Chapter Summaries

Ingetsu traveled with Orochimaru to the ruins of the Sky Ninja Village, where they discovered the hidden Capital Fortress and its advanced technology. The fortress rose from beneath the village as Sky Ninja attacked, leaving Ingetsu and his companions facing the airborne stronghold.

• Xin Ya carried Ingetsu, Orochimaru, and the controlled Shinnō out of Konoha toward the Sky Ninja Village ruins, while a stone sculpture of Ingetsu was carved beside Hokage Rock.
• The group reached a seemingly ordinary village and discovered ancient ruins hidden beyond its houses, where Shinnō was ordered to open the Capital Fortress.
• A war submarine surfaced from the lake, and Sky Ninja flew out using mechanical wings before firing Kunai Guns at the fishermen and targeting Ingetsu's group.
• The Capital Fortress activated, split the ground around the village, and lifted the land and Xin Ya into the air.
• The village's surface fell away to reveal a massive Flying Fortress, and Ingetsu watched it rise calmly.

Ingetsu seized control of the Sky Ninja Village’s Capital Fortress after defeating its defenders and using Yachihoko to command its forces. He powered the fortress with Zero-Tails’ Void, freeing its prisoners from being used as fuel, and killed Shinno of the Ninja World.

• Sky Ninja attacked Garaga with Kunai Guns and bombs, but Garaga endured their assault and petrified the attackers with his Petrification Technique.
• Ingetsu spotted the Sky Ninja fleet and controlled its forces with the Complete Body Susanoo’s Yachihoko, then entered the Capital Fortress with Orochimaru and Shinno of the Ninja World.
• Ingetsu and Orochimaru discovered that the fortress had imprisoned people and drained their Chakra to power its systems.
• Ingetsu placed Zero-Tails’ Void in the Core Energy Chamber, giving the fortress a core energy source and ending the need to use prisoners as fuel.
• Ingetsu told Shinno of the Ninja World to stop using his ridiculous name, then killed him by crushing his heart with Chakra.

Ingetsu brought the Capital Fortress and more than a thousand Sky Ninja back to Konoha, where Ōnoki and Tsunade prepared for an apparent attack before learning they were allies. The mission system rewarded Ingetsu with a mask that concealed his identity, and he considered using it to infiltrate the remnants of the Leaf Village with Tsunade.

• Ingetsu ordered the warships toward the Land of Waves, directed Orochimaru to reanimate people using sacrifices under his control, and sent the Capital Fortress toward Konoha.
• Hashirama and Tobirama questioned Ingetsu about the Fourth Hokage and the Uchiha who released the Nine-Tails, and Ingetsu hinted that Madara was involved in exchange for a deal.
• A nearby village’s residents returned to find their home gone and decided to migrate to Konoha, while people across the Land of Fire watched the Capital Fortress pass overhead.
• Tsunade and Ōnoki organized Konoha’s defenses against the approaching fortress, but Ōnoki recognized Ingetsu and told the defenders that he and the Sky Ninja were allies.
• Ingetsu completed the rebuilding mission and received a plain white mask that prevented others from discovering his appearance through investigative methods.

Ingetsu brought the Capital Fortress and its Sky Ninja into New Konoha, then settled the village’s administration and returned the Uchiha to their rebuilt clan grounds. After growing closer to Sasuke that night, Ingetsu announced he would reanimate the Uchiha clan the next morning, while Orochimaru began work at the cemetery.

• Ingetsu arranged for the Capital Fortress to be lowered behind Hokage Rock and planned floating platforms to transport people between it and the ground.
• Ingetsu assigned the Sky Ninja to Tsunade and accepted her appointments for the Uchiha, while Ōnoki departed Konoha with his guards and left the Stone Shinobi to help rebuild.
• Ingetsu led the Uchiha to their reconstructed clan grounds, where their return stirred grief and intensified their mental and eye power.
• Mikoto admitted she had withheld the blueprints for Ingetsu’s home and invited him to live with her and Sasuke.
• Ingetsu spent the night answering Sasuke’s questions and told him he would reanimate the Uchiha clan the next morning.
• Orochimaru directed his subordinates at Konoha Cemetery, where the Uchiha dead had been buried.

Ingetsu and Orochimaru began using Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Uchiha elders, but Fugaku’s coffin held only his ashes. Mikoto revealed that Fugaku had possessed Mangekyo Sharingan, and Ingetsu concluded Itachi had taken the eyes; he promised to retrieve them before Orochimaru’s reanimation work began.

• Orochimaru prepared Uchiha coffins and sacrificial Hidden Grass Village ninjas at Konoha Cemetery for the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ingetsu agreed to reanimate Uchiha elders, while Sasuke and Mikoto worried about facing Fugaku again.
• Orochimaru opened Fugaku’s coffin and found a cremation urn containing ashes instead of a corpse.
• Ingetsu guessed that Itachi had cremated Fugaku to take his Mangekyo Sharingan, and Sasuke blamed his brother.
• Mikoto told Ingetsu that Fugaku had possessed Mangekyo Sharingan, and Ingetsu said he would retrieve the eyes from Itachi.
• Orochimaru began reanimating the other Uchiha using his modified jutsu, which still required their bones.

Ingetsu used Susanoo and the Totsuka Blade to seal the enraged Uchiha who had been revived, refusing to explain the massacre until they calmed down. Meanwhile, Itachi revealed that he had transplanted Fugaku’s eyes, and removing a seal from his Totsuka Blade caused the Uchihas he had killed to emerge from it.

• A revived Uchiha attacked Ingetsu, but Izumi struck him apart with Samehada before he could land a blow.
• The revived Uchiha pieced together that Itachi had slaughtered the clan at home while Ingetsu had killed those who reinforced the Police Department Prison.
• Ingetsu used his Mangekyō and Tailed Beast Chakra to immobilize the revived Uchiha, then sealed them all with Susanoo’s Totsuka Blade, saying he would let them calm down first.
• Itachi removed the bandages from his eyes and told Mitokado Homura that he had transplanted Fugaku’s eyes, then summoned his Susanoo.
• Itachi removed the seal on his Totsuka Blade, causing the Uchiha he had killed to be expelled from it as he and Homura watched in shock.

The Reanimated Uchiha were expelled from Ingetsu’s Totsuka Blade and attacked the fleeing Konoha remnants, where Itachi sealed them again along with White Fang and Might Duy. Back in the Leaf Village, Ingetsu released the Uchiha, and Sasuke and Inaho defended him by explaining how he had preserved the clan’s surviving bloodline.

• More than three hundred Reanimated Uchiha appeared at the Konoha camp, recognized Itachi, and unleashed a furious attack on the exhausted survivors.
• Kakashi and Might Guy reunited with their reanimated fathers, White Fang and Might Duy, while Itachi fought the Uchiha with Susanoo.
• Itachi used the Totsuka Blade to seal the attacking Uchiha and the other reanimated Konoha ninja, including White Fang and Might Duy, before the survivors continued their migration.
• Ingetsu released the Reanimated Uchiha in the Leaf Village and restrained them with Yachihoko as the elders accused him of colluding with Itachi.
• Sasuke called Ingetsu his father and explained that Ingetsu had saved his mother and protected the Uchiha bloodline; Inaho then confirmed Sasuke’s account and defended Ingetsu.

Ingetsu revealed the truth behind the Uchiha Clan Massacre Night to the Reanimated Uchiha, who learned that he had led the survivors to seize Konoha and become its ruler. In the Hokage Office, the Great Elder recommended a sealed Uchiha weapon of war whom he believed was still alive.

• Sasuke and Inaho explained the massacre’s hidden circumstances, and the Uchiha elders accepted that Ingetsu had sacrificed his reputation to save the clan.
• The Great Elder learned that the Masked Man who joined Itachi had controlled the Nine-Tails and that Ingetsu’s group had fled Konoha, captured the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, and later occupied the village.
• The elders confirmed that Konoha’s major clan territories were empty and that Stone Shinobi were rebuilding the village, then bowed to Ingetsu as their leader.
• The Uchiha discovered Ingetsu’s statue on Hokage Rock and the Capital Fortress, while Tobirama wondered whether Ingetsu would become another Madara.
• In the Hokage Office, Ingetsu assigned the resurrected Uchiha to New Konoha’s departments, and the Great Elder recommended a sealed Uchiha weapon of war who might still be alive.

Ingetsu approved the Uchiha Great Elder’s search for the clan’s ancient war weapon after learning that the sealed ancestor might still exist. A Main Mission then identified her as Uchiha Hikari and offered an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan as a reward for finding, awakening, and recruiting her.

• The Uchiha Great Elder argued that finding their ancient war weapon, an ancestor with the Mangekyo Sharingan, could strengthen the village, while the Second and Third Elders doubted she could be found.
• Tobirama confirmed to Hashirama that the Uchiha Clan’s War Weapon appeared in classified records, but withheld further details.
• Ingetsu approved the search and assigned the Great Elder to formulate a plan, prompting him to devote himself to the mission.
• After the meeting, Ingetsu gave Tsunade official scrolls to process while he opened a Main Mission revealing the ancestor’s name as Uchiha Hikari and promising an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan for recruiting her.

Ingetsu arranged to travel with Tsunade to Hell Valley, where Tobirama said the Uchiha Clan’s ancient war machine had been sealed, while preparing Konoha’s leaders to manage the village in his absence. As they departed, Ingetsu placed a Root technique’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on Tsunade to prevent her from revealing information about him.

• Ingetsu pressured Tobirama and Hashirama in the Prison Space until Tobirama agreed to reveal that the war machine was buried in Hell Valley, and Ingetsu restored their normal postures.
• Ingetsu told Tsunade to travel with him and hinted that he intended to make her Hokage after searching for the remaining clans; he also asked Orochimaru to prepare for Minato’s Impure World Reincarnation and instructed the Uchiha elders and Izumi’s group to help manage Konoha.
• Ingetsu spent the night at the Uchiha clan head’s compound with Mikoto and Sasuke, then set out the next morning with Tsunade as Uchiha onlookers watched from the buildings and ten Reanimated Uchiha followed behind.
• At the village gates, Ingetsu summoned King Serpent Xin Ya and used the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on Tsunade, imprinting black seal patterns on her tongue.

Ingetsu traveled toward the Land of Bears with Tsunade, absorbing the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyō Sharingan along the way and encountering displaced civilians. Meanwhile, Konoha’s remnants struggled to rebuild with the Fire Daimyo’s support, and Obito proposed renewed cooperation with Itachi as Star Ninja Village came into view.

• Ingetsu released Tsunade from Yachihoko’s control, then rode Garaga west toward the Land of Bears while explaining that the Zero-Tails drew Dark Chakra from Konoha’s residents.
• Garaga encountered villagers displaced by the Sky Ninja Village, and Ingetsu directed them toward Konoha before continuing west.
• Ingetsu absorbed the Kotoamatsuki Mangekyō Sharingan, strengthening his Eye Power and deepening the Eight Thousand Spears Imprint on Tsunade.
• The Fire Daimyo gave Utatane Koharu one year to produce results, and she tasked Itachi with finding Tsunade.
• Obito appeared before Itachi and proposed that they cooperate again.
• Ingetsu and Tsunade reached the Land of Bears, where Star Ninja Village stood near Hell Valley.

Ingetsu and Tsunade sheltered from a storm, changed into dry clothes, and shared hotpot while discussing his ambitions and Mikoto. Elsewhere, Natsuhi Hoshi fled Star Ninja with her gravely ill husband, Hotaru Hoshi, and son, Subaru, before rushing into a cave and crashing into Ingetsu.

• Xin Ya returned to Ryūchi Cave, and Ingetsu gave Tsunade dry clothes Mikoto had prepared for her.
• Ingetsu cooked beef hotpot, and Tsunade asked why he wanted to rule the Ninja World and whether Mikoto would mind his courting her.
• Natsuhi Hoshi carried Hotaru Hoshi and led Subaru toward the Land of Birds as Star Ninja pursued them for stealing their meteorite.
• Natsuhi Hoshi used the Mysterious Peacock Method to carry her family across a cliff and evade the Star Ninja's weapons.
• Star Ninja surrounded Natsuhi Hoshi again, so she rushed into a cave and collided with Ingetsu.

Uchiha Ingetsu and Tsunade were sheltering in a cave when Natsuhi Hoshi and her family fled there with the Star Ninjas pursuing them. Ingetsu killed their leader, Shiso, and turned the remaining attackers against one another, then took Natsuhi’s meteorite as payment for saving her family.

• Natsuhi Hoshi burst into the cave with her dying husband and son as Star Ninjas pursued her, while Ingetsu and Tsunade calmly packed away their meal.
• Natsuhi revealed the meteorite and begged the Star Ninjas to spare her family and the two strangers, but their leader Shiso ordered everyone in the cave killed.
• Ingetsu stood up and killed Shiso with Dark Moon after recognizing the Star Ninja captain as a threat.
• Ingetsu used his Mangekyo Sharingan to make the Star Ninjas attack one another, while reinforcements approached from another side of the mountain.
• Natsuhi thanked Ingetsu, who took her meteorite as payment for saving her family.

Ingetsu took the Star Meteorite and learned that its power had slowly destroyed Hotaru Hoshi's body, while Tsunade could only ease his final moments. After Hotaru died, Ingetsu and Tsunade fought off the Star Ninja surrounding the cave and found Natsuhi Hoshi and her child unconscious, leaving their fate in Ingetsu's hands.

• Ingetsu examined the Star Meteorite, stored it away, and Tsunade recognized it as the meteorite from the Star Ninja Village.
• Tsunade examined Hotaru Hoshi and found that the meteorite's Chakra had irreversibly corroded his body; she eased his pain but said he had only minutes to live.
• Hotaru asked Ingetsu and Tsunade to take in Natsuhi Hoshi and his child, and Ingetsu left the request unanswered as he and Tsunade went to the cave entrance.
• After Hotaru died, Ingetsu killed Yataka and the remaining Star Ninja outside the cave, while Tsunade crushed a survivor who had pretended to be dead.
• Ingetsu and Tsunade returned to find Natsuhi and her child unconscious beside Hotaru; Tsunade said grief had made them faint, and Ingetsu offered her dry clothes.

Ingetsu and Tsunade helped Natsuhi Hoshi recover after her husband Hotaru died from the Star Village meteorite’s harmful chakra, then set her on a possible path to Leaf Village. Ingetsu and Tsunade continued toward Hell Valley in the Land of Bears, arriving there by evening to investigate.

• Tsunade examined Natsuhi Hoshi, treated her injuries, and helped wake her; Natsuhi mourned Hotaru and explained that the meteorite had harmed him.
• Natsuhi told Ingetsu that she and Hotaru had tried to steal and seal the meteorite, but the Third Star Shadow had pursued them and their companions had been killed; Ingetsu told her to seek Uchiha Mikoto in Leaf Village.
• Natsuhi buried Hotaru on the mountain and left with her son, while Ingetsu and Tsunade traveled onward with Garaga and the Reanimated Uchiha squad.
• Ingetsu asked Hashirama and Tobirama for Hell Valley’s location, and Tobirama clarified that the Land of Bears’ Hell Valley had no connection to the Chinoike Clan’s Hell Valley in the Land of Hot Water.
• Ingetsu and Tsunade entered the desolate, marsh-filled Hell Valley in the Land of Bears as night fell.

Ingetsu and Tsunade approached the ancient battlefield where the Uchiha War Weapon was sealed, and Ingetsu bargained with Hashirama for techniques to protect Tsunade. The chapter left Ingetsu using the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to blind and deafen Tsunade while Hashirama began teaching him Strength of a Hundred Healings.

• Ingetsu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to identify Hell Valley as an ancient battlefield scarred by powerful Fire Release, and Tobirama confirmed his theory about the site’s history.
• Tsunade speculated that the Uchiha War Weapon would slaughter whoever was nearby after awakening, prompting Ingetsu to ask Hashirama for techniques to keep her safe.
• Hashirama agreed to teach Ingetsu the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, Strength of a Hundred Healings, and Five-fold Rashomon after Tobirama recognized the extortion.
• Ingetsu quickly learned the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and used it on Tsunade, blocking her sight and then sealing away her hearing.
• Ingetsu released Hashirama’s Spirit Body from the Prison Space and asked him to continue teaching Strength of a Hundred Healings.

Ingetsu learned Strength of a Hundred Healings from Hashirama and obtained the contract for Five-fold Rashomon before reaching the mountain where an ancient Uchiha weapon was sealed. He disguised himself as Uchiha Itachi to deceive the sealed figure when the Uchiha squad dug it out, and the squad uncovered something by dawn.

• Hashirama taught Ingetsu Strength of a Hundred Healings and gave him a blood contract for summoning Five-fold Rashomon.
• Ingetsu and Tsunade reached the chakra-rich mountain, where Tsunade found medicinal plants and they prepared to excavate the sealed figure.
• Garaga brought the Reanimated Uchiha squad to the mountain, and Ingetsu ordered them to dig.
• Ingetsu used the White Mask to change his appearance and physique into Uchiha Itachi, startling Tsunade and the Uchiha squad.
• Ingetsu resumed the Itachi disguise so the sealed figure would mistake him for Itachi, while Tsunade changed her appearance too.
• At dawn, a Reanimated Uchiha announced that the squad had found the sealed object.

Ingetsu and Tsunade opened the ancient coffin and revived Uchiha Hikari, a girl sealed for centuries and forced to become her clan’s weapon. Hikari awakened furious and immediately attacked the Reanimated Uchiha, then used Yachihoko to control them and drain their Chakra.

• The Reanimated Uchiha uncovered a sealed coffin bearing the Uchiha Fan Clan Crest, and Ingetsu used the Strength of a Hundred Healings to open it.
• Ingetsu revealed the sleeping Uchiha Hikari, while Tsunade examined her and found that her vitality was nearly gone and a seal still blocked her Chakra.
• Tsunade removed Hikari’s seal and summoned Katsuyu to inject Chakra into her as Ingetsu prepared the Reanimated Uchiha for the mission.
• Hikari regained her memories, awakened, and attacked the Uchiha captain, destroying his head and upper body with a kick.
• Hikari activated Yachihoko, controlled the Reanimated Uchiha, and drained the Chakra from their bodies.

Ingetsu used an Itachi disguise to provoke Hikari into escaping, then planned to approach her while impersonating Madara. Hikari fled into the forest determined never to become anyone’s weapon again, and she reached the stream where Ingetsu and Tsunade waited.

• Ingetsu posed as Itachi and taunted Hikari about serving the Leaf Village, prompting her to attack Tsunade and unleash a massive Fire Release.
• Hikari killed the Reanimated Uchiha, realized how much time had passed since her final battle, and ran downhill in search of freedom.
• The Reanimated Uchiha revealed that their confrontation had been staged and returned to Ingetsu after confirming Hikari had fled.
• At the stream, Ingetsu reviewed his mission to persuade Hikari to join the Uchiha and changed his appearance to Madara’s, alarming Tsunade, Hashirama, and Tobirama.
• Ingetsu explained that he planned to approach Hikari as Madara, and he and Tsunade heard her bare feet approaching through the forest.

Ingetsu, disguised as Madara, fed the hungry Hikari and persuaded her to travel with him and Tsunade by posing as a grieving hunter whose wife needed treatment. Hikari agreed to accompany them toward Konoha, hoping to learn how the Ninja World had changed and what had happened to the Uchiha Clan.

• Hikari followed the smell of food to Ingetsu and Tsunade, accepted their meal, and thanked them after eating.
• Ingetsu claimed he and Tsunade were married hunters, invented a dead daughter and Tsunade's throat condition, and learned that Hikari called herself Nameless.
• Hikari said she had no home and agreed to travel with Ingetsu and Tsunade after hearing they were heading to Konoha for medical treatment.
• Ingetsu explained that Konoha united clans Hikari remembered as enemies, leaving her stunned by how much the Ninja World had changed.
• Ingetsu packed their cookware and offered Hikari Tsunade's clothes and shoes, while Hikari resolved to escort the couple to Konoha and gather information.