Chapter Summaries

Madara questioned Tsukimiyo’s claim that he was Madara and Izuna’s older brother, while Mokushō explained how Shikigami could become destructive yōkai. Izuna reconnected with Tsukimiyo by calling his name, leaving Tsukimiyo weakened but back at Izuna’s side as Madara considered whether he truly was Izuna’s long-lost brother.

• Tsukimiyo claimed he was Madara and Izuna’s older brother and warned that Shikigami who learned their living names could become yōkai.
• Madara accused Mokushō of hiding the danger, and Mokushō explained that broken vows and overwhelming despair could turn an awakened person into a demon assimilated by nature.
• Mokushō said he had been Madara Uchiha’s Shikigami in another world and that the other Madara had lived to eighty, though he could not remember the future’s events.
• Mokushō identified Tsukimiyo as Izuna’s initial Shikigami and explained that their link had broken when Tsukimiyo changed his medium.
• Izuna called Tsukimiyo’s name, restoring their link and making Tsukimiyo’s Netsuke pentagram disappear, but Tsukimiyo became faint and needed time to recover.
• Madara judged Tsukimiyo’s devotion to Izuna genuine but remained uncertain whether Tsukimiyo was truly their older brother.

Madara and the others helped Tsukimiyo take refuge in Hashirama’s Chakra Crystal, then questioned Mokushō about Shikigami and his connection to Izuna. Mokushō admitted he had ulterior motives but refused to explain them yet, and Madara agreed to stop pressing him after Izuna was hurt.

• Tsukimiyo asked Hashirama for his necklace, and Hashirama gave it to Izuna so Tsukimiyo could use its Chakra Crystal as a medium.
• Izuna recited the mission record, causing the crystal to turn red as Tsukimiyo entered it and fell silent.
• Mokushō answered the group’s questions and explained that Shikigami could be the souls of people who had died and could help Onmyōji resist Demonization.
• Mokushō admitted he had ulterior motives but insisted he never wanted to hurt Izuna and would not reveal more yet.
• When Madara pressed Mokushō, Izuna suffered pain through their connection, so Madara apologized and agreed to stop asking.

Mokushō explained Onmyōji techniques and helped Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama practice One Line, while Tobirama remained wary of Mokushō’s secrets. The group opened a sealed door at the shrine to release a Yōkai, and something inside began to stir.

• Mokushō explained that Onmyōji primarily fought Yōkai and demons, described his profession, and answered questions about his world and the group’s alternate-world relationships.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama struggled to learn One Line until Izuna demonstrated how to guide natural energy and helped them produce faint, unstable barriers.
• Mokushō offered to release a Yōkai from the shrine so the others could witness a more advanced fight, then had Hashirama remove a sealed door panel.
• Tobirama told Hashirama that he suspected Mokushō was withholding information, but Hashirama said he trusted him.
• Mokushō drew runes over the door, causing its seals to glow dark red as he warned that something was coming.

Mokushō destroyed the Evil Spirit Kyōkotsu after its illusion made Hashirama and Izuna see Konoha in ruins. Izuna woke safely, but Mokushō confirmed that Konoha was destroyed in the future and could not reveal when or how, leaving Hashirama to wonder whether Sage Mode was a form of yōkai transformation.

• Kyōkotsu’s poisonous mist trapped Hashirama in an illusion of a ruined Konoha, but Mokushō bound and destroyed the Evil Spirit.
• Mokushō pressed his forehead to the unconscious Izuna’s and vanished as Izuna woke in a chaos where a golden pupil urged him to wake up.
• Madara and Hashirama worried over Izuna, while Mokushō emerged from Izuna’s robes and lamented the damage to the Shrine.
• Tobirama questioned Mokushō about his and Izuna’s reactions, and Mokushō admitted that Konoha really was destroyed but said the Space-Time Laws prevented him from giving details.
• Mokushō explained that Kyōkotsu’s mist could invade minds and that Izuna was especially vulnerable because he had undergone yōkai transformation.
• Hashirama suspected that Sage Mode in his world might also be a kind of yōkai transformation, but decided not to tell Mokushō.

Mokushō explained how demons and yokai arose in his world and why Onmyōji had to fight them, while Tobirama, Hashirama, Madara, and Izuna questioned his account. The chapter ended with Madara recognizing that Izuna’s kindness and hatred of Black Zetsu made sense in a world where demons, rather than people, were the main enemies.

• Tobirama asked Mokushō about his powers, and Mokushō explained that humans and yokai shared his world, where demons emerged after a person opened the gate to Yomi.
• Mokushō recounted how Onmyōji formed to fight spirits and demons, how Princess Kaguya used the God Tree to suppress them, and how the gods’ power came to possess human hosts.
• Hashirama questioned why Onmyōji could not simply be eliminated before they became demons, and Izuna suddenly understood Mokushō’s explanation and called it chaotic.
• Madara asked whether Mokushō had told the truth, and Izuna said the account made sense before asking about the difference between yokai transformation and demonization.
• Mokushō explained that human thoughts could create or attract yokai and demons, and that Onmyōji had to connect with nature to detect and fight them.
• Madara watched Izuna and concluded that his kindness toward people and hatred of Black Zetsu fit a world where demons, not humans, were the main enemies.

Mokushō explained that the Inari God could take the form of any believer, then the group left the damaged Shrine for the night. Elsewhere, Bishamonten revealed a plan to summon the Evil God with 3,000 sacrifices, and Daikokuten collapsed after trying to leave the secret gathering.

• Mokushō explained that the Inari God passed from one person to another and could take the form of any believer, including Tobirama, Hashirama, Madara, and Izuna.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, and Izuna left the Shrine, while Mokushō stayed behind to clean up the damage.
• Bishamonten addressed the gathered black-robed figures and declared that they would rebuild the world under the Evil God's rule.
• Daikokuten denounced the plan to sacrifice people and announced that he would leave the gathering.
• Bishamonten immobilized Daikokuten with a blood-marked ritual, revealed that his soul had already been devoured, and admitted that the Evil God needed 3,000 sacrifices.
• Daikokuten asked about the sacrifices, staggered toward the exit, and collapsed at the feet of another Daikokuten.

Izuna and Mokushō discussed Mokushō’s hidden identity and warned each other about the danger surrounding the Land of Hot Water. At the Summer Festival, Hashirama’s group uncovered signs of a conspiracy, and Tobirama overheard Daikokuten pledging himself to a plan for a “new world.”

• Izuna accepted that Mokushō would not reveal his identity yet, and Mokushō urged him to find the Tailed Beasts after the current incident.
• Izuna warned Mokushō that the Land of Hot Water might not be peaceful and asked him to watch for trouble.
• Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Kyōnosuke saw military advisers from five countries enter the Daimyo's Residence, confirming plans against the Land of Whirlpools.
• Daikokuten visited their boat, but Hashirama, Madara, and Tobirama sensed something wrong about him; Tobirama decided to investigate.
• Madara and Hashirama warned Kyōnosuke not to pry into Izuna, while Tobirama slipped beneath Daikokuten's boat to eavesdrop.
• Tobirama heard Daikokuten's people report that their preparations were ready, and Daikokuten said everything was for the new world.

Tobirama infiltrated the Daimyo’s Residence and discovered that Bishamonten had secretly invited foreign military advisers, then followed them after Bishamonten led them to a private residence. At the Summer Festival, Izuna heard a performer credit him for a song and went with Mokushō toward a gambling den.

• Tobirama listened to the foreign representatives meet with Jurōjin, who refused to entertain their vague proposals and sent them away.
• Bishamonten confronted Jurōjin, then caught up with the departing advisers and led them to a private residence while Tobirama followed.
• Izuna and Mokushō joined the Summer Festival crowd, where a singer announced that his song had been inspired by Izuna.
• Benzaiten welcomed the festival guests, and Izuna complained to Mokushō that the music and entertainment remained limited.
• Mokushō pointed out a gambling den, and Izuna chased after him in protest.

Tobirama watched Bishamonten demonstrate a ritual that transferred injuries between two people, then heard him offer the military representatives a way to use it against Ninja. Bishamonten revealed that the ritual required a target’s blood, and Tobirama waited to see how he would address the difficulty of obtaining it.

• Izuna followed Mokushō to an alley, where they spotted a short figure carrying a cloth bundle and sneaking away.
• Bishamonten demonstrated Heavenly Punishment by stabbing a bandaged believer, causing identical wounds to appear on a bound captive until both men died.
• Bishamonten told the military representatives that he planned to sacrifice everyone at the Summer Festival and use the Evil God’s power to make Ninja disappear.
• Tobirama realized that the military representatives were interested in controlling Ninja and suspected that the ritual’s claims concealed a dangerous cost.
• Bishamonten said Heavenly Punishment required the target’s blood, and the representatives questioned how they could obtain it without alerting their targets.

Bishamonten claimed that blood samples had been collected from all three thousand Summer Festival attendees while Izuna followed a suspicious man and discovered the Tsuchigumo Clan was searching for Shin. Izuna brought Shin to Tamamo-no-Mae for protection, then entered a captured Tsuchigumo member’s mental world with Mokushō to uncover the clan’s plans.

• Bishamonten said his group had obtained blood samples from all three thousand people at the Summer Festival, alarming the representatives and Tobirama.
• Izuna followed a suspicious man into the Pleasure Quarter, where he spotted Tsuchigumo Clan members searching for a blond woman.
• Shin told Izuna that her clan intended to activate Fury and that its members had tried to drug her, so Izuna carried her to Tamamo-no-Mae’s home for protection.
• Izuna left Shin with Tamamo-no-Mae, then asked Mokushō to capture a Tsuchigumo member so they could investigate the clan’s intentions.
• Mokushō taught Izuna to enter the captured man’s mental world, where Izuna encountered a younger-looking version of the man.

Izuna fought and subdued a mindless attacker, then used the central lake in Mokushō’s Divine Realm to see the man’s memories. The memories revealed Ichita’s modest life and hopes, while Mokushō explained that Ichita’s spirit had been destroyed and he would likely remain disabled even if saved.

• Kakuzu weighed the risks of defecting to Konoha immediately and decided to wait for a chance that would make his defection seem justified.
• Izuna fought the mindless man, subdued him, and bound him with a chain after Mokushō explained that the man could not answer questions.
• Izuna carried the captive to the central lake, where Mokushō said the lake could reveal his entire life.
• The lake showed Ichita’s memories of losing his family, building a quiet life with Ume, and later hoping to settle down with A Yuki and her daughter.
• Mokushō told Izuna that Ichita’s spirit had been destroyed and that he would likely be disabled even if rescued, then asked whether Izuna wanted to help him.

Izuna helped Mokushō free Ichita from brainwashing and learned that the enemy still had a plan to damage the Land of Hot Water. Meanwhile, Hashirama went ashore to look for Tobirama, Madara refused Kyōnosuke’s suggestion to reveal Izuna’s role, and Tobirama waited through Bishamonten’s evasive meeting.

• Izuna agreed to follow Mokushō’s advice and cut off Ichita’s head, restoring Ichita while removing part of his memory.
• Mokushō explained that Ichita had been brainwashed through a crude, direct alteration of his subconscious, and Izuna decided to focus on keeping Mū safe.
• Hashirama grew concerned when Tobirama failed to return and left the boat to search for him.
• Kyōnosuke told Madara that he should stop hiding Izuna and let him use his talents, but Madara rejected his advice and warned him not to interfere.
• Tobirama listened as Bishamonten dodged questions about his backup plan with hours of small talk, then announced that it was time to see the fireworks.

Izuna uncovered the Jashin Cult’s involvement in the Summer Festival and decided to protect its apparent target, while Hashirama heard a disturbing speech and detected a Tailed Beast’s Chakra aboard the giant ship. Tobirama followed Bishamonten to a mountain villa, where the advisers waited to witness a mysterious spectacle as Bishamonten left to attend to business.

• Izuna learned from a Tsuchigumo clansman’s memories that the cloaked figure had said, “Offer everything to the Evil God,” and suspected the Jashin Cult was targeting a young woman.
• Izuna sent a clone to find Madara and the others, then decided to lie in wait and guard the young woman himself.
• Hashirama heard Fukurokuju tell the crowd about an ark of salvation, rebirth, and ascending to a higher plane, and found the speech unsettling.
• Hashirama sensed a huge Tailed Beast’s Chakra signature coming from the giant ship, created a Wood Clone to find Tobirama and Izuna, and raced toward the vessel.
• Tobirama followed Bishamonten to a mountain villa, where Bishamonten told the military advisers they would witness a grand spectacle before leaving for the main house.

Tobirama discovered Bishamonten’s plan to create obedient New Humans and learned from Jurōjin that the Evil God demanded human offerings. Meanwhile, Izuna sensed danger at Tamamoya as Tamaro tried to protect True from suspicious visitors, leaving Tamamo-no-Mae and True surrounded by armed attackers.

• Tobirama followed Bishamonten into a hidden passage, where he found Jurōjin imprisoned and heard Bishamonten describe his plan to create New Humans without desire or conflict.
• Tobirama freed Jurōjin and treated his injured ankle as Jurōjin explained that the Evil God existed and that the Land of Hot Water had once offered people to avert disasters.
• Izuna discovered he could slay spirits from a distance and saw the green dots at Tamamoya turn red, prompting him to rush there.
• Tachikawa Kessei and Ōtsuka Renryū arrived at Tamamoya claiming they had come to take True to safety, but Tamamo-no-Mae grew suspicious of them.
• Tamaro burst in and fought Kessei and Renryū while Tamamo-no-Mae helped True escape through a wall; a group of armed figures surrounded them in the courtyard.

Shin escaped her pursuers with Tamamo-no-Mae’s help, and Izuna rescued her before finding Tamaro and bringing Tamamo-no-Mae to safety. Tamaro revealed that trusted people around him were Jashin Cult believers, leaving Hiroyama stunned as Izuna arrived.

• Shin used smoke and clones to escape the black-clad pursuers, then hid Tamamo-no-Mae and led the chase away from her.
• Izuna rescued Shin near the forest and sent her to a ship for protection, then found the wounded Tamaro and learned where Tamamo-no-Mae was hiding.
• Izuna retrieved Tamamo-no-Mae and returned with her to the Tamamoya, where Hiroyama had arrived.
• Tamaro told Hiroyama that Rokurō, Kenji, Guran, and others were Jashin Cult believers.
• Izuna challenged Hiroyama’s disbelief, saying that the cultists could not have remained hidden if they were easy to recognize.

Izuna freed Tamaro from a mental assault, and Tamaro revealed that the Ise Family had drugged and hunted him after he discovered their enormous ship. Meanwhile, Tobirama learned the ship might be connected to Bishamonten’s plan to sacrifice thousands, while Hashirama investigated the shipyard and sensed a Tailed Beast’s presence aboard the vessel.

• Izuna explained that Tamaro’s body was real but his mind had been tampered with, and Tamaro soon regained consciousness.
• Tamaro said Ise Family members drugged him and pursued him after he stumbled upon their preparations for a huge ship.
• Izuna concluded that the false Tamaro had tried to manipulate Hiroyama into removing Rokurō, Kenji, and Guran, whom he had identified as Jashin Cult members.
• Jurōjin described how people returned from Yomi could become violent cult recruiters, then identified the big ship as the unusual means Bishamonten might use to sacrifice three thousand people.
• Hashirama entered Ise’s shipyard, sensed a heavy presence inside the ship, and listened as the foreman described its facilities and offered him an early booking.

Hashirama boarded a ship to investigate a Tailed Beast presence and found the Amber Purifying Pot containing the Three-Tails. After Kinkaku and Ginkaku confronted him, he learned they were working with Ise of the Land of Hot Water, while Yū revealed that Kumogakure’s leader had also wanted the artifact stolen.

• Hashirama bribed the ship’s manager, used a Wood Clone to distract him, and found a sealed jar in a hidden cabin that radiated Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Hashirama emerged carrying the jar as Kinkaku and Ginkaku fought Ringo Hayato and Takahara Yū on the deck.
• Yū identified the jar as the Amber Purifying Pot and urged Hashirama to use it against Kinkaku and Ginkaku, but he instead challenged them for their Divine Artifacts.
• Kinkaku admitted that the Land of Lightning had brought the artifact to the Land of Hot Water to assist Ise with a plan.
• Yū explained that she and Hayato had planned to steal the Amber Purifying Pot, and said Kumogakure’s village leader had wanted it stolen even without the agreement with Konoha.

Yū showed Kinkaku and Ginkaku the Raikage’s order to retrieve the Amber Purifying Pot, but the brothers erupted into Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and attacked. Hashirama subdued Ginkaku and pursued Kinkaku toward the Summer Festival, where Madara blocked his charge with Susanoo.

• Yū showed Kinkaku the Raikage’s sealed order and admitted her deal with Konoha had been temporary, after which Kinkaku and Ginkaku transformed and attacked.
• Tobirama returned from the dungeon and sent a clone to tell Big Brother to destroy the ship, while Bishamonten announced the arrival of Heavenly Punishment.
• Zhen arrived aboard Madara’s ship, and a Chakra storm erupted as Kinkaku and Ginkaku entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Hayato shielded Yū from the brothers’ attack and plunged into the sea with her, while Hashirama restrained Ginkaku and stripped away his Chakra Cloak.
• Kinkaku escaped Hashirama’s Wood Release, broke through the Summer Festival Barrier, and charged toward the crowd.
• Madara raised Susanoo in the street and blocked Kinkaku’s path.

Izuna stopped Wūwū Liánběi’s human-bomb attacks, exposed and captured him with Kakuzu’s help, while Satō Ken abandoned his target and found Hayato badly injured with Yū. Yū led Ken and Hayato toward a hidden residence as the group tried to escape the chaos.

• Wūwū Liánběi detonated human bombs among the crowd, killing targets and bystanders, until Izuna disarmed the remaining fuses with his Sharingan.
• Izuna followed a map marker to Liánběi, where Kakuzu helped subdue him; Liánběi used his blood-based power to immobilize Kakuzu and make his body swell, but Izuna stopped the attack and captured Liánběi.
• Satō Ken spotted Kakuzu with Liánběi and abandoned his assassination attempt, then headed to the docks to find Ringo Hayato.
• Ken found Yū supporting a badly injured Hayato, blamed Yū for his injuries, and learned that Kinkaku and Ginkaku had attacked them.
• Yū apologized, Ken warned that Kakuzu had betrayed their group and that they needed to flee, and Hayato revealed he was still conscious.
• Yū said she knew a hidden residence and led Ken and Hayato toward it.

Izuna and Tobirama struggled to save civilians and nobles from assassins as panic spread through the Summer Festival, while Madara and Hashirama subdued Kinkaku. The military advisors mistook the battle’s destruction for divine power, leaving Bishamonten to question what was happening.

• Izuna recognized Kakuzu, ordered him to guard the unconscious Liánběi, and stopped him from killing the captive.
• Izuna sent Shadow Clones across the venue to rescue people and subdue assassins, but hidden weapons, poison, and explosions continued to cause casualties.
• Hashirama and Madara restrained Kinkaku and sealed away his Tailed Beast Chakra as the festival descended into chaos.
• Tobirama saw Izuna saving civilians, sent clones to help, and dispatched another clone to investigate Bishamonten’s residence.
• The military advisors praised Madara and Hashirama’s battle as the Evil God’s power, while Bishamonten privately asked his steward what was happening.