Recaps

After graduating from the Hidden Cloud Village Ninja Academy, Yeyue Ziyun received the Rumble-Rumble Fruit from his system and considered how it could protect him as war approached. He left the laboratory ready to eat the fruit and strengthen himself for the coming conflict.

• Yeyue Ziyun graduated, accepted his genin forehead protector, and returned to his laboratory instead of greeting the Third Raikage.
• The Third Raikage praised Ziyun’s talent and told Dodai to leave him undisturbed while increasing security around the laboratory.
• Ziyun recalled how the Third Raikage had supported his research and how Hidden Cloud Village had begun training its ninja in his adapted techniques.
• Ziyun took the Rumble-Rumble Fruit from his system space after receiving it as a graduation reward.
• The system explained that Ziyun could give the fruit to another person, but he would avoid its usual drawbacks if he ate it himself.
• Ziyun decided to eat the fruit so its Logia powers could help him survive as the Second Shinobi World War drew nearer.

After eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Ziyun tested its lightning powers and struggled to control a powerful attack that caused an explosion at his laboratory. Reports of the blast reached Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed the incident with Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado.

• Ziyun ate the entire Rumble-Rumble Fruit before the system told him that one bite would have been enough.
• Ziyun tested the fruit's power, trained with Shadow Clones, raised his proficiency to 30%, and unleashed 2 Million Volts: Hino.
• Ziyun lost control of the lightning, injuring Anbu who entered the laboratory and triggering a massive lightning strike and explosion.
• Konoha ninja on a mission in the Land of Frost saw the lightning strike near the Hidden Cloud Village and decided to report it to Lord Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read intelligence about Ziyun's explosion and looked up at Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado.

Konoha’s leaders decided to send Orochimaru after Yeyue Ziyun, a Hidden Cloud Village prodigy who had developed a powerful new ninjutsu. After revealing his lightning-based powers to the Third Raikage and his companions, Ziyun asked to test his elementalization against Yotsuki A.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders discussed Ziyun’s new S-rank ninjutsu, and Danzo Shimura urged them to kill him before he grew stronger.
• Danzo summoned Orochimaru, who accepted the mission and expressed interest in meeting the Hidden Cloud Village genius.
• Three days after Ziyun’s experiment injured an Anbu ninja, he visited the patient with the Third Raikage, Dodai, and Yotsuki A.
• Ziyun explained that his unfinished Lightning Release: Thunder God could wield lightning and might eventually destroy a ninja village in one strike.
• The Third Raikage assigned Dodai to instruct Ziyun and placed him on a team with Yotsuki A and the others.
• When the Third Raikage’s hand passed through Ziyun’s lightning-like body, Ziyun claimed he could turn into an element and asked to test his immunity by fighting Yotsuki A.

Ziyun challenged Yotsuki A to test whether his elemental body could withstand Ninjutsu and to complete a system mission. After proving immune to A’s attacks, he defeated him with a humiliating technique and escaped, leaving the Third Raikage and Dodai stunned by his power.

• Ziyun persuaded the Third Raikage to let him duel Yotsuki A, hoping to earn Observation Haki and test his immunity to Ninjutsu.
• Dodai started the match, and A’s Iron Claw punch passed through Ziyun’s body.
• A’s Earth Release and Lightning Release techniques also failed to affect Ziyun, confirming that his elemental form worked in this world.
• Ziyun moved behind A at lightning speed and used Thousand Years of Death, badly hurting him before fleeing to the laboratory.
• The system awarded Ziyun Observation Haki and 1,000 points, while the Third Raikage and Dodai concluded that his abilities made him a formidable opponent.

Ziyun trained his Observation Haki, explored the system’s point shop, and took on a mission to defeat an elite Jonin. He was ambushed by Orochimaru, who demanded the hand-sign-free Ninjutsu Ziyun had developed, and the chapter ended with Ziyun asking whether Orochimaru was already an elite Jonin.

• Ziyun trained his basic Observation Haki and used it to sense creatures around his laboratory.
• Ziyun discovered the system’s point shop and learned that he needed 30,000 points to buy an Uzumaki Clan Physique and 300,000 for a Perfect Sage Body.
• Ziyun spent his 1,000 points to refresh missions and received an A-rank mission to defeat an elite Jonin for 30,000 points and other rewards.
• Orochimaru infiltrated Ziyun’s laboratory, held a Kunai to his neck, and demanded the Ninjutsu Ziyun had developed.
• Ziyun asked Orochimaru whether he had reached elite Jonin level, leaving Orochimaru caught off guard.

Ziyun fought Orochimaru when the Konoha ninja infiltrated the laboratory to capture or kill him. Orochimaru escaped after Ziyun struck him with Divine Judgment, and the Third Raikage learned the intruder’s identity.

• Orochimaru attacked Ziyun, but Ziyun’s lightning transformation let him evade Kunai and shuriken before he countered with the 10 Million Volt Thunderbird.
• Orochimaru tried to finish the fight quickly as Kumogakure Anbu rushed to the laboratory, while Ziyun chose to face him alone.
• Ziyun unleashed El Thor and used Observation Haki to track Orochimaru’s escape attempt, striking him with Divine Judgment.
• Orochimaru escaped with his Chakra greatly diminished, and Ziyun told the arriving Anbu and Third Raikage that the intruder was gone.
• The Third Raikage demoted the Anbu Captain for failing to detect the intruder, but Ziyun defended him and identified Orochimaru as the attacker.

After Orochimaru’s failed assassination attempt revealed that Ziyun’s strange technique could defeat him, Konoha feared Ziyun’s growing strength and proposed an alliance designed to test him. The Third Raikage recognized the trap, but Ziyun arrived and urged him to accept after receiving a system mission to form the alliance and compete in the trial tournament.

• Ziyun confirmed to the Third Raikage that he had fought Orochimaru, prompting the Raikage to order constant protection for him.
• Danzo told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Ziyun had seriously injured Orochimaru, and the two discussed gathering more intelligence and finding a way to kill him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent an envoy to offer Kumogakure an alliance, supplies, and money in exchange for demonstrating its strength, with the proposal aimed at Ziyun.
• The Third Raikage raged over Konoha’s offer, while Dodai advised him that Kumogakure could refuse it.
• Ziyun arrived at the Raikage’s office and recommended accepting the offer, after his system assigned him a mission to form an alliance with Konoha and enter the trial tournament.

Ziyun persuaded the Third Raikage to accept an alliance with Konoha by promising to improve Kumogakure’s ninjutsu, and the Raikage agreed to accompany him to protect him. As the three set out for Konoha, Ziyun received his mission rewards, including the Uzumaki Sage Body and Nine-Tailed Fox Form, while Danzo plotted to have an Uchiha kill him.

• Ziyun argued that he needed Konoha’s supplies to refine Tekkai, Shigan, and Shave, and the Third Raikage agreed to ally with Konoha and travel with him.
• Dodai carried the Raikage’s terms to Konoha’s envoy, and the envoy reported the agreement to Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers.
• Shimura Danzō volunteered to arrange Ziyun’s death and planned to frame an Uchiha so Konoha could weaken both Kumogakure and the Uchiha Clan.
• The Third Raikage, Dodai, and Ziyun left Kumogakure for Konoha, and Ziyun’s completed mission granted him 30,000 points, the Uzumaki Sage Body, the Nine-Tailed Fox Form, two Fire Style techniques, and a physique increase.
• The Third Raikage warned Ziyun to be careful in Konoha and advised him to remain in his room.

Yeyue Ziyun arrived in Konoha with the Third Raikage and Dodai, where he unsettled Hatake Sakumo and Hiruzen Sarutobi by revealing the secret of Sakumo’s Anbu position. While exploring the village under surveillance, Ziyun and Dodai encountered the young Uchiha Mikoto.

• The Third Raikage, Yeyue Ziyun, and Dodai reached Konoha and were received by Hatake Sakumo.
• Ziyun identified Sakumo as the Anbu Captain, prompting Sakumo and the Third Raikage to react with surprise and making Hiruzen suspect Kumo had a spy in Konoha.
• The Third Raikage left to negotiate with Hiruzen and instructed Dodai to protect Ziyun.
• Ziyun persuaded Dodai to explore Konoha, where they observed its prosperous streets and Dodai worried about the conditions Kumogakure’s children lacked.
• Ziyun spotted Uchiha Mikoto on a street corner, and she smiled at him while feeling uneasy.

Uchiha Mikoto attacked Yeyue Ziyun with a genjutsu, but he broke free and captured her, then accused the Uchiha Clan before the Third Hokage. The Third Raikage erupted in anger at Hiruzen Sarutobi, leaving Konoha’s High Command facing a crisis.

• Uchiha Mikoto trapped Ziyun and Dodai in Genjutsu: Binding, but Ziyun used Elemental Transformation to break the illusion and wake Dodai.
• Ziyun grabbed Mikoto after she tried to flee and rejected her claim that she had only been testing a newly developed genjutsu.
• Uchiha Clan members confronted Ziyun, but he insisted that the Third Hokage judge the attack and dragged Mikoto toward the Hokage’s office.
• Ziyun reached the office ahead of the Uchiha members and told the Third Raikage that Konoha’s Uchiha Clan had attacked him without cause.
• The Third Raikage released a surge of chakra and glared at Hiruzen Sarutobi, stunning the Konoha High Command.

After the Uchiha Clan’s attempt to probe Ziyun nearly sparked a clash between Konoha and Kumogakure, the Third Raikage demanded that Ziyun decide what should be done. Ziyun proposed testing a powerful new Ninjutsu on Uchiha Mikoto and warned that it could kill her.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Uchiha Mikoto about attacking Yeyue Ziyun, and the Uchiha Clan Head claimed she had only been testing her Genjutsu.
• The Third Raikage activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while the Uchiha Clan Head revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and prepared to confront him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Uchiha Clan Head to stand down, and he withdrew his Sharingan despite resenting the Hokage’s public rebuke.
• The Third Raikage demanded an explanation for the attack and let Ziyun decide what compensation he wanted.
• Ziyun proposed testing his new Ninjutsu on Uchiha Mikoto, then warned that it was powerful enough to kill her.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Uchiha Clan Head each tried to shift responsibility for Uchiha Mikoto’s fate onto the other, until Mikoto agreed to face Yeyue Ziyun’s condition herself. The next day, Mikoto arrived at the training ground with a young girl beside her.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi deferred the decision about Mikoto to the Uchiha Clan Head, who sent it back to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Mikoto volunteered to accept Ziyun’s condition, and the Uchiha Clan Head left with the other Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Ziyun to be careful with Mikoto and reassured her that she would be safe.
• On the way back to the guesthouse, Ziyun told Mikoto to meet him at the training ground at three the next afternoon, while the Third Raikage suspected a trap.
• Mikoto refused to return to the village, then left to seek out her only friend in Konoha.
• The next day, Mikoto came to the training ground with a cute little girl who looked about six.

Ziyun tested whether Mikoto’s Sharingan could track his speed while Kushina stayed by her side. After learning that the Sharingan could not keep up, Ziyun asked Mikoto to guide him around Konoha for the two days before his trial.

• Kushina confronted Ziyun for frightening Mikoto, then relaxed when Mikoto laughed and Ziyun assured her he would go easy on her.
• Ziyun told Mikoto to activate her Sharingan so he could test whether it could follow his speed, while an Anbu watcher reported his explanation to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen worried that Mikoto might survive and leave him without a pretext to target Ziyun, but Danzo told him to make sure Mikoto died and blame Ziyun regardless.
• At the training ground, Mikoto and Kushina watched Ziyun move too quickly for the Sharingan or the observing Anbu to follow.
• Ziyun confirmed that the Sharingan could not keep up, then asked Mikoto to show him around Konoha until his trial.

Ziyun spent two days with Mikoto and Kushina in Konoha, growing closer to Mikoto and teaching her Fire Release. After giving Mikoto a parting kiss before the trial tournament, he noticed a hidden presence following the girls and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi was making his move.

• Ziyun let Kushina join him and Mikoto on their outing after she agreed to call him Brother Ziyun.
• Ziyun learned that Kushina's parents were gone and that her clan remained in the Land of Whirlpools, then took the girls to a barbecue restaurant.
• Mikoto realized she was beginning to like Ziyun, and Kushina teased her about blushing.
• Ziyun spent the next day teaching Mikoto Fire Release Ninjutsu and said he would probably leave after the following day's trial tournament.
• Ziyun kissed Mikoto's forehead as a memento, then noticed a hidden presence disappear and follow Mikoto and Kushina, suspecting Hiruzen Sarutobi was acting.

Ziyun thwarted an Anbu assassination attempt on Mikoto and revealed that Konoha’s leaders planned to frame him for her death. Mikoto agreed to leave for Kumogakure with him, while Ziyun set up a false report of her death and warned Kushina about her future as a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the Uzumaki Clan’s coming destruction.

• Ziyun disguised himself as an Anbu called Fox and joined the assassin sent to kill Mikoto and Kushina.
• Ziyun deliberately alerted Mikoto, then killed the other Anbu as he attacked her.
• Ziyun revealed his identity and told Mikoto that Konoha’s High Command intended to blame him for her murder; Mikoto believed him, but Kushina doubted his account.
• Mikoto agreed to go with Ziyun to Kumogakure, and Kushina accepted Ziyun’s bet that Hiruzen Sarutobi would exploit Mikoto’s supposed death.
• Ziyun disposed of the assassin, created a clone disguised as a dead Mikoto, and left to report her apparent death to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Before leaving, Ziyun told Kushina she had been chosen as the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and warned that the Uzumaki Clan would soon be destroyed.

Disguised as an Anbu operative, Ziyun convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Mikoto was dead, then entered Konoha’s trial tournament to expose the village’s tactics. He defeated Jiraiya with his elemental body and a brutal attack, leaving the crowd horrified.

• Ziyun reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Mikoto was dead and Kushina Uzumaki had not been disturbed, while Hiruzen secretly planned to kill him a year later.
• Ziyun sensed Mikoto and Kushina among the disguised spectators at the tournament, where Konoha fielded Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, and Senju Kazami against Kumogakure’s lone representative, Yeyue Ziyun.
• Jiraiya attacked Ziyun with Fire Style and other Ninjutsu, but Ziyun let the attacks pass through his elemental body and countered with lightning.
• Ziyun told Jiraiya that Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent him to die, then flashed behind him and struck him with Thousand Years of Death.
• Jiraiya screamed and shot into the air as blood fell over the stadium, alarming the spectators.

Yeyue Ziyun defeated Jiraiya with a humiliating strike, leaving Konoha shaken and Hiruzen Sarutobi wary. Uchiha Fugaku then challenged Ziyun, whose lightning transformation let him evade Fugaku’s kunai as the fight continued.

• Yeyue Ziyun struck Jiraiya with his Thousand Years of Death, and Jiraiya collapsed unconscious and bleeding.
• The Konoha referee declared Yeyue Ziyun the winner, while the Third Raikage celebrated and Hiruzen Sarutobi concealed his anger.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Uchiha Fugaku to test Ziyun’s weakness with the Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku threw kunai from multiple angles, but they passed through Ziyun’s lightning-transformed body and hit the ground.
• Yeyue Ziyun mocked Fugaku and flashed through the arena, vowing to shatter the Uchiha’s pride.

Yeyue Ziyun overwhelmed Uchiha Fugaku with his speed and Lightning Transformation, but Hatake Sakumo stopped him before he could land a humiliating attack, and Fugaku conceded. As the Third Hokage worried about how to defeat Ziyun, Senju Kazami entered the arena to face him.

• Yeyue Ziyun moved too quickly for Uchiha Fugaku to follow and struck him, but Fugaku escaped with a Substitution Technique.
• Fugaku caught Ziyun in a Sharingan Genjutsu, but Ziyun broke it with Elemental Transformation and evaded Fugaku's Kunai.
• Hatake Sakumo blocked Ziyun's Thousand Years of Death and ended the duel, prompting Fugaku to admit defeat.
• The Third Raikage celebrated Ziyun's victory while Hiruzen Sarutobi hoped Senju Kazami's Sealing Jutsu could counter him.
• Tsunade encouraged Senju Kazami, who entered the arena to fight Yeyue Ziyun.

Ziyun waited for Hiruzen Sarutobi to spring an ambush while Senju Kazami tested his lightning transformation with a Sealing Jutsu. Hatake Sakumo then accused Ziyun of killing Uchiha Mikoto, and Kushina realized that Ziyun’s warning about the Hokage’s actions was true.

• Senju Kazami attacked Ziyun with a Sealing Jutsu, but Ziyun dodged by transforming into lightning, revealing the technique’s potential threat to him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Hatake Sakumo to gather Sealing Squads and Barrier Team members for an ambush around the stadium.
• Ziyun continued dodging Senju Kazami while waiting for Hiruzen’s forces to take action.
• Hatake Sakumo stopped the duel and accused Ziyun of killing Uchiha Mikoto with Lightning Release, turning the Konoha spectators against him.
• The Third Raikage and Dodai stepped in beside Ziyun as Kushina recognized the scene from Ziyun’s warning and concluded that Hiruzen had sent the assassins the previous night.

Ziyun exposed the supposed evidence against him as one of his clones, while Hatake Sakumo and Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to accuse him and ordered an attack. Mikoto appeared alive, described the Anbu assassination attempt, and challenged Hatake Sakumo to deny her identity despite her Sharingan.

• Hatake Sakumo presented a coffin supposedly containing Uchiha Mikoto’s body, but it held one of Yeyue Ziyun’s clones instead.
• Hatake Sakumo blamed Ziyun for tampering with the body, and Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected a Konoha traitor had leaked the plan.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered the Sealing Squad and Barrier Team to surround Ziyun, Dodai, and the Third Raikage with the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• The Third Raikage confronted Hatake Sakumo for attacking Ziyun without evidence, while Hatake Sakumo accused Kumogakure of hiding Mikoto’s body.
• Ziyun called Mikoto forward, and she appeared alive with Kushina, recounted the Anbu’s attempt to assassinate her, and revealed her Sharingan to challenge Hatake Sakumo’s claim that she was an impostor.

Mikoto awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan, but Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an attack on her and Ziyun despite the Third Raikage’s protests. Ziyun escorted Mikoto and the others to the Land of Lightning, then turned back to rescue the Third Raikage.

• Mikoto’s Sharingan evolved into the three-tomoe form, confirming to the Konoha villagers that she was alive and prompting the Uchiha Clan Head to recognize her talent.
• The Third Raikage demanded an explanation from Hiruzen Sarutobi, who blamed a traitor in Konoha; Danzo then called Mikoto and Ziyun conspirators and urged their deaths.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Sealing Squad and Barrier Team to attack, so the Third Raikage broke through the Four Violet Flames Formation and held off Konoha’s forces while Dodai led Ziyun and the others away.
• Ziyun fought off Konoha pursuers as he escorted Dodai, Mikoto, and Kushina to the Land of Lightning, then left them with Dodai and returned toward Konoha after receiving an S-rank mission to rescue the Third Raikage.

Yeyue Ziyun returned to Konoha and rescued the exhausted Third Raikage while fighting off Konoha's forces. He left behind a massive Raigo thundercloud, forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi to organize a desperate defense as Ziyun and the Third Raikage escaped.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō discussed killing the Third Raikage and attacking Kumogakure after his death.
• Yeyue Ziyun infiltrated Konoha, attacked Hiruzen and Danzō, and killed the forty-odd members of Konoha's Sealing Squad.
• Ziyun found the exhausted Third Raikage and prepared to take him away as Hiruzen gathered Konoha's forces to stop them.
• Ziyun unleashed Raigo, creating a vast thundercloud over Konoha, and escaped with the Third Raikage while the village's ninjas were distracted.
• Hiruzen ordered Konoha's Wind Release users to counter the thundercloud and told everyone else to evacuate.

Ziyun destroyed much of Konoha with Raigo after rescuing the Third Raikage, then returned toward Kumogakure as the village’s enemies began considering their next moves. Sunagakure weighed an attack on the damaged Konoha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō argued over how to counter Ziyun.

• Ziyun accelerated Raigo’s fall after he and the Third Raikage escaped its range, devastating Konoha and killing at least a quarter of its shinobi.
• Ziyun received the rewards for completing the mission to rescue the Third Raikage and warned him that Konoha would likely seek revenge before they headed back to Kumogakure.
• The Third Kazekage and Chiyo discussed verifying Konoha’s destruction and considered attacking while it was weakened.
• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to send troops against Kumogakure, but Hiruzen pointed out that Konoha’s Sealing Squad had been wiped out and challenged Danzō to use the Reaper Death Seal himself.

Ziyun settled Mikoto and Kushina in Kumogakure and warned Kushina that the Uzumaki Clan might be destroyed, possibly by Konoha. When Kushina decided to return to the Land of Whirlpools, Ziyun agreed to accompany her after receiving a mission confirming the clan’s destruction would occur within seven days.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to ask the Uzumaki Clan for its Sealing Jutsu, while Danzo doubted the clan head would agree.
• Ziyun gave Dodai a manual on adapting the Six Powers for ninjas and moved Mikoto and Kushina from the guesthouse to the Yotsuki Clan compound.
• Ziyun told Mikoto that Konoha had been destroyed, and she was pleased because its leadership had sent assassins after her.
• Ziyun speculated that Konoha might target the Uzumaki Clan to obtain its Sealing Jutsu, prompting Kushina to worry about her clan.
• Kushina decided to return to the Land of Whirlpools to warn her grandfather, and Ziyun agreed to go with her.
• The system assigned Ziyun an S-rank mission to participate in the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction within seven days, offering a Door-Door Fruit and other rewards.

Ziyun accompanied Kushina Uzumaki to the Land of Whirlpools and warned her clan that Konoha might destroy them over their Sealing Jutsu. The chapter left Zō Uzumaki taking Ziyun’s warning seriously after he revealed himself and explained Konoha’s motives.

• Ziyun secretly set out with Kushina for the Land of Whirlpools after telling the recovering Third Raikage about their trip.
• Kushina and Ziyun reached the Uzumaki Clan grounds, where Zō Uzumaki welcomed his granddaughter and heard that Konoha had requested the clan’s Sealing Jutsu several times.
• Kushina warned Zō that Konoha might destroy the clan, but he dismissed her fears and said he had already sent more than a dozen sealing specialists to Konoha.
• Ziyun revealed his identity and warned Zō that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō would not pass up the chance to obtain the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu.
• Zō recognized that Ziyun’s account matched Konoha’s repeated efforts to obtain the clan’s techniques and did not argue.