Chapter Summaries

Amakawa Mingren defeated Shennong, claimed the Aerial Fortress, and brought most of Hidden Sky Village under Amegakure’s control. Meanwhile, Orochimaru returned to Konoha and continued secret experiments on abducted villagers.

• Shikaku Nara withdrew his team after Shennong’s defeat, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu decided to keep Nagato from meeting Amakawa Mingren and went to warn Obito.
• Mingren checked on the three Amegakure medical Female Ninjas, examined Zero-Tails’ regenerating cocoon, and planned to take the Aerial Fortress and Hidden Sky Village’s forces for Amegakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Orochimaru about his whereabouts during the Nine-Tails Attack, and Orochimaru said he had taken Anko out before leaving.
• Orochimaru used underground passages to reach a hidden laboratory, where he prepared to experiment on abducted Konoha ninja in pursuit of Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• Mingren announced that Hidden Sky Village would merge into Amegakure, promised to confine Shennong and make him apologize to the abducted ninja’s relatives, and most of the Hidden Sky Village ninja agreed to join.

Mingren brought Hidden Sky Village’s fleet and Aerial Fortress to Amegakure, where he announced their merger as his immense new strength left him unable to control his movements safely. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to rally Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure against Amegakure, leaving the Land of Rain poised for a major change.

• Shikaku Nara reported Yunyeshan’s defeat to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who judged Mingren a growing threat and decided Konoha needed to eliminate him before his power increased further.
• Jiraiya agreed to travel to Iwagakure and persuade the Third Tsuchikage to join Konoha and Sunagakure against Amegakure.
• Hidden Sky Village’s fleet and Aerial Fortress Ankbandian arrived at Amegakure, and Mingren transferred the remaining forces there over three days.
• Asuka and the others welcomed Mingren, but Hidden Sky Village ninjas warned them to keep away because his overwhelming strength made even ordinary movements dangerous.
• Mingren told those gathered that Hidden Sky Village would merge into the Land of Rain, and the remaining Hidden Sky Village ninjas listened as willing members of Amegakure.

Mingren merged Hidden Sky Village into Amegakure and began reshaping Ankbandian Fortress while Akatsuki considered the consequences of his growing power. Meanwhile, Jiraiya sought Iwagakure's help against Amegakure, and Ōnoki weighed the opportunity.

• Mingren absorbed the power of the three Zero-Tails, raising his Strength to 56 and increasing his Chakra reserves by 600 cal.
• Mingren ordered Guren to reshape Ankbandian Fortress and confined Master Shennong in its Power Room as its battery.
• Pakura challenged Mingren to a spar to test the gap between their strength.
• Nagato dismissed Shennong's failure while Black Zetsu warned him that Mingren had united Hidden Sky Village and Amegakure; Konan reported that Akatsuki's calling cards had reached the nations' upper ranks.
• Jiraiya asked Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki to help oppose Amegakure, and Ōnoki considered that Amegakure would target Konoha or Sunagakure first.

Ōnoki considered Jiraiya’s proposal to join forces against Amegakure and decided to contact Akatsuki instead. At Ankbandian Fortress, Pakura unveiled her Scorching Release Chakra Mode, but Mingren overwhelmed her with a barrage of punches.

• Jiraiya warned Ōnoki that Amegakure might target Iwagakure and gave him a report on Amakawa Mingren.
• Ōnoki was astonished by Mingren’s strength, then decided to contact Akatsuki about hiring the mercenary organization against Amegakure.
• Mingren demonstrated that he had compressed a one-cubic-meter iron block into a one-cubic-decimeter cube and challenged Pakura to understand the feat.
• Pakura activated her Scorching Release Chakra Mode, gaining powerful defenses, faster movement, and intense flame attacks.
• Mingren countered Pakura’s flames with 1,120 shockwave punches and sent her flying backward, leaving her badly burned.

Mingren defeated Pakura and explained that his power came from collective research rather than bloodline, then offered to teach her and Asuka Dark Chakra. After Pakura accepted her defeat, Tonbei arrived seeking Mingren’s help on behalf of the Tsuchigumo Clan.

• Mingren’s punch sent Pakura flying, and she realized his speed and durability far exceeded her expectations.
• Mingren told Pakura that ordinary people could surpass bloodlines through collective effort and shared wisdom.
• When Pakura asked what his power was, Mingren offered to teach her, and she admitted defeat.
• Mingren called Asuka over to join his plans for sharing Dark Chakra, and she reported that Tonbei had come to see him.
• Tonbei introduced himself as a member of the Tsuchigumo Clan from the Land of Fields and began explaining why he had come.

Mingren agreed to rescue the Tsuchigumo Clan’s missing heir, Earth Spider Hotaru, after Tonbei reported that Orochimaru led the attack that killed En no Gyōja. He demanded that the clan restore its forbidden technique, then prepared to fly to Sea Country, where the attackers had gone.

• Tonbei told Mingren that attackers had killed En no Gyōja and abducted several clansmen, including his infant granddaughter, Earth Spider Hotaru.
• Tonbei revealed that he believed Orochimaru had led the attackers, and Mingren agreed to help find the missing Tsuchigumo Clan members.
• Mingren made the Tsuchigumo Clan’s restoration of its forbidden technique a condition of his aid.
• Tonbei reported that the attackers had traveled from the Land of Fields to an island in Sea Country, and Mingren decided to fly there.
• Asuka warned Mingren that the mission could be a Konoha trap, but Mingren insisted no one could stop him from leaving.

Mingren learned that Konoha had persuaded Iwagakure to join a coalition against Amegakure, but he left to investigate disappearances in the Sea Country. He uncovered Fisher Fire’s role in Orochimaru’s experiments and attacked her, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Black Zetsu warned Mingren that Jiraiya had likely persuaded Ōnoki to send Iwagakure troops against Amegakure, and Mingren said he would deal with it after returning.
• Mingren traveled to the Sea Country, where children were throwing stones at a bandaged purple-haired girl they blamed for disappearances and other misfortunes.
• Mingren learned the girl was Fisher Fire and confronted her at her home, revealing that Orochimaru and Tenchi had used her in experiments and that she had helped abduct people and destroy ships.
• Fisher Fire tried to flee after Mingren threatened to expose her, but he appeared behind her, grabbed her, and struck her.

Mingren captured Fisher Fire as a Dark Weapon and learned Orochimaru was on a nearby island. He confronted Tenchi outside Orochimaru’s cave, where Tenchi summoned Sea Monk to attack him.

• Mingren pursued Fisher Fire to an island, forced her to reveal Orochimaru’s location, and made her into his fifth Dark Weapon.
• Mingren left Fisher Fire unconscious and headed for the island she had identified.
• Inside the island, Orochimaru read Danzo’s message that Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure planned to attack Amegakure.
• Tenchi emerged from the cave, attacked Mingren with Water Style and then transformed into a merman, but Mingren easily knocked him into the sea.
• Tenchi summoned Sea Monk and sent the giant water creature charging at Mingren.

Mingren destroyed the Sea Monk, injured Tenchi, and confronted Orochimaru after Orochimaru took over Tsuchigumo Cocoon’s husband’s body. Mingren battered Orochimaru and countered his snakes, but Orochimaru unleashed an even larger snake attack.

• Mingren vaporized the Sea Monk, tore off Tenchi’s arm, and knocked him unconscious before heading to the cave.
• Tsuchigumo Cocoon woke and realized Orochimaru had taken her husband’s body; Orochimaru told her her husband lived on inside his mental space.
• Mingren destroyed Orochimaru’s laboratory equipment while preserving jars of organs and tissue as evidence, then punched Orochimaru out of the underground passage.
• Orochimaru attacked Mingren with venomous snakes, but Mingren pulverized them with rapid punches.
• Orochimaru unleashed the Array of Ten Thousand Snakes, and Mingren’s flaming fists wiped out the waves of snakes as Orochimaru produced even more.

Amakawa Mingren overwhelmed Orochimaru with his Dark Chakra and rescued Tsuchigumo Cocoon and Hotaru Earth Spider. He defeated Orochimaru in the cave and absorbed his negative emotions as Dark Chakra.

• Amakawa Mingren destroyed Orochimaru's snakes, pursued him underwater, and battered him into the sky.
• Orochimaru escaped his battered body by shedding a new one, then seized Tsuchigumo Cocoon as he reached Hotaru Earth Spider in the cave.
• Mingren pierced Orochimaru with a high-speed thrown katana and kicked him deeper into the cave before gathering Cocoon and Hotaru safely into his arms.
• Orochimaru attacked with the Kusanagi Sword, but it could not pierce Mingren's eyelid, and Mingren slammed him into the ground.
• Mingren branded Orochimaru with a one-time Dark Chakra Jutsu and absorbed the Dark Chakra formed from his negative emotions.

Mingren defeated Orochimaru’s attempt to escape and endured the Tsuchigumo Clan’s Heavenly Fury without injury. He spared Orochimaru for now and planned to expose his human experiments, while Tsuchigumo Cocoon agreed to help.

• Mingren kicked Orochimaru away and had Tsuchigumo Cocoon seal the evidence of his human experiments for later use.
• Orochimaru tried to unleash an attack, but Mingren punched him through the cave and sent him outside.
• Orochimaru used the Tsuchigumo Clan’s Heavenly Fury, but the explosion failed to injure Mingren.
• Mingren dismissed Orochimaru, who fled while vowing to take Mingren’s body one day.
• Mingren comforted Tsuchigumo Cocoon and proposed exposing Orochimaru’s crimes during the alliance’s planned attack on Amegakure.
• Tsuchigumo Cocoon agreed to take the evidence and help enact the plan.

Mingren returned to Amegakure with Tsuchigumo Cocoon, Hotaru, Tenchi, and Fisher Fire, then outlined a plan to expose Orochimaru’s experiments and prepare for attacks by Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure. He ended the meeting by ordering preparations for the Ankbandian Fortress and his own training, while arranging to discuss Dark Chakra with Asuka and Pakura.

• Mingren brought evidence and living witnesses from the Tsuchigumo Clan dispute back to Amegakure, where Tonbei welcomed Cocoon and Hotaru and promised to share the clan’s secret technique.
• Cocoon decided to strengthen the Tsuchigumo Clan and raise Hotaru so she could someday serve Mingren.
• Mingren proposed releasing evidence of Orochimaru’s human experiments to disrupt the alliance between the three villages, and the meeting attendees agreed that the revelations could cause chaos in Konoha.
• Pakura left the meeting after expressing disgust with the scandals involving the Sannin and other shinobi leaders.
• Mingren ordered the Ankbandian Fortress restarted, planned to have a heavy katana forged, and intended to obtain Sealing Jutsu information from Kushina.
• Mingren asked Asuka to bring Pakura to continue their discussion of Dark Chakra.

Mingren demonstrated his strength by forging a massive iron bar for an experimental eight-ton Katana, then explained Dark Chakra to Asuka, Pakura, and Guren. He warned that the power could let negative emotions control its users, leaving its distribution to the Ninja World unresolved.

• Mingren effortlessly lifted and swung an eight-ton Kubikiribōchō prototype at the Amegakure ninja tool shop.
• Mingren used his bare fists to forge an iron cube into a rod, and the blacksmiths began preparing to make an eight-ton Katana.
• Mingren summoned Guren, Asuka, and Pakura and had Guren demonstrate her Dark Chakra.
• Mingren explained that a Dark Chakra Jutsu Formula could grant Dark Chakra without a bloodline and that the power drew on negative emotions.
• Asuka inferred that Dark Chakra had dangerous side effects, and Mingren confirmed that users could be ruled by their negative emotions.
• Mingren warned that hatred could make Pakura violent and gloomy, but Pakura rejected his reasoning.

Mingren gave Pakura and Asuka his improved Dark Chakra, warning that it must not be spread until perfected. He then restarted Ankbandian, which rose into an aerial fortress above Amegakure.

• Mingren explained to Pakura and Asuka why Dark Chakra could not be distributed widely before it was perfected.
• Mingren imprinted his improved Dark Chakra jutsu on Pakura, who felt her negative thoughts convert into power and tested her new strength.
• Mingren gave Asuka Dark Chakra as well and told both women to learn to control it.
• Mingren asked Guren about Fisher Fire, and Guren reported that she had been placed in a Life Support Pod.
• Mingren ordered Guren to restart Ankbandian, and the fortress rose above Amegakure as Guren's Crystal Release Clones reported that it was functioning well.

Mingren used the Aerial Fortress to keep his captured batteries and Black Prison out of reach, then tried to force Kushina to teach him her techniques. He promised she could see Naruto if she accepted an additional condition, leaving Kushina torn between her son and her loyalty to Minato.

• Mingren kept the Aerial Fortress high above Amegakure and confirmed Black Prison had become part of it.
• Mingren took Kushina from her Life Support Pod and demanded her Sealing Jutsu, Barrier Jutsu, and ninjutsu.
• Kushina attacked Mingren with Adamantine Sealing Chains and Shadow Clones, but he broke the chains, destroyed the clones, and struck her down.
• Mingren told Kushina Naruto was alive and offered to take her to see him in exchange for an additional condition.
• Mingren gave Kushina half a day to decide, and she sobbed over whether to betray Minato for a chance to see Naruto.

Mingren took Kushina toward Konoha while Akatsuki accepted Iwagakure’s commission to attack Amegakure and target him. Konoha’s leaders prepared to deploy in one day, unaware that Mingren was already approaching and Orochimaru could not return in time.

• Mingren brought Kushina from the Aerial Fortress and flew toward Konoha under cover of night.
• Pain told Akatsuki that Iwagakure had hired them to join an attack on Amegakure, and Kakuzu and Jūzō Biwa were assigned to target Mingren.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed Iwagakure’s deployment plan and decided the operation would proceed whether or not Orochimaru returned.
• Danzo ordered Captain Fugaku’s men to lead the operation.

Mingren took Kushina to Konoha to confirm that Naruto was safe, then brought her back to Amegakure and continued testing Ankbandian’s cannon. After three days of tests, elite forces from Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure arrived to infiltrate Amegakure.

• Fugaku Uchiha left after seeing that everyone blamed the Uchiha Clan for the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Mingren forced Kushina to open Konoha’s barrier and showed her the sleeping Naruto, who was being protected by a wet nurse and shinobi.
• Mingren brought Kushina back to Amegakure and confined her in the Black Prison Training Room while planning to obtain her knowledge of sealing techniques.
• Mingren fired Ankbandian’s cannon over Amegakure and spent three days testing ways to increase its range.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ōnoki, and Rasa led elite forces from Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure to Amegakure to conduct an infiltration operation.

Amakawa Mingren confronted the invading teams from Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure outside Amegakure. Tsuchigumo Cocoon and Tenchi exposed Orochimaru’s crimes, leaving the three teams in chaos and Hiruzen Sarutobi under suspicion.

• Asuka sensed the approaching forces, and Mingren arrived with Guren and prepared to confront them before they could enter Amegakure.
• Mingren opened the gates, hovered above the city, and told the three villages that Amegakure would one day destroy them.
• Mingren had a fish-scaled prisoner brought out along with Tonbei, Tsuchigumo Cocoon, and Earth Spider Hotaru.
• Tsuchigumo Cocoon accused Orochimaru of murdering En no Gyōja and abducting people for forbidden experiments, while Tenchi described his role as Orochimaru’s assistant.
• Tonbei produced a scroll containing jars and human tissues as evidence, prompting the allied teams to erupt into chaos and question Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Mingren exposed Orochimaru’s human experiments and betrayal, fracturing the alliance against Amegakure. Ōnoki and Rasa withdrew their villages from the operation but redirected their forces toward testing Mingren, while Pakura attacked Rasa and Kakuzu and Jūzō Biwa challenged Mingren.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi acknowledged that he had suspected Orochimaru’s crimes, while Jiraiya demanded the truth and Ōnoki questioned Konoha’s trustworthiness.
• Mingren’s evidence destroyed the three-way alliance, leaving Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure wary of one another.
• Ōnoki and Rasa announced their withdrawals from the operation but said they wanted to test Mingren’s strength.
• Pakura charged at Rasa, and the two began fighting with Scorching Release and Gold Dust.
• Kakuzu and Jūzō Biwa revealed themselves, and Kakuzu called out Mingren while the crowd recognized Jūzō Biwa as a rogue ninja from Kirigakure.

Mingren defeated Jūzō Biwa with a single kick after breaking his Kubikiribōchō, and Hiruzen Sarutobi estimated that Mingren’s taijutsu reached nearly six times the speed of sound. Kakuzu then attacked Mingren with combined Wind and Fire Release techniques, swallowing him in a massive blast.

• Asuka moved to fight Jūzō Biwa, but Mingren stopped her and took the fight himself.
• Mingren severed Jūzō Biwa’s Kubikiribōchō, then kicked him hundreds of meters into Amegakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi analyzed Mingren’s attack speed and estimated it was nearly six times the speed of sound.
• Kakuzu used Body Flicker to appear beside Mingren and unleashed combined Wind Release and Fire Release attacks.
• Kakuzu’s techniques swallowed Mingren and blasted a huge hole into a nearby mountain, leaving the onlookers stunned.