Chapter Summaries

Ling Tian killed a Rain Shinobi patrol and reflected on how little killing troubled him, asking Little Right to remind him of his humanity if he ever forgot. He and his companions waited for Amegakure’s forces, then faced dozens of Rain Shinobi without Hanzo among them.

• Ling Tian ambushed three Rain Shinobi who had been watching his group and killed them, while Little Right pointed out that Ling Tian seemed faster and increasingly unbothered by killing.
• Ling Tian wondered whether Little Right’s influence might turn him into a beast and asked it to remind him that he was human if he ever forgot.
• Ling Tian rejoined Dai and the three Uchiha, learned they had already defeated a ten-man Rain Shinobi squad, and ordered everyone to wait for more enemies instead of entering Amegakure.
• As rain began to fall, Ling Tian put on a forehead protector and transformed his right hand into a blade, then warned the Uchiha to protect themselves.
• Dozens of Rain Shinobi arrived and asked whether Ling Tian’s group had killed their village’s shinobi, while Ling Tian noted that Hanzo of the Salamander was absent.

Ling Tian and his companions fought Hanzo of the Salamander’s forces outside Amegakure, where Little Right’s transformations helped Ling Tian withstand an explosive attack and overwhelm most of the Rain Shinobi. With only five Jonin and one Elite Jonin left, Ling Tian confronted their leader about whether Amegakure could stop them.

• Ling Tian asked the Rain Shinobi whether Hanzo of the Salamander had come, then charged when their Elite Jonin ordered them to scatter.
• Little Right used tentacles to control Ling Tian’s blade, block incoming weapons, and warn him of hidden attacks as he cut down the surrounding Rain Shinobi.
• A wall of flesh shielded Ling Tian from more than a hundred Explosive Tags, after which he told Dai to leave no survivors.
• Dai defeated the enemies holding back the three Uchiha, while Ling Tian used lightning and bladed tentacles to break the encirclement and kill most of the Rain Shinobi.
• The remaining five Jonin and Elite Jonin faced Ling Tian and his companions as the Elite Jonin questioned Ling Tian’s transformation and warned that Amegakure could oppose them.

Ling Tian's hidden summoned beast, Little Right, emerged from his finger and introduced itself to Dai and the three Uchiha. It then startled everyone by asking the Uchiha woman for her Sharingan, leaving her asking Ling Tian what the creature was.

• The six remaining Rain shinobi held back and tried to recover while waiting for their village chief, Hanzo, to rescue them.
• Little Right appeared from Ling Tian's index finger as a tentacled eyeball and announced that it was Ling Tian's summoned beast.
• Little Right greeted Dai and offered him a handshake, then examined the three Uchiha's Sharingan.
• Little Right asked the Uchiha woman if she would give it her Sharingan, stunning Ling Tian, Dai, the Uchiha, and the Rain shinobi.
• The woman asked Ling Tian what Little Right was, while Little Right ignored Ling Tian and asked her name.

Ling Tian and Little Right encountered Uchiha Ran, whose potential to awaken Mangekyo made Little Right want to kill her and turn her into Fire Baby. After Little Right killed the Ame shinobi, Ling Tian stopped him from attacking Ran and her companions, while a new enemy seemed to approach.

• Little Right sensed unusual ocular power in Uchiha Ran and warned Ling Tian that she felt like a natural enemy, like Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Obito.
• Little Right transformed into his strongest combat form and attacked the six Ame shinobi, with Ling Tian and Dai joining the fight.
• Little Right, Ling Tian, and Dai killed all six Ame shinobi, including their Elite Jonin.
• Little Right urged Ling Tian to kill Uchiha Ran because she could awaken Mangekyo, but Ling Tian refused and ordered Dai to protect the Uchiha.
• Little Right backed down after Dai placed himself between him and the Uchiha, sensing that another enemy had arrived.

Ling Tian and his allies faced Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, and the Akatsuki Organization as the Rain shinobi approached. Yahiko proposed a peace pact with the Leaf Village, but Ling Tian challenged the group to explain how peace could follow the deaths of so many Rain shinobi.

• Little Right sensed approaching Rain shinobi and urged Dai to prepare to fight Hanzo while Ling Tian apologized to Uchiha Ran.
• Ling Tian recognized Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato among the newcomers, and Little Right urged Dai to attack Nagato and the others before the Rain shinobi arrived.
• Ling Tian rejected Little Right's plan to seize the Rinnegan, arguing that defeating the Rain forces would undermine the Leaf Village's chances in the war.
• Ling Tian told Dai to hold back as Yahiko introduced himself as a member of Amegakure's Akatsuki Organization and asked to speak with the Leaf Village.
• Yahiko proposed a peace pact, and Ling Tian asked what they would do if he refused.

Ling Tian challenged Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan’s belief that negotiation and Hanzo’s support could bring peace to the Shinobi World, arguing that only strength and unity could end war. He left them with his criticism of their teacher Jiraiya and praise for Madara Uchiha, hoping the message would reach Madara through White Zetsu.

• Yahiko asked Ling Tian to stop fighting and said the Akatsuki Organization would persuade Hanzo of the Salamander to seek peace.
• Ling Tian questioned whether Hanzo truly wanted peace, suggesting he might only be using it to recover and prepare for another war.
• Ling Tian asked who had taught the three their beliefs, and Konan identified their teacher as Jiraiya.
• Ling Tian told the Akatsuki members that strength, rather than negotiation, was necessary to make others accept peace, and Nagato privately found his argument compelling.
• Ling Tian condemned Jiraiya as a puppet of the Leaf Village’s leaders and said the toads of Mount Myōboku had sent him to find the Child of Destiny.
• Ling Tian praised Madara Uchiha’s plan to unite the Shinobi World, deliberately hoping White Zetsu would relay his words to Madara.

Ling Tian explained why the great nations would keep fighting over the Land of Fire and challenged Yahiko’s hope for a peace pact. He left Yahiko and Nagato facing the possibility that lasting peace would require defeating the nations that rejected it.

• Ling Tian argued that the Leaf Village’s hawkish leaders had reasons to start wars and that victories could bring land and wealth.
• Akatsuki members debated whether the Leaf Village truly wanted peace, while Yahiko proposed that all nations sign a pact to unite against any aggressor.
• Yahiko encouraged Nagato to explain Akatsuki’s ideal, and Nagato said he believed small and great nations would eventually support it.
• Ling Tian told Nagato that great nations were shaped by their people’s needs and geography, and that the Four Great Countries wanted the Land of Fire’s fertile land.
• Ling Tian warned that the great nations would accept the peace pact only after battlefield defeat, and would forget it once they recovered.

Ling Tian confronted Hanzo of the Salamander after warning Yahiko and the Akatsuki Organization to leave. He challenged Hanzo to a fight to the death, leaving Hanzo weighing the danger of provoking the Leaf Village and the God Organization.

• Ling Tian urged Yahiko and the others to leave as Hanzo of the Salamander approached with about a hundred shinobi.
• Hanzo questioned Ling Tian about his ties to Hatake Sakumo, and Ling Tian explained that he had killed Hanzo's men to force a meeting.
• Hanzo dismissed Yahiko's pleas for peace and ordered the Akatsuki Organization to withdraw while pursuing gains for the Land of Rain.
• Ling Tian learned the names of Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, then declared that he would kill Hanzo and negotiate with another village.
• Ling Tian challenged Hanzo to settle their conflict in a fight to the death, and Hanzo hesitated as he considered the threat posed by White Fang and the God Organization.

Ling Tian confronted Hanzō and his Rain shinobi, using the God Organization and his brother’s reputation to unsettle them. After six Leaf reinforcements appeared, Ling Tian assigned Dai to face Hanzō and led the others into battle.

• Ling Tian advanced toward Hanzō with Dai and three Uchiha, declaring his intent to kill Rain shinobi and keep them out of the war against the Leaf Village.
• Hanzō and his forces debated the threat posed by Ling Tian’s brother and the God Organization, whose members had devastated the Leaf Village.
• Ling Tian challenged Hanzō to avenge his fallen shinobi, while the Rain forces and Akatsuki members watched without attacking.
• Hanzō sensed hidden figures, and six more Leaf shinobi appeared behind Ling Tian.
• The eleven Leaf shinobi introduced themselves, and Hanzō recognized that representatives of all eight Leaf clans had assembled.
• Ling Tian assigned Hanzō to Dai and ordered the others to fight the Rain shinobi.

Ling Tian and his allies battled Hanzō and the Rain shinobi, with Dai holding Hanzō off while the others fought through the enemy forces. Nara Lurong’s Shadow Imitation Technique let Ling Tian and Little Right kill five Rain shinobi, and Ling Tian wondered whether Little Right could learn the technique.

• The six clan scouts joined the fight after Hanzō brought out his forces, and Dai opened six gates to challenge him directly.
• Ling Tian, Akimichi Qudai, and Aburame Junliang fought amid the Rain shinobi while the remaining allies supported them from outside the encirclement.
• Nara Lurong began stretching and splitting his shadow across the battlefield as Hyuga Saki and Yamanaka Shenshi watched Dai’s fight with Hanzō.
• Little Right coordinated with Lurong’s shadows to immobilize five Rain shinobi and pierce them with its blades.
• Ling Tian and Little Right discussed whether Little Right could learn the clan secret Shadow Imitation Technique.

Hanzō ended his taijutsu contest with Dai by trapping him in an explosive attack, then acknowledged Dai as the strongest taijutsu shinobi and summoned Ibuse to fight him. Hanzō offered Dai a place in Amegakure, while Ling Tian watched closely and prepared to prioritize Dai’s safety.

• Hanzō used Explosive Flame Formation against Dai after trapping his feet, but Dai stood unharmed after the blast.
• Hanzō praised Dai’s taijutsu and declared him the strongest taijutsu shinobi he had ever faced.
• Dai challenged Hanzō to use his full strength and warned that he could die if he held back.
• Hanzō summoned Ibuse, armed himself with a scythe, and offered Dai a place as Amegakure’s next leader.
• Ling Tian worried that Ibuse would make Hanzō difficult to defeat and told Little Right to prioritize rescuing Dai if he was in danger.

Might Dai tried to draw Hanzō into a fair duel and persuade him to sign a peace pact, but Hanzō refused. Ling Tian and their allies launched a devastating attack on the Amegakure shinobi, while Aburame Junliang’s chakra-carrying insects spread across the battlefield.

• Dai questioned Hanzō about Ibuse’s poison and proposed moving their fight away from the gathered forces, but Hanzō refused to give up his numerical advantage.
• Dai asked Hanzō to sign a peace pact, but Hanzō insisted the Land of Rain needed fertile territory and would not agree without concessions.
• After Hanzō refused the duel, Little Right and Lu Rong began killing Amegakure shinobi, and the fighting broke out around them.
• Ling Tian attacked with lightning as Little Right’s tentacles struck Amegakure fighters, while Akimichi Qudai enlarged himself and battered the ground.
• Aburame Junliang disappeared from the center of the battlefield as chakra-carrying insects spread everywhere, noticed only by Little Right and three Uchiha and one Hyuga.