Chapter Summaries

Senya destroyed Nagato’s Planetary Devastation, but Nagato insisted on one more attempt and unveiled a huge cement-like construct powered by five styles. The chapter ended with Senya facing the yellow, Zack-shaped “Poop Man,” while Nagato moved around inside it.

• Senya and Qianyue’s Susanoo used Illusionary Weapon—Kokubō to split Nagato’s Planetary Devastation and shatter its rocky halves.
• Nagato asked Konan to take him to Senya for one final move, despite their agreement that he would use only one large-scale Rinnegan technique.
• Konan flew Nagato to the lake, where Senya and the Akatsuki members watched; Hidan accidentally knocked himself unconscious while trying to suppress his laughter.
• Nagato used Five Styles—Five Spirit King and formed a hundred-meter-tall, yellow cement figure resembling Zack, with Nagato hidden inside it.

Senya fought Nagato’s improvised Five Spirit King, a massive elastic creature that Nagato controlled from inside. Senya analyzed how Nagato had adapted the technique after his Planetary Devastation failed, while Nagato insisted that any method was valid if it won.

• Senya praised Nagato’s five-transformation fusion, and Nagato returned the compliment before challenging him to fight.
• Nagato’s Five Spirit King bounced across the water and flung Senya into Uchiha Madara’s statue after its elastic arm slipped through Susanoo’s skeletal hand.
• Sasori and Deidara argued over whether Nagato’s technique resembled their art, while Kakuzu and Juzo Biwa studied its resilience.
• Senya emerged from the statue’s dust and deduced that Nagato had replaced the technique’s core with himself and shifted to an attrition-based strategy after his Planetary Devastation was severed.
• Nagato accepted Senya’s accurate analysis but argued that any fighting style was worthwhile if it secured victory.

Senya absorbed Natural Chakra and revealed that he had developed his own Sage Arts, while Nagato struggled to stop him. Nagato then enlarged Poop Man and charged at Senya, who prepared a counterattack to protect Madara’s statue.

• Senya gathered the surrounding Natural Chakra, alarming Nagato and the Akatsuki members watching him.
• Nagato used the Preta Path to absorb Chakra from the air, but the Natural Chakra surged through his pathways and nearly made Poop Man collapse.
• Kakuzu explained that Hashirama Senju and Jiraiya had mastered Sage Arts through the summoning sacred lands, prompting Juzo Biwa to consider seeking them out.
• Senya said he had created his own Sage Arts, then finished absorbing the Natural Chakra around him.
• Nagato restored Poop Man, grew it to over one hundred and twenty meters, and launched it at Senya across the lake.
• Senya formed hand seals and gathered Chakra at his throat, saying he would not let Nagato destroy Madara’s statue.

Senya used his Candle Dragon Fire Release to boil the lake and create storm clouds, then summoned a massive Thunder Beast Kirin to strike Nagato. Nagato’s Seal Absorption failed after nearly two minutes, and he lost consciousness and fell into the lake.

• Nagato controlled Zack to dive into the lake and avoid Senya’s Candle Dragon Burning the World, which boiled away much of the water and triggered a torrential downpour.
• Nagato taunted Senya for using Fire Release near water, but Senya revealed that he had created the conditions for a lightning attack.
• Senya summoned the Thunder Beast Kirin from the storm clouds and sent it crashing down toward Nagato.
• Nagato tried to resist the lightning with Seal Absorption while the Akatsuki Organization members, Konan, and Hikari retreated.
• After nearly two minutes, Nagato’s Chakra pathways were disrupted, and he lost consciousness and fell into the lake.

As Nagato sank beneath the lake, memories of his parents’ deaths and Yahiko’s sacrifice led him to entrust the Akatsuki Organization and the pursuit of peace to Senya Uchiha. Senya pulled Nagato from the water, and Nagato chose to live and continue Yahiko’s dream.

• Drowning in the lake, Nagato relived how his parents died protecting him during the war.
• Nagato remembered Hanzō forcing him to choose between killing Yahiko and letting Konan die, and Yahiko sacrificing himself instead.
• Nagato recalled how Yahiko’s death drove him to embrace pain and lead the Akatsuki Organization through wars and assassinations.
• After learning his Rinnegan made him a pawn, Nagato saw Senya Uchiha as a capable successor who shared Yahiko’s goal of peace.
• Senya rescued Nagato from the lake, and Nagato decided to keep living and help Senya fulfill Yahiko’s dream.
• Senya urged Nagato to return to Konoha for treatment and called him the captain of his Akatsuki squad.

Senya brought seven wanted Rogue Ninjas to Konoha and secured temporary entry permits for them. He then took the group to a residential villa, where they settled in for food and rest before discussing what came next.

• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane played cards at the southern gate until Senya arrived and asked them to register his guests and issue seven temporary permits.
• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane recognized the wanted Rogue Ninjas, but Konan collected their information and completed the permit forms.
• Senya reviewed the forms, stamped the permits for Hidan, Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, Nagato, Juzo Biwa, and Konan, and said he would take them to change clothes and eat before discussing matters the next day.
• Senya, Hikari, Konan, Nagato, and the Akatsuki members gathered in a residential villa, where Kakuzu assessed the furnishings, Deidara enjoyed the air conditioner, Juzo Biwa eyed the wine, and Nagato drank tea awkwardly.

Senya hosted the former Akatsuki members for a barbecue before asking them to choose whether to join Konoha and the Ninja Association. Several decided their next steps, while Kakuzu remained undecided.

• Senya and Hikari served the group a barbecue, and Sasori became fascinated by the electrically powered grill and asked about Orochimaru's research into immortality.
• Senya offered the former Akatsuki members the choice of joining Konoha or joining Konoha and then the Ninja Association, and Konan explained the requirements.
• Deidara chose to restore his Hidden Stone Village status, and Juzo Biwa asked Senya to contact Kirigakure about restoring his status there.
• Sasori chose to join Konoha and requested a place at the Scientific Ninja Arts Research Institute.
• Konan asked Kakuzu whether he would return to Takigakure or join Konoha, and Senya pointed out Konoha's economic scale as Kakuzu considered his options.

Kakuzu chose to join Amegakure, while Hidan agreed to go to Konoha after Konan pointed out its advantages. Senya discussed a major irrigation commission with Konan, who accepted it for Amegakure before he carried her to her room.

• Kakuzu decided to join Amegakure, bringing Nagato joy at the prospect of gaining a powerful fighter and business talent.
• Konan suggested that Hidan join Konoha, and he agreed after hearing her reasons.
• Nagato went to bed excited about Senya taking him to Konoha Hospital the next day to treat his legs.
• Senya asked Konan to review a commission to divert water through Amegakure, and she accepted it on the condition that Amegakure receive twenty percent of the annual grain yield from irrigated areas.
• Senya carried the distressed Konan to her room, while Hikari gathered the documents and then knocked on the door, offering to help care for her.

Senya brought the newly registered Hidan and Sasori to Orochimaru’s research institute, where Sasori joined to pursue mechanical research and Hidan agreed to become an experimental assistant. The rest of the Akatsuki members set off on separate tasks, while Hidan’s future under Orochimaru remained uncertain.

• Hikari left to shop with Shizune, and Senya and Konan got dressed after waking up.
• Senya gathered the Akatsuki members and sent them on separate assignments, including Deidara to Iwagakure and Kakuzu to Konoha’s Trade Department.
• Senya brought Hidan and Sasori to Konoha’s personnel office, where Hidan passed promotion tests and gained jonin status.
• Senya took Sasori and Hidan to Orochimaru’s laboratory and explained that Sasori wanted to join its mechanical research.
• Orochimaru eagerly invited Hidan to stay as experimental personnel, and Hidan accepted after recognizing Orochimaru’s interest in his abilities.

Juzo Biwa arrived at Konoha’s eastern coast to rejoin Kirigakure, but Zabuza attacked him over the Kubikiribōchō. Mei Terumi stopped the fight and scolded Zabuza, leaving Juzo’s return to the village unresolved.

• Juzo Biwa arrived at the coast and saw Uchiha members and Akimichi Choza moving a stone pillar into the sea.
• Haku caught Juzo by surprise and threatened him, but Juzo said he wanted to rejoin Kirigakure.
• Zabuza insulted Juzo and tried to take the Kubikiribōchō, so Juzo knocked Haku aside and struck Zabuza’s Water Clone through the mist.
• Haku began forming ice mirrors to defend Zabuza, but Mei Terumi appeared and ordered them to stop fighting.
• Mei questioned Haku, sent him away to get checked by a Medical Ninja, then furiously accused Zabuza of trying to steal Juzo’s sword.

Juzo Biwa and Zabuza reconciled over their shared admiration for the Kubikiribōchō, and Juzo gave Zabuza half of his blade. They left together to repair their swords by slaying fish, while Mei Terumi joked that they were long-lost brothers.

• Mei Terumi pressed Zabuza about his interest in the Kubikiribōchō, and he remained silent rather than admit he had tried to steal it.
• Juzo Biwa split the Kubikiribōchō in half, gave one piece and a maintenance scroll to Zabuza, and accepted his apology.
• Mei Terumi teased Juzo Biwa and Zabuza about looking like biological brothers, then left them together.
• Juzo Biwa and Zabuza went to the shore, where Juzo explained how to repair the blade using blood from fish and other animals.
• Haku later found Juzo Biwa and Zabuza covered in blood as they slaughtered fish along the shore.

Deidara returned to Iwagakure hoping to rejoin the village, but a panicked alarm and the villagers’ hostility turned his homecoming into a confrontation with Ōnoki. After learning that the village had forgotten his father and rejected his attempts to honor him, Deidara decided Iwagakure was no longer a place for him.

• Deidara flew toward Iwagakure alone, grieving Sasori’s absence and dreading another lecture from Ōnoki about his Explosive Clay.
• Kuroiwa and Rock Earth recognized Deidara at the village gate and raised a Level Two alert, prompting Ōnoki and more than a hundred Hidden Stone Village ninja to assemble.
• Deidara told Ōnoki he had returned to rejoin the village, but the gathered ninja called for his capture, and Ōnoki urged him to surrender while secretly signaling him.
• Deidara misunderstood Ōnoki’s gestures, turned to leave, and then believed Ōnoki was attacking him when the Tsuchikage aimed Dust Release at his bird.
• A villager called Deidara an orphan, and Ōnoki defended Deidara and his late father, a commander who had sacrificed himself for the village.
• Deidara remembered making clay fireworks to honor his father and concluded that, despite loving Iwagakure, he was tired and did not belong there.

Deidara returned to Iwagakure hoping to show Ōnoki his new art, but the villagers’ insults and Ōnoki’s suspicion drove him to demonstrate his ultimate technique instead. He erased a mountain with C4-Garuda and left Iwagakure, calling its destruction his final gift.

• Ōnoki defended Deidara before Iwagakure’s gathered ninja, but Deidara said he regretted returning and had wanted to show the old man his new artwork.
• Deidara swallowed large amounts of Explosive Clay and flew toward a mountain, prompting Ōnoki to suspect he meant to destroy Iwagakure with a landslide.
• Deidara summoned C1 Spiders and a C2 Dragon, forcing Ōnoki to stop pursuing him and use Particle Style to dismantle the attacks.
• Deidara formed a giant clay doll on the mountain and activated C4-Garuda as the villagers accused him of seeking revenge.
• C4-Garuda appeared to misfire, but the mountain gradually vanished as Deidara watched from the clouds.
• Deidara said goodbye to Iwagakure and Ōnoki, calling the disappearing mountain his final gift before he left.

After Deidara destroyed the mountain beside Hidden Stone Village, Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi realized he had fulfilled his childhood promise before leaving. Deidara reached Konoha, anxious about whether it would accept him, and ended up drunk in an izakaya after the owner mistook his explosive art for fireworks.

• Ōnoki remembered Deidara's childhood vow to blow up the mountain, then learned that Deidara had left after destroying it.
• Kurotsuchi recalled her childhood exchanges with Deidara and asked whether he would return; Ōnoki told her he would not.
• Deidara flew toward Konoha, imagining its shinobi rejecting him, and arrived looking dazed.
• Deidara got drunk in an izakaya and told the owner that Hidden Stone had branded him a Rogue Ninja and called his art dangerous.
• The owner comforted Deidara by praising his explosive art as beautiful fireworks.

Senya offered Deidara a job using his Explosive Clay to help gather materials for the bridge between Konoha and Kirigakure. Deidara eagerly accepted, declaring his devotion to Konoha and asking to start work immediately.

• Senya found Deidara drinking in an izakaya, where Deidara claimed he had stayed in Konoha to keep Sasori from feeling lonely.
• Senya asked Deidara what he would do now that Sasori and Hidan had joined the research institute, and Deidara said he would do anything that let him pursue his art.
• Senya offered Deidara a job using Explosive Clay to break stone into pieces for the bridge project between Konoha and Kirigakure.
• Senya explained that Earth Release ninjas could fuse the crushed stone back together at the construction site, and Deidara enthusiastically accepted the work.
• Deidara refused time off, left his compensation to Konoha, and asked Senya where the job site was so he could start immediately.

Senya realized his Rinnegan cultivation had slowed and decided to use natural Chakra of different attributes to accelerate it, starting with fire. After reviving an extinct volcano and forming a cycle with its fire-attribute Chakra, he prepared to exploit its imminent eruption to nourish his Rinnegan and complete the Demon Flame Susanoo.

• Deidara boosted quarrying and construction on the eastern coast of the Land of Fire, while Juzo Biwa joined Zabuza, Haku, and Ao to recruit shinobi for Mei Terumi.
• Konan brought Nagato and Kakuzu into the open to establish the North-to-South Water Transfer Plan, and Kakuzu haggled with Grandmother Chiyo over the deal.
• After more than a month of cultivating Sage Chakra, Senya noticed his progress had slowed and wondered whether natural Chakra attributes could catalyze his Rinnegan's awakening.
• Senya stopped overthinking the problem and began cultivating fire-attribute natural Chakra.
• Senya revived an extinct volcano and established a cycle with its fire-attribute Chakra, preparing to use its eruption to strengthen his Rinnegan and finish the Demon Flame Susanoo.

Senya used a modified Seal Absorption to draw fire-attribute Natural Chakra from a volcanic eruption, while Qianyue devoured the magma’s rare metals. The eruption began to subside, but Senya remained stuck during the final stage of his Rinnegan transformation.

• Senya activated Flame: Seal Absorption and a Demon Flame Susanoo as the crater erupted, drawing fire-attribute Natural Chakra into his body.
• Qianyue spread into black mist and began devouring the eruption, while Senya endured the pain and guided the Chakra toward his eyes.
• People in the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth saw Senya’s winged Susanoo through the clouds, and Hinoki called him a god who had saved them from the eruption.
• A more dangerous magma eruption struck Senya’s Susanoo, and Qianyue swallowed the magma while Senya sensed his eyes nearing their final transformation.
• The eruption weakened, leaving Senya at an uncomfortable stage as lava cooled around the crater.

Senya deliberately absorbed fire- and earth-aspect Natural Chakra from magma, completing his Rinnegan awakening and transforming his Susanoo into a metallic, flame-wreathed mech. He headed back toward Konoha while pondering what to name it, leaving his Rinnegan’s exclusive dojutsu unattended.

• Senya descended into the magma inside Demon Flame Susanoo, while Qianyue shielded him and helped maintain the Susanoo as he absorbed Natural Chakra.
• Senya subdued the incoming Chakra with his existing Sage Chakra and gathered it toward his eyes until an invisible pressure repelled the magma.
• Senya’s Susanoo transformed into a metallic giant with iron-feathered wings and dark-red flames, combining the powers of fire- and earth-aspect Natural Chakra.
• Senya admired the new Susanoo and wondered what to call it, forgetting to consider the Rinnegan’s exclusive dojutsu.
• Senya walked toward Konoha across the cooled volcanic rock while the Rinnegan’s dojutsu remained neglected.

Senya discovered that his Rinnegan had awakened the randomly triggered Sixty-Four Hexagrams dōjutsu, which could weaken him before granting a powerful boost. After discussing his recent strength gains with his family over dinner, he was confronted by Tsunade about leaving her and Shizune with the Ninja Association’s work.

• Senya realized his Rinnegan's exclusive dōjutsu, the Sixty-Four Hexagrams, had taken shape and learned that its random trigrams could either weaken or strengthen him.
• Senya returned to his courtyard, took Hikari to the Senju Clan Grounds, and joined Hashirama and Mito for dinner.
• Hashirama, Mito, and Hikari sensed Senya's increased strength, and Senya said he had trained to prepare for Obito and Black Zetsu.
• Mito and Hikari urged Senya not to train and face dangers alone, while Senya awkwardly defended his approach.
• Tsunade arrived with Shizune, took Senya's seat and food, and scolded him for leaving her and Shizune to handle the Ninja Association's work.

Senya spent the night gambling with Tsunade, Shizune, and Hikari, then used the next day to practice deductions based on the Sixty-Four Hexagrams. He fainted after overtaxing his mind and realized that pursuing the deductions too deeply could trap him in the Inner Scenery, so he resolved to limit how often he used them.

• Tsunade, Shizune, Hikari, and Senya played gambling games together through the night, and the three women fell asleep by sunrise.
• Senya sent Shadow Clones disguised as Tsunade and Shizune to handle work while he practiced hexagram deductions in his consciousness.
• Senya reached the forty-first hexagram before the Shadow Clones' returning memories overwhelmed his mind and made him faint.
• Tsunade, Shizune, and Hikari examined Senya and found that he had passed out from mental overexertion.
• After waking the next day, Senya recognized that he had nearly become trapped in the Inner Scenery and decided to limit his deductions to no more than four.