Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu approached Orochimaru with an offer to rejoin the Akatsuki, hoping to gain access to his Impure World Reincarnation and strengthen the organization. Orochimaru rejected the recruitment, and Black Zetsu ended by hinting that combining opposing bloodlines could grant him All Things in Nature.

• Orochimaru confronted Black Zetsu after catching him following him near the Land of Rice Fields.
• Black Zetsu offered Orochimaru wealth, power, and a place back in the Akatsuki, but Orochimaru mocked the offer and refused.
• Orochimaru deduced that the Akatsuki sought his Impure World Reincarnation because Sakura Haruno had inflicted heavy losses on them.
• Black Zetsu explained the Akatsuki's stated goal of gathering the Nine Tailed Beasts and defeating the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but Orochimaru dismissed his explanation.
• Black Zetsu acknowledged Orochimaru's newfound power and suggested that combining two opposing bloodlines could grant him All Things in Nature.

Orochimaru spread rumors to draw Konoha into his conflict with Akatsuki, but Sakura Uchiha and Sasuke arrived and confronted him. Orochimaru revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, and Sasuke attacked after learning Orochimaru helped Danzo use Uchiha eyes in experiments; Sakura watched, waiting to see what Orochimaru was planning.

• Orochimaru ordered Suigetsu to spread rumors about Akatsuki contacting him, hoping Konoha would investigate and complicate Akatsuki's plans.
• Konoha sent Sakura Uchiha and Sasuke, and Orochimaru tried to stall them rather than fight.
• Sasuke attacked Orochimaru with Susanoo, but Orochimaru revealed a blue-green Susanoo of his own and an unfamiliar Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sakura summoned a larger Susanoo and questioned Orochimaru about his Sharingan and his earlier interest in Sasuke's body.
• Orochimaru admitted that he and Danzo had used Shin's body to test transplanted Sharingan taken from the Uchiha clan, enraging Sasuke.
• Orochimaru provoked Sasuke by calling Shin valuable experimental material, and the two fought while Sakura watched.

Kabuto absorbed Orochimaru’s cells and powers, transforming into a snake-like hybrid who claimed he had lost his sense of self. Sakura Uchiha attacked him, but he survived and revealed a grotesque new form as their battle continued.

• Kabuto revealed that he had injected Orochimaru’s cells into his body, and Sakura Uchiha recognized the transformation.
• Sakura’s Susanoo cut Kabuto in half, but he used the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique to emerge alive from his own body.
• Kabuto explained that he had lost his identity and absorbed Orochimaru’s power to survive and fight Sakura.
• Sakura decided to kill Kabuto, but he blocked her Susanoo’s sword with Summoning Technique - Quintuple Rashomon.
• Kabuto’s five pythons swallowed five corpses, while heads resembling Tayuya, Sakon, and the others emerged from his chest, provoking Sakura’s disgust.

Sakura Uchiha held back from joining Sasuke’s battle with Orochimaru and confronted Kabuto Yakushi instead. After surviving her Susanoo’s attack, Kabuto revealed that he had injected himself with something, leaving his surprise unexplained.

• Sasuke and Orochimaru fought a brutal Susanoo battle while Sakura Uchiha watched without joining in.
• Kabuto Yakushi attacked Sakura with a Kunai and said he meant to keep her from interfering in Orochimaru’s fight.
• Sakura struck at Kabuto with Susanoo’s giant sword, but summoned pythons briefly delayed the blow and let him escape unharmed.
• Kabuto revealed the corpses of the Sound Four and Kimimaro as a decoy, then showed Sakura the scales spreading from an empty syringe embedded in his arm.

Sakura Haruno and the Barrier Team completed the Yin Seal - Fourth Stage, “Yin God,” a vast formula designed to store nuclear fission energy. At Shikkotsu Forest, Sakura began activating it, with Sage Katsuyu wishing her fortune in battle.

• Yuki Haku served as acting captain of the Barrier Team, which Sakura Haruno had recruited to help modify the Yin Seal.
• Sakura Haruno expanded the Yin Seal’s capacity and designed a formula with 314,159,265 runes to contain nuclear energy.
• Sage Katsuyu watched as Sakura explained how standardized modules let the Barrier Team construct the enormous sealing formula.
• Sakura Haruno stepped barefoot into the center of the completed array and announced that she was beginning.
• Sage Katsuyu wished Sakura fortune in battle as the runes beneath her feet began to glow.

Sakura Haruno activated a reactor-powered Yin Seal in Shikkotsu Forest, enduring a dangerous startup until its energy stabilized. After reconnecting the new seal to her body, she transformed into Yin God Mode, whose power stunned Sage Katsuyu and was felt by people across the world.

• Sakura Haruno completed the rune array’s checks, supplied Chakra from her Yin Seal, and inserted the fuel core and control rods.
• Sakura Haruno started the reactor and increased its power to 100% as the energy barriers repeatedly collapsed and regenerated.
• Sakura Haruno held the barriers steady until the seal stabilized, then condensed the energy-form technique and pressed the new Yin Seal onto her forehead.
• Sakura Haruno’s energy erupted in a pillar that split the clouds, shook a lake, and sent a powerful tremor across the world.
• Tsunade, Sasuke, Sakura Uchiha, Orochimaru, and Pain sensed the disturbance, while Sakura Haruno emerged in Yin God Mode.
• Sage Katsuyu recognized Sakura Haruno’s power as comparable to the Sage of Six Paths, and Sakura Haruno shook her head.

Sakura Haruno tested the Six Paths-level power she gained by opening Yin God Mode, then sealed it away because its radiation made it dangerous to use often. She prepared to return to Konoha to handle other matters.

• Sakura Haruno explained to Sage Katsuyu that Yin God Mode put her in the Six Paths realm, though she remained far weaker than the Sage of Six Paths.
• Sakura concentrated her power into a simple Water Gun Technique and carved a straight path through Shikkotsu Forest and the clouds.
• Sakura sensed that Yin God Mode strengthened her body and could pass some of her abilities to her descendants, but its radiation made prolonged use unsafe.
• Sakura and Sage Katsuyu discussed how Yin God Mode might compare with Ten-Tails Mode, while Sakura confidently declared Yang God Mode superior.
• Sakura ended Yin God Mode, fell into Sage Katsuyu's arms, and decided to use the form only for training or battle.
• Sakura borrowed spare clothes and a scroll from Sage Katsuyu and waited to be summoned back to Konoha, where she had matters to handle.

Sakura Uchiha overwhelmed Kabuto Yakushi despite his body modifications and summoned techniques, while Orochimaru and Kabuto escaped after using the battle to buy time. Sakura and Sasuke turned their attention to searching Orochimaru’s hideout.

• A surge of power briefly interrupted Sakura Uchiha, Kabuto Yakushi, and Orochimaru’s battle, and Orochimaru urged Kabuto to finish quickly.
• Kabuto revealed a giant patched together from the Sound Five’s abilities and Orochimaru’s power, but Sakura Uchiha cleaved through it with her Susanoo.
• Kabuto transformed the remains into Sakon and Ukon and summoned Tayuya’s demons to restrain Sakura’s Susanoo, but Sakura destroyed them with a spinning sword strike.
• Kabuto admitted he could not hold Sakura back, then escaped underground after Sakura struck down his apparent corpse.
• Sakura Uchiha and Sasuke realized Orochimaru and Kabuto had used the fight to stall and escape, so they headed to Orochimaru’s hideout.