Chapter Summaries

Naruto complained about never receiving the money earned by his father, Minato Namikaze, while Tomoki offered to fund Tsunade’s gambling. Naruto left the Academy and reflected on Tomoki’s burden before recalling Qingcheng’s reputation for stealing ninjutsu and catching tailed beasts barehanded.

• Naruto said Minato’s S-rank mission earnings had never reached him and complained that Hiruzen Sarutobi had given him only a small monthly allowance.
• Sasuke mocked Naruto, who said he wanted compensation money to buy a house and marry Sakura.
• Tsunade demanded compensation from Tomoki for making her wait, and Tomoki offered to play mahjong with her or bring her money.
• Tsunade told Tomoki to bring high-denomination money, revealing that she gambled with him and won back money she had lost at casinos.
• Naruto left the Academy, reflected on his mother’s kindness, and decided he would treat Tomoki to ramen.
• Naruto recalled that Uchiha Youji had eaten seven bowls of ramen at age three and described Qingcheng as a ninjutsu thief and the first person to catch a tailed beast barehanded.

After completing his training at Shikkotsu Forest, Qingcheng returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound and reunited with his family. He left Sasuke bewildered by the higher ranks of strength and asking when he could graduate from the Ninja Academy.

• Qingcheng finished training in the Immortal Spring, and Katsuyu said his Sage Body and Chakra had nearly reached Hashirama's level.
• Katsuyu complained that Qingcheng and Tsunade had made the Immortal Spring salty, then the Katsuyu cleaned it after Qingcheng left.
• Qingcheng returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Uchiha Yamafuku and his family welcomed him home.
• Qingcheng considered using Sasuke's Indra Chakra and Naruto's Asura Chakra to awaken the Rinnegan and gain Six Paths Power.
• Qingcheng told Sasuke to train toward higher power levels, and Sasuke asked when Qingcheng would let him graduate from the Ninja Academy.

Qingcheng promised to help Sasuke train after dinner, while the family discussed Tomoki awakening his Sharingan and teased Sasuke about funeral banquets. Qingcheng announced Kakashi's new daughter and explained the meanings behind the children’s names, leaving the family together at dinner.

• Qingcheng told Sasuke he could take the exam that year and promised to arrange teachers and train him in ninjutsu after visiting the Hokage Building.
• Sasuke asked to learn Lightning Armor because Naruto kept defeating him, and Qingcheng said Sasuke's physical foundation was ready for more ninjutsu.
• Tomoki announced that he had awakened a One-Tomoe Sharingan after seeing Sasuke lose to Naruto, and Qingcheng explained that it could awaken through love as well as hatred.
• Sasuke mourned that Tomoki had awakened the Sharingan so easily, while Tomoki and Tomota joked with him about funeral banquets.
• Qingcheng told the family that Kakashi's second daughter, Kayan, had been born and described Kakashi's wife, Charlotte Reiko.
• Qingcheng explained that Kakarot represented toughness and survival, and told Mirai that her name represented the Uchiha Clan's future.

At a lavish Uchiha Clan dinner, Qingcheng reassured Sasuke and reminisced about his rise to power while his children discussed awakening the Sharingan and avoiding mahjong. He promised Tomoki money for his mother and vowed to obtain any ninjutsu his son wanted, leaving the children eager to follow his example of snatching whatever he desired.

• Qingcheng teased the children and encouraged Sasuke to eat, and Sasuke thanked him for caring for him and celebrated Little Tomoki's Sharingan awakening.
• After dinner, Tomoki and Youyong talked about watching a film depicting Qingcheng killing Danzo, while Youyong asked to awaken his own Sharingan.
• Qingcheng told Tomoyuki to improve his chakra before seeking the Sharingan, but Sasuke reminded the children that Qingcheng had once been weak and had been beaten by a Sarutobi Clan man.
• Qingcheng claimed he had only pretended to be injured to fool Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Sasuke praised him for enduring hardship and saving Konoha.
• Tomoki asked Qingcheng for money because his mother kept making him play mahjong, and Qingcheng promised him ten million Ryo to give her.
• Tomoyuki asked to learn ninjutsu instead of playing mahjong, and Qingcheng promised to obtain any technique by snatching it if necessary, inspiring the children to imitate him.

Qingcheng gave Sasuke a handwritten guide to the Flying Thunder God Technique and sent him to study it, while Tomoki delivered Qingcheng's money to Tsunade. The chapter ended with Tomoki telling Qingcheng that Tsunade wanted him home early, leaving Qingcheng worried about her plans for him.

• Qingcheng sent Tomoki upstairs with a pile of Ryo for Tsunade and promised to teach him ninjutsu.
• Sasuke asked Qingcheng to teach him the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Qingcheng gave him a confidential training manuscript.
• Sasuke returned to his house and began studying the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Qingcheng reflected on Naruto's trouble learning it.
• Tomoki told Qingcheng that Tsunade wanted to thank him and expected him home early, prompting Qingcheng to worry about her intentions.

Qingcheng tested Tomoki’s chakra attributes and explained the difference between Yin and Yang Release. He then had Youyong and Tomotake test their own chakra, while Tomotake’s remark about Tomoki’s heritage sparked an angry response.

• Qingcheng took Tomoki and the younger boys to the Uchiha training ground and agreed to teach them ninjutsu.
• Qingcheng recalled how Tomoki had copied Sasuke’s Lightning Release technique as a toddler and later trained in Lightning and Fire Release.
• Tomoki injected chakra into a testing paper, which showed Water, Lightning, Earth, Fire, Yin, and Yang attributes.
• Qingcheng explained that Yin Release was innate to the Uchiha Clan and Yang Release to the Senju Clan.
• Youyong and Tomotake began testing their chakra, and Tomotake called Tomoki mixed-breed, prompting Qingcheng to scold him.

Qingcheng tested Uchiha Youmeng and Uchiha Youyong’s chakra natures, then demonstrated a powerful Lightning Release technique for Tomoki and the boys. He left three Shadow Clones to train them and repair the damaged training ground before departing for the Hokage Building.

• Qingcheng found that Youmeng and Youyong had Wind, Lightning, Fire, and Yin chakra natures, and told them they could work toward developing other attributes.
• Tomoki asked to train in Lightning Release, so Qingcheng demonstrated Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Sumo Technique, blasting a huge crater into the training ground.
• Tomoki, Youyong, and Youmeng eagerly asked to learn the technique, and Qingcheng created three Shadow Clones to train them.
• Qingcheng instructed a Shadow Clone to repair the crater with Earth Release, warned the children not to rush their training, and left using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Qingcheng showed off Konoha’s expanded Hokage Building and praised its officials, including Nara Hayate and Nara Shikadai. Shikadai’s increasingly ruthless robbery and extortion schemes enriched Konoha and made it feared across the Shinobi World.

• Qingcheng reassured Nara Hayate that he had killed Danzo, who had suppressed people named Hayate, and warned him to watch out for Baki.
• Qingcheng arrived at the Hokage Building, where Konoha’s department officials welcomed him, including the newly appointed advisor Nara Shikadai.
• Qingcheng handed Shikadai the stage after Shikadai expanded the Fat Water Squad’s operations from robbery into kidnapping and extortion.
• Shikadai’s plans brought Konoha enormous wealth and spread its criminal operations to neighboring countries and other villages.
• Konoha became the Shinobi World’s most powerful village, and other ninja began fleeing from its headbands and feared capture.

Qingcheng used the deaths of three dismissed Konoha ninja as a pretext to prepare for war against Hidden Sand Village. As Kakashi, Shouhon Yihan, Senju Taoyuan, and Yamato volunteered to lead attacks, Yamato exposed that Senju Taoyuan had secretly mastered Wood Release, leaving Taoyuan furious and Shouhon relieved.

• Kakashi told Qingcheng that Hidden Sand Village ninja had killed three former Police Force members and condemned Konoha over their misconduct in the Land of Wind.
• Qingcheng declared that he would use the deaths as an excuse to start a war against Hidden Sand Village.
• Kakashi offered to lead a team into the Land of Wind, while Shouhon Yihan volunteered to raid Hidden Sand Village with eighteen hundred Police Force members.
• Senju Taoyuan offered to attack with three thousand two hundred ANBU, and Qingcheng questioned why he had not awakened Wood Release.
• Yamato revealed that Senju Taoyuan had already mastered Wood Release and asked Qingcheng to make Taoyuan Minister of Agriculture so Yamato could return to ANBU.
• Shouhon Yihan called Taoyuan an actor and celebrated the prospect of his transfer, while Taoyuan reacted furiously to Yamato’s betrayal.

Qingcheng stopped Yamato from trying to transfer Senju Taoyuan to the Ministry of Agriculture and promised Yamato a raise while excluding him from the operation against the Land of Wind. Yamato thanked him, but said he wanted to leave the village after five years of building houses.

• Hayakumo Sōma concealed his Wood Release ability, while Yamato continued searching for someone to replace him as Ministry of Agriculture minister.
• Kumo-ma, Senju Taoyuan, and Genma Shiranui had grown stronger through years of training, and Qingcheng named them and other ministers Konoha's Five Tiger Generals.
• Yamato accused Senju Taoyuan of neglecting his duties, while Taoyuan feared being assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture.
• Qingcheng ordered Yamato to stop, barred him from the operation against the Land of Wind, and promised him a raise and other tasks.
• Yamato thanked Qingcheng but said he wanted to leave the village and visit the hot springs and beauties in the Land of Hot Water.

Qingcheng intimidated Yamato into apologizing and paying a fine, then ordered Konoha forces to attack the Hidden Sand Village and the Land of Rain. Kakashi was assigned to lead the campaign, while Yamato eagerly prepared to take the Ministry of Agriculture into battle.

• Qingcheng threatened Yamato with prison and public humiliation for his disrespect, and Yamato begged for forgiveness.
• Mitokado Homura asked Qingcheng to spare Yamato, who agreed to pay a fine rather than be paraded through Konoha.
• Qingcheng ordered one force to attack the Hidden Sand Village and seize the Land of Wind, and another to invade the Land of Rain and exterminate Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito.
• Qingcheng told Kakashi to lead Yamato, Might Guy, and ten thousand Konoha jonin to attack both territories and retrieve Chiyo's One's Own Life Reincarnation Technique.
• Yamato celebrated the Ministry of Agriculture's chance to fight and proposed using hoes, rakes, and iron shovels as weapons.

Qingcheng ordered Konoha’s forces to attack Amegakure and eliminate Obito, Itachi, and the Akatsuki. Fearing Tsunade’s reaction to his overnight absence, he decided to take her along, leaving Homura and Koharu relieved.

• Qingcheng ordered Shouhon Yihan, Hayakumo Sōma, Kumo-ma, Senju Taoyuan, and the Flying Thunder God Squad to launch a decisive assault on Amegakure and kill Obito, Itachi, and the Akatsuki.
• Konoha’s officers pledged their support as Kakashi believed Konoha would become the Shinobi World’s ruler.
• Qingcheng asked Homura to tell Tsunade he had gone to save the Land of Fire, but Homura and Koharu refused because they feared her anger.
• Homura and Koharu suggested Qingcheng leave Shadow Clones behind, but he explained that Tsunade could detect and destroy them.
• Qingcheng decided to take Tsunade with him, and Homura and Koharu wished him a triumphant return.

Qingcheng summoned Tsunade to the Hokage’s Office while Konoha’s leaders worried about their marriage and Tsunade’s temper. He offered to compensate her for interrupting her mahjong game, and she immediately became polite; the reason he summoned her remained unstated.

• Qingcheng told Mitokado Homura to watch over Konoha while its senior combat forces were away, then sent three Shadow Clones to retrieve Tsunade.
• Mitokado Homura began criticizing Qingcheng’s marriage to Tsunade, then panicked and denied wanting to break it up when Qingcheng warned Tsunade would arrive soon.
• Shouhon Yihan told Mitokado Homura he would keep quiet about the remarks if Homura bought him and the others a late-night meal.
• Qingcheng’s Shadow Clones brought Tsunade to the Hokage’s Office while she still held a mahjong tile, and Tsunade crushed it in anger over being pulled away from a winning hand.
• Kakashi backed away after seeing Tsunade’s strength, while Tsunade demanded compensation from Qingcheng.
• Qingcheng offered Tsunade two million Ryo, with another twenty million if she improved her attitude, and she responded politely as Konoha’s leaders praised him.

Qingcheng agreed to let Tsunade join the attack on Amegakure after promising her a reward of ten billion Ryo for killing Nagato. He mobilized Konoha’s forces for the Demon Slaying Plan and led them toward the Land of Rain, while Kakashi was assigned to lead another force toward the Land of Wind.

• Tsunade insisted on joining Qingcheng’s mission, joking that she was too fragile to stay alone, and demanded money to go.
• Qingcheng promised Tsunade ten billion Ryo if she killed Nagato, and she excitedly accepted.
• Konoha’s alarm sounded, and more than fifty thousand elite jonin gathered beneath the Hokage Building.
• Qingcheng announced the Demon Slaying Plan against Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Itachi, and Uzumaki Nagato, and assigned Kakashi to lead forces toward the Land of Wind.
• Qingcheng ordered the Police Force, Fat Water Squad, Lightning Armor Corps, ANBU, and Flying Thunder God Squad to depart for Amegakure.
• Qingcheng led the assembled Konoha Ninja as they flew toward the Land of Rain.

Qingcheng reviewed the strength of Konoha’s forces and approved heavy funding to mass-produce enhancement vaccines as the village prepared for war against Amegakure. He intended to target Uzumaki Nagato, seize the Rinnegan if possible, capture Hidan, and test a plan to revive Danzo so he could kill him repeatedly.

• The chapter described the Lightning Armor Corps, Police Force, ANBU, and Fat Water Squad and their commanders’ abilities and combat strength.
• Tendou Bunsai presented the Technology Department’s costly funding request, and Qingcheng approved mass production of Second-Generation Uchiha Enhancement Vaccines with priority for key Konoha forces.
• Qingcheng considered Konoha’s finances and explained that the war against Amegakure would weaken Nagato and interfere with Uchiha Obito’s Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Qingcheng planned to capture Hidan and make him use the One's Own Life Reincarnation Technique to revive people summoned through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Qingcheng chose Danzo as the first test subject and planned to revive him before killing him repeatedly.

Akatsuki members argued over Konoha’s impending attack, while Kakuzu revealed his admiration for Uchiha Qingcheng and Konoha’s money-making schemes. Kisame complained about being partnered with Black Zetsu, and Konan told him to keep using Black Zetsu until a replacement could be found.

• Akatsuki members gathered in Amegakure and discussed Konoha’s army approaching under Uchiha Qingcheng’s command.
• Kakuzu demanded interest from Konan and declared that he would switch sides unless Akatsuki paid him more.
• Konan persuaded Kakuzu to fight by suggesting he could claim Konoha’s assets if they killed Uchiha Qingcheng.
• Kakuzu and Hidan argued over who would claim Uchiha Qingcheng and the Konoha ninjas as their prey.
• Kisame complained that Black Zetsu was an unsuitable partner, and Black Zetsu offered to provide him with Chakra.
• Konan told Kisame to keep using Black Zetsu, whom Uchiha Obito had brought, until Akatsuki recruited someone to replace him.

Akatsuki’s members argued over their assignments while Konan tried to keep them in line, and Uchiha Obito prepared Nagato to fight Uchiha Qingcheng. Nagato’s legs began recovering after a Hashirama Cells transplant, leaving Obito hopeful that Nagato could defeat Qingcheng and advance the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Kisame insulted Black Zetsu and demanded a different teammate, but Konan ordered him to stay paired with Black Zetsu until Nagato arrived.
• Deidara eagerly anticipated attacking Uchiha Qingcheng because he wanted to use his art against the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Obito told Nagato that the transplant surgery had succeeded and that Hashirama Cells would restore his legs and strengthen his Chakra.
• Uchiha Obito predicted that Nagato would recover within two hours and become strong enough to defeat Uchiha Qingcheng.
• Uchiha Obito considered reviving someone early if Nagato could not defeat Qingcheng and rejected Qingcheng as Hokage.

Kakashi led a flying force of more than ten thousand Konoha Elite Jonin toward the Land of Wind to attack the Hidden Sand Village, while the chapter described how Konoha had weakened or absorbed the other shinobi villages. As the force traveled, Yamato asked how to handle his first war, and Kakashi and Hyuga Hisaharu advised him to focus on making money.

• Kakashi took the Konoha ninja who could use Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique toward the Land of Wind, leaving the rest behind in Konoha.
• The chapter recounted how the Hidden Cloud Village, Iwagakure, and the Hidden Mist Village had been weakened, while Konoha gained Mist ninja and the Hidden Mist Village's sealing techniques.
• Terumi Mei sent Qingcheng regular letters about their daughter, Uchiha Yuki, and asked him for money.
• Yamato asked Kakashi what to watch for during his first war, and Kakashi told him to prioritize gathering valuable goods rather than killing enemies.
• Hyuga Hisaharu told Yamato that his experience in the Police Force would help the group make a fortune, and Yamato eagerly relied on him.

Uchiha Qingcheng and Tsunade bickered after reaching the Land of Rain, turning a breakup threat into a negotiation over money. They then prepared to continue toward Amegakure, with Tsunade expecting payment after the mission.

• Uchiha Qingcheng and the Konoha forces landed at the Land of Rain border after flying all night to prepare for an attack on Amegakure.
• Uchiha Qingcheng teased Tsunade about sleeping in his arms, and Tsunade threatened to break up with him.
• Tsunade shouted at the Konoha ninja for gossiping, then shook Qingcheng and threatened to attack him.
• Uchiha Qingcheng offered Tsunade a raise, and Tsunade stopped arguing when she heard the proposed five hundred million.
• Tsunade leaned sweetly against Qingcheng and demanded cash on delivery after they finished at Amegakure.

Qingcheng led Konoha’s forces toward Amegakure to destroy Akatsuki after warning them about their opponents’ weaknesses. The chapter ended with the army flying toward the village, where Shouhon Yihan looked forward to confronting Hidan.

• Tsunade reconciled with Qingcheng, while the others watched awkwardly and pretended to recover their Chakra.
• Shouhon Yihan told Qingcheng that the forces were ready to depart for Amegakure and begin the Demon Slaying Plan.
• Qingcheng sent Genma Shiranui and the Flying Thunder God team to place formulas around Amegakure before the planned assault.
• Qingcheng briefed the Konoha ninjas on Akatsuki’s weaknesses, including Nagato’s main body, Konan’s vulnerabilities, and ways to avoid Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Qingcheng ordered the army to attack, and more than ten thousand Konoha shinobi flew toward Amegakure.
• Shouhon Yihan said he would strangle Hidan despite his immortal body.