Chapter Summaries

Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s army against Kumogakure and fought A and Killer B, using Flying Thunder God to evade their coordinated attacks. After disabling Killer B’s Eight-Tails transformation, Minato forced a stalemate and ended the chapter holding Killer B at kunai-point.

• Minato led Konoha’s ninja army to Kumogakure’s camp and used marked kunai to kill numerous ninja before A and Killer B confronted him.
• Minato struck A with a Rasengan, but A’s lightning armor reduced the damage, while Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails, Gyuki.
• A predicted Minato’s Flying Thunder God movements and coordinated with Gyuki to drive Minato into a desperate retreat.
• Minato used shadow clones and a hidden kunai to reach Gyuki, severed one of his tails, and placed a sealing jutsu that forced him to revert to Killer B.
• Minato resumed his hit-and-run attacks, then appeared behind Killer B and threatened to kill him unless A stopped.

Qingyun reached Rōran and discovered that its dangerous Dragon Vein threatened to destroy the country as it battered its seal. He temporarily calmed it and arranged for the Queen of Roran to relocate her people, hoping to absorb the Dragon Vein and advance his Yang Release Nature Transformation.

• Qingyun arrived in Rōran, sensed the Dragon Vein’s hostile intelligence, and followed its roar to the underground forbidden grounds.
• The Queen of Roran struggled to reinforce the cracking seal as the Dragon Vein attacked it more fiercely in response to Qingyun’s presence.
• Qingyun explained the Dragon Vein’s danger and proposed absorbing it, promising to find the Rōran Villagers a new settlement.
• The Queen of Roran agreed to relocate her people within a month, and Qingyun used genjutsu and a Four Symbols Seal to quiet the Dragon Vein temporarily.
• Qingyun told the Queen of Roran to settle in the Land of Demons and seek Orochimaru’s escort, offering to use Orochimaru’s remaining favor in exchange.

Qingyun kept the rampaging Dragon Vein sealed in Rōran and realized its yang power might be essential to mastering kekkei mōra. Meanwhile, Shisui routed most of five Kirigakure elite jonin, while the battered Uchiha and Hyuga clan heads requested reinforcements and supplies from Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Qingyun held the Dragon Vein behind the reinforced seal and absorbed its leaking yang power, suspecting kekkei mōra required both yin and yang transformations.
• At the Land of Bears and Land of Whirlpools border, Shisui Uchiha used Genjutsu and his sword to kill four of five Kirigakure elite jonin before retreating with the Uchiha forces.
• Shisui returned to camp, saw his wounded clansmen, and went to train because he could not yet change the course of the battle.
• The Uchiha Clan Head told the Hyuga Clan Head that Hiruzen Sarutobi had likely deceived them about rewards for their clans.
• The two clan heads agreed to request reinforcements and demand supplies from Hiruzen Sarutobi, then sent their message by ninja hawk.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Kosuke, Might Guy, and Shizune to escort supplies to the front while secretly assigning Might Duy to protect them. Near the Land of Fire’s border, they were ambushed by Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki, and Juzo called for the rest of his allies to join the fight.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent supplies to the Uchiha and Hyuga clans but refused their request for reinforcements, then chose Kosuke, Might Guy, and Shizune to escort the shipment with Might Duy following in secret.
• Might Guy and Shizune eagerly accepted the mission, and the group departed with the supply convoy after gathering combat supplies.
• Kosuke sensed an ambush near the Land of Fire’s border and attacked with Leaf Style Swordsmanship: Willow as the enemy released the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Might Guy countered Raiga Kurosuki’s Thunder Blade attack, giving Kosuke the chance to block Juzo Biwa’s strike with the Kubikiribōchō.
• Juzo Biwa narrowly avoided Shizune’s poisoned senbon and called for his allies to join the attack.

Might Guy and Shizune fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist alongside Kosuke. Guy incapacitated four swordsmen before collapsing, and Shizune defeated the remaining three, leaving the Mist group wiped out.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare attacked Might Guy with Nuibari’s wires, but Guy used his palm techniques to tear apart the mist and reveal the seven swordsmen.
• Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate and struck down Kushimaru Kuriarare, Munashi Jinpachi, Raiga Kurosuki, and Suikazan Fuguki before his injuries forced him to collapse.
• Shizune treated Might Guy, summoned Katsuyu to stabilize him, and entered her Purple Poison Chakra Mode before joining Kosuke against Juzo Biwa, Hozuki Hangetsu, and Jinin Akebino.
• Shizune’s poison weakened Hozuki Hangetsu despite his Hydrification Technique, and she detonated the toxins inside him.
• The poison slowed Juzo Biwa and Jinin Akebino, allowing Shizune to knock them down and wipe out the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Shizune and Might Guy defeated Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen, while Minato Namikaze redirected Kakashi’s force to reinforce Jiraiya. After A regained his resolve, the Third Raikage decided Kumogakure would seek peace with Konoha and withdraw toward the Land of Rice Fields, with a plan to attack Iwagakure if it committed more troops.

• Shizune collected Juzo Biwa’s and Suikazan Fuguki’s heads after Kirigakure’s Seals recalled the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s blades, then joined Kosuke’s supply convoy with the injured Might Guy.
• Might Duy watched the convoy leave, pleased that Qingyun’s training had helped Might Guy defeat four swordsmen, and followed after it.
• News of Shizune and Might Guy’s victory spread, earning Shisui Uchiha, Shizune, and Might Guy new reputations and increasing Konoha’s clans’ interest in Qingyun’s training.
• Minato Namikaze ordered Kakashi to lead most of the camp’s forces to reinforce Jiraiya and secretly sent Shikaku Nara, Choza, and Inoichi Yamanaka to protect the force.
• The Third Raikage restored A’s confidence, then ordered him to send Konoha a Peace Treaty and begin a slow withdrawal toward the Land of Rice Fields, preparing to attack Iwagakure if it sent reinforcements.

Minato Namikaze negotiated peace with Kumogakure, securing one billion ryō in supplies for Killer B’s release. Meanwhile, Ōnoki prepared to ambush the Third Raikage, and Qingyun absorbed the Dragon Vein’s power, completing his mission and receiving his rewards.

• Minato Namikaze demanded supplies from Kumogakure in exchange for returning Killer B, and the Third Raikage agreed to pay one billion ryō.
• Minato Namikaze accepted the Third Raikage’s offer, bringing the negotiations to a close.
• Ōnoki explained that he expected the Third Raikage to invade Iwagakure through the Land of Rice Fields and kept his forces waiting in ambush.
• Qingyun broke the sealing formation, repelled the Dragon Vein’s attacks, and began absorbing its energy.
• The Dragon Vein’s power overwhelmed Qingyun until the mole between his brows redirected it into his dantian, where it formed a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
• Qingyun regained consciousness after the mole healed him, and the system awarded him a Snow Drink Blade Technique manual and a Spirit-Opening Pill.

After absorbing the Dragon Vein, Qingyun comprehended Yang Release and mastered Wood Release, then used the Spirit-Opening Pill to awaken the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon within him. The dragon shared its power with him, granting him a golden armored form as he flew over the desert.

• Qingyun discovered that the Dragon Vein had transformed his blood, accelerated his recovery, and let him comprehend Yang Release and fuse it with earth and water to create Wood Release.
• Qingyun practiced Wood Release for two months, mastered the techniques in Mito Uzumaki’s Sealing Scroll, and nearly overwhelmed Rōran with Nativity of a World of Trees.
• Qingyun burned the underground trees, left Rōran on the Divine Condor, and considered saving the Sudden Enlightenment Pill until Shisui Uchiha reached Kage Level.
• Qingyun gave the Spirit-Opening Pill to the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon within him, awakening its intelligence; the dragon called him “Dada” and agreed to lend him its energy.
• Qingyun used the dragon’s energy to enter a golden armored form with horns and a cloak, then flew freely over the desert.

After the Third Raikage’s army was ambushed by Ōnoki, he held off Iwagakure’s forces for three days before dying, while Jiraiya assigned Kakashi’s Team 7 to destroy Kannabi Bridge. When Rin Nohara was captured on the way, Kakashi chose to rescue her first, unaware of the conspiracy awaiting them.

• Minato Namikaze released Killer B after the Third Raikage signed a peace treaty, then headed toward the border between the Land of Whirlpools and the Land of Bears.
• Ōnoki ambushed the Third Raikage’s army in the Land of Rice Fields, and the Third Raikage ordered A to lead the survivors home while he fought the Stone Ninja.
• The Third Raikage killed more than three thousand Stone Ninja over three days before he died in battle.
• After hearing of the Third Raikage’s death, Jiraiya and Shikaku Nara planned a frontal attack and assigned Kakashi’s Team 7 to destroy Kannabi Bridge.
• Rin Nohara was captured as Kakashi’s Team 7 traveled toward Kannabi Bridge, and Kakashi decided to rescue her before continuing the mission.

Kakashi and Obito rescued Rin from her captors, but Iwagakure’s forces trapped them and collapsed a cave around them. Obito sacrificed himself to save Kakashi, who used Obito’s Sharingan to unleash Chidori Stream and escape with Rin, leaving Obito buried beneath the rubble.

• Kakashi and Obito killed the guards outside the cave, rescued Rin, and fled toward Kannabi Bridge.
• Iwagakure ninja pursued the trio, and Kakashi realized Rin’s capture had been a trap.
• Hundreds of Iwagakure ninja surrounded the cave and used Earthquake Wave to bring the mountain down on them.
• Obito kicked Kakashi out of the path of a falling boulder, was pinned beneath it, and gave his Sharingan to Kakashi while asking him to protect Rin.
• Rin transplanted Obito’s Sharingan into Kakashi, who used Chidori Stream to kill the surrounding Iwa ninja and escape with her.
• Rin climbed out of the cave, which collapsed completely and buried Obito.

Madara planned to turn Obito against Konoha by arranging Rin’s death, while Kakashi and Rin destroyed Kannabi Bridge and the war’s shifting battles brought Minato into conflict over the Hyuga Clan’s stolen Byakugan. After Hiashi asked Minato to contact Qingyun, Qingyun followed Minato’s Sun-Moon Mark and appeared in his tent.

• Madara had Tobi repair Obito and devised a plan to have Kirigakure seal the Three-Tails inside Rin so Obito would witness her death and awaken his Mangekyo.
• Kakashi and Rin reached Kannabi Bridge, planted explosive tags, and destroyed it.
• Qingyun learned that Minato had driven Yagura’s forces back after Yagura killed Fugaku’s father and wounded the Uchiha Clan Head.
• Hiashi asked Minato to contact Qingyun and help recover the Hyuga Clan’s stolen Byakugan, offering the clan’s support for Minato’s Hokage bid.
• Minato activated his Sun-Moon Mark, and Qingyun used it to travel to Minato’s tent.

Qingyun agreed to recover the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan and confronted Kirigakure alone, overwhelming its forces with Wood Release and sword techniques. As his sword intent grew stronger, Karatachi Yagura ordered the Kaguya, Yuki, and Hozuki clans to work together to stop him.

• Qingyun accepted Hyuga Hiashi’s request and set out to challenge Kirigakure alone, while Minato Namikaze gathered Uchiha and Hyuga ninja to support him if needed.
• Qingyun reunited with Might Guy, Shizune, and Shisui Uchiha, then told them to watch his fighting techniques.
• Qingyun confronted Karatachi Yagura and demanded Kirigakure return the Byakugan and admit defeat; Yagura refused.
• Qingyun unleashed Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, trapping Mist Ninja before cutting them down with the Peerless Yang Sword.
• Qingyun repelled Kirigakure’s ninjutsu with a massive blade of sword energy, and his sword intent rapidly strengthened as he fought.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered the Kaguya, Yuki, and Hozuki clans to restrict Qingyun’s movements and attack him together.

Qingyun defeated Kirigakure’s army while demonstrating martial arts to his disciples, forcing Yagura to surrender and return the Byakugan. His victory prompted Ōnoki to withdraw Iwagakure’s forces, while Madara and Black Zetsu discussed Qingyun’s growing strength and possible plans beyond the Shinobi World.

• Qingyun used the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms and Cloud-Displacing Palm to devastate the Kaguya and Yuki Clan ninja while teaching Might Guy.
• Qingyun demonstrated a hidden weapon technique for Shizune as he attacked the Mist Ninja, and Yagura surrendered after realizing his army could not withstand him.
• Qingyun accepted Yagura’s surrender, received the Byakugan from Ao, and claimed the system rewards for completing his mission.
• After Qingyun released the Mist Ninja from the Flower Tree World Technique, Yagura led his defeated forces toward their warships.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s forces to withdraw after hearing of Qingyun’s victory, while Madara told Black Zetsu to continue their original plan despite Qingyun’s rapid growth.
• Black Zetsu suspected Qingyun was targeting the Ōtsutsuki Clan and considered the possibility of allying with him after resurrecting his mother.

After defeating Kirigakure’s forces, Qingyun joined Minato and found Kakashi beside Rin’s body, grieving over her death and Obito’s apparent loss. Qingyun sensed Obito watching from the shadows, then revealed that Rin could still be saved because the Three-Tails had kept her soul from entering the Netherworld.

• Qingyun told Minato that absorbing the Dragon Vein had allowed him to master Wood Release, then set off with Minato and his young companions to find Kakashi and the others.
• Qingyun and Minato arrived beside Kakashi, who attacked Qingyun before recognizing him; Minato saw Rin’s body and demanded to know what had happened to Obito and why Kakashi had killed Rin.
• Kakashi explained that Obito had been crushed while saving him and entrusted him with his Sharingan, then recounted how Rin had run into his Chidori as they escaped from the Mist Ninja.
• Qingyun recognized Madara’s plot to make Rin, the Three-Tails’ jinchūriki, die by Kakashi’s hand, and sensed Obito watching before he disappeared.
• Qingyun told Minato and Kakashi that Rin was not beyond saving because the Three-Tails’ chakra had kept her soul from entering the Netherworld.

Qingyun revived Rin Nohara with a forbidden technique, though it cost him much of his energy and some of his mental Origin. He explained that Rin now carried a fragment of the Three-Tails’ will, while Kakashi left determined to discover whether Obito was alive.

• Qingyun used a White Zetsu and his own energy to perform One's Own Life Reincarnation, restoring Rin Nohara’s wounds and bringing her back to life.
• Rin explained that she had thrown herself onto Kakashi’s Chidori to prevent the Three-Tails inside her from being released in Konoha, and Kakashi realized Qingyun might be able to save Obito.
• Minato Namikaze found a weak Three-Tails inside Rin and placed an Eight Trigrams Seal on her to prevent it from going berserk.
• Qingyun told Kakashi that the technique could not revive Obito because he had been dead too long, then urged Kakashi to seek the truth and grow stronger.
• Kakashi suspected Obito might still be alive and vowed to find him after Qingyun hinted that the Mist Ninja’s deaths might reveal more.
• Qingyun explained that Rin held a fragment of the Three-Tails’ will, giving her access to its energy while preventing a future Three-Tails from being complete, then led the group toward the Land of Grass.

Qingyun reached Kusagakure and rescued Karin and her mother from the Grass Ninja who were exploiting the woman’s healing constitution. After bringing them into the Sun and Moon Space, he encountered Madara Uchiha and demanded Yahiko’s body as part of Madara’s plan involving Nagato.

• After learning the war in the Land of Grass had ended, Qingyun sent Minato Namikaze and the youngsters to the frontline camp and went to Kusagakure to investigate Karin’s family.
• Qingyun followed wounded Grass Ninja to a wooden house and found them biting a red-haired woman while she protected the infant Karin.
• Qingyun killed the Grass Ninja with a massive palm formed from clouds, then healed the woman and offered to take her and Karin back to Konoha.
• The woman agreed, and Qingyun brought her and Karin into the Sun and Moon Space before calling out to someone nearby.
• Madara Uchiha emerged from hiding, and Qingyun told him he wanted Yahiko’s body while allowing Nagato to fall into darkness.

Qingyun secured Madara Uchiha’s promise to deliver Yahiko’s body, then returned to Konoha with Shisui Uchiha and brought Kō Aoi Uzumaki and Karin to Kushina. At the funeral for the war dead, Qingyun gave a confused Uchiha boy a different perspective on life and asked Orochimaru about his White Zetsu research, intending to help Shisui awaken his Mangekyo.

• Qingyun threatened Madara Uchiha until Madara agreed to arrange for Yahiko’s body to be delivered in six months.
• Qingyun returned to the Forest of Death, gave Shion a short sword, and introduced Kō Aoi Uzumaki and Karin to Kushina.
• More than two months later, Hiruzen Sarutobi led Konoha in welcoming the returning Ninja and attending funerals for those killed in the war.
• Orochimaru told a confused Uchiha boy that life’s meaning lay in eternal life, but Qingyun urged the boy to seek his own purpose.
• Qingyun asked Orochimaru about his White Zetsu research as he considered using the cells and Genjutsu to help Shisui awaken his Mangekyo.

Orochimaru told Qingyun that he had found a test subject whose bodily fluids could help make Hashirama cell implants safe, while Uchiha Fugaku used his newly awakened Mangekyo to foresee the Uchiha Clan’s destruction. Fugaku doubted the vision and resolved to ask Qingyun about it and change the clan’s fate.

• Orochimaru told Qingyun that his experiments on a man with an unusual constitution could lead to Hashirama cell implants within six months.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered the clan’s wartime losses and awakened his Mangekyo, but Qingyun’s strength tempered his ambitions.
• Fugaku used his left-eye Dojutsu, Prophecy, and saw the Uchiha Clan destroyed in eight years by a group that included a man resembling Itachi and Danzo.
• Fugaku saw himself and his wife die after the massacre, then questioned whether the vision could be accurate because Danzo had defected and Qingyun would protect Shisui.
• Fugaku decided to seek Qingyun’s advice and vowed to prevent the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.

Qingyun practiced with Kushina and sharpened his swordsmanship before Uchiha Fugaku asked him to take Itachi as a disciple. After hearing Fugaku’s prophecy and learning of his Mangekyo, Qingyun agreed only if Fugaku eliminated the Hawk Faction and made Shisui clan head.

• Qingyun and Kushina practiced the Jade Maiden Sutra through the night, while their teamwork and swordsmanship continued to grow.
• Qingyun practiced Tai Chi Fist and Basic Swordsmanship, then sensed Uchiha Fugaku approaching with Itachi.
• Fugaku asked Qingyun to take Itachi as his disciple and revealed that his Mangekyo’s Prophecy Dojutsu had shown him the Uchiha Clan’s future.
• Qingyun wondered why Fugaku’s prophecy had not shown him, then considered that prophecies might not work on a transmigrator.
• Qingyun told Fugaku he would take Itachi only if Fugaku killed every member of the Hawk Faction before Shisui came of age and passed the clan leadership to Shisui.
• Fugaku hesitated, and Qingyun warned that the Hawk Faction’s hostility and the clan’s disunity threatened the Uchiha with destruction.

Uchiha Fugaku made Uchiha Itachi Qingyun’s disciple, and Konoha later celebrated Minato Namikaze and Zihan Uzumaki’s wedding. In the Land of Rain, Danzo captured Konan as part of his scheme to obtain Nagato’s Rinnegan, leaving her in danger as Yahiko went to negotiate with Hanzo.

• Uchiha Fugaku accepted Qingyun’s warning about a possible Uchiha coup and entrusted Uchiha Itachi to him as a disciple.
• Qingyun began teaching Itachi alongside Shisui Uchiha and his other students, while Shion welcomed Itachi as her junior.
• Over five months, Konoha signed peace contracts with the Four Great Ninja Villages, and Minato Namikaze married the pregnant Zihan Uzumaki.
• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato expanded Akatsuki in the Land of Rain, prompting Hanzo to send Rain Ninja after them and the trio to seek negotiations.
• Danzo came to the Land of Rain after learning Nagato possessed the Rinnegan, hoping to use its power against Qingyun.
• Yahiko went to meet Hanzo while Konan secretly followed, but Danzo attacked and captured her, planning to use her to ally with Hanzo and seize Nagato’s eyes.