Chapter Summaries

Yichen introduced Fujii Kusaka to the Daimyo, secured more funding for Iwagakure, and collected scrolls from A-Tu before heading to Rōran. There, he sent Haku, Fujii Kusaka, and Kamizuru Tsuruhime on a five-day mission to drive out Sunagakure, and they began by defeating a four-ninja patrol.

• Fujii Kusaka defeated a skilled samurai with her coordinated Fire Release techniques, and Yichen stopped Kenosuke from challenging her before the match could continue.
• Yichen told the Daimyo that Kusaka would become a guard and secured a generous allocation of military funding for Iwagakure.
• Yichen visited A-Tu, inferred that the White Zetsu clone had allied with Orochimaru, and extorted thirteen scrolls from him as rent.
• Yichen brought Haku, Fujii Kusaka, and Kamizuru Tsuruhime to Rōran and assigned them five days to kill or drive out the Sunagakure ninja there.
• Tsuruhime's bees helped the three scout Rōran and locate roughly fifty Sunagakure ninja, after which Haku led an ambush that killed a four-person patrol.
• The three entered Rōran's northern area to continue their mission, with Tsuruhime assigned to watch their surroundings while conserving her bees.

Haku, Fujii Kusaka, and Kamizuru Tsuruhime infiltrated Rōran, fought Sunagakure ninja, and were rescued by Yichen after being surrounded. After reviewing their mistakes, they explored the Dragon Vein, where Tsuruhime’s surviving bees emerged stronger.

• Haku chose a frontal assault on a Sunagakure outpost, and the three disciples killed eight ninja before withdrawing from Rōran.
• Sunagakure forces tracked the injured disciples to a sand dune, where Chisaku sent ten ninja away with a warning before Yichen intervened and killed the remaining pursuers.
• Yichen treated the disciples, and they reviewed their mistakes; Haku became a Quasi-Jonin while protecting Fujii Kusaka and Kamizuru Tsuruhime during their escape.
• Yichen led the disciples underground to examine the Dragon Vein and discovered that it had a living spirit and exceptional control over its own energy.
• Kamizuru Tsuruhime sent little bees into the Dragon Vein, and the two survivors returned stronger after being tempered by its energy.

Yichen’s group tested the Dragon Vein in Rōran, where Fujii Kusaka’s flames awakened its interest and returned to her with increased power. Meanwhile, Yichen profited from Danzo’s demand for Wood Style Experience, Naruto embarrassed Danzo, and Rasa cautiously investigated the Mist ninja attack on Rōran.

• Yichen had Kamizuru Tsuruhime breed more little bees and tested Haku and Fujii Kusaka’s Chakra against the Dragon Vein.
• Yichen sensed that the Dragon Vein reacted to Fujii Kusaka’s flames, then watched it absorb and reconstruct her Great Fire Annihilation before returning it to her with stronger Yin Release.
• Yichen returned to Iwa and accepted Danzo’s request for more Wood Style Experience, setting an increasingly high price as the trades continued.
• Naruto Uzumaki stumbled into Danzo’s office, mistook the shattered desk for proof of his strength, and fled when Iruka called for him.
• Danzo’s subordinate reported that Yichen would trade at Danzo’s proposed price this time, and Danzo angrily struck him with Wind Release.
• Rasa sent an Anbu Squad to investigate the reported Mist ninja attack on Rōran, and they found the village intact with no abnormality in the Dragon Vein.

Rasa investigated the Dragon Vein in Rōran and learned that a visitor had communicated with it, while Yichen traded with Danzo for Wood Release Scrolls and shared the Yamanaka Clan’s mental-training method with Iwagakure’s younger generation. In Konoha, Shikaku Nara connected Danzo’s secret purchases and experiments to the First Hokage’s Cells and proposed using the transplant attempt as an opportunity to overthrow him.

• Rasa brought the Queen of Rōran to the Dragon Vein, where she reported that a visitor had communicated with it and left it unharmed; her description of a cold, gloomy sensation led Rasa to suspect Ice Release.
• Rasa ordered an investigation into Kirigakure’s Kage-level figures and Yuki Koru, then arranged for Puppet Masters to come to Rōran after the Queen suggested the Dragon Vein might help puppets recover.
• Yichen obtained seven Wood Release Scrolls from Danzo through trades, including the Yamanaka Clan’s method for strengthening mental power, and gave copies to Iwagakure’s younger generation to study.
• Shikaku Nara gathered the clan heads and reasoned that Danzo had traded village funds and clan resources to Iwagakure, then used the acquired goods and other supplies in experiments involving the First Hokage’s Cells.
• Shikaku Nara proposed attacking Root or sabotaging Danzo’s experiment during his attempted transplant, and said Kakashi would become the Seventh Hokage if Danzo died.

Rasa pursued ways to restore Sunagakure’s strength while his distant treatment worsened Gaara’s condition. In Iwagakure, Yichen disbanded Team Seven, welcomed Izumi Uchiha into the village, studied the Uchiha Gunbai, and found a promising direction in the Little White Ball research.

• Rasa sent Puppet Masters led by Kankuro to Rōran and considered mining or annexing smaller nations to raise money for Sunagakure.
• Rasa watched Gaara emerge for dinner but left without speaking to him, deepening Gaara’s disappointment and Shukaku’s taunts.
• Yichen assigned Haku to the Anbu, encouraged Kamizuru Tsuruhime to develop Little Bee with the Dragon Vein’s gains, and formally disbanded Team Seven.
• At a meeting of the Mental Power Secret Technique research group, Sakura and Izumi Uchiha stood out, and Izumi later formally joined Iwagakure.
• Yichen had Izumi use the Uchiha Gunbai to deflect his Ninjutsu for a month, then gave her the weapon after gaining insights from its effects.
• Yichen examined the Little White Ball research data with Ikura and ordered more staff and a separate laboratory for Five-Attribute balance training.

Yichen began researching Five Elements Fusion and entered seclusion, while Sasori of the Red Sands seized Rōran and destroyed Sunagakure’s strength. Iwagakure brokered a treaty dividing the Land of Wind, and Yichen returned to seclusion before another crisis arose two months later.

• Yichen told Ikura he had found a theoretical path from Kekkei Tōta to Bloodline Perfection, and Ikura supported the research on the condition that experiments on Yichen wait until his Light Release fusion was complete.
• Iwagakure’s High-Level Meeting approved Yichen’s plan to enter seclusion, and he spent a year studying the Little White Ball’s data.
• Sasori of the Red Sands killed the Sunagakure forces and civilians in Rōran, took the Queen as a human puppet, and defeated Rasa’s force when the Fourth Kazekage came to confront him.
• Rasa’s poisoned son Kankuro recovered in Iwagakure and revealed what had happened, while Iwagakure learned that Rasa and most of Sunagakure’s elites had been lost.
• Yichen arranged a treaty that gave Rōran to Sasori, divided other parts of the Land of Wind among Sunagakure, Konoha, and Iwagakure, and stripped Sunagakure of its Great Ninja Village status.
• Yichen returned to seclusion after the treaty was settled, but another event shook the Ninja World two months later.

Shikaku Nara and the major ninja clans launched a rebellion against Danzo during his First Hokage's Cells transplant, but Danzo's Wood Release attack and Hiruzen Sarutobi's intervention prevented them from capturing him outright. Danzo relinquished the Hokage position and agreed to remove certain Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals, then withdrew to the territory Konoha had acquired from the Land of Wind, planning to recover and return.

• Shikaku Nara arranged a conspiracy against Danzo, infiltrating his Medical Ninja team and preparing the clans to attack Root.
• During Danzo's transplant, an infiltrating Medical Ninja injected too many First Hokage's Cells into Danzo's body, triggering a violent rejection and throwing his Chakra into chaos.
• After the clans stormed Root, Danzo recovered enough to unleash Wood Release, killing many attackers and creating an opening to escape through a Secret Passage.
• Hyuga Hiashi intercepted Danzo outside Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and halted the confrontation as Shikaku Nara brought the main force and presented evidence against Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Danzo to relinquish the Hokage position and remove the seals on Kakashi and the clan members, while Danzo secured the Land of Wind territory and secretly vowed to return.

Kakashi became Konoha’s Seventh Hokage after Danzo was driven from the village, then learned that Danzo had obtained Wood Style Experience through dealings with Iwagakure. Yichen mobilized an army under the pretext of restoring Danzo, forcing Kakashi to unite Konoha’s clans and prepare for a possible invasion.

• Shikaku Nara asked Kakashi to become Hokage, and Kakashi was inaugurated as the Seventh Hokage within hours.
• Kakashi reviewed evidence of Danzo’s dealings with Iwagakure, and Shikaku Nara suspected Yichen had been cultivating Danzo as an enemy of Konoha.
• Yichen ordered Iwagakure to mobilize troops in Danzo’s name, claiming it would suppress rebels and seek justice for him.
• Yichen announced that Iwagakure would send eleven thousand troops while claiming twenty thousand, and rumors spread that seven Kage-level fighters would attack Konoha.
• Kakashi convened Konoha’s clan leaders, ordered preparations against Iwagakure, and learned that the Fourth Raikage was ready to attack the Land of Earth if Iwagakure invaded.
• Kakashi secured the clans’ cooperation by promising policy concessions, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved of his conduct as Hokage.

Konoha prepared for war against Iwa while Yichen tested its army’s defenses and discovered that the Four Red Yang Formation could withstand his strongest attack. After retreating, Yichen and Ōnoki considered seeking the barrier technique through Danzo.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Itachi Uchiha would return as an Anbu operative, ruled out Tsunade and Orochimaru as reinforcements, and agreed to send Naruto Uzumaki to the front.
• Yichen led Iwa ninja to the front and staged border encounters to make Konoha aware of their arrival while planning to use Atsumi Akino’s Flying Thunder God to reposition key fighters.
• Ōnoki questioned why Yichen would not attack Konoha, and Yichen said the creator of Little White Ball had forbidden him from doing so.
• Yichen, Ōnoki, Sokai, and Izumi Uchiha crossed the border and tested Konoha’s army, which used coordinated attacks and layered defenses to repel them.
• Yichen’s clones unleashed the Sage Art - Great Five Elemental Bullet Technique, but Konoha’s defenses and the Four Red Yang Formation left the army unharmed.
• Yichen and Ōnoki decided to ask Iwa’s intelligence ninja about Danzo and consider trading with him for the Four Red Yang Formation.

Yichen traveled to the Land of Wind, traded Wood Style Experience manuals and political support to Danzo for the Four Red Yang Formation, and learned how Danzo had lost control of Konoha. As the Cloud ninja began moving against the Land of Earth, Yichen and Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure to meet them and planned a forceful counterattack.

• Yichen left Ōnoki to command the camp, traveled to Danzo's base in the Land of Wind, and offered support in exchange for the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Danzo traded the barrier scroll for Wood Style Experience manuals and Iwagakure's public backing, then told Yichen how Shikaku Nara's faction had driven him from power.
• Shikaku Nara assessed Iwa ninja's strength and warned that Konoha could not safely ignore the threat, so Konoha requested aid from the Cloud ninja.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered roughly six thousand Cloud ninja to deploy toward the Land of Earth, while Iwagakure's intelligence tracked their movement.
• Yichen returned to camp and told Ōnoki to wait until the Cloud ninja drew closer before responding, then proposed sending Kawakita and two thousand troops as support for Ikura's interception force.
• Ōnoki agreed to Yichen's plan and said he would notify Ikura.

Yichen sent Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s top fighters to intercept the Cloud ninja, while Konoha realized Iwagakure could rapidly concentrate its strongest combatants through Flying Thunder God. Kakashi proposed studying the Mangekyō Sharingan and transplanting First Hokage's Cells, and Konoha’s leaders agreed to pursue the risky research.

• Yichen studied Danzo’s notes on the Four Red Yang Formation and planned to train Iwagakure’s Kage-level combatants in it.
• Atsumi Akino teleported Ōnoki, Kawakita, and Han from the Iwa Ninja Army camp to Ikura, then transported the group to Yuko near the Cloud Ninja Army.
• Yichen ordered Iwagakure’s army to prepare for battle after Atsumi Akino returned, while Konoha learned that Iwagakure had teleported its top fighters toward the Cloud ninja battlefield.
• Shikaku Nara identified Atsumi Akino as a possible Flying Thunder God user and warned that Iwagakure could gather its Kage-level ninja to defeat opponents one faction at a time.
• Kakashi proposed using First Hokage's Cells to reduce the Mangekyō Sharingan’s burden and studying its space-time technique, and Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed Konoha’s past research into the cells.
• Konoha’s leaders supported Kakashi’s plan to transplant First Hokage's Cells and research the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Yichen’s forces fought Konoha’s elite in the air and on the battlefield, while both armies prepared for a wider conflict. Konoha brought Naruto Uzumaki into the fight, where his four-tailed transformation turned the duel against Sokai and Izumi Uchiha and left Yichen poised to act.

• The Fourth Raikage and Cloud ninja used flying armor to intercept Ōnoki’s group, while Tsurugi reported that the Cloud force had gained an aerial advantage.
• Yichen assigned his fighters to counter Konoha’s expected opponents, prepared scouts to watch for the Mist ninja, and left camp when Konoha’s elite approached.
• Kakashi Hatake’s team attacked Yichen’s group, but Yichen used Light Release and Porcelain Release to disrupt their positions and gained the upper hand against Kakashi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Enma.
• Sokai and Izumi Uchiha summoned Susanoo against Itachi Uchiha, while Matsutani Shinya used a Porcelain Platform to keep Might Guy at a distance.
• Kakashi signaled for reinforcements, and Konoha Anbu brought Naruto Uzumaki onto the battlefield and used genjutsu to make him access the Nine-Tails’ four-tailed form.
• Naruto knocked Izumi Uchiha’s Susanoo down and helped Itachi force Sokai and Izumi back, as Yichen recognized an opportunity to approach Naruto.

Yichen fled the battlefield after sensing that the Sage of Six Paths was empowering Itachi Uchiha, then sent reinforcements to the sea battle, where the Cloud Ninja Army used its Chakra Cannon to cover a retreat. Atsumi Akino brought Yichen to Ikura as the Cloud forces withdrew.

• Yichen and his allies fought Naruto and the Uchiha Susanoo; Might Guy shattered Izumi Uchiha’s Susanoo, and Sokai awakened a stronger form with the Totsuka Blade to defend her.
• Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi helped Naruto escape Yichen’s Porcelain Release, while Sokai’s Susanoo collapsed and Yichen sealed his eyes.
• Yichen sensed a surge of Yin Release around Itachi Uchiha and retreated with his companions, then arranged for Kitsuchi to replace the injured Sokai and Izumi before teleporting to the sea battlefield.
• Deidara used C4 Explosion to destroy a squad of flying Cloud ninja, allowing the Iwa ninja to gain the advantage in the aerial battle.
• The Cloud commander ordered Killer B to power the Chakra Cannon; after it drove the Iwa fighters away from the fleet, the Cloud Ninja Army withdrew in an orderly retreat.
• Atsumi Akino appeared beside Ikura with Yichen as the Cloud forces pulled back.

Yichen helped kill the Fourth Raikage, then confronted the Sage of Six Paths and negotiated for knowledge about fusing five Chakra types. The Sage disappeared after hinting that the Hoshigakure meteorite could serve Yichen’s needs, leaving Yichen wondering where it was.

• Yichen joined Ikura and Ōnoki in the battle at sea, using Storm Release and Light Release to disable the Fourth Raikage’s flying tools and wound him.
• Killer B launched a Tailed Beast Bomb toward the battlefield, but Ōnoki, Ikura, and Yichen contained the blast while Yichen protected the Fourth Raikage.
• Yichen struck the Fourth Raikage in the chest and head, killing him, then returned with Deidara to the Land of Fire front and confirmed that Konoha had made no unusual moves.
• Yichen went alone outside the Iwagakure camp and summoned the Sage of Six Paths, arguing that Naruto would have a better home in Iwagakure.
• The Sage of Six Paths asked Yichen to provide Naruto and Sasuke with a normal environment, then offered a hint about the Hoshigakure meteorite when Yichen requested instructions for fusing five Chakra types.

Yichen learned that a mysterious Hyuga Clan ninja had appeared and vanished near Konoha, and he suspected the man was Otsutsuki Toneri. As the war paused, Itachi Uchiha told Kakashi that the Akatsuki Organization and Iwagakure were closely allied and that Yichen might marry Konan.

• Yichen ordered the Anbu to investigate the whereabouts of Hoshigakure's Star.
• Ikura, Kawakita, Han, and Roshi defeated the Cloud ninja force and killed all one hundred Sage Jutsu users, while the Mist Ninja Army landed in the Land of the Moon.
• Kisame chose to lead the Mist Ninja Army toward the Land of Fire, while Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi withdrew the Konoha Army after learning that the Fourth Raikage had died.
• Chiga sensed a Hyuga Clan ninja appear near Konoha and then vanish, and Yichen excitedly identified him as Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Itachi Uchiha explained the differences between the Akatsuki Organization and the Dark Akatsuki Organization to Kakashi, then revealed that Yichen might form a marriage alliance with Konan.

After the war, Yichen secured territory and reparations from Konoha and the Cloud, then returned to seclusion as the villages shifted alliances and rebuilt. In Konoha, Kakashi took Sasuke and Naruto as disciples, began a First Hokage’s Cells experiment, and prepared to confront Danzo after their truce expired.

• Killer B convened the Cloud leaders, who made Darui the Fifth Raikage and withdrew their forces into a defensive posture.
• Yichen negotiated with Konoha, winning reparations and an enclave in the Land of Fire in exchange for recognizing Kakashi as Hokage and arranging a two-month truce between Kakashi’s faction and Danzo.
• Yichen left the Mist representatives to negotiate separately, then secured further reparations and scientific technology from the Cloud before withdrawing Iwa forces.
• As Yichen secluded himself, Kirigakure drew closer to Konoha and the Cloud, while Iwagakure established a new branch and expanded its research efforts.
• Kakashi accepted Sasuke and Naruto as disciples, began cultivating Wood Release through a White Zetsu arm, and prepared to reclaim Danzo’s Root subordinates when their two-month truce ended.

Konoha’s leaders agreed to eliminate Danzo and launched an attack on his Land of Wind branch. Kakashi confronted his reanimated father while Hiruzen fought Danzo, and Mei Terumi’s reinforcements were intercepted by Kakuzu.

• Shikaku Nara reported that outside opposition to Konoha’s action against Danzo had been settled, and the leaders agreed to kill Danzo while capturing Root members alive where possible.
• Kakashi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Might Guy, and their allies left Konoha, which Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka placed under strict defenses.
• Kakashi’s force reached Danzo’s branch and found Konoha White Fang and Ryosuke reanimated alongside Root ninja; White Fang recognized Kakashi as his son before Danzo took control of them.
• Kakashi fought White Fang, Might Guy suppressed Ryosuke, and Hiruzen Sarutobi broke the Purple Fire Formation and entered the branch to confront Danzo.
• Danzo used Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan to threaten Hiruzen and gained the advantage in their fight, while Mei Terumi’s Mist ninja were held back by Kakuzu, who had taken Danzo’s offer for triple pay.

Mei Terumi and her Mist squads defeated and captured Kakuzu, while Kakashi and Konoha’s allies fought Danzo at the Land of Wind branch. After Kakashi’s team repeatedly countered Danzo’s Izanagi, Danzo disappeared into his Wood Release forest, leaving Kakashi unable to locate him.

• Ōnoki and Ikura discussed Konoha’s conflict and decided not to disturb Yichen, while Han was sent to watch the Little White Ball Laboratory.
• Mei Terumi used her Mist squads to trap Kakuzu’s masked clones, then attacked him with Boil Release and Lava Release.
• Kakuzu replaced his damaged heart and tried to flee, but Mei Terumi and the Mist ninja surrounded him, destroyed his masks, and captured him after Nagato failed to answer his call.
• Mei Terumi declined to press farther into the Land of Wind and returned toward Kirigakure with her wounded subordinates.
• Might Guy and Kakashi sealed the Reanimated Ryosuke and White Fang, then Kakashi joined Hiruzen Sarutobi against Danzo.
• Danzo unleashed Wood Release and repeatedly used Izanagi to survive Kakashi’s planned attacks, but after his seventh revival he vanished into the sea of trees.

Yichen emerged from a year of seclusion after fully fusing Light Release and developing a framework for Five Elements Fusion. At a High-Level Meeting, he reviewed Danzo’s escape and regional alliances, then ordered Sokai to help Izumi Uchiha strengthen her ocular power using Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Danzo killed the Root members who had stood by during his fight, then fled as Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi failed to locate him.
• Yichen completed his Light Release fusion, experienced a leap in his abilities, and devised the layered Refinement Method for future Five Elements Fusion research.
• At a High-Level Meeting, Yichen learned of Danzo’s escape, the new Kirigakure-Konoha-Cloud alliance, and Orochimaru’s refusal to join; he ordered surveillance of Danzo and a campaign to make Hiruzen Sarutobi take the blame.
• Sokai reported that Natural Energy in the Land of Snow had restored his and Izumi Uchiha’s ocular power, and Izumi’s power had grown after absorbing ocular power from others.
• Yichen ordered Sokai to serve as Izumi’s ocular power reservoir, transplant Shisui Uchiha’s and Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and investigate Fugaku’s time-based ocular technique.

Yichen had Sokai use Kotoamatsukami on A-Tu, then assigned Neji and his fellow researchers Orochimaru's Byakugan and Caged Bird data. He traveled with Atsumi Akino into Kamui Space and returned to ask Kawazoe Yura to develop a barrier against an even stronger dojutsu than the Byakugan.

• Yichen took Sokai to the Medical Department, where Nakata Hajime transplanted Shisui Uchiha's eye into Sokai, and they confirmed Sokai could use Kotoamatsukami.
• Yichen and Sokai visited A-Tu at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, where A-Tu delivered Orochimaru's one-time payment: data on the Byakugan and Caged Bird.
• Sokai used Kotoamatsukami on A-Tu, implanting the belief that he was an Iwa ninja secretly infiltrating the White Zetsu; the technique left Sokai's eye bleeding and drained his ocular power.
• Yichen gave Orochimaru's data to Neji, Katsuya, and Natsuki, telling them to focus their research on Neji and make sure he understood the material.
• Atsumi Akino took Yichen into Kamui Space using Flying Thunder God Coordinates, then returned with him to her laboratory and rested after the cross-dimensional teleportation.
• Yichen asked Kawazoe Yura to develop a barrier that could block a dojutsu far more powerful than the Byakugan, and Yura questioned whether such an eye existed.