Chapter Summaries

Mito Uzumaki gave her final orders for the Senju Clan and arranged for the Nine-Tails to be divided between Kushina and Reiko before she died. Six years later, Ren, Kushina, and Mikoto prepared to graduate from the Ninja Academy, where the Hokage would assign the remaining elite students to teams.

• Mito Uzumaki ordered the Senju Clan to return to its ancestral lands after her death, while Tsunade and Nawaki stayed in Konoha.
• Mito Uzumaki arranged for the Nine-Tails to be sealed in two halves within Kushina and Reiko, and asked Ren to protect Kushina's smile.
• Ren reflected that Mito Uzumaki's passing marked the end of the Warring States generation.
• Six years later, Ren, Kushina, and Mikoto walked to their Ninja Academy classroom as students watched Ren with fear and admiration.
• Yamada told Ren and the remaining elite students that the Hokage would assign them to teams with Jonin instructors.
• Minato asked Ren whether they would be assigned to the same team.

Ren graduated and became Tsunade’s disciple alongside Kushina and Mikoto, while Minato became Jiraiya’s student. Tsunade explained that the Land of Rain’s entry into the war had paused the fighting and allowed her to return to Konoha, then prepared to assess Ren and Nawaki in a spar.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade arrived at the graduation classroom, followed by Orochimaru, who showed interest in Ren.
• Tsunade chose Ren, Kushina, and Mikoto as her disciples, while Jiraiya took Minato as his student.
• Ren encouraged Minato to train hard and accept Jiraiya’s guidance, and Minato vowed to surpass him.
• Tsunade told Ren that the Land of Rain’s entry into the war had quieted the conflict and given her time to return to Konoha.
• Tsunade discussed training Kushina in taijutsu and Mikoto in Medical Ninjutsu, then arranged for Ren to spar with Nawaki.

Ren defeated Nawaki in their first sparring match in six years, revealing combat skills he had honed against mechanical beasts and other opponents in the Trash Station. After Nawaki attacked with Water Release and Ren countered with a powerful Fireball Jutsu, Ren found him through the steam and held a kunai to his neck again.

• Ren and Nawaki met again after six years and began a sparring match at Tsunade's urging.
• Ren used the Transformation Technique to surprise Nawaki, disarmed him, and kicked him away after explaining the openings in his charge.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru were surprised by Ren's seasoned fighting ability, which he had gained by training against Mechanical Beasts from Mohist Mechanism City and other Trash Station opponents.
• Nawaki recovered and attacked Ren with Water Release—Water Wave.
• Ren countered with an unusually scorching Fireball Jutsu, which evaporated Nawaki's water attack and filled the training ground with steam.
• Ren sensed Nawaki through the steam and pressed his kunai to his neck for the second time.

Ren defeated Nawaki in a spar and later returned to Madara Uchiha’s scrolls to study dangerous, incomplete ninjutsu. That night, he released the spiritual power he had sealed and cultivated for six years, causing new garbage to appear in the Trash Station.

• Ren used the steam as cover to get behind Nawaki and win their fight, impressing Tsunade and Orochimaru.
• Tsunade declared Ren the winner and offered to teach him Fire Release or Lightning Release, while Orochimaru took Nawaki away for more training.
• Ren reopened Madara Uchiha’s scroll in the secret chamber, memorized several techniques, and received a warning from his grandfather about their dangers.
• Ren released the spiritual power he had sealed for six years and endured its surge until it stabilized.
• Ren sensed that new garbage had appeared in the Trash Station and vanished from his bedroom.

After six years of cultivation, Ren’s spiritual power drew trash from the Battle Through the Heavens World, including a dead Amethyst Winged Lion King. He had the Dog Clan sort the haul and ordered them to preserve the beast and its valuable parts, then a Papillon found an ancient ring.

• Ren’s increased spiritual power summoned a huge pile of trash and a dead Amethyst Winged Lion King from Battle Through the Heavens World.
• Ren recognized the beast and wondered whether consuming its flesh and blood could strengthen his Fire Release.
• Ren used the Reversal Summoning Technique to travel to Beast King Mountain and gathered the Dog Clan to sort the new trash.
• The Dog Clan eagerly examined the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose powerful bloodline might help them evolve.
• Ren ordered the dogs to preserve the lion’s flesh and blood and remove its horn and amethyst crystals for possible weapon-making.
• A Papillon found an ancient ring with a gemstone etched in faint patterns.

Ren discovered a Storage Ring among the items recovered from the Amethyst Winged Lion King and named it the Amethyst Ring. After eating the beast’s meat and sensing its heat increase his Fire Release power, he went to the training ground, where Tsunade was absent.

• Ren identified the purple ring as a Storage Ring and found pills, books, and pill formulas inside it.
• Ren learned that the ring had belonged to someone who found an alchemist’s inheritance and later died in the Magical Beast Mountains.
• Ren named the ring the Amethyst Ring and stored his ninja tool pouch inside it.
• Ren ate grilled Amethyst Winged Lion King meat, felt intense heat in his body, and told Sasaki to save the lion whip wine and serve more meat at lunch.
• Ren arrived at the training ground and found Mikoto and Kushina waiting without Tsunade.

Ren trained with Might Duy and discovered that the Amethyst Winged Lion King's flesh had strengthened his Fire Release and altered his Chakra. Kushina and Mikoto brought a mission scroll, and Ren set out with them and Duy to investigate mysterious noises near Konoha.

• Ren visited Might Duy, who said he was developing a taijutsu technique to challenge his lifelong rival.
• Ren tested his Fireball Jutsu and produced a massive, purple-haloed blaze that scorched the river and vitrified the riverbank.
• Ren formed a Rasengan and noticed that his Chakra now carried a faint purple heat.
• Kushina and Mikoto delivered Tsunade's mission scroll, which ordered them to investigate mysterious noises within ten kilometers of Konoha.
• Ren invited Might Duy to join the mission, and Duy agreed.

Ren and his team discovered Roshi of Iwagakure near Konoha and realized the mission had become dangerous. Roshi exposed their hiding place and confronted them, while Ren suspected Roshi was interested in Kushina because they shared Uzumaki red hair.

• Ren led Kushina, Mikoto, and Might Duy through the investigation area, and they found signs of human activity near a small hill.
• Ren spotted Roshi emerging from a cave and used Sensory Mimicry to conceal the group from detection.
• Ren recognized Roshi as Iwagakure’s Four-Tails Jinchuriki and prepared to alert Konoha with Tsunade’s contract scroll.
• Roshi discovered the group, and Might Duy rushed forward to hold him off while Ren activated the scroll.
• Ren drew the Stellar Katana and challenged Roshi, who remarked on Kushina’s Uzumaki heritage and said he would leave the team unconscious.
• Ren asked Roshi whether he was also from the Uzumaki Clan because he and Kushina had the same hair color.

Roshi threatened Ren’s team, but Might Duy opened the Eight Gates and struck him, while Ren summoned the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King to protect Kushina and Mikoto from Roshi’s three Jonin. Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and White Fang set out after learning Ren was in danger, and the Mastiff King smashed through the Rock Ninja’s earth wall.

• Roshi explained that he had come to gather food for the hungry Land of Earth and moved to knock Ren’s team unconscious.
• Tsunade sensed Ren’s scroll burning and rushed to help; Jiraiya and Orochimaru followed, while White Fang left after the Third Hokage spotted the danger near Ren’s mission site.
• Ren refused to surrender, and Might Duy opened five of the Eight Gates before charging Roshi and knocking him away with a powerful blow.
• Ren summoned the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King and ordered it to attack the three Rock Ninja while he kept Kushina and Mikoto behind him.
• The three Rock Ninja raised an Earth-Flow Rampart, but the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King’s flaming paw shattered the stone wall.

Ren fought three Iwagakure Jonin, using a concentrated Flame Bullet that burned through their rock defense before they summoned a powerful pangolin. He sent Kushina and Mikoto away with his war dog and charged into battle, while the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King fought the pangolin and Ren faced one Jonin.

• Ren fired a Flame Bullet that heated through a Rock Ninja’s rock defense and melted a thrown kunai, but the three Jonin dodged the explosion with the Body Flicker Technique.
• The three Iwagakure Jonin summoned a huge pangolin whose scales resisted the flames, and they vowed to kill Ren for disrupting their attempt to smuggle food to the Land of Earth.
• Ren summoned his war dog and ordered it to take Kushina and Mikoto away from the battlefield.
• The Ghost-Faced Mastiff King charged the pangolin as Ren attacked the Jonin with his Stellar Katana and cut through an incoming kunai.
• Ren tracked a Jonin’s Body Flicker with his sensory ability while the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King held off the other two Jonin.

Ren battled an Iwagakure Jonin, using the Stellar Katana and Rasengan to overcome the enemy’s defenses and severely injure him. Jiraiya arrived afterward and praised Ren, then showed interest in discussing his technique.

• The Ghost-Faced Mastiff King set the Pangolin ablaze while Ren faced an Iwagakure Jonin.
• Ren cut through the Rock Ninja’s boulder with Chakra Enhanced Strength and the Stellar Katana, then closed in.
• Ren pinned the Rock Ninja’s stone-covered right fist with his katana and struck him with a no-hand-seal Rasengan.
• The Rock Ninja hardened his abdomen with Earth-nature Chakra and survived, but Ren’s Rasengan suddenly exploded and hurled him away.
• Ren wondered whether the Amethyst Winged Lion King meat had given his Chakra a scorching quality as Jiraiya and others arrived.
• Jiraiya praised Ren for severely injuring a Jonin and asked to discuss the Rasengan.

Ren and the Sannin confronted Roshi after Ren revealed he was a Jinchuriki, while Might Duy collapsed after testing his newly created Eight Gates. Ren’s summons killed the Iwagakure Pangolin, and he called two Sheepdogs to treat himself and Duy.

• Tsunade killed the wounded Rock Ninja, and Ren told her that Roshi was an Uzumaki Clan Jinchuriki like Kushina.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru confronted Roshi, who said he had come to collect something and retreated with the Sannin following him.
• Might Duy collapsed after using five gates against Roshi and explained that his new technique had strained his body.
• Konoha's White Fang arrived with Ren's War Dog, praised Duy's achievement, and confirmed that Kushina and Mikoto had returned safely to Konoha.
• Ren ordered the Ghost-Faced Mastiff King to kill the Pangolin, then released his summons and summoned two Sheepdogs to treat himself and Duy.

Ren recovered while Might Duy rested, then entered Roshi’s cave and took half the food supplies and the valuable sealing scrolls before burning what remained. Roshi abandoned the fight and left, while White Fang explained that Konoha needed to avoid provoking Iwagakure as it prepared to deal with the Land of Rain.

• Ren learned that Might Duy was too badly injured to move, so he left him to recover and headed for Roshi’s cave.
• White Fang’s Shadow Clone killed two Iwagakure Jonin with its terrifying killing intent, leaving Ren shaken and thinking about Emotion Genjutsu.
• Ren took half the food and the sealing scrolls from the cave, then burned the remaining supplies.
• Roshi saw the cave burning and withdrew after White Fang revealed that the two Jonin had been killed and the supplies were lost.
• Jiraiya wanted to pursue Roshi, but White Fang warned that provoking Iwagakure could force Konoha to face two nations at once, and the group returned toward Konoha.

After returning from the mission, Ren examined how the battle had exposed his weaknesses and began investigating the unusual heat in his Chakra. He discovered that eating the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s meat intensified the heat and caused tiny purple flames to appear as his Chakra formed.

• Tsunade treated Ren after the battle and sent him back to Konoha while the Hokage summoned her and the other leaders.
• Ren returned home and told his grandfather that he needed to improve his speed and train in Chakra Nature Transformation; his grandfather advised him to try Genjutsu.
• Ren learned that Kushina and Mikoto had returned safely, then began extracting Chakra in his bedroom.
• Ren noticed that his Chakra carried a purple glow and scorching heat, despite not having trained Fire Nature Transformation.
• Ren ate more Amethyst Winged Lion King meat and found that the heat in his Chakra grew stronger.
• Ren sensed a faint purple light in his cells that became a tiny purple flame as it transformed into Chakra.

Ren discovered that his Chakra could absorb a trace of the Amethyst Winged Lion King's purple flame and used it to create a scorching, explosive purple Rasengan. After Konoha investigated Roshi's food-gathering mission, Ren met the injured Might Duy, who thanked him and promised to help him in the future.

• Ren absorbed the purple Beast Flame into his dantian and formed a violet Rasengan infused with heat and explosive power.
• Ren's grandfather urged him to train in more ninjutsu, and Ren recognized the value of expanding his techniques.
• White Fang explained that Roshi had gathered food for the Land of Earth, while Orochimaru described how Konoha's nearby vacuum zone let enemy ninjas go unnoticed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered White Fang to search concealed areas near Konoha, assigned Orochimaru to plan around the Land of Rain, and told Tsunade to reward Ren.
• Ren went to the training grounds and found the bandaged Might Duy, who said the Eight Gates he created had been taken from him and thanked Ren for his help.

Ren tested a Fire Release Rasengan whose explosive heat devastated the river, then began practicing Chakra nature transformation. The chapter ended with Ren realizing that the heat in his Chakra came from the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s flesh rather than his own training.

• Ren unleashed his purple Rasengan on the river and fled before it exploded, scorching the riverbed and turning parts of it to glass.
• Might Duy warned Ren that the technique was dangerous, while Tsunade treated Ren’s burned palm and urged him to seal the ninjutsu away.
• Orochimaru suggested using a Shadow Clone or moving away immediately after striking to avoid the Rasengan’s backlash.
• Tsunade said White Fang would handle Roshi’s matter and that she, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru would use their recovery time to train their disciples.
• Ren practiced Fire Release nature transformation by infusing Chakra into leaves, which immediately blackened, caught fire, and crumbled to ash.

Ren trained his Fire-Nature Chakra by repeatedly heating silver, and the improvement in its quality triggered new trash to appear in the Trash Station. He discovered a huge cache from the Pirate King World, including seawater, a Sea King, and a ruined Marine island.

• Orochimaru taught Ren to advance his Fire-Nature Chakra training beyond burning leaves and suggested melting metal as a further test.
• Ren repeatedly infused silver with chakra, replenishing his strength by eating meat until the silver glowed red and softened.
• Ren realized that improving chakra quality, rather than merely increasing its quantity, had caused new trash to appear.
• Ren entered the Trash Station and watched rocks and torrents of seawater pour from the Distortion vortex.
• Ren identified a giant Sea King and then saw a destroyed island with buildings bearing the Marines' emblem.

Ren brought trash from Enies Lobby to Beast King Mountain, where the Dog Clan searched the island’s remains and collected its abundant seafood and Seastone. Ren then found a GP9 manual for the Six Powers, gaining a valuable body-based martial arts technique.

• Ren recognized the island as part of Enies Lobby and used Reversal Summoning Technique to travel to the Dog Clan.
• Ren summoned the Dog Clan to Beast King Mountain and used a Distortion vortex to bring down the island and its surrounding seawater.
• Ren ordered the dogs to search the wreckage and collect the Sea Kings and other seafood for storage and training.
• Ren examined Seastone, and the Sled Dog sensed it could affect Water-Nature Chakra cultivation.
• A Papillon brought Ren books and documents, including a bounty poster for Luffy and a GP9 notebook containing a Six Powers manual.

Ren studied the Six Powers and learned how to strengthen his body by accelerating blood flow, digesting nutrients, and exercising intensely. After eating a huge breakfast of Amethyst Winged Lion King meat, he felt overwhelmed by heat and rushed to the training ground to work it off.

• Ren learned from the Six Powers notebook that he could strengthen his body by speeding up blood flow and rapidly consuming nutrients through intense training.
• Ren told the sled dog that it could try the method too, while warning it to be careful because humans and dogs were different.
• Ren spent the night searching Enies Lobby's trash and tried heating a silver block with fire-nature Chakra.
• Kushina arrived at Ren's home, and Mikoto followed; Ren invited them to breakfast.
• Ren ate a large amount of Amethyst Winged Lion King meat while accelerating his blood circulation with Chakra, and his body grew intensely hot.
• Ren ran to the training ground to exercise and use up the nutrients and heat, with Kushina and Mikoto following him.

Ren used Might Duy’s weights to burn through the nutrients stored in his body and improve his physique, then received a mission scroll from Nawaki. After recognizing that the border exercise could be dangerous, Ren sent his companions to prepare and began making provisions for the mission.

• Ren borrowed Might Duy’s weights and ran more than a hundred laps, using the exertion to consume stored nutrients and strengthen his body.
• Ren told Might Duy that hard work could help him grow stronger, while considering whether Duy’s loyalty warranted sharing Sea King meat with him.
• Nawaki brought Ren a mission scroll for a five-person team to assemble at Training Ground 4 and head toward the Land of Rain border for an exercise.
• Ren warned Kushina, Mikoto, Nawaki, and Minato to prepare supplies, and Might Duy decided to join the mission.
• Ren returned home and told Sasaki to make more jerky from the Magical Beast meat.