Chapter Summaries

Uzumaki Hane defeated Fudō’s attack on the palace and escorted Shion back safely, though Fudō survived and escaped. Fudō joined Fūka and returned with her to Yomi’s base, where he prepared to continue the mission to seize Moryo.

• Fudō used Antlion to sink Uzumaki Hane underground, but Uzumaki Hane burst free with a lava dragon and struck Fudō with Great Eruption.
• Uzumaki Hane learned that Taruho was injured and Shion had escaped through a secret passage, then went after her alone.
• Uzumaki Hane found Shion by a waterfall, reassured her, and took her back to the palace while warning her to stay close to him.
• Fudō emerged from the ground badly burned and fled, then encountered Fūka, who had been sent by Lord Kazuma to help him seize Moryo.
• Fudō and Fūka reached Yomi’s base, where Fudō punched Shūri into a cliff wall after she mocked his defeat.

Uzumaki Hane fought Fūka and Fudō after they ambushed him outside the shrine maiden’s palace. Fūka trapped him in a surge of electrified water, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Fudō brought Fūka to Yomi and said he would kill Uzumaki Hane in a couple of days.
• Uzumaki Hane asked Shion for the location of the ancestral shrine, but she refused.
• Fūka appeared at the shrine maiden’s palace and challenged Uzumaki Hane, who sent Taruho and Shion away before following her outside.
• Fūka and Fudō cornered Uzumaki Hane and attacked him with fire, Earth Release, and Genjutsu, but he burned Fudō’s hand and crushed Fūka beneath a rock.
• Fūka and Fudō struck Uzumaki Hane with earthen spears and a falling rock, but he escaped using a clone and countered Fūka’s attacks.
• Fūka engulfed Uzumaki Hane in water and electrified it with Lightning Release: Earth Flow.

Uzumaki Hane fought Fūka and Fudō, surviving their Earth, Water, Lightning, and Wind techniques while overpowering them with lava. He defeated Fūka by burning her hair and melting her body into lava.

• Fudō protected Fūka from Uzumaki Hane's lava attack, but Fūka was struck and reformed after her body melted.
• Fūka and Fudō tried to escape Uzumaki Hane's lava fist with the Rock Concealment Technique, but Fūka emerged with half her hair burned away.
• Fūka attacked Uzumaki Hane with water and a fusion of four Ninjutsu, but his two lava fists shattered the combined wave.
• Fūka used the Binding Technique to freeze Uzumaki Hane and tried to take his Chakra and body, but he resisted her Genjutsu and grabbed her hair.
• Uzumaki Hane burned Fūka's hair to ashes and melted her body into lava.

After Fūka’s death, Uzumaki Hane escorted Shion and Taruho to the Sealing Shrine, where he saw the volcanic landscape around Moryo’s seal before taking them back to the palace. Meanwhile, Fudō returned to Yomi’s base after his defeat, and Yomi said his plan to destroy the Five Great Ninja Villages was nearing completion.

• Uzumaki Hane failed to find the escaped Fudō, returned to the palace, and learned that Shion had agreed to take him to the Sealing Shrine.
• Uzumaki Hane carried Shion through the forest toward the shrine, teased her with his speed, and shared his roasted pheasant with her at their campsite.
• Uzumaki Hane, Shion, and Taruho reached the volcanic crater, where Moryo was sealed, and Uzumaki Hane noticed the magma before taking them back to the palace.
• Fudō returned to Yomi’s base injured and without Fūka, and told Yomi that Uzumaki Hane wielded a powerful Kekkei Genkai similar to Lava Release.
• Yomi said his Dark Medical Jutsu was nearly complete and promised to help Fudō destroy Konoha Ninja Village, while Fudō vowed to take revenge himself.

Uzumaki Hane spent a month training in the magma, while Yomi empowered Shizuku to seek revenge against the ninja who killed Setsuna. Shizuku attacked Shion’s palace, killed Tamura, and captured Shion, demanding that her people send him his brother’s killer.

• Uzumaki Hane trained in the crater’s magma by absorbing it and strengthening his body, and after a month he believed he could open the Third Gate soon.
• Shizuku asked Kusuna to help him avenge Setsuna, and Yomi used Dark Medical Jutsu to increase Shizuku’s power.
• Shion foresaw that Tamura would die and tried to send him home, but he rushed to protect her when an enemy broke into the palace.
• The intruder killed Tamura, defeated Taruho, and knocked Shion unconscious as she tried to escape through a secret passage.
• The intruder took Shion and told Taruho to send him the ninja who had killed his brother if they wanted to save her.

Shizuku captured Shion to lure Uzumaki Hane into a trap, but Hane survived the Explosive Tags and overpowered Shizuku. The fight continued as Shizuku’s stone armor cracked and fell away.

• Taruho told Uzumaki Hane that Shion had been captured, and Hane hurried with him to rescue her.
• Uzumaki Hane found Shion tied to a tree surrounded by Explosive Tags and confronted Shizuku, who said he wanted revenge.
• Shizuku attacked Hane with Earth Release, but Hane caught his stone arm and threw him into a tree before tearing off the tags.
• Shion turned into an Earth Clone, delaying Hane as the Explosive Tags detonated, but Hane emerged unharmed in a magma form.
• Shizuku hardened himself and formed a stone body, but Hane absorbed his flames and battered the stone armor until it shattered, revealing Shizuku inside.

Uzumaki Hane defeated Shizuku after Shizuku consumed the Chakra Yomi had given him, then found and rescued Shion from a cave. As Uzumaki Hane carried Shion back toward the palace, Taruho ran after them.

• Shizuku swallowed the Chakra Yomi had given him, transformed into a giant spider, and attacked Uzumaki Hane with flames and rock arms.
• Uzumaki Hane dodged Shizuku’s attacks and shattered his rock armor with lava fists, leaving Shizuku gravely wounded.
• Uzumaki Hane forced Shizuku to reveal Shion’s whereabouts, killed him, and hurried to a cave where Shion lay unconscious.
• Shion woke in fright, but Uzumaki Hane explained that he had defeated the intruder and rescued her.
• Uzumaki Hane carried Shion out of the cave and headed for the palace, while Taruho ran after them and called for them to wait.

After returning Shion to the palace, Uzumaki Hane resumed training and opened the Third Gate, greatly increasing his power. He tested his lava techniques, then set out to visit Shion as Yomi announced that his Dark Medical Jutsu was complete.

• Uzumaki Hane left Shion at the palace after Taruho returned, while Shion watched him go and Taruho silently observed her.
• Kusuna told Yomi that Shizuku was dead, and Yomi showed little reaction before returning to his research.
• After six months of training, Uzumaki Hane opened the Third Gate despite severe pain and felt a surge of strength.
• Uzumaki Hane tested Hell Hound, Canine Red Lotus, and Great Eruption, blasting a crater into a mountainside with lava.
• Uzumaki Hane decided to visit Shion at the shrine maiden's palace, while Yomi declared that his Dark Medical Jutsu was complete and vowed to resurrect Lord Moryo.

Yomi awakened Moryo at the ancestral shrine, believing their power would let them revive the Ghost Army and unite the world. Fudō betrayed Yomi by stabbing him as Moryo returned.

• Yomi planned to awaken Moryo while Fudō secretly intended to kill him and take Moryo for Lord Kazuma.
• Uzumaki Hane visited the priestess's palace, where he reunited with Shion as she trained in the Sealing Jutsu.
• Yomi led Fudō, Kusuna, and Shūri to the ancestral shrine, where Fudō killed the four guards.
• Yomi entered the shrine, broke Moryo's seal, and welcomed him back, then asked him to revive the Ghost Army and establish a thousand-year kingdom.
• Fudō suddenly stabbed Yomi through the chest as Moryo spoke from the cave.

Moryo possessed Yomi, awakened his Ghost Army, and began marching toward the shrine in the Land of Swamps. Shion foresaw Uzumaki Hane being pierced while protecting her, leaving Shion terrified that Hane would die.

• Fudō tried to seal Moryo, but Yomi restrained him and offered his body as Moryo’s host.
• Moryo possessed Yomi, awakened the Ghost Army, and forced Fudō to submit before empowering him with more Chakra.
• Moryo led Fudō, Kusuna, Shūri, and the Ghost Army toward the shrine in the Land of Swamps.
• The Ghost Army destroyed a border wall and wiped out the defending soldiers as one soldier tried to send a warning by carrier pigeon.
• Shion foresaw Uzumaki Hane being pierced by a tentacle while shielding her, then woke in terror at the vision.

Uzumaki Hane learned that Shion had foreseen his death, then discovered that Moryo had escaped and hurried back to protect her. Meanwhile, Fudō and two newly empowered allies attacked Shion’s palace, where Taruho’s soldiers struggled to stop them.

• Shion warned Uzumaki Hane that his chest would be pierced and he would die, but Hane resolved to be careful and grow stronger.
• Taruho told Hane that contact with the shrine guards had been lost, and Hane went alone to investigate while Taruho stayed to protect Shion.
• Hane found the guards dead and the seal destroyed, realized Moryo had escaped, and rushed back toward the palace.
• Moryo gave Chakra to Kusuna and Shūri, then ordered Fudō and the two men to kill Shion.
• Taruho prepared the palace defenses after learning the Ghost Army had destroyed the border defenses, but Fudō and his companions broke through the gates and advanced toward Shion as soldiers fell around them.

Fudō, Kusuna, and Shūri attacked Shion and Taruho while trying to draw out Uzumaki Hane, but Fudō and Kusuna clashed over whether to obey Moryo’s orders. Shūri attacked Shion as Taruho lay unconscious, and Shion waited desperately for Uzumaki Hane to return.

• Fudō, Kusuna, and Shūri fought through the soldiers and reached Taruho, while Shion escaped through a secret passage.
• Shūri tortured Taruho for Uzumaki Hane’s whereabouts, but he refused to betray him.
• Fudō and Kusuna caught up to Shion and argued over using her to lure Uzumaki Hane, while Taruho tried to protect her.
• Fudō overpowered Kusuna’s tentacles, but Kusuna and Shūri stood against him to carry out Moryo’s orders.
• Shūri rushed at Shion with a Kunai as Shion closed her eyes and prayed for Uzumaki Hane to return.

Uzumaki Hane arrived in time to save Shion from Shūri and confronted her, Kusuna, and Fudō. As Hane fought off the three attackers, Fudō used Moryo’s power to transform into a giant rock warrior, while Shūri launched a spiked sphere of water at Hane.

• Uzumaki Hane stopped Shūri from stabbing Shion, then sent copies to carry Shion and Taruho away.
• Hane caught Fudō’s hardened punch and hurled him into a cliff, then broke Kusuna’s tentacles and drove Shūri back with lava.
• Kusuna and Shūri combined wind and fire techniques, but Hane emerged from the flames transformed into magma.
• Fudō encased himself in rock infused with Moryo’s power and attacked Hane, whose lava strikes damaged Fudō’s stone body before its wounds healed.
• Shūri formed a spiked sphere of water and sent it toward Hane as he blocked Fudō’s attack.

Uzumaki Hane fought Fudō, Shūri, and Kusuna, who used combined Water, Wind, and Earth Release techniques to trap and bury him. He survived their attacks and unleashed Great Eruption, leaving the three facing a devastating magma strike.

• Shūri, Kusuna, and Fudō attacked Uzumaki Hane together, but he countered their Water and Wind Release techniques with magma.
• Fudō opened a fissure beneath Uzumaki Hane and led the others underground, where they used earthen walls and coordinated attacks to catch him.
• Fudō, Shūri, and Kusuna buried Uzumaki Hane under mud and rock, then sent earthen spears through the debris.
• Uzumaki Hane burst free atop a magma dragon and launched Great Eruption at the three.
• Fudō raised an Earth Style Wall, but Uzumaki Hane's magma fist shattered it and struck the group, creating a huge magma-filled crater.

Uzumaki Hane defeated Moryo’s attackers and returned to Shion, who planned to seal Moryo at the Sealing Shrine despite her prophecy that Hane would die. After Konoha reinforcements arrived, the group set out to stop Moryo from reclaiming his body.

• Uzumaki Hane discovered Shūri hiding as a puddle of water and killed her with lava.
• Uzumaki Hane returned to the palace, where Shion told him Taruho was badly injured but out of danger and that Moryo’s Ghost Army was advancing toward the shrine.
• Shion insisted on sealing Moryo herself, while Uzumaki Hane vowed to go with her and break the fate shown in her prophecy.
• Ninja from several villages arrived but failed to stop the Ghost Army, and Might Guy entered the palace with Rock Lee, Neji, and Tenten.
• Uzumaki Hane and Might Guy agreed to escort Shion to the Sealing Shrine, and the group set out.

Uzumaki Hane and his companions reached the Sealing Shrine, where they fought through Moryo’s awakened stone army. Hane entered the crater with Shion to seal Moryo, but found Yomi waiting beside the sealed spirit as three statues advanced toward them.

• Uzumaki Hane promised Shion he would stay alive, then led the group to the Sealing Shrine.
• Uzumaki Hane recognized Moryo’s Ghost Army among the rocks, and Might Guy, Rock Lee, Neji, and Tenten fought the awakened statues.
• Uzumaki Hane used Great Eruption to blast a path through the statues, while Might Guy and the others held back the rest.
• Uzumaki Hane carried Shion into the crater and left his companions to defend the entrance.
• Uzumaki Hane found Yomi slumped beside Moryo’s sealed location, and Moryo sent three statues toward them.

Uzumaki Hane survived being blasted into the lava, but Shion accidentally freed Moryo while trying to seal him. Hane passed through the barrier with the wind chime’s power and reached Shion as Moryo completed his return to his body.

• Uzumaki Hane fought Moryo’s stone statues, but they exploded and blasted him into the lava.
• Moryo told Shion that he and the shrine maiden were once one, then tricked her into activating the sealing formation and freeing his soul.
• Shion was trapped inside the barrier and believed Uzumaki Hane had died, but remembered he had trained in lava and rushed toward where he had fallen.
• Uzumaki Hane emerged from the lava and passed through the barrier when the wind chime on his chest glowed with Miroku’s power.
• Moryo fully merged with his body as Uzumaki Hane reached Shion.

Uzumaki Hane fought Moryo while Shion confronted her memories and awakened her power. Hane rescued Shion, and together they defeated Moryo before escaping the erupting volcano; Shion then accepted her mission to prevent Moryo’s return.

• Moryo’s body and soul merged, and Uzumaki Hane shielded Shion from his tentacles, taking a tentacle through his chest before burning it away.
• Shion fell into Moryo’s body and remembered her mother, Miroku, who revealed the truth behind the wind chime and Shion’s foresight.
• Shion awakened her power and prepared to die with Moryo, but Uzumaki Hane used the wind chime’s light to reach her and pull her free.
• Uzumaki Hane urged Shion to attack Moryo, and he followed her blast with Meteor Volcano, burying Moryo beneath lava.
• Uzumaki Hane escaped the collapsing cavern with Shion and joined Might Guy and the others as the volcano erupted.
• Shion said she would carry on the shrine maiden’s mission and prevent Moryo from being born again.

Uzumaki Hane arranged for the Sealing Shrine to be rebuilt as his training ground while Shion worked to restore the Land of Demons. Kakuzu, recovered from his injuries and carrying four new hearts, arrived at Shion’s palace seeking revenge on Uzumaki Hane, and the soldiers raised an alarm.

• Uzumaki Hane found the Sealing Shrine destroyed by the volcano and decided to rebuild it as a training ground.
• Uzumaki Hane asked Shion for craftsmen, and Taruho offered to oversee the work before agreeing to help Shion at the palace instead.
• Shion sent craftsmen and soldiers to rebuild the Sealing Shrine while Uzumaki Hane continued training when construction allowed.
• Kakuzu recalled how Uzumaki Hane’s Meteor Volcano had destroyed four of his hearts and left him badly injured, and vowed to kill him.
• Kakuzu reached Shion’s palace and asked the guards if Uzumaki Hane was inside, then released his killing intent and caused a soldier to raise the alarm.

Kakuzu attacked the palace and killed or wounded its guards before Uzumaki Hane confronted him. To protect Shion and the palace, Uzumaki Hane drew Kakuzu to a nearby forest, where both prepared for a full-strength fight.

• Kakuzu shattered the palace gate with Wind Release: Pressure Damage and swept away the guards before burning the soldiers who charged him.
• Uzumaki Hane arrived, ordered the soldiers to rescue the wounded, and confronted Kakuzu.
• Uzumaki Hane led Kakuzu away from the palace to a small forest so their battle would not endanger Shion.
• Kakuzu revealed his four masked monsters, and Uzumaki Hane covered himself in magma as they prepared to fight.