Chapter Summaries

Huang Feng and Fang Yun, reincarnators posing as Iwagakure intelligence observers, watched Shukaku overwhelm Konoha’s forces on the Land of Wind Battlefield. They discussed the danger and unusual rewards of their mission as Fang Yun considered what the prolonged war might mean.

• Shukaku unleashed a massive Wind Release attack that scattered Konoha’s ninjas, though some survived using parachutes from the Konoha Arsenal.
• Fang Yun asked Huang Feng about the giant beast, and Huang Feng admitted he had never heard of a tailed beast and feared their dangerous mission.
• Huang Feng recalled Commander Zhang’s overwhelming power and guessed that he had been a Fourth Star Level expert, while noting that many powerful figures here still could not stop Shukaku.
• Fang Yun observed that his and Huang Feng’s reincarnated bodies were Second Star Level Iwagakure chunin with Bloodline Limits, and considered their valuable but risky assignments.
• Fang Yun asked whether long-running missions like theirs had happened before, and Huang Feng said the unusually generous dungeon had remained available far longer than normal.

Shukaku overwhelmed the battlefield and fought Sarutobi Hiruzen after Manda escaped, while Konoha reinforcements approached. Sarutobi struck Shukaku with a combined Earth and Fire technique, but Shukaku unleashed a vast sand attack that threatened to bury him.

• Fang Yun woke Huang Feng and pointed out figures approaching along the mountain road, apparently Konoha reinforcements.
• Shukaku entangled Manda's tail and pulled him close, but Sarutobi Hiruzen struck Shukaku's claw off and Manda escaped with the Snake Shedding Technique.
• Shukaku fired Sand Shotgun at Sarutobi Hiruzen, killing several Konoha shinobi and scattering sand around the Third Hokage.
• Shukaku used the scattered sand to trap Sarutobi Hiruzen, who broke through the sand walls and countered with Composite Ninjutsu: Earth Dragon Flame Release.
• Sarutobi's attack blasted through half of Shukaku's face, but Shukaku dodged the area where Bunpuku was located and regenerated.
• Shukaku transformed the area into a desert with Quicksand Waterfall Flow and sent a massive surge of sand toward Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen used a devastating five-element technique against Shukaku, but Shukaku survived by countering with a Tailed Beast Ball. Hiruzen fled toward the Sunagakure forces and was cornered by Chiyo, Ebizo, Shukaku, and Sunagakure elites.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen evacuated nearby Konoha Shinobi and used his Five-Style Great Combo Technique to blast Shukaku with a converging five-element attack.
• Shukaku countered with a Tailed Beast Ball, surviving the explosion while Hiruzen protected himself with his Adamantine Staff.
• Shukaku resumed attacking, so Sarutobi Hiruzen used the Body Flicker Technique to flee toward the Sunagakure forces.
• Shukaku pursued Hiruzen, who found his escape blocked by Ebizo and Chiyo with her Ten Puppet Brigade.
• Chiyo and Ebizo refused to reveal the Third Kazekage's whereabouts as Sunagakure elites surrounded Hiruzen and Shukaku closed in.

Gu Sheng arrived at the front line and helped Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru escape Shukaku’s attack. He then confronted Bunpuku and Shukaku, seeking to end the war between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.

• Orochimaru rescued Sarutobi Hiruzen by carrying him away on Manda as Shukaku attacked.
• Gu Sheng arrived and unleashed Fire Release: Super Fire Rat Ball, burning the advancing Sunagakure Shinobi and forcing Shukaku to sever his tail to escape.
• Shukaku recognized Gu Sheng and argued with Matatabi, who insisted she had become stronger.
• Gu Sheng asked Shukaku to stop supporting Sunagakure, but Shukaku said he was only helping Bunpuku.
• Gu Sheng urged Bunpuku to consider the young Sunagakure Shinobi fighting in the war and asked whether Sunagakure could endure its losses.

Gu Sheng urged Sunagakure to accept peace, but the Third Kazekage arrived and rejected negotiations, bringing the exhausted village into a final battle against Konoha. Konoha’s reinforcements joined the fight, and the chapter ended as the two armies clashed.

• Gu Sheng warned Bunpuku and the Sunagakure Shinobi that Konoha’s reinforcements had removed their advantage and urged them to surrender.
• Huang Feng and Fang Yun watched from afar and discussed Sunagakure’s dwindling strength as Erik arrived on Sunagakure’s side.
• The Third Kazekage rejected peace talks, rallied Sunagakure’s forces, and ordered them to prepare for battle.
• Gu Sheng called Konoha’s forces forward, and Jiraiya, Tsunade, Nawaki, and the reinforcements arrived with their Summoning Beasts.
• The Third Kazekage sent Bunpuku to face Gu Sheng, then led Sunagakure’s army in a charge as Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Konoha to meet them.
• The armies clashed, with the Third Kazekage fighting the Third Hokage, the Konoha Three Ninja’s Summoning Beasts facing Chiyo’s Puppet Army, Rasa battling Nawaki, and Erik fighting Chu Xin.

Matatabi, fused with Gu Sheng’s Crimson Flame Seed, fought Shukaku across the battlefield and showed strength enough to match him. Gu Sheng then took control and formed a purple-crystal blade, ending the chapter with a slash that split a small mountain as Shukaku dodged.

• Bunpuku called on Shukaku to fight, while Gu Sheng and Matatabi transformed into a Purple Fire Tiger and charged at him.
• Matatabi overwhelmed Shukaku’s earth claw and contested his Sand Sea with purple fire, but Shukaku struck back with Earth Bullet Chariot and a tail attack.
• The two Tailed Beasts wrestled, rolled into a mountainside, and acknowledged each other’s strength before Gu Sheng asked Matatabi to give him control.
• Gu Sheng turned the Purple Tiger’s eyes into the Sharingan and formed a purple-crystal Cleaving Mountain Blade from its fire.
• Gu Sheng cut through Shukaku’s Sand Hands and brought the blade down; Shukaku dodged, but the slash split a small mountain.

Gu Sheng used his Purple Tiger Warrior and Tailed Beast Sage Mode to overwhelm Shukaku with clones and combined flame attacks. Shukaku emerged from the devastation with unstable Chakra, and it and Matatabi launched Tailed Beast Balls at each other in a final clash.

• Gu Sheng’s Purple Tiger Warrior struck Shukaku with purple flames and sword attacks, repeatedly breaking apart its sand body.
• Gu Sheng fused with Qing Ling and Matatabi to enter Tailed Beast Sage Mode, then surrounded Shukaku with eight Purple Tiger clones.
• Gu Sheng’s clones fired Crimson Azure Flame Orbs that engulfed Shukaku and scorched the battlefield.
• Shukaku used Desert Layer Grand Funeral Seal to trap the clones, then emerged with its Chakra destabilized.
• Shukaku and Matatabi fired Tailed Beast Balls that collided in midair, unleashing a massive explosion.

Gu Sheng defeated Shukaku and forced the Land of Wind to end its war with Konoha, though he knew the Third Shinobi World War would soon follow. After secretly obtaining Sunagakure techniques from Erik, he confronted the hidden Reincarnator agents Huang Feng and Fang Yun and asked about their origins.

• Gu Sheng defeated Shukaku, stopped the fighting, and declared that the Third Kazekage had lost.
• The Land of Wind accepted defeat, became Konoha's ally again, and the Second Shinobi World War entered its final phase.
• Huang Feng and Fang Yun hid near the battlefield and watched Erik meet Gu Sheng and Chu Xin.
• Erik gave Gu Sheng Sunagakure's secret Magnet Release cultivation scroll and other techniques in exchange for the favor Gu Sheng had granted him years earlier.
• Gu Sheng called Huang Feng and Fang Yun out of hiding and asked how long they had been in the world and which shinobi nation they belonged to.

Gu Sheng realized that time in the Naruto World passed at the same rate as in the outside world, suggesting the world held unusual importance to the Lord God. He offered Fang Yun and Huang Feng powerful positions in Iwagakure in exchange for its Earth Release techniques and Dust Release scrolls.

• Fang Yun told Gu Sheng that he and Huang Feng had arrived on the sixth, and Gu Sheng calculated that six days had passed outside while six years had passed in the Naruto World.
• Gu Sheng speculated that the Lord God was interested in the Otsutsuki Clan and its world-harvesting God Trees, and that the Great Toad Sage had guided Hagoromo and Hamura to oppose Kaguya.
• Gu Sheng asked Fang Yun and Huang Feng why Erik enjoyed his status in Sunagakure, then offered to help them gain high positions in Iwagakure for a significant price.
• Gu Sheng named Iwagakure's Five-Element Release techniques, especially Earth Release, and Dust Release scrolls as the knowledge he wanted.
• Gu Sheng considered using his mastery of seven chakra natures and the system to develop new Bloodline Release powers.

Lord Sheng recruited Fang Yun and Huang Feng, then visited Orochimaru’s hidden laboratory, where the teacher was studying the First Hokage’s cells. After Orochimaru explained his failed experiments, Lord Sheng proposed that the body’s rejection reaction was the cause.

• Fang Yun pledged loyalty to Lord Sheng, who gave him and Huang Feng a scroll with instructions before leaving with Chu Xin.
• Lord Sheng told Chu Xin that recruiting the pair was only a spare move and joked about Huang Feng and Chu Xin’s potential.
• Orochimaru’s experiment with the First Hokage’s cells failed, and he considered whether to use living subjects.
• Lord Sheng, accompanied by two figures, appeared in Orochimaru’s underground laboratory and asked whether he had conducted human experiments.
• Orochimaru explained his research and its repeated failures, and Lord Sheng suggested that the body’s instinctive rejection reaction was to blame.

Gu Sheng helped Orochimaru refine Wood Release experiments using modern rejection theory and Perfect Blood, then volunteered to test the treatment himself. After awakening a beginner Senju Body with Wood Release, he planned to use the same method to strengthen Mei Daizi.

• Gu Sheng explained cell compatibility to Orochimaru, who invited him to join the laboratory.
• Gu Sheng gave Orochimaru Perfect Blood, and their experiments advanced toward clinical testing.
• Gu Sheng volunteered to receive an injection combining Wood Release Essence with Perfect Blood, and he lost consciousness as the treatment took effect.
• Gu Sheng awoke with a beginner Wood Release Sage Body, improved physical recovery, and enhanced vision, while Orochimaru reported that his potential had increased.
• Gu Sheng concluded that Uchiha could fuse with Wood Release Cells and proposed using Perfect Blood to give Mei Daizi a Wood Release Sage Body.

Mito Uzumaki transferred the Nine-Tails into Kushina and died after entrusting Konoha and her loved ones to Hiruzen Sarutobi. The Nine-Tails remained sealed inside Kushina after Gu Sheng and Matatabi stopped it from breaking free.

• Mito Uzumaki released the Nine-Tails and ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Sealing Squad to prepare the transfer to Kushina.
• Kushina and the Uzumaki Clan members restrained the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Chains as Mito's life faded.
• Tsunade supported Mito with Yang Release Chakra while Mito urged Kushina to endure the transfer and treat the Nine-Tails kindly.
• The Nine-Tails entered Kushina, but it tried to emerge and wreak havoc before Gu Sheng and Matatabi pushed it back inside.
• Mito asked Hiruzen to care for Konoha, Gu Sheng, Tsunade, and Nawaki, then died in Tsunade's arms.

After Mito Uzumaki died, Gu Sheng used Wood Release injections to help Nawaki and Tsunade awaken Wood Release and Sage Bodies. The chapter ended with Tsunade’s transformation underway as Gu Sheng watched over her.

• Nawaki and Tsunade grieved over Mito Uzumaki’s death, then both collapsed from their distress and poor health.
• Gu Sheng told Orochimaru that Nawaki had awakened Wood Release and warned him to keep it secret, revealing that an ANBU member had died during the earlier trap incident.
• Gu Sheng injected Nawaki with a Wood Release serum, and Orochimaru carried him to a quiet room to recover.
• Gu Sheng injected Tsunade with the final vial, beginning her Wood Release and Sage Body awakening as green shoots sprouted from the bamboo mat beneath her.
• Gu Sheng watched over Tsunade and considered the limits of Orochimaru’s experiments and his plans for Chu Xin’s future Tenseigan awakening.

Gu Sheng and Liu Daimei returned to the real world after seven days, where her unstable Ketsuryūgan struck him with genjutsu. He helped her recover and learned why she had spent years alone trying to master her growing ocular power.

• Gu Sheng woke beside Liu Daimei in the real world and discovered that seven days had passed and her mother was on her way to visit.
• Liu Daimei woke and accidentally trapped Gu Sheng in a blood-red genjutsu with her out-of-control Ketsuryūgan.
• Gu Sheng broke the genjutsu with his Sharingan and used Yang Release Chakra to help Liu Daimei recover from the backlash.
• Liu Daimei explained that her Ketsuryūgan had grown stronger after resonating with her innate talent, and that she had stayed away while studying ancient inheritances to control it.
• Gu Sheng scolded Liu Daimei for bearing her troubles alone and explained how the Ketsuryūgan and Sharingan compared in power and potential.

Gu Sheng explained the Mangekyō Sharingan’s power and drawbacks to Liu Daimei, then she discovered her mother had come looking for her after she missed a week of calls. Her mother teased the pair and flirted with Gu Sheng, who refused to go drinking with her.

• Gu Sheng told Liu Daimei that the Mangekyō Sharingan could awaken powerful wish-related techniques but risked blindness and required a loved one’s death to awaken.
• Liu Daimei checked Gu Sheng’s phone and saw many missed calls from her mother after being unreachable for seven days.
• Liu Daimei’s mother arrived at the hotel and found her hiding beneath the quilt with Gu Sheng.
• Liu Daimei’s mother teased her about falling for Gu Sheng, and Liu Daimei defended him and told her mother to mind her own business.
• Liu Daimei’s mother invited Gu Sheng to drink with her alone, but Gu Sheng refused and lay back to rest.

Gu Sheng reunited with Liu Daimei after six years away, and she explained her tangled family relationship with Wen Yunting. He later went out in Hangcheng to pick up Ryoko after avoiding Wen Yunting, while Liu Daimei looked for a place to stay.

• Liu Daimei dragged Wen Yunting out of the room after Wen Yunting confronted Gu Sheng, then sent her away from the apartment.
• Gu Sheng woke up and reunited with Liu Daimei, who told him she had missed him and asked him not to leave her again.
• Liu Daimei explained that Wen Yunting was her stepmother and maternal aunt, who had raised her after her mother died.
• Gu Sheng avoided Wen Yunting and went out in Hangcheng while Liu Daimei took Wen Yunting to look at houses.
• Gu Sheng headed to the airport to pick up Ryoko after Mei Daizi's daughters' school enrollment in Sun Country was resolved.

Gu Sheng rode his Scooter toward the airport and nearly collided with a woman pulling her sedan out of a parking space. He left after deciding neither of them had been seriously hurt, while the woman realized he probably had not been trying to scam her.

• Gu Sheng rode cautiously through Hangcheng traffic because he could not drive and wanted to keep a low profile.
• He followed another Scooter through a narrow gap beside a sedan that was preparing to leave its parking space.
• The sedan pulled forward without its driver checking the road, nearly hitting Gu Sheng, who sped out of the way.
• The driver blamed Gu Sheng, but he explained that he had honked and then rode away without pursuing the matter.
• The woman realized Gu Sheng had left and suspected he was not a scammer, recalling how she had once been extorted after a staged accident.

Gu Sheng went to the airport to pick up Ryoko and encountered a familiar driver, then was caught by Le Erya, whom he had stood up and ignored for ten days. Le Erya angrily confronted him at the airport while armed special forces searched the crowd.

• Gu Sheng arrived at the airport and noticed armed special forces inspecting people outside the terminal.
• Gu Sheng tried to avoid familiar faces but collided with the Lady Driver, whom he had nearly hit earlier that day.
• The Lady Driver recognized Gu Sheng and eyed him suspiciously as he said he was there to pick someone up.
• Le Erya caught Gu Sheng looking at the Lady Driver and twisted his ear.
• Le Erya scolded and punched Gu Sheng for standing her up and ignoring her calls and messages for ten days.

After returning from a seven-day instance, Gu Sheng struggled to explain his absence to Le Erya at the airport. Their reunion was interrupted by an inspection dispute that left Gu Sheng accused of abusing his supposed authority as a Criminal Inspector.

• Gu Sheng discovered that ten days had passed and rushed to meet Le Erya, who confronted him about vanishing with Chu Xin and Liu Daimei.
• Gu Sheng claimed Liu Daimei's private affairs had kept him away, and Le Erya accepted his explanation despite spotting him arguing with a beautiful woman.
• Le Erya questioned Gu Sheng about the woman, and he explained that their cars had nearly collided before they met at the airport.
• Special agents' inspections sparked a commotion when the beautiful woman refused to cooperate and other travelers joined her protest.
• Lin Qinghe arrived, and the beautiful woman accused Gu Sheng of bringing Criminal Inspectors to harass her, leaving him bewildered.

At an airport security inspection, Le Erya searched Gu Sheng and found movie tickets, prompting her to question why he was there. The search of Chen Wenying’s bag found nothing suspicious, but after Chen threatened Le Erya, she moved to take Chen in for further investigation.

• A woman accused Gu Sheng and Le Erya of colluding, and Le Erya warned her that she would still be inspected.
• Le Erya searched Gu Sheng, found two movie tickets, and pressed him to explain why he was at the airport.
• Lin Qinghe intervened to calm Le Erya and helped her direct the inspection back to the woman.
• The woman refused to hand over her bag, so Le Erya took it and searched it with help from other officers.
• Lin Qinghe identified the woman as Chen Wenying and returned her belongings, while Chen complained, damaged her designer bag, and threatened Le Erya.
• Le Erya said Chen had threatened a Criminal Inspector and obstructed official business, then prepared to arrest her for further investigation.