Chapter Summaries

Yunxiao and Kagura developed the Six-Vein Divine Sword while Kamiya Keiyun worked with Kamiya Ishiku on Earth Style defenses and battlefield control. Keiyun then created a Water Style Primordial Spirit Jade Edict named Zhen Luo, who proposed powerful water-cutting and flooding techniques.

• Yunxiao combined Vacuum Sphere and the Wind Cutting Technique into the Six-Vein Divine Sword and trained with Kagura, whose six-finger attacks were difficult to control.
• Kamiya Ishiku proposed using Mud to Stone for combat, and Kamiya Keiyun redirected his efforts toward defensive and battlefield-control techniques.
• Kamiya Keiyun and Ishiku developed Jade Shield and Jade Rock Prison to protect Kagura and confine enemies for her attacks.
• Kamiya Keiyun created a Water Style Primordial Spirit Jade Edict, which took the form of a girl named Zhen Luo.
• Zhen Luo suggested water blades powered by high pressure and a massive flood for overwhelming groups, and Keiyun considered the flood useful against many weaker enemies.

Uzumaki Kagura mastered new Water Style techniques and defeated Kamiya Keiyun’s four Primordial Spirit Jade Edicts, demonstrating Jonin-level strength. Keiyun then planned the Cloud Leaf Society’s orphan network across the Land of Fire’s eight educational districts and decided to collect money on the coast before buying a headquarters in Tsukimi District.

• Zhen Luo developed Six Dragon Roaming Finger and Water Floods Golden Mountain, then taught both techniques to Uzumaki Kagura.
• At The Hive, Uzumaki Kagura used fifteen shadow clones to defeat Ishiku, Yunxiao, Bian Que, and Zhen Luo in under a minute.
• Kamiya Keiyun praised Kagura’s Jonin-level strength and warned her to be cautious around strangers, food, and drink.
• Keiyun chose Sakura City in Tsukimi District as the planned headquarters for an orphan network organized across the Land of Fire’s eight educational districts.
• After noting that he had only six hundred thousand ryo and that Sakura City property would be expensive, Keiyun remembered Yakushi Nonō’s letter and decided to collect money on the coast.

Kamiya Keiyun decided to travel with Kagura and help her build a foundation while learning about the ninja world's hardships. After Kagura mastered flight, Keiyun designed a Phoenix form for her, and they ended the chapter soaring together high above the ground.

• Kamiya Keiyun decided to leave the village with Kagura, both to help her and to learn about the local people’s situation.
• Kagura practiced Wind Moves Clouds Flow with a Shadow Clone and mastered flying as a mechanical bird.
• Kamiya Keiyun reflected on Kagura’s rapid learning and resolved to unify the world so hidden talents would not be wasted.
• Kamiya Keiyun showed Kagura a Phoenix design, and she eagerly chose to transform into it.
• Kagura and Kamiya Keiyun flew together as magnificent red and white birds ten thousand meters above the ground.

Kamiya Keiyun entered Kamikawa City to find dye for disguising Kagura, where he learned how the Kamikawa Family exploited the residents through a dye monopoly and control of food. After questioning the old farmer about resisting the family, he left him wondering whether such a revolt could succeed.

• Kamiya Keiyun told Kagura they should disguise their appearances and went into Kamikawa City to find hair dye.
• Kamiya Keiyun met an old farmer, who offered to take him to the shop where his daughter sold dye oil.
• The old farmer explained that the Kamikawa Family had turned the city into a dye-producing fief, controlled food sales, and trapped residents in debt.
• Kamiya Keiyun asked whether the residents could unite to defeat the Kamikawa Family, alarming the old farmer, who warned that Konoha Ninja guarded the estate.
• At the city gate, the old farmer asked whether anyone had tried such a revolt and succeeded, and Kamiya Keiyun said that they had.

Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura dyed their hair orange and adopted disguises as siblings named Sora and Hotaru while preparing to fight pirates. They returned to Kamikawa City to establish a Land of Fire origin, and Keiyun pointed out Kamikawa Shrine as a place tied to nobles whom Konoha would avoid antagonizing.

• Kamiya Keiyun bought pink, orange, and purple hair dye in Kamikawa City, then returned to the woods after making sure nobody followed him.
• Kagura chose orange dye, and Kamiya Keiyun dyed her hair; she admired her new appearance and decided to keep using the shade.
• Kagura dyed Kamiya Keiyun's hair, and the two agreed to disguise themselves as siblings named Sora and Hotaru.
• Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura changed their clothes and returned to Kamikawa City to establish a local origin before fighting pirates.
• Kamiya Keiyun explained that appearing in the Land of Fire would deter other villages from investigating them, then pointed to Kamikawa Shrine as a noble refuge.

Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura paid to register under the Kamikawa surname, taking the names Kamikawa Sora and Kamikawa Hotaru. After an untrustworthy clerk brought them to the ancestral hall, an elder entered them in the main register, unaware of the clerk’s deceit.

• Kagura and Kamiya Keiyun learned that their orange hair meant the Kamikawa Family would charge them an extra fee to register.
• Kamikawa Tsuchi offered to list them as Kamikawa Naru’s children and claimed Naru and the rest of his family were dead or gone.
• Kamiya Keiyun agreed to the arrangement and gave the names Kamikawa Sora and Kamikawa Hotaru, but held back the money until their names were written down.
• Kamikawa Tsuchi took them to the ancestral hall, where he lied to an elder that their parents had been honest farmers who served the family.
• The elder stamped the main register, and Kamiya Keiyun reflected that his Cloud Leaf Society would need strong oversight to avoid similar corruption.

Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura traveled aboard a merchant fleet while training their techniques, and Kamiya Keiyun reaffirmed his commitment to immortal cultivation. Before dawn, they spotted a large pirate force closing in on the fleet, including four ninja.

• Kagura joined the Uzumaki Clan and received identification papers with surprising ease.
• Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura boarded a merchant ship, found four ninja guarding the fleet, and practiced the Six Dragon Roaming Finger at sea.
• Kamiya Keiyun decided to prioritize his cultivation realm over body training or other pursuits, and his Spiritual Sense expanded from fifteen meters to eighteen.
• Kagura spotted pirates approaching through the fog, and Kamiya Keiyun used the Cloud Mirror Technique to count three hundred and seventy attackers aboard fourteen vessels.
• Kagura reported four pirate ninja, including two with Jonin-level Chakra and one with twice an ordinary Jonin’s Chakra, and Kamiya Keiyun called her over to hide.

Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura watched a Konoha mission team confront Suikazan Fuguki and Hidden Mist ninjas supporting pirates. The battle began at sea, where Fuguki attacked Mokume Tōgō with hair needles and water sharks, but Mokume escaped the sharks by climbing out of the water.

• Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura observed the merchant fleet form a defensive circle as pirates approached, while Konoha Jonin Mokume Tōgō and three Genin prepared to defend it.
• Mokume Tōgō announced that the merchant fleet was under Konoha's protection, but Suikazan Fuguki revealed himself and refused to back down.
• Kagura told Kamiya Keiyun that the shark-faced boy beside Fuguki had an enormous amount of Chakra, though far less than she did.
• The two groups of ninjas leaped onto the sea and paired off, with the Sarutobi boy facing the shark-faced youth and the other Genin facing Fuguki's companions.
• Suikazan Fuguki launched hardened hair needles at Mokume Tōgō, who dodged by diving into the water.
• Fuguki sent ten shark-shaped water creatures after Mokume Tōgō, but Mokume climbed out of the water before they could catch him.

Kamiya Keiyun and Uzumaki Kagura watched Mokume Tōgō and Suikazan Fuguki fight while discussing the fighters’ abilities and the slow pace of the battle. The Jonin remained locked in a stalemate, and Kamiya Keiyun realized he needed to adjust his expectations of how ninja fights unfolded.

• Suikazan Fuguki claimed he had ten times Mokume Tōgō’s Chakra, but Kagura recognized the boast as a psychological tactic and estimated Fuguki had only about one and a half times as much.
• Kamiya Keiyun surveyed the nearby Genin battles and asked Kagura how quickly she could defeat the fighters; she said one wave of Six-Vein Divine Sword could defeat the three Genin.
• Fuguki kept using ninjutsu, including a hair-needle attack, and Tōgō countered with a wave before sharks forced him back and maintained the stalemate.
• Kagura and Kamiya Keiyun judged that the Jonin seemed unimpressive and slower than Namikaze Minato, while Tōgō continued fighting cautiously without revealing his full strength.
• Kamiya Keiyun reflected that he expected battles to end quickly because of wuxia stories and MOBA games, and concluded that he needed to adapt to the ninja world’s longer fights.

Mokume Tōgō appeared to gain the advantage over Suikazan Fuguki after the Kirigakure ninja ran low on Chakra, but Suikazan’s weapon Samehada replenished his Chakra and absorbed ninjutsu and bodily Chakra. Suikazan turned the fight around and charged at Mokume, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Mokume Tōgō realized Suikazan Fuguki was nearly out of Chakra and launched Wind Release attacks as he pressed forward.
• Kagura sensed a huge amount of Chakra coming from Suikazan’s wrapped weapon and watched it flow into his body.
• Samehada absorbed Mokume’s Ripping Wind Palm, nullifying the technique, and Suikazan revealed the weapon’s name.
• Suikazan swung Samehada at Mokume, whose attempt to block it revealed that the weapon could absorb Chakra from his body.
• Suikazan used Kirigakure close-combat techniques and his speed across the water to gain the advantage over Mokume.

Mokume Tōgō was nearly defeated by Suikazan Fuguki, but he revealed Samehada’s abilities and sent Sarutobi Shinnosuke away with the intelligence. As Mokume Tōgō prepared to make a last stand, four Konoha Anbu Jonin arrived and attacked Fuguki.

• Mokume Tōgō admitted the mission had failed, but Suikazan Fuguki vowed to kill him because he had seen Samehada.
• Mokume Tōgō shouted that Samehada absorbed Chakra and urged Kōsuke to return to the village with the information.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke used Water Release: Water Dragon Shockwave to create an opening, then escaped with the Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Mokume Tōgō accepted that he might die and prepared to fight on as four masked Konoha Anbu Jonin launched a coordinated attack on Suikazan Fuguki.
• Suikazan Fuguki retreated from the Anbu’s attack, while Kagura questioned why four Jonin had been assigned to protect the squad.

Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura followed the pirates to their island base after Suikazan Fuguki’s group abandoned the robbery. They surveyed the camp from above, and Keiyun decided to find the pirates’ stolen money before returning later to wipe them out.

• Mokume Tōgō and the four ANBU framed their attack on Suikazan Fuguki as a personal act of justice, so Fuguki withdrew with his men.
• Kamiya Keiyun explained to Kagura that Konoha’s fear of responsibility for war showed how the village’s pressure could discourage its ninja from standing up for others.
• Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura slipped off the merchant ship, followed the pirate ship, and flew ahead to a crab-shaped island with a pirate village.
• Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura used the Cloud Mirror Technique and Secret Sound Transmission to inspect the pirate camp and identify its three distinct districts.
• Kamiya Keiyun observed that wounded pirates were left to die or thrown into the sea, then resolved to find their stolen money and eliminate the camp in the future.

Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura discovered and rescued a group of imprisoned children beneath the pirate boss’s residence, then found a hidden chamber containing an ancient sword and its history. As they prepared to confront Suikazan Fuguki, Kamiya learned that the sword’s former owner had pursued a power capable of challenging ninjas and Chakra.

• Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura located a hidden room containing seventy children, and Kamiya decided they had to defeat Suikazan Fuguki before rescuing them.
• Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura opened the secret passage beneath a table, found the abused children, and created a larger chamber to shelter them during the coming battle.
• Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura discovered a second hidden room containing a statue, an old sword named Six Meanings, and a jade scroll.
• Kamiya Keiyun read Rokugi Shingen’s account of the Six Harmonies Sword Style’s decline and how Shingen sought a swordsmanship power that could contend with Chakra.
• Rokugi Shingen’s account revealed that he had hidden his research and sword in a secret chamber meant to be found by skilled swordsmen, but Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura bypassed its protections with their ninja abilities.

Kamiya Keiyun explored the Rokugi family’s hidden rooms, discovering Six Harmonies sword manuals, weapons, wealth, and old books. He sealed the rooms, then arranged millet porridge for the forty-one rescued children while warning the kitchen maids to stay away.

• Kamiya Keiyun examined the Six Harmonies sword and legacy, deciding the Cloud Leaf Society could preserve the sword style.
• Kagura showed Kamiya Keiyun chests of gold and silver, a large weapon collection, and three rooms of books.
• Kamiya Keiyun inspected the sword manuals, historical records, and literary works, then ordered the five rooms sealed and the children brought inside.
• Kamiya Keiyun checked the pirate ships’ distance, transformed into Kamikawa Sora, and ordered the kitchen maids to make porridge for forty-one children.
• Kamiya Keiyun watched the kitchen maids prepare millet porridge and told them to leave it outside the main room and keep away from an important visitor.

Kagura and Kamiya Keiyun ambushed Suikazan Fuguki’s squad as it returned to shore, adapting their plan after Fuguki gave Samehada to Kisame Hoshigaki. Kamiya attacked Kisame while Kagura trapped Fuguki, leaving the two ninja facing their targets.

• Suikazan Fuguki sensed danger near shore but smugly handed Samehada to Kisame Hoshigaki and taunted the hidden opponent.
• Kagura and Kamiya Keiyun changed their plan: Kamiya would attack Kisame, while Kagura would take on Fuguki and then assist.
• Kamiya approached the group disguised as a young pirate and suddenly slashed at Kisame with the Yangmei Sword.
• Kagura cast Earth Release: Jade Rock Prison, sealing Fuguki in a dark stone enclosure cut off from water.
• Fuguki sensed an attack rushing toward him as someone used Six-Vein Divine Sword.

Kamiya Keiyun and Kagura trapped Suikazan Fuguki in a Jade Rock Prison and overwhelmed him while Kisame Hoshigaki mistook them for Iwagakure attackers. The fight ended with Kisame stabbing his two teammates to keep them from revealing Kirigakure’s secrets, while Fuguki remained trapped and bleeding.

• Kamiya Keiyun attacked Kisame Hoshigaki to stop him forming Hand Seals, but Kisame unleashed a Great Waterfall Technique that flooded the beach.
• Kagura continued striking Suikazan Fuguki inside the Jade Rock Prison, exploiting his lack of Samehada and leaving him badly wounded.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and his two companions tried to rescue Fuguki, but Kamiya Keiyun tossed Liuyi to a flying ally who carried it away.
• Kisame Hoshigaki concluded that the enemy had the advantage and decided to retreat with the intelligence about Iwagakure.
• When his two companions insisted on trying again, Kisame Hoshigaki stabbed them both to prevent them from leaking Kirigakure’s secrets.

Kamiya Keiyun caught up with Kisame Hoshigaki and tried to persuade him that the pirates and Suikazan Fuguki deserved to die. After learning about the children hidden by the pirates, Kisame questioned whether following his village’s orders made their actions right.

• Kisame Hoshigaki escaped into the water, but Kamiya Keiyun quickly caught up with him while Kagura defeated Suikazan Fuguki.
• Kisame removed Samehada’s bandages and discovered with Kamiya Keiyun that the weapon was a living creature with immense Chakra.
• Kamiya Keiyun admitted he had stalled Kisame and condemned Suikazan Fuguki for protecting pirates who murdered and robbed people.
• Kamiya Keiyun told Kisame that the pirates had kept forty-one naked, starving children in a secret chamber.
• Kisame said he had not known about the children and defended his actions as a village mission, but Kamiya Keiyun challenged him to question whether the village’s orders were right.

Kamiya Keiyun gave Kisame Hoshigaki political writings to read, hoping he would question Kirigakure and seek him out in the future. Kisame was shaken by the essays, but Mei Terumi and her squad arrived before he could reflect further, and he reported the death of Suikazan Fuguki and the loss of his teammates.

• Kamiya Keiyun handed Kisame Hoshigaki several essays and urged him to read, travel, and learn about the Land of Water before deciding what to do.
• Kisame Hoshigaki warned Kamiya Keiyun that another squad was approaching, and Kamiya thanked him and left.
• Kisame read the essays, including Book of Rites: The Great Way and Rousseau's On the Origin of Inequality, and was deeply moved by their ideas.
• Mei Terumi and three other ninja found Kisame alone with Samehada, and he hid the essays before answering their questions.
• Kisame told the squad that an orange-haired man and woman had attacked them, the woman had killed Suikazan Fuguki, and Kisame had killed his two teammates before retreating with Samehada.
• Mei asked about the woman's hair color, and Kisame said it was much lighter than Mei's.

Kamiya Keiyun returned to Crab Island, where Kagura had killed Suikazan Fuguki, and took control of the surviving pirates. After recording everyone’s identities and crimes, Kamiya Keiyun gathered the island’s people and supplies, leaving the pirates hungry and uncertain of what would happen to them.

• Kamiya Keiyun found Suikazan Fuguki dead and asked Kagura about the remaining pirates.
• Kamiya Keiyun questioned Saionji Tokimune, who explained his past as an Amatsukami priest and revealed where the pirate chief had hidden his treasure.
• Kamiya Keiyun ordered the island’s residents to register their names, backgrounds, and deeds, then learned the combatants had all committed multiple murders.
• Kamiya Keiyun ordered the supplies loaded onto a ship and had food prepared, giving porridge to the children and female slaves while others ate more.
• The pirates worked for hours without food or water as the supplies were moved, then waited for Saionji Tokimune to ask when they could eat.

Kamiya Keiyun gathered the island’s pirates and captives, condemned the pirates, and promised to return the captives home. He left the pirates stranded without supplies or boats, intending to let them face the consequences while he sailed away with the freed people.

• Kamiya Keiyun assembled the pirates and captives, then announced that the pirates’ abuse would end and that the captives were free.
• Kamiya Keiyun promised to treat the captives’ injuries and illnesses and send them home, prompting many to break down in tears.
• Kamiya Keiyun helped the captives board his ships, then destroyed the pirates’ small boats and refused to provide them with food.
• Kagura asked why Kamiya Keiyun left the pirates alive, and he explained that their presence could delay an approaching Kirigakure squad and that they would likely starve without supplies.