Chapter Summaries

Konoha’s clans and villagers prepared to attend the Fifth Hokage’s wedding to Kurenai, with clan leaders offering lavish gifts and aligning themselves with the Uchiha Clan. Kakashi collected Naruto for the ceremony, where Naruto planned to ask Qingcheng about his hair gel and impress Sakura.

• Nara Shikadai urged Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza to give generous wedding gifts and place clan members in Konoha’s departments.
• Hizashi Hyuga prepared a two-hundred-million-Ryo gift and agreed to take Hinata to the wedding.
• Konoha’s clans prepared gifts and traveled toward the Uchiha Clan amid pressure to show support for the Fifth Hokage.
• Tsume Inuzuka took Inuzuka Hana and Kiba Inuzuka to the ceremony and joked that Hana might marry the Fifth Hokage someday.
• Kakashi found Naruto asleep at home and woke him to attend the wedding.
• Naruto hurried to get ready, planning to copy Qingcheng’s hairstyle and impress Sakura.

The Uchiha Clan prepared for Uchiha Qingcheng and Kurenai Yuhi’s wedding, while Sakura and her mother worked in the kitchen to earn a red envelope and attend the banquet for free. As the wedding preparations continued, Tsunade arrived at the gates and scolded the Police Force for preparing loud fireworks despite her pregnancy.

• Yunye led One-Stop Company musicians to play the Konoha Battle Song at the Uchiha Clan gates while he recorded guests’ monetary gifts.
• Sakura complained about washing dishes, but Sakura's Mother explained that the work would earn them a red envelope and free entry to the banquet.
• Uchiha Qingcheng and Kurenai Yuhi dressed for their wedding, and Qingcheng reassured Kurenai while joking that his other partners were his wives too.
• Anko Mitarashi asked whether Qingcheng was marrying for monetary gifts, and he said he wanted to save money for Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Tsunade and Shizune arrived at the Uchiha Clan gates, where Tsunade rebuked the Police Force for preparing fireworks while she was pregnant.

Tsunade and Shizune arrived at the Uchiha compound for the Fifth Hokage's wedding, where Tsunade claimed a huge gift despite having no money. Might Guy and Rock Lee then arrived upside down to celebrate with their youthful spirit, and Guy donated his green outfit before entering the wedding.

• Tsunade registered a ten-billion gift, while Shizune awkwardly registered ten million despite neither having money on hand.
• Tsunade entered the decorated Uchiha compound and lamented that she wanted to marry but had met someone who flirted with many young women.
• Konoha villagers greeted Tsunade, and Qingcheng noticed her resentful expression from upstairs.
• Might Guy and Rock Lee walked upside down to the compound and shouted about showing the Fifth Hokage their burning youth.
• Police Force members stopped Guy's commotion, and Yunye recorded the green frog outfit Guy donated as a Ninja Turtle Suit.
• Guy abandoned his plan to perform with dumbbells and led Rock Lee into the Uchiha compound.

Hizashi Hyuga and the Ino-Shika-Cho clans arrived at the Uchiha residence and received an extravagant welcome for the wedding. In the backyard, Toraji demonstrated powerful Wind Release and unsettled Sasuke, who resolved to surpass him so he could kill Uchiha Itachi.

• Hizashi Hyuga arrived with Hinata and members of the Hyuga Branch Family, and Yunye welcomed them with firecrackers, ninjutsu, and music.
• Hizashi gave his wedding gift, was surprised by Lady Tsunade's ten-billion contribution, and entered the courtyard after wishing the Fifth Hokage a happy marriage.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho clans arrived and received the same grand welcome, while Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji enjoyed the lively ceremony.
• Sasuke demonstrated Chidori to the gathered villagers and ninjas, impressing them and making Sakura doubt whether she could be worthy of him.
• Toraji mocked Sasuke, then used Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere to slice apart a training dummy and cut the steel wall behind it.
• Sasuke resented Toraji's strength and decided he had to surpass him before he could kill Uchiha Itachi.

Kakashi and Yamato arrived at the Uchiha Clan compound, where Kakashi gave Yamato money and they were welcomed with an extravagant ceremony. Naruto hurried off to find Toraji and show Sakura his hairstyle, leaving Kakashi and Yamato behind.

• Sakura and the Konoha jonin watched Toraji use a powerful Wind Release Ninjutsu and praised his skill.
• Kakashi and Naruto arrived at the Uchiha Clan compound, where Yamato complained that Kakashi had mistaken his exhaustion from construction work for reading dirty books.
• Kakashi gave Yamato five million Ryo toward his wedding gift after learning he had no money left.
• Kameida Meikai arranged a firecracker and Fire Release welcome for Kakashi and Yamato, and Yunye recorded their contributions.
• Naruto told Kakashi and Yamato that Toraji had promised to teach him a powerful Ninjutsu, then ran toward the backyard to find Toraji and show Sakura his hairstyle.

Naruto joined the wedding celebration at the Uchiha Clan estate, where his joking rivalry with Sasuke threatened to disrupt the festivities. Shouhon Yihan arrived with the Police Force and a large wedding gift, and the chapter ended as villagers were told the Fifth Hokage was coming out.

• Naruto greeted Sakura and Ino, learned about the wedding day's schedule, and offered to help Sakura with her work.
• Sasuke insulted Naruto, while Toraji welcomed him and prompted Naruto to leap toward the training ground to challenge Sasuke.
• Naruto and Sasuke prepared to fight, drawing a crowd of cheering villagers despite warnings not to cause trouble at the wedding.
• Shouhon Yihan presented 1.2 billion Ryo from the Police Force and another 500 million Ryo as his personal gift to the Fifth Hokage.
• Shouhon Yihan led the Police Force into the estate and reassured wary villagers that no fines would be issued that day.
• A villager announced that the Fifth Hokage was coming out.

Qingcheng and Kurenai Yuhi celebrated their wedding with the villagers and shinobi of Konoha, while Tsunade resented being overlooked and argued with Shizune. After the celebration, Qingcheng promised Tsunade a share of the wedding gifts, but she rejected his teasing suggestion that they consummate their marriage.

• Qingcheng led Kurenai Yuhi out in her wedding clothes as Fujikawa and Publicity Department officials recorded the ceremony, and villagers congratulated the couple.
• Qingcheng and Kurenai Yuhi handed out wedding candy, while Qingcheng praised villagers' Will of Fire and offered them access to ninjutsu training.
• Tsunade complained that Qingcheng had neglected her, but Shizune reminded her that he had destroyed her gambling IOUs, and Tsunade agreed to forgive him.
• Qingcheng greeted the clan heads and guests, then sent Kurenai Yuhi back to their room and approached Tsunade.
• Tsunade demanded a share of the wedding gifts, and Qingcheng promised her one before teasing her about consummating their marriage; Tsunade told him to get lost.

After his wedding, Qingcheng secured the clan heads’ support for strengthening Konoha and celebrated the village’s prosperity. Obito saw how much Konoha had changed and resolved to pursue a world with Rin.

• Qingcheng agreed with the clan heads that their clans would provide shinobi for missions so civilian shinobi could train, and they pledged to help Konoha regain its status as the Shinobi World’s overlord.
• Kakashi and Mitokado Homura praised Qingcheng’s ambition and judged his ruthless methods better suited to leading Konoha than Hiruzen Sarutobi’s caution.
• Qingcheng returned to the Uchiha Clan beneath the fireworks and credited himself with making Konoha prosperous.
• Obito appeared on Hokage Rock, saw Qingcheng’s enlarged monument in place of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s, and found Konoha unfamiliar.
• Obito declared that this false world no longer suited him and used Kamui to head for Konoha’s cemetery in search of a world with Rin.

Qingcheng won over Konoha’s villagers by promising to hold Shouhon Yihan accountable for demanding wedding gifts and by offering them a free banquet at the Uchiha Clan. After the villagers went home, Qingcheng sensed an intruder and ordered the hidden “beast” to come out.

• Qingcheng told villagers they could attend his next wedding without bringing gifts and said he would reprimand Shouhon Yihan for demanding them.
• Villagers complained that Shouhon Yihan had arrested an elderly man who took food home from the wedding, and Qingcheng condemned the arrest and promised to hold the minister accountable.
• Qingcheng promised Konoha’s residents a free banquet at the Uchiha Clan on the first day of next month, winning their support.
• Qingcheng sensed an uninvited guest nearby, sent the villagers home, and challenged the hidden intruder to reveal itself.

Uchiha Qingcheng confronted Obito, exposed his identity, and relentlessly provoked him over his crimes and his feelings for Rin Nohara. Obito lost his composure and lunged at Qingcheng with a black staff.

• Obito appeared before Qingcheng in a mask, claimed to be Uchiha Madara, and demanded that Qingcheng bow to him.
• Qingcheng mocked Obito's single Mangekyō Sharingan and identified him as Uchiha Obito, naming his role in the Nine-Tails Attack and the deaths of Minato and Kushina.
• Obito admitted that he had committed the acts Qingcheng described but continued to deny being Uchiha Obito.
• Qingcheng taunted Obito about the Uchiha Clan massacre and claimed he had had Obito's grandmother's ashes flushed down Konoha's toilets.
• Qingcheng mocked Obito's belief that Rin Nohara loved him and suggested she admired Kakashi instead, making Obito furious.
• Obito declared that he would send Qingcheng to hell, drew a black staff, and lunged at him.

Qingcheng used his Mangekyō Sharingan technique Divine Army to tear apart Obito’s body and Kamui Dimension, then pursued him as Obito fled. Qingcheng left Shadow Clones and Flying Thunder God marks inside the damaged dimension while continuing his hunt.

• Qingcheng activated Divine Army, tearing apart Obito and his Kamui Dimension, though the technique badly strained Qingcheng’s eye.
• Qingcheng attacked Obito with Lightning God Armor, but Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension.
• Qingcheng used Yomotsu Hirasaka to enter the Kamui Dimension and attack Obito, who fled from it again.
• Qingcheng left a hundred Shadow Clones, Flying Thunder God Kunai, and marks inside the Kamui Dimension to punish Obito if he returned.
• Qingcheng resumed pursuing Obito, who fled toward Konoha’s outskirts using the Body Flicker Technique and Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique.

Qingcheng drove the wounded Uchiha Obito into retreat, while Konoha forces pursued him. Obito seized Naruto as a hostage and threatened to kill him unless Qingcheng backed off.

• Konoha villagers praised Qingcheng after he wounded the masked man, and Shouhon Yihan led the Police Force in pursuit after identifying him as Uchiha Obito.
• Kakashi and Yamato also pursued Obito, determined to capture him and avenge the Fourth Hokage.
• Naruto encountered the bleeding Obito and offered to take him to the hospital, unaware of who he was.
• Qingcheng appeared and warned Naruto to leave because Obito was a Konoha Rogue Ninja.
• Obito grabbed Naruto and threatened to kill him unless Qingcheng backed off, while Naruto begged Qingcheng to save him.

Uchiha Obito held Naruto hostage and threatened to unleash the Nine-Tails, while Qingcheng countered with threats against Obito and challenged him over blaming Minato for Rin’s death. Kakashi arrived with ANBU and tried to negotiate, as Qingcheng prepared to rescue Naruto and promised Obito would not escape.

• Obito choked Naruto as a hostage, but Qingcheng claimed he could revive Naruto and threatened Obito’s grandmother and Rin.
• Naruto defended Qingcheng despite being in danger, and Obito considered using Kamui but feared Qingcheng could enter his dimension.
• Kakashi arrived with ANBU and urged Obito to put Naruto down, while Obito blamed Kakashi and Minato for Rin’s death.
• Qingcheng rebuked Obito for accusing Minato, explaining that Minato had followed Konoha’s rules by prioritizing an S-rank mission over their lower-rank mission.
• Kakashi prepared to negotiate for Naruto, and Qingcheng activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged Obito to use Kamui if he thought he could escape.

Obito dismissed Qingcheng’s Shadow Clones, then used genjutsu to manipulate Naruto into releasing the Nine-Tails. Minato failed to stop Naruto from breaking the seal, and Kurama burst out of the cage in Naruto’s spiritual world.

• Qingcheng agreed to Obito’s demand but dismissed his Shadow Clones only after Obito promised to release Naruto.
• Shouhon Yihan arrived with the Police Force and surrounded Obito, who decided to risk releasing the Nine-Tails.
• Obito put Naruto under genjutsu and drove him to seek revenge on Konoha by tearing off the seal.
• Minato appeared in Naruto’s spiritual world and tried to stop him, but Obito attacked Minato with black rods.
• Naruto tore open the seal, and Kurama smashed through his cage as Minato realized he could no longer stop him.

Obito released the Nine-Tails in Konoha, and the beast began rampaging through the village. Qingcheng redirected its massive Tailed Beast Ball into Konoha Forest, while Tsunade learned that the Nine-Tails had appeared.

• Obito fled through Kamui after releasing Naruto’s seal, and Naruto transformed into the Nine-Tails as Kakashi warned Qingcheng.
• The Nine-Tails destroyed buildings in Uchiha Clan territory and resisted Qingcheng’s Sharingan genjutsu before firing a massive Tailed Beast Ball.
• Qingcheng stopped Kakashi from trying to absorb the Tailed Beast Ball and used Flying Thunder God Technique Stage Two, Space Devour, to send it to Konoha Forest.
• The Tailed Beast Ball exploded in Konoha Forest, devastating the area and alarming villagers who saw the Nine-Tails in the village.
• Shizune told Tsunade that Obito had been captured as a target and that the Nine-Tails had been released, leaving Tsunade shocked.

Tsunade set out to help treat Konoha’s wounded while Uchiha Qingcheng faced the Nine-Tails with Flying Thunder God and Wood Release. Qingcheng restrained the beast with wood dragons and continued summoning more as the battle went on.

• Shizune told Tsunade that Qingcheng was fighting the Nine-Tails, and Tsunade decided to head to the battlefield and help the wounded with Katsuyu.
• Yamato offered to use Wood Release against the Nine-Tails, but Qingcheng told him to protect civilians and summoned a wood dragon to bind the beast.
• Qingcheng transferred the Nine-Tails’ second Tailed Beast Ball into Konoha Forest, where it exploded and destroyed a large stretch of forest.
• The Nine-Tails tore at Qingcheng’s wood dragon, then blasted it apart with a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Qingcheng summoned two more wood dragons, which wrapped around the Nine-Tails and began absorbing its Chakra.
• Kakashi and Yamato watched in astonishment as the wood dragons clung to the Nine-Tails and grew larger.

Qingcheng used Wood Release dragons and his Mangekyō Sharingan to overpower the Nine-Tails during its rampage in Konoha. The Nine-Tails was left immobilized under Qingcheng’s genjutsu as Kakashi and the arriving jonin prepared to support the battle.

• Qingcheng’s wood dragons restrained the Nine-Tails, which injured itself with its own Tailed Beast Ball before quickly healing.
• Qingcheng told Kakashi to collect the Nine-Tails’ fallen flesh and summoned two more wood dragons as Konoha jonin arrived to help.
• When the Nine-Tails began charging a larger Tailed Beast Ball, Qingcheng used Body Flicker and manifested his Semi-Complete Susanoo to attack its throat.
• The Nine-Tails blocked the Susanoo’s golden sword with its claw, and the collision filled the battlefield with dust.
• Qingcheng immobilized the Nine-Tails with his Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu.

The Fifth Hokage subdued the Nine-Tails while Konoha’s clans arrived at the battlefield and learned that Naruto was safe but unconscious. Uchiha Qingcheng entered Naruto’s mental world and woke him, where Naruto confronted Minato about the burden of having the Nine-Tails sealed inside him.

• Kakashi reassured Hizashi Hyuga and the arriving Ino-Shika-Cho clan leaders that the Fifth Hokage had subdued the Nine-Tails and that Naruto’s condition remained unclear.
• Kakashi rebuked jonin who blamed Naruto for the attack, explaining that a Konoha Rogue Ninja had released the Nine-Tails and that the village had failed to protect Naruto.
• Uchiha Qingcheng entered Naruto’s mental world and found him calm, while Minato introduced himself as Yongdaimei, the Fourth Hokage.
• Qingcheng slapped Naruto awake by telling him Sakura had come to see him, and Naruto immediately asked where she was.
• Naruto told Qingcheng and Minato that he had dreamed of releasing the Nine-Tails, then accused Minato’s seal of making villagers hate him before Minato urged him to seek understanding and peace.

Qingcheng spoke with Minato and Naruto before sealing the Nine-Tails’ Chakra back into Naruto and locking the Nine-Tails inside its cage. The chapter ended with Naruto restored to his ordinary form, while Minato’s Chakra was fading and he still hoped to pass on the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Qingcheng told Naruto and Minato that peace depended on strength, and Mito entrusted Konoha to Minato’s successor.
• Naruto promised Minato that he would become Hokage, and Minato tearfully encouraged him to protect the village and live happily.
• Qingcheng asked Minato to teach Naruto the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Minato proposed using his remaining Chakra to imprint it after the Nine-Tails was sealed.
• Qingcheng said Naruto could eventually reconcile with the Nine-Tails through his Talk No Jutsu, then ordered Naruto to stand still.
• Qingcheng used the Eight Trigrams Seal to return the Nine-Tails’ Chakra to its cage and end Naruto’s Tailed Beast Transformation.

Qingcheng sealed the Nine-Tails again and spoke with Naruto and Minato in Naruto’s mental world. Minato passed on the Flying Thunder God Technique before fading away, while Naruto vowed to become Hokage.

• Kakashi and the gathered Konoha leaders saw Naruto return to normal, and Tsunade and Shizune arrived relieved that the Nine-Tails crisis had ended.
• Shizune defended Qingcheng after Tsunade praised him, prompting Tsunade to accuse Shizune of siding with an outsider.
• Nara Shikadai urged Tsunade to stay calm because she was pregnant, and Kakashi asked her to examine Naruto after his Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Qingcheng entered Naruto’s mental world, where the Nine-Tails was sealed again, and encouraged Naruto to win its friendship.
• Minato apologized to Naruto, entrusted him to Qingcheng, and offered to engrave the Flying Thunder God Technique before disappearing.
• Naruto vowed to become Hokage, and Qingcheng left the mental world as Tsunade praised his work.