Chapter Summaries

After Obito fled, the uncontrolled Nine-Tails rampaged through Konoha, and Minato Namikaze sacrificed himself to split and seal it. In the aftermath, Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to power and questioned Uchiha Fugaku, who blamed Uchiha Liu Feng for the masked man's attack.

• Minato Namikaze defeated Obito, and the freed Nine-Tails went berserk and attacked Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze teleported away the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb, then used the Reaper Death Seal to split the beast and seal the Yang Nine-Tails inside Naruto Uzumaki, dying in the process.
• Liu Feng arrived in time to observe the Shinigami summoned by the sealing jutsu, judged it to be made of Yin Release power, and left.
• Danzo expected to become Hokage after Minato Namikaze's death, but Hiruzen Sarutobi took power again and set aside the Fifth Hokage selection.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Uchiha Fugaku, who denied the Uchiha clan's involvement in the attack and accused Uchiha Liu Feng.

After the Nine-Tails attack on Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi doubted Uchiha Fugaku’s accusation against Liu Feng, while Mei Terumi worked to keep the blame from falling on the Mizukage. Hiruzen publicly declared that Liu Feng was uninvolved and announced a friendly alliance between Konoha and Kirigakure, as the Fourth Raikage requested a visit to Kirigakure.

• Uchiha Fugaku accused Liu Feng of the Nine-Tails attack, but Hiruzen Sarutobi doubted him and urged him to watch his clan instead.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned to his compound, cursed the unknown attacker, and wondered whether Liu Feng had ordered someone else to act.
• Mei Terumi told Liu Feng that rumors blamed him for releasing the Nine-Tails, and Liu Feng suggested she ask Hiruzen to clear his name.
• Mei Terumi sent Hiruzen a letter, and a few days later Hiruzen announced that Liu Feng was uninvolved and that Konoha and Kirigakure had formed a friendly alliance.
• Mei Terumi delivered a letter from the Fourth Raikage requesting a visit to Kirigakure, and Liu Feng guessed the Raikage wanted to discuss Konoha.

The Fourth Raikage visited Kirigakure to seek Liu Feng’s approval for an attack on Konoha, offering half the spoils in exchange. After Liu Feng agreed, Kumogakure declared war, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi worried Kirigakure might join the conflict.

• Mei Terumi asked Liu Feng whether Kirigakure should allow the Fourth Raikage to visit, and Liu Feng agreed.
• The Fourth Raikage arrived in Kirigakure and asked Liu Feng what he thought of Kumogakure attacking Konoha.
• The Fourth Raikage offered Kirigakure half the gains, and Liu Feng agreed to stay out of the conflict in exchange.
• After returning to Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage declared war on Konoha two days later.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the Fourth Raikage had visited Kirigakure and summoned Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu to discuss the threat.

Konoha prepared for war after Kumogakure declared war, while Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Danzo’s demand to extract the Nine-Tails from infant Naruto. As the fighting escalated, Liu Feng explained why Iwagakure and Sunagakure were staying out, and Kushina saw an opportunity to profit from the conflict.

• Five days after Kumogakure declared war, its vanguard clashed with Konoha’s, while Kirigakure remained uninvolved.
• Danzo asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to extract the Nine-Tails from Naruto and seal it into someone else, but Hiruzen refused to sacrifice Minato’s child.
• Hiruzen sent Jiraiya to the battlefield after Jiraiya returned to Konoha and visited Minato’s grave.
• Kushina asked Liu Feng why Iwagakure and Sunagakure were not joining the war, and Liu Feng explained that Sunagakure lacked funds while Iwagakure had suffered a concealed attack by Obito.
• Kushina took Konan to make more Explosive Tags to sell, while Mikoto told Liu Feng that she wished for peace in the Ninja World.

Liu Feng learned that Kumogakure had successfully kidnapped Hinata Hyuga and sent her to Kirigakure, where Mei Terumi agreed to look after her. Hinata hoped to return home, while Hyuga Hiashi confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi in Konoha and demanded that they recover her.

• Liu Feng and Mikoto discussed the difficulty of achieving peace, and Tsunade interrupted them to invite Liu Feng to drink.
• Mei Terumi brought Hinata Hyuga to Liu Feng and explained that Kumogakure had sent her to Kirigakure after taking her during the war.
• Liu Feng let Mei Terumi care for Hinata and told her to return the girl if Hyuga Hiashi came to claim her.
• Mikoto followed Mei Terumi to see Hinata, who felt hope when she heard Liu Feng mention her father.
• Hyuga Hiashi demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi recover Hinata, and Hiruzen promised to help.

Hiashi Hyuga and Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to respond to the Cloud Ninja’s demands while Hinata remained missing. After a Cloud Ninja envoy member died by suicide in the Hyuga compound, Hiruzen was left to explain the incident to Kumogakure.

• Hiashi Hyuga told Hizashi Hyuga that the Cloud Ninja denied abducting Hinata and demanded an explanation for their dead comrade.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi weighed the Hyuga clan’s demand for Hinata’s return against the risk of renewed fighting with Kumogakure.
• The Cloud Ninja reported that one of their envoys had disappeared and demanded to inspect the Hyuga compound.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accompanied the Cloud Ninja to the compound, where they found the missing ninja’s body and confronted Hiashi Hyuga and Hizashi Hyuga.
• Hiashi Hyuga explained that Hizashi had captured the ninja to learn Hinata’s whereabouts, but the captive had swallowed poison and died.

Hizashi Hyuga took responsibility for capturing the Cloud Ninja and died after the Hyuga clan refused to blame Hyuga Hiashi, while the Cloud Ninja returned to Kumogakure. Liu Feng learned that Hinata was in Kirigakure and reflected on whether she should be allowed to return to her family, then joined his companions for a late-night meal.

• Hizashi Hyuga admitted to Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had captured the Cloud Ninja, and the Hyuga clan chose not to make Hyuga Hiashi take the blame.
• Hizashi Hyuga died without causing Neji Hyuga to hate the Main Family, and the Fourth Raikage ordered the Cloud Ninja to return.
• Liu Feng considered how events involving Hizashi Hyuga and Hinata Hyuga differed from the plot he knew, and dismissed the fate of Konoha's Uchiha Branch Family as unrelated to him.
• Mei Terumi urged Liu Feng to keep Hinata in Kirigakure, but Liu Feng said Hinata's own wishes should matter.
• Kushina brought Liu Feng in to eat with Mikoto, Tsunade, Konan, and Hinata, and Konan said she had decided to stay in Kirigakure for the rest of her life.

Liu Feng captured and killed an intruder from the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon, learning that he had come to target Hinata Hyuga and realizing the Giant Tenseigan could be within reach. Liu Feng arranged for the corpse to be removed and returned to his companions, who asked him about the intruder.

• Konan chose to remain with Kirigakure, and Liu Feng reassured her that he considered her one of its people.
• Tsunade told Liu Feng that an intruder had entered Kirigakure, and Liu Feng went to confront him while the others stayed behind.
• Liu Feng caught the white-robed intruder's punch, broke his wrist, restrained him with Black Rods, and read his memories.
• Liu Feng learned that the intruder was the Otsutsuki Branch Family Head from the moon, who had come for Hinata Hyuga, and killed him.
• Liu Feng noted his interest in the Giant Tenseigan, had Anbu dispose of the corpse, and returned to Kushina and the others.

Liu Feng traveled to the moon, killed Otsutsuki Toneri, and found the Giant Tenseigan. He considered absorbing its power but doubted it would benefit his already advanced eyes.

• Liu Feng teased Kushina, then took Tsunade away after she flirted with him.
• The next day, Liu Feng used Yomotsu Hirasaka to travel directly to the moon in search of the Giant Tenseigan.
• Liu Feng found Otsutsuki Toneri inside the temple and killed him with a grayish-white bone that reduced him to ash.
• Liu Feng located the Giant Tenseigan and speculated that the Otsutsuki Branch Family had poured their remaining power into it.
• Liu Feng considered absorbing the Giant Tenseigan's Dojutsu Power but thought it would be of little use to him.

Liu Feng returned from the moon and took Kushina, Mikoto, Konan, and Hinata there to satisfy Kushina’s curiosity. They explored the ruined Moon Interior, where Liu Feng explained that the Otsutsuki Clan’s techniques relied on the Byakugan and shared an ancestor with the Hyuga clan.

• Liu Feng used Amenominaka to leave an Otsutsuki on the moon safely inside his separate space, then returned to Earth through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Kushina questioned Liu Feng about going to the moon, and he explained that he had gone there because an Otsutsuki had tried to sneak in.
• Kushina asked to visit the moon, so Liu Feng agreed to take her and invited Mikoto, Konan, and Hinata to come along.
• Liu Feng opened a Space-Time Portal, and the group explored the Moon Interior’s ruined buildings and floating islands.
• Kushina searched the ruins for powerful Ninjutsu, but Liu Feng explained that the Otsutsuki Clan had relied on taijutsu and techniques rather than Ninjutsu.
• Liu Feng told Kushina and Mikoto that the Otsutsuki Clan and the Hyuga clan descended from Hamura Otsutsuki, surprising them and Hinata.

After suspecting that an Ōtsutsuki Branch Family Head had come for Hinata, Kushina proposed renovating the Moon Interior as a base, but quickly lost interest after visiting. Liu Feng took Mikoto away, leaving Tsunade hungry and relying on Konan to cook.

• Mikoto guessed that the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family Head had infiltrated Kirigakure because of Hinata, and Liu Feng said he thought that was likely.
• Kushina proposed renovating the Moon Interior, but Liu Feng refused to help build it and took the group to the Moon Surface instead.
• Kushina soon decided the Moon was uninteresting, so Liu Feng used Yomotsu Hirasaka to bring everyone home.
• Tsunade woke up hungry and believed Kushina and Hinata's account of their trip to the Moon.
• Liu Feng took Mikoto away with Yomotsu Hirasaka, and Konan offered to cook for Tsunade as Kushina headed toward the kitchen.

Liu Feng used the Giant Tenseigan to help Mikoto awaken the Rinnegan, then brought her back to the others. Kushina, Tsunade, and Konan learned what had happened, and Mikoto teased Kushina by refusing to show her eyes unless Kushina called her Big Sister Mikoto.

• Liu Feng took Mikoto into the All-Creation War Zone and explained that the Giant Tenseigan could help her awaken the Rinnegan.
• Liu Feng transferred the Giant Tenseigan's pure Dojutsu Power and his Six Paths Yang Release Chakra into Mikoto, and she awakened the Rinnegan after ten minutes.
• Mikoto told Liu Feng that she felt much stronger, and he took her out of the All-Creation War Zone.
• Kushina asked Mikoto what she and Liu Feng had been doing, and Mikoto said Liu Feng had helped her awaken the Rinnegan.
• Kushina, Tsunade, and Konan reacted to the news, while Mikoto refused to show Kushina her Rinnegan unless Kushina called her Big Sister Mikoto.

Mikoto revealed her Rinnegan to Kushina and the others, then became angry when Kushina called it ugly. Konan learned that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been transplanted into him and left Kirigakure with Kushina to visit the Akatsuki Organization.

• Kushina reluctantly called Mikoto “Big Sister Mikoto,” and Mikoto showed the group her Rinnegan.
• Kushina apologized to Mikoto for calling her Rinnegan ugly and asked Liu Feng to help win her forgiveness.
• Konan asked Liu Feng whether anyone could be born with the Rinnegan, and he told her Nagato’s eyes had been transplanted into him.
• Konan decided to visit the Akatsuki Organization, and Liu Feng sent Kushina with her for protection.
• Mikoto asked Liu Feng whether he still needed the Giant Tenseigan’s Dojutsu Power.

Liu Feng agreed to let Hinata use the Giant Tenseigan’s Dojutsu Power once she was old enough, while Konan returned from the Akatsuki Organization unable to convince Nagato that his Rinnegan was part of a conspiracy. Afterward, Liu Feng met with Orochimaru, who revealed that he had joined an organization.

• Liu Feng told Mikoto that Hinata could use the Giant Tenseigan’s Dojutsu Power in several sessions after she began refining Chakra.
• Mikoto said Hinata had grown accustomed to Kirigakure, and Liu Feng learned that Tsunade had accompanied Konan and Kushina to the Akatsuki Organization.
• Konan returned to Kirigakure and told Liu Feng that Nagato had dismissed her warning about his Rinnegan, suspecting Liu Feng had bewitched her.
• Mei Terumi told Liu Feng that Orochimaru had come to Kirigakure, and Liu Feng agreed to meet him.
• Orochimaru told Liu Feng that he had joined an organization.

Orochimaru visited Liu Feng in Kirigakure to propose joining forces to seize the Rinnegan, but Liu Feng revealed that he already possessed one and that the Sharingan could evolve into it. Liu Feng then offered Orochimaru a corpse to study, asking him to share any discoveries.

• Orochimaru told Liu Feng that the Akatsuki leader possessed the Rinnegan and proposed that they seize it together.
• Liu Feng said he knew about the Rinnegan and recalled that Orochimaru had once been close to obtaining it when Nagato was young.
• Liu Feng revealed that he possessed the Rinnegan, stunning Orochimaru.
• Liu Feng told Orochimaru that the Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan, then accepted a scroll of Orochimaru's researched ninjutsu.
• As Orochimaru prepared to leave, Liu Feng offered him a corpse to examine and asked him to share the results of his research.

Liu Feng gave Orochimaru the corpse of the Otsutsuki Branch Family Head for research, then returned to Kirigakure’s affairs and promised Pakura time off. Back at the Akatsuki base, Orochimaru killed an intruding White Zetsu Clone before learning that Pain wanted to see him, and he went to the cave containing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Liu Feng handed the Otsutsuki Branch Family Head’s corpse to Orochimaru without revealing its identity, and Orochimaru left to study it.
• Mei Terumi fled the Mizukage Office when Liu Feng asked Pakura about her workload, and Liu Feng promised Pakura three days off after she finished her documents.
• Orochimaru examined the corpse’s empty eye sockets at the Akatsuki base and wondered what secret it held.
• Orochimaru killed a White Zetsu Clone that entered his laboratory, then learned from another clone that Pain wanted to see him.
• Orochimaru went to the dark cave and saw the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Nagato decided to attack Uchiha Liu Feng without Obito’s help, despite Obito’s warning. Obito and the Zetsus prepared to protect Nagato’s real body, and Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain approached Kirigakure.

• Pain questioned Orochimaru about visiting Kirigakure, but Orochimaru concealed his purpose and warned Pain against monitoring him.
• Nagato told Obito he intended to deal with Uchiha Liu Feng, but Obito refused to help and advised him not to attack.
• Obito discussed how to protect Nagato’s real body with White Zetsu and Black Zetsu after Nagato had already set out.
• Nagato traveled to the Land of Water and neared Kirigakure, relying on the Six Paths of Pain because his damaged legs limited his movement.

Nagato sent the Six Paths of Pain to attack Kirigakure, but Liu Feng quickly drove them out and took control of them. Liu Feng then led the Paths toward Nagato’s hiding place to confront him.

• Nagato ordered the Six Paths of Pain to kill Liu Feng and bring Konan back, then sent them to infiltrate Kirigakure.
• Kisame Hoshigaki spotted the intruders and signaled for help after Deva Path Pain knocked him back.
• Liu Feng recognized the Six Paths of Pain, reassured Konan, and went to stop them from damaging Kirigakure.
• Liu Feng kicked the Six Paths of Pain out of the village, then knocked them out of Nagato’s control with Chakra Black Rods.
• Liu Feng headed toward Nagato’s hiding place with the Six Paths of Pain following him.

Liu Feng overwhelmed Nagato with the Six Paths of Pain and agreed to spare him in exchange for Akatsuki staying away from Kirigakure and valuable items from Uchiha Madara’s collection. Obito and Zetsu took Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain away after Liu Feng left.

• Liu Feng controlled the Six Paths of Pain to attack Nagato, revealing his Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and defeating Nagato despite Nagato’s attempt to fight back.
• Liu Feng called out Obito, White Zetsu, and Black Zetsu, then demanded that Akatsuki stop coming to Kirigakure and offer something valuable for Nagato’s release.
• Black Zetsu handed Liu Feng a collection of Uchiha Madara’s supposed belongings, including a Kusanagi Sword, while Obito gave him the Flame Fan and Madara’s sickle.
• Liu Feng accepted the items, warned them not to bring Nagato back to Kirigakure, and left through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Obito had White Zetsu take Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain away, while White Zetsu questioned Black Zetsu about the collection.

Liu Feng spared Nagato, who abandoned plans to attack Kirigakure and focused on expanding the Akatsuki Organization. In the System Space, Liu Feng challenged Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s projection, but the fight took an unexpected turn when Hagoromo vanished.

• Liu Feng told Konan that he had spared Nagato, and she thanked him.
• Obito brought Nagato back and treated his injuries, while Nagato decided not to go after Liu Feng again.
• Nagato asked Obito to find new Akatsuki recruits, and Obito left to search for suitable candidates.
• Nagato began to believe Obito might really be Uchiha Madara after hearing that he had rescued him from Liu Feng.
• Liu Feng challenged a peak-strength Hagoromo Otsutsuki projection and blocked his Sage Staff with a Truth-Seeking Orb blade.
• Liu Feng shattered Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s Perfect Susanoo with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, then found that Hagoromo had vanished.