Chapter Summaries

Feng’s forces conquered Sea Country and began consolidating control while he planned future deployments and considered a possible campaign against the Land of Water. After hearing reports of the takeover, Feng learned that Orochimaru’s experiments had inspired the work on Demon Island and ordered Isaribi trained.

• Asai reported that the forces had seized Sea Country’s harbors and ships, and Feng ordered his troops to occupy Mother Island and prevent anyone from escaping.
• Feng compelled the daimyo to sign over Sea Country’s control, then assigned his commanders to capture the remaining islands, seize nobles and treasuries, and maintain order.
• Feng and Jianshi discussed shifting troops between Moon Country, Sea Country, Tea Country, and possible future operations in the Land of Water.
• By nightfall, Yashiro reported that Tenchi had experimented on Isaribi in an effort to create mermaids, and that Orochimaru had achieved the original results.
• Feng ordered Isaribi placed with a Water Release Jonin for training and told his forces to send Orochimaru to him if he appeared.
• Bosawa and the other commanders reported that Sea Country was secured, its officials and guards were under control, and no one outside knew it had been conquered.

Feng assigned officials and military leaders to govern the Sea Country and settled disputes over several appointments. He then ordered an intelligence operation in the Land of Water, preparing to seize its capital during Kirigakure’s internal conflict and gradually bring both territories under his control.

• Feng appointed Bosawa to guard the Daimyo Palace, assigned Shimizu Takeshi to civil affairs and Furukawa Kengo to military command, and reassigned other leaders across the countries.
• Shū protested that Kaizuki had been promoted instead of him, but Feng persuaded him to remain in the Royal Guard and keep fighting on the front lines.
• Tekka asked to trade assignments with Shū so he could stay near Feng, but Feng ordered him to serve in the Moon Country, and Tekka accepted.
• Feng ordered Asai to send the Scout Corps to investigate the Land of Water’s capital and Yuki Rō to activate clan informants in Kirigakure.
• Feng planned to seize the capital during Kirigakure’s decisive internal battle and gradually weaken and absorb the Land of Water and Kirigakure.

Feng moved to seize the Daimyo Palace in the Land of Water before the final battle in Kirigakure, leaving the Sea Country under his allies’ control. His forces captured the capital’s gates and stormed the palace, where Feng’s Flying Thunder God attacks overwhelmed its defenders.

• Feng assigned Bosawa, Kengo, and Shimizu Takeshi to secure the Sea Country while he led Jianshi, Inabi, and Ayaka toward the Land of Water’s capital.
• Asai briefed Feng on the capital’s noble households and defenses, and Feng ordered his forces to seize the city gates and attack the Daimyo Palace that night.
• Feng’s teams captured the capital’s three gates and surrounded the Daimyo Palace without drawing much attention.
• Feng gave Flying Thunder God Kunai to Asai, Inabi, and Ayaka, then led the Royal Guard and Scout Corps into the palace grounds.
• The palace defenders launched a counterattack, but Feng’s shadow clones intercepted their assault and Feng used Flying Thunder God to cut through their ranks.
• The ordinary guards fled or surrendered as Feng continued attacking the remaining guardian ninja and samurai, while the white-haired leader demanded to know who he was.

Feng seized the Daimyo Palace and used genjutsu to make the Daimyo of the Land of Water believe that a family rebellion had been put down. He ordered the Uchiha Jonin to plant the same story in the other prisoners as more nobles threatened to arrive.

• Feng ordered his forces to stop killing the kneeling captives and assigned Asai, Inabi, and Tekka to secure the Imperial Residence and gather the Uchiha Jonin.
• Feng brought the daimyo and other prisoners into the Backyard, where he demonstrated how to control them with Sharingan genjutsu.
• Feng used genjutsu to convince the daimyo that the son of a former Crown Prince had led a rebellion, giving the night's attack a cover story.
• The Uchiha Jonin realized Feng's plan could let the clan control a daimyo and admired his ingenuity.
• Feng told the Jonin to implant the rebellion story in their prisoners before the Land of Water's other nobles arrived.

Feng consolidated his control over the Land of Water’s capital and the Sea Country while avoiding a direct attack on Kirigakure because White Zetsu could expose his plans. When Genji arrived with Mei Terumi, Ao, Zabuza Momochi, and Chōjūrō to meet the Daimyo, Feng arranged to keep Ao from examining the controlled ruler and began considering how to neutralize him.

• Feng ordered his followers to take command of the capital’s forces, keep the Daimyo under guard, and kill anyone who resisted their rule.
• Asai reported that the Revolutionary Faction had defeated the Mizukage, but Ayaka found many White Zetsu in Kirigakure, so Feng abandoned plans to attack it directly.
• Feng used the Daimyo’s authority to bleed Kirigakure’s resources over time and tightened his hold on the capital, while Hidemasa, Jianshi, and their forces killed hundreds and eliminated noble families.
• Feng transferred Shimizu Takeshi to administer the Land of Water and appointed Takagi Toshiyuki to oversee the Sea Country.
• Takayanagi Haruki reported that Genji had arrived with Mei Terumi, Ao, Zabuza Momochi, and Chōjūrō to request an audience with the Daimyo.
• Feng allowed only Genji and Mei to enter the palace, keeping Ao away from the Daimyo because Ao could detect the genjutsu controlling him.

Feng manipulated the Water Daimyo into trading funds for Kirigakure’s protection, then used the agreement to gain command over the village’s ninjas stationed at the palace. He separated Ao from Chōjūrō and the two Chunin, taking Ao into the inner court while Takayanagi Haruki led the others away.

• Feng controlled the Daimyo into refusing Genji and Mei Terumi’s request for funds, then offered Kirigakure money in exchange for sending elite ninjas to guard the palace.
• The Daimyo promised Kirigakure two hundred million and increased annual funding for three years, requiring a hundred-man squad and several ninjas to serve at the palace under Feng’s command.
• Mei Terumi accepted the terms, and Feng introduced himself to Genji and Mei Terumi as Huo Feng, a Jonin and guardian ninja captain from Merchant Ninja Village.
• Kirigakure left Ao, Chōjūrō, and two Chunin at the palace while the rest returned to the village with the funding.
• Feng assigned Ao to guard the Daimyo and had Takayanagi Haruki take Chōjūrō and the two Chunin around the outer court.

Feng used Kotoamatsukami to control Ao and make him believe he had long been a Uchiha spy, then recruited his Byakugan for the Scout Corps. Realizing he could not safely weaken and occupy Kirigakure while Black Zetsu and Obito might interfere, Feng sent Ayaka and Ao to investigate for White Zetsu as he accelerated his plans to control the Land of Water.

• Feng confirmed Takayanagi Haruki was far away, then used Kotoamatsukami to control Ao and make him believe he had defected to Shisui as a Uchiha spy.
• Feng appointed Ao deputy captain of the Scout Corps and told Asai to make use of Ao’s Byakugan.
• Feng assessed the strength of his forces against Kirigakure’s and concluded he needed to weaken the village quickly before it recovered.
• Feng summoned Asai, Ayaka, and Ao, ordering Ayaka and Ao to secretly search Kirigakure for White Zetsu and report every half month.
• Feng ordered Asai to help complete control over the Land of Water quickly so he could move against Kirigakure soon.

Feng expanded his control over Sea Country and the Land of Water, then learned Kirigakure had sent Zabuza Momochi and three hundred ninja to reclaim Sea Country’s contracts. He assembled a disguised force to confront them and made clear to his leaders that he intended to expand onto the continent and eventually control the Ninja World.

• Ayaka, Ao, and an Uchiha Jonin secretly investigated Kirigakure while Feng’s forces replaced local officials across Sea Country and the Land of Water.
• Feng promoted Sada Hidemasa to Grand General and appointed former prisoner Krega as Tea Country’s general, increasing the forces’ loyalty.
• Uchiha Jianshi reported that Kirigakure had sent three hundred ninja under Zabuza Momochi toward Sea Country to reclaim its contracts.
• Feng ordered Yuki Rō, Uchiha Jianshi, and Yashiro Uchiha to assemble a disguised three-hundred-ninja force and said he would command it himself.
• Feng told Sada Hidemasa and Shimizu Takeshi to train future military leaders and administrators, then declared that his ambitions extended to the entire Ninja World.

Feng ordered the Mobile Unit to assemble so he could choose a hundred fighters for an attack on Kirigakure and test his own strength. After overwhelming them in a battle that ended with Susanoo, he selected the remaining fighters and ordered the force to depart in half an hour.

• Feng ordered Bosawa, Yashiro, Jianshi, and Yuki Rō to assemble clan members and ninjas for the coming attack on Kirigakure.
• Feng challenged the Mobile Unit to fight him, promising rewards to the last hundred standing and to anyone who could defeat him.
• Feng used his Fire Release, Formless Sword Intent, and combined lightning sword techniques against the Mobile Unit, whose members defended themselves with coordinated ninjutsu.
• Feng broke through the Mobile Unit's defenses and fought them with swordsmanship until stronger members unleashed powerful techniques.
• Feng summoned his Basic Susanoo, causing most of the Mobile Unit to retreat, then stopped the fight and ordered the remaining fighters and those who had left the battlefield to line up for selection.
• Feng told Jianshi to finalize the hundred Uchiha clan members and ordered the assembled force to leave in half an hour.

Feng reorganized Kirigakure refugee clans into specialized squads and prepared to keep weakening Kirigakure. In Sea Country, Zabuza Momochi challenged the Merchant Ninja Village over Kirigakure’s lost contract, but Uchiha Bosawa demanded the Kubikiribōchō and Hiramekarei as stakes, leaving Zabuza to consult his village.

• Feng discovered the refugee clans’ combat strengths and formed squads with specialized roles, though he lacked enough medical ninjas to complete the ideal teams.
• Zabuza Momochi arrived in Sea Country with three hundred Kirigakure Ninja to reclaim Kirigakure’s contract with the country.
• Zabuza visited Sea Country’s daimyo and asked permission for his men to spar with the Merchant Ninja Village to win the contract back.
• Uchiha Bosawa challenged Zabuza’s proposal as one-sided and demanded that Kirigakure stake the Kubikiribōchō and Hiramekarei, with both sides signing a waiver accepting the risk of death.
• Zabuza nearly accepted the terms, but a companion stopped him, so he said he would consult Kirigakure before answering.

Zabuza and Kirigakure accepted the Merchant Ninja Village’s terms and agreed to a deadly battle on Demon Island. Feng revealed that Kirigakure’s escaped clans had joined him, and the confrontation began with Kirigakure underestimating his strength.

• Ye Tou persuaded Zabuza to consult Kirigakure’s leaders before agreeing to give away a Seven Ninja Sword, and Zabuza sent word to them.
• Zabuza returned with Chōjūrō and Hiramekarei, signed the waiver, and agreed to fight the Merchant Ninja Village on Demon Island.
• Bosawa Uchiha blocked Zabuza’s attack and warned him to leave someone behind to report the outcome; Zabuza left Meito behind.
• On Demon Island, Zabuza’s forces recognized the former Kirigakure clans among Feng’s three hundred fighters, and Chōjūrō realized they had joined the Merchant Ninja Village.
• Feng prepared to force Kirigakure’s fighters to surrender or die, intending to prevent the defectors from wavering and use the battle’s outcome to pressure Kirigakure.

Feng's Merchant Ninja force ambushed Zabuza's Kirigakure troops with coordinated, high-speed attacks that overwhelmed the Mist Ninja before they could complete their techniques. Zabuza tried to rally his fighters, but Kentaro stopped his Great Waterfall Technique and Ringo Ameyuri was gravely wounded as Kirigakure suffered devastating losses.

• Feng ordered his masked Merchant Ninja to attack, and both forces charged into battle.
• Feng's fighters split into groups, using barriers, rapid weapons, and quick ninjutsu to funnel and overwhelm the Mist Ninja.
• The Merchant Ninja activated the Eight Gates and other enhancement techniques, killing many Kirigakure fighters before they could finish their hand seals.
• Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique and tried to prepare a Water Dragon Bullet, but he had to defend himself against the attackers.
• Zabuza called on Chōjūrō for cover and unleashed the Great Waterfall Technique, but Kentaro's Morning Peacock evaporated the surge and forced Chōjūrō to block the flames.
• Uchiha Kazue dodged Ringo Ameyuri's attack, sending her into Kentaro's blade; in under a minute, nearly half of Kirigakure's three hundred ninja had fallen.

Feng defeated and killed Zabuza, securing victory for the Merchant Ninja Village on Demon Island. He began testing whether the broken Kubikiribōchō could regenerate each half independently, a result that could provide him with an abundant supply of its metal.

• Zabuza charged Feng with the Kubikiribōchō, but Feng protected himself with Susanoo and struck Zabuza down, breaking the blade in two.
• The Merchant Ninja Village defeated the Kirigakure forces, leaving fewer than a hundred survivors, most of them captured with severe injuries.
• Feng told Uchiha Bosawa that the battle was over and invited Kirigakure to challenge the Merchant Ninja Village again; Bosawa relayed the victory to Meito.
• Feng took both halves of the Kubikiribōchō and slashed them into fallen Kirigakure Ninja to test how the blade regenerated after absorbing blood.
• Feng considered that if each half repaired itself separately, he could repeatedly duplicate the blade and harvest its special metal.

After losing the chance to claim another Ninja Blade, Feng assigned weapons and prisoners to his followers and promised them a chance to compete for Kirigakure’s Mizukage position. With Kirigakure likely to retaliate, he arranged surveillance and returned to the Land of Water to protect the daimyo and prepare for the threat.

• Feng ordered Taro to have Kubikiribōchō remade and investigate the Land of Crafts, then gave the blade to Kentaro and Hiramekarei to Zangetsu for Mangetsu.
• Feng assigned Yuki Rō a hundred prisoners to recruit and told him to distribute a hundred defectors among the Mobile Units.
• Yuki Rō, Zangetsu, Tomoshu, and other Kirigakure defectors pledged to compete for the Mizukage position, while Feng promised it to whoever earned the most merit.
• Feng ordered Taro to tell Ayaka and Ao to monitor Kirigakure, whose retaliation he expected after Zabuza’s force was destroyed.
• Feng told Taro to take the assembled team to the Merchant Ninja Village and maintain its cover while Feng returned to the Land of Water to guard the daimyo.

Feng assigned a three-year period to consolidate his expanding territories and develop capable administrators, while directing his forces’ response to scattered Kirigakure shinobi. He left his subordinates to carry out their duties and returned to cultivation.

• Feng practiced with a roughly forged broad-bladed horse-cutting sword while the Daimyo of the Land of Water indulged in pleasure.
• Hidemasa reported that the armies in the Land of Water and the Sea Country were under Feng’s command and were suppressing criminal forces.
• Shimizu Takeshi warned that the rapid expansion and shortage of local officials were hindering governance, so Feng ordered a three-year pause on major expansion and tasked his leaders with consolidating their territories and training talent.
• Uchiha Jianshi reported losses from encounters with scattered Mist shinobi, and Feng ordered his unit to kill or capture Kirigakure ninja without letting any escape while prioritizing prisoners in other encounters.
• Feng assigned Inabi Uchiha and Tekka to learn from Jianshi, gave Yashiro responsibility for guarding the daimyo, and sent everyone back to work before resuming his cultivation.

Meito reported that Zabuza, Chōjūrō, Ringo Ameyuri, and three hundred Kirigakure troops had been defeated by the Merchant Ninja Village. Genji ordered Kirigakure to gather intelligence and seek the Daimyo’s support before taking action, while Mei Terumi and Gonbei agreed to hold back for now.

• Meito returned to Kirigakure alone and reported that Zabuza, Chōjūrō, Ringo Ameyuri, and three hundred elite troops had been wiped out, with Kubikiribōchō and Hiramekarei captured.
• Meito told Genji and the others that the Merchant Ninja Village had defeated Kirigakure head-on, using close combat, quick low-power ninjutsu, and varied chakra releases rather than an ambush.
• Aoi reported that the Daimyo’s forces had captured or executed Kirigakure intelligence agents and mission teams, leading him to suspect the Daimyo planned to replace Kirigakure with the Merchant Ninja Village.
• Mei Terumi and Gonbei urged Kirigakure to destroy the Merchant Ninja Village, but Genji warned against rushing into war while the village was recovering from internal strife.
• Genji ordered the village to investigate the Merchant Ninja Village and the former Kirigakure shinobi who had joined it, and said he would travel to meet the Daimyo and seek his support or neutrality.

Genji ordered Kirigakure to investigate the Merchant Ninja Village and avoid attacking until its strength was known, then visited the Land of Water’s Daimyo with a rare pearl. Feng, posing as the Daimyo’s bodyguard, used the meeting to pressure Genji, who firmly rejected the suggestion that Kirigakure villagers migrate to the Merchant Ninja Village.

• Genji ordered Aoi and Meito to help investigate the Merchant Ninja Village, assess its forces, and prepare Kirigakure’s elites while forbidding a premature attack.
• Feng learned that Genji had arrived to see the Daimyo and told him to wait in the reception hall.
• Genji presented the Daimyo with the rare Dragon Maiden’s Tears pearl, and the Daimyo offered him paintings, a tea set, and ten beautiful girls in return.
• Genji refused the rewards and asked for money and grain to help impoverished Kirigakure.
• The Daimyo suggested moving some Kirigakure villagers to the wealthy Merchant Ninja Village, and Genji immediately rejected the proposal.

Feng used the Land of Water daimyo to assign Genji and Kirigakure three demanding missions, disguising a plan to disperse their forces and tarnish their reputation. Genji left convinced the daimyo was rescuing Kirigakure, though the chapter foreshadowed his later anger at Sarutobi.

• Feng made the daimyo order Genji to capture the culprit who had controlled the Fourth Mizukage within three months.
• The daimyo tasked Kirigakure with sending ninja across the Land of Water to suppress resistance to his reforms, and Genji accepted the paid mission.
• Feng arranged for Kirigakure to replace Merchant Ninja Village in guarding Sea Country, requiring heavily armed forces to prevent further trouble.
• Genji thanked the daimyo tearfully and resolved to bring Mei Terumi, Aoi, Gonbei, and others to apologize and show their gratitude.
• The chapter revealed that two months later Genji would curse Sarutobi for persecuting the Uchiha and bringing the Demon King into the world.

Feng used the Daimyo’s orders to divert Kirigakure’s forces and secure his own position, then oversaw sweeping reforms across the Land of Water and Sea Country. The reforms benefited the Daimyo, officials, commoners, and military, while local magnates lost their land, wealth, and power.

• Feng calculated that the Daimyo’s assignments would drain Kirigakure’s limited forces, leaving the village vulnerable to his concentrated army.
• A few days later, Feng returned the Sea Country employment contract and withdrew most of his people, but kept control of the Daimyo Palace and capital.
• Kirigakure dispatched shinobi to take over garrison duties and fulfill the Daimyo’s other orders, hoping to prove its ability before the deadline.
• The Land of Water and Sea Country began sweeping construction and reforms as Kirigakure shinobi fought and killed across the region.
• Feng’s land redistribution, tax relief, paid construction work, and rewards made the Daimyo, officials, commoners, and military forces happy.
• Local magnates lost their land, resources, offices, and money to Feng’s reforms, leaving them as the only group to suffer.

After Uzumaki Ayaka confirmed that nearly all White Zetsu had left the Land of Water, Feng organized a surprise campaign to annex Kirigakure. He sent his forces into Tokatsu’s Castle for transport and flew toward the village with Ao, leaving the attack poised to begin.

• Uzumaki Ayaka reported that the White Zetsu had vanished from Kirigakure and the surrounding routes, except for three near the Six-Tails Jinchuriki’s hideout.
• Feng ordered the navy to blockade the Land of Water and Sea Country, sent Kirigakure ninja away from the capital, and assigned his forces and officials their campaign duties.
• Feng gave Uzumaki Ayaka, Ao, and Uchiha Yosuke Flying Thunder God Kunai and told them to protect the daimyo while watching for the Masked Man and Black Zetsu.
• Feng summoned Tokatsu, who transformed into a Castle and concealed the Royal Guard, Mobile Unit, and Prisoner Camp inside for transport to Kirigakure.
• Feng explained that he would summon the Castle inside Kirigakure for a surprise assault, then departed by Steel-Wing Dragon with Ao to disable the village’s protective barrier.