Chapter Summaries

Qingcheng helped Kakashi suppress and integrate another dose of the Hashirama Vaccine, greatly strengthening his body and potentially giving him the ability to awaken Wood Release. Afterward, Kakashi discussed Qingcheng’s plans to have subordinates rob other villages while taking the blame himself, and was stunned by the Hokage’s shameless schemes.

• Kakashi’s arm twitched as the Hashirama Vaccine ran wild, so Qingcheng told him to circulate his Chakra and offered to help him control the cells.
• Qingcheng used Wood Release Chakra to calm the vaccine while Kakashi meditated, and the dose was fully integrated after about half an hour.
• Qingcheng observed that Kakashi’s body had become seven or eight times stronger and that Wood Release genetic factors had formed within him.
• Kakashi objected to being made Pot Kage if it meant taking blame for robbing female ninja, and Qingcheng said Minister Zhang Shouhon Yihan would take the blame instead.
• Qingcheng explained that Konoha could keep the gains from robberies while claiming they were individual acts, leaving Kakashi shocked by the logic.
• Kakashi recalled Qingcheng’s Fat Water Plan, in which Konoha’s subordinates posed as rogue ninja and robbed the Land of Fire, and wondered how the Hokage devised such schemes.

Qingcheng awarded Kumo-ma an Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine and gave Kakashi seven more to treat badly injured ninja from his Purple Electricity training. After Tsunade angrily condemned Kakashi's dangerous lesson, Qingcheng reassured him that he would protect him from her.

• Kumo-ma asked Qingcheng for an Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine, and Qingcheng rewarded him with a Second-Generation vaccine for his wartime service.
• Qingcheng questioned Kakashi about accusations that he had taken money from the Hidden Cloud Village, and Kakashi explained that ninja had been injured during Purple Electricity training.
• Kakashi admitted that more than thirty jonin were hurt, including seven seriously injured, and Qingcheng gave him seven vaccines to treat them.
• Ziyun asked for a vaccine so he could become a combat ninja, but Qingcheng urged him to remain in the Medical Department and promised to consider the request.
• Qingcheng told Kakashi to move on from Rin Nohara and consider the female ninja who liked him, but Kakashi said he was not interested.
• Tsunade shouted that a patient's right hand might be permanently damaged by Kakashi's training, and Qingcheng promised to protect Kakashi from her.

The Fourth Raikage rallied more than twenty thousand Cloud Shinobi and marched to attack the Land of Fire’s border. Qingcheng assembled Konoha’s forces and led them to meet the invasion, promising rewards for plundering Hidden Cloud Village.

• The Fourth Raikage arrived at the Cloud Shinobi camp, vowed revenge for the dead, and ordered a full-scale assault on Konoha.
• Dodai explained that Achina had underestimated the enemy and been killed, while Darui cautioned that Konoha’s shinobi were strong.
• The Fourth Raikage dismissed Darui’s concerns and led the Cloud Shinobi army toward the Land of Fire’s border.
• At Konoha’s camp, Kakashi told Shouhon Yihan that Qingcheng would arrive soon and joked about Qingcheng and Tsunade producing heirs.
• A signal flare announced the Cloud Shinobi’s approach, and Qingcheng ordered Konoha’s assembled troops to defeat them and loot Hidden Cloud Village.

Tsunade questioned Uchiha Qingcheng’s rule but accepted his plan to cultivate Uchiha Tomoki as Konoha’s heir. Qingcheng and the Konoha forces reached the border, where they faced the Fourth Raikage and the Cloud Shinobi army, and the leaders traded insults before battle.

• Tsunade followed Qingcheng and worried that Konoha had become warlike, while Kakashi argued that the village’s peace came from strength.
• Qingcheng declared that Konoha would keep growing stronger, and Tsunade praised him until he added that the Uchiha Clan should have the only voice in the village.
• Shouhon Yihan and the Konoha Ninja supported Uchiha leadership, and Qingcheng pointed out that Uchiha Tomoki could serve as Konoha’s heir.
• Tsunade understood Qingcheng’s plan to cultivate Tomoki and offered to give him an essential-oil massage after the fight.
• Qingcheng warned the Konoha forces that the Hidden Cloud Village had arrived, and Kakashi cautioned them about Killer B and the Eight-Tails.
• The Fourth Raikage mocked Qingcheng’s appearance, and Qingcheng replied with an insult about the Raikage’s dark skin.

Uchiha Qingcheng and the Fourth Raikage displayed their immense Chakra as Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and attacked. Qingcheng used Wood Release to overwhelm the Eight-Tails and the Cloud forces, but the Raikage and Yugito joined the fight as his forest kept regenerating.

• The Fourth Raikage and Qingcheng unleashed their Chakra, while Konoha and Cloud shinobi cheered for their leaders.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and fired an Ink Cannon at Qingcheng’s Wood Release forest.
• Qingcheng’s forest regenerated after the Ink Cannon destroyed a large section and surged toward the Eight-Tails and Cloud shinobi.
• The Eight-Tails spun with Tailed Beast Eight-Twist while Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails and attacked the forest with flames.
• The Fourth Raikage activated his Lightning Release Armor and struck at the forest, but its trees rapidly grew back.

Qingcheng’s Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence trapped and exhausted the Cloud Shinobi forces, but the Fourth Raikage and Killer B escaped the forest’s grasp. Qingcheng ordered Konoha to attack, and the forest became the site of a fierce battle between Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village.

• Killer B blasted the trees binding his Eight-Tails form with a Tailed Beast Ball, then escaped in his Tailed Beast Cloak while the Fourth Raikage rallied the Cloud Shinobi to resist.
• Darui and Toroi attacked the growing roots, but the forest kept regenerating and killed several Cloud Shinobi.
• Tsunade and Kakashi reacted to Qingcheng’s enormous forest, while Qingcheng noted how much Chakra the technique had consumed.
• Qingcheng ordered the Konoha Ninja to attack and kill any Cloud Shinobi who refused to surrender; the Fourth Raikage ordered his forces to fight back and avenge their fallen comrades.
• Shouhon Yihan and the Police Force charged through the Cloud Shinobi, cutting down enemies with powerful Wind Release techniques.

Qingcheng clashed with the Fourth Raikage, overpowering him with his Lightning God Armor and Purple Electricity: Lightning Slash. As the Raikage and Killer B prepared to fight him together, Tsunade targeted Dodai to disrupt the Hidden Cloud Village's command.

• Qingcheng activated Lightning God Armor and met the Fourth Raikage's Lariat with Purple Electricity: Lightning Slash.
• Qingcheng's Purple Electricity overwhelmed the Raikage's lightning-charged fist and cut through his arm guards, injuring his right hand and sending him crashing into a tree.
• Killer B tried to help the Raikage, while Yugito fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Qingcheng and Kakashi diverted it with Kamui.
• The Fourth Raikage joined Killer B and vowed to show the strength of the A-B brothers, while Qingcheng signaled Tsunade to handle the other Cloud Shinobi.
• Tsunade attacked Dodai with Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique, aiming to throw the Hidden Cloud Village forces into disarray.

Genma Shiranui and Namiashi Raidō defeated Toroi with a combined Water and Lightning Release attack as the Hidden Cloud forces began to falter. Qingcheng confronted the Fourth Raikage and Killer B, then clad a gigantic Wood Golem and its twin dragons in Susanoo armor, leaving the Raikage dodging its sword and Killer B firing an Ink Cannon.

• Genma Shiranui and Namiashi Raidō combined their Water and Lightning Release techniques to overwhelm Toroi and kill him.
• The Fourth Raikage raged at Konoha and joined forces with Killer B, who transformed into the Eight-Tails Gyūki.
• Qingcheng gave the Hidden Cloud forces a chance to surrender, but the Fourth Raikage refused.
• Qingcheng summoned a Wood Golem and twin wood dragons, then covered them in golden Susanoo armor.
• The Fourth Raikage dodged the Wood Golem's greatsword, while Killer B fired an Ink Cannon at it.

Qingcheng fought the Cloud Shinobi with a Susanoo-armored Wood Human while Shouhon Yihan played Konoha Battle Song and turned the battlefield into an advertisement for Uchiha speakers. After releasing his Yin Seal to boost his Chakra, Qingcheng faced a stunned Fourth Raikage.

• Qingcheng's Wood Human Susanoo shocked the fighters, and he ordered Shouhon Yihan to play Konoha Battle Song while he attacked the Eight-Tails' Ink Cannon with Wood Release: Hotei Technique.
• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B that the giant wooden palms could restrain Tailed Beasts, while the Fourth Raikage circled the Wood Human to find an opening to attack Qingcheng.
• Shouhon Yihan played the song, which energized the Konoha Ninja, then staged a speaker advertisement for the Uchiha One-Dragon Company in the middle of the battle.
• Tsunade cursed at the Konoha fighters for advertising during the war, then resumed attacking Dodai as Kakashi and Yugito returned to fighting each other.
• Qingcheng urged the Konoha Ninja to attack and released his Yin Seal, greatly increasing his Chakra and speeding up the Wood Human as the Fourth Raikage watched in shock.

Uchiha Qingcheng and the Konoha forces overwhelmed the Hidden Cloud Village, while Qingcheng used his Golden Armored Wood Golem to strike the Fourth Raikage and defend against Killer B’s Tailed Beast Balls. The Fourth Raikage was driven into the ground, and Qingcheng’s Wood Locking Wall rose to block the incoming attack.

• The Fourth Raikage ordered the Cloud Shinobi to attack after Shouhon Yihan promoted Uchiha Clan products on the battlefield, but Konoha’s stronger ninja continued to crush them.
• Kumo-ma used powerful combined Fire Release and Wind Release techniques to drive Darui back, and Darui struggled to evade him.
• Uchiha Qingcheng empowered his Golden Armored Wood Golem with Chakra and used it to track and attack the Fourth Raikage.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Qingcheng’s Susanoo Sword with Lightning Release: Heavy Thunder Blast as Killer B fired a volley of Tailed Beast Balls at the Wood Human’s head.
• Qingcheng’s Susanoo Sword slammed the Fourth Raikage into the ground, and Qingcheng raised a Wood Locking Wall to shield himself from Killer B’s Tailed Beast Balls.

Uchiha Qingcheng overwhelmed the Hidden Cloud forces, leaving the Fourth Raikage unconscious and driving Cloud shinobi to flee or surrender. He severed four of Gyuki’s tails and trapped the Eight-Tails with Wood Dragons, leaving it drained and unable to move.

• Uchiha Qingcheng survived the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball barrage while the Fourth Raikage lay gravely wounded and unconscious.
• Qingcheng sent a Wood Dragon after Gyuki as the Cloud shinobi began fleeing, while Tsunade drove Dodai into retreat.
• Shouhon Yihan and Hayakumo Sōma’s forces attacked the fleeing Cloud shinobi, killing resistors and forcing others to surrender.
• Gyuki destroyed one Wood Dragon with a Tailed Beast Ball, but Qingcheng struck it with a Purple Electricity Lightning Spear and severed four of its tails.
• Qingcheng wrapped Gyuki in two Wood Dragons, draining its strength and leaving it trapped.

Qingcheng restrained the Eight-Tails and confronted Killer B as he tried to escape, forcing him to choose between surrender and the destruction of Hidden Cloud Village. Killer B agreed to surrender and asked Qingcheng to stop the fighting, while Kakashi continued to suppress Yugito.

• Qingcheng summoned six Wood Dragons to bind the Eight-Tails and drain its Chakra as Killer B used the Tail-Shedding Escape Technique to flee.
• Qingcheng used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear in Killer B’s path and warned him that Hidden Cloud Village had lost the war.
• Killer B asked Qingcheng to spare the Cloud Shinobi and offered to take responsibility for the war himself.
• Qingcheng rejected Killer B’s request to negotiate conditions and demanded unconditional surrender and war reparations.
• Killer B bowed and asked Qingcheng to order the Konoha Ninja to stop fighting, while Kakashi continued to suppress Yugito with Kamui.

Qingcheng defeated Hidden Cloud Village’s forces and secured their surrender, sealing Killer B’s Eight-Tails and ordering the Cloud Shinobi disarmed and captured. After Qingcheng revived the Fourth Raikage, the Raikage saw his defeated forces and angrily vowed revenge.

• Qingcheng ordered Kakashi to stop killing the Cloud Shinobi and force them to surrender as Kakashi and Qingcheng restrained the Two-Tails.
• Qingcheng sealed the Eight-Tails inside Killer B, who accepted the terms while the Eight-Tails warned him it could no longer help him fight.
• Qingcheng treated the unconscious Fourth Raikage, while Konoha forces captured fleeing Cloud Shinobi and confiscated the surrendered troops’ weapons.
• Kumo-ma defeated Darui, who surrendered after hearing Killer B had announced the village’s defeat, and led him to the prisoner-of-war camp.
• Dodai surrendered to Tsunade and was sent to the prisoner-of-war camp.
• The Fourth Raikage regained consciousness, saw his forces dead or captured, and vowed not to forgive his enemies.

Qingcheng defeated the Fourth Raikage and pressured him to accept surrender, threatening to plunder Hidden Cloud Village and the Land of Lightning. He ordered Killer B taken to the prisoner-of-war camp and left the Fourth Raikage to the Police Force for punishment.

• The Fourth Raikage refused to surrender despite Killer B urging him to accept terms for Hidden Cloud Village's survival.
• Qingcheng sent Killer B to the prisoner-of-war camp and warned him not to cause trouble.
• Kakashi reported that the Konoha Battle Song speaker belonged to Minister Zhang, and Qingcheng ordered him to count casualties and collect the Eight-Tails' severed tails.
• Qingcheng threatened to loot Hidden Cloud Village and the Land of Lightning when the Fourth Raikage continued to refuse surrender.
• Qingcheng bound and whipped the Fourth Raikage with vines, then ordered the Police Force to make him surrender.

Qingcheng ordered Konoha to pursue the retreating Cloud Shinobi and sent the Flying Thunder God Squad to raid the weakened Hidden Cloud Village. He then negotiated with Tsunade to contract with Katsuyu and train in senjutsu, agreeing to pay one billion for the Summoning Scroll.

• Qingcheng continued torturing the captured Fourth Raikage until Kakashi warned him that it could damage Konoha's reputation.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to heal the injured Konoha Ninja while Konoha forces pursued the fleeing Cloud Shinobi.
• Qingcheng ordered the Flying Thunder God Squad to infiltrate the Hidden Cloud Village and plant Flying Thunder God Marks, and Genma Shiranui and Namiashi Raidō departed with their teammate.
• Qingcheng asked Tsunade to let him contract with Katsuyu and train at Shikkotsu Forest, prompting her to accuse him of taking Senju techniques and claiming them for the Uchiha Clan.
• Tsunade agreed to give Qingcheng Katsuyu's Summoning Scroll for one billion, and Qingcheng accepted the price.

Qingcheng accepted Tsunade’s Summoning Scroll and learned that Hashirama Senju, Senju Wad, and Tsunade had signed it. After discussing Tsunade’s father and the Senju Clan’s destruction, Qingcheng signed his own name to contract Katsuyu.

• Qingcheng joked that the Summoning Jutsu would become an Uchiha hereditary technique, and Tsunade threatened to take the scroll back.
• Qingcheng read the names on the scroll and asked Tsunade whether Senju Wad was her father and how he had died.
• Tsunade explained that Senju Wad died leading the Senju Clan and Konoha forces in the First Shinobi World War, before Danzo became ANBU chief.
• Qingcheng blamed Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi for the Senju Clan’s destruction and said he would keep adding charges to their lists.
• Tsunade regretted leaving the Senju Clan, and Qingcheng signed the Summoning Scroll as Uchiha Qingcheng.

Qingcheng provoked Tsunade and the captured Fourth Raikage by proposing to kill or enslave the Hidden Cloud prisoners and seize the Land of Lightning. Kakashi and the Konoha ninja joined the bluff, leaving the terrified Raikage facing the threat while Hidden Cloud Village lay nearly defenseless.

• Qingcheng formed a summoning bond with Katsuyu, then argued with Tsunade when she demanded the Summoning Scroll back.
• Kakashi reported that the Sealing Squad had sealed the chakra of the Hidden Cloud jonin, and Qingcheng proposed killing some prisoners and forcing others to work as spies.
• Tsunade condemned Qingcheng's plan, while the Fourth Raikage was horrified by the threat.
• Qingcheng explained that Konoha could exploit Hidden Cloud Village's weakness and occupy the Land of Lightning, and Tsunade warned that other villages might unite against Konoha.
• Kakashi and the Konoha ninja volunteered to take responsibility for killing the prisoners, while Kumo-ma jokingly claimed the name Shimura Danzō.
• The Fourth Raikage screamed in terror as Konoha's forces prepared to wipe out the captured Hidden Cloud shinobi.

Qingcheng let Hyuga Hisaharu continue tormenting the Fourth Raikage, then went to inspect the Hidden Cloud prisoners while Tsunade worried about Konoha’s reputation. At the prisoner camp, Konoha shinobi beat Cloud prisoners who demanded food and medical aid, and Qingcheng, Tsunade, and Kakashi arrived as Yugito considered breaking out.

• Qingcheng ordered Hyuga Hisaharu to torture the Fourth Raikage for half a day without killing him, then headed to the prisoner-of-war camp.
• Tsunade followed Qingcheng with concern for Konoha’s reputation, while Kakashi offered to carry out any difficult orders Qingcheng gave him.
• Hyuga Changchun ordered Konoha jonin to beat Cloud shinobi who demanded food and medical care.
• Yugito urged Killer B to fight the Konoha shinobi, saying she had recovered enough Chakra to tear open their earth prison.
• Qingcheng, Tsunade, and Kakashi entered the prisoner camp, drawing the Cloud shinobi’s attention.

Qingcheng ordered the captured Cloud Shinobi to be spared, but demanded that the Fourth Raikage step down, Hidden Cloud Village choose a new leader, and pay reparations before the prisoners could be released. A Cloud Shinobi named Kamizuru Kuroba identified himself as a member of the Kamizuru Clan, prompting Qingcheng to recall the clan’s ninja-bee techniques.

• Hyuga Changchun reported that Konoha had imprisoned the Cloud Shinobi and sealed their chakra, while some prisoners had been beaten for shouting.
• Qingcheng rejected Hyuga Changchun’s suggestion to execute the prisoners and ordered him to treat their injuries.
• Qingcheng told Killer B that the Fourth Raikage had to resign and that Hidden Cloud Village must select a new Raikage, sign a ceasefire, and pay reparations.
• A Cloud Shinobi said the Fourth Raikage had forced them to fight, and Qingcheng asked which clan he belonged to.
• The Cloud Shinobi introduced himself as Kamizuru Kuroba of the Kamizuru Clan, which Qingcheng remembered for raising ninja bees.

Qingcheng tried to recruit Kamizuru Kuroba and his clan into Konoha by promising them a safe home and the freedom to produce Royal Jelly instead of fighting in wars. Kuroba agreed, then presented Qingcheng with a bottle of Royal Jelly.

• Qingcheng signaled for Kuroba to be released and took him aside to speak privately.
• Qingcheng asked how many Kamizuru Clan members remained and offered them a forest in Konoha where they could produce Royal Jelly without joining the wars.
• Kuroba asked whether the clan could settle in Konoha and avoid fighting, and Qingcheng assured him that their bee-raising skills would be valued there.
• Kuroba agreed to bring the Kamizuru Clan into Konoha and provide Royal Jelly at a low price.
• Qingcheng told Kuroba that the clan should give gifts to the Hokage, so Kuroba took out a bottle of fresh Royal Jelly and offered it to him.