Chapter Summaries

Might Guy decided to retreat with his team, but Sasuke attacked Hotaru and clashed with Naruto when Naruto challenged his hatred of Konoha. While their allies joined the fight, Allen explained to Guy that he had spread Nen to awaken the oppressed and argued that the great nations were doomed; Guy responded by opening the first six Inner Gates and charging him.

• Might Guy ordered his team to retreat, but Hotaru refused to leave Utakata, so Sasuke kicked her away and told her to get lost.
• Naruto confronted Sasuke over his cruelty and his desire to destroy Konoha, and they began fighting.
• Naruto was badly wounded by Sasuke, so Tenten, Rock Lee, and Sakura rushed in to support him.
• Might Guy asked Allen why he was collecting Tailed Beasts, and Allen said he sought greater power and had already done what he intended to do.
• Allen argued that Nen had given commoners the strength to resist an unjust ruling class, and Guy understood why the rebel armies fought so fiercely.
• Might Guy opened the first six of the Eight Inner Gates and charged at Allen.

Allen defeated Might Guy in a taijutsu battle while Sasuke took down Naruto and the others. After Guy asked about Utakata, Allen promised to release him after extracting the Six-Tails and allowed Guy to watch, leaving Naruto furious and Sasuke questioning his own feelings toward him.

• Allen and Might Guy fought using the Eight Inner Gates, and Allen gradually gained the advantage before knocking Guy into a crater.
• Sasuke used Lightning Style Armor to defeat Naruto, Tenten, Rock Lee, and Sakura.
• Guy asked what Allen would do with Utakata after extracting the Six-Tails, and Allen said he would release him.
• Allen let Guy stay and watch the extraction, but warned him to keep Naruto from charging at him.
• Naruto vowed to defeat Allen, while Allen taunted him about eventually extracting the Nine-Tails.
• Allen and Sasuke discussed Naruto's behavior, and Sasuke admitted that Naruto was becoming increasingly annoying.

After extracting Saiken and returning to the Sound Ninja Village, Allen revealed that Orochimaru had altered himself by absorbing bloodlines and offered to help Sasuke awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan. The chapter ended with Sasuke discovering that Allen’s wolves already possessed Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Might Guy stopped Rock Lee and Tenten from speaking to Neji, then led Hotaru and Utakata toward the Earth Spider Clan's fortress.
• Allen returned to the Sound Ninja Village with Sasuke and Neji, where Orochimaru asked whether he had obtained what he wanted.
• Sasuke noticed that Orochimaru's presence had changed, and Allen explained that Orochimaru had been fusing the genes of Bloodline Ninja into himself.
• Allen warned Sasuke that Orochimaru might be preparing to act against him, and Sasuke admitted he had not awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Allen summoned Lupos and Lupos II, revealing that both wolves had Mangekyo Sharingan and shocking Sasuke.

Allen helped Sasuke awaken his Mangekyo Sharingan and revealed that Itachi was terminally ill, leaving Sasuke to decide how quickly to pursue his brother. Allen then prepared to take Karin and Neji into the Dungeon to uncover the ninja world's greatest secret.

• Allen recorded Sasuke asking for help, then punched him when Sasuke attacked the phone with Chidori.
• Allen stimulated Sasuke's optic nerves with Yin Release Chakra, causing him to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Allen warned Sasuke that Mangekyo use could lead to blindness and described ways to prevent it, recommending that Sasuke take Itachi's eyes.
• Allen revealed that Itachi was terminally ill and had around three years left, shocking Sasuke.
• Sasuke thanked Allen and left through the underground tunnels as Allen asked Karin and Neji to prepare for their next mission.
• Karin and Neji agreed to follow Allen, who teleported the team into the Dungeon.

As Allen remained hidden, rebel forces gained ground and Orochimaru prepared a cloned body for his final plan. When Konoha, the Sand Ninja, and the Cloud Ninja formed an alliance to attack the Sound Ninja Village, Orochimaru chose to pursue Sasuke Uchiha’s bloodline while Kimimaro led the defense.

• With the Akatsuki Organization supporting the rebels, several rebel groups secured territory and began forming provisional governments.
• In his underground laboratory, Orochimaru examined a cloned younger version of himself, which had been enhanced with rare bloodline limits.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto that Allen would not interfere with experiments on ninjas, and he questioned why Pain’s Akatsuki Organization had joined the rebels.
• Kimimaro reported that Konoha, the Sand Ninja, and the Cloud Ninja would attack the Sound Ninja Village within five minutes.
• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to activate the village’s defenses and told Kimimaro to delay the allied forces while he obtained the Uchiha Clan’s bloodline.

The Allied Forces attacked the Sound Ninja Village while Black Zetsu and Obito watched, intending to exploit the aftermath. Underground, Sasuke fought Orochimaru, whose attempt to take Sasuke’s body was interrupted by Sasuke’s Mangekyo Sharingan and its black flames.

• The Allied Forces overwhelmed Kimimaro and the Sound Ninja Village’s defenses, while Jiraiya led the assault.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had engineered the attack, and Obito said Itachi had infiltrated the village to protect Sasuke and deal with Orochimaru if necessary.
• Sasuke confronted Orochimaru underground and drew the powerful sword Allen had arranged to have forged.
• Sasuke damaged Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword in their first clash, and Orochimaru tried to take Sasuke’s body with help from his Ouroboros Nen Beast.
• Orochimaru transformed into a White Scale Serpent and seized Sasuke, but Sasuke awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and engulfed Orochimaru in black flames.

Sasuke fought Orochimaru, whose Nen ability let him regenerate from nearly any injury, and used Sage Mode and a combined attack to destroy every cell in his body. Orochimaru died, leaving Sasuke victorious.

• Sasuke repeatedly struck Orochimaru with Amaterasu, but Orochimaru used his Ouroboros Nen ability to erase the flames and heal himself.
• Orochimaru revealed that Ouroboros could restore devoured cells and make him effectively immortal, and he explained that he wanted Sasuke’s Sharingan to perfect himself.
• Sasuke activated the Curse Mark of Heaven and entered a basic Sage Mode he had learned from Allen.
• Sasuke combined Amaterasu with Lightning Release Chidori and drove his sword through Orochimaru’s White Scale Serpent, destroying his organs and every cell before he could regenerate.

Sasuke told Itachi he no longer needed his protection after killing Orochimaru, while Itachi asked to speak with Allen and offered Sasuke his eyes as a final gift. After Orochimaru’s death, Kabuto accepted Black Zetsu’s offer to join Akatsuki on the condition that he inherit Orochimaru’s research and reanimated fighters.

• Itachi watched Sasuke kill Orochimaru, then met him and offered his eyes while asking him to choose when and where they would settle their conflict.
• Itachi asked Sasuke where Allen was, but Sasuke said Allen had disappeared months earlier; Itachi urged Sasuke to leave before the Ninja Alliance found him.
• Sasuke told Kabuto that Orochimaru was dead and left the underground tunnels, while Kabuto found Orochimaru’s charred remains and despaired over what to do next.
• Black Zetsu offered Kabuto a place in Akatsuki, and Kabuto agreed on the condition that he inherit Orochimaru’s research and the powerful people revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu agreed and said he would help Kabuto revive a man who could rival Hashirama Senju.

After the Ninja Alliance destroyed Orochimaru’s Sound Ninja Village base, Allen, Neji, Karin, and their wolves emerged from a Dungeon and confronted the allied leaders. Allen denied working with the rebels but demanded compensation for the destruction, leaving the ninjas furious and blaming him for the upheaval threatening their villages.

• After Orochimaru died and Kabuto joined the Akatsuki, the Sound Ninja Village’s defenses collapsed, and Kimimaro led a few elites to another base while others delayed the Alliance.
• Jiraiya, Gaara, and Darui found the underground laboratory stripped of valuable materials and concluded that the operation had failed to capture Orochimaru or the rebel leaders.
• Allen, Neji, Karin, Lupos, and Lupos II emerged from a room and found the Ninja Alliance occupying the wrecked base.
• Allen told Jiraiya that he had never left, denied responsibility for Orochimaru’s fate, and demanded compensation for the Sound Ninja Village’s destruction.
• Gaara and Darui accused Allen of causing the ninja world’s unrest, while Allen blamed the ninja villages, nobles, and Daimyo for its problems.
• The allied ninjas resented how rebel Nen users were taking over markets and drawing merchants away from the ninja villages.

Allen forced Jiraiya to accept terms for the Allied Forces’ actions in the Land of Rice, while Neji killed Cloud Ninja who attacked. Darui withdrew with the surviving Cloud Ninja, and Allen left the Konoha and Sand Ninja confronting the villages’ unpopularity among ordinary people.

• Allen demanded that the Allied Forces withdraw from the Land of Rice, release their prisoners, and pay to rebuild the Sound Ninja Village.
• Several Cloud Ninja attacked Allen, but Neji killed them with a powerful technique he had developed.
• Allen warned Darui that he would destroy the Cloud Ninja Village if the Cloud Ninja retaliated, and Jiraiya stopped Darui from escalating the conflict.
• Darui led the surviving Cloud Ninja away after threatening to settle the score with Allen.
• Allen told Karin and the gathered Konoha and Sand Ninja that ordinary people hated ninja villages for serving the interests of daimyo and nobles.

Jiraiya learned that Pain was Yahiko and decided to investigate Akatsuki, while Nagato explained Akatsuki’s plan to revive Madara and sent Kisame on a secret infiltration mission. Kisame accepted the assignment to infiltrate Kabuto’s side as the conflict continued to draw attention toward Rain Ninja Village.

• Jiraiya returned from the Land of Rice, complained to Tsunade about the failed sealing technique, and learned that Pain led Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya recognized Pain as Yahiko and decided to travel to the Land of Rain to investigate Akatsuki.
• Nagato told Konan that Kabuto would help revive Madara and that Allen could copy Nagato’s Rinnegan for twenty-four hours.
• Konan said she would travel to Sound Ninja Village and warned Nagato that Rain Ninja Village might soon be targeted.
• Nagato called Kisame back and ordered him to infiltrate Kabuto’s side, and Kisame accepted the mission.

Allen put Kabuto in charge of rebuilding Sound Ninja Village with gentler selection methods and sent Karin and Neji to capture the Two-Tails Jinchuriki from Cloud Ninja. He then met the blacksmith brought by Konan and asked him to reforge Sulfuras into a blade.

• Kabuto pledged to manage Sound Ninja Village, and Allen ordered him to end Orochimaru-era selection methods based on killing.
• Allen told Karin and Neji to pressure Cloud Ninja and bring back the Two-Tails Jinchuriki alive.
• Konan arrived with the blacksmith Allen had requested.
• Allen showed the blacksmith Sulfuras and a collection of rare materials, then asked him to turn the hammer into a sharp blade without damaging its structure and offered one hundred million ryo.

Allen entrusted a master blacksmith with turning the Hammer of Flames into a blade while preserving its properties, then discussed a favor and Akatsuki’s plans with Konan. Konan left to report Allen’s advice to Nagato, while the hammer’s forging and the tailed beasts’ extraction remained underway.

• Allen gave the Hammer of Flames and materials to the master blacksmith, who promised not to damage its properties while forging it into a blade.
• Allen offered Konan one wish in return for finding the swordsmith, but she declined for the moment.
• Konan delivered Nagato’s intelligence scroll, and Allen agreed that Kisame should feign betrayal and infiltrate Kabuto’s side.
• Konan asked how Akatsuki should deal with the rebel regimes, and Allen advised them to avoid alliances and interference.
• Konan departed to convey Allen’s advice to Nagato, while Vilnalasath continued extracting tailed-beast mediums toward reviving the Ten-Tails Divine Tree.

Allen oversaw the forging of powerful weapons while secretly extracting more of the Ten-Tails’ mediums, and Neji and Karin arrived in the Land of Lightning to find the Two-Tails’ Jinchuriki. The chapter ended with Neji reaffirming that he wanted revenge on the Cloud Ninja for his father’s death.

• A master swordsmith forged more than a dozen enchanted blades for Allen, who looked forward to seeing Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker reforged.
• Allen continued extracting the Ten-Tails’ mediums from the tailed beasts, stopping at about ninety percent to avoid causing them to collapse.
• Neji and Karin reached a rebel-occupied town in the Land of Lightning while searching for the Two-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Karin mocked the Cloud Ninja’s strength and reflected on how close her power was to Hashirama Senju’s.
• Neji said he would never forgive the Cloud Ninja for causing his father’s death and wanted to personally take revenge.

Neji and Karin tracked the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito, through a rebel-controlled town and discovered she was using a false identity to approach a rebel executive. They followed her into a heavily guarded estate, where Neji used an invisibility potion to slip inside.

• Karin marveled at the rebel army’s new order, and Neji explained how its growth and new recruits were changing the ninja world.
• Karin proposed capturing the Two-Tails Jinchuriki in town, but Neji urged her to wait and learn what the woman intended.
• Neji recognized the violent Tailed Beast Chakra in a passing woman, and he and Karin identified her as Yugito.
• Neji suspected Yugito was using her appearance to approach a rebel executive and warned that other Cloud Ninja might be hiding nearby.
• Yugito entered a former noble’s estate guarded by more than thirty Nen users, and Neji drank an invisibility potion to sneak into the courtyard.

Neji and Karin confronted Yugito at the rebel headquarters, where Yugito’s identity was exposed and she killed a rebel leader. Neji began his revenge against the Cloud Ninja by breaking through Yugito’s Tailed Beast Cloak and attacking her.

• Neji discovered that Yugito had noticed him despite his concealment, and Karin joined him at the former noble residence.
• Karin revealed her power, drawing rebel Nen users to the scene and exposing Yugito as the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Yugito entered her Tailed Beast state and killed a rebel executive, prompting the rebels to attack her.
• Neji charged Yugito, shattered her Tailed Beast Cloak with his own technique, and sent her crashing into a wall.
• Yugito recovered with the Two-Tails’ power, while Neji declared that she would pay for the Cloud Ninja’s past actions against his father.

Neji defeated and captured Yugito after she fully transformed with Matatabi’s power, then sent Karin to take her to the Sound Ninja Village. He stayed behind to ambush the Cloud Ninja rescue force and avenge his father.

• Yugito called on Matatabi’s Chakra and transformed completely into the Two-Tails.
• Neji struck Yugito with a devastating attack that broke her spine and destroyed her abdominal organs, leaving her paralyzed but alive.
• Neji handed Yugito to Karin, who used Uzumaki sealing techniques to sever her connection to Matatabi.
• Neji and Karin agreed that she would take Yugito to the Sound Ninja Village while he waited to eliminate the Cloud Ninja rescue force.
• Karin departed with Yugito, and Neji stayed in the occupied town, expecting the Raikage to send rescuers within a day or two.

After learning that Yugito had been captured, the Fourth Raikage led an elite Cloud Ninja squad to confront Neji, who admitted his role and demanded revenge for the Hyuga incident. The chapter ended as Neji and the Raikage clashed, killing four jonin in the blast and leaving the other Cloud Ninja afraid to intervene.

• The Fourth Raikage learned Yugito had been captured and decided to lead the Raikage Guard and Anbu after Neji, despite an advisor's objections.
• Darui told the Fourth Raikage that Neji had defeated several Cloud Ninja, including veteran jonin, with strange, exceptionally fast attacks, so the Raikage summoned Killer B.
• After pursuing Neji for one or two days, the Cloud Ninja squad found him alone, and Neji revealed Yugito was headed for Sound Ninja Village.
• Neji accused the Fourth Raikage of arranging the attempt to seize the Hyuga Main Family's Byakugan and declared that he would kill him for the past crime.
• Neji and the Fourth Raikage charged at each other, and their collision devastated the surrounding ground and killed four Cloud Ninja jonin with its aftershock.

Neji used Allen’s Chakra Thread mode to overwhelm the Fourth Raikage and Killer B, demonstrating that he could threaten the Cloud Ninja Village on his own. After Neji unleashed a vast barrage of threads, the Raikage lost both hands and feet and fell crippled.

• The Fourth Raikage realized Neji’s Chakra Threads could shred flesh and bone, then attacked him with a powerful Lightning Style-enhanced kick.
• Neji repelled the Raikage and mocked his strength, prompting the Raikage to summon Killer B for their A and B combination.
• Killer B arrived rapping and wielded seven Lightning Style-charged swords to cut through Neji’s Chakra Threads while the Raikage moved in to strike.
• Neji released a massive burst of Chakra Threads across the surrounding area, overwhelming the Raikage’s Lightning Style Armor.
• The barrage tore away the Raikage’s lower legs and forearms, leaving him crippled on the ground.

Neji killed the Fourth Raikage and the Cloud Ninja pursuing him, then escaped Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bombs. Watching from the shadows, Black Zetsu and Obito agreed to revive Madara through Impure World Reincarnation, unaware of Allen’s growing power.

• Neji used Chakra Threads to kill the Cloud Ninja, including Mabui, C, and Samui, then asked the crippled Fourth Raikage for his last words.
• The Fourth Raikage tried to bite Neji, but Neji twisted off his head, prompting Killer B to transform and unleash several Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Neji escaped the valley, while Killer B recovered the Raikage’s head and returned to the Cloud Ninja Village as the pursuit force’s sole survivor.
• Black Zetsu and Obito watched the battle and discussed how Neji’s Yin-Yang Release and Allen’s strength threatened their plans.
• Black Zetsu proposed reviving Madara through Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito agreed while questioning whether Kabuto could be trusted.