Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Qingfeng left the Land of Wind while Rasa tried to prolong the farewell. Temari woke with no memory of the previous night and questioned Gaara about what Qingfeng had done, while Gaara concealed the truth about his newfound peace.

• Rasa tried to persuade Uchiha Qingfeng and his companions to stay longer as he escorted them away.
• Temari woke at noon with tear tracks on her face and discovered that Uchiha Qingfeng had left.
• Gaara silently enjoyed relief from the monster within him, while Temari noticed his unusual cheerfulness and smile.
• Temari questioned Gaara about the previous night, but he denied going out and refused to reveal what had happened.
• Kankuro told Temari that their father had gone to see Uchiha Qingfeng off, and Gaara left without responding.

Minato Namikaze responded cautiously to Ōnoki’s letter accusing Uchiha Qingfeng of luring Stone Village’s Jinchuriki away. Meanwhile, Qingfeng left Sand Village with Deidara, and Rasa became eager to seek an alliance with Konoha after seeing Qingfeng’s enormous flying armor.

• Ōnoki sent Minato a furious letter questioning Konoha over Uchiha Qingfeng’s involvement with Roshi and Han, who had both left Stone Village.
• Minato wrote that he would reserve judgment until Qingfeng returned and could be questioned, then asked Kakashi to deliver the reply to Stone Village.
• Rasa escorted Qingfeng toward the Land of Rivers and invited him to visit Sand Village again, while Qingfeng privately dismissed the village’s poor condition and unpaid debts.
• Qingfeng said farewell to Rasa, grabbed Deidara, and formed his enormous flying armor around them.
• Rasa was stunned by the armor’s size and decided to discuss an alliance with Konoha and Grandma Chiyo.

Orochimaru posted the Reanimation Jutsu’s instructions for Akatsuki members, honoring his agreement with Uchiha Qingfeng. Sasori brought out his parents’ remains to ask if they could be revived, leaving the gathered members shocked by the skeletons hidden inside his puppets.

• Orochimaru became devoted to Uchiha Qingfeng after discovering that Mare's Milk Wine helped him use Impure World Reincarnation without harming his spiritual energy.
• Orochimaru posted the Reanimation Jutsu’s instructions at the Akatsuki Organization’s entrance and offered it freely to members who met the conditions.
• Black Zetsu panicked when the organization members gathered to ask Orochimaru about reviving the dead.
• Sasori asked Orochimaru whether his puppet creations, Father and Mother, could be used for the jutsu.
• Orochimaru found complete skeletons inside Sasori’s puppets, and the other members recoiled in shock.

Orochimaru examined Sasori's parents' remains and agreed that he could revive them with the Reanimation Jutsu, but the ritual required living sacrifices. Hidan volunteered, then fled after learning that the sacrifice would lose his soul, leaving Sasori hopeful and Chiyo searching for two substitutes.

• Orochimaru examined Sasori's parents' remains and confirmed they were well preserved enough for the Reanimation Jutsu.
• Sasori and the others considered Juzo Biwa as a sacrifice, but Hidan volunteered instead.
• Hidan stabbed himself to prove he was alive, and Orochimaru secretly cut a piece of flesh from his chest for study.
• Orochimaru explained that a sacrifice's soul would be devoured, so Hidan ran away to avoid being used.
• Sasori remained hopeful about reviving his parents, and Chiyo left to find two sacrifices while Orochimaru promised to help.

Sasori gained Pain’s permission to capture sacrifices and use Orochimaru’s Reanimation Jutsu to revive his parents. Nagato and Black Zetsu separately considered reviving Yahiko, while Kisame asked Sasori to bring back an extra sacrifice before Sasori left the village.

• Sasori asked Deva Path Pain for permission to leave the village and capture two sacrifices to revive his parents, and Pain agreed while forbidding him to target civilians in the Land of Rain.
• Pain told Sasori to capture a few more people alive, prompting Nagato to decide he wanted Yahiko revived in the Reanimation state.
• Black Zetsu secretly overheard Pain and Sasori and worried that Nagato’s plans and Obito’s recent seclusion were putting his own plans at risk.
• On the rooftop, Kisame and Juzo Biwa followed Sasori and asked him to bring back an extra sacrifice, and Sasori agreed before leaving the village.

Kisame considered reviving Miru after learning that the Reanimation Jutsu could bring the dead back. Meanwhile, Obito and Black Zetsu decided to accelerate their plans, with Obito choosing to revive Rin and create peace on his own terms.

• Kisame returned to the rooftop and endured the others' teasing as he remembered Miru and longed to see her again.
• Black Zetsu went to find Obito and discovered him sitting without his mask after overhearing Black Zetsu discuss Uchiha Qingfeng.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito that Nagato planned to revive Yahiko, but Obito saw the Rinnegan as a chance to revive Rin and reclaim the eyes.
• Obito proposed delaying Yahiko's full revival, gathering powerful dead Ninja with the Reanimation Jutsu, and preparing to fight the Five Great Nations.
• Obito told Black Zetsu to keep Nagato steady while he went to Konoha to look for the First Hokage, and sent the White Zetsu out to gather strength.
• Obito decided to pursue his own plan for peace and concluded that Kakashi could be sent to a new world instead of creating one.

Obito decided to seek Uchiha Qingfeng’s help and prepare to revive Rin, while Kisame left the Akatsuki Organization to return to the Land of Water. Nagato allowed his subordinates to pursue regrets through Reanimation Jutsu, but planned to revive Yahiko and then use the Tailed Beasts to force the Ninja World into submission.

• Obito concluded that Uchiha Qingfeng knew his identity and decided to go to Konoha to prepare for Rin’s revival and seek his brother’s help.
• Obito left the Akatsuki Organization’s base quietly as Black Zetsu dug up graves for their plans.
• Kisame told Deva Path Pain he wanted to leave on a solo mission because of the Reanimation Jutsu, and Nagato let him go.
• Kisame departed for the Land of Water, hoping to see a girl again.
• Nagato decided to revive Yahiko first, then collect the Tailed Beasts and use overwhelming force to make the Ninja World recognize the Akatsuki Organization.

Uchiha Qingfeng and Deidara crossed the sea toward the Land of Water, but Qingfeng realized they had reached the Land of Whirlpools instead. He descended to investigate an Uzumaki shrine, then recognized someone below and heard her demand that he come down.

• Uchiha Qingfeng released the seven Tailed Beasts from the Kamui space, and they bit Deidara for calling them pets.
• Deidara panicked when Qingfeng flew their Susanoo over the sea, revealing that he feared water and had never traveled far from the Land of Earth.
• Qingfeng compared their route with Minato’s map and identified the land ahead as the Land of Whirlpools.
• Qingfeng descended toward a shrine to look for the Uzumaki Clan’s Shinigami Mask and sealing techniques.
• Qingfeng recognized someone on the ground and considered leaving, but she shouted for the Uchiha to come down.

Uchiha Qingfeng encountered Tsunade while traveling and explained his mission and Deidara’s place at his side. Their conversation turned hostile when Qingfeng challenged Tsunade about the Sannin, and Tonton ran to his feet after he stopped the pig from fleeing.

• Uchiha Qingfeng and his companions appeared before Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton after his Susanoo vanished.
• Tsunade recognized Qingfeng’s name from Jiraiya and questioned him about his Sage Mode and Deidara.
• Qingfeng explained that Deidara had been driven out of the Stone Village after displaying his explosive art and had become his subordinate.
• Tsunade criticized Qingfeng’s conspicuous conduct on his mission, and he told her to stay out of Konoha’s affairs.
• Qingfeng challenged Tsunade to explain why the Sannin were no longer seen, and Shizune confronted him before he used his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Tonton tried to flee the tense encounter, but Qingfeng called the pig back to his feet.

Uchiha Qingfeng agreed to help Tsunade open the Land of Whirlpools' treasury in exchange for half its contents. At the sealed entrance, he prepared to test his sword skill against the barrier.

• Uchiha Qingfeng released Tonton after Tsunade changed her tone, and Shizune soothed the frightened pig.
• Shizune revealed that Tsunade had found the Land of Whirlpools' treasury but could not open its powerful seal.
• Uchiha Qingfeng refused Tsunade's offer of ten percent and negotiated a fifty-fifty split.
• Tsunade led Uchiha Qingfeng to the treasury entrance, where he found a sealed stone slab that brute force could not open.
• Uchiha Qingfeng drew his Katana and released a powerful sword intent as Tsunade and Shizune watched.

Uchiha Qingfeng tried several techniques to break into the Uzumaki Clan’s sealed treasury, but the barrier blocked physical entry and contained multiple layers. After his Flying Thunder God Technique also failed to get him inside, Deidara offered to use his newest art.

• Uchiha Qingfeng’s Sword Intent and several Ninjutsu passed through the barrier, but he could not physically enter it.
• Tsunade explained that Chakra and wind could pass through the barrier, while physical objects could not.
• Uchiha Qingfeng used the Flying Thunder God Technique to force his arm through eight layers of sealing barriers, then admitted he could not get any farther.
• Tsunade proposed finding the Uzumaki Clan to learn how to open the barrier, while Shizune noted that digging underneath would not work because the ground was sealed too.
• Deidara stepped forward and offered to destroy the sealing jutsu with his newest art, but Uchiha Qingfeng ignored him.

Deidara tested his precision-blasting artwork against the sealing barrier, but the huge explosion failed to break it. Qingfeng concluded that the barrier was the Uzumaki Clan’s painstaking work and could not be destroyed so easily.

• Deidara unveiled his C3 No. 18 Advanced Version, a clay figurine named “Flat-Chested Girl,” prompting Shizune to curse him and Tsunade to mock Qingfeng.
• Qingfeng used the Sharingan to silence Deidara, then ordered him to test the figurine against the sealing barrier.
• Deidara’s small figurine created a massive explosion that blasted the ground into a small valley.
• Qingfeng found the sealing barrier intact, and Deidara wondered whether repeated blasts might destroy it.
• Qingfeng stopped Deidara and explained that the Uzumaki Clan’s barrier had endured for decades and could not be broken easily.

Uchiha Qingfeng used a System item to break the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing barrier, allowing the group to enter its ancestral hall. They found it empty, with the clan’s memorial tablets and masks gone, and Qingfeng suspected the items had been taken to Konoha.

• Tsunade gave up on opening the sealing barrier, but Uchiha Qingfeng spotted Brother Fan's Toothpick in his System Inventory and said he had another way.
• Uchiha Qingfeng touched the barrier with the toothpick, which absorbed its sealing formulas and broke the barrier before disappearing.
• Tsunade smashed the stone slab behind the barrier, and the group followed a passage down into a large, empty hall.
• Tsunade and Uchiha Qingfeng opened a room and found empty compartments where the Uzumaki Clan’s memorial tablets had once stood.
• Uchiha Qingfeng and Tsunade opened the final room and found only wooden pegs, leading Qingfeng to suspect the clan’s masks had been taken to Konoha.

After the shrine yielded no treasure, Tsunade and Shizune joined Uchiha Qingfeng as he flew toward the Land of Water. Tsunade grew suspicious of his interest in Mist Village and resolved to uncover his true purpose.

• Uchiha Qingfeng had Deidara destroy the empty Uzumaki Clan shrine, then prepared to leave for the Land of Water.
• Tsunade accused Uchiha Qingfeng of taking the shrine’s contents, then decided that she and Shizune would travel with him.
• Uchiha Qingfeng carried Tsunade, Shizune, and Deidara across the sea in his Complete Body Susanoo, reaching the Land of Water at dawn.
• Tsunade questioned why Uchiha Qingfeng was going to Mist Village, and he said he wanted to investigate the isolated village for his mission.
• Tsunade suspected Uchiha Qingfeng had another reason for visiting the Land of Water and silently resolved to find proof.

Uchiha Qingfeng brought Tsunade, Tonton, and Deidara to a small town in the Land of Water, where he disguised himself as a Hidden Mist Ninja to get them food. As Tsunade and Qingfeng watched the commotion downstairs, Qingfeng recognized two people.

• Uchiha Qingfeng landed on an uninhabited coast and tried to leave Tsunade, Tonton, and Deidara behind, but Tsunade used Deidara’s presence to make him take them to a nearby town.
• Qingfeng and Deidara removed their Ninja Headbands, and Qingfeng put on a Hidden Mist Headband before leading the group into a restaurant.
• Qingfeng ordered food in the domineering manner he said Hidden Mist Ninja used with commoners, and Tsunade saw the restaurant owner respond servilely.
• As a loud voice called for wine and dishes downstairs, Tsunade looked through the window and Qingfeng peeked through the door; he recognized two people.

Uchiha Qingfeng invited Zabuza Momochi and Haku into his private room after Zabuza threatened the innkeeper over the lack of rooms. Zabuza recognized that Qingfeng knew who he was and threatened to kill everyone, while Qingfeng calmly challenged him to try.

• Zabuza Momochi and Haku arrived at the inn, where Zabuza argued with the waiter because his usual room had been given to another group of Ninja.
• Haku persuaded Zabuza to accept a different room, but Zabuza became enraged when the innkeeper said none were left and threatened to draw his Katana.
• Uchiha Qingfeng invited Zabuza into his private room to prevent a bloody incident.
• Zabuza entered with his Katana and warned Qingfeng that most people in the inn would die because Qingfeng had recognized him.
• Qingfeng told Zabuza to come in and close the door, then calmly challenged him to try fighting.

Uchiha Qingfeng confronted Zabuza Momochi and Haku, revealing that he knew their goals and Haku’s Ice Release. When Kisame Hoshigaki arrived and joined them, Zabuza was shocked to see Kisame alive and serving Qingfeng.

• Zabuza Momochi entered the private room with Haku after deciding not to run.
• Uchiha Qingfeng said Zabuza wanted the Executioner's Blade or the Fourth Mizukage's life, then made Haku chill his water with Ice Release.
• Kisame Hoshigaki arrived at the inn while traveling through the Land of Water to visit a place where he had buried someone.
• Uchiha Qingfeng called Kisame upstairs, and Zabuza recognized him and wondered how Kisame was alive and carrying Samehada.
• Kisame mocked Zabuza for appearing afraid.

Uchiha Qingfeng brought Kisame together with Zabuza and Haku, prompting Tsunade to question their connections and motives. Kisame claimed to belong to the peacekeeping organization Guardians of Peace, and the group ended the meal with Zabuza still suspicious and Deidara dismissing him.

• Zabuza Momochi flattered Kisame Hoshigaki, while Uchiha Qingfeng told them to stop talking and eat.
• Kisame observed the group and recognized Tsunade, but wondered why she looked unchanged and was with Uchiha Qingfeng.
• Tsunade questioned Uchiha Qingfeng about his ties to Hidden Mist Ninjas, and he claimed Kisame was his new underling and Zabuza was a Rogue Ninja he had just met.
• Kisame told Tsunade that his organization was called Guardians of Peace and said he had returned to his homeland for a visit.
• Uchiha Qingfeng redirected the group to their meal, while Tsunade objected to his orders and Zabuza and Haku ate nervously.
• Deidara asked Zabuza whether his bandages were part of his art, then dismissed him when Zabuza did not understand the question.

Uchiha Qingfeng forced Zabuza Momochi and Haku to join him, then sent them with Kisame Hoshigaki while he headed to Mist Village with Deidara. He planned to investigate the Fourth Mizukage and approach Hidden Mist peacefully.

• Uchiha Qingfeng gave Zabuza Momochi and Haku the choice of becoming his underlings or dying, and Zabuza agreed after hearing that his goals were no longer achievable.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Zabuza that Juzo Biwa was alive with the Executioner's Blade and that Genshi had ended the Blood Mist Policy, while the Fourth Mizukage's fate remained unknown.
• Uchiha Qingfeng assigned Zabuza and Haku to Kisame Hoshigaki and left a Shadow Clone to watch them, ordering Kisame to kill them if they disobeyed.
• Uchiha Qingfeng and Deidara set off for Mist Village, while Tsunade and Shizune chose to follow them.

Uchiha Qingfeng learned that Kisame had come to the Land of Water to use Orochimaru’s Reanimation Jutsu to revive a girl from his past. Kisame took Zabuza and Haku under his wing and went ahead alone to visit her grave, leaving them waiting nearby.

• Kisame told Uchiha Qingfeng that Orochimaru had offered to revive someone, and that he wanted to bring back the girl he had killed.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Kisame to take Zabuza and Haku to the Land of Rain after teaching them, then his Shadow Clone dispelled.
• Kisame led Zabuza and Haku toward the valley and confirmed that Juzo Biwa and the Executioner's Blade were with their organization.
• Kisame warned Zabuza not to ask about Uchiha Qingfeng's identity, then said Qingfeng had once fought the Nine-Tails alone.
• Kisame told Zabuza and Haku to wait while he went into the valley, thinking, "Miru, I've come to take you home."