Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Feng forced the Crown Prince and his followers to slaughter the Daimyo’s heirs and relatives, eliminating nearly every rival to the succession. The group then headed for the Daimyo’s residence, where Feng’s next move awaited.

• The controlled Crown Prince killed the second son and ordered everyone to kill his family, while Feng, Uchiha Mikio, and Sada Hidemasa acted first.
• After half an hour of hesitation, Shibata Keiichi and Furukawa Kengo killed the remaining concubine and child to prove their loyalty.
• The Crown Prince led the group toward the third son’s residence, while those who refused to act stayed behind to report the situation to the Daimyo.
• Feng’s followers and the Crown Prince’s recruits killed the third son’s family and the Daimyo’s other heirs and relatives.
• After nearly all potential successors were dead, Feng led the group toward the Daimyo’s residence.

Uchiha Feng staged the Crown Prince’s demand for the daimyo to abdicate, then ensured the daimyo killed him and publicly disavowed the purge of the royal family. With Tea Country’s leadership shattered, Feng assigned his loyal followers to secure the residence and manage the aftermath, bringing his takeover nearly to completion.

• The controlled Crown Prince demanded that the daimyo abdicate, then admitted he had killed the other heirs while the daimyo was supposedly resting.
• The daimyo emerged, condemned the Crown Prince, and ordered guards to arrest him as the gathered officials realized the daimyo appeared unaware of the earlier killings.
• Uchiha Feng, Uchiha Mikio, and Sada Hidemasa pinned the Crown Prince down, and the daimyo killed him with Feng’s sword.
• The daimyo ordered the princes buried, summoned every surviving minister and resident official to a meeting, and directed his guards to secure the Imperial Residence and send Aiko home.
• Feng sent Shibata Keiichi and Furukawa Kengo to notify the ministers, assigned Uchiha Mikio to guard the daimyo, and told Sada Hidemasa to bury the princes and their families without leaving anyone out.

Feng secured Aiko Hamuro's succession as Tea Country's daimyo and used the transition to purge officials who opposed or disobeyed the Hamuro Clan. With Aiko installed in the palace and Sada Hidemasa assigned administrative work, Feng planned to focus on growing stronger.

• Feng rested after arranging the elimination of Aiko's rivals and then escorted Aiko to the Daimyo Palace with Shibata Keiichi, Furukawa Kengo, and Sada Hidemasa.
• The Lord Daimyo declared Aiko Hamuro the new daimyo and ordered Guardian Sekito to oversee Tea Country in her care.
• The Lord Daimyo ordered officials who backed the Eldest Prince punished, while those who disobeyed the Crown Prince's orders were demoted and fined.
• Feng proposed filling the punished officials' vacancies with their deputies and lower-ranking officials, and the Lord Daimyo approved the plan.
• The Lord Daimyo retired from governing, Aiko took the daimyo's seat, and Feng left with her to move into the Daimyo Palace.
• Feng entrusted the officials' punishment and future government affairs to Sada Hidemasa and decided to concentrate on improving his strength.

Feng consolidated his control over Tea Country, stabilized the country, and reorganized its military and government. He then directed Sada Hidemasa to arrange for Uchiha ninja to guard Degarashi Port’s festival and renew a search for tailed beasts and the Uzumaki Mask Hall.

• Feng sent Shibata Keiichi and Furukawa Kengo, with Konoha teams, to quell unrest across Tea Country while Sada Hidemasa carried gifts to the Land of Fire.
• Three months later, Sada reported that Tea Country had been free of trouble for half a month, and Feng ordered Shibata and Furukawa to garrison Upper Leaf City and Lower Leaf City.
• Feng kept Degarashi Port under the Wasabi and Wagarashi Families, then asked Sada to find a discreet way to have Uchiha ninja maintain order at the port’s shrine festival.
• Feng tasked Sada with resuming the search for Kirigakure’s and Takigakure’s tailed beasts and the Uzumaki Mask Hall, promising him the Grand Minister position for good news.

Feng learned from Uchiha Mikio that Mikio knew the location of the Uzumaki Mask Hall, then explained that he wanted to retrieve the Yin Nine-Tails sealed inside the Death God's belly. He planned to confirm whether Tobirama Senju could perform the Dead Demon Consuming Seal before making a move.

• Feng practiced swordsmanship with Uchiha Mikio while asking him about the Uzumaki Mask Hall.
• Uchiha Mikio revealed that he had visited the Mask Hall during a mission in the Land of Whirlpools and still remembered its location.
• Feng told Uchiha Mikio that Minato Namikaze had sealed the Yin Nine-Tails inside the Death God's belly and that he wanted to obtain it.
• Feng explained that he planned to have someone use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to release the Yin Nine-Tails, then have Kushina Uzumaki seal it into him.
• Feng decided to test whether Tobirama Senju knew the Dead Demon Consuming Seal by using his Copy Card for Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique.

Feng comforted his frightened wife, Aiko Hamuro, after she overheard his conversation with Uchiha Mikio, and she came to rely on him even more. Later, Feng attempted to copy the Dead Demon Consuming Seal from Tobirama Senju but found it on Kushina Uzumaki instead, leaving the Nine-Tails sealing plan postponed until he could strengthen his control over the reincarnated.

• Uchiha Mikio proposed erasing Aiko Hamuro’s memories, but Feng stopped him and assured Aiko that she was safe with him.
• After Uchiha Mikio left, Feng held and comforted Aiko, who asked whether he would always protect her and promised to be a good wife.
• Feng summoned the unreawakened Impure World Reincarnations of Kushina Uzumaki and Tobirama Senju in a secret chamber.
• Feng failed to copy the Dead Demon Consuming Seal from Tobirama Senju, then successfully copied it from Kushina Uzumaki.
• Feng decided Kushina could teach Tobirama the seal, but he postponed the plan until he could strengthen his control over the reincarnated.

Feng secretly strengthened the Tea Country’s military and studied chakra-infused swordsmanship, but his scheme to draw Uchiha ninja away from Konoha attracted Shimura Danzō’s attention. After Uchiha Mikio warned him, Feng halted the plan and switched identities with Mikio to avoid exposure.

• Feng required the Guard Corps and Samurai Corps to train as disciplined full-time forces and hired a reanimated Iron Country samurai to teach advanced swordsmanship.
• Feng studied chakra-infused sword techniques because he favored swords and expected Susanoo to be his main means of fighting.
• Sada Hidemasa quietly steered Konoha missions in the Tea Country toward Uchiha ninja as part of Feng’s plan to gather them under his command.
• Shimura Danzō investigated the unusual number of Uchiha assigned to the Tea Country and discovered that Feng, posing as Sekito, was its true ruler.
• Uchiha Mikio warned Feng that his actions had drawn Konoha’s attention, so Feng stopped the scheme and exchanged identities with Mikio.

Feng sent Uchiha Mikio and a reincarnated samurai to Kusagakure to rescue Karin Uzumaki and her mother, hoping Karin's mother could help him use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. Meanwhile, Feng's protests over Konoha's investigations in Tea Country grew into a crisis, as nearly every nation's daimyo united to threaten Konoha.

• Uchiha Mikio complained about Konoha's investigators, while Feng continued researching Impure World Reincarnation using Rin Nohara.
• Feng realized Karin Uzumaki's mother might be able to learn the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and that both mother and daughter were in danger as Kusagakure's living blood packs.
• Feng sent Uchiha Mikio and the reincarnated samurai instructor to Kusagakure to rescue Karin and her mother as quickly as possible.
• Feng prepared to mislead Konoha by having Rin Nohara use the Transformation Technique and arranged for Tea Country's daimyo to protest Konoha's investigations.
• The Land of Fire's daimyo cut Konoha's annual funding by twenty percent, and the daimyos of the great and smaller nations threatened to unite against Konoha unless it proved its actions had not targeted Tea Country's daimyo.

Feng reconsidered his plans after the Ninja World united against Konoha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Mitokado Homura to seek the Land of Tea’s forgiveness. Homura arrived in the capital, and Feng arranged for the Grand Minister to receive him so he could avoid being exposed.

• Feng decided to leave Aiko as daimyo and reconsider his plans to control other countries until he had developed more strength.
• An Anbu reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that shinobi from several villages and small countries were assembling against Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzō’s call to fight and ordered Mitokado Homura to apologize to the Land of Tea’s daimyo and her husband.
• Mitokado Homura traveled to the Land of Tea with the Simplified Flying Thunder God and requested an audience with the daimyo.
• Feng avoided meeting Homura and instructed an attendant to send the Grand Minister to receive Konoha’s envoy.

Feng assigned the Grand Minister to negotiate with Konoha and seek White Fang's swordsmanship inheritance while keeping the demands modest. He outlined how he was consolidating control in the Tea Country and training selectively to build strength, with future plans involving Karin Uzumaki, her mother, and the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Feng told the Grand Minister to negotiate normally with Konoha, insist on punishment for those who had entered the Daimyo Palace, and try to obtain White Fang's swordsmanship inheritance.
• Feng left Mitokado Homura in the Grand Minister's hands, maintained his outside identity through Rin Nohara, and relied on Uchiha Mikio to bring back Karin Uzumaki and her mother.
• Feng kept the daimyo as the public ruler and Left Minister Sada Hidemasa as the practical administrator while he focused on training.
• Feng continued refining the Fireball Jutsu instead of learning more Fire Release techniques and planned to learn Majestic Destroyer Flame as his area attack.
• Feng planned to rely on swordsmanship for close combat, save his Copy Card for the Flying Thunder God Technique, and use Karin Uzumaki and her mother to help with endurance, recovery, and becoming a Jinchūriki.

Feng accepted Konoha’s apology and swordsmanship legacies in exchange for the Tea Country issuing a statement that cleared Konoha of plotting against its daimyo. After the crisis ended, Feng made the sword techniques available to his samurai and studied their most useful elements himself.

• Mitokado Homura delivered Konoha’s apology, several executed spies, White Fang’s swordsmanship legacy, and an offer of Great Swordsman Jūbei’s notes in return for a Tea Country statement.
• Feng ordered the Grand Minister to draft a statement according to Konoha’s wishes and declare the matter closed.
• The Grand Minister accepted Feng’s praise and new work, while Feng recognized that his show of gratitude was calculated.
• The other nations’ governments let the confrontation end, though rival shinobi villages blamed the Tea Country for missing their chance to bring down Konoha.
• Feng studied useful techniques from White Fang Swordsmanship, renamed it Advanced Short Swordsmanship, and made it available to the samurai.
• Feng renamed Jūbei’s notes Sword Saint’s Long-and-Short Dual-Wielding Swordsmanship and opened them to the samurai, strengthening their skills and loyalty.

Feng brought Karin and her mother, Uzumaki Ayaka, out of Kusagakure and offered them safety in exchange for Ayaka learning a sealing jutsu and helping him. Ayaka agreed, and Feng arranged for the mother and daughter to stay together in the Daimyo Palace while they began to recover.

• Feng stopped training when Uchiha Mikio returned with Kuniyoshi, Karin Uzumaki, and her mother, Ayaka.
• Feng confirmed Ayaka and Karin’s identities and explained that he needed Ayaka’s help with a sealing jutsu.
• Feng promised to take Karin as his disciple and protect her, and Ayaka agreed to do whatever she could to learn the required technique.
• Feng told Ayaka to rest and recover with Karin before a teacher instructed her in two sealing jutsu.
• Feng asked Kuniyoshi to settle Ayaka and Karin in Aiko’s former residence and arrange guards for them.

Feng warned Uchiha Mikio that passing through Amegakure in the rain may have exposed him to Nagato’s Rain Tiger at Will Technique. They decided the danger was probably past, and Feng said he would release Mikio from Impure World Reincarnation after Uzumaki Ayaka helped seal the Tailed Beasts.

• Feng questioned Uchiha Mikio about his journey escorting Karin Uzumaki and her mother, and learned that they had passed through Amegakure while it was raining.
• Feng explained that Nagato possessed the Rinnegan, had defeated Hanzo and Danzo, and controlled Amegakure after killing Hanzo.
• Feng described the Rain Tiger at Will Technique, which let Nagato perceive people through rain, and said he could not tell whether Mikio’s group had been detected.
• Feng told Mikio that the Rinnegan evolved from the Mangekyō Sharingan and claimed that an Uchiha elder had given Nagato his eyes, but withheld what he knew about the elder.
• Feng reasoned that Nagato had likely either missed the group or been too occupied to act, and Mikio accepted the explanation.
• Feng thanked Mikio and said he would release him from Impure World Reincarnation after Uzumaki Ayaka helped seal the Tailed Beasts.

Uchiha Feng tried to recruit Kakuzu and obtain Takigakure’s Tailed Beast, but his plan risked exposing him to Akatsuki. After Sasori killed the subordinates sent to contact Kakuzu, Feng recalled his people and decided to stop investigating.

• Sada Hidemasa told Feng that Kakuzu, a Takigakure rogue ninja and bounty hunter, offered to deliver Takigakure’s Tailed Beast for a price.
• Feng ordered Sada Hidemasa to negotiate with Kakuzu and arrange any exchange in Valley Country so Kakuzu would not trace the deal to Tea Country.
• Kakuzu, already persuaded by Nagato, reported the Tailed Beast investigation to him, while Feng remained unaware that Akatsuki had learned about it.
• Sasori of the Red Sands killed the subordinates Feng had sent to contact Kakuzu and disappeared after massacring a city.
• After hearing about Sasori’s attack and realizing Kakuzu might have joined Akatsuki, Feng recalled his people and ordered them to stop investigating.

Uzumaki Ayaka completed her training under Kushina Uzumaki, and Feng discussed who would perform the sealing techniques. Kushina learned that Naruto might be suffering in Konoha and agreed with Feng’s plan to bring him away in the future.

• Uzumaki Ayaka told Feng she had learned the Four Symbols Seal but had not been taught the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
• Feng realized Kushina had withheld the fatal technique to spare Ayaka, and Kushina agreed to perform it herself while Ayaka used the Four Symbols Seal.
• Kushina asked Feng to give any future surprise to Naruto, and Feng hinted that Hiruzen Sarutobi had not treated him well in Konoha.
• Feng promised to bring Naruto to his camp but warned Kushina that he expected Naruto not to turn against him when useful.
• Kushina defended Naruto as Feng joked about his tendency to repay hatred with kindness, then Feng left.

Uchiha Feng tried to exploit the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to free Minato Namikaze’s soul without losing Kushina Uzumaki. His plan worked, leaving Kushina reincarnated and able to attempt the seal again.

• Uchiha Feng led Kushina Uzumaki and the others to the Mask Hall, where Kushina found the Death God mask containing Minato Namikaze’s soul.
• Uchiha Feng told Kushina to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and keep the Death God attached to her after releasing Minato’s soul.
• Kushina performed the seal and confirmed that Minato’s soul had been released, then Feng used the Impure World Reincarnation release to make Kushina vanish before the Death God could take her.
• Uchiha Feng used two captured bandits as sacrifices and successfully reincarnated both Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Uchiha Feng awakened Kushina and asked her to try using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal again.

After the Death God prevented another Dead Demon Consuming Seal, Feng had Kushina extract the Nine-Tails from Minato and seal it into him. He became its Jinchūriki, put Kushina back into dormancy, and copied Minato’s Flying Thunder God techniques, leaving the story with Feng newly armed with the Nine-Tails and Minato’s skills.

• Kushina sensed that the Death God would take her soul if she used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal again, so Feng abandoned the plan to exploit it.
• Feng assigned Uchiha Mikio to guard the area while Kushina extracted the Nine-Tails from Minato and sealed it into Feng; Uzumaki Ayaka watched and learned.
• Feng called the Nine-Tails Kurama and promised to explain what he knew about it and Hagoromo after the sealing was complete.
• Feng asked Kushina to replace his seal with an Eight Trigrams Seal, but she lacked confidence in her knowledge, so he planned for Ayaka to study it instead.
• Feng resealed Kushina in her coffin, then used his final Copy Card on Minato to copy the Flying Thunder God techniques and left Minato dormant underground.

Uchiha Feng shared memories of the Fourth Shinobi World War with Kurama and persuaded the Nine-Tails that the future was credible. Kurama agreed to help stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi plot, though it warned Feng they would become enemies afterward.

• Kurama dragged Feng into their shared mental space and demanded to know how Feng had learned its name and Hagoromo's.
• Feng shared memories of Nagato's attack on Konoha and the future war, including Obito and Madara's plans to revive the Ten-Tails and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Feng told Kurama he wanted to prevent the plan and kill Black Zetsu and Obito, and asked for its help.
• Feng showed Kurama his Sharingan and Susanoo, then claimed his Mangekyō had let him observe the future before its powers disappeared through Body State Reversal.
• Kurama judged the future mostly real and agreed to help, but warned Feng that it would consider him an enemy after the threats were defeated.
• Feng and Kurama reached a preliminary understanding by grasping each other's hand and claw.

Feng bid farewell to Uchiha Mikio, then spent the following months strengthening himself and training his forces. After learning of Shisui Uchiha’s emergence and Karatachi Yagura’s appointment as Mizukage, Feng recognized that the Uchiha Massacre and Kirigakure’s turmoil were approaching and called in his ministers to begin preparing.

• Feng thanked Uchiha Mikio and told him they might meet again; Mikio released the Impure World Reincarnation himself and returned to the Pure Land without regrets.
• By spring of Konoha Year 53, Feng had sealed Kuniyoshi back into his coffin after the samurai finished teaching him and the Samurai Corps.
• Uzumaki Ayaka learned the Eight Trigrams Seal and inscribed it on Feng, who began training several techniques with Shadow Clones while continuing to strengthen his subordinates.
• Feng read that Shisui Uchiha had appeared among the border forces and that Karatachi Yagura had become Kirigakure’s new Mizukage and perfect Three-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Feng decided to prepare for the coming Uchiha Massacre and exploit Kirigakure’s expected turmoil to recruit talent, then summoned the Grand Minister and the Left Minister.

Feng ordered Shimizu Takeshi to monitor Kirigakure and tasked Sada Hidemasa with finding an aerial beast and the Land of Neck. During training, White Zetsu ambushed Feng, who tried to stall it and gather information.

• Feng told Shimizu Takeshi to have his contacts watch for Kirigakure reviving the Bloody Mist Village policy.
• Feng ordered Sada Hidemasa to find a large flying beast and secretly search for the Land of Neck.
• After training, Feng dodged White Zetsu's Wood Release: Silent Killing Bind Technique when the Nine-Tails warned him of the attack.
• Feng recognized White Zetsu and tried to start a conversation to learn why it had targeted him.