Chapter Summaries

Anbei Xin began forging a weapon from Titanium Aluminum and Ming Jing’s short blade, but a melted control panel forced Qing Yan to enter the blazing converter furnace and open its gate manually. Qing Yan succeeded, allowing the artisans to resume the forging process.

• Anbei Xin told Qing Yan that the artisans would begin work the next day, and Qing Yan agreed to help if anything went wrong.
• Anbei Xin arrived late the next morning and organized the artisans to begin smelting the weapon’s materials.
• Anbei Xin discovered that the converter’s control panel had melted before he could add Ming Jing’s short blade for deoxidation.
• Anbei Xin asked Qing Yan to open the gate manually, and Qing Yan activated Invincible Golden Body and entered the furnace.
• Qing Yan pulled out the tungsten plate, and Anbei Xin called the artisans back to their stations as they cheered Qing Yan’s success.

Qing Yan and Kanon returned to the Royal Capital with Ming Jing’s newly forged saber, which Ming Jing named Azure Luan. Ming Jing tested the weapon at the Prime Minister’s Residence and discovered that it could split a stone statue in half when infused with wind-nature Chakra.

• Anbei Xin handed Qing Yan the finished weapon and angrily sent Qing Yan and Kanon away from the Land of Artisans.
• Qing Yan and Kanon reached the Royal Capital and presented the weapon to Ming Jing, who greeted them warmly.
• Ming Jing examined the saber, learned that rare materials had made it lighter than ordinary weapons, and named it Azure Luan.
• Ming Jing infused Azure Luan with wind-nature Chakra and cut a long gash through the floor tiles.
• Ming Jing tested Azure Luan on two stone statues, first getting it stuck when swinging without Chakra and then splitting a statue in half with Chakra.

Ming Jing led Asuma, Yuexi, and Qing Yan toward a mission involving Chiyo, but Asuma insisted they act under the Fire Country Prime Minister’s Residence rather than Konoha’s authority. Meanwhile, the Fuma Clan blamed Chiyo, Shiraki, and Ritsu no Otsugi for its dwindling support and planned to kill them.

• Ming Jing explained that the group’s real goal was to cooperate with Chiyo, though he claimed not to know her mission.
• Asuma rejected Ming Jing’s unapproved mission slip and refused to act in Konoha’s name.
• Yuexi suggested posing as Kusagakure ninjas, but Asuma refused and decided the team would act under the Fire Country Prime Minister’s Residence.
• Fuma Nikuru told the Fuma Clan that support from the daimyo had decreased since Chiyo, Shiraki, and Ritsu no Otsugi arrived.
• Fuma Nikuru proposed killing the three outsiders, and Fuma Yami listened.

Ming Jing and his companions explored the Land of Rice and stopped at a ramen shop, where he offered his meal to the shunned Fuma Yami. The encounter ended with Ming Jing ordering another bowl, while Fuma Yami ate alone in the corner.

• Ming Jing and Yuexi discussed the Land of Rice, its elderly daimyo Oono Yuichi, and his gambling heir Oono Natsuyu as they walked through the countryside.
• Asuma teased Ming Jing about talking about ninja topics, but Ming Jing used Genjutsu to slip away and lead the group to a ramen shop.
• At the shop, Ming Jing and his companions ordered ramen and heard an old farmer praise the pork bone vegetable noodles.
• Fuma Yami entered the shop, and the other diners recoiled from her foul smell while the proprietress refused to sell her noodles.
• Ming Jing gave Fuma Yami his bowl of ramen in exchange for her coins, then ordered another bowl of miso ramen.

Ming Jing’s group caught Fuma Yami tailing them, then reached the Land of Rice’s capital and received a coded message from Chiyo. Meanwhile, Ritsu no Otsugi decided to recruit Oono Natsuyu’s men against the Konoha ninja, but Natsuyu asked how much he would pay.

• Asuma led Ming Jing’s group into hiding, and Ming Jing released Fuma Yami from his Genjutsu after they caught her following them.
• Fuma Yami warned the Konoha ninja not to cause trouble in the Land of Rice, gave Ming Jing her name, and left.
• Ming Jing’s group reached the Royal Capital, where Qing Yan caught Chiyo’s pebble message containing coordinates and a string of numbers.
• Chiyo reported seeing Konoha ninja to Ritsu no Otsugi, who blamed Ming Jing and proposed killing them with help from Oono Natsuyu’s men.
• Oono Natsuyu agreed to help Ritsu no Otsugi, then asked how much he planned to pay.

Ming Jing and his group met Chiyo in the Land of Rice and learned that Oono Natsuyu planned to attack them with Ritsu no Otsugi’s help. Ming Jing used the ambush to create a pretext for confronting Oono Yuichi, leaving Asuma frustrated by his inability to control the group.

• Chiyo reported that Oono Yuichi was near death and that Oono Natsuyu had joined forces with Ritsu no Otsugi to target Ming Jing’s group.
• Ming Jing warned Chiyo before she ran outside and fought the attackers, using her lightning-enhanced speed to evade his Wind Release techniques.
• Shiraki led the attackers in a charge and used Fire Release to collapse part of the courtyard house, while Yuexi countered with Water Release.
• Ming Jing unleashed Wind Release: Thousand Blades, injuring the attackers without killing them, and Asuma told Shiraki they would confront whoever was behind the attack.
• Shiraki identified the attackers as Oono Natsuyu’s subordinates, and Yuexi announced that they would speak with Oono Yuichi the next day.
• The group drove the attackers away, and Asuma wondered whether he was suited to be captain because his subordinates did not treat him as one.

Ming Jing and his group waited at the Daimyo's Mansion, where Oono Natsuyu demanded an exorbitant entry tax before rushing away after hearing Oono Yuichi was dying. After the daimyo's death, Ming Jing and Yuexi revealed their Land of Fire identities to gain access to pay their respects, and Ming Jing prepared the group to explain their disguises.

• Ming Jing's group waited through the morning to meet Oono Yuichi, then Oono Natsuyu arrived and demanded a hundred thousand per person as an entry tax.
• The steward told Oono Natsuyu that Oono Yuichi might not survive, so Oono Natsuyu rushed to his room and left the visitors behind.
• Ming Jing chose to stay at the mansion, and he and Yuexi changed into civilian clothes bearing their official Land of Fire identity pendants.
• An armored man tried to dismiss the group, but Yuexi identified herself as Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ming Jing as the Land of Fire's prime minister.
• The armored man revealed that Oono Yuichi had died, and Ming Jing asked to pay his respects before leaving.
• Ming Jing told Asuma and Qing Yan to say they had escorted him and Yuexi, who had changed their appearances for safety.

Oono Natsuyu mourned his grandfather, Oono Yuichi, as the funeral procession moved to the mourning hall. Ming Jing and his companions paid their respects, and Ming Jing secretly used Mother-Child Green Coins on Natsuyu before leaving.

• Oono Natsuyu watched the morticians prepare Oono Yuichi's body and followed the coffin to the mourning hall.
• The chief steward verified Tsukishiro Yuexi's credentials and escorted her, Ming Jing, and their companions to pay their respects.
• Ming Jing offered condolences to Oono Natsuyu and urged him to protect his grandfather's life's work, the Land of Rice.
• Oono Natsuyu briefly felt dizzy and later sensed that something had changed in his mind.
• After leaving, Ming Jing thought that Mother-Child Green Coins had succeeded.

Ming Jing decided to take advantage of Oono Natsuyu’s lack of influence and stayed in an inn while preparing to attend the funeral and accession ceremony. Meanwhile, Fuma Nikuru planned a coup against Oono Natsuyu and ordered an attack on the Konoha ninja, with Fuma Yami reluctantly agreeing to take part.

• Ming Jing told the head steward he would stay at an inn and attend the funeral and accession ceremony before leaving.
• Ming Jing explained to Yuexi that Oono Natsuyu was easier to deal with than Oono Yuichi and agreed that Chiyo could help Yuexi.
• Fuma Yami confronted Fuma Nikuru as he rallied Fuma Clan elites to remove Ritsu no Otsugi and pursue power with a country's backing.
• Fuma Nikuru revealed that he planned to kill the Konoha ninja and offer them to Kumogakure, while Fuma Yami warned him of the consequences.
• Fuma Yami stopped Fuma Sasame from joining the attack, then agreed to go with Fuma Nikuru after he gave her the Konoha ninja's location and the operation time.

Ming Jing foiled Fuma Yami’s attempt to assassinate him and reunited with Yuexi and Qing Yan, only for Fuma Yami to reveal a transformed form and unleash a blinding attack. The chapter ended with Ming Jing and Yuexi sheltered inside the Giant Toad of Mount Myōboku while Qing Yan remained outside.

• Ming Jing recognized the disguised Fuma Yami when she attacked him with a Senbon, and he wounded her with the Azure Luan Blade.
• Fuma Yami revealed herself and fought Ming Jing with Wind Release techniques, while Ming Jing dodged her attacks and used genjutsu.
• Fuma Yami claimed she had killed Ming Jing’s companions, but Ming Jing summoned Yuexi and Qing Yan, surrounding her.
• Fuma Yami shed her hunched shell, revealed a winged form, and unleashed Ninja Art: Shadow Ant · Foam.
• Ming Jing summoned the Giant Toad of Mount Myōboku to shield himself and Yuexi from the attack, while Qing Yan stayed outside.

Akira saved Fuma Yami after her powerful technique left her poisoned and near death, using Sage Chakra to keep her alive. As Fuma Yami revisited her troubled past, she heard Akira claim that she would be his from now on.

• Yuexi froze the damaged stomach wall of Akira's summoned toad while Qing Yan reported that Fuma Yami had collapsed after her attack.
• Akira found Fuma Yami poisoned and drained of Chakra, then gave her Mirai Kurama's antidote and sustained her with his own Chakra.
• Akira used Sage Chakra to help Fuma Yami absorb Natural Energy, allowing him to stop channeling Chakra into her without her dying.
• Fuma Yami recalled her harsh upbringing, her hopes for the clan, and her growing distance from Fuma Sasame before deciding she might be better off dead.
• Fuma Yami remembered Akira's kindness and heard him tell her she would be his and must not betray him.

Chiyo and Shiraki were caught up in the Fuma Clan’s assault on the Daimyo’s Mansion, where Fuma Nikuru seized control and announced he would expel foreign ninjas. Chiyo headed to the mansion while Shiraki stayed behind with Ritsu no Otsugi, and Oono Natsuyu challenged Nikuru’s decision.

• Fuma Ryūshi attacked Chiyo, but she activated Flash God Speed Field and struck him into a crater with War Axe.
• Asuma ordered Chiyo and Shiraki to protect the daimyo, and Shiraki stayed behind with the unconscious Ritsu no Otsugi while Chiyo went to the mansion.
• Fuma Nikuru arrived at the mourning hall and told Oono Natsuyu he would expel all foreign ninjas from the Land of Rice.
• Oono Natsuyu warned Nikuru that he would return and beg him, but Nikuru ordered his clansmen to keep the prince inside.

Asuma and Chiyo infiltrated the Daimyo's Mansion and found Oono Natsuyu safe after the Fuma Clan's attack. Chiyo confronted Fuma Nikuru, but after her lightning-fast strike proved to have hit an Earth Clone, he trapped her with the Mandala Binding Technique.

• Asuma and Chiyo sneaked into the mourning hall and found Oono Natsuyu and the head steward alone.
• Oono Natsuyu explained that Fuma Nikuru, a Fuma Clan jonin who used Earth Release and the Mandala Binding Technique, had attacked the mansion.
• Fuma Nikuru entered with several dozen Fuma Clan ninja and challenged Asuma and Chiyo.
• Chiyo attacked Fuma Nikuru with her lightning-fast short blade while Asuma destroyed the mud bullets aimed at him and Oono Natsuyu.
• Chiyo struck what she thought was Fuma Nikuru, but it turned out to be an Earth Clone, and the real Fuma Nikuru used the Mandala Binding Technique against her.

Chiyo and Asuma defeated Fuma Nikuru and the Fuma Clan attackers at the estate. Fuma Yami woke under Ming Jing’s care, agreed to go to the Land of Fire for treatment, and asked to bring her younger sister Tachime.

• Chiyo dodged Fuma Nikuru’s Mandala Binding Technique and overwhelmed him with her speed while Asuma blocked and defeated the Fuma Clan members.
• Chiyo told Asuma to finish Fuma Nikuru, and Asuma knocked him unconscious with a Hand Blade.
• Oono Natsuyu and the chief steward thanked Asuma and Chiyo, and Asuma left to seek out more Fuma Clan remnants.
• Fuma Yami woke and recognized Ming Jing, who offered to take her to the Kurama Clan for treatment.
• Fuma Yami agreed to go to the Land of Fire and asked Ming Jing to let her younger sister Tachime come with her.

Ming Jing arranged for Shiraki to take Ritsu no Otsugi to the Land of Water and seek a place in Kirigakure while gathering intelligence. He then visited Oono Natsuyu at the Daimyo's Mansion and began considering how strong the Land of Fire had become.

• Ming Jing told Yuexi that he planned to bring Miss Yami back for her flying technique, and sent Chiyo and Asuma to rest.
• Ming Jing decided Shiraki should flee with Ritsu no Otsugi to the Land of Water, join Kirigakure, and try to save members of the Yuki Clan.
• Ming Jing and Yuexi visited the Daimyo's Mansion, where the head butler described the previous night's danger and led them through the bloodstained residence.
• Ming Jing assessed the Land of Fire's strength against the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, then concluded he had little reason to fear a fight.
• Oono Natsuyu welcomed Ming Jing with relief, and Ming Jing reflected on how he had encouraged Natsuyu to believe the Land of Rice could prosper through cooperation.

Ming Jing secured an agreement to send Land of Fire officials and security personnel to rebuild the Land of Rice for five years, gaining influence there while promising aid within five days. He left the Daimyo's Mansion believing the deal had brought him closer to his dream.

• Ming Jing offered Oono Natsuyu aid as the Land of Rice struggled after the Fuma Clan rebellion killed many officials.
• Yuexi proposed sending graduates from the Land of Fire's Inner Study Hall, and Oono Natsuyu eagerly supported the idea despite the head steward's objections.
• Oono Natsuyu proposed an alliance and set conditions for the agreement, including protection from the Land of Lightning and help rebuilding the country.
• Ming Jing offered administrative and security personnel for five years without compensation, and Oono Natsuyu accepted after deliberating.
• Ming Jing promised aid would arrive within five days, then thanked Yuexi for helping him take another step toward his dream.

Ming Jing rushed to save Fuma Yami after her condition worsened, then left the Land of Rice for Konoha with her. When her Chakra ran out on the journey, he restored her with Sage Chakra and carried her through the air toward Konoha.

• Qing Yan told Ming Jing that Fuma Yami was vomiting blood, and Asuma warned that her Chakra was dangerously low.
• Ming Jing found that his Chakra could help Fuma Yami, though Chiyo's could not, and decided to take her back to Konoha.
• Ming Jing assigned Yuexi to manage affairs in the Land of Rice with Qing Yan's help and sent Chiyo to the Royal Capital with orders for Mirai and Zuo Yang Kurama.
• Ming Jing set out by carriage with Fuma Yami, while Chiyo rode ahead and Yuexi and Qing Yan stayed behind.
• At dawn, Ming Jing found Fuma Yami's Chakra depleted, gave her Sage Chakra, and flew toward Konoha with her in his arms.

Ming Jing brought the injured Fuma Yami back to the Kurama Clan, where Mirai examined her and discovered dangerous heart abnormalities likely caused by poison. The chapter ended with Mirai preparing medicine while Ming Jing stayed by Fuma Yami, and Chiyo reached the Royal Capital to complete her mission.

• Chiyo raced to the Royal Capital of the Land of Fire in thirty hours, leaving a destructive hurricane in her wake.
• Ming Jing stopped his exhausting flight with Fuma Yami and camped beside a river, where she woke and reassured him that she felt no obvious problems.
• Mirai received a letter from Lord Zuo Yang, prepared her laboratory, and waited for Ming Jing to return with Fuma Yami.
• Mirai scanned Fuma Yami and found that her heart rate and atrial flutter were dangerously high, which she suspected was caused by the toxin.
• Mirai said Fuma Yami was pale because her blood lacked iron and went to get Amiodarone while Ming Jing stayed with her.

Mirai diagnosed Fuma Yami’s illness as damage caused by toxins in her blood and found that her Twelve Primary Meridians had been corroded. She ordered further tests to see whether Fuma Yami’s Eight Extraordinary Meridians could still carry Chakra, leaving her treatment uncertain.

• Chiyo worried that the promised personnel would not reach the Land of Rice in time, and Zuo Yang Kurama explained that officials and Patrol Officers in the Land of Grass could travel there by water.
• Mirai explained to Ming Jing that Fuma Yami’s secret technique involved corrosive toxins in her blood and that she believed she could restore Fuma Yami’s health.
• Mirai examined Fuma Yami’s meridian chart and found that residual toxins had damaged her Twelve Primary Meridians, preventing normal Chakra circulation.
• Ming Jing recalled that he had previously transferred Chakra to Fuma Yami, and Mirai ordered a new examination of her Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
• Mirai explained how the Eight Extraordinary Meridians might store and distribute qi and blood, but said Fuma Yami’s chart was needed to confirm whether they still functioned.

Ming Jing and Mirai investigated Fuma Yami’s Chakra condition and planned to check her again at two in the afternoon. After visiting Yakumo and seeing her off to school, Ming Jing returned to the research lab with Mirai to learn the results.

• Mirai reported that Fuma Yami’s Chakra circulated through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, leaving her unable to cultivate Chakra herself, and that she could accept only Ming Jing’s Chakra.
• Ming Jing suggested sealing a Tailed Beast inside Fuma Yami, but admitted he did not know how to perform the sealing.
• Ming Jing followed Mirai to examine Yakumo, greeted Yakumo, Xiangling, and Shikouin, and watched the girls leave for school.
• Mirai confirmed Yakumo was well and told Ming Jing they would check Fuma Yami again at two in the afternoon.
• At two o’clock, Mirai woke Ming Jing and took him to the research lab to find out the results.