Chapter Summaries

After Qingcheng’s Kotoamatsukami ended, the Hidden Mist ninjas surrendered and the Konoha forces confiscated their weapons and belongings. Terumi Mei asked Qingcheng to free the Hidden Mist Village from Uchiha Obito’s influence, but he left the request unanswered for now because he had to go to the Land of Lightning front lines.

• Qingcheng withdrew the genjutsu, and Ao realized the Hidden Mist ninjas had already surrendered to Konoha.
• Shouhon Yihan and Hayakumo Sōma took Ringo Ameyuri’s Lightning Swords, while Hozuki Mangetsu kept Hiramekarei after the Konoha ninjas mocked its appearance.
• Hyuga Hisaharu and the Police Force searched Utakata and confiscated his bubble-blowing tube.
• Ao discovered that his Byakugan had been stolen and sat down in frustration.
• Terumi Mei asked Qingcheng to help dispel the genjutsu that had led to the Bloody Mist Village, but Qingcheng said he had to go to the Land of Lightning first.

Qingcheng mocked Terumi Mei’s strength and demanded that she use a coup to rebuild the Hidden Mist Village, while Konoha stripped the defeated Mist ninja of their belongings. Terumi Mei tried to secure aid and a treaty, but Qingcheng sent the prisoners toward the border camp and left her expecting no help.

• Terumi Mei pleaded with Qingcheng to help the Hidden Mist Village, but he challenged her to improve her strength and claimed he had reached Peak Kage Level in three months.
• Qingcheng urged Terumi Mei to launch a coup and rebuild the Hidden Mist Village, citing how he had seized power in Konoha.
• Terumi Mei accused Konoha’s Police Force of mistreating Hidden Mist ninja during searches, while Qingcheng blamed one woman’s figure on poor nutrition.
• Qingcheng ordered Konoha’s ninja to take the Hidden Mist prisoners to the border camp and return them to the Land of Water.
• Terumi Mei asked Qingcheng to return money and ninja tools, then offered him a date if he helped stabilize her village, but he rejected dating and continued leering at her.

Qingcheng and Terumi Mei confronted the Hidden Mist ANBU, who refused to believe the Fourth Mizukage was controlled by Uchiha Obito and attacked them. As the ANBU fled Qingcheng’s Wood Release, he unleashed Deep Forest Emergence and released the Yin Seal on his forehead.

• Terumi Mei’s surrendered Mist troops laid down their weapons, while the Hidden Mist ANBU threatened to kill her and Qingcheng.
• Terumi Mei told the ANBU that Uchiha Obito controlled the Fourth Mizukage, but they rejected her warning and accused her of betrayal.
• The ANBU launched a massive barrage of Ninjutsu at Terumi Mei, Qingcheng, and the Konoha ninjas.
• Terumi Mei, Shouhon Yihan, and Hayakumo Sōma counterattacked, while Qingcheng used Wood Release: Deep Forest Creation to overwhelm the ANBU.
• As the trees bound some ANBU and the rest tried to escape, Qingcheng used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence and released his Yin Seal.

Qingcheng used Deep Forest Emergence to destroy the Hidden Mist camp, killing many ANBU and leaving the survivors convinced of his overwhelming strength. After the ninja applauded, Terumi Mei invited him to discuss Hidden Mist affairs by the sea, and he agreed while joking that Hiruzen Sarutobi had been reincarnated as a baby.

• Qingcheng unleashed Deep Forest Emergence again, and the expanding forest killed many Hidden Mist ANBU while swallowing Terumi Mei’s lava and Shouhon Yihan’s sea dragon.
• Terumi Mei, Utakata, Hozuki Mangetsu, Ao, and others praised Qingcheng’s strength and interpreted the survivors’ survival as evidence of his compassion.
• Qingcheng criticized his own Wood Release as too weak, prompting Terumi Mei and Hozuki Mangetsu to call him the strongest Hokage.
• Shouhon Yihan urged the Konoha and Hidden Mist ninja to applaud, and both groups clapped while thinking about Qingcheng’s power.
• Terumi Mei invited Qingcheng to discuss Hidden Mist affairs by the sea, and he agreed before joking that Hiruzen Sarutobi had been reincarnated as a six-month-old.

Qingcheng and Terumi Mei signed a peace treaty between Konoha and the Hidden Mist Village, and he promised to help her overthrow Yagura after handling the Land of Lightning front. Meanwhile, Shouhon Yihan and Might Guy arrived at the Hidden Mist Village headquarters to capture Suikazan Fuguki, but the villagers panicked at the sight of Konoha's Police Force.

• Terumi Mei woke beside Qingcheng, saw the peace treaty, and complained that he had taken advantage of her and pressured her into signing it.
• Qingcheng promised to help Terumi Mei launch a coup later, saying he had sent Shouhon Yihan and Might Guy to capture Suikazan Fuguki and help plan it.
• Qingcheng gave Terumi Mei a spatial kunai so she could summon him if she was in danger, and promised to visit her again when she became Mizukage.
• Shouhon Yihan led Might Guy and the Police Force onto the island, struck Kameida Meikai for forgetting his orders, and had him call for Suikazan Fuguki.
• The remaining Mist ninja mistook the Police Force's arrival for an attack and fled, while Chojuro called for everyone to gather and resist.

Shouhon Yihan and the Police Force entered Hidden Mist Village, where they met with Konoha spy Suikazan Fuguki and assigned him to support Terumi Mei’s coup against Yagura. The operation ended with Qingcheng and Terumi Mei discussing captured spies and the coming coup.

• Suikazan Fuguki learned Konoha had invaded Hidden Mist Village, while Chojuro was beaten by the Police Force after urging the Hidden Mist ninjas to resist.
• Shouhon Yihan’s group forced Chojuro to reveal Suikazan Fuguki’s location, then headed for the command tent.
• Suikazan Fuguki identified himself as Konoha’s agent 007 and agreed to help Terumi Mei overthrow Yagura.
• Suikazan Fuguki recognized Might Guy as Might Duy’s son and recalled Might Duy defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Shouhon Yihan returned to Qingcheng with the report, and Qingcheng praised 007’s emotional stability.
• Terumi Mei asked Qingcheng to release Hidden Mist spies, and Qingcheng wished her success with the coup.

The Hidden Mist Village ninja sailed home, while Yuli stayed in Konoha to marry Shirata Dingkun and Ringo Ameyuri said goodbye to Shouhon Yihan. Terumi Mei departed after asking Qingcheng to visit once she had stabilized the Hidden Mist Village, while Qingcheng prepared to head to the Land of Lightning front lines.

• Yuli stayed in Konoha to marry Shirata Dingkun, and the Hidden Mist ninja wished her happiness as she warned them about salted-fish meals.
• Ringo Ameyuri thanked Shouhon Yihan for the Demonic Blade, and he promised her free meals and lodging if she visited Konoha.
• Shouhon Yihan joked that the Hidden Mist ninja should steal their village's Scroll of Seals as a bribe if they wanted him to help them join Konoha's Police Force.
• Terumi Mei told Qingcheng to visit after she stabilized the Hidden Mist Village, and Qingcheng told her to call his name while holding his Kunai if she missed him.
• The Hidden Mist Village ships sailed for the Land of Water, and Qingcheng said he would head to the Land of Lightning front lines instead of pursuing Yagura.

Qingcheng returned to Konoha with spoils from the war against the Hidden Mist Village and gained Terumi Mei’s two Kekkei Genkai from the system. Learning that Meiling was in labor and Konoha was on combat alert, he rushed to the Ninja Hospital.

• Qingcheng and the Konoha forces returned from the border with supplies, Ryo, and one of Saiken’s tails, after Terumi Mei recovered some supplies by inviting Qingcheng to play chess.
• The system rewarded Qingcheng with Terumi Mei’s Lava Release and Dissolution Release Kekkei Genkai and related techniques after an S+ rank member joined the Uchiha Clan.
• Qingcheng fused the Kekkei Genkai, strengthening his Chakra and Sage Body and bringing him close to Super Kage Level.
• Shouhon Yihan praised Qingcheng’s poem, but Qingcheng rebuked him and asked why no one had come to welcome him.
• A Police Force member explained that Meiling was due to give birth and Konoha was at Level One combat readiness, so the villagers and department heads were at the hospital.
• Qingcheng used the Body Flicker Technique to rush to Konoha’s Ninja Hospital, while the Police Force members and jonin remained behind.

Meiling gave birth to a healthy daughter, Meiyu, in a heavily guarded Konoha hospital. She left the delivery room soon afterward, while Tsunade complained that the excessive security and crowds were disrupting the village.

• Tsunade criticized the ANBU’s extensive security around the hospital, and Captain Taoyuan ordered them to keep searching for threats.
• Meiling delivered her daughter and used a Chakra Scalpel to cut the umbilical cord herself.
• Meiling fed Meiyu from a bottle and estimated that the baby weighed seven jin and nine liang.
• Meiling came out of the delivery room and told Anko Mitarashi and the others that the baby was a healthy girl.
• Tsunade urged Meiling to return because the crowds were paralyzing Konoha, then angrily blamed the advisor for surrounding the hospital with ANBU.

Qingcheng returned to Konoha and calmed the crowd celebrating the victory over the Hidden Mist Village outside the hospital, then helped Sakura and her mother after Sakura was hurt in the crush. He gave Sakura's Mother one million Ryo and explained Konoha's newly elevated mission ranks, leaving the village's harsher system for charging employers in place.

• Qingcheng found a huge crowd cheering for the Uchiha Clan outside the hospital and criticized the dangerous gathering.
• The villagers recognized Qingcheng as the Fifth Hokage, and he announced that Konoha had defeated the Hidden Mist Village before telling them to disperse.
• Qingcheng saw Sakura crying after two Akimichi Clan members accidentally squeezed her in the crowd and promised Sakura's Mother he would help her.
• Sakura's Mother admitted that she had lied about being a single mother, and Qingcheng gave her one million Ryo for Sakura's care.
• Qingcheng explained that Konoha had added Double S-rank Missions and raised mission ranks to charge employers more for ninja services.

Qingcheng healed Sakura and then returned to the hospital, where Meiling and their newborn daughter were safe. He sent Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and the ANBU back to their duties, discussed his overdue payment to Tsunade, and teased Anko Mitarashi about her pregnancy.

• Qingcheng used the Mystical Palm Technique to heal Sakura's forehead, and Sakura and her mother thanked him before leaving.
• Qingcheng went to the hospital, where Sasuke and Naruto argued with the ANBU about seeing Meiling and the baby.
• Meiling came downstairs with Tsunade and confirmed that Meiyu was a girl, while Naruto asked to see her.
• Qingcheng arrived and rebuked Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu for leaving their duties, sending them and the ANBU back to work.
• Tsunade asked Qingcheng when he would pay her compensation, and he promised it would be soon.
• Qingcheng teased Anko Mitarashi about eating dumplings while pregnant, and she dismissed his warning.

Qingcheng sent Naruto away with money for ramen and discussed Naruto and Sasuke’s futures before returning home with the others. He faced complaints from the women about his past behavior, then won Tsunade over by promising her another five hundred million Ryo and agreeing to meet her for a massage.

• Qingcheng gave Naruto a hundred thousand Ryo for ramen, and Tsunade remarked on Naruto’s resemblance to his parents and growing talent for the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Sasuke asked Qingcheng why he trusted Naruto to shoulder great responsibility, and Qingcheng reassured Sasuke that his own future would be just as good.
• Qingcheng joked with Meiling about naming their daughter Meiyu, and Meiling reminded him that he had once forgotten her name.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Yugao complained about Qingcheng’s past behavior, and Qingcheng blamed his father, Uchiha Yongcheng, while offering them more money.
• Tsunade remained resentful about how Qingcheng had treated her, but Qingcheng promised her five hundred million Ryo, and she invited him to her room for an essential-oil massage.

Kakashi confronted Dodai and the Hidden Cloud ninja at the border, refusing their demands for compensation and warning that Konoha would fight if they advanced. As Dodai weighed the threat of war and the Hidden Stone Village, he received an order from the Fourth Raikage.

• Dodai and Kakashi led their forces into a tense standoff at the border between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire.
• Kakashi refused to discuss compensation and warned the Hidden Cloud ninja that crossing the border would trigger war.
• Dodai threatened Konoha with the Fourth Raikage’s wrath, but Kakashi invoked Konoha’s unresolved grievances and warned that the Hidden Stone Village might target a weakened Cloud.
• Dodai and the Hidden Cloud ninja reconsidered their position as Kakashi claimed Qingcheng had defeated the Hidden Mist Village and was arriving at the front lines.
• A Hidden Cloud messenger delivered the Fourth Raikage’s order to Dodai.

Dodai and Kakashi kept their forces from escalating the standoff between the Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha while waiting for the Raikage to act. Kumo-ma proposed a reckless attack, then asked Kakashi to teach him an S-rank technique, only to learn Kakashi knew the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Dodai read the Raikage's order demanding war and told the Hidden Cloud ninja to rest while they waited for him.
• Kakashi ordered the Konoha troops to withdraw to camp, leaving a unit on guard after the Hidden Cloud forces pulled back.
• Kumo-ma asked Kakashi to strike first and capture Hidden Cloud women, but Kakashi insisted Konoha should defend the border and preserve the moral high ground.
• Kumo-ma complained that the standoff would not earn him a Double S-rank reward, so Kakashi offered to teach him an S-rank Ninjutsu.
• Kakashi proposed the Flying Thunder God Technique, but Kumo-ma doubted he could learn it because he lacked sealing and spatial talent.

Kakashi trained in the Flying Thunder God Technique and helped Raidō Namiashi, Chōza Akimichi, and Genma Shiranui improve their skills. He demonstrated the Fifth Hokage’s Purple Electricity, drawing a crowd of Konoha Ninja who asked to learn it, though only those with both Fire and Lightning Chakra natures could stay.

• Kakashi used Qingcheng’s and Minato Namikaze’s manuscripts to learn the first stage of the Flying Thunder God Technique after more than three months of training.
• Kakashi helped Raidō Namiashi, Chōza Akimichi, and Genma Shiranui advance their rudimentary Flying Thunder God skills, with Genma Shiranui reaching Stage 0.5.
• Kakashi demonstrated Purple Electricity to Kumo-ma, then shaped it into a spear that cut through a large stretch of forest.
• Kumo-ma knelt and asked Kakashi to teach him Purple Electricity, and Kakashi agreed that he could learn it because he had both required Chakra nature transformations.
• A large group of Konoha Ninja also asked Kakashi to teach them, but most left after he explained that Purple Electricity required both Fire-nature and Lightning-nature Chakra.

Kakashi introduced Qingcheng’s Purple Electricity Ninjutsu to the Konoha border ninja and supervised their attempts to learn its dangerous chakra-fusion method. After many ninja injured themselves, Kakashi halted training and ordered treatment, while the injured continued defending him from the medical ninja’s accusations.

• Kakashi explained that Purple Electricity combined Lightning Release with Fire Chakra and credited the technique to the Fifth Hokage.
• Kakashi told the Konoha jonin to begin by practicing Lightning Fusion, and they injured themselves while trying to control the two chakra natures.
• Kumo-ma lost control of his lightning, and Kakashi stopped the training after seeing ninja shocked and burned.
• Kakashi ordered Hyuga Changchun to bring medical ninja and told everyone to keep the incident secret.
• The medical ninja mocked Kakashi and accused him of taking money from Kumogakure, while Kumo-ma and other injured ninja defended him.

As guests visited the Uchiha estate to celebrate Uchiha Meiyu’s birth, Tsunade took Hyuga Hiashi’s gift money and then went into labor. Qingcheng carried her upstairs to deliver Tomoki, while Shizune remarked that Tsunade had wanted to gamble even at the last moment.

• Clan heads visited the Uchiha estate to see newborn Uchiha Meiyu, and Hyuga Hiashi gave Qingcheng five hundred million Ryo in gratitude for recovering the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan.
• Tsunade took the money from Hyuga Hiashi and announced she was going to the casino, despite Qingcheng’s protests.
• Tsunade’s water broke as she was leaving, and she insisted that Tomoki take her to her room rather than go to the hospital.
• Qingcheng carried Tsunade upstairs while Shizune commented that Tsunade had still wanted to gamble before Tomoki arrived.

Tsunade gave birth to Tomoki while Qingcheng fretted downstairs and joked with Shizune about the risks of being around her. After Shizune announced that Tomoki was a boy and Tsunade had recovered, Tsunade invited Qingcheng upstairs to see the baby.

• Tsunade ordered Qingcheng out of the room and began handling the birth herself.
• Qingcheng sent Shizune upstairs to help Tsunade and joked about Tsunade's bad luck and his own resilience.
• Shizune explained that Tsunade had lost her money at the casino just before Tomoki arrived, then went to fetch baby clothes and check on her.
• Kurenai Yuhi, Yugao, and Anko Mitarashi returned with children's clothes, and Qingcheng told them Tsunade was having a baby.
• Shizune announced that Tomoki was a boy weighing nine jin and one liang and that Tsunade had recovered.
• Tsunade told Qingcheng that Tomoki looked like him and asked if he wanted to see the baby.

Qingcheng and the others visited Tsunade and her newborn son, Tomoki, while joking about clan loyalties and money. Sasuke celebrated the new Uchiha boy and asked to learn Qingcheng’s techniques, while Tsunade demanded more Enhancement Vaccine to awaken Wood Release.

• Qingcheng checked on Tsunade and joked with her as she held Tomoki, while Tsunade demanded that he give the baby his family wealth.
• Kurenai Yuhi, Yugao, and Anko Mitarashi visited to see Tomoki, and Tsunade remarked that Anko was carrying at least quadruplets.
• Shizune defended Qingcheng’s Uchiha, but Tsunade ordered her to keep cleaning until Qingcheng reminded her they were at the Uchiha Clan estate.
• Sasuke learned Tomoki was a boy, celebrated the Uchiha Clan’s future, and asked Qingcheng to teach him Purple Electricity.
• Qingcheng told Sasuke to focus on chakra nature transformation before learning more ninjutsu, then teased him about wanting Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
• Tsunade complained that Qingcheng was treating Senju techniques as Uchiha inheritance and demanded two more Enhancement Vaccine shots to help awaken Wood Release.

Qingcheng coaxed Tsunade into accepting another Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine injection by promising beauty benefits and help awakening Wood Release. Tsunade’s Chakra and physique improved, and she agreed to let Qingcheng help her pursue Wood Release.

• Qingcheng tempted Tsunade with the Beauty Rejuvenation Needle, and she eagerly asked to try it.
• Tsunade suspected the vaccine was made from her grandfather’s cells, but Qingcheng said he had stolen it from Danzo, who got it from Uchiha Shin.
• Tsunade smashed the Senju Clan estate’s floorboards, and Qingcheng used Wood Release to replace them while Shizune complained about the damage.
• After Qingcheng walked away, Tsunade called him back and offered herself in exchange for the vaccine and help awakening Wood Release.
• Qingcheng injected Tsunade in the butt, and she accepted the treatment despite again accusing him of using her grandfather’s cells.