Chapter Summaries

Qingyu stayed behind to face over a thousand Cloud Village ninja after sending Yūhi Kurenai to warn the Konoha camp. As he fought through their probing attacks, Kakashi headed back to help him while Yūhi Kurenai and Hyuga Ginka continued toward Tsunade.

• Yūhi Kurenai was discovered by Cloud Village sensors, so Qingyu used Hidden Mist and she layered her genjutsu over it before he sent her to report the enemy force to Tsunade.
• Qingyu sensed the Fourth Raikage and Killer B among the more than a thousand Cloud Village ninja, then blocked their lightning attack with an Earth Flow Wall and disrupted their formation with Strength of a Hundred.
• Dodai advised the Fourth Raikage to let the ninja probe Qingyu, and Samui attacked him with lightning-enhanced swordsmanship; Qingyu broke her sword and threw her into a tree.
• A Cloud Village Jonin fired a lightning arrow at Qingyu, who dodged it and judged that the Raikage and the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki were the only opponents who warranted his attention.
• Yūhi Kurenai met Kakashi and Hyuga Ginka and reported that Qingyu had stayed behind; Kakashi went to help Qingyu while Hyuga Ginka escorted Yūhi Kurenai back to camp.

Tsunade learned that Qingyu had stayed behind to hold off a thousand Cloud Village ninja and led Konoha reinforcements toward him. Qingyu and Kakashi faced the Fourth Raikage, whose attacks escalated after Qingyu survived his Liger Bomb, and the chapter ended as the Raikage launched another strike.

• Hyuga Ginka reported that Qingyu was covering the retreat from a Cloud Village force of over a thousand, so Tsunade ordered the camp to mobilize and summoned the Slug to support the troops.
• Kakashi joined Qingyu in the western valley, where they fought Cloud Village ninja while the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Dodai watched.
• After learning Tsunade was approaching with about three hundred reinforcements, the Fourth Raikage activated Lightning Chakra Mode and charged Qingyu, who matched his lightning-powered punch.
• The Fourth Raikage grabbed Qingyu and used Liger Bomb, but Qingyu struck him with senjutsu chakra and escaped before the Raikage crashed into the ground.
• The Fourth Raikage recognized Qingyu's use of senjutsu as a threat to the Cloud Village and launched another Liger Bomb toward him.

Qingyu fought the Fourth Raikage and revealed his ability to partially turn his body into lightning, while his rapid healing made him nearly impossible to defeat. Tsunade and Minato Namikaze arrived as Konoha reinforcements, forcing the Fourth Raikage to order the Cloud Village forces to retreat.

• Qingyu clashed with the Fourth Raikage, healed his injuries rapidly, and let the Raikage discover that he could turn parts of his body into lightning to avoid attacks.
• The Fourth Raikage struck Qingyu with his Lightning Axe, but Qingyu's counterattack sent him sliding back and left the fight at a stalemate.
• Killer B activated his Tailed Beast Chakra and prepared to join the fight, but the Fourth Raikage told him to stand down as Konoha reinforcements approached.
• Tsunade arrived and fought Killer B, while Nara Shikaku directed Konoha's reinforcements and Kakashi attacked Cloud Village ninja with Purple Electricity.
• Minato Namikaze appeared on the battlefield, and the Fourth Raikage ordered the Cloud Village forces to retreat westward while he covered their withdrawal.

After Konoha repelled the Cloud Village, Qingyu reassured Tsunade and helped treat the wounded, growing closer to Rin Nohara. Far underground, Madara Uchiha praised Qingyu’s battlefield performance and used it to criticize Obito, who angrily demanded that Madara stop comparing them.

• Tsunade scolded Qingyu for staying behind, then embraced him when she saw he was safe.
• A Hyuga Clan ninja reported that Qingyu had killed most of the more than four hundred Cloud Village casualties, while Konoha’s forces began clearing the battlefield.
• Qingyu answered Yūhi Kurenai’s concern, spoke with Nara Shikaku and Minato Namikaze, and asked Minato about the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Qingyu treated the wounded in the camp tent, gained several medical-related traits, and teased Rin Nohara about worrying over him.
• Rin Nohara walked with Qingyu after his work, accepted his praise of her medical talent, and resolved to pursue him despite Yūhi Kurenai’s feelings.
• Madara Uchiha watched Obito train and criticized his slow progress compared with Qingyu, prompting Obito to demand that Madara stop bringing Qingyu up.

Qingyu mastered Wood Release and showed it to Tsunade, who promised to retrieve the Senju Clan’s secret techniques for him. After Qingyu kissed her and escaped, he decided to set up a barrier before pursuing Yūhi Kurenai.

• Madara Uchiha showed Obito a vision of Rin Nohara smiling with Qingyu, deepening Obito’s jealousy and resentment.
• Qingyu used Wood Release to grow a forest, upgraded his Wood Release Bloodline trait, and told Tsunade he had mastered the technique.
• Tsunade watched Qingyu grow and bloom a tree, then agreed to retrieve the Wood Release Secret Techniques kept at the Senju Clan grounds.
• Qingyu told Tsunade he wanted to stay by her side, kissed the corner of her mouth, and fled with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Qingyu considered pursuing Yūhi Kurenai and decided to set up a barrier to block White Zetsu’s surveillance.

Qingyu asked Orochimaru to arrange for him to train in Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu, and the White Snake Sage agreed to meet him but could not see his fate. After Tsunade brought him Wood Release scrolls, Qingyu went with Yūhi Kurenai to shop in a nearby town, where their playful dango-sharing left her embarrassed.

• Qingyu asked Orochimaru to take him to Ryūchi Cave to train in Senjutsu, and Orochimaru warned him that the trials were dangerous.
• Orochimaru met the White Snake Sage and requested permission for Qingyu to train; she agreed to see him, then found she could not glimpse his fate.
• Tsunade gave Qingyu a scroll containing the core Wood Release training method and reacted awkwardly when Yūhi Kurenai interrupted their close moment.
• Qingyu used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Yūhi Kurenai to a nearby town, where she bought supplies for the camp.
• On the way back, Qingyu and Yūhi Kurenai fed each other Three-Color Dango, and she blushed when they nearly touched lips.

Qingyu received intelligence that Kirigakure and Iwagakure might be planning a joint operation, then sparred with Minato Namikaze and improved his Flying Thunder God abilities. The chapter ended with Rin Nohara and Yūhi Kurenai both bringing Qingyu lunch, creating an awkward rivalry.

• Yūhi Kurenai and Qingyu shared the remaining dango with a kiss before using Flying Thunder God to return.
• Mei Terumi gave Qingyu intelligence about Kirigakure’s movements and warned that someone was manipulating the village and coordinating with Iwagakure.
• Qingyu sparred with Minato Namikaze, gained the Yellow Flash trait, and synthesized it into Ninja World's Swift, improving his Body Flicker-type techniques.
• Minato Namikaze advised Qingyu on sensing Flying Thunder God marks and managing long-distance transfers.
• Rin Nohara brought Qingyu rice balls and fried fish, then Yūhi Kurenai arrived with inari sushi and fried chicken, leaving both women competing for his attention.

Yūhi Kurenai and Qingyu became lovers, while Qingyu studied the Sage's Gift and began combining it with Wood Release. Uchiha Fugaku brought Itachi to ask Qingyu to take him as a disciple and offered the Uchiha Clan's forbidden jutsu in return.

• Yūhi Kurenai spent the night with Qingyu, and he healed her soreness with the Mystical Palm Technique the next morning.
• Sarutobi Asuma delivered Qingyu the Sage's Gift scroll from the Hokage, and Qingyu later studied how to fuse natural energy with Wood Release.
• Qingyu began practicing the Sage's Gift with Wood Release and studied the Sage Technique: Gate of the Great God.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived at camp with Itachi to ask Qingyu to take Itachi as his disciple.
• Itachi told Qingyu he wanted to learn shuriken, and Uchiha Fugaku offered the Uchiha Clan's internal forbidden jutsu as thanks.

Qingyu took Uchiha Itachi as his disciple, developed a Sage’s Gift-enhanced Susanoo, and continued working with Mei Terumi while investigating Kirigakure’s plans. After Mei triggered his Flying Thunder God mark while fighting Kaguya Yato, Qingyu arrived and killed the challenger.

• Qingyu accepted Uchiha Itachi as his disciple, and Uchiha Fugaku gave him scrolls containing Uchiha Fire Release techniques, Izanagi, and Izanami.
• Qingyu combined Sage’s Gift with Susanoo, formed a golden-armored giant with six extra arms, and destroyed a distant mountain with a chakra arrow.
• Mei Terumi brought Qingyu intelligence that Kirigakure had sent ninja to contact an Iwagakure team in the Land of Grass, and she asked him to help with Kaguya Yato’s challenge to her authority.
• Qingyu placed a Flying Thunder God mark on Mei, and the next day he sensed it activate and teleported to her location.
• Qingyu trapped Kaguya Yato with Wood Release and killed him with a Strength of a Hundred punch after detecting his Shikotsumyaku trait.

After Qingyu healed Mei Terumi and took Kaguya Yato's corpse as payment, he received orders to join an assault in the Land of Grass and secretly marked Rin Nohara and Kakashi with Flying Thunder God. Madara Uchiha arranged a diversion to keep Qingyu away while Rin was targeted, but Qingyu led his team to attack an Iwagakure stronghold and unleashed a devastating Sage Mode technique on its traps.

• Qingyu healed Mei Terumi, secretly placed Chakra in her mind, and kept Kaguya Yato's corpse while taking Mei Terumi's Ninja Tool Pouch as payment.
• Qingyu warned Rin Nohara about their mission, gave her a Flying Thunder God Kunai, marked her, and Rin kissed him before leaving to prepare.
• Qingyu arrived at the Land of Grass camp, met Karin Uzumaki, and watched Kakashi and Might Guy spar.
• Madara Uchiha ordered the White Zetsus to lure Qingyu away so Kirigakure could capture Rin Nohara and drive Obito into despair.
• Qingyu recognized the order to raid an Iwagakure stronghold as a diversion and led Kakashi, Might Guy, Hyuga Ginka, and Karin Uzumaki to attack it.
• Qingyu summoned a golden Thousand-Armed Kannon in Sage Mode and fired three arrows, triggering a chain of explosions among the stronghold's traps.

Qingyu and his team returned to find that Kirigakure had abducted Rin Nohara, then followed her and disrupted the sealing operation long enough for Qingyu to stabilize the Three-Tails inside her. The chapter ended with Rin waking in a hidden cave as Qingyu explained what had happened.

• Qingyu destroyed the Iwagakure camp’s defenses with explosive arrows, and his team defeated the survivors before he found traces of Dark Chakra on a corpse.
• When Qingyu’s team returned to their camp, they learned that Kirigakure had abducted Rin Nohara and the Medical Unit, so Qingyu assembled a rescue team with Kakashi, Might Guy, Hyuga Ginka, and Karin Uzumaki.
• Qingyu used Sage Mode to locate Rin Nohara and discovered that Kirigakure was sealing the Three-Tails inside her, while Obito left Madara Uchiha’s hideout with White Zetsu’s help to try to save her.
• Qingyu’s team fought through White Zetsu disguised as Kirigakure Anbu and reached Rin Nohara as the Three-Tails’ Chakra rampaged inside her.
• Qingyu suppressed the Three-Tails’ Chakra with his Mangekyō Sharingan, carried the unconscious Rin Nohara to a hidden cave, and later explained the sealing to her when she woke.

Qingyu subdued the Three-Tails inside Rin Nohara and left her able to use its chakra. Obito rushed to rescue Rin, but arrived to find her fighting beside Qingyu; after he charged at her, Qingyu kicked him away and the Kirigakure Anbu attacked him, leaving Obito unable to reveal who he was.

• Qingyu entered Rin Nohara's Mindscape, defeated the Three-Tails with Susanoo and Ōwatatsumi, and warned it not to harm Rin.
• Qingyu and Rin left the Mindscape, and Rin thanked him as she felt the Three-Tails' chakra within her.
• Madara Uchiha learned that Qingyu had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered White Zetsu to lead Obito to Qingyu.
• Obito hurried toward Rin, then saw her standing with Qingyu while they fought Kirigakure Ninja.
• Rin killed a Kirigakure Ninja who tried to attack Qingyu from behind, and Obito watched her smile at Qingyu.
• Obito charged toward Rin during an attack, but Qingyu shielded her and kicked Obito into a tree; the Kirigakure Anbu then attacked Obito, preventing him from identifying himself.

Obito tried to make Rin Nohara recognize him, but her closeness with Qingyu drove him into despair and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. After Qingyu defeated him and forced him to retreat into the Kamui Dimension, Obito declared that he would create a world with Rin in it.

• Obito fought through the Kirigakure Anbu while Rin Nohara failed to recognize him and kept her attention on Qingyu.
• Qingyu kissed Rin Nohara, and Obito's anguish over seeing them together triggered his Mangekyō Sharingan and uncontrolled Wood Release, which killed the remaining Kirigakure Anbu.
• Obito attacked Qingyu with Kamui and Wood Release, but Qingyu countered his attacks and badly wounded him with a wooden vine.
• Uzumaki White Zetsu urged Obito to flee, and Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension as Madara Uchiha watched and considered how to guide him.
• Kakashi, Sarutobi Asuma, and Hyuga Ginka reached Qingyu and Rin Nohara, while Obito ignored Uzumaki White Zetsu and vowed to create a world with Rin.

Obito returned to Madara Uchiha in the Graveyard of Mountains and began learning the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, while Qingyu comforted Rin Nohara after the battle and learned that Minato Namikaze had arrived to check on her. The chapter left Qingyu planning to take Rin somewhere the next day, as Madara trained Obito in secret.

• Obito returned to Madara Uchiha, rejected his former identity, and vowed to create an ideal world before asking to learn the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara Uchiha drew Obito into a Genjutsu and began teaching him the Six Paths Technique, forbidden jutsu, Yin-Yang Release, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Qingyu carried the exhausted Rin Nohara back to camp and comforted her as she mourned the medical-nin and companions who had died.
• Minato Namikaze arrived, learned that Kirigakure had sealed the Three-Tails inside Rin, and left to report the situation to the Hokage after Qingyu reassured him that her seal was reinforced.
• Qingyu visited Rin that night, lifted her spirits by discussing her Yin Seal progress, and promised to take her somewhere fun the next day.