Chapter Summaries

Yechen used the Byakugan to locate Konoha’s surviving ninja and the Six-Tails, then joined the battle and wiped out a Kirigakure force with his wind blades. He reached the Six-Tails to find Konoha’s Sealing Squad restraining it while Minato Namikaze fought five Kirigakure Jonin.

• Yechen surveyed the nearby battlefields and found fewer Konoha survivors than expected, facing stronger Kirigakure forces.
• Yechen spotted the Six-Tails Jinchuriki and chose to attack Kirigakure elsewhere before heading there.
• Yechen appeared above a battlefield and killed more than thirty Kirigakure ninja with wind blades, ending their advance.
• Yechen reached another battlefield after Kirigakure had withdrawn and then flew toward the Six-Tails.
• Yechen found four Konoha ninja binding the Six-Tails with sealing chains while Minato Namikaze fought five Kirigakure Jonin.

Yechen and Minato Namikaze defeated the Kirigakure Jonin guarding the Six-Tails, but the beast broke free of its seal. The chapter ended with the fully unsealed Six-Tails towering over the battlefield.

• Yechen arrived and killed a Kirigakure Special Jōnin who had been fighting Minato Namikaze.
• Yechen used his Thousand Faces: Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique to trap Kenta and Shiya in a genjutsu, then killed them.
• Minato Namikaze killed another Kirigakure Jonin, while Yechen pursued and killed the last one.
• Yechen and Minato Namikaze greeted each other after defeating the Kirigakure squad.
• The Six-Tails shed its seal, grew all six tails, and became fully unsealed despite the Konoha Sealing Squad's efforts.

Yechen confronted the rampaging Six-Tails and used his Bronze Battle Armor and overwhelming strength to overpower it. He battered the beast into the ground while Minato Namikaze and the arriving Konoha reinforcements watched in shock.

• The Six-Tails broke its sealing chains and sent the four sealing ninja flying.
• Yechen told Minato Namikaze to rescue the injured ninja, then rushed to face the Six-Tails himself.
• Yechen summoned the Bronze Battle Armor, caught the Six-Tails' tail, and repelled its attacks.
• Minato Namikaze recognized Yechen's armor as a sign of the Sharingan's ultimate secret.
• Yechen protected himself from the Six-Tails' Strong Acid Foam with Lightning Release: Lightning Armor and punched the beast away.
• Yechen flew after the Six-Tails, grabbed its tail, and repeatedly slammed it into the ground as the Konoha ninja watched in disbelief.

Yechen brought the defeated Six-Tails, Saiken, to the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace, where the other Tailed Beasts greeted him. Saiken’s admiration for Kokuō sparked a confrontation with Son Goku, while Yechen’s presence kept the gathering in check.

• Shisui Uchiha recognized that Yechen had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and could manifest Susanoo as Yechen defeated the Six-Tails and disappeared with him.
• Minato Namikaze wondered why Yechen had taken the Six-Tails away but could not determine his intentions.
• Yechen used the Supreme God Token to bring the Six-Tails into the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace, startling Son Goku and Kokuō.
• Son Goku struck Saiken awake, and Saiken excitedly tried to approach Kokuō before Son Goku shoved him away.
• Saiken threatened Yechen for riding on Kokuō, and Son Goku jumped aside rather than challenge Yechen.

Kokuō won Saiken over, and Saiken joined the Summoning Hall, raising it to level 3. At Konoha’s Kirigakure Battlefield command center, Yechen learned that Konoha and Iwagakure had agreed to a ceasefire, and he began considering a plan to find Danzo and win over the Akatsuki.

• Kokuō kicked Saiken for disrespecting Yechen, then patted his head until he agreed to join the Summoning Hall.
• Saiken moved into the Summoning Hall, which advanced to level 3 and gained expanded grounds, denser spiritual energy, and greater daily energy production.
• Yechen watched Kokuō, Saiken, and the other little creatures play together while ignoring him.
• Two days later, Nara Yue Guang told Konoha’s Jonin that Konoha and Iwagakure had agreed to a ceasefire, with the peace treaty to be signed in a week.
• Yechen suspected that factions in Iwagakure and Konoha had caused the delay, and considered going to the Land of Rain to find Danzo and approach the Akatsuki.

After Konoha received reinforcements from the Land of Rain, Nara Yue Guang ordered the forces on the Kirigakure front to go on the offensive and reclaim lost territory. Yechen joined the counterattack for the chance to earn evolution points, and the chapter ended with him killing a Kirigakure Anbu who had been watching him.

• Konoha and Iwagakure signed a Peace Armistice Treaty without forming an alliance.
• Yechen warned his subordinates to stay alert while Kirigakure's frontline forces remained inactive.
• Nara Yue Guang announced that Konoha's strongholds would switch from defense to offense and drive the Mist Ninja out of the Land of Fire.
• Yechen stopped training after his Shadow Clone relayed the orders and decided to join the counteroffensive.
• Yechen killed Kirigakure Special Jōnin near Red Crab Town while working to reclaim the captured stronghold.
• Yechen spotted and killed a Kirigakure Anbu Ninja who had been lurking nearby.

Yechen led Konoha in retaking Red Crab Town, using his Susanoo to devastate the stronghold and minimize casualties. He then hunted Kirigakure’s elite across the battlefields, helping Konoha reclaim all four lost strongholds within a month.

• Yechen accepted the system’s mission to force peace upon the Shinobi World through overwhelming strength.
• Yechen’s fifty Shadow Clones helped Konoha rout the Kirigakure forces outside Red Crab Town and pursue them toward the stronghold.
• Yechen used his Bronze Battle Armor and Sword Breaks Illusions to destroy Red Crab Town’s defenses, allowing Konoha to capture it.
• Yechen trained for a week, then continued traveling between battlefields to hunt Kirigakure’s stronger ninja.
• Yechen defeated Kirigakure’s elite while Konoha retook all four strongholds it had previously lost.

Yechen learned that Konoha and Kirigakure were negotiating peace, but a Jonin meeting revealed that Kirigakure wanted the Land of Waves in its sphere of influence. The Konoha ninja rejected the demand and faced the prospect of continued fighting.

• Yechen overheard Genin discussing the negotiations and concluded that they were progressing smoothly.
• A messenger summoned Yechen to a Jonin meeting called by Nara Yue Guang.
• Yechen found the meeting room tense and read a report before Nara Yue Guang arrived.
• Nara Yue Guang explained that Kirigakure wanted to bring the Land of Waves into the Land of Water's sphere of influence.
• The assembled ninja angrily opposed the demand and said Konoha should keep fighting rather than give up the Land of Waves.

Yechen left the Forward Base to confront the Mizukage after Kirigakure refused peace, while Nara Yue Guang ordered Konoha’s armies to pressure the Land of Water. As Yechen’s victories spread, Konoha’s High Command decided to arrange an early succession to keep the Uchiha from gaining power.

• Yechen rebuked Nara Yue Guang over the failed negotiations and announced he would visit Kirigakure to speak with the Mizukage.
• Yechen vanished from the Forward Base and flew toward the Land of Water, leaving the jonin stunned.
• Nara Yue Guang ordered all three armies to assemble at the border and sent reconnaissance teams to track Yechen.
• Three days later, the border strongholds fell one after another, and news of Yechen’s feats spread throughout the Shinobi World.
• The Konoha High Command considered assassinating Yechen but abandoned the idea and decided Hiruzen Sarutobi should step down early so one of their own could become Fourth Hokage.

Yechen forced Karatachi Yagura to accept peace talks with Konoha, then gave Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki Child God Tokens to reveal the source of his strength. After entering the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace, Mei and Kisame encountered the Four-Tails, Son Goku.

• Yechen confronted Karatachi Yagura and Kirigakure's gathered shinobi after destroying several outposts on his way there.
• Yechen threatened Karatachi Yagura with the Thunder Prison Rasengan, and Yagura agreed to talk rather than risk further losses.
• Yechen rejected Yagura's proposed conditions, gave Kirigakure ten days to conclude peace talks with Konoha, and handed Child God Tokens to Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki activated their tokens and entered the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace.
• Kisame called Son Goku a monkey, and the Four-Tails revealed its savage aura, prompting Mei and Kisame to recognize it as a tailed beast.

Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki followed the tailed beasts to Uchiha Ye Chen’s headquarters, where he revealed that he wanted them to join the Gods Alliance rather than Konoha. Ye Chen outlined the alliance’s goal of uniting the Shinobi World against otherworldly invaders, leaving Mei to consider the organization’s purpose and the secrets behind the world’s energy.

• Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki encountered the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails, and learned the beasts served a master they called the Great Demon King.
• Kokuō led Mei and Kisame to the Hall of Gods, while Saiken followed behind.
• Mei and Kisame entered the Gods Alliance headquarters and found Uchiha Ye Chen, the Third Raikage, and Kakuzu inside.
• Ye Chen welcomed Mei and Kisame to the Gods Alliance and said their arrival meant they had already made their choice.
• Ye Chen described the alliance’s plan to unite the Shinobi World against otherworldly creatures and revealed that the world’s energy came from a God Tree Fruit.

Yechen confirmed Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki's interest in the Gods Alliance and assigned the Third Raikage to bring Kumogakure into its sphere by pursuing peace and dealing with dissenters. Kakuzu reported the alliance's earnings and recruitment progress, while Yechen set limits on the work its outer disciples could accept.

• Kisame Hoshigaki agreed to join the Gods Alliance because he wanted the strength to change the world, while Mei Terumi asked whether joining would endanger her village or family.
• Yechen told the recruits to grow stronger and warned that members who failed the alliance's standards could be demoted to outer disciples.
• Yechen ordered Elder Lei to arrange a Peace Treaty and put Kumogakure in order so it could become a reserve force for the Gods Alliance.
• Elder Lei pledged to complete the mission and said he would use the opportunity to deal with people he had long wanted to remove.
• Kakuzu gave Yechen the alliance's earnings ledger and reported that he had recruited people as outer disciples.
• Yechen told Kakuzu to keep the recruits in line and prevent them from accepting just any job.

Yechen directed Mei Terumi to seek the Mizukage position with Kisame Hoshigaki’s help, then received news that Konoha and Kirigakure had agreed to a ceasefire. While the villages prepared to withdraw their forces, Yechen entered seclusion and evolved his Fire Release into a technique that destroyed souls.

• Yechen rewarded Kakuzu with three Spirit-Transforming Fruits and ordered Mei Terumi to pursue the Mizukage position with Kisame Hoshigaki assisting her.
• Yechen had Kakuzu show Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki around Nine Heavens Evolution and arrange residences for them as core disciples.
• Konoha and Kirigakure concluded peace talks, agreeing to a ceasefire and neutral status for the Land of Waves without signing an alliance treaty.
• Yechen learned that Konoha might soon choose a Fourth Hokage and rejected the idea of competing, while considering Minato Namikaze for the Gods Alliance.
• Yechen converted energy from the Summoning Hall and trained in seclusion; three days later, his Fire Release evolved into the Soul-Devouring Ghost Flame Technique, which could burn souls beyond rebirth.

Yechen completed his Wind Wings training and grew stronger before receiving orders to escort personnel and supplies back to Konoha. He left the border with two other jonin and more than a hundred ninja, beginning a long journey home.

• Yechen evolved Wind Release: Wind Realm Freedom into Windswept Wings and condensed a pair of Wind Wings, gaining Wind Wing Slash and Cyclone Shield.
• Yechen used up the energy he had gathered, raising his combat power to 3221.
• A Konoha messenger summoned Yechen to the Command Center, where Nara Yue Guang announced that groups would return to the village as the border situation stabilized.
• Yechen was assigned to escort personnel and supplies to Konoha with two other jonin, then spent the days before departure taking a boat out to sea.
• Yechen and the other two jonin led more than a hundred ninja and over a dozen supply wagons away from the border toward Konoha.

After returning to Konoha with the convoy, Yechen warmly greeted a little girl before reporting his mission and going home. He finally relaxed and fell asleep in the small residence that had become a refuge for him.

• During the journey, Yechen cultivated the Primordial Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique as the convoy traveled through the mountains.
• On the eighth day, Yechen and the convoy entered Konoha to cheers from the villagers.
• Yechen greeted Yingying, picked her up, and gave her a Spirit-Transforming Fruit before continuing onward.
• Yechen reported the mission's completion at the Hokage Building and returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• At his spotless home, Yechen lay down, let go of his lingering tension, and fell asleep.

Yechen spent the morning eating around Konoha while realizing an Anbu was following him, whom he suspected was a Root ninja sent by Danzo. He lured the watcher to the Training Grounds and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to confront him.

• Yechen woke in the Uchiha Clan Compound, bought snacks in Konoha, and reflected on how the war had left him alone.
• Yechen sensed someone watching him as he entered Ichiraku Ramen and suspected the follower was a Root ninja working for Danzo.
• After eating five bowls of ramen, Yechen headed to the Training Grounds on the outskirts to draw the follower away from the crowds.
• Yechen stopped at the Training Grounds, called for the follower to reveal himself, and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Yechen caught and killed a Root Ninja sent by Danzo to tail him. Danzo learned of the death and ordered two squads to watch Yechen, hoping to gather evidence he could use against him and the Uchiha.

• Yechen used Flying Thunder God to intercept the fleeing Root Ninja and trapped him in a genjutsu.
• Yechen exposed the pursuer as one of Danzo’s men and killed him with a Wind Blade.
• A Root Ninja told Danzo that Shadow had been found dead at the Seventh Training Grounds.
• Danzo recognized Yechen as the likely killer but knew he lacked evidence to confront him openly.
• Danzo ordered two squads to monitor Yechen and instructed them not to hold back if Yechen acted against them.

Danzo planned to target Yechen and the Uchiha after learning that most Uchiha Jonin supported Minato Namikaze for Hokage, hoping to change their decision and seize Yechen’s Mangekyō Sharingan. Yechen used a Shadow Clone to leave Konoha and lure Danzo into pursuing him.

• Danzo decided to use the Uchiha’s support for Minato Namikaze as a reason to attack Yechen and potentially take his eye.
• Yechen noticed two groups watching his home, then stayed quiet because he wanted to draw Danzo out of Konoha.
• Yechen sent a Shadow Clone to act as bait while his real body remained in the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace to cultivate.
• The Shadow Clone ate breakfast, bought food, and left Konoha through the village gate.
• Outside the village, Yechen’s Shadow Clone flew into the sky, glanced back at several trees where watchers were hidden, and disappeared into the distance.

Yechen chose a remote coastal forest as a training ground and baited Danzo by repeatedly traveling there, hoping Root Ninja would uncover the route. Before heading out again, he rejected the Uchiha elders’ request to discuss the Hokage election and reaffirmed his support for Minato Namikaze.

• Eight Root Ninja watched Yechen fly away, then left to report back; Yechen returned unseen and let them believe they had lost him.
• Yechen rejected a mountain forest near villages and found a remote, uninhabited site on the southern Land of Fire coast for training and as bait.
• Yechen planned to leave deliberate traces for Root Ninja and visited the same training ground for three days in a row.
• Yechen sensed that both groups of watchers were still monitoring him and prepared to follow his usual route.
• Uchiha Zhiye stopped Yechen and said the clan elders wanted to discuss his views on the Hokage election.
• Yechen refused to meet the elders and told Uchiha Zhiye to relay that he supported Minato Namikaze over a candidate hostile to the Uchiha.

Yechen lured Danzo and the Root Ninja to his chosen location, then began killing the squads closing in around him. Danzo ordered a Barrier raised around the forest as his forces converged.

• Yechen deliberately led the Root Ninja toward his prepared location while concealing his intentions.
• Danzo learned that his squads were close to locating Yechen and ordered them to begin the operation once they confirmed his position.
• After two more days, Yechen spotted Shimura Danzō among the approaching Root Ninja and prepared to attack.
• Yechen swiftly killed two Root squads, allowing their Explosive Tags to signal his location to the others.
• Danzo arrived, ordered his forces to converge and the Red Rain Squad to establish a Barrier, which rose around the forest.