Chapter Summaries

Itō Yuying sparred with Mifune before the gathered Kage, who watched and recorded his techniques. After Mifune was taken to the hospital, a Mist Ninja challenged Itō Yuying and was killed by a single Air Cannon.

• The Kage and their guards arrived to watch Itō Yuying spar with Mifune, and Mifune regretted facing him in front of such an audience.
• Mifune attacked with Iaido and One-Line Slash, impressing the onlookers by cleaving Itō Yuying’s Energy Waves apart.
• Tobirama Senju joined the Leader of the Land of Iron as they watched, while the Leader privately decided Mifune should succeed him.
• Itō Yuying struck Mifune with greater force, shattering his sword and knocking him unconscious, and samurai carried him away for treatment.
• A Mist Ninja challenged Itō Yuying, and the Mizukage abandoned him to the fight.
• Itō Yuying blasted the Elite Jonin apart with one Air Cannon and left.

Itō Yuying organized preparations for Konoha’s Allied Shinobi Chunin Ninja Exams and began creating a vast trial ground through his Yin-Yang Fish technique. After twenty-five days of work, he emerged from his house and went with Tobirama Senju to talk.

• The Mizukage learned that Itō Yuying had overwhelmed his challenger and left the site in disbelief.
• Itō Yuying assigned Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, Might Duy, Hyuga Yeyang, and Uchiha Hanyue responsibilities for preparing the exams, and told fifteen young trainees they would follow a separate, dangerous promotion route.
• Itō Yuying returned home and used the Yin-Yang Fish to create a trial ground with four routes through distinct terrains and an eighteen-story Heart-Questioning Tower.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and Kagami Uchiha guarded Itō Yuying’s house while Tobirama Senju repeatedly checked on him and eventually set up a tent outside.
• After twenty-five days, Itō Yuying emerged, and Tobirama Senju took him to his office as Shimura Danzō and the others followed.

Itō Yuying introduced the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram, a training realm that could greatly strengthen Konoha’s ninjas, to Tobirama Senju and the village leaders. The leaders agreed to use it but worried about obtaining its scarce materials, while Itō Yuying returned to the training base and found fifteen students eavesdropping.

• Itō Yuying showed Tobirama Senju and the others the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram and explained its time dilation, five trial levels, and monitoring features.
• Itō Yuying said elite training camp recruits would have to pass the beginner and intermediate trials, and he explained that Ki cultivators would gain the most from training inside.
• Shimura Danzō warned that openly seeking the realm’s missing materials could make other villages suspicious, and Tobirama Senju ended the meeting to consider alternatives.
• Tobirama Senju told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō to summon the clan heads for a village-wide meeting before the Joint Chunin Exams.
• Itō Yuying used Instant Transmission to return to the training base and tell everyone about the realm, then he and the others spotted fifteen little cockroaches secretly listening.

Tobirama Senju secured the clans’ support in gathering materials for Itō Yuying’s spatial treasure, but Black Zetsu overheard the secret and leaked it to the other villages. As the Kage prepared to confront Konoha, Tobirama discovered the breach and ordered an investigation.

• Tobirama Senju won the clans’ agreement to search for materials while keeping their purpose secret, and the Uchiha Clan Head ordered Kagami Uchiha to send more Uchiha to find them.
• Black Zetsu overheard the Uchiha discussion and sent information about Itō Yuying’s Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram to the other villages.
• The Kazekage, Tsuchikage, Raikage, and Mizukage each learned of the treasure and ordered plans to travel to Konoha and negotiate with Tobirama Senju.
• Konoha’s intelligence department received messages that the four Kage were coming, and Tobirama Senju ordered an inquiry into their sudden visit.
• After an Anbu delivered the leaked information, Tobirama Senju raged and ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō to investigate who had exposed the secret.

After Konoha’s secret about the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram leaked, Tobirama Senju struggled to manage the fallout and prepare for the Kazekage and Tsuchikage’s arrival. The chapter ended with the Kazekage’s party traveling toward Konoha to press their demands.

• Black Zetsu celebrated the leak of Konoha’s secret, while Tobirama Senju and Itō Yuying suspected that Ōtsutsuki Chenxiang was behind it.
• After two days of fruitless searching, Tobirama Senju ordered the Anbu to stop investigating and focus on dealing with the consequences of the leak.
• An Anbu informed Tobirama Senju that the Kazekage and Tsuchikage would reach Konoha that night, prompting a meeting to plan Konoha’s response.
• Tobirama Senju woke Itō Yuying after the meeting and explained the preliminary plan, which Itō Yuying approved.
• The Kazekage, Chiyo, and Ebizo discussed their demands and the Land of Wind’s harsh environment before continuing toward Konoha.

The Kage from the major villages rushed toward Konoha, where Tobirama Senju delayed meeting them until the following day. Itō Yuying received the arriving leaders and brought them to their hotel, while the Mizukage was still speeding across the sea.

• The Second Tsuchikage and Ōnoki flew toward Konoha, while Tobirama Senju instructed an Anbu ninja to have the visitors rest and wait until tomorrow.
• The Mizukage sped toward Konoha by boat using Water Release, and the Raikage outran his own exhausted followers on the way there.
• The Second Tsuchikage and Ōnoki arrived at Konoha, where Ōnoki complained about the reception before Itō Yuying escorted them inside and to the hotel.
• Itō Yuying later brought the Kazekage and the Raikage to the hotel, telling the Raikage that Tobirama Senju would meet with everyone the next day.
• The Raikage complained that the Mizukage was taking too long, while the Mizukage continued racing across the sea with his crew struggling to keep up.

Tobirama Senju presented the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram to the other Kage and negotiated access to its training realm in exchange for supplies. The Kage accepted the terms, and Tobirama set a deadline for inspecting their materials before the realm opened.

• The Mizukage arrived at the Chunin Ninja Exams venue and joined the other Kage before the leaders moved to a conference room.
• Tobirama Senju unveiled the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram and explained its trials and training benefits.
• Tobirama Senju proposed granting villages access in return for materials, with the number of entrants tied to their contributions and capped at six per village.
• After Tobirama Senju left, the four Kage agreed to accept the material costs and asked him to return.
• Tobirama Senju said the realm opened once every three years alongside the Chunin Ninja Exams and allowed two Kage from each village to enter after the exams.
• Tobirama Senju ordered the villages to prepare materials within a month, warning that insufficient supplies would reduce their entry allotment to one.

Itō Yuying checked in with Tobirama Senju after the Kage meeting, then supervised the Chunin Ninja Exams as the surviving examinees entered the Forest of Death. Watching the candidates struggle left Itō Yuying, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru reflecting on how poorly prepared they were, until one injured Genin withdrew.

• Mu left with Ōnoki, and the Raikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage also departed for their villages after the Kage meeting.
• Itō Yuying told Tobirama Senju that the exams were going smoothly, and Tobirama said the other Kage had accepted their terms.
• Itō Yuying watched the written exam, sent three Kumogakure Genin out for clumsy cheating, then checked preparations at the Forest of Death.
• Tsunade brought the written-test passers to Jiraiya and Orochimaru, who explained the five-day scroll challenge and sent the teams into the forest.
• Itō Yuying, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru watched the Genin struggle against the forest’s dangers and worried about their poor skills and coordination.
• After a wounded Konoha Ninja shouted that he withdrew, another Konoha Ninja took him out of the Forest of Death, easing the three observers’ worries.

Itō Yuying, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru watched teams fight in the Forest of Death and judged the candidates’ teamwork and potential. They later found four squads already holding three scrolls each and debated whether the exam was too easy despite the deaths.

• Itō Yuying, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru watched a Sand squad defeat a giant python and take its scroll.
• Orochimaru identified Tanaka Shūichi’s genin as a well-coordinated team after they killed wild boars together.
• A Cloud squad and a Rain squad attacked Feimu, Tianchuan, and Xin Feiyu, but Feimu’s charge and Tianchuan’s Earth Collapse Technique turned the fight in their favor.
• Tianchuan, Feimu, and Xin Feiyu took their opponents’ scrolls, then left them injured in a pit after throwing weapons down at them.
• Itō Yuying, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru observed that four squads had three scrolls each and discussed the exam’s difficulty and mounting deaths.

Itō Yuying visited the Chunin Exams and praised perseverance as the key to a ninja’s potential. After Uzumaki Tianming’s team drove off Yuki Arashi’s Mist team, the second exam ended and the one-on-one matches began, leaving a Cloud Genin terrified after his shuriken was stopped near Itō Yuying.

• Itō Yuying met Hiruzen Sarutobi at the tower and explained that Duy’s perseverance could make him as promising as clan ninja.
• Uzumaki Tianming’s team fought Yuki Arashi’s Mist team until Yuki Arashi ordered a retreat, and Tianming rested before continuing toward the tower.
• Five days later, Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that the second exam had ended and that the Genin would draw lots for matches, with the remaining half fighting publicly a month later.
• A Sand Genin easily defeated a Grass Genin in the opening match.
• A Cloud Genin’s shuriken flew toward Itō Yuying during his fight with a Konoha ninja, but Itō stopped it and turned it into iron powder.
• Itō Yuying questioned the Cloud Jonin, restored the shuriken, and flicked it forward at high speed as the Cloud Genin begged for mercy.

After a Cloud genin attacked him, Itō Yuying told Tobirama Senju that the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram needed the lives of powerful ninja to become complete. He ordered Konoha’s young talents to train for the upcoming visit, while the Raikage raged over the injured genin.

• Itō Yuying had a Cloud genin carried off for treatment and warned the Cloud jonin to deliver a threat to the Raikage.
• An Anbu told Itō Yuying that the genin held a grudge because Itō Yuying had killed his father, and that the Raikage had encouraged his obsession.
• Itō Yuying told Tobirama Senju to double the materials demanded from the Cloud and revealed that the Diagram absorbed the bodies and chakra of powerful ninja who died inside it.
• Itō Yuying told Tobirama Senju to conceal the Diagram’s incompleteness and present the dangers inside as a risk of training.
• Itō Yuying ordered Konoha’s young talents to train on the Diagram’s first floor and warned them not to descend to the next floor without sufficient strength.
• A few days later, the Raikage slammed his desk and accused Konoha of sparing no one, not even a child.

Itō Yuying agreed to lead a ninja squad after Tobirama Senju said the village was wasting his abilities by assigning him only to the elite training camp. He promised the fifteen young talents that he would try to keep teaching them longer, while news of his new role spread throughout Konoha and reached other villages.

• The Raikage ordered his secretary to double the materials after brooding over trouble caused by a genin.
• Tobirama Senju asked Itō Yuying to lead a squad, and Itō agreed while requesting ordinary ninja who had poor grades or could not refine chakra.
• Itō Yuying told the other instructors about the decision, and the fifteen young talents protested by transforming from cockroaches and begging him not to leave them.
• Itō Yuying promised to ask Tobirama Senju to let the instructors train them longer, then warned the students to work hard.
• Tobirama Senju spread the news that Itō Yuying would become a jonin squad leader, and word quickly reached people throughout Konoha and ninja in other villages.

A month later, Itō Yuying explained the dangers of the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram to the assembled Kage, who all agreed to enter it. After they went inside, Itō Yuying concealed the diagram and prepared to meet the arriving daimyō while disguised as Tobirama Senju.

• The Kage discussed having subordinates impersonate them at the Chunin Ninja Exams, and Itō Yuying confirmed that the plan would work while they entered the secret realm.
• Itō Yuying warned the Kage that the realm contained dangerous creatures and changing conditions, but the Raikage and then the other Kage agreed to enter.
• Tobirama Senju and Itō Yuying opened the sealed cave and activated the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram.
• Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and the other Kage entered the realm with their companions.
• Itō Yuying hid the diagram, transformed into Tobirama Senju, and went to the Konoha Gate, where he met the disguised Kage waiting for the daimyō.

The final round of the Chunin Ninja Exams began before the gathered Kage, daimyo, and spectators, with a Land of Rain examinee defeating a Mist Ninja. Uchiha Ning appeared to have beaten Tian Luoyi with his Sharingan and a Fire Release technique, but Tian Luoyi stood back up and challenged him to continue.

• The countries' Kage and daimyo arrived in Konoha, and Hatake Sakumo opened the exams before a packed audience.
• A Land of Rain examinee defeated Wutai of the Land of Water, delighting Salamander Hanzō and the leaders of smaller countries.
• Uchiha Ning fought Tian Luoyi of Kumogakure, using his Sharingan and Uchiha Hanyue's S-rank Wind-Chasing Shadow-Stepping technique to control the match.
• Uchiha Ning trapped Tian Luoyi with a Great Fireball Technique, leaving Tian Luoyi badly burned and Ning exhausted.
• Tian Luoyi rose again and told Uchiha Ning that it was his turn to fight.

Uchiha Ning awakened his second tomoe and defeated Tian Luoyi after surviving a near-fatal attack, while a Rock ninja won the next match against a Sand shinobi. The match between Caomuhui and Uzumaki Tianming began with Caomuhui gaining the upper hand, and it ended with Tianming hiding in the grass as Caomuhui closed in.

• Tian Luoyi paralyzed Uchiha Ning with Lightning Release and struck him with kunai, but Hyuga Yeyang told Uchiha Hanyue that Ning's chakra was flowing toward his eyes.
• Uchiha Ning awakened his second tomoe and trapped Tian Luoyi in a genjutsu, then crawled close enough to threaten him before a Cloud jonin conceded and carried Tian Luoyi away.
• Uchiha Ning passed out after his victory, and Uchiha Hanyue carried him to Konoha Hospital.
• A Rock ninja used a substitution to evade the Sand shinobi's Wind Release attacks, then pierced his foot with an Earth Spear Technique and won the match.
• Caomuhui struck Uzumaki Tianming with a short blade, but Tianming's injured body turned out to be a clone.
• Caomuhui tracked the hiding Uzumaki Tianming into the grass and declared that their game of hide-and-seek was over.

Uzumaki Tianming won his arena match after repeatedly stabbing Caomuhui, and the morning exams ended with sponsor announcements. Itō Yuying then watched the Kage and their companions train in the Spatial Secret Realm, where they struggled against its harsh conditions as demon beasts waited nearby.

• Uzumaki Tianming defeated Caomuhui, who was carried away after the Land of Grass leader surrendered on his behalf.
• Might Duy declared Uzumaki Tianming the winner, and the morning exams ended with advertisements for the sponsors.
• Itō Yuying left the arena, used Instant Transmission to reach the Landscape and Rivers State Guardian Diagram, and activated the Two Polarity Mirror to observe the secret realm.
• Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō fought demon beasts while the other Kage and their companions struggled to train in the realm's oppressive conditions.
• More than a thousand demon beasts watched the exhausted visitors, while Tobirama Senju and his companions observed them from higher ground.
• The Raikage found his subordinate asleep, kicked him awake, and started training himself.

Uchiha Ning defeated Uzumaki Tianming in a brutal match after Tianming’s Adamantine Sealing Chains failed, and the next match ended with Debris Flow killing Yutai. The exam continued with Hanzō furious over Yutai’s death.

• Itō Yuying returned to the arena and watched Uchiha Ning and Uzumaki Tianming begin their match.
• Uchiha Ning wounded Uzumaki Tianming with rapid attacks and a Great Fireball, but Tianming healed and bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Uchiha Ning broke free of the chains and stabbed Uzumaki Tianming near the heart before Might Duy declared him the winner.
• The Uzumaki Clan leader carried Tianming to Konoha Hospital while Uchiha Ning returned to his team.
• Yutai trapped Debris Flow in a Water Prison, but Debris Flow used the Earth Spear Technique to kill him.
• Hanzō watched Yutai die and silently vowed to deal with Debris Flow.

The Chunin Ninja Exams concluded with Uchiha Ning defeating Yu He, while Hanzō’s Rain Ninja killed a Rock Ninja contestant and later wiped out an ambush. Back in Konoha, Itō Yuying prepared the others for training and saw the four Kage battered inside the Two Polarity Mirror.

• Yu He killed Debris Flow after Hanzō told him to kill any Rock Ninja he faced, prompting Landslide to leave with the dead contestant.
• Uchiha Ning defeated Yu He in their match, and the top contestants received their ninjutsu scrolls.
• Hanzō led the Rain Ninja away from Konoha, then killed all fifty Rock Ninja who surrounded them; Uchiha Hanyue watched from a distance.
• Uchiha Hanyue reported the ambush to Itō Yuying, who told him to leave it alone for now.
• Itō Yuying told the assembled trainees to endure at least fifteen hours in the training atmosphere, then saw the Tsuchikage, Mizukage, Raikage, and Kazekage battered inside the Two Polarity Mirror.

Itō Yuying watched the battered leaders and their companions struggle through the trial as Tobirama Senju fought Phantom Demon Beasts with Ki Blasts. The Raikage and Kazekage then awakened new power and began slaughtering the beasts, while Chiyo watched in confusion.

• Itō Yuying found Tobirama Senju leading Hiruzen Sarutobi and the injured Shimura Danzō along a mountain path.
• Tobirama Senju fought ten Phantom Demon Beasts, discovered that Ki Blasts could destroy them, and collapsed after defeating most of them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi blasted the remaining beasts before leaving to scout, while Shimura Danzō began healing and Tobirama Senju recovered.
• Ōnoki's improved Dust Release drove the Demon Beasts away as he protected his unconscious teacher.
• The Raikage awakened greater power and killed fifty Demon Beasts, then the Kazekage gained control of a hundred puppets and used them to slaughter the Ferocious Beasts.
• Chiyo watched the sudden displays of power in bewilderment.

The Kage discovered that fighting Ferocious Beasts made them grow stronger, and the Tsuchikage repeatedly battled until he awakened a devastating new power. After he erased hundreds of beasts and created a five-kilometer crater, the others congratulated him.

• The Mizukage used his enhanced water techniques to effortlessly defeat a Ferocious Beast king, while Ōnoki realized that his own power had grown after fighting Demon Beasts.
• Ōnoki awakened the unconscious Tsuchikage and explained what had happened; after testing his Dust Release, the Tsuchikage rushed into battle to try to grow stronger himself.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tobirama Senju about the Kage’s gains, and Tobirama concluded that fighting Ferocious Beasts was the fastest way to gain strength and combat experience.
• The Tsuchikage repeatedly charged into battle despite his injuries until an ocher halo appeared and his attacks began disintegrating Ferocious Beasts.
• The Tsuchikage unleashed a tiny point of light that erased the nearby beasts and terrain, leaving a five-kilometer crater, and Ōnoki celebrated his teacher’s power.