Chapter Summaries

Qian Ye’s Auxiliary Brigade crushed the Kirigakure rearguard at the stone bridge with overwhelming physical force, while Hidden Leaf scouts watched in disbelief. Qian Ye let a few enemies escape and led his force toward the heart of Blackwater Marsh to confront the A-B Combo and the remaining Ninja Swords.

• The Kirigakure deputy commander ordered his troops to combine Water Release attacks, but Uchiha Yan punched through their towering water wall and battered the defenders.
• Hyuga Tianfeng used Finger Gun strikes to pierce Kirigakure armor as the Auxiliary Brigade charged through the enemy formation with Seastone blades.
• Two Hidden Leaf scouts saw the Auxiliary Brigade rout the Kirigakure force and struggled to believe that the fighters were a Hidden Leaf unit.
• Uchiha Yan reported that a few Kirigakure Ninja had escaped, and Qian Ye let them flee so they could carry news to the enemy forces deeper in the marsh.
• Qian Ye drew his blade, ordered the Auxiliary Brigade to form up, and led them toward the A-B Combo and the remaining Ninja Swords.

Qian Ye and the South District Auxiliary Brigade broke through the Hidden Cloud’s barrier and arrived as Orochimaru and Minato were about to be killed. Qian Ye let Bullet face Samehada, which had become fixated on Bullet’s immense life force.

• Suikazan Fuguki and Kisame Hoshigaki trapped the wounded Orochimaru and Minato inside a Lightning Release barrier and flooded the swamp with water.
• Fuguki attacked Orochimaru with Samehada while Kisame held Minato back, but a powerful strike broke a hole through the barrier.
• Qian Ye entered with Bullet and eight hundred armored men from the South District Auxiliary Brigade, startling Orochimaru and Minato.
• Qian Ye teased Orochimaru and warned him that he had arrived just in time, while Orochimaru cautioned Qian Ye about Samehada’s ability to absorb Chakra.
• Samehada sensed Bullet’s immense life force and strained toward him, and Qian Ye allowed Bullet to play with it as long as he did not destroy it.

Bullet defeated Suikazan Fuguki with overwhelming physical strength after Samehada failed to absorb his energy. As Kisame Hoshigaki began a massive water technique, Qian Ye and the others faced another attack.

• Samehada struck Bullet but broke its barbs and could not absorb his energy, and Bullet grabbed Fuguki by the neck.
• Bullet battered Fuguki with Armament Haki-coated punches and knocked him unconscious in the mud.
• Minato and Orochimaru reacted in shock to Bullet's strength, while Qian Ye gave the frightened Samehada to Uchiha Yan for the South District camp.
• Kisame Hoshigaki, enraged by Fuguki's defeat, churned the lake into a whirlpool and began the Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique.

Qian Ye absorbed Kisame’s Great Waterfall Technique and sent the Hidden Mist fighters fleeing with a devastating counterpunch. As the survivors dealt with the defeated swordsmen, the Hidden Cloud’s A-B Combo approached Blackwater Marsh.

• Kisame unleashed the Great Waterfall Technique, but Qian Ye absorbed the water’s impact and remained unharmed.
• Qian Ye combined the stored kinetic energy with his Chakra and punched Kisame into a distant cliff.
• Qian Ye ordered Uchiha Yan to dig out Kisame and bring him alongside Suikazan Fuguki, while the remaining Kirigakure ANBU fled.
• Qian Ye spotted the Hidden Cloud’s advance Assault Unit approaching through the northern fog, and Orochimaru identified the incoming A-B Combo.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's leaders feared the worst for the Eastern Front until an ANBU reported that Qian Ye's Special Guerrilla Corps had crushed the Hidden Mist vanguard, defeated its swordsmen, and rescued Orochimaru and Minato. Danzo claimed the victory for Root and demanded that Qian Ye take over the Land of Hot Water defenses, while Kumogakure's elite force advanced toward Blackwater Marsh.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi for sending Qian Ye's under-equipped force to the Land of Hot Water, while Danzo expressed confidence in Qian Ye.
• An Intelligence ANBU arrived at the Hokage Building with a report and announced that Qian Ye's force had won a major victory.
• The ANBU reported that Qian Ye's corps defeated Biwa Juzo's vanguard, snapped the Kubikiribōchō, and routed most of the Hidden Mist forces.
• The ANBU reported that Qian Ye broke through the Thunder Cliff Barrier, seized Samehada after defeating Suikazan Fuguki, gravely wounded Kisame Hoshigaki, and rescued Orochimaru and Minato.
• Danzo claimed Qian Ye's victories as Root's achievements and demanded that Qian Ye's corps receive all defense responsibilities in the Land of Hot Water.
• Kumogakure's elite main force advanced toward Blackwater Marsh.

A and Killer B arrived with Hidden Cloud forces at Blackwater Marsh and confronted the battered Kirigakure and Hidden Leaf ninja. Bullet challenged the A-B Combo while Qian Ye cleared the field, and A launched a full-power attack toward Qian Ye.

• A and Killer B mocked the defeated Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Hidden Mist and threatened Qian Ye and Bullet.
• Minato and Orochimaru warned Qian Ye about A's speed and Lightning Release Armor and Killer B's strength as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Bullet insulted A and Killer B and challenged them to fight.
• Qian Ye told Minato to conserve his chakra and ordered the eight hundred Auxiliary Management Unit Members to retreat.
• A powered up his Lightning Release Armor and charged past Bullet toward Qian Ye.

Qian Ye absorbed A’s Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop with the Kinetic Energy Fruit and shattered A’s Lightning Release Armor with a counterpunch. As A survived the blow, Killer B erupted into his Eight-Tails chakra cloak and prepared to attack Qian Ye.

• A charged Qian Ye with a Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, but Qian Ye stopped the strike with his Armament Haki-coated palm.
• Qian Ye used Kinetic Rebound to return A’s absorbed force with his Monster Strength, shattering A’s Lightning Release Armor and sending him crashing into a mountainside.
• Minato and the Hidden Cloud ninja watched in shock as Orochimaru recognized Qian Ye’s ability to absorb and return physical force.
• Qian Ye ordered Uchiha Yan to check whether A was alive and collect a toll, but A emerged from the rubble badly injured.
• Killer B rushed to support A, then transformed under the Eight-Tails’ chakra cloak and threatened to grind Qian Ye into pulp.

Bullet used Conqueror's Haki to overwhelm Killer B and frighten the Eight-Tails, stopping his Tailed Beast Ball and leaving him helpless. Qian Ye ordered his forces to capture Killer B and planned to use him and A to demand gold mines from the Third Raikage as the Hidden Cloud vanguard fell into chaos.

• Killer B transformed and gathered a Tailed Beast Ball while A warned him about Bullet and Minato prepared to evacuate the Konoha forces.
• Qian Ye urged Bullet to face Killer B, and Bullet released Conqueror's Haki without attacking.
• Bullet's will terrified Gyuki and disrupted its chakra supply, causing Killer B's transformation and Tailed Beast Ball to collapse as he fell into the mud.
• The Hidden Cloud troops panicked, while A stood frozen under Bullet's pressure and Orochimaru wondered what kind of power Bullet wielded.
• Qian Ye ordered Uchiha Yan and Hyuga Tianfeng to capture Killer B and planned to trade him and A to the Third Raikage for gold mines.

Qian Ye led the Seventh Special Guerrilla Corps to crush the Hidden Cloud forces at Blackwater Marsh, capture more than three hundred survivors, and force A and Killer B to flee. A sealed battle report reached Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi and the senior officials reacted in shock, setting off another upheaval in the village’s leadership.

• Qian Ye ordered the Seventh Special Guerrilla Corps to charge, and its fighters used seastone weapons and overwhelming physical attacks to break the Hidden Cloud defensive line.
• A ordered a retreat with the unconscious Killer B, but Qian Ye’s air slash collapsed the gorge and blocked their main escape route.
• A fled with Killer B through a side trail while Bullet knocked out the guards who tried to protect them.
• More than three hundred surviving Hidden Cloud elites surrendered, and the Hidden Leaf forces celebrated their victory.
• Qian Ye told Minato Namikaze that the prisoners and captured swords were the Seventh Corps’ spoils of war and demanded market price if Konoha wanted them back.
• A messenger hawk delivered the battle report to Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose reaction stunned the senior officials and shook Konoha’s power structure.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village elders debated Qian Ye’s victories and growing power, while Danzo claimed the Seventh Corps was under his control and secured continued Root support for it. At the Blackwater Marsh camp, Orochimaru arrived to speak with Qian Ye about powers from another world.

• An ANBU messenger reported that the Seventh Corps had routed Hidden Cloud, captured 516 shinobi, and reclaimed lost territory on the Land of Hot Water's Eastern Front.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to dissolve the Seventh Corps and strip Qian Ye of his military authority, but Danzo defended Qian Ye and claimed the corps belonged to Root.
• Hiruzen confronted Danzo with Minato's report that Qian Ye had kept the spoils and prisoners for the Seventh Corps, but Danzo argued that Qian Ye's greed made him easier to control.
• Hiruzen ordered Root to continue paying for frontline supplies and instructed the village to announce the victory and issue commendations.
• At the Blackwater Marsh camp, Qian Ye examined Samehada while Bullet ate and Uchiha Yan and Hyuga Tianfeng counted the seized loot.
• Orochimaru entered Qian Ye's tent and said it was time to discuss powers that did not belong to this world.

Qian Ye revealed his serum to Orochimaru and secured his support in the coming struggle over Konoha’s military authority. Minato overheard their bargain, and Qian Ye ordered his army to return to the Hidden Leaf at dawn.

• Orochimaru questioned Qian Ye about the unusual physical power displayed by him, Bullet, and their soldiers.
• Qian Ye showed Orochimaru a serum made from the blood of enormous overseas beasts, and Orochimaru tested it on a rat that rapidly healed and grew stronger.
• Qian Ye offered Orochimaru access to the serum research in exchange for a backup of the data and support if Konoha’s leadership tried to disband the Seventh Legion.
• Orochimaru accepted Qian Ye’s offer and left with the serum, while Minato Namikaze overheard their conversation and retreated to the main camp.
• Qian Ye dismissed Bullet’s suggestion to kill Minato and ordered Uchiha Yan and Tianfeng to prepare the prisoners, supplies, and army to depart for the Hidden Leaf at dawn.

After earning enough divergence points to upgrade the group chat, Qian Ye traded Ninja World techniques for Zhao Hai’s seastone and used the new fusion furnace to forge equipment for his legion. He armed all eight hundred soldiers and marched toward Konoha with prisoners and spoils in tow.

• Qian Ye received 85,000 divergence points, raising the group chat to Lv5 and unlocking the Cross-Border Resource Fusion Furnace.
• Qian Ye and Zhao Hai exchanged Ninja World scrolls and information about Samehada for five tons of seastone, encyclopedia copies, and an unidentified Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Qian Ye fused the seastone with Lightning Release chakra, producing 800 sets of Thunderbreak armor and 800 formation-breaking broadblades.
• Qian Ye stored the Devil Fruit and learned that all 516 Hidden Cloud prisoners and sixty wagons of spoils were ready to move.
• Qian Ye equipped the eight hundred soldiers and ordered the force to march toward Konoha, as Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze watched.

Qian Ye returned to Konoha with the Seventh Guerrilla Legion, prisoners, and spoils, then faced a leadership ambush at a victory banquet. Danzo’s intervention thwarted the Hokage’s attempt to break up the legion, and Uchiha Fugaku approached Qian Ye as he left.

• Qian Ye led the Seventh Guerrilla Legion into Konoha to a jubilant welcome, bringing hundreds of Hidden Cloud prisoners and captured supplies.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu planned to accuse Qian Ye of exceeding his authority and take command of his troops.
• Qian Ye presented records of 516 elite Hidden Cloud ninja and a three-month withdrawal agreement, then rejected Utatane Koharu’s accusation.
• Shimura Danzō arrived and claimed credit for the victory, defended Qian Ye, and demanded that the Seventh Legion remain intact.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Qian Ye’s promotion to Special Jonin and kept the legion stationed in the South District, while Qian Ye left to attend to his soldiers’ pay.
• Uchiha Fugaku approached Qian Ye outside the Hokage Building and asked to speak privately.

Qian Ye showed Uchiha Fugaku a drug that could advance the Sharingan without trauma, and demonstrated its effects on Uchiha Yan. Convinced that Qian Ye offered the Uchiha a way beyond their curse, Fugaku pledged the Police Force’s loyalty to him as they prepared to confront Hidden Leaf’s leadership.

• Uchiha Fugaku told Qian Ye that the Hokage’s leadership had stripped him of command and that the Uchiha were under growing pressure from ANBU and restless young clansmen.
• Qian Ye explained that the Uchiha’s traditional method of awakening the Mangekyō caused blindness and presented a vitality-enhancing drug as another path.
• Uchiha Yan drank a vial and his three-tomoe Sharingan began transforming toward the Mangekyō, though Qian Ye said he needed further training and another dose to complete the breakthrough.
• Uchiha Fugaku knelt before Qian Ye and pledged the Konoha Military Police Force and willing Uchiha clansmen to his cause.
• Qian Ye accepted Fugaku’s pledge and said it was time to clean up Hidden Leaf’s turmoil.

Qian Ye tricked Shimura Danzō into funding a supposed overseas brigade with fifty million ryō and supplies, while Uchiha Fugaku watched and realized the plan was a sham. After storing the authorization and arranging the supply handover with Zhao Hai, Qian Ye rested as an unmarked ship slipped into Marineford harbor.

• Qian Ye hid Uchiha Fugaku in a secret room before Shimura Danzō arrived at the command post.
• Qian Ye convinced Shimura Danzō that an overseas brigade would help him seize power, and Danzō authorized fifty million ryō and fifty crates of High-Purity Explosive Tags.
• Qian Ye told Fugaku he had no intention of building an overseas base, and Fugaku left deeply impressed by Qian Ye's deception.
• Qian Ye stored the authorization and supply requisition documents, then settled the handover details with Zhao Hai.
• An unmarked sailing ship slipped past Marineford's security buoys through the harbor fog.

Zhao Hai returned to Marineford as Blackbeard and his crew arrived to claim the vacant Shichibukai seat. After Zhao Hai crushed Jesus Burgess with one stomp, he provoked Teach, leaving the Marines and pirates on the verge of a fight.

• Sengoku ordered Garp back to headquarters after Moria lost his Shichibukai status and Luffy was blamed for his defeat.
• Blackbeard and his crew broke free of their escort and entered Marineford, where Teach demanded the vacant Shichibukai seat.
• Jesus Burgess struck Vice Admiral Yamakaji back and taunted the Marines.
• Zhao Hai dropped from above and stomped Burgess into the plaza, knocking him unconscious.
• Teach and his crew prepared to fight, while Zhao Hai challenged their claim to the Shichibukai seat.

Zhao Hai swiftly defeated several Blackbeard Pirates in Marineford, impressing Sengoku and the Marines. Blackbeard then unleashed his darkness ability, spreading a devouring black mire toward Zhao Hai.

• Van Augur shot at Zhao Hai, but Zhao Hai deflected the bullet and wounded Augur with a counterattack.
• Zhao Hai crushed Doc Q’s explosive apples with wind and blasted Doc Q and his horse through Marine Headquarters’ wall.
• Lafitte dived at Zhao Hai, but Zhao Hai pursued him into the air, severed part of his wing, and knocked him unconscious.
• Sengoku praised Zhao Hai, while Garp and the Marines celebrated his victories over the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Blackbeard praised Zhao Hai, then used the Black Vortex to spread darkness across the plaza and pull the ground toward him.

Zhao Hai turned Blackbeard’s Dark Water pull into an opening and smashed him with a Monster Strength punch, humiliating him before the Marines. Blackbeard retaliated by raining swallowed wreckage down on Zhao Hai, who began awakening his Storm Dragon form.

• Blackbeard used Dark Water to pull Zhao Hai toward him and claimed that touching Zhao Hai would disable his Devil Fruit powers.
• Zhao Hai used Geppo to accelerate into the pull and struck Blackbeard’s face with a Monster Strength punch coated in Armament Haki.
• Blackbeard was sent crashing through stone pillars, and his Dark Water vanished as Marines and pirates watched in shock.
• Blackbeard recovered, swore to kill Zhao Hai, and unleashed Liberation to rain swallowed buildings and gun emplacements onto him.
• Zhao Hai stood calm beneath the falling wreckage as azure dragon scales spread across his body and his Storm Dragon form began to awaken.

Zhao Hai defeated Blackbeard even after Teach suppressed his Storm Dragon powers, using Lightning Release to break free and finish the fight. As Zhao Hai prepared to kill him, Teach offered a secret: Portgas D. Ace was Pirate King Roger’s son.

• Zhao Hai fought Blackbeard in Storm Dragon form, overwhelming him with wind attacks and rapid claw strikes.
• Teach seized Zhao Hai and suppressed his Devil Fruit ability with Dark Water, but Zhao Hai unleashed Lightning Release and electrocuted him.
• Zhao Hai struck Teach with a Haki-coated Tempest Kick, sending him crashing through sentry posts into a granite pillar.
• Sengoku and Tsuru praised Zhao Hai’s combat instincts and potential, while Garp celebrated his victory.
• Zhao Hai approached the buried Teach and threatened to kill him, but Teach claimed he knew a secret that could topple the World Government.
• Teach revealed that Portgas D. Ace was Pirate King Roger’s biological son, shocking Sengoku and Garp.

Zhao Hai stopped Garp from killing Blackbeard after Blackbeard revealed he had captured Ace, allowing Sengoku to accept Blackbeard into the Shichibukai and order preparations for Ace’s public execution. Zhao Hai reported the start of the Paramount War to Qian Ye, who read the message in the Naruto World.

• Blackbeard revealed that Ace was aboard his ship and had Burgess bring the seastone-bound prisoner before Sengoku.
• Garp charged at Blackbeard in fury, but Zhao Hai stopped him and reminded him that killing Teach would put Ace at greater risk.
• Sengoku accepted Blackbeard as a Shichibukai, ordered Ace taken to Impel Down, and mobilized the Marines for a public execution.
• Blackbeard and his injured officers fled Marineford while Garp walked away into the fortress.
• Zhao Hai messaged Qian Ye that the Paramount War had begun, and Qian Ye read the report at the Hidden Leaf command post.