Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Jin battled the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land, using darkness and Extreme Path Orbs against the Sage’s techniques. After the Sage sealed half of Jin’s body with Chibaku Tensei, Jin revealed his other half had escaped and left the Pure Land with the wandering souls he had gathered.

• Jin and the Sage of Six Paths fought across the Pure Land with taijutsu, blades, and powerful techniques.
• Jin’s Extreme Path Orb clashed with the Sage’s Truth-Seeking Orbs, and Jin’s fire attack forced the Sage to defend himself with a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• The Sage of Six Paths immobilized Jin with black-and-white lightning and sealed him inside a massive sphere using Chibaku Tensei.
• Jin revealed that the Sage had sealed only half of his body, while his other half had gathered wandering souls during the fight.
• Jin thanked the Sage for his hospitality and vanished from the Pure Land, leaving the Sage behind.

Jin returned from the Pure Land with souls and, with Orochimaru, began resurrecting them in prepared bodies. His plan left Izuna Uchiha in front of Madara Uchiha and awakened Hashirama Senju in the Pure Land.

• Jin returned from the Pure Land carrying a sphere of souls after retreating from the Sage of Six Paths, and told Orochimaru that their resurrection would make the shinobi world lively.
• Orochimaru showed Jin the prepared bodies, which contained White Zetsu cells to adapt them to the souls.
• Jin released the souls into the bodies, then used darkness to remove most of the newly resurrected people and hinted that he had arranged a surprise for certain people.
• A figure emerged from Jin's darkness in front of Madara Uchiha, who recognized his brother Izuna Uchiha.
• Hashirama Senju woke in the Pure Land after hearing people nearby discussing a naked man they had rescued.

Hashirama Senju discovered that he had been resurrected in the Land of Wind with little Chakra, while other powerful figures also returned to life across the ninja world. In the Land of Rain, Uchiha Jin presided over a gathering of resurrected people and taunted them, confident that none could challenge his position as the strongest.

• Hashirama Senju woke alive on a rooftop, then helped the family who had taken him in and wondered whether others had also been resurrected.
• A burly figure in Kumogakure tested his diminished strength, while another figure in Iwagakure wondered where the village had gone and encountered a bandaged man he recognized as the Second Hokage.
• A purple-haired woman used Sharingan before vanishing into blue butterflies, and a pale man awoke stranded on a small island overseas.
• Jin addressed the Legion Commanders and newcomers in the Land of Rain, and an angry man threatened to kill him if he found an opening.
• Jin laughed at the threat and mocked the assembled people, declaring himself the number one person in the ninja world.

Hashirama Senju learned that puppet people ruled the Land of Wind and preyed on humans for Chakra. When the Enforcement Squad attacked the shop, he revealed his power and confronted them.

• Hashirama Senju helped a girl sell flatbread and learned that food in the Land of Wind was often full of sand.
• Hashirama Senju and the girl watched the Enforcement Squad crush a puppet man who had failed to obtain Chakra and supplies.
• The girl explained that ninja ruled the city and that Chakra Coins sustained the puppet people.
• The puppet people detected the Chakra Coin, broke into the shop, and declared Hashirama Senju and the girl to be batteries.
• Hashirama Senju caught and shattered an electric drill with his bare hand, then called himself a passing ninja as trees burst from the ground.

Hashirama Senju learned that Uchiha Jin’s upheaval had plunged the Shinobi World into chaos and decided to meet him, but first he confronted Dafa over the puppet people’s abuses in the Land of Wind. Dafa attacked Hashirama, who overwhelmed him with Wood Release, leaving Dafa defeated.

• Hashirama Senju learned about Uchiha Jin’s changes to the Shinobi World and decided to leave to meet him.
• Hashirama Senju killed the puppet people who had been abusing their authority in a remote city, then entered Dafa’s palace.
• Dafa ordered captured women taken away and reflected on the puppet people’s weakening position against Rasa’s faction.
• Hashirama Senju told Dafa to leave the city, but Dafa attacked him with rockets.
• Hashirama Senju used Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique to bite Dafa and smash him into the ground.

Hashirama Senju killed Dafa and decided to seek Uchiha Jin, while Rasa learned of Hashirama’s arrival in the Land of Wind and ordered that he be stopped. As Hashirama set out toward the Land of Fire, a puppet merchant secretly marked his map and planned to capture him.

• Hashirama Senju defeated Dafa, who realized the Fourth Kazekage had treated him as a failed test subject before his soul pearl shattered.
• Hashirama Senju resolved to meet Uchiha Jin, whom he considered responsible for the Shinobi World’s turmoil.
• A Sunagakure Anbu reported Dafa’s death and Hashirama Senju’s appearance in the Land of Wind to Rasa.
• Rasa decided Hashirama must not return and vowed to keep him in the Land of Wind.
• Hashirama Senju bought a map to the Land of Fire from a puppet merchant, who secretly marked it and planned to capture him after he left the city.

Hashirama Senju traveled through the Land of Wind’s automated city and headed toward the Land of Rain, learning that the world and his body had changed since his death. In the desert, he killed a Puppet Master who preyed on humans, then was attacked by Rasa and swallowed by a Gold Dust technique.

• Hashirama Senju explored the Automated City, studied a map showing the transformed countries, and prepared supplies for his journey.
• Hashirama Senju left the city for the Land of Rain after discovering that he could no longer contact Shikkotsu Forest.
• A Puppet Master ambushed Hashirama Senju, but Hashirama bound him and his puppets with vines, then drained the Puppet Master’s Chakra until he died.
• Rasa confronted Hashirama Senju over the deaths of the Land of Wind’s puppet men and declared that he wanted Hashirama’s life.
• Rasa used Sage Art: Magnet Release: Gold Dust Great Burial, and the gold dust swallowed Hashirama Senju.

Rasa fought Hashirama Senju in the desert, but Hashirama’s Wood Release and Sage Mode overwhelmed Rasa’s gold-dust techniques. Hashirama unleashed the Thousand-Hand Buddha and shattered Rasa’s Gold Dust Cube and Dharma Body as Rasa charged at him.

• Hashirama Senju emerged from the gold-dust-covered ground with Deep Forest Emergence, and Rasa refused his offer to end their conflict peacefully.
• Rasa and Hashirama Senju formed their giant golden and wooden figures and wrestled to a standstill.
• Rasa attacked with Gold Dust World Method and Infinite Gold Dust Great Spear, while Hashirama Senju entered Sage Mode and countered with a Wood Dragon.
• Rasa trapped Hashirama Senju and his wooden constructs in a storm of gold dust, but Hashirama Senju broke free by summoning True Several Thousand Hands.
• Hashirama Senju struck Rasa’s Gold Dust Cube with countless Buddha arms, shattering it and Rasa’s golden giant as Rasa charged toward him.

Hashirama defeated the Fifth Kazekage Rasa, then left Sunagakure and continued toward the Land of Rain. Sasori, the Fourth Kazekage, confronted him on the way and said he would accompany him.

• Sasori watched Hashirama defeat Rasa through screens inside Rōran's Dragon Vein and clenched the intelligence report identifying Hashirama.
• Hashirama carried the unconscious Rasa toward Sunagakure, hoping to explain their conflict and prevent a misunderstanding.
• Rasa woke, rejected Hashirama's explanation, and ordered him to leave the Land of Wind as Pakura and others gathered behind him.
• Hashirama vanished from Sunagakure, leaving Rasa furious and injured, then set out toward the Land of Rain.
• Sasori introduced himself as Sunagakure's Fourth Kazekage, dismissed Rasa, and told Hashirama he would accompany him to the Land of Rain.

Sasori demonstrated his strength to Hashirama Senju and brought him to the Dragon Vein Laboratory to learn Chakra Inner Cultivation. After three months of training, Hashirama reached Third Layer avatar, and Sasori prepared to take him to the Land of Rain.

• Sasori summoned his avatars and fought Hashirama Senju, showing that he could contend with the legendary shinobi.
• Sasori insisted on going to the Land of Rain, and Hashirama reluctantly agreed to accompany him.
• Sasori took Hashirama to the Dragon Vein Laboratory and taught him Chakra Inner Cultivation to improve his strength.
• After three months, Hashirama reached Third Layer avatar, and Sasori announced they could go to the Land of Rain.
• Sasori arrived and called out to Sakumo Hatake.

Hashirama Senju and Sasori entered the Land of Rain, where Hashirama was unsettled by the prosperity and happiness he saw despite the country’s role in the wider war. After secretly surveying the land, Sasori told Hashirama they needed to make a plan.

• Minato Namikaze learned that the First Hokage had appeared in Sunagakure and was heading toward the Land of Rain, while Uchiha Osame said they still had no explanation for resurrection.
• Sakumo Hatake, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara argued beside a lake after a shuriken snapped Sakumo’s fishing line, and Kakashi punched him into the air.
• Sasori noticed Sakumo Hatake’s gaze from New City but decided not to act, then continued toward the Land of Rain with Hashirama Senju.
• Hashirama Senju observed the Land of Rain’s prosperous, modern streets and questioned whether its people could be evil when they seemed so happy.
• Sasori secretly released tiny black dots across the Land of Rain, and after they settled at an inn, he showed Hashirama a map and said they needed a plan.

Hashirama Senju learned that Uchiha Jin came from Konoha and that Konoha had abandoned the Uzumaki Clan when Kirigakure destroyed the Land of Whirlpools. After meeting Nagato Uzumaki and Shiranoka in the Land of Rain, Hashirama looked toward the Daimyo's Estate, leaving his next move unclear.

• Sasori told Hashirama Senju that Uchiha Jin lived in the Daimyo's Estate and that Sakumo Hatake was one of the Land of Rain's Legion Commanders.
• Hashirama Senju learned that Uchiha Jin had come from Konoha, then asked to see the Land of Rain before carrying out their plan.
• Nagato Uzumaki and Shiranoka toured the Land of Rain, where Hashirama Senju approached them and asked why Nagato was there.
• Nagato Uzumaki said the Land of Whirlpools had long been gone, and Shiranoka explained that Kirigakure had destroyed it after Konoha refused to help.
• Hashirama Senju heard that the Land of Rain treated its people well, then looked toward the Daimyo's Estate.

Uchiha Jin and Hashirama Senju debated what peace meant, with Jin defending order imposed by power and Hashirama arguing for people to understand one another. Hashirama became enraged by Jin’s indifference to civilian deaths, but an enormous battle in New City interrupted them.

• Uchiha Jin watched Hashirama Senju’s movements on a transparent screen while fishing at the Daimyo's Estate.
• Hashirama Senju asked Uchiha Jin what he believed peace was, and Jin described using overwhelming power to minimize conflict.
• Hashirama Senju argued that peace came from people connecting their hearts, while Jin called his approach naive and criticized its assumptions about human nature.
• Hashirama Senju asked why Jin had caused chaos across the Shinobi World, and Jin said his aim was to make everyone improve regardless of the deaths.
• Hashirama Senju erupted in anger and declared that he would defeat Jin, but they both turned toward New City when two enormous Dharma manifestations began fighting.

Sasori attacked Sakumo Hatake for revenge, forcing the Combat Corps and civilians to retreat as the battle escalated. Meanwhile, Hashirama Senju challenged Jin and unleashed Wood Release across Jin’s Daimyo’s Estate.

• Sasori used his scouts to locate Sakumo Hatake and flew to confront him while Hashirama Senju occupied Jin.
• Sasori attacked Sakumo and Kakashi with puppets and Anti-Matter Energy, while Kakashi fled and the White War God fought back.
• Chako and two other Combat Corps members engaged Sasori’s giant puppets as the Rain Army evacuated civilians and the Combat Corps withdrew.
• Hashirama accused Jin of being unqualified to discuss peace and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, covering the Daimyo’s Estate with trees and spreading pollen.

Jin defeated Hashirama Senju with a single attack, then spared him at Minato Namikaze’s request while warning Minato and Kushina that he would kill them next time. Jin turned his attention to Sasori and Sakumo Hatake’s ongoing battle, where Sasori prepared to finish the fight.

• Jin’s Black Sun overwhelmed Hashirama Senju’s Wood Clone, and Hashirama summoned his Thousand-Hand Guanyin Statue to attack Jin.
• Jin erased the statue’s fists with darkness and brought Hashirama down with Darkness! Fire Extreme.
• Jin seized the unconscious Hashirama, but Minato Namikaze and Kushina intervened; Jin released Hashirama and warned them that they would die if they confronted him again.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina left with Hashirama, and Jin watched Sasori pursue Sakumo Hatake with his Four-Armed Buddha and Anti-Matter Energy beams.
• Sasori saw that the battle in New City had ended and prepared to finish his fight with Sakumo Hatake.

Kakashi and the others defeated Sasori’s puppets, but Sasori recalled them and revealed a colossal Gundam-like form. Sasori’s devastating strike threatened Sakumo Hatake and New City, where Jin appeared as Sakumo countered the attack.

• Kakashi’s Lightning Spear charred the Wood Dragon Puppet, but it survived and was recalled alongside the Turtle, Bird, and Tiger Puppets.
• Chako told Kakashi that the puppets’ master was calling them back as the four puppets flew toward Sasori.
• Sasori recalled his puppets and the Four-Armed Buddha, then transformed into a colossal Gundam-like behemoth.
• Sasori’s Gundam attacked the White War God and unleashed an Anti-Matter Slash toward Sakumo Hatake and New City.
• A demon rising from New City blocked the slash, and Sakumo Hatake destroyed its remaining force with Infinite One-Strike Slash.
• Sasori raised his blade for another attack as Jin appeared within the White War God and challenged him.

Jin defeated Sasori after destroying his Gundam, then revealed Sasori’s parents and used them to torment him. Jin erased Sasori with the Extreme Path Orb, leaving his parents alive to face the aftermath.

• Jin praised Sasori’s technological power, then overwhelmed him with lightning and fire attacks that destroyed the Gundam.
• Sasori escaped the Gundam and tried to strike Jin with an Anti-Matter Slash, but Jin stopped the attack with Absolute Defense.
• Jin dragged out a shackled woman and red-haired man, then revealed they were Sasori’s parents.
• Sasori’s parents recognized him, while Jin prevented them from taking action and taunted Sasori with their reunion.
• Jin unleashed Nature Destruction, erasing Sasori and leaving his parents in a ruined landscape.

After Jin repelled the attack on New City, he decided to punish Sunagakure by sending Orochimaru into the Land of Wind. Sasori returned to a backup body in his laboratory, Rasa learned the invasion was retaliation for Sasori’s actions, and Hashirama Senju woke in Konoha after his defeat by Jin.

• Jin told Nagato, Shiranoka, and Hinoka that they could not have changed the outcome, then hung Sakumo Hatake from a building for his lack of ambition.
• Jin ordered Orochimaru to invade the Land of Wind and take territory from it.
• Sasori revived in a life-support pod after his soul code returned to his laboratory, but Jin’s black flames destroyed that body as a warning.
• Rasa learned that Orochimaru and Kinoki had invaded the Land of Wind because Sasori had joined the Fourth Kazekage and Hashirama Senju in attacking the Land of Rain.
• Hashirama Senju woke in Konoha’s hospital, remembered Jin crushing him, and met Osame, who introduced herself as Uchiha Osame.

Hashirama Senju returned to Konoha, learned from Tsunade about the village’s troubled history, and reunited with its elderly residents. Minato Namikaze then asked him to temporarily take over as Hokage.

• Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Osame told Hashirama Senju that he had been rescued and that Tobirama had died.
• Tsunade recounted Konoha’s history, including the Uchiha’s persecution, Hiruzen Sarutobi’s actions, Shimura Danzō’s experiments, and Sakumo Hatake’s death.
• Madara Uchiha learned that Hashirama Senju had returned and ordered Uchiha Kagami to prepare to leave for Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju met Konoha’s elderly residents, then Tsunade punched him into a pond after he asked whether she was married.
• Minato Namikaze asked Hashirama Senju to temporarily take over as Hokage.

Minato Namikaze asked Hashirama Senju to manage the village while he advanced to the Six Paths realm, and Tsunade took charge of Konoha’s affairs. Orochimaru and Kinoki defeated Rasa’s forces, leaving Sunagakure ready to surrender to the Land of Rain, while Jin entered the Ruins of Lou Lan to investigate the Dragon Vein.

• Minato Namikaze told Hashirama Senju he planned to advance to the Six Paths realm, and Hashirama agreed to handle village affairs.
• Tsunade took over Konoha’s work and found reports of Orochimaru and Kinoki invading the Land of Wind and the daimyo of the Land of Water requesting a visit.
• Orochimaru and Kinoki fought Rasa’s forces for three days and three nights, severely injuring Rasa and forcing Sunagakure to retreat.
• Rasa learned Sasori had refused to provide support and prepared to surrender Sunagakure to the Land of Rain.
• Jin entered the Ruins of Lou Lan and considered whether the Dragon Vein could be useful to him.