Chapter Summaries

Yahiko went to negotiate with Hanzo, but Danzo and Hanzo used Konan as a hostage to force him into a deadly choice. After Yahiko sacrificed himself, Nagato unleashed the Rinnegan’s power, while Yahiko’s body disappeared into the ground.

• Nagato discovered Konan was missing and led Akatsuki ninja toward Amegakure.
• Danzo offered Hanzo the captured Konan in exchange for Nagato’s body, and Hanzo accepted.
• Qingyun arrived in the Land of Rain and watched as Hanzo confronted Yahiko and demanded that he choose between fighting or dying to save Konan.
• Yahiko pressed a kunai into Nagato’s hand and impaled himself to save Konan.
• Nagato summoned the Ten-Tails Husk, rescued Konan, and used the Rinnegan to kill many Rain Ninja and gravely wound Hanzo and Danzo.
• A white substance enveloped Yahiko’s body and carried it underground while Nagato continued his uncontrolled rampage.

Qingyun revived Yahiko and warned him that Madara Uchiha planned to use Nagato’s Rinnegan to resurrect himself. He ordered Yahiko to stay away from Nagato and Konan, train, and establish an organization called Dusk.

• White Zetsu brought Yahiko’s corpse to Qingyun and said Madara Uchiha had gone to the Netherworld.
• Qingyun used genjutsu to make White Zetsu perform One's Own Life Reincarnation and revived Yahiko in the Forest of Death.
• Yahiko learned that Nagato had driven off Hanzo of the Salamander but had lost the use of his legs, and he tried to go find him and Konan.
• Qingyun stopped Yahiko and explained that Madara Uchiha had implanted the Rinnegan in Nagato to make him perform Rinne Rebirth and resurrect Madara.
• Qingyun told Yahiko to avoid Nagato and Konan, train until he reached Kage Level, and create Dusk in exchange for eventually reviving Nagato and reuniting them.

Qingyun gave Yahiko the Northern Darkness Divine Art and swordsmanship manuals, and Yahiko began training while waiting to complete Qingyun’s task. In Kirigakure, Genji persuaded Karatachi Yagura to confront the Third Mizukage, whose death left Yagura as the new leader just as civil strife loomed.

• Yahiko agreed to serve Qingyun, who taught him the Northern Darkness Divine Art and gave him Basic Swordsmanship to practice.
• Qingyun told Yahiko to live and train at the wooden house, where Qingyun would visit to answer his questions.
• Genji urged Karatachi Yagura to overthrow the Third Mizukage, claiming the Mizukage was under genjutsu and was destroying Kirigakure.
• Yagura agreed to capture the Third Mizukage and investigate, then fought him and destroyed the Foreign Chakra controlling his mind.
• The Third Mizukage regained awareness, named Yagura the Fourth Mizukage, and took his own life.
• Kirigakure’s Bloodline Clan rose against Yagura, plunging the village into civil strife.

Sunagakure chose Rasa as its Fourth Kazekage, while Ōnoki reconsidered Kitsuchi’s prospects for succession. In Konoha’s Hokage election, Qingyun withdrew and endorsed Minato, then Hiruzen appointed him the village’s fourth elder.

• Pakura lost the Sunagakure Kazekage election to Rasa by three votes, and Rasa became the Fourth Kazekage.
• Ōnoki judged Kitsuchi’s wartime record too poor for him to inherit the Tsuchikage position and began nurturing Deidara and Kurotsuchi instead.
• Hiruzen gathered Konoha’s jonin and clan heads to vote for Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze, or Qingyun as the Fourth Hokage.
• Qingyun cast his own vote for Minato, then interrupted the count to withdraw and transfer his votes to him.
• Hiruzen announced Qingyun’s withdrawal and appointed him Konoha’s fourth elder, overseeing Konoha Hospital and the Ninja Academy.

Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered Orochimaru’s human experiments, but Orochimaru escaped Konoha and was declared an S+-Rank rogue ninja. Qingyun and the others welcomed Tsunade back to Konoha, where she greeted them warmly.

• After receiving detailed intelligence about Orochimaru’s experiments on prisoners and children, Hiruzen Sarutobi went to investigate his laboratory.
• Orochimaru tried to collect data on the lone surviving child, but escaped after Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted him and summoned Enma.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi found no trace of Orochimaru, examined the children, and ordered the ANBU to designate him an S+-Rank rogue ninja.
• Qingyun waited at Konoha’s entrance with Kushina, Shion, Shizune, and Nawaki to welcome Tsunade back.
• Tsunade arrived, smiled at the group, picked up Shion, and asked whether she had missed her auntie.

After Orochimaru defected from Konoha, Qingyun met him privately and learned Danzo had arranged his exposure to recruit him for the Akatsuki. Orochimaru left for the Land of Grass to prepare to implant Hashirama cells into Qingyun’s disciple, while Jiraiya pursued him.

• News of Orochimaru’s defection reached Tsunade, Kushina, and the others as they headed to the Hokage’s Office.
• Qingyun stayed behind and summoned Orochimaru, who emerged from a giant snake and gave him a Scroll containing a map to a secret base in the Land of Grass.
• Orochimaru told Qingyun to bring his disciple there in three days so he could implant Hashirama cells.
• Orochimaru revealed that Danzo had exposed his experiments to force him out of Konoha and had urged him to join the Akatsuki.
• Qingyun warned Orochimaru that the Rinnegan was dangerous, but Orochimaru remained eager to pursue it.
• Qingyun vanished, Orochimaru quietly left Konoha, and Jiraiya followed his trail.

Qingyun persuaded Shisui to consider becoming the Uchiha Clan Head and brought him to Orochimaru for a risky Hashirama cell transplant and Mangekyo awakening. The chapter ended as Qingyun began the transplant and trapped Shisui in his Illusory-Reality Space genjutsu.

• Qingyun told Shisui that Uchiha Fugaku planned to hand him the clan leadership after dealing with the Hawk Faction, and explained why he believed the faction threatened the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui asked for time to consider the offer, and Qingyun reassured him that he would remain his student whatever he chose.
• Three days later, Qingyun took Shisui to Orochimaru's secret base in the Land of Grass.
• Qingyun told Shisui that he would undergo a Hashirama cell transplant and face a dangerous illusion designed to awaken his Mangekyo.
• Shisui agreed to the risks, so Orochimaru began the transplant while Qingyun placed him under the Illusory-Reality Space genjutsu.

Qingyun trapped Shisui Uchiha in Illusory-Reality Space while Orochimaru implanted hashirama cells into him, hoping he would awaken his Mangekyo through the trial. After five years in the illusion, Shisui awakened Kotoamatsukami but collapsed after witnessing Shizune and Might Guy die.

• Qingyun put Shisui into Illusory-Reality Space and ordered Orochimaru to implant hashirama cells while he waited for Shisui to awaken on his own.
• Shisui lived five years inside the illusion, believing its version of his life was real as he trained and fought alongside Shizune and Might Guy.
• During the Third Shinobi World War in the illusion, Karatachi Yagura overwhelmed Shisui, Shizune, and Might Guy, while a Water Mirror Technique copy held Shisui back.
• Karatachi Yagura killed Shizune and Might Guy, and Shisui awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and used Kotoamatsukami—Radiance to destroy Yagura and the copy.
• Shisui tried to restore Shizune and Might Guy, then broke down and lost consciousness.

Shisui Uchiha awakened his Mangekyo after overcoming a genjutsu in which he believed Shizune and Might Guy had died. Qingyun brought him back to Konoha, while Orochimaru began plotting to obtain Uchiha Itachi as a vessel.

• Shisui Uchiha awoke in the hospital and learned from a nurse that Shizune and Might Guy had supposedly died.
• Shisui Uchiha confronted Qingyun at the cemetery, then struggled against the genjutsu and awakened his Mangekyo as his real memories returned.
• Qingyun reassured Shisui Uchiha that Shizune and Might Guy were alive, and Shisui Uchiha used the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic to absorb Foreign Chakra and break through.
• Qingyun warned Orochimaru to honor their transaction, then returned to Konoha with Shisui Uchiha using Sun and Moon Shine Together.
• Orochimaru began considering Uchiha Itachi as a vessel, while Qingyun sent Shisui Uchiha to find his friends and claimed the system's reward.

Qingyun mastered the Sword of the Sacred Spirit’s emotional and emotionless forms, then entered seclusion with a Sudden Enlightenment Pill to refine the art. A year later, he returned to Konoha, where Kushina, Tsunade, and the others had been waiting for him.

• Qingyun practiced the Sword of the Sacred Spirit for half a month, alarming Kushina, Tsunade, and the others with his cold killing intent before unleashing a slash that scarred the sky.
• Qingyun reassured Kushina and Tsunade, then left them a note and swallowed the Sudden Enlightenment Pill in the Forest of Death to improve his sword technique.
• A year passed without news of Qingyun, while Kushina and Tsunade waited at the Konoha estate and Shion continued causing trouble around the village.
• Tsunade paid the shopkeepers for damages caused by Shion, and Qingyun returned just as Shion leapt into his arms and complained that they had run out of money.

After emerging from a year of seclusion, Qingyun recovered from his mental exhaustion and sent Yahiko to Kirigakure to recruit promising talent for Dusk. There, Obito Uchiha secretly placed the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, under genjutsu.

• Qingyun reunited with Shion, thanked Tsunade and Kushina for caring for her, and went to sleep after describing the techniques he had mastered during seclusion.
• Qingyun slept for three days, recovered his mental power, and then answered the trainees’ questions in the Forest of Death.
• Qingyun asked Yahiko to travel to Kirigakure and recruit promising candidates for Dusk, then took him toward the village on the Divine Condor.
• Obito Uchiha used Kamui to enter the Mizukage’s Office and placed Karatachi Yagura under genjutsu without Yagura realizing what had happened.

Qingyun sent Yahiko to Kirigakure to recruit talented ninja for Dusk and warned him not to interfere with the coming unrest. After the Bloody Mist regime devastated the Yuki Clan and weakened the Kaguya Clan, Qingyun encountered young Yuki Haku and took her with him, offering to teach her to control her power.

• Qingyun explained Kirigakure's major clans to Yahiko and ordered him to observe the village without intervening or seeking revenge on the people behind Nagato's plot.
• Qingyun and Yahiko reached Kirigakure, where Yahiko studied and then killed a commoner ninja so he could assume the man's identity.
• Karatachi Yagura's forces ambushed the rebelling Bloodline Clans, killing the Yuki Clan's bloodline ninja and forcing the Kaguya Clan to retreat after heavy losses.
• Qingyun sensed powerful Ice Release in a frozen village and found a young girl whose awakening had devastated the area.
• Qingyun healed the injured Haku, offered to teach her to control her inner energy, and led her away with him.

Qingyun released the Nine-Tails from Kushina and restored her life force after the extraction. He brought the shrunken Kurama home with Kushina, while Minato Namikaze prepared to assess Shisui and Shizune for the ANBU.

• Qingyun took Kushina to the Forest of Death and broke the seal holding the Nine-Tails inside her.
• The Nine-Tails emerged, drawing Konoha's jonin and Minato Namikaze to the Forest of Death, while Hiruzen Sarutobi stayed home.
• Qingyun used three White Zetsu and his true energy to restore Kushina's life force after the Nine-Tails left her weakened.
• Qingyun ordered Kurama to shrink and stay with Kushina until Minato Namikaze's son was born, after which Kurama would stay with Naruto.
• Qingyun advised Minato Namikaze to delegate Hokage duties and refused to assign Guy to the ANBU, while approving Shisui and Shizune for assessment.
• Qingyun returned home with Kushina and Kurama after talking with Minato Namikaze.

Qingyun received a mission to nurture nine Kage-level members of Dusk and chose Deidara as his final candidate. He disguised himself as Yama and began secretly training Deidara, leaving the boy convinced that he had been a Divine Envoy in a previous life.

• Qingyun read the system mission and identified nine promising candidates, including Deidara, whom he would need to recruit and train from a young age.
• Qingyun traveled to Iwagakure and watched Ōnoki catch and punish Deidara for nearly blowing up the village.
• Qingyun decided to make Deidara wreak havoc in Iwagakure and waited until nightfall to approach him.
• Qingyun entered Deidara's mind disguised as Yama, claimed the boy had been one of his Nine Divine Envoys in a previous life, and passed him a Cultivation Technique.
• Qingyun told Deidara to practice nightly, keep their encounter secret, and join Dusk once he was strong enough.

Qingyun finished training Deidara and returned to Konoha just as Zihan Uzumaki went into labor. When an Ōtsutsuki named Shidou arrived demanding the newborn, Qingyun confronted him and learned that Kinshiki had mentioned him.

• Qingyun had secretly taught Deidara the Indestructible Diamond Body Divine Art and Lingbo Micro-Step, and Deidara believed he had been a divine envoy in a past life.
• Over three months, Qingyun trained Deidara, whose growing strength and pranks caused chaos in Iwagakure and frustrated Ōnoki; Qingyun then ended their lessons and told Deidara to reach Kage Level.
• Qingyun returned to Konoha, where Zihan Uzumaki went into labor and Minato Namikaze waited anxiously outside the delivery room.
• Qingyun sensed a threat, confronted the horned Mysterious Ninja above the hospital, and heard him demand the infant; the stranger identified himself as Shidou Ōtsutsuki.
• Qingyun transported Shidou Ōtsutsuki to the Land of Rain, where Shidou recognized him as the Qingyun mentioned by Kinshiki.

Qingyun battled Shidou Ōtsutsuki in the Land of Rain while Three-Tails and Six-Tails attacked Konoha. Qingyun scorched Shidou with a golden flame, and Minato and Kushina split up to fight the tailed beasts away from the village.

• Shidou Ōtsutsuki was shocked to see Qingyun, who attacked him with his Susanoo and a massive sword strike.
• Nagato Uzumaki created Deva Path from Hanzo of the Salamander's corpse and sent him toward the disturbance.
• Qingyun battered Shidou Ōtsutsuki with martial arts, then engulfed him in the golden flame of Sunset Divine Might.
• Minato Namikaze put Konoha on alert, but Three-Tails and Six-Tails appeared and began attacking the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hatake Sakumo fought Six-Tails as Konoha's ninja evacuated villagers.
• Minato teleported Three-Tails and Kushina to the Death Forest, where Kushina took on the beast while Minato returned to move Six-Tails away.

Shisui Uchiha pursued Obito Uchiha after Obito attacked Konoha Hospital and tried to control the Nine-Tails. Minato Namikaze broke the genjutsu and ended the immediate crisis, while Obito failed to retrieve the sealed tailed beasts and reaffirmed his resolve to create a world without slaughter.

• Shisui Uchiha and Kakashi rushed into the hospital after sensing a spatial disturbance, where Obito Uchiha's attack on Naruto and Zihan Uzumaki was thwarted by Tsunade.
• Shisui Uchiha chased Obito Uchiha and intercepted him near Qingyun's residence, where they fought until Obito escaped using Kamui.
• Obito Uchiha reached the Nine-Tails and controlled it with genjutsu, while Shisui Uchiha activated Susanoo and tried to break the spell.
• Kushina sealed the Three-Tails, and Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hatake Sakumo sealed the Six-Tails.
• Minato Namikaze used a Contract Seal to free the Nine-Tails from Obito Uchiha's genjutsu, and the Nine-Tails fired its Tailed Beast Bomb into the sky.
• Obito Uchiha failed to recover the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, then told Black Zetsu he wanted to create a world without slaughter and thought of Rin.

Qingyun defeated Shidou Ōtsutsuki in the Land of Rain but failed to uncover his origins or the route to the Ōtsutsuki Main Family. After a mysterious fruit vanished from Shidou’s mind and his body crumbled, Qingyun prepared to return to Konoha with his questions unanswered.

• Shidou Ōtsutsuki turned to ash under Qingyun’s Sunset Divine Might, then struck from behind with Void God Palm and injured Qingyun.
• Qingyun transformed with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon’s power and used the Peerless Yang Sword to overwhelm Shidou Ōtsutsuki with Sword Twenty-Three.
• Qingyun entered Shidou Ōtsutsuki’s mind with the Soul-Transferring Technique but found only a fruit where his memories should have been.
• The mysterious mole between Qingyun’s brows swallowed the fruit, and Shidou Ōtsutsuki’s mindscape shattered as Qingyun escaped.
• Qingyun saw Shidou Ōtsutsuki die, but his body and dojutsu crumbled when Qingyun tried to take the Byakugan, leaving Qingyun with no answers.

After defeating Shidou Ōtsutsuki, Qingyun explained the Ōtsutsuki threat, learned that a mysterious Mangekyo user had attacked Konoha with two tailed beasts, and arranged to protect the captured beasts. He split the Nine-Tails and placed its yang half in Naruto, then answered a Sun-Moon Mark signal and found Yahiko seeking help for someone with Bloodline Disease.

• Qingyun told Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and learned that a mysterious ninja had attacked Konoha with the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails.
• Qingyun told Minato Namikaze and Kushina to seal the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails beneath their estate, and he asked the Nine-Tails to protect Shion.
• Qingyun split the Nine-Tails, sealed its yang half inside Naruto, and sent its yin half to Shion.
• Qingyun followed the flashing Sun-Moon Mark to a dim room, where Yahiko asked him to help someone with Bloodline Disease.

Qingyun diagnosed Kimimaro with a fatal Bloodline Disease and offered him a dangerous cure using qilin blood. Kimimaro endured the treatment in the Forest of Death as Qingyun guided him through the Ice Heart Technique.

• Qingyun examined Kimimaro and explained that using Kaguya Clan secret techniques would worsen his Bloodline Disease until it killed him.
• Kimimaro chose Qingyun's second treatment despite its risks, and Qingyun warned that qilin blood could make him a murderous fiend when enraged.
• Kimimaro promised he would never hurt Yahiko, so Qingyun took him to Konoha's Forest of Death while Yahiko stayed behind.
• Qingyun formed an ice cave with the Heavenly Frost Fist and gave Kimimaro the qilin blood to drink.
• Kimimaro screamed as the blood burned through his body, and Qingyun recited the Ice Heart Technique's mantra while guiding his energy and chakra.