Chapter Summaries

Yechen fought alongside the Nara Clan Jonin and the Yamanaka Clan Jonin against Iwagakure Jonin in an underground chamber. He killed Wu Xiaoguang and another Rock Ninja, then decided to abandon his ordinary steel sword after it became stuck in the wall.

• Yechen attacked a Rock Ninja while the Nara Clan Jonin restrained another with the Shadow Imitation Technique, but Wu Xiaoguang disrupted Yechen’s strike with a kunai.
• Yechen joined the Nara Clan Jonin and the Yamanaka Clan Jonin in battle as their attacks shook the underground chamber and cracked its walls and ceiling.
• Yechen caught Wu Xiaoguang in Sharingan Genjutsu and stabbed him, but Wu Xiaoguang held the blade in place to give his comrade a chance to attack.
• Yechen dodged the Earth Release: Earth Spear and destroyed it with a Rasengan, then killed the distracted Rock Ninja with a kunai to the heart.
• Yechen went to retrieve his long blade, realized it was buried in the wall, and decided to give up the ordinary steel sword.

Yechen used Hyōrinmaru for the first time as the Iwagakure Jonin tried to flee, killing Fujino Taijun with the sword’s freezing ability. The battle continued as the Yamanaka Jonin controlled Caiye’s body to create openings for his allies.

• The Iwagakure Jonin forced back the Nara and Yamanaka Jonin and fled toward the underground passage’s entrance.
• A Nara Jonin trapped three fleeing Rock Ninja with the Shadow Gathering Technique while a Yamanaka Jonin controlled Caiye and made him wound Fujino Taijun.
• Yechen drew Hyōrinmaru and joined Caiye’s attack on Fujino Taijun.
• Hyōrinmaru’s Slowing Freeze numbed Fujino Taijun and slowed his movements, allowing Yechen to strike his neck and kill him.
• Caiye acknowledged Yechen and charged toward another fight, using his controlled body to create openings for his allies.

Yechen’s squad completed its fight against the Iwagakure Jonin and set out to meet Minato Namikaze, but Rock Ninja reinforcements broke into the underground passage and surrounded them. Yechen ordered Hyuga Jinghong to continue toward Minato while he handled any enemies in their path.

• Yechen killed Caiye and helped the Nara Clan Jonin and Yamanaka Clan Jonin defeat the three remaining Iwagakure Jonin.
• Hyuga Jinghong arrived and warned Yechen that Rock Ninja reinforcements were approaching; she located Minato Namikaze heading toward them.
• Hyuga Jinghong told Yechen that Zh Qing and Yuan Yi had been killed, and Yechen ordered the group to continue toward Minato.
• The underground space shook as Rock Ninja used jutsu to tear open the ground and enter through cracks, surrounding Yechen’s group.
• Yechen told Hyuga Jinghong to stick to their route and leave any Rock Ninja they encountered to him.

Yechen and his companions fought through Rock Ninja squads while trying to rendezvous with Minato Namikaze. After Minato killed Kuroki Masayasu and began searching for the survivors, the two groups finally reunited.

• Yechen ambushed a Rock Ninja squad in a narrow passage with his Great Fireball Technique and killed the survivors with shuriken.
• Yechen cleared the Rock Ninja squads blocking their route, while the Nara Clan Jonin and Yamanaka Clan Jonin followed behind.
• The Yamanaka Clan Jonin contacted Minato Namikaze as the Rock Ninja tightened their encirclement.
• Minato Namikaze killed Kuroki Masayasu after the commander tried to escape, then retraced his route to find the others.
• Yechen and his companions rounded a corner and reunited with Minato Namikaze.

Yechen returned from Operation Decapitation after helping eliminate all the Rock Ninja commanders, then revealed his mastery of Flying Thunder God by teleporting Hyuga Jinghong to camp. When Minato Namikaze questioned how he learned the forbidden technique, Yechen claimed he had copied it from Minato’s marked kunai, leaving the others suspicious but unwilling to confront him.

• Yechen told Minato Namikaze that Zh Qing and Yuan Yi had died, while the Nara Clan Jonin reported that all enemy targets had been eliminated.
• The Nara Clan Jonin credited Yechen with making the mission’s success possible, and Minato asked Yechen and Xi to wait while he took Jinghong and Zao Tai back.
• Yechen stopped Minato from using a marked kunai and teleported Hyuga Jinghong to his tent with Flying Thunder God.
• Hyuga Jinghong recognized the technique, and Yechen told her he no longer needed to hide his strength before she left to get treated.
• Minato Namikaze confronted Yechen about using the forbidden technique, and Yechen claimed he had learned it by copying the formula on Minato’s kunai.
• Minato and the others doubted Yechen’s explanation but avoided challenging him because they still needed his help and feared making him an enemy of Konoha.

Yechen anticipated the fallout after Roshi and the Rock Ninja attacked Konoha’s forces, then entered the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace to visit the Five-Tails and begin secluded training. The chapter ended with Yechen preparing to spend his remaining evolution points as his growing strength allowed him to increase his attributes more rapidly.

• Yamanaka Nozomi reported that Roshi had appeared on the front line, and Minato Namikaze left to support the battle while Yamanaka Nozomi and Nara Motai departed.
• Yechen expected Roshi’s attack to cause heavy losses but believed Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique could keep him from running rampant.
• After a bloody night of fighting, Tanaka Erito abandoned a counteroffensive and ordered the exhausted Konoha forces to rest while small squads harassed the Rock Ninja.
• Yechen entered the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace and told the Five-Tails that the Four-Tails, Son Goku, would soon join it; Little Five reacted with dismay.
• Yechen went to the Training Grounds to begin secluded training, noting that his stronger physique let him raise his attributes by dozens of points at a time.

Yechen discovered that the Rock Ninja had launched a three-pronged attack on Konoha’s strongholds, with their familiar routes concealing a deliberate tactic. After the central defense fell and the Four-Tails Jinchūriki appeared, Yechen took responsibility for confronting the Jinchūriki while ordering his troops to regroup.

• After a Konoha Chunin reported the Rock Ninja’s advance, Yechen ordered his subordinates to assemble and prepare the defenses.
• Yechen used his Byakugan to observe the Rock Ninja split into three forces and suspected their familiar attack routes were a deliberate smokescreen.
• When his troops engaged the enemy, Yechen headed for the left flank, but the central defensive line fell within minutes and the other lines retreated.
• A Yamanaka Clan ninja told Yechen that the Four-Tails Jinchūriki had joined the battle and that Konoha’s forces could not hold them off.
• Yechen ordered his troops to form a second defensive line, notify Commander Tanaka Erito, and leave the Four-Tails Jinchūriki to him.

Yechen attacked the Rock Ninja ranks instead of pursuing Roshi, hoping to provoke the Four-Tails Jinchūriki into returning to defend his troops. He routed the formation with fire and his sword, then sent out powerful Shadow Clones to continue the slaughter.

• Yechen headed for the Rock Ninja ranks, planning to force Roshi to return by threatening his troops.
• Yechen unleashed a massive fire technique that devastated the Rock Ninja formation and spread panic.
• Yechen killed Captain Yamashimizu and cut down more Rock Ninja, causing the survivors to flee.
• Yechen created four Shadow Clones to hunt the fleeing Rock Ninja, relying on Myriad Forms Clone’s level-50 strength.
• Yechen reflected that Myriad Forms Clone limited him to ten half-strength clones at once, though he believed further evolution might remove the restriction.

Yechen infiltrated a Rock Ninja squad to confront Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, but Roshi sensed his hostility and exposed his disguise. Their first exchange left Roshi wounded by Yechen’s shuriken, and the fight continued.

• Roshi abandoned his advance on Konoha after learning that Yechen had appeared behind Iwagakure’s forces.
• Yechen disguised himself as a Rock Ninja and joined a squad approaching Roshi, but Roshi detected his hostile intent and identified him.
• Yechen dispelled his disguise and learned that Roshi could sense hostility, while Roshi cloaked himself in dark red Tailed Beast energy and attacked.
• Yechen evaded Roshi’s Tailed Beast claw and countered with a Great Fireball and three shuriken.
• Roshi dodged the shuriken but suffered deep wounds to his cheek and arms when they pierced his Tailed Beast Cloak.

Yechen tested Roshi’s abilities while evading his attacks and cutting down the Rock Ninja around them. Roshi’s Lava Release turned the battlefield into a fiery wasteland before Minato Namikaze arrived.

• Roshi grew enraged and attacked Yechen with the Scorching River Flowing Rock Technique, but Yechen teleported to evade the lava.
• Yechen appeared among the Rock Ninja, killed two with Hyōrinmaru, and drew Roshi’s attention with another Great Fireball Technique.
• Roshi activated Lava Release Chakra Mode and charged Yechen in lava armor, forcing the Rock Ninja to scatter so they would not be caught in the crossfire.
• Yechen killed Rock Ninja as he moved and threw their corpses at Roshi, while some Rock Ninja fled and Roshi smashed aside the bodies.
• Roshi unleashed wide-area Lava Release ninjutsu, setting the surrounding area ablaze as Yechen used his Sharingan and teleportation to evade him.
• Minato Namikaze arrived on the battlefield while Yechen and Roshi were still fighting.

Yechen left Minato Namikaze to face Roshi while he returned to organize Konoha’s forces. Minato summoned Gamabunta, who extinguished the lava and prepared to fight Roshi.

• Yechen used the Flash Teleportation Technique to leave Minato Namikaze and Roshi, intending to organize Konoha’s forces and drive back the Rock Ninja.
• Minato Namikaze revealed that the Third Hokage had sent him to curb Yechen’s rise, though he wanted to be Yechen’s friend rather than suppress him.
• Roshi charged at Minato Namikaze in anger, but Minato evaded him with his speed.
• Minato Namikaze summoned Gamabunta onto the lava-covered battlefield.
• Gamabunta complained about the fire, then used a powerful water release ninjutsu to extinguish the flames and lava before turning to face Roshi.

Roshi fought Gamabunta until the Four-Tails' power emerged, forcing Minato Namikaze to seek the toad's help. Gamabunta agreed to distract Roshi after Minato offered him three hundred jin of premium tobacco.

• Roshi attacked Gamabunta with Lava Release, but Gamabunta evaded the lava spheres and retaliated with six Iron Cannonballs.
• Roshi survived the water blasts as his Lava Armor broke and the Four-Tails' chakra cloak and two tails appeared.
• Yechen watched from hiding as the battlefield's ninjas noticed Roshi's transformation.
• Minato Namikaze asked Gamabunta to keep Roshi occupied while he looked for an opening.
• Gamabunta agreed to help after Minato raised his offer to three hundred jin of premium tobacco.

Gamabunta and Minato Namikaze fought Roshi after his Four-Tails transformation, with Gamabunta matching his Lava Release using senjutsu-enhanced Water Release. The battle continued under cover of thick steam while Yechen watched with his Byakugan.

• Gamabunta charged Roshi with a Toad Short Sword Slash, but Roshi caught the blade with his bare hands and countered with his tails.
• Gamabunta dodged Roshi’s tails and used Water Release: Iron Cannonball to deflect his tailed beast claws.
• Minato Namikaze struck Roshi from behind with a Wind Release-wrapped kunai, but Roshi’s Tailed Beast Cloak stopped it.
• Roshi covered himself and his tails with Lava Armor, then launched lava balls at Gamabunta while Minato Namikaze evaded his attacks.
• Gamabunta and Roshi clashed with Water Release and Lava Release, filling the battlefield with steam as Yechen watched through the mist with his Byakugan.

Yechen ordered Konoha's remaining fighters to eliminate the Rock Ninja troops surrounding them, despite heavy casualties from Roshi's attack. As the Rock Ninja prepared their own move, Yechen struck their forces from concealment, leaving Nagashima Kuna convinced the Flame Demon was attacking.

• Yamanaka Shunfeng told Yechen that Rock Ninja troops were gathering around their position, and Yechen ordered an elimination operation despite the force having only about thirty percent of its fighters fit for battle.
• Yechen left a Shadow Clone to watch the ongoing fight and concealed his own presence as he departed.
• Nagashima Kuna learned that Konoha's forces were moving to surround the Rock Ninja and had a sensory ninja check whether Yechen was still on the battlefield.
• Nagashima Kuna and the sensory ninja found Rock Ninja corpses killed with single, ice-marked slashes, then spotted a dark figure vanishing into the woods.
• The sensory ninja identified the attacker as Yechen, the Flame Demon.

Yechen disrupted the Rock Ninja forces while Roshi lost control and released the Four-Tails. As the tailed beast rampaged against Gamabunta, Yechen ordered his allies to withdraw and moved closer to his target.

• Nagashima Kuna canceled the operation and ordered the Rock Ninja squads to regroup after hearing that another squad had been wiped out.
• Yechen used the Thousand Faces Illusion Technique to infiltrate the Rock Ninja rear and ambush their forces.
• Roshi’s seal broke as his reason faded, and the Four-Tails emerged, driving Minato Namikaze back with its tails.
• Yechen headed for the central battlefield, where the Four-Tails fought Gamabunta and drew magma from underground.
• Yechen sent a Shadow Clone to tell Yamanaka Shunfeng to withdraw everyone, and the Shadow Clone relayed the order without pursuing the fleeing Rock Ninja.

The Rock Ninja trapped the rampaging Four-Tails with Sealing Jutsu while Konoha’s interference inflicted heavy losses on Iwagakure’s forces. As the sealing began, Yechen charged toward the barrier to stop them, leaving the Rock Ninja stunned by his powerful Fire Release.

• The Rock Ninja and Konoha fought for nearly a day and night over the out-of-control Four-Tails, suffering immense casualties.
• The Rock Ninja trapped the Four-Tails with Sealing Jutsu and raised a barrier, while Konoha’s attacks killed many of their sealing and barrier specialists.
• Minato Namikaze ordered Tanaka Erito’s forces not to rush into an attempt to capture the tailed beast.
• Yechen charged toward the barrier, evading a barrage of kunai and shuriken with his Body Flicker Technique.
• Yechen unleashed Flame Waves Soaring to the Heavens, turning the area outside the barrier into an inferno.

Yechen broke through the Rock Ninja’s defenses and interrupted the sealing of the Four-Tails before it could be returned to Roshi. After knocking the Tailed Beast down with a punch, he faced its fury and told it to come with him.

• Yechen shattered the Rock Ninja’s earthen wall with a Lightning Release-enhanced punch, killing several ninja and scattering the ranks.
• Yechen used Amaterasu to burn through the barrier, startling Minato Namikaze and Gamabunta.
• Yechen charged through the barrier and struck the Rock Ninja sealing the Four-Tails, forcing them to release it.
• The freed Four-Tails broke the sealing chains and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Yechen knocked its aim aside and punched it to the ground.
• The Four-Tails rose, glared at Yechen, and threatened to kill the humans, while Yechen told it to come with him.

Yechen devastated the Four-Tails with his Mystic Ice and Fire technique, leaving the tailed beast severely injured and unable to fight back. He then released Hyōrinmaru’s second form, changing the weather and startling the watching ninja as snow began to fall.

• The Four-Tails attacked Yechen with lava and powerful blows, scattering the nearby Rock Ninja while Minato Namikaze and Konoha held back.
• Yechen unleashed Fire Release-Mystic Ice and Fire: Yin-Yang Coexistence, freezing the Four-Tails before a massive explosion severely injured it.
• Yechen demanded that the Four-Tails come quietly, but it bared its teeth and refused.
• Yechen drew an ice blade and called, “Bloom, Hyōrinmaru,” causing it to shatter into ice blossoms and snow to fall as the temperature plunged.
• The watching ninja noticed the blade had changed, and someone shouted when an unfamiliar sight appeared.

Yechen froze the Four-Tails with Hyōrinmaru’s Twin Ice Dragons, captured it, and brought it to the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace. After the Four-Tails was added to the Spirit Taming Scroll and summoned into the Summoning Hall, it trembled in fear upon seeing Yechen.

• Yechen transformed Hyōrinmaru into its Twin Ice Dragons form and froze the Four-Tails, sealing its body and consciousness in ice.
• Yechen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take the Four-Tails to the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace, where Little Five welcomed its capture.
• Yechen used the Spirit Taming Divine Token to add the Four-Tails to the scroll and place its statue on the stone platform.
• Yechen summoned the Four-Tails’ true body, and it shuddered with fear when it saw Yechen.
• Tanaka Erito ordered the Konoha Ninja to charge as the Rock Ninja fled, while Minato Namikaze left to report what had happened.

Yechen learned that the Summoning Hall could help Tailed Beasts grow through sleep and discovered that Four-Tails, Son Goku, was in love with Five-Tails, Kokuō. He returned to the battlefield and found the mountainside devastated, where Konoha Ninjas gathered around him and he asked how things had gone.

• The Summoning Hall reached level 2 and unlocked cultivation that let Summoned Beasts absorb spiritual energy while sleeping.
• Four-Tails reacted angrily to Yechen calling him Little Four, but he eagerly ran to Kokuō when she appeared.
• Four-Tails called Kokuō his queen and complained that Yechen had let him believe she was dead.
• Yechen left the reunited Tailed Beasts and returned to the outside world, then went back to his tent and headed out to inspect the battle site.
• Yechen saw the battle-scarred mountainside as Yamanaka Shunfeng and other Konoha Ninjas greeted him, and he asked about the situation.