Chapter Summaries

Asuma exposed Danzo’s use of a stolen Sharingan and stripped him of frontline command, then confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen about the village’s plans for Danzo. Tsunade burst in and demanded that Hiruzen stop protecting Danzo.

• Asuma presented a Root shinobi’s corpse bearing the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, and the Jōnin voted to strip Danzo of his command authority.
• Asuma revealed that Danzo had used Izanagi with a stolen Three Tomoe Sharingan, provoking Uchiha Akiha to confront him.
• Minato took Danzo back to Konoha for questioning, while Asuma was ordered to return to the village.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Asuma that Danzo had lost his positions and Root would answer to the Hokage, and said he would step down after the war.
• Tsunade smashed through the Hokage Building door and accused Hiruzen of indulging Danzo instead of dealing with his attempted assassination of Asuma.

Asuma comforted Tsunade after Danzo’s punishment, while Danzo, the Uchiha, and Orochimaru began positioning themselves for the Fourth Hokage succession. The chapter ended with Orochimaru recognizing Danzo’s attempt to control him and reflecting on Asuma’s surprises.

• Asuma found Tsunade drinking, told her Danzo could be killed again if he caused trouble, and urged her to compete for Fourth Hokage, but she rejected the idea.
• Shizune helped Asuma bring the drunken Tsunade home, and Asuma returned to his study while Shizune cared for her.
• At the Root base, Danzo mourned his lost chance to become Hokage, then resolved to become the person who controlled the Hokage.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the Uchiha clan that the Third Hokage intended to step down after the war, and the clan agreed that Fugaku should compete for the position.
• Danzo urged Orochimaru to prepare for the succession and promised him merit in the war against the Iwa Ninja, while warning that Fugaku was his main rival.
• Orochimaru saw through Danzo’s scheme to control him and smiled as he thought about Asuma.

Asuma tested Creation Rebirth by cutting his own heart, using the crisis to help Tsunade overcome her hemophobia. After saving him, Tsunade returned to treating him angrily, while Asuma and Yūhi Kurenai went to the hot springs and he checked his new system rewards.

• Asuma demonstrated that Creation Rebirth could rapidly heal a wound on his palm, then cut into his own heart to test whether it could regenerate internal organs.
• Asuma collapsed, and Shizune and Yūhi Kurenai panicked when they could not stop his bleeding; Tsunade overcame her hemophobia and directed his treatment.
• Tsunade and Shizune repaired Asuma’s aorta and heart, and Asuma revealed that he had staged the danger to help Tsunade confront her hemophobia.
• Asuma explained Tsunade’s condition to Yūhi Kurenai, then the two went to the Hot Spring District while Tsunade angrily sent them away.
• Asuma checked his system rewards, gained an Attribute Point, a Skill Point, and a Skill Pack, and raised his Constitution to 80.

Asuma raised his Yang Release to level 11 and discovered that his cells could absorb Natural Energy directly. He left the hot spring to test whether training could turn that energy into increased physical strength.

• Asuma used four Skill Points to raise Yang Release to level 10, then spent another to reach level 11.
• Asuma absorbed Natural Energy, which his cells consumed without triggering Sage Transformation, until he felt full.
• Asuma saw that his Constitution had not changed, so he left a Shadow Clone to wait for Yūhi Kurenai and went to his training ground.
• Asuma trained with a boulder and found that his Constitution attribute rose as he broke his previous exercise records.
• Yūhi Kurenai arrived and found Asuma drenched in sweat and exhilarated.

Asuma used Natural Energy training and Skill Points to strengthen his body and master high-level Chakra Nature Transformations, laying the foundation for Six Paths-level power. When the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist infiltrated Konoha’s rear and threatened Might Guy’s defensive line, Asuma rushed to support them.

• Asuma discovered that training after absorbing Natural Energy increased his Constitution and Agility, while Yūhi Kurenai learned how his gains worked.
• Asuma’s squad continued small-scale wartime missions, and Tsunade returned to duty at Konoha Hospital and opened a Medical Ninja Training Course.
• Asuma reviewed his attributes and skills, spent thirteen Skill Points to advance his Chakra Nature Transformations, and concluded that his foundation for Six Paths-level strength was in place.
• Asuma studied the One-Tail’s Chakra and identified Wind Style and Earth Style as the basis of its Magnet Release, planning to develop it before pursuing Electromagnetic Release.
• Yūhi Kurenai warned Asuma that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had broken through defensive lines and were nearing Might Guy’s position, so Asuma set out to provide support.

Asuma reached Might Guy and the others as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist attacked, and joined Might Duy in fighting them. As Might Guy withdrew, Asuma had already killed Raiga Kurosuki and gravely wounded Jūzō Biwa, while the battle continued.

• Asuma arrived at the battlefield, where Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu were facing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Might Duy revealed that he had prepared to use the Eight Gates Released Formation of the Gate of Death, while Asuma urged him to use only Seven Gates and protect the others.
• Raiga Kurosuki unleashed lightning at Asuma and Might Duy, and Might Duy kicked the attack aside.
• Asuma entered Sage Mode, broke Jūzō Biwa’s Kubikiribōchō, and sent Jūzō crashing into a tree with shattered internal organs.
• Asuma cut Raiga Kurosuki’s twin swords in two and split Raiga’s dried body in half.
• Might Duy intercepted Munashi Jinpachi as he tried to attack Asuma, and Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu retreated.

Asuma and Might Duy defeated Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, capturing Munashi Jinpachi and leaving the rest dead. Asuma collected and sealed the seven swords, planning to repair the damaged blades after returning to Konoha.

• Asuma killed Jinin Akebino and Kushimaru Kuriarare, then defeated Jinin Hozuki with Lightning Style after Might Duy attacked him.
• Might Duy overwhelmed Suikazan Fuguki and Jinin Hozuki, but exhaustion forced him to stop before opening the Gate of Death.
• Asuma blocked Munashi Jinpachi's Exploding Blade with Earth Style, then pursued and captured him as he fled.
• Asuma's Shadow Clone healed Might Duy and dealt with the gravely injured Suikazan Fuguki, leaving Munashi Jinpachi as the only surviving swordsman and a prisoner.
• Asuma gathered the seven swords, used the dead swordsmen's blood to restore Kubikiribōchō, and placed Contract Seals on all seven blades.

After defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and saving Might Duy, Asuma gained new skills and helped arrange a future Konoha team to wield the captured swords. As Kirigakure escalated its attacks into the Land of Fire, Asuma led a team including Yūhi Kurenai, Shizune, and the newly promoted Special Jonin Might Duy to reinforce the Mist Battlefield.

• Asuma earned a rescue achievement for saving Might Duy, raised his Water Style Chakra Nature Transformation, and received the Eight Inner Gates skill.
• Asuma and Might Duy reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen, then Asuma arranged for the Sarutobi Clan to reforge three captured swords and proposed choosing future wielders from across Konoha.
• News spread that Might Duy had killed Suikazan Fuguki, and Sarutobi Hiruzen promoted Duy to Special Jonin.
• Kirigakure intensified its infiltration into the Land of Fire, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to order Asuma to contain the offensive for two months.
• Asuma left Tsunade his notes on Yang Style Chakra Nature Transformation and departed for the Mist Battlefield with Yūhi Kurenai, Shizune, and Might Duy.

Sarutobi Asuma arrived at the Mist Battlefield and used Shadow Clones to reinforce Konoha’s vulnerable defenses. His unusual Sage Chakra drew Jiraiya’s curiosity, while his sudden appearance forced the Mist Ninja’s advance to falter.

• Sarutobi Asuma asked Jiraiya and Nara Shikaku to identify the Mist Ninja’s likeliest breakthrough points, then sent twelve Shadow Clones to cover the weakest positions.
• After three hours of replenishing his Chakra, Sarutobi Asuma created twenty-four more Shadow Clones and explained to Jiraiya how his Yang Style Chakra let his cells absorb Natural Energy directly.
• Sarutobi Asuma considered whether his mastery of Yin Style Chakra could cause a mutation in his eyes.
• Sarutobi Asuma’s Shadow Clones appeared across the battlefield, driving back Mist Ninja squads and plugging gaps in Konoha’s defenses.
• News of Konoha’s Purple Flash lifted Konoha’s morale and alarmed the Mist Ninja, whose offensive momentum stalled.

Asuma stabilized the Mist Ninja front and, after a month of fighting, gained time to address his limited Chakra endurance. He began designing a modified Yin Seal that could draw in and store Natural Energy, leaving the new Fūinjutsu’s effectiveness untested.

• Asuma used Shadow Clones and Might Duy’s support to hold Konoha’s defenses as the Mist Ninja shifted their attacks toward areas where Asuma was absent.
• Asuma’s presence caused Mist Ninja squads to be defeated or retreat, and their offensive weakened after a month of intense fighting.
• Asuma considered his Chakra limits and realized that Natural Energy could help him store a large reserve for rapid recovery.
• Asuma decided to develop both a Natural Energy storage seal and the Yin Seal, while preserving the One-Tail Chakra in his existing seal.
• Asuma sent a Shadow Clone to Konoha for scrolls, then began designing a modified Yin Seal that could continuously draw Natural Energy.

Asuma and Jiraiya developed the Sage Power Eight Trigrams Seal, a Fūinjutsu that stored Natural Energy and made Sage Mode easier to use. After the Sand Ninja withdrew and Konoha’s war effort worsened, Asuma completed the seal and tested it on Jiraiya, who successfully entered Sage Mode without the toad-like features.

• Jiraiya examined Asuma’s Fūinjutsu research and joined him in modifying a seal to store Natural Energy.
• Konoha reported defeat on the Land of Rain battlefield, where an elite Iwa Ninja force had exploited a weakness, and Orochimaru took command.
• The Sand Ninja withdrew from the war after the Land of Wind Daimyo cut off Sunagakure’s funding, leaving Konoha fighting three forces.
• Asuma completed the Sage Power Eight Trigrams Seal with Jiraiya’s help and stored Natural Energy in it.
• Asuma placed the seal on Jiraiya, who released its stored Natural Energy and entered Sage Mode without toad-like features.

Sarutobi Asuma and Jiraiya launched a coordinated air-and-ground counteroffensive against the Mist Ninja. Asuma’s team destroyed a Mist outpost, though Shizune was slightly wounded by a Kaguya Clan ninja.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved Jiraiya’s counteroffensive plan and mobilized Hyuga and Uchiha reinforcements for the Mist Battlefield.
• Sarutobi Asuma led twelve squads on Scorch Release Dragons while Jiraiya advanced with Konoha’s main force on the ground.
• Hizashi Hyuga spotted Jiraiya’s forces engaging the Mist Ninja, and Asuma’s group descended to attack a Mist outpost.
• Asuma and his team killed the outpost’s Mist Ninja, including Kaguya Clan fighters wielding Shikotsumyaku.
• Might Duy saved Shizune from a Kaguya Clan ninja, and Shizune treated her minor injury after the battle.

Asuma helped Konoha crush the Mist Ninja’s defenses and drive their forces from the Land of Fire, then rested and reached Character Level 40. After strengthening his Constitution, he wondered how he could train more efficiently.

• Asuma and Yūhi Kurenai used Genjutsu to trap and slaughter the approaching Mist Ninja reinforcements.
• Jiraiya’s army arrived, and Konoha’s coordinated counterattack broke through the Mist Ninja’s defenses and destroyed their command headquarters.
• Over three days, Konoha steadily drove the Mist Ninja back to the coast, where Asuma let the exhausted forces rest instead of pursuing fleeing ships.
• After sleeping, Asuma found that his Character Level had risen to 40 and allocated Attribute Points to Constitution, bringing it to 90.
• Asuma considered how to make better use of Natural Energy and wondered whether human modification or Kekkei Genkai could help him train faster.

Asuma trained in the sea while guarding the southern peninsula as Konoha shifted forces to face the Iwa Ninja. After learning that Uchiha Obito and Kakashi had been promoted, Asuma suspected Uchiha Madara had chosen several Uchiha as targets for his plan and went to investigate.

• Asuma combined sea training with Lightning Style Chakra Mode and later led Konoha forces with Kurenai to guard the southern peninsula against the Mist Ninja.
• Jiraiya and Nara Shikaku told Asuma that the Iwa Ninja invasion required Konoha to redirect troops, so Asuma stayed behind as a deterrent against the Mist Ninja.
• Before returning to Konoha, Nara Shikaku agreed to deliver Asuma's request that the repaired Lightning Blade be given to Kakashi.
• Kurenai and Shizune returned from Konoha and told Asuma that Uchiha Obito had become a Chūnin and Kakashi had been promoted to Jōnin.
• Asuma suspected Uchiha Madara had multiple Uchiha candidates in mind, considered Uchiha Shisui a possible target, and vanished in his Flame Pattern Robe.

Asuma discovered and captured a White Zetsu spy while taking Uchiha Shisui as his disciple, then turned back to training as the war neared its end. He learned that Uchiha Obito had still supposedly died and that Namikaze Minato had defeated fifty Iwa Ninja Jōnin.

• Asuma found White Zetsu hiding underground near Shisui's training grounds and offered to make Shisui his disciple.
• Shisui accepted Asuma as his teacher, and Asuma used Adamantine Sealing Chains to capture White Zetsu and ordered Shisui to alert Jiraiya.
• Asuma sent out patrols and reinforcements, then considered whether he could find and defeat Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu.
• Asuma sent a Shadow Clone to Konoha for news and Earth Style ninjutsu, then began training to develop Magnet Release.
• Two days later, Asuma learned that Uchiha Obito had still "died" and that Namikaze Minato had taken out fifty Iwa Ninja Jōnin.

Asuma completed Electromagnetic Release Kekkei Tōta while Konoha prepared for a major battle against the Mist Ninja. He revealed the new power to Yūhi Kurenai, Shizune, and Uchiha Shisui after demonstrating its effects.

• Konoha reinforcements arrived as Asuma's Shadow Clone led scouts and Jiraiya arranged ships for the campaign against the Mist Ninja.
• Konoha and Mist Ninja spies clashed in coastal towns after the Mist learned Konoha was requisitioning ships.
• Asuma completed Magnet Release training and combined it with Lightning Chakra, producing a powerful storm that forced nearby ninja to retreat.
• Asuma discovered that Electromagnetic Release strengthened his body and accelerated its growth as his Constitution attribute rose.
• Asuma told Yūhi Kurenai, Shizune, and Uchiha Shisui that he had created Electromagnetic Release Kekkei Tōta.

Asuma developed Electromagnetic Release and gained the Electromagnetic Eye, then received word from Jiraiya and launched the Second Counterattack. The advance met a Mist Ninja who copied Asuma with the Water Mirror Technique.

• Kurenai, Shizune, and Shisui recognized Asuma’s Electromagnetic Release as a rare Kekkei Tōta, and Asuma gained 300,000 experience points from developing it.
• Asuma claimed the Level 5 Electromagnetic Eye skill, endured a painful transformation, and discovered that the ability gave him medical imaging, thermal vision, and a Gamma Ray attack.
• Asuma received Jiraiya’s letter, called a pre-battle meeting, and ordered the Second Counterattack to begin.
• Asuma led Kurenai, Shizune, and twenty-four Shadow Clones toward the southern front to attack the Mist Ninja.
• A Mist Ninja used the Water Mirror Technique to copy Asuma and counter his Nine Dragon Fire Wall, and Asuma recognized the future Fourth Mizukage.

Asuma’s Shadow Clone devastated the Mist Ninjas with a massive lightning-infused Water Style attack, then pursued Yagura’s retreating forces. Yagura and an Ice Style Ninja destroyed the clone, while the Konoha ninjas were left to face the retreating Mist forces.

• The Mist Ninjas spread a chakra-infused mist to conceal their Silent Killing Technique, but Asuma used infrared vision to locate them.
• Asuma gathered the mist and surrounding water into a vast Water Shockwave, then electrified it and swept through the Mist Ninjas, killing more than half.
• Yagura ordered the surviving Mist Ninjas to retreat as Asuma sped after them across the water and destroyed their ice senbon and water barriers.
• Asuma pierced Yagura’s Water Mirror with False Darkness and struck Yagura, who turned out to be a water clone that froze Asuma in ice.
• An Ice Style Mist Ninja used Icebound Explosion to shatter Asuma’s Shadow Clone, while Yagura and the other Mist Ninjas held off the Konoha reinforcements.

Asuma led Konoha’s advance against the Mist Ninja, then used Scorch Release Rasenshuriken strikes to destroy their hidden ship strongholds overnight. Before dawn, the Mist Ninja retreated, and Konoha pursued them despite traps in the forest.

• Asuma lost three Shadow Clones but sent out three more to probe the Mist Ninja’s defenses as Konoha pushed to the Land of Tea border.
• After completing the Thousand Slayer achievement, Asuma put the Attribute Points into Constitution and halted the advance for the night to limit Konoha’s losses.
• While patrolling the coastline with Hizashi Hyuga and Uchiha Shisui, Asuma found a Barrier hiding a Mist Ninja harbor and blasted the area with Scorch Release Rasenshuriken.
• Hizashi Hyuga and Uchiha Shisui discovered caves and finished off Mist Ninja and ships left beyond the blast, while Yagura realized Konoha had found a major retreat route.
• Asuma sent Shadow Clones to locate and destroy more hidden Mist Ninja strongholds, forcing the Mist Ninja to abandon their nighttime attack and retreat.
• Before dawn, Asuma ordered Konoha to eat and pursue the retreating Mist Ninja, whose traps caused casualties as the advance continued.

Asuma defeated the remaining Mist Ninja in the southeastern Land of Tea, but Yagura and his companions fought again after reinforcements arrived by sea. The battle ended with only a handful of Mist Ninja rescued, and Asuma faced the arriving Third Mizukage aboard the middle ship.

• Asuma destroyed the Mist Ninja’s reef position with Scorch Release Rasenshuriken, and Konoha captured the survivors.
• Asuma cornered Yagura’s forces at the coast, where Yagura asked for a duel in exchange for his companions’ freedom, but Asuma refused.
• Yagura prepared to cover his comrades’ retreat until Hizashi Hyuga spotted sharks and the Mist Ninja’s reinforcements arriving by ship.
• Asuma broke through Yagura’s attacks and defeated the giant shark summoned by the Mist Ninja, while Might Duy destroyed another shark with a Seventh Gate kick.
• Asuma spread lightning through the sea to stop sharks from rescuing the Mist Ninja, and the surviving ships recovered only a small number of them.
• Hizashi identified the Third Mizukage aboard the middle ship, and Asuma prepared to face him.