Chapter Summaries

After five years of experiments with his master Shennong, Mingren awakened the Dark Chakra Jutsu, which promised ordinary people strength without bloodlines. He resolved to challenge the Ninja World’s hereditary order and saw his strength displayed as 7.

• Mingren emerged from the shattered Life Support Pod after Shennong’s 3,000th experiment succeeded.
• Shennong explained that Mingren’s transformation proved the Dark Chakra Jutsu could give ordinary people a path to power.
• Mingren recalled his anger at Naruto Uzumaki’s rise from an apparent underdog to a defender of bloodlines and the old order.
• Mingren reflected on how he had been rescued as a child in the Land of Rain and had spent years studying medicine and training under Shennong.
• Mingren focused on his ninja attributes, merged the displayed indicators, and saw his strength listed as 7.

Mingren tested his Dark Chakra-enhanced strength with Shennong and dismissed the need to measure other abilities. Meanwhile, Amegakure ninja Asuka fled through an underground passage as her comrades stayed behind to face Konoha pursuers, and the chapter ended with the clash exposing the gap between the great and small ninja villages.

• Mingren confirmed that his Dark Chakra-enhanced strength was 7 and refused to check his other values.
• Mingren and Shennong sensed that someone had infiltrated their underground laboratory.
• Amegakure ninja Asuka and three subordinates fled through a passage while Konoha pursuers closed in.
• Asuka's three subordinates chose to stay behind and fight so she could escape and answer to Lord Hanzo.
• Asuka ran deeper into the darkness as her comrades engaged the pursuers, and the battle quickly ended in Konoha's favor.

Kakashi Hatake’s squad pursued Asuka through the passages, intending to capture her and force Hanzo of the Salamander into an alliance with Konoha. Asuka refused to surrender, and the standoff was interrupted when Mingren emerged from the darkness.

• Kakashi summoned Pakkun, who tracked the enemy’s scent to two possible passages, and Kakashi took the right passage while Shikahide Nara and the other two squad members pursued Asuka through the left.
• Shikahide Nara and his teammates cornered Asuka and tried to persuade her to surrender, explaining Konoha’s plan and showing her an antidote to her poison.
• Asuka refused to surrender and raised her Kunai for a final fight.
• A mysterious voice challenged the Konoha squad, and Mingren emerged from the darkness as the ninja questioned who he was.

During the Third Shinobi World War, Mingren confronted three Konoha ninja for invading the Land of Rain and claiming they had come to help it prosper. When Tetsuya Senju attacked him, Mingren’s anger fueled his Dark Chakra, and he struck at Tetsuya’s leg.

• Shikahide Nara judged Mingren to be an untrained civilian and told him to leave the war zone.
• Mingren recognized the Konoha ninja and accused them of invading the Land of Rain, while Asuka prepared to accept her death.
• Tetsuya Senju took offense at Mingren’s words about his parents and rushed in with Konoha Whirlwind.
• Mingren’s Dark Chakra grew with his anger, and he stepped forward to punch Tetsuya’s left leg.

Mingren revealed his strength by breaking Tetsuya Senju’s leg, then shoved Asuka out of the blast of Shikahide Nara’s explosive tag. Shennong arrived as the Konoha ninja assumed Mingren had died, and the chase for Asuka remained unresolved.

• Mingren’s anger raised his Strength to 7.3, and he broke Tetsuya Senju’s left leg with one punch.
• Kakashi and Pakkun realized they had been misled by a discarded cloak, while Shennong spotted Kakashi and decided to activate the barrier and retreat.
• Shikahide Nara threw a kunai with an explosive tag, and Mingren shoved Asuka away before the blast hit him.
• Shennong arrived, recognized Asuka as Hanzo of the Salamander’s granddaughter, and saw his injured disciple lying in the corridor.
• Shikahide Nara and the other Konoha ninja believed Mingren was an ordinary civilian who had died in the explosion, while Tetsuya urged them to capture Asuka.

Mingren used Shennong’s Body Activation Technique and Dark Chakra to recover from his injuries and grow stronger, then killed a Konoha ninja and absorbed the man’s negative emotions. He broke through Shikahide Nara’s Shadow Binding Technique while Shennong kept Kakashi from reaching the fight.

• Shennong warned Mingren and the others that Kakashi and Minato were nearby, then Mingren healed rapidly using the Body Activation Technique and Dark Chakra.
• Mingren saw malice in a young Konoha ninja, killed him, and absorbed the negative emotions rising from his corpse, increasing his strength to 7.5.
• Shikahide Nara restrained Mingren with the Shadow Binding Technique as Tetsuya Senju remained injured, while Shennong said he had trapped Kakashi temporarily.
• Mingren stopped Asuka from intervening and began forcing his way out of Shikahide Nara’s restraint with a black Chakra hurricane.

Mingren used Dark Chakra to defeat Shikahide Nara, then tortured Tetsuya Senju to death by burning him while holding him in place. Asuka was shaken by Mingren’s words about refusing to forgive invaders, and the story left her reconsidering her beliefs and Amegakure’s future.

• Mingren blasted Shikahide Nara out of his Shadow Binding Technique and beat him until he died, absorbing his negative thoughts and raising his power to 7.7.
• Mingren concluded that killing stronger opponents and making them suffer could yield more Negative Mental Energy.
• Mingren set Tetsuya Senju on fire and held him tightly so he could not escape or extinguish the flames.
• Tetsuya Senju begged Mingren to forgive him, but Mingren said that forgiving invaders was the Sage of Six Paths’ business and killed him.
• Asuka was deeply affected by Mingren’s words and began questioning her beliefs and worrying about Amegakure’s future.

After Tetsuya Senju’s death empowered him, Amakawa Mingren left the burning site with Shennong and refused Asuka’s invitation to join Amegakure or Akatsuki. The chapter ended with Mingren reflecting on his new strength and questioning the surname Shennong had given him.

• Mingren watched Tetsuya Senju die in flames and absorbed his negative emotions, raising his Strength Value to 8.
• Mingren declared that he would grow stronger, oppose Bloodline Theory, and drive the invaders out of the Land of Rain.
• Asuka asked Mingren to join Amegakure, but he refused and said he would not join Akatsuki either.
• Shennong gave Asuka a scroll containing her three companions’ bodies and told her Mingren’s name and background.
• After Asuka followed them away, Mingren questioned the surname Amakawa, and Shennong explained that it could help build connections.

Kakashi found three slain shinobi in Shennong’s passage and struggled with memories of his losses. Asuka returned safely to Amegakure and told Hanzo that a mysterious man had helped her escape and refused to join Akatsuki.

• Kakashi broke Shennong’s barrier with Chidori and found Makoto, Shikahide Nara, and Tetsuya Senju dead.
• Kakashi recalled Obito Uchiha and Nohara Rin, then sealed the bodies into a scroll.
• Asuka returned to Amegakure, where villagers welcomed her as a symbol of the village’s future.
• Asuka met Hanzo and reported her mission and the danger she had faced.
• Asuka told Hanzo that a special person had helped her escape and had said he would not join Akatsuki.

After Hanzo learned that Amakawa Mingren had declined to join Akatsuki but had not ruled out future contact, Konoha investigated the deaths of three shinobi in the Land of Rain and discovered another murdered scout. The findings fueled calls for revenge and reached Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose high command weighed the difficulty of confronting Amegakure against Konoha’s wider wartime strategy.

• Hanzo asked whether Amakawa Mingren would join Amegakure, and Asuka said he had left the possibility open before giving his name.
• Ibiki Morino examined Makoto, Shikahide Nara, and Tetsuya Senju and concluded their killer had overwhelming strength and might possess a Kekkei Genkai.
• Kakashi Hatake questioned Ibiki about Tetsuya’s death and blamed himself for failing to bring his teammates back.
• Konoha shinobi brought in a dead reconnaissance squad member whose bones had been shattered, and Ibiki suspected the same killer was responsible.
• A Senju Jonin called for revenge against the Land of Rain, and the outrage reached the Konoha High Command.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi convened an emergency meeting and considered how Konoha could secure Hanzo’s alliance while managing its other wartime fronts.

Konoha prepared a squad to capture Hanzo's granddaughter and confront her Kekkei Genkai protector, while Minato sent Kakashi to the ANBU. As the mission's participants departed, Shinya Senju vowed to avenge his brother, and the Hyuga Clan assigned Hokuto Hyuga after an internal purge.

• Danzo proposed a capture squad of Shinya Senju, a Gekko Clan ninja, and Hokuto Hyuga, and Hiruzen agreed to add Kakashi after he completed his ANBU procedures.
• Danzo and Minato planned to travel to the Land of Rain to face Hanzo while their subordinates pursued his granddaughter and her protector.
• Minato found Kakashi mourning Obito and told him to report to the ANBU, then decided to go to the Land of Rain himself.
• Shinya Senju visited his brother Tetsuya's grave and vowed to avenge him by killing Amegakure's ninjas.
• The Gekko Clan man departed on the mission after entrusting Gekko Hayate to Uzuki Yugao, while hoping Tsunade could treat Hayate's Bloodline Disease after the war.
• After the Hyuga Clan's purge and Hiashi's speech, Hiashi instructed Hokuto Hyuga to perform well on the mission.

Mingren pushed his body through dangerous high-rise training to adapt to Dark Chakra and strengthen his resolve, while Konoha and Amegakure prepared their respective operations. After his strength rose to 8.1, he fell from the building, and Shennong trusted Dark Chakra and the Body Activation Technique to repair him.

• Hyuga Hiashi warned Hokuto Hyuga about the clan's hierarchy while Hizashi Hyuga recognized the warning as directed at him.
• Hanzo issued new orders to Amegakure's ninjas and assigned Ryu to protect Asuka.
• Asuka hoped to meet Amakawa Mingren again and recruit him to Amegakure instead of letting young people believe Akatsuki was their only choice.
• Mingren performed one-finger handstand push-ups atop a high-rise as Shennong questioned the dangerous training.
• Mingren's strength increased to 8.1, but exhaustion and a gust of wind sent him falling from the building.
• Shennong withheld help, relying on Dark Chakra and the Body Activation Technique to repair Mingren's body.

After surviving a near-fatal training jump, Mingren continued pursuing strength to prove that people without bloodline powers could reach the summit. He and Shennong met Yahiko’s Akatsuki in a Land of Rain border town, where Asuka recognized Mingren.

• Mingren survived a twenty-story fall and used the Body Activation Technique and Dark Chakra to heal, then forced his bones back into place.
• Mingren told Shennong he wanted to give his formerly deceived self an explanation and insisted on continuing his training.
• Two days later, Mingren and Shennong arrived at a Land of Rain border town, where Konoha ninja bought supplies from local vendors.
• Asuka, Ryu, and two companions entered an inn in disguise and recognized Yahiko’s group as the Akatsuki, not Amegakure ninja.
• Yahiko greeted Shennong, while Asuka recognized Mingren and Ryu’s group watched the meeting warily.

Mingren rejected Yahiko’s invitation to join the Akatsuki Organization and challenged his belief that peace could be achieved through compromise. He called for revolution through strength, but Yahiko warned that this might only make Mingren a second Demigod.

• Yahiko welcomed Shennong and Mingren, then invited Mingren to join the Akatsuki Organization.
• Mingren questioned whether Yahiko could accept the Land of Rain’s situation and asked what he would do if enemies demanded a loved one’s life or Asuka’s capture in exchange for peace.
• Mingren rejected the Akatsuki ideals, arguing that compromise would fail and that revolution required killing villains and overthrowing Bloodline Theory.
• Nagato defended peace through ending conflict, but Mingren blamed the ruling elites of the Five Great Nations for starting the wars and silenced him.
• Yahiko asked how Mingren would achieve revolution, and Mingren said he would use strength; Yahiko replied that this would make him a second Demigod.

After parting ways with Yahiko, Mingren rejected the Akatsuki Organization’s faith in Nagato’s Rinnegan and resolved to change the Land of Rain through his own strength. His power rose to 8.3, and he attacked four Konoha ninja who were reporting Amegakure’s movements.

• Yahiko offered Mingren a place in the Akatsuki Organization, but the two sides parted ways.
• Shennong questioned the Land of Rain’s future, and Mingren said he would grow stronger and drive out the invaders.
• Mingren’s intense emotions and recent training raised his power to 8.3, while Asuka remembered his words about seeking peace through struggle.
• Mingren spotted four Konoha ninja sending intelligence away with a summoned beast and entered their alley.
• Mingren killed one Konoha ninja with a single punch, absorbed the dead man’s Mental Energy, and continued fighting the other three.

Hokuto Hyuga, Shinya Senju, and Gekko Clan arrived in the Land of Rain to capture Hanzo's Granddaughter, but discovered that four Konoha comrades had been killed. After Hokuto identified Shennong and Mingren as the murderers, the squad prepared to pursue them before their ANBU support arrived.

• Hokuto Hyuga used his Byakugan to survey the town and discovered that their Konoha companions had been killed.
• Shennong recognized the arriving squad as reinforcements sent to find Hanzo's Granddaughter, while Mingren considered the power he could gain by killing them.
• Hokuto examined the four bodies and concluded that one powerful Taijutsu fighter had killed them.
• Hokuto tracked the unusually high Chakra of Shennong and Mingren and identified them as the culprits.
• Gekko Clan and Shinya Senju agreed to pursue the pair, while Hokuto hesitated because they had been ordered to wait for their ANBU companion.

Asuka sent Ryu and two others to intercept Kakashi Hatake while Mingren and Shennong continued through town. Hokuto Hyuga ambushed Mingren with a long-range kunai strike, and Shinya Senju rushed in to follow up.

• Asuka sensed Kakashi Hatake approaching and decided her group would intercept him, leaving Mingren and Shennong to face the other three pursuers.
• Mingren and Shennong stopped on the road and looked back toward town as Hokuto Hyuga watched them from a rooftop with his Byakugan.
• Hokuto Hyuga threw a kunai at Mingren, striking him in the left eye and knocking him into a puddle.
• Shinya Senju charged from behind a wall and began forming hand seals after seeing Hokuto's attack hit.

Mingren’s regeneration and overwhelming physical strength let him survive the three Konoha ninjas’ attacks and kill Gekko Clan. Hokuto Hyuga and Shinya Senju tried to retreat, but Mingren pursued them, leaving Hokuto to realize Mingren had been holding back.

• Gekko Clan, Shinya Senju, and Hokuto Hyuga attacked Mingren with Wind Release, a sword, and kunai, but Mingren endured the assault and his wounds began healing.
• Hokuto Hyuga recognized Mingren’s self-healing as evidence that he might possess a Kekkei Genkai, while Mingren used an iron door panel as a shield and charged at the group.
• Mingren changed targets and rushed at Shinya Senju, but Gekko Clan broke his invisibility to intercept the attack and was crushed into a warehouse.
• Mingren absorbed Gekko Clan’s Negative Mental Energy, increasing his strength to 8.6, then continued pursuing Shinya Senju and Hokuto Hyuga across the rooftops.
• Hokuto Hyuga and Shinya Senju attempted to withdraw and regroup with ANBU, but Mingren kept advancing through their kunai attacks, and Hokuto concluded that Mingren had not shown his full strength earlier.

Mingren killed Shinya Senju and pursued Hokuto Hyuga after the Wind Release battle left him weakened. Asuka and the others fought Kakashi elsewhere, while Mingren cornered Hokuto and faced his Gentle Fist Style attacks.

• Mingren hurled a water tank at Hokuto Hyuga and Shinya Senju, then fought Shinya inside a Wind Release that drained the surrounding oxygen.
• Mingren held his breath, tore off Shinya Senju’s arm, and stomped on his temple, raising his Strength Value to 8.8.
• Asuka, Ryu, and two others fought Kakashi, who burrowed underground to avoid being stalled and seek a way to regroup with Hokuto Hyuga’s team.
• Mingren chased Hokuto Hyuga through the rain, enduring kunai strikes and evading his opponent’s escape attempts.
• Hokuto Hyuga turned to fight and struck Mingren with Eight Trigrams Two Palms, Four Palms, and Eight Palms.

Mingren defeated Hokuto Hyuga, whose Caged Bird Seal destroyed his Byakugan upon death, and reached Strength 9 after absorbing negative thoughts. Shennong planned to sell the fallen Konoha ninjas’ corpses, just as Ryu, Asuka, and their companions arrived to protect Hanzo’s granddaughter.

• Hokuto Hyuga’s Gentle Fist damaged Mingren’s insides, but Mingren endured the attacks and killed him with a faster hand blade.
• Mingren watched the Caged Bird Seal destroy Hokuto Hyuga’s Byakugan and vowed to change the Hyuga Clan’s problems after crushing the Main Family’s pride in Bloodline Theory.
• Mingren absorbed negative thoughts from Hokuto Hyuga’s corpse and reached Strength 9.
• Shennong congratulated Mingren, then prepared to seal Hokuto Hyuga’s corpse so he could sell it alongside Gekko Clan’s corpse.
• Mingren saw Ryu race across the rooftops and recognized him as an Amegakure ninja with a possible Swift Release Bloodline Limit; Asuka and her companions arrived soon after.