Chapter Summaries

Kirigakure declared war on Konoha, and Minato Namikaze prepared to lead a small force east while worrying that Hiruzen Sarutobi or Shimura Danzō would seize power in his absence. As Minato departed, the Sage of Six Paths watched the conflict unfold, and young Obito, Kakashi, and Rin spoke of their desire to protect Konoha.

• Shikaku Nara told Minato Namikaze that Kirigakure had declared war and sent its fleet toward the Land of Fire, prompting Minato to decide to lead troops against it.
• Minato worried that Hiruzen Sarutobi or Shimura Danzō would take control of Konoha Headquarters while he was away, and Shikaku said he would do his best to stop them.
• The Sage of Six Paths watched Konoha's troubles and resolved to keep the village divided so wars would continue and souls would flow into the Pure Land.
• At the Ninja Academy, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin learned that Kirigakure had declared war; Obito vowed to protect Konoha, Rin, and everyone important to him.
• Minato explained to Shikaku that he would take three hundred Fire Release- and Lightning Release-skilled ninja east to hold off Kirigakure, then led the force out of Konoha Headquarters while wondering where Kushina was.

At Mount Myōboku, Minato Namikaze received the Seed of Senjutsu from the Great Toad Sage, who named him the Child of Prophecy and urged him to protect the world. Meanwhile, the Sage of Six Paths strengthened Konoha’s shinobi’s faith to prolong the war, and Minato left Mount Myōboku intending to train before returning to battle.

• After seven days of training at Mount Myōboku, Minato Namikaze was summoned to meet the Great Toad Sage.
• The Great Toad Sage gave Minato the Seed of Senjutsu, which would let him enter Sage Mode quickly, and told him he was the Child of Prophecy.
• The Great Toad Sage privately revealed that it had given Minato a reason for his sudden improvement in Sage Mode.
• At Konoha Headquarters, Shikaku felt his faith in Konoha grow stronger as the Sage of Six Paths sent spiritual power to all Konoha shinobi to reinforce the Will of Fire.
• Fukasaku warned Minato to let the seed adjust, and Minato said he would train before leaving Mount Myōboku for the battlefield.

Toyotomi Yinglang explained that the Sage of Six Paths had strengthened Minato Namikaze’s Sage Mode to make him a pawn in the war, while Kushina and Tsunade faced questions about bearing his children. Minato routed Kirigakure’s vanguard with his newfound power and headed back toward Konoha Headquarters, unaware of who had empowered him.

• Toyotomi Yinglang told Kushina that the Sage of Six Paths had enabled Minato to activate Sage Mode instantly and was using him to intensify the war.
• Kushina said she wanted to have Toyotomi Yinglang’s child because he treated her as a person and did not lie to her.
• Toyotomi Yinglang asked Tsunade if she wanted children, and she said they could leave it to fate.
• Minato activated Sage Mode instantly and defeated Kirigakure’s advancing force with Flying Thunder God and Rasengan.
• Minato wondered why he had suddenly grown stronger, then ran toward Konoha Headquarters to protect his village and comrades.

Black Zetsu deceived the blind, weakened Madara and began plotting to awaken Obito’s Mangekyō by making him witness Rin’s death. Meanwhile, Toyotomi Yinglang watched the war’s progress from Sunagakure and prepared for a future confrontation with the Sage of Six Paths.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that Konoha was under pressure on several fronts and Nagato was mastering the Rinnegan, while concealing the truth about both.
• Black Zetsu claimed Madara was too frail to leave his cavern and secretly planned to worsen his injuries with toxins whenever he considered going outside.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin searched a battlefield after Konoha repelled Kirigakure’s vanguard, and Kakashi said he had killed seven enemies.
• Black Zetsu watched the three children from underground and planned to make Obito witness Rin’s death at Kakashi’s hands to awaken Obito’s Mangekyō.
• Toyotomi Yinglang reviewed intelligence from the eastern front and declared that he would challenge the Sage of Six Paths once his plans and the Empire were ready.

Toyotomi Yinglang explained to Nagato and Konan that Minato Namikaze’s instant Sage Mode came from the Sage of Six Paths granting him access, while reaching Six Paths power depended on bloodline and investment. He described how shinobi systems constrained powerful clans, then told Nagato that he was no longer a pawn but a disciple and legacy, leaving Nagato determined to grow stronger.

• Nagato and Konan discussed Minato Namikaze’s sudden Sage Mode and wondered what resources had caused his rapid growth.
• Toyotomi Yinglang said the Sage of Six Paths had granted Minato Namikaze special access to natural energy, making him a pawn dependent on the Sage’s investment.
• Toyotomi Yinglang argued that bloodline was essential to surpassing Kage level and explained how the Uchiha, Senju, Hyuga, and Kaguya clans faced barriers that limited their potential.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Nagato that ninja were treated as tools, but Nagato had moved from being a pawn to becoming his disciple and legacy.
• After Toyotomi Yinglang left, Nagato thanked him and promised Konan they would grow stronger as his Mangekyō Sharingan activated.

Nagato asked Toyotomi Yinglang about his past and learned that his hatred of Konoha shaped his plans to punish Tobirama Senju and ruin the village. After Toyotomi Yinglang left, Nagato resolved to pass on his teacher’s teachings, though he remained unsure what that legacy should be.

• Nagato reflected on his bond with Toyotomi Yinglang and asked how his teacher had become who he was.
• Toyotomi Yinglang revealed that he was born Uchiha, that his father died at Tobirama Senju’s hands, and that he planned to make Tobirama live as a powerless Uchiha who witnessed Konoha’s decline.
• Toyotomi Yinglang described plans to impose unequal schooling and pacify Konoha’s commoners with cheap food and entertainment, prompting Tsunade to condemn him.
• Toyotomi Yinglang said Konoha was a game console that brought him pleasure while the Empire was his home, then left Nagato and Tsunade alone.
• Nagato told Tsunade he wanted to become a legacy by passing on another path, and he affirmed that he would obey Toyotomi Yinglang even if ordered to kill her.

Toyotomi Yinglang brought Tsunade, Kushina, Pakura, and Karura from Sunagakure to the British Empire’s New Capital and assigned them ranks in his inner palace. He prepared Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Kushina’s expected child, promising the child exceptional resources as he looked toward the Empire’s future.

• Toyotomi Yinglang told Tsunade, Kushina, Pakura, and Karura to pack and travel with him to Great Britain.
• Tsunade and the others arrived in the New Capital, where Toyotomi Yinglang showed them the industrial city and imperial palace.
• Toyotomi Yinglang appointed Tsunade Consort Jin, Kushina Consort Xin, Pakura Beauty, and Karura Noble Lady, then discussed slavery and his plans to abolish it.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Kushina that their child would awaken a One-Tomoe Sharingan at birth and could achieve accomplishments comparable to Hashirama Senju.
• Toyotomi Yinglang prepared Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for Kushina’s expected child and explained that it would support the child’s cultivation after birth.
• Toyotomi Yinglang promised Kushina’s child the best education, cultivation resources, and living conditions, and said the Empire would have a future once the children grew up.

Toyotomi Yinglang revealed the imperial secret medicines and cultivation methods he had developed to Kushina and Tsunade, presenting them as ways to strengthen the women, the Empire, and his family. Kushina began cultivating in Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, while Yinglang promised her a red talking fox Summoning Beast and looked ahead to the birth of their child.

• Toyotomi Yinglang showed Kushina formulas for several secret medicines and the Ice Skin, Jade Bones Cultivation Method, which she agreed to practice for herself and her child.
• Toyotomi Yinglang gave Kushina Youth-Preserving Pills and said he could use the Nine-Tails chakra remaining in her body to raise a red, talking fox Summoning Beast.
• Tsunade took a Grain-Repelling Pill and learned it could sustain her for seven days; Toyotomi Yinglang explained that his medicines would strengthen the Empire and give his children advantages.
• Toyotomi Yinglang promised Tsunade she would be the first to receive a medicine that prevented aging once it was ready.
• Late that night, Kushina soaked in Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid as Toyotomi Yinglang described the three years of experiments behind it and reassured her that he would always treat her well.

Toyotomi Yinglang offered Yutian a new surname and invited him and Pakura to help develop the Drought God Eye. In the Imperial Palace, Sakura Haruno reunited with Tsunade and explained their unusual teacher-student bond, and Tsunade welcomed her as a sister.

• Toyotomi Yinglang renamed Yutian Yushi Yutian and proposed developing the Drought God Eye with him.
• Toyotomi Yinglang described the Drought God Eye's three forms and their moisture-draining, heat-based abilities.
• Pakura agreed to help Yushi Yutian research the Drought God Eye using her knowledge of Scorch Release.
• Toyotomi Liuli brought Sakura Haruno to meet Tsunade, now Consort Jin, in the Imperial Palace.
• Sakura Haruno explained that Tsunade had been her teacher in another world and that she now taught the younger Tsunade.
• Tsunade comforted Sakura Haruno and invited her to call her sister.

Toyotomi Yinglang outlined the three stages and abilities of the Drought God Eye to Yutian and Pakura, who agreed to help develop it despite the risk of blindness. At the Imperial Palace training ground, Tsunade sparred with Sakura Haruno and explained that she now wanted to live, grow stronger, and protect those she cared about.

• Toyotomi Yinglang described Red-Eyed Drought Arrival's moisture-based sight and its abilities to disrupt opponents and sense heat.
• Toyotomi Yinglang explained Drought Eye Release's moisture-draining abilities, warned Yutian that overuse could cause blindness, and asked Pakura to help design Drought Binding.
• Toyotomi Yinglang presented Drought God Descends, including its vast Barren Domain, lethal Divine Eye: Water Severance, and heat-wave Drought-Flame Sight.
• Yutian declared he was willing to pay any price to develop the Drought God Eye, and Toyotomi Yinglang agreed to pioneer it with him.
• Tsunade sparred with Sakura Haruno, corrected her use of Monstrous Strength, and said her motivation was to live, grow stronger, and protect those she should.
• Liuli watched Tsunade and Sakura continue their sparring, then left to prepare dinner.

Sakura Haruno told Tsunade that Tobirama Senju’s policies had helped set the Uchiha on the path to the massacre, leaving Tsunade grieving and convinced she could not return to Konoha. Meanwhile, Toyotomi Yinglang chose not to interfere with Tobirama’s schemes and ordered Sasori to keep Uchiha Fugaku alive so Konoha’s internal conflict would deepen.

• Sakura Haruno told Tsunade that Tobirama Senju used the war to weaken the older ninja generation and planned to stir conflict among the Uchiha, with Uchiha Fushan and his newborn son Uchiha Fugaku central to his plans.
• Tsunade recognized Fugaku as the clan leader killed in the massacre and concluded that Tobirama’s system had helped lead both the Uchiha and Senju toward ruin.
• Sakura Haruno told Tsunade that Uchiha Itachi later killed Fugaku and the rest of the Uchiha clan, sparing only Sasuke Uchiha, and Tsunade broke down after Sakura left.
• Toyotomi Yinglang declined Sasori’s suggestion to intervene in Konoha and said Tobirama’s schemes would make the village weaker through infighting.
• Toyotomi Yinglang ordered Sasori to keep Uchiha Fugaku alive so the Uchiha would survive for now and Konoha’s internal conflict would intensify.

Toyotomi Yinglang antagonized the Uchiha, while Tobirama Senju sent Academy students toward the war and clan leaders schemed to protect their own children. In the British Empire, Yinglang oversaw Kushina’s pregnancy and Yutian’s dangerous Drought God Eye training, leaving the Empire’s growing strength as his focus.

• Toyotomi Yinglang told Toyotomi Tsume to put up a sign insulting the Uchiha, and she agreed to arrange it.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Ninja Academy students into the Reserve Force as Konoha struggled on four fronts, while clan leaders planned to send branch-family children and preserve their own.
• Toyotomi Yinglang explained to pregnant Kushina that Yutian was training at sea because the Drought God Eye could drain moisture and turn land into desert.
• Yutian used the Drought God Eye to dry out a fish and continued practicing his abilities at sea.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Sasori that Yutian and Pakura’s powers complemented each other and said the Drought God Eye could defeat a Kage Level opponent with time.

Toyotomi Yinglang designed the Underworld and Heavenly Court as an imperial afterlife, then began constructing the Underworld while Yutian oversaw the Royal Academy. The chapter left Yinglang developing the Underworld and continuing his feud with the Uchiha in Konoha.

• Toyotomi Yinglang explained to Yutian his plans for the Underworld, reincarnation, and a Sea of Memories, and said he would serve as its Ten Kings of Hell and as Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court.
• Yinglang assigned Yutian to expand education and build the Royal Academy, promising him the Underworld post of Ksitigarbha King.
• Months later, Yutian ordered the Royal Academy expanded to accommodate at least five thousand students.
• Yinglang used the Dragon Vein Formation Core and his Immortal Mangekyō Sharingan to create the Underworld’s seed and begin building its structures.
• In Konoha, Yinglang’s clone taunted an Uchiha at the Martial Arts Hall and ordered Toyotomi Tsume to change its sign to forbid Uchiha and donkeys.

Toyotomi Yinglang completed the Empire’s Underworld and Heavenly Court, assigning divine roles and designing an afterlife sustained by Soul Yin Stones. He explained how divine positions, controlled lifespans, and hereditary titles would bind talent and nobles to the Empire, then continued drafting the realms’ rules.

• Toyotomi Yinglang spent seven days creating the Underworld, including the Eighteen Levels of Hell, Soul Yin Mountain, Naihe Bridge, and other structures.
• Toyotomi Yinglang built the Heavenly Court and named himself Jade Emperor, Yutian Ksitigarbha King, and Sasori Fire Virtue Star Lord.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Yutian and Sasori that his chakra system extended lifespans and that only divine positions granted immortality.
• Toyotomi Yinglang explained that gods could not interfere in mortal affairs without his permission, while their sons inherited titles that declined by one rank unless they earned merit.
• Toyotomi Yinglang left Yutian in charge of the Royal Academy, reserved Sasori’s divine position, and continued writing the Heavenly Court and Underworld’s rules.

Toyotomi Yinglang offered Tsunade the divine position of Meng Po, promising her eternal life and faster cultivation while arranging for a Shadow Clone to handle the soup. After touring the Underworld and learning about its role and punishments, Tsunade accepted the position and returned to the Imperial Palace feeling that she had found a home.

• Toyotomi Yinglang offered Tsunade the position of Meng Po, and she agreed after learning she could use a Shadow Clone to prepare the soup.
• Toyotomi Yinglang took Tsunade to the Underworld, showed her the River of Forgetfulness and explained how Meng Po Soup enabled souls to reincarnate.
• Toyotomi Yinglang explained that the Heavenly Court rewarded the Empire's meritorious subjects, while Tsunade would receive a divine position because she was his woman.
• Toyotomi Yinglang showed Tsunade Soul Yin Mountain, where the suffering of the wicked produced Soul Yin Stones to nourish the Underworld.
• Back in the Imperial Palace, Tsunade thanked Toyotomi Yinglang for giving her a home, and he assured her it would always be hers.

Toyotomi Yinglang planned to strengthen the Great British Empire by expanding education and abolishing slavery, while explaining to Tsunade how divine positions and the afterlife could help him recruit powerful people and expand beyond their planet. He told her that he could not stop advancing without risking death, and Tsunade promised to stay by his side.

• Yutian reported that the Empire's population had surpassed 930,000, and Toyotomi Yinglang ordered the Martial Arts Hall expanded to accommodate 10,000 students.
• Toyotomi Yinglang ordered Yutian to draft a decree abolishing slavery, with those who stayed becoming freemen and those who left receiving travel money.
• Tsunade discussed the free Basic Chakra Cultivation Method with Toyotomi Yinglang, who explained how the Heavenly Court and Underworld could benefit from people's cultivation and attract powerful recruits with divine positions.
• Toyotomi Yinglang argued that Konoha's shortage of positions had caused internal strife and said he planned to use divine positions to bring other planets into the Great British Empire's sphere of influence.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Tsunade that he could not stop advancing because stopping meant death, and Tsunade took his hand and promised to stay with him.

Sakura Haruno taught Little Tsunade medical ninjutsu, while Tobirama Senju tried to separate them by ordering Tsunade to study with other teachers. Tsunade rejected the lessons and returned to Sakura, who promised to protect her from becoming a tool.

• Sakura Haruno taught Little Tsunade about balancing yin and yang chakra while reflecting on having her own teacher as a student.
• Tobirama Senju learned Sakura was teaching Tsunade and ordered several teachers hired, warning Tsunade not to associate with disreputable women.
• Little Tsunade reluctantly went to the Hokage Building, where she demonstrated that Sakura had already taught her the material.
• Little Tsunade left the teachers and returned to Sakura, saying she already knew everything they taught.
• Sakura told Little Tsunade that Toyotomi Yinglang treated her as a person, then promised to protect Tsunade from becoming a tool.

Sakura Haruno rebuffed Kagami Uchiha’s warning and made clear she would keep teaching and protecting Tsunade. Kagami reported back to Tobirama Senju, who judged Sakura to be at least Kage level and ordered that she be watched while she continued teaching.

• Kagami Uchiha visited Sakura Haruno at the Senju compound and warned her not to approach Tsunade again.
• Sakura mocked Kagami’s poverty and failed marriage, then shattered a boulder with the Strength of a Hundred Technique.
• Sakura told Kagami that Tsunade was her student and challenged Tobirama Senju to confront her himself.
• Kagami reported Sakura’s response to Tobirama, who said she was at least Kage level and let her continue teaching Tsunade under close watch.
• Sakura waited for Tsunade and vowed to protect her and keep her from becoming her future self.

Toyotomi Yinglang prepared Sakura Haruno for the battlefield by giving her Quake Release, a powerful but physically taxing kekkei genkai, and urging her to strengthen her genjutsu. Sakura accepted the challenge and received Tsunade’s encouragement before they went to eat together.

• Toyotomi Yinglang told Sakura Haruno he planned to send her to the battlefield and explained that she needed combat experience.
• Toyotomi Yinglang introduced Quake Release’s destructive abilities and warned that overuse could injure Sakura, while she believed her medical skills and the empire’s medicines could offset the risks.
• Toyotomi Yinglang described Quake Release’s weaknesses and gave Sakura a booklet on genjutsu training, telling her they would begin training the next morning.
• Sakura thanked Toyotomi Yinglang and wondered if she could become the strongest woman in the Shinobi World.
• Tsunade reassured Sakura that she could succeed because she was her student, then invited her to a meal.

Sakura Haruno reached Peak Kage level through her Quake Release training, while Toyotomi Yinglang prepared for the birth and future of his child with Kushina. Their son, Toyotomi Jilan, was born with a One-Tomoe Sharingan, and Yinglang laid out a rigorous plan for his education and training.

• Sakura Haruno destroyed three granite pillars with her punches, and Toyotomi Yinglang declared her Peak Kage level and capable of killing Hiruzen Sarutobi instantly.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Sakura Haruno that Quake Release was only a tool and refused to explain what inspired its design.
• Toyotomi Yinglang discussed names and preparations for their child with nine-months-pregnant Kushina, saying he had made ready for the baby's future.
• Kushina gave birth to a boy, and Toyotomi Yinglang named him Toyotomi Jilan after noticing his One-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Yutian that Toyotomi Jilan would begin chakra training at three, learn ninjutsu at five, tactics at seven, and gain battlefield experience at ten.