Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yufeng watched Kazahana Koyuki film aboard a ship, then shared the deck with her as she recalled her homeland, the Land of Snow. The next morning, an enormous ice island blocked the ship’s route, and an explosion erupted on its peak as the crew prepared to film there.

• Uchiha Yufeng watched Kazahana Koyuki act, while she stopped filming to ask Sandayu for eye drops.
• After filming, Kazahana Koyuki ran toward Uchiha Yufeng, slipped, and was caught by him.
• Kazahana Koyuki asked Uchiha Yufeng about Sara, then saw an icy-blue streak across the sea and became tearful with nostalgia for the Land of Snow.
• The next morning, the crew discovered an enormous ice island blocking their route, and the director ordered everyone to disembark and film there.
• An explosion suddenly erupted near the top of the ice island.

Uchiha Yufeng protected Kazahana Koyuki when Snow Ninja ambushed her and the film crew. After killing the attackers, he urged Koyuki to face the pain she had been running from, and she embraced him.

• Kazahana Koyuki clung to Uchiha Yufeng when Nadare Rōga, Fūta Kazahana, and Mizore Fuyukuma ambushed the group and demanded the Hexagonal Crystal.
• Uchiha Yufeng killed Nadare Rōga with Lightning Release: Lariat as Rōga charged at Koyuki.
• Uchiha Yufeng swiftly killed Fūta Kazahana and Mizore Fuyukuma, then burned their chakra-resistant armor.
• Sandayu praised Uchiha Yufeng and left him to comfort Koyuki.
• Uchiha Yufeng encouraged Koyuki to talk about the pain she had buried, and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Kazahana Koyuki reunited with Uchiha Yufeng, who comforted her and led her to the enemy hiding in an ice cave. As they entered, Koyuki realized Yufeng had been the black-haired youth who rescued her from the burning palace years ago, and her enemy appeared before them.

• Kazahana Koyuki introduced Uchiha Yufeng to Sandayu, who excitedly praised his wartime reputation until Koyuki quieted him.
• Uchiha Yufeng found railroad tracks leading into an ice cave and asked Kazahana Koyuki whether she wanted him to deal with the person behind the Snow Ninja.
• Kazahana Koyuki asked Uchiha Yufeng to spare her enemy so she could confront him, and Uchiha Yufeng set the tracks ablaze to draw out those inside.
• Uchiha Yufeng told Kazahana Koyuki about a friend who had fled her snowy country after her father died, prompting Koyuki to recognize him as the youth who had rescued her from the burning palace.
• A group of ninjas emerged from the ice cave with a middle-aged man, who addressed Kazahana Koyuki and demanded something belonging to the Kazahana Family.

Kazahana Koyuki confronted her uncle, Kazahana Dōtō, about her father’s murder and the Kazahana Family treasure. Uchiha Yufeng killed Dōtō and his ninja, then left to attack another target, while Koyuki waited with her father’s Crystal Pendant.

• Kazahana Dōtō claimed that Koyuki’s father had sacrificed himself and demanded the Crystal Pendant, revealing his plan to unlock the treasure hidden in the Rainbow Ice Wall.
• Kazahana Koyuki rejected Dōtō and broke down in tears as he ordered his men to surround her and Uchiha Yufeng.
• Uchiha Yufeng used Shinra Tensei to repel the attacking ninja, then dragged Dōtō toward him with Banshō Ten'in and killed him with black flames.
• Uchiha Yufeng pulled back the fleeing ninja and killed them with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Uchiha Yufeng left Koyuki waiting and attacked a distant location with an azure giant wielding a Chakra Blade.

Uchiha Yufeng brought Kazahana Koyuki to the Rainbow Ice Wall and used her Hexagonal Crystal to activate the Land of Snow’s hidden treasure. As the ice melted and spring briefly arrived, Koyuki watched a message from her father and thanked Yufeng with a kiss.

• Uchiha Yufeng took Kazahana Koyuki through the snow to the Rainbow Ice Wall and asked her for the Hexagonal Crystal.
• Uchiha Yufeng placed the crystal into a slot in the shrine, activating a snowflake-shaped pattern that warmed the land and melted the ice.
• Kazahana Koyuki watched a projection of her father, Kazahana Sōsetsu, encouraging her to pursue her dreams of becoming a princess and an actress.
• Kazahana Koyuki thanked Uchiha Yufeng and kissed him.

After Kazahana Koyuki became the Daimyo of the Land of Snow, she agreed to accompany Uchiha Yufeng to the Land of Wind to bring Sara back. Before they could leave, a message from Konoha reported attacks by an unknown force in parts of the Land of Wind.

• Kazahana Koyuki completed the ceremony and took her place as the new Daimyo of the Land of Snow.
• Uchiha Yufeng told Kazahana Koyuki he planned to go to the Land of Wind to bring Sara back, and she asked to go with him.
• Kazahana Koyuki worried that Sara would be angry about their relationship, and Uchiha Yufeng comforted her.
• Kazahana Koyuki went to change into simpler clothes before leaving with Uchiha Yufeng that day.
• Uchiha Yufeng hypnotized a Ninja Hawk from Konoha, took its scroll, and read that an unknown force had attacked parts of the Land of Wind.

Uchiha Yufeng met Yuhi Kurenai and her students while traveling with Kazahana Koyuki, and Kurenai warned him about strange people near the Land of Fire border. After agreeing to escort Kurenai’s team back to Konoha, Yufeng planned to continue with Koyuki toward the Land of Wind.

• Uchiha Yufeng and Kazahana Koyuki encountered Yuhi Kurenai, Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino on a mission.
• Yuhi Kurenai warned Uchiha Yufeng that strange people had appeared near the Land of Fire border, close to his route toward the Land of Wind.
• Yuhi Kurenai questioned Uchiha Yufeng about Yukie Fujikaze, and he explained that her real name was Kazahana Koyuki and that she was a princess from the Land of Snow.
• Yuhi Kurenai told Uchiha Yufeng she wanted a child and asked him to take over teaching her students if she became pregnant.
• Uchiha Yufeng agreed to take Yuhi Kurenai and her students back to Konoha before continuing to the Land of Wind.

Uchiha Yufeng protected a group of villagers from armored attackers and pursued their blond leader. After swiftly defeating the youth, he challenged him over his people’s attack on the village.

• Uchiha Yufeng gave Kazahana Koyuki a protective scroll and told her to keep it with her.
• Villagers along the Land of Fire’s border explained that strangely dressed attackers had raided their village and killed its people.
• Uchiha Yufeng used Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Hell Stab to kill the armored attackers.
• Uchiha Yufeng sent Kazahana Koyuki into his Kamui Dimension, then sensed a person hiding ten miles away and went to confront him.
• A blond youth in knightly armor emerged, and Uchiha Yufeng knocked him face-first into the ground after questioning him about peace.

Uchiha Yufeng learned through genjutsu that Haido was behind Timuci’s mission to create a peaceful nation, then captured Timuci and brought him toward the Gelel Stone vein. Ranke arrived to rescue Timuci and challenged Uchiha Yufeng.

• Timuci defended his goal of building a peaceful nation, and Uchiha Yufeng used the Mangekyō Sharingan to learn that Haido was behind him.
• Uchiha Yufeng recognized Timuci and Haido as part of the Phantom Ruins of the Underground incident and learned that Haido had killed Timuci’s parents and implanted a Gelel Stone in him.
• Uchiha Yufeng dispelled his genjutsu, subdued Timuci with repulsive force and Lightning Release, and carried him toward the suspected Gelel Stone vein.
• Uchiha Yufeng tied Timuci to a tree after sensing his companion approaching.
• Ranke arrived, told Timuci she would rescue him, and attacked Uchiha Yufeng with her Thunderbolt Lightning Strike.

Uchiha Yufeng captured Ranke and Timuci, then discovered that their base used the Gelel Stone and its machinery to create soldiers from children. After rescuing the children and leaving Kazahana Koyuki to care for them in the Kamui Dimension, he headed for the Land of Wind to pursue the others.

• Uchiha Yufeng reflected Ranke’s lightning attack, learned through genjutsu that the others had gone to the Land of Wind, and knocked her unconscious along with Timuci.
• Uchiha Yufeng brought Kazahana Koyuki out of the Kamui Dimension and explained the Gelel Stone as they went to the base.
• Uchiha Yufeng defeated the base’s armored soldiers with Hell Stab and Amaterasu, then found children sealed in chambers at its core.
• Uchiha Yufeng freed the children and told Kazahana Koyuki that the soldiers had been created using them.
• Uchiha Yufeng took Kazahana Koyuki and the children into the Kamui Dimension, hypnotized Ranke and Timuci, and left a Shadow Clone to help care for everyone.
• Uchiha Yufeng left the Kamui Dimension and rushed toward the Land of Wind.

Gaara and Kankuro fought Haido’s knights at the coastal border, but Camilla’s Genjutsu and Haido’s enhanced power turned the battle against them. Temari arrived with Sunagakure reinforcements, and Haido charged toward Gaara while demanding his capture for a deal with a black-robed figure.

• Gaara and Kankuro confronted Fūgai aboard the stranded ship, and Kankuro trapped her inside Karasu after Gaara used sand to evade her attack.
• Haido arrived with Camilla and ordered her to rescue Fūgai, who escaped after Camilla used Genjutsu to incapacitate Kankuro and transformed into a winged creature.
• Haido recognized Gaara’s name and ordered his soldiers to capture him, recalling his agreement with a black-robed figure to hand Gaara over in exchange for the Gelel mineral vein.
• Temari arrived with about twenty Sunagakure ninjas and struck Haido’s forces with Wind Release and ninja tools.
• Haido healed his wounds and grew stronger with a burst of light before charging at Gaara.

Gaara, Temari, and the Sunagakure ninjas fought Haido, whose Gelel Stone power overwhelmed their attacks. Uchiha Yufeng arrived, absorbed Haido’s energy blast, and exposed Haido’s contempt for his former subordinates before Haido charged at him.

• Gaara and Temari led attacks against Haido, but his enhanced body endured their techniques and he pierced Gaara’s sand decoy.
• Temari used Wind Release to restrain Haido, and Gaara shielded her from his energy attacks.
• Haido unleashed a powerful energy blast at Temari and the frontline ninjas, but Uchiha Yufeng appeared and absorbed it with the Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Yufeng released Timuci and Ranke from Genjutsu, and Haido called them useless tools and declared that no one would stop him.
• Haido charged directly at Uchiha Yufeng.

Uchiha Yufeng defeated Haido and his allies by draining their Gelel Stone power, then helped Sunagakure recover from the battle. After he freed Kankuro from genjutsu and left, Temari thanked him and prepared to return to the village.

• Uchiha Yufeng repelled Haido, drained the Gelel Stone energy from him, and beheaded him.
• Uchiha Yufeng pulled Timuci, Ranke, and the two female knights to him, drained their power, and killed them.
• Gaara checked Temari and addressed Uchiha Yufeng, who told the Sunagakure forces to handle the rest.
• Temari discovered Kankuro remained unconscious, and Uchiha Yufeng released him from genjutsu.
• Uchiha Yufeng left, and Temari ordered the Sand Shinobi to clean up the battlefield before returning to the village.

Uchiha Yufeng reunited with Sara and Kazahana Koyuki, then invited them and Pakura to return with him to Konoha. At Akatsuki's base, Black and White Zetsu revealed that Orochimaru had found a candidate for the group's new leader and summoned someone with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Uchiha Yufeng asked Sara and Kazahana Koyuki to return to Konoha, and both agreed to join him after settling their affairs.
• Pakura reported that the children had been settled, and she agreed to return to Konoha with Uchiha Yufeng.
• Black and White Zetsu told the Akatsuki members that their pawn had been eliminated and that the organization needed more strength.
• Kisame, Uchiha Itachi, Kakuzu, Hidan, and Deidara discussed Uchiha Yufeng's power and the Akatsuki's future.
• Orochimaru appeared at the base and announced that the new leader was present.
• Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu on a White Zetsu.

Uchiha Yufeng learned that Konan had uncovered a new Akatsuki leader who might be Uchiha Madara, then investigated a coup in Sunagakure that he suspected concealed another objective. He planned to retrieve two trainees from the Three Great Sage Regions and use the crisis to test them.

• Uchiha Yufeng learned that Yuhi Kurenai was pregnant and left Uzuki Yugao to meet Konan outside Konoha.
• Konan told Uchiha Yufeng that Black and White Zetsu had taken over the Akatsuki and installed a leader who might be Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Yufeng gave Konan an improved injury-triggered scroll and urged her to live, but she left to pursue revenge for Yahiko and Nagato.
• A Ninja Hawk brought news that nearly half of Sunagakure's elders had launched a coup against Rasa.
• Uchiha Yufeng suspected the coup was a smokescreen and told Namikaze Minato he would retrieve two trainees from the Three Great Sage Regions to temper them.

After more than two and a half years away, Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar returned to Konoha and reunited with Haruno Sakura, Konohamaru, and Uchiha Shisui. Second Pillar agreed to take over Shisui’s hospital duties so they could spar, then confidently headed to the training ground to challenge the famous Body Flicker Shisui.

• Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki recognized Second Pillar and Uzumaki Naruto as they approached Konoha after more than two and a half years away.
• Haruno Sakura and Konohamaru greeted the returning pair, and Sakura hugged Second Pillar before Naruto joined them below the platform.
• Konohamaru showed Naruto his Sexy Jutsu, and Naruto announced his Advanced Sexy Jutsu before Sakura punched him in the face.
• Second Pillar went to the Uchiha Clan grounds and reunited with Uchiha Shisui, who said he was busy taking Sara and Kurenai to hospital checkups.
• Second Pillar agreed to handle the hospital visits in exchange for a spar, and he raced after Shisui to the training ground, eager to test the famed Body Flicker.

Second Pillar sparred with Uchiha Shisui, lost, and vowed to surpass him and bring his rogue-ninja brother home. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yufeng arranged a mission to Sunagakure for Team 7, led by Uchiha Izumi.

• Second Pillar challenged Uchiha Shisui to a sword spar, but Shisui defeated him with a short sword pressed to his neck.
• Second Pillar vowed to surpass Uchiha Shisui and bring his rogue-ninja brother back home, then headed to the clan compound to see his mother.
• Uchiha Yufeng visited Yamanaka Ino at her flower shop and promised to return later after taking Sara and Kurenai for checkups.
• Uchiha Yufeng woke Uzumaki Naruto and gave him a scroll to open after Team 7 reached Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Yufeng told Naruto that Uchiha Izumi would lead Team 7 on the mission.

Uchiha Yufeng sent Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to Sunagakure with Uchiha Izumi, keeping their mission details sealed until they arrived. He arranged for Might Guy's Team to follow as support, while warning Namikaze Minato that Sunagakure might face an operation targeting a Jinchuriki.

• Second Pillar, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura met Uchiha Izumi and set out for Sunagakure with a sealed mission scroll.
• Uchiha Yufeng told Namikaze Minato that the team needed to face real challenges to grow and that Might Guy's Team would provide logistical support.
• Uchiha Yufeng suspected an Akatsuki operation targeting a Jinchuriki and said he wanted to pressure Ōnoki of Both Scales amid tensions with Iwagakure.
• Namikaze Minato summoned Might Guy and ordered him to support Team 7 in Sunagakure.
• Might Guy agreed to lead his team, and Namikaze Minato told him to prepare and leave the following day.

Rasa learned that Sasori and Akatsuki were tied to Sunagakure’s unrest, but his trusted subordinate ambushed him and left him unconscious. At Gaara’s residence, a tall ninja with Sharingan confronted Gaara and Temari.

• Rasa learned that the rebel elders had been dealt with and ignored his subordinate’s warning to rest despite his worsening condition.
• Sunagakure’s officials identified Sasori as a likely instigator and received intelligence from Konoha’s Fourth Hokage about Akatsuki’s dangerous members.
• Rasa ordered tighter defenses and commanded that anyone wearing Akatsuki’s red-cloud robes be killed.
• An elder noticed that the intelligence document’s handwriting seemed wrong, and Rasa’s trusted subordinate attacked him with an Explosive Tag.
• Rasa used Iron Sand to capture the attacker but collapsed from his old and new injuries as the Anbu rushed to the scene.
• Gaara watched the commotion before a tall ninja confronted him, revealed his Sharingan, and drew an attack from Temari.

Uchiha Madara attacked Sunagakure, used his Rinnegan to subdue Gaara and Temari, and took Gaara away with Sasori and Deidara assisting. Deidara and Sasori stayed behind to delay the village and its reinforcements, with Sasori preparing to carry out the next part of their plan.

• Uchiha Madara broke through Gaara’s sand defenses and fought off the Sunagakure Anbu who arrived.
• Uchiha Madara used his Rinnegan to control Gaara and Temari, then seized Gaara and escaped through a window.
• Sasori and Deidara appeared and helped Uchiha Madara flee the village with Gaara on a clay bird.
• Deidara scattered explosive clay across Sunagakure while Sasori told him to hold off the village and Konoha’s reinforcements.
• Sasori ordered Deidara to take him into the air over the outskirts so he could carry out the next part of their plan.