Chapter Summaries

Yeyue Ziyun’s raid on Iwagakure forced Ōnoki to abandon Konoha’s planned battle, and the alliance of the Four Great Shinobi Villages quickly collapsed. After devastating Iwagakure, Ziyun withdrew with Uchiha Mikoto and the Four-Tails, then encountered the Third Kazekage and Sunagakure’s main force on the way to the Land of Wind.

• Kitsuchi reported that Yeyue Ziyun and the Four-Tails were attacking Iwagakure, so Ōnoki demanded the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and withdrew with Iwagakure’s main force.
• The Third Kazekage demanded the One-Tail Jinchuriki, slapped Danzo, and threatened to ally Sunagakure with Kumogakure, so Hiruzen Sarutobi returned the Jinchuriki to him.
• Hanzo of the Salamander withdrew the Land of Rain’s ninja after returning three billion ryo to Konoha, and the alliance of the Four Great Shinobi Villages fell apart.
• Yeyue Ziyun sealed the Four-Tails back inside Roshi and withdrew with Uchiha Mikoto when Ōnoki’s forces approached.
• Ōnoki found much of Iwagakure destroyed and Elder Bunji and several Genin dead, then ordered Kitsuchi to focus on helping villagers and rebuilding instead of pursuing Ziyun.
• Yeyue Ziyun ran into the Third Kazekage and Sunagakure’s three thousand ninja on the way to the Land of Wind.

Yeyue Ziyun secured Sunagakure’s withdrawal from the alliance and returned to Kumogakure, where the Third Raikage prepared to name him Fourth Raikage. After Hiruzen Sarutobi delayed responding to Kumogakure’s territorial demands, Ziyun ordered an attack, leaving 5,000 Kumogakure ninja facing Konoha’s 5,000 troops outside the village.

• The Third Kazekage agreed to abandon the alliance with Konoha, and Yeyue Ziyun promised to leave Sunagakure in peace before departing with Mikoto.
• Yeyue Ziyun returned to Kumogakure, where the Third Raikage praised him and offered to step down so Ziyun could become Fourth Raikage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received Kumogakure’s demand for territory in the Land of Fire, and he slapped Danzo when Danzo taunted him about using the Reaper Death Seal.
• After Konoha failed to respond for several days, Yeyue Ziyun urged the Third Raikage to attack, and the Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure’s forces to advance.
• The next day, 5,000 Kumogakure ninja set out for Konoha, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to assemble 5,000 Konoha Ninja and block them ten kilometers from the village.

Ziyun and the Third Raikage routed Konoha’s army and pursued it to Konoha’s gates. Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Konoha’s ninja that ceding territory would protect the village, then boldly offered Kumogakure the territory on the condition that it never return or harm Konoha’s people.

• Ziyun drove Hatake Sakumo from the battlefield with a lightning strike, and the Third Raikage led Kumogakure’s five thousand ninja into battle.
• Ziyun and the Third Raikage cleared Konoha’s traps, routed its army, and pursued the fleeing ninja after Ziyun urged them onward.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi comforted Hatake Sakumo, framed the defeat as his own fault, and told the returning ninja he would accept Kumogakure’s territorial demand to prevent further casualties.
• Hiruzen’s speech moved the Konoha ninja to praise his sacrifice, while Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado privately marveled at his performance.
• When Kumogakure’s army arrived, Hiruzen stepped forward and offered to cede territory, demanding that the Third Raikage keep his promise to stay away and harm no Konoha people.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to cede land to Kumogakure, and three days later the Third Raikage and Ziyun returned to Konoha to sign the treaty. Their open threats and Ziyun’s attack on Jiraiya nearly sparked a fight before Hiruzen intervened.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to Kumogakure’s demands, while Konoha’s ninja praised him for bearing the blame to protect them.
• Ziyun recognized Hiruzen’s attempt to frame the surrender as self-sacrifice, and Hiruzen proposed signing the treaty three days later.
• The Third Raikage, Ziyun, Dodai, and Kumogakure’s higher-ups returned to Konoha, where they openly discussed taking its fertile land.
• The Third Raikage and Ziyun unleashed their auras after Konoha’s escorts reacted to the Raikage’s threats, and Ziyun slapped Jiraiya when he protested.
• Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the Anbu prepared to attack Ziyun, but Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared and ordered everyone to stop.

Hiruzen Sarutobi endured Yeyue Ziyun’s taunts and signed a postwar agreement that ceded territory to Kumogakure, while Ziyun was revealed as the Fourth Raikage. The ceremony ended in chaos when Tsunade confronted Hiruzen over the Senju Clan’s treatment and deaths.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi silenced a Konoha Anbu who tried to blame Kumogakure, and the Anbu slapped himself on the Hokage’s command.
• The Third Raikage announced that he had stepped down and named Ziyun the Fourth Raikage, who then mocked Hiruzen and warned him not to squander Konoha’s assets.
• Hiruzen’s concessions allowed the agreement with Kumogakure to be signed while Konoha’s ninja watched in anger.
• Tsunade arrived with Senju Kazami and other Senju Clan ninja, broke into the Hokage’s office, and demanded an explanation from Hiruzen.
• Tsunade accused Konoha of driving the Senju Clan toward suicide and described repeated failures in mission intelligence that had led to ninja attacks.

Tsunade and the Senju Clan confronted Konoha’s leadership over Senju Nawaki’s death on a supposedly C-rank mission, accusing the Konoha High Command of targeting them. As tensions escalated in the Hokage’s office, Yeyue Ziyun ordered Kumogakure shinobi to slap Danzo.

• Senju Kazami revealed that Senju Nawaki, Hashirama Senju’s grandson, had died during a C-rank mission against enemies far stronger than the mission report had indicated.
• Senju Kazami accused the Konoha High Command of repeatedly arranging dangerous missions to target the Senju Clan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected Danzo had acted behind his back.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to investigate, but Tsunade rejected his assurance and insisted that the Senju Clan could not trust Konoha’s leadership.
• Yeyue Ziyun mocked the suspicious mission and Danzo ordered Kumogakure to leave Konoha, prompting Yeyue Ziyun to challenge Danzo for addressing him by name.
• Yeyue Ziyun ordered Dodai and a Kumogakure Elite Jonin to slap Danzo, and they began striking him in the Hokage’s office as Konoha’s leaders watched in shock.

Yeyue Ziyun forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to address Konoha’s baseless accusation that the Senju Clan had colluded with Kumogakure. Hatake Sakumo called the accusation a misunderstanding and apologized, prompting Tsunade to erupt in anger.

• Yeyue Ziyun ordered Danzo beaten again while Konoha’s leaders and clan heads refused to defend him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the Kumogakure leadership to leave, but Ziyun demanded proof that the Senju Clan had secretly colluded with Kumogakure.
• Tsunade backed Ziyun’s demand for an investigation, while Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled because he had no evidence for the accusation.
• Ziyun demanded an apology from Hiruzen Sarutobi, who hesitated rather than risk provoking the Senju Clan.
• Hatake Sakumo stepped in, called the accusation a misunderstanding, and apologized to Kumogakure on Hiruzen Sarutobi’s behalf.
• Tsunade erupted at Hatake Sakumo after he dismissed the accusation as a misunderstanding.

Tsunade confronted Konoha’s leaders after learning they had concealed evidence clearing the Senju Clan, then decided to lead her clan out of Konoha. Ziyun offered the Senju Clan refuge in Kumogakure, but Tsunade refused for now, while Hiruzen secretly arranged to expose their departure to hostile villages.

• Tsunade struck Hatake Sakumo and accused him and Hiruzen Sarutobi of letting the Senju Clan suffer despite evidence that cleared them.
• Tsunade rejected the Konoha High Command’s excuses and decided to leave Konoha with Senju Kazami and the clan.
• Ziyun warned Tsunade that other villages would target the Senju Clan and offered to recruit them into Kumogakure, but Tsunade declined.
• After Ziyun and the Kumogakure leadership left, Hiruzen ordered Anbu to spread word that the Senju Clan had left Konoha so someone would attack them.
• The Third Raikage suggested eliminating the Senju Clan rather than letting them join another village, but Ziyun said they would serve Kumogakure sooner or later.

After Kumogakure’s victory in the Second Shinobi World War, Ziyun claimed his rewards, gained a Perfect Sage Body, and experimented with Mangekyō Sharingan abilities. He discovered and killed a White Zetsu spy, prompting Madara Uchiha to consider approaching him as a potential successor.

• Ziyun ordered Dodai and ten Elite Jonin to watch the Senju Clan and kill them if they tried to join another village.
• Ziyun claimed his mission rewards, received a Perfect Sage Body and new abilities, and saw his Chakra reserves rise to Super Kage Level.
• Ziyun spent all 300,000 points on Mangekyō Sharingan and discovered his Dōjutsu were Time Reversal and Tsukuyomi.
• Ziyun sensed White Zetsu infiltrating Kumogakure, dragged him out with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and killed him.
• Madara Uchiha learned his White Zetsu Clone had been discovered and decided to wait for a chance to approach Ziyun as a possible successor.

Ziyun became the Fourth Raikage, delegated his paperwork to Mikoto and Kushina, and trained with the Third Raikage until his Combine-Combine Fruit awakened. After discovering its power could affect all of Kumogakure, he decided to go after Madara Uchiha.

• Ziyun prepared for his inauguration, gave Kushina a Rasengan scroll, and tried on his Raikage robe.
• At the inauguration, Ziyun refused Iwagakure’s offer to ransom the Four-Tails, extracted it from Roshi, and kept it under his control; the Third Raikage formally handed over the office.
• Ziyun arranged for Mikoto and Kushina to handle Raikage documents so he could focus on training.
• Ziyun sparred with the Third Raikage every day for three months until the Combine-Combine Fruit awakened and his rating rose to super Kage Level.
• Ziyun tested his awakened power and stopped it when objects throughout Kumogakure began rising to combine with him.
• Convinced his new strength could make him invincible, Ziyun decided to seek out Madara Uchiha.

Yeyue Ziyun left Kumogakure to draw Madara Uchiha into meeting him, while the other villages watched his movements with alarm. After receiving an S-rank mission to find Madara, Ziyun encountered White Zetsu and agreed to be led to him.

• Ziyun told Mikoto and Kushina he would be away for a few days, then left Kumogakure and inspected its prosperous new territory in the Land of Fire.
• The major shinobi villages learned Ziyun was traveling alone and ordered their forces to monitor him, while Madara Uchiha sent White Zetsu to bring him in.
• Ziyun received an S-rank mission to find Madara, with the Dark-Dark Fruit and other rewards, and considered how he might use Devil Fruits to strengthen Kumogakure's Anbu.
• White Zetsu found Ziyun and revealed that Madara Uchiha had sent him to arrange a meeting.
• Ziyun accepted White Zetsu's offer to lead him to Madara Uchiha without showing surprise at Madara's name.

Ziyun met the surviving Madara Uchiha, rejected his vision of peace through the Eye of the Moon Plan, and mocked him as a dupe. Madara grew enraged and began powering up, apparently preparing to make Ziyun suffer by attacking Kumogakure.

• White Zetsu led Ziyun to Madara Uchiha’s hidden cave, but Ziyun demanded that Madara come out to meet him.
• Madara emerged and questioned why Ziyun was unsurprised to find him alive; Ziyun asked what Madara wanted and dismissed his talk of the recent war.
• Madara described the cycle of war and hatred, then explained the Ten-Tails and the Eye of the Moon Plan as a path to lasting peace.
• Ziyun refused to join Madara, saying there was no lasting peace and that he cared about protecting and strengthening Kumogakure.
• Ziyun mocked Madara as a village idiot, and Madara’s aura surged as his hair turned black and he contemplated making Kumogakure suffer.

Madara Uchiha used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s life force to unleash his Perfect Susanoo against Ziyun. Ziyun awakened the Combine-Combine Fruit, grew to nearly a thousand meters tall, and proved he could damage Madara through the Susanoo; Madara asked him to stop as Ziyun prepared another punch.

• Madara Uchiha drained life force from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and activated his Perfect Susanoo.
• Ziyun awakened the Combine-Combine Fruit and absorbed inorganic matter across the surrounding countries, growing to nearly a thousand meters tall.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Ziyun with the Susanoo’s swords, but the strikes barely wounded him and his body quickly healed.
• Ziyun struck the Susanoo with a fist coated in Advanced Armament Haki: Ryuo, cracking its armor and injuring Madara Uchiha inside.
• Ziyun raised his fist for another blow, and Madara Uchiha asked him to stop fighting for a moment.

Madara Uchiha ended his fight with Ziyun and, under threat, agreed to have White Zetsu serve Kumogakure for ten years. After ordering White Zetsu to gather intelligence in Kirigakure, Ziyun encountered Konoha scouts and sensed Tsunade at a casino in a nearby shopping district.

• Madara Uchiha deactivated his Perfect Susanoo, withdrew, and agreed to send White Zetsu to serve Kumogakure for ten years after Ziyun threatened to kill him.
• Ziyun ordered White Zetsu to investigate Kirigakure’s Kekkei Genkai clans and gifted geniuses.
• Ziyun encountered Hatake Sakumo and Konoha Ninja, confirmed that he had caused the enormous monster, and watched them retreat.
• Ziyun went to a shopping district to buy gifts for Kushina and Mikoto, then sensed Tsunade inside a casino.

Ziyun met Tsunade at a casino, lent her money to buy supplies for the Senju Clan, and followed her when their encampment came under attack. He rescued the Senju and Kumogakure shinobi, then killed most of the invading force and ordered Dodai to identify the bodies.

• Ziyun won a large pile of chips by betting against Tsunade, who had lost the Senju Clan's supply money gambling.
• Tsunade asked Ziyun for a loan to buy food, and he agreed to purchase supplies directly so she could not gamble the money away.
• Tsunade sensed that the barrier around the Senju grounds had been breached, and Ziyun carried her to the besieged clan members and Dodai's group.
• Tsunade joined the battle while Ziyun's arrival caused the attackers to flee.
• Ziyun used lightning attacks, including 100 Million Volts: Thunder Dragon, to kill dozens of enemies and clear the battlefield.
• Ziyun ordered Dodai to identify the attackers' corpses.

Ziyun rescued the Senju Clan from an attack and persuaded Tsunade to bring the clan into Kumogakure. After settling them there, he returned to Mikoto and Kushina, then took Kushina to train her Rasengan.

• Ziyun learned that the attackers included ninja from several villages, and he and Dodai blamed Konoha as well, angering Tsunade and the Senju.
• Senju Kazami urged Tsunade to seek a powerful ally, and Tsunade agreed to lead the Senju Clan into Kumogakure.
• Ziyun forgave Tsunade's debt and led the Senju back to Kumogakure, where he gave them land near the Yotsuki and Uzumaki clans.
• News of the Senju joining Kumogakure alarmed the other villages, whose leaders hesitated to challenge Ziyun.
• Ziyun returned to the Raikage's Office, reunited with Mikoto and Kushina, and took Kushina to the training ground to work on her Rasengan.

Ziyun gave Yotsuki A the More-More Fruit, dramatically increasing his strength, then infiltrated Kirigakure to target the Third Mizukage and undermine the village. The chapter ended as Ziyun entered the Mizukage’s office disguised as a Kirigakure ninja and announced an attack.

• Kushina asked Ziyun for more Ninjutsu, and he considered giving her a Devil Fruit suited to her volatile temperament.
• Ziyun gave Yotsuki A, codenamed Chikara, the More-More Fruit, and Chikara discovered that his strength had increased dramatically.
• Ziyun warned Chikara to keep training, then left to meet White Zetsu and received intelligence on Kirigakure’s clans and talented shinobi.
• Ziyun traveled to the Land of Water, disguised himself as a Kirigakure ninja, and entered the village undetected.
• Ziyun entered the Mizukage’s office, intending to control the Third Mizukage and bring Kirigakure into the Blood Mist Era, then announced that the village was under attack.

Ziyun used the Third Mizukage to turn Kirigakure against its clans and geniuses, leaving the village devastated over three years. As he prepared to take control of the situation, Tsunade asked him to help her become strong enough to get revenge on Konoha.

• Ziyun used Sharingan Genjutsu to control the Third Mizukage, then reviewed Kirigakure’s intelligence and ordered him to exploit conflicts among the clans and civilian ninjas.
• Ziyun spent a week planning Kirigakure’s downfall, left a powerful Wood Clone to assist the Third Mizukage, and departed.
• Over the next three years, the Third Mizukage’s campaign left the great clans nearly wiped out, killed the first generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and turned Kirigakure’s geniuses against the village.
• Ziyun learned that the clans and geniuses were ready to oppose the Third Mizukage and decided it was time to close the net.
• Tsunade told Ziyun she wanted revenge on Konoha and asked him to help her get stronger.
• Tsunade and the Senju Clan had found that Konoha’s leaders tampered with Senju Nawaki’s C-rank mission, though they had not identified who did it.

Ziyun gave Tsunade the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and she spent half a month mastering its power while growing closer to him. The two prepared to travel with the Senju clan to Konoha, where Tsunade intended to confront the village's leadership over Nawaki's death.

• Tsunade asked Ziyun for a Devil Fruit, and he gave her the Tremor-Tremor Fruit after warning her about its dangerous side effects.
• Tsunade kissed Ziyun and began training with her new ability, while Ziyun warned her not to damage Kumogakure.
• Ziyun decided to accompany Tsunade to Konoha, and she insisted that her revenge against the Konoha High Command was her own business.
• Over the next half month, Tsunade mastered the fruit's power and reached roughly Peak Kage Level strength as she and Ziyun grew closer.
• At Kumogakure's main gate, Tsunade asked Ziyun whether they should disguise themselves before setting out for Konoha.

Ziyun traveled with Tsunade and the Senju Clan to Konoha, where Tsunade confronted the village over the deaths of Senju clansmen and Nawaki. Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Konoha’s elites and denied that the Senju had any grievance, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Ziyun, Tsunade, and the Senju Clan had left Kumogakure and ordered Konoha to prepare for their possible arrival.
• After a week of travel, Ziyun, Tsunade, and the others reached the Konoha Gate without meeting resistance.
• Tsunade declared that she had come to avenge the Senju Clan and Nawaki, and Hatake Sakumo sent word to Hiruzen Sarutobi after sensing the danger in her Tremor-Tremor Fruit power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Orochimaru, Jiraiya, the clan heads, and Konoha’s elite ninja.
• Tsunade demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi bring out Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Homura Mitokado, but Hiruzen denied that the Senju had a grudge against Konoha.