Recaps

Tsunade agreed to send Konoha reinforcements to the Land of Rivers after Sakura reported Kyōai’s request for aid. The chapter ended with Tsunade ordering Sakura to bring Kyōai to her.

• Neji, under Tobirama’s control, questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō about their failed intelligence mission and learned that Takigakure had allied with Iwagakure.
• Tobirama left the Hokage’s office after criticizing Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, and Danzo’s proposed responses to the threat.
• Sakura brought Hashirama’s soul to the office, where he reunited with Tsunade and spoke with her about gambling before Sakura recalled him into her seal.
• Sakura told Tsunade about the Katabami Gold Mine mission and Kyōai’s request for help in the Land of Rivers.
• Tsunade agreed to send Shino Aburame, Choji Akimichi, and Rock Lee as reinforcements, and ordered Sakura to bring Kyōai to Konoha.

Kyōai negotiated with Tsunade over an alliance between Konoha and the Nuclear Ninja Village, demonstrating the power of chakra ninja tools and proposing joint development in the Land of Rivers. Tsunade agreed to take the proposal to Konoha’s High Command, while a team of Nuclear Guardian Pillars set out for the Land of Rivers on a separate mission.

• Kyōai showed Tsunade how Katen Kyōkotsu used chakra to change its nature and transform into a powerful broadsword.
• Kyōai explained the Nuclear Ninja Village’s plans for the Land of Rivers and said it was also negotiating with Sunagakure, ruling out a monopoly on chakra ninja tools.
• Tsunade told Kyōai about the situation in Kusagakure, and he offered three possible solutions before she agreed to bring the alliance proposal to Konoha’s High Command.
• Sōretsu Yachiru, Hitsugaya Tōshirō, and Komamura Ujin prepared to head to the Land of Rivers under Captain Jack’s lead.
• The three Guardian Pillars activated Blue Bird Type Seven and flew toward the Land of Rivers while Captain Jack returned to train.

Kairyū assigned Tōhachi to take Sea Stone Port from the Golden Shovel Organization so Rokusuke and his team could search for sea stone gold. After a brutal spar with Rock Lee, Tōhachi accepted the mission when Kairyū threatened to use the twenty bandits as Kendon’s test subjects.

• Kairyū told Rokusuke to bring Nanasuki, Kyūsha, and Ranmaru to Sea Stone Port after it was captured, where they would survey for sea stone gold.
• Kendon reported that the Golden Shovel Organization occupied Sea Stone Port with about twenty weak bandits and mercenaries, so Kairyū chose Tōhachi to handle them alone.
• Tōhachi and Rock Lee traded punishing blows in a no-dodging duel, then both unleashed powerful techniques that left them badly injured.
• Tōhachi and Rock Lee recovered from their injuries and declared each other friends.
• Kairyū offered Tōhachi the mission to take Sea Stone Port, and Tōhachi agreed when Kairyū threatened to send the Golden Shovel members to Kendon as test subjects.

Tōhachi reached the Golden Shovel Organization’s coastal territory and began fighting its members, while a group of strange black-cloaked figures from the Land of Water watched from the shadows. The lead figure sent a small white snake toward the battle.

• Tōhachi lost his way on the journey, and Rokusuke corrected his route to the Golden Shovel Organization’s territory.
• Kaneshovel Kazuo accepted two million ryō from the black-cloaked group, then discovered their monstrous appearance and let them leave.
• Tōhachi arrived at the beach and challenged the Golden Shovel Organization to abandon its territory.
• Kaneshovel Kazuo sent Kaneshovel Jūzō and Kaneshovel Nijūichi to attack Tōhachi, who killed them with a single slash.
• The black-cloaked figures watched Tōhachi fight, and their leader released a small white snake toward the beach.

Saraki Tōhachi defeated the Golden Shovel Organization at Golden Shovel Beach, then battled Kaneshovel Kazuo after a white snake transformed him into a monstrous sage creature. Tōhachi claimed the beach and led the defeated members away, while the black-clad leader recognized him as an obstacle to the plan to control the Land of Rivers.

• Tōhachi forced the Golden Shovel Organization members, including Kaneshovel Kazuo, to surrender and ordered them to come with him.
• A white snake entered Kaneshovel Kazuo, transforming him into a powerful, seemingly unconscious creature that attacked Tōhachi.
• Tōhachi fought back as Kaneshovel Kazuo grew stronger, healed by devouring corpses, and pierced Tōhachi with his tail.
• Tōhachi released Nozarashi and cut Kaneshovel Kazuo in half with a distant slash, after which the body dispersed into black smoke.
• Tōhachi claimed Golden Shovel Beach and led the surrendered members away.
• The black-clad leader identified Tōhachi as an obstacle to the plan to take control of the Land of Rivers and withdrew with the others.

Rokusuke, Nanasuki, and Kyūsha mined a large supply of sea stone ore on the Land of Rivers coast while Tōhachi returned with the Golden Shovel Organization. Tōhachi’s senior siblings arrived to assist, and the group prepared to rest before returning to the gold mine, where Tōhachi planned to explain his injuries.

• Rokusuke, Nanasuki, and Kyūsha used modified Mining Type Ones to extract a mountain of sea stone ore from the cliffs.
• Tōhachi returned with fifteen Golden Shovel Organization members, carrying injuries from a difficult encounter, and ordered them to haul the ore.
• Sōretsu Yachiru, Hitsugaya Tōshirō, and Komamura Ujin flew in from the Land of Spring and said they had come to help Tōhachi.
• Rock Lee told Sōretsu that his companion Yuhan had been captured, and he intended to find her and defeat her.
• Hongshi revealed that he had been present as a shadow clone, and Tōhachi’s senior siblings showed that they knew him despite denying it to Rock Lee.
• The group caught pheasants and a wild boar to grill before returning to the gold mine the next day.

Sōretsu investigated how Kaneshovel Kazuo had been transformed by natural energy and suspected Orochimaru’s involvement. Outside the mine, Hongshi helped Rock Lee develop a lightning-enhanced technique before Tōhachi summoned them to Sōretsu.

• Hongshi returned to the Katabami Gold Mine with a team of earth-and-stone turtles, while Sōretsu sent Kendon, Kashirō, Ujin, and Naruto to Golden Shovel Beach.
• Sōretsu questioned Tōhachi and Nozarashi about Kaneshovel Kazuo’s transformation, and Nozarashi explained that he had absorbed excessive natural energy and displayed animal traits.
• Sōretsu suspected Orochimaru had caused Kaneshovel Kazuo’s extreme Sage Transformation and warned that their trip to the Land of Rivers might involve bloodshed.
• Raiga used Lightning Release on Rock Lee, who absorbed the chakra until he could form it over his body.
• Hongshi named Rock Lee’s new technique Thunderstorm Unrivaled and explained how to combine it with the Fifth Gate.
• Tōhachi interrupted their training and told Hongshi and Rock Lee that Sōretsu wanted them inside.

Sōretsu divided the forces to attack three rebel factions in the Land of Rivers, while the team leaders set out for their assigned targets. As the teams departed, Sōretsu revealed her Sharingan to Ranmaru, and Hongshi discussed the eyes’ connection to the Chinoike Clan.

• Sōretsu assigned herself, Hongshi, and Ranmaru to attack the Purple Hammer Clan, sent Rock Lee and Raiga toward Windblown Sand Valley with Kairyū, and ordered Tōhachi to meet Konoha’s reinforcements at Green Copper Mountain.
• Sōretsu warned that Orochimaru’s research might be behind the black-clad figures and Kaneshovel Kazuo’s transformation, making the Land of Rivers a likely target.
• Tōhachi charged toward Green Copper Mountain, while Rock Lee and Raiga raced toward Windblown Sand Valley and promised Ranmaru they would return.
• Sōretsu opened her eyes and revealed Uchiha Fugaku’s Sharingan; Hongshi explained that he had taken them from Root and discussed how Hashirama Cells might prevent backlash.
• Hongshi asked Ranmaru whether he knew the Chinoike Clan because of his unusual eyes, but Ranmaru said he had never heard of them.

Sōretsu, Hongshi, and Ranmaru encountered Fūjin and Raijin transformed by Cursed Seals and Sage Transformation at Purple Gold Mountain. Hongshi subdued them, investigated the source of their seals, and discovered that Teacher Mizuki was responsible.

• Sōretsu, Hongshi, and Ranmaru reached Purple Gold Mountain and found Purple Hammer Clan members fleeing from Fūjin and Raijin.
• Fūjin and Raijin’s Cursed Seals activated, transforming them into monstrous forms as they attacked Sōretsu and Hongshi.
• Sōretsu severed the brothers’ legs, but their bodies regenerated, and Hongshi stopped their charge with Shinra Tensei.
• Hongshi pulled Fūjin and Raijin from the mountain, sealed their Cursed Seals and Sage Transformation, and examined their memories.
• Hongshi told Sōretsu that Teacher Mizuki had implanted the seals and fed Fūjin and Raijin Super Military Rations Pills.

Hongshi explained Mizuki’s Beast Seal Transformation and sent Sōretsu toward Purple Gold Mountain while recruiting Fūjin and Raijin and placing Ranmaru in their care. An explosion signaled that the fighting had begun, and Tōshirō, Kendon, and Ujin arrived at the mountain.

• Hongshi told Sōretsu that Mizuki had developed Beast Seal Transformation and warned that hidden accomplices might be helping him.
• Sōretsu launched a Thermonuclear Orb to signal Kendon and the others, then charged toward Purple Gold Mountain.
• Hongshi recruited Fūjin and Raijin with food and assigned them to protect Ranmaru, while secretly placing a thermonuclear bomb life-form inside him.
• After an explosion sounded nearby, Hongshi set out to see the fighting, and Tōshirō, Kendon, and Ujin approached Purple Gold Mountain.

Mizuki used the Beast Seal Transformation to turn the Purple Gold Clan into beastlike fighters and bind them to his control, then sent his allies toward the miners. Takuden's counterattack disrupted Mizuki's control, and an unknown woman appeared to strike Mizuki while Chuanshan was in danger.

• Mizuki claimed the miners in exchange for strengthening Shikin Shinma and his subordinates, then revealed that the transformed men needed fresh flesh and blood to keep their sanity.
• Takuden attacked Mizuki with lightning swordsmanship, but Chuanshan blocked the strike and countered with his scaled tail.
• Mizuki used a hand seal to make the transformed Purple Gold Clan members attack Takuden, exposing his control over them.
• Shirō and Hyōtsū turned against Mizuki, while the lion and leopard rushed toward the mine with blood-red medicine and the other beastmen engaged Shikin Shinma's group.
• Takuden used a Lightning Pillar to blind the fighters and disrupt Mizuki's control, after which a shuriken struck Mizuki and an unfamiliar woman attacked as Chuanshan faced danger.

Sōretsu attacked Mizuki at Purple Gold Mountain, but he unleashed the transformed miners and other beastmen into a rampage before escaping. As the beastmen overwhelmed the defenders, Sōretsu completed her technique and immobilized those nearest her.

• Sōretsu struck at Mizuki, but Chuanshan blocked her sword and was badly wounded by her Fire Style.
• Mizuki revealed that he could trigger an uncontrollable rampage in the transformed beastmen, then escaped while leaving a snakeskin decoy behind.
• Sōretsu set the square ablaze to destroy the charging beastmen, while Takuden and the Purple Gold elders fought beside her.
• Takuden and the elders used Lightning Pillar and Earth Style Walls to protect Sōretsu as the beastmen broke through their defenses and killed one elder.
• Sōretsu unleashed Sage Art: Evil Eye Shira, stopping every beastman within ten meters from advancing.

Sōretsu and the arriving Thirteen Nuclear Guardian Pillars fought the transformed beastmen at Purple Gold Mountain, where Ujin unleashed a devastating attack. The battle left a red-haired beastman with intelligence and ninjutsu revealed, and it bit Kendon after resisting his poison.

• Sōretsu cut down beastmen with Kaijin but began absorbing too much natural energy and prepared to remove her seal’s limit.
• Tōshirō, Ujin, and Kendon arrived, and Ujin summoned an earth-and-stone warrior with his Bankai.
• Ujin used Hakoku to erase much of the plaza and continued cutting through the beastmen, forcing Sōretsu, Takuden, and Shikin Shinma to retreat.
• Kendon and Tōshirō spotted a red-haired beastman devouring its own kind and showing signs of intelligence.
• The red-haired beastman formed hand seals and attacked Kendon with lightning spikes, then resisted his poison and bit his shoulder.

Ujin and Sōretsu battled the beastmen as rising natural energy pushed Ujin toward Sage Transformation. Kendon defeated and captured the red-haired beastman after a brutal fight, while Kashirō sealed him in ice as the remaining beastmen dwindled.

• Ujin continued slaughtering the beastmen with his earth-and-stone warrior as natural energy caused his arm to transform, and Sōretsu warned him not to lose control.
• Kendon restrained the red-haired beastman with Lightning Release, but the beastman absorbed the chakra and pierced Kendon's chest.
• Kendon used a Venom Clone and Nuclear Heavy Fist attacks to batter the red-haired beastman, who regenerated and seemingly devoured him.
• Kendon reappeared behind the red-haired beastman and paralyzed him with lightning chakra while recording his regeneration in a notebook.
• Kashirō froze and sealed the red-haired beastman, then urged the others to finish off the remaining beastmen.

Ujin and the Nuclear Ninja Village fighters wiped out the beastmen on Purple Gold Mountain, but Ujin and Sōretsu were suffering dangerous Sage Transformation. Hongshi arrived and began gathering the mountain’s natural energy while they tried to control it themselves.

• Sōretsu trapped most of the beastmen inside a contracting ring of fire while Kendon poisoned them, Tōshirō attacked those who flew away, and Kashirō froze the strongest survivors.
• Ujin used Hakoku to destroy the remaining beastmen and much of the plaza, after which his earth-and-stone warrior crumbled.
• Takuden and Shikin Shinma recognized the Nuclear Ninja Village fighters’ extraordinary strength as Ujin and Sōretsu’s Sage Transformation worsened.
• Hongshi arrived with Fūjin, Raijin, and Ranmaru, who warned that Sōretsu’s and Ujin’s chakra resembled the beastmen’s.
• Hongshi dismissed his role-play beard, called himself Master Roshi, and drew the natural energy across the area into a liquid sphere while Kendon took notes on the frozen beastmen.

Hongshi created a mask that granted him the Nuclear Ninja Village’s unique Sage Mode, demonstrating overwhelming power as Mizuki and Zetsu watched from across the mountain. Mizuki promised to continue developing his Beast Seal Transformation troops to conquer the Land of Rivers.

• Takuden and Shikin Shinma encountered Hongshi, Fūjin, and Raijin, then stood down after Ranmaru fed them Super Military Rations Pills.
• Sōretsu successfully refined Senjutsu Chakra, while Ujin struggled with Sage Transformation before gradually regaining control of his altered body.
• Hongshi shaped compressed Natural Energy and chakra into a skull-like mask as Kendon recorded his work and Ranmaru explained what he could see.
• Hongshi put on the mask, entered the Nuclear Ninja Village’s Sage Mode, and cracked Purple Gold Mountain with his roar.
• Mizuki and his allies watched from across the mountain, and Mizuki told Zetsu that his Beast Seal Transformation serum was nearing its final stage.

Kyōai organized the surrendered miners into teams while Naruto returned to Konoha after complaining that his dreams of his parents kept him awake. Shino arrived and talked Hongshi into helping him develop his insect techniques, and they headed into the mine to find Kendon.

• Kyōai assigned the miners to teams to extract sea stone, purple gold, and yellow iron ore.
• Naruto told Hongshi and Rock Lee that his parents had been appearing in his dreams and teaching him techniques, then used Flying Thunder God to return to Konoha.
• Shino surprised Hongshi and spoke at length before asking him to help invent a new technique.
• Hongshi suggested Shino consult Kendon about evolving his insects, and the two entered the mine.
• Kendon felt a chill while testing the beastman sealed in an ice sphere.

Zetsu revealed that he had helped Mizuki develop Beast Seal Transformation, while Sōretsu and the others completed their training and decided to bring the surviving Purple Gold Clan members into the Nuclear Ninja Village. After Ujin and Sōretsu failed to hurt Hongshi with their strongest attacks, the group headed back to the gold mine.

• Zetsu told Mizuki and the others that Beast Seal Transformation using Uzumaki Clan cells had succeeded, though only one in three hundred test subjects survived, and ordered them to leave before fighting.
• Sōretsu safely entered Perfect Sage Mode, while Kendon learned how to form a durable sage mask and Ujin completed his Sage Mode training.
• Takuden and Shikin Shinma asked to join the Nuclear Ninja Village and seek revenge for the Purple Gold Clan, and Hongshi accepted them on the condition that they find the people who had fled.
• Ujin used Nuclear Ninja Secret Sword: Wind Scar against Hongshi, but his sword broke without harming him, and Hongshi fell asleep before praising the strike.
• Sōretsu attacked Hongshi with Nuclear Ninja Secret Sword: Meido Zangetsuha, but he mistook her for practicing fly-cutting, then led the group back to the gold mine.

Kyōai led a council meeting about Mizuki’s beastmen and decided to wait for Kendon’s research before choosing how to respond. Kyōai sent Temari and Choji to warn their villages and then offered to show them their welcome gifts.

• Sōretsu reported that most factions south of Katabami Gold Mine had submitted and that Mizuki’s technique transformed people into powerful beastmen.
• Temari reacted angrily when she learned Orochimaru might be connected to Mizuki’s technique and urged Kyōai to request reinforcements.
• Kyōai argued that Mizuki was likely a pawn and that the Land of Rivers might expose a major flaw in his technique.
• Kyōai told Temari and Choji to send Ninja Hawks with information about the beastmen and prepare border defenses.
• Kyōai offered to show Temari and Choji the welcome gifts Kendon had prepared.

Kendon showed Shino how genetic mutation could create powerful kikaichū and proposed working together to develop them. After Shino agreed to Kendon's research terms, they used his insects to suppress the red-haired beastman as the creature began to break free.

• Hongshi and Shino found Kendon conducting experiments on four beastmen sealed inside ice spheres in the mine.
• Shino sensed that the beastmen were alive and showed Kendon his Aburame kikaichū, while Hongshi fled in disgust.
• Kendon mutated a kikaichū into a larger, white insect with Lightning Release chakra and explained his plans to breed stronger insects.
• Shino agreed to collaborate with Kendon on the condition that he controlled how far their experiments went, and Kendon asked to keep one offspring from each specimen.
• A crack appeared in the red-haired beastman's ice sphere, so Shino sent tens of thousands of kikaichū inside to consume its chakra and quell its rampage.

Kyōai showed Temari, Kankuro, and Choji the Nuclear Ninja Village’s technological ninja tools and gave each of them a custom-made weapon. Hongshi saw the Zaku Type One and demanded a Gundam, but Kyōai said the village could not make one.

• Kyōai showed Temari the Great Sickle Weasel Fan, which used Chakra Furnaces to release Ninjutsu, and Temari tested its Dragon Fire Technique.
• Kyōai introduced the Zaku Type One, and Kankuro controlled the metal puppet as its cylinders let it fly.
• Kankuro agreed to give Lord Shelin feedback about the Zaku Type One, which could run at maximum output for only two hours.
• Kyōai gave Choji bracers equipped with Chakra Furnaces for Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the Hardening Technique.
• Hongshi rushed toward the Zaku Type One and demanded one of his own, then lamented that he wanted a Gundam when Kyōai explained its size limits.

Temari received word that an unidentified Armored Army had attacked the Land of Wind, so Kyōai and several allies flew with her to provide support. With most of them gone, Zetsu left to delay them while Mizuki prepared to continue his Perfect Beast Seal Transformation plan.

• Samon crashed onto Hongshi while delivering a message that the Land of Wind's coast had suffered a severe attack by an unidentified Armored Army.
• Kyōai agreed to support Sunagakure, gathered Blue Bird flying ninja tools, and departed with Temari, Kankuro, Choji, Shino, and Hongshi.
• The six flew toward the Land of Wind as Temari wondered whether the others could help, and Kyōai assured her that Hongshi was strong.
• After they left, Zetsu and Mizuki emerged near the gold mine, and Zetsu said he would follow the group and buy Mizuki time.
• Mizuki promised to complete the Perfect Beast Seal Transformation, and Zetsu threatened to devour him if he failed before disappearing underground.

Gaara and the Sand Ninja struggled to repel a seemingly endless armored force attacking the Land of Wind coast. Temari and Kankuro arrived with advanced equipment from Nuclear Ninja Village, turning back the bombardment, while Hongshi made a reckless landing in the sand.

• Gaara exhausted himself defending the Sand Ninja from the warship’s bombardment, and Baki urged him to retreat and seek Konoha’s help.
• Gaara ordered the Sand Ninja to fall back while he prepared to use the Feigning Sleep Technique to attack the warship.
• Temari arrived and destroyed most of the incoming shells with her Wind Release: Dragon Fire Great Sickle Weasel technique.
• Kankuro joined Gaara with reinforcements and used Zaku Type One, alongside Crow and Black Ant, to clear the remaining shells from the sky.
• Kankuro revealed that Nuclear Ninja Village had given him the advanced puppet as an alliance gift, astonishing Baki.
• Hongshi dropped from the sky toward the beach despite Kyōai’s warning and plunged several meters into the sand.

Kyōai and the others fought off the armored soldiers attacking Sunagakure’s beach, while Kyōai prepared to strike their steel warship. Temari launched him toward the ship, and he began a powerful sword technique as the Lord God objected.

• Hongshi emerged from the sand, shrugged off the armored soldiers’ attacks, and went to treat the wounded while Choji and Shino fought the soldiers.
• Choji crushed armored soldiers with Human Bullet Tank, and Shino’s mutated Kikaichū infiltrated their armor and destroyed them.
• Baki told Temari to attack the steel warship, and Kyōai promised to handle it himself.
• Kyōai revealed his eight arms, summoned nine chakra-coated swords, and asked Temari to launch him with her Great Sickle Weasel Fan.
• Temari sent Kyōai flying toward the warship, where he began Nuclear Ninja Secret Sword: All Together, Three Thousand, Thousandfold World, prompting the Lord God to object.

Kyōai destroyed the armored soldiers’ steel battleship and confronted its leaders, Kamira and Ranke, but Rock Lee mistook him for a monster and kicked him into the sea. After Ranke recovered and attacked, Lee mistook Kyōai for a monster again and sent him flying a second time, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Kyōai used his secret sword technique to split the steel battleship in two, disabling the armored soldiers and revealing the people who had controlled them.
• Kyōai questioned the survivors, and Kamira and Ranke confronted him before Ranke transformed and attacked.
• Rock Lee arrived and struck Ranke into the ship, then mistook eight-armed Kyōai for a monster and kicked him into the sea.
• Ranke healed, grew larger, and smashed the ship’s bow while Rock Lee helped Kyōai out of the water.
• Rock Lee mistook Kyōai for a monster again and punched him, sending him flying while the Sand Ninja watched.