Chapter Summaries

Ōnoki concluded that Uchiha Qingfeng was capturing Tailed Beasts and prepared to convene a Five Kage Summit, while Kurotsuchi set out to find Qingfeng and demand an explanation. At the Akatsuki base, Nagato began putting his plan into action, and Yahiko and Konan tried to limit the harm it would cause.

• Ōnoki suspected Qingfeng had captured Roshi, Han, and possibly the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and decided the threat required a Five Kage Summit.
• Kurotsuchi defended Qingfeng and left to seek him out after Ōnoki dismissed her doubts.
• Qingfeng arrived at the Akatsuki base and learned that the plan had been delayed until everyone gathered.
• Nagato ordered Deva Path Pain, Reanimated Yahiko, and Konan to begin the plan, declaring that anyone who opposed him would die.
• Yahiko and Konan resolved to keep the disturbance as small as possible as the group prepared to act.

Deva Path Pain revealed that the strange statue was the Ten-Tails’ shell and explained Akatsuki’s plan to capture the Tailed Beasts and use the Ten-Tails to conquer the Ninja World. He assigned Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Black Zetsu key preparations for the coming conflict.

• Deva Path Pain opened the sealed hall and showed the gathered Akatsuki members the strange statue behind the conference table.
• Deva Path Pain explained that the nine Tailed Beasts had once been one creature and that the statue was the Ten-Tails’ shell.
• Deva Path Pain announced that Akatsuki would capture the Tailed Beasts and use the Ten-Tails to unify the Ninja World by force.
• Orochimaru said his modified Reanimation Jutsu could revive many targets, with strong sacrifices retaining much of their former strength.
• Deva Path Pain ordered Kakuzu to keep Hidan from acting recklessly during missions.
• Deva Path Pain assigned Black Zetsu to retrieve corpses of Previous Kage and Previous Jinchuriki, and Black Zetsu said he had already collected some and cultivated a hundred thousand White Zetsu.

Uchiha Qingfeng presented the Akatsuki Organization with the Six-Tails and sold the Four-Tails to Deva Path Pain for 400 million. As the group wondered whether he had captured another beast, Qingfeng called for it to come out of his Kamui Space.

• Uchiha Qingfeng forced Black Zetsu to call him Dad and claim they had recently reunited as father and son.
• Uchiha Qingfeng produced the Six-Tails as a gift for Black Zetsu, who offered it to the organization.
• Deva Path Pain explained that the Akatsuki Organization had to capture the One-Tail first to begin sealing the Tailed Beasts.
• Uchiha Qingfeng brought out the Four-Tails and asked Deva Path Pain to pay for it, then accepted 400 million from Konan.
• Uchiha Qingfeng called into the Kamui Space for another Tailed Beast, leaving the Akatsuki members wondering whether he had already completed their capture plan.

Uchiha Qingfeng brought three Tailed Beasts and several captives to the Akatsuki meeting, where Deva Path Pain announced rewards for capturing Tailed Beasts. Orochimaru took Fuhua Nutao and Nadare Rōga to study their Chakra Armor, while Uchiha Qingfeng kept the former Jinchuriki alive for later use.

• Uchiha Qingfeng presented the Five-Tails, and Deva Path Pain had Konan pay him another four hundred million.
• Uchiha Qingfeng revealed that he had brought back three Tailed Beasts, prompting Deva Path Pain to set a four-hundred-million reward for each captured Tailed Beast and eight hundred million for the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Qingfeng brought out Utakata, the former Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and two other former Jinchuriki, along with Fuhua Nutao and Nadare Rōga.
• Uchiha Qingfeng gave Fuhua Nutao and Nadare Rōga to Orochimaru so he could study their Chakra Armor and potentially reduce its production cost.
• Orochimaru left with Fuhua Nutao and Nadare Rōga after Uchiha Qingfeng told him to keep them alive.

Uchiha Qingfeng briefed the Akatsuki Organization on the remaining Tailed Beasts and helped assign capture missions. He volunteered to take the One-Tail, Seven-Tails, and Nine-Tails, with Uzumaki Sanryo and Deidara joining him for the Nine-Tails mission.

• Uchiha Qingfeng explained the locations and Jinchuriki of the remaining Tailed Beasts, including that the Nine-Tails was split between Kushina Uzumaki and Uzumaki Naruto.
• Uchiha Qingfeng claimed the Seven-Tails mission and volunteered for the One-Tail, which Deva Path Pain assigned to him as well.
• Kakuzu and Hidan took the Two-Tails mission, while Kisame Hoshigaki, Black Hoe Raiga, and Juzo Biwa took the Three-Tails mission and asked to bring Zabuza Momochi.
• Kakuzu and Hidan also took the Eight-Tails mission because it was in the Land of Lightning with the Two-Tails.
• When nobody volunteered for the Nine-Tails, Uchiha Qingfeng offered to capture it and assured Deva Path Pain he knew Konoha well.
• Uzumaki Sanryo volunteered to accompany Uchiha Qingfeng, who said he only needed to bring Deidara.

Uchiha Qingfeng assigned a team to capture the One-Tail, Seven-Tails, and Nine-Tails, while the former Jinchuriki and three captured Tailed Beasts were left in the Akatsuki’s hands. As the Tailed Beasts considered escaping after Qingfeng left, a man pushing a wheelchair arrived with a gaunt, barely breathing figure.

• Uchiha Qingfeng agreed to lead a team with Konan, Uzumaki Sanryo, Yahiko, and Deidara to capture the One-Tail, Seven-Tails, and Nine-Tails, with the Nine-Tails as their priority.
• Uchiha Qingfeng asked about Sasori, and Kisame Hoshigaki explained that Sasori had not been invited because he was not considered important enough and was seeking parental love.
• Deva Path Pain ordered Black Zetsu to take Utakata, Roshi, and Han to Orochimaru, while Uchiha Qingfeng told Zetsu to keep them alive for later use.
• Uchiha Qingfeng left the three captured Tailed Beasts in Deva Path Pain’s care, and Pain instructed the team to bring their targets back alive.
• After Uchiha Qingfeng left, the three Tailed Beasts considered resisting, but a man with black rods embedded in his face arrived pushing a wheelchair carrying a gaunt, barely breathing man.

Nagato captured three Tailed Beasts while Uchiha Qingfeng prepared to move the Akatsuki Organization into his Kamui Space. The group chose to travel to the Land of Wind and capture the One-Tail first.

• Nagato used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to bind the three Tailed Beasts and left them imprisoned.
• Konan and the others packed the Akatsuki Organization’s belongings into Uchiha Qingfeng’s Kamui Space, including plans to bring two cooks.
• Yakura asked about confronting Rasa, and Uchiha Qingfeng explained that Chiyo had been making decisions in Sunagakure.
• Uzumaki Sanryo agreed to use her Sealing Jutsu, and the group chose to capture the One-Tail before the Seven-Tails and Nine-Tails.

Uchiha Qingfeng prepared to leave with the Akatsuki Organization to capture One-Tail, while Yahiko and Deidara stayed in the Kamui Space with the miniature Tailed Beasts. Deidara revealed that the originals were being collected to revive the Ten-Tails, leaving the little beasts fearful that they would be absorbed or replaced.

• Uchiha Qingfeng gathered the group, brought Yahiko along, and asked him whether he wanted to stay in the Kamui Space or come with them.
• Yahiko chose to remain in the Kamui Space, and Deidara joined him there as the group prepared to leave.
• The little Tailed Beasts complained about losing their sleeping places and asked Deidara what Uchiha Qingfeng planned to do with them and their originals.
• Deidara explained that the Akatsuki Organization planned to capture all nine Tailed Beast originals to revive the Ten-Tails, and that they were leaving to capture One-Tail.
• Deidara told the little Tailed Beasts that Uchiha Qingfeng had given away one original and sold two others for eight hundred million.

Uchiha Qingfeng agreed to take Sasori and his reanimated parents to the Land of Wind after Sasori offered him a scroll full of money. The group set out on what was supposed to be a mission to capture the One-Tail, with Sasori’s family resting inside Qingfeng’s Kamui Space.

• Uchiha Qingfeng prepared to leave the Akatsuki Organization base with the three Akatsuki Organization sisters and encountered Sasori with his reanimated parents.
• Sasori asked Uchiha Qingfeng to take his parents to the Land of Wind, explaining that Pain had agreed if Qingfeng approved.
• Sasori handed Uchiha Qingfeng a scroll packed with banknotes, and Qingfeng agreed on the condition that Sasori’s family follow his arrangements.
• Uchiha Qingfeng sent Sasori and his parents into the Kamui Space to rest until they reached the Land of Wind.
• Sasori told his parents that Uchiha Qingfeng was a powerful Uchiha and Konoha genius whose full strength remained unknown.

Uchiha Qingfeng set out with Uzumaki Sanryo, Konan, and Yakura, then helped Rin Nohara persuade Obito to take her back to Konoha. After they left, Qingfeng and the others departed on their own journey.

• Uchiha Qingfeng agreed to take Uzumaki Sanryo, Konan, and Yakura to their hometown after accepting money and meeting Sanryo's conditions.
• Rin Nohara stopped Uchiha Qingfeng outside the Akatsuki Organization's gates and asked whether she could leave with Obito to visit Konoha.
• Uchiha Qingfeng redirected Rin's request to Obito, who agreed to take her back to Konoha.
• Obito and Rin Nohara left without Deva Path Pain intervening.
• Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura recognized Obito as the former Masked Man, and Uchiha Qingfeng explained that he had only borrowed Uchiha Madara's identity.
• Uchiha Qingfeng's group departed as an enormous Susanoo rose beneath them.

Minato and the other Kage mostly dismissed Ōnoki’s claim that Uchiha Qingfeng threatened the Ninja World, though Ai welcomed the chance to target him. Meanwhile, Qingfeng and his companions traveled toward the Land of Wind at a leisurely pace, stopping to camp and barbecue.

• Minato rejected Ōnoki’s call for a Five Kage Summit and replied that the Tsuchikage was making too much of the situation.
• Hidden Waterfall checked that its Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was safe, while Rasa tore up Ōnoki’s letter after seeing Gaara peacefully attending class.
• Genshi ignored the letter, ordered a first-level alert to protect the Fourth Mizukage, and had Mei Terumi burn it.
• Ai agreed with Ōnoki and prepared to discuss how the Kage would proceed against Uchiha Qingfeng.
• Uchiha Qingfeng traveled toward the Land of Wind on foot with Konan, Yakura, and Uzumaki Sanryo, who insisted on stopping to camp and barbecue.

Uchiha Qingfeng traveled toward the Land of Wind with Konan and the others, while the little Tailed Beasts confronted him in the Kamui Space about his plan to revive the Ten-Tails. He promised to split the Ten-Tails apart again after using it, leaving the Tailed Beasts reassured for now.

• Uchiha Qingfeng and his companions crossed a mountain toward the Land of Wind, and the women planned to bathe in a river spring in their swimsuits.
• Uchiha Qingfeng entered the Kamui Space, where Little Eight-Tails led the nine little Tailed Beasts to question his plan to revive the Ten-Tails.
• The little Tailed Beasts threatened to die alongside their main bodies if Uchiha Qingfeng destroyed them and left them as pets forever.
• Uchiha Qingfeng explained that he needed the little Tailed Beasts as a backup plan to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki because his strength had reached its limit.
• Uchiha Qingfeng promised to split the Ten-Tails apart within ten days to half a month, and the little Tailed Beasts believed him.

Uchiha Qingfeng ended the group’s leisurely trip and hurried to Sunagakure, where he destroyed the village gates after its guards raised an alarm. Yakura arrived through the Kamui Space, and Qingfeng caught her when she stumbled, leaving him preoccupied with her size.

• Uchiha Qingfeng told the girls to wrap up their sightseeing and focus on completing the mission, then brushed off Konan’s question about his true purpose with a suggestive remark.
• Uchiha Qingfeng arrived outside Sunagakure before dawn in a gigantic Susanoo, and a guard fired a signal flare after he refused to stop.
• Uchiha Qingfeng summoned a half-bodied Susanoo and smashed through Sunagakure’s gates and part of its wall.
• Uchiha Qingfeng sent Deidara to fetch Yakura so she could watch, and Yakura hurried through the Kamui Space passage.
• Yakura stumbled as she emerged, and Uchiha Qingfeng caught her around the waist.

Uchiha Qingfeng and Yakura entered Sunagakure, where Qingfeng defeated Maki and prepared to expose the village leaders’ treatment of Yakura. Chiyo arrived to prevent his revelations from breaking the village’s morale and ordered a Jonin squad to attack.

• Uchiha Qingfeng and Yakura entered Sunagakure and warned its Ninjas to surrender, while Chiyo recognized them and ordered Gaara protected and the Fourth Kazekage informed.
• Maki confronted Uchiha Qingfeng, but his Wind Blade could not harm Susanoo, and Qingfeng struck him into the ground, breaking his arms and injuring him.
• Uchiha Qingfeng dispelled Susanoo and revealed Yakura, prompting the Sand Village Ninjas to recognize their former Hero and fear that she had come for revenge.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told the gathered Ninjas that he would expose how Sunagakure’s leaders had sacrificed Yakura, and Chiyo hurried out to stop him.
• Chiyo challenged Uchiha Qingfeng and ordered a Jonin squad to prepare to attack.

Uchiha Qingfeng confronted Sunagakure’s leaders over their betrayal of Yakura, forcing Chiyo to explain the village’s past actions. When Rasa arrived, he denied responsibility and blamed Chiyo and Ebizo, leaving the village leadership divided.

• Chiyo halted the Jonin from attacking Uchiha Qingfeng, then tried to pressure Yakura by bringing her disciple Maki forward.
• Yakura accused Chiyo of colluding with Hidden Mist and sending her into an ambush, and asked who had ordered her death.
• Chiyo claimed Sunagakure had sacrificed Yakura to avoid a war that might have destroyed the Land of Wind, then asked Yakura to spare Rasa.
• Rasa arrived from the gold mines, and Uchiha Qingfeng asked whether Rasa had written the letters that exposed Yakura’s mission location.
• Rasa claimed he had opposed the plan and that Chiyo and Ebizo had forced him to send the letter, then revealed that Chiyo handled most village affairs while he worked as a gold miner.

Uchiha Qingfeng confronted Sunagakure’s leaders over the plot against Yakura, while Rasa tried to expose Chiyo with old meeting records. When the records proved incomplete and Qingfeng’s ten-minute deadline expired, he moved to attack, and Chiyo stepped forward to challenge him.

• Chiyo argued that Rasa, as Kazekage, held the authority to decide, while Rasa summoned Ebizo to confront her.
• Uchiha Qingfeng briefly brought Sasori’s father out of Kamui Space to frighten Chiyo, then wounded him and sent him back inside.
• Ebizo tried to mediate, but Qingfeng demanded the mastermind behind Yakura’s case and gave Sunagakure’s leaders ten minutes to answer.
• Rasa retrieved old meeting records and letters from the Kazekage Building, but discovered that the relevant page had been torn out.
• After Qingfeng declared the deadline over and raised Susanoo’s hand, Chiyo stepped toward him and challenged him.

Chiyo used her poison to make Uchiha Qingfeng and Yakura appear incapacitated, then ordered Rasa to kill Qingfeng while explaining her past betrayal of Yakura. Qingfeng secretly gave Yakura an antidote and revealed that the poison had not truly stopped him.

• Chiyo poisoned Yakura and Uchiha Qingfeng with her village's colorless, odorless poison, and Qingfeng pretended to collapse.
• Chiyo explained how her poison worked and ordered Rasa to stab the helpless Qingfeng.
• Rasa refused to carry out Chiyo's scheme willingly, while Sand Village's Jonin realized Chiyo had manipulated events and controlled the Fourth Kazekage.
• Chiyo defended her decision to sacrifice Yakura for Sand Village, and Rasa admitted that he and Elder Ebizo had opposed her.
• Uchiha Qingfeng secretly gave Yakura a mouthful of "Shining World Instrument" and then told Rasa that the poison was too weak to defeat him.

Uchiha Qingfeng confronted Chiyo and the Sunagakure Ninja after Chiyo’s poison failed to affect him and Yakura. He devastated the Kazekage Building with Susanoo, then remained unfazed when Chiyo covered Susanoo in sealing formulas.

• Uchiha Qingfeng helped Yakura stand and revealed that neither of them had been poisoned, shocking Chiyo and alarming Rasa.
• Uchiha Qingfeng summoned his complete Susanoo and ordered the Sunagakure Ninja to withdraw while Chiyo faced their growing distrust.
• Uchiha Qingfeng swung Susanoo’s sword, cutting the Kazekage Building, the mountain behind it, and the distant sands in half.
• Rasa argued that Chiyo’s punishment belonged to Sunagakure, while Yakura urged Uchiha Qingfeng to stop; Uchiha Qingfeng refused and taunted Chiyo about her son and daughter-in-law.
• Chiyo used Lion’s Roar sealing formulas repeatedly until they covered Susanoo, but Uchiha Qingfeng said the successful technique was useless.

Uchiha Qingfeng defeated Chiyo and destroyed the Kazekage Building before asking Rasa to hand over Gaara’s One-Tail. Rasa agreed in exchange for Qingfeng’s promise to protect Gaara and prevent Sunagakure from being destroyed, and they set off to find Gaara.

• Uchiha Qingfeng infused Susanoo with Sage Mode Chakra, broke Chiyo’s sealing technique, and destroyed the Kazekage Building with a sword strike.
• Chiyo unleashed Chikamatsu’s Ten Puppets, but Uchiha Qingfeng defeated them and cut off her arm without drawing blood.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Rasa he wanted to borrow the One-Tail inside Gaara and threatened to take it by force if Rasa refused.
• Rasa agreed to give Qingfeng the One-Tail after Qingfeng promised Gaara would be safe and Sunagakure would not be destroyed.
• Uchiha Qingfeng and Rasa went to find Gaara, whose location Chiyo had hidden.

Uchiha Qingfeng visited Rasa’s mansion after removing the One-Tail from Gaara and freeing him from its influence. During dinner with Rasa’s family and his companions, Temari accused Qingfeng of meddling with Gaara and revealed that she still held a grudge against him.

• Rasa said Chiyo could stay at home as long as she no longer interfered in village affairs, then invited Uchiha Qingfeng and Yakura to dinner.
• Uchiha Qingfeng brought Uzumaki Sanryo, Konan, and Deidara out of his Kamui Space and introduced Deidara to Rasa.
• Gaara returned with Kankuro and Temari, who glared at Uchiha Qingfeng over his earlier actions in Sand Village.
• Temari told Rasa that Uchiha Qingfeng had knocked her out when she tried to eavesdrop on him and Gaara.
• Gaara explained that Qingfeng had helped him make the monster inside him more obedient, and Temari accused Qingfeng of targeting the One-Tail.