Recaps

Itō Yuying demonstrated the destructive power of the Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly Prison Attraction and taught six Genin a safer, weakened version using natural lightning. The Genin began training, but by evening they had made little progress.

• Itō Yuying trapped bears and boars in the Thunder Prison, where the lightning vaporized them almost instantly.
• Lei Luo suggested that several people coordinate to perform the technique together, and Itō Yuying praised his idea.
• Itō Yuying released the technique, showed the scorched remains of a hill, and warned the six Genin not to attempt the full version yet.
• Itō Yuying taught the six Genin how to draw natural lightning onto shuriken, then rested while they practiced.
• By evening, the six Genin had made little progress, and Lei Luo still could not figure out Itō Yuying's method.

The Raikage brought food to the young ninjas and learned how Itō Yuying had trained them, while the two teams practiced through the night. The next day, Yumengliang, Hana, and Qingliu demonstrated faster progress than Lei Luo and his teammates, who were urged to cooperate more closely.

• The Raikage brought dinner up the mountain, heard the three students recount their training, and ordered their notes copied and kept secret.
• Yumengliang, Hana, and Qingliu studied together through the night, while Killer B, Lei Luo, and Ruroi trained nearby to keep pace.
• Lei Luo exhausted his chakra attempting the lightning technique, while Yumengliang successfully created a Thunder Prison and Hana and Qingliu formed a larger one together.
• Itō Yuying explained that his students progressed through cooperation and shared study, and the other trio resolved to work together better.
• The Raikage encouraged Lei Luo, Killer B, and Ruroi to improve their coordination after hearing what had happened during training.

Itō Yuying taught six young students the powerful Lightning Release: Lightning Explosion and prepared to leave Kumogakure the next day. After giving the system his Thunder Core in exchange for a promised Dragon Ball power, he spent the final day training with the children and reassuring the tearful Killer B, Lei Luo, and Ruroi.

• Itō Yuying demonstrated Lightning Release: Lightning Explosion, destroying a distant mountain, then taught the six students its principles and precautions.
• The Raikage learned from the three students what had happened and agreed to teach Itō Yuying's students Taijutsu.
• Itō Yuying gave the system his Thunder Core in return for the promised power of Earth's Kami and authority to create Earth Dragon Balls.
• Itō Yuying continued answering the children's questions and correcting their training as Killer B, Lei Luo, and Ruroi grew more attached to him.
• On the final day, Itō Yuying told the students he would leave tomorrow and promised to teach Killer B, Lei Luo, and Ruroi for five more days if they defeated the other three.
• The children cried and crowded around Itō Yuying before he sent them back to training.

Itō Yuying taught chakra control in Kumogakure before saying farewell and traveling to Iwagakure to search the Earth Mountain Range for something he had left behind. The Tsuchikage ordered his people not to interfere, while Itō Yuying searched the mountains and his students trained nearby.

• Itō Yuying made the students and Raikage practice climbing an oil-covered cliff to improve their chakra control, then gave the little ones advice and caught Qingliu and Lei Luo when they fell.
• Itō Yuying and his group said goodbye to the Raikage and left Kumogakure, with Killer B and the other two crying as they parted.
• Itō Yuying told the Raikage he was heading to the Land of Earth to look for something, then arrived at Iwagakure after fifteen days of travel.
• Itō Yuying entered Iwagakure despite a ninja's protest and began searching the Earth Mountain Range while the Three Little Ones trained nearby.
• After learning Itō Yuying was in the village, the Tsuchikage told his ninja to leave him alone and warned that provoking him could bring disaster on Iwagakure.

Itō Yuying collected most of the stone marrow in the Land of Earth before bringing his three students to Kirigakure, where the Mizukage welcomed them with a lavish feast and arranged sparring matches. The chapter ends with the Mizukage urging his own students to defeat Itō Yuying’s students the next day to earn three days of instruction.

• Itō Yuying found a limestone cave in the Land of Earth and collected all but one of its stone marrow formations.
• The Tsuchikage ordered Five-Tails Kokuō to guard the remaining stone marrow.
• Itō Yuying brought the Three Little Ones to Kirigakure, where the Mizukage hosted them with a seafood feast.
• Itō Yuying agreed to teach the Mizukage’s students for three days if they defeated his three students in matches scheduled for the next day.
• The Mizukage told Kaguya Wucao, Yukimizuki, and Hōzuki Huiyue to win, and warned Kaguya Wucao to keep his clan from causing trouble.

Kaguya Wucao warned the Kaguya Clan that the Mizukage wanted them to stay out of trouble, but the clan leader nearly led them to challenge Itō Yuying. The Mizukage calmed the clan, reassured Itō Yuying, and prepared his three students for the duels scheduled for the next morning.

• Kaguya Wucao told Hōzuki Huiyue and Yukimizuki that he planned to warn his clan, then rushed home and relayed the Mizukage’s message.
• The Kaguya Clan Leader gathered his clansmen to challenge Itō Yuying, but Kaguya Wucao tried to stop him and called for the Mizukage after being struck down.
• The Mizukage scolded the Kaguya Clan until its leader agreed to keep everyone at home and out of trouble for several days.
• The Mizukage told Itō Yuying that the Kaguya Clan had settled down, and Itō Yuying promised to spare them unless they went too far.
• The Mizukage confirmed that the duels would begin at nine the next morning and instructed his three students to fight hard without killing their opponents.

Itō Yuying’s students faced three opponents with Kekkei Genkai in a series of sparring matches and were defeated, though Qingliu nearly took Kaguya Wucao down with a powerful lightning technique. The students recovered from their injuries, but Itō Yuying was left troubled by their opponents’ advantages and the swift losses.

• Itō Yuying told Qingliu, Yumengliang, and Hana that their opponents had Kekkei Genkai and promised to help them develop their own bloodline abilities.
• Yukimizuki defeated Hana almost immediately with Ice Release, and Qingliu and Yumengliang carried Hana down to be healed with Senzu Bean Soup.
• Hōzuki Huiyue trapped Yumengliang in a Water Prison Technique and defeated him, leaving Itō Yuying to suspect the Mizukage had studied his students’ techniques.
• Kaguya Wucao pierced Qingliu with bone spikes, but Qingliu used a lightning technique that battered Wucao’s bone shield and left both boys unconscious.
• The Mizukage healed Kaguya Wucao with a Senzu Bean, while Itō Yuying reflected that Kekkei Genkai gave their users a major advantage.

Itō Yuying began three days of training the Mist Ninja youngsters on a deserted island and demonstrated the powerful Water Release: Thousand-Thread Slash. The three struggled to master it, while the Mizukage worried that the Cloud Ninja were pulling ahead.

• Itō Yuying agreed to teach the Mist Ninja youngsters after the Mizukage won him over with delicious food, then asked the Mizukage to take them to an isolated island.
• Itō Yuying demonstrated Water Release: Thousand-Thread Slash, cutting apart everything within a thousand meters, and explained how the jutsu worked.
• The three Mist Ninja practiced the jutsu while Itō Yuying searched the surrounding sea for the Water Condensation Pearl.
• The Mizukage learned that the three could form the water sphere but could not create the threads, while Itō Yuying's students had already mastered the enhanced technique.
• The Mizukage asked Itō Yuying to account for the difficulty, but Itō Yuying insisted that the three must make substantial progress because the Cloud Ninja had learned two jutsu.

Itō Yuying trained his students in Kirigakure, then confronted Black Zetsu and took the blue bead he had found. After more than two years away, Itō Yuying and his students returned to Konoha and reported to Tobirama Senju.

• The Mizukage urged Qingliu, Hana, and Yumengliang to practice until they could use the Ninjutsu at half power, and Itō Yuying taught them Blood Mist Thrust after they passed.
• Itō Yuying tracked Black Zetsu to an isolated island, seized him, and demanded to know who he was and why he was there.
• Black Zetsu escaped underground, but Itō Yuying blasted him, took the blue bead, and gave it to the system.
• Black Zetsu returned to Madara Uchiha and reported his encounter with Itō Yuying, prompting Madara to request a detailed report.
• More than two years later, Itō Yuying and his three students returned to Konoha and greeted Tobirama Senju at the Hokage Building.

Itō Yuying and his three students returned to Konoha after more than two years away, reuniting with family and friends. Itō Yuying began a year of intense training for fifteen young standouts, while Tobirama Senju assigned the three returning students to missions under Shimura Danzō.

• Itō Yuying told Tobirama Senju that Hana, Yumengliang, and Qingliu would stay in the village, take local missions, and enter the Chunin Ninja Exams in six months.
• Hana and Yumengliang reunited with their families, while Qingliu visited his parents' graves at the Memorial Stone.
• Itō Yuying visited Yiteng Yue and his grandmother and recounted his experiences from the past two years.
• Itō Yuying returned to the Training Base and began a year of training for fifteen young standouts, with Jiraiya shutting the gate behind them.
• Tobirama Senju assigned Hana, Yumengliang, and Qingliu to missions under Shimura Danzō, who looked forward to seeing their strength.

Shimura Danzō tested Qingliu, Yumengliang, and Hana’s combat abilities and nearly died after underestimating their techniques. After recovering, he approved of their strength and asked them to attack again, but Qingliu immediately severed one of his arms with a thin thread.

• Shimura Danzō led the three students to a training ground and told them to attack him without holding back.
• Qingliu evaded Danzō’s attacks while Yumengliang and Hana formed a lightning net that pierced him and forced him to defend himself with a barrier.
• Danzō counterattacked, but Qingliu’s water needles entered his blood, and Qingliu made blood spikes burst from Danzō’s back, leaving him unconscious.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi fed Danzō Senzu Bean Soup, and the three students stood frightened after realizing how badly they had hurt him.
• Danzō recovered, praised the students, and invited them to attack again; Qingliu severed one of his arms with a thin thread.

Shimura Danzō continued testing Hana, Qingliu, and Yumengliang, who used techniques taught by Itō Yuying to counter his perception and attacks. The clones trapped and wounded him with deadly threads before he launched another attack.

• Shimura Danzō found the three students after they hid, beat them badly, and watched them disappear while Tobirama Senju urged him to let them reveal more techniques.
• Hana, Qingliu, and Yumengliang drank Senzu Bean Soup and studied Itō Yuying's notes for a way to hide from Kage Level perception.
• The students created more than thirty identical shadow clones that Shimura Danzō could neither distinguish nor hit, while the clones surrounded and kicked him.
• The clones sent nearly invisible water threads toward Shimura Danzō, and Tobirama Senju warned him not to move after the threads sliced a wild boar into pieces.
• Shimura Danzō used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and a protective barrier to survive the threads, then the clones resumed kicking him as Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi laughed.
• Enraged, Shimura Danzō vanished with a Body Flicker Technique.

Shimura Danzō approved Yumengliang, Qingliu, and Hana after testing their strength, then assigned them missions with him for the coming year and promised to enter them in the Chunin Ninja Exams. Later, the three defeated former classmates in a team spar, and Qingliu’s final attack shocked everyone with its power.

• Shimura Danzō used a tornado to dispel the shadow clones, and Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi praised the three children’s strength.
• Shimura Danzō told Yumengliang, Qingliu, and Hana to meet him the next day for missions and said he would enter them in the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Yumengliang, Qingliu, and Hana encountered former classmates, and the classmates challenged them to a team fight.
• Qingliu countered a Great Fireball with Water Release while Yumengliang and Hana quickly knocked down the opposing team.
• Mumu Shantai charged at them again, and Qingliu’s attack sliced through a distant boulder and trees as the jonin team leader pinned Mumu Shantai to the ground.

Itō Yuying put his trainees through punishing exercises while Jiraiya met his new students, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Shibi Aburame, and began a bell-taking test. The students managed to take the bells with a coordinated attack, but Jiraiya swiftly defeated them afterward.

• Qingliu and the others told a Jonin that Itō Yuying had taught them their techniques, and Yumengliang criticized Jonin who withheld training from their subordinates.
• At the Training Base, Itō Yuying forced his fifteen trainees, including Uchiha Fugaku, to get up and endure another round of painful training.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade and the others that he had taken Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Shibi Aburame as students, then left to train them.
• Jiraiya challenged his students to take two bells from him before the morning ended, and the three quickly hid to plan an attack.
• Minato Namikaze used a clone as a distraction while Kushina Uzumaki restrained Jiraiya with her chains and Shibi Aburame's insects took the bells.
• Jiraiya broke free after the insects died and Kushina's chakra ran out, then struck all three students and left them sprawled on the ground.

Kushina Uzumaki, Minato Namikaze, and Shibi Aburame impressed Jiraiya, while Hatake Sakumo drove Shikaku Nara and two other boys through punishing training. Half a year later, Yugito Nii revealed that her son was Itō Yuying’s child after the boy displayed extraordinary power, leaving the Raikage delighted by the discovery.

• Jiraiya told Kushina Uzumaki, Minato Namikaze, and Shibi Aburame that he would observe them for a few more days before deciding whether they could stay as his students.
• Hatake Sakumo repeatedly knocked Shikaku Nara and the other two boys unconscious during training and ordered them to return for extra training the next day.
• The Kazekage and Tsuchikage regretted failing to recruit Itō Yuying, while the Raikage praised Kumogakure’s ninja and set their goals for the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Yotsuki A took Yugito Nii’s son to train in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, where the boy unleashed an Energy Wave to destroy a boulder before passing out.
• Yotsuki A told the Raikage what the boy had done, and Yugito Nii revealed the story of the child’s father.
• The Raikage reacted with delight after learning that Yugito Nii’s son was Itō Yuying’s child.

After learning Nii Raiu’s parentage, the Raikage decided to raise and protect him while keeping the truth secret. Nii Raiu returned to training and spending time with Yotsuki A and Killer B, while the Raikage arranged protection and planned a future leadership role for Yugito Nii.

• The Raikage took Nii Raiu into his arms, declared that he would teach him, and ordered Yugito Nii, Yotsuki A, and himself to keep the boy’s parentage secret.
• Nii Raiu woke, ran to Yugito Nii, then left with Yotsuki A, who took him back to training at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning.
• The Raikage offered to make Yugito Nii a village elder, and she agreed to join the senior leadership once Nii Raiu entered the Ninja Academy.
• Yotsuki A praised Nii Raiu’s training to Killer B, reassured the jealous Killer B that he remained his brother, and took them both to a snack shop.
• The Raikage ordered extra protection for Yotsuki A, Killer B, and Nii Raiu, who went to Yotsuki A’s home to rest after eating.

Black Zetsu discovered that Itō Yuying had a child in Kumogakure, while Yugito Nii was rescued with Senzu Soup after a White Creature attack left her gravely wounded. The chapter ended with Kumogakure's Raikage desperately searching for the missing Nii Raiu.

• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Itō Yuying had a child in Kumogakure, and Madara ordered him to find a way to bring the child to him.
• The Mizukage trained Kaguya Wucao, Hōzuki Huiyue, and Yukimizuki, sparring with them as they attacked together and eventually defeated them.
• Yotsuki A and Killer B brought the gravely wounded Yugito Nii to Konoha after White Creatures attacked Kumogakure and abducted Nii Raiu.
• Yotsuki A offered Konoha twice the materials for entering the Secret Realm in exchange for Senzu Medicine, and Tobirama Senju agreed to treat Yugito Nii.
• After recovering, Yugito Nii searched for her son and asked to speak with Itō Yuying, but Tobirama Senju said he was in seclusion.
• The Raikage sent half of Kumogakure's Special Jōnin to search for Nii Raiu and grew increasingly distressed over his disappearance.

Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu captured Nii Raiu, whose awakened power destroyed their cave and left Madara determined to train him. In the Land of Rain, Madara arranged for Raiu to live beside him and ordered a White Zetsu to obtain the training method for ki from Konoha.

• The Raikage wondered who had revealed Nii Raiu’s identity as his son.
• Black Zetsu brought Nii Raiu to Madara Uchiha, who tried to recruit him, but Raiu asked if Madara was taking a dump.
• After Nii Raiu refused the creatures brought as food, his power erupted and blew apart the cave, prompting Black Zetsu to take him away.
• Madara Uchiha and the others reached the Land of Rain, where Madara threw Raiu into a puddle and then ordered a White Zetsu to get him prey to roast.
• Madara arranged for Nii Raiu to live in the room beside his and ordered a White Zetsu to retrieve the ki training method from Konoha without confronting Itō Yuying.

Itō Yuying explained the wish-granting stones and their dangers to Tobirama Senju, then proposed turning them into Dragon Balls and establishing Kami's Lookout. He left Tobirama understanding that he planned to leave Konoha and build an independent base.

• Nii Raiu grilled meat, remembered Yotsuki A and his mother, and went to sleep while Madara Uchiha learned he had eaten all the food.
• Itō Yuying led fifteen transformed trainees out of the Training Base, where they promptly collapsed and cried, then gave them five days off.
• Tobirama Senju told Itō Yuying that Kumogakure had suffered a White Creature attack and that Yugito Nii had asked about him after recovering from her injuries.
• Itō Yuying told Tobirama Senju that gathering the world's original stones could grant wishes, but overuse could release seven powerful demons from accumulated negative energy.
• Itō Yuying explained that the stones would scatter after a wish and take time to recharge, then proposed shaping them into seven Dragon Balls.
• Itō Yuying told Tobirama Senju he would build Kami's Lookout to protect the Shinobi World and become its first Kami, revealing that he intended to leave the village.

Itō Yuying built Kami's Lookout in space and constructed Korin Tower in the Land of Hot Water, claiming the surrounding area and promising to protect the country. Tobirama Senju visited the tower with him and asked whether it was the Kami's Lookout Yuying had mentioned.

• Itō Yuying placed Kami's Lookout in space, concealed it with a formation, and prepared the Dragon Balls there.
• Itō Yuying claimed several kilometers of land in the Land of Hot Water as a restricted area and promised to defend the country if it stayed out of wars; the leader agreed.
• Itō Yuying cleared the area and built an 80-kilometer-tall tower, while spies and the other villages' Kage wondered what he was doing.
• Tobirama Senju summoned Itō Yuying to his office, where they discussed the tower and the other villages' plans to arrive early for the Secret Realm.
• Itō Yuying took Tobirama Senju to Korin Tower, and they flew to its top to look over the Shinobi World.
• Tobirama Senju asked whether the tower was the Kami's Lookout Yuying had mentioned, saying it seemed too small.

Itō Yuying reunited with Shimura Danzō and his former students, then tricked them into paying for an extravagant meal at Yakiniku Q. As Konoha prepared to host the Raikage and send Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō to the Chunin Ninja Exams in the Land of Wind, Yugito Nii asked Itō Yuying to find her missing son, Leiyu, and he agreed after Cloud offered valuable materials.

• Itō Yuying greeted Shimura Danzō and his three students, then dragged them to Yakiniku Q, where Danzō ended up paying for the feast.
• Itō Yuying returned to find Danzō, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the three students working off the bill by cleaning Yakiniku Q.
• Tobirama Senju assigned Itō Yuying to check the Mountains and Rivers Blueprint and ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō to oversee the Chunin Ninja Exams in the Land of Wind.
• Tobirama Senju welcomed the Raikage to Konoha with Yotsuki A, Yugito Nii, and ten elite jonin accompanying him.
• Yugito Nii asked Itō Yuying to find her missing son, Leiyu, and Yotsuki A offered a large quantity of materials, prompting Itō Yuying to agree to try if she provided a personal belonging.

Itō Yuying found Yugito Nii’s son training under Madara Uchiha and convinced Yugito to let him remain there. He then discussed a worldwide Ki trial ground with the Raikage and recruited Korin to guard Korin Tower.

• Itō Yuying used the wooden sword to locate Yugito Nii’s son in the Land of Rain, where the boy trained under Madara Uchiha and shared food with him.
• Itō Yuying told Yugito Nii that her son was thriving under a powerful mentor, and she chose to leave him there for now.
• The Raikage asked Tobirama Senju about the Land of Hot Water, and Tobirama explained Itō Yuying’s plan to create a Ki trial ground for children under ten amid a warning of powerful forces from beyond their world.
• Itō Yuying bought Korin from the system shop, gave him supplies and equipment, and appointed him guardian of Korin Tower.
• Itō Yuying told Tobirama Senju that he had found Korin by sensing a spatial node from Korin Tower.

Tobirama Senju visited Korin Tower with Itō Yuying and learned that Korin had come to prepare for a future catastrophe caused by an outside force. The other village Kage explored Korin Tower and learned why only children could train there, then returned to Tobirama Senju after failing to test Korin’s strength.

• Itō Yuying took Tobirama Senju to Korin Tower, where Korin explained that an outside force would bring a catastrophe to the Shinobi World at an unknown time.
• Tobirama Senju told the other Kage that Korin would train their young Ninja in Ki because Itō Yuying could not teach them himself.
• The Mizukage, Tsuchikage, and Kazekage climbed Korin Tower and asked Korin why training was limited to children under ten.
• Korin explained that children learned faster and said Ki could take anywhere from days to decades to develop, depending on aptitude.
• The Tsuchikage failed to snatch Korin’s bell before the others left the tower, and the Raikage stayed behind with Tobirama Senju.
• The Mizukage, Tsuchikage, and Kazekage returned and told Tobirama Senju they had only climbed the tower out of curiosity.

Tobirama Senju led the Kage and their companions into the Secret Realm, where the increased pressure forced most of them to adapt before they could train. Killer B received the Eight-Tails' help to stand, while Tobirama headed farther into the realm and the others stayed behind.

• Tobirama Senju and Itō Yuying transported the group into the Secret Realm, where the pressure knocked several newcomers to the ground and triggered Zuǒhé's tailed beast transformation.
• Tobirama Senju sealed Zuǒhé's rampaging chakra and warned the Mizukage to keep a close watch on him.
• The group began adjusting to the pressure, while the Raikage and Mizukage encouraged Killer B and Zuǒhé to get back on their feet.
• The Eight-Tails helped Killer B stand, and Killer B promised to train until he could withstand the pressure unaided.
• Demon beasts attacked Yotsuki A, and the Raikage rescued him and ordered him to adapt before fighting.
• Tobirama Senju told the others to continue training and headed farther into the Secret Realm.

Tobirama Senju led the others into the Endless Sea of Blood, where they fought massive insect swarms and learned to balance attacking with conserving their strength. Back at the training grounds, the Raikage stayed behind to protect Killer B as the younger fighters continued training and the future Third Mizukage revealed a hidden ability.

• Tobirama Senju and the other veterans set out for the Endless Sea of Blood, while the Raikage remained behind with Killer B.
• Chiyo and the Kazekage used chakra cocoons to defend against the insects, while the Mizukage killed them with water senbon.
• Tobirama Senju and his companions attacked the swarms while protecting only their vital areas, then retreated to heal and save their Senzu Beans for worse dangers.
• The Tsuchikage and Ōnoki copied Tobirama Senju's approach, and the veterans returned to battle after recovering.
• The Raikage rescued Roshi from mid-level ferocious beasts, then watched him withdraw to heal.
• The future Third Mizukage was chased by two ferocious beasts, but threads from him tore apart nearby low-level beasts and surprised the others.