Chapter Summaries

After Rin Nohara died and Obito vanished, Uchiha Jin woke Kakashi and offered to revive Rin in exchange for Kakashi’s loyalty. Kakashi accepted, kneeling before Jin to protect Rin even if it meant falling into darkness.

• Obito left Kakashi alive and vanished after declaring that he would never acknowledge a world like this.
• Uchiha Jin arrived with Kiyoshi Hyuga, woke Kakashi, and claimed that a masked man had killed the Kirigakure Ninja.
• Kakashi attacked Jin for letting Rin die, but Jin quickly subdued him and blamed his incompetence.
• Jin revealed Rin’s soul in a Soul Stone and offered to create a new body for her if Kakashi followed him.
• Kakashi asked about Jin’s goals, then knelt and accepted his offer so he could protect Rin.

After seizing control of the Kirigakure Front, Jin assembled Konoha’s ninja and announced that they would invade Kirigakure in retaliation for its attack. Fugaku warned that their force was too small, but Jin insisted that warfare had changed.

• Jin asked Fugaku for his thoughts, then ordered the assembled ninja to deal with those who had not attended the meeting.
• Jin revealed to Fugaku that he was preparing to compete for the position of Hokage.
• Jin’s followers killed the Sarutobi and Shimura ninja in the camp, and Jin took complete control of the Kirigakure Front.
• Fugaku used a signal flare to summon the Konoha ninja from their missions, and more than a thousand gathered before Jin.
• Jin announced that Konoha would attack Kirigakure, and Fugaku warned that they lacked enough ninja for the assault.

Jin led Konoha forces into Kirigakure by teleporting them directly into the village, where the fighting began immediately. After Jin’s power overwhelmed the Mizukage, Madara objected to Jin claiming his Battle Asura title.

• Jin opened a teleportation portal into Kirigakure and brought Fugaku Uchiha and the Konoha forces with him.
• Kaguya Clan ninja charged at the newcomers, and Hiruko ordered the attack that began the battle between Kirigakure and Konoha.
• Kiyoshi Hyuga attacked the Kirigakure ninja with Revolving Heaven, while Hiruko absorbed an enemy’s Chakra and struck with Storm Demon Dragon.
• The Mizukage dispersed Kiyoshi’s attack, blanketed the village in mist, and declared that the attackers would see the terror of the Village of the Bloody Mist.
• Jin erased the mist with darkness and struck the Mizukage with a Black Blade, prompting Madara to protest when Jin claimed the Battle Asura title.

Uchiha Jin fought Madara Uchiha after Madara revealed himself in Kirigakure, and their battle devastated the surrounding land. Jin ultimately overwhelmed Madara’s Susanoo, though Madara escaped with Izanagi, leaving Jin to claim he was the strongest person in the ninja world and turn his attention to Kirigakure.

• Black Zetsu brought Madara Uchiha onto the battlefield, where Madara killed the Mizukage and attacked the Kirigakure Ninja alongside Jin.
• Madara and Jin clashed with fire and darkness techniques, then battled using their Susanoo, destroying parts of Kirigakure and the surrounding landscape.
• Madara summoned a meteor and used Chibaku Tensei to trap Jin, but Jin split the meteor and revealed a powerful demonic form.
• Jin struck Madara’s cracked Susanoo with successive black slashes, while Madara said he looked forward to fighting Jin at full strength.
• Madara vanished using Izanagi, and Jin declared himself the strongest person in the ninja world before turning toward Kirigakure.

Madara Uchiha used Life-Death Reincarnation Technique and turned to stone after entrusting Black Zetsu with helping Obito. After Uchiha Jin destroyed Kirigakure, Konoha celebrated while the 564 surviving Kirigakure Ninja went into hiding under Karatachi Yagura’s orders.

• Madara Uchiha told Black Zetsu he had lost to Jin, then instructed him to help Obito and keep watch over him.
• Madara Uchiha activated Life-Death Reincarnation Technique and petrified completely, leaving behind a stone statue as his life force vanished.
• Uchiha Jin emerged through the Teleportation Gate and announced victory to the Konoha shinobi, who cheered him and the Uchiha Clan.
• Mei Terumi reported that Kirigakure had 564 survivors, and Genji collapsed after hearing the number.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered the remaining Kirigakure Ninja to find a place to hide and seek the resurrected Three-Tails, abandoning the Land of Water’s support.

Orochimaru and Bunpuku fought a prolonged battle at the Sunagakure front, with Orochimaru testing techniques and Bunpuku drawing on Shukaku's power. After their final clash, Rasa arrived and declared that Konoha had won.

• Orochimaru fought Bunpuku's Four-Armed Buddha while testing Sage Art techniques, and Bunpuku gained combat experience.
• Orochimaru transformed into the Eight-Headed Serpent and fired a fused five-attribute Natural Disaster attack at Bunpuku.
• Bunpuku used Sand Body Protection to form a colossal Buddha that endured the attack before both techniques collapsed.
• Sasori and Shikuro Aburame rescued Sunagakure and Konoha Ninja caught in the battle's powerful winds.
• Rasa approached Orochimaru and Bunpuku as they paused, then declared that Konoha had won.

Orochimaru forced Rasa and Sunagakure to withdraw, and Konoha’s forces began returning home after the war ended. Jin warned Kakashi that more wars would come, then announced a victory banquet upon reaching Konoha, alarming the ninja assigned to inspect the returning troops.

• Orochimaru confronted Rasa as Bunpuku’s Dharma form dispersed, and Rasa ordered Sunagakure’s forces to retreat.
• Orochimaru read an intelligence scroll reporting that Madara Uchiha had destroyed Kirigakure.
• Jin received Konoha’s transfer order and led Kakashi, Kiyoshi Hyuga, and the others in dismantling their camp and preparing to return home.
• Jin told Kakashi that future wars were likely, though the next one might be different, and warned him to be prepared.
• Jin arrived in Konoha with the returning troops and announced a victory banquet to the inspection leader.

Uchiha Jin forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to relinquish the Hokage position by rallying much of Konoha against him after Kirigakure’s destruction. Hiruzen agreed to step down after the remaining villages submitted surrender documents, while he and Shimura Danzō hinted they had a plan to disqualify Jin from becoming Hokage.

• Uchiha Jin arrived at Konoha’s council meeting with the ninja returning from the Kirigakure Front and demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi make way for younger leaders.
• Jin’s supporters knelt and called for Hiruzen to step down, and Hiruzen accepted that he had lost support and relinquished the position after the surrender documents arrived.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō privately reassured Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that Jin would not become Hokage, but kept their disqualifying evidence secret.
• Minato Namikaze challenged Jin over forcing Hiruzen out, and Jin argued that Hiruzen’s leadership was slowing Konoha’s progress.
• Kakashi warned Minato to stay away from Jin, but Minato insisted that Jin would never harm him or Kushina.

Jin explained that negotiations over the defeated shinobi villages’ surrender terms were next as Shisui and Yakushi Kabuto sparred in his courtyard. Representatives from Kumogakure and Iwagakure arrived in Konoha, where Ōnoki confronted Minato Namikaze and Rasa and Bunpuku entered the village.

• Shisui and Yakushi Kabuto fought in Jin’s courtyard until Jin grabbed them for disturbing his fishing.
• Jin told Shisui that the three villages’ surrender letters had arrived and that the division of benefits would determine whether war resumed.
• Blue B led Kumogakure’s delegation into Konoha, where guards directed them to a remote place to stay.
• Ōnoki arrived in Konoha and demanded that Minato Namikaze receive him.
• Rasa and Bunpuku entered Konoha as Ōnoki and Minato Namikaze turned to look at them.

Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated war compensation with Ōnoki, Rasa, and Kumogakure, while Uchiha Jin dismissed a covert offer from Blue B to help him become Hokage. The talks remained unresolved with Sunagakure and Iwagakure, and Jin was left considering the moon and the hidden plans surrounding Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the representatives of Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure argued over war compensation, with Kumogakure agreeing to pay while Ōnoki and Rasa refused to concede.
• Jin told Minato Namikaze that Iwagakure and Sunagakure were unlikely to risk another war, then traded insults with Kushina as she declared her intent to become Hokage.
• Jin reflected on Kaguya Ōtsutsuki being sealed inside the moon and suspected that Black Zetsu's usual plan could not succeed under current circumstances.
• Blue B and a dark-skinned woman secretly visited Jin, and Blue B offered Kumogakure's support for Jin's bid to become Hokage.
• Jin rejected Blue B's offer after learning Kumogakure could not eliminate powerful rivals such as Minato Namikaze, and he sent the visitors away.

After the month-long meeting ended with compensation from Iwagakure and a service agreement with Sunagakure, Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Orochimaru turned their attention to the coming Hokage election. Jin rallied civilian ninja and Uchiha supporters, while Kakashi worried about the danger ahead.

• Ōnoki agreed to substantial compensation, and Sunagakure and Konoha signed a service agreement that included a partial transfer of Puppet Technique technology.
• After the meeting, Minato Namikaze admitted he feared another war, and Jin challenged him to prepare for the Hokage election.
• At a celebration in Konoha, Orochimaru told Jin he planned to compete for Hokage and cooperate with Danzo, while Jin warned that the alliance would further alienate Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Jin called on the gathered civilian ninja and Uchiha to strive together, and they toasted him as a candidate for Hokage.
• Kakashi, who had refused Hiruzen Sarutobi's invitation to join the Anbu, watched the celebration and resolved to become stronger for the danger surrounding the Hokage election.

Konoha held its Hokage election, and Uchiha Jin led the vote count ahead of Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru. Before Jin could be formally announced as the winner, Shimura Danzō accused him of attacking White Fang, and Hiruzen Sarutobi barred him from leaving Konoha while the matter was investigated.

• Jin learned that Kushina had demanded to become Hokage and smashed up Hiruzen Sarutobi's office before Minato took her away.
• Kakashi questioned why Jin was competing for Hokage despite planning to leave Konoha, and Jin said he had to fulfill his promise to White Fang.
• Jonin from across Konoha gathered for the election, where Jin, Minato Namikaze, Orochimaru, Might Duy, and Kushina Uzumaki received votes.
• Jin led the count, Minato Namikaze placed second, and Kushina reacted dramatically after receiving only one vote.
• Shimura Danzō accused Jin of fighting White Fang at the Valley of the End, and Jin admitted he had killed him because White Fang wanted to die.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi disqualified Jin from leaving Konoha until the accusation was investigated, while Minato and Kushina defended him.

Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage after Jin left the gathering with a large following, deepening the divide within Konoha. Back at the Uchiha compound, Jin said he would clear obstacles from Minato’s path before leaving, while wondering whether Minato would hate or thank him.

• Jin left the Hokage selection gathering after saying his disqualification was his own choice, and many Uchiha, civilian, and small-clan ninjas followed him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi placed the Hokage hat on Minato Namikaze, who accepted the title of Fourth Hokage as the assembled ninjas bowed to him.
• At the Uchiha compound, Hiruko asked Jin whether he planned to kill Minato, and Jin said he would clear every obstacle from Minato’s way without harming Minato or Kushina.
• Jin warned Hiruko that he might end up on his death list, then wondered whether Minato would hate or thank him when everything happened.

Jin told Hiruko that he would wait about another year for two important deliveries from the Sage of Six Paths. He examined Mikoto Uchiha’s unborn child for signs of foreign chakra, found none, and left considering how to improve his Byakugan.

• Jin told Hiruko and Kiyoshi Hyuga that he expected two deliveries in about a year and advised them to enjoy their remaining peaceful days.
• Jin visited Fugaku Uchiha and met his young son, Uchiha Itachi, whose battlefield experiences had left him preoccupied with war and death.
• Jin criticized Fugaku’s approach to raising Itachi, then asked to see the pregnant Mikoto Uchiha.
• Jin used his Byakugan to examine Mikoto’s embryo but found no foreign chakra inside it.
• Jin told Fugaku he would bless the child when it was born, then left and considered further training to strengthen his Byakugan.

Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, but his friendship with Uchiha Jin fractured when Jin rejected his offer to lead the Anbu and insisted that power mattered more than the title. Jin walked away to pursue his own path, then returned briefly to ask to borrow Kakashi.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi handed Minato Namikaze the Hokage hat, and Minato accepted the role before greeting the gathered crowd.
• Orochimaru left the ceremony with Shimura Danzō after secretly receiving a document containing Root's classified information.
• After the ceremony, Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Jin to become his Anbu head, but Jin told him to reclaim power from Hiruzen Sarutobi first.
• Jin and Minato Namikaze argued over their different paths, each reaffirming that he would not kill his closest friend.
• Jin walked away from Minato, then returned to ask to borrow Kakashi, while Minato objected that he had not agreed.

Fourth Raikage A entered Kumogakure’s Ten Thousand Thunder Pool to pursue the Third Layer, while Blue B considered taking the same risk. In Sunagakure, Bunpuku died after Sasori poisoned him, and Sasori appeared at the Kazekage succession ceremony in Bunpuku’s human-puppet form to claim the position.

• A rejected warnings from Dodai, Blue B, and Killer B and entered the Ten Thousand Thunder Pool, determined to succeed his father.
• Blue B watched A climb into the lightning and decided he should take a chance at reaching the Third Layer too.
• Sasori confronted Bunpuku, who revealed he had known about the Natural Energy-targeting poison and died after telling Sasori that hatred would destroy him.
• Sasori turned Bunpuku’s corpse into a human puppet and used its power as Rasa became Sunagakure’s Fourth Kazekage.
• Sasori appeared in Bunpuku’s Four-Armed Buddha form at the succession ceremony and demanded the position of Kazekage.

Jin gave Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, and Yakushi Kabuto powerful training tools and techniques in exchange for signing debt contracts. At the research institute, Orochimaru reported a path to fuse the soul with Natural Energy, and Jin named the resulting realm the Six Paths Kingly Realm.

• Jin told Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, and Yakushi Kabuto they needed to become capable of withstanding Third Layer experts within a year.
• Jin offered the three Asauchi swords and Chakra Inner Cultivation techniques, making them sign contracts that bound them to repay their costs.
• Jin gave Shisui, Kabuto, and Kakashi the [Immortal's Trick], [Necromancer's Meditation Method], and [Lightning Release Chakra Mode], respectively, and told them to ask Kushina to seal ninjutsu into their swords.
• Jin went to the research institute, where Orochimaru reported that fusing the soul with Natural Energy could create an immortal, immensely powerful being, though it would weaken without Natural Energy.
• Jin named the new realm the Six Paths Kingly Realm.

After a year of research, Jin and Orochimaru raised the odds of a dangerous advancement experiment to thirty percent. Jin then found Indra’s Chakra inside newborn Sasuke and began extracting it, leaving Fugaku confronting the purple energy in Jin’s hand.

• Jin and Orochimaru spent a year researching a new realm and raised the advancement success rate to thirty percent.
• Jin left the laboratory, cleaned himself up, and went with Fugaku to meet newborn Sasuke.
• Jin used his Byakugan to see Indra’s Chakra surrounding Sasuke’s abdomen and warned Fugaku and Mikoto that it could predetermine the child’s life.
• Fugaku let Jin approach Sasuke, but Itachi tried to block him, so Jin knocked Itachi unconscious with Yin-natured Chakra.
• Jin extracted Indra’s Chakra from Sasuke with a darkness-like substance, and Fugaku opened his Mangekyo Sharingan to see the purple energy around Jin’s hand.

Jin removed Indra's Chakra from Sasuke and studied it in his underground laboratory, uncovering how it influenced successive hosts. His findings led him to suspect that Hagoromo Otsutsuki had created the Chakra through a failed experiment and might be more sinister than he had believed.

• Jin showed Fugaku Uchiha the Chakra he had removed from Sasuke and explained that Indra's and Asura's Chakra had driven past generations of conflict.
• Fugaku Uchiha realized Sasuke was the current host, while Mikoto thanked Jin for protecting their son.
• Jin returned to his underground laboratory, dismissed his three clones, and began analyzing Indra's Chakra.
• Jin's research showed that the Chakra carried its creator's will, subtly shaped its hosts, and had been depleted across successive generations.
• Jin connected Indra's Chakra to the Box of Ultimate Bliss and suspected that Hagoromo Otsutsuki had conducted cruel experiments.

Jin prepared to ascend to the Six Paths realm in the Land of Rain while Obito sought allies for a new attack on Konoha. After meeting Sasori in Sunagakure and Jin in the Land of Rain, Obito proposed attacking Konoha with the Four Kage.

• Jin decided his ascension to the Six Paths realm could begin, abandoned his underground laboratory, and gave pregnant Kushina a golden pill.
• Jin arrived in the Land of Rain, confirmed that Empty City was ready, and began his ascension at the mountaintop training facility.
• Kakashi visited Obito's grave and mentioned Kushina's pregnancy, while Obito secretly learned that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was about to give birth.
• Obito appeared before Sasori in Sunagakure and tempted him with revenge against Konoha.
• Yugito Nii transported Obito to Jin, who agreed to hear his proposal for cooperation.
• Obito proposed launching another attack on Konoha with the Four Kage.