Chapter Summaries

Tobirama Senju learned how Konoha and the ninja world had changed and agreed to Uchiha Qi’s plan to educate him before putting his skills to use. Uchiha Qi reunited him with the Fire Keeper, who promised to stay by his side, and Tobirama accepted her with a simple “Okay.”

• Tobirama Senju reviewed Konoha’s history and the recent changes brought by the Uchiha Clan, and he criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi’s past mistakes while acknowledging his final decisions.
• Tobirama Senju asked Uchiha Qi what he wanted him to do, and Uchiha Qi said he would first need systematic study in a time-accelerated school.
• Uchiha Qi brought the Fire Keeper to Tobirama Senju, and she greeted him as the Ashen One and asked to remain by his side.
• Tobirama Senju accepted the Fire Keeper’s promise with the word “Okay,” while Uchiha Qi secretly recorded their reunion and began editing a highlight reel.

Uchiha Qi launched the real-time strategy game "Ninja World War," whose detailed cosmic setting led Minato Namikaze to ask whether its Burning Legion was real. Uchiha Qi answered uncertainly and revealed that the Otsutsuki Clan had shaped the ninja world and that many ninja clans descended from them, leaving Minato stunned by the revelations.

• Uchiha Qi released "Ninja World War," combining large-scale battles and strategy gameplay, and Konoha's leaders saw its internal version as a tool for training commanders.
• Players encountered the game's story of the Burning Legion and its threats from beyond the ninja world, prompting speculation about life among the stars.
• Minato Namikaze, worried that the Burning Legion might exist, asked Uchiha Qi whether it was real.
• Uchiha Qi said he did not know, then revealed that the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hamura, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Black Zetsu were connected to the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Uchiha Qi told Minato that many ninja clans descended from the Otsutsuki and that even Lord Madara at his peak could be killed with one blow by a powerful Otsutsuki, leaving Minato dazed.

Uchiha Qi prepared to reveal more of the ninja world’s secrets while Konoha’s new real-time strategy game, “Ninja World War,” drew widespread anticipation. He summoned Hatake Sakumo and sent him into the world of Ashina, where Sakumo awoke as Wolf, sworn to save his master.

• Uchiha Qi decided the threat from Uchiha Madara had eased and planned to share deeper secrets with Minato Namikaze and others.
• People across the ninja world eagerly discussed the upcoming “Ninja World War” game and its faction-based gameplay.
• Uchiha Qi scheduled a game launch event for a month later, with broadcasts planned through the Genjutsu Network and newly developed television technology.
• Uchiha Qi summoned Hatake Sakumo and told him he was in the land of Ashina, where a new story awaited him.
• Hatake Sakumo awoke in Ashina as Wolf, with unfamiliar memories and powers, and resolved to save his master.

Uchiha Qi watched Hatake Sakumo adjust to his new life as Wolf, checked on Tobirama Senju and the Fire Keeper, and prepared Kikyo Uzumaki to lead media coverage of the coming Ninja World War. Kikyo was ready to make her public debut at the press conference scheduled for the following month.

• Uchiha Qi sent Hatake Sakumo into the world of Sekiro, where Sakumo struggled to understand his new identity and began producing Golden Spirit.
• Uchiha Qi checked on Tobirama Senju, who continued studying beside the Fire Keeper without taking a break, while Uchiha Qi resisted the urge to make her reject him.
• Uchiha Qi observed Kikyo Uzumaki completing her accelerated studies in journalism and ideological warfare with help from his Flicker of Inspiration skill.
• Uchiha Qi told Kikyo that the Ninja World War press conference would take place next month and asked whether she was ready.
• Kikyo told Uchiha Qi she was eager to help him, marking her debut as the ninja world's Media Queen.

Kikyo launched the Konoha Uzumaki Newspaper Agency and proved she could lead its staff with confidence and skill. She recruited Sachima as her assistant, knowing Sachima was a Kumogakure spy whose sealed memories left her talents available to use for now, and prepared to put the first newspaper on sale two days later.

• Kikyo officially opened the Konoha Uzumaki Newspaper Agency and assigned its founding employees their roles using prepared manuals.
• Kikyo taught the content staff to report the ninja world's events truthfully and firmly sent an employee to study the manual after he admitted he did not understand media work.
• Kikyo planned to formalize The Public Intellectual magazine by taking over its management from Uchiha Qi.
• Kikyo appointed Sachima as her assistant after praising her paperwork and administrative skills.
• After Sachima left to prepare for her new position, Kikyo reflected that Sachima was a Kumogakure spy with sealed memories and decided to make use of her abilities until the seal was restored.
• Kikyo's first newspaper was scheduled to go on sale two days later.

Uzumaki Weekly launched across the ninja world, establishing its credibility and provoking envy of Konoha’s Genjutsu Games. Uchiha Qi then checked on Hatake Sakumo, who had advanced through Sekiro and was nearing the end of its story.

• Konoha’s leaders approved Uzumaki Weekly, and Kikyo explained how its readers and the Gaming Guild’s shops would bring news to ordinary civilians.
• Readers and village Kage bought the first issue, whose broad reporting and Genjutsu Games coverage earned attention and intensified other villages’ envy of Konoha.
• Kikyo directed the newspaper staff to maintain an impartial, truthful image so readers would trust it.
• Uchiha Qi inspected the Spiritual Network and found that Hatake Sakumo had traveled across the game’s island, returned to Ashina, and begun rescuing his master.
• Hatake Sakumo fought through Ashina and its surrounding areas, and he was now pursuing a way to sever the Dragon’s Heritage and end immortality.

Hatake Sakumo defeated the Divine Dragon with the Mortal Blade, weakening the source of immortality and restoring the land. He returned to find Kuro Hirata captured, and Genichiro Ashina summoned Isshin Ashina for a final duel that Sakumo could not avoid.

• Hatake Sakumo confronted the Divine Dragon in its divine dwelling and endured its lightning and storm attacks.
• Hatake Sakumo redirected the Divine Dragon’s lightning, wounded it with the Mortal Blade, and suppressed its immortality.
• After seven days and seven nights, Hatake Sakumo killed the Divine Dragon, releasing its power into the land and obtaining the item needed to sever immortality.
• Hatake Sakumo returned to find that Genichiro Ashina had captured Kuro Hirata, and he defeated Genichiro when he tried to sacrifice Kuro.
• Genichiro Ashina sacrificed himself to bring Isshin Ashina back in his prime, and Hatake Sakumo began the final duel against him.

Hatake Sakumo returned from the Sekiro illusion after defeating immortality and confronting his past, then learned that Kakashi had healed and honored him as a hero. He accepted a new life, pledged loyalty to Uchiha Qi, and reunited with Konoha’s leaders and his former comrades.

• Hatake Sakumo woke in Uchiha Qi’s residence, where Uchiha Qi confirmed that he had overcome the illusion and his inner demons.
• Hatake Sakumo asked about Kakashi, and Uchiha Qi explained that Kakashi had recovered from his grief and regarded his father as a hero.
• Uchiha Qi told Hatake Sakumo that Konoha had changed and that the village still remembered him as its hero.
• Hatake Sakumo accepted Uchiha Qi’s explanation of the Genjutsu World and asked to meet Kakashi, then pledged loyalty to Uchiha Qi.
• Uchiha Qi introduced Hatake Sakumo to the Spiritual Network’s users, including Hashirama Senju, Nawaki, and Minato Namikaze, and Hatake Sakumo learned that Tsunade would become Fourth Hokage.
• Minato Namikaze and the Three Sannin arrived to meet Hatake Sakumo, their former comrade.

Uchiha Qi used his accumulated Golden Spirit for two ten-pulls, winning a dark-gold Spiritual Network Fixed-Point Signal Generator and a gold Super Stamina Potion. After drinking the potion, he unexpectedly awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and left the story stunned by his sudden transformation.

• Uchiha Qi spent his first ten-pull and obtained a dark-gold Spiritual Network Fixed-Point Signal Generator with a range suited to extending the network toward Rōran.
• Uchiha Qi stored the Signal Generator and considered how it could provide Rōran and nearby lands with stable Spiritual Network access.
• Uchiha Qi used his remaining Golden Spirit on another ten-pull, triggered hard pity, and received a gold Super Stamina Potion.
• Uchiha Qi drank the potion and activated an isolation barrier as his Chakra surged and his Sharingan transformed.
• Uchiha Qi awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan directly, with his Yin Release Chakra growing dramatically.

Uchiha Qi discovered that his left Mangekyō ability could combine with Call of the Dead to summon Heroic Spirits from the Spiritual Network into reality. He successfully summoned Hatake Sakumo and named the ability Heroic Spirit Manifestation, leaving him able to bring the dead into the real world indefinitely at a substantial cost in ocular power and Chakra.

• Uchiha Qi examined his Mangekyō abilities and realized his left eye could manifest spiritual bodies, which might work with Call of the Dead to summon Heroic Spirits.
• Uchiha Qi explained the experiment to Hatake Sakumo, who agreed after confirming that the Genjutsu World would remain confidential and said he wanted to see Kakashi.
• Uchiha Qi used his left eye to summon Hatake Sakumo into the real world, and the experiment succeeded without incident.
• Hatake Sakumo examined himself, allowing Uchiha Qi to see his health, Chakra, attributes, and Mid Kage-level rating through the Mangekyō.
• Uchiha Qi learned that Hatake Sakumo could remain manifested indefinitely unless dismissed, though sustaining the ability consumed ocular power and Chakra, and he named it Heroic Spirit Manifestation.

Uchiha Qi tested his right Mangekyo Sharingan, naming its game-data ability Divine Descent, while privately calling it O-God Startup. Hatake Sakumo explored New Konoha in disguise and learned that Kakashi had returned, leaving him nervous about meeting his son.

• Uchiha Qi used his right eye to turn targets into game data, tested it on himself, and named the ability Divine Descent.
• Hatake Sakumo disguised himself with a Spiritual Network mod and walked through Konoha, amazed by how much the village had changed.
• Hatake Sakumo visited the newly built district and recognized the scale of Uchiha Qi's contributions to New Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze messaged Hatake Sakumo that Kakashi had returned and told him where to find his son.
• Hatake Sakumo thanked Minato Namikaze but grew anxious about facing Kakashi because he felt guilty toward him.

Hatake Sakumo visited the Konoha Game Arcade to find Hatake Kakashi and learned how the guild operated while waiting for him. After Kakashi and his companions finally emerged at night, Sakumo confronted his son and ordered him to come to the Survival Training Ground.

• Hatake Sakumo entered the Konoha Game Arcade with Uchiha Qi’s black-gold card and asked an attendant where Kakashi and his companions were.
• An attendant verified the card, and a Yamanaka Clan manager confirmed it was genuine while asking about Sakumo’s relationship with Uchiha Qi.
• Sakumo identified himself as Uchiha Qi’s Shadow Warrior, and the manager told him Kakashi and the others were playing in a VIP private room.
• Sakumo declined to play a genjutsu game and waited in the VIP lounge until nightfall.
• Kakashi and his companions emerged from the Game Arcade, and Sakumo ordered Kakashi to follow him to the Survival Training Ground.

Hatake Sakumo, revived from the Genjutsu World by Uchiha Qi, met Kakashi and his teammates and began assessing them at Survival Training Ground No. 5. Minato confirmed Sakumo’s identity and revealed Qi’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, while Sakumo introduced himself to Kakashi and Obito as Wolf.

• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi, Obito, and Rin that Lord Qi had sent him and ordered them to meet him at Survival Training Ground No. 5 within ten minutes.
• Kakashi sent Rin to verify Sakumo’s identity with Minato while he and Obito went to the training ground; Minato confirmed Sakumo was genuine.
• Minato told Kushina that Qi had awakened an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and used its power to bring Sakumo back from the Genjutsu World.
• Kakashi and Obito reached the training ground before the deadline, and Sakumo praised their Taijutsu after using the journey to assess them.
• Sakumo told Kakashi and Obito to call him Wolf.

Hatake Sakumo trained Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin as Wolf, then agreed to continue training them every two days. Uchiha Qi told Hashirama Senju that he could meet Uchiha Madara offline using his game avatar, and began plotting to bring them together at an upcoming game launch event.

• Hatake Sakumo overwhelmed Kakashi and Uchiha Obito in combat training, then made Nohara Rin join them when she arrived.
• Hatake Sakumo ended the exhausting session by announcing that he would train the three children every two days, and they accepted the plan without resentment.
• Uchiha Qi approved Hatake Sakumo's training schedule and explained that Heroic Spirits could go out into the real world using disguised game avatars.
• Uchiha Qi told Hashirama Senju that he could meet Uchiha Madara offline as Muzi, which delighted Hashirama Senju, while Nawaki decided to meet his friends as Naruko.
• Uchiha Qi suggested using the upcoming game launch event to arrange an offline meeting, anticipating that Uchiha Madara would resist because his real appearance differed greatly from his youthful game avatar.

Muzi invited Uchiha Madara to meet offline, leaving him torn between hiding his true age and accepting her sincere invitation. Meanwhile, Nawaki and the three children agreed to attend the new game's launch event, while Hatake Sakumo's intense training continued to strengthen the young ninjas.

• Muzi invited Uchiha Madara to meet in person and attend the launch event together, but he only said he would think about it because he feared revealing his real age.
• Nawaki invited the three children to meet offline, and they accepted eagerly after learning he could leave the genjutsu world.
• The three children planned to ask Senior Wolf for leave so they could attend the event, as his demanding training had become part of their routine.
• Hatake Sakumo trained Might Guy, Kakashi, and Obito, while Might Duy became busy working overtime at the Konoha Gaming Guild.
• Kakashi improved his Hatake Swordsmanship under Hatake Sakumo's guidance, and Obito pushed himself harder so he would not fall behind Kakashi.

Hatake Sakumo’s training helped Minato’s Team improve, while the upcoming Genjutsu Game launch drew widespread attention and alarmed the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and Black Zetsu. The Third Kazekage and Third Raikage planned to visit Konoha, giving Black Zetsu an opportunity to try to hasten a Ninja World War.

• Hatake Sakumo trained Nohara Rin in observation and survival, and all four youngsters grew stronger under his guidance.
• Minato’s Team planned to ask senior Wolf for leave so they could meet Nawaki at the Game Launch Event.
• The Land of Fire’s Daimyo grew suspicious of Konoha’s television broadcasting and moved his plan against the village up from three years to two.
• Black Zetsu feared Konoha’s rapid development and began looking for a way to provoke the major ninja villages into an earlier war.
• The Third Kazekage and Third Raikage requested permission to attend the event, hoping to investigate Konoha’s games, broadcasts, and recent growth.
• Konoha approved both Kage’s visits, and Black Zetsu saw their presence as a chance to advance his schemes.

The Third Raikage’s delegation arrived in Konoha and was stunned by the village’s rapid development, while Yotsuki Ai challenged Minato Namikaze to a speed contest. After the delegations settled in, the Third Kazekage visited the Third Raikage, and they began discussing Konoha’s transformation.

• The Third Raikage and his delegation saw New Konoha and questioned their assumptions about the village’s development.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed the Kumogakure delegation, and Yotsuki Ai challenged Minato Namikaze to prove who was the fastest ninja.
• The Third Raikage struck Yotsuki Ai and apologized for his provocation, but Minato Namikaze later agreed to a match after the press conference.
• The Kumogakure delegation moved into its prepared residence, where the Third Kazekage and Rasa came to visit.
• The Third Raikage asked the Third Kazekage what he thought of Konoha, and the Third Kazekage described its changes as unfamiliar, prosperous, and unsettling.

Rasa persuaded the Third Kazekage and Third Raikage that Konoha’s prosperity concealed corruption and would weaken the village, easing their fears about Konoha’s rise. Black Zetsu resolved to prevent them from accepting that explanation, while Orochimaru and Sasori made a new breakthrough in their Dragon Veins research in the Country of Roran.

• The Third Kazekage praised Konoha’s prosperity but argued that such growth was unsuitable for a ninja village, then called on Rasa to explain.
• Rasa described Konoha’s bureaucracy, greed, and careless leaks of intelligence as signs that its prosperity was already producing corruption and decay.
• Rasa claimed Hashirama Senju had deliberately kept Konoha small because he foresaw the dangers of turning a village into a city, persuading the Raikage and others that Konoha would weaken itself.
• Black Zetsu secretly listened to the meeting and decided to act so Sunagakure and Kumogakure would not dismiss Konoha’s development as a path to ruin.
• Orochimaru and Sasori achieved a new breakthrough in their Dragon Veins research in the Country of Roran after an unexpected development.

Uchiha Qi activated his Shadow Clone in Rōran and met Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sai, who had traveled from a parallel future through the Dragon Veins while pursuing Mukade. Orochimaru and Sasori had captured Mukade and investigated the visitors, leaving Orochimaru fascinated by the parallel world and its differences from their own.

• Uchiha Qi learned that visitors had arrived from the future and activated his Shadow Clone in Rōran to meet them.
• Uchiha Qi recognized Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sai as the travelers from Lost Tower, while Orochimaru and Sasori had already captured Mukade.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Qi that Naruto had demanded the return of Sasuke, and he concluded the visitors came from a parallel time and space.
• Orochimaru and Sasori verified the visitors' identities and learned that Sakura carried Senju blood, Sai's brother had served in Root, and Naruto was Minato and Kushina's son and the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki.

Uchiha Qi and Orochimaru discussed how Qi had changed their world, while Orochimaru and Sasori explained how they captured Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sai after the trio arrived from a parallel world. After learning Naruto was likely the son he had never met, Minato Namikaze arrived and asked to speak with him.

• Orochimaru pointed out that the parallel world had no record of Uchiha Qi, the Genjutsu Game, or the Genjutsu Network, and Qi offered no comment on his impact.
• Mukade emerged from the Dragon Veins and attacked Orochimaru, Sasori, and their Puppet Clones, who defeated him and extracted his memories.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sai arrived half a day later, attacked Orochimaru and Sasori, and were captured after barriers and sealing techniques stripped away their powers.
• Uchiha Qi messaged Minato Namikaze a photo of Naruto and a DNA report showing a high probability that Naruto was Minato and Kushina Uzumaki's son.
• Minato Namikaze came in person, learned Naruto was his parallel-world son, and asked Uchiha Qi to let him speak with the boy.