Chapter Summaries

Qi Shuang used Rin’s remains in the Amber Purifying Pot to stop Obito Uchiha from attacking and refused to surrender them. The two men began negotiating a wager, leaving Mei Terumi behind Qi Shuang as Obito restrained his killing intent.

• Qi Shuang covered the Amber Purifying Pot with Explosive Tags as Obito charged toward him and Mei Terumi.
• Mei Terumi attacked Obito with explosive kunai and Lava Style, but he emerged from the smoke and continued forward.
• Qi Shuang held up the tagged pot and threatened to destroy Rin’s remains, making Obito stop and demand that she be returned.
• Qi Shuang explained that the pot was a replica sealing tool, refused to give it to Obito, and recognized that Rin was Obito’s weakness.
• Obito threatened to kill them both but held back, and Qi Shuang proposed a wager as White Zetsu warned Obito not to be tricked.

Qi Shuang negotiated with Obito to let Mei Terumi leave in exchange for staying behind and fighting him, using the Amber Purifying Pot and a staged threat to force Obito's agreement. The chapter left Mei Terumi preparing to escape and check whether the two captains were still alive, while Qi Shuang remained with Obito.

• Qi Shuang offered to stay and fight Obito if he let Mei Terumi leave, and Mei Terumi refused to abandon him.
• Qi Shuang explained that Kirigakure wanted the Three-Tails sealed inside Mei Terumi and threatened to destroy the Amber Purifying Pot if Obito would not let her go.
• Qi Shuang ignited an Explosive Tag to pressure Obito, then tackled Mei Terumi and the pot aside when it exploded; Obito tried to attack but passed through Qi Shuang with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito agreed to let Mei Terumi leave because reclaiming Rin's corpse mattered more to him, despite White Zetsu questioning his decision.
• Qi Shuang told Mei Terumi to leave and check whether the two captains were alive, warning her to cut the wooden spikes out rather than pull them free.

Qi Shuang sent Mei Terumi away before facing Obito Uchiha, while Obito planned to exploit Qi Shuang’s moment of confidence to kill him and reclaim Rin Nohara’s remains. Qi Shuang began their duel by shrouding the area in mist, but Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan let the first attack pass harmlessly through him.

• Qi Shuang refused Mei Terumi’s pleas to stay, fearing Obito would capture her and use her as leverage.
• Obito and White Zetsu discussed their plan: Obito would hide his lethal intent until Qi Shuang believed he had won, then trade an injury for a killing blow; White Zetsu revealed Obito’s healing power from First Hokage’s cells.
• Qi Shuang persuaded Mei Terumi to leave and check on Ao and the other fallen man, and she warned that she would hunt Obito down if Qi Shuang died.
• After Mei Terumi left, Qi Shuang accepted Obito’s wager and used the Hidden Mist Technique to obscure their surroundings.
• Obito dismissed the mist as no threat to his Mangekyō Sharingan, then let three kunai pass through his body and hit a nearby corpse.

Qi Shuang fought Obito Uchiha in the fog, trying to force him to deactivate his phasing ability so he could land a decisive attack. Meanwhile, Mei Terumi found the badly wounded Ao and Zabuza, and the chapter left Qi Shuang still battling Obito as his teammates clung to life.

• Qi Shuang stabbed Obito while passing through his body, then halted their overlap and evaded Obito's wooden spike attack.
• Qi Shuang used Water Release: Water Pillar to deflect Obito's thrown branches, then charged him at close range to bait him into dropping his phasing ability.
• Mei Terumi found Ao and Zabuza impaled and bleeding, and Ao woke after she carefully shook him.
• Ao asked about Qi Shuang, and Mei Terumi told him Qi Shuang was fighting the mysterious one-eyed man.
• Mei Terumi found Zabuza still breathing, cut his wooden spikes flush with his body, and moved him beside Ao.

Mei Terumi refused to abandon the battlefield, while Qi Shuang used Rin’s remains to distract Obito and attacked him with ice needles. Obito misread Qi Shuang’s movements and charged at an apparent attacker as another ice technique formed overhead.

• Mei Terumi told the wounded Ao she would wait for Qi Shuang and, if he died, escape and devote her life to killing their enemy.
• Obito mistook a shadow in the fog for Qi Shuang’s clone, then reached for the Amber Purifying Pot when he recognized Rin’s remains inside it.
• Qi Shuang kicked Obito away from the pot and unleashed Ice Release: Needle Rain Technique, but Obito’s phasing ability let the needles pass through him.
• Obito cried that Qi Shuang had taken his last happiness, and Qi Shuang replied that misfortune came from lacking sufficient strength.
• Obito attacked a second Qi Shuang, believing him to be the real one, while the Qi Shuang beside the pot formed another ice-needle attack above him.

Qi Shuang outmaneuvered Obito by luring him into materializing beneath a barrage of cold-laden ice needles, then revealed that the Mist ninja Obito strangled was only a clone. Obito collapsed from his injuries and despair, leaving Qi Shuang in control of the fight.

• Obito mistook the visible ice needles for a weak attack and tried to trade injuries with Qi Shuang, but the needles struck when he became tangible to block a kunai.
• The ice needles slowed both Obito and Qi Shuang’s close-combat clone, allowing Obito to trap the clone in an embrace and unleash Wood Style: Giant Wood Strangulation.
• Qi Shuang snapped his fingers, causing the needles embedded in Obito to burst into icy flowers and inflict severe damage.
• Obito crushed Qi Shuang’s apparent body in wooden roots, only to discover it was an Ice Release Clone and that the real Qi Shuang had been the supposed bait.
• Obito collapsed, unable to move or recover quickly, while Qi Shuang concluded that the fight was settled.

Qi Shuang defeated Obito but hesitated over whether killing him would change the future or protect Mei and Kirigakure. Just as he decided to strike, a half-black, half-white figure emerged and attacked, preventing him from finishing Obito.

• Qi Shuang dispelled the fog and approached the defeated Obito as Mei Terumi realized he had won.
• Mei told the wounded Ao and newly awakened Zabuza that Qi Shuang had defeated the one-eyed man, and Zabuza struggled to accept the news.
• Qi Shuang hesitated to kill Obito because sparing him could endanger Mei and Kirigakure, but killing him could alter the future.
• Qi Shuang decided to kill Obito and raised his Kunai as Obito accepted his apparent death.
• A half-black, half-white figure burst from the ground and sent wooden roots toward Qi Shuang, declaring that Obito could not die yet.

Qi Shuang failed to kill Obito after Black Zetsu rescued him, while the Hidden Mist command discovered that the force sent after the Three-Tails Jinchuriki had vanished. As Qi Shuang prepared to return with the Amber Purifying Pot, he recognized an intact corpse as a silver-haired masked boy.

• Qi Shuang attacked Obito again, but Black Zetsu shielded him with roots and escaped underground with his battered body.
• Mei Terumi regretted that the Hidden Mist had failed to kill Obito, while Might Guy left the Konoha camp with Genma Shiranui and Ebisu to support Kakashi.
• Two Hidden Mist commanders learned that all shinobi sent to drive away the Jinchuriki had lost contact, so they dispatched five hundred shinobi to search for them and the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Qi Shuang spotted an intact corpse on the battlefield and recognized the silver-haired masked boy lying there.

Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi withdrew from the battlefield to get medical help for Ao and Zabuza, leaving Kakashi in the care of Might Guy and his companions. Kakashi woke up and immediately asked where Rin was, then saw the blood-soaked battlefield and asked what had happened.

• Qi Shuang recognized the unconscious Kakashi and tried to kill him, but shuriken from Genma Shiranui and Ebisu forced him to stop.
• Might Guy struck Qi Shuang with a double kick, and Mei Terumi blocked the Konoha shinobi's shuriken with her Lava Style mucus.
• Qi Shuang recognized Guy, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu, recalled the Amber Purifying Pot, and learned from Mei Terumi that Ao and Zabuza were badly injured.
• Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi chose to retreat so Ao and Zabuza could receive treatment, while Guy and his companions stayed to help Kakashi.
• Might Guy checked Kakashi and found no obvious external injuries, and Kakashi woke up asking for Rin before noticing the carnage around him.

Kakashi realized he had killed Rin with the Chidori and searched the battlefield for her remains, while Guy protected him from Genma and Ebisu. Elsewhere, Qi Shuang proposed freezing the badly injured Ao and Zabuza to delay their deaths, and Ao agreed to the risky attempt.

• Kakashi searched the battlefield for Rin and admitted that he had killed her with the Chidori.
• Genma and Ebisu drew kunai against Kakashi, but Guy defended him and insisted they report the incident to their superiors.
• Guy, Genma, Ebisu, and Kakashi searched the corpses but could not find Rin's remains, then left the battlefield.
• Qi Shuang stopped Mei Terumi while she carried the unconscious Zabuza and examined the injuries of Zabuza and Ao.
• Qi Shuang explained that freezing them might delay their deaths, and Ao agreed to let him try.
• Qi Shuang told Mei Terumi to guard them while he concentrated on freezing their bodies.

Qi Shuang began using Ice Release to carefully freeze Zabuza and preserve his life while A led Kumogakure forces to the Land of Fire border and challenged Minato Namikaze. The fight began with A’s lightning-enhanced attacks, and Bi joined in by throwing a blade at Minato.

• Qi Shuang explained the risks of freezing Zabuza and began carefully cooling his body with Ice Release.
• A led the Kumogakure forces to the Land of Fire border, where Minato Namikaze and Konoha forces were waiting.
• A charged at Minato using Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while Bi told the Kumogakure forces to hold their position.
• Minato ordered his forces not to engage and evaded A’s strike with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Bi threw a short blade at Minato as he reappeared, and it narrowly passed his ear before lodging in a tree.

Minato Namikaze fought A and Killer B, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade their attacks and exploit his marked kunai. After Minato recognized Killer B as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, B began rapping in the middle of the battle, infuriating A.

• Minato identified the short blade's speed and penetrating power as enhanced by Lightning Release.
• A and Killer B trapped Minato between their elbows with Killer Bee's Lightning Release Hot Knife, but Minato escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato tried to dissuade A from pursuing war, but A insisted that Minato defeat him before they could negotiate.
• Minato teleported behind A, then redirected his attack toward Killer B, but an octopus-like tentacle blocked his kunai and knocked him away.
• A pursued Minato and smashed the ground where he expected Minato to land, but Minato escaped again with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato recognized Killer B as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and B rapped while A angrily complained about his brother's behavior.

Minato battled A and Killer B, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to outmaneuver them. He left Killer B hostage with a Kunai at his head and a blade at his abdomen, revealing that he had marked Killer B’s tail.

• Minato tried to persuade A to abandon war, but A refused and challenged him to prove his strength.
• Killer B warned A that Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique relied on marked Kunai, and they split up to watch the weapons.
• Minato dodged A’s attack and evaded Killer B’s lightning-infused blade, then appeared behind Killer B and took him hostage.
• Killer B asked how Minato had reached him away from the marked Kunai, and Minato pointed out the strange black marking on his tail.

Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to seize Killer B and pressured A to reconsider Kumogakure’s invasion. A withdrew his forces temporarily, while Minato remained on guard and requested reinforcements.

• Minato revealed that he had marked Killer B’s tail, took him hostage, and warned A that war would bring painful consequences.
• Minato explained that he had spared Killer B to avoid provoking A into an all-out attack and urged A to withdraw.
• A led Killer B away and ordered the Kumogakure forces to retreat one thousand meters from the Land of Fire border.
• Killer B tried several ways to remove Minato’s mark, then cut off the marked tail; the Eight-Tails could regrow it.
• Minato watched the retreating Kumogakure forces, judged their withdrawal temporary, and requested reinforcements from Konoha.

Mei Terumi stopped Mist reinforcements while Qi Shuang cooled and sealed Zabuza to preserve his life. With the replica Amber Purifying Pot leaking the Three-Tails’ chakra, Qi Shuang handed it to the reinforcements to take back, leaving him and Mei Terumi to tend to their other duties.

• Mei Terumi told the arriving Mist shinobi that an unknown powerful enemy had wiped out their squads, but that they had recovered the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Qi Shuang finished cooling Zabuza’s body and used Ice Release: Ice Sealing Technique to encase him in ice with his head exposed.
• Qi Shuang noticed tailed-beast chakra leaking from the replica Amber Purifying Pot and realized its seal might fail within twelve hours.
• Qi Shuang threw the pot to the Mist leader, who recognized the danger and took the Three-Tails back to report to headquarters.
• Mei Terumi objected that they might lose credit for recovering the Three-Tails, but Qi Shuang said returning it safely mattered more.

Qi Shuang froze Ao and returned to Kirigakure’s camp as the failed Three-Tails plan left the village with no chance to turn the war around. A’s renewed challenge to Minato ended in another retreat, while ceasefire negotiations seemed increasingly likely.

• Qi Shuang froze the unconscious captain and reflected that the war was nearing its end after Rin Nohara’s death ended Kirigakure’s last chance to attack Konoha with the Three-Tails.
• A Kirigakure shinobi reported that the team sent after the Jinchuriki had been wiped out and delivered the Amber Purifying Pot, prompting the commanders to reinforce its seals and send it back to the village.
• Kirigakure’s commanders concluded that the failed plan left them no options and ordered their defensive line contracted ahead of likely ceasefire negotiations.
• After learning the plan had failed, A smashed the command desk and led Killer B and the Kumogakure forces to challenge Minato again, but the brothers retreated after Minato refused to kill them.
• Qi Shuang froze Ao more quickly than before and returned to Kirigakure’s camp with Ao, Zabuza, and Mei Terumi.

Qi Shuang used Ice Release to keep Zabuza and Ao alive long enough for medical treatment, while Obito returned to the cavern gravely wounded. The old man revived Obito’s will by promising that the Rinnegan could bring Rin back, then warned him that resurrection came at a terrible price.

• Qi Shuang released the ice around Zabuza and used his spiritual power to restore Zabuza’s body, allowing the medical ninja to take him inside for treatment.
• The medical ninja asked Qi Shuang to keep Ao’s body in its lowered-temperature state until Zabuza’s urgent treatment was complete.
• Black Zetsu brought the badly injured Obito back to the cavern, where the spiral-faced White Zetsu explained that a strange Mist ninja had defeated them.
• The old man heard Obito calling for Rin and told him that the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique could revive the dead.
• Obito rejoiced at the chance to save Rin, but the old man warned that resurrection required a heavy price and could not be repeated.

Obito begged the old man to teach him resurrection ninjutsu so he could bring Rin back, but the old man persuaded him that war, not Kakashi, had killed her. The old man offered the Infinite Tsukuyomi as a way to create a world without war, and Obito agreed to help.

• Obito pleaded with the old man to teach him Outer Path—Reincarnation of the Pure Land and vowed to protect Rin with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The old man challenged Obito’s ability to protect Rin and asked whether he understood who had truly caused her death.
• Obito blamed Kakashi for killing Rin, but the old man argued that war and the shinobi world were the real culprits.
• The old man explained that resurrecting Rin would not prevent her from dying again as long as war remained possible.
• The old man described the Infinite Tsukuyomi, using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the Rinnegan to place everyone in dreams of their desires.
• Obito looked at the statue and agreed to help the old man create the promised world.

Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi were assigned to escort the wounded back to Kirigakure, where they remained after the village moved toward peace negotiations. The other villages also ceased fighting, leaving Kumogakure to reluctantly withdraw rather than face Konoha alone.

• The medical ninja treated Ao and Zabuza, confirmed both were out of danger but too badly injured to recover at the front, and arranged for them to return to Kirigakure.
• Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi took turns caring for Ao and Zabuza, then learned they had been selected to escort the wounded home.
• Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi departed by warship with the wounded and returned to Kirigakure the next morning.
• Kirigakure's higher-ups ordered peace negotiations after their plan to destroy Konoha failed, so Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi stayed in the village.
• With the other sides ending their fighting, Kumogakure decided to withdraw rather than continue the war against Konoha alone.

Mei Terumi returned to Kirigakure with Qi Shuang and enjoyed being home, then asked when the other front-line shinobi would come back. The pair discussed the ruins at the village entrance and learned that a rebellion led by several Kekkei Genkai clans had damaged the village; Qi Shuang suspected it had been planned, while Mei condemned the harm done to civilians.

• Mei Terumi happily breathed in Kirigakure's humid air while Qi Shuang relaxed on the hospital rooftop.
• Mei Terumi asked when the shinobi on the front lines would return, and Qi Shuang explained that troop withdrawals would happen in stages and could take months.
• Mei Terumi pointed out the collapsed buildings near the village entrance, and Qi Shuang said a rebellion had broken out during the war.
• Qi Shuang explained that several Kekkei Genkai clans had tried to seize Kirigakure and that he suspected the attack had been premeditated.
• Mei Terumi condemned the rebels for endangering civilians, and Qi Shuang replied that revolutions were never bloodless.