Chapter Summaries

The Masked Man, Orochimaru, and Black Zetsu recovered the Third Raikage’s corpse and discussed capturing the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails to strengthen their chances against Ye Fan. Orochimaru left the risky capture to the Masked Man, who set out to capture the Two-Tails first.

• The Masked Man proposed capturing the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails in Kumogakure, and Kabuto questioned the risk of doing so.
• Kabuto opened the Third Raikage’s coffin, and Black Zetsu and Orochimaru assessed the remains as belonging to a powerful shinobi.
• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to take the corpse and said he would not join the capture mission because his body had not fully adapted to the Rinnegan.
• The Masked Man agreed to handle the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails while Orochimaru and Kabuto left with the corpse.
• Orochimaru said he could not sense the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, so the Masked Man planned to control the Tailed Beasts with the Sharingan and went to capture the Two-Tails first.

Tsunade questioned the battered Senju Koromo about his claimed family ties, then sent Naruto to take him to the hospital. Naruto abandoned Koromo when Sakura called out, and the Nine-Tails warned Naruto not to confront Ye Fan.

• Konoha's onlookers discussed Ye Fan's power and debated whether he could have stopped the Masked Man who called himself Uchiha Madara.
• Tsunade confronted Senju Koromo in the crater, and he begged her to stop beating him and claimed to be her grandson.
• Tsunade asked Koromo which generation he belonged to, then ordered Naruto to take him to the hospital.
• Naruto passed Sasuke and Sakura's hospital room, heard Sakura call him, and rushed inside, leaving Koromo on the floor.
• Sakura told Naruto that Ye Fan had broken nearly every bone in her body, while the Nine-Tails warned Naruto not to provoke Ye Fan.

Kurama warned Naruto not to let trouble with Sakura come between him and Ye Fan, and Naruto agreed that Ye Fan was his big brother. Naruto then challenged Sasuke to a fight after Sasuke taunted him, while Lady Tsunade prepared to confront Gaara over Sunagakure’s invasion.

• Kurama hid his fear of Ye Fan and urged Naruto to talk with Ye Fan rather than fight him over Sakura.
• Naruto told Kurama he would never fight Ye Fan, whom he regarded as his big brother.
• Sasuke mocked Naruto, and Naruto challenged him to fight on the hospital roof after Sasuke was discharged.
• Naruto left the ward carrying the little chubby boy, while Sakura hoped he would ask Ye Fan not to hurt her again.
• Lady Tsunade returned to the Hokage's Office and turned to Gaara, intending to make Sunagakure pay for its alliance with Orochimaru.

Gaara offered to bring Sunagakure under Konoha’s jurisdiction to make amends for the invasion, and Tsunade gave him five days to arrange it. Gaara hurried back to Sunagakure after Ye Fan allowed him to leave, while Kisame Hoshigaki approached Konoha.

• Tsunade demanded an explanation from Gaara, who blamed Orochimaru and offered to compensate Konoha.
• After struggling to find a suitable payment, Gaara proposed that Sunagakure become part of Konoha and serve the village for the lives lost.
• Tsunade questioned whether Gaara had authority to make the offer, and Gaara insisted he would handle everything without ulterior motives.
• Jiraiya supported the proposal, and Tsunade gave Gaara five days to arrange Sunagakure’s submission.
• Ye Fan nodded, and Gaara rushed back to Sunagakure; Kisame Hoshigaki then sprinted toward Konoha.

Tsunade tested Ye Fan's strength in the Hokage's Office, and he managed to overpower her before fleeing an awkward situation. Convinced Konoha needed to project strength amid the threat of Madara Uchiha, Tsunade ordered the Chunin Ninja Exams to be held in five days, while Kisame Hoshigaki searched for Ye Fan with an important message.

• Ye Fan left Tsunade and Jiraiya alone, but Tsunade punched Jiraiya into the wall when he expected a kiss.
• Ye Fan accidentally collided with Tsunade while trying to escape, and she challenged him to show how he would fight back.
• Tsunade attacked Ye Fan, but he caught her wrist and waist, swept her to the ground, and pinned her until Jiraiya interrupted them.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya that Ye Fan was incredibly strong and said Konoha could face Madara Uchiha with him on their side.
• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to invite all the villages to watch the Chunin Ninja Exams in five days, and Jiraiya went to carry out her orders.
• Kisame Hoshigaki searched the village for Ye Fan because he had something important to tell him.

Kisame told Ye Fan that the Three-Tails and Six-Tails had vanished from Kirigakure, but Ye Fan was unconcerned and continued preparing for the tailed beasts to be captured. The next morning, three Konoha Anbu arrived in Iwagakure and found the village drastically changed.

• Kisame searched Konoha for Ye Fan, then asked Tsunade at the Hokage Building where he could find him.
• Kisame spotted Ye Fan grilling meat atop Tobirama Senju's head on Hokage Rock and hurried to him.
• Kisame reported that the Three-Tails and Six-Tails had disappeared from Kirigakure and suspected Obito had captured them.
• Ye Fan said it would be convenient if Obito gathered the tailed beasts and confirmed that the bodies needed for their plan had been found.
• Three Konoha Anbu arrived in Iwagakure and sensed that the village had been completely transformed.

Three Konoha Anbu messengers arrived at Iwagakure to deliver an invitation from Fifth Hokage Tsunade to the Tsuchikage. After the patrol captain insulted Konoha and refused them entry, they prepared to stand their ground as more than a hundred Iwagakure ninja appeared.

• The three Konoha messengers reached Iwagakure and presented a scroll bearing Konoha's symbol, asking the village to notify someone of their arrival.
• Iwagakure's patrol captain mocked Konoha's leadership and asked whether its Fifth Hokage was another old, weak, and crippled figure.
• The Konoha team leader identified Tsunade as the Fifth Hokage and asked to deliver the scroll to the Tsuchikage.
• The patrol captain refused to let them see the Tsuchikage and ordered them to leave Iwagakure.
• The three messengers resolved not to retreat, and the patrol captain summoned more than a hundred ninja and threatened to kill them if they remained.

Iwagakure's patrol captain killed the three Konoha messengers who had come to invite Ōnoki to the Chunin Ninja Exams, then took their bloodstained scroll to the Tsuchikage Building. Kurotsuchi recognized the delivery as a chance to seek outside help against the changes she suspected had overtaken her family and village, but learned the messengers were dead.

• A Konoha messenger delivered Tsunade's invitation and refused to back down when the Iwagakure patrol captain ordered an attack.
• The three Konoha ninja fought back against more than a hundred Iwagakure ninja, but were killed when their defenses failed.
• The patrol captain took the scroll from the messengers' bodies and carried it to the Tsuchikage Building.
• Kurotsuchi asked why the patrol captain had come and realized the Konoha visit might give her a chance to send a distress signal.
• The patrol captain told Kurotsuchi that he had killed the messengers.

Kurotsuchi tried to contain the fallout after the patrol captain killed Konoha's messengers, while suspecting that Ōnoki was being controlled. She left with Ōnoki for Konoha, unaware that a pale-skinned youth was manipulating Iwagakure's leaders from behind the scenes.

• Kurotsuchi slapped and beat the patrol captain for killing Konoha's messengers, then claimed his actions could start a war.
• Ōnoki dismissed the risk of conflict, and Kurotsuchi grew more certain that her grandfather was being controlled.
• Ōnoki read Konoha's invitation to observe the Chunin Ninja Exams and agreed to attend, allowing Kurotsuchi to join him.
• After Kurotsuchi and the others left, Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Akatsuchi entered a room and stood vacant before a pale-skinned youth holding a clear, square box of Dust Release.

A boy from the moon mastered Dust Release and planned to destroy the shinobi world, kill the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, and capture the Tailed Beasts. Meanwhile, Ye Fan shared Hinata’s porridge with Naruto until Rock Lee arrived and knelt before him.

• The boy used Dust Release to turn Onoki, Kitsuchi, and Akatsuchi into puppets, learned Onoki’s knowledge, and mastered the technique.
• The boy condemned the shinobi world and planned to kill the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, capture the Tailed Beasts, and find his little brother.
• Onoki led Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi outside to meet Kurotsuchi.
• Ye Fan ate Hinata’s porridge with Naruto and praised her cooking, making her blush.
• Rock Lee entered Ye Fan’s home and knelt before him.

Rock Lee begged Ye Fan to resurrect Might Guy, and Ye Fan promised to bring Guy back along with Naruto’s parents. An exhausted Anbu Jonin then arrived with urgent news that Iwagakure had killed Konoha’s messenger.

• Rock Lee knelt before Ye Fan and pleaded for him to bring Might Guy back to life.
• Ye Fan agreed to resurrect Might Guy, and Rock Lee thanked him tearfully.
• Ye Fan promised Naruto that he would also bring Naruto’s parents back, and Naruto thanked him.
• An Anbu Jonin arrived at Ye Fan’s home and reported that people from Iwagakure had killed Konoha’s messenger.

After a Konoha messenger reported that Iwagakure had slaughtered his companions and fed their remains to dogs, Ye Fan considered the violence standing in the way of changing the shinobi world. Meanwhile, the other villages reacted to Konoha’s invitation to the Chunin Ninja Exams, and their leaders and shinobi began converging on Konoha.

• A surviving Konoha messenger told Ye Fan, Naruto, Hinata, and Rock Lee that Iwagakure shinobi had killed his three companions and fed their bodies to dogs.
• Ye Fan checked the messenger with qi, believed his account, and sent him away to rest while condemning Iwagakure’s actions.
• Naruto wondered whether the other Konoha teams might also be attacked, then vowed to change the hostility between villages when he became Hokage.
• The Fourth Raikage A grew furious because Konoha was responsible for capturing the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, while Gaara led Sunagakure’s delegation toward Konoha.
• News of Konoha’s invitation spread, and shinobi from invited and uninvited villages alike headed for Konoha, expecting a major event.

Tsunade endured a deadly passage while seeking Shikkotsu Forest and reached it after refusing to give up. She met Katsuyu's enormous real body and asked whether she could train in Sage Mode.

• Tsunade forced her way through a crushing passage, using the Hundred Healings Technique to survive as her Chakra dwindled.
• Tsunade remembered Hashirama Senju forbidding her from entering the place where Sage Mode could be learned, then resolved to continue so she could grow stronger before Madara Uchiha returned.
• Tsunade collapsed and crawled onward until she reached the end, where a strange energy healed her wounds and restored her crushed bones.
• Tsunade awoke in Shikkotsu Forest and saw Katsuyu's colossal real body, which congratulated her on becoming the second person to enter.
• Tsunade urgently asked Katsuyu whether she could train in Sage Mode.

Tsunade advanced her Sage Mode training in Shikkotsu Forest by absorbing Hashirama Cells, while the Fourth Raikage grew convinced Konoha had captured Killer B and threatened to attack. Ye Fan learned Kumogakure was preparing for war and began investigating Iwagakure as well.

• Katsuyu told Tsunade that reaching Shikkotsu Forest’s core had completed most of her Sage Mode training, and Tsunade discovered her new Senjutsu Chakra greatly enhanced her healing and strength.
• Katsuyu had Tsunade absorb Hashirama Cells, triggering a merger with her bloodline as Natural Energy gathered around her.
• A grew angry that Tsunade had missed their meeting and that Kumogakure could find neither Killer B nor proof of where he was being held.
• Darui confirmed that Tsunade had left Konoha’s authority with Ye Fan, and A threatened to destroy Konoha if Tsunade did not appear by the end of the day.
• An Anbu Jonin warned Ye Fan that Kumogakure seemed ready for war over Killer B, and Ye Fan suspected Uchiha Obito had framed Konoha before asking about Iwagakure.

Ye Fan suspected that Otsutsuki Toneri was controlling Ōnoki and his companions and ordered the village to stop monitoring them. Kurotsuchi sought help as Ōnoki’s behavior grew more alarming, and Ye Fan summoned the village Kage to the Hokage Building, where Ōnoki challenged his authority.

• Ye Fan inferred from Senju Koromo’s fear and the controlled behavior of Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Akatsuchi that Otsutsuki Toneri was behind them, and he arranged for Naruto to stay near Hinata’s home.
• An Anbu Jonin reported that Ōnoki’s group had visited the Hyuga Clan’s territory, but no one had been harmed; Ye Fan then ordered the Anbu to end their surveillance.
• Senju Koromo urged Ye Fan to check on the Hyuga Clan, but Ye Fan dismissed him, while Kurotsuchi worried that Ōnoki was sneaking toward the clan each night.
• Kurotsuchi went to Ye Fan for help, and Ye Fan told her to gather Ōnoki and the others at the Hokage Building before summoning the other village Kage as well.
• Ye Fan met the Kage in the Hokage’s Office, where Ōnoki insulted him and questioned whether he was qualified to represent Konoha.

Gaara attacked Onoki after the Tsuchikage taunted Ye Fan, while the Raikage demanded that Konoha release the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails and pay an enormous tribute. Ye Fan rejected the demands, and the Raikage threatened to destroy Konoha.

• Onoki mocked Ye Fan, Kakashi, and Kisame, while Mei Terumi offered to support Ye Fan and invited Kisame back to Kirigakure.
• Gaara lost his patience and, after Ye Fan gave him permission, seized Onoki and his companions and fought them in an open area.
• Ye Fan told Gaara not to hurt Kurotsuchi, who fled toward the Hokage's Office.
• Kakashi explained that Tsunade had given Ye Fan authority over Konoha.
• The Raikage demanded the release of the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, along with grain, ninja tools, and gold.
• Ye Fan refused, and the Raikage threatened to destroy Konoha and kill its people.

The Fourth Raikage ordered an attack on Konoha, and Kisame Hoshigaki fought Darui while Mei Terumi intervened to prevent the conflict from escalating. The Fourth Raikage then charged at Uchiha Ye Fan, leaving Mei Terumi and her guards convinced Ye Fan was about to be killed.

• The Fourth Raikage declared that Konoha would be destroyed, and Darui attacked Ye Fan with Water Style.
• Kakashi defended Ye Fan, but Kisame Hoshigaki overwhelmed Darui's water jutsu and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Darui recovered and attacked Kisame with Black Panther, but Mei Terumi stopped both fighters with Water Pillar.
• Mei Terumi challenged the Fourth Raikage's accusations and urged him to investigate whether Konoha had captured the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails.
• The Fourth Raikage ignored Mei Terumi and charged at Ye Fan, while Mei Terumi, Chojuro, and Ao feared Ye Fan would be killed.

Ye Fan blocked the Fourth Raikage A’s full-force punch with one finger, leaving the onlookers stunned. He then flicked A out of the village and found him still conscious in the crater.

• The Fourth Raikage A charged Ye Fan while Kakashi tried to pull Ye Fan away and Kisame Hoshigaki held Kakashi back.
• Ye Fan raised one finger, and a burst of lightning collapsed the Hokage Building as the shockwave sent bystanders flying.
• Ōnoki taunted Gaara about his grandfather’s supposed death while Gaara continued fighting him and the other two.
• As the dust cleared, Mei Terumi and the others saw Ye Fan unharmed in his chair, blocking A’s punch with one finger.
• Ye Fan flicked A on the forehead, sending him crashing outside the village, then spoke to him as he lay in a crater, bloodied but conscious.

Ye Fan effortlessly defeated Fourth Raikage A and hundreds of Kumogakure shinobi, stunning the gathered Kage and observers as he pursued the larger goal of uniting the ninja world. He headed toward the battlefield where Gaara was fighting, while Tsunade returned with Uchiha Itachi and Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, Uchiha Obito, and Black Zetsu neared Konoha.

• Ye Fan appeared behind Fourth Raikage A and knocked him unconscious with a tap to the forehead.
• Darui attacked Ye Fan but was sent flying and left with a broken spine.
• Shi led four or five hundred Kumogakure shinobi in an assault, and Ye Fan's beam overwhelmed their attacks and incapacitated them.
• Mei Terumi, Ao, Chojuro, Temari, Kankuro, Kurotsuchi, Onoki, and the hidden observers reacted with shock to Ye Fan's power.
• Ye Fan kicked Senju Koromo away when he rushed toward him, then walked toward the battlefield where Gaara and the others were fighting.
• Tsunade returned with Uchiha Itachi as Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, Uchiha Obito, and Black Zetsu approached Konoha.

Tsunade returned to Konoha and joined Gaara's fight against Ōnoki and the Iwagakure shinobi after learning that Konoha's messenger had been killed. She swiftly defeated Ōnoki and his companions, then Orochimaru arrived with Obito and two others.

• Tsunade and Uchiha Itachi arrived at Konoha and learned that Ye Fan had helped defeat the intruders.
• Gaara fought Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Akatsuchi while Ye Fan watched and Kisame Hoshigaki stood guard.
• Ye Fan told Tsunade that Iwagakure had killed Konoha's messenger, and Tsunade charged into the fight.
• Tsunade knocked Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi unconscious and broke every bone in Ōnoki's body before ordering the three captured.
• Orochimaru appeared atop Hokage Rock with Obito and two others as Tsunade asked Ye Fan whether Jiraiya had returned.