Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Feiyu returned to Sunagakure after refining the Box of Paradise into Primal Chaos Treasure Boxes, then traveled to Otogakure to visit Orochimaru. Orochimaru gave him a modified Vampire Technique, and Feiyu offered to keep funding Otogakure in exchange for information about the Cursed Seal.

• Uchiha Feiyu left a clone in Kusagakure to control the Primal Chaos Treasure Boxes and refine pills for the Grass Ninjas.
• Uchiha Feiyu returned to Sunagakure with Uzumaki Kana, but Pakura postponed plans to make her a Jinchuriki after discovering she was pregnant.
• Uchiha Feiyu headed toward Kannabi Bridge, hoping to find Madara Uchiha and discuss matters with Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Feiyu arrived at Otogakure and learned that wandering ninjas were lining up to undergo Orochimaru's experiments.
• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Feiyu the modified Vampire Technique and said he had not yet modified the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Uchiha Feiyu promised to continue funding Orochimaru if Orochimaru gave him information about the Cursed Seal.

Uchiha Feiyu traded Orochimaru a Soul Pill for the Cursed Seal information, then offered him a Primal Chaos Treasure Box in exchange for Konoha intelligence and informants. He also asked Orochimaru for the Second Hokage’s soul, which Orochimaru had already obtained.

• Uchiha Feiyu offered Orochimaru a Soul Pill, and Orochimaru agreed to trade the Cursed Seal information for it.
• Uchiha Feiyu asked Orochimaru for Konoha intelligence and informants, promising him a Primal Chaos Treasure Box and explaining that only his clones could use it safely.
• Orochimaru accepted the arrangement and agreed to leave a clone with the box while providing the intelligence later.
• Uchiha Feiyu asked Orochimaru for a person, and Orochimaru realized he meant the Second Hokage’s soul.
• Uchiha Feiyu explained that he wanted to control the Second Hokage’s soul through Spirit Summons and Subjugation, and Orochimaru’s earlier acquisition was why he had been unable to find it.

Uchiha Feiyu obtained the Flying Thunder God Technique from Orochimaru and mastered it almost immediately. After infiltrating Konoha with Orochimaru’s intelligence scroll, he learned that Konoha was being overwhelmed on several fronts and was sending young genin into battle.

• Orochimaru told Uchiha Feiyu that Tobirama Senju had escaped Impure World Reincarnation and was helping him research a way to revive himself.
• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Feiyu the original Flying Thunder God Technique, which Feiyu learned and demonstrated within moments.
• Uchiha Feiyu left a Flying Thunder God mark with Orochimaru and traveled to Konoha carrying Orochimaru’s Intelligence Scroll.
• Uchiha Feiyu used Orochimaru’s informants and former subordinates to learn about Konoha’s worsening position against Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Feiyu learned that Konoha was also guarding against Kumogakure and enduring repeated coastal harassment from Kirigakure, forcing it to stretch its defenses further.

Uchiha Feiyu learned that Konoha was strained by internal divisions and multiple fronts, then infiltrated the Iwagakure battlefield’s command center to study its intelligence. He decided to draw Madara Uchiha’s attention by displaying Susanoo, while discovering Kakashi’s unusual team had been assigned the Kannabi Bridge mission.

• Uchiha Feiyu learned that the Uchiha Clan had withdrawn from fighting for Konoha and that Jiraiya and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were deployed on other fronts.
• Uchiha Feiyu decided to use Susanoo on the Iwagakure battlefield to attract Madara Uchiha’s attention.
• Nara Shikaku told Namikaze Minato that Iwagakure had increased its troops and that the plan to redirect its attack toward Kumogakure had failed.
• Uzamaki Kushina offered to fight alongside Namikaze Minato, and Nara Shikaku agreed that their combined power could deter Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Feiyu entered Konoha’s command tent under Genjutsu and discovered that Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, Nohara Rin, and Might Guy had been assigned the Kannabi Bridge mission.

Uchiha Feiyu left Konoha’s command center for Kannabi Bridge, hoping to draw Madara Uchiha’s attention, and found Kakashi preparing to attack its heavily guarded Iwagakure garrison. Feiyu offered to help Kakashi and revealed an astonishing amount of Chakra, leaving Kakashi demanding to know how he had grown so powerful.

• Uchiha Feiyu decided Kannabi Bridge was the best place to attract Madara Uchiha and left the command center, while Uzamaki Kushina sensed an unexplained relief after he departed.
• Kakashi surveyed Iwagakure’s ten Jonin and thirty Chunin and Genin guarding Kannabi Bridge and worried that he and his team could not defeat them.
• Uchiha Feiyu appeared behind Kakashi, and the two discussed Feiyu’s departure from Konoha and Kakashi’s decision to scout alone.
• Kakashi accepted Feiyu’s offer to help destroy the bridge’s defenses.
• Uchiha Feiyu unleashed his Chakra, and Kakashi was stunned by its immense scale and demanded an explanation.

Uchiha Feiyu destroyed the Iwagakure Ninja stronghold and Kannabi Bridge with Susanoo, then sensed White Zetsu nearby and chose not to pursue him. He and Kakashi discussed the war and why Konoha was unlikely to be destroyed or annexed.

• Uchiha Feiyu summoned Susanoo and charged the Iwagakure Ninja while Kakashi watched in amazement.
• Uchiha Feiyu combined Susanoo's sword strike with the White Fang Sword Style, cleaving through the Iwagakure Ninja's defense and destroying Kannabi Bridge.
• Uchiha Feiyu killed the remaining Iwagakure Ninja, leaving the stronghold in ruins.
• Uchiha Feiyu sensed White Zetsu in the distant forest but decided to let him report back to Madara Uchiha rather than pursue him.
• Uchiha Feiyu explained Susanoo's limits to Kakashi, and Kakashi argued that the other villages would not allow Konoha to be annexed.

Uchiha Feiyu disguised himself to visit Obito, Rin, and Guy, while Kakashi warned that the visit could endanger them. When an Iwagakure squad attacked the three in their cave, Obito struggled to defend them without Kakashi and was sent flying into Rin.

• Uchiha Feiyu watched White Zetsu retreat underground, then decided to visit Obito, Rin, and Guy with Kakashi.
• Kakashi warned that meeting them could cause trouble, so Uchiha Feiyu transformed himself into an inconspicuous Konoha Ninja.
• Obito complained about Kakashi’s absence while Guy trained and Rin cautioned him not to exhaust himself.
• Obito sensed a group approaching, and the squad prepared to fight after their Exploding Tag traps were triggered.
• An Iwagakure squad entered the cave and attacked; Obito’s Genjutsu failed, and a stone-wrapped punch sent him crashing into Rin.

Uchiha Feiyu used Five Senses Manipulation to make Obito experience Guy’s sacrifice, Rin’s death, and Kakashi’s apparent death, pushing Obito to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan. Feiyu removed Obito’s newly awakened eyes, replaced them with Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and released the genjutsu, leaving Obito confused.

• Guy opened the Sixth Gate and used Morning Peacock to create an opening for Obito and Rin to escape.
• Obito fled with Rin, awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and collapsed after running more than ten kilometers.
• An Iwagakure squad leader caught up with them, and Kakashi arrived in time to rescue Obito but not Rin.
• The enemy forced Obito to stab Kakashi, then killed Rin; Obito’s grief awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Feiyu revealed that the ordeal had been a genjutsu, removed Obito’s Mangekyo eyes, and replaced them with Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Feiyu released the genjutsu, and Obito looked around in confusion while Kakashi, Rin, and Guy recovered.

Uchiha Feiyu helped Obito awaken his Sharingan, then absorbed the power of Obito’s Kamui eyes and gained Kamui. He later met Madara Uchiha through an Animal Path Transformation, and Madara warned him that using the Mangekyō Sharingan would steadily ruin his eyesight.

• Uchiha Feiyu used Genjutsu to help Obito awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, though Obito believed he had gained only the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Feiyu left Obito and his teammates, then spent several days absorbing the Kamui eyes and gained Kamui along with the ability to transform his Sharingan’s appearance.
• Uchiha Feiyu marked White Zetsu with the Flying Thunder God Technique when White Zetsu arrived to find him.
• Madara Uchiha appeared through an Animal Path Transformation and introduced himself to Uchiha Feiyu.
• Madara Uchiha told Uchiha Feiyu that his eyesight was declining from Mangekyō Sharingan use and warned him about its consequences.

Uchiha Feiyu accepted Madara Uchiha’s offer to learn how to prevent Mangekyō Sharingan blindness in exchange for using Impure World Reincarnation to revive him after death. After locating Madara’s hidden base, Feiyu blasted the entire underground cavern out of the ground, leaving Madara gravely weakened.

• Madara Uchiha offered Feiyu an improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and a way to prevent Mangekyō blindness in exchange for being revived after death.
• Madara explained that Hashirama Senju’s cells could counter the Mangekyō Sharingan’s drawbacks, then led Feiyu to a desolate slope concealing his base.
• Madara’s White Zetsu clone vanished after revealing the base’s location, and Feiyu sensed a barrier beneath the slope.
• Feiyu used Earth Release: Earth Elevating Excavation to launch the cavern, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Madara, and White Zetsu into the air.
• The cavern crashed apart, severing Madara’s life-support tube and leaving him deathly pale and near death.

Uchiha Feiyu captured Madara Uchiha and absorbed the origins sealed in his treasure vase, awakening the Rinnegan and gaining the God Tree’s power to absorb energy. After two years in seclusion, he returned to a prosperous Sunagakure and reunited with Pakura in the Kazekage Office.

• Uchiha Feiyu used Wood Release: Top Transformed Buddha: True Several Thousand Hands to empower his Great Dao Treasure Vase and absorb Madara Uchiha, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and most of Black Zetsu.
• Uchiha Feiyu sealed Madara Uchiha, Black Zetsu, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the treasure vase, then returned to Sunagakure and spent two years absorbing their origins.
• Uchiha Feiyu awakened the Rinnegan from Madara Uchiha’s origin and gained the God Tree’s ability to absorb energy from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Uchiha Feiyu emerged to find the Land of Wind transformed and Sunagakure strengthened, with Pakura, Karura, and Natsuhoshi among its Kage-level shinobi.
• Uchiha Feiyu visited Pakura in the Kazekage Office, where they embraced and the other women present joined them.

Uchiha Feiyu learned that the Ninja World War had ended and considered how to use the weakened villages and his growing network to secure future control. After receiving news that Orochimaru’s Living Corpse Reincarnation research was nearly complete, Feiyu decided to visit as the Second Hokage and Orochimaru’s plans began to collide.

• Pakura told Uchiha Feiyu that Konoha and Iwagakure had signed a peace agreement after suffering heavy losses in the war.
• Uchiha Feiyu decided to let the villages recover while making arrangements to bring them under his control, and he planned to visit Orochimaru’s base.
• In Orochimaru’s laboratory, the Second Hokage examined his improving Impure World Reincarnation body while Orochimaru challenged him about their mutual research traps.
• Orochimaru realized that the Second Hokage was transforming his own life form rather than seeking a new vessel to resurrect himself.

Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru fought a deadly duel in the Underground Base, each using techniques prepared specifically to counter the other. Tobirama broke free of Orochimaru’s soul seal, but Orochimaru activated a room-wide technique that began damaging both of them.

• Tobirama Senju pierced White Snake with Water Release: Heavenly Weeping, but Orochimaru emerged from its body and confronted him.
• Orochimaru blocked Tobirama’s Evil-Slaying Sword with a Kusanagi Blade, then used the Heart and Soul Sealing Technique to control him through their Impure World Reincarnation connection.
• Tobirama used an enhanced Spirit Transformation Technique to attack Orochimaru’s soul, shattering his body and damaging the Eight-Headed Serpent form.
• Orochimaru sacrificed white snakes that contained fragments of his soul to seal Tobirama, but Tobirama shed the damaged soul shell and escaped the seal.
• Orochimaru activated the Primal Chaos Treasure Box Technique, causing intense soul pain that affected both fighters as they struggled to endure it.

Tsunade and Shizune arrived at Orochimaru’s secret base to aid the Second Hokage, but Uchiha Feiyu appeared as Orochimaru’s backup and swiftly incapacitated the others. Feiyu claimed Orochimaru’s research and asked his teacher to help him with another matter.

• Tsunade smashed the ground above Orochimaru’s base, breaking its seals and restoring the Second Hokage’s ability to use Flying Thunder God.
• The Second Hokage revealed that he had contacted Tsunade through their shared bloodline, and Tsunade entered the chamber with Shizune.
• Tsunade attacked Orochimaru, but the Second Hokage told her to seal him rather than kill him.
• Uchiha Feiyu arrived through a space-time opening and defeated the Second Hokage, Tsunade, and Shizune with Genjutsu.
• Feiyu claimed the defeated opponents as his spoils and accepted Orochimaru’s research and Otogakure.
• Feiyu offered Orochimaru Soul Pills and asked him to help with a matter as a researcher.

Uchiha Feiyu secured Orochimaru’s agreement to conduct research for him for fifteen years and planned to seize control of the major ninja villages. After learning that Kushina Uzumaki would give birth in two weeks, he left Konoha to prepare for his next move.

• Uchiha Feiyu negotiated with Orochimaru, who agreed to fifteen years of research work in exchange for Soul Pills and protection.
• Uchiha Feiyu considered using Tsunade and the Divinity Subduing Art to control leaders and advance his plan to dominate the ninja world.
• Uchiha Feiyu decided to attack Konoha, kill Namikaze Minato, and control the Five Great Ninja Villages and the nations’ daimyo.
• Namikaze Minato and pregnant Kushina Uzumaki comforted each other as they discussed work, Naruto’s birth, and the risks of childbirth.
• Uchiha Feiyu, who had secretly observed the couple, learned that Kushina’s due date was two weeks away and vanished through space.

Tsunade returned to Konoha with Shizune, secretly aligned with Uchiha Feiyu’s plan to take control of the village. As Kushina’s delivery approached, Tsunade prepared to deceive Konoha’s leaders, and the chapter ended with her anticipating Minato’s death.

• Uchiha Feiyu told Tsunade that Uzamaki Kushina would give birth in two weeks and that they would make their move then.
• Tsunade and Shizune returned to Konoha three days before Kushina’s due date, and Tsunade assured the gate guards that she was back to stay for Kushina’s safety.
• Namikaze Minato hurried to greet Tsunade, who said she had recovered from Hemophobia and agreed to help with Kushina’s delivery.
• Tsunade settled into the Senju Clan grounds and received Konoha ninja seeking medical care, postponing their appointments for several days.
• At a secret base, Tsunade confronted the Third Hokage and praised his decision to give the Hokage position to Minato, while thinking that Konoha would soon lose him.

Uchiha Feiyu attacked Kushina Uzumaki during Naruto Uzumaki’s birth, used the Nine-Tails’ rampage to separate Namikaze Minato from the others, and incapacitated Minato with a pre-planted Tsukuyomi. He left Kushina facing him and Tsunade, who stood beside him, as the chapter ended.

• Uchiha Feiyu infiltrated the delivery room, took the newborn Naruto Uzumaki, and used Genjutsu to make Kushina Uzumaki lose consciousness and release the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• Namikaze Minato teleported the rampaging Nine-Tails away while Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Obito stayed behind to search for the enemy.
• Uchiha Feiyu pursued Minato, while Kakashi and Obito realized that Tsunade and Naruto had disappeared and returned to protect Konoha’s villagers.
• Minato sealed the Nine-Tails back into Kushina and caught her as she regained consciousness.
• Kushina’s eyes triggered Uchiha Feiyu’s pre-planted Tsukuyomi, which knocked Minato unconscious; Feiyu then told Tsunade to deal with Kushina.

Uchiha Feiyu drained Namikaze Minato, captured his soul, and used Tsukuyomi and the Spiritual Communion Technique to make Kushina Uzumaki obedient to him. He then prepared to use Kushina's increased power to stage a Nine-Tails attack on Konoha and help Tsunade claim the Hokage position.

• Tsunade subdued Kushina Uzumaki while Uchiha Feiyu drained Namikaze Minato and summoned his soul to study his techniques.
• Uchiha Feiyu trapped Kushina in Tsukuyomi and forced spiritual communion, leaving her infatuated with him when she returned to reality.
• Tsunade healed Kushina, who changed clothes in the Kamui Dimension and admitted she could no longer leave Uchiha Feiyu despite knowing he controlled her.
• Kushina Uzumaki agreed to unleash the Nine-Tails on Konoha so Tsunade could stop the beast, gain fame as the village's savior, and become Hokage.

The Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, and Tsunade used Wood Release alongside Sarutobi Hiruzen and the village’s Jonin to subdue it. Kushina and Naruto survived, but Namikaze Minato remained missing after pursuing the enemy who had caused the rampage.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen led Konoha’s Jonin against the Nine-Tails and knocked its Tailed Beast Ball into the sky with Enma.
• Tsunade revealed Wood Release, binding the Nine-Tails with Tree World Descent while Sarutobi Hiruzen struck it with the Five Release: Great Barrage Technique.
• Tsunade used a Wood Dragon to drain the injured Nine-Tails until it vanished, then carried the unconscious Uzamaki Kushina back to the others.
• Tsunade told Sarutobi Hiruzen that an enemy with Space-Time Ninjutsu had attacked Kushina during childbirth and that Namikaze Minato had pursued him.
• After waiting a day and night without Minato’s return, Uzamaki Kushina awoke, and Tsunade brought her Naruto from the delivery-room ruins.

With Namikaze Minato missing for more than three months, the Third Hokage nominated Tsunade to lead Konoha as Acting Hokage. Three months later, Tsunade had taken over Minato’s limited power base, while his absence remained unresolved.

• The Third Hokage told Tsunade that Minato had been missing for over three months and that other villages were probing Konoha’s defenses.
• The Third Hokage asked Tsunade to become Acting Hokage, with the plan to make her the Fifth Hokage if Minato did not return; Tsunade agreed.
• Tsunade and the Third Hokage discussed the Uchiha Clan’s uncertain standing and the loss of Uchiha Obito’s hopes of entering Konoha’s leadership.
• The Third Hokage nominated Tsunade before the Jonin Council, which unanimously supported her, and she received the Daimyo’s appointment as Acting Hokage in less than a week.
• After another three months, Tsunade had taken over and organized Minato’s forces, which had been limited because of his brief tenure as Hokage.