Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yu discovered that Miwa Masayo’s pain came from her body rejecting Thunder Spirit natural energy, which was preventing a bone bud from developing into her third tail. He took her to the desert and flooded a sealed shelter with Thunder Spirit energy so she could break through, and her golden ringed tail grew out, leaving her recovery and the consequences of the breakthrough unresolved.

• Miwa Masayo suffered intense pain after swallowing the pill, and Uchiha Yu linked their senses to examine her.
• Uchiha Yu found that Miwa Masayo’s body was expelling Thunder Spirit energy while a bone bud at the base of her tail drew it in to grow a third tail.
• Uchiha Yu proposed supplying her with enough Thunder Spirit energy to overcome the restriction, and Miwa Masayo agreed to try.
• Uchiha Yu brought Miwa Masayo to a remote desert, built a sealed Wood-Bound Wall, and filled it with Thunder Spirit energy while she swallowed pills one at a time.
• Lightning burst from Miwa Masayo’s tailbone, and the bone bud grew into a new tail as the wounds healed; within minutes, a golden ringed cat tail had formed.

Miwa Masayo completed a dangerous breakthrough that set her on a gradual transformation into a catgirl and onto Uchiha Yu’s Immortal Path. Meanwhile, Ōnoki prepared to withdraw Iwagakure’s forces to a better battlefield, but remained deeply worried that his village had no capable successor.

• Miwa Masayo broke through her innate limits, rebuilt her meridians with Uchiha Yu’s help, and grew a third tail as her cells began gradually transforming her into a new life-form.
• Uchiha Yu carried the exhausted Miwa Masayo home, named her pill the Eight-Tails Thunder Elixir, and watched her fall asleep.
• The Third Raikage led Kumogakure reserves into the Land of Earth, prompting a decisive confrontation with Ōnoki and more than forty thousand elite ninja.
• Ōnoki rejected his subordinates’ plan to charge and ordered Iwagakure to retreat to a valley where its numbers could surround and defeat Kumogakure’s forces.
• After his subordinates cheered the plan, Ōnoki worried that Iwagakure lacked a worthy successor and considered forcing Kitsuchi to marry so the next generation might produce a genius.

Nagato recruited Black and White Zetsu into Akatsuki and revealed his plan to bring peace to the Ninja World by creating an ultimate weapon from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Konan learned of the plan, and the chapter ended with Nagato beginning to explain how he would use the statue.

• Nagato told Konan that he wanted to save the Ninja World, while Konan warned him that using his power could kill him.
• Black and White Zetsu emerged and revealed a Wood Style-based humanoid puppet that could provide its wearer with chakra and life force.
• Nagato asked Black Zetsu to find powerful ninjas outside the Five Great Ninja Villages and keep watch on the war.
• After Black Zetsu left, Nagato explained to Konan his Ultimate Weapon Plan and argued that lasting peace required one irresistible authority.
• Nagato revealed that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the foundation for his ultimate weapon, shocking Konan.

Konan backed Nagato’s plan to expand Akatsuki, then attended the Divine Court meeting, where Uchiha Yu learned that Uchiha Madara had controlled Karatachi Yagura with genjutsu. Zabuza identified Kirigakure’s Fifth Mizukage as Kaguya Hamura, whose name caught Uchiha Yu’s attention.

• Nagato persuaded Konan to support his plan to gather all nine tailed beasts and expand Akatsuki.
• At the Divine Court meeting, Zabuza offered intelligence that Karatachi Yagura had been controlled by Sharingan genjutsu in exchange for help killing Biwa Jūzō.
• Uchiha Yu agreed to handle Biwa Jūzō after he left Kirigakure, and Zabuza revealed that Uchiha Madara had controlled Karatachi Yagura.
• Uchiha Yu explained how Uchiha Madara had used Izanagi to survive his battle with the Hokage, then told Tsunade that he had killed Madara.
• Zabuza described the sixteen-year-old Fifth Mizukage’s strength and courage, then named him Kaguya Hamura, making Uchiha Yu take notice.

At the Divine Court Conference, Miroku found a buyer for the Land of Demons’ surplus grain, while Konan and Yashamaru’s dispute forced Uchiha Yu to end the meeting. In the Land of Earth, the Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure’s retreat and chose to hold off Iwagakure alone, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Uchiha Yu suspected that the Fifth Mizukage Kaguya Hamura might be connected to Otsutsuki Hamura and resolved to test his guess in battle.
• Miroku learned from Yashamaru that grain prices were high in the Land of Wind and planned to hire Sunagakure shinobi to transport the Land of Demons’ surplus harvest.
• Konan and Yashamaru argued over the suffering caused by war, so Uchiha Yu used Zhurong to silence them and the Heavenly Emperor ended the conference.
• The Third Raikage branded Takuma a rogue ninja and killed him after Takuma admitted betraying the Raikage but denied betraying Kumogakure.
• Dodai reported that Iwagakure had encircled Kumogakure with at least twenty-two thousand shinobi, and the Third Raikage ordered the retreat while volunteering to hold the rear alone.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s full army to pursue Kumogakure, while the Third Raikage remained determined to protect the retreat and return to appoint A as Fourth Raikage.

The Third Raikage held off Iwagakure’s forces in a narrow passage, surviving their strongest attacks and their coordinated barrage of stone bullets. As Kitsuchi and the other jonin withdrew on Ōnoki’s orders, a group of elderly Iwagakure shinobi took their places to face the Raikage.

• The Third Raikage told Dodai to return to Kumogakure and help A become the Fourth Raikage if he died, then charged into battle and ordered his troops to retreat.
• The Third Raikage held the passage against Iwagakure’s attacks and killed many shinobi before Imagawa Hideo and a group of jonin tried to exhaust him with earth walls.
• Kitsuchi ambushed the Third Raikage with the Great Rock Cannon Technique, but the Raikage survived and burst free after Kitsuchi trapped him with the Earth Mountain Technique.
• Kitsuchi organized Iwagakure’s shinobi to bombard the Third Raikage with Rock Iron Cannon Technique, pinning him in place while their numbers and chakra reserves dwindled.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi and the other jonin to withdraw, and a group of elderly Iwagakure shinobi took over the fight as the Third Raikage’s lightning roared again.

Ōnoki explained that he sacrificed elderly Iwagakure chunin to preserve the village’s stronger ninja because he feared dying without a successor. Manipulated thoughts drove the Third Raikage to attack young Iwagakure fighters, and after a devastating final clash, Ōnoki killed him with Dust Release.

• Kitsuchi confronted Ōnoki, who admitted he sent the elderly chunin to die because Kitsuchi and the other jonin were not ready to replace him as Tsuchikage.
• The Third Raikage retreated while elderly Iwagakure ninja pursued and exhausted him with constant attacks.
• Influenced by suggestions he could not recognize, the Third Raikage abandoned escape and turned to attack Iwagakure’s young ninja.
• The Third Raikage killed fourteen young ninja and wounded more than twenty before Ōnoki brought the jonin into battle and trapped him.
• The exhausted Third Raikage charged through Iwagakure’s defenses with One-Finger Nukite, but Ōnoki stopped him with Earth Spear and disintegrated him with Dust Release.

The Third Raikage died, and Uchiha Yu learned that Sage of Six Paths Otsutsuki Hagoromo intended to impose his will on the Ninja World. Yu resolved to sever Hagoromo’s influence, then met with Uchiha Shisui to discuss his early progress on the Immortal Path. The chapter ended as Yu prepared to teach Shisui a way to overcome its later dangers.

• The Third Tsuchikage ordered the Iwagakure ninja to pursue the retreating Kumogakure forces, while Roshi and the other jonin rushed ahead and veteran chunin restored order.
• A shadow secretly carried away the Third Tsuchikage’s discarded finger, and the Third Raikage’s death sent Uchiha Yu a final signal that connected him with Sage of Six Paths Otsutsuki Hagoromo.
• Uchiha Yu rejected Hagoromo’s offer to join him and vowed to cut off his influence in the Ninja World, identifying Otsutsuki Hamura as his most dangerous target.
• Uchiha Yu joked with Miwa Masayo about becoming invincible, then went to meet Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Nobutada.
• Uchiha Yu explained how Shisui had drawn in natural energy and described the differences between his Immortal Path and the sage arts of the Three Great Sage Regions.
• Uchiha Yu told Uchiha Shisui that later stages of the Immortal Path were dangerous and offered to teach him a way to address the problem.

Uchiha Yu made Uchiha Shisui the first test subject for his system, then struggled to adapt it for others. Meanwhile, Kirigakure launched an invasion of the Land of Fire despite knowing it could not defeat Konoha, leaving its fleet underway and Terumi Mei asking Genji about the inevitable loss.

• Uchiha Yu covered Uchiha Shisui in layered seals that formed a system to monitor his condition, manage his cultivation, and issue tasks with rewards.
• Uchiha Yu found that Uchiha Bushi could not support the natural-energy-powered system and decided to redesign it with chakra and natural energy as dual power sources.
• Uchiha Yu realized the system's sealing structure was too large to fit inside a person and decided to keep modifying it through Uchiha Shisui as a test subject.
• After news of the Third Raikage's death shifted the balance of the war, Kaguya Hamura rejected Orochimaru's demand for surrender and ordered Kirigakure to attack the Land of Fire in three days.
• Kirigakure's forces set sail in three waves, including a 6,700-ninja main force, while Momochi Zabuza prepared to fight and hoped Biwa Jūzō would be killed.
• Terumi Mei asked Genji whether Kirigakure was certain to lose, and he said it was, but that the village still had to fight to survive.

A became the Fourth Raikage after purging Kumogakure’s traitors, while Nagato’s group set out to recruit Kakuzu for the Akatsuki. Their attempt to catch him ended with Kakuzu crushed by Nagato’s repulsive force, but Kakuzu revived through his black threads, revealing his immortality.

• A and Killer B finished killing the Kumogakure traitors responsible for the village’s defeat and the Third Raikage’s death.
• Dodai and the jōnin from the Third Raikage’s faction recognized A as the Fourth Raikage, and A grieved for his father before turning to Kumogakure’s future.
• Black Zetsu told Nagato and Konan about Dust Release and recommended Kakuzu, a powerful bounty hunter reputed to be skilled at managing money.
• Nagato, Konan, and Black Zetsu found Kakuzu, but Kakuzu fled after sensing Nagato’s overwhelming threat.
• Konan intercepted Kakuzu, and Nagato crushed him with a repulsive force before he could escape.
• Kakuzu’s black threads reassembled his body, and Konan realized he was immortal.

Kakuzu accepted Nagato’s invitation to join Akatsuki, while Kirigakure under Otsutsuki Hamura launched a surprise attack and destroyed a Konoha force in the Land of Waves. A new communication system alerted Konoha despite the loss, and Orochimaru began assessing the Fifth Mizukage and Kirigakure’s advance.

• Kakuzu agreed to join Akatsuki, planned to collect his bounty money and repair his body, and promised to meet Nagato in Amegakure in three days.
• Kirigakure forces led by the Kaguya Clan ambushed the Land of Waves camp and annihilated more than five hundred Konoha ninjas without casualties.
• Otsutsuki Hamura gained strength from the Kirigakure ninjas’ worship and ordered them to establish a transfer base and prepare to land in the Land of Fire.
• The Kirigakure attackers missed the broken communication plates that had sent no response to Konoha, whose new monitoring system detected the missing units.
• Orochimaru and Nara Shikaku discussed Kirigakure’s new Mizukage, Nagato’s predecessor’s violent removal, and the destruction of Konoha’s spies inside Kirigakure.

Orochimaru sent the Tiger Unit and Snake Unit to attack Kirigakure on the Land of Fire’s east coast while discussing his plans for an orderly succession and a ten-year limit as Hokage. After a Konoha outpost spotted Kirigakure’s attack and began retreating, the Kirigakure forces abandoned their failed ambush and prepared to charge.

• Orochimaru ordered Uchiha Shigenobu’s Tiger Unit and Namikaze Minato’s Snake Unit to attack Kirigakure, and he told Minato to lead his troops rather than fight alone.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Yu that he planned to serve as Hokage for no more than ten years, then pass the position to Minato before Uchiha Shisui became the Seventh Hokage.
• Uchiha Kazushi proposed waiting for Kirigakure’s forces to land before encircling and attacking them, while Uchiha Shigenobu explained to Minato why they would not warn the Konoha ninja stationed near the coast.
• Namikaze Minato reassured the Tiger Unit commanders that he would not hinder their mission, and the gloomy Uchiha Kazuki said he believed in him.
• Yaji Nobusumi recognized the unnatural fog as a Kirigakure attack and ordered the Konoha ninja to retreat, with the younger ninja leaving first and the older ninja preparing decoys and traps.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered Kirigakure’s forces to charge and kill the remaining Konoha ninja after their ambush was exposed.

Might Duy arrived to protect Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen after they were cornered, and he prepared to hold off the seven elite Kirigakure ninja alone. The chapter left Might Duy facing the enemy while his son and the other genin were urged to escape.

• Yaji Nobusumi ordered the Konoha ninja to scatter and flee, while Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Shigenobu watched from a concealed camp and confirmed reinforcements were on the way.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen killed Yamamura Yukihiro and used Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu as bait to draw in and slaughter Konoha reinforcements.
• Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu realized they were being herded away from the main camp, stopped running, and prepared to fight together.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare advanced on the three genin, but Might Duy suddenly kicked him away and stood between the boys and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Might Duy revealed that he had opened the sixth of the Eight Inner Gates, told Might Guy and his companions to escape, and declared that he would not retreat while his son was there.

Might Duy opened the Eight Inner Gates to protect Might Guy and the other children, overwhelming several of Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen before his injuries forced the gates to close. As he prepared to open the Gate of Death, Uchiha Yu arrived, stopped him, and drove back the attackers.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare attacked Might Duy and the children, and Might Duy opened the Gate of Wonder to strike Kushimaru and Munashi Jinpachi down.
• Might Duy used Morning Peacock to kill the Kirigakure ninja wielding Hiramekarei, but severe cramps and pain forced his opened gates to close.
• Might Duy urged Might Guy, Ebisu, and Genma Shiranui to flee, then prepared to open the Gate of Death against the approaching Kirigakure ninja.
• Uchiha Yu diverted Might Duy's chakra away from the Gate of Death and sent Suikazan Fuguki, Biwa Jūzō, and Raiga Kurosuki flying with a finger flick.
• Uchiha Yu told Might Duy that he had arrived and that this would not be Might Duy's brilliant day.

Uchiha Yu intervened to save Might Duy and confronted the six remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure. After Samehada consumed Uchiha Yu’s natural energy and erupted in flames, Suikazan Fuguki recognized him as a sage, leaving the others debating whether he could truly rival Senju Hashirama.

• Uchiha Yu left a Wood Clone to host the barbecue feast, used Flying Thunder God to reach the battlefield, and stopped Might Duy from opening the Gate of Death.
• Uchiha Yu declared that all six remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen would die, and they attacked him together with their swords.
• Uchiha Yu deflected Munashi Jinpachi’s Explosive Tags, ignored Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning, and caught Suikazan Fuguki’s Samehada with Earth Style: Earth Spear.
• Samehada absorbed Uchiha Yu’s chakra along with natural energy, then burned from within and spat out a pillar of flame.
• Suikazan Fuguki identified Uchiha Yu as a sage like Senju Hashirama, shocking both the Konoha and Kirigakure ninja.
• Biwa Jūzō and Raiga Kurosuki questioned Fuguki’s comparison, while the Seven Ninja Swordsmen remained unsure whether Uchiha Yu truly matched Senju Hashirama.

Uchiha Yu sent Might Duy and the three younger genin away, then fought Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen with Sage Art: Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence. Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning techniques briefly cleared the forest, but Uchiha Yu began channeling even more senjutsu chakra as the damaged trees sprouted new growth.

• Uchiha Yu persuaded Might Duy to retreat with Guy and the other two genin so they would not hinder his fight.
• Uchiha Yu unleashed Sage Art: Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, turning the surrounding trees into chakra-draining branches, roots, spikes, and leaves that wounded the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Suikazan Fuguki and the other Kirigakure ninja used Water Style attacks, but Uchiha Yu explained that the water strengthened his Wood Style and submerged them in branches and roots.
• Raiga Kurosuki used Thunder Sword Technique: Thunder Gate and Lightning Style: Heaven-Splitting Thunder Serpent to destroy more than a thousand trees and break open the forest’s encirclement.
• Raiga Kurosuki challenged Uchiha Yu, who dismissed the swordsmen’s confidence and poured more senjutsu chakra into the earth, causing the damaged and burning trees to sprout new buds.

Uchiha Yu used genjutsu and Wood Style to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, leaving Suikazan Fuguki as the sole survivor. After Fuguki begged to surrender, Uchiha Yu explained that his wager against fate required all seven to die, just as the Fifth Mizukage emerged from the forest to face him.

• Uchiha Yu's Wood Style drained the water and transformed the battlefield into a forest while the Seven Ninja Swordsmen attacked his genjutsu image.
• Uchiha Yu observed the battle from a distance as Deep Forest Emergence trapped and killed six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Suikazan Fuguki escaped his wooden sphere by fusing with Samehada, then used its stored chakra to recover from his injuries.
• Suikazan Fuguki begged to surrender and offered Kirigakure intelligence, but Uchiha Yu refused because he had wagered that all seven swordsmen would die.
• Uchiha Yu revealed his real body and said the true test had arrived as the Fifth Mizukage walked out of the mist.

Otsutsuki Hamura confronted Uchiha Yu, and the two exchanged powerful attacks while Hamura struggled to distinguish Yu’s genjutsu from reality. Hamura recognized the illusion’s extraordinary strength, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Otsutsuki Hamura revealed his identity to Uchiha Yu and challenged him after Yu refused to leave the Ninja World.
• Suikazan Fuguki fled into the Wood Style forest while Uchiha Yu let him go, knowing the forest had marked him.
• Otsutsuki Hamura attacked Uchiha Yu with Shikotsumyaku, but Yu repeatedly used Perfect Illusion to make his attacks appear successful.
• Otsutsuki Hamura unleashed Shikotsumyaku: Bracken Dance, destroyed much of the forest, and located Uchiha Yu’s golden Susanoo.
• Otsutsuki Hamura used Flicked Finger Flying Spears against the Susanoo, then realized genjutsu had distorted its position and praised Yu’s True Illusion.

Uchiha Yu and Otsutsuki Hamura fought with powers that transformed the battlefield, while Uchiha Yu revealed he could create Truth-Seeking Orbs through mastery of all seven chakra natures. As Hamura prepared to die taking Yu with him, Suikazan Fuguki survived the chaos briefly before Zhurong killed him, bringing Uchiha Yu closer to wiping out the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

• Uchiha Yu explained his understanding of the Six Paths level, created a Truth-Seeking Orb, and identified the Sage of Six Paths' orb as the seed Otsutsuki Hamura had used.
• Otsutsuki Hamura admitted Uchiha Yu could rival his peak strength, then transformed his chakra and prepared to perish together with him as they unleashed Wood Style: Wood Human Technique and Shikotsumyaku: Ten Directions Yomi.
• Might Duy and the young Konoha ninja watched the forest and bone spikes clash, then witnessed Uchiha Yu's golden-armored Wood Human battle Otsutsuki Hamura's bone giant.
• Suikazan Fuguki escaped Samehada's depleted fusion and endured the shifting safe zone between Hamura's aura, the attacking trees, and the bone spikes.
• Zhurong appeared in Suikazan Fuguki's path, trapped him inside a shrinking ring of fire, and burned him to death.

Uchiha Yu fought Otsutsuki Hamura with an Armored Wood Human until Hamura unveiled All-Killing Ash Bones, an attack that seemed to destroy Yu. After Hamura opened a passage to the Pure Land, Otsutsuki Hagoromo could not find Yu’s soul and warned that he might still be alive.

• Uchiha Yu covered the Wood Human in Armored Susanoo and gained the advantage over Otsutsuki Hamura’s Bone King.
• Uchiha Yu taunted Hamura into losing composure, then pinned the Bone King and attacked him.
• Hamura used Shikotsumyaku to create All-Killing Ash Bones, which destroyed part of the Armored Wood Human but missed Yu.
• Hamura fired a second All-Killing Ash Bone that grazed Yu’s ankle, causing his body to crumble into ash.
• Hamura opened a passage to the Pure Land and asked Otsutsuki Hagoromo to collect Yu’s soul.
• Otsutsuki Hagoromo searched for Yu’s soul, failed to find it, and warned Hamura that Yu might still be alive.