Chapter Summaries

Ren studied corpses from the Jade Dynasty World to uncover how their cultivation strengthened bodies and circulated Spiritual Qi, using Red Queen to model their meridians. He ordered experiments to adapt the methods for ninjas and began testing the simplest cultivation cycle on captured spies.

• Ren used Chakra and Red Queen to model a Heavenly Sound Temple monk’s body, discovering that a Spiritual Qi cycle strengthened his bones and flesh.
• Red Queen estimated that identifying the monk’s meridian route could require over ninety thousand experiments, and Ren ordered him to capture more ninjas and create new ones through Corpse Zetsu.
• Ren examined an Azure Cloud Sect Daoist and learned that his complex qi-refining method had more than eight hundred thousand possible circulation routes.
• Ren studied a Demon Cult disciple and found that his basic cultivation method had only a dozen or so possible cycle patterns.
• Ren ordered Red Queen to begin testing the Demon Cult method on captured spies from other villages.

Ren tested Chakra circulation methods on captive spies until he found one that drew Natural Energy into the body, but the subjects eventually exploded because they could not refine or withstand the energy. He tried the method himself, found its enhancement weaker than the Sage Mode of the Three Sacred Lands, and questioned why in the Wind and Cloud World.

• Ren used Sharingan Genjutsu to force captive spies to test Chakra circulation routes, and several exploded.
• Ren found a route that let one spy absorb Natural Energy and strengthen his Chakra and body, but the spy later exploded from absorbing too much.
• Red Queen explained that Ren had learned how to absorb Natural Energy but not how to refine or use it, so the method could overwhelm its practitioners.
• Ren returned to his courtyard and tested the circulation method on himself, sensing Natural Energy merge with his Chakra and strengthen his body.
• In the Wind and Cloud World, Ren raised his arm and questioned why this Sage Mode was weaker than the Sage Mode of the Three Sacred Lands.

Ren found that cultivating with Natural Energy barely enhanced him, then received a dragon corpse from the Wind and Cloud World at the Trash Station. He recognized it as the Divine Dragon whose Dragon Essence had been scattered, and approached the corpse to claim it.

• Ren tested cultivation with Natural Energy and concluded that he would try training in Ryūchi Cave, though he could still use Nature Rasengan safely.
• Ren questioned the Trash Station about its origin, and it said it would help him grow stronger and that his desires might influence what trash arrived.
• The Trash Station released rubble, seawater, and a powerful dragon corpse, which Ren identified as the Divine Dragon from the Wind and Cloud World.
• Ren watched images showing Di Shitian, also known as Xu Fu, kill the Divine Dragon and the Dragon Essence scatter into seven pieces.
• Ren considered the value of the dragon's remaining flesh and blood, then stepped up to the corpse as the seawater receded.

Ren discovered that the Water Tribe’s records described Dragon God’s Blessing, a water-controlling ability gained through prolonged contact with objects containing the Divine Dragon’s Dragon Qi. He brought the dragon corpse to Beast King Mountain and ordered the Dog Clan to armor it, preparing to revive it with his left-eye ability.

• The trash station pulled in a ruined ancestral hall from the Water Tribe’s past, and Ren found records explaining Dragon God’s Blessing.
• Ren memorized the records and returned to his courtyard, then used the Summoning Technique to reach Beast King Mountain.
• Ren ordered Bulldog and Bully Dog to forge the dragon corpse the strongest armor they could from the Dog Clan’s rare materials.
• Ren asked Sheepdog to bring the Dog Clan Hall’s medicine cauldron while Papillon searched the trash for valuables.
• Ren explained to Sled Dog that his left-eye pupil technique could grant life to dead Magical Beasts and that he intended to revive the dragon corpse.

Ren harvested blood and the heart from the Divine Dragon corpse, then entered the medicinal cauldron to absorb the dragon’s power. As the opposing energies surged through his body, he roared in pain inside the Soul Hall.

• Ren had the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King test the Dragon Scales, but the dog’s fangs could not damage them.
• Ren used the Baleful-Slaying Sword to open an old wound and collected the Dragon Blood in the medicinal cauldron.
• Ren located the dragon’s heart, cut it free, and added it to the cauldron.
• Ren had the cauldron carried into the Soul Hall, ignored Asura’s curses, and climbed into the Dragon Blood.
• Ren absorbed the blood’s energy alongside the Soul Hall’s scorching aura, and his body felt as if it were being torn apart.

After three days in the blood cocoon, Ren emerged with Water-Nature Chakra, greater strength, and a new Sage Mode, then rushed to the Cloud Ninja battlefield. There, Might Duy activated the Eight Gates Formation and attacked the Eight-Tails while White Fang withdrew.

• Ren emerged from the blood cocoon with silver-white hair, dragon patterns, Water-Nature Chakra, and the ability to control large amounts of water.
• Asura recognized that Ren had fused traits of the Dog Clan and Mount Myōboku Sage Modes, and Ren left the Soul Hall.
• The sled dog told Ren he had slept for three days, and Konan said White Fang had repeatedly urged them to come.
• At the battlefield, Might Duy warned White Fang that the fight was a trap and activated the Eight Gates Formation.
• White Fang accepted defeat and withdrew while Might Duy struck the Eight-Tails with an Evening Elephant Air Cannon, sending it through a mountain.

Might Duy battered the Tailed Beasts with a relentless barrage of Air Cannons while Ren learned that White Fang’s front had been destroyed in a trap. Ren urged the shaken White Fang to reclaim his resolve and sent him back to battle with a sword called Qingyun as black Chakra formed wings.

• Might Duy struck the Two-Tails, Seven-Tails, and other Tailed Beasts with powerful punches and Air Cannons.
• The Eight-Tails called for Tailed Beast Balls, but Might Duy shattered them and continued overwhelming the four beasts.
• White Fang reported to Ren that five Jinchuriki had ambushed his forces, leaving only a few survivors after the front was defeated.
• Ren demanded to know what had happened and learned that White Fang believed he had killed the Six-Tails’ Jinchuriki, causing the Six-Tails to leave the battlefield.
• Ren told White Fang not to let a broken blade break his spirit, then gave him the sword Qingyun and prepared to take flight with black Chakra wings.

Ren arrived at the battlefield to find Might Duy fighting four Tailed Beasts after the Raikage's trap destroyed Konoha's camp. Ren saved Duy from using Night Guy, healed him, and then charged the Raikage.

• The Raikage's controlled Tailed Beasts had destroyed Konoha's camp, leaving White Fang, Might Duy, and a handful of others to fight.
• Might Duy used the Eight Gates Formation and prepared Night Guy against the four remaining Tailed Beasts, but Ren arrived and stopped him.
• Ren restored Duy with his eye's life force and Dragon Blood, then summoned the Sheepdog to treat him.
• The Raikage revealed he had gathered support from several ninja villages and set the trap to kill Ren.
• Ren unleashed his killing intent, blasted Kong apart, and charged the Raikage at high speed.

Ren overwhelmed the Raikage and slaughtered the Cloud Ninja in a fury over the deaths of White Fang’s men. The wounded Raikage hoped the Tailed Beasts and his village’s sealing jutsu could stop Ren, but Ren dismissed him as an ant.

• Ren shattered the Raikage’s fist, tore off his right arm, and kicked him flying into the distance.
• Ren charged the Cloud Ninja, cutting them down with the Baleful-Slaying Sword and using Flying Thunder God marks to attack across the battlefield.
• Ren unleashed Blaze Release—Thousand Blade Flow, burning many Cloud Ninja to ash.
• Darui told the Raikage that the Tailed Beasts needed time to recover after Might Duy’s Eight Gates injured them.
• The Raikage vowed to hold Ren back and named Darui as his successor, but Ren mocked the Raikage’s weakness and questioned whether he had used his true strength.

Ren overwhelmed the Cloud Ninja and the Tailed Beasts with lightning and Shikotsumyaku, leaving the battlefield covered in deadly bone spikes. The Raikage and nearly every living creature in the area were pierced by Ren’s Killing Jungle.

• Ren struck the Cloud Ninja with Kirin while the Raikage watched from the ground.
• Ren shattered the four Tailed Beasts’ combined Tailed Beast Ball with a Shikotsumyaku spear.
• Ren pinned the Eight-Tails, Two-Tails, Six-Tails, and Five-Tails to the ground with bone spikes.
• Ren unleashed Killing Jungle across several kilometers, piercing the remaining Cloud Ninja and the Raikage.

Ren killed the Raikage and annihilated the Cloud Ninja forces, then declared Kumogakure expelled from the Five Great Shinobi Villages. He ordered seven survivors to join White Fang as the Death God's Eight Swords and kept Might Duy alive with sustaining vitality.

• Ren killed the Raikage and used Black Flame Rasengan -- Doom to destroy the Cloud Ninja on the battlefield.
• Darui despaired over Kumogakure's defeat as Ren declared the Cloud Ninja expelled from the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Ren discovered that Gyūki had escaped using the Eight-Tails' tail-severing technique, leaving four octopus tails behind.
• Ren gave seven Azure Cloud swords to the surviving Konoha ninjas and ordered them to follow White Fang as the Death God's Eight Swords.
• Ren sustained Might Duy's life after he opened the Gate of Death, though his injuries were too severe to heal.

Ren kept Might Duy alive after his devastating injuries and brought him back to Konoha for an experimental operation using a Dragon Ball healing device. As Ren began rebuilding Duy’s body, he ordered a massive invasion of the Land of Lightning to destroy Kumogakure.

• Ren ruled out Black Jade Intermittent Paste for Duy’s injuries and ordered White Fang to escort him slowly back to Konoha.
• Ren summoned Kurama Yun to guard the battlefield and challenged the Raikage’s plan to use five Tailed Beasts against him.
• After Duy reached Konoha, Ren ordered the Land of Fire’s five hundred thousand troops to invade the Land of Lightning and destroy Kumogakure.
• Ren brought Duy to a hidden laboratory and began surgery, replacing his unusable blood with Dragon Blood and rebuilding his shattered bones.

Ren completed a prolonged operation to rebuild Might Duy with fused organs and flesh from Magical Beasts, then placed him in a Healing Device to recover while enduring the beasts’ wills. As Ren slept from exhaustion, news of Kumogakure’s crisis spread through the other ninja villages and shocked them.

• Ren replaced Might Duy’s damaged organs and flesh with specially prepared Magical Beast tissue over more than ten days.
• Ren implanted a Magical Beast heart and used the Chimera Technique to fuse Duy’s organs, bones, and bloodline.
• Might Duy showed signs of struggling against the beastly wills within him, so Ren placed him in a Healing Device and ordered the Sheepdogs and Red Queen to monitor him.
• Ren left the laboratory and fell asleep from exhaustion after the operation.
• News from Kumogakure spread to the other ninja villages, shocking them as the scene turned to Iwagakure.

Ōnoki agreed to the Raikage’s Four Kage Summit after receiving a scroll meant to counter Ruo Feng, while Madara planned to abandon Kirigakure and advance his Ten-Tails scheme. In Kumogakure, Darui and Killer B accepted the need to unite against Konoha, and Gyūki revealed that the village’s clans had once served Indra and his reincarnations, leaving Killer B shaken and questioning their chances against Ren.

• Ōnoki examined reports of Ruo Feng’s strength, accepted the Raikage’s summit proposal after reading a secret countermeasure scroll, and promised that the Land of Earth would help the Land of Lightning.
• Madara judged Ruo Feng a rival, decided to abandon Kirigakure and accelerate his plan, and told Black Zetsu to distract Ruo Feng.
• Darui and Killer B discussed Kumogakure’s losses and agreed to follow the Raikage’s plan rather than surrender to Ren.
• Gyūki told Killer B that Kumogakure’s clans had once followed Indra and his reincarnations, and Killer B asked whether they had any way to defeat Ren.

Killer B and Gyūki discussed the danger of using Kumogakure’s devastating weapon, while the Sand Ninja learned that Rasa had survived and returned with help from Uzumaki Fūko. Ren dismissed the coming Four Kage Summit and ordered an investigation of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, then learned that Ōnoki was gathering Iwagakure’s forces for a decisive battle.

• Killer B proposed using Kumogakure’s star-sweeping weapon against Ren, but Gyūki warned that it could destroy everyone and might have a countermeasure.
• Ye Yan learned that Chiyo and Ebizo were dead, and that Rasa’s fate was unknown, so he declined to join the Raikage’s plan against Ren.
• Rasa returned to the Sand Ninja Village, badly scarred and accompanied by Uzumaki Fūko, who had saved his life.
• Ye Yan reported Rasa’s survival and the Ancient Kingdom of Roran’s hidden energy to Ren, who ordered the area guarded and said he would visit.
• Ren dismissed the Four Kage Summit as no threat and said he would defeat the assembled Kage together.
• Explosion Release Gari told Ren that Ōnoki had recalled Roshi and secretly mobilized Iwagakure’s forces for a decisive battle.

After learning that the Four Kage planned to use a secret Sealing Jutsu against him, Ren tried to extract information from Asura and studied the Dog Clan’s Sage Mode. A contract summons brought him to Ryūchi Cave, where the White Snake Sage revealed that Ren’s Dragon energy had begun transforming her into a Dragon, and she offered to help him master her clan’s Sage Mode.

• Gari told Ren that Ōnoki had been studying a Raikage scroll containing a Sealing Jutsu related to the Tailed Beasts.
• Ren questioned Asura about hidden Sealing Jutsu, but Asura refused to reveal anything, so Ren had Sled Dog torture him.
• Ren studied the Dog Clan’s Sage Mode records and mastered the technique, learning how it differed from Mount Myōboku’s Sage Mode.
• Ren answered the White Snake Sage’s contract summons and discovered that Dragon energy from their connection had started her Dragon Transformation.
• Ren said he wanted to master the White Snake Clan’s Sage Mode, and the White Snake Sage offered to take him to the Dragon Blood Pool.

Ren entered Ryūchi Cave’s Dragon Blood Pool and mastered the Snake Clan’s Sage Mode, fusing it with his Dog Clan’s Sage Mode. Afterward, he asked the White Snake Sage how the Byakugan evolves, astonishing her by revealing that he had awakened it.

• The White Snake Sage led Ren to the Dragon Blood Pool and explained that Snake Sage Mode required enduring its Natural Energy and savage will.
• Ren jumped into the pool without the White Snake Sage’s toxin-based preparation, using the Zhu Xian Sword Intent to overcome the savage will.
• Ren entered Dog Sage Mode and then Snake Sage Mode, successfully fusing the two before the transformations faded.
• Ren tested his new power and said that he would need time to adapt before he could maintain the fused state.
• Ren showed the White Snake Sage his white pupils and asked how the Byakugan evolves, and she exclaimed that awakening it was impossible.

Ren learned that the Byakugan could evolve into the Tenseigan through special energy, while the White Snake Sage knew little about the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Back in Konoha, Ren sent Mei Terumi to take control of Kirigakure, then learned Ye Yan had died when Pakura arrived seeking him.

• The White Snake Sage told Ren that Hamura Otsutsuki had evolved the Byakugan into the Tenseigan and mentioned an abandoned passage to the moon.
• The White Snake Sage said Kaguya Otsutsuki had implied that the Ōtsutsuki Clan was terrifying and connected to the God Tree, but she did not know whether any members remained.
• Ren left the White Snake Sage, who said she would study the dragon transformation within her body.
• In Konoha, Ren told Mei Terumi to return to Kirigakure and take control of the village, predicting that the four great ninja villages would soon attack Konoha.
• An ANBU brought Ren a letter bearing Ye Yan's name and reported that a woman had been rescued outside the village.
• Pakura told Ren that her brother had died, attacked him with flames, and was restrained before Ren asked her to explain what had happened.

Ren learned that Rasa and a Mist Ninja had hunted down Ye Yan after Black Zetsu exposed his connection to Ren and the One-Tail sealed inside him. Ren summoned Ye Yan’s corpse and restored his life force, leaving Pakura hopeful as Ye Yan’s heart began beating again.

• Pakura told Ren that her brother Ye Yan had been hunted down after investigating a secret and had sent her to deliver his intelligence to Ren.
• Ren suspected Black Zetsu had exposed Ye Yan to Rasa and ordered Enma to summon Ye Yan’s corpse.
• Enma summoned Ye Yan, and Ren saw that the One-Tail had been extracted from him.
• Ren learned that Kumogakure’s secret sealing technique could alter a person’s body to restrain and absorb Tailed Beasts, and that Ye Yan’s One-Tail had been its foundation.
• Ren used Life Bestowal to replenish Ye Yan’s lost life force, and Ye Yan’s heart began beating as Pakura watched.

Ren prepared for the gathered forces in Kumogakure while continuing to cultivate his Sage Mode, unaware that Momoshiki was traveling toward the distant Chakra signal. The chapter left Ren summoning the eight Sword Guards as he awaited Jiraiya and the coming conflict.

• Ye Yan woke after Ren revived him, and Ren sent him away to recover after confirming that the One-Tail had been extracted.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to extract the Three-Tails from Yagura and planned to use him as a pawn to bear the Tailed Beasts’ wills.
• Momoshiki spotted a distant red Chakra signal and set off with his companion toward its source.
• Ren dispersed his combined Sage Mode and learned that Jiraiya was returning to Kumogakure with the gathered forces.
• Ren dismissed an intelligence report, called for the eight Sword Guards, and prepared for the forces gathering in Kumogakure.