Chapter Summaries

Kyosuke entered the Serpent Pool to accelerate his Sage Mode training, but a surge of Natural Energy overwhelmed him until Shinki intervened. He awakened having mastered Sage Mode and discovered that it could be upgraded through the System Menu.

• Shinki brought Kyosuke to the Serpent Pool and warned him that its abundant Natural Energy could kill him or turn him into a mindless poisonous snake.
• Kyosuke jumped into the pool and began converting the Natural Energy, using Sage Chakra stored in his Curse Mark to stabilize himself.
• Natural Energy suddenly surged faster, and Kyosuke used his Eye Power to resist and briefly make some of it transform into Sage Chakra.
• Kyosuke’s Sharingan shut down as the Natural Energy overwhelmed him, and he lost consciousness after seeing a naked figure leap into the pool.
• Kyosuke awoke in Shinki’s cave with Sage Mode mastered and saw that Sage Mode LV1 could be upgraded with Experience Points.

Kyosuke trained in Sage Mode with Shinki in Ryūchi Cave, learned about Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, and grew close to her before preparing to return to the battlefield. The White Snake Sage arranged his departure while keeping Shinki’s condition and Ryūchi Cave’s future calamity from him.

• Kyosuke sparred with Shinki, demonstrated his new Sage Art: Blinding Blaze, and learned how Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation worked.
• Shinki taught Kyosuke how to cultivate Inorganic Reincarnation, and the two shared a warm dinner before Kyosuke asked if he could summon her to the war.
• Shinki refused to leave Ryūchi Cave, and Kyosuke told her he would miss her before she asked him to visit again.
• After three months of training, Kyosuke asked the White Snake Sage to send him back to the battlefield, and she arranged for him to be reverse-summoned.
• Ichikishimahime questioned why the White Snake Sage had let Kyosuke leave, and the White Snake Sage explained that Ryūchi Cave would need his support to survive a future calamity.

Kyosuke traveled toward the battlefield and was mistaken by Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato for the man who had attacked Konan. Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull Kyosuke toward him, leaving a fight about to begin.

• Kyosuke skirted the Sand Shinobi defensive line and traveled along the Land of Rain toward the Land of Fire.
• Yahiko's Akatsuki protected a village from Ronin, and Konan's paper shuriken were weakened by the rain.
• The scar-faced Ronin tricked Konan and attacked her, but Yahiko kicked him away before the trio chased after him.
• A White Zetsu clone pulled the fleeing Ronin underground and said the show was about to begin.
• Yahiko and Nagato caught up with Kyosuke, mistook him for Konan's attacker, and Nagato used Banshō Ten'in on him.

Kyosuke fought Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, then used the chaos to escape without seriously harming them. After the trio left, a white figure reported that Kyosuke had become a major threat and vowed to be more careful in future schemes.

• Kyosuke activated Sage Mode and escaped Nagato’s gravitational pull while fending off attacks from Yahiko and Konan.
• Kyosuke used a Snake Shadow to bind Konan, then set off an explosion in the ground to force Nagato and Yahiko to retreat.
• Konan returned unharmed, and Yahiko questioned why Kyosuke had attacked them before deciding the group should stay alert.
• Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan concluded that Kyosuke had retreated because they were harder to defeat than expected, then left the area.
• A white figure emerged after the trio departed and said Kyosuke’s strength had grown enough to threaten Madara’s plans.

Kyosuke concluded that White Zetsu had framed him on Madara Uchiha’s orders and hurried back to the Southwest Battlefield. He arrived as the Konoha commanders discussed their worsening war with Sunagakure, and his return gave them a chance to strike back.

• Kyosuke realized White Zetsu had impersonated him and suspected Madara Uchiha had marked him for elimination.
• Kyosuke headed for the Southwest Battlefield after warning himself to stay alert.
• Orochimaru and the others discussed Sunagakure’s increasingly fierce attacks, while Fugaku weighed the risks of using his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Saori revealed that she had advanced to Elite Jonin and suggested joining forces with Kyosuke and Orochimaru to ambush Binjing.
• Kyosuke returned to the camp, where Saori recognized him and the group welcomed him back.

Orochimaru’s group planned an ambush against Sand Shinobi commander Binjing, while Saori led a team through the fighting and Rasa faced Fugaku elsewhere. The battle began at the ambush site, where Chiyo attacked the Southwest Army and an unseen fighter struck with Gentle Fist.

• Orochimaru explained why Binjing was a better ambush target than Rasa, and Kyosuke revealed that his Sage Mode lasted about thirty seconds.
• Saori led a team through Sand Shinobi forces toward Orochimaru’s battlefield while Rasa fought Fugaku and launched a massive sandstorm.
• Binjing detected Orochimaru’s ambush and forced him and his troops into the open with coordinated Fire and Wind Release.
• The Sand Shinobi and Southwest Army charged into battle as Binjing led Jonin against Manda and Chiyo attacked Konoha’s rear troops.
• Chiyo’s controlled Kunai threatened more Konoha ninjas before a distant voice called out Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

Chiyo overwhelmed Saori Hyuga, Number 13, and Secret Ninja Number 7 with her puppet techniques as they tried to hold her back from interfering with the ambush on Orochimaru. Saori destroyed three of Chiyo’s Ten Puppets of Monzaemon, but the two surviving fighters charged into battle again while Number 13 lay seriously injured.

• Chiyo used Skillful Performance of a Living Body to control many Konoha ninjas, then fought off Saori, Number 13, and Secret Ninja Number 7.
• Chiyo summoned the Ten Puppets of Monzaemon and trapped Saori and Number 13 inside a chakra-sealing barrier while her puppets attacked them.
• Number 7 was pinned by a puppet, and Chiyo’s blade-wielding puppet cut him down, but his body turned into butterflies after Number 13 used Sharingan Genjutsu.
• Chiyo’s bull-headed puppet struck Number 13 and sent her flying, while Saori escaped the barrier and smashed three puppets with Crushing Dragon Strike.
• Number 7 rejoined Saori and prepared Chidori, and the two charged the remaining puppets to keep Chiyo occupied until the ambush on Orochimaru succeeded.

Orochimaru and Kyosuke joined forces to overpower Binjing, leaving the Sand Shinobi commander gravely wounded. With Konoha forces holding back his allies, they approached Binjing to finish the fight.

• Orochimaru stalled Binjing until Binjing struck him with an invisible wind shuriken and severed his arm.
• Orochimaru escaped his injured body with the Orochi Style Substitution Technique, distracting Binjing long enough for Kyosuke to stab him.
• Kyosuke entered Sage Mode, recognized by Binjing, and attacked him with his Snake Shadows and Sage Art: Flame Dragon Strike.
• Binjing’s Tornado Hurricane dispelled the flames, but the Sage Chakra-filled Snake Shadows struck him and sent him flying.
• Orochimaru detonated a poisonous snake with Evil Snake Arm Explosion, severely injuring Binjing as Konoha ninjas blocked the Sand Shinobi from reaching him.
• Orochimaru and Kyosuke walked toward the fallen Binjing.

Kyosuke and Orochimaru battled the wounded Binjing while waiting for Kyosuke to enter Sage Mode and prepare a decisive sword strike. Kyosuke landed his Sage Art: Immovable Flame Slash, leaving Binjing badly weakened and unable to withstand their combined attacks.

• Binjing pretended to be more injured than he was and signaled a subordinate to fetch Elder Chiyo while Kyosuke and Orochimaru kept their distance.
• Kyosuke revealed that he had recognized Binjing's stalling and finished entering Sage Mode as he and Orochimaru charged.
• Orochimaru attacked with Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Evil Snake Meandering, but Binjing dodged the shuriken and destroyed a giant snake with one punch.
• Orochimaru restrained Binjing with poisonous snakes to give Kyosuke time to ready a powerful sword technique.
• Binjing charged Kyosuke with Wind Release: Wind Blade, but Kyosuke drew the Murakumo Blade and struck him with Sage Art: Immovable Flame Slash.

Kyosuke killed Binjing, breaking the Sand Shinobi’s confidence and turning the Southwest Army’s campaign into a sustained offensive. After the Sand Shinobi barely held their ground for two months, Konoha ordered Kyosuke to reinforce the Land of Whirlpools battlefield against Mizukage Yagura.

• Binjing died after unleashing a final Wind Release attack, and Kyosuke and Orochimaru survived it behind Rashomon.
• Chiyo rushed to the battlefield, learned Binjing had been killed, and found Kyosuke holding the Sand Shinobi army’s command token.
• After Rasa’s forces arrived, Chiyo ordered a retreat, but Orochimaru led the Southwest Army in pursuit and inflicted heavy losses before the Sand Shinobi reached their fortified camp.
• Over the next two months, the Sand Shinobi repeatedly lost battles and could only hold their position after Ebizo brought in reinforcements from the Land of Wind.
• Konoha ordered Kyosuke to take part of the Southwest Army to the Land of Whirlpools, where Mizukage Yagura had arrived and Konoha’s clans had suffered severe casualties.

Kyosuke received orders to reinforce the Land of Whirlpools battlefield and took command of a hundred battle-hardened Konoha ninjas. After leaving Saori Hyuga behind, he led his unit east and reached the coast, where they prepared to cross to the battlefield.

• Orochimaru briefed Kyosuke on the dangerous Land of Whirlpools battlefield and assigned him a hundred capable ninjas.
• Kyosuke told Saori Hyuga to stay behind, and she accepted after Number 13 persuaded her, then embraced Kyosuke before he departed.
• Kyosuke led his unit out of the Southwest Army camp, while Fugaku Uchiha and Ukyo Uchiha discussed his growing strength.
• After seven days of travel, Kyosuke's unit reached the eastern coast of the Land of Fire, and he ordered a two-hour rest before crossing the water.
• Kyosuke checked his System Menu and found that his Swordsmanship Training had reached Level 10; he planned to improve his illusion techniques next.

Minazuki Saya led the Yuki Clan in an ambush against Kyosuke’s Konoha force, believing the young Uchiha was no threat. Kyosuke’s troops broke through the Mist assault, and he gained the upper hand when Saya challenged him in close combat.

• Minazuki Ayame questioned the haste of the operation, but Minazuki Saya let a clan member rebuke her and ordered the force onward.
• A Hyuga scout warned Kyosuke that around seventy Mist Ninja Forces were approaching, so he prepared his legion for battle.
• Kyosuke’s force met the Mist ninjas on the coast and countered their water defense with a coordinated Fire Release attack.
• Kyosuke dispersed the steam with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, disrupting the enemy formation and allowing his troops to kill more than twenty ninjas.
• Minazuki Saya tried to attack Kyosuke with an ice sword, but he blocked her strike, deflected her weapon, and thrust toward her chest.

Kyosuke battled Minazuki Saya, the Yuki Clan head, as she unleashed increasingly powerful ice techniques against him and his forces. After Kyosuke countered her attacks with Sage Art, Saya activated her Third Stage ability, Cold Moon Frost Flower, just as his Sage Mode began to fade.

• Kyosuke used a Shadow Clone to wound Minazuki Saya, while Ayame saved Saya from his next attack with Water Formation Wall.
• Saya unleashed Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death, then trapped Kyosuke and the surrounding fighters inside Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals and attacked them with Ice Blade Barrage.
• Kyosuke revealed that the figure emerging from the earthen barrier was a Shadow Clone and destroyed Saya's ice needles and clouds with Sage Art: Wind Fire Gilded Gold.
• Saya explained that she had developed her bloodline limit to the Third Stage, while Kyosuke's Sage Mode weakened and his snake-shadow wings vanished.
• Saya activated Secret Technique: Cold Moon Frost Flower across the Ice Mirrors.

Kyosuke and his two Secret Ninja fought Minazuki Saya inside the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals until Konoha reinforcements led by Hyuga Hiashi forced her to retreat. After counting their casualties, Kyosuke asked Hiashi about the battle on the Whirlpool Country battlefield as the force set off.

• Minazuki Saya’s attack wounded Number 7, and Kyosuke activated Sage Mode to protect Number 13 and prepare a breakout.
• Kyosuke struck Minazuki Saya with Sage Art: Blinding Blaze, recognized that her movement relied on the Ice Mirrors, and tried to destroy them.
• Minazuki Saya used the Hidden Mist Technique to block Kyosuke’s efforts, then fled toward the Land of Bears when she learned Konoha reinforcements had arrived.
• Hyuga Hiashi’s forces arrived, and Kyosuke handed the badly injured Number 7 to a medical ninja before checking the unit’s casualties with Hiashi.
• Kyosuke asked Hyuga Hiashi about the Whirlpool Country battlefield, and the force began marching there.

Kyosuke joined the Eastern Army’s command meeting and recommended targeting the Kaguya Clan first, citing their large numbers and refusal to retreat. After other commanders doubted his ability to defeat their leader, Kaguya Gengetsu, Kyosuke demonstrated his power, and Mitarashi Kiyoshi assigned him the third battlefield.

• Kyosuke arrived at the Eastern Army camp with reinforcements and met supreme commander Mitarashi Kiyoshi.
• Mitarashi Kiyoshi and the other leaders reviewed Kirigakure’s scattered forces and debated which battlefield to target first.
• Kyosuke recommended attacking the Kaguya Clan and volunteered to defeat Kaguya Gengetsu while helping prevent the enemy from escaping.
• When the commanders doubted him, Kyosuke released his Elite Jonin aura, killing intent, and Sage Mode power to establish his strength.
• Mitarashi Kiyoshi assigned Kyosuke the Kaguya Clan battlefield, and Kyosuke accepted.

Kyosuke reunited with Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai, and met Guy’s father, Might Duy, while learning about their assignments on the battlefield. The next day, Kyosuke’s legion arrived as the Kaguya Clan charged toward Konoha’s main camp, and Kyosuke prepared to face them.

• Kyosuke reunited with Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai and caught up with his old friends.
• Might Duy introduced himself to Kyosuke, who recognized him as a future wielder of the Eight Gates Formation and resolved to watch over him.
• Kyosuke learned that Guy fought alongside Might Duy, while Asuma and Kurenai guarded logistics.
• After confirming Number 7 would recover within half a month, Kyosuke rested before the next day’s battle.
• Kyosuke’s legion reached the third battlefield as Konoha’s forces lured the Kaguya Clan into a dangerous position.
• Kaguya Gengetsu led his forces toward Konoha’s main camp, and Kyosuke watched them charge toward his legion.

Kyosuke defeated and severely wounded Kaguya Gengetsu, then used the Kaguya Clan’s rescue attempt to slaughter their gathered forces with Sage Art. As he moved to another battlefield, seven Mist Ninja sent by the Mizukage raced toward his position.

• Kyosuke cut through Kaguya Gengetsu’s water-coated sword and severed part of his right hand with Immovable Flame Slash.
• Kaguya Gengetsu charged again with a subordinate’s Tanto, but Kyosuke struck him with Secret Sword: Returning Swallow and left him heavily wounded.
• The Kaguya Clan ninja rushed to rescue their leader, and Kyosuke used their distraction to kill more than a dozen of them.
• Kyosuke released the Curse Mark, entered Sage Mode, and engulfed the gathered Kaguya Clan forces with Sage Art: Wind Fire Gilded Gold.
• Kyosuke left survivors to deal with the aftermath and raced to another battlefield, while seven Mist Ninja sent to support the Kaguya Clan headed toward him.

Mitarashi Kiyoshi arrived as Suikazan Fuguki attacked the Konoha forces, while Kyosuke realized the approaching threat might be Fourth Mizukage Yagura. After Yagura found the bodies of Kushimaru Kuriarare and Raiga Kurosuki and learned Kaguya Gengetsu had died, he mistook the situation for a trap and retreated with his Shadow Guards.

• Mitarashi Kiyoshi drove Suikazan Fuguki back with Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song, then learned Kyosuke was fighting the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and went to support him.
• Biwa Jūzō fled toward camp and spotted Yagura rushing toward the battlefield.
• Kyosuke sensed a fast, unusual presence, suspected Yagura had arrived, and withdrew while he was still weakened.
• Yagura found Kushimaru Kuriarare and Raiga Kurosuki dead and ordered his Shadow Guards to investigate.
• After learning Kaguya Gengetsu had died, Yagura concluded they had fallen into a trap and retreated with his Shadow Guards.
• Biwa Jūzō watched Yagura and the Shadow Guards rush past him again, puzzled by their apparent flight.

Kyosuke helped Konoha reverse the situation on the third battlefield, and the Eastern Army spent three months driving the Mist Shinobi back across several fronts. Though Yagura considered retreating, the Mist Shinobi decided to continue the war with a newly created Three-Tails Jinchuriki, setting the stage for a decisive battle.

• Kyosuke told Mitarashi Kiyoshi that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had been reduced to five and warned that Yagura had been on the battlefield, but a Byakugan search could not find him.
• Konoha forces defeated the remaining Mist Shinobi, while Kaguya Gengetsu died and the Kaguya Clan was nearly wiped out.
• Over the next three months, Kyosuke and Hyuga Hiashi pushed back the Yuki Clan, and the Eastern Army crushed the Hozuki Clan.
• Yagura learned that the middle-aged official had sealed the Three-Tails Isobu inside a boy, then agreed to use the new Jinchuriki to keep fighting Konoha.
• Kyosuke and the others discovered that the Mist Shinobi had gathered their remaining forces for a decisive battle, and Kyosuke resolved to defeat them again.

Kyosuke used his newly strengthened Genjutsu abilities during the Eastern Army’s assault on the Mist Ninja, where Hozuki Mangetsu challenged him with the Water Transformation Secret Technique. Kyosuke trapped Mangetsu in his newly created Genjutsu, Shiva’s Aspect, and left him unconscious.

• Mitarashi Kiyoshi assigned Hyuga Hiashi and Kyosuke Uchiha to lead separate routes in the Eastern Army’s attack on the Mist Ninja camp.
• The Mist Ninja offered little resistance, but the armies met outside the main camp, where Yagura rejected Mitarashi Kiyoshi’s attempt to avoid a battle.
• Kyosuke led two Secret Ninja into the enemy formation and fought off the Mist Ninja with swordsmanship, elemental techniques, and Genjutsu.
• Hozuki Mangetsu attacked Kyosuke, regenerated his severed arm with Water Transformation, and tried to overpower him with the Powerful Water Arm Technique.
• Kyosuke cast Genjutsu: Shiva’s Aspect, overwhelming Mangetsu with shifting emotions until he collapsed unconscious.