Chapter Summaries

Qingcheng sparred verbally with Tsunade over the Senju Clan’s stolen ninjutsu and the destruction of Konoha, while Kakashi’s ANBU gathered the Nine-Tails’ cells. The chapter ended with Yamato organizing the village’s reconstruction after Qingcheng ordered him to rebuild the ruined area and house displaced villagers.

• Qingcheng caught Tsunade’s Chakra Enhanced Strength punch and dismissed her accusations by blaming Danzo for stealing the Senju Clan’s ninjutsu.
• Shouhon Yihan and Zhang Benyihan backed Qingcheng and proposed adding charges against Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tsunade threatened to leave Konoha, but Qingcheng’s eagerness to see her go made her decide to stay and demand compensation for emotional distress.
• Kakashi and the ANBU collected and sealed the Nine-Tails’ cells, and Tsunade warned Qingcheng about their corrosive Chakra.
• Qingcheng ordered Yamato to rebuild the ruined street and arrange homes for displaced villagers, and Yamato organized reconstruction crews.

After Qingcheng’s victory over the Nine-Tails, Konoha rallied around him and began an intensive training drive, while Kakashi managed the village’s overworked staff. The chapter ended with Taoyuan agreeing to take charge of the ninjutsu rooms after Kakashi dangled the possibility of promotion.

• Konoha’s publicity campaign made Qingcheng a celebrated hero, and villagers blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for sidelining the Uchiha Clan during the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Kakashi found ANBU and jonin training throughout the Hokage Building and told Yamato to keep managing access to the ninjutsu rooms.
• Yamato asked for leave to train and a raise, but Kakashi reminded him that Konoha needed him to keep working and sent him to build roads.
• Kakashi assigned Taoyuan to replace Yamato as an ANBU squad commander overseeing the ninjutsu rooms and helping the Police Force catch spies.
• Taoyuan accepted the assignment after Kakashi suggested he might eventually become Assistant Hokage or Sixth Hokage.

Qingcheng oversaw research on the Nine-Tails' cells and tested a dangerous vaccine combining them with Hashirama Cells. He survived the procedure and gained control of the Nine-Tails' Chakra, then ordered his Shadow Clones back to work.

• Qingcheng learned that Hashirama Cells could suppress the Nine-Tails' corrosive cells and prevent them from regenerating by absorbing Natural Energy.
• Qingcheng ordered his Shadow Clones to keep developing a Tailed Beast Power Bank and refused to use Uchiha Sasuke as a test subject.
• Qingcheng let a Shadow Clone inject him with a high-quality Hashirama Vaccine combined with Nine-Tails cells.
• After enduring severe pain, Qingcheng survived, fused with the cells, and manifested a four-tailed Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Qingcheng scolded the Shadow Clones for their reckless experiment and sent them back to training and research.

After three months of cultivation, Qingcheng’s Chakra reserves and Sage Body had grown stronger, and he prepared to transplant Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan into his right eye. He remained conscious for the operation, wary that anesthesia would make his Shadow Clones disappear.

• Qingcheng finished refining the Hashirama and Nine-Tails cells, which strengthened his Sage Body and increased his recovery, Chakra capacity, and cultivation speed.
• Qingcheng examined his father’s Sharingan and considered awakening the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan before deciding to continue cultivating Yongcheng’s eyes.
• Qingcheng learned that Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō had fused with his bloodline and agreed with a Shadow Clone’s suggestion to transplant it for its Kotoamatsukami technique.
• Qingcheng chose Uchiha Shisui’s right eye for the first transplant and lay down as his white-coated Shadow Clones prepared the operation.
• Qingcheng refused anesthesia because he feared passing out would dispel his Shadow Clones, and told them to give him painkillers instead.

Qingcheng replaced his right Mangekyō Sharingan with Shisui's and left home wearing an eyepatch to inspect Konoha's Strengthening Plan. The chapter ended with Tsunade unexpectedly winning at mahjong after Qingcheng had left.

• Qingcheng lost access to his Yomi Space when Shadow Clones removed his right eye and implanted Shisui's Sharingan; he covered it with an eyepatch and planned to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Qingcheng ordered the Shadow Clones to preserve his removed eye with Hashirama Cells and continue training Wood Release and Wind-attribute Chakra.
• Qingcheng considered his plans to master all five Chakra nature transformations, Yin-Yang Release, and Truth-Seeking Orbs, and reviewed his many advanced Ninjutsu.
• Qingcheng heard Kurenai Yuhi, Yugao, and the others playing mahjong upstairs and left for the Hokage Building to check on Kakashi and Konoha's Strengthening Plan.
• After Qingcheng left, Tsunade won a hand and demanded payment from Yugao, Kurenai Yuhi, and Meiling.

Uchiha Qingcheng revealed himself to Konoha’s adoring villagers after three months in seclusion, while the village prospered from the Police Force’s robberies in the Land of Fire. As Konoha’s ninja grew stronger, Yamanaka Fu asked Qingcheng how he could improve, and Qingcheng offered him a vaccine that could grant Water and Earth Chakra Transformations.

• Konoha’s villagers crowded around Qingcheng, praised him as the Fifth Hokage, and cheered when he assured them his eye and the village were fine.
• Qingcheng had ordered the Police Force and ANBU on leave to plunder wealthy places in the Land of Fire after its daimyo demanded Konoha eliminate bandits without offering payment.
• After the robberies devastated the Land of Fire, the daimyo sent one hundred million Ryo to Konoha, and Qingcheng directed Kakashi to manage the funds and continue strengthening the village.
• Konoha’s forces grew stronger, with more than three thousand jonin and many Police Force members reaching Standard or Elite Jonin level.
• Yamanaka Fu told Qingcheng that his strength had stalled, and Qingcheng offered him a first-generation Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine to grant Water and Earth Chakra Transformations.

Yamanaka Fu and Shouhon Yihan received the Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine, prompting Konoha residents and officials to crowd around Qingcheng and demand doses. After promising vaccines as rewards for outstanding service, Qingcheng learned that the Hidden Mist Village had mobilized toward the Land of Fire border.

• Yamanaka Fu thanked Qingcheng, asked about his cousin Yamanaka Jieyi, and received the Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine and help fusing with Hashirama Cells.
• Shouhon Yihan begged Qingcheng for the vaccine, then received it and help fusing with Hashirama Cells.
• Police Force members, civilian ninjas, and villagers crowded around Qingcheng to ask for the vaccine, and he promised doses to outstanding villagers and officials.
• Qingcheng dispersed the crowd after explaining how villagers and officials could qualify for the vaccine.
• ANBU ninja told Qingcheng that the Hidden Mist Village had mobilized toward the Land of Fire border, then cheered for him and nearly drew the villagers back.

Qingcheng arrived at the Hokage Building as villagers and civilian ninja urged Konoha to fight Hidden Mist Village. In the Hokage's Office, Konoha's leaders debated war and the danger of other villages joining in, then awaited Qingcheng's decision as he entered.

• Qingcheng promised the cheering villagers that Konoha would wipe out the invading Hidden Mist ninja.
• Kakashi watched Qingcheng arrive and reflected on the Fifth Hokage's popularity and Konoha's new spirit.
• Hyuga Hiashi pledged the Hyuga Clan's support for war, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warned that conflict could draw other villages into a wider war.
• Konoha's jonin argued over whether to fight Hidden Mist Village or negotiate, and Shouhon Yihan said they would follow Qingcheng's orders.
• Kakashi reminded the gathered leaders that the decision belonged to the Fifth Hokage, and Qingcheng entered the Hokage's Office.

Qingcheng decided that Konoha would enter wartime status and intercept the Hidden Mist Village invasion at sea, while also ordering a covert raid on the Hidden Grass Village. The chapter ended with Kakashi preparing to gather Konoha’s shinobi as Qingcheng planned to lead the troops himself.

• Qingcheng told Konoha’s leaders that the Hidden Mist Village was advancing toward the Land of Fire and declared that its invading shinobi would die.
• Kakashi warned that other villages, including the Hidden Grass Village, might exploit Konoha’s deployment.
• Qingcheng ordered Shouhon Yihan to use Root’s name to raid the Hidden Grass Village, seize its ninjutsu, and bring two Uzumaki Clan Members to Konoha.
• Qingcheng declared Konoha would enter wartime status and personally lead a force of jonin and border shinobi against the Hidden Mist Village.
• Kakashi agreed to gather the shinobi, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu cautioned Qingcheng against leading the troops himself.

Qingcheng rallied Konoha’s clans and forces to commit to war against Hidden Mist Village, promising to recover the Hyuga Byakugan stolen by Ao. He ordered troops to depart that afternoon and assigned Shouhon Yihan to lead the Police Force’s First Battalion in the campaign.

• Hyuga Hiashi asked Qingcheng to recover the Byakugan taken from a Hyuga main family member, and Qingcheng promised to retrieve it and oppose the theft of Konoha’s bloodline abilities.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Tsume Inuzuka, Aburame Shibi, and other clan heads pledged their clans to the war, while Qingcheng told Kurama Tetsuyun to keep the diminished Kurama Clan out of the fighting.
• Shouhon Yihan and Konoha’s ANBU, jonin, and Police Force members shouted their support for attacking Hidden Mist Village.
• Qingcheng told Kakashi to prepare the roster and ordered Konoha’s forces to leave that afternoon for the Land of Fire’s border and seek victory at sea.
• Shouhon Yihan asked to join the campaign instead of going to Hidden Grass Village, and Qingcheng assigned Aburame Torune there while placing Yihan in command of the Police Force’s First Battalion.

Qingcheng prepared Konoha for war on the borders with the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Stone Village while arranging supplies and funding. Genin Kosuke offered to fight to protect the younger ninja, but agreed to stay near the village until he was needed.

• Qingcheng assigned Kakashi to oversee the Hokage Building and guard the borders, then sent Namiashi Raidō, Chōza Akimichi, and Genma Shiranui to set Flying Thunder God marks near the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth.
• Qingcheng ordered Kakashi to assemble Konoha's forces and directed the equipment department to distribute ninja tools, Explosive Tags, and Shuriken.
• Genin Kosuke entered the Hokage's Office and asked Qingcheng to let him join the battle, prompting the Police Force to prepare to seize him before Qingcheng stopped them.
• Qingcheng dismissed the assembled ninja, promised compensation and S-rank Mission rewards, and told Kakashi to seek war funding from the daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Kosuke explained that he wanted to give his life to protect Konoha's younger ninja, and Qingcheng assured him that Konoha would minimize its losses.
• Mitokado Homura urged Kosuke to leave the fighting to the young ninja, and Kosuke agreed to remain near the village until Konoha needed him.

Qingcheng said farewell to Tsunade and the others before leading Konoha’s jonin toward war with the Hidden Mist Village. At the village gates, the send-off turned chaotic when Naruto and Sasuke started fighting, and Kakashi tried to separate them.

• Qingcheng promised Tsunade that he would defeat the Hidden Mist and return with every Konoha ninja, while Tsunade urged him to stay safe.
• Yugao, Kurenai Yuhi, Anko Mitarashi, Kiba Inuzuka, and Meiling wanted to see Qingcheng off, but he told them to remain with the Uchiha Clan because they were heavily pregnant.
• A thousand Konoha jonin assembled at the gates as villagers gathered to see them off, while Yamanaka Fu and the Second Division stayed behind to maintain security.
• Shouhon Yihan and Might Guy boasted about what they would do to the Hidden Mist, while the villagers and Rock Lee reacted to Guy’s send-off speech.
• Naruto and Sasuke argued over who had first asked about Qingcheng, then began fighting in the crowd as Kakashi ordered people to separate them.

Konoha’s clans and villagers saw off Qingcheng as he led more than a thousand ninjas to war against the Hidden Mist Village. He left Kakashi in charge of the village, while Sakura’s mother encouraged her to seek the Uchiha Clan Enhancement Vaccine and gain the Fifth Hokage’s favor.

• Hyuga Tokuma and the Hyuga Branch Family, along with the Inuzuka, Aburame, and Ino-Shika-Cho clans, prepared to fight the Hidden Mist ninjas.
• Qingcheng arrived with a band, reassured the cheering villagers that Konoha would win, and promised the force would return within two months.
• Naruto and Sasuke argued about Qingcheng’s eyepatch and accused each other of being spies before Yamanaka Fu ordered them to stop.
• Qingcheng told Kakashi to run the village, then led more than a thousand ninjas toward the Land of Fire’s coastline as the villagers cheered and the band played.
• Sakura’s mother gave her a sign supporting the Fifth Hokage and explained that she wanted to apply for the Uchiha Clan Enhancement Vaccine on Sakura’s behalf.

Hayakumo Sōma prepared Konoha’s coastal border defenses after learning that Kirigakure was massing to invade, while the outnumbered garrison debated whether to strike first. He left his troops convinced that the Hidden Mist ninja were brutally violent and that the Fifth Hokage’s approaching army would secure their victory.

• Hayakumo Sōma received the Fifth Hokage’s order to hold the border until reinforcements arrived and had supplies delivered to the garrison.
• Hayakumo Sōma recalled how Qingcheng had promoted him from ANBU duty to command the coastal defense, then worried about facing Kirigakure’s invasion with only a little over three hundred ninja.
• Hayakumo Sōma ordered Teyano Hisashi to count supplies, prepare food, and organize patrols, but Teyano Hisashi urged him to negotiate before provoking a full-scale war.
• Hayakumo Sōma ordered the garrison to lay Explosive Tag traps and strike Kirigakure’s vanguard when it came ashore, explaining that the Fifth Hokage was on the way with a thousand Elite Jonin.
• Hayakumo Sōma described Kirigakure ninja as bloodthirsty and said they killed their own comrades, frightening the border troops.
• Teyano Hisashi praised the Fifth Hokage for uncovering another of Shimura Danzō’s crimes: helping Hiruzen Sarutobi embezzle village funds and leaving Konoha with fifty billion Ryo in foreign debt.

Hayakumo Sōma warned the border ninja that Hidden Mist ninja fought like Root’s emotionless killing machines, then rallied them to prepare for battle. Meanwhile, Terumi Mei, Ao, and Hozuki Mangetsu discussed the invasion fleet’s orders and its demands of Konoha.

• Hayakumo Sōma explained that Shimura Danzō’s Bloody Mist Village Plan had been copied from the Hidden Mist Village and warned that their enemies fought without fear or emotion.
• Teyano Hisashi and the border ninja feared they could not hold out, but Hayakumo Sōma encouraged them with the Fifth Hokage’s support and promised rewards for survival.
• Hayakumo Sōma led the border ninja to eat and prepare Explosive Tag traps before continuing their patrols.
• A Hidden Mist fleet sailed toward the Land of Fire with Terumi Mei, Ao, and Hozuki Mangetsu aboard.
• Terumi Mei questioned Yagura’s order to invade Konoha, while Ao suspected Yagura was under a genjutsu and Hozuki Mangetsu argued that the invasion could force Konoha to surrender land and compensation.

Hayakumo Sōma prepared Konoha’s coastal defenses with extensive Explosive Tag traps while Qingcheng rushed ahead of the exhausted army toward the border. The chapter ended as Suikazan Fuguki led Hidden Mist forces ashore on an island near the Land of Whirlpools.

• Hayakumo Sōma and the border ninjas planted hundreds of thousands of Explosive Tags along the coast and camp.
• Hayakumo Sōma sent Hyuga Natsuen’s squad to patrol while the other border ninjas rested and ate.
• Qingcheng raced ahead using the Body Flicker Technique, telling the exhausted army to rest and follow later.
• Might Guy stopped to inform the army while Shouhon Yihan urged the Police Force to keep up.
• Suikazan Fuguki led Hidden Mist ninjas off their ships onto an island near the Land of Whirlpools.

Suikazan Fuguki led Hidden Mist forces to a barren island near the Land of Fire and began preparing for war against Konoha. After Fuguki assigned Terumi Mei to lead the vanguard, she set out for the border with more than two hundred Mist ninja.

• Suikazan Fuguki, Ringo Ameyuri, Utakata, and the other Mist ninja arrived on the island and began setting up their base.
• Terumi Mei criticized the plan to seize land, while Ao recalled how the Second Mizukage and Second Tsuchikage had died fighting each other in the Land of Fire.
• Suikazan Fuguki scolded the young Chojuro after he dropped supplies, and Terumi Mei asked him to spare the newcomer.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered Terumi Mei to lead the vanguard into the Land of Fire, and she accepted despite her displeasure.
• Terumi Mei departed for the border with more than two hundred Mist ninja.

Terumi Mei led 327 Hidden Mist Village ninjas toward the Land of Fire, where Hayakumo Sōma prepared Konoha’s border forces to stop them with Explosive Tag traps. Sōma confronted Mei on the beach, and their argument over the Third Mizukage left both sides poised for battle.

• Terumi Mei led the Hidden Mist vanguard toward the coast, but Hyuga Natsuen spotted them and fired a signal flare.
• Hayakumo Sōma assembled Konoha’s border ninjas and ordered them to prepare Explosive Tag traps and shuriken.
• Hyuga Natsuen counted 327 approaching enemies and identified the woman at their front as a powerful Kage-level ninja; Sōma recognized her as Terumi Mei.
• Teyano Hisashi revealed that the Fifth Hokage had given him a million Explosive Tags, while Sōma crossed the trapped coastline to confront the Hidden Mist forces.
• Terumi Mei accused Konoha of murdering the Third Mizukage and demanded an apology and compensation, but Sōma denied the accusation and mocked her.
• The Konoha ninjas grew furious at Terumi Mei’s accusation, and Teyano Hisashi stood ready to throw his explosive-laden shuriken as the two sides faced each other in the fog.

Terumi Mei accused Konoha of killing the Third Mizukage and rejected Hayakumo Sōma’s warning against invading the Land of Fire, triggering a battle at the border. Hayakumo retreated while Konoha’s ninja threw Explosive Tags at the Hidden Mist forces, and the chapter ended amid a barrage of explosions.

• Terumi Mei claimed Kakashi had killed the Third Mizukage and said the Hidden Mist Village had deployed troops to seek justice.
• Hayakumo Sōma rejected the accusation, warned that invading the Land of Fire meant war with Konoha, and defended Uchiha Qingcheng and the Fifth Hokage.
• Terumi Mei refused to negotiate and began forming hand seals as the Hidden Mist ninja prepared to attack.
• Hayakumo Sōma used Wind Release: Vacuum Great Barrage to disperse the fog, then fled toward the border as Terumi Mei attacked him with magma.
• Hayakumo Sōma ordered nearly six hundred Konoha ninja to throw Explosive Tags, while Terumi Mei and the Hidden Mist vanguard countered with Lava and Water Release techniques.
• The Explosive Tags met the Hidden Mist defenses, and explosions erupted across the battlefield.

Terumi Mei’s Hidden Mist forces broke through Konoha’s explosive-tag defenses and prepared to invade the Land of Fire. Uchiha Obito watched from the Kamui Dimension as the Hidden Mist army set sail for the border.

• Terumi Mei used lava to force Hayakumo Sōma and the Konoha ninja to retreat, while Konoha’s explosive tags continued to hinder the Hidden Mist advance.
• Terumi Mei ordered the Hidden Mist ninja to wash the trapped shoreline with Water Release, then reported that the border was ready for a full-scale invasion.
• Uchiha Obito watched the battle from the Kamui Dimension and condemned the Konoha ninja for retreating.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered the Hidden Mist army to seize the Land of Fire’s border, and Ao prepared the force to depart.
• Hozuki Mangetsu, Ringo Ameyuri, Utakata, and the Hidden Mist ANBU boarded fifteen ships with the main army, leaving only a few people at the command center.