Chapter Summaries

Daren Yi told the Konoha 11 that they would represent Konohagakure in a joint Chunin Exam in two months and ordered their records prepared. Kabuto Yakushi, unsettled by Daren’s casual talk of falsifying records, was reassured by Kakashi and invited to train with the others.

• Kabuto Yakushi watched the Konoha 11 spar with Kakashi using Sage Mode and worried that he would be dead weight in the Chunin Exam.
• Daren Yi announced that the Five Great Nations’ joint Chunin Exam would take place in about two months and that the Konoha 11 would participate.
• Shikamaru Nara raised concerns about the group’s age and lack of official shinobi records, and Daren Yi told Sasuke to ask Naruto to prepare records for them.
• Kabuto Yakushi was alarmed by Daren Yi’s remarks about arranging records, but agreed when Daren assigned him and Sasuke to collect the group’s requests.
• Kakashi reassured Kabuto Yakushi, invited him to train with Sasuke and Neji, and offered to teach him stronger ninjutsu before the exam.

As the Joint Chunin Exam approached, Rasa agreed to bring Gaara to Konohagakure as part of a political deal with the other Great Shinobi Villages to curb Konohagakure’s influence in the Land of Wind. While Rasa waited for the villages to gather in Sunagakure, Kisame and Yagura provoked him and questioned Sunagakure’s ties to Konohagakure.

• Rasa decided to bring Gaara to Konohagakure after the other three Great Shinobi Villages offered Sunagakure resources in exchange for joining them against Konohagakure’s influence in the Land of Wind.
• Rasa brooded over Sunagakure’s dependence on Konohagakure and imagined dying in a final attack rather than living under its control.
• Rasa waited at a desert camp for the other villages, while Baki challenged Kirigakure after Kisame insulted Sunagakure’s harsh living conditions.
• Yagura rebuked Kisame’s bluntness but continued to provoke Rasa by questioning Sunagakure’s alliance with Konohagakure.
• Rasa challenged Kirigakure’s loyalty to Konohagakure, and Yagura denied that his village would submit while maintaining a tense standoff outside the camp.

Third Tsuchikage Onoki urged the other Kage to unite against Konohagakure and credited Hiruzen Sarutobi’s actions against the Uchiha Clan with giving them a chance. Fourth Raikage A arrived with Killer B, and the gathered leaders prepared to face Konohagakure despite Onoki’s warnings about Shisui Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki.

• Onoki mediated the dispute between Yagura and the Kazekage, arguing that the villages had to resist Konohagakure rather than submit.
• Yagura insulted Onoki and questioned whether Iwagakure had a worthy successor, but Onoki restrained his anger and defended the mission.
• Onoki thanked Hiruzen Sarutobi for driving Shisui Uchiha away from Konohagakure, giving the other villages an opportunity to challenge it.
• Fourth Raikage A arrived with Killer B, who rapped excitedly until A struck him and ordered him to stop.
• A dismissed Onoki’s warnings, while Onoki predicted that A would understand Shisui’s strength after seeing his Susanoo in person.

Naruto welcomed the Four Great Shinobi Villages, but Fourth Raikage A challenged him to a fight instead of waiting for negotiations. Naruto unleashed a massive Wood Style attack and began to slow A’s movements, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Naruto greeted the Four Kage and their shinobi as they arrived outside Konoha.
• Fourth Raikage A recalled his rivalry with Minato and challenged Naruto to a martial contest.
• Ōnoki tried to stop A, while Rasa considered exploiting the sudden fight and Karatachi Yagura watched with an unreadable expression.
• Naruto entered Shamate Sage Mode and used Seven Sins Sage Art Wood Style: Sloth Flower Tree World Descent against A.
• A used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to dodge the giant trees and charge Naruto, but Naruto raised himself out of reach and kept growing trees to block him.
• A struck down several trees, then realized his body, mind, and Chakra were becoming sluggish.

Naruto’s Flower Tree World accidentally spread pollen across the battlefield, knocking out shinobi from every village, including Konoha. While Naruto revived them, Daren Yi secretly planted transparent flame trees in their minds and sent copies to other villages to prepare for the Mangekyō Sharingan’s possible evolution.

• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and tried to free Raikage A, but Wood Style roots restrained him and weakened his Chakra.
• Yagura Karatachi, Rasa, and Onoki reacted to Naruto’s overwhelming Wood Style, then the pollen paralyzed and knocked out shinobi from all four villages and Konoha.
• Naruto admitted the pollen’s reach had been an accident, and Daren Yi revived Izumi Uchiha while Naruto used roots to cure the unconscious shinobi.
• An unnoticed figure planted Colorless Transparent Flames in the shinobi’s Mind Worlds as Izumi Uchiha asked Daren Yi why he had seemed distant.
• Daren Yi appeared outside Sunagakure, then identical figures appeared outside Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure to plant trees in preparation for the Mangekyō Sharingan’s evolution.

After Naruto rescued the shinobi, Tsunade punched him and then the Raikage after he spread rumors about her and Minato. Daren Yi learned that a rumor had branded his face as a genjutsu, just as Ōnoki approached him to discuss the Uchiha Clan.

• Tsunade recovered, punched Naruto for using Wood Style recklessly, and accepted his apology after he got back up unharmed.
• Raikage A speculated that Jiraiya was Minato Namikaze's father, so Tsunade punched him into the ground.
• Tsunade and Naruto denied the rumors together, and Tsunade fled with Jiraiya after threatening to kill him.
• Izumi Uchiha told Daren Yi that female shinobi were being warned not to look at his face because of a rumor about his supposed genjutsu.
• Ōnoki invited Daren Yi to speak on Iwagakure's behalf and asked to meet Shisui Uchiha about the clan's future.

Ōnoki proposed using Shisui Uchiha to counter Naruto, while Daren Yi’s exchange with him ended abruptly after Kurotsuchi claimed she was blind. Later, Daren gathered Deep Blue Fruits, performed Impure World Reincarnation, and began evolving his Mangekyō Sharingan beyond the Eternal Mangekyō.

• Ōnoki decided that Shisui could oppose Naruto and help preserve balance in the Shinobi World.
• Daren Yi questioned Ōnoki’s support for the Uchiha and met Kurotsuchi, who said she was blind.
• Daren Yi left with Izumi Uchiha and later gathered Deep Blue Fruits from his Wood Clones to convert into Reserve Energy.
• Daren Yi used preserved tissue from his and Izumi’s parents to perform Impure World Reincarnation on captured criminals, then sealed the resulting bodies and souls.
• Daren Yi used nearly all his Reserve Energy to ascend in power, triggering his Mangekyō Sharingan to evolve beyond the Eternal Mangekyō.

Daren Yi awakened his own Rinnegan and gained deeper control over Chakra, discovering that it had functioned as a parasitic weapon rather than a power truly belonging to him. He suspected that the Sage of Six Paths had turned the Shinobi World’s population into a vast, self-renewing source of Chakra, leaving him uncertain whether its supposed farmer was real.

• Daren Yi’s suppressed advancement carried him past the Eternal Mangekyo and awakened his Rinnegan.
• His Chakra resonated with his eyes and opened deeper levels of control, revealing that he had previously been only a user of Chakra, not its owner.
• Daren Yi reasoned that Chakra was an alien Otsutsuki weapon whose functions were unlocked through inherited genes.
• He questioned whether Hagoromo Otsutsuki had knowingly distributed Chakra seeds among living beings and created the Pure Land to gather their souls and cultivated Chakra.
• Daren Yi imagined the Shinobi World’s people as crops in a nursery, harvested by a powerful being who might own the world as a private estate.

Daren Yi’s newly stabilized Rinnegan drew the attention of a powerful being in the Netherworld Yellow Springs, who attacked him with Rule Power as the world itself rejected him. Daren Yi countered with a Black Spirit Bomb, and their clash shook the Shinobi World, leaving its inhabitants fearing an unprecedented calamity.

• Daren Yi’s Rinnegan resonated with a distant presence, whose voice revealed that it had nearly reached a higher realm and recognized Daren Yi as an abnormal variable in fate.
• The presence identified Daren Yi as Indra’s descendant and declared it had to kill him, then sent Rule Power through a passage from the Netherworld Yellow Springs.
• Daren Yi summoned a One-Billion-Person-Equivalent Black Spirit Bomb from his Mind World, using the reflected figures of powerful ninjas and countless stars to resist the pressure.
• The presence’s attack struck Daren Yi while his Black Spirit Bomb entered the Netherworld Yellow Springs and exploded, causing the Shinobi World to shake on material and spiritual levels.
• Raikage A, Killer B, Naruto, Tsunade, Hyuga Hiashi, and Neji Hyuga reacted to the worldwide mental pressure and feared a devastating conflict was beginning.

Daren Yi survived Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s world-shaking attack and confronted him over the cost of his attempt to merge with the planet. Their clash paused as Daren revealed his control over the collective minds of the Shinobi World and threatened to destroy humanity’s spiritual will, while questions about the Pure Land and parallel worlds remained unresolved.

• Daren Yi transformed into a Mind Body to survive Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s concentrated attack, which left a deep abyss in the planet.
• Daren Yi inferred that Hagoromo Otsutsuki was merging with the World Consciousness and warned that the planet could absorb him in turn.
• People across the Shinobi World spoke through Daren Yi, challenging Hagoromo Otsutsuki to identify who he was trying to kill.
• Daren Yi threatened to cause the collective spiritual death of most of humanity to weaken Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s merger with the Planet Will.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki questioned how Daren Yi had consumed ancient gods and demons and connected to living beings’ emotions without losing his sense of self.
• Daren Yi questioned Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s purpose for intercepting souls and recalled sensing a threat from multiple Sages of Six Paths at the Dragon Vein ruins in Rōran.

Daren Yi and the Sage of Six Paths ended their fight and began speaking as potential companions. Hagoromo recounted how time and loss eroded his love for the world, leading him to abandon his body and enter the Pure Land, then warned Daren Yi that he would become like him.

• Hagoromo gave up attacking Daren Yi and proposed that they become companions after recognizing that he could not easily kill him.
• Daren Yi accepted the offer and asked why Hagoromo, once a protector of the world, had planted a God Tree within all living beings.
• Hagoromo explained that the deaths of those he loved gradually extinguished his attachment to the world, while curiosity and the pursuit of power remained.
• Hagoromo revealed that he had secretly kept Ōtsutsuki Isshiki alive for the knowledge and surprises he could provide, but had considered Daren Yi a greater threat because of his unusual Rinnegan.
• Hagoromo said he had revived Haori, but she eventually died again after her consciousness faded, and he urged Daren Yi to cherish Izumi Uchiha.
• Hagoromo warned Daren Yi that he would one day become like him, but Daren Yi privately recognized that he already shared Hagoromo's nature and resolved to question him later about the secrets he had withheld.

After returning home amid the widespread panic caused by his clash with Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Daren Yi comforted Izumi Uchiha and discussed their future together. Naruto Uzumaki and the Konoha 11 arrived at the end, interrupting what Izumi insisted was a conversation more important than the turmoil outside.

• Daren Yi returned home, reunited with Izumi Uchiha, and explained that his Shadow Clones shared his thoughts and stayed connected to her.
• Daren Yi proposed that he and Izumi travel the Shinobi World together after the Chunin Exam, and she agreed.
• Daren Yi told Izumi about Uncle Imagawa's secret mistresses, provoking her anger and making Daren Yi worry that he had put the man's life in danger.
• Daren Yi reflected on Uncle Imagawa's kindness toward him and cruelty toward refugee girls, and said he hoped to find people who could keep one another accountable.
• Naruto Uzumaki arrived with the Konoha 11, and Izumi told him that her conversation with Daren Yi was more important than the crisis in the Shinobi World.

After Daren Yi explained the awakened immortal’s detached stance, Naruto described the widespread chaos caused by their clash and resolved to prepare for the Otsutsuki Clan. The Nine-Tails cautiously began sharing his chakra with Naruto so he could train more Shadow Clones.

• Daren Yi explained that the ancient immortal would aid the Shinobi World only if it faced defeat, and Sasuke vowed to surpass him and teach him a lesson.
• Naruto reported that the clash had incapacitated civilians and ninjas and triggered widespread unrest across the great and smaller nations.
• Naruto lamented the destruction and declared that he needed to become stronger before the Otsutsuki Clan arrived.
• Naruto entered the Sealing Space and asked the Nine-Tails to help him gain enough chakra to train with more Shadow Clones.
• The Nine-Tails, shaken by the clash and uncertain about Naruto, shared his core chakra with him as a trial.

Naruto gained Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and began absorbing part of Asura Chakra, while Sasuke and the Konoha 11 left determined to train harder. Daren Yi suspected Hagoromo Otsutsuki had altered the reincarnation of Indra and Asura Chakra and reflected on the Sage of Six Paths’ knowledge of life and death.

• Nine-Tails shared its power with Naruto, who entered Golden Body Mode and impressed Sasuke with his new strength.
• Daren Yi noticed part of Asura Chakra merging into Naruto and being refined by the Deep Blue Tree’s flames.
• Sasuke left to train, determined to become as strong as Naruto without a tailed beast, and Neji and the rest of the Konoha 11 departed with renewed resolve.
• Naruto left in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode to test how long he could maintain it, taking a long route back to the Hokage Building to show it off.
• Daren Yi considered whether Hagoromo Otsutsuki had modified Indra and Asura Chakra’s reincarnation and concluded that the Sage of Six Paths had unique insight into life and death.

Daren Yi received a visit from Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who explained the Otsutsuki Clan’s view of life evolution and offered him Tobirama Senju’s Impure World Reincarnation Body. Daren Yi began to refuse the gift, and the chapter ended with an author’s notice about the book’s recommendations, update schedule, and health.

• Daren Yi noticed a hooded visitor outside his home and invited him in after discussing the visitor’s concealment ability.
• The visitor explained that Otsutsuki abilities arose naturally through life evolution rather than being developed as ninjutsu.
• The visitor revealed himself as Hagoromo Otsutsuki, appearing in the form of Tobirama Senju.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki offered Tobirama Senju to Daren Yi as a gift, and Daren Yi hesitated before preparing to refuse.

Daren Yi invited the Sage of Six Paths to watch the Chunin Exam, and the Sage agreed while giving Tobirama Senju a fabricated memory that Jiraiya was his orphaned son. When the Sage sensed Orochimaru summoning Tobirama, Daren asked him to leave a gift with Orochimaru for later.

• The Sage of Six Paths probed Daren Yi about fate and Naruto Uzumaki while discussing Tobirama Senju’s supposed descendants.
• Daren Yi invited the Sage to watch the Chunin Exam, and the Sage agreed to reward promising participants.
• The Sage gave Tobirama Senju the memory and regret of having fathered Jiraiya, who grew up unaware of his parentage and as an orphan.
• The Sage sensed Orochimaru summoning Tobirama Senju, and Daren asked him to leave a gift with Orochimaru for now.
• After the Sage vanished, Daren promised Izumi Uchiha that Tobirama could help answer whether an Impure World Reincarnation Body could digest food.
• Orochimaru performed his improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu in a hidden base, seeking stronger summoned shinobi and another route to immortality.

Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Tobirama Senju while Obito Uchiha sought to build an alliance against Konohagakure. They planned to isolate the Land of Fire behind an Iron Curtain and keep the other shinobi villages fighting each other.

• Orochimaru revived Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation while a masked Obito Uchiha watched.
• Orochimaru explained that he had found Tobirama Senju’s cells and research records in the Second Hokage’s secret laboratory, revealing details of experiments on Senju family members.
• Obito resented Konohagakure’s public portrayal of him as a brainwashed Wood Style war weapon and blamed Shisui Uchiha for the rumors and upheaval.
• Obito urged Orochimaru to use the reincarnated shinobi to balance Konohagakure’s power and unite the other villages against it.
• Orochimaru prepared Tobirama Senju’s reincarnation and agreed that keeping the other shinobi villages occupied would let them pursue their plans.

Obito and Orochimaru questioned whether Jiraiya was Tobirama Senju’s son, and Tobirama confirmed the secret when summoned through Impure World Reincarnation. The revelation left Orochimaru stunned and Tobirama furious as Orochimaru kept testing his control.

• Obito asked Orochimaru whether he knew the rumor that Jiraiya was Tobirama Senju’s son.
• Orochimaru laughed at the rumor, but Obito proposed asking Tobirama directly after noticing he was waking.
• Orochimaru completed the Impure World Reincarnation ritual and questioned Tobirama about Jiraiya.
• Tobirama revealed that Jiraiya was his son, stunning Orochimaru and amusing Obito.
• Orochimaru ordered Tobirama to perform headstand hops to test whether he had escaped control, and Tobirama cursed him furiously.

Jiraiya accompanied Kakashi to ask Daren Yi for help integrating Obito’s Sharingan, and Daren Yi offered them Deep Blue Fruits in exchange for conditions. After eating one himself, Jiraiya left unsure whether Daren Yi’s alarming claims about the fruit’s control were another joke.

• Kakashi asked Daren Yi to help him integrate Obito’s Sharingan so Obito could not take the eye back.
• Jiraiya offered his savings, ninjutsu, and services in exchange for two fruits, but Daren Yi set different conditions: Jiraiya had to confess to Tsunade 999 times, complete three missions, and eat one fruit immediately.
• Jiraiya ate a Deep Blue Fruit, experienced a profound transformation, and recognized its immense value.
• Daren Yi claimed that everyone who ate a fruit would be under his control, but Kakashi dismissed it as one of Daren Yi’s tricks.
• Daren Yi gave Kakashi a fruit, and Kakashi left determined to find Obito.
• As Jiraiya left, Daren Yi claimed Naruto and the others had also eaten fruits, leaving Jiraiya uncertain whether he was being teased again.

The Four Kage discussed Konoha's reforms and searched for clan allies who could help them oppose Naruto Uzumaki, but they found Konoha's dissenters too afraid to offer useful support. As Ōnoki began to lose hope, a mysterious voice in the corner mocked the Kage and challenged their competence.

• Ōnoki described how Naruto Uzumaki's reforms had angered Konoha's ninja clans by redirecting their former interests toward civilian support and training.
• Rasa criticized Konoha's support for Civilian Ninja, while A defended Naruto and nearly fought Rasa before Yagura stopped them.
• Yagura explained that his helmet guarded against the Sharingan, and he diverted Ōnoki's attention by suggesting the Tsuchikage had brought female ninja to pursue the Uchiha.
• The Kage traded accusations about their delegations' female ninja, then admitted Konoha's complaining clans would not share sensitive information or provide concrete help.
• Ōnoki suspected Naruto's Wood Style had frightened Konoha's dissenters into submission, but a hoarse voice from the corner mocked the Kage.