Chapter Summaries

After Doseki took Hyuga Hikari’s Byakugan, the Hyuga Clan’s internal conflict deepened while villages across the Ninja World placed bounties on him, unaware that Zhen had impersonated him. Meanwhile, the Kaguya Clan’s old clan head summoned its hidden ancestors after the clan suffered heavy losses, and an aged ancestor asked whether a successor had been chosen.

• The Hyuga Clan and Ao’s Kirigakure squad ended their battle after Doseki took Hyuga Hikari’s Byakugan and Hyuga Ten’s corpse.
• The Hyuga Clan fell silent as Branch House shinobi questioned Hyuga Hikari’s actions and the Caged Bird system came under scrutiny.
• Tsunade issued a bounty on Doseki, while Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure pursued the Byakugan; Doseki realized Zhen had impersonated him.
• Kaguya Zen assumed leadership after the clan head and four other Jonin died, then activated the ancestral hall’s Formation to contact the old ancestors.
• An aged Kaguya ancestor asked Kaguya Zen whether the clan had chosen its next clan head successor.

As Konoha struggled to sustain its three-front war, Tsunade refused to send Academy students to battle and hoped Minato and Hui could end their fronts soon. Meanwhile, Uchiha Kiyoshi taught Hyuga Ten and Yahiko about Natural Energy, Senjutsu, and cultivation, then claimed he could remain in his prime for at least two hundred years without external aid or side effects.

• Kaguya Zen hoped his grandson Kou’s growing strength would help resolve the clan’s crisis as Konoha’s wars continued.
• Tsunade faced a shortage of shinobi but refused to graduate Academy students early and send them to the battlefield.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi showed Hyuga Ten that a sealing formula could operate using Natural Energy rather than Chakra.
• Kiyoshi explained Natural Energy, the dangers of absorbing it, and how Senjutsu Chakra differed from the Sage Mode taught by the Sacred Lands.
• Hyuga Ten realized that Kiyoshi’s Sealing Jutsu Basics covered a broad system of ninja training, but Kiyoshi said true cultivation meant the evolution of life.
• Yahiko asked whether Kiyoshi had achieved that evolution, and Kiyoshi claimed he could remain at his peak for at least two hundred years without external means or side effects.

Uchiha Kiyoshi taught Hyuga Ten about Sealing Jutsu while considering how to forge the Golden Core path and recover the missing portion of his soul without attracting the Shinigami. On the Fire-Earth Battlefield, Minato Namikaze kept Konoha’s front from collapsing as Obito endured dangerous missions and claimed his Sharingan was close to awakening.

• Hyuga Ten and Yahiko reacted to Uchiha Kiyoshi’s longevity, and Uchiha Kiyoshi assigned a Shadow Clone to teach Hyuga Ten Sealing Jutsu while he cultivated.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reasoned that the Golden Core could be formed in the Sea of Consciousness by combining the sources of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and worried that his missing Soul Origin remained in the Pure Land.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi considered using Impure World Reincarnation to retrieve his soul but decided that provoking the Shinigami was too dangerous for now.
• Minato Namikaze and reinforcements helped Konoha halt Iwagakure’s advance, though Konoha’s dwindling numbers and heavy casualties kept the front under pressure.
• Minato Namikaze pushed Obito through dangerous missions to train him, while Kakashi occasionally provoked him; Obito boasted that his Sharingan was about to awaken.

Minato Namikaze led Team 7 on a dangerous mission to hold back a large Iwagakure force in the south. After Minato slaughtered many Rock Shinobi, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin fought the remaining enemies, with Kakashi holding off three Special Jonin while awaiting support.

• Minato Namikaze briefed Team 7 on the mission to delay an advancing force of two hundred Rock Shinobi and warned them to prioritize their safety.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kill nearly sixty Rock Shinobi before Iwagakure's Elite Jonin could stop him.
• Minato Namikaze fought Iwagakure's Jonin and directed Kakashi to take on three Special Jonin while Obito and Rin handled weaker enemies.
• Obito attacked with Explosive Fist, and Rin charged into the enemy Genin while using the Mystical Palm Technique to heal herself.
• Kakashi clashed with the three Special Jonin and used the Body Flicker Technique to keep them from attacking Obito and Rin.

Obito awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan after believing Kakashi had been killed, then used his improved abilities to fight the Rock Shinobi alongside Rin. The battle continued as two Special Jonin shifted their attack to Rin and trapped her amid collapsing earth.

• Obito used Fire Release and Explosive Fist to attack the Rock Shinobi while Rin treated his injuries.
• Kakashi dodged the Special Jonin’s Earth Release attacks and killed one with Chidori, but another buried him and stabbed a wooden post mistaken for his head.
• Believing Kakashi had died, Obito awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan; Kakashi revealed he was alive and urged him to keep fighting.
• Obito’s Sharingan improved his vision, Chakra control, and combat ability, while Rin used Chakra Scalpel to disable more than twenty Rock Shinobi.
• The two Special Jonin switched targets and attacked Rin with Earth Spear and Fissure Palm, cracking the ground beneath her and bringing rocks down around her.

Obito, Rin, and Kakashi fought off Iwagakure forces and a sudden Kirigakure Jonin, while Minato battled the remaining Iwagakure elites. Black Zetsu reported a hidden Kage Level presence to Uchiha Madara, who began wondering whether it was connected to Yun or the other mysterious figures appearing in the ninja world.

• Obito used the Sharingan and Fire Release to fight two Special Jonin while Rin recovered and attacked the other with her Chakra Scalpel.
• A Kirigakure Jonin suddenly targeted Rin, and Obito rushed to stop him as Maka failed to notice the Jonin’s arrival.
• Kakashi used Chidori to kill the wounded Special Jonin, then joined Obito to hold off the Mist Jonin while Rin handled the remaining Iwagakure ninja.
• Minato noticed the Mist Jonin but stayed to fight the last two Iwagakure Elite Jonin after Team 7’s situation stabilized.
• Black Zetsu left a White Zetsu clone to watch the battle and reported the hidden Kage Level presence to Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Madara wondered whether the hidden figure was connected to Yun and considered Doseki as a possible identity.

Minato Namikaze and Team 7 defeated the Iwagakure force and killed a Mist Jonin, while Obito awakened a Two Tomoe Sharingan. As the Third Shinobi World War reached its climax, Uchiha Fugaku rushed to confront Kaguya Kou’s attack on the Uchiha Clan.

• Minato Namikaze defeated two Iwagakure Elite Jonin and joined Kakashi and Obito’s battle against a Mist Jonin.
• Obito used his newly awakened Two Tomoe Sharingan to coordinate with Kakashi, and Team 7 killed the Mist Jonin after defeating the Iwagakure force.
• News of Minato Namikaze’s battlefield record spread, earning him the title Yellow Flash as fighting intensified across the war’s three fronts.
• Kaguya Kou led Kaguya Clan Jonin in an attack on Uchiha shinobi, and Uchiha Fugaku took his clansmen to aid them.

Uchiha Fugaku’s reinforcements joined the battle against the Kaguya Clan, but Kaguya Kou killed Uchiha Kou while saving Fugaku from a trap. The loss awakened Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan and its Amaterasu, which he used to kill Kaguya Kou and then Kaguya Zen.

• Uchiha Tao and another Jonin held off Kaguya Kou’s pursuit while retreating, buying time for the Uchiha Chunin to escape.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived with reinforcements, and the Uchiha forces fought the Kaguya Clan across a widening battlefield.
• Uchiha Kou pushed Fugaku out of the path of Kaguya Kou’s bone spikes and was fatally pierced in his place.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and burned Kaguya Kou with Amaterasu.
• Kaguya Zen rushed out from underground, and Fugaku used Amaterasu to engulf him as well.

After awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Fugaku decided to conceal his true strength and rely on it only when necessary. He drove the Kaguya Clan’s forces from the battlefield and returned to the frontline, determined to discuss Kiyoshi’s plans and the Uchiha Clan’s future with Hui.

• Uchiha Fugaku killed Kaguya Zen and the last injured Kaguya Elite Jonin, then stored Uchiha Kou’s corpse and headed for the other battlefields.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered the Mangekyō’s painful side effects, resolved to hide his Kage Level strength, and believed Kiyoshi had his own powerful plans.
• Uchiha Fugaku used an enhanced Fireball Jutsu to help defeat Kaguya Jonin as he moved across the battlefield.
• The last surviving Kaguya Elite Jonin ordered a retreat, and Uchiha Fugaku chose not to pursue the withdrawing clan members.
• Uchiha Fugaku led the Uchiha ninja back to the frontline and planned to speak with Hui about Konoha, Kiyoshi, and the Uchiha Clan’s future.

After the battle, Uchiha Fugaku grieved the Uchiha Clan’s losses and learned that Hui could resurrect the dead by sacrificing a rare White Zetsu Body. Hui resurrected Uchiha Kou in secret, while Uchiha Kiyoshi began considering how the Uchiha Clan’s Mangekyo abilities could advance his research into space.

• Uchiha Fugaku tallied the Uchiha Clan’s heavy losses, including Uchiha Kou’s death, as Hui warned the Hyuga Clan Head that Kirigakure might target his clan next.
• Hui comforted Uchiha Fugaku about the Mangekyo and revealed that Nawaki had been resurrected, explaining that his technique required a life-force-rich puppet.
• Hui used a White Zetsu Body to resurrect Uchiha Kou, who agreed to conceal his identity and live in the shadows.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Kou that Hui was Uchiha Kiyoshi, who planned to gradually reveal himself to the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi considered studying Mangekyo abilities such as Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi to develop advanced spatial techniques, including artificial Kamui.

Uchiha Kiyoshi used an enlarged Byakugan replica to investigate how its abilities worked and discovered that Spiritual Energy could activate its detection function. He then considered how to advance his Immortal Cultivation System and decided that later generations could refine its remaining breakthrough methods.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi replicated Hyuga Hikari's Byakugan at an enlarged scale with Takamagahara and found that Chakra alone could not reproduce its abilities.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi asked Hyuga Ten whether the Byakugan could function without its bulging veins, and Hyuga Ten confirmed that it could, though its effects weakened.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi sent Spiritual Energy into the replica and briefly perceived the entire island, concluding that it could act as a substitute for Soul Power.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi considered classifying Sealing Formulas by the energies they used and planned to have Rin and Ten help with that research.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi identified body forging as a bottleneck for Foundation Establishment and concluded that he should establish one advancement path while leaving other breakthrough methods to later generations.

Uchiha Kiyoshi tested Doseki’s preliminary method for stabilizing energies derived from Natural Energy and decided to advance preparations for the Golden Core while continuing research. He outlined the work needed to survive the Golden Core’s likely Thunder Tribulation and considered how the war’s end would affect his plans.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi tested Doseki’s research by combining Life Force and Physical Energy into a stable but visibly imperfect green energy.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that refining the energy could support Golden Core preparations, Alchemy, and Spiritual Plants, though further research would take time.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to accelerate his Byakugan and soul research, complete the Visualization Method, and pursue Rule comprehension and the Rinnegan’s evolution.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi resolved to develop Five Elements Fusion, combat techniques, Refining, and Talisman-Making to prepare for the Thunder Tribulation accompanying his Golden Core.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi expected the Third War to end early but warned that the ninja villages’ losses could not be reduced too much, or unification would become harder.

Uchiha Kiyoshi refined his plans for Five Elements Fusion and his cultivation system while assigning future paths to Rin and Hyuga Ten. As the war continued, Minato Namikaze considered a dangerous covert mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge, which Konoha needed to attempt despite the risks.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to focus on Magnet Release, Five Elements Fusion, and developing the Visualization Method while his clones managed affairs across the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi set Rin on the orthodox Immortal Cultivation path and envisioned Hyuga Ten building a distinct path centered on the Tenseigan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi determined that Hyuga Ten had mastered enough Sealing Jutsu to begin the Body Nourishment Technique.
• Minato Namikaze reviewed intelligence about Kannabi Bridge and weighed the risks of destroying the heavily guarded Iwagakure supply route.
• Minato Namikaze decided Konoha had to attempt the dangerous mission and would need a partner to have a chance of success.

Minato Namikaze received Tsunade’s approval for a secret operation intended to turn the war against Iwagakure, then led Team 7 and twenty special jonin toward the Land of Earth. Team 7 encountered two Rock Shinobi on the way, and Obito, Kakashi, and Rin killed one while the fight continued.

• Tsunade approved Minato Namikaze’s plan and stressed that the operation had to remain secret as Konoha prepared for Kirigakure’s final assault.
• Minato Namikaze briefed Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, then led them and twenty special jonin away from the Konoha Front toward the Land of Earth.
• Obito warned Kakashi and Rin of nearby Rock Shinobi, and the three formed up and attacked the two jonin.
• Obito used his Sharingan and Explosive Fist while Kakashi restrained one Rock Shinobi and Rin’s Water Release-coated kunai disrupted him.
• Obito struck the restrained Rock Shinobi with a flaming punch, killing him, while the other Rock Shinobi remained in the fight.

Minato Namikaze intercepted Maka, the hidden Kage Level shinobi who had been following Team 7, and fought him to assess the threat. Maka revealed his own space-time techniques and began showing Minato a way to use Flying Thunder God beyond marked kunai, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Team 7 defeated the remaining Rock Shinobi, questioned him, killed him, and continued toward their destination by the backup route.
• Minato Namikaze left the Konoha Front and intercepted Maka, whom he recognized as a rogue ninja from Sunagakure who had been shadowing his students.
• Minato attacked Maka with Flying Thunder God, but Maka matched his Rasengan and defended against his rapid movements.
• Maka revealed a space-time technique that let him move between prepared points without relying on kunai, alarming Minato and making him suspect a connection to Doseki and the Immortal Organization.
• Maka repeatedly attacked Minato with a Rasengan, then demonstrated that Minato's attempt to mark a tree with Flying Thunder God had failed.

Maka demonstrated his advanced Space-Time Ninjutsu to Minato Namikaze, prompting Minato to improve the Flying Thunder God formula before the early Battle of Kannabi Bridge. Meanwhile, Yun traveled to Kiyoshi Island, where Yahiko learned his connection to the Immortal Organization, and Uchiha Kiyoshi began modifying Yun’s eyes.

• Maka teleported through the surrounding space to demonstrate his technique, and Minato Namikaze realized how he could expand the Flying Thunder God formula.
• Minato Namikaze refined the formula while traveling toward Kannabi Bridge and prepared to face stronger-than-expected defenders.
• Konan sent Yun to recruit Sasori for the Akatsuki, and Yun left Amegakure for Wind Country.
• Yun used the Substitution Body Flicker Technique to reach Kiyoshi Island, where Yahiko recognized him and learned Uchiha Kiyoshi’s account of Yun’s past.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi took Yun into the Laboratory, set up a Barrier, and began modifying his eyes.

Uchiha Kiyoshi upgraded Yun’s Double Pupil with the Byakugan’s detection ability, then taught Yahiko refinements to the Substitution Technique. At the Konoha command post, Orochimaru connected Jiraiya’s prophecy of a white-robed Immortal with blood-red eyes to Uchiha Kiyoshi and began looking down on Jiraiya for missing the answer.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi expanded Yun’s Double Pupil and added the Byakugan’s detection ability, which Yun tested by accumulating enough Dojutsu Power to use it for half an hour.
• Yun left the laboratory, and Yahiko asked Uchiha Kiyoshi about the Substitution Body Flicker Technique.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi explained that the technique required advanced Sealing Jutsu, then taught Yahiko refinements to the basic Substitution Technique that could increase its range five or six times.
• Yahiko reported his progress in Air Circular Slash and Lightning Body Tempering, and Uchiha Kiyoshi said he could go on missions after completing his Air Circular Slash training.
• At the Konoha command post, Jiraiya questioned Orochimaru about Senjutsu and continued puzzling over the prophecy of a white-robed Immortal with blood-red eyes.
• Orochimaru realized that the prophecy described Uchiha Kiyoshi and privately mocked Jiraiya for failing to work it out.

Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s forces in a night assault on Iwagakure’s guards near Kannabi Bridge while Kakashi, Obito, and Rin pushed toward the bridge. The chapter ended with Team 7 trapping an Iwagakure Elite Jonin in a coordinated attack as the battle continued.

• Orochimaru privately suspected that Uchiha Kiyoshi had become Doseki and reasoned that Kiyoshi had helped Hui gain his strength, but he kept his suspicions from Jiraiya.
• Minato Namikaze gathered his forces near Kannabi Bridge, assigned Kakashi, Obito, and Rin to destroy it, and led a night attack on the Iwagakure guards.
• Konoha’s Special Operations Squad hit the Rock Shinobi with combined Fire and Wind Release, while Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to kill several Jonin and hold the enemy’s attention.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin slipped toward Kannabi Bridge, killed pursuers, and evaded Earth Release attacks before an Iwagakure Elite Jonin confronted them.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin combined their techniques to pressure the Elite Jonin, and Rin’s Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique surrounded him with five kunai.

Obito, Rin, and Kakashi defeated an Iwagakure Elite Jonin through coordinated attacks, while Kirigakure summoned Shin to lead a mission to capture the Three-Tails. Shin and the Yuki Clan ninja reached the beast’s island, where the Three-Tails emerged and ordered them to leave.

• Obito used Flame Burst to kill the Iwagakure Elite Jonin after Rin’s Water Explosion Technique and his Sharingan genjutsu disrupted the enemy.
• Rin treated Obito’s injured legs with the Mystical Palm Technique, and Kakashi dismissed Obito’s boastful celebration.
• The Third Mizukage summoned Shin and five other Kirigakure ninja, then brought in three Yuki Clan members and assigned Shin to lead them.
• The Third Mizukage ordered the group to seal the Three-Tails and bring it back to Kirigakure.
• Shin led the eight others to an uninhabited island in the west of Water Country, where the Three-Tails surfaced and told them to leave.

Shin and eight Kirigakure ninjas sealed the Three-Tails into a special scroll, though the scroll could not hold it for long. At the Konoha Front, Hui agreed with the commanders to launch a decisive battle against Kirigakure.

• Shin fought the enraged Three-Tails while the other eight Kirigakure ninjas took their positions and prepared the sealing scrolls.
• Shin wounded the Three-Tails and called for the sealing operation to begin.
• Shin and the eight ninjas used the Four Symbols Seal to draw the Three-Tails and its Tailed Beast Ball into a specially made scroll.
• Shin urged the Kirigakure group to return to the village quickly before the scroll failed.
• A Nara Clan Jonin suggested Kirigakure's strange operations indicated it was occupied with a secret mission, and Hui guided the Konoha commanders toward a decisive battle.
• Hui agreed to launch the decisive battle against Kirigakure.