Chapter Summaries

Uzumaki Kushina lost control of the Nine-Tails after witnessing Uzumaki Mito's death, but Umino Sasuke stopped her rampage by having Samehada absorb her chakra. After receiving authority to lead the operation against Sky Hidden Village, Sasuke collected the Nine-Tails chakra at Laboratory Zero to study and use it.

• Uzumaki Kushina's grief over Uzumaki Mito's death let the Nine-Tails' chakra take control, and she attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Umino Sasuke used Samehada to absorb Kushina's Tailed Beast Cloak, stopping her rampage before she collapsed.
• Umino Sasuke healed Kushina and explained that Samehada could only absorb the Nine-Tails' chakra up to four tails.
• Shimura Danzō demanded that Kushina be handed to Root for training, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused.
• Umino Sasuke requested command of the operation against Sky Hidden Village, and Hiruzen Sarutobi granted him temporary decision-making authority.
• Umino Sasuke traveled to Laboratory Zero and collected the Nine-Tails chakra Samehada had absorbed.

Umino Sasuke dismissed becoming a pseudo-jinchuriki himself and considered using the method to collect Tailed Beast chakra for a future Small Ten-Tails. He then joined the Konoha Pursuit Squad in capturing the Sky Hidden Village, but Dodai and a force of elite Cloud ninja arrived just as Konoha finished taking it.

• Umino Sasuke decided to keep his Nine-Tails jinchuriki sealed away and treat gathering chakra for a Small Ten-Tails as a long-term plan.
• Umino Sasuke, Uchiha Shun, and Might Duy traveled toward the Sky Hidden Village, where Sasuke criticized a politically distorted map of the Shinobi World.
• Umino Sasuke and the Konoha Pursuit Squad found the Sky Hidden Village surrounded by Aburame Shibi's forces and used Shadow Clones to seize its Chakra Cannons.
• Umino Sasuke led Konoha's assault, and the village fell with few casualties; Konoha obtained its assets and Chakra Cannon blueprints.
• Dodai arrived at the Sky Hidden Village with a large force of elite Cloud ninja.

Umino Sasuke confronted Kumogakure’s delegation over its role in the Sky Hidden Village’s attack, and Fourth Raikage Ay challenged him for the village’s legacy. Sasuke overpowered Ay and trapped him in a Sticky Water Candy Wall, while Konoha’s pursuit squad blocked Dodai from intervening.

• Umino Sasuke accused Kumogakure of helping incite the Sky Hidden Village’s attack, while Dodai denied the charge and Ay demanded a fight over the village’s spoils.
• Ay activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and attacked Sasuke with Raging Thunder Axe, but Sasuke knocked him back with Chakra-Enhanced Strength.
• Enraged, Ay unleashed his strongest Lightning Release Armor and charged Sasuke with Heavy Flowing Boulder.
• Sasuke formed a Sticky Water Candy Wall to catch Ay’s elbow strike, then restrained him while Ay was trapped inside it.
• Dodai rushed to help Ay, but Uchiha Shun, Might Duy, and the other Konoha ninjas blocked his path.

Umino Sasuke captured Fourth Raikage Ay with the Water Candy Seal and handed him over to Aburame Shibi's Parasitic Insect Swarm as the Konoha Pursuit Squad gained the advantage. Dodai fought back with Rubber Lava Release, and Might Duy opened the Sixth Gate and shattered Dodai's defenses before charging at him with Morning Rooster.

• Umino Sasuke sealed Fourth Raikage Ay's chakra with the Water Candy Seal, then subdued him with poison after his resistance to the first venom proved unusually strong.
• Umino Sasuke handed the unconscious Fourth Raikage Ay to Aburame Shibi's Parasitic Insect Swarm, and the Cloud Ninja offensive faltered as the Konoha Pursuit Squad pressed its numerical advantage.
• Dodai tried to break through Uchiha Shun and Might Duy, but they kept him from reaching Fourth Raikage Ay.
• Might Duy opened the Sixth Gate and used Morning Peacock to shatter Dodai's Rubber Wall, forcing Dodai to dive underground to escape.
• Dodai formed a Rubber Ball around himself, and Might Duy charged at it with Morning Rooster.

Umino Sasuke fought Dodai, who used his rubber defense to resist attacks and tried to bargain for Little Ay’s release. After Dodai agreed to a new wager, Umino Sasuke prepared to test his strongest techniques against Dodai’s Protective Rubber Great Ball.

• Might Duy launched Dodai’s Rubber Ball into a mountain, but Umino Sasuke stopped him from escalating the fight.
• Umino Sasuke struck Dodai’s rebounding Melting Bullet Tank with an Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique and blocked its steel blades.
• Dodai tried to wager for Little Ay’s release, but Umino Sasuke demanded the Lightning Release Chakra Mode Training Manual and Cloud Ninja Style: Lightning Sword Technique as stakes.
• Dodai agreed to the wager and formed his Protective Rubber Great Ball while the Konoha Ninja questioned whether Sasuke could break through it.
• Umino Sasuke activated the Three Heads Six Arms Technique, Wind Breathing Style, and Super Heavy Rock Technique to strengthen himself.

Umino Sasuke defeated and captured Dodai, but the Hokage’s order prevented him from killing the Cloud ninja. Sasuke escorted the prisoners toward Konoha while Yamashiro Ryūba and Uchiha Shun failed to obtain the secret cultivation method for Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

• Umino Sasuke froze and shattered Dodai’s Rubber Membrane defense, then dragged him from underground and incapacitated him with a heavy elbow strike.
• Dodai refused to honor his wager and hand over the Lightning Release Chakra Mode secret, but a Konoha messenger delivered the Hokage’s order not to kill him or Fourth Raikage, Ay.
• Sasuke restrained Dodai and ordered Aburame Shibi to take the pursuit squad toward the Land of Sky’s Daimyo’s Mansion while he escorted the prisoners to Konoha.
• Sasuke bound the Cloud ninja and made Sky Hidden Genin carry them; after several Genin were killed for misbehavior, the remaining prisoners cooperated.
• Yamashiro Ryūba told Sasuke that Sealing Secret prevented the Cloud captives from revealing Lightning Release Chakra Mode, despite efforts using Uchiha Shun’s Strong Force genjutsu.

Umino Sasuke uncovered how Kumogakure’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode worked by studying a hypnotized jonin, then tested the method on himself. He confirmed he could cultivate it, though its demanding requirements and the lack of Cloud secret medicine remained obstacles.

• Umino Sasuke had Uchiha Shun hypnotize a Kumogakure jonin and make him practice the Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Umino Sasuke used the Infrasonic Radar Technique and electric currents to discover that the mode relied on Yang Release Chakra and precise chakra flows.
• Umino Sasuke concluded that the mode absorbed and converted electrical currents, but he lacked Kumogakure’s secret medicine.
• Umino Sasuke used an electric eel to test the method on himself and confirmed that it worked.
• Umino Sasuke realized the technique could strengthen cells and gradually increase Lightning Release chakra, but warned that it required exceptional physical and Yang Release talent.

Umino Sasuke combined Lightning Release Chakra Mode with the Bone Marrow Yang Release Hematopoiesis Secret Jutsu and discovered that the training could awaken Lightning Release chakra while improving his body's potential. He left the underground training chamber eager to study Senju Nawaki's bone marrow, while Uchiha Shun urged him to focus on Ice Release instead.

• Umino Sasuke planned to improve Umino Secret Medicine using the Senju and Inuzuka formulas, with Hiruko's team or Orochimaru's help.
• Umino Sasuke trained with Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the Bone Marrow Yang Release Hematopoiesis Secret Jutsu, producing effects like Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound.
• After less than half an hour, Umino Sasuke noticed a trace of awakened Lightning Release chakra and concluded that renewed blood could improve physical strength and innate potential.
• Umino Sasuke considered secretly collecting Senju Nawaki's bone marrow during a medical examination to research the development of an initial Sage Body.
• Umino Sasuke completed another training round and left the underground chamber, where Uchiha Shun advised him to develop his Ice Release instead.

Umino Sasuke learned the Stone Ninja planned to assassinate the Son of the Raikage and Dodai, but Ino-Shika-Cho arrived to escort the prisoners before he could act on the opportunity. After they confirmed his Ice Release Bloodline Limit, the clans tried to arrange a marriage alliance, which Uchiha Shun disrupted by bringing up Tsunade and Sasuke's supposed devotion to Konoha.

• Umino Sasuke learned that Stone Ninja planned to kill the Son of the Raikage and Dodai and frame Konoha, then considered letting the assassination happen.
• Akimichi Toribo, Yamanaka Kyu, and Nara Shikasuke met Umino Sasuke and confirmed that the Son of the Raikage was safe in custody.
• Umino Sasuke showed the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders his genuine Ice Release Bloodline Limit, prompting them to offer marriage alliances with their clans.
• Uchiha Shun noted that Uchiha women did not marry outside the clan, then claimed Umino Sasuke was pursuing Tsunade to deter the other clans' offers.
• Umino Sasuke denied pursuing Tsunade and declared that he would not start a family while enemy ninja threatened Konoha, winning praise from Akimichi Toribo and Yamanaka Kyu.
• Nara Shikasuke suspected Uchiha Shun had deliberately stopped the marriage talks, but the reason remained unclear.

Umino Sasuke reflected on the limits of the Flying Thunder God Technique and his plans to grow strong enough to fight Kage-Level Experts while escorting the prisoners toward Konoha. As the group neared the village, he prepared to display the captured Sky Ninja and spoils of war in a Captive Offering Ceremony.

• Ino-Shika-Cho met the Son of the Raikage while Umino Sasuke stayed behind with Uchiha Shun, whose Sharingan Eye Power had improved again.
• Umino Sasuke used the Flying Thunder God Technique to send Yamashiro Ryūba, Tobitake, Seijimon, and Dōkurai back to the Land of Grass frontline.
• Umino Sasuke considered how his neural reaction speed limited the Flying Thunder God Technique in combat and resolved to keep training Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound.
• Umino Sasuke watched Fourth Raikage, Ay, speak with Ino-Shika-Cho and concealed his intent to kill Ay and Dodai after Hiruzen Sarutobi released them.
• Near Konoha, Umino Sasuke opened a Sealing Scroll and told Uchiha Shun to prepare the Captive Offering Ceremony with the captured Sky Ninja and spoils of war.

Umino Sasuke staged a captive offering ceremony to display Konoha’s victory over the Sky Ninja and restore the village’s confidence, despite Nara Shikasuke’s concerns about the Cloud Ninja prisoners. The prisoners reached Konoha’s entrance, where villagers attacked them, leaving the Sky Ninja in grave danger and the Cloud Ninja frightened and subdued.

• Umino Sasuke insisted that the captive offering ceremony would raise morale and show that Konoha punished those who attacked it, winning support from Akimichi Toribo, Uchiha Shun, and other Konoha ninja.
• Nara Shikasuke arranged for the Ino-Shika-Cho trio to smuggle the Son of the Raikage into Konoha through a back entrance, keeping him out of the ceremony.
• Tejiku Mori supplied Crimson Blood Horses to pull the Chakra Cannons and thanked Umino Sasuke for supporting his clan.
• Umino Sasuke and his group escorted the prisoners and Chakra Cannons to Konoha’s entrance, where villagers pelted the Sky Ninja and Cloud Ninja with debris and weapons.
• The Cloud Ninja prisoners pleaded for protection and became obedient, while the sealed and shackled Sky Ninja prisoners faced the villagers’ fury.

Umino Sasuke’s fiery proclamation stirred hawkish sentiment in Konoha, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to summon and admonish him. Sasuke agreed to release the Cloud Ninja captives and cancel his wager, then presented Chakra Cannon plans that left Hiruzen tempted but cautious; Hiruzen ended by asking about Sasuke’s fortune.

• Umino Sasuke led Konoha Villagers in shouting that those who offended Konoha would be executed, while Shimura Danzō approved and Hiruzen Sarutobi worried the hawkish mood could endanger an alliance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Umino Sasuke, questioned him about threatening the Son of the Raikage and seeking Cloud Hidden Secret Technique, and ordered him to release the Cloud Ninja captives and sign an alliance treaty.
• Umino Sasuke presented the Lightning Sword Technique and agreed to cancel the wager and give up Lightning Release Chakra Mode at Hiruzen Sarutobi’s request.
• Umino Sasuke gave Hiruzen Sarutobi the Chakra Cannon documentation and urged Konoha to manufacture the weapons, but Hiruzen postponed production over the risk and the village’s lack of funds.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Umino Sasuke whether he had made a considerable fortune from antiques recovered from a sunken ship.

Umino Sasuke agreed to buy large amounts of Konoha land with borrowed money, easing the village’s cash shortage while using his debt to discourage Hiruzen Sarutobi from suppressing him. He then proposed investing in a Sky Ninja aircraft-blade factory, leaving Hiruzen worried that he might challenge the Uchiha Clan’s flak-jacket business.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to sell Umino Sasuke a central-district plot for a new Umino Clan compound, and Sasuke pretended to resist the deal.
• Sasuke offered to borrow hundreds of millions of ryo from the Land of Waves Bank and buy whatever land Konoha needed to sell.
• Hiruzen spread out a map and sold Sasuke plots across Konoha, then worried that the bank might call in his enormous debt.
• Sasuke wanted to buy Sky Ninja aircraft and invest with the Tejudo Clan in a factory to produce aircraft blades.
• Hiruzen refused to make the blades standard Konoha equipment and asked whether Sasuke planned to compete with the Uchiha Clan’s flak-jacket business.

Umino Sasuke navigated Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō’s competing attempts to recruit him, then returned to his family and prepared to expand their business. He later teleported to Angkor Fortress, where he waited for the right moment to strike the Sky Ninja without triggering its self-destruct mechanism.

• Umino Sasuke argued that the Fish Bird Dog Three Clans should be allowed to compete with the Uchiha in Konoha’s blade business, while Hiruzen Sarutobi warned that they could lose money.
• Shimura Danzō offered Umino Sasuke the post of Root deputy minister, but Hiruzen Sarutobi blocked the offer and ordered Sasuke back to the Frontline Mobile Support Force.
• After Umino Sasuke left, Shimura Danzō confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over releasing the Son of the Raikage and the Cloud Ninja, and they fell into another quarrel.
• Umino Sasuke told Umino Taro and Sister-in-law about developing Konoha real estate and jointly building a factory, assuring them that Hiruzen Sarutobi would support them against the Uchiha.
• Umino Sasuke teleported to Angkor Fortress, hidden on a remote island, and waited for a tactical opening to attack the Sky Ninja without risking the fortress’s self-destruct mechanism.

Umino Sasuke captured Shinnō and defeated the Sky Ninja at Angkor Fortress, then assessed the fortress and its technology. He left with valuable spoils but recognized that operating the fortress itself would require expert help.

• Umino Sasuke ambushed Shinnō, who survived a Flying Thunder God Slash by healing his neck with a powerful Body Activation Ability.
• Umino Sasuke blinded Shinnō with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and drained his chakra with Samehada, capturing him.
• Umino Sasuke's Shadow Clones defeated the remaining Sky Ninja and locked the captives in Angkor Fortress's prison cells.
• Umino Sasuke discovered that Sky Hidden Village had little money or supplies despite the vast cost of building Angkor Fortress.
• Umino Sasuke considered using Flight Armor technology to strengthen the Umino Clan and sell armor to the Kurama and Aburame Clans.

Umino Sasuke assessed how Sky Ninja technology could upgrade his Mecha Puppets, but realized they needed a reliable energy source. He chose the Land of Bears as a possible solution, charged storage systems with prisoners’ chakra, and began examining Shinnō.

• Umino Sasuke considered sharing Flight Armor Technology with the Kurama and Aburame Clans, while planning to use Sky Ninja technology to improve his Mecha Puppets.
• Umino Sasuke concluded that energy was the main obstacle to deploying the upgraded puppets and recalled a promising energy source in the Land of Bears.
• Umino Sasuke dismantled energy storage systems from Angkor Fortress to equip his Mecha Puppets.
• Umino Sasuke used Samehada to drain chakra from the prisoners and charged the storage systems through chakra transmission.
• Umino Sasuke subdued Shinnō, drained his chakra, and placed both hands on Shinnō’s head.

Umino Sasuke used the Mind Reading Technique to uncover Shinnō’s improved Body Activation Secret Jutsu and began integrating it into his own cultivation. The technique rapidly strengthened his body but consumed chakra at an alarming rate.

• Umino Sasuke read Shinnō’s mind and discovered that his Body Activation Secret Jutsu included advanced healing, regeneration, and offensive techniques.
• Umino Sasuke assessed the risks of relying on regeneration and the Split Technique, deciding that he should avoid injuries and reserve dangerous life-saving techniques for emergencies.
• Umino Sasuke handed the Mecha Puppet modifications to a Shadow Clone and combined Body Activation with the Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound.
• Umino Sasuke found that Body Activation drained his chakra much faster, but greatly accelerated the strengthening of his cells, bones, and blood marrow.

Umino Sasuke traveled to the Land of Bears to find Star Ninja Village and investigate the energy source for his Mecha Puppet. After capturing a Star Ninja patrol, he learned the village’s location and headed toward it through its poisonous valley.

• Umino Sasuke left Angkor Fortress with Big White and traveled to the Land of Bears in search of Star Ninja Village.
• Umino Sasuke sensed a Star Ninja squad carrying three kidnapped children and knocked the squad unconscious with a Mist Body Flicker.
• Samehada reacted badly after absorbing the Star Ninja’s chakra, and Umino Sasuke helped it digest the harmful energy before restraining it.
• Umino Sasuke freed the three children, sent them to the Land of Waves for medical care, and imprisoned the Star Ninja in Angkor Fortress.
• Umino Sasuke read the Star Ninja Captain’s mind, learned the location of Star Ninja Village, and infiltrated its poisonous valley on foot.

Umino Sasuke infiltrated Hoshigakure to investigate the Star Meteorite and discovered it might be a Ten-Tails Remnant. He left determined to pursue its power, while recognizing he needed powerful sealing techniques and abilities to control it.

• Umino Sasuke sent Shadow Clones to collect toxic water in the valley and flew toward Hoshigakure while avoiding its patrols.
• Umino Sasuke sensed the Star Meteorite inside Hoshigakure's tower and observed the Third Hoshikage teach Akaboshi a chakra-devouring technique.
• After the Third Hoshikage and Akaboshi left, Umino Sasuke entered the training room and found that the Star Meteorite's radiation activated cells but offered little usable energy.
• Umino Sasuke sensed that the Star Meteorite's faint pressure surpassed the Nine-Tails' and suspected it was a Ten-Tails Remnant.
• Umino Sasuke decided to pursue Six Paths Power and put obtaining Uzumaki sealing techniques, a Mangekyō Sharingan, and Wood Release on his agenda.

Umino Sasuke stole the Star Meteorite from Star Hidden Village and fled as the Third Hoshikage pursued him. Over Poison Gas Valley, Sasuke blocked the Hoshikage’s powerful Bear attack with a candy defense wall, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Umino Sasuke considered ways to obtain Uzumaki sealing techniques and awaken Wood Release, then focused on becoming Kage Level and taking the Star Meteorite.
• Sasuke retrieved the Star Hidden Village scroll, found its contents unimpressive, and broke the seal on the Star Meteorite.
• The Third Hoshikage sensed the broken seal, chased Sasuke, and forced him out of hiding with the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Sasuke fled toward Poison Gas Valley, used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to fly, and countered the Hoshikage’s chakra attacks with Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique.
• The Third Hoshikage unleashed the giant Bear form of the Mysterious Peacock Method, and Sasuke’s layered candy barrier absorbed the blow after two layers shattered.