Chapter Summaries

After Obito summoned the Nine-Tails into Konoha, Shadow Six worked to keep Kushina alive while Minato returned to the village to confront the beast. Konoha’s clans rallied against the Nine-Tails, and the Uchiha led the first coordinated attack.

• Black and White Zetsu told Obito to summon the Nine-Tails to Konoha, and Obito vanished using a distortion of space.
• Shadow Six stabilized Kushina while Minato drew the Nine-Tails away with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The Nine-Tails appeared at the edge of Konoha, and Minato returned to the village after entrusting Kushina to Shadow Six.
• Tsunade found Biwako Sarutobi unconscious at the birthing site and urged Jiraiya to return to Konoha with her.
• Uchiha Fugaku led more than a dozen Uchiha Jonin in a Great Dragon Fire Technique that knocked the Nine-Tails off balance.
• The other clans joined in with large-scale Ninjutsu, temporarily preventing the Nine-Tails from getting back up.

The Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, and Minato Namikaze returned in time to divert its Tailed Beast Bomb before the Mask Man ambushed him. As Konoha struggled to hold the beast back, Uchiha Fugaku manifested Susanoo and struck at the Nine-Tails.

• The Nine-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma to try to stop it.
• The Nine-Tails knocked Hiruzen aside and fired its bomb at Konoha, but Minato Namikaze returned and transported it elsewhere, limiting the damage.
• The Mask Man ambushed Minato and nearly pulled him into a spatial distortion, but Minato vanished before the attack could finish.
• With Minato gone and Hiruzen gravely wounded, Orochimaru prepared to intervene as the Nine-Tails continued its rampage.
• Uchiha Fugaku manifested an orange-red Susanoo and swung its sword at the Nine-Tails, which reached out to catch the blade.

Uchiha Fugaku prepared to take the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb head-on to protect Konoha, but Shadow Six intervened and restrained the beast with Wood Release. A mysterious figure then struck the Nine-Tails with a Sword Light that cut its Tailed Beast Bomb in half.

• Susanoo knocked the Nine-Tails beyond Konoha’s boundaries, but Uchiha Fugaku realized he was too drained and immobile to pursue it.
• As the Nine-Tails charged another Tailed Beast Bomb, Uchiha Fugaku resolved to shield Konoha, and he declared that the village belonged to everyone.
• Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Shinichi ran to join Fugaku, but Shadow Six knocked them down, revealed his face as Ye Feng, and ordered them to stay back.
• Shadow Six used Wood Release to bind the Nine-Tails just as its Tailed Beast Bomb was ready to fire.
• A figure appeared above the restrained Nine-Tails and cut its Tailed Beast Bomb in half with a Sword Light.

Shadow Six defeated the Nine-Tails and persuaded Kushina to seal it inside Little Naruto by arguing that Naruto would need strength to protect his future. After Kushina agreed and prepared the altar, Shadow Six released the Nine-Tails nearby, drawing the Third Hokage and Konoha shinobi toward them.

• Shadow Six's sword light struck the Nine-Tails, and its agonized screams stopped as dust hid what had happened.
• Orochimaru recognized that the Ghost-Faced Mask Man's attack used Ye Feng's true qi and left, concluding that the masked man was closely connected to Ye Feng.
• Shadow Six showed Kushina the Nine-Tails sealed in a sphere and urged her to seal it inside Little Naruto, but she initially refused.
• Shadow Six persuaded Kushina by arguing that Naruto needed strength to control his own fate, and she agreed to let the Nine-Tails be sealed inside him.
• Shadow Six restored Kushina's strength, and she placed Little Naruto on an altar and asked him to release the Nine-Tails.
• Shadow Six shattered the sphere and released the Nine-Tails, prompting the Third Hokage to lead Konoha shinobi toward its roar.

Shadow Six helped Kushina seal half of the Nine-Tails into Naruto, then left before the other Konoha ninja arrived. Black Zetsu questioned who had ruined his plans as an injured Obito appeared beside him and White Zetsu.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya arrived and mistook Shadow Six for Kushina's captor, but Kushina explained that he was helping her seal the Nine-Tails.
• Shadow Six silenced the Nine-Tails, and Kushina used her Adamantine Chains to seal half of it inside Naruto.
• Kushina asked why Naruto received so little of the Nine-Tails' chakra, and Shadow Six said the other half would be left for Ye Feng.
• Minato arrived, promised Shadow Six his payment, and addressed him as senior before Shadow Six vanished as more ninja approached.
• Black Zetsu lamented that Shadow Six had ruined his plans, while White Zetsu helped the badly injured Obito recover.

After sleeping through the Night of the Nine-Tails, Ye Feng returned to Konoha and learned that the village had survived with no civilian deaths. He confirmed Minato Namikaze and Kushina were safe and recognized that his actions had changed the future.

• Obito told Black Zetsu that Minato Namikaze had overwhelmed him, and Black Zetsu decided to rethink his plans after the Ghost-Faced Mask Man saved Kushina.
• The Third Hokage heard Minato Namikaze’s account and advised him to reward the Ghost-Faced Mask Man and build a relationship with him.
• Ye Feng woke in the Land of Demons, learned from Shadow Six that the Night of the Nine-Tails had ended, and hurried back to Konoha.
• Ye Feng told Miroku he had to leave, then arrived in Konoha and learned from the Third Hokage that the village had evacuated civilians and suffered no deaths.
• Ye Feng saw that Minato Namikaze and Kushina were safe with their newborn Naruto, then returned home and spent the day with Tian Nai and the other woman.

Ye Feng saw the Uchiha Clan growing closer to Konoha’s villagers and visited Kushina, who told him Shadow Six had taken half of the Nine-Tails for him. After learning that his clones were fighting over a large mission payment, Ye Feng split Shadow Six’s spoils among them and then proposed dividing everyone else’s.

• Ye Feng noticed villagers thanking Uchiha clan members, encouraged by Uchiha Fugaku’s actions the previous night, and considered advancing his plan to modernize Konoha.
• Ye Feng visited Kushina and Little Naruto, then learned Shadow Six had taken half of the Nine-Tails and intended to give it to him.
• Black Zetsu, having learned Ye Feng was alive, worried that capturing the Nine-Tails would be harder and decided to teach Obito Yin-Yang Release ninjutsu.
• Ye Feng reached the shadow clones’ village and stopped the ten clones from brawling over Shadow Six’s mission payment.
• Ye Feng divided Shadow Six’s cash and supplies among the clones, then announced that it was time to divide their own spoils.

Ye Feng learned that the shadow clones had received nearly thirty million from the Land of Demons, then agreed to use the Ten-Tails’ energy as a possible path to the Nascent Soul Realm. Back in Konoha, he and Minato Namikaze began designing broad reforms, with the Third Hokage offering his support.

• The shadow clones split the nearly thirty million they had received from the Land of Demons, and Shadow Six took about three million as his share.
• Shadow Six suggested that Ye Feng absorb the Ten-Tails’ energy to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm, and Ye Feng accepted the plan while deciding to keep the reviving Three-Tails under his control.
• Ye Feng returned to Konoha and found the Third Hokage in the Hokage Office with Minato Namikaze, who said the Third Hokage supported reform.
• Ye Feng and Minato Namikaze planned four branches for Konoha’s ninja, new education options, and promotion paths for ordinary people.
• Ye Feng and Minato Namikaze called in Shikaku Nara, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, and the group finalized the reforms late into the night.

After Konoha announced reforms that opened its departments to ninja, Uchiha Fugaku backed the changes and urged the Uchiha to leave the Military Police Force and join other departments. Hundreds of Uchiha then flooded the registration area, eager to enlist.

• Konoha officially announced the Hokage's reforms, but few ninja came to register before noon.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the gathered clan members that the reforms offered the Uchiha a chance to expand their influence, and he declared his support for them.
• Uchiha Fugaku urged clan members to choose departments freely and work to make the Uchiha admired across Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the elders left the meeting hall, and the clan members decided to head to the Hokage Office Building to register.
• Hundreds of Uchiha arrived at the registration tables, asked to join departments, and lined up as the registration ninja eagerly helped them.

Konoha's clans and ninja registered for the Hokage's reforms, while the Land of Fire's envoy arrived to challenge the policy. Shikaku Nara confronted the envoy and his samurai at the gate, and the envoy entered Konoha after backing down.

• The Sarutobi, Mitokado, Mito, and Hyuga clans joined the Uchiha in supporting the reforms, prompting the remaining clans to register as well.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Ye Feng accepted nominal or specialized roles in Konoha's institutions and Anbu.
• Ten days later, the Land of Fire's envoy arrived to demand an explanation, and Shikaku Nara received him in place of the Fifth Hokage.
• The envoy accused Konoha of seeking secession, and Shikaku Nara threatened to arrest him for sowing discord.
• The envoy's samurai surrounded Shikaku Nara, but twenty Konoha ninja appeared and surrounded them in turn.
• The envoy withdrew his samurai, rejected Shikaku Nara's offer to arrange a meeting, and entered Konoha after being warned to obey its rules.

Ye Feng told Minato Namikaze to make Konoha self-sufficient and went to the Land of Fire Capital to confront the Daimyō. After seeing the city’s abuses, he checked into an inn, where he paid two women to guard his door.

• Minato Namikaze questioned Ye Feng’s treatment of the Land of Fire’s envoy, and Ye Feng told him to focus on developing Konoha and breaking free of the Land of Fire’s control.
• The envoy checked into a hotel, reported Konoha’s defiance to the Capital, and vowed to repay the humiliation once the Daimyō acted against Konoha.
• Ye Feng overheard the envoy’s plans and traveled to the Land of Fire Capital, where his divine sense revealed widespread exploitation and abuse.
• Ye Feng shut off his divine sense and went to a Hot Spring Inn before his planned meeting with the Daimyō.
• Two women offered Ye Feng their services, but he shut the door and told them to guard it; after one woman explained they feared losing their job, Ye Feng offered them 10,000 ryō.

Ye Feng let Wada Mitsuko and another woman into his room despite knowing they were part of a honey trap, then faced the nine men who came to rob him. After their search found no money, the men tried to carry him away, but discovered he was too heavy to move easily.

• Ye Feng sensed that Wada Mitsuko was frightened and let her and the other woman into his room, where he revealed that he knew their accomplices were waiting nearby.
• Wada Mitsuko warned Ye Feng that the men had Jonin-level subordinates, but he said he would handle the situation and asked her name.
• The scar-faced bald leader and eight other men burst into the room, demanded Ye Feng's money, and searched him and the room without finding anything.
• The leader ordered his men to take Ye Feng away, but the first two could not lift him and fell; four others then managed to raise him only with great effort.

Ye Feng killed the men running a brutal criminal compound, freed its victims, and spared a well-dressed man so he could draw out the people behind it. He waited for the mastermind, Lord Yoshino, whose party arrived and threatened him.

• Ye Feng deliberately grew heavier as the lackeys carried him, exhausting them before they reached their base.
• After the mustached man approved of torturing Ye Feng for money, Ye Feng killed him with a sudden strike.
• Ye Feng saw the abuse and killings in the compound, unleashed his murderous aura, and killed the evildoers with earthen spikes while sparing a well-dressed man to lead him to their leader.
• Ye Feng told the victims to leave the Land of Fire Capital or seek refuge near Konoha, helped those who could not walk, and watched Wada Mitsuko and the other woman leave that night.
• After waiting an hour, Ye Feng saw a party arrive carrying the exceptionally fat Lord Yoshino in a sedan chair, and a steward demanded that Ye Feng surrender.

Ye Feng confronted Lord Yoshino and his entourage, uncovering the Konoha ninja’s complicity in Yoshino’s abuses. He ordered Konoha’s protectors to leave the Land of Fire and then killed Yoshino and the remaining guilty men.

• Ye Feng unleashed his aura, crushing the weaker subordinates and terrifying the rest as he singled out the obese man.
• Lord Yoshino offered Ye Feng money and a high-ranking position, revealing that he was the Daimyō’s younger brother.
• A Konoha ninja threatened Ye Feng with retaliation, but Ye Feng revealed his Konoha forehead protector and questioned the ninja about his role in Yoshino’s crimes.
• The Konoha ninja confessed that he had accepted bribes, captured Yoshino’s enemies, and helped Yoshino obtain women; Ye Feng ordered him to return to Konoha with the other protectors.
• Ye Feng asked the Konoha ninja to identify anyone uninvolved, but the ninja shook his head, and Ye Feng cut down the remaining people, including Lord Yoshino.

Ye Feng confronted the Daimyō about leaving Konoha’s development free from interference, then demonstrated the overwhelming power of his Wood Puppet. The Daimyō fell silent at the threat to the capital, while Ye Feng assured him Konoha would still defend the Land of Fire from foreign enemies.

• Ye Feng entered the Daimyō’s residence, put the guards to sleep, and introduced himself as Konoha’s envoy, Uchiha Yefeng.
• Ye Feng told the Daimyō that Konoha wanted to develop without interference but would protect the Land of Fire from ninja-related war.
• The Daimyō boasted of the Land of Fire’s armies, so Ye Feng carried him to a remote forest to demonstrate Konoha’s strength.
• Ye Feng summoned a massive Wood Puppet that devastated the forest and carved a huge crater and trench with its axes.
• Ye Feng asked what would happen if the Wood Puppet struck the capital, and the frightened Daimyō fell silent.
• Ye Feng reassured the Daimyō that Konoha wanted no authority over the Land of Fire and would defend it against foreign enemies.

Ye Feng secured the Daimyō’s agreement not to interfere with Konoha’s reforms, though the Land of Fire ended its financial support, and urged him to improve conditions for commoners. The Daimyō ordered his envoy back to the capital to support a crackdown on crime, prompting the envoy to flee Konoha before his ties to dark forces were exposed.

• The Daimyō agreed to stop interfering with Konoha’s reforms but withdrew the Land of Fire’s financial support.
• Ye Feng criticized the squalid conditions in the Land of Fire and urged the Daimyō to improve them, then teleported him back to his room and returned to Konoha.
• Ye Feng informed Minato Namikaze that the dispute had been settled, while the Land of Fire’s envoy waited several days without meeting the Hokage.
• The envoy learned that the Daimyō had ordered his party to return to the capital and was using Lord Yoshino’s apparent murder to justify a crackdown on crime and dark forces.
• The envoy hurried out of Konoha with his party so he could cut ties with the dark forces that had benefited him.

Ye Feng visited the village of refugees he had rescued from Black Wind Stockade to investigate whether their gratitude could explain his sudden increase in comprehension. He offered the villagers the chance to move to Konoha, and they eagerly accepted as they thanked him.

• Ye Feng learned that the villagers he had rescued provided free meals and lodging to Konoha ninja out of gratitude for their rescue and protection.
• Ye Feng met the village chief and proposed that the villagers move to Konoha as part of the village’s reforms.
• The village chief gathered the villagers, and Ye Feng explained his offer to them.
• The villagers enthusiastically welcomed the chance to move to Konoha, and some knelt to thank Ye Feng.

Ye Feng discovered that the villagers’ faith accelerated his understanding of Origin Force, so he decided to establish a religious organization around himself. After founding the “God” organization and owing his shadow clones ten million, he made Spirit Talismans to sell to Minato Namikaze and arrived at the Hokage Office.

• The villagers’ gratitude and faith boosted Ye Feng’s understanding of Origin Force, leading him to consider gathering followers to speed his progress.
• Ye Feng proposed creating the “God” organization, and his shadow clones agreed to help only after he wrote them a ten-million IOU.
• Ye Feng named himself the Sacred God, designated ten shadow clones as Divine Envoys, and established the Village of the Gods with a masked statue.
• Ye Feng used his remaining Gamabunta blood to make thirty basic and six Intermediate Spirit Talismans, keeping four Intermediate Talismans for Tian Nai and another woman.
• Ye Feng went to the Hokage Office to sell the remaining talismans, where he found Minato Namikaze buried in towering stacks of paperwork.

Ye Feng advised Minato Namikaze to delegate Hokage duties, then offered Konoha a collection of powerful Spirit Talismans. Minato bought them for the village and suggested tricking Gamabunta into supplying more, but Ye Feng warned that doing so could ruin Konoha’s reputation.

• Yoshino Nara delivered documents to Minato Namikaze, and Ye Feng mistakenly assumed she was someone Minato favored.
• Ye Feng urged Minato Namikaze to delegate routine decisions and consult the Third Hokage about the drawbacks of centralized authority.
• Ye Feng showed Minato Namikaze more than fifty types of Spirit Talismans, including the powerful Flame Dragon Spear and Shield of Life Intermediate Spirit Talismans.
• Minato Namikaze bought the talismans for Konoha, offering ten million up front and promising to pay the rest later.
• Minato Namikaze proposed tricking Gamabunta again to obtain more blood, but Ye Feng refused because the deception could damage Konoha’s reputation.

Ye Feng used the Sacred God’s growing reputation to turn an approaching army into followers, while the Village of the Gods drew attention from the Five Great Nations and Akatsuki. As Akatsuki began preparing to strengthen itself against the God organization, Ye Feng’s cultivation continued to advance rapidly.

• Ye Feng purified and healed fifty thousand soldiers who had approached the Village of the Gods, leading nearly ten thousand to stay and follow the Sacred God while the rest spread his fame.
• The Five Great Nations sent envoys to investigate the Village of the Gods, but a Divine Envoy defeated a Kumogakure Jonin with a glance and explained that the Divine Envoys could only use the Sacred God’s power in self-defense.
• Black and White Zetsu and Obito failed to infiltrate the God organization, and Black Zetsu stopped Nagato from visiting the Village of the Gods himself.
• Black Zetsu taught Obito Yin-Yang Release techniques and encouraged Nagato to recruit missing-nin and strengthen his team, while revealing some of the Rinnegan’s abilities.
• Ye Feng’s understanding of the Five Elements Origin advanced quickly, with wood and water nearing major attainment and metal reaching minor attainment.