Chapter Summaries

Jin arranged to sell older-generation ninjutsu and technology, while Konoha faced a crisis after the daimyos and nobles of the four nations died or vanished. Minato Namikaze proposed that Konoha take control of cities and expand its authority, leaving the village to confront a major political change.

• Jin discussed selling ninjutsu with Orochimaru, who advised offering versions one generation behind, and Jin agreed to sell techniques from every ninja village.
• Shikaku Nara reported that the daimyo and nobles of the four great nations had died or disappeared, while Fugaku Uchiha warned that the Land of Rain was selling Konoha's Forbidden Scroll techniques and other villages' secrets.
• Minato Namikaze concluded that Konoha could not survive without a new source of income and called a meeting of the village's clan heads and jonin.
• Minato Namikaze rejected the offer for ninja to contribute their savings and proposed that Konoha compete to control cities and build its own economic cycle.
• Hyuga Hiashi questioned whether Minato Namikaze's proposal made the Hokage equivalent to the daimyo, and Shibi Aburame noted that the daimyos were already gone.

Ōishi witnessed Konoha Ninjas seize Spring City, prompting Ōnoki to recognize that the villages would need to establish territories and ninja nations after the daimyo and nobles were killed. Ōnoki’s followers pledged themselves to him, but Hanzō and the Land of Rain stood in the way of Iwagakure’s plans.

• Ōishi heard that the daimyo and the nobles in the Capital of Fire had been killed, leaving city lords to pursue their own ambitions.
• Shibi Aburame and Konoha Ninjas took control of Spring City and announced Konoha’s rule through insects carrying Shibi’s voice.
• Ōnoki learned that Konoha had occupied Spring City and argued that the villages’ old way of surviving was ending.
• Ōnoki explained that Iwagakure needed either to cooperate with a city or establish a ninja nation, and that Konoha had already chosen to seize territory.
• Ōnoki’s followers swore loyalty to him, while he identified Hanzō and the Land of Rain as the obstacle to Iwagakure’s plans.

Ōnoki, Raikage A, and Sasori reacted to Konoha’s expansion and the Land of Rain’s sale of ninjutsu by preparing to secure the means to strengthen their villages. The chapter left Sasori studying a map focused on Konoha.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to occupy cities and sent Kitsuchi to the Land of Rain to buy back its stolen ninjutsu.
• Raikage A decided to visit the Land of Rain, but Blue B arrived after becoming Kumogakure’s second Dharma Body powerhouse and offered to go instead.
• Blue B said Killer B and Gyuki were getting along and might eventually become a Third Layer powerhouse together.
• Rasa challenged Sasori for allowing nobles to kneel before him, but Sasori showed him intelligence about Konoha’s expansion and the Land of Rain’s ninjutsu sales.
• Sasori told Rasa to seek the Land of Rain’s method for producing ninja in large numbers, then turned his attention to a map of Konoha.

Night Rain patrolled the Land of Rain with his squad and encountered Haku, while visitors from several ninja villages gathered at the Ninjutsu Exchange. Jin learned that Madara had reached a cooperative agreement with Kirigakure, leaving the village’s plans and Madara’s next move uncertain.

• Night Rain led his nine squadmates on patrol and reflected on the Land of Rain’s growing military and its many ninjutsu.
• Haku gave Night Rain an ice flower, and Night Rain recalled how Haku and his mother had escaped persecution in the Land of Water.
• Night Rain and Haku saw Sakumo Hatake hanging in public again as Blue B moved through the crowd toward the trading district.
• Blue B recognized Kitsuchi and Rasa, while Mei Terumi entered the Ninjutsu Exchange and realized the other visitors were seeking ways to increase their ninja numbers.
• Mei Terumi considered using Kirigakure’s discovery about Basic Inner Cultivation to make the other villages pay for it.
• Jin asked Black Zetsu whether Madara was in Kirigakure, and Black Zetsu confirmed that Madara had made a cooperative agreement with the village.

Madara Uchiha rejected Genji’s offer to become Mizukage and instead ordered the surviving Kirigakure Ninja to work for him as he began dividing the Land of Water. He killed the Land of Water’s Daimyo, while news of his alliance with Kirigakure reached Jin and Orochimaru, who expected the ninja world to grow even more chaotic.

• Madara Uchiha refused to become Mizukage and told Genji that the remaining Kirigakure Ninja would work for him in exchange for rebuilding their village.
• Madara Uchiha split the waterfall and ordered the first step of their plan: dividing the Land of Water.
• Genji and Karatachi Yagura acknowledged that Kirigakure needed Madara Uchiha’s strength, while the surviving ninja remained hidden with the restrained Three-Tails.
• Madara Uchiha flew to the capital and killed the Land of Water’s Daimyo with his Susanoo.
• Jin read a newspaper reporting Madara Uchiha’s attack on the nobles and his offensive and defensive alliance with Kirigakure, and Orochimaru agreed that the world would grow more chaotic.

Yahiko led the Akatsuki Army's assault on the Land of Waterfalls, while Nagato and Konan fought beside him. As Nagato was about to claim an enemy's memories, Madara Uchiha emerged and attacked him to reclaim his Rinnegan.

• Yahiko resolved to keep pursuing unification despite the bloodshed and ordered the Akatsuki Army to advance into the Land of Waterfalls.
• Nagato deflected a volley of shuriken with Shinra Tensei and fought through the Takigakure ninja as Yahiko and Konan joined the battle.
• Madara Uchiha learned from White Zetsu that Uchiha Jin was watching Konoha and set out to retrieve his Rinnegan from Nagato.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in and summoned the gate of Yama to extract an enemy's soul and memories.
• Madara burst from underground and reached for Nagato's eye, but Nagato blocked him with Shinra Gate as Yahiko and Konan took position beside him.

Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan fought Madara Uchiha to protect the Rinnegan, but his Susanoo overwhelmed their attacks. As Yahiko and Konan distracted him, Nagato sprang a Chibaku Tensei trap above the Susanoo.

• Madara Uchiha claimed the Rinnegan had originally belonged to him, and Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan prepared to fight him.
• Nagato attacked with his chains and Banshō Ten'in, but Madara countered with Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
• Yahiko shielded Nagato with a water dragon while Konan detonated Paper Heaven, but Madara survived inside a Susanoo.
• Yahiko and Konan attacked Madara's Susanoo together, cracking it with their coordinated strikes and explosions.
• Madara enlarged his Susanoo, while Nagato revealed a Black Orb above it and activated Chibaku Tensei.

Madara Uchiha tried to take back his Rinnegan from Nagato, but Uchiha Jin intervened and defeated him with overwhelming power. Madara was captured and taken underground, leaving Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan safe.

• Madara Uchiha destroyed Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei and demanded that Nagato hand over his eyes, threatening Yahiko and Konan.
• Nagato threatened to damage his own eye unless Madara let his friends go, while Yahiko and Konan refused to trust Madara.
• Uchiha Jin appeared through the clouds and challenged Madara, who insisted the Rinnegan belonged to him.
• Jin created a Natural Energy clone and struck Madara with a powerful Sage Art attack, leaving him battered and defeated.
• A giant flower caught Madara and pulled him underground.

Jin punished Black Zetsu and questioned Kurama about the Sage of Six Paths, but remained wary of entering the Pure Land. Meanwhile, Nagato and the Akatsuki Army destroyed Takigakure and began registering its survivors for relocation to the Land of Rain.

• Jin’s cloud clone vanished after driving Madara Uchiha to retreat, and he ordered Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to continue their attack.
• Madara Uchiha admitted that he had underestimated Jin’s era and resolved to pursue the Six Paths level.
• Jin sealed Black Zetsu in an orb for conspiring with Madara, then asked Kurama about the Sage of Six Paths and the Pure Land.
• Jin and Orochimaru agreed to keep studying how to overcome the Sage of Six Paths before entering the Pure Land.
• Nagato used Fivefold Shinra Tensei to erase Takigakure, and the Akatsuki Army began registering the survivors for transfer to the Land of Rain.
• Kinoki narrowed his eyes when an old man arrived with a child younger than three to register.

Kinoki captured Fū, a Takigakure Jinchūriki, and led the prisoners back to the Land of Rain after defeating Konoha ninja Mimura Hamaki. He entered the Black Tower to pursue advancement, and its unprecedented reaction left the tower guard stunned as Jin watched from the Daimyo’s Estate.

• Kinoki recognized the immense Chakra within Fū, and Yahiko’s forces subdued Bushu and sealed the unconscious girl.
• Kinoki told the captured Takigakure boy Shigeki that the prisoners could settle in the Land of Rain or join its army.
• Kinoki detected an ambush and defeated Mimura Hamaki with a combined Wind and Fire attack, then continued toward the Land of Rain without killing the Konoha ninja.
• After the prisoners were handed over, Yuryu told Kinoki his application had been approved, and Kinoki entered the Black Tower.
• The Black Tower drew in Natural Energy and sent a blazing pillar into the sky, while Jin watched from the Daimyo’s Estate.

Kinoki celebrated his appointment as the Land of Rain’s eighth Legion Commander, while new Dharma Body experts emerged in Iwagakure and Sunagakure. The chapter ended with Rasa awakening to his new power and declaring that he would take the Kazekage position from Sasori.

• Orochimaru and the other Legion Commanders congratulated Kinoki, and Jin appointed him the eighth Legion Commander with authority to recruit ten thousand troops.
• Shiranoka criticized the sudden attention Kinoki received, while Nagato lamented that he had fallen behind.
• Kakashi kicked Sakumo Hatake through the ceiling after Sakumo joked about his romantic prospects, and Sakumo worried about the Land of Rain’s growing strength.
• In Iwagakure, Ōnoki congratulated Han, who had reached the Third Layer of the Dharma Body realm after agreeing with Kokuō.
• In Sunagakure, Rasa fused his soul with Natural Energy, entered the Dharma Body realm, and vowed to take the Kazekage position from Sasori.

Sasori convened Sunagakure’s leaders to discuss the village’s economic strain and proposed taking territory in the Land of Fire, but Rasa challenged his judgment and the Kazekage position. Sasori sent Rasa to repel Orochimaru while he defended the Land of Wind, leaving the village’s human and puppet factions poised for further conflict.

• Sasori explained that war and scarce resources had stalled Sunagakure’s development, so he proposed occupying territory in the Land of Fire.
• Rasa argued that attacking the Land of Fire would expose Sunagakure to Orochimaru and Konoha’s powerful fighters.
• Rasa openly challenged Sasori’s ability to serve as Kazekage, and the two revealed that they had both reached a formidable level of power.
• Sasori tasked Rasa with repelling Orochimaru and said he would defend the Land of Wind, giving Rasa a chance to earn the Kazekage position through his achievements.
• Rasa and Pakura left with the human faction, while the puppet people complained about humans and Sasori watched the doorway with a knowing smile.

Orochimaru and Kinoki watched the trench war between the Land of Rain and Sunagakure before Orochimaru confronted Rasa to draw out Sasori. Rasa revealed a colossal metal Dharma Body, and their battle escalated when Kinoki joined the fight.

• Orochimaru told Kinoki to familiarize himself with his Dharma Body and said that Rasa, Sunagakure’s Kazekage, was a genius.
• Orochimaru confronted Rasa and demanded to meet Sasori, but Rasa refused to let him see the Kazekage.
• Rasa formed a giant metal Dharma Body and struck Orochimaru, who transformed into a many-headed serpent and pierced the giant with his Sage Art.
• Rasa’s Gold Dust World Method impaled fleeing personnel and shattered Orochimaru’s serpent body, but Orochimaru reformed from the fragments.
• Rasa attacked the Eight-Headed Serpent with molten metal, but two beams struck his Dharma Body’s shoulders and sent it crashing into the desert.
• Kinoki’s giant appeared in the sky with two enormous pistols and slammed into Rasa’s golden figure.

Kinoki and Rasa fought in their Dharma Bodies, with Kinoki’s aerial attacks exposing the golden giant’s weakness but Rasa trapping him in a storm of piercing Gold Dust. Orochimaru intervened to save Kinoki, leaving the thousand-meter serpent facing Rasa.

• Rasa mistook Kinoki for the seventh Legion Commander and questioned his identity, but Kinoki answered by firing a barrage of sage-art attacks.
• Kinoki and Rasa exchanged powerful attacks, and Kinoki used his speed in the air to bombard Rasa’s slow golden giant.
• Rasa transformed the Gold Dust in the sky into countless thin needles and trapped Kinoki inside them.
• Orochimaru sent the Eight-Headed Serpent into the Gold Dust to reach Kinoki, then used Infinite Great Snake to devour the needles.
• The giant serpent coiled around Kinoki’s red Dharma Body and faced Rasa.

Orochimaru and Kinoki forced Rasa to retreat from their battle, while Fugaku Uchiha rejected using a relative’s eyes to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and headed toward the Hokage Building in disguise. In Konoha, Minato Namikaze and Kushina proposed holding a Chunin Exams to encourage exchanges with other nations.

• Orochimaru told Rasa he had no further use for him and warned him to leave, so Rasa withdrew in his golden avatar.
• Kinoki regretted that Rasa had not separated from his avatar, but Orochimaru said Uchiha Jin still needed the village’s people alive.
• Fugaku Uchiha read about the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan beneath the Uchiha shrine and rejected taking a close relative’s eyes to reach the Third Layer.
• Fugaku put on an Anbu mask and secretly made his way toward the Hokage Building.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina discussed restoring trade and opening exchanges with other nations, then proposed holding a Chunin Exams.

After the ninja nations reshaped the world and took power from the daimyo, Konoha announced a new Chunin Exams, and Jin decided the Land of Rain would participate. Sasori, A, Ōnoki, and Madara Uchiha also prepared their villages to enter, setting the stage for a dangerous gathering.

• The Land of Rain expanded its territory, Sasori took control of the Land of Wind, Madara Uchiha became daimyo of the Land of Water, and ninja villages across the smaller countries seized power from their daimyo.
• Shisui told Jin that Konoha had announced a new Chunin Exams but deliberately withheld the invitation from the Land of Rain.
• Nagato awoke after Jin implanted the Nine-Tails, confirmed that his Rinnegan could suppress its power, and worried that the eyes might not belong to Madara Uchiha.
• Jin ordered Shisui to prepare a team for the Chunin Exams and said the Land of Rain would participate.
• Sasori accepted Konoha's invitation, seeing the exams as an opportunity to attack the village.
• A, Ōnoki, and Madara Uchiha each decided that their villages would participate in the Chunin Exams.

Naruto Uzumaki revealed a terrifying instinctive power when a wooden puppet man attacked him, then forgot what had happened. Meanwhile, Sasori’s group gathered in Konoha, and Jin arrived at the village gates with Shisui, Kabuto, and a fang-toothed girl as the Land of Rain’s daimyo came to Konoha.

• Naruto Uzumaki complained to Sasuke about their busy parents and declared that he would care for his own children when he became Hokage.
• A wooden puppet man grabbed Naruto Uzumaki, triggering Naruto’s blank, marked state; Naruto broke the man’s arm and blasted him away with a kick.
• Sasuke calmed Naruto Uzumaki, who returned to normal and followed him home without remembering the attack.
• Sasori repaired the puppet man and heard how Naruto Uzumaki had defeated him, while Rasa and Pakura watched.
• Jin arrived at Konoha’s gates with Shisui, Kabuto, and a fang-toothed girl, and the daimyo of the Land of Rain arrived in the village.

Minato Namikaze confronted Uchiha Jin after he arrived in Konoha, but Jin rejected his plea to return and said their opposing wills could only be settled through strength. As Jin headed to represent the Land of Rain at the Chunin Exams, Sasori spoke with an elderly Konoha man about the village’s lost glory and asked whether he would simply accept his fate.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Minato Namikaze that the Kazekage and Uchiha Jin had arrived in Konoha.
• Little Meow accompanied Jin through the streets, and Minato Namikaze attacked him with a Great Ball Rasengan.
• Jin nullified Minato Namikaze’s Rasengan and drained his natural energy until Kushina used black chains to make him release Minato.
• Minato Namikaze urged Jin to return, but Jin refused and said Minato would have to defeat him to change his mind.
• Jin announced that he would represent the Land of Rain at the Chunin Exams and left with Little Meow after Kushina promised to defeat him.
• Sasori asked an elderly man whether he would accept Konoha’s decline and wait for death.

Tsunade confronted Madara Uchiha as delegates from the Land of Water, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Earth arrived in Konoha for the Chunin Exams. Uchiha Shisui reunited with Sasuke and Naruto, but Uchiha Itachi appeared and challenged him.

• Tsunade told Madara Uchiha that she did not care that he was a daimyo, and Madara left after saying Hashirama would be proud of her.
• Raikage A and Ōnoki arrived at Konoha and traded insults until Minato Namikaze intervened.
• Yakushi Kabuto accompanied Uchiha Shisui toward Konoha, where Shisui admitted there were things he had to face.
• Shisui introduced himself to Sasuke Uchiha as his brother's friend and flicked Sasuke's forehead while Naruto tried to protect him.
• Uchiha Itachi pulled Sasuke and Naruto behind him and confronted Uchiha Shisui for returning.

Shisui confronted Itachi and used his Sharingan to overwhelm him, while Itachi vowed to defeat him in the Chunin Exams. As the exams began, Uchiha Jin’s presence at the leaders’ surveillance meeting unsettled the assembled factions, and the first written exam ended with many examinees eliminated.

• Shisui told Itachi he represented the Land of Rain in the Chunin Exams and urged him to look beyond Konoha, but Itachi accused him of betraying the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui used his Sharingan to plunge Itachi into darkness, then left with Yakushi Kabuto as Itachi vowed to defeat him in the exams.
• Uchiha Jin entered the surveillance meeting room, where the gathered leaders felt his overwhelming pressure until Tsunade challenged him and he relented.
• The leaders watched the written exam, where examiners tested the examinees’ resolve and ability to detect traps, eliminating about one-third of them.
• The first exam ended, and the second exam was about to begin.