Chapter Summaries

Kumogakure received confirmed reports that Tejima Shinichi had devastated Iwagakure and forced Ōnoki to seek peace as a Konoha subsidiary. The Raikage’s council struggled to believe the news, leaving the village alarmed and suspicious.

• Mabui read the Kumogakure council a verified report that Tejima Shinichi had destroyed Iwagakure’s defenses, killing thousands and crippling its forces.
• Mabui reported that Ōnoki had knelt before Tejima Shinichi, declared a ceasefire, and was traveling to Konoha to negotiate a subsidiary agreement.
• Yugito Nii challenged the report, arguing that Iwagakure would never surrender so easily and questioning how one person could defeat it.
• Kumogakure’s leaders debated whether the reports were fabricated, a genjutsu, or a trap, despite Tejima Shinichi’s earlier feats.

The leaders of Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure reacted to news that Tejima Shinichi had defeated Iwagakure and been named the God of Shinobi. The other villages feared the upheaval his power would bring, while Gaara and Mei Terumi faced growing pressure amid their villages’ internal troubles.

• A told Kumogakure’s leaders that Ōnoki had begged for peace and declared Iwagakure a Konoha Vassal, honoring Tejima Shinichi as the God of Shinobi.
• Killer B asked Gyuki whether anyone like Tejima Shinichi had existed before, and Gyuki recalled Hashirama Senju’s title as the God of Shinobi.
• Gaara, Chiyo, Baki, Kankuro, and Temari reviewed the report in Sunagakure, and Chiyo warned that the Ninja World’s balance was changing.
• Mei Terumi and Kirigakure’s leaders confirmed Tejima Shinichi’s 450-meter Wood Golem had devastated Iwagakure and worried about which village might be targeted next.
• Mei noticed Tejima Shinichi was only thirteen and joked that marrying him might solve Kirigakure’s problems.

Tejima Shinichi told Jiraiya that a god from beyond the stars would arrive within three years, bringing a crisis that threatened the Ninja World. He insisted Naruto needed to accelerate his growth by connecting with and learning to control the Nine-Tails.

• Jiraiya praised Tejima Shinichi for defeating Iwagakure and forcing Ōnoki to kneel, while Naruto asked what had happened.
• Tejima Shinichi said he would fulfill his promise to his teacher and identified Kumogakure as his next target.
• Tejima Shinichi began discussing Naruto’s growth with Jiraiya, prompting them to step outside and leave Naruto eating alone.
• Tejima Shinichi warned Jiraiya that the prophesied god would descend within three years and that the true crisis was not a conflict among the Five Great Nations.
• Tejima Shinichi said Naruto must start connecting with and controlling the Nine-Tails to become strong enough to help face the coming threat.

Tejima Shinichi convinced Jiraiya to help Naruto confront the Nine-Tails, revealing that Minato’s Chakra remained within Naruto’s seal. The group prepared to open the Eight Trigrams Seal completely, with Jiraiya trusting Shinichi to handle the Nine-Tails if it broke free.

• Jiraiya worried that Naruto was too weak to fulfill the prophecy, but Tejima Shinichi reassured him that Naruto’s seal contained Minato’s Chakra as a safeguard.
• Tejima Shinichi urged Jiraiya to begin immediately, then demonstrated that his Chakra and condition had recovered after fighting Iwagakure.
• Tejima Shinichi asked Naruto if he wanted to meet his father, leaving Naruto stunned.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamatora and said they needed to open the Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Tejima Shinichi insisted the seal needed to be opened completely, and Jiraiya told Gamatora that the God of Shinobi could handle the Nine-Tails.

Gamatora opened Naruto’s seal, allowing the Nine-Tails’ Chakra to overwhelm him and drive him toward losing control. Tejima Shinichi restrained Naruto and entered his consciousness to negotiate with the Fourth Hokage before absorbing the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, where he found Naruto poised before the sealed fox.

• Gamatora warned Naruto that opening the seal would cause immense pain, then opened it without using the key.
• The Nine-Tails unleashed its Chakra, and Naruto transformed as his cloak rapidly grew to six tails and began forming a seventh.
• Tejima Shinichi entered Sage Mode and used Wood Release techniques to bind Naruto with vines and a Wood Dragon.
• Tejima Shinichi told Jiraiya he would enter Naruto’s consciousness to reach an agreement with the Fourth Hokage and avoid having the seal reinforced.
• Tejima Shinichi entered the seal’s consciousness space and found Naruto hovering before the iron gate as the Nine-Tails addressed him.

Tejima Shinichi entered Naruto’s consciousness space as the Nine-Tails tried to make Naruto remove its seal, but Namikaze Minato intervened and stopped it. After Tejima left, Minato reunited with Naruto, who responded to his father’s appearance by punching him.

• The Nine-Tails sensed unusual power in Tejima Shinichi and tried to control Naruto into removing the sealing talisman.
• Namikaze Minato appeared, pulled Naruto away from the talisman, and confronted Tejima Shinichi, who called himself Minato’s uncle master.
• On the mountain, Jiraiya saw Naruto’s Tailed Beast transformation recede and realized Minato had appeared in Naruto’s consciousness.
• Tejima Shinichi explained his purpose, thanked Minato for speaking with Naruto, and vanished from the consciousness space.
• Namikaze Minato tearfully greeted Naruto, and Naruto punched him in the stomach.

The Nine-Tails broke free of the Wood Dragon and assumed its perfect form after meeting Minato and Naruto. Tejima Shinichi provoked it into attacking, then countered its Tailed Beast Bomb and blasted it into the valley, asking whether he was now qualified to seal it.

• Jiraiya asked Tejima Shinichi about Minato, Naruto, and the Nine-Tails, and Tejima said father and son had things to discuss.
• The Nine-Tails erupted from Naruto, shattered the Wood Dragon and vines, and grew into its perfect form.
• The Nine-Tails sensed other Tailed Beasts' Chakra on Tejima Shinichi and demanded to know why he was collecting it.
• Tejima Shinichi said the Nine-Tails needed to be sealed, provoking it into firing a full-power Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Tejima Shinichi summoned the Wood Golem Technique, caught the bomb, and drove it into the Nine-Tails' chest, blasting it into the valley.
• Tejima Shinichi watched the Nine-Tails rise and asked whether he was qualified.

Tejima Shinichi and Jiraiya fought the Nine-Tails at the mountain summit, combining Wood Release restraints with Sage Art attacks. Tejima Shinichi subdued the beast with the Gate of the Great God and declared it captured.

• The Nine-Tails charged Tejima Shinichi and clashed with the Wooden Man, while Jiraiya gathered Natural Energy for Sage Mode.
• Tejima Shinichi used Flower Tree World Descent and the Wooden Man to slam the Nine-Tails down, then the Wood Dragon drained its Chakra.
• The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Tejima Shinichi and Jiraiya, but Tejima Shinichi blocked and redirected it with Wood Stake Wall.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and combined Sage Art Fire, Wind, and Oil Release as Tejima Shinichi's All-Binding Sack Technique pinned the Nine-Tails in place.
• Tejima Shinichi's Wood Dragon drained the weakened Nine-Tails while the Gate of the Great God restrained its tails and slammed its head into the ground.
• Tejima Shinichi declared the Nine-Tails successfully captured.

Tejima Shinichi subdued the Nine-Tails, absorbed its Chakra, and gained Yang Release, then set his sights on Kumogakure and the remaining Tailed Beasts. In the sealing space, Namikaze Minato reinforced Naruto’s seal before disappearing, leaving Naruto determined to grow strong enough to control the Nine-Tails.

• Tejima Shinichi used the Wood Dragon and crimson torii gates to drain and suppress the Nine-Tails, then revealed he had collected five Tailed Beasts’ Chakra.
• Tejima Shinichi warned the Nine-Tails that people planned to use the Ten-Tails to revive a god, then the Nine-Tails’ Chakra depletion caused it to vanish and left Naruto unconscious.
• Tejima Shinichi absorbed the Nine-Tails’ returning Chakra, greatly increased his power, and gained Yang Release from the Yang Nine-Tails.
• Tejima Shinichi concluded that the Yin Nine-Tails could grant him Yin Release and planned to invade Kumogakure for Matatabi and Gyuki.
• Namikaze Minato restored Naruto’s Eight Trigrams Seal and disappeared, while Naruto vowed to grow strong enough to control the Nine-Tails himself.

Tejima Shinichi successfully fused Yang Release into Wood Release, creating a Kekkei Tōta, and demonstrated his Wind Release: Rasenshuriken. After Shinichi pointed out how much Naruto had missed in his education, Naruto vowed to master Sage Mode and the Rasenshuriken so he could defeat Sasuke in three years.

• Naruto woke at noon and found Jiraiya watching Tejima Shinichi use Wood Release: Forest Technique to grow a new forest.
• Jiraiya tested the trees and concluded that Shinichi had fused water, earth, and Yang Release into a Kekkei Tōta.
• Shinichi told Jiraiya that Naruto's lack of ninja knowledge came from never being taught, and urged Jiraiya to make up for his missing education.
• Jiraiya revealed that Sasuke had become the Third Hokage's disciple, prompting Naruto to vow that he would defeat Sasuke in three years.
• Shinichi demonstrated Wind Release: Rasenshuriken by pulverizing a tree, then told Jiraiya to decide when to teach Naruto the technique and Sage Mode.
• Imagining himself losing to Sasuke, Naruto demanded that Jiraiya train him until he mastered both techniques and could win their future match.

After absorbing the Nine-Tails' Chakra and gaining a major leap in strength, Tejima Shinichi left Naruto and Jiraiya to head for Kumogakure and capture its Tailed Beasts. Naruto and Jiraiya resumed their own training, determined to follow their path.

• Tejima Shinichi told Naruto and Jiraiya that he had fully absorbed the Nine-Tails' Chakra and was leaving.
• Jiraiya warned Tejima Shinichi about Kumogakure's defenses, but Tejima Shinichi said his strength made a plan unnecessary.
• Tejima Shinichi summoned a Scaled Wood Dragon and flew northeast toward the Land of Lightning.
• Naruto lamented that Tejima Shinichi would not travel with them, while Jiraiya reminded him to focus on training and not lose to Sasuke.
• Naruto declared he was ready for special training, and Jiraiya told him to follow as he packed their things.

Tejima Shinichi reached Kumogakure and triggered its outer sensory barrier, prompting the village to mobilize for battle. The chapter ended with the Raikage and assembled defenders learning that Tejima was the approaching enemy.

• Tejima Shinichi flew toward Kumogakure and deliberately charged through its temporary sensory barrier.
• A sensory ninja detected the intruder heading for the village core and alerted the Fourth Raikage A and Mabui.
• A ordered Kumogakure to prepare for battle, and the village-wide invasion alarm sounded.
• Killer B and Kumogakure's senior ninja gathered at the Raikage Building as the village mobilized.
• A frontline scout confirmed that Tejima Shinichi was the approaching enemy, the man Iwagakure called the new generation's God of Shinobi.

A led Kumogakure’s strongest fighters out to confront Tejima Shinichi, who waited in a mountain hollow and demanded that the village gather its forces. As the Kumogakure ninja froze before him, A’s furious challenge arrived with a flash of lightning.

• A declared that Kumogakure would slay the God of Shinobi and led the village’s elite fighters, including Killer B and Yugito Nii, toward Tejima Shinichi.
• Tejima Shinichi guided the Wood Dragon to a rocky hollow outside Kumogakure, where dozens of elite ninja blocked his path.
• Tejima Shinichi stepped down, ordered the Kumogakure ninja to notify their Kage and gather their forces, and said he would wait in the hollow.
• The Kumogakure ninja were too intimidated by Tejima Shinichi’s reputation to attack or answer his threat to fight into the village.
• A shouted that Tejima Shinichi must not underestimate Kumogakure, and a blue-white flash of lightning appeared.

The Fourth Raikage A assembled Kumogakure’s strongest ninja to confront Tejima Shinichi, then attacked him at full speed. Shinichi caught A’s hand blade barehanded without moving and declared that the real fight was about to begin.

• A arrived with Kumogakure’s God Slaying Unit, including Killer B, Yugito Nii, and several elite Jonin, and faced Shinichi.
• A challenged Shinichi and claimed Kumogakure would defeat him.
• A attacked with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, but Shinichi caught his wrist with one hand.
• Killer B and the Eight-Tails recognized that Shinichi’s physical strength was terrifying even apart from his Wood Release.
• Shinichi told A that the probing was over and that the battle would begin.

Tejima Shinichi overwhelmed Raikage A and defended against Yugito Nii’s Two-Tails fire before binding her with a chakra-draining Wood Dragon. Darui and the God Slaying Unit attacked the dragon and freed Yugito, but the fight continued.

• Tejima Shinichi slammed Raikage A into the ground three times and hurled him into a rock wall.
• Yugito Nii transformed into the Two-Tails Matatabi and attacked Tejima Shinichi with a fireball.
• Tejima Shinichi blocked the fire with a Wood Stake Wall, which emerged unscorched after the flames died away.
• Tejima Shinichi summoned a Wood Dragon that coiled around Yugito Nii and began draining her Chakra.
• Killer B ordered the other Kumogakure ninja to retreat and sent Darui to sever the Wood Dragon.
• Darui and the God Slaying Unit attacked the dragon from multiple directions and freed Yugito Nii.

Tejima Shinichi effortlessly repelled Kumogakure’s God Slaying Unit and overwhelmed A and Killer B, then revealed that his goal was the Tailed Beasts. Gyuki sensed that Tejima Shinichi’s Chakra carried the scent of several other Tailed Beasts, leaving Killer B shocked by the possibility that he had absorbed their Chakra.

• Tejima Shinichi used his scaled Wood Dragon to charge through the attacking Kumogakure Jonin, crushing two of them into rubble.
• A and Killer B launched a synchronized Absolute: Lariat, but Tejima Shinichi caught their attacks and hurled them away with his strength.
• Tejima Shinichi’s display silenced the God Slaying Unit, and he told A that he had intended to crush Kumogakure’s forces before turning to his real goal.
• Tejima Shinichi unleashed a vast Chakra pressure and fixed his attention on Killer B and Yugito Nii.
• Gyuki told Killer B that Tejima Shinichi’s Chakra carried the scent of the One-Tail, Four-Tails, Six-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Nine-Tails, prompting Killer B to suspect he had absorbed their Chakra.

Tejima Shinichi entered Sage Mode and summoned a seven-hundred-meter True Several Thousand Hands, dwarfing Kumogakure’s forces. A rallied the God Slaying Unit and the two Tailed Beasts to resist while Shinichi used a Wood Clone to launch the Buddha’s thousand fists, leaving the battle poised for Kumogakure’s hidden trump card.

• Gyuki concluded that Tejima Shinichi had reached Hashirama Senju’s level through his own strength, with Tailed Beast Chakra only accelerating his growth.
• Tejima Shinichi activated Sage Mode and summoned the seven-hundred-meter True Several Thousand Hands, killing three Kumogakure Jonin as they fled.
• A gathered the God Slaying Unit and prepared Kumogakure’s hidden weapon, while Killer B and Yugito Nii fully transformed into the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails.
• Tejima Shinichi suspected Kumogakure had a lethal trump card, concealed his true body with Scale Powder, and left a Wood Clone atop the Buddha.
• The Wood Clone summoned another True Several Thousand Hands and sent its thousand fists crashing toward the Kumogakure forces as A shouted for them to hold on.

Kumogakure’s defenders were overwhelmed by the Great Buddha’s attacks until a hidden team fired the unfinished Chakra Cannon. Its laser blasted apart the Great Buddha’s upper body, leaving the Wood Clone stunned and the construct frozen.

• Killer B, Yugito Nii, and the Kumogakure God Slaying Unit launched their strongest attacks against the Great Buddha, but its fists broke through their defenses.
• The Great Buddha struck the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, then killed several Jonin and sent the remaining defenders into despair.
• A team of Kumogakure shinobi prepared the unfinished Chakra Cannon, knowing it might self-destruct if it failed.
• The team leader ordered the Chakra Cannon to fire at the Great Buddha’s main body.
• The laser tore through the Great Buddha’s chest and back, leaving a massive hole and stopping its attack.

Tejima Shinichi survived Kumogakure’s devastating attack and restored the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha, crushing the village’s hopes of victory. Angered by the ninjas’ “Banzai” slogan, he vowed to kill every Kumogakure ninja and launched his next attack.

• The blast destroyed the upper half of Tejima Shinichi’s Great Buddha, and Kumogakure’s forces cheered, believing he and the God Slaying Unit had been defeated.
• A celebrated Kumogakure’s victory as the surviving God Slaying Unit members and village ninjas surged toward the battlefield.
• The Great Buddha regenerated, and Tejima Shinichi reappeared atop it after destroying the mountain that held Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon.
• Tejima told A that he had nearly been defeated, then declared he would kill every Kumogakure ninja because he hated their “Banzai” slogan.
• Tejima slammed his hands together, gathered pale-green Chakra, and roared “Die!!!” at the assembled Kumogakure forces.

Tejima Shinichi crushed Kumogakure’s army with Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, then forced A to submit and declared that any village defying him would be annihilated. Kumogakure’s survivors faced the end of their independence as Tejima Shinichi’s campaign to impose his rule continued.

• Tejima Shinichi unleashed Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, devastating Kumogakure’s army while sparing A and the God Slaying Unit.
• A knelt before Tejima Shinichi as the smoke cleared and the destruction of Kumogakure’s forces became visible.
• Tejima Shinichi seized Killer B and Yugito Nii with the Great Buddha and used Wood Dragons to drain the Eight-Tails’ and Two-Tails’ chakra.
• Tejima Shinichi demanded A’s answer, and A agreed to submit Kumogakure to him.
• Tejima Shinichi warned that any village that disobeyed him would face national annihilation.