Recaps

During Konoha’s winter celebrations for Tsunade’s inauguration and the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams, Hongshi celebrated his fifteenth birthday with Gyokucha, Naruto, and Hinata. After Hinata gave him a handmade scarf, Hongshi gave her an unexplained gift and noticed her Byakugan had begun revealing unusual things.

• Hongshi and Gyokucha ate at a barbecue stall as Naruto and Hinata joined them for the festivities.
• Hinata gave Hongshi a scarf she and Hanabi had made for his birthday, and Hongshi became so emotional that his tears washed away the stall.
• Hongshi offered to retrieve a Tenseigan for Hinata and then promised to make her strong enough to defeat Rinnegan Sasuke.
• Jiraiya asked Hongshi how he had awakened Naruto’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, but Hongshi refused to explain.
• The stall owner demanded payment for the wrecked stall, and Gyokucha paid after Hongshi admitted he had no money.
• Naruto greeted Choji, while Hinata used her Byakugan to sense the chakra of Hōryūsai and another traveler; Hongshi tapped her head and gave her a mysterious return gift.

The village leaders gathered in Konoha for Tsunade’s inauguration, where insults and a growing banquet gave way to discussions of alliances and cooperation. Shikaku Nara arrived with a warning, but Tsunade and A were passed out drunk, and Kakashi was startled to find it was already daytime.

• Kakashi opened the gathering by noting which leaders and nations were absent, and Ōnoki insulted the Nuclear Shadow, Kyōai, and Natsuhiboshi.
• Hōryūsai questioned Ōnoki about the Land of Bears, but Ōnoki denied involvement; Kyōai and Sōsuke remained puzzled about the reported use of Dust Release.
• Tsunade urged the leaders to drink, and Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi bickered over dumplings as the banquet grew lively.
• Tsunade challenged A to a drinking contest, while Kyōai and Sōsuke discussed their suspicions about a conspiracy.
• Mei Terumi asked Kyōai to discuss technological cooperation after the banquet, and he agreed.
• Shikaku Nara rushed into the meeting hall with a warning, but Tsunade and A were asleep from drinking, and Kakashi looked outside and realized it was daytime.

Hiruko announced his plan to gain immortality and destroy every ninja village, prompting the gathered leaders to confront Tsunade. After the other Kage left, Gaara revealed Iwagakure’s repeated aggression and pledged Sunagakure’s cooperation with Konoha and the Blade Ninja Village as the threat of war grew.

• Hiruko appeared as a giant illusion over Konoha and declared that Orochimaru had helped him gather four kekkei genkai, and that he would become invincible after absorbing a fifth.
• The Lord God explained that Orochimaru had supplied Hiruko with Impure World Reincarnation victims for the Chimera Technique in exchange for his help destroying Konoha.
• Ōnoki, A, and Mei Terumi challenged Tsunade over Hiruko’s threat, but Tsunade identified him as a Konoha missing-nin and accused their villages of harboring designs on the Land of Fire.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that he had been disguised as the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and warned that Hiruko’s alliance with Orochimaru could plunge Konoha into war.
• Gaara disclosed that Iwagakure had attacked Sunagakure during its investigation in the Land of Bears and had repeatedly probed the Land of Wind, then pledged to unite Sunagakure with Konoha and the Blade Ninja Village.

After Hiruko declared war, Tsunade placed Konoha under martial law and organized teams to search for him. The village mobilized for the crisis, while Tobirama confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo about their private conversation.

• Village leaders sent retreat signals, and Hinata used her Byakugan to spot Konoha's assembly signal before she and Gyokucha hurried Hongshi to the Hokage's office.
• Tsunade announced martial law and ordered five teams to search for Hiruko, with Gyokucha joining Team Kakashi and Hanabi Hyuga and Konohamaru joining Team 13 under Dai.
• Anbu delivered encrypted scrolls to the team captains, and Tsunade ordered increased patrols and secure borders as Shikaku Nara assigned clan members to missions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo discussed Shikaku's team rosters and revealed that Kyōai had devised the strategy to test the other nations.
• Tobirama appeared behind Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, demanded to know whether their remarks were true, and watched Hiruzen flee while Danzo tried to explain.

Team 13 left Konoha for the Land of the Moon in a wooden house carried by Hongshi’s rolling earth turtle, turning their journey into a mobile meal and sleeping quarters. Yamato learned the trip would involve sounding out neighboring countries and ninja villages, while Hongshi’s Shadow Clone promised to protect Konohamaru and Hanabi Hyuga.

• Hongshi’s noisy, slow walk delayed Team 13’s departure, so Yamato used Wood Release to build a small house for the group.
• Hongshi raised the house onto an earth-and-stone turtle, changed its feet into wheels, and set off with Yamato, Konohamaru, and Hanabi Hyuga.
• Hongshi cooked meat soup inside the moving house while Yamato discovered their first destination was the Land of the Moon.
• After the children fell asleep, Yamato explained that the mission involved gauging neighboring countries’ and ninja villages’ attitudes, and asked Hongshi to protect the children.
• Hongshi fell asleep during Yamato’s warning, but his Shadow Clone promised to keep Konohamaru and Hanabi safe and revealed it could last for a month.

Hongshi brought Hanabi Hyuga and Konohamaru to confront bandits so they could test their training. Konohamaru launched a Multiple Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique as the bandits threatened an old man and his granddaughter.

• Hongshi discussed Yamato’s limited prospects for improving his chakra and joked that he could become a jinchūriki.
• Hanabi Hyuga defeated Konohamaru in their sparring match with Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
• Hanabi Hyuga spotted a fight ahead, and Hongshi persuaded her and Konohamaru to face the bandits.
• Hongshi’s group arrived to find two bandits attacking an old man, whose son had been killed, and threatening his young granddaughter.
• Konohamaru attacked the bandits with Multiple Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, turning one shuriken into a hundred.

Konohamaru and Hanabi Hyuga defeated the bandits threatening Ahao’s family, while Hongshi Law healed the injured villagers and cured Xiao Daozi. The group agreed to travel together toward the Land of Rice Fields, and Hongshi Law planned to make Konohamaru train with his black rods.

• Konohamaru and Hanabi Hyuga fought Bōshō and Bōsetsu after the bandits attacked Ahao’s family.
• Hongshi Law introduced himself as a Konoha medical-nin and healed Ahao and the old man.
• Hongshi Law treated Xiao Daozi with Creation Rebirth, curing her illness as red strands appeared in her hair.
• Ahao and the old man agreed to cook for the group on their journey to the Land of Rice Fields instead of paying a treatment fee.
• Hanabi Hyuga defeated Bōsetsu with Eight Trigrams Dragon Palm, and Konohamaru knocked out Bōshō with a Rasengan.
• Hongshi Law healed Bōshō and told Konohamaru he would take his black rods.

Hongshi and Yamato brought the Kikuka brothers into their traveling party after learning they had become bandits while fleeing a ninja attack. As Konohamaru and Hanabi trained in Senjutsu with toad oil, Xiao Daocao asked to become Hongshi’s disciple, and he accepted her as his second direct disciple.

• Bōshō and Bōsetsu explained that ninja had attacked their village, and Hongshi spared them and assigned them to hunt for the group.
• Yamato expanded the wooden house on the giant turtle as the nine travelers set out, while Konohamaru and Hanabi continued training during frequent stops.
• Hongshi summoned Gamatatsu to provide toad oil, and Yamato made a basin so the children could use it to speed their Senjutsu training.
• Konohamaru and Hanabi were overwhelmed by natural energy, but Hongshi knocked it out with his black rod and they recovered.
• Xiao Daocao asked Hongshi to teach her, and he accepted her as his second direct disciple before knocking Konohamaru away for calling himself her uncle.

Hongshi took Xiao Daocao as his disciple and helped her and the others learn Senjutsu while the group traveled toward the Land of the Moon. After discussing their mission and assigning roles, the chapter shifted to Ainz, who prepared to seek Senjutsu training methods from Shikkotsu Forest and Ryūchi Cave.

• Xiao Daocao became Hongshi’s disciple, and Yamato agreed to arrange for her father to move to Konoha in exchange for Senjutsu training.
• Hongshi explained that Xiao Daocao could learn Senjutsu despite her poor aptitude for other ninja techniques, and he secretly used Yunxiu to help her master Mount Myōboku Senjutsu first.
• Hanabi Hyuga and Yamato completed their Senjutsu training after Xiao Daocao, and Konohamaru finished the stillness portion as the group reached the Land of Rice Fields.
• Over a meal, Yamato described the mission to win the Land of the Moon as an ally and assigned roles, while Xiao Daocao was tasked with protecting her father and grandfather.
• At the Nuclear Ninja Village, Ainz continued producing Gundams and received Hongshi’s request to obtain Senjutsu training methods from Shikkotsu Forest and Ryūchi Cave.

Hongshi Law taught Xiao Daocao to use senjutsu chakra to create a powerful shield that absorbed Konohamaru’s attacks. The group went to dinner, while Yamato remained puzzled by the shield and planned to report Hongshi’s strength to Konoha.

• After the group entered the Land of Rice Fields, Hongshi Law taught Xiao Daocao to coat herself in senjutsu chakra for defense.
• Xiao Daocao transformed her bracelet into the Dark Night Writer shield, which expanded to protect her and absorbed Konohamaru’s shuriken, fireball, and Rasengan.
• Hongshi Law explained that the shield used the Preta Path to seal ninjutsu, but Ahao interrupted his explanation by calling everyone to dinner.
• Hanabi Hyuga entered Sage Mode again, and the children went downstairs to eat.
• Yamato wondered whether Dark Night Writer was alive, then decided to report Hongshi’s strength to Konoha.

The group reached the coast, where Hongshi Law reluctantly boarded Yamato’s wooden boat before faking seasickness and staying behind. He then tracked down Hiruko at Mount Shumisen, where Kikin defeated Hiruko and extracted his knowledge of the Chimera Technique before Sasuke attacked Kikin’s Shadow Clone.

• Ahao worried about Xiao Daocao becoming a ninja, and Hongshi Law promised that Ahao and his father could settle in Konoha and run a restaurant.
• Xiao Daocao gave Hongshi Law a shell necklace, and Yamato used Wood Release to build a boat for the group’s voyage.
• Hongshi Law pretended to become violently seasick before the boat left, then revealed that he had located Hiruko at Mount Shumisen.
• Kikin confronted Hiruko and Orochimaru, shrugged off Hiruko’s attacks, and knocked Hiruko unconscious.
• Kikin used Human Path: Mind Layer Dive to obtain the Chimera Technique information from Hiruko, but Sasuke struck Kikin’s Shadow Clone with Lightning Release-infused Kusanagi Swords.

Ainz reached Shikkotsu Forest and asked the Katsuyu Sage to teach him its senjutsu. After meeting the giant sage and Elder Centipede, he learned that the practice was difficult but could grant great vitality and regeneration, and that Hashirama Senju had mastered it.

• Ainz arrived at Shikkotsu Forest, where the barrier blocked him until a clone of the Katsuyu Sage came out and welcomed him.
• Ainz told Katsuyu he wanted to learn Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu, and she warned that unsuccessful practitioners became part of the forest’s slugs.
• After traveling for three days, Ainz met the Katsuyu Sage’s enormous main body and shared fragrant leaves with her.
• Elder Centipede spoke with Ainz and explained that Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu demanded great skill but offered powerful vitality and regeneration.
• Elder Centipede named Hashirama Senju as the most recent practitioner to master the art, while Katsuyu said she had sensed Hashirama with Sakura.

Ainz mastered Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu and strengthened the forest’s barrier before leaving for Ryūchi Cave to learn its Sage Mode. He entered the snake-filled cave with Katsuyu as his guide, ready to confront White Snake Sage.

• Ainz mastered Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode in an hour, impressing Katsuyu Sage and Elder Centipede with his control of natural energy.
• Ainz sealed the energy he had gathered, then asked Katsuyu to accompany him to Ryūchi Cave and take a leaf from the giant tree.
• Ainz strengthened Shikkotsu Forest’s barrier with sealing formulas to stop its natural energy from leaking away, then left using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Katsuyu told Elder Centipede that Ainz was a clone of Hongshi, who was powerful enough to destroy the Shinobi World.
• After recovering his chakra, Ainz traveled to the Land of Waterfalls, found Ryūchi Cave with Katsuyu’s help, and entered while shredding approaching snakes with a Wind Blade domain.
• Ainz told Katsuyu that he was prepared to force White Snake Sage to teach him, and asked her to call him Ainz.

Ainz and Katsuyu entered Ryūchi Cave, where Ainz battled the White Snake Sage with his Nuclear-Powered Susanoo. The White Snake Sage’s attacks failed to break it, and Ainz declared that he would lose only if she could shatter it.

• Ainz and Katsuyu reached Ryūchi Cave, where Manda and the other giant snakes attacked them.
• Ainz summoned a Nuclear-Powered Susanoo and scorched the snakes unconscious with Super Auntie Red: Skyfall.
• The White Snake Sage confronted Ainz and attacked with her Sage Art: White Rage Technique, cracking the Susanoo.
• Ainz reinforced the Susanoo with Nuclear Energy Lightning Armor and broke the White Rage Technique’s source.
• The White Snake Sage used Inorganic Reincarnation to attack with the cave itself, but the Susanoo endured and repaired its damage.

Ainz forced the White Snake Sage to stop fighting and teach him Ryūchi Cave’s Senjutsu, then learned that mastering all three traditional Sage arts could make their chakra consume one another. He began his training by cooking Ryūchi Cave earth into soup, and the White Snake Sage and giant snakes joined him in a feast that ended with them calling each other brothers.

• Ainz’s Shadow Clone endured the White Snake Sage’s attacks, and she stopped fighting after Manda and the other snakes warned her that Ainz was overwhelmingly powerful.
• Ainz told the White Snake Sage he had come to learn Ryūchi Cave’s Senjutsu for his disciple, and she warned that mastering all three traditional Senjutsu styles could make their chakra tear his body apart.
• Katsuyu suggested that Ainz’s own Senjutsu could counterbalance the three styles, and the White Snake Sage began teaching him to use Ryūchi Cave earth for cultivation.
• Ainz simmered the earth into soup, tasted it, and declared it delicious; the White Snake Sage, Manda, Katsuyu, and the giant snakes eagerly ate it too.
• Ainz made a huge cauldron of earth soup, then toasted with the snakes and exchanged brotherly titles while Katsuyu urged them to get back to work.

Ainz completed his training in Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu and merged the powers of the Three Great Sage Lands into a new technique he named True Sage Mode. Before leaving, he gave the White Snake Sage a Thermonuclear Orb to heat mud and took her scale clone for the little girl’s summoning beast.

• Ainz trained in Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode as the White Snake Sage and Katsuyu watched from outside his Four Red Yang Formation.
• Katsuyu explained Nuclear Ninja Style Senjutsu to the White Snake Sage and described its destructive second level, leaving the White Snake Sage and Manda bewildered.
• Ainz formed a new mask that contained the senjutsu chakra of Mount Myōboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and Ryūchi Cave, then named the resulting technique True Sage Mode.
• The White Snake Sage gave Ainz a scale clone for the little girl, and Ainz gave her a Thermonuclear Orb that kept the mud in her pot boiling.
• Ainz and Katsuyu left the cave, and the White Snake Sage told the giant snakes to load the pot with mud.

Hongshi arrived at New Moon Port with Xiao Daocao and discovered that the Lightning Group had failed to sell any chakra ninja tools. He sent Chino and Fūshin to the Land of the Moon’s king, predicting that missing-nin would soon give them a chance to demonstrate the tools, then continued sightseeing with Xiao Daocao.

• Hongshi and his companions reached New Moon Port, where he got Xiao Daocao a flower hair ornament after bargaining the stall owner down to giving it away.
• Hongshi met Chino and Fūshin of the Lightning Group and learned that they had sold none of their expensive chakra ninja tools.
• Hongshi told the group to take their tools to the king’s palace and find a way to demonstrate them by driving off attacking missing-nin.
• Chino understood Hongshi’s plan, covered Fūshin’s mouth, and hurriedly led the group away.
• Xiao Daocao asked to visit Hongshi’s village, and he promised to take her there after she mastered Senjutsu before heading with her to buy dango.

Hongshi’s squad traveled to Full Moon Palace to meet the king and minister of state while Yamato’s real mission was to seek the Land of the Moon’s support ahead of a likely war. Three attackers then tried to storm the palace, trapping themselves briefly before throwing chakra grenades at the walls.

• Hongshi fled the dango shop without paying, leaving Yamato to settle a bill of three hundred thousand ryo.
• Hongshi escaped Yamato again, and Yamato, Konohamaru, and Hanabi chased him toward Full Moon Palace.
• Yamato’s squad traveled to the Land of the Moon to sound out Mangetsu Kumo about an alliance as Konoha prepared for a possible war.
• Three cloaked attackers rushed Full Moon Palace, triggering the guards to close the gate and trap them inside the Boulder Prison.
• The attackers pulled the pins on their chakra grenades and threw them at a corner of the enclosing wall.

Three members of the Lightning Group attacked Full Moon City using stolen chakra armor and ninja tools, prompting Zantetsu Ichibei and Cloud Ninja to fight back. Chino and Fūshin exposed the attackers as thieves, then persuaded Zantetsu to let them take the unconscious men and their gear to the Nuclear Ninja Village while he consulted Mangetsu Kumo.

• The three Lightning Group members blasted through Full Moon City's wall and gate, then used chakra armor and blades to deflect arrows and damage Zantetsu Ichibei's sword.
• Zantetsu called for help, but three Cloud Ninja's Lightning Claws also failed to penetrate the attackers' barriers.
• Chino and Fūshin appeared, identified the attackers as thieves of Nuclear Ninja Village equipment, and Fūshin knocked them unconscious with a chakra shell.
• Zantetsu accepted a new Chakra Blade and heard Chino explain that the attackers had stolen the village's tools and learned its secrets.
• Zantetsu decided to consult Mangetsu Kumo and allowed Chino and Fūshin to accompany him into the city with the prisoners and equipment.

Yamato’s Konoha team arrived in Full Moon City and was invited to meet Mangetsu Kumo at Full Moon Palace. On the way, Zantetsu Ichibei explained that the king was still weakened by old war injuries, while Hongshi’s search for a dango shop annoyed Yamato.

• Yamato presented Konoha’s credentials to the gate guards, and Hongshi dispelled the giant turtle carrying their wooden house.
• Chino and the Lightning Group told Hongshi that his advice had helped them secure a large order from Mangetsu Kumo, then left for their village.
• Yamato warned the team to behave at the royal meeting and threatened to report Hongshi’s spending if he wandered off.
• Gato lamented that the Nuclear Ninja Village had only fifteen trillion ryo left as he directed its funds toward research.
• A gate guard invited Yamato’s team to Full Moon Palace, where Zantetsu Ichibei welcomed them and discussed Mangetsu Kumo’s poor health.
• Hongshi asked Zantetsu Ichibei where to find a dango shop, and Yamato told him to stop talking about dango.

Konoha’s delegation arrived at the Full Moon Palace to discuss an alliance, but Mangetsu Kumo rejected the proposal in favor of neutrality. Hongshi exposed Mangetsu Ame’s secret Cloud Ninja forces, and the second prince revealed the ambush as a display of the Land of the Moon’s position.

• The group reached the Full Moon Palace, where Hongshi’s remarks about giving Xiao Daocao the palace angered Zantetsu Ichibei.
• Yamato greeted Mangetsu Kumo and his sons, while Hongshi and Konohamaru refused to kneel and Mangetsu Kaze criticized them.
• Yamato raised Konoha’s proposed alliance, but Mangetsu Kumo refused, and Mangetsu Kaze and Mangetsu Ame argued over whether the Land of the Moon should ally with Konoha or Kumogakure.
• Hongshi sensed Cloud Ninja hidden around the palace and asked Mangetsu Ame whether they belonged to him.
• Mangetsu Ame stopped pretending, summoned the concealed ninja to surround Yamato’s group, and said he wanted them to see where the Land of the Moon stood.

Yamato and the Konoha group faced Mangetsu Ame’s attempt to seize power and force an alliance with the Cloud Ninja. King Mangetsu Kumo ordered the two ninja groups to fight, while Mangetsu Kaze sided with Konoha and the battle began.

• Mangetsu Ame defended his plan to ally with the Cloud Ninja, while Mangetsu Kaze argued that the Land of the Moon should rely on chakra ninja tools to protect itself.
• Yamato prepared to defend the children, but King Mangetsu Kumo revealed that he knew about Mangetsu Ame’s plans and could not back down.
• Mangetsu Kaze chose to side with Konoha, and Mangetsu Kumo said he had intended to pass the throne to Mangetsu Ame before judging his actions reckless.
• Mangetsu Kumo ordered the Cloud Ninja and Konoha Ninja to fight, declaring that the Land of the Moon would ally with the victor.
• Mangetsu Kaze took the Chakra Blade from Zantetsu Ichibei, and Mangetsu Ame ordered the Cloud Ninja to attack as Xiao Daocao and Hanabi Hyuga entered Sage Mode.

Hongshi and the Konoha team defeated the Cloud Ninja and secured the Land of the Moon’s alliance with Konoha, leaving Mangetsu Kaze set to become king. Meanwhile, Shirofukuji woke in the Nuclear Ninja Village and told Sesshomaru Maro to fetch Gato because they were about to get rich.

• Hongshi disarmed, immobilized, and drained the Chakra of the Cloud Ninja, then had Xiao Daocao and the Konoha team beat them.
• Mangetsu Kumo watched the Cloud Ninja fall and agreed to ally the Land of the Moon with Konoha.
• Mangetsu Kumo stripped Mangetsu Ame of his succession rights and ordered him to choose between demotion and exile.
• Mangetsu Kumo named Mangetsu Kaze the future king, and Yamato’s team prepared to return to Konoha.
• Shirofukuji woke at the Nuclear Ninja Village office and told Sesshomaru Maro to get Gato because they were about to get rich.

After securing the Land of the Moon, Yamato and the others celebrated with a dango feast before learning their next destination was the Land of Hot Water. Yamato revealed that the country was nearing collapse because the Jashin Cult had spread through nearly half its territory.

• Yamato treated the group to dango at Mangetsu Dango Shop, where Hongshi, Konohamaru, and Yamato helped run up a bill of 156,804,000 ryo.
• Yamato explained to Zantetsu Ichibei that Hongshi was only fifteen and had controlled over a hundred Cloud Ninja, while Hongshi used the Transformation Technique to take on a handsome white-haired appearance he called Tōga.
• Yamato told the group their next destination was the Land of Hot Water, and he refused to explain why they had not gone there earlier.
• Hanabi Hyuga said the Land of Hot Water was neutral, but Yamato and Zantetsu Ichibei explained that it was on the brink of collapse.
• Yamato revealed that the Jashin Cult had gained many followers and influence across nearly half the Land of Hot Water, and Hongshi looked forward to the trip.

Yamato explained that the group would enter the dangerous Land of Hot Water to join forces against the Jashin Cult, and Hongshi revealed how to counter its Death Controlling Possessed Blood technique. After Yamato sent the intelligence to Konoha and outlined the team’s battle plan, Hongshi announced a new training regimen for the journey.

• Outside Full Moon City, Yamato gathered Hongshi and the others and explained that Konoha planned to unite the Land of Hot Water’s clans against the Jashin Cult.
• Hongshi described Death Controlling Possessed Blood, explaining that it linked a caster to a target through the target’s blood and a marked circle, reflecting the caster’s injuries onto them.
• Hongshi listed ways to disrupt the technique, including preventing bloodshed, hardening the body, or washing away the circle, and Yamato sent the information to Konoha.
• Yamato named the Sulfur, Kamaya, and Kaoriike clans as cult members and assigned roles for the coming fights, with Hongshi agreeing to help.
• Hongshi told the group to begin training to gather natural energy while moving, prompting Yamato to worry about his methods.