Chapter Summaries

Ye Liang went berserk under the influence of snake venom, forcing the White Snake Sage to subdue and cure him before teaching him Sage Arts. Three years later, as Ye Liang remained away from Konoha, the Nine-Tails threatened the village and Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted a new crisis.

• The White Snake Sage used a transformed Dilraba to test Ye Liang, but he resisted the illusion and attacked her with Flying Thunder God and Shinra Tensei.
• Ye Liang's rage and the snake venom drove him to unleash more powerful techniques, wrecking Ryūchi Cave and injuring its snake maidens.
• The White Snake Sage restrained Ye Liang with White Rage Technique, treated him with green liquid, and decided to teach him Sage Arts.
• The White Snake Sage taught Ye Liang for three years while he remained away from Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the Nine-Tails was approaching Konoha and recalled the Masked Man's attack, which even Minato Namikaze had struggled to withstand.

Ye Liang returned to Konoha and reunited with Mitarashi Anko as the village faced another attack by Tobi and the Nine-Tails. After learning that Orochimaru had escaped and Anko bore the Earth Cursed Seal, Ye Liang realized events had gone off course and that a new stage of conflict had begun.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to join the battle after scouts reported that Tobi had returned riding the Nine-Tails.
• Mitarashi Anko asked Hiruzen Sarutobi whether there was news of Ye Liang, then wondered if she had fallen for him.
• Ye Liang appeared behind Anko in the Hokage's hall, and she embraced him before the two exchanged teasing remarks.
• Ye Liang noticed the Earth Cursed Seal on Anko's neck, and Anko explained that Orochimaru had escaped during Tobi's earlier attack.
• Ye Liang learned that Obito remained in the village and that Tobi had returned with the Nine-Tails, leaving him puzzled about Tobi's identity.

Minato and Hiruzen Sarutobi led Konoha’s ninjas against the Masked Man and the Nine-Tails, and Minato resolved to seal the beast inside Naruto with the Reaper Death Seal. After Minato trapped the Nine-Tails in the Two Red Sun Formation, Hiruzen’s forces drove the Masked Man from its head, but the Masked Man used the Uchiha Gunbai to reflect their attacks back at them.

• Minato told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he planned to seal the Nine-Tails inside Naruto with the Reaper Death Seal, even though the technique would cost him his life.
• The Masked Man attacked Konoha’s ninjas with an unusually powerful Great Fire Annihilation, and they countered it with Water Release techniques.
• Minato raised the Two Red Sun Formation around the Nine-Tails and the Masked Man so Hiruzen and the jonin could separate them.
• Hiruzen and the jonin blasted the Masked Man off the Nine-Tails with five elemental Dragon Bullets and followed with more Ninjutsu.
• The Masked Man summoned the Uchiha Gunbai and reflected the jonin’s attacks back toward their casters.

Minato used the Reaper Death Seal to extract the Nine-Tails and began sealing it into his infant son, Naruto. Ye Liang arrived before the sealing was complete and offered to become the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki instead.

• Minato escaped the Masked Man’s attack with the Flying Thunder God and joined Hiruzen Sarutobi in preparing to seal the Nine-Tails.
• Minato used the Reaper Death Seal, sacrificing his life as the Nine-Tails’ soul was pulled from its body.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the ninja alliance held off the Masked Man while Kushina watched Minato perform the sealing.
• Ye Liang arrived late and realized the Nine-Tails had not yet been fully sealed into Naruto.
• Ye Liang offered to bear the Nine-Tails himself, and Kushina welcomed the possibility of sparing her child.

Ye Liang took the Nine-Tails into himself to save Naruto, and Minato entrusted Kushina and their son to him before dying. Ye Liang then rescued Hiruzen from the Masked Man, who revealed himself as Uchiha Madara.

• Kushina used a sealing technique to pull the Nine-Tails out of Naruto and into Ye Liang.
• Minato asked Ye Liang to protect Kushina and Naruto, and Ye Liang promised to treat them as his own family.
• Ye Liang arrived at the battle and rescued Hiruzen Sarutobi from the Masked Man’s Susanoo strike.
• Ye Liang identified the Masked Man as Uchiha Madara, who removed his mask and revealed the Rinnegan.

Ye Liang defeated the weakened Uchiha Madara with Sage Mode-enhanced attacks after breaking through his Susanoo. He received the Strength of a Hundred Technique as a reward, and the system entered a 24-hour maintenance period after his newbie missions were completed.

• Ye Liang activated Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode and attacked Uchiha Madara with the White Rage Technique, but Susanoo only slowed Madara down.
• Ye Liang repeatedly struck Susanoo with Senjutsu-powered Shinra Tensei until it cracked and toppled.
• Ye Liang blasted a huge hole through Uchiha Madara with a Senjutsu-enhanced Tailed Beast Bomb, and Madara fell while promising to return in his complete form.
• Ye Liang received the Strength of a Hundred Technique without its life-energy cost and learned that it would preserve his youthful appearance.
• Ye Liang's system announced that all newbie missions were complete and entered maintenance mode for 24 hours.

After Konoha’s victory over Uchiha Madara, Ye Liang returned to the village and learned that Minato Namikaze had died sealing the Nine-Tails. Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Ye Liang a Guest Elder, while hinting that he might become Hokage if he left Otogakure.

• Ye Liang returned to Konoha with the main Hokage force after the battle, which had killed Minato Namikaze and many Jonin and damaged the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the assembled Special Jonin that Minato had sacrificed his soul to seal the Nine-Tails, and they mourned his death.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called in Kushina and placed her beside Ye Liang, then praised Ye Liang for killing Uchiha Madara and becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he had considered making Ye Liang the Fifth Hokage but instead appointed him a Guest Elder because he was from Otogakure.
• Ye Liang accepted the Guest Elder position and said he had no plans to leave Otogakure, while the other Jonin assured him they respected him.

Ye Liang accepted Minato's request to care for Kushina despite objections from Konoha's jonin, and she agreed to honor her husband's last wishes. After moving into Minato's home, Ye Liang returned to Anko's house in the middle of the night, where she confronted him the next morning.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Ye Liang that Minato had entrusted Kushina to his care, prompting Morino Ibiki and other jonin to object.
• Ye Liang threatened to give up his title as Konoha Guest Elder, and Kushina took his arm and insisted she would go with him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the meeting after Kushina declared her decision.
• Ye Liang moved into Minato Namikaze's home that night, but Naruto's crying kept him awake and he fled back to Anko's house.
• Anko kicked Ye Liang out of bed and teased him about returning from Kushina's home, and Ye Liang pinned her down to challenge her remark that he could not perform.

Ye Liang and the Konoha envoys reached Sunagakure, where suspicious vendors and an absent Fourth Hokage suggested that the village was hiding something despite a peace agreement being signed. After sensing the old woman who led the talks had murderous intent toward Kakashi, Ye Liang left the inn to investigate and confronted her at midnight.

• Ye Liang used the Earth Dragon to save the group from a collapsing mountainside and suspected the collapse had been caused deliberately.
• In Sunagakure, Rin Nohara claimed she had pestered Ye Liang to buy a Shukaku hair ornament to test whether the vendors were spies, while Ye Liang sensed killing intent among them.
• A female secretary left the envoys waiting outside the Kazekage's Office, and an old woman negotiated on behalf of the absent Fourth Hokage.
• Ye Liang and the old woman signed a peace agreement, but he remained suspicious after sensing her hostility toward Kakashi.
• Ye Liang slipped out of the inn at midnight and grabbed the old woman by the neck as she undressed.

Ye Liang convinced Granny Chiyo that Konoha had not killed the Fourth Kazekage and learned that a slashed Konoha forehead protector had led Sunagakure to suspect them. After Ye Liang left the village, Kakashi, Rin, and Obito were attacked by vendors, who knocked Kakashi and Rin unconscious.

• Ye Liang restrained Granny Chiyo after she attacked him and denied that Konoha had killed the Fourth Kazekage.
• Ye Liang explained Chiyo's grudge against Konoha and persuaded her to consider evidence that the Konoha envoys had arrived only that day.
• Chiyo showed Ye Liang a slashed Konoha forehead protector found at the assassination scene, and Ye Liang said he knew who the culprit was but could not yet reveal the identity.
• Ye Liang returned to the inn, gave Kakashi instructions, and left Sunagakure the next morning while Kakashi, Rin, and Obito stayed behind.
• Vendors attacked Kakashi, Rin, and Obito in the market; Obito counterattacked, but the attackers knocked Kakashi and Rin unconscious.

Obito fought the Sunagakure peddlers to protect Rin, while Kakashi and Rin waited in captivity for their plan to draw out the mastermind. A White Scale Serpent swallowed Obito before Orochimaru revealed himself outside the dungeon and attacked Granny Chiyo and Ebizo.

• Obito fought Baki and the other peddlers for over an hour before collapsing, and they carried him away while dragging Kakashi behind them.
• Kakashi and Rin pretended to be unconscious in the dungeon as they waited for the mastermind to appear.
• A White Scale Serpent entered the dungeon and swallowed Obito, then fought off the Sunagakure ninja and tried to escape.
• Granny Chiyo and Ebizo blocked the serpent outside, where it transformed into Orochimaru and declared his grudge against Ye Liang.
• Orochimaru used Magnet Release attacks, forcing Granny Chiyo to summon Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets.

After completing a mission, Ye Liang helped his students train for the Chunin Exams and clashed with Morino Ibiki. That night, Ibiki poisoned Kushina and tried to assault her, but Ye Liang arrived and intervened.

• Ye Liang claimed an A-rank Earth Dragon Bullet Technique as his reward for completing the Land of Wind mission.
• Ye Liang coached Obito, Rin Nohara, Kakashi, and Uchiha Itachi, then noticed Might Guy training with Morino Ibiki.
• Ye Liang challenged Ibiki's exam predictions and questioned his motives, angering him into leaving with Might Guy.
• Ibiki secretly poisoned Kushina's home, and Kushina collapsed while shielding Naruto from the gas.
• Ibiki carried Kushina to her bedroom and used a potion on her, but Ye Liang seized his arm, covered Kushina, and threw him outside.

Ye Liang exposed Ibiki’s attempted attack on Kushina and suspected that Shimura Danzō had arranged the incident to frame him. After leaving the Hokage Office, Ye Liang was stopped by Might Guy, who asked him for a duel.

• Ye Liang brought the bound Ibiki and the tearful Kushina to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who sent Ibiki to the dungeon and offered Kushina and Ye Liang a safer home in the city center.
• Ye Liang showed Hiruzen Sarutobi a marked Shuriken he had given Anko and said he had found it on Ibiki, suggesting that Ibiki had planned to frame him.
• Ye Liang suspected Shimura Danzō of orchestrating the scheme, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to watch Danzō while asking Ye Liang to examine the Chunin Exams.
• Shisui told Danzo that Ye Liang had stopped the plan and that Ibiki was in the dungeon, and Danzo ordered Shisui to kill the subordinate who had failed.
• Might Guy ran up to Ye Liang and bowed, asking him to duel.

Ye Liang accepted a quest to improve Might Guy’s Taijutsu and used improvised Tai Chi lessons to guide him, earning the S-rank technique Night Guy. After receiving new housing from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ye Liang prepared to move and declared that Anko would come live with him.

• Ye Liang accepted the quest to guide Might Guy and saw that its maximum reward was Night Guy.
• Ye Liang taught Might Guy to use slowness to overcome speed, and Might Guy broke a tree with an ordinary punch as the quest progress reached 50%.
• Ye Liang recited Taijutsu chants to Might Guy, who felt enlightened, and the quest exceeded its requirements, rewarding Ye Liang with Night Guy.
• Anko packed Ye Liang’s belongings after Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged housing for him.
• Ye Liang told Anko they were moving in together and called her his wife.

As Konoha’s villagers and guards ostracized the Uchiha, Obito was beaten and had his Ninja Tools bag confiscated while trying to return to his clan. Uchiha Fugaku rejected calls for rebellion, but Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi prepared to act against the clan under Anbu orders, leaving Itachi uncertain about the mission.

• Ye Liang received a lucrative Chunin Exams mission and dismissed his students after giving Team 7 instructions.
• Obito left the Hokage Office, then was stopped by village-guarding jonin who took his Ninja Tools bag and beat him when he tried to reclaim it.
• Uchiha clan members urged Uchiha Fugaku to rebel against Konoha, but he refused and said he would seek an explanation from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Uchiha Shisui told Uchiha Itachi that the Anbu would deal with the clan, and Itachi asked him to spare his younger brother.
• Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi approached the Uchiha settlement as night fell.

Obito discovered his grandmother had been attacked by Anbu, and her desperate use of Amaterasu killed them but engulfed her and their home in black flames. At the Uchiha shrine, Ye Liang intervened as Itachi prepared to attack Fugaku, and Fugaku awoke from Shisui’s Genjutsu.

• Obito found his grandmother wounded and fought off Anbu attackers before fleeing to seek help from Ye Liang.
• Obito’s grandmother used Amaterasu to engulf the Anbu, but the black flames also consumed her and the house.
• Shisui used Genjutsu to immobilize Fugaku while Itachi prepared to attack his father, as Sasuke watched from a wardrobe.
• Ye Liang burst into the Uchiha shrine and urged Itachi not to follow Danzo’s orders.
• Ye Liang asserted his authority as a Konoha advisor, and Fugaku woke from Shisui’s Genjutsu and recognized him.

Ye Liang stopped Shimura Danzō’s Anbu from attacking the Uchiha clan and secured Fugaku’s promise of loyalty. As the clan’s conflict with Konoha took a different course, Ye Liang found a small child hiding in a wardrobe.

• Uchiha Fugaku begged Ye Liang to save the Uchiha, and Ye Liang vowed to protect the clan despite its alleged betrayal of Konoha.
• Shimura Danzō arrived with Anbu and demanded that Uchiha Itachi join him, but Ye Liang told Itachi to stay with his family and challenged Danzō’s authority.
• Ye Liang used Sage Art: White Rage Technique to immobilize the Anbu and forced Danzō to withdraw.
• Uchiha Fugaku thanked Ye Liang and pledged that the Uchiha clan would be loyal to him rather than Konoha.
• Ye Liang reflected that the Uchiha clan’s plans had changed and watched Uchiha Itachi leave.
• Ye Liang opened a wardrobe and carried out a small child, who protested that she was not his daughter-in-law.

Ye Liang took charge of Konoha’s Chunin Exams and dealt with a confrontation between Sunagakure and Kumogakure at the village gate. After the visiting ninja arrived, he prepared to open the exams the next day as chief examiner.

• Several months later, Ye Liang watched the flood of visiting ninja arrive in Konoha with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who warned him that his advisor title depended on the Chunin Exams going well.
• Ye Liang found Granny Chiyo and Kumogakure’s Raikage arguing at the entrance because Granny Chiyo had cut in line to spite Kumogakure.
• When the Raikage punched at him, Ye Liang used Shinra Tensei to send him flying, then escorted Granny Chiyo inside after telling her to stop cutting in line.
• Ye Liang recognized visiting ninja including Mei Terumi, Kurotsuchi, and Darui, and worried that Konoha’s teams would struggle against them.
• The next day, Ye Liang appeared in formal attire as chief examiner and addressed the crowd before the Chunin Exams began.

Ye Liang hosted the Chunin Exams as Mei Terumi of Kirigakure faced the sixty-eight-year-old Lantu of Iwagakure in the opening match. Mei Terumi used Lava Release to gain the high ground, but Lantu’s earth dragon began destroying her platform, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ye Liang introduced Mei Terumi and Lantu as the first contestants, while Ōnoki and Yagura argued over their ages and genin status.
• Mei Terumi opened with Water Dragon Bullet and Hidden Mist, while Lantu blocked her attack with Earth Release and burrowed underground.
• Ye Liang explained to Obito that Lantu had made Earth Release instinctive, and Obito asked how Lantu compared to Ye Liang.
• Mei Terumi used Lava Release to form a raised platform, but Lantu sent a huge earth dragon crashing into it to try to force her back to the ground.

Mei Terumi lost her arena match to an old man, and Ye Liang stopped her from landing on hidden steel blades. After talking with Mei all night, Ye Liang sent Obito home hungry; the next day, Obito faced Kurotsuchi amid a hostile crowd and prepared to prove himself.

• Mei Terumi melted the rock dragons with Lava Release, but the old man's remaining earth dragon defeated her, and Ye Liang caught her before she landed on steel blades.
• Ye Liang reassured Obito that Mei Terumi could still become Mizukage and told him that the Third Hokage had once been called Monkey.
• Mei Terumi thanked Ye Liang and revealed that she knew his name, prompting him to send Obito home while he spoke with her through the night.
• Ye Liang announced Obito Uchiha's match against Kurotsuchi the next day and worried that Obito had gone without dinner.
• Obito entered the arena determined to become Hokage, while the crowd cheered for Kurotsuchi and Hiruzen Sarutobi defended Konoha's unpopular Uchiha contestant.
• Obito relaxed his guard because Kurotsuchi was only eight years old, as the match began.