Chapter Summaries

Itō Yuying trained his students before the Konoha and Kumogakure sparring matches, while a mysterious visitor secretly slipped into his room at night. At the arena, Hana recovered from an early defeat and won her match against Ruroi with a combined jutsu.

• Itō Yuying told Hana, Qingliu, and Yumengliang to treat the sparring matches as a chance to learn, while the Raikage urged his three Lightning Ninja to win instruction from Itō Yuying.
• Killer B revealed that Eight-Tails had told him to beat the Konoha students half to death, but the Raikage ordered him to fight fairly.
• A mysterious figure entered Itō Yuying's room at night, and he later noticed that his bedsheets had disappeared again without realizing who had taken them.
• Hana's careless shuriken nearly hit Itō Yuying, the Raikage, and Yotsuki A before Ruroi struck Hana with lightning and appeared to win.
• Hana used a clone, a swamp, and combined fire and wind ninjutsu to trap Ruroi; Yotsuki A stopped the fireball, and Hana was declared the winner.

Yumengliang defeated Killer B in a brutal spar using Shadow-Treading Step and Konoha Heaven-Damaging Fist, though Killer B's Eight-Tails chakra healed his injuries. After the rivals made peace, the final match was postponed until tomorrow, and Qingliu went off to train alone when Itō Yuying fell asleep instead of coaching him.

• Yotsuki A rebuked Ruroi for mocking her opponent after losing, then called Yumengliang and Killer B to begin their match.
• Killer B gained the upper hand with his taijutsu and swords, but Yumengliang evaded his attacks with Shadow-Treading Step and struck back with Konoha Heaven-Damaging Fist.
• Killer B used the Eight-Tails' chakra to heal and attack with chakra arms, but Yumengliang exhausted himself with one final barrage and won the spar.
• Hana and Qingliu helped Yumengliang recover, and he and Killer B exchanged a friendly fist bump after the match.
• Itō Yuying and the Raikage postponed the final match until tomorrow, and Itō Yuying went to rest.
• Qingliu found Itō Yuying asleep instead of receiving private coaching, so he left to train by himself.

Lei Luo used the Raikage’s advice and a lightning net to trap and badly injure Qingliu, but Qingliu recovered and prepared to counterattack. The match remained undecided as Lei Luo, nearly out of chakra, searched for a way to win.

• The Raikage advised Lei Luo to pressure the final opponent in close combat and warned him about Qingliu’s strange footwork.
• Lei Luo opened the match with a relentless close-range assault, but Qingliu escaped and activated Shadow-Treading Step.
• Lei Luo used Lightning-Attracting Formation to turn his shuriken into a lightning net, impressing Itō Yuying, who promised to teach an S-plus rank ninjutsu if Lei Luo won.
• After the Raikage announced the promise to spur him on, Lei Luo blocked Qingliu’s escape and struck him with Lightning Flash, trapping him beneath the lightning net.
• Lei Luo followed with two more lightning techniques, but Qingliu slowly stood back up and announced that it was his turn.

Qingliu used a nearly invisible cutting technique and phasing to overwhelm Lei Luo, but his chakra ran out and Lei Luo knocked him unconscious with one final punch. The Raikage celebrated Lei Luo’s victory while Itō Yuying watched the match end.

• Qingliu formed a water ball, turned its droplets into an invisible cutting thread, and sliced a boulder in half before cutting off Lei Luo’s arm.
• Qingliu struck Lei Luo with five kunai and urged him to surrender, but Lei Luo refused because he had promised the Raikage he would win.
• Lei Luo sprang up and punched through Qingliu as Qingliu phased out of reach, surprising the spectators and the Raikage.
• Lei Luo repeatedly attacked Qingliu’s phasing body until Qingliu ran out of chakra and reappeared.
• Lei Luo used Lightning Body Flicker to land a final punch that knocked Qingliu unconscious, and the Raikage loudly celebrated the win.

Itō Yuying healed Lei Luo, confronted the Raikage about the incense, and began training six Genin in Kumogakure. On a lightning-filled mountaintop, he demonstrated his upgraded Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly Prison Attraction technique.

• The Raikage gave Lei Luo Senzu Bean Soup from Itō Yuying, and Lei Luo’s arm regrew as he recovered.
• Itō Yuying agreed to train Kumogakure’s Genin for three days before leaving for the Land of Water, and revealed that he had recognized the aphrodisiac in the Raikage’s incense.
• Qingliu awoke, apologized to Itō Yuying, and was told not to let his guard down before a fight was over.
• The Raikage took Itō Yuying and the Genin to a lightning-struck peak in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, where the training began.
• Itō Yuying demonstrated his S-plus Rank Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly Prison Attraction, using cloned shuriken and lightning to bombard a hill while explaining how dust or water could contain its light.

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.