vein’s source, warning that otherwise he might damage the surroundings.

Feng Ye destroyed the puppets and plunged into the rampaging Dragon Vein, absorbing or severing its energy to stop Anrokuzan. Anrokuzan was defeated, Naruto returned to his own time, and the Dragon Vein's light vanished with Feng Ye still missing in the abyss.

• Feng Ye cut down the puppet army, carried Sara to the Dragon Vein's source, and destroyed Anrokuzan's recovering puppet body along the way.
• Sara tried to seal the Dragon Vein, but Anrokuzan made its energy surge and threatened to destroy Rōran.
• Feng Ye leaped into the Dragon Vein, causing its energy to contract and cutting Anrokuzan off from its power.
• Kakashi struck down Anrokuzan after the puppet lost its immortal body and disintegrated.
• Naruto returned to his own time as Kakashi reached Sara at the tower and the Dragon Vein's purple light vanished, leaving Feng Ye unseen.

After Feng Ye vanished into the Dragon Vein, Kakashi and Sara waited for him while the Shinobi World began to regard him as dead. Two years later, Feng Ye reappeared in Rōran and discovered that the Phantom Clock’s Scale III had unlocked.

• Kakashi leaped into the abyss to search for Feng Ye, then stayed behind while Sara returned to help Rōran’s people.
• Kakashi waited three months before disappearing, while Sara continued visiting the platform for nearly two years.
• Feng Ye’s disappearance destabilized the Shinobi World, and Minato Namikaze rose to fame after killing fifty Iwagakure Jonin.
• Feng Ye’s consciousness absorbed the Dragon Vein’s energy, which cleared the mist around Scale III on the Phantom Clock.
• Feng Ye reappeared beneath the Dragon Vein’s platform in Rōran, two years later, and learned that Scale III’s ability had unlocked.

Feng Ye unlocked the Time Domain, giving him control over time within a barrier that could erase attacks and seal away intruders. After leaving the tower, he spotted Queen Sara fighting Sunagakure ninjas at Rōran.

• Feng Ye activated Scale III and tested the Time Domain, learning to alter time within its range and fire Bullets of Retrogression.
• Feng Ye realized the Time Domain could reverse sealing techniques and harm intruders who crossed its boundary, while space ninjutsu remained a possible escape.
• Feng Ye judged Kaguya Otsutsuki's Amenominaka to be the main ability capable of threatening him and left the tower.
• Kanshiro and his Sunagakure ninjas attacked Queen Sara, who fought to protect Rōran and wait for Feng Ye's return.
• Kanshiro said his poisoned weapons were slowing Sara, leaving her unsure she could continue defending Rōran.

Feng Ye returned to Rōran just as Kanshiro mortally wounded Sara, then used his power to heal her and killed Kanshiro and the attacking Sand Shinobi. Sara survived and embraced Feng Ye, while the Silver Flash’s return signaled that the shinobi world would hear of him again.

• Kanshiro poisoned and attacked Sara with his puppet, piercing her chest as she weakened.
• Feng Ye burst from the tower, destroyed the puppet, and caught Sara as she began to die.
• Feng Ye used “Rewind” to restore Sara’s body and heal her fatal wound.
• Feng Ye killed Kanshiro and swiftly wiped out the Sand Shinobi attacking Rōran.
• Sara recovered, hugged Feng Ye, and wept with joy as he apologized for arriving late.

Feng Ye protected Rōran from Sand Shinobi attacks and decided to address the threat by speaking with the Kazekage. After leaving Sara with the resolve to grow stronger, he headed across the desert toward Sunagakure.

• Sara hugged Feng Ye after he defeated the attackers, then told him she had learned ninjutsu from Kakashi.
• Feng Ye learned that Rōran had lost the Dragon Vein’s protection and decided to stay and defend it.
• Feng Ye spent ten days in Rōran, driving off another Sand Shinobi squad while sparing one survivor to carry the news back.
• Feng Ye told Sara he would speak with the Kazekage to prevent further attacks, and urged her to become stronger.
• Feng Ye left Rōran and crossed the desert toward Sunagakure.

Yuki Kanzaburo learned that Feng Ye, the supposedly dead Silver Flash, had appeared in Rōran and sent word to the Kazekage. Feng Ye reached Sunagakure and prepared to greet the village with a powerful strike.

• Yuki Kanzaburo worried over the disappearance of two teams sent to investigate and occupy Rōran.
• A scout returned and told Yuki Kanzaburo that Feng Ye had appeared in Rōran and that he was the only survivor.
• Yuki Kanzaburo ordered the camp to report the Silver Flash's reappearance to the Kazekage, terrifying the Sand Shinobi.
• Feng Ye traveled through the Land of Wind, learned Sunagakure's location, and arrived outside the village.
• Feng Ye opened the third, fourth, and fifth gates of the Eight Inner Gates and poured Chakra into the Kusanagi Sword.

Sunagakure’s leaders debated the Silver Flash’s return and prepared for a possible attack, but Feng Ye suddenly appeared outside the village and unleashed a sword strike that split Sunagakure in two. The Silver Flash’s devastating return left the village’s shinobi horrified.

• Rasa convened Sunagakure’s leaders after learning that the Silver Flash had appeared in Rōran, and they discussed Konoha’s possible plans.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure to contact Iwagakure, increase border surveillance, raise the village’s alert level, and prepare to evacuate.
• Sunagakure’s shinobi sensed a vast surge of Chakra and saw lightning gather in the sky beyond the village.
• Feng Ye used the Kusanagi Sword to unleash Heavenly Flash, cutting through the mountains and Sunagakure.
• The village’s buildings and surrounding rock walls split apart, and one half rose into the sky.

Feng Ye attacked Sunagakure with a single slash that split the village in half, then walked into the ruins and confronted the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa. He said he had come to discuss something, but offered to give Sunagakure time to prepare before they talked.

• Feng Ye's slash split the upper half of Sunagakure from the lower half and sent it rising into the air.
• Rasa and the Sunagakure shinobi used sand and Earth Release to catch most of the falling village, but the surrounding rock walls collapsed.
• Feng Ye walked through the sandstorm and into Sunagakure as the shocked shinobi recognized him as Konoha's Silver Flash and froze in fear.
• Rasa arrived with Sunagakure's Anbu captain and other leaders, confirmed Feng Ye was alone, and demanded to know what he wanted.
• Feng Ye told Rasa he had come to discuss something but would give Sunagakure time to prepare first.

Feng Ye let Sunagakure gather its forces and endure their attacks to test the Time Domain. He walked toward Rasa unharmed, while the Sand Shinobi’s ninjutsu and Gold Dust crumbled on contact.

• Feng Ye told Rasa he was giving Sunagakure time to prepare before he continued attacking.
• Rasa suspected Feng Ye was distracting them from an attack elsewhere, but ordered the Sand Shinobi to concentrate their forces against him.
• Rasa used Gold Dust to bind Feng Ye as the Sand Shinobi unleashed a barrage of ninjutsu.
• Feng Ye remained unharmed, and Rasa’s Gold Dust collapsed despite appearing to hold him in place.
• Rasa tried to envelop Feng Ye in more Gold Dust, and the Sunagakure Anbu captain attacked with Hurricane Slash Technique, but both techniques crumbled on contact.
• Feng Ye calmly walked toward Rasa while testing the power of the Time Domain.

Feng Ye used his time-based abilities to devastate Sunagakure and defeat Rasa, then forced the Fourth Kazekage to protect Rōran from future invasions. News of the Silver Flash’s return and assault on the village spread across the Shinobi World.

• Feng Ye used Divine Erosion to shatter Rasa’s Gold Dust blade with one finger.
• Feng Ye unleashed Yasakani no Magatama across Sunagakure, destroying much of the village, then slaughtered the Sand Shinobi who tried to stop him.
• Feng Ye pierced Rasa’s Gold Dust armor and demanded that Sunagakure protect Rōran from future attacks.
• Rasa agreed and dispatched an elite unit to guard Rōran after Feng Ye left.
• News that the Silver Flash had returned and defeated Sunagakure spread throughout the Shinobi World.

Ōnoki learned that Akatsuki had wiped out Jōto’s elite force in the Land of Rain, then discovered the Silver Flash had nearly destroyed Sunagakure. In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage learned that Feng Ye had returned and realized he might have grown stronger during his disappearance.

• A shinobi reported to Ōnoki that Akatsuki had killed Jōto and wiped out his elite force in the Land of Rain.
• Ōnoki prepared to confront Akatsuki, but another shinobi reported that the Silver Flash had severely injured the Fourth Kazekage and nearly destroyed Sunagakure.
• Dodai told the Fourth Raikage that the missing Silver Flash had appeared and attacked Sunagakure alone.
• The Fourth Raikage’s confidence in defeating Feng Ye faltered when Dodai suggested that Feng Ye had also grown stronger during his two-year disappearance.

Madara Uchiha, controlling the Third Mizukage, learned that Feng Ye had resurfaced in Sunagakure but chose to focus on his plans. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Kakashi to investigate Kirigakure, while Kakashi and Rin visited the memorial and held onto hope that Feng Ye would return.

• The Third Mizukage ordered the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to launch an elite invasion from the eastern Land of Fire, and an Anbu reported that Feng Ye had attacked Sunagakure.
• Madara Uchiha revealed that he controlled the Third Mizukage and declined White Zetsu's offer to follow the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports of Sunagakure's losses and Kirigakure's movements, then assigned Kakashi to investigate Kirigakure.
• Rin Nohara left bouquets at the memorial stones for Feng Ye and Obito Uchiha before Kakashi told her they had a new mission.
• Kakashi said he believed Feng Ye would return, and Rin agreed as they walked away from the memorial.

Tsunade drank and gambled in a small town, believing her misfortune would hurt those close to her, until Feng Ye unexpectedly reappeared. After learning how the war and Konoha had changed during his two-year absence, Feng Ye decided to return to the village to handle urgent matters.

• Tsunade told Shizune to leave her, but Shizune refused to abandon her.
• Feng Ye appeared at the tavern and revealed himself to Tsunade and Shizune after Tsunade threatened to have him arrested.
• Tsunade threw Feng Ye through a window, then lunged at him and heard him apologize for making her worry.
• Feng Ye learned that the Third Shinobi World War had ended, Minato Namikaze was widely supported as the next Hokage, and Orochimaru had lost interest in the position.
• Tsunade explained that Orochimaru had given up competing for Hokage, but Feng Ye still planned to return to Konoha because Kakashi and Rin were in danger.

After returning to the Land of Fire, Feng Ye reached Konoha and erased his own name from the Memorial Stone, revealing that he was alive. Kurenai Yuhi embraced him as Konoha’s ninjas prepared to spread the news of the Silver Flash’s return.

• Tsunade and Shizune welcomed Feng Ye’s safe return, and the three rested for the night.
• Feng Ye left for Konoha the next morning at five times speed using the Eight Inner Gates, drawing attention from ninjas across the Land of Fire.
• Kurenai Yuhi mourned Feng Ye at Konoha’s Memorial Stone, where his name had been engraved two months earlier.
• Feng Ye appeared at the Memorial Stone and erased his name with lightning, prompting nearby ninjas to challenge him.
• Fugaku Uchiha recognized Feng Ye as the Silver Flash and invited him to tea, while Kurenai Yuhi confirmed he was alive and embraced him.
• Several ninjas left to report Feng Ye’s return to Konoha.