Chapter Summaries

Doseki ambushed Kakuzu at the border of the Land of Earth and overwhelmed him with his refined Lava Release Gundam Mode. With Kakuzu down to his final life, Doseki offered him the choice of dying or paying to redeem his life.

• Doseki left Iwagakure's territory and traveled toward the Lightning Country, then detected Kakuzu near the Land of Earth's border.
• Doseki transformed into a fifty-meter Magma Giant and struck Kakuzu before he could use Earth Grudge Fear.
• Doseki bombarded Kakuzu with magma attacks, destroying three of his lives as Kakuzu tried to dodge.
• Doseki revealed that his Gundam Mode had detailed Chakra pathways and could use powerful Lava Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release techniques.
• Doseki left the giant, pierced one of Kakuzu's remaining masks, and reduced him to one life.
• Doseki demanded that Kakuzu either die or pay money to redeem his life.

Doseki captured Kakuzu and studied Earth Grudge Fear, developing theories about how Natural Energy might strengthen Life Force. In Konoha, Hui watched Might Guy challenge Kakashi and decided to investigate the Eight Inner Gates, while his mission departure was delayed for two days at Kushina’s request.

• Doseki persuaded Kakuzu to pay four hundred million ryo to redeem his life, then knocked him unconscious and took him to the Land of Waterfalls.
• Doseki studied Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear and theorized that cells absorbed Natural Energy’s violent aura to increase their Life Force.
• Doseki sent his research memories to Uchiha Kiyoshi’s main body and sealed away pieces of Kakuzu’s tentacles and masks.
• Kushina argued with the Third Hokage about Minato’s mission and secured a two-day delay so Minato could spend more time with her.
• Hui explored Konoha and watched Might Guy challenge Kakashi, prompting him to consider researching the first three gates of the Eight Inner Gates.

Doseki recruited Kakuzu into a long-term Explosive Tag business after collecting the promised four hundred million. Meanwhile, Uchiha Kiyoshi began awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, and the transformation was underway as the chapter ended.

• Doseki collected four hundred million from Kakuzu and offered him a fifty-fifty partnership to make and sell Explosive Tags using Doseki's talisman paper.
• Kakuzu accepted the business deal, then realized Doseki had left something on him that could track him after Doseki vanished.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi prepared to awaken his Mangekyō by using carefully controlled Senjutsu Chakra stimulation, hoping to observe Rule without harming himself.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi circulated Senjutsu Chakra through his body and into the Chakra meridians around his eyes, while using the Body Nourishment Technique to replenish the cells being drained.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi's Three Tomoe transformed into hollow-headed tomoe as the Mangekyō awakening began.

Uchiha Kiyoshi entered a void-like space during his Mangekyo Sharingan evolution and perceived the Rules of the Ninja World. He chose the Fate and Six Paths Rules, awakening Dojutsu tied to time and Yin-Yang Release.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi maintained the Nourishing Origin Art while focusing on his Sharingan’s evolution.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi’s consciousness entered a void he called Rule Land and perceived the Rules as paths and webs.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reasoned that his Sharingan let him perceive Rules connected to abilities he desired or excelled at.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi examined Rules including the elemental paths, Life, Slaughter, Fate, and Six Paths as the burning in his eyes intensified.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi selected the Fate Rule and the Six Paths Rule, gaining deeper understanding and Dojutsu related to both.

Uchiha Kiyoshi celebrated awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan while his Dojutsu continued to gestate, as news of Doseki's devastating Magma Giant spread across the Ninja World. Minato Namikaze's team confirmed Kumogakure was preparing for war, then encountered a powerful Cloud Ninja force led by Killer B.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi examined his Mangekyō pattern, considered the potential of his future Dojutsu, and began adjusting to his enhanced Sharingan.
• The Third Hokage and Danzo reviewed reports of Doseki's Magma Giant, while Madara and other villages learned of the battle and grew concerned about his strength.
• Minato Namikaze led Hui and Hizashi Hyuga along the Lightning Country's southern coastline to investigate Kumogakure's border deployments.
• After half a month of clashes and reconnaissance, Minato Namikaze's six-person team concluded that Kumogakure was clearly preparing for war.
• Hizashi Hyuga sensed a powerful force approaching, and Hui recognized that Killer B and the AB Combo had arrived with Cloud Ninja.

Minato Namikaze and the Konoha team fought A, Killer B, and their Cloud Ninja force until Doseki appeared and revealed his interest in Killer B. Doseki summoned a massive Magma Giant, and the chapter ended with its explosive attack colliding with the Eight-Tails.

• A and Killer B led twelve Cloud Ninja against Minato Namikaze and the five other Konoha ninja, who split up to fight them.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God to hold off A and Killer B while Hui and Hizashi Hyuga gained the advantage against three Elite Jonin.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails, forcing Minato Namikaze to struggle against the A-B Combo.
• Doseki revealed himself, drew suspicion from both sides, and targeted Killer B with his gaze.
• Doseki summoned a fifty-meter Magma Giant and launched two Explosive Flame Bullets at the Eight-Tails.
• The Eight-Tails met Doseki's attack, and the explosion sent rubble, magma, and several Cloud Ninja flying.

Doseki fought the Eight-Tails, endured its Tailed Beast Ball, and used his new Lava Release technique to cut Gyuki in two before collecting the severed tails and leaving the battlefield. His battle spread his fame and convinced Minato Namikaze that Doseki had used Space-Time Ninjutsu.

• Minato Namikaze saw Doseki's Explosive Flame Bullets and realized their rotation gave him a breakthrough in developing the Rasengan.
• The Eight-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Ball that badly damaged Doseki's Lava Giant, but Doseki repaired it and then interrupted the Eight-Tails' next attack with an Explosive Flame Bullet.
• Doseki used Lava Release: Air Circular Slash to sever all eight of Gyuki's tails and split the Eight-Tails' body in two.
• Doseki used the Substitution Body Flicker Technique to seal and collect the Eight-Tails' severed tails while his Shadow Clone's Lava Giant held Gyuki back.
• Gyuki tore apart the Lava Giant after Doseki left, while word spread that Doseki had endured a Tailed Beast Ball and might possess Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Minato Namikaze became certain that Doseki had used Space-Time Ninjutsu after sensing spatial fluctuations during the battle.

Doseki’s victory over the Eight-Tails alarmed the great ninja villages and inspired Yahiko to glimpse his own path to Kage Level. After examining the battle’s spoils, Doseki planned to exploit the scrutiny on Iwagakure and turned his attention to Takigakure.

• Doseki’s defeat of the Eight-Tails spread across the Ninja World, prompting the great villages to worry about his growing strength and Konoha’s Root to intensify its infiltration of Iwagakure.
• Minato Namikaze ordered the Konoha Shinobi to retreat and escaped the Cloud Ninja with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Yahiko read the report about Doseki, resolved that he and his companions could reach similar strength, and recognized that Kage Level required establishing one’s own Ninja Way.
• Doseki examined the Eight-Tails’ Chakra and other spoils, considered gathering Tailed Beast Chakra, and confirmed the power of his Gundam Mode and Lava Release: Air Circular Slash.
• Doseki planned to use the other villages’ scrutiny of Iwagakure to seek the Light-Weight Rock Technique and Dust Release, then asked whether Takigakure was in the Land of Waterfalls.

After the Konoha Six reported Doseki’s battle with the Eight-Tails, Uchiha Kiyoshi analyzed what he had learned about Lightning Release and the Lava Giant’s abilities. Doseki then set his sights on Takigakure, hoping to obtain Hero Water and investigate its potential to increase Chakra.

• Minato Namikaze helped the Konoha Six escape the Cloud Ninja forces, and they returned to Konoha to report the battle to the Third Hokage and Danzo.
• Hui used what he observed of the Fourth A’s Lightning Release to develop the next stage of Lightning Body Tempering.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that Doseki’s Lava Giant had exploited the Eight-Tails’ poor battle tactics, and he marveled at the power of the Air Circular Slash.
• Doseki considered attacking Takigakure to obtain Hero Water and the Seven-Tails, judging the village vulnerable and the Tailed Beast unimpressive.
• Doseki suspected Hero Water contained altered Natural Energy that could help Uchiha Kiyoshi and his clones increase their Chakra.

Doseki entered Takigakure seeking Hero Water and the village’s Seven-Tails Chakra, then followed Mizukemuri to the Tree of Life after learning it had not produced Hero Water recently. He found the tree surrounded by dense Natural Energy and began investigating it, while Mizukemuri’s people quietly prepared for a possible confrontation.

• Doseki arrived in Takigakure and demanded to see the person in charge, drawing Mizukemuri’s attention by mentioning his fight with the rogue ninja Kakuzu.
• Doseki revealed his interest in Hero Water, pressured Mizukemuri, and learned that the Tree of Life had not produced any for a long time.
• Mizukemuri led Doseki to the Tree of Life while a middle-aged ninja secretly gathered the village’s top combat forces.
• Doseki sensed the Natural Energy around the tree, identified the pool beneath it as water tainted by the tree, and decided to take some for his main body.
• Doseki rose into the air to examine the tree for where Hero Water might form, shocking Mizukemuri with his ability to fly.

Doseki secretly found and collected the Tree of Life’s accumulated Hero Water, then had Mizukemuri bring him Kaede, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. He released the Seven-Tails, severed its tail and wings, and sealed it back inside Kaede, leaving him to consider that Jinchuriki were easier to deal with.

• Doseki used his perception abilities to locate a temple beneath the Tree of Life and discovered a large pool of Hero Water gathered among its roots.
• Doseki collected nearly all the Hero Water, left a little behind, and told Mizukemuri that he had not found it.
• Mizukemuri brought Kaede to Doseki after deciding he had little choice but to hand over the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Doseki summoned two Shadow Clones and released the Seven-Tails from Kaede, which transformed into its Complete Body.
• Doseki cut off the Seven-Tails’ tail and wings with Air Circular Slash, and his clones sealed it back into Kaede with two Five Elements Seals.

Doseki delivered Hero Water and replacement Shadow Clones to Uchiha Kiyoshi on Kiyoshi Island, where Kiyoshi discovered the water could restore eye-cell Life Force and safely nourish his body. He considered awakening a second Mangekyō Sharingan but concluded it likely required the original owner's soul aura, leaving that possibility unresolved.

• Doseki reached Kiyoshi Island with the Seven-Tails' and Eight-Tails' Chakra, Hero Water, and supplies to replace the avatars' Shadow Clones.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi dismissed Doseki No. 1 and No. 2, endured the Chakra and memory impact, and prepared new Shadow Clones for Doseki to distribute among the avatars.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi absorbed a drop of Hero Water's Natural Energy and found that it nourished his cells without side effects and repaired Life Force depleted from his eye cells.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi theorized that Mangekyō awakening required the original Sharingan owner's soul aura, with Obito and Kakashi's resonance explaining Kakashi's exceptional case.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi gave up on easily awakening a second Mangekyō and decided he might find another solution later.

Uchiha Kiyoshi received his clones’ memories and learned that Maka had developed Sand Release, then began adapting to it. He also completed a modified pair of Double Pupil eyes for Yun, leaving them ready for Yun to receive.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi learned that Mangekyo blindness came from the eyes needing to absorb a similar Life Force to restore Dojutsu Power, and concluded his current pair would not go blind.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi received memories from Shin, Hui, Yun, and Maka, with Maka’s memories causing the greatest strain because his Chakra had been altered while researching Sand Release.
• Maka used his experience with other Kekkei Genkai to develop Sand Release and a Sand Release Gundam Mode, then successfully fused Sand Release Chakra and began adapting to it.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided to delay developing Sand Release himself until his Mangekyo adaptation period ended, and chose not to use his Three Tomoe Sharingan as the foundation for Yun’s modified eyes.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi spent three days modifying a pair of eyes into Double Pupil, adding enhanced vision, Genjutsu functions, and Sealing Formulas for Yun to use.

Uchiha Kiyoshi traveled to the Rain Country and transplanted the Double Pupil eyes he had prepared for Yun. After a day of recovery, Yun opened his new eyes and activated them.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Substitution Body Flicker to reach the Rain Country, reflecting on the country's hardship and Akatsuki's suppression.
• Yun received Uchiha Kiyoshi's message, left Akatsuki with a vague-feeling excuse, and staged a fight and disappearance along the way.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi carefully replaced Yun's eyes with the Double Pupils, connecting them to Yun's optic nerves and treating them with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• One day later, Yun removed his bandages and circulated Chakra through his new eyes, revealing two pupils in each eye as dense patterns appeared and the smaller pupils rotated.

After Uchiha Kiyoshi installed the Double Pupil, Yun tested its enhanced perception, chakra sensing, and genjutsu abilities. He returned to the outside world and fought an Amegakure force, demonstrating his new strength before preparing to unveil a Fire Release technique he had finally completed.

• Yun tested the Double Pupil and discovered it gave him Three Tomoe-level perception, the ability to see chakra circulation, and improved chakra control.
• Yun left Uchiha Kiyoshi and reappeared after a day away, presenting the Double Pupil as a newly awakened Kekkei Genkai.
• Amegakure sent two Elite Jonin and four Jonin to capture Yun, and he attacked them with Dragon Fire strengthened by Gale Palm.
• Yun used his perception and genjutsu to kill three Jonin while escaping harm, convincing the survivors that his strength had risen sharply.
• Yun created three Shadow Clones to hold off the remaining enemies and formed a Fire Lotus, announcing his new technique, Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus.

Yun successfully used the Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, escaped Amegakure, and returned to the Akatsuki, whose leaders decided to resume action. Meanwhile, Doseki entered Iwagakure to provoke Roshi and draw Ōnoki away, but their fight escalated when Roshi transformed into Four-Tails and Doseki revealed a much larger Lava Giant.

• Yun used his Double Pupil to control Chakra well enough to create the Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, which exploded among the three Amegakure ninja.
• Yun dispelled his Shadow Clones, escaped the battlefield, and returned safely to the Akatsuki, where Yahiko announced that the organization would act again.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to visit Snow Country, the Land of Demons, and Rōran before upgrading the Great Formation on Kiyoshi Island.
• Doseki entered Iwagakure through a gap in its Barrier and provoked Roshi, hoping to draw Ōnoki away from the Tsuchikage Building.
• Roshi transformed into Four-Tails, and Doseki summoned a hundred-meter Lava Giant that clashed with the Tailed Beast as Ōnoki watched in alarm.

Doseki battled Roshi’s Four-Tails Complete Body with his enlarged Lava Release Gundam while a Shadow Clone infiltrated Ōnoki’s office to copy Iwagakure’s secret jutsu scroll. The battle continued as the clone began copying Dust Release and other techniques without taking the original scroll.

• Doseki summoned a hundred-meter Lava Release Gundam and fought Roshi’s Four-Tails, using the battle to train his giant combat skills.
• Ōnoki arrived and raised an Earth-Style Wall around the battlefield to limit damage to Iwagakure.
• Doseki’s Shadow Clone waited for confirmation of Ōnoki’s arrival, then entered the Tsuchikage’s office through the stone and located a trapped scroll compartment.
• The Shadow Clone retrieved a high-grade scroll containing Iwagakure’s secret jutsu, including Dust Release, and decided to copy its contents rather than steal it.
• Doseki’s Shadow Clone summoned nine more clones, and the ten began copying Dust Release, the Light-Weight Rock Technique, and other jutsu inside an Isolation Barrier.

Doseki escaped Iwagakure after copying Dust Release and two other Earth Release techniques, while the villages debated the source of his power. Back in Konoha, Hui began preparing to influence events surrounding the Third Shinobi World War and decided Rin was the person he could approach.

• Doseki's Shadow Clones copied Dust Release, the Light-Weight Rock Technique, and the Added-Weight Rock Technique before Doseki escaped Iwagakure with the scrolls.
• Doseki learned that Ōnoki had struck down his remaining Shadow Clone, but he believed the attack would make Iwagakure think he had still been present.
• Danzo ordered Root to investigate Doseki's technique, while the other village leaders suspected it had originated in Iwagakure.
• Minato Namikaze and the other five returned to Konoha, where the Hokage recorded their mission successes and Hui gained two S-Rank mission entries.
• Hui considered how to prepare for the Third Shinobi World War and chose Rin as the person he could influence in connection with the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.

Uchiha Kiyoshi reflected on how strength and careful planning could let him pursue peace in the Ninja World without neglecting his cultivation. He assigned his clones roles in preparing for the coming wars, while Hui began planning how to approach Nohara Rin in Konoha.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that fate could be changed by sufficient strength and the right methods, drawing on his successful rescue of White Fang.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi defined peace as an order capable of resolving conflicts and considered the Fourth Great Ninja War a possible opportunity to establish it.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi assigned Maka to monitor the Third Kazekage and accelerate work on One's Own Life Reincarnation, while Doseki, Yun, and Zhen continued their preparations in their respective villages and the Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi made Hui the mastermind of their preparations, planning for him to act as a Konoha Shinobi during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Hui began planning to approach Nohara Rin, but held back because she was still at the Ninja Academy and he did not want to provoke the Third Hokage.

Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to approach Rin through Medical Ninjutsu training without disrupting her destined ties to Obito and Kakashi. In the Land of Earth, Doseki studied the Dust Release scrolls and discovered that Kekkei Tōta could be formed by balancing three chakra attributes directly.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided to prepare to teach Rin Medical Ninjutsu and Water Release, while leaving Obito and Rin’s future team placement to Minato Namikaze.
• Doseki hid in a cave in the Land of Earth and assigned a Shadow Clone to study the Light-Weight Rock Technique and Added-Weight Rock Technique while he examined Dust Release.
• Doseki read the scrolls left by Mu and learned that Dust Release fused fire, earth, and wind directly rather than evolving from a Kekkei Genkai.
• Doseki concluded that Dust Release required strict balance among three attributes, with none serving as the primary element, and that losing the balance could cause annihilation.
• Doseki reasoned that balanced fusion was another method of creating Kekkei Tōta and that Mu had gained an advantage through this approach.