Chapter Summaries

Mingren trained in Black Prison for ten days to adapt to the strength he had gained, while the Zero-Tails regenerated inside the Rougakure girl. As the Nine-Tails Attack approached, he prepared to increase Guren's and the girl's Dark Chakra production, and the chapter ended at Kushina's home in Konoha.

• Mingren inspected Yakushi Nonō and the Rougakure girl in their Life Support Pods, then tested his greatly increased strength by repeatedly punching Asuka's Six Seal Barrier.
• Guren watched Mingren's training as he spent ten days in Black Prison adapting to his new power, while the Zero-Tails regenerated.
• After emerging from seclusion, Mingren learned from Guren that Physician Shennong had left five days earlier to gather medicinal herbs.
• Mingren saw that the Zero-Tails had fully regenerated inside the Rougakure girl and said he would improve Guren's Dark Chakra production efficiency before the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Mingren released the Rougakure girl from her pod and worked to improve the Dark Chakra production of both her and Guren.
• Kushina sat beside a table in the Hokage's House, her belly swollen.

Kushina prepared for a secret delivery while Obito learned the details of her plans and ordered surveillance of Amakawa Mingren. Mingren left his hideout at night and headed for Konoha, where he chose to enter by landing near Nohara Rin’s grave.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged for Kushina to give birth inside a barrier with Biwako and ANBU assistance.
• Kushina met Mikoto Uchiha and learned that her newborn son was named Sasuke; she said she planned to name her own child Naruto.
• Obito Uchiha watched Kushina leave and discussed Amakawa Mingren with Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, ordering them to assign Mingren a mission when he emerged.
• Mingren left the Black Prison, ignored White Zetsu’s message about Madara’s mission, and traveled from Amegakure toward Konoha.
• Mingren decided to infiltrate Konoha from above and aimed to land near Nohara Rin’s grave.

Obito Uchiha attacked Kushina’s delivery and took newborn Naruto hostage, while Shennong traded Amakawa Mingren’s hair to Orochimaru for the Eight Inner Gates. At Konoha Cemetery, Mingren arrived to find Nohara Rin’s grave and encountered Kurenai Yuhi, who wanted revenge for her father.

• Obito Uchiha killed the eight ANBU guards and entered the cave as Kushina gave birth to Naruto.
• Biwako Sarutobi and Hebi Ji collapsed after Obito seized Naruto and threatened Minato Namikaze.
• Shennong exchanged strands of Amakawa Mingren’s hair for Orochimaru’s Eight Inner Gates scroll.
• Kurenai Yuhi visited her father’s grave and vowed to kill Mingren for revenge.
• Mingren crashed into Konoha Cemetery while searching for Nohara Rin’s gravestone and spotted Kurenai.

Amakawa Mingren raided Konoha’s cemetery, took Nohara Rin’s coffin, and fled as the village’s shinobi responded. He then reached Uzumaki Kushina’s vacant home, where he planted Explosive Tags around the hidden underground space holding newborn Naruto Uzumaki, and left without harming him.

• Kurenai Yuhi attacked Amakawa Mingren to avenge her father, but he defeated her and knocked her unconscious.
• Amakawa Mingren shattered Nohara Rin’s gravestone, removed her coffin, and sent it to Amegakure with Ibuse for Asuka to hide.
• After Konoha’s Sensory Division detected him, Amakawa Mingren raced toward the village’s outskirts.
• At Kushina’s vacant home, Amakawa Mingren heard Naruto Uzumaki crying in an underground space and planted Explosive Tags while keeping them away from him.
• Amakawa Mingren left the house before Minato Namikaze or other shinobi arrived.

Obito Uchiha extracted the Nine-Tails from Kushina, but Amakawa Mingren arrived and claimed her while Minato Namikaze tried to protect his family and village. The chapter ended with Mingren revealing that he had planted Explosive Tags at Kushina's home and claiming Naruto had been killed in the blast.

• Obito Uchiha used his Sharingan and a sealing technique to free the Nine-Tails from Kushina.
• Amakawa Mingren branded the weakened Kushina with the Dark Chakra: Zero-Tails Jutsu and said he wanted the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for revenge.
• Obito Uchiha ordered Mingren to release Kushina, but Mingren refused and taunted him.
• Minato Namikaze arrived, reassured Kushina that Naruto was safe, and learned that Obito controlled the Nine-Tails.
• An explosion struck Konoha's outskirts, and Mingren claimed he had planted more than 10,000 Explosive Tags at Kushina's home and that Naruto had been killed.

Mingren caused Kushina to awaken Zero-Tails, while the Nine-Tails appeared in Konoha and the Uchiha were barred from helping. Minato confirmed Naruto was alive but faced a choice as Mingren confronted him, leaving Kushina's fate and the village's crisis unresolved.

• Mingren's lies drove Kushina into despair, causing Zero-Tails to take physical form and control her.
• Minato used Chakra Perception Mode to confirm Naruto was alive, but Obito disappeared and the Nine-Tails vanished in a cloud of smoke.
• Itachi carried Sasuke out of their home just before a boulder destroyed it as the Nine-Tails's arrival threw Konoha into chaos.
• Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared the Uchiha Police Force to stop the Nine-Tails, but ANBU orders forbade them from leaving.
• Shisui was devastated when Fugaku explained that Konoha's leaders feared the Uchiha might control the Nine-Tails.
• Mingren demanded that Minato make a choice, while Kushina's breathing stabilized, suggesting she had survived.

Mingren declared his plan to destroy Konoha and the shinobi system as Minato and Obito fought over the village’s fate. After Minato marked Obito with Flying Thunder God, he used Contract Seal to sever Obito’s control over the Nine-Tails.

• Mingren revealed that he wanted to destroy Konoha and establish a new order, angering Minato with his criticism of Konoha’s double standards.
• Obito reappeared and attacked Minato, who escaped Obito’s Kamui with Flying Thunder God.
• Mingren took Kushina and flew toward the former residence of Uzumaki Mito and Kushina while Obito pursued Minato.
• Minato fought Obito as Mingren watched, and Minato struck Obito with a Rasengan after using Flying Thunder God to reach his back.
• Minato recognized that he had marked Obito and used Contract Seal to sever Obito’s summoning connection with the Nine-Tails.

Obito Uchiha escaped after clashing with Minato Namikaze, leaving Minato to demand Kushina’s return from Amakawa Mingren. Minato fought Mingren to protect Konoha and seal the Nine-Tails, and the chapter ended with his Sage Art: Rasengan striking Mingren in the chest.

• Obito Uchiha retreated from Minato Namikaze and disappeared into a vortex after giving Mingren a deep look.
• Minato Namikaze asked Mingren to return Kushina, but Mingren challenged him to take her back himself.
• Minato Namikaze attacked with Flying Thunder God Kunai, but Mingren blasted the weapons away with a breath of air.
• Minato Namikaze multiplied his Kunai with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, and Mingren destroyed the clones with a barrage of Dark Void Palm attacks.
• Minato Namikaze used a smoke bomb to close the distance, entered Sage Mode, and hit Mingren with a Sage Art: Rasengan.

Mingren fought Minato Namikaze and explained why he intended to destroy Konoha while sparing Naruto. When the Nine-Tails was driven outside the village, Minato chose to leave Kushina with Mingren and return to save Naruto.

• Mingren emerged nearly unharmed from Minato Namikaze’s Sage Art: Rasengan and taunted him over Kushina.
• Mingren condemned Minato’s actions against Hanzo and Akatsuki, then described his plan to destroy Konoha and establish a new rule.
• The Nine-Tails was driven outside Konoha, and Mingren challenged Minato to choose between saving the village and staying with Kushina.
• Mingren argued that Minato could not use the Reaper Death Seal against him and said their fight had reached a stalemate.
• Minato silently left Kushina behind and went to the basement to retrieve the unharmed little Naruto.

After the Nine-Tails Attack, Mingren returned to Amegakure with the injured Kushina and learned that Shennong had disappeared. He planned to exploit Kushina for her sealing techniques and turned his attention to the coffin Asuka had recovered.

• Mingren shattered most of the Zero-Tails inside Kushina, leaving her alive, then escaped with her as Minato sacrificed himself to seal the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails Attack ended with Minato and Kushina presumed dead, while the Nine-Tails was sealed between Minato and Naruto; Mingren later found Shennong and several Amegakure medical ninjas missing.
• Mingren brought Kushina to Amegakure and told Asuka, Pakura, and Chuan how he had taken her during the attack and that Akatsuki had extracted the Nine-Tails.
• Mingren declared that Kushina would serve as experimental material and that he would force her to reveal Uzumaki sealing techniques.
• Mingren ordered Guren to place Kushina in a Life Support Pod in Black Prison, then began explaining the recovered coffin by mentioning Kakashi Hatake.

Mingren used Nohara Rin’s coffin to force Obito Uchiha to retreat, then told Amegakure’s leaders that his master Shennong would soon appear. In Konoha, Danzo proposed moving the Uchiha Clan to the village’s outskirts, and Hiruzen Sarutobi faced pressure to keep his position as Hokage.

• Mingren checked on Kushina and the Rougakure girl in Black Prison before Obito Uchiha confronted him.
• Mingren raised Nohara Rin’s coffin and threatened to expose its occupant or revive her, prompting Obito to withdraw.
• Mingren told Amegakure’s leaders that Shennong would soon appear and that the missing Medical Team kunoichi were safe.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Konoha leaders discussed rebuilding the village and its diplomatic situation after the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Danzo argued that the Uchiha Clan should be relocated to the village’s outskirts, and Hiruzen weighed the proposal against his need for political support.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to Danzo’s proposals as the elders suspected Amakawa Mingren and the Uchiha Clan of involvement in the Nine-Tails Attack. A week later, Mingren demonstrated his growing strength and developed techniques he hoped ordinary people could learn and use.

• Danzo argued that Amakawa Mingren and the Uchiha Clan might have conspired in the Nine-Tails Attack, and Hiruzen Sarutobi silently agreed to his proposals.
• Utatane Koharu reported that Nohara Rin’s coffin had disappeared, and Mitokado Homura speculated that Kakashi might be Mingren’s next target.
• After the meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi remembered that Orochimaru’s whereabouts during the attack were unknown.
• A week later, Mingren tested his strength by lifting and crushing eight-ton iron blocks at the Black Prison training ground.
• Mingren demonstrated Active Fist, a destructive technique he intended to popularize so ordinary people could overcome limits imposed by monopolized resources.
• Mingren compressed another iron block by a third and considered making weapons from ordinary, widely available materials.

Mingren compressed an iron block for a possible weapon while the surviving Hidden Sky Village launched a surprise aerial attack on Konoha, which was still recovering from the Nine-Tails Attack. As Konoha’s defenders mobilized, Kakashi was overcome by sorrow during the battle.

• Mingren compressed an iron block and planned to give it to blacksmiths to forge into a high-density weapon.
• The Hidden Sky Village fleet sailed into the Land of Fire and launched ninja with individual flying devices toward Konoha.
• The Hidden Sky ninja bombed Konoha, killing civilians and prompting the Sensory Division to announce the invasion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s ninja to defend the village as its rooftops came under a storm of projectiles.
• Choza Akimichi, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Shikaku Nara prepared to fight, while Kakashi fell into sorrow as Might Guy watched.

The Hidden Sky Village attacked Konoha, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to send Shikaku Nara and a special unit to destroy its remnants. In Amegakure, Mingren learned that the attackers were heading toward Konoha and prepared to act.

• Might Guy threw Kakashi Hatake into the air as Konoha responded to the crisis.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that the Hidden Sky Village had returned for revenge and watched its aircraft devastate Konoha.
• Hyuga Hiashi reported that the attackers had exhausted much of their Chakra, and Shikaku Nara calculated their route and destination.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Shikaku Nara and Shibi Aburame to destroy the Hidden Sky Village remnants, with Hayama, Hizashi Hyuga, and Kakashi Hatake as support.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Orochimaru to explain his absence during the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Guren told Mingren that the Hidden Sky Village ninja were crossing the Land of Fire toward Konoha, and Mingren turned to respond.

Mingren set out to confront Shennong and rescue the abducted Amegakure Medical Team ninjas, while Shennong launched the Aerial Fortress Ankbandian. As Konoha forces watched the Empty Village fleet, Mingren arrived alone on the coast.

• Mingren learned that Amegakure's ANBU had located the Empty Village ninjas and left to deal with Shennong and rescue the abducted women.
• Pakura offered to help, but Mingren flew away alone, and Asuka said that matters between master and disciple needed to be settled privately.
• Shennong activated the Zero-Tails power source and raised the Aerial Fortress Ankbandian from the ruins.
• Hizashi Hyuga, Shikaku Nara, Shibi Aburame, Shirakumo Hayama, and Kakashi watched the Empty Village fleet resupply along the Land of Fire coast.
• Mingren arrived from the northern sky and landed on the beach, where Konoha's observers and the Empty Village ninjas recognized him.

Amakawa Mingren killed Shirakumo Hayama with a single punch after the Konoha group suspected him of colluding with Hidden Sky Village. Kakashi confronted Mingren despite expecting to die, but Mingren told him he would not kill him.

• Hidden Sky Village ninjas ignored Amakawa Mingren under Shennong's orders, while Hizashi Hyuga and the Konoha group watched him from behind a rock wall.
• Shirakumo Hayama charged at Mingren, who struck him with an Active Fist and disintegrated his body across a thousand-meter trail.
• Shikaku Nara, Hizashi Hyuga, Shibi Aburame, and the Hidden Sky observers froze in terror after witnessing Mingren's strength.
• Kakashi ran toward Mingren, driven by grief over Minato, Kushina, and Rin and by his desire to die.
• Kakashi greeted Mingren, and Mingren said he would not kill him; Kakashi asked why.

Mingren survived Shennong’s surprise attack with Ankbandian’s cannon and confronted his former master aboard the flying fortress. Shennong revealed that he had obtained the Eight Inner Gates scroll and explained the Dark Chakra plan he had taught Mingren.

• Mingren left Kakashi and flew toward Ankbandian after sensing Shennong’s Chakra.
• Shennong fired Ankbandian’s cannon at Mingren, who took the blast head-on and healed with Dark Chakra.
• Mingren flew to Ankbandian, where the Empty Village ninja escorted him to the main control room.
• Shennong told Mingren that Ankbandian was the Empty Village’s ultimate weapon and credited him with helping secure the Zero-Tails Scroll and complete a deal with Orochimaru.
• Shennong revealed that he had obtained the Eight Inner Gates scroll and described how despair and other dark emotions produced Dark Chakra through Zero-Tails.

Mingren overwhelmed Shennong in their fight, but Shennong revealed that he was absorbing power from the Zero-Tails and Empty Village ninjas. As the stolen Chakra poured into Ankbandian, Shennong's strength continued to rise.

• Mingren beat Shennong back repeatedly, overcoming his Dark Chakra attacks and regeneration.
• Mingren judged that his strength surpassed Shennong's and realized Shennong's Eight Gates were only pseudo-Eight Gates.
• Shennong announced that he would use the Zero-Tails and Dark Chakra to drain everyone, while Mingren sensed at least three Zero-Tails beneath the control room.
• Empty Village ninjas inside Ankbandian and aboard the fleet lost their strength as their Chakra flowed toward the fortress.
• Shennong absorbed the stolen power, and his Chakra rose sharply from 35 to 45 and kept increasing.

Mingren matched Master Shennong’s strength and defeated him in a brutal fight. Shennong revealed that Yahiko had defeated him and claimed Mingren could not defeat Yahiko, leaving Mingren to consider the threat.

• Mingren absorbed Dark Chakra from Kushina and the Rougakure girl, raising his Strength to 50 and matching Shennong.
• Mingren and Shennong clashed, and Mingren overwhelmed his master with a barrage of punches and an axe kick that drove him into a crater.
• Shennong wondered why Mingren had won despite their equal strength, and Mingren said Shennong had wavered while he had never wavered.
• Shennong told Mingren that Yahiko had defeated him and that Mingren still could not defeat Yahiko.

Mingren rejected Shennong’s despairing view of humanity and declared his aim to unify the Ninja World and improve people’s lives. After absorbing Shennong’s Dark Chakra, he knocked his master unconscious and flew toward Ankbandian, while Shikaku Nara’s group retreated to report Shennong’s identity to Konoha.

• Mingren argued that Dark Chakra could be improved and said he wanted to rule as an emperor, giving ordinary people security and opportunities to grow stronger.
• Mingren absorbed Shennong’s Dark Chakra, causing his strength to rise from 51 to 55.
• Shennong told Mingren that Orochimaru had received an invitation from Akatsuki and might leave Konoha after completing his forbidden technique.
• Mingren knocked Shennong unconscious for his past actions and flew toward Ankbandian to rescue the three Amegakure medical Female Ninjas.
• Shikaku Nara ordered his group to retreat after recognizing Shennong as the leader of Empty Village, and Hizashi Hyuga prepared to report the discovery to Konoha.