Chapter Summaries

Yeyue Ziyun defeated Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, then helped Kumogakure force Konoha's troops to retreat. After receiving his mission rewards, he learned that Konoha had also suffered another defeat against the Third Raikage, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi worried about the war.

• Yeyue Ziyun killed most of the Konoha Jonin with his lightning attacks and struck down two more, leaving only Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya standing.
• Yeyue Ziyun named the three the Konoha Sannin, and Orochimaru ordered a retreat using Reverse Summoning Techniques.
• Yeyue Ziyun joined Dodai's battle, turned the fight in Kumogakure's favor, and chose not to pursue the retreating Konoha forces.
• Yeyue Ziyun received the Combine-Combine Fruit, Snow-Snow Fruit, Mangekyō Sharingan Advancement Card, and Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique as mission rewards.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports that Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya's force had been defeated and that the Third Raikage had defeated Hatake Sakumo's force again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Iwagakure had joined the war, forcing Konoha to fight on multiple fronts as the enemy villages prepared to seize the Land of Fire. Konoha routed Sunagakure and Iwagakure, but Kumogakure under the Third Raikage and Ziyun established a foothold in the Land of Fire after defeating Konoha’s forces.

• A messenger told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Ōnoki had declared war and was advancing with 5,000 Stone Ninja, so Hiruzen led Konoha’s remaining forces against Iwagakure.
• The Third Kazekage celebrated Iwagakure’s entry into the war, then led Sunagakure in a renewed assault with Bunpuku and the One-Tail.
• The Third Raikage asked Kumogakure’s leaders how to respond, and Ziyun urged them to attack Konoha quickly and claim its land.
• Sunagakure and Iwagakure suffered defeats as the Uchiha Clan fought after extracting supplies from Konoha’s High Command and Hiruzen battled Ōnoki’s forces.
• After two months of fighting, Kumogakure established a camp in the Land of Fire, while Hatake Sakumo was beaten by both the Third Raikage and Ziyun.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent the Uchiha Clan to replace Hatake Sakumo and the Sannin against Kumogakure, whose advance into the Land of Fire was halted on Yeyue Ziyun’s advice. A week later, the Uchiha-led Konoha force arrived, and both armies prepared to fight.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Uchiha Clan to face Kumogakure while recalling Hatake Sakumo and the Sannin for other fronts.
• The Uchiha Clan Head accepted the assignment, hoping victory would raise his prestige, bring Uchiha Mikoto back, and help him become Hokage.
• The Third Raikage wanted to pursue the retreating Konoha forces, but Ziyun warned that it could be a trap and urged Kumogakure to study the terrain instead.
• Ziyun had Kumogakure set traps around its camp and predicted that Konoha would send the Uchiha Clan to replace Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru.
• A week later, C’s father detected a Konoha force of major clans led by the Nara Clan head, and the Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure to prepare for battle.
• The Konoha force arrived in formation, and a Hyuga ninja declared that traps were useless against the Hyuga Clan.

Kumogakure’s force overwhelmed Konoha until the Uchiha Clan Head revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo to challenge Ziyun. Ziyun shattered the Susanoo with a single lightning strike, leaving the Uchiha Clan Head badly injured and Konoha stunned.

• The Third Raikage and Ziyun led Kumogakure’s attack, cutting down Konoha ninja while the Kumogakure Elite Force engaged the great clans.
• Ziyun killed the Inuzuka Clan Head, and the Nara Clan Head ordered the other clans to avoid Ziyun and the Third Raikage while the Uchiha Clan confronted them.
• The Uchiha Clan Head challenged Ziyun, but Ziyun resisted his Genjutsu and struck him with lightning.
• The Uchiha Clan Head revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned his cyan Susanoo, claiming it proved the Uchiha Clan was the strongest.
• Ziyun unleashed 100 Million Volts: Power of the Thunder God, shattering the Susanoo and leaving the Uchiha Clan Head bleeding and on one knee.

Ziyun shattered the Uchiha Clan Head’s first- and second-form Susanoo, forcing the Uchiha grand elder and the Third Raikage to join the battle. The Uchiha Clan Head then sacrificed his life force to unleash Susanoo’s fourth form and vowed to kill Ziyun.

• The Uchiha Clan Head raised Susanoo to its second form, but Ziyun shattered it with another lightning blast.
• Ziyun prepared to kill the exhausted Uchiha Clan Head, but the Uchiha grand elder revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and blocked the incoming strike with Susanoo.
• The Third Raikage attacked the grand elder with Hell Stab: Three-Finger Nukite, pierced Susanoo, and survived its counterattack without injury.
• Ziyun resumed his pursuit of the Uchiha Clan Head and killed Uchiha clansmen who tried to shield him.
• The Uchiha Clan Head activated Susanoo’s fourth form at the cost of his life force and declared that he would kill Ziyun to protect Konoha and the Uchiha.

Yeyue Ziyun held off the Uchiha Clan Head’s fourth-form Susanoo while the Third Raikage led Kumogakure’s forces to safety. Once they had escaped, Ziyun unleashed his Combine-Combine Fruit and grew into a colossal form that dwarfed Susanoo, leaving the Konoha forces stunned.

• The Uchiha Clan Head attacked Ziyun with the fourth-form Susanoo’s Totsuka Blade, but Ziyun turned elemental and dodged it.
• Ziyun urged the Third Raikage to withdraw with the Kumogakure forces, then broke Susanoo’s Chakra blade with his lightning as the Raikage retreated.
• The Uchiha Clan Head and Ziyun exchanged attacks while Ziyun dodged, buying time for the Kumogakure forces to escape.
• Ziyun activated his Combine-Combine Fruit, drawing inorganic materials from dozens of kilometers around him and combining them into his body.
• Ziyun grew until he towered over the Uchiha Clan Head’s Susanoo, shocking the Konoha Ninja.

Ziyun used the Combine-Combine Fruit to grow nearly 200 meters tall and overwhelmed the Uchiha Clan Head’s fourth-form Susanoo. He left the Uchiha Clan Head battered and near his limit while his own stamina rapidly dwindled.

• Ziyun combined nearby matter to grow nearly 200 meters tall, killing many Konoha ninja caught in the process.
• Ziyun freed the Third Raikage by smashing the Uchiha Grand Elder’s Susanoo and knocking the elder unconscious.
• Ziyun mocked the Uchiha Clan Head and met his Susanoo’s sword strikes with Armament Haki-coated fists, driving the Susanoo back.
• The Nara Clan Head urged the Konoha ninja to retreat, but Ziyun struck their force, killing at least twenty and injuring dozens.
• The Uchiha Clan Head repaired his Susanoo and attacked again, but Ziyun battered it until its armor cracked and the Uchiha Clan Head neared his limit.

Ziyun shattered the Uchiha Clan Head’s Susanoo, but the Uchiha Clan Head escaped using Izanagi, while Ziyun exhausted himself and withdrew. Hiruzen Sarutobi and the leaders of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain reacted to Kumogakure’s victories, and the Konoha F4 decided to defeat the other villages before concentrating their forces against Kumogakure.

• Ziyun smashed the Uchiha Clan Head’s Susanoo, allowing Konoha’s main force to retreat, but the Uchiha Clan Head survived with Izanagi and escaped.
• Ziyun deactivated his Combine-Combine Fruit ability and, exhausted, chose not to pursue the retreating forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Ziyun had defeated the Uchiha Clan Head and Uchiha Grand Elder despite their Mangekyō Sharingan, then summoned Danzo, Koharu, and Homura.
• Hanzo of the Salamander, Ōnoki, and the Third Kazekage became wary after hearing of Ziyun’s victory.
• The Konoha F4 discussed Konoha’s lack of available reinforcements and decided to defeat Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain before focusing on Kumogakure.
• The leaders of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain gathered together.

Ōnoki, the Third Kazekage, and Hanzo of the Salamander agreed that their villages needed to unite against Konoha, while Kumogakure’s leaders debated how to exploit Konoha’s stretched forces. Ziyun persuaded Kumogakure to wait and strengthen its forces, then received a Super S-rank task requiring him to lead the village to victory in the Second Shinobi World War.

• Ōnoki, the Third Kazekage, and Hanzo of the Salamander agreed to join forces against Konoha and voiced concern about Yeyue Ziyun’s strength.
• The Third Raikage convened Kumogakure’s leadership after Konoha prepared for a decisive battle against Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain.
• Kumogakure’s leaders proposed invading Konoha, but Ziyun argued that Konoha had a backup plan and that occupying its village would invite costly resistance.
• Ziyun urged Kumogakure to rest and build its strength, and the Third Raikage ordered the village to call up another 3,000 ninja.
• Ziyun spent 50,000 points to refresh his tasks and received a Super S-rank task to lead Kumogakure to victory, with the Perfect Sage Body and 300,000 points among its rewards.
• The system warned Ziyun that the task would not be easy, and he considered the possibility that Kirigakure or Madara Uchiha could change the war.

After Konoha defeated the Three Great Shinobi Villages at great cost, Hiruzen Sarutobi led a force to confront Kumogakure. Yeyue Ziyun devastated Konoha’s troops, forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi to order a retreat before Ziyun appeared beside him and challenged his reputation.

• Ziyun planned to raise his Armament Haki through combat and focused on Kumogakure’s victory in the Second Shinobi World War.
• Konoha defeated the Three Great Shinobi Villages, but Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that its depleted forces could not withstand Kumogakure.
• A month later, Hiruzen Sarutobi led three thousand Konoha Ninja toward Kumogakure and ordered the Uchiha Clan Head to scout ahead.
• The Third Raikage and Yeyue Ziyun attacked first, and the Third Raikage sent Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Uchiha Clan Head flying while Ziyun charged into Konoha’s ranks.
• Ziyun killed over a hundred Konoha Ninja with lightning, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered a retreat as Kumogakure’s main force approached.
• Ziyun appeared beside Hiruzen Sarutobi and mocked him as Konoha’s “strongest Hokage.”

Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage routed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces, leaving Konoha too weakened to continue the war. When Hiruzen refused Kumogakure’s demand to cede occupied Land of Fire territory, Ziyun and the Third Raikage chose to keep fighting.

• Yeyue Ziyun mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi’s claim to be the Strongest Hokage, defeated Jiraiya with Divine Judgment, and struck Hiruzen with lightning.
• Hiruzen led Konoha’s retreat while Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage pursued them, and Orochimaru covered the retreat as Konoha lost nearly a thousand ninja.
• Hiruzen decided to seek a ceasefire after Konoha’s forces fell below ten thousand, and Kumogakure demanded the occupied Land of Fire territory.
• Yeyue Ziyun persuaded the Third Raikage that Kumogakure should insist on taking the land for its long-term development.
• Hiruzen rejected the territorial demand and offered ten billion ryo and supplies instead, so Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage decided to continue the war.

Hiruzen Sarutobi bought alliances with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain to stop Kumogakure from forcing Konoha to cede territory. The Third Raikage learned of the four-country alliance and called an emergency meeting.

• The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure's envoy to tell Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kumogakure would keep fighting unless Konoha ceded the land.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo's suggestion to use the Reaper Death Seal and invited Ōnoki, the Third Kazekage, and Hanzo of the Salamander to negotiate an alliance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi paid the Third Kazekage three billion ryō and supplies, and Sunagakure left Bunpuku in Konoha while preparing to fight Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated thirteen billion ryō for Iwagakure's support, including deploying the Four-Tails and Five-Tails if necessary, and four billion ryō for the Land of Rain.
• The Third Raikage learned that Konoha had allied with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain, then summoned Kumogakure's leadership for an emergency meeting.

After Konoha allied with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain, Ziyun devised a plan to keep the villages from uniting their forces and sought reinforcements. He awakened Mikoto’s Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared to return to the front with her and Uzumaki Clan seal specialists.

• The Third Raikage executed leaders who blamed Ziyun for the crisis, then asked him how Kumogakure should face the four allied villages.
• Ziyun told the Third Raikage to keep Konoha occupied while he returned to Kumogakure to find reinforcements.
• Ziyun gave Mikoto a Mangekyō Sharingan Advancement Card, and she awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan with Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi.
• Kushina offered to fight for Kumogakure, but Ziyun told her to stay in the village.
• The Uzumaki Clan Head brought seal specialists to help Kumogakure, and Ziyun accepted their offer.

Ziyun arrived at the Kumogakure camp with Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki sealing specialists, then set out alone to stop Sunagakure from joining Konoha’s alliance. He destroyed Sunagakure’s supplies and attacked its forces, leaving the Third Kazekage alive but struggling to protect his troops from Ziyun’s lightning.

• Ziyun brought Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Clan members to the Kumogakure camp, while Blue B stayed behind.
• Ziyun told the Third Raikage he would prevent the enemy villages from forming an alliance by defeating them one at a time, then set out alone for Sunagakure’s force.
• Ziyun used Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame to destroy Sunagakure’s supplies and confronted the Third Kazekage, who refused his offer to withdraw from the alliance.
• The Third Kazekage and Sunagakure ninja attacked Ziyun, but he avoided their techniques with his lightning body and struck the Kazekage with Divine Judgment, falling thunder.
• The Third Kazekage survived by using a Sand Clone, while Ziyun unleashed Mamaragan and killed groups of Sunagakure ninja with falling lightning.

Ziyun devastated Sunagakure’s force, forcing the Third Kazekage to flee, then moved to intercept Iwagakure’s army on its way to support Konoha. Iwagakure’s vanguard triggered Ziyun’s traps, but Ōnoki’s forces regrouped and found no attacker, leaving Ziyun’s next move unresolved.

• Ziyun absorbed the Third Kazekage’s magnetic sand and nearby ninja tools, grew enormous, and drove the Kazekage to flee.
• Ziyun killed many Sunagakure ninja as the main force retreated, leaving nearly six hundred dead and its supplies lost.
• Ziyun entered an alternate space and prepared to confront Iwagakure, whose army was marching under Ōnoki with Roshi among its ranks.
• Ziyun’s traps struck Iwagakure’s vanguard, killing dozens of Stone Ninja and prompting a Jonin to alert Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki ordered his troops to regroup and search for the attackers, but the sensory ninja detected no further chakra.

Ziyun ambushed Iwagakure, destroyed its supplies, and devastated its forces with lightning while Ōnoki’s attacks failed to harm him. Ziyun offered to let Iwagakure withdraw, but Ōnoki refused unless he could recover the Five-Tails Jinchuriki from Konoha.

• Ziyun killed an Iwagakure sentry and destroyed the force’s supplies before Ōnoki and the troops confronted him.
• Ōnoki ordered the Iwagakure ninja to attack, but their Earth Release techniques passed through Ziyun without harming him.
• Ziyun unleashed Raging Thunder and killed or seriously injured hundreds of Iwagakure ninja as Ōnoki tried to disperse his forces.
• Ōnoki struck Ziyun with Dust Release, but Ziyun re-formed from lightning and left Ōnoki and the troops stunned.
• Ziyun called down lightning with Mamaragan and offered to spare Iwagakure if Ōnoki withdrew and rejected Konoha’s alliance.
• Ōnoki refused unless Ziyun could help him recover the Five-Tails Jinchuriki from Konoha.

Ziyun attacked Iwagakure after Ōnoki refused to withdraw, then fought Roshi when the Four-Tails Jinchūriki entered the battle. He defeated Roshi and took him prisoner, leaving Ōnoki behind and considering a ransom for Dust Release.

• Ziyun demanded that Ōnoki withdraw and resumed killing Iwagakure Ninja when Ōnoki refused.
• Roshi partially transformed into the Four-Tails and attacked Ziyun with Lava Release Chakra Mode, but his blows failed to hurt him.
• Ziyun used the Combine-Combine Fruit to grow into a giant, and Ōnoki ordered the Iwagakure forces to retreat.
• Ziyun struck Roshi repeatedly, while Ōnoki tried and failed to stop him with the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique.
• Ziyun spared Roshi's life, captured him, and left after telling Ōnoki that he was lucky to be spared.

Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Konoha’s 5,000-ninja army to attack Kumogakure while Yeyue Ziyun was away, but Ziyun returned just as the Third Raikage considered retreating. Konoha fled after learning Ziyun was back, leaving him to recognize that Kumogakure still lacked capable high-level fighters.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Yeyue Ziyun was pursuing Iwagakure and ordered Konoha’s army to attack Kumogakure.
• Kumogakure’s scouts reported Konoha’s approaching force, and the Third Raikage’s leaders agreed to retreat without Ziyun.
• Ziyun returned to camp carrying the barely alive Roshi and recommended retreating so he could recover.
• A Kumogakure scout reported that Konoha had suddenly withdrawn after discovering Ziyun’s return.
• The Third Raikage and Ziyun mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi’s retreat, while Ziyun noted Kumogakure’s shortage of high-level fighters.

After learning that the Third Kazekage, Ōnoki, and Hanzo of the Salamander had joined forces with Konoha, Ziyun planned to pressure Sunagakure and Iwagakure by attacking their villages. He brought Mikoto and the captured Roshi to Iwagakure, where Mikoto controlled the released Four-Tails and began its rampage.

• Ziyun rested for two days after capturing Roshi, whom Kumogakure treated while he recovered.
• The Third Raikage told Ziyun that the Third Kazekage, Ōnoki, and Hanzo of the Salamander had led their forces into Konoha, and Ziyun revealed that his prisoner was Iwagakure's Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Roshi.
• Ōnoki confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Konoha's failure to warn Iwagakure about Ziyun, but Danzo pressured him to focus on defeating Kumogakure, and the allied villages agreed on a strategy.
• Ziyun proposed attacking Iwagakure and Sunagakure to force their leaders to return home, then left with Roshi and Mikoto while the Third Raikage held Kumogakure's main force back.
• Ziyun reached Iwagakure with Mikoto and Roshi, released the Four-Tails, and Mikoto used her Sharingan to control it as it rampaged through the village.

Ziyun and Mikoto attacked Iwagakure, where Ziyun stole the village’s Scroll of Seals before unleashing more destruction. As the Four Great Shinobi Villages began their assault on Kumogakure, Ōnoki learned that Iwagakure was under attack and needed his forces to return.

• Mikoto used the Four-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb to devastate part of Iwagakure while Ziyun disguised himself and infiltrated the Tsuchikage’s office.
• Ziyun killed Bunji and the office guards, then disguised himself as Bunji to obtain the Scroll of Seals from Iwagakure Anbu.
• Ziyun dispelled the scroll’s seal, confirmed it contained Dust Release and other techniques, and took it with him.
• Ziyun joined Mikoto and struck Iwagakure with Mamaragan, while deliberately allowing the village’s ninja to identify him and alert Ōnoki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the assembled allied forces to attack Kumogakure, assigning Ōnoki’s Iwagakure forces to lead the breakthrough.
• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Ziyun, Mikoto, and the Four-Tails were attacking Iwagakure, prompting Ōnoki to react in shock.