Chapter Summaries

Zhou Cheng and his companions arrived in Sunagakure for Gaara’s Kazekage succession, where Baki’s interference dampened their reunion. After settling into their guarded accommodations, Zhou Cheng hid a Flying Thunder God Kunai, and Uzuki Yugao entered his room and locked the door.

• Kakashi led the group toward Sunagakure, and Zhou Cheng stopped Uzuki Yugao from attacking Baki when they encountered him.
• Baki guided the Konoha group through Sunagakure’s heavily fortified Narrow Pass and its inspections.
• Gaara welcomed Zhou Cheng and the others, and Temari explained that the wider shinobi world called Zhou Cheng the Wind God.
• Baki interrupted the group’s celebration and sent the tired visitors to their prepared accommodations.
• Zhou Cheng hid a Flying Thunder God Kunai beneath his bed, then Uzuki Yugao knocked, pushed her way into his room, and locked the door.

Zhou Cheng discovered that Danzo was working with Baki and that Kabuto and Orochimaru’s shinobi were also involved in a plot surrounding Gaara’s Kazekage inauguration. He and Kakashi planned to turn the conspiracy against its organizers while the Konoha group explored Sunagakure and shared hot pot with Gaara and his siblings.

• Uzuki Yugao confronted Zhou Cheng about Baki killing Hayate, and Zhou Cheng persuaded her to wait until Gaara became Kazekage before acting.
• Zhou Cheng sensed Danzo meeting with Baki and warned Kakashi that the Kazekage inauguration might conceal a conspiracy against Gaara and Konoha.
• Zhou Cheng and Kakashi discussed turning Danzo and Baki’s scheme against them, and Zhou Cheng slipped a note under Uzuki Yugao’s door.
• Zhou Cheng discovered Kabuto disguised as a Sunagakure ANBU member, leading Orochimaru’s shinobi as Sunagakure strengthened security for the upcoming ceremony.
• Zhou Cheng and the Konoha 15 toured Sunagakure with Temari and Kankuro, then shared hot pot with Gaara and his siblings.

Zhou Cheng and the Konoha group attended Gaara’s succession ceremony while searching for the hidden Danzo. Zhou Cheng exposed Danzo disguised as Konoha’s representative just as he approached Gaara with a mysterious scroll, and the ceremony erupted into an attempted attack.

• Zhou Cheng spent the night gathering natural energy and storing senjutsu chakra before Hinata and Ino told him it was time to leave for the ceremony.
• Zhou Cheng, Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, and the Konoha 15 joined the crowd and watched Gaara deliver his inaugural address and take the Kazekage’s seat.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to detect immense chakra in the right eye and right arm of Konoha’s unknown representative, leading Zhou Cheng to identify him as Danzo.
• Zhou Cheng warned Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, and the Konoha 15 that Danzo intended to assassinate Gaara and provoke war between Konoha and Sunagakure.
• Danzo approached Gaara with a scroll disguised as a gift, but Zhou Cheng shouted his name and rushed toward the stage as Baki called for Gaara’s protection.

At Gaara’s inauguration, Danzo’s sealing trap nearly swallowed the new Kazekage, but Zhou Cheng contained it with Adamantine Sealing Chains and saved him. Baki then called for Danzo’s forces, and Danzo’s Baku appeared and began sucking in everything around it.

• Danzo’s scroll unleashed a Black Sphere that swallowed Danzo and two Sunagakure ANBU before threatening Gaara.
• Zhou Cheng used Adamantine Sealing Chains to stop the sphere and draw it into their sealed space, while the crowd believed Gaara was saved.
• The people tore apart Danzo’s scroll, causing the Black Sphere to shrink, and Gaara publicly thanked Zhou Cheng while rejecting Baki’s attempt to arrest the Konoha ninja.
• Baki called for Danzo’s people, and Danzo’s Baku landed below the stage and began sucking in civilians and everything nearby.

Zhou Cheng defeated Baku, then confronted Danzo and exposed the Sharingan implanted in his right eye and arm. After Zhou Cheng identified Danzo’s survival ability as Izanagi, the battle continued with Danzo’s crimes laid bare before the gathered shinobi.

• Gaara ordered the Sunagakure forces to evacuate civilians, defend him, and hold Baku back while Zhou Cheng struck the summoned beast with a Rasengan and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags until it vanished.
• Zhou Cheng sensed Danzo fleeing, caught up with him, and attacked as Danzo used his strange ability to return after apparently fatal injuries.
• Zhou Cheng countered Danzo’s Wind Release and landed a Rasengan that burst Danzo’s head, but Danzo appeared again elsewhere.
• Zhou Cheng cut away Danzo’s bandages, revealing Sharingan implanted across his right eye and arm, and Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, Naruto, and Sakura accused him of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Zhou Cheng announced that Danzo’s apparent immortality came from the legendary Izanagi.

Zhou Cheng exposed Danzo’s use of Izanagi and repeatedly overwhelmed him, while Naruto and Sakura joined the fight. Deidara and Sasori appeared as Danzo’s accomplices, and Danzo ordered Sasori to kill everyone present.

• Zhou Cheng explained that Danzo had used Izanagi to erase his deaths, revealing that five Sharingan on Danzo’s arm had already gone blind.
• Naruto attacked Danzo with shadow clones, then Sakura struck the ground with a powerful punch that created a huge crater.
• Danzo fired Wind Release blades at Sakura, but Zhou Cheng protected her with an Earth Formation Wall and then pierced Danzo’s head with his Chakra Blade.
• Danzo called for help, and Deidara and Sasori arrived, criticizing him for failing to weaken Zhou Cheng as planned.
• Danzo blamed Zhou Cheng for his ruined ambitions and asked Sasori to kill everyone present.

Zhou Cheng fought Sasori with powerful Water Release techniques while Gaara rose to protect the venue from Deidara’s bombs. The chapter left Sasori facing a water sphere trapping the Third Kazekage’s iron sand, hurled toward Hiruko.

• Zhou Cheng ordered Gaara to evacuate shinobi below jonin rank and began fighting Sasori with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
• Sasori revealed the Third Kazekage as a Human Puppet and attacked with iron sand, but Zhou Cheng countered each technique with Water Release.
• Sasori gave the Third Kazekage iron sand wings and attacked Zhou Cheng with a spinning gyroscope, which Zhou Cheng destroyed with Water Severing Wave.
• When Deidara began dropping bombs, Zhou Cheng told Gaara to handle him, and Gaara flew up on a cushion of sand to block the attacks.
• Sasori trapped Zhou Cheng beneath a curtain of iron sand spikes, but Zhou Cheng engulfed the sand in water, took control of it, and hurled the sphere toward Hiruko.

Zhou Cheng destroyed Hiruko and badly damaged Sasori’s puppet body with a Water Release Rasengan. Deidara then attacked Sunagakure with explosive clay, and Gaara raised a sand barrier to shield the village from a massive blast.

• Sasori used Hiruko’s poisoned needles and the Third Kazekage’s summoned arms to attack Zhou Cheng’s water ball, but Zhou Cheng transformed it into a Water Release Rasengan and broke the arms.
• Zhou Cheng drove the Water Release Rasengan into Hiruko, destroying the puppet defenses and seriously damaging Sasori’s true puppet body.
• Deidara dropped explosive clay spiders among the fighters, and Gaara warned the Sunagakure shinobi to keep their distance.
• Deidara launched the giant C3, Number 18 at Sunagakure, and Gaara raised a sand barrier over the village.
• Deidara detonated the clay doll against Gaara’s barrier, lighting the sky and shaking Sunagakure.

Zhou Cheng fought to protect Sunagakure as Deidara and Sasori fled, while Orochimaru’s giant serpents and Manda attacked the village. He confronted Danzo and unleashed his Wind Release Chakra Mode and Seventh Gate, leaving the shinobi stunned as they recognized him as the Konoha Wind God.

• After Deidara’s C3 explosion, Zhou Cheng sensed danger and realized Kabuto and Orochimaru had invaded Sunagakure with giant serpents and Manda.
• Zhou Cheng sent the Konoha 15 to help fight the serpents and asked Kakashi and Uzuki Yugao to protect the depleted Gaara.
• Danzo attacked the Sunagakure shinobi surrounding him with Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere as Sasori and Deidara decided to retreat.
• Deidara’s explosives covered the Akatsuki’s escape, and Danzo cursed them for taking his money without completing the job.
• Zhou Cheng confronted Danzo over his crimes and unveiled Wind Release Chakra Mode with the Seventh Gate, astounding both sides of the battle.
• A Sunagakure shinobi recognized Zhou Cheng as the Konoha Wind God.

Nagato ordered the Akatsuki to regroup and target Zhou Cheng after learning Danzo had underestimated him. In Sunagakure, Zhou Cheng defeated Danzo’s forces, but Danzo struck him with Wood Release and activated Kotoamatsukami, trying to make Zhou Cheng his puppet.

• Nagato told Konan to have Kakuzu and Hidan join Sasori and Deidara in attacking Zhou Cheng, while the Akatsuki set aside capturing the Two-Tails for now.
• Sunagakure’s shinobi killed the giant snakes, and Manda withdrew after demanding five hundred sacrifices from Orochimaru.
• Zhou Cheng repeatedly punched Danzo apart, exhausting the Sharingan in Danzo’s right arm and leaving him terrified.
• Danzo suddenly attacked Zhou Cheng with Wood Release: Violent Spear Tree, then activated Kotoamatsukami and ordered Zhou Cheng to become his servant and unite the Shinobi World.

Danzo revealed that he had used Kotoamatsukami to control Zhou Cheng and ordered him to kill everyone surrounding them. Ino briefly restrained Zhou Cheng while Kakashi and the others attacked Danzo, and Kakashi used Kamui to absorb Danzo’s Wood Release before striking his shoulder.

• Karin, Kimimaro, Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, Gaara, and the others surrounded Danzo and demanded that he release Zhou Cheng.
• Danzo boasted that he would kill everyone, return to Konoha, and become Hokage, then exposed Baki’s role in plotting against the Third Hokage and the Kazekage.
• Danzo claimed his right eye’s Kotoamatsukami had made Zhou Cheng his loyal slave and ordered Zhou Cheng to kill the crowd.
• Zhou Cheng snapped the branches from his body and turned on his friends, but Ino used her Mind Body Switch Technique to immobilize him temporarily.
• Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shikamaru prepared to attack Danzo, and Kakashi used Kamui to absorb Danzo’s Wood Release before cutting his shoulder.

Zhou Cheng exposed his deception, had Gaara restrain Baki so Ino could read his memories, and turned on Danzo after the Akatsuki withdrew. Danzo rejected Zhou Cheng’s ideas about protecting others and offered him his right Sharingan before the confrontation could be resolved.

• Zhou Cheng revealed that the fighter Danzo had struck was a clone and explained that he had hoped to make Baki confess his crimes.
• Zhou Cheng called for Gaara to restrain Baki so Ino could use the Yamanaka Clan’s memory-reading technique, and Gaara agreed.
• Zhou Cheng comforted Ino, then activated Wind God Mode and Multiple Shadow Clone to attack Danzo, who had run out of ways to escape.
• Danzo offered Zhou Cheng the Hokage position in exchange for his life, but Zhou Cheng said he did not want it and challenged Danzo’s ideas about protecting the village.
• Danzo rejected Zhou Cheng’s reasoning, thrust a finger into his right eye, and offered Zhou Cheng his Sharingan.

Zhou Cheng killed Danzo, then helped Gaara expose Baki as a traitor and murderer. Uzuki Yugao avenged Gekko Hayate by killing Baki, while Zhou Cheng discovered that Kabuto had escaped Sunagakure.

• Zhou Cheng destroyed Danzo and sealed Shisui's right eye inside the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Gaara ordered Baki's memories read, but Baki killed two ANBU and fled toward the outskirts of Sunagakure.
• Zhou Cheng intercepted Baki, and Sunagakure Shinobi and Uzuki Yugao caught up after Baki's escape failed.
• Baki confessed that he had killed Gekko Hayate and other Konoha Ninja, and that Danzo had fueled his ambition to become Kazekage.
• Uzuki Yugao beheaded Baki to avenge Gekko Hayate, and Gaara ordered Baki's remains displayed to intimidate his faction.
• Zhou Cheng sensed that Kabuto had already left Sunagakure.

Zhou Cheng delayed his return from Sunagakure, leaving Tsunade to confront the Three Great Shinobi Villages’ delegations without him. The delegates had to wait for Zhou Cheng, and Tsunade smiled after receiving his message.

• Zhou Cheng helped Sunagakure recover for three days, then chose to walk back to Konoha with Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, and the children instead of using Flying Thunder God.
• In Konoha, Tsunade challenged the delegates’ accusations and reminded them that their villages had attacked Konoha without provocation and lost.
• Dodai tried to threaten Konoha with renewed war and demanded Zhou Cheng’s presence, but Tsunade ordered the delegates to wait for his return and warned them not to cause trouble.
• Mei Terumi and Chojuro, along with Kitsuchi and his daughter, left the conference room, while C told Dodai they had no grounds to argue as long as Konoha pressed the surprise attack issue.
• Tsunade returned to her office, received a message from Zhou Cheng through a Messenger Toad, and smiled as she listened.

Zhou Cheng returned to Konoha after delaying the village envoys, only to learn that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had used his absence to humiliate Konoha’s shinobi. After Tsunade revealed that two elderly figures had also become involved, Zhou Cheng set out to confront the people responsible.

• Tsunade announced that she was gravely ill and refused to meet anyone, keeping the village envoys waiting while Zhou Cheng traveled back to Konoha.
• Mei Terumi accepted the delay, Iwagakure’s delegation grumbled, and Kumogakure’s delegation protested but had to remain in Konoha.
• Kakashi reminded Zhou Cheng to return, and Zhou Cheng’s group reached Konoha seven days after leaving.
• Zhou Cheng noticed the villagers’ strange reactions and used the Body Flicker Technique to reach Tsunade’s office.
• Tsunade explained that Kumogakure and Iwagakure shinobi had defeated Konoha’s Chunin and spread rumors that Zhou Cheng had fled, while Mei Terumi had restrained Kirigakure’s shinobi.
• Zhou Cheng vowed to teach the envoys a lesson and asked whether two elderly figures had joined in; Tsunade confirmed that they had.

After returning to Konoha, Zhou Cheng considered who should receive Shisui's right eye and chose Uzuki Yugao. As rumors called him afraid of the Three Great Shinobi Villages, he planned to answer them the next day by having the Konoha 15 challenge their shinobi.

• Tsunade celebrated Zhou Cheng's return and thought he could eventually take over as Hokage.
• Zhou Cheng weighed Karin, Kimimaro, and Uzuki Yugao as candidates for Shisui's eye, ruled out the first two, and chose Uzuki Yugao.
• Rumors spread that Zhou Cheng was hiding from the Three Great Shinobi Villages, but he decided to confront them the following day.
• Zhou Cheng turned down the Konoha 15's requests to attack the visiting chunin and genin, telling them to wait until tomorrow.
• Zhou Cheng created two Shadow Clones and sent the three of them to train Konohamaru's trio in powerful ninjutsu.

Zhou Cheng trained Konohamaru, Moegi Kazamatsuri, and Ise Udon in new techniques, then led them and the Konoha 15 to confront the visiting ninja delegations. The chapter ended as supporters cheered him and skeptical civilians questioned his reputation.

• Zhou Cheng showed Konohamaru Wind Release Chakra Mode and promised to teach him the Rasengan, then used shadow clones to speed up his training.
• Zhou Cheng taught Moegi Kazamatsuri advanced Earth and Water Release techniques and Water Release Chakra Mode, while Ise Udon learned Water and Wind Release ninjutsu but failed to master a chakra mode.
• Konohamaru gained a basic grasp of the Rasengan and a limited use of Wind Release Chakra Mode after practicing through the night, while Moegi also made only early progress.
• Zhou Cheng set out with the Konoha 15 and Konohamaru Squad for the Kumogakure Envoy Group's quarters as civilians cheered or mocked him.
• Zhou Cheng noticed that the people criticizing him were unfamiliar faces who had probably recently moved to Konoha.

Zhou Cheng provoked the Kumogakure delegation into a confrontation, destroyed their compound, and killed a shinobi who attacked him. He manipulated Dodai into accepting a humiliating one-on-one contest, and the genin match began with Ise Udon stepping forward.

• Zhou Cheng silenced the arguing Konoha shinobi and confronted the Kumogakure delegation after they refused to welcome him at their compound.
• Zhou Cheng raised an earth mountain that collapsed the Kumogakure compound, ignoring C and Dodai's demands to stop.
• A Kumogakure shinobi attacked Zhou Cheng, who killed him with a kunai and claimed self-defense when Dodai tried to retaliate.
• Zhou Cheng challenged Kumogakure to a no-rules sparring match with humiliating stakes, and Dodai accepted after Zhou Cheng influenced his emotions with genjutsu.
• Zhou Cheng called for one-on-one matches beginning with the genin, and Ise Udon stepped forward as the Kumogakure shinobi laughed at him.

Ise Udon killed a Kumogakure genin with a freezing technique Zhou Cheng had taught him, but a Kumogakure chunin attacked him in revenge. Konohamaru stepped in and revealed Zhou Cheng’s Wind Release Chakra Mode, while Zhou Cheng promised to teach the Konoha 15.

• Ise Udon blocked a Kumogakure genin’s sword with Water Release, froze the water around him, and killed him with ice branches.
• Zhou Cheng explained that Ise Udon had created localized freezing rather than used Ice Release, and Ise Udon credited Zhou Cheng with teaching him.
• A Kumogakure chunin charged at Ise Udon to avenge his younger brother, and Konohamaru intervened to protect his friend.
• Konohamaru activated Zhou Cheng’s Wind Release Chakra Mode and challenged the Kumogakure chunin.
• Ino asked Zhou Cheng to teach her a chakra mode, and Zhou Cheng agreed to teach the Konoha 15 after the confrontation.
• The Kumogakure shinobi accused Konoha of stealing the Raikage’s technique, and Zhou Cheng called it inspiration and taunted them.

Konohamaru defeated a Kumogakure shinobi with the Rasengan, and Kimimaro overwhelmed Karui in a sword fight. The match against Karui remained underway as Konoha’s crowd marveled at Kimimaro’s strength and wondered how Zhou Cheng had subdued him.

• Konohamaru used a Shadow Clone to distract a Kumogakure shinobi, then struck him with a Rasengan and defeated him despite the man’s claim that it felt like a massage.
• Zhou Cheng praised Konohamaru, promised him a ninjutsu reward, and called for the next Kumogakure fighter.
• Karui stepped forward with her short sword, and Zhou Cheng chose Kimimaro to face her.
• Karui attacked with Lightning Release: Thunderclap Slash, but Kimimaro blocked her sword with a Bone Blade and countered with Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Willow.
• Kimimaro wounded Karui repeatedly with taijutsu alone, leaving the Kumogakure shinobi and Konoha crowd stunned by his skill.