Chapter Summaries

Cangyue and Tobi launched a direct assault on Sunagakure, where Rasa was preparing to cooperate with Orochimaru against Konoha. After boosting his physique, Cangyue led the attack and began testing his enhanced strength against the village’s defenders.

• Cangyue bought an advanced physique enhancement while flying toward the Land of Wind, and Tobi questioned his plan to attack Sunagakure head-on.
• Rasa learned that Gaara had killed another villager, then reviewed Orochimaru’s invitation to join the Konoha Crush Plan and wondered why Orochimaru had gone silent.
• An explosion alerted Rasa that two Akatsuki members were attacking Sunagakure, and he ordered the village’s units to mobilize.
• Cangyue flew past Sunagakure’s defenses as Tobi dropped bombs on watchtowers and fortifications, avoiding the civilian districts.
• Sand ninja severed the rope holding Tobi, sending him crashing into the sand, while Cangyue landed with both swords and prepared to test his enhanced body.

Cangyue attacked Sunagakure alone and used his twin swords to break through its defenses while deliberately avoiding killing the Sand ninja. He reached the village’s highest point as thousands more Sand shinobi gathered below, leaving them shocked and fearful of Akatsuki.

• Cangyue announced that he had come to make Sunagakure remember Akatsuki, then repelled its opening attack with Twin Swords' Resonance.
• Cangyue shattered puppet forces and breached the first two defensive lines with his sword techniques, leaving the Sand ninja alive.
• Cangyue charged through Sunagakure's ranks, disabled hundreds of ninja, and destroyed their weapons and forehead protectors without killing them.
• Tobi emerged from the sand and watched Cangyue carve through the village’s defenses alone.
• Cangyue leapt onto the highest point in Sunagakure and declared that an army of thousands could be defeated with a swing or two.

Cangyue defeated Sunagakure’s forces and Fourth Kazekage Rasa to make the village remember the name Akatsuki, while Gaara watched in awe. After Rasa conceded defeat, Cangyue and Tobi left, and Rasa abandoned his planned attack on Konoha.

• Temari tried to lead Gaara to safety, but Gaara watched Cangyue and wished he could become as strong as him.
• Rasa attacked Cangyue with a massive gold dust cube, but Cangyue split it apart with the Sun-Treading Mountain-Cleaving Strike and held a sword to Rasa’s neck.
• Cangyue told Rasa he had only come to make Sunagakure remember Akatsuki, and Rasa admitted defeat.
• Rasa noticed Cangyue’s Konoha Forehead Protector and questioned why a Konoha ninja was helping Akatsuki; Cangyue said the two were separate.
• Cangyue and Tobi flew away from Sunagakure, while Rasa ordered repairs and abandoned his plan to attack Konoha with Orochimaru.

Cangyue returned from crushing Sunagakure with upgraded Flame and Thunder Swords and made the Akatsuki notorious across the great nations. When Pain confronted him over exposing the organization, Cangyue claimed he only needed to become a supreme master, and Pain responded with Chibaku Tensei.

• Cangyue upgraded Flame and Thunder Swordmaster to gold, unlocked Ten Directions Unite, and gained the third bold-claim entry slot after boasting to Obito.
• Cangyue and Obito returned to Amegakure, where Cangyue told Konan that the mission was complete and asked her to cook for him.
• The Raikage, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki received reports of Cangyue's victory over Sunagakure and reacted to the danger he posed.
• Cangyue's assault made the Akatsuki a target of scrutiny across the major hidden villages, prompting Pain to confront him about jeopardizing their plans.
• Cangyue revealed his peak-genin aura and said he only had to become a supreme master, and Pain attacked him with Chibaku Tensei.

Cangyue nearly fought Pain in Amegakure, but Konan intervened before either could unleash their full power. The Akatsuki postponed its Tailed Beast plan on its original schedule and kept Cangyue as a backup; later, Cangyue gave Ajisai a training ability and prepared to unlock a new system entry.

• Cangyue and Pain prepared to use their ultimate attacks, but Konan stopped them to prevent Amegakure from being destroyed.
• After Cangyue left, Obito urged Pain to be patient, and Pain ordered the Akatsuki to begin capturing the Tailed Beasts.
• Konan argued that Cangyue might become powerful enough to replace the Tailed Beast weapon, but Pain kept the plan on its original schedule and designated Cangyue as a backup.
• Cangyue met Ajisai and Panda, reassured Ajisai that they could still be friends, and eagerly petted the panda.
• Cangyue shared Blue Eternal Dream with Ajisai, allowing her body to train while she slept, then encouraged her to grow stronger.
• Back in his room, Cangyue saw that his valor points had unlocked a third bold claim entry slot and prepared to see what entry would form.

Cangyue equipped a gold entry that made him the only Kambara Sogetsu across all time and space, then confronted Black Zetsu about his secrets. Black Zetsu asked him to save Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and Cangyue agreed to help when the time was right, taking Black Zetsu into his service.

• Cangyue equipped the gold entry Only One Across Eternity, ensuring no other Kambara Sogetsu could exist without his permission.
• Black Zetsu emerged in Cangyue's room and asked whether he came from beyond the shinobi world.
• Cangyue revealed that he knew Black Zetsu had manipulated Indra and Asura, altered the Sage of Six Paths' tablet, and deceived Madara Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu explained that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was his mother and asked Cangyue to free her from her lunar seal.
• Cangyue agreed to help when the time was right in exchange for Black Zetsu serving him, then lifted him into his hand and called him his personal Black Zetsu.
• Someone knocked on Cangyue's door.

After his victory in Sunagakure, Cangyue was promoted to Special Member of the Akatsuki and named Pain’s successor, while openly sharing intelligence with Deidara. He then set off to see Orochimaru’s latest research breakthrough.

• Konan brought Cangyue to an Akatsuki meeting, where the members reacted to news of his defeat of the Fourth Kazekage and thousands of Sand ninja.
• Pain promoted Cangyue to Special Member and designated him as the next Akatsuki leader, and Cangyue accepted after asking for monthly salary payments.
• Deidara revealed that Ōnoki had asked him to gather intelligence on Cangyue, and Cangyue helped him write a report about his publicly demonstrated abilities.
• Cangyue asked Deidara why he had left Iwagakure, and Deidara said he preferred pursuing his art to becoming Tsuchikage or dealing with Kurotsuchi.
• After the meeting, Orochimaru contacted Cangyue through a snake and invited him to see a new research breakthrough, so Cangyue flew there on his swords with Black Zetsu.

Cangyue visited Orochimaru’s underground laboratory and discovered that he had created multiple clone bodies and a vast collection of genuine ocular techniques. Orochimaru offered to install up to ten Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in Cangyue, who balked at the grotesque idea.

• Cangyue met Orochimaru at the border and followed him into a sophisticated underground laboratory staffed by Orochimaru’s numbered clone bodies.
• Orochimaru explained that cloning let him work on multiple research projects and build the laboratory more quickly.
• Orochimaru revealed a collection of cloned Byakugan, Sharingan, and Rinnegan, astonishing Cangyue and Black Zetsu.
• Orochimaru offered Cangyue repaired Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan that could be used without blindness or excessive chakra drain.
• Orochimaru said he could install up to ten Sharingan using additional neural interfaces, and Cangyue reacted with disgust at the thought of eyes covering his body.

Cangyue used Only One Across Eternity to permit Orochimaru to create a body of him, then had Orochimaru build a powerful combat body equipped with enhanced physique and numerous ocular techniques. He named the new controlled body Myriad-Eyed and sent it out of the laboratory.

• Cangyue refused to implant ten Mangekyō Sharingan in his original body and asked Orochimaru to clone him as an eye rack.
• Orochimaru's first cloning attempt failed until Cangyue permitted the creation of another Kambara Sogetsu, producing a weak, unconscious body that Cangyue could control.
• Cangyue ordered Orochimaru to make another body with a sage body, Hashirama cells, Wood Release, and interconnected Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan, and Kamui abilities.
• Orochimaru and his clone bodies completed the enhanced body, which Cangyue controlled alongside his original body.
• Cangyue named the new combat body Myriad-Eyed Dao Body, tested its independent movement, and sent Myriad-Eyed out for a stroll.

The Fourth Raikage sent Darui undercover into the Akatsuki, arranging a convincing defection. At the border, Darui killed three Kumogakure pursuers while the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body watched from above, leaving Darui publicly branded a Missing-nin.

• The Fourth Raikage ordered Darui to infiltrate the Akatsuki and investigate its aims, then arranged a cover story that Darui had defected after a failed mission.
• The Fourth Raikage sent three condemned Kumogakure shinobi to pursue Darui, instructing him to kill them to make his defection convincing.
• The Myriad-Eyed Dao Body spotted Darui and his pursuers while flying over the Land of Rain and observed the ensuing fight with his Byakugan.
• Darui used his Black Panther technique and other attacks to kill all three pursuers.
• Darui cracked his Kumogakure forehead protector, while the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body wondered why he had defected.

The Myriad-Eyed Dao Body confronted Darui in the Land of Rain and tested its combined ocular powers, while Cangyue discovered that the body's actions could earn him Valor Points. The body left Darui alive and vanished, and Darui continued toward Akatsuki territory.

• The Myriad-Eyed Dao Body descended into the clearing and used Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei to overwhelm Darui's attacks.
• The body used its Byakugan and Amaterasu to locate and burn Darui's two shadow clones, earning Cangyue 50 Valor Points.
• Cangyue realized the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body could earn Valor Points independently while he remained in Orochimaru's laboratory.
• Darui attacked with Storm Release: Laser Circus, but the body used Kamui to let the lasers pass through and earned Cangyue another 50 Valor Points.
• The Myriad-Eyed Dao Body appeared behind Darui, spared him, and vanished with Kamui; Darui then resumed his mission toward Akatsuki territory.

Cangyue persuaded Orochimaru to resume the Konoha Crush Plan and help develop mobile phones, while planning to use the attack and rescue to his advantage. With his Myriad-Eyed Dao Body ready and more than 5,000 valor points available, Cangyue prepared to upgrade his swordsmanship.

• Cangyue praised Orochimaru for creating the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body, then asked whether he still planned to carry out the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Orochimaru said he no longer cared about Konoha, but Cangyue convinced him to proceed and bring the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body into the attack.
• Cangyue explained that his original body would appear as a Konoha ninja and save the village after the Dao Body attacked, and Orochimaru agreed to help.
• Orochimaru showed Cangyue his early spaceship designs and agreed to add mobile communications to his research plan.
• Cangyue opened the system interface and prepared to spend his valor points to advance his swordsmanship.

Cangyue’s swordsmanship upgrade completed his Sword Intent Domain, allowing his sword intent to pursue Obito through Kamui. The Myriad-Eyed Dao Body then awakened a Rinnegan technique that formed an increasingly powerful layered domain, leaving Cangyue wary of its effects.

• Cangyue upgraded his swordsmanship to level six and formed a complete Sword Intent Domain that could follow Obito into the Kamui Dimension.
• Orochimaru No. 7, No. 8, and No. 9 examined Cangyue’s unchanged body and chakra readings but could not explain his sudden transformation.
• The Myriad-Eyed Dao Body’s Rinnegan awakened an exclusive ocular technique that formed up to ten overlapping domain layers when its Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan opened.
• Cangyue briefly opened one eye, felt the new domain warp space and affect objects and chakra, then closed it to protect the laboratory.
• Cangyue and the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body looked at each other warily and wondered whether one was invading the other.

Cangyue finished training with the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body and received Orochimaru’s working Third-Generation Phone before returning to the Akatsuki. There, Hidan declared Cangyue dead and challenged Darui, but Cangyue suddenly appeared and cut Hidan into pieces, pinning him to the wall.

• Cangyue spent ten days practicing simultaneous combat with his original body and the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body until he could control both effectively.
• Orochimaru gave Cangyue the Third-Generation Phone and reported that Rasa had refused to join the Konoha Crush Plan, though Sunagakure would still attend the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Cangyue left the Myriad-Eyed Dao Body with Orochimaru, tasked Black Zetsu with finding Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and flew back to Amegakure.
• At an Akatsuki meeting, Pain questioned Cangyue’s ten-day absence, while Hidan insisted that Cangyue should be considered dead; Konan also noted that Black Zetsu was missing.
• Hidan ordered Darui to handle chores and rose to challenge him, but Cangyue appeared and sliced Hidan into three pieces before pinning him to the wall with the Thunder Sword.

Cangyue returned to the Akatsuki after ten days of secluded training and demonstrated that his sword intent had advanced dramatically. He then asked Pain for leave to enter Konoha’s Chunin ninja exams as a Genin, despite his overwhelming strength.

• Cangyue mocked Hidan, who had been cut into three pieces, while Kakuzu demanded triple the repair fee before Pain ordered the organization to cover it.
• Pain asked where Cangyue had been, and Cangyue said he had spent ten days secluded after making a breakthrough.
• Cangyue released his sword intent, alarming the Akatsuki members and convincing Pain that his power had advanced.
• Cangyue asked Pain for leave to return to Konoha and take part in the Chunin ninja exams because he was still a Genin.
• Deidara warned that Konoha ninja might attack Cangyue because he wore an Akatsuki cloak, but Cangyue dismissed the danger as a warm-up.

Cangyue persuaded the Akatsuki to join Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams as a group, turning his leave into an enormous team outing. Pain and Konan agreed so the Akatsuki could gather intelligence on Konoha and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, while Darui joined to investigate Cangyue; the group prepared to notify Konoha before traveling.

• Pain approved Cangyue’s one-month leave, and Cangyue proposed that the Akatsuki enter the Chunin Ninja Exams together.
• Cangyue pressured Hidan to join, recruited Tobi, persuaded Itachi and Kisame, and drew the other Akatsuki members into the plan.
• Darui recognized that the three-eyed man he had encountered resembled Cangyue and agreed to accompany the group so he could investigate him.
• Pain and Konan agreed to take the Akatsuki to Konoha, planning to assess its defenses and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki while warning Cangyue that Konoha must not attack first.
• Cangyue looked forward to the Third Hokage’s reaction when he received the registration list for the entire Akatsuki.

Cangyue ordered Konan to deliver intelligence to Konoha, and Deidara and Sasori added their own scrolls for other villages. After Konan left through the meeting hall roof, Pain assigned Hidan and Kakuzu to repair it.

• Cangyue invoked his authority as a Special Member and ordered Konan to deliver a scroll of Akatsuki intelligence to Konoha.
• Deidara gave Konan a scroll of intelligence for Konoha, and Sasori added a report on Kambara Sogetsu for Rasa in Sunagakure.
• Darui considered asking Konan to deliver intelligence to Kumogakure but decided against it when he saw her glare.
• Konan flew through the meeting hall roof, and Pain ordered Hidan and Kakuzu to handle the repairs.
• Kakuzu persuaded Hidan to help by offering a discount on his body repair fees.

Jiraiya entered Amegakure to investigate Akatsuki and discovered that its leader was Nagato controlling Yahiko’s body. After fighting Pain and learning that his abilities had intervals between uses, Jiraiya lured several Paths into a residential district and trapped two in a swamp before attacking them with oil and fire.

• Jiraiya entered Amegakure through a drainage outlet and encountered Deva Path Pain, who wore Yahiko’s face and possessed Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya fought Pain with his Wild Lion’s Mane Technique, Rasengan, and Fire Release, while observing intervals between Pain’s abilities.
• Pain summoned several other Paths, and Jiraiya fled into a residential district that Pain had evacuated to protect its civilians.
• Jiraiya hid among the houses, turned the street into the Swamp of the Underworld, and trapped two Pains.
• Jiraiya coated the trapped Pains in toad oil and struck them with a Flame Bullet.

Jiraiya battled the Six Paths of Pain in the Swamp of the Underworld, but Cangyue arrived and froze time across the battlefield with his Sword Way Domain. After releasing the time stop, Cangyue left both sides staring at him, and Jiraiya asked whether he would become Konoha’s enemy.

• Jiraiya trapped the Animal Path and Human Path in a sea of fire and struck them down with a Big Ball Rasengan, but the Naraka Path restored them.
• Pain rejected Jiraiya’s offer to talk, and the Six Paths of Pain coordinated their abilities to overwhelm and injure him.
• As Jiraiya prepared to summon the Toad Sages and enter Sage Mode, time stopped for him and all Six Paths of Pain.
• Cangyue walked through the frozen rain and smoke, revealed his upgraded domain’s time-stopping power, and resumed time by snapping his fingers.
• Jiraiya asked Cangyue whether he would become Konoha’s enemy, and Cangyue told him to get out of the wall first.

Cangyue reconciled Jiraiya with the Akatsuki and proposed making Shimura Danzō die heroically while protecting Konoha. The Akatsuki planned to travel to Konoha for the Chunin Ninja Exams, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi facing their alarming application.

• Cangyue explained his dual status as an Akatsuki member and Konoha agent, clearing up Jiraiya's misunderstanding.
• Pain told Jiraiya that Hanzō and Shimura Danzō's Root had arranged the ambush that led to Yahiko's death, and Nagato vowed to make them experience pain.
• Cangyue suggested arranging for Danzo to die in battle protecting Konoha, while Jiraiya promised to investigate the accusation.
• Cangyue told Jiraiya that the entire Akatsuki would travel to Konoha for the Chunin Ninja Exams, and Jiraiya learned the Third Hokage had agreed.
• Gojō Ryūsen delivered the Akatsuki's application to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who suspected that Gojō had made up the terms.