Chapter Summaries

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.

Yeyue Ziyun warned Zō Uzumaki that Konoha would attack the Uzumaki Clan and secured their agreement to join Kumogakure if his prediction came true. Seven days later, Konoha assassins disguised as Kumogakure ninja invaded, and the Uzumaki Clan sprang its prepared ambush.

• Yeyue Ziyun told Zō Uzumaki that Konoha's Anbu would attack within seven days and asked the Uzumaki Clan to join Kumogakure if he helped them survive.
• Zō Uzumaki agreed to Ziyun's terms, and Ziyun stayed in the Land of Whirlpools while training his Armament Haki and sensing Konoha's repeated visits.
• After seven days, Ziyun detected Konoha's assassins and warned Zō Uzumaki, who ordered the clan to use Shadow Clones to disguise their preparations.
• The assassins, disguised as Kumogakure ninja, killed the clones and searched the clan grounds, believing they had captured Uzumaki prisoners and found the secret techniques.
• When the assassins gathered around the scrolls, Zō Uzumaki bound their leader with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Uzumaki elites killed him.
• The remaining assassins recognized the ambush and tried to seize the scrolls and escape.

Ziyun helped the Uzumaki Clan defeat the attackers and exposed Konoha’s role in the attempted massacre, prompting Zō to pledge the clan to Kumogakure. After bringing the Uzumaki clansmen aboard ships bound for Kumogakure, Ziyun claimed his mission rewards and ate a bite of the Door-Door Fruit.

• Ziyun used lightning to incapacitate the disguised attackers, and the Uzumaki clansmen killed them while capturing one alive.
• Ziyun and Zō uncovered Dan Katō’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, then removed it and used a control talisman to make him reveal that Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered the attack.
• Zō thanked Ziyun and pledged to lead the Uzumaki Clan into Kumogakure.
• Ziyun led the Uzumaki clansmen to ships where Dodai and Yotsuki A were waiting, then received rewards for completing the S-rank mission.
• Ziyun took a bite of the Door-Door Fruit and checked his updated system panel.

Ziyun brought the Uzumaki Clan to Kumogakure, prompting Konoha’s leaders to prepare for war. The Third Raikage welcomed the clan, gave them land and funds, and passed their secret Sealing Jutsu to Ziyun.

• Ziyun celebrated reaching Kage-level strength but resolved to keep improving his Door-Door Fruit proficiency.
• Dodai praised Ziyun for bringing the Uzumaki Clan to Kumogakure and reported that the village’s shinobi were adapting well to his Nintaijutsu techniques.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu learned the Uzumaki Clan had joined Kumogakure and decided to declare war on it.
• The Third Raikage granted the Uzumaki Clan land beside the Yotsuki compound and allocated a billion ryō to help them settle.
• Zō Uzumaki gave the Third Raikage the clan’s secret sealing techniques, and the Raikage handed the scroll to Ziyun.

The Third Raikage named Ziyun as his intended successor, then consulted him after Konoha declared war on Kumogakure. Three months later, Kumogakure was still fighting a cautious guerrilla campaign while Sunagakure had yet to join the war.

• The Third Raikage told Ziyun he would be the next Raikage, but Ziyun objected because he wanted to focus on training.
• A Kumogakure Anbu reported that Hatake Sakumo was leading 3,000 Konoha Ninja toward Kumogakure, and Ziyun advised avoiding a direct battle until other villages joined the war.
• The Third Raikage accepted Ziyun’s strategy and set out with 2,000 Kumogakure shinobi to confront Hatake Sakumo.
• The Third Kazekage wanted to send 3,000 Sand Ninja against Konoha, but Chiyo and Ebizo persuaded him to wait and coordinate with Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Three months into the conflict, Sunagakure still had not declared war, and Ziyun noted that the Third Raikage had kept Kumogakure’s clashes with Hatake Sakumo small by using guerrilla tactics.

After demonstrating his new space-time Ninjutsu, Ziyun persuaded Blue B to seek the Third Raikage’s approval for him to join the war against Konoha. The approval arrived after a delay, along with a system mission whose rewards included Advanced Armament Haki: Ryuo.

• Konoha sent another 3,000 ninja to the front, bringing its deployed force against Kumogakure to 6,000, and Ziyun asked Blue B to let him join the battle.
• Ziyun demonstrated that his Door-Door Fruit let him open passages through another dimension, convincing Blue B to ask the Third Raikage for permission.
• Ziyun returned home and told Mikoto he planned to go to the battlefield, but he refused her request to accompany him and gave her Fire Release Ninjutsu scrolls instead.
• Kushina emerged from one of Ziyun’s bedrooms and teased him for focusing on making Mikoto stronger.
• After more than half a month, Ziyun received the Third Raikage’s approval and an A-rank system mission to participate in the Second Shinobi World War, with Advanced Armament Haki: Ryuo among its rewards.

Ziyun proposed sabotaging Konoha’s supplies to slow its advance and demonstrated his Door-Door Fruit ability to convince the Third Raikage to let him go alone. He traveled through the alternate space to search for Konoha’s camp and supplies, while Tsunade and Orochimaru sensed that someone was watching them.

• Ziyun told the Third Raikage that Kumogakure should hold Konoha back and destroy its supplies rather than risk a costly head-on battle.
• Ziyun demonstrated the Door-Door Fruit’s alternate-space ability, and the Third Raikage agreed to let him attempt the mission while warning him to abandon it if danger arose.
• Ziyun rejected the offer of a sensor ninja and used the Door-Door Fruit to travel past Konoha’s main force and search for its camp in the Land of Frost.
• Ziyun found the Konoha forces led by Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, then used Observation Haki to search for their supplies.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru felt as if someone were watching them, while Jiraiya joked about Tsunade and was struck by her Monstrous Strength Fist.

Ziyun attacked Konoha’s main camp, killing its guards and destroying its supplies before fighting Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya. Unable to finish off the three or stay without risking his Door-Door Fruit secret, he left to target the supplies of Hatake Sakumo’s force.

• Ziyun found Konoha’s supply warehouses, killed their guards, and destroyed the stored supplies with a Thunder Bird.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya rushed to the scene, and Ziyun struck at Orochimaru, only to hit a substitution log.
• Jiraiya used the Five Elements Seal and Tsunade attacked, but Ziyun dodged them and continued trying to reach Orochimaru.
• Ziyun charged into Konoha’s forces and killed many ninja, prompting Orochimaru to order weaker ninja to retreat.
• Jiraiya used a Shadow Clone to cover the retreat and sent for Hatake Sakumo and ninja skilled in Sealing Jutsu.
• Ziyun departed before the reinforcements arrived, intending to destroy the supplies of Hatake Sakumo’s force.

Ziyun destroyed the supplies of Konoha’s two forces and returned to Kumogakure, where the Third Raikage approved a counterattack. In Konoha, Danzo suspected a spy had helped Ziyun locate the supply depots, leaving the leadership to consider who might be betraying the village.

• After completing his mission, Ziyun received Advanced Armament Haki: Ryuo and two new techniques, but learned he needed to max out Basic Armament Haki before activating Ryuo.
• Orochimaru’s group found that some undamaged supplies were insulators and considered whether they could counter Ziyun’s Lightning Release.
• Ziyun destroyed Hatake Sakumo’s remaining supplies, forcing Sakumo to halt and seek Hiruzen Sarutobi’s orders.
• Ziyun returned to Kumogakure and urged the Third Raikage to seize the chance to counterattack while Konoha lacked supplies; the Third Raikage agreed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leaders received reports that both forces’ supplies had been destroyed, and Danzo argued that a Kumogakure spy must have helped Ziyun find them.

Danzo took command of Konoha’s front-line forces and accused the Senju Clan of helping a spy expose the supply depots. At the camp, Orochimaru and the others planned to counter Ziyun with insulating weapons, while Tsunade confronted Danzo over his accusations.

• Danzo blamed the Uchiha and then the Senju for the destroyed supplies, and persuaded Hiruzen to send him to the front with five hundred logistics ninja as supreme commander.
• At the camp, Orochimaru noticed that insulating materials had survived in two batches of supplies and concluded they could counter Ziyun’s Lightning Release.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hatake Sakumo agreed to secretly make special ninja tools for their next fight with Ziyun.
• Over the next two weeks, Kumogakure advanced toward the Land of Fire, and Danzo arrived to take command and investigate a supposed spy in Konoha’s leadership.
• Danzo called the Senju Clan the most suspicious, and Tsunade smashed the conference table and demanded that he explain himself.

Ziyun overheard Danzo pressure Tsunade into sending the Senju Clan to the front, then reported Konoha’s infighting to the Third Raikage. He persuaded Kumogakure to exploit the suspicion by targeting Konoha’s other ninja while sparing the Senju, hoping to deepen the rift between them.

• Danzo accused the Senju Clan of suspicion and pressured Tsunade to send them to the front lines, where they would lead Konoha’s counterattack the next day.
• Ziyun overheard Danzo and Tsunade’s argument with his extended Observation Haki and decided to use the conflict against Konoha.
• Ziyun returned to the Third Raikage’s camp and reported that Danzo suspected the Senju Clan of harboring a Kumogakure mole.
• The Third Raikage initially doubted the report, but Ziyun swore it was true and explained that the Senju would lead Konoha’s attack.
• Ziyun proposed that Kumogakure kill Konoha’s other ninja while sparing the Senju, deepening the High Command’s suspicions and dividing Konoha.
• The Third Raikage praised Ziyun’s strategy and agreed to the plan.

The Third Raikage’s forces crushed Konoha in battle while sparing every Senju, leading Danzo to accuse the clan of conspiring with Kumogakure. Tsunade, shaken by the accusation, gathered the remaining Senju to question them.

• The Third Raikage ordered his ninja to avoid fighting the Senju and target the other Konoha Ninja, while Kumogakure’s elite force cut through Konoha’s ranks.
• The Third Raikage overpowered Hatake Sakumo, and Sakumo retreated with the surviving Konoha Ninja after suffering heavy losses.
• Konoha lost nearly 400 ninja while Kumogakure lost just over eighty, and no Senju died.
• Danzo accused Tsunade and the Senju Clan of secretly conspiring with Kumogakure, and Tsunade demanded proof before smashing the conference table and tent.
• Tsunade asked Senju Nawaki to assemble the clan, then looked over the few dozen Senju who gathered before her.

Tsunade learned that Hiruzen had ordered the Senju Clan to return to Konoha after Danzo accused them of harboring a spy, while Ziyun’s plan to turn the clan against Konoha advanced. In Kumogakure, the Third Raikage rejected Sunagakure’s alliance terms and expelled its envoy, as Chiyo confronted the Third Kazekage over his demands.

• Tsunade apologized to the Senju clansmen for suspecting them, then confronted Danzo the next morning.
• Danzo showed Tsunade Hiruzen’s signed order recalling the Senju Clan to Konoha, and she left to deliver it to her clansmen.
• Danzo planned to spread rumors about the Senju spy, while Ziyun welcomed the news and anticipated the clan would face public scorn.
• Ziyun objected to Sunagakure’s demand for supplies in exchange for joining the war, and the Third Raikage backed him by ordering the envoy expelled.
• Chiyo confronted the Third Kazekage for secretly seeking an alliance with Kumogakure and demanding supplies, but he dismissed her concerns.

After Kumogakure rejected Sunagakure’s envoy, Chiyo stopped the Third Kazekage from declaring war on Kumogakure and persuaded him to attack Konoha instead. Sunagakure and the Land of Rain joined the war against Konoha, while Ziyun received a new mission to defeat Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya and give them the title of Sannin.

• The Sunagakure envoy returned bruised and reported that Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage had insulted him and that Kumogakure’s officials had beaten him.
• The Third Kazekage demanded war against Kumogakure, but Chiyo argued that Sunagakure would gain nothing from fighting a distant village and urged him to attack Konoha.
• Three days later, the Third Kazekage led six thousand Sunagakure ninja to the Land of Fire, and Hanzo of the Salamander also declared war on Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent the Nara Clan Head and four thousand Konoha Ninja, including members of major clans, to fight Sunagakure.
• The Third Raikage welcomed Sunagakure’s entry into the war, and Ziyun received an S-rank mission to defeat Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, with powerful rewards including the Combine-Combine Fruit and a Mangekyō Sharingan Advancement Card.

Ziyun persuaded the Third Raikage to let him lead eight hundred Kumogakure ninja against Konoha, targeting Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade. As his force approached the camp, Ziyun cleared Konoha’s traps by setting them off with his own body, leaving his troops impressed.

• Ziyun reviewed the system rewards, decided the Rumble-Rumble Fruit suited him best, and considered the costs of buying Sharingan.
• Ziyun asked the Third Raikage to let him attack Konoha, and the Raikage put eight hundred Kumogakure ninja under his command.
• Ziyun told Dodai that he would target Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade while the Third Raikage dealt with Hatake Sakumo.
• Orochimaru learned that Ziyun was leading the attack and prepared insulating clothes and ninja tools to counter him.
• Jiraiya looked forward to fighting Ziyun again, while Tsunade remained dispirited over the Senju Clan’s troubles.
• Ziyun detected Konoha’s traps near the camp and triggered them with his body, clearing the way as Dodai praised his sacrifice to the Kumogakure ninja.

Ziyun faced Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Konoha’s Jonin after their insulating ninja tools let them strike his body. He revealed that Armament Haki could overcome their defenses and left Orochimaru’s group stunned.

• Ziyun’s trap-clearing impressed the eight hundred Kumogakure ninja, who pledged their loyalty to him.
• Orochimaru and the Konoha ninja ambushed Ziyun with shuriken made from insulating material, and Jiraiya confirmed the tools could hit him with a kunai strike.
• Ziyun sent the Kumogakure ninja away with Dodai, then let Orochimaru’s Jonin attack him together.
• Ziyun covered himself in Armament Haki and deflected the Konoha ninja’s kunai and combined Ninjutsu without injury.
• Ziyun killed a Jonin with a lightning attack after Armament Haki broke through the insulating gear, leaving Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya shocked.