Ch. 161The Nine-Tails Submitted?! The New Nine-Tails Jinchuriki

Ning Feng became the Nine-Tails’ new Jinchuriki, and Kurama submitted immediately after sensing Ning Feng’s overwhelming power and Mangekyō Sharingan. Ning Feng tested his new chakra and received a worldwide announcement, then heard a new notification chime.

  • Kurama recognized Ning Feng’s strength and respectfully agreed to let him use the Nine-Tails’ chakra, while the Five-Tails and Four-Tails remained deferential beside him.
  • Ning Feng returned to Minato’s home and entered Tailed Beast Transformation, manifesting a cloak of Nine-Tails chakra and three tails.
  • Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze were surprised by how quickly Ning Feng had transformed, and Ning Feng explained that he had only mastered part of the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
  • The World Channel announced that Uchiha Minato had obtained half of the Nine-Tails’ chakra and become its new Jinchuriki, prompting an uproar among players.
  • Ning Feng closed the World Channel, then heard a clear notification chime.

Ch. 162Changing the plot, extraordinary rewards

After becoming the Nine-Tails’ perfect Jinchuriki, Ning Feng received the Sage Body and Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, then set off to return to Amegakure and help Minato begin Konoha’s plans. On the way, Kakuzu and several bounty hunters confronted him over his 200-billion bounty.

  • Ning Feng received the Sage Body and Nine-Tails Chakra Mode after changing the plot by obtaining half of the Nine-Tails.
  • Ning Feng told Minato Namikaze and Kushina that he had perfectly merged with the Nine-Tails, leaving them astonished.
  • Minato told Ning Feng to return to Amegakure and complete the first step of Konoha’s grand ambitions.
  • Ning Feng used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel rapidly from Konoha toward Amegakure.
  • Kakuzu and other black-market ninjas blocked Ning Feng’s path, and Kakuzu declared that he wanted the bounty on Ning Feng’s head.

Ch. 163Kakuzu! The Island Country Guild Appears

Ning Feng defeated Kakuzu with Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and recruited him to serve as the Rain Shadow. Before Kakuzu could join his ranks, Yamamoto Jirō and tens of thousands of Great Sun Shrine players appeared, and Ning Feng seized their vice guild leader while a shockwave killed and wounded many of them.

  • Kakuzu boasted that he had assassinated Hashirama Senju, but Ning Feng mocked him for fleeing after throwing a kunai from eight hundred meters away.
  • Ning Feng activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, then sent Kakuzu flying with a punch that destroyed the trees around him.
  • After losing a heart, Kakuzu abandoned the bounty and begged Ning Feng to spare his life, while his elite rogue ninja companions also pleaded for mercy.
  • Ning Feng recruited Kakuzu as a follower and noted that Kakuzu could help manage finances.
  • Yamamoto Jirō, the level 50 vice guild leader of the Great Sun Shrine, arrived with tens of thousands of players and declared that they had been waiting for Ning Feng.
  • Ning Feng seized Yamamoto Jirō, and a shockwave swept away a quarter of the Great Sun Shrine players, leaving many dead or wounded.

Ch. 164Island Country players' provocation! The balance of power in Hokage World

Ning Feng destroyed Yamamoto Jirō and tens of thousands of Great Sun Shrine players before returning to Amegakure. He reunited with Fū and Konan and asked how the village had fared in his absence.

  • Ning Feng killed Yamamoto Jirō and wiped out the surrounding Island Country players with several Big Ball Rasengans.
  • World Announcements reported that Uchiha Minato had scored 30,000 kills, shocking players across Hokage World.
  • Ning Feng and Kakuzu reached Amegakure and found its gates widened, new buildings rising, and construction crews at work.
  • Konan arrived with Fū, who tearfully asked Ning Feng to hold her and told him she had missed him.
  • Ning Feng asked Konan about Amegakure's development and whether other ninja villages had caused trouble, then carried both her and Fū into the village.

Ch. 165Amegakure's enormous transformation! The efforts of Konan and the others

Ning Feng reunited with Konan and reviewed Amegakure’s rapid growth during his month away. He announced that Amegakure had allied with Konoha and that they would travel to Sunagakure to capture a Kage.

  • Konan asked Ning Feng if he thought she was pretty, but Fū interrupted their intimate moment by clinging to his head and falling asleep.
  • Konan reported that Amegakure’s revenue had tripled in a month, reaching one-third of Sunagakure’s, while its ninja population more than doubled.
  • Nagato warned that Amegakure needed to grow faster because other villages would try to hinder its rise.
  • Ning Feng announced that Amegakure had officially allied with Konoha.
  • Ning Feng said they would go to Sunagakure to hunt down and bring back a Kage, shocking Nagato and the others.

Ch. 166Ning Feng's plan! Hunting a Kage?

Ning Feng won Nagato and the others’ support for a formal Konoha–Amegakure alliance, then ordered a hunt for Fourth Kazekage Rasa. He planned to use the mission to demonstrate Amegakure’s power and capture Rasa for his ability to produce gold.

  • An Akatsuki member reported that Hiruzen Sarutobi had died and Konoha’s leadership was changing, prompting Nagato and Yahiko to credit Ning Feng with engineering the political outcome.
  • Ning Feng assigned Nagato, Yahiko, and the others to handle the details of a formal alliance treaty with Konoha.
  • Ning Feng ordered Amegakure’s Intelligence Department to gather information on Rasa and said he would go after the Kazekage himself.
  • Nagato and the others eagerly prepared to support the hunt, while Ning Feng stood above Amegakure and looked down over the village.

Ch. 167To Sunagakure! Ning Feng's commanding entrance

Ning Feng reached Sunagakure as Rasa and the village's senior officials discussed Konoha and the threat of Uchiha Minato. He interrupted their plan to make Gaara the next One-Tail Jinchūriki, and the chapter left the officials recognizing him as Uchiha Minato.

  • Rasa learned that Uchiha Minato had helped take Hiruzen out of the picture and might soon control Konoha.
  • An intelligence Ninja reported that Uchiha Minato had returned to Amegakure and planned to hunt down Rasa.
  • Rasa and the Sunagakure officials dismissed the threat, while Granny Chiyo said she wanted to test her puppets against Uchiha Minato.
  • A senior official proposed making Gaara the next One-Tail Jinchūriki, and Rasa hesitated because Gaara was his son.
  • Ning Feng appeared in the meeting and criticized Sunagakure for forcing a child to bear the burden of becoming a Jinchūriki.
  • Rasa and the officials prepared to attack the intruder, and one official identified him as Uchiha Minato.

Ch. 168Sunagakure's Ninja Were Dumbfounded

Ning Feng’s Shadow Clone outmaneuvered Sunagakure’s ambush, then revealed an army of Susanoo clones that left Rasa, Granny Chiyo, and the village’s forces stunned. The chapter ended with Ning Feng claiming that he had surrounded Sunagakure, though maintaining the Susanoo was consuming enormous chakra.

  • Rasa asked Ning Feng why he had come to Sunagakure and apologized in case the village had offended him.
  • Granny Chiyo prepared to attack, but Ning Feng struck her aside before she could use her puppetry.
  • Ning Feng exposed a kneeling official as a Shadow Clone and destroyed it before hundreds of Sunagakure Ninja attacked him with Wind Release: Breakthrough.
  • Rasa revealed that Sunagakure’s intelligence department had anticipated Ning Feng’s arrival, but the attack destroyed only Ning Feng’s Shadow Clone.
  • Ning Feng appeared behind the Sunagakure Ninja and revealed that he had anticipated the ambush and surrounded them.
  • Ning Feng created numerous Susanoo clones armed with the Yata Mirror and the Totsuka Blade, leaving Sunagakure’s forces dumbfounded.

Ch. 169The Terror of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Susanoo

Ning Feng used multiple real Susanoo to overwhelm Sunagakure’s forces and capture the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa. When Granny Chiyo released Shukaku to stop him, the One-Tail cowered before Ning Feng and vanished at his command.

  • Sunagakure’s leaders tried and failed to dispel what they believed was genjutsu, realizing Ning Feng’s many Susanoo were real.
  • Ning Feng’s Susanoo cut through the combined Wind Release of over a thousand elite Sunagakure ninja and drove back the defenders.
  • Ning Feng’s Susanoo destroyed Rasa’s gold dust and seized him, then knocked him unconscious and carried him away.
  • Granny Chiyo released Shukaku, but the One-Tail recognized Ning Feng and cowered instead of attacking.
  • Ning Feng declared that he would take Shukaku too, and the One-Tail vanished without a trace.

Ch. 170The Fourth Kazekage's Shock! Chiyo's Scheme

Ning Feng abducted Rasa and planned to use the Fourth Kazekage to increase Amegakure’s revenue. After discovering Chiyo’s plot to become the Fifth Kazekage, he confronted her and she offered to cooperate.

  • Ning Feng told Rasa he would have to produce gold dust for Amegakure and threatened Sunagakure and Gaara if he refused.
  • Granny Chiyo led elite Sunagakure ninja after Ning Feng, then killed them and wounded herself to make it appear she had tried to rescue Rasa.
  • Ning Feng realized Chiyo planned to use Rasa’s abduction to gain support and become the Fifth Kazekage.
  • Ning Feng knocked Rasa unconscious, placed him in a Space-Time Scroll, and appeared before Chiyo.
  • Chiyo recognized Ning Feng could help her become the Fifth Kazekage and offered to meet any condition he set.

Ch. 171Sunagakure's true boss behind the scenes

Ning Feng secured Chiyo’s cooperation, brought the Fourth Kazekage to Amegakure, and oversaw the village’s rapid growth as Sunagakure sent it support. Alarmed by Amegakure’s rise, the leaders of three great shinobi villages planned a joint attack, but their preparations were disrupted when Uchiha Minato arrived at Kumogakure.

  • Ning Feng gave Chiyo a token to help her secure the position of Fifth Kazekage and returned to Amegakure with the genjutsu-trapped Fourth Kazekage, Rasa.
  • Nagato and the others imprisoned Rasa, then forced him to cooperate in the gold dust business, greatly increasing Amegakure’s income.
  • Ning Feng, Nagato, and Konan pushed ahead with political and economic reforms as Amegakure’s industries and ninja forces expanded, while Chiyo sent Sunagakure’s money, ninja, and Puppet Corps to support Ning Feng.
  • At the suggestion of the Fourth Raikage, A, the Kage of three great shinobi villages agreed to form a joint army and attack Amegakure.
  • A learned that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki would serve as his new partner in the AB Combination, but a ninja soon reported that Uchiha Minato had arrived.

Ch. 172Uchiha Minato's arrival! Kumogakure scared witless

Uchiha Minato arrived in Kumogakure and confronted A, the Fourth Raikage, after subduing the Eight-Tails. He revealed that he had intercepted Kumogakure’s attempts to contact Kirigakure and Iwagakure, leaving A to reconsider his village’s plans.

  • A, the Fourth Raikage, rushed to the Eight-Tails’ location after hearing that Uchiha Minato had arrived.
  • A found Gyuki subdued, with Uchiha Minato standing atop him.
  • Kumogakure’s elite units and Chakra Cannons surrounded Uchiha Minato, but A asked him why he had come instead of ordering an attack.
  • Uchiha Minato said he had come to check whether A was organizing an allied army against Amegakure, and he noted that he had easily subdued the Eight-Tails.
  • A denied that Kumogakure planned to form an alliance, but Uchiha Minato revealed several captured intelligence Ninja who had been sent to contact Kirigakure and Iwagakure.

Ch. 173Intimidation, intimidation! Unprecedented intimidation

Ning Feng used hidden Explosion Release chakra to intimidate Fourth Raikage A and demanded Kumogakure recognize the Konoha–Amegakure alliance, leave its allied force, and surrender the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. As A considered his response, Yagura and Ōnoki arrived to oppose Ning Feng’s demands.

  • A wrestled with whether to attack Uchiha Minato, fearing the cost of committing Kumogakure’s forces.
  • Uchiha Minato exposed A’s thoughts and urged him to inspect the village before acting.
  • A’s sensory division reported that Explosion Release chakra around Kumogakure could destroy more than half the village.
  • Ning Feng explained that he had planted the chakra to intimidate Kumogakure, not destroy it.
  • A asked what Kumogakure must do to make amends, and Ning Feng demanded recognition of the Konoha–Amegakure treaty, withdrawal from the allied force, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
  • Yagura and Ōnoki arrived as A hesitated, and Yagura challenged Ning Feng’s demand that Kumogakure leave the allied force.

Ch. 174A exploded with rage! Kumogakure's defeat

Ning Feng forced A to accept his demands by threatening Kumogakure with explosive shadow clones disguised as Ōnoki and Yagura, then took Gyuki back to Amegakure. At the village entrance, he encountered Orochimaru, who was stunned by Amegakure’s growth.

  • Ōnoki and Yagura approached Kumogakure’s elites, who discovered their bodies were filled with Explosion Release chakra.
  • A realized Ning Feng had prepared multiple traps and surrendered, signing the documents Ning Feng gave him.
  • Ning Feng took the unconscious Gyuki, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and headed back to Amegakure.
  • Ning Feng recognized Orochimaru waiting near Amegakure’s entrance, while Orochimaru stared in disbelief at the village’s grandeur.

Ch. 175Orochimaru's arrival! Orochimaru's ambitions

Orochimaru approached Uchiha Minato at Amegakure, offering forbidden techniques and proposing to establish research laboratories there. Minato recognized that Orochimaru wanted access to his resources and coveted his body, while Minato Namikaze, Itachi, and Shisui quietly returned from watching Kumogakure.

  • Minato Namikaze, Itachi, and Shisui watched Kumogakure’s outskirts after Uchiha Minato intimidated its elite ninja, then left when they saw he was safe.
  • Uchiha Minato returned to Amegakure, where Nagato, Konan, Orochimaru, and Kabuto Yakushi were waiting.
  • Orochimaru praised Uchiha Minato and offered to establish ninjutsu laboratories in Amegakure in exchange for resources and forbidden techniques.
  • Konan collected the scrolls Orochimaru offered, and Uchiha Minato realized Orochimaru wanted to join him for his own purposes.
  • Orochimaru secretly coveted Uchiha Minato’s body because his reincarnation technique was nearing its time limit, and Minato possessed Hashirama cells, a Mangekyō Sharingan, and other kekkei genkai.

Ch. 176Orochimaru's arrival! Using each other

Uchiha Minato welcomed Orochimaru to Amegakure but demanded that he share his forbidden techniques, including Impure World Reincarnation and his research into immortality. Frightened by how much Minato knew, Orochimaru agreed to share his core techniques and establish research institutes in the village.

  • Uchiha Minato welcomed Orochimaru to Amegakure and asked him to share Impure World Reincarnation.
  • Orochimaru denied knowing the technique, but Uchiha Minato revealed that he also knew about Orochimaru's immortality research.
  • Orochimaru realized Minato's intelligence network had uncovered his secrets and stopped considering a sneak attack.
  • Kabuto Yakushi saw Orochimaru humbled and felt an urge to follow Uchiha Minato instead.
  • Orochimaru promised to share his core forbidden techniques after settling in Amegakure, and Uchiha Minato accepted.

Ch. 177Orochimaru joins, and Amegakure emerges as the sixth great ninja village

With Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi joining Amegakure, Ning Feng expanded the village’s capabilities and began gathering bodies for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. He then used Amegakure’s strength and generous offers to bring surrounding small villages under its influence.

  • Orochimaru joined Amegakure and gave Ning Feng the Longevity Jutsu and Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, so Ning Feng sent Nagato and Konan to find the graves of powerful figures.
  • Ning Feng told Nagato to notify him immediately if the team found Madara Uchiha’s grave.
  • Uchiha Itachi arrived after the Fourth Hokage agreed to let him join Amegakure, and Ning Feng welcomed his help.
  • Amegakure’s population of ninja exceeded seventy thousand, and Ning Feng decided to expand by bringing nearby villages into its territory.
  • Ning Feng sent Uchiha Itachi with over thirty thousand Amegakure ninja to invite small villages to join, offering protection and ninjutsu support.
  • Within half a month, many villages around the Land of Rain agreed to become Amegakure’s vassals.

Ch. 178Heading to Kirigakure, Subduing the Village

Ning Feng oversaw Amegakure’s rapid growth while Nagato searched for materials for Impure World Reincarnation, but Nagato was attacked by Kirigakure ninja. After Uchiha Minato rescued him, Ning Feng decided to take revenge on Kirigakure and confront its secrets.

  • Nagato gathered many samples for Impure World Reincarnation, but he could not find Madara Uchiha’s grave.
  • Ning Feng saw Amegakure’s forces grow to over eighty thousand ninja as the village expanded and took on missions from Konoha.
  • An Anbu ninja reported that Nagato had been attacked in Kirigakure, and Ning Feng headed to the Land of Water.
  • Four Kirigakure assassination squads cornered the wounded Nagato, but Uchiha Minato defeated the ninja outside his cave and rescued him.
  • Ning Feng suspected Obito Uchiha was behind the attack and told Nagato to recover before they went to take revenge on Kirigakure.

Ch. 179Wasn't Ning Feng the real executor of the Eye of the Moon Plan?

Obito Uchiha learned that Ning Feng had come to Kirigakure after Nagato was pursued and wounded, and prepared for a confrontation. Ning Feng planned to seize Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Blades, while Obito recognized that Ning Feng’s actions seemed to advance the Eye of the Moon Plan more effectively than his own.

  • Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Ning Feng had likely come because Kirigakure’s forces pursued and wounded Nagato.
  • Ning Feng and the recovered Nagato entered Kirigakure, where Nagato reported that the Mizukage was recalling Jonin and might know Ning Feng was there.
  • Ning Feng chose to continue his plan to take Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Blades and said he would wait for the returning forces before wiping them out.
  • Hozuki Zangetsu ordered Kirigakure’s elite Jonin and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to assemble, hoping to prepare against Ning Feng.
  • Obito Uchiha wondered whether Ning Feng was the true heir to Madara Uchiha’s legacy because his actions seemed better suited to carrying out the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Ch. 180The arrogant Ning Feng

Obito Uchiha learned that Ning Feng had entered Kirigakure and prepared to confront him with help from the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning. Ning Feng killed the Kirigakure Anbu sent to invite him to the Mizukage's residence, prompting Obito Uchiha to go stall him until the allied Ninja arrived.

  • Obito Uchiha questioned White Zetsu about whether Uchiha Minato was the executor of the Eye of the Moon Plan, then decided to seek reinforcements.
  • Ning Feng explored Kirigakure's outskirts and learned that Hozuki Zangetsu had become the Fifth Mizukage and a perfect Jinchuriki.
  • Obito Uchiha secured support from the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning by offering part of Madara Uchiha's legacy.
  • Kirigakure Anbu told Ning Feng that the Fifth Mizukage wanted to meet him, and Ning Feng burned them before they could react.
  • Obito Uchiha learned that the allied Ninja had gathered at the Mizukage's residence and set out to stall Ning Feng.
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