Chapter Summaries

Jin subdued Shinno and ordered him to move the underground fortress to the Land of Rain, then took him to observe a battle between Konoha and the Cloud Ninja. Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki faced Third Raikage A and Blue B as the two forces clashed, while Jin watched from a hidden cliff.

• Jin asked Shinno to repair and redesign the underground fortress, promised to supply materials and Chakra, and ordered it sent to the Land of Rain.
• A Tailed Beast Bomb exploded nearby, so Jin brought Shinno to a hidden cliff overlooking the Cloud Ninja frontline.
• Minato Namikaze confronted Third Raikage A, while Kushina Uzumaki faced Blue B, the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki.
• A and Minato exchanged blows as Kushina and Blue B battled, and Konoha and Cloud Ninja forces joined the fighting.
• Jin watched the battle and wondered how far Minato would grow.

Minato Namikaze and Raikage A escalated their duel, revealing their powerful techniques and weapons as their attacks devastated the battlefield. Kushina and Blue B resumed fighting after dodging the blasts, and both prepared Tailed Beast Bombs.

• Minato Namikaze used his Flying Thunder God mark to evade A's attacks, while A recognized that the mark was the key to Minato's movement.
• Minato Namikaze activated Wind God Mode, and A unleashed his Chakra Weapon's Thunder God Armor and powerful lightning fists.
• Minato Namikaze damaged A's arms with a Great Ball Rasengan, but A escaped by kicking off the air and continued attacking.
• Jin protected himself and Shinno with Wood Release as the duel's lightning blasts tore through the battlefield.
• Kushina and Blue B broke apart to dodge falling lightning pillars, then each began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Minato Namikaze and Raikage A fought to a draw while Kushina and Blue B also collapsed after their clash. Jin transported the Sora Ninja fortress and its people to the Land of Rain, where he learned that Sunagakure and Iwagakure ninja were scouting the country.

• Kushina trapped Blue B with chains, but they exchanged finishing attacks and both fell, prompting Minato Namikaze and A to prepare one final strike.
• Minato Namikaze's Rasengan collided with A's Hell Stab, and Jin left with Shinno, saying neither fighter would win while they were held back by concern for their allies.
• A and Minato Namikaze helped their injured partners and parted on respectful terms, though both later coughed up blood.
• Jin used darkness to swallow the Sora Ninja and their fortress, then transported them to the Land of Rain.
• Jin welcomed Shinno and the Sora Ninja to the Land of Rain, then learned that Sunagakure and Iwagakure ninja were scouting the country.

Jin organized the Land of Rain’s defenses as Sunagakure and Iwagakure forces advanced. The Reserve Forces defeated Rasa’s troops and Jin forced Rasa to request negotiations, while the Money Army clashed with Iwagakure and faced Mabiru and Roshi.

• Jin assigned Hanzō to watch Konoha, Kakuzu to stop Ōnoki, and the Medical Corps to treat casualties across the battlefields.
• Rasa led Sunagakure forces into the Land of Rain and attacked the approaching Reserve Forces, but their disciplined formations overwhelmed his puppet soldiers.
• A flaming-phoenix woman challenged Rasa, who pinned her with gold dust before Jin rescued her with Wood Release.
• Jin wounded Rasa with Moon Breathing, and Rasa requested negotiations after Sunagakure’s forces suffered defeat.
• At the Iwagakure border, the Money Army fought Iwagakure’s shinobi as Vander and Kakuzu faced Mabiru and Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki.

Vander lured Mabiru away from the battlefield to keep his abilities secret, then unleashed his Storm Blade and Getsuga Tenshō against him. Mabiru survived by activating Iwagakure’s Rampage Technique and prepared to continue the fight.

• Mabiru blocked Vander’s attack on Roshi, while Roshi and Kakuzu began fighting after Roshi learned that Mr. An controlled the Land of Rain.
• Vander drew Mabiru away from the battlefield, explaining that he did not want Kakuzu to see his abilities because he intended to challenge Kakuzu’s Legion Commander position.
• Vander unleashed his Storm Blade and repeatedly struck at Mabiru with powerful Zanjutsu.
• Mabiru used a Shadow Clone to get behind Vander, but Vander evaded with Shunpo and Utsusemi before hitting him with Getsuga Tenshō.
• Mabiru survived the attack and activated the Rampage Technique, then appeared before Vander and challenged him to face death.

Vander and Mabiru continued their brutal duel while Kakuzu fought Roshi, who sought to recruit him. Kakuzu survived Roshi’s attacks and faced the Four-Tails after Roshi transformed fully.

• Mabiru struck Vander with a powerful punch, but Vander survived using Kakuzu’s Earth Spear Technique and resumed their fight.
• Kakuzu fought Roshi with taijutsu before releasing Earth Grudge Fear from his Asauchi and unleashing its threads and abilities.
• Roshi transformed partially and attacked Kakuzu with Lava Release, but Kakuzu blocked his magma with a Water Formation Wall.
• Roshi pierced Kakuzu’s back with Undersea Needle, but Kakuzu’s black threads repaired the wound and a masked creature fell from his body.
• Kakuzu fired Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot, but Roshi transformed into the Four-Tails and threatened to kill him unless he came with him.

Kakuzu and Vander forced Roshi and the Iwagakure Ninja to retreat after a fierce battle in the Land of Rain, while Jin pressured Sunagakure over its debts. Jin then flew toward Iwagakure to give them a surprise.

• Kakuzu countered Roshi's Tailed Beast Bomb with False Darkness, and their clash sent shockwaves across the battlefield.
• Vander arrived with Mabiru's head, and Roshi withdrew with the Iwagakure Ninja to avoid further casualties.
• Kakuzu and Vander agreed to station their forces there, while Gato approached after the battle ended.
• Rasa refused Jin's demand for additional debt, and Jin warned that he would take the One-Tails if Sunagakure missed its repayment deadline.
• Jin collected blue beads from the destroyed puppets, ordered Shiranoka to keep watch, and flew to Kakuzu's front.
• After learning that Roshi had appeared instead of Ōnoki, Jin flew toward Iwagakure to give them a surprise.

Jin attacked Iwagakure’s forces, extracted the Four-Tails from Roshi, killed Roshi, and absorbed the beast after defeating its attempt to flee. He then returned to the Land of Rain’s front, while Orochimaru confronted Bunpuku on the Sunagakure battlefield.

• Jin descended on Roshi’s retreating Iwagakure forces and used Wood Release to bind and drain the ninjas.
• Jin extracted the Four-Tails from Roshi, then killed Roshi when he was no longer useful.
• The Four-Tails tried to escape as a lava clone, but Jin dragged it back, subdued it, and absorbed its Chakra after it refused to change its name.
• Jin destroyed the battlefield to erase evidence and returned to Hanzō, who reported that Konoha had established a defensive line rather than attacking.
• Orochimaru faced Bunpuku on the Sunagakure battlefield, where Bunpuku tried to persuade him to withdraw before declaring he would make him stay.

Orochimaru and Bunpuku traded powerful Sage Arts, but Bunpuku’s attacks struggled to hit Orochimaru’s intangible body. Orochimaru revealed a multitude of Eight-Headed Serpents as his true bodies, and Bunpuku rose to unleash another technique.

• Bunpuku’s Sand Shower and Sand Explosion Funeral devastated the landscape, but Orochimaru let the attacks pass through him.
• Bunpuku summoned a four-armed Dharma Body that struck Orochimaru and drained much of his Chakra.
• Orochimaru summoned an Eight-Headed Serpent, which the Dharma Body smashed apart, but every fragment regenerated into another serpent.
• Bunpuku formed a massive sand Buddha to protect himself as the serpents unleashed elemental torrents.
• Orochimaru claimed that every serpent was one of his true bodies, and Bunpuku vowed to destroy them all.
• Bunpuku evaded the serpents’ attacks and began casting Sage Art: Dust Sand World.

Orochimaru repeatedly resurrected to keep Bunpuku occupied until the Kazekage ended their battle and withdrew Sunagakure's forces. Facing mounting losses and financial pressure, the Kazekage proposed that Sunagakure ally with Konoha against Iwagakure.

• Bunpuku used Sage Art: Desert Great Funeral to bury Orochimaru's Eight-Headed Serpents, but Orochimaru repeatedly returned through hidden flesh and supplies.
• After fighting for nearly two weeks, Orochimaru agreed to end the battle when the Kazekage arrived with Konoha Ninja.
• Orochimaru explained that he had exploited Bunpuku's reluctance to cause slaughter, while Might Duy declared he would protect Konoha's people.
• The Kazekage told Sunagakure's leaders that losses, resentment from the Land of Wind's daimyo, and Mr. An's influence threatened the village.
• The Kazekage proposed forming an alliance with Konoha to destroy Iwagakure.

Sunagakure’s leaders agreed to ally with Konoha and attack Iwagakure to secure the village’s survival. After Konoha accepted the alliance, Jin teased Shisui, who told him that villagers’ hostility toward the Uchiha had led to another conflict.

• The Kazekage proposed attacking Iwagakure because Sunagakure could not afford to continue its war with Konoha, and Rasa, Pakura, and Chiyo supported the plan while Sasori objected.
• Danzo warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Iwagakure might develop a Third Layer powerhouse, and Hiruzen agreed to accept Sunagakure’s alliance request.
• Sunagakure sent Rasa to negotiate with Konoha in secret.
• Jin kicked Shisui into the fish pond and teased him as he climbed out.
• Shisui told Jin that he had seen Uchiha clansmen clash with someone and that many villagers disliked the Uchiha Clan.

Jin explained to Shisui why the Uchiha struggled to coexist with Konoha, then learned that Danzo was mobilizing Root for an assault on Iwagakure. Konoha attacked, and Jiraiya fought Han until Han transformed into the Five-Tails and unleashed a Tailed Beast Bomb across the battlefield.

• Jin told Shisui that the Uchiha's rigid manner and lack of consideration alienated villagers, and urged him to think about peace between Konoha and the wider ninja world.
• Nonō reported that Danzo had mobilized Root, and Jin ordered her to pass Iwagakure's research to the Cloud Ninja if an opportunity arose.
• Jiraiya received Root at the Iwagakure front and ordered Konoha's forces to begin a full-scale assault.
• Han learned that Sunagakure was mobilizing and Iwagakure had lost people, then led his forces to intercept the approaching Konoha army.
• Jiraiya and Han fought with Fire Release and Boil Release, and Jiraiya trapped Han inside a toad's stomach before entering Sage Mode.
• Han transformed into the Five-Tails, destroyed Jiraiya's summon, and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb that swept across both armies.

Jiraiya trapped Han’s Five-Tails form and led Konoha’s forces in pursuit of the retreating Iwagakure Ninja. At the Sunagakure border, Gari defeated Pakura’s puppet body, while Sasori retrieved her blue sphere and watched another battle continue beneath a storm of Gold Dust.

• Jiraiya survived the Tailed Beast Bomb by hiding underground, then used Swamp of the Underworld and Double Super Great Ball Rasengan to destroy the Five-Tails’ body.
• Han signaled an Iwagakure retreat, and Jiraiya ordered the Konoha Ninja to pursue.
• Sunagakure and Iwagakure Ninja continued fighting as fresh Sunagakure forces repeatedly charged into battle.
• Pakura and Gari exchanged powerful Scorch Release and Explosion Release attacks, then Gari used Berserk Mode to strike down Pakura’s apparent body.
• Gari discovered that Pakura’s severed head was a puppet, while Sasori retrieved her blue sphere and noted that she had been defeated.
• Sasori looked toward a nearby battlefield where Gold Dust still filled the sky and the battle continued.

Sasori pressured Bunpuku to join Sunagakure’s battle against Iwagakure, while Rasa fought Higashi Dezaru and Gari. Bunpuku finally obeyed the Third Kazekage’s order and revealed his overwhelming power, forcing Iwagakure to retreat as Sasori condemned his restraint.

• Bunpuku refused to join the fighting at first, saying he would protect Sunagakure but would not willingly become an accomplice to slaughter.
• Higashi Dezaru defeated Pakura and gained the upper hand against Rasa, who nearly killed him with Gold Dust Great Burial before Gari intervened with Explosion Release.
• Higashi Dezaru and Gari attacked Rasa together and demanded that Sunagakure give up, but Rasa continued fighting while watching Sasori and Bunpuku for help.
• Sasori showed Bunpuku the Third Kazekage’s order to act for Sunagakure, and Bunpuku summoned the Four-Armed Buddha.
• Higashi Dezaru and Gari ordered Iwagakure’s forces to retreat, and Bunpuku destroyed a distant mountain with one punch without pursuing them.
• Sasori accused Bunpuku of loving peace and said his restraint had caused Iwagakure no losses.

As Konoha and Sunagakure invaded Iwagakure, Ōnoki ordered his forces to delay them and began the Third Layer Promotion Ritual, which would consume the lives of a hundred jonin. The chapter ended as the ritual started and Iwagakure’s defenders charged into battles they expected to die in.

• Ōnoki learned that Konoha and Sunagakure had broken through their fronts and ordered Han and Higashi Dezaru to delay the advancing armies.
• Han rallied his retreating troops, transformed into the Five-Tails, and led them into a fight to the death against Jiraiya’s Konoha forces.
• Higashi Dezaru and Gari led Iwagakure Ninja toward the enormous Buddha figure advancing on Iwagakure, while Rasa prepared to meet them with gold dust.
• Ōnoki and Iwagakure jonin began the Third Layer Promotion Ritual, draining Chakra from a hundred jonin to seal it into one person at the cost of their lives.

Konoha and Sunagakure’s assault devastated Iwagakure until Ōnoki emerged in a colossal translucent form and drove back Bunpuku’s Buddha. Jiraiya bought Konoha time to retreat, and the chapter ended with the two giants facing off as Bunpuku asked whether Ōnoki still wanted to fight.

• Jiraiya defeated Han and joined the Konoha advance as Sunagakure’s forces attacked Iwagakure from another direction.
• Kitsuchi’s forces fought Konoha and Sunagakure, but Bunpuku’s Buddha destroyed much of Iwagakure with a single punch.
• Ōnoki appeared inside a translucent giant, struck the Buddha, and left Konoha’s leaders stunned by Iwagakure’s new supreme combatant.
• Ōnoki severely injured Jiraiya, who used Sage Mode to hold him back while the Konoha forces retreated.
• Bunpuku attacked Ōnoki with the Buddha, but Ōnoki’s giant could not break through Bunpuku’s defensive Sage Art, and Bunpuku asked whether he wanted to continue fighting.

Ōnoki drove off Sunagakure, then attacked the fleeing Konoha and Root forces until Jin intervened to protect Root. Jin fought Ōnoki’s Dharma Body with his wooden giant and showed that he could block its attacks with his own strength.

• Ōnoki let Rasa and Bunpuku withdraw with Sunagakure’s forces, but vowed that the conflict was not over.
• Ōnoki destroyed the mountain where Yufang Hyuga’s Konoha group was fleeing, then pursued Root and attacked its members.
• Jin appeared atop a wooden giant and stopped Ōnoki from striking Root, claiming he wanted to test Ōnoki’s newly advanced Dharma Body.
• Jin used Wood Release to knock Ōnoki’s Dharma Body into the mountains, then broke its leg and launched it into the sky.
• Ōnoki shattered the wooden giant’s arms and kicked at Jin, but Jin blocked the kick with his bare arm before the giant grabbed Ōnoki and hurled him away.

After Jin drove Ōnoki away, the news of Ōnoki’s advancement to the Third Layer spread through the ninja world. Konoha struggled with its losses while Minato and A considered how to advance, and A discovered that Konoha had taken the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.

• Jin ended the fight with Ōnoki and watched him fly away as Konoha’s Root members withdrew.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha badly injured, reported that Ōnoki had advanced to the Third Layer, and then collapsed.
• The destruction of Iwagakure and Ōnoki’s advancement became public, exposing Mr. An’s power while Konoha remained silent about the Land of Rain.
• Minato Namikaze and Third Raikage A discussed the need to reach the Third Layer, and A warned that Kumogakure might withdraw from the war if he could not advance.
• A Konoha operative offered A information about Ōnoki’s advancement, prompting A to accuse Konoha of taking the Two-Tails Jinchūriki before the operative vanished.

As the ninja world paused after Iwagakure’s battle, Jin reunited with Minato Namikaze and Kushina in Konoha and discussed how Minato might ascend to the Third Layer. The chapter left Minato preparing to test his Natural Energy method while Kumogakure pursued improvements to its own ascension research.

• Madara Uchiha reviewed intelligence about the Third Layer’s fighters and decided Kirigakure should stay out of the war.
• Jin reunited with Minato Namikaze and Kushina in Konoha, where he and Kushina bickered and fought before Minato stopped them.
• Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina shared a meal and discussed the war, and Minato revealed his plan to use Natural Energy to form a Third Layer seal.
• Minato asked Jin to fight him if his method worked, and Jin agreed.
• A heard that Kumogakure’s Ten Thousand Thunder Pool had an almost nonexistent success rate and ordered the researchers to improve it.

Nagato applied to form an army and fought Hanzō to prove he was strong enough to become a Legion Commander. After defeating Hanzō with the Rinnegan’s powers, Nagato earned permission to form a thousand-man legion, while Hanzō woke furious at his loss.

• Nagato asked Jin and Hanzō for permission to establish an army, and Hanzō agreed to test him three days later.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei, other ninjutsu, and the Rinnegan’s abilities to fend off Hanzō’s attacks during their duel.
• Hanzō flooded the battlefield with poison, and Nagato fell into it after pain interrupted his defense.
• Nagato swallowed antidote pills, unleashed a full-power Shinra Tensei, and blasted Hanzō and his poison creature away.
• Jin declared Nagato the winner and granted him permission to form a thousand-man legion, while Hanzō woke and angrily accepted that he had lost.