Chapter Summaries

White Fang demanded an explanation from the Third and threatened to make the village his enemy, while Danzo tried to force the confrontation. Orochimaru and Tsunade refused to help suppress him and prepared to leave for the front with Ling Tian and Kakashi as Ling Tian considered defecting.

• White Fang drew his Chakra Short Blade and declared he would become the village’s enemy unless he received an explanation.
• Danzo urged the shinobi to attack, but the Third ordered White Fang to go home and told everyone else to stand down and protect civilians.
• Orochimaru defended Ling Tian and rebuked Jiraiya for criticizing the Hatake family.
• Tsunade condemned the Third’s handling of the dispute and joined Orochimaru in leading the force toward the front.
• Ling Tian reassured Kakashi that he was not afraid and resolved to rebel if pushed further.
• The Strongest Choice System presented Ling Tian with three choices, including defecting with White Fang or staying behind to continue the coup.

Ling Tian took Kakashi away from the Leaf Village, accusing its leaders of owing the Hatake Clan and refusing to join the battlefield. As the others departed, White Fang stayed behind to face the Root and Anbu forces, killing four attackers with one slash.

• Ling Tian chose to leave with Kakashi and told Orochimaru he would remain in the village until it repaid the Hatake Clan.
• Ling Tian accused Tsunade and the Senju Clan of failing their responsibilities, then left with Kakashi.
• Tsunade ordered Orochimaru and Jiraiya to lead the shinobi to the battlefield, while Hongsi declared he would stand with White Fang and Fugaku took the Uchiha clansmen home.
• Fugaku expelled Uchiha Red Four from the Uchiha Clan, and Red Four leaped away as several Anbu and Root operatives followed him.
• Danzo sent Root operatives to attack White Fang, who killed four Special Jonin with a single sword slash.

White Fang faced the Third and Danzo’s forces after killing six shinobi, while Danzo pulled Root back to preserve his troops. The Third summoned Enma and prepared to stop White Fang, who accused him of acting for his own interests.

• White Fang killed two more shinobi in front of the Third and declared that thirty-eight enemies remained.
• Danzo recalled the Root shinobi to his side after realizing White Fang could wipe out his force.
• The Third decided he had to stop White Fang and summoned Enma, the Monkey King.
• Enma recognized White Fang and agreed to fight after White Fang cut his forehead protector.
• Enma transformed into the Adamantine Staff, and the Third declared he would stop White Fang even at the cost of his life.
• White Fang asked whether the Third was stopping him for the village or for himself.

The Third fought White Fang with taijutsu and a barrage of elemental ninjutsu, but White Fang evaded or cut through every attack. The Third then combined his elemental techniques and began a three-way sealing jutsu as White Fang pressed toward him.

• The Third ordered Shishō's squad to support him from the perimeter while the other Anbu helped Danzo surround White Fang.
• The Third attacked White Fang, and the two clashed in taijutsu until White Fang sent the Third crashing through three houses.
• The Third used earth and fire techniques against White Fang, who escaped the earth trap and cleaved through the flames.
• The Third unleashed three fire dragons, but White Fang cut them apart with lightning-charged sword qi and charged at him.
• The Third blocked White Fang with an Earth Flow Wall, then combined elemental dragon techniques as two shadow clones joined him in casting the Three-Way Seal.

Ling Tian sent Dai to draw the pursuers away while Uchiha Red Four set fires across Konoha to escalate the crisis. Red Four returned to the battlefield, where he confronted Danzo as the Third and White Fang remained trapped in a standoff.

• Ling Tian explained why the Third would likely face White Fang alone, then sent Dai to lure the Root and Anbu pursuers away and defeat them outside the village.
• Ling Tian told Red Four to make a bigger scene, and Red Four returned to Konoha after agreeing to target Root shinobi.
• Ling Tian took Kakashi toward the Uchiha Clan and reassured him that White Fang would be safe.
• Red Four set fires across Konoha, then headed to the battlefield near the Hokage Building, where the Third and White Fang were facing off inside a green pyramid.
• After a report that enemies had started fires inside the village, Shishō sent the Anbu to help, then stayed behind to protect the Third.
• Red Four challenged Danzo, and the flames burning around the area flew toward him as Root Jonin charged.

White Fang and the Third fought to a stalemate until Hongsi disrupted the Third’s Fire Style, forcing him to drop the barrier. Hongsi then overwhelmed Danzo’s Root shinobi and summoned a gigantic fire dragon, leaving Danzo and the Third facing his threat.

• White Fang clashed with the Third inside a sealing barrier, dodging his dragons and meeting their attacks with lightning-infused sword strikes.
• Hongsi’s interference made the Third’s Fire Style go out of control, easing the pressure on White Fang and forcing the Third to dismiss the barrier.
• White Fang and the Third paused to recover chakra as the Shishō Squad moved to protect the Third.
• Hongsi engulfed three Root Jonin in flames; two died, one survived but passed out, and Danzo counted twelve of his twenty-nine men lost or incapacitated.
• Hongsi vowed to kill Danzo, threatened the Third and the village, and created a fire dragon over two thousand zhang long that stunned the watching shinobi.

Hongsi, posing as Uchiha Red Four and the god of fire, devastated Danzo’s Root squad with a massive fire dragon and threatened to kill him. Danzo offered the group safe passage, but Ling Tian refused to leave without striking him, just as an unexpected arrival confronted them.

• Hongsi’s fire dragon wiped out most of Danzo’s forces and left only eight of his men standing, most of them injured.
• The Third recognized Uchiha Island’s identity but questioned how he could wield such overwhelming power, and Hongsi introduced himself as Uchiha Red Four, the god of fire.
• Danzo inferred that Hongsi and Ling Tian were protecting White Fang and offered to let them and White Fang’s family leave safely.
• Ling Tian rejected Danzo’s offer and demanded to slash him before leaving, then threatened to slaughter him.
• Someone arrived and declared that Hongsi would stay, and Hongsi froze when he recognized the newcomer.

Ling Tian unlocked the Fifth Baby template and joined Dai on the way to support White Fang and Hongsi. Torifu Akimichi and Uzumaki Mito arrived with clan forces, but Hongsi attacked Danzo and the Third, turning the standoff into a battle.

• Ling Tian unlocked the Fifth Baby template, then told Dai to conceal his identity and avoid fighting unless necessary.
• Torifu Akimichi and Uzumaki Mito arrived beside the Hokage Building with dozens of Jonin from the Great Ninja Clans.
• Torifu argued that White Fang and Hongsi should be allowed to leave, while the Third insisted they had to be stopped.
• Hongsi declared he would kill Danzo and attacked him and the Third.
• Torifu charged at White Fang after Hongsi launched his attack.

Torifu Akimichi and the other clan leaders joined the battle against White Fang and Hongsi, while the Third headed toward the other battlefield. The Ino-Shika-Cho trio trapped White Fang in a coordinated attack, but he broke free and counterattacked Aburame Shigang.

• Torifu Akimichi enlarged himself, attacked Hongsi’s fire dragon, and was knocked back after using Human Bullet Tank.
• Hyuuga Hiten confirmed that Hongsi had used no chakra, and Aburame Shigang tested the fire dragon with insects that burned on contact.
• Kakuzu Nara, Yamanaka Chenba, and Akimichi Torifu joined forces to attack White Fang as other clan shinobi took positions.
• The Third left the fight against White Fang to the trio and headed for the other battlefield.
• White Fang used lightning release chakra to break free of Kakuzu Nara’s shadow and slashed at Aburame Shigang.

White Fang killed Yamanaka Chenba and struck down four more Leaf shinobi while Hongsi fought to keep his fire dragon alive against their water attacks. As Ling Tian arrived with another newcomer, he challenged Uzumaki Mito and the Leaf forces to stop the battle, then summoned thunder and rain.

• White Fang attacked Yamanaka Chenba with Lightning Flash and killed him before Kakuzu or Qu Rou could intervene.
• Qu Rou enlarged his body to attack White Fang while Hongsi evaded Danzo with his fire dragon, until the Third and other Leaf shinobi suppressed the flames with the Great Waterfall Technique.
• White Fang emerged from the mist and cut down four shinobi, including an elite jonin, before Uzumaki Mito ordered Torifu, Qu Rou, Kakuzu, and Hyuuga Hiten to search for him.
• Hyuuga Hiten sensed the two newcomers, and Uchiha Red Four urged the Leaf shinobi to attack them and declared he would kill Danzo.
• Ling Tian told Uzumaki Mito he was not an outsider and threatened to beat her until she stopped the battle, then thunder sounded and rain began falling over the Leaf Village.

Ling Tian used a massive Water Style attack and lightning to pressure the Leaf shinobi, while Kakuzu pieced together the invaders’ strategy. Ling Tian claimed that he and his companions were gods, then prepared an even larger attack.

• White Fang kept fighting as Ling Tian and Dai arrived, and Ling Tian unleashed a torrent of water at the Third and the others.
• The Akimichi father and son enlarged themselves to shield the Leaf shinobi from the flood, but Ling Tian sent lightning through the water and left them numb.
• Torifu swallowed the Akimichi Clan’s third secret medicine, grew stronger, and struck Ling Tian with an enormous fist, but Ling Tian deflected it with a sphere of water.
• Ling Tian gathered the rain and the water from the battle into a huge sphere overhead as Kakuzu explained how the invaders had maneuvered the Leaf shinobi.
• Kakuzu asked who the intruders were and why Uchiha Island had changed, and Ling Tian answered, “You may call us gods.”

Ling Tian attacked the Leaf Village with torrents of compressed water while Hongsi left to replenish his reserves and hunt Danzo. As thousands of Leaf shinobi joined the defense, Ling Tian challenged the village leaders over their sacrifices and failures, then rose into the sky and prepared to strike with Kirin.

• Ling Tian pinned the Third and the Leaf forces behind repeated Earth Release defenses with water needles and a compressed water dragon.
• Torifu Akimichi used Expansion Jutsu and Super Expansion Jutsu to attack Ling Tian, but the water needles pierced his enlarged hand and disrupted the technique.
• Hongsi flew away to replenish his reserves and said he would return to kill Danzo, while Ling Tian redirected another water dragon toward Danzo.
• Hundreds of Leaf shinobi formed defenses, and Ling Tian accused the village leaders of sacrificing civilian shinobi while their own clans and forces stayed back.
• Uzumaki Mito defended the Leaf Village as Ling Tian challenged her and the Third over the village's treatment of its people.
• Ling Tian rose into the sky and invoked Lightning Release: Kirin Descends against the Leaf shinobi.

Ling Tian used Little Right to shape natural lightning into a kirin and devastate the Leaf forces, then said he had staged the attack to make them agree to let him take White Fang away. Kakuzu questioned his motives as Ling Tian began pushing for a conversation.

• Ling Tian explained that the heavy rain and natural lightning were stronger than he could control, while Little Right gathered power and shaped it into a kirin.
• Dai opened six gates and carried the injured White Fang away from the battlefield.
• Little Right sent the lightning kirin crashing into the Leaf defenses, leaving the Third, Danzo, and the other leaders mostly unharmed but killing many Chunin.
• Ling Tian descended and demanded a proper conversation, blaming the leaders for refusing to show him respect.
• Kakuzu asked why Hongsi had attacked and why Ling Tian had set everything up, and Ling Tian said he needed to demonstrate his strength so they would let him take White Fang away.

Ling Tian revealed that his group belonged to the God Organization and offered White Fang protection for joining them. White Fang accepted, and Ling Tian led his companions out of the Leaf Village while the Third and the other leaders let them go.

• Ling Tian challenged the Third's resolve and argued that the Leaf Village's internal divisions made it unable to stop his group.
• Ling Tian introduced himself as Thunder of the God Organization, identified Dai as an intern and Uchiha Red Four as Fire, and offered White Fang membership and protection for his family.
• White Fang accepted Ling Tian's offer and joined the organization as a future teammate of Fire.
• Ling Tian and his companions walked toward the village entrance, while the Leaf leaders held back to prevent further casualties.
• Akimichi Torifu urged Kakuzu to avenge the fallen shinobi, and Uzumaki Mito condemned Ling Tian's group as they left.

Ling Tian, Dai, and White Fang left the Leaf Village after its leaders voted against pursuing them, while the village assessed the damage and the threat posed by the God Organization. After Little Right healed White Fang, Ling Tian prepared to continue the mission, reassuring him that his son and younger brother were safe.

• The Third considered stopping Ling Tian and his companions outside the village, but the advisors and clan leaders voted to avoid further losses after Danzo was threatened by a returning Uchiha.
• Danzo left with his depleted subordinates, while Uzumaki Mito and the village leaders faced the destruction and Kakuzu warned that the God Organization had other powerful members.
• After they traveled some distance, White Fang collapsed, and Little Right healed most of his injuries before falling asleep.
• White Fang thanked Ling Tian, who told him his son and younger brother were safe and that they still had a mission to carry out.
• Hongsi shouted for the group to leave and begin their real mission.

Ling Tian led White Fang and the others to intercept Danzo, intending to negotiate cooperation while planning to kill him. Danzo followed Ling Tian away from his Root subordinates, but Aburame Ryoma discovered that the figures blocking them were Shadow Clones.

• Ling Tian, Hongsi, and White Fang met Uchiha Red Four on the outskirts of the Leaf Village and waited for Danzo to return.
• Ling Tian assigned Dai to hold off the Root members while he, Hongsi, and White Fang prepared to deal with Danzo.
• Danzo arrived with his remaining subordinates, and Ling Tian claimed he wanted Danzo to protect White Fang's younger brother and son in exchange for the God Organization's help.
• Danzo accepted Ling Tian's offer to discuss cooperation and followed him away from the Root members.
• Dai and the others blocked the Root members, while Aburame Ryoma released his insects and realized they had encountered Shadow Clones.

Ling Tian and his allies ambushed Danzo, killed him, and left, but Danzo revived and destroyed the evidence. After Aburame Ryoma returned, Danzo said he would avoid danger until he became Hokage.

• Aburame Ryoma received word of the ambush and sent two Root shinobi to notify the village while the others fought Dai.
• Ling Tian told Danzo that the Uchiha would support him, then revealed the meeting was a trap and attacked with Hongsi and White Fang.
• Danzo leaped to evade the dragons, but White Fang slashed his neck as the attacks converged, and Ling Tian's group left him for dead.
• Danzo revived after White Fang departed and used a torrent to erase the traces of the battle.
• Aburame Ryoma returned and reported what had happened, and Danzo said he would protect himself until he became Hokage.

Danzo told the Third that he had rejected the God Organization’s offer and claimed Aburame Ryoma had helped drive the enemies away. He left to improve relations with the Uchiha and block Hiruzen’s return to power.

• Danzo told the Third that the enemies had offered to help him become Hokage in exchange for protecting White Fang’s family and providing Root intelligence, but he had refused.
• Danzo claimed that Aburame Ryoma had arrived and that the two of them had forced the enemies to flee.
• The Third ordered Kakuzu to have the Barrier Team confirm the enemies had left and assigned Root to investigate their origins and ties to White Fang.
• Danzo proposed using the Uchiha to investigate and urged the Third to reconcile with the clan, offering to apologize himself.
• Danzo took responsibility for repairing relations with the Uchiha and left, while assigning the Two Advisors to oversee the village’s rebuilding.

Ling Tian returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, reassured Kakashi that his father was safe, and explained the God Organization and his plans to Fugaku. He and Fugaku agreed to wait for the village’s crisis to deepen before the Uchiha stepped in, while Dai pledged to help and Ling Tian asked him to keep their plans secret.

• Ling Tian reunited with Kakashi and told him that Dai was safe, then sent him to play with Obito.
• Dai told Ling Tian that he had dealt with six Anbu and only held back the later arrivals without hurting them.
• Ling Tian identified the God Organization’s members to Fugaku and revealed that he was Thunder, while Uchiha Red Four was Hongsi and Dai had not fought.
• Ling Tian told Fugaku that their plan to stage a coup remained in place, and they would wait for the village’s enemies to exploit the turmoil before the Uchiha helped defend the Leaf.
• Ling Tian said the Third Hokage must step down and someone must answer for suppressing the Uchiha and his older brother.
• Dai pledged to shoulder his responsibilities, and Ling Tian called him family and asked him to keep their affairs secret from White Fang and Kakashi.

Ling Tian learned that Fugaku had adopted Uchiha Nako for him to marry, then persuaded Fugaku to treat Nako as his younger sister instead. Their meal was interrupted by an Anbu summons for Fugaku to attend a Hokage Council requested by Danzo.

• Dai left Fugaku's meal to pick up Might Guy from the civilian shelter.
• Fugaku introduced Uchiha Nako as his adopted daughter and explained that Ling Tian had supposedly arranged to marry her.
• Ling Tian protested that he had never asked Fugaku to adopt Nako and blamed Hongsi for arranging the proposal.
• Ling Tian told Fugaku that Nako should be his younger sister instead of his adopted daughter, and Fugaku agreed.
• An Anbu told Fugaku that Danzo required him to attend the Hokage Council, and Fugaku accepted the summons.