Chapter Summaries

Kakuzu and Hidan continued hunting Konoha ninja as Kirigakure launched a massive assault on the coastal camp. Shin'nosuke Sarutobi’s forces were nearly overwhelmed before reinforcements arrived, and his father joined him to face the enemy.

• Kakuzu sensed approaching chakra signatures and fled north with Hidan, who followed after tormenting a wounded Konoha ninja.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare, Mei Terumi, and Ao led more than three thousand Kirigakure ninja toward Konoha’s camp, where Shin'nosuke Sarutobi and the other commanders prepared defenses.
• Kirigakure and Konoha exchanged explosive tags and fought with ninjutsu, leaving Konoha with about two hundred ninja and Kirigakure with just over a thousand.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare blocked Shin'nosuke Sarutobi’s retreat and threatened him as Kirigakure ninja surrounded the remaining Konoha forces.
• Explosions struck behind Kushimaru’s forces, and Shin'nosuke’s father arrived to reinforce the Konoha ninja; Shin'nosuke greeted him and prepared to fight back.

Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Manda and Enma to turn the battle against the Kirigakure forces, while reinforcements arrived and Mei Terumi suspected that Yagura had been controlled. Mei asked Ao to use his Byakugan to investigate the Mizukage.

• Orochimaru summoned Manda, who sprayed venom and devoured Kirigakure ninja as Konoha's fighters rallied.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma and used the Adamantine Staff to sweep Kirigakure ninja into a gale.
• Orochimaru used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to gather more than a hundred Kirigakure ninja for Manda to swallow.
• Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi led five thousand reinforcements in a pincer attack, while the Kirigakure ninja pursuing Shinnosuke's group had disappeared.
• Ao reported the unexpectedly swift Konoha reinforcements to Mei Terumi, who suspected Yagura had been controlled and asked Ao to use his Byakugan to examine him.

Senya asserted his authority over the Twelve Guardian Ninja after Kazuma challenged him at Daimyo Ashihiko’s residence. Ashihiko then recalled Hashirama and Madara’s friendship and speculated that Madara had left Konoha out of jealousy over Mito.

• Senya dismissed the maids so he could discuss family matters with Ashihiko and Tsunade in private.
• Kazuma refused to leave, but Ashihiko ordered him to stand down.
• Senya used his Sharingan and chakra pressure to force Kazuma and three other Guardian Ninja to kneel, then released them after Kazuma apologized.
• Ashihiko told Tsunade he had been remembering Hashirama and Madara’s close friendship.
• Ashihiko speculated that Madara had left Konoha because he felt Hashirama had chosen Mito over him.

Senya discussed the future of the Land of Fire and the failure of the ninja world's peace with Daimyo Ashihiko, who chose Ashiwa as his successor and asked Senya to continue the pursuit of peace. After leaving, Senya resolved to unify the ninja world, and his system announced that its newbie support phase had ended.

• Ashihiko teased Senya and Tsunade about their marriage before speaking privately with Senya.
• Ashihiko explained that Ashikan was dangerously ambitious, Ashikusa was indulgent, and Ashiwa was promising but too timid to rule confidently.
• Ashihiko showed Senya two diagrams of how villages and nations could be arranged and lamented that Hashirama's vision of peace had failed.
• Senya reassured Ashihiko that others would keep searching for peace, and Ashihiko named Ashiwa as his successor and asked Senya to fulfill their failed dream.
• Senya left Ashihiko's residence and resolved to unify the ninja world.
• The system detected Senya's Nindo and began an update, announcing that the newbie support phase had ended.

Senya’s system upgraded, revealing his growing powers, while Indra and Asura sacrificed their remaining souls to strengthen him and entrust him with the ninja world’s future. The chapter ended with Senya and Tsunade joking about Hashirama and Madara as women.

• Senya inspected his upgraded system and found his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan progress at 70%, his Wood Release at 40%, and his Sage Body incomplete.
• Indra and Asura decided to transfer their remaining soul power to Senya, hoping he could face the Ōtsutsuki crisis and bring peace to the ninja world.
• Indra and Asura’s souls merged into Senya and dissipated, secretly nourishing his soul.
• Senya pulled Tsunade into his arms, and she bit his shoulder before he smacked her backside.
• Tsunade asked whether Hashirama or Uchiha Madara would have brought peace if either had become a woman, then urged Senya to dress as one; Senya smacked her again.

Indra and Asura crossed a wormhole to find someone from Dragon Country who could save the conquered Shinobi World, and they chose a reincarnating young man with an unusually youthful soul. He was reborn as Senya Uchiha in Konoha's forty-second year, carrying Indra and Asura's purest Chakra while his memories were temporarily sealed.

• Indra and Asura entered a black hole to seek a way to save the Shinobi World from the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Indra searched among the souls of people dying in Dragon Country and found a seventy-year-old man whose soul looked about twenty.
• The man recognized Indra and explained that he had transmigrated before and was willing to help save the Shinobi World.
• Indra and Asura explained that they could not change the past themselves, so they entrusted the task to the man and helped him prepare cheat powers.
• The man was reborn as Senya Uchiha in Konoha's forty-second year and shouted that he was Reiner before his cultivation memories disappeared.

Senya received word that Kirigakure had attacked Konoha’s eastern coastal defenses and left to reinforce the border, while Tsunade remained behind to settle the Daimyo succession. He entrusted Asuma with protecting Ashiwa and purging the remaining opposition, then raced east, suspecting Obito had engineered the attack.

• A ninja cat delivered Fugaku’s intelligence scroll to Senya, who told Tsunade that Kirigakure had launched a serious attack on the eastern coast.
• Senya stopped Tsunade from accompanying him, reminding her that Ashiwa’s succession would be announced the next day and that she had to eliminate the rebellious officials with the village shinobi.
• Senya told the six Guardian Ninja to protect the Daimyo, then secretly informed Asuma that Ashiwa was the heir and warned him to watch the four men behind him.
• Asuma pledged to do his duty, but Jirō struck him for shouting and disturbing the Daimyo.
• Senya sped toward the eastern border, suspecting Obito had changed Kirigakure’s policies and instigated the attack, while worrying that he might need his chakra and ocular power to face Kamui.

Mei Terumi’s attack order was delayed until a Kirigakure jonin pressured Yagura, who commanded the force to attack. With enemies closing in from both sides, Orochimaru led his group through the Kirigakure ranks on four summoned snakes, aiming to reach the Konoha reinforcements.

• A Kirigakure jonin confronted Yagura and demanded an attack order, and Yagura ordered the seven-thousand-strong force to attack.
• More than half the Kirigakure ninja charged toward Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi from behind, while Mei Terumi and Ao realized the attack had begun without them.
• Orochimaru sensed the approaching force and summoned four giant snakes to carry his group toward the Konoha reinforcements.
• Kirigakure ninja battered the snakes as Orochimaru’s group fought its way forward, reaching within a few hundred meters of the Konoha line.
• A powerful combined Wind and Fire Release attack erupted from Orochimaru’s left.

Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Akatsuki members Kakuzu and Hidan after a devastating fire attack wiped out most of Orochimaru’s group. Hiruzen battled the seemingly immortal Hidan while Orochimaru fought Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear, and the chapter ended with Hidan and Hiruzen clashing in a flurry of scythe and staff blows.

• Orochimaru’s fire attack killed four giant snakes and many Kirigakure ninja, leaving only about a dozen survivors to reach Konoha’s reinforcements.
• Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi left Shinnosuke in command and rushed toward the attackers, where they encountered Kakuzu and Hidan.
• Kakuzu unleashed Earth Grudge Fear against Orochimaru, while Hidan attacked Hiruzen with his triple-bladed scythe.
• Hiruzen and Enma slammed Hidan headfirst into the ground, but Hidan survived and pulled himself free despite his broken body.
• Hidan charged Hiruzen with his spinning scythe, and Hiruzen met the attack with a rapid barrage of blows from Enma.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru fought Kakuzu and Hidan, using coordinated attacks to overwhelm Hidan and seemingly kill Kakuzu. Kakuzu survived, rescued Hidan, and fled, saying he would not fight because the Mizukage had not paid enough.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi used his Shadow Clones to strike Hidan in the kidney and send him crashing to the ground.
• Kakuzu hardened his body to block Orochimaru’s bite, then unleashed a combined elemental attack that Orochimaru evaded with Fivefold Rashomon.
• Orochimaru emerged behind Kakuzu and pierced his heart with the Kusanagi Sword, then joined Hiruzen Sarutobi in a combined attack that trapped Hidan in burning mud.
• Kakuzu’s black threads pulled Hidan out of the attack, and Kakuzu got up despite his pierced heart.
• Kakuzu carried Hidan away and told Orochimaru he was quitting because the Mizukage had not paid enough.

The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, joined the battle and attacked Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi with coral and the Three-Tails’ power. After revealing himself as a Perfect Jinchuriki, Yagura badly injured Hiruzen and left him struggling to recover.

• Yagura ambushed Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi with coral, while Enma and Orochimaru escaped its spread.
• Hiruzen recognized Yagura as the Fourth Mizukage and challenged him over Kirigakure’s war.
• Yagura wrapped himself in the Three-Tails’ spiked tail and charged at Orochimaru and Hiruzen, breaking through their Earth Walls.
• Yagura formed a partial Tailed Beast Transformation, and Orochimaru realized he was a Perfect Jinchuriki.
• Yagura struck Hiruzen with his three tails, sending him through boulders and fracturing both his hands.

Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Yagura, but Obito’s Mangekyo Genjutsu drove Yagura to attack the Konoha forces and unleashed the Three-Tails. As the battlefield faced disaster, Orochimaru chose to stay and use his forbidden technique.

• Orochimaru gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a Secret Medicine with dangerous side effects, and Hiruzen swallowed it to regain his strength.
• Obito used Mangekyo Genjutsu to seize control of Yagura and send him charging toward the Konoha ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru slowed Yagura with clones, snakes, and a combined barrage of five elemental ninjutsu.
• Yagura recovered from his injuries, and Orochimaru realized he was under Genjutsu and that the Three-Tails was about to go berserk.
• Orochimaru resisted the urge to flee, took the Secret Medicine, and began his Eight Branches Technique.

Orochimaru used the Eight Branches Technique to transform into eight enormous serpents and fight Yagura’s Three-Tails, Isobu. As the battle continued, Isobu injured Orochimaru’s serpents, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha ninja watching in alarm.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Senju Tobirama staying behind to cover their retreat and lamented that he could do nothing for Orochimaru as the Secret Medicine weakened him.
• Orochimaru completed the Eight Branches Technique, transforming into eight huge, spiked white serpents and reigniting the Konoha ninja’s fighting spirit.
• Orochimaru’s serpents bit Isobu’s tails and injected venom, slowing the Three-Tails.
• Isobu crushed two serpent heads, bit another, and struck back when Orochimaru’s serpents attacked his neck.
• Isobu fired a barrage of needles, and Orochimaru shielded his other serpents with two heads that were badly wounded, making him scream in pain.

Obito forced Yagura and Isobu to attack both Kirigakure and Konoha, while Mei Terumi led some Kirigakure ninjas into retreat. Orochimaru stopped Isobu’s charge at great cost, but Isobu prepared a massive attack against the exhausted Konoha forces.

• Isobu crushed Kirigakure and Konoha ninjas as Mei Terumi warned that Yagura had been controlled and ordered a retreat.
• Obito commanded Yagura to stop the retreat, but Yagura briefly resisted and used Isobu to shout for the Kirigakure ninjas to run.
• Isobu spun through Kirigakure’s defenses and then charged toward Konoha, where Shinnosuke rallied the ninjas to raise earth walls.
• Orochimaru’s Eight-Tails Serpent blocked Isobu and tore the spikes from its tail, but Orochimaru collapsed with severe injuries.
• Shinnosuke led the Konoha ninjas in preparing to fight as Isobu began forming a large Tailed Beast Bomb.

Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Reaper Death Seal to save Konoha from Isobu’s Tailed Beast Bomb, sacrificing himself to seal Isobu and Yagura. The Reaper took all three souls, leaving Hiruzen’s fate sealed for now.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped in front of Shinnosuke Sarutobi and charged at Isobu as it prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi performed the Reaper Death Seal despite the agony of the technique and the damage to his body.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi redirected the Reaper’s ghostly hand to seize Isobu’s tails as Isobu struck him.
• The Reaper’s hand pulled the souls of Isobu and Yagura from their bodies, ending the Genjutsu’s control over Yagura.
• Yagura and Isobu exchanged final words before the Reaper severed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s soul from his body and swallowed all three souls.

Obito appeared before the grieving Konoha ninja and summoned a gigantic Wood Golem, pushing the exhausted survivors toward despair. As he declared that everything was going according to his plan, a voice from behind the army challenged him to repeat himself.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi died after his body crashed onto the battlefield, and Shin'nosuke Sarutobi grieved over him as the Konoha ninja mourned their losses.
• Obito emerged from a warped space and taunted the Konoha ninja before summoning a Wood Golem with Tobi's help.
• The Konoha ninja attacked Obito and the Wood Golem, but their attacks passed through Obito or were absorbed by the Wood Release.
• Obito towered over the army atop the Wood Golem and gloated as the Konoha ninja despaired over their inability to resist.
• A voice from behind the Konoha army challenged Obito to repeat his claim that everything was going according to plan.

Senya arrived on the battlefield and unleashed his armored Susanoo, cutting off Obito’s Wood Golem’s arm. Obito restored the Golem with Izanagi and charged Senya after his taunts and Tobi’s question enraged him.

• Senya appeared behind the Konoha shinobi forces and threw Qianyue at Obito’s Wood Golem.
• Senya manifested his armored Susanoo and swung Qianyue, severing the Wood Golem’s left arm.
• The Konoha shinobi cheered as Senya’s arrival restored their confidence, while Obito used Izanagi to restore and enlarge the Wood Golem.
• Senya mocked Obito’s renewed Wood Golem and told him to stop barking, while Tobi asked what a simp was.
• Obito snapped at Senya and Tobi, then charged Senya’s Susanoo with the Wood Golem.

Senya used Qianyue’s brick form to strike Obito through Kamui and baited him into a furious fight with the Susanoo. Obito restored himself with Izanagi and attacked again, but the relentless brick blows reduced his Wood Golem to a wobbly skeleton.

• Senya released Qianyue, which transformed into a glowing brick, then used it to smash Obito through his phasing technique and into a rock wall.
• Obito demanded to know Senya’s eye techniques, but Senya mocked him instead, provoking the Konoha ninja and angering Obito further.
• Obito used Izanagi to heal his injuries, replaced his damaged Sharingan, and returned atop the Wood Golem to attack Senya.
• Senya and Obito exchanged blows between their Susanoo and Wood Golem as the brick’s attacks steadily stripped away the golem’s wood.
• Obito looked down and realized his Wood Golem had become so battered and thin that it was beginning to sway.

Senya used Qianyue’s brick to destroy Obito’s Wood Golem, and Obito realized he could not win the fight. Obito escaped with Izanagi while Senya, exhausted from the battle, took Ration Pills.

• Senya blinded Obito with the brick’s flash, then swung it at him as Tobi used a Wood Clone to kick Obito clear of the Wood Golem.
• Senya smashed the Wood Golem’s head with the brick, and Obito realized its strange effect had kept him from noticing the damage or remembering much of the fight.
• Obito concluded that Senya’s weapons had bizarre abilities and decided he needed to retreat, while Tobi urged him to run.
• Obito activated Kamui, but Senya threw the brick at him, so Obito used Izanagi to survive and vanished after trading insults with Senya.
• Senya dispelled Susanoo and swallowed two specially made Ration Pills after the battle left him exhausted.

After defeating Obito’s Wood Golem, Senya rallied Konoha’s forces to pursue Kirigakure and demand compensation. At the coast, Mei Terumi saw Senya arrive and unexpectedly surrendered on Kirigakure’s behalf.

• Over a hundred female ninja mobbed Senya with kisses until he drove them away with his oppressive aura.
• Shiosui Nara asked Senya whether Konoha should continue the war, and Senya demanded eighty or a hundred billion from Kirigakure to settle the losses.
• Senya used the Word Spirit technique to turn Konoha’s victory celebration into a call for revenge, then led nearly four thousand ninja toward the coast.
• Mei Terumi struggled to evacuate Kirigakure’s forces as Ao warned her that Senya and Konoha’s army were approaching.
• Senya emerged from the woods, and Mei Terumi blurted out that he was handsome before declaring, “I surrender on behalf of Kirigakure!”