Chapter Summaries

Obito learned that Black Zetsu planned to release the Nine-Tails during Kushina's childbirth and warned Ye Feng. Ye Feng told Obito to cooperate with the plan, promising to protect Kushina, and Obito remained uneasy but accepted his reasoning.

• Obito reported to Black Zetsu that Ye Feng had returned and destroyed White Zetsu, then learned Black Zetsu had Inuzuka Clan Fengyu's body.
• Black Zetsu revealed his plan to release the Nine-Tails when Kushina gave birth, and Obito secretly resolved to warn Ye Feng.
• Ye Feng killed another White Zetsu while Black Zetsu complained that none of his spies had returned.
• Obito visited Ye Feng and told him Black Zetsu planned to release the Nine-Tails during Kushina's childbirth.
• Ye Feng urged Obito to follow Black Zetsu's plan and promised to keep Kushina alive, easing some of Obito's concerns.

Ye Feng helped Minato Namikaze prepare for the threat against Kushina’s delivery, then accepted a mission to the Land of Demons and secretly awakened the Third Hokage. The Third Hokage recovered just as Ye Feng left Konoha, leaving Tsunade eager to confront him.

• Obito told Ye Feng that Black Zetsu had Inuzuka Clan Fengyu’s body, and Ye Feng promised they would make Black Zetsu pay.
• Ye Feng warned Minato Namikaze that enemies might target Kushina during childbirth, and Minato planned several decoy delivery sites.
• Minato Namikaze assigned Ye Feng to deal with Moryo in the Land of Demons, and Ye Feng worried about leaving Konoha unguarded near Kushina’s due date.
• Ye Feng visited Tsunade at Konoha Hospital and secretly revived the unconscious Third Hokage by touching his forehead.
• The Third Hokage woke up in good health, and Tsunade realized Ye Feng had caused it but learned he had already left on his mission.

Ye Feng visited his ten shadow clones and asked one of them to guard Konoha and stop Black Zetsu from interfering while he traveled to the Land of Demons. Shadow Six agreed after Ye Feng offered a reward, and the chapter ended with the clones accusing Ye Feng of being sneaky when he told Shadow Six to collect payment from Minato.

• Ye Feng arrived at a village on the border of the Land of Grass and the Land of Fire, where his ten shadow clones lived among the villagers.
• Ye Feng asked the clones to watch over Konoha and prevent Black Zetsu from causing trouble while he was away with Obito.
• The clones argued over who would go until Ye Feng offered one million, prompting Shadow Six to volunteer.
• The clones wrestled over Shadow Six's reward, and he agreed to give them thirty percent while keeping the rest.
• Shadow Six asked Ye Feng for payment, but Ye Feng told him to collect it from Minato, and the clones called Ye Feng sneaky.

Ye Feng arrived in the Land of Demons as Miroku prepared to face Moryo’s advancing army with little support. He revealed himself in the great hall, reassured Miroku, and she embraced him in tears.

• Ye Feng reached the Land of Demons and watched as Miroku learned that Moryo’s forces would arrive the next evening.
• Miroku called on the officials to fight beside her, but they remained silent while Huiming pledged his loyalty.
• The guards rallied behind Miroku and vowed to defend the Land of Demons, while she privately wished to see Ye Feng again.
• Ye Feng announced his presence from the roof and Huiming identified him as a Konoha Jonin who had come to help fight Moryo.
• Ye Feng walked up to Miroku, greeted her, and she threw herself into his arms and wept.

Ye Feng learned that Moryo had escaped after someone damaged his seal, then went to the Land of Demons to investigate the Undead Army. He destroyed six percent of its soldiers but failed to draw Moryo out, who was furious yet unable to leave his location.

• Miroku embraced Ye Feng before regaining her composure and explaining that someone had damaged Moryo's seal.
• Miroku offered to sacrifice herself to seal Moryo, but Ye Feng forbade her from leaving and promised to deal with him.
• Ye Feng traveled to the Land of Demons and discovered the Undead Army advancing toward its capital, with each soldier sustained by Moryo's energy and will.
• Ye Feng unleashed an energy wave that destroyed one percent of the Undead Army, then waited but saw no response.
• Ye Feng destroyed another five percent of the soldiers and resolved to wipe them all out if Moryo did not appear, unaware that Moryo was enraged but unable to leave his location.

Moryo grew furious as Ye Feng destroyed the Undead Army, but Black Zetsu delivered a strengthened White Zetsu body that could contain him. Now in his new body and armor, Moryo set out to kill Uchiha Yefeng, while Black Zetsu stayed behind to pursue the Nine-Tails plan.

• Moryo threatened White Zetsu for delaying his new body as Ye Feng continued killing the Undead Army.
• Black Zetsu arrived with a White Zetsu body and claimed it had been specially strengthened to withstand Moryo's power.
• Moryo transferred into the body, discovered it could contain his will, and put his armor back on.
• Moryo left the cave to kill Uchiha Yefeng, while Black Zetsu privately hoped their fight would leave both badly wounded.
• Black Zetsu refused White Zetsu's request to watch the battle and left with him to focus on capturing the Nine-Tails.

Ye Feng defeated vast numbers of Undead Soldiers, then faced Moryo after warning nearby humans to leave. Moryo’s sword trapped Ye Feng in a graveyard illusion, and the chapter ended as Ye Feng recognized the Genjutsu.

• Ye Feng destroyed tens of thousands of Undead Soldiers, while scouts from the Land of Demons watched in shock.
• Ye Feng warned nearby humans to evacuate, and the scouts’ captain ordered his group to withdraw and report what they had seen.
• Ye Feng told the scouts to inform the Miko that Moryo had appeared, then used his Divine Sense to clear the area of nearby humans.
• Moryo arrived in a samurai-like body and attacked Ye Feng with his Samurai Sword, but Ye Feng dodged the first strike.
• Ye Feng activated his Rinnegan as Moryo attacked again, but Moryo’s sword flashed red and transported Ye Feng into an illusion of a skeleton-filled graveyard.

Ye Feng fought Moryo after discovering that Moryo’s Samurai Sword was a spirit artifact, and Moryo unleashed his full power. Ye Feng cut Moryo apart and sealed his legs, but Moryo’s other body parts reassembled.

• Moryo’s Samurai Sword cut into Ye Feng, but Ye Feng struck Moryo with a punch, a kick, and lightning before healing his shoulder with Wood Spirit Talismans.
• Ye Feng realized Moryo’s Samurai Sword was a spirit artifact and summoned his Kusanagi Sword as Moryo unleashed an immense aura.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu discussed using Moryo to eliminate Uchiha Yefeng and throw the Shinobi World into turmoil before Black Zetsu continued toward Konoha.
• Moryo attacked Ye Feng with dragons and a barrage of Samurai Swords, while Ye Feng countered with Five Attributes Dragons and a powerful sword slash.
• Ye Feng appeared behind Moryo, cut him into pieces, and used three Energy Orbs to seal Moryo’s legs before the rest of his body reassembled.

Ye Feng guarded the Sealing Formation while fighting Moryo, but Moryo destroyed it through a feint and a hidden attack. Ye Feng discovered that Void Severance could hurt Moryo by striking energy carrying his will, then faced Moryo’s devastating purple-black sphere.

• Ye Feng and the Five Attributes Dragons overwhelmed Moryo, but Moryo used an ice-dust decoy to sneak underground and attack the Sealing Formation.
• Ye Feng blasted the formation out of the ground to save it, then fought Moryo while a hidden energy dragon destroyed the formation and restored Moryo’s legs.
• Ye Feng attacked the energy dragon with Void Severance and realized that the ability caused Moryo pain by severing something linked to his will.
• After the energy dragon vanished, Ye Feng tried to stop Moryo’s real body and clone from reuniting, but Moryo blocked his Kusanagi Sword and fired a destructive purple-black sphere.
• Ye Feng halted and sent a massive bolt of lightning toward the sphere.

Ye Feng used Void Severance to slaughter Moryo's Undead Soldiers, weakening Moryo until he seemed close to victory. Miroku arrived and was captured by Moryo, who threatened her life to force Ye Feng to cripple his cultivation.

• Ye Feng discovered that Void Severance hurt Moryo when it cut down the Undead Soldiers, then pursued and killed them as Moryo chased him.
• After Ye Feng killed nearly ten thousand Undead Soldiers, Moryo tried to bargain and then demanded that Ye Feng submit to him, but Ye Feng kept attacking the army.
• Miroku arrived with her subordinates and attacked Moryo, mistakenly believing Ye Feng was in danger.
• Moryo emerged from the smoke, seized Miroku, and threatened to kill her unless Ye Feng crippled his cultivation.
• Ye Feng refused to be manipulated and offered to spare Moryo if he released Miroku and stopped harming humans.

Ye Feng used his Rinnegan’s Rewind ability to undo Miroku’s attempt to destroy herself along with Moryo, but the power left him nearly drained. As Moryo advanced, Miroku prepared to sacrifice herself to protect the Land of Demons, and Ye Feng stopped her.

• Miroku detonated the seal within herself and grabbed Moryo, intending to disappear with him.
• Ye Feng appeared beside Miroku, revealed that Moryo had survived, and used Rewind to restore her and undo the seal’s detonation.
• Ye Feng collapsed from the immense cost of Rewind, and Moryo mocked him for having little strength left.
• Miroku stepped between Ye Feng and Moryo and vowed to seal Moryo again, even if it cost her life.
• Miroku’s forehead began to glow as she prepared to use the seal, but Ye Feng covered it with his hand and angrily stopped her.

Ye Feng summoned nine shadow clones to help him fight Moryo while the clones prepared a formation. As Shadow One disrupted Moryo with the Kusanagi Sword and Void Severance, Ye Feng kept him occupied, but Moryo dispersed his remaining dragons before the formation was complete.

• Ye Feng restored Miroku’s seal with his power and insisted that he would protect her and the Land of Demons himself.
• Ye Feng summoned nine shadow clones, who joked about getting paid before charging at Moryo.
• Moryo knocked Shadow One into a mountainside with one slap, then mocked the clones as weak.
• The eight other clones began forming a formation while Ye Feng blocked Moryo and kept him from interrupting them.
• Shadow One borrowed the Kusanagi Sword and used Void Severance to cut Moryo’s dragons, letting Ye Feng knock Moryo to the ground and attack him.
• Moryo dispersed his remaining dragons, and Shadow One raced off, threatening to go after Moryo’s Undead Soldiers.

Ye Feng and his shadow clones suppressed Moryo with the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Formation after Shadow One weakened him by attacking the Undead Soldiers. With Moryo pinned only temporarily, Ye Feng said he had a way to deal with him and rested while Miroku comforted him.

• Moryo ignored Ye Feng's attacks and charged toward a shadow clone, but Ye Feng struck him and Miroku hit him with a beam of white light.
• Moryo attacked Miroku, and Ye Feng shielded her before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Shadow One's continued slaughter of the Undead Soldiers caused Moryo agony, giving Ye Feng a chance to knock him down again.
• Ye Feng's eight shadow clones activated the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Formation and pressed Moryo into the ground, though Shadow Two warned it would only suppress him temporarily.
• Ye Feng said he had a way to deal with Moryo and lay down to recover while Miroku rested his head on her thighs.
• Shadow Ten and Shadow Nine asked to share Miroku's lap, and Ye Feng told the shadow clones to leave and promised they would all get their share.

Ye Feng combined Miroku’s power with his own to attack Moryo, but the resulting explosion allowed Moryo to escape. Miroku tracked the injured Moryo to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and Ye Feng pursued them while struggling to keep up.

• Ye Feng asked Miroku to lend him her power and formed a light-infused ball of Origin Force to weaken Moryo.
• Shadow One took the ball to attack Moryo, but it exploded and devastated the surrounding land, swallowing Shadow One in the blast.
• Ye Feng and Miroku returned to the crater and found no trace of Moryo; Miroku sensed that Moryo was still alive.
• Ye Feng used his Divine Sense to locate Ōtsutsuki Isshiki carrying Moryo away, then pursued them as Miroku tracked Moryo’s changing direction.

Ye Feng found Moryo abandoned by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and sealed him before bringing him back to the others. He used the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Talents Formation to enter Moryo’s consciousness and found a chaotic mass of countless minds, preparing to erase it.

• Miroku told Ye Feng that Moryo had stopped, and Ye Feng found him alone, his energy dissipating as his consciousness lay dormant.
• Miroku sealed Moryo to halt the energy loss, and Ye Feng returned with him to the battle site, where the others—including Shadow One—had survived.
• Ye Feng said he would erase Moryo’s consciousness and store him in the Divine Realm, which he believed could suppress Moryo and keep him away from the Shinobi World.
• Ye Feng and eight shadow clones formed the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Talents Formation, channeling their strength into Ye Feng.
• Ye Feng entered Moryo’s purple-black inner world and discovered a chaotic mass of countless consciousnesses.

Ye Feng and Miroku entered Moryo’s consciousness to destroy the purplish-black smoke, whose countless evil consciousnesses overwhelmed Ye Feng until Miroku wiped them out with Light of Judgment. The smoke escaped, and Ye Feng chased after it while Miroku continued ahead, as an unseen voice mocked Ye Feng for being led in circles.

• Ye Feng fought the black mist with his sword and lightning, but the endless swarms drained him and forced him to retreat.
• Miroku offered to enter Moryo’s consciousness, and Ye Feng brought her into the “Heaven” position to test her power.
• Ye Feng lured the black mist around him, and Miroku destroyed it with Light of Judgment.
• Ye Feng noticed the purplish-black smoke fleeing and chased it with Miroku, but could not catch it while carrying her.
• Ye Feng set Miroku down and told her to keep going while he tried to trap or redirect the smoke.
• After Ye Feng disappeared from Miroku’s sight, a low voice chuckled that it was leading him in circles.

Ye Feng and Miroku trapped Moryo and destroyed his energy body, then returned with the exhausted group to the capital of the Land of Demons. Miroku promised the shadow clones a generous reward, and they led everyone there using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Moryo revealed himself to Miroku and tried to force her to merge with him, but she lured him into a formation with Ye Feng’s Energy Orbs.
• Ye Feng appeared, trapped Moryo inside an energy barrier, and combined his power with Miroku’s to create a ball of light.
• Ye Feng pressed the ball of light against Moryo, whose energy body vanished in the explosion; Ye Feng later placed the energy body he had secured into the Divine Realm.
• Ye Feng and Miroku returned to their bodies, and Miroku suggested that everyone rest in the capital of the Land of Demons.
• After the shadow clones argued with Ye Feng about payment, Miroku promised them a generous reward, and they used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take everyone to the capital.

After Moryo’s defeat, Ye Feng slept in the Land of Demons while Obito and Black and White Zetsu set their plan in motion in Konoha. Kushina Uzumaki was attacked and went into early labor, and Shadow Six arrived as the village prepared for the Nine-Tails’ birth.

• Ye Feng let Shadow One and his team take credit for defeating Moryo, then went to sleep while Miroku stayed with him.
• Obito and Black and White Zetsu arrived near Konoha, and Black and White Zetsu said Kushina Uzumaki would give birth that day while Obito searched for a chance to warn Ye Feng.
• A White Zetsu disguised as Minato Namikaze struck Kushina Uzumaki, but the real Minato arrived and drove the impostor away; Kushina then went into early labor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi put Konoha on war footing, and Minato Namikaze arranged to protect Kushina Uzumaki at the delivery room with Jiraiya and Tsunade.
• Shadow Six killed the White Zetsu impostor outside Konoha, but Black Zetsu learned that Kushina Uzumaki was about to give birth and ordered the plan to continue.

Obito learned that Black Zetsu had forced Kushina into early labor and located her delivery site, where Konoha’s forces were protecting her. As Black Zetsu’s fighters attacked the cave, Obito waited nearby to release the Nine-Tails.

• Black Zetsu revealed that White Zetsu had attacked Kushina to trigger early labor, and Obito volunteered to find the real delivery site.
• Obito entered Konoha and met Shadow Six, who told him Kushina was at the outermost site with Jiraiya and Tsunade and instructed him to release the Nine-Tails.
• Obito returned to Black Zetsu and learned that Black Zetsu would send their remaining fighters to distract Konoha’s defenders.
• Kushina endured labor while Minato stabilized her seal and Biwako Sarutobi assisted with the delivery.
• Enemies attacked Kushina’s cave, prompting Tsunade to join the defense while guarding the entrance.
• Obito watched the battle and realized Black Zetsu had kept the attacking force hidden from him.

Obito abducted Kushina Uzumaki and extracted the Nine-Tails, while Shadow Six rescued her and used Wood Spirit Talismans to treat her. Minato Namikaze arrived and found Kushina alive, but he believed the Nine-Tails’ escape meant she was certain to die.

• Obito took newborn Naruto from Biwako Sarutobi and threatened Minato Namikaze, who rescued Naruto from the explosive-tagged swaddling with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Obito transported Kushina Uzumaki to a mountain forest, revealed his Sharingan, and extracted the Nine-Tails from her.
• Shadow Six rescued Kushina as the Nine-Tails broke free and used Wood Spirit Talismans and wood origin to treat her.
• Minato Namikaze arrived and nearly attacked Shadow Six before Kushina explained that he was helping her.
• Kushina told Minato Namikaze that she felt well, but Minato believed she was doomed and wept.