Chapter Summaries

Hayakumo Sōma ordered the Konoha border ninjas to abandon their mission and flee from the pursuing Hidden Mist forces, who suffered heavy casualties from traps despite the Konoha retreat. Terumi Mei halted the pursuit after the Mist ninjas crossed the Land of Fire border and completed their mission.

• Hayakumo Sōma ordered his troops to retreat, abandon the mission, and leave behind heavy gear so they could escape faster.
• Obito watched from the Kamui Dimension and cursed the fleeing Konoha ninjas for lacking the Will of Fire.
• Terumi Mei and the Hidden Mist ninjas pursued the Konoha force, marveling at their speed as Sōma used Wind Release with his Body Flicker Technique.
• A Hidden Mist officer reported that more than fifty Mist ninjas had died while not a single Konoha ninja had been killed.
• Terumi Mei attributed Konoha's weakness to Uchiha Qingcheng's coup, then ordered the pursuit stopped after the Mist force entered the Land of Fire and encountered more Explosive Tag traps.

Hayakumo Sōma’s Konoha force escaped Uchiha Obito by using Shadow Clones and smoke bombs, then discovered that the Fifth Hokage had arrived. The chapter ended with Hyuga Natsuen confirming the Hokage’s identity after detecting an exceptionally powerful chakra ahead.

• Hayakumo Sōma ordered the Konoha ninja to replenish their chakra and lay Explosive Tag traps as they waited for the Fifth Hokage.
• Obito attacked the force, but Hayakumo Sōma used Qingcheng’s advice to have the ninja create Shadow Clones and fill the grove with smoke.
• Obito used Wood Release: Hell's Chaos, but the Konoha ninja had already fled, leaving behind their gear and utensils.
• Hyuga Natsuen reported that Obito had not pursued them, and Hayakumo Sōma sent Teyano Hisashi to get reinforcements while he searched for more than fifty missing subordinates.
• Hyuga Natsuen detected an immensely powerful person ahead, then confirmed that the Fifth Hokage had arrived.

Hayakumo Sōma turned back to rescue the surviving Konoha border ninjas from Uchiha Obito while Qingcheng rushed to the front lines. Qingcheng reached the fleeing ninjas, learned Sōma had gone back, and prepared to confront Obito.

• Hyuga Natsuen reported that the Fifth Hokage was approaching and that Uchiha Obito was slaughtering the stragglers, leaving only seven alive.
• Hayakumo Sōma sent Hyuga Natsuen to find the Fifth Hokage and turned back alone to rescue the survivors.
• Qingcheng raced toward the Land of Fire's border, sensed Obito pursuing Konoha ninjas, and activated his Lightning God Armor.
• Qingcheng caught up with the fleeing border ninjas, who told him that Captain Sōma had gone back to save people from Obito.

Qingcheng rushed to rescue Hayakumo Sōma and the surviving Konoha ninja from Obito, then confronted Obito himself. The battle left Obito using Kamui Intangibility to keep his distance as Qingcheng vowed to crush the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Qingcheng ordered the border ninja to wait for Konoha’s main force and used his lightning-fast Body Flicker Technique to locate Sōma and the fleeing ninja.
• Obito attacked the fleeing Konoha ninja with Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs Jutsu, killing several as Sōma charged him with Shadow Clones and smoke bombs.
• Qingcheng entered the smoke and told Sōma to retreat, then unleashed powerful lightning against Obito.
• Qingcheng taunted Obito and vowed to crush the Eye of the Moon Plan, while Obito used Kamui Intangibility to confront him from more than a hundred meters away.

Uchiha Qingcheng taunted Obito while keeping him at a distance, then blocked Obito’s retreating attack with Wood Release. Obito remained determined to pursue the Eye of the Moon Plan as Qingcheng’s right eye began to recover.

• Obito kept his distance from Uchiha Qingcheng and defended the Eye of the Moon Plan against Qingcheng’s insults.
• Uchiha Qingcheng mocked Obito’s motives and warned that Infinite Tsukuyomi would turn him into White Zetsu fertilizer.
• Hayakumo Sōma recorded Qingcheng’s insults in a notebook as famous sayings.
• Obito decided to retreat and rally the Hidden Mist Village’s army, then launched Black Receivers at Qingcheng.
• Uchiha Qingcheng used Wood Release: All-Encompassing Binding Technique to catch the Black Receivers in giant wooden palms.
• Obito accused Qingcheng of using Hashirama Cells, while Qingcheng threatened to tear off his head and noted that his right eye was recovering.

Uchiha Qingcheng provoked Obito into forgetting Kamui’s time limit, then struck him with a lightning-enhanced attack and tore off his Hashirama-cell arm. Obito, injured and cornered, tried to escape with Kamui while threatening to destroy Konoha.

• Hayakumo Sōma and the Konoha Ninja watched in shock as Qingcheng’s Wood Release produced enormous wooden hands.
• Qingcheng insulted Obito and his Eye of the Moon Plan until Obito attacked him with Black Receivers, which the wooden hands caught.
• Obito prepared to use his weapons but put them away and declared that he would destroy Konoha.
• Qingcheng taunted Obito about Rin Nohara and Kakashi, then rushed him after noticing his Kamui Intangibility had expired.
• Qingcheng seized Obito with a lightning-enhanced strike, slammed him into a crater, and tore off his Hashirama-cell arm.
• Hayakumo Sōma caught the arm as Obito, injured and covered in dirt, activated Kamui to escape.

Qingcheng stopped Obito from escaping, smashed his head apart, and forced him to use Izanagi before fleeing to the Kamui Dimension. He rewarded Hayakumo Sōma with an Enhancement Vaccine after learning that Terumi Mei’s forces had driven the Konoha border ninjas back, and the chapter ended with Sōma’s strength greatly increased.

• Obito tried to escape with Kamui, but Qingcheng struck his head before he could enter the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito used Izanagi to survive Qingcheng’s attack, then fled toward the Hidden Mist Village after his Sharingan went blind.
• Hayakumo Sōma thanked Qingcheng for arriving, and Qingcheng reprimanded him for failing to improve his strength.
• Hayakumo Sōma explained that Terumi Mei had led the Hidden Mist Village’s powerful fighters against Konoha’s defensive line.
• Qingcheng gave Hayakumo Sōma a Second-Generation Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine, which more than doubled Sōma’s Chakra in twenty minutes.
• Qingcheng promised the border ninjas they could earn Enhancement Vaccines by performing well.

After Hayakumo Sōma completed his fusion with the Hashirama Vaccine, Qingcheng returned with him to the Konoha border force and ordered the ninja to recover before fighting the Hidden Mist that night. As the force prepared a meal, Hayakumo trained in Earth Release, while Qingcheng felt his Mangekyō Sharingan fusion beginning.

• Hayakumo Sōma thanked Qingcheng for his guidance, and Qingcheng told him to consolidate his new strength before the Hidden Mist battle that night.
• Qingcheng returned to the border force with Hayakumo Sōma, promised to avenge the fallen ninja, and ordered the others to restore their Chakra.
• The border ninja gathered discarded cookware and food to prepare a meal, and Qingcheng shared provisions from a Storage Scroll while chiding them for fleeing without their supplies.
• Teyano Hisashi reminded Qingcheng that he had ordered them to run, and Qingcheng told the ninja to keep their pots and provisions next time they fled from Uchiha Obito.
• Hayakumo Sōma trained in Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation, while Qingcheng encouraged Teyano Hisashi to pursue another Chakra nature and felt his Mangekyō Sharingan begin to fuse.

Shouhon Yihan and the exhausted Police Force reached Qingcheng first, while most of Konoha’s army had fallen behind. After gathering the full force, Qingcheng ordered his troops to recover and prepare to attack the Mist ninja as he accelerated the awakening of his right eye’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Might Guy arrived with Shouhon Yihan and the Police Force, eager to fight, but Qingcheng ordered them to rest until a planned nighttime attack.
• Qingcheng berated Shouhon Yihan for arriving with only a little over a hundred people, and Shouhon Yihan admitted that the Police Force had run ahead without assembling the army.
• Qingcheng sent Hayakumo Sōma to find the stragglers and ordered Shouhon Yihan to raid the Mist ninja’s supply warehouses, correcting him when he mistakenly offered to capture Terumi Mei.
• Hayakumo Sōma returned with the entire Konoha force, and Qingcheng ordered everyone to recover while he waited for Shouhon Yihan to return with intelligence.
• Qingcheng used the Mystical Palm Technique and Sage Body Chakra on his right eye, speeding the transformation of his Mangekyō Sharingan and beginning to see faint images.

Hayakumo Sōma and Hyuga Natsuen calmed Konoha's army after Tokuma's comment made the soldiers worry that Qingcheng's eye was injured. Meanwhile, Shouhon Yihan led Police Force members toward a Hidden Mist camp and found Utakata alone by a stream.

• Hyuga Tokuma asked Hayakumo Sōma who had fought Qingcheng, and Sōma said Qingcheng had beaten Uchiha Obito before Obito escaped.
• Konoha's ninjas worried that Qingcheng's Mangekyō Sharingan was injured, but Hyuga Natsuen told them he was training an ocular technique.
• Hayakumo Sōma and Teyano Hisashi encouraged the army by dismissing the Hidden Mist forces as weak and disunited.
• Shouhon Yihan's Police Force scouts found that the Hidden Mist camp held at least thirty thousand ninjas and several Quasi-Kage Level fighters.
• Hyuga Hisaharu spotted a lone ninja by a stream, and Shouhon Yihan led the Police Force to capture him as a tongue.
• The lone ninja, Utakata, played in the stream with a blowpipe and admired the scenery.

Shouhon Yihan led the Konoha Police Force to extort Utakata, a Hidden Mist shinobi who was blowing bubbles by a stream, despite Hyuga Hisaharu warning that he seemed dangerous. When the officers attacked him, Utakata transformed into a four-tailed Jinchuriki, and they fled toward Konoha's camp.

• Hyuga Hisaharu sensed an enormous mass of Chakra inside Utakata and warned Shouhon Yihan that he seemed suspicious.
• Shouhon Yihan dismissed the warning and led the Police Force toward the stream to confront Utakata.
• Shouhon Yihan accused Utakata of violating Konoha's Beauty Plan and demanded a ten-million-Ryo fine, while Utakata warned them to leave him alone.
• Shouhon Yihan ordered his officers to capture Utakata, and Kameida Meikai and others charged at him.
• Utakata lost his temper, transformed into a humanoid Tailed Beast with four crimson tails, and frightened the Police Force into fleeing.
• Shouhon Yihan blamed Hyuga Hisaharu for bringing them before a Jinchuriki and threatened to investigate his clan.

Utakata transformed into Six-Tails Saiken and attacked the fleeing Police Force with Tailed Beast Balls. Shouhon Yihan survived one attack using a powerful Water Release technique, and the group escaped the next when its blast struck elsewhere, prompting Hyuga Hisaharu to thank the Fifth Hokage.

• Utakata transformed into Six-Tails Saiken and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at the fleeing Shouhon Yihan.
• Shouhon Yihan countered with Sea Dragon Biting Explosion, and the clash devastated the forest and buried him in dirt.
• The Police Force pulled Shouhon Yihan out and continued fleeing as Saiken fired another Tailed Beast Ball at them.
• Hyuga Hisaharu reminisced about Ichiraku Ramen, while Shouhon Yihan admitted he lacked the Chakra to stop the incoming attack.
• The Tailed Beast Ball exploded in the forest elsewhere, and Shouhon Yihan led the group onward as Hyuga Hisaharu thanked the Fifth Hokage for saving them.

Qingcheng arrived to save Shouhon Yihan and the Police Force from Six-Tails Saiken’s Tailed Beast Balls, then summoned a giant Wood Human and Wood Dragon. The chapter left Qingcheng facing a frightened Saiken as he prepared to attack.

• Shouhon Yihan and the Police Force complained to Qingcheng about Six-Tails Saiken, while Qingcheng scolded Yihan for trying to rob Ichiraku Ramen and learned that the Police Force had never paid for its meals.
• Six-Tails Saiken launched another Tailed Beast Ball at Qingcheng and the Police Force, prompting Qingcheng to tear off his eyepatch and challenge it.
• Qingcheng summoned the Wood Human Technique and Wood Dragon Technique, surprising the Police Force members who had expected Uchiha ninjutsu.
• Shouhon Yihan insisted that Wood Release belonged to the Uchiha Clan, and Hyuga Hisaharu hurriedly praised Qingcheng to avoid trouble.
• Qingcheng used the Body Flicker Technique to stand atop the Wood Human as Six-Tails Saiken reacted with fear to the giant construct.

Qingcheng used a Wood Human to overpower Saiken, blocking its corrosive mucus and returning its Tailed Beast Ball to it. After Saiken recovered and tried to flee again, Qingcheng prepared another Wood Release attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Qingcheng mocked Saiken for fearing the Wood Human, then charged it and blocked its corrosive mucus with Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall.
• The Wood Human punched at Saiken, but Saiken turned its body liquid and narrowly dodged the blow.
• Saiken fired a Tailed Beast Ball while fleeing, and Qingcheng caught it with the Wood Human and hurled it back at Saiken.
• Saiken was badly wounded by its own Tailed Beast Ball but quickly healed, though its Chakra was depleted.
• As Saiken tried to escape again, Qingcheng had the Wood Human form hand seals and unleash lightning with Wood Release: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang.

Qingcheng overwhelmed Saiken with the Wood Human and drove the Six-Tails toward the Hidden Mist Village camp. As Shouhon Yihan’s squad sealed the tail Saiken had dropped, Terumi Mei and the Mist ninjas arrived to witness the chase.

• Qingcheng struck the fleeing Saiken with a Lightning Wolf, knocked him down, and ordered Shouhon Yihan to seal the tail he had shed.
• Shouhon Yihan apologized for failing to applaud, rallied the Police Force to seal the tail, and watched Saiken recover.
• Qingcheng fired a barrage of wooden spikes at Saiken, who fled toward the Hidden Mist Village camp while the Wood Human pursued him.
• Shouhon Yihan and Kameida Meikai celebrated the prospect of capturing Saiken and discussed punishing him over the unpaid fine.
• Terumi Mei led a group of Mist ninjas to the battlefield, where they saw Saiken fleeing from Qingcheng’s Wood Human.

Terumi Mei and the Hidden Mist shinobi watched Uchiha Qingcheng overwhelm the Six-Tails with Wood Release and realized they could not defeat him. As the injured beast fled toward them, Terumi Mei urged her cold-hearted subordinates to help it, but they refused, leaving the Six-Tails pinned and pleading for rescue.

• Hozuki Mangetsu, Ringo Ameyuri, and Terumi Mei watched Qingcheng chase the Six-Tails with a Wood Human, while Mangetsu and Ringo expressed shock and refused to identify with the beast.
• Ao joined Terumi Mei's group, and Terumi Mei admitted she had no confidence in defeating Qingcheng, even with the Jinchuriki and Mangetsu helping.
• Ringo warned that the Six-Tails was running toward them, and Ao used his Byakugan to discover Qingcheng had a Chakra Storage Seal and an enormous reserve of Chakra.
• Ringo and the other Mist shinobi urged Terumi Mei to flee, but Terumi Mei insisted they should rescue Utakata, and Ao called for an end to the Bloody Mist's cruelty.
• The Mist shinobi refused to help the Jinchuriki, and Terumi Mei condemned their indifference as the Six-Tails became pinned to the ground by a wooden spike and whimpered for help.

Qingcheng battered Saiken until the Six-Tails tried to escape, while Terumi Mei and the Hidden Mist ninjas rushed to rescue Utakata. Saiken returned to his seal, but Qingcheng and Konoha forces surrounded the Mist forces, leaving them trapped.

• Saiken begged Qingcheng to stop, but Qingcheng mocked him and continued attacking with the Wood Human.
• Terumi Mei ordered the Hidden Mist ninjas to rescue Utakata, and Ao, Hozuki Mangetsu, Ringo Ameyuri, and the others followed her.
• Saiken blasted the wooden spike from his tail, fled, and complained that the Mist ninjas had left him to face Qingcheng alone.
• Saiken voluntarily returned to his seal, leaving Utakata to emerge; Hozuki Mangetsu caught him and explained that Qingcheng’s Wood Release had pierced him.
• Uchiha Qingcheng appeared in Lightning God Armor as Konoha ninjas surrounded the Hidden Mist forces and blocked their escape.

Qingcheng and the Konoha ninja surrounded the remaining Hidden Mist forces after he defeated and injured the Six-Tails. Terumi Mei refused to surrender despite her fear, and Qingcheng realized Shouhon Yihan’s crude taunts had united the Mist ninja against Konoha.

• Hayakumo Sōma led Konoha ninja in confronting Terumi Mei, while Qingcheng’s Lightning Armor and Body Flicker Technique left the remaining Hidden Mist forces badly outnumbered and shaken.
• Shouhon Yihan offered to take Terumi Mei to Qingcheng and claimed responsibility for any rumors, prompting Kameida Meikai and the Police Force to join his provocative boasts.
• The Hidden Mist ninja called for a fight, but Utakata could not persuade the injured Six-Tails to emerge from its cage.
• Terumi Mei told Ao to lead the others away while she stayed behind, but Ringo Ameyuri and Hozuki Mangetsu insisted that the village preserve its dignity and resist.
• Terumi Mei refused Qingcheng’s advances and declared that she would not submit, while Qingcheng blamed Shouhon Yihan for uniting the Hidden Mist forces.

Qingcheng used his claim of having a saintly heart to persuade the Hidden Mist Ninja to stop fighting and turn their anger toward Yagura. He left them considering Konoha, while Terumi Mei accused him of poaching her village’s people.

• Qingcheng signaled Shouhon Yihan to apologize after the subordinate insulted the Mist Ninja.
• Qingcheng approached Terumi Mei, claimed he did not want to kill the Hidden Mist Ninja, and called himself an Uchiha with a saintly heart.
• Ao urged the Mist Ninja to resist, but they refused to raise their weapons after Qingcheng promised to spare them.
• Qingcheng blamed the invasion on the Fourth Mizukage, prompting the Mist Ninja to curse Yagura.
• Qingcheng invited the Mist Ninja to join Konoha, and Terumi Mei angrily accused him of trying to poach her people.

Qingcheng intimidated the Hidden Mist delegation with his Mangekyō Sharingan and towering Susanoo, then used Kotoamatsukami to make Ao return Konoha’s Byakugan and repent. The Mist ninja submitted, while Terumi Mei remained wary of whether Qingcheng would honor his promise to let them leave the Land of Fire.

• Ao questioned Qingcheng’s claim about Konoha’s army, so Qingcheng activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and frightened the Mist ninja.
• Qingcheng summoned a golden Susanoo over forty meters tall, and the Konoha ninja celebrated while the Mist ninja lost their will to resist.
• Terumi Mei offered surrender and asked Qingcheng to let the Mist ninja leave the Land of Fire as promised.
• Qingcheng used Kotoamatsukami on Ao, who removed his Byakugan, returned it to Konoha, and apologized.
• Terumi Mei challenged Qingcheng over what he had done to Ao, and Qingcheng said he had merely reclaimed Konoha’s property.
• The Mist ninja fell silent and submitted as Qingcheng privately considered his display of strength an effective way to pressure them.