Chapter Summaries

Umino Sasuke led the Konoha Allied Forces through Death Valley using the Iron Wall Air Force and a devastating Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken, clearing the way toward the Daimyo's Mansion. The Land of Wind's daimyo learned that the fortress had fallen and tried to rally his nobles, but they hesitated to provide support.

• Umino Sasuke proposed bypassing the oasis strongholds and racing directly toward the Daimyo's Mansion, and Tsunade approved the plan.
• The Konoha Allied Forces reached Death Valley, where Umino Sasuke deployed Tejudo and the Iron Wall Air Force Brigade to attack the defenders from above.
• Umino Sasuke destroyed the strongest fortress with Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken, and the air force and ground troops broke through the valley defenses.
• Utatane Koharu praised the air force as the Konoha Allied Forces advanced toward the Daimyo's Mansion, and Tsunade declared she would take her turn.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind learned that Death Valley had fallen and demanded that his nobles provide soldiers and supplies, but a fat noble offered only ten thousand ryo.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind tried to rally his defenders while nobles refused to fund the war, but Umino Sasuke saw through the Daimyo’s double and launched an assault on the mansion. Konoha breached the walls, and Sasuke killed the double in front of both armies, leaving the true Daimyo’s fate unresolved.

• The Land of Wind nobles refused the Daimyo’s request for substantial contributions, and he ordered Shadow to prepare an escape route and send a double to the walls.
• Shadow sent the disguised double to rally the defenders, but Umino Sasuke detected that the figure’s soul did not match the true Daimyo’s.
• Umino Sasuke ordered the Konoha allied forces to attack, and Earth Release troops raised ramps that let the Tool Brigade assault the walls from above.
• Umino Sasuke used Magnet Release to disable the defenders’ metal ballistae and guide a barrage of Explosive Tag kunai, destroying a large section of the wall.
• Umino Sasuke fired Water Severing Wave through the guards and killed the Daimyo’s double, stunning the defenders and Konoha Ninja.

Umino Sasuke used a fake execution of the Land of Wind's Daimyo to break the defenders' morale, then pursued the real daimyo after Konoha captured the mansion. He cornered the daimyo in the desert and demanded surrender, but the daimyo refused and threatened the political consequences of killing him.

• Umino Sasuke announced that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind had been executed, prompting the defenders to surrender and the Leaf Ninja Army to take control of the Daimyo's Mansion.
• Umino Sasuke revealed to Utatane Koharu that the executed daimyo was a substitute, then sent his Shadow Clone with Koharu to search the palace while his real body pursued the fleeing daimyo.
• The real daimyo fled toward the Temple of Wind with Shadow and elite guards, believing he could negotiate with Konoha if he avoided capture.
• Umino Sasuke intercepted the disguised caravan in the desert, exposed Shadow's cover story, and killed or incapacitated the guards with his Twin Dragon Bullet Technique.
• The daimyo refused Umino Sasuke's demand to surrender and warned that killing him would bring hostility upon Konoha and the Umino Clan.

Umino Sasuke defeated Shadow and captured the real Daimyo of the Land of Wind, then arranged for a stand-in to take his place under Konoha’s protection. He left the stand-in acting as the legitimate daimyo and began considering how to keep the substitution secret.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind used himself as a shield while Shadow attacked Umino Sasuke, but Umino Sasuke struck the Daimyo and pierced Shadow’s chest with successive Wind Release attacks.
• Umino Sasuke told the captured daimyo that the palace’s protected ruler would be treated as the real daimyo, leaving him with no identity or chance to surrender.
• Umino Sasuke transported the wounded Shadow and the real daimyo to his underground laboratory, then returned to the Daimyo’s Mansion and erased the battle’s traces.
• Utatane Koharu and Umino Sasuke’s Shadow Clone presented a frightened stand-in as the rescued daimyo, and Umino Sasuke secretly replaced the clone before returning the Jade Daimyo Seal.
• Umino Sasuke ordered the stand-in to keep playing the daimyo, promising wealth and authority for obedience and warning him against betrayal.

Umino Sasuke used the false Daimyo’s stalled treaty negotiations to buy time for his impersonation plan and expand the Free Sand Bandits across the Land of Wind. The chapter left Konoha negotiating while Sasuke’s proxy uprising weakened the country and its old power structure.

• Umino Sasuke interrogated the real Daimyo, confirmed that few people knew about the substitute, and arranged the captured guardian general’s staged suicide.
• Utatane Koharu presented the substitute Daimyo with harsh terms, but he refused to sign and invoked the Temple of Wind and resistance across the oases.
• Utatane Koharu suspected the Daimyo was stalling because he expected Konoha trouble on the Land of Waterfalls Frontline, while Tsunade dismissed his resistance as wishful thinking.
• Umino Sasuke understood that the substitute was following his orders to prolong negotiations while he continued extracting the real Daimyo’s memories and habits.
• Umino Sasuke supported Sha Zhongba, An Lujing, Xin Xie, and the Free Sand Bandits as they recruited armed followers and took control of much of the Land of Wind.
• The Temple of Wind joined several major aristocrats to defend key oases, while Umino Sasuke relied on hidden controls in the bandit leaders’ Chakra Regeneration Cores to keep them dependent on him.

After Konoha forced the Land of Wind’s daimyo to sign a ceasefire treaty, the country fell into greater disorder. Umino Sasuke proposed using the Free Sand Bandits to counter the oasis nobles, and the daimyo’s double eagerly approved an amnesty and recruitment decree, leaving Utatane Koharu to recruit the bandit leaders.

• Umino Sasuke proposed an ultimatum that pressured the daimyo into signing the ceasefire treaty, ending the Western Front war in Konoha’s victory.
• Utatane Koharu and Tsunade saw the Land of Wind fragment as oasis factions declared autonomy, attacked mines, and challenged the daimyo’s authority.
• Umino Sasuke divided the country’s forces into oasis clans, the Temple of Wind, the Free Sand Bandits, and remnants of the Daimyo’s Mansion and Sunagakure, then recommended balancing them by recruiting the bandits and weakening their rivals.
• Utatane Koharu proposed granting amnesty to the Free Sand Bandits, and the daimyo’s double enthusiastically approved the plan.
• The daimyo’s double issued high-ranking posts to Sha Zhongba, An Lujing, and Xin Xie, and Utatane Koharu set out to recruit them.

Utatane Koharu traveled with Tejudo’s falcon unit to recruit Sand Bandit leaders under the Daimyo’s amnesty, unaware that Umino Sasuke had arranged their eager submission. After the leaders agreed to join the Daimyo’s forces and asked to bring troops to the capital, Koharu discovered they had gathered more than three thousand poorly trained recruits.

• Utatane Koharu departed with Tejudo and the Giant Falcon Air Force Brigade to find the Sand Bandit leaders.
• Tejudo revealed Sha Zhongba’s hidden stronghold, where Sha Zhongba accepted the amnesty decree and the title of General Ping Sha.
• Koharu recruited An Lujing, Xin Xie, and other leaders, who bargained for control of the oases, mines, and resources they occupied.
• Sha Zhongba and the other leaders insisted on bringing armed followers to the Daimyo’s Mansion, and Koharu allowed them to bring limited forces.
• The Sand Bandit leaders assembled more than three thousand recruits, leaving Koharu alarmed by the size of their force.

Utatane Koharu led Sha Zhongba and more than three thousand Sand Bandit New Army troops to the Daimyo's Mansion, where the daimyo's recruitment order provoked the nobles and the Temple of Wind. Umino Sasuke kept the factions divided and prepared to use Gen Komei's authority to secure control of the Land of Wind's postwar economy.

• Sha Zhongba told Utatane Koharu that the Sand Bandits could gather an army of ten thousand, and she approved their march toward the Daimyo's Mansion.
• The nobles and the Temple of Wind protested the daimyo's recruitment of the Sand Bandits, while the daimyo defended his decision and invoked Konoha's support.
• Shadow killed a noble who questioned whether the daimyo was an impostor, frightening the nobles into silence.
• Utatane Koharu arrived with the Sand Bandit New Army and warned Umino Sasuke to treat Gen Komei, the Fire Country envoy, with respect.
• Umino Sasuke revealed that Gen Komei was an Iron Wall Anbu operative whose mission was to help secure the Land of Wind's economic lifeline for Konoha.

Umino Sasuke used the Wind-Fire Alliance to tighten Konoha’s political and economic control over the Land of Wind while covertly directing Gen Komei to enforce the new order. As nobles pushed for the release of Sand ninja prisoners, Sasuke warned Utatane Koharu that Mukade had taken over Rōran and was using its Dragon Vein to mass-produce War Puppets.

• Gen Komei secured the Daimyo of the Land of Wind’s agreement to harsh economic terms, while Umino Sasuke instructed the daimyo’s double to enforce them with the Sand Bandit New Army and Shadow.
• In secret, Gen Komei reported to Umino Sasuke, who explained that the other great nations would oppose annexing the Land of Wind and ordered him to seize control of its economic lifelines.
• Sha Zhongba, An Lujing, Xin Xie, and other commanders led the Jingsha New Army into the oases, suppressing resistance and seizing resources from disobedient nobles.
• The nobles petitioned for Sunagakure prisoners to be released, and Utatane Koharu urged Umino Sasuke to free some Sand ninja to help restore order and win local support.
• Umino Sasuke told Utatane Koharu that Mukade had taken control of the Queen of Rōran and was mass-producing War Puppets with the Rōran Dragon Vein’s energy, then showed her intelligence reports and photographs.

Umino Sasuke redirected the effort to release Hidden Sand prisoners toward eliminating Rōran’s growing puppet threat, while the Sand Bandit New Army continued seizing noble and temple assets in the Land of Wind. In Rōran, Sasuke captured Mukade before he could expand his Dragon Vein-powered army, and Mukade begged for his life by offering up the Dragon Vein’s secrets.

• Umino Sasuke convinced Utatane Koharu to postpone releasing the Hidden Sand prisoners and sent a force to Rōran to stop its puppet army from growing.
• Sha Zhongba, An Lujing, Xin Xie, and the Sand Bandit New Army seized noble lands and Temple of Wind property under wartime orders.
• Umino Sasuke ordered Senju Nawaki and the Iron Wall Anbu to blockade Rōran while the giant falcons conducted aerial reconnaissance.
• Umino Sasuke entered Loulan Palace and overheard Queen of Roran agree to continue Dragon Vein development after Mukade urged her not to halt it.
• Umino Sasuke sealed and captured Mukade after hearing him plot to sacrifice the Queen and use the Dragon Vein to conquer the Shinobi World.
• Mukade begged Umino Sasuke to spare him and offered to reveal the Dragon Vein’s secrets.

Umino Sasuke captured Mukade and exposed a hidden army of War Puppets beneath Rōran, then placed the country under Konoha military control with the Queen of Roran's reluctant consent. After securing the city, Sasuke tested Samehada on the Dragon Vein, but its first attempt to absorb the energy went badly.

• Umino Sasuke spared Mukade for his Puppet Technique expertise, subdued the palace guards, and revealed Mukade's identity to the Queen of Roran.
• Umino Sasuke led the queen to the Energy Regulation Center and broke open its underground entrance, exposing hundreds of War Puppets.
• Umino Sasuke declared Rōran under indefinite military control, and the queen agreed to cooperate to protect her people.
• Senju Nawaki and the Iron Wall Anbu took control of key sites while Sasuke ordered Mukade imprisoned and the Dragon Vein facilities investigated.
• Umino Sasuke tried to control the Dragon Vein's energy, then summoned Samehada, whose attempt to absorb it took a sudden turn for the worse.

Umino Sasuke discovered that the Rōran Dragon Vein held dangerous traces of God Tree power and planted his cloned Little God Tree there, where it grew and produced nine pseudo Divine Tree Fruits. After eating one, he gained enormous power, strengthened his Ice Release and Magnetic Release, and awakened Wood Release.

• Samehada suffered severe corrosion after Umino Sasuke connected it to Dragon Vein energy, and Umino Sasuke sensed that the energy contained time-space power, violent Nature Energy, and a trace of Power of Annihilation.
• Umino Sasuke theorized that the Rōran Dragon Vein was linked to the God Tree’s roots and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to retrieve his cloned Little God Tree from the Land of Waves.
• Umino Sasuke planted the cloned Little God Tree in the Dragon Vein, where it rapidly grew to over nine meters and produced nine purple pseudo Divine Tree Fruits.
• Umino Sasuke ate one fruit and gained more than three times his former chakra, greatly strengthened Ice Release and Magnetic Release, and underwent a major physical transformation.
• Umino Sasuke awakened Wood Release, though he found it weaker than Senju Hashirama’s, and judged that his enhanced strength let him contend with powerful opponents.

Umino Sasuke ate six Divine Tree Fruits, secured the Cloned God Tree, and emerged to find the Queen of Rōran fearing Konoha would destroy her nation. After she used a secret medicine to seduce him, he promised to preserve Rōran and took control of the Dragon Vein’s supervision; he later returned to research the fruit and made more than ten doses of violet medicine.

• Umino Sasuke ate six fruits, stored the remaining three, and sealed the Cloned God Tree before leaving the underground area.
• Umino Sasuke learned that seven days had passed and that the Queen of Rōran feared Konoha would punish her country, so she drugged him with wine and offered herself to secure Rōran’s survival.
• Umino Sasuke told Queen Sara that Konoha would not annex Rōran but would supervise the Dragon Vein, then resumed their intimate encounter.
• Senju Nawaki teased Umino Sasuke about the Queen and reported on Rōran’s defenses, public mood, and Mukade’s interrogation.
• Umino Sasuke checked the Cloned God Tree, returned to his laboratory, and used one Divine Tree Fruit to produce more than ten doses of medicine.

Umino Sasuke used Divine Tree Fruit Potions to strengthen Samehada and Big White, whose transformation awakened its ability to speak. He later gave Nawaki a potion that awakened his Senju bloodline and Wood Release, then warned him to keep it secret.

• Umino Sasuke fed a Divine Tree Fruit Potion to Samehada, which broke through to Kage Level.
• Umino Sasuke gave Big White a potion, and after three days of growth and transformation, the falcon became a top-tier Summoning Beast that could speak.
• Umino Sasuke sent Big White to hunt over the sea and find an uninhabited island to use as its nest.
• Umino Sasuke returned to Loulan Palace, where he reunited with Queen Sara and later argued jokingly with Nawaki about his relationship with her.
• Umino Sasuke gave Nawaki a Divine Tree Fruit Potion, which awakened his Sage Body bloodline and Wood Release.
• Umino Sasuke sealed the area and ordered Nawaki to conceal his new Wood Release and stabilize his strength.

Umino Sasuke sealed Rōran’s Dragon Vein and concealed the Cloned God Tree, then convinced Utatane Koharu that the energy was too dangerous for Konoha to use. Koharu accepted his explanation, and Sasuke prepared to lead the Iron Wall Legion to the Land of Waterfalls Frontline.

• After learning Utatane Koharu was on her way to Rōran, Umino Sasuke reassured the Queen and proposed sealing the Dragon Vein completely.
• The Queen used her bloodline to calm and guide the Dragon Vein while Umino Sasuke and four Shadow Clones sealed it together with the Eight Trigrams Dragon Lock, hiding the Dragon Vein and Cloned God Tree.
• Umino Sasuke caught the exhausted Queen, took her to her bedchamber, and later met Utatane Koharu as she arrived at the palace.
• Umino Sasuke told Koharu that he had sealed the Dragon Vein, then showed her its corrosive energy; she burned her fingertip and struggled to heal it.
• Umino Sasuke explained that his layered seal was secure and that his Flying Thunder God mark would alert him to any attack, satisfying Koharu and easing her concerns about his delay.

Umino Sasuke concealed the Cloned God Tree in Rōran and persuaded Utatane Koharu to leave Konoha Anbu stationed there. As Koharu went to visit the Queen, Sasuke secretly warned her to hide the aftermath of their encounter, but Koharu noticed a suspicious scent when she entered the bedchamber.

• Utatane Koharu ordered a squad of Iron Wall Anbu to guard the Dragon Vein site, allowing Umino Sasuke to keep the Cloned God Tree hidden behind the sealing barrier.
• When Koharu insisted on formally visiting the Queen, Senju Nawaki revealed that the Queen was unwell, and Sasuke tried to discourage the visit.
• Umino Sasuke joined Koharu in criticizing nepotism and clan influence, turning Nawaki into the example as they discussed Konoha's future reforms.
• Sasuke sent a Shadow Clone into the Queen's bedchamber to warn her that Koharu was coming, and the Queen and her maids hastily prepared the room and pretended she was ill.
• Utatane Koharu entered the bedchamber and caught a faint scent that the incense had not concealed, though she kept her expression unchanged.

Utatane Koharu examined the Queen, agreed to leave a Konoha squad guarding the Dragon Vein, and warned Umino Sasuke to avoid the Queen before departing Rōran with him. At the Land of Wind Daimyo's Office, she explained the growing resistance among nobles and the Temple of Wind, while Umino Sasuke considered how to pursue his own plans for the country.

• Utatane Koharu examined the Queen, treated her with medical chakra, and prescribed restorative medicine after mistaking her exhaustion for overindulgence.
• The Queen approved Konoha's request to station a squad at the Dragon Vein, but Utatane Koharu refused her request to keep Umino Sasuke in Rōran.
• Utatane Koharu warned Umino Sasuke that the Queen had taken a fancy to him and urged him to stay out of trouble, while Senju Nawaki struggled not to laugh.
• Utatane Koharu, Umino Sasuke, and most of the Iron Wall Anbu left Rōran for the Land of Wind Daimyo's Office, leaving one Anbu squad to guard the Dragon Vein.
• Utatane Koharu told Umino Sasuke that the nobles and the Temple of Wind were resisting the Daimyo and the Jingsha New Army, and cautioned Konoha against openly supporting either side.
• Umino Sasuke recognized Utatane Koharu's political insight but resolved to pursue control of the Land of Wind more carefully.

Umino Sasuke arranged for four hundred Hidden Sand prisoners to join Konoha’s march, then devised a sea route that would speed the Iron Wall Legion toward the Land of Waterfalls while deterring Kirigakure and the Land of Lightning. The fleet reached the Sea Defense Fortress in the Land of Rivers, where Sasuke reunited with Ebisu and Shiranui Mada.

• Umino Sasuke proposed drafting selected Hidden Sand prisoners into the allied force, and Utatane Koharu approved the plan while warning him not to weaken Hidden Sand so much that its ninja became Rogue Ninja.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind forcibly assembled four hundred Hidden Sand prisoners, whom Umino Sasuke selected based on their family ties and attachments to the village.
• Umino Sasuke convinced Utatane Koharu to send the army by sea and through the Land of Iron, with stops at Konoha, to reach the Land of Waterfalls faster and deter the Lands of Water and Lightning.
• The Iron Wall Legion and Hidden Sand prisoner force sailed from the Land of Wind, carrying supplies and spoils, and reached the Sea Defense Fortress in the Land of Rivers.
• Umino Sasuke’s soldiers praised his destructive Dust Release technique and the Iron Wall Legion’s generous treatment of its troops as the fleet approached the fortress.
• Umino Sasuke met Ebisu and Shiranui Mada at the dock, confirmed that supplies were ready, and heard Mada praise Shiraha Ryo for earning the title of Red Flash.

Umino Sasuke’s fleet stopped in the Land of Rivers to resupply before continuing its urgent voyage, while the Kai Clan’s relocation to Konoha and its new allegiance came under discussion. The fleet later reached the Land of Tea, where Fuma Gin and Uzumaki Aloe arranged supplies, and Nara Shikaku quietly suspected Umino’s ties to the Land of Waves ran deeper than he admitted.

• Umino Sasuke praised Shiraha Ryo’s abilities, and Shiranui Mada celebrated his nephew’s promise while Ebisu spoke of how long the frontline soldiers had been away from Konoha.
• Umino Sasuke explained that the Kai Clan had defected from Hidden Sand and would settle in Konoha under the Umino Clan’s protection, while Ebisu warned him to watch their growing power.
• Kai Clan ninja supervised the Sand ninja laborers, and Pakura rebuked Kaihane as a traitor before carrying supplies aboard the ship herself.
• After the fleet departed the Land of Rivers, it sailed for several days and docked at the Land of Tea to replenish freshwater and food.
• Fuma Gin greeted Umino Sasuke with unusual deference, and Uzumaki Aloe covered for him by citing Umino’s aid to the Uzumaki Clan.
• Nara Shikaku noticed that Umino Sasuke’s relationship with the Land of Waves seemed closer than rumors suggested, but he kept his suspicion to himself while directing the unloading.

Umino Sasuke sailed from the Land of Tea toward the Land of Waves to confront Kirigakure, while warning Pakura to obey Konoha’s orders. As he worked to refine his Chakra Outer Elixir, he identified Shukaku’s Magnet Release Sealing Technique as a possible way to strengthen its binding force.

• Umino Sasuke heard Fuma Gin’s report that the Land of Tea’s grain and tea trade were nearing Konoha’s control, then told him to prioritize the economy while the Anbu handled the Guardian Ninja position.
• Umino Sasuke reassured Uzumaki Aloe that he had brought the fleet to warn Kirigakure, and Senju Nawaki reported that the supplies were ready for departure.
• Umino Sasuke sailed with Senju Nawaki and the Iron Wall Legion, warned Nawaki to keep his Wood Release secret, and fished with a Chakra Thread while the troops watched.
• Pakura considered attacking Umino Sasuke but held back; he challenged her resolve, defended Konoha’s treatment of civilians, and ordered her to keep the Sand ninja in line as Konoha’s subordinates.
• Umino Sasuke examined his unstable Chakra Outer Elixir and, seeking a stronger way to bind its energy, recalled Shukaku’s Magnet Release Sealing Technique.