Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s demand to put Hyuga Tianyi in Root for investigation, citing Tianyi’s battlefield service, medical techniques, and clan ties. He left Tianyi’s supervision to Tsunade’s interest, while Danzo departed furious and warned Hiruzen he would regret it.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisors celebrated the victory in the Land of Rain and the rise of Konoha’s Three Sannin.
• Shimura Danzō suggested rotating troops home, then accused Hyuga Tianyi of being suspicious and demanded that Root investigate him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused, explaining that Tianyi had saved nearly a hundred Konoha ninja, displayed valuable medical techniques, and was a Hyuga Clan member.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Tsunade planned to assess Tianyi and take him as her disciple, making her supervision preferable to Root’s methods.
• Shimura Danzō left the Hokage Office in anger after warning Hiruzen Sarutobi that he would regret the decision.

After the battle, Tsunade and the squad captains praised Tianyi for countering Hanzo’s poison and saving Leaf Village shinobi. When Orochimaru questioned how Tianyi had made the antidote injections, Tianyi explained his experiments with diluted poison and surviving animals, impressing Orochimaru, who regretted that he already had a disciple.

• Jiraiya welcomed Tianyi and praised his work, while Tsunade scolded him for patting Tianyi before he had recovered from his injuries.
• Tsunade credited Tianyi with disrupting Hanzo’s poison tactic and saving nearly a hundred Leaf Village comrades, and Yamashiro Ao and the other captains thanked him.
• Nawaki told Tsunade that he and Moonlight Kaede had also risked their lives to rescue people, and Tsunade praised them both.
• Orochimaru asked Tianyi how he had prepared the anti-poison injections, and Tianyi described testing diluted poison on animals and extracting a substance from the survivors.
• Orochimaru praised Tianyi’s approach and said he would have liked to discuss it with him, but he had already taken a disciple.

Tsunade formally made Hyuga Tianyi her disciple, giving him a powerful connection in Leaf Village. That night, Tianyi spent two of his three skill points, triggering upgrades to his basic techniques and raising his evaluation to Chunin, then planned his next steps.

• Tsunade praised Tianyi’s talent and decisiveness, then asked him to become her disciple.
• Tianyi accepted Tsunade’s offer, and Jiraiya, Nawaki, and the captains congratulated them.
• Tianyi reviewed his status panel and spent one skill point on Nin and another on Tai.
• His Three-Body Technique and Water Release: Waterline Slash advanced to Intermediate, and his overall evaluation rose from Genin to Chunin.
• Tianyi saved his remaining skill point and considered acquiring new techniques and researching the Byakugan and Caged Bird.

Hinata Tsubaki convened the Hyuga Clan elders to discuss Hyuga Tianyi’s battlefield achievements and his new position as Tsunade’s disciple. The clan decided to reward him while maintaining its authority over him, and Hinata Tokugen was sent to meet him at the front lines.

• Hinata Tsubaki presented the battle report confirming that Hyuga Tianyi had saved more than eighty Konoha ninja, killed enemy shinobi, disrupted Hanzo’s poison tactics, and become Tsunade’s disciple.
• Hyuga Hiashi recognized the political significance of Tianyi’s rise and worried that it could challenge the Main House’s control over the Branch House.
• The elders argued over whether Tianyi’s achievements were genuine, whether the clan should celebrate him, and how his connection to Tsunade affected the Caged Bird system.
• Hinata Tsubaki declared that Tianyi would be rewarded for honoring the clan but would remain bound by clan rules.
• Hinata Tsubaki ordered Hinata Tokugen to go to the front lines, handle Tianyi’s reward, and arrange a meeting with her when he returned; she told the clan to publicize his achievements and wait for Tokugen’s report.

At the frontline camp, Hyuga Tianyi confronted Hinata Tokugen and the Main House guards when they arrived to assert control over him as a Branch House member. Tianyi drove them off with a precise Waterline Slash, but afterward he recognized that the Caged Bird and the Main House would remain threats when he returned to Leaf Village.

• Hyuga Tianyi practiced chakra control in his tent when Hinata Tokugen arrived to deliver the clan’s commendation and rebuked him for disrespecting a Main House elder.
• Hinata Tokugen declared that Tianyi’s Byakugan, life, and power belonged to the Main House, then attempted to activate the Caged Bird.
• Hyuga Tianyi used Waterline Slash to sever the arms of three guards and cut off part of Tokugen’s ear, stopping the elder before he could complete the seal.
• Hyuga Tianyi warned Tokugen that the Caged Bird would not give the Main House permission to control him and ordered the visitors to leave.
• Tsunade told Tianyi he had not needed to go so far, and he explained that he could not rely on her protection forever.
• Hyuga Tianyi reflected that the Main House would pose a greater danger in Leaf Village and that his current strength was not enough to keep him secure.

After learning that the Hyuga Main House had tried to activate the Caged Bird seal on Fang Tianyi, Commander Tian convened experts to find a countermeasure. The experts recommended a remote-signal shield, and Commander Tian ordered them to prioritize its development.

• Commander Tian summoned experts after receiving Fang Tianyi's report and X-ray scan of the Caged Bird seal.
• Dr. Chen analyzed the seal as an energy structure bound to the brain that could be remotely triggered to disrupt or destroy neural function.
• Professor Liu proposed either surgically removing the seal or shielding it from activation signals, warning that surgery was highly dangerous.
• Professor Liu's team recommended developing a signal-shielding device that Fang Tianyi could use in his current environment.
• Commander Tian approved the plan and ordered the experts to focus on building the Caged Bird signal shield.

Tianyi joined Nawaki’s training session to get close to Orochimaru, then endured Orochimaru’s killing intent and proposed a partnership. He offered Orochimaru a scroll titled “Sperm-Free Egg-Cell Cloning,” whose contents immediately caught Orochimaru’s attention.

• Nawaki told Tianyi that Orochimaru would give him special training, and Tianyi asked to watch.
• Orochimaru coached Nawaki’s Earth Release and taijutsu while Tianyi observed, then signaled Tianyi to meet him in the nearby woods.
• Orochimaru tested Tianyi with his killing intent, but Tianyi stayed composed and earned his interest.
• Orochimaru asked whether Tianyi needed help with the Cell Activation Technique, but Tianyi said he had already gained an initial grasp of it.
• Tianyi proposed a deal with Orochimaru and handed him a scroll titled “Sperm-Free Egg-Cell Cloning,” making Orochimaru’s gaze freeze.

Tianyi traded the remaining cloning theory with Orochimaru for Lightning Release training guidance and two ninjutsu, while reserving a fifth selection for later. Orochimaru accepted the deal and left Tianyi with a new, dangerous research partner, then secretly watched him depart with growing interest.

• Orochimaru was enthralled by Tianyi's cloning theory, but found its technical details incomplete and asked to hear Tianyi's terms.
• Tianyi requested Lightning Release training and analysis as two selections, the Hidden Mist Technique and Earth Dragon Hide Technique, and saved the final selection for later.
• Orochimaru agreed and produced three scrolls for Tianyi, who handed over the remaining cloning theory to complete the transaction.
• Orochimaru invited Tianyi to seek his help with future research before disappearing into the forest.
• After confirming Orochimaru had left, Tianyi gathered the scrolls and departed, while Orochimaru secretly watched him and wondered what other secrets he held.

Tianyi asked Tsunade to teach him the Shadow Clone Technique so he could train faster and defend himself against threats in the Leaf Village. Tsunade agreed to teach him, but insisted on supervising his training and starting with just one clone.

• Tianyi told Tsunade that the Main House, Danzo, and other observers could threaten him after he returned to the Leaf Village, so he needed to grow stronger quickly.
• Tianyi explained that Shadow Clones could return their training experience and knowledge to him, potentially multiplying his learning efficiency.
• Tsunade warned that clone feedback could overload Tianyi's mind and cause severe cognitive damage, but he said he would limit his training and monitor himself with his Byakugan.
• Tsunade agreed to teach Tianyi the technique on the condition that she supervise his initial training and stop him from exceeding safe limits.
• Tsunade demonstrated her strength by smashing a wooden table, and Tianyi promised to follow her instructions as she began explaining the technique.

Tianyi and Nawaki sparred while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru watched, and Tianyi outmaneuvered Nawaki with a clone and Hidden Mist Technique. The match ended with Nawaki unharmed but confused as Moonlight Kaede laughed and told him to look at his back.

• Jiraiya asked Orochimaru who he thought would win, and Orochimaru predicted Nawaki would lose to Tianyi.
• Nawaki opened with a shuriken barrage, but Tianyi blocked it with Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall, surprising Nawaki by mastering the technique.
• Nawaki broke through the wall with Wind Release and trapped Tianyi in Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, only for the bound figure to vanish as a Shadow Clone.
• Tianyi spread Hidden Mist Technique across the field and pelted Nawaki with hidden weapons while obscuring his position.
• Tianyi touched Nawaki's exposed back, then the mist cleared as Nawaki stood unharmed and Moonlight Kaede laughed and told him to look at his back.

Hyuga Tianyi defeated Nawaki during training, but an urgent report about Chiyo’s poison attack on the Land of Wind front sent the Legendary Sannin on separate missions. Tsunade prepared to join the front with Tianyi, while Jiraiya stayed in the Land of Rain and Orochimaru headed to the Land of Earth.

• Nawaki discovered the Explosive Tag slips Tianyi had stuck to his back and chased him across the training ground.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade praised Tianyi’s tactics as they watched him and Nawaki play-fight.
• An ANBU reported that Chiyo had launched a poison assault after Hatake Sakumo killed her son and daughter-in-law, leaving Konoha’s forces with spreading poison casualties.
• The Third Hokage ordered Tsunade to lead medical reinforcements to the Land of Wind, Jiraiya to defend the Land of Rain, and Orochimaru to take command at the Land of Earth border.
• Tsunade decided to bring Tianyi for his anti-venom serum ideas, while Orochimaru arranged to contact Tianyi through a small snake.

Hyuga Tianyi sought help preparing for his urgent deployment to the Land of Wind, where desert conditions and Chiyo’s puppet forces threatened his Water Release-based fighting style. He received a sniper rifle and an electromagnetic guide bracelet, then successfully used it to make a shuriken tremble, leaving him eager to develop the power further.

• Hyuga Tianyi told Commander Tian that Hatake Sakumo’s killing of Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law had triggered all-out war, and that he would be sent to the desert front against Chiyo’s puppet forces.
• Team Leader Li arranged a sniper rifle, specialized ammunition, and a composite sight to help Tianyi attack distant puppet masters.
• Team Leader Chen gave Tianyi a Chakra Electromagnetic Induction Guide Bracelet and explained how it could train him to convert Lightning Release into controllable electromagnetic force.
• Tianyi transmitted several ninjutsu to Commander Tian, including Water Release: Hiding in Mist, Earth Release: Hidden Dragon, and Shadow Clone.
• Back in his tent, Tianyi injected Lightning Release chakra into the bracelet and used its magnetic force to make a shuriken tremble.

Commander Tian presented the three ninjutsu techniques Fang Tianyi had sent to Rabbit Nation, and officials recognized their potential for intelligence and maritime operations. The leadership approved the Spratly Response Plan and granted Fang Tianyi active-duty status and the rank of second lieutenant.

• Commander Tian briefed the emergency meeting on the western front and the deadlocked economic and technological conflicts with Bald Eagle.
• Commander Tian revealed that Fang Tianyi's Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique, Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hide Technique, and Shadow Clone Technique had been decoded.
• Director Chen, a special operations colonel, and a marine expert described how the techniques could aid infiltration, sabotage, and maritime operations.
• Commander Tian's assessment report reached the national leadership, which ordered the Spratly Response Plan and set a three-month goal for Rabbit Nation's flag to cover every position in the Spratly Islands.
• The elderly leader approved Fang Tianyi's active-duty status, assignment to the Special Strategic Support Sequence, and exceptional promotion to second lieutenant.
• Tian Weidong accepted responsibility for conveying the resolution to Fang Tianyi through the Book of Ten Thousand Worlds.

A blockaded foreign garrison welcomed a successful supply delivery, unaware that a special operations team was preparing to sink its ship. Deputy captain Wang Qiang assigned the team’s roles as sea fog spread toward the target, and the attack was set to begin once it concealed the area.

• The garrison’s soldiers received a speedboat loaded with food, water, medicine, and other supplies after it evaded the blockade.
• Aboard an unmarked boat, two Thunder Squad members used Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique to create fog around their team.
• Wang Qiang briefed the twelve-person team that the fog would cover the target area in twenty-three minutes and that their objective was to sink the ship without a loud assault.
• Wang Qiang assigned Group One to plant magnetic mines, Group Two to provide precision cover, Group Three to sabotage communications and place charges, and Group Four to handle extraction and reconnaissance.
• Wang Qiang ordered the team to synchronize watches, keep chakra output quiet, and begin the operation when the fog fully covered the target.

Thunder Squad used the fog to sabotage and sink the soldiers’ ship, leaving its crew stranded without supplies or communications. Wang Qiang reported the mission complete, while the commander ordered a delayed coast guard rescue and planned to question and detain the survivors.

• The captain finished rationing the ship’s supplies as dense fog engulfed the vessel.
• Two Thunder Squad members planted magnetic limpet mines beneath the ship and destroyed its communications device while fog rendered the guards unconscious.
• The captain discovered the sabotage and broadcast an enemy attack warning, but explosions tore apart the ship before the soldiers could respond.
• The captain gathered the survivors on floating wreckage and estimated that rescue would take at least five days, while they had almost no food or fresh water.
• Wang Qiang reported the mission complete to headquarters, and Thunder Squad withdrew by speedboat.
• The commander ordered the coast guard to begin rescue operations later and instructed staff to question and detain the survivors.

At a United Department Security Council meeting, Rabbit Nation’s Wang denied Banana Nation’s accusation and presented a rescue report that left Eagle Nation without conclusive evidence. In a secret meeting, Eagle Nation and its allies decided to seek legal proceedings, intending to use Rabbit Nation’s likely refusal to justify moving their military into the disputed waters.

• Banana Nation’s envoy accused Rabbit Nation of attacking a residential ship, but Eagle Nation’s satellite images showed only fog and debris.
• Wang presented Rabbit Nation’s preliminary report, blamed pirates for the explosion, and said its coast guard rescued 32 Banana Nation personnel for a cost of 500 million Eagle Yuan.
• Eagle Nation’s representative told Banana Nation’s envoy that accusations required substantive evidence, and the envoy fell silent.
• Eagle Nation and its allies privately assessed that Rabbit Nation’s report and rescue efforts made their accusation difficult to sustain.
• Eagle Nation proposed submitting the incident to the United Department International Court, planning to use Rabbit Nation’s likely refusal as grounds to move its military into the waters.
• The allied representatives agreed to coordinate and sign the legal documents, while Eagle Nation framed the effort as protecting maritime security and freedom of navigation.

Tsunade led the Medical Corps across the desert to the Land of Wind, where they joined Hatake Sakumo’s camp to treat numerous victims poisoned by Chiyo’s toxins. Hyuga Tianyi pushed himself to the brink while treating casualties with Mitarai Aoi, but Katsuyu’s healing restored his strength and vision.

• Tsunade led the Medical Corps west across the Gobi Desert, and Tianyi sealed his disassembled sniper rifle parts into a scroll during a rest stop.
• Tsunade’s team reached Hatake Sakumo’s camp in the Land of Wind, where they found many casualties suffering from Chiyo’s poison.
• Tianyi used his Byakugan to locate toxins and chakra damage while Aoi removed the poison, and their team treated casualties at high speed.
• Tianyi’s chakra and eyesight faltered from prolonged treatment, so Tsunade ordered him to rest.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu, who divided into smaller slugs and replenished the medical ninjas’ chakra, easing Tianyi’s exhaustion and restoring his vision.

Hyuga Tianyi joined a strategy meeting after helping treat the wounded, where the Konoha forces discussed Chiyo’s poison, puppet attacks, and the dangerous Hurricane Canyon. Tianyi identified the puppet units harassing their supply lines as a key problem and suggested he might be able to find them.

• Hyuga Tianyi and Aoi finished treating the severely wounded, and Tsunade summoned Tianyi to a strategy meeting.
• Hatake Sakumo and the captains described Chiyo’s defenses in Hurricane Canyon, the deadly poisons, and the puppet attacks disrupting supplies.
• Tsunade explained that developing an effective antitoxin would take time and requested fresh poison samples and clues about Chiyo’s methods.
• Tianyi analyzed the enemy’s advantages and pointed to the small puppet units attacking their supply lines as the most important target.
• Tianyi asked what the others would do if he could find those puppet forces.

Tianyi revealed that his Lightning Release could sense metal and demonstrated that he could locate Hatake Sakumo seven kilometers away despite Sakumo's concealment. After confirming the ability, Sakumo classified it as an S-rank secret and prepared to use it against the hidden puppet units.

• Tianyi explained that his Lightning Release had developed a faint ability to sense large amounts of metal, which he could combine with his Byakugan.
• Tianyi proposed a test, and Hatake Sakumo left camp carrying kunai and his White Fang sword to hide in the desert.
• Tianyi sensed Sakumo seven kilometers away and led Tsunade and the others to his concealed position.
• Sakumo confirmed that Tianyi had found him despite his efforts to suppress his chakra and heartbeat, then apologized after Tsunade warned him against probing the ability's details.
• Sakumo declared Tianyi's ability an S-rank secret and ordered the captains to prepare for action against the puppet units.

A Hidden Sand Village puppet unit intensified its attacks on Leaf Village supply lines after learning that Tsunade had joined the front. Days later, Hatake Sakumo exposed the unit’s ambush, forcing its members to scatter and retreat.

• A Hidden Sand Village captain ordered his puppet squads to sabotage Leaf Village’s water, medicine, and supply routes with frequent small-scale attacks.
• The captain’s squad hid beside a narrow passage and prepared to ambush a Leaf Village convoy carrying medicinal herbs.
• When no convoy appeared, the captain suspected a trap and ordered his squad to withdraw.
• Hatake Sakumo appeared on the high ground, exposing the puppeteers’ hiding place and sending them fleeing.