Chapter Summaries

Soji worried that Shion’s prophecy about his fate could not be broken, but promised her he would stay safe before leaving the Land of Demons. After visiting the Land of Snow and returning to Konoha, he remained unaware that the Great Toad Sage had foreseen that the person who changed the Ninja World’s history was about to disappear.

• Soji asked Shion whether any priestess’s prophecy had ever been broken, and she said none had been broken in her lifetime.
• Soji comforted Shion, made a pinky promise to stay safe, and reflected on his dangerous pursuit of greater power and his postponed marriage to Kazahana Koyuki.
• Soji left the Land of Demons, visited the Land of Snow for three days with his future father-in-law and fiancée, and then returned to Konoha.
• The Great Toad Sage summoned Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku and, after briefly forgetting its prophecy, warned him that the person who disrupted the Ninja World’s original history was about to disappear.
• The Great Toad Sage explained that the person’s disappearance could return the Ninja World to a worse course, including the future in which Jiraiya sacrificed his life.

Jiraiya discussed the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and concluded that Minato might be the Child of Destiny because he had returned from the dead. Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku intending to stay close to Minato, while the Great Toad Sage privately wondered about his vision of Soji.

• The Great Toad Sage urged Jiraiya to find the Child of Destiny and stay near them, but withheld details about his visions of Jiraiya and the mysterious person.
• Jiraiya questioned how someone who disrupted the Ninja World’s history could bring peace, and the Great Toad Sage explained that the two things were not mutually exclusive.
• Jiraiya identified Minato as the most likely Child of Destiny, and Fukasaku and Shima agreed that the possibility was high.
• The Great Toad Sage fell asleep before answering Jiraiya, so Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku and decided to follow the advice to spend more time with Minato.
• After the others departed, the Great Toad Sage awoke and wondered whether Minato was the Child of Destiny and why he had foreseen Soji; the narration revealed that his prophecy and Shion’s had amplified each other.

Akatsuki Organization launched a coordinated assault on Kumogakure to capture its two Jinchuriki, luring Yugito into the sewers while sending four members to confront Killer B at Cloud-Hidden Gorge. The chapter ended with both Jinchuriki facing their attackers.

• Yugito tracked two spies into Kumogakure's sewers and discovered they were Hidan and Kakuzu.
• Hidan revealed that the Akatsuki Organization was targeting Jinchuriki, and Kakuzu warned Yugito that another team was going after Killer B.
• Killer B sensed four intruders in Cloud-Hidden Gorge, while the Eight-Tails Ox-Demon warned him that one had chakra close to a Jinchuriki's.
• Shisui Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Biwa Juzo confronted Killer B at Cloud-Hidden Gorge.
• Kisame identified Killer B as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and the chapter established that the Akatsuki Organization had found him after searching for nearly a year.

Hidan defeated Yugito while Kisame Hoshigaki, Shisui, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Biwa Juzo overcame Killer B at Cloud-Hidden Gorge. The Eight-Tails Ox-Demon escaped, leaving a severed tentacle inside Killer B, and the Fourth Raikage arrived to find his brother alive but unconscious.

• Hidan killed Yugito in Kumogakure's underground sewers while Kakuzu waited for him to finish his ritual.
• Kisame Hoshigaki, Shisui, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Biwa Juzo defeated Killer B after a fierce battle at Cloud-Hidden Gorge.
• The Eight-Tails Ox-Demon emerged from unconscious Killer B, left a severed tentacle inside him, and fled from the Akatsuki Organization members.
• Kisame Hoshigaki decided the group would pursue the Eight-Tails Ox-Demon and leave Killer B behind.
• The Fourth Raikage arrived with Cloud ninjas, found Killer B alive, and chose to protect him rather than pursue the Akatsuki Organization.

Sasori and Deidara attacked Gaara in the desert to capture the One-Tails Jinchuriki for the Akatsuki Organization. Outmatched after Sasori deployed the Third Kazekage Puppet, Gaara buried himself beneath the desert to escape, leaving his pursuers unable to reach him.

• The Fourth Raikage learned that Yugito had been taken and prepared to convene a Kage Summit against the Akatsuki Organization.
• Sasori and Deidara found Gaara training in Magnet Release in a desert canyon and demanded that he come with them.
• Gaara fought Deidara on favorable terrain and blocked his C3: Number Eighteen, but Sasori joined the fight with the Third Kazekage Puppet and its Iron Sand.
• Gaara realized the Akatsuki Organization was targeting the Tailed Beasts and recognized Sasori after seeing the Third Kazekage Puppet.
• Gaara used Sand Waterfall Funeral to bury himself beneath the desert as Iron Sand and Deidara's C3: Number Eighteen collapsed the canyon, escaping beyond Sasori and Deidara's reach.

Sasori and Deidara abandoned their attempt to capture Gaara after he hid deep beneath the desert, and Gaara refused Rasa’s offer to return to Sunagakure. The Akatsuki monitored Sunagakure but could not locate Gaara, while Sunagakure called Chiyo and Ebizo back into service and the Akatsuki debated its next move.

• Sasori persuaded Deidara to retreat after they lost Gaara’s trail in the desert, and they left on Deidara’s clay bird.
• Gaara stayed buried until Rasa arrived, then told his father about the Akatsuki and refused to return to Sunagakure to avoid endangering the village.
• Rasa decided to protect Gaara’s interests by consulting Sunagakure’s leaders, and he brought Chiyo and Ebizo out of retirement to help find the Akatsuki.
• Nagato ordered White Zetsu Clones to watch Sunagakure, but their reports that Gaara never returned ended his plan to attack the village.
• Nagato and Obito debated whether the Akatsuki should proceed with its third phase or first pursue the remaining Seven-Tails and One-Tails Jinchuriki.

Pain explained that the Akatsuki Organization would use a Kage Summit to distract the great villages while capturing the remaining Tailed Beasts, with Konoha the most likely summit location. He assured the members that he had a special ninjutsu to trap Mizuki Ember, while traitors within the organization secretly prepared to leak the plan.

• White Zetsu reported that the Fourth Raikage planned to convene a Kage Summit after the Akatsuki Organization captured the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and the Eight-Tails.
• Black Zetsu explained that the Akatsuki Organization would exploit the summit to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts, and Nagato identified Konoha, the Land of Iron, and Kirigakure as possible locations.
• Shisui agreed that Konoha was the most likely venue, and Pain outlined a plan to target Kirigakure's Three-Tails Jinchuriki and Six-Tails Jinchuriki before attacking Konoha for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kakuzu voiced concern about facing Mizuki Ember, recalling his own encounters with Hashirama Senju and Mizuki Ember and judging Mizuki to be the stronger man.
• Pain assured Kakuzu that he had prepared a ninjutsu capable of trapping Mizuki Ember, and the Akatsuki members agreed to pursue the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Some traitors within the Akatsuki Organization secretly began preparing to pass the plan to others.

Soji tested his incomplete One's Own Life Reincarnation technique on Muku, converting his vast Chakra into life force to revive him. Muku returned to life, but the effort drained Soji so completely that he collapsed and remained severely exhausted even after Otsutsuki Genji replenished his Chakra.

• Soji told Mui and Ryūzetsu that he intended to revive Muku, explaining that he might not have much time left and needed to settle his promises.
• Mui and Ryūzetsu left Soji alone in Hozuki Castle's underground chamber as he prepared to use the forbidden technique on Muku.
• Soji performed One's Own Life Reincarnation, sacrificing his Chakra and some of his life force to restore Muku's body and rekindle his life.
• After Muku's life stabilized, Soji stopped the technique and immediately collapsed from exhaustion.
• The Reincarnation Mirror sent Chakra into Soji under Otsutsuki Genji's control, allowing Soji to regain consciousness, though he remained too drained to move.

After recovering from reviving Muku, Soji revived Rin Nohara as a backup plan in case he was lost to the Black Hole, at a far greater cost to his vitality. When he finally went to meet her, Rin was recovering her strength and seemed afraid of him.

• Soji spent nearly a month recovering from the exhaustion of using the incomplete One's Own Life Reincarnation to revive Muku.
• Soji returned to Konoha and used the technique to revive Rin Nohara, whose life signs only returned after he replenished his Chakra and persisted with the Reincarnation Mirror.
• Soji summoned Hyuga Kiyoka to care for Rin and learned that Rin regained consciousness unusually clearly despite having been dead for over twenty years.
• Soji ordered Hyuga Kiyoka to keep Rin's revival secret and waited until his strength had partly returned before visiting her.
• When Soji arrived, Rin stopped her recovery training, looked at him with fear, and sat in a cushioned chair as he approached.

Soji learned that Rin Nohara had remained conscious after her death and watched Obito from a special space, explaining why she resisted being revived. Rin confirmed that Obito had been the focus of her obsession, leaving Soji aware of the truth behind her unusual return.

• Soji asked Rin Nohara about her recovery, and she nervously said she felt well while avoiding explaining her unease around him.
• Rin revealed that she had remained conscious throughout the twenty years after her death and had watched Soji fight someone several years earlier.
• Soji realized Rin's soul had stayed in a special space to watch Obito, and Rin's reaction confirmed his guess.
• Soji explained that powerful obsessions could keep souls from passing into the Netherworld, and Rin accepted the explanation.
• Rin told Soji that Obito had caused her obsession and said, "I've always been watching him!"

Rin Nohara asked Soji to help bring Obito back, and Soji agreed to consider it while leaving the final decision to Minato, Kushina, and possibly Kakashi. After teasing Rin about her feelings and her youthful appearance, Soji left to decide how to arrange her future.

• Rin Nohara told Soji that she loved Obito and asked him to help bring Obito back, promising to share the consequences with him.
• Soji said Obito's forgiveness was not his decision alone and left his fate to Minato and Kushina, possibly with Kakashi involved.
• Soji teased Rin about whether she liked Kakashi or Obito, and Rin realized that she now loved Obito.
• Soji reminded Rin that she had been revived with the appearance of a twelve- or thirteen-year-old, while Obito and Kakashi were in their thirties, and told her to rest and continue rehabilitation.
• After Soji left, Rin worried about facing Obito, Kakashi, and her former classmates in her young body.
• Soji considered whether to hand Rin over to Minato and Kushina or pursue another arrangement, his eyes flashing sharply as he weighed the second option.

After Rin Nohara recovered, Soji took her out of Konoha to hide her from Black Zetsu and others who might target her. He brought her to Orochimaru’s secret base, where she learned that Orochimaru was Soji’s teacher, and Soji greeted him.

• Soji decided Rin Nohara could not safely live openly in Konoha and left the village with her in disguise.
• Soji explained that hiding would protect Rin and preserve her chance to save Obito, and Rin agreed to follow his instructions.
• Soji and Rin reached Orochimaru’s hidden base, where the Sound Four recognized Soji and let them enter.
• Rin learned that Orochimaru was Soji’s teacher, and Soji asked her to keep it secret.
• Soji and Rin entered Orochimaru’s chamber, and Soji greeted his teacher.

Soji asked Orochimaru to look after Rin Nohara, whose existence he believed could help stabilize the future Ninja World. He also hinted that he might soon be unable to care for her himself, leaving Orochimaru curious about the other matter Soji needed help with.

• Soji arrived at Orochimaru's stone hall with Rin Nohara and learned that Fū, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, was being trained there by Ohm and Guren.
• After Ohm left, Orochimaru guessed that Soji had come to ask for help and focused his attention on Rin Nohara.
• Soji told Orochimaru that Rin Nohara might help bring peace to the Ninja World and asked him to look after her.
• Orochimaru questioned why Soji could not care for Rin himself, and Soji explained that Rin's identity was sensitive and that he might soon be unable to look after her.
• Orochimaru teased Soji about slacking off, prompting Rin Nohara to snicker, while Soji wondered if Kabuto had spread the word.

Soji asked Orochimaru to teach him the Living Corpse Reincarnation as a contingency in case his attempt to reach the Six Paths level failed and his body was destroyed. Orochimaru tested Soji’s intentions, then agreed to teach him the perfected technique and arranged for him and Rin Nohara to stay.

• Soji told Orochimaru that his dangerous plans might fail and asked him to look after the little one.
• Soji asked Orochimaru to teach him the Living Corpse Reincarnation, explaining that he would combine it with the Spirit Transformation Technique and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to preserve his soul if his body died.
• Orochimaru asked whether Soji would take the technique by force if refused, and Soji said he would offer secrets in trade instead.
• Orochimaru opened a hidden door and told Soji to rest there while he prepared to teach him the technique.
• Ohm arranged accommodations for Soji and Rin Nohara.

Soji mastered Living Corpse Reincarnation after two months of study with Orochimaru, strengthening his ability to preserve and transfer his soul. He returned to Konoha and prepared to attempt a breakthrough to the Six Paths level in three days, at an isolated island near the Land of Water.

• Orochimaru taught Soji Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Soji mastered the forbidden technique after two months of study.
• Soji met Fū, who recovered under Orochimaru's care and trained alongside Rin Nohara and Jugo, with Ohm leading their team and Guren sometimes taking over.
• Soji told Rin Nohara to continue studying ninjutsu under Orochimaru, then left the research base and returned to Konoha.
• Soji told Orochimaru he would attempt to break through to the Six Paths level, and Orochimaru urged him not to die.
• Soji arranged to attempt the breakthrough in three days on an island near the Land of Water, where the Gelel Ore Vein was sealed, and used Mizuki Ember to secure the surrounding waters.

Soji began fusing all seven Chakra attributes with the Gelel Ore Vein’s power to break through to the Six Paths level, unleashing catastrophic weather as he sat alone atop the iceberg. As his breakthrough neared completion, the Ancient Empire’s Space-Time Teleportation Array beneath the iceberg fully activated, bringing the long-awaited change from Shion’s prophecy.

• Soji returned to the isolated island and began meditating atop the emerald iceberg, intending to fuse the seven Chakra attributes and reach the Six Paths level.
• Soji drew on the Gelel Ore Vein’s power as he fused the Chakras, while storms gathered and nearby wildlife fled or perished.
• The Space-Time Teleportation Array beneath the shrinking iceberg began activating without Timsi’s blood, driven by the force of Soji’s breakthrough.
• Soji wondered why the Black Hole from Shion’s prophecy had not appeared and relaxed as his fusion reached a critical moment.
• The Space-Time Teleportation Array fully activated beneath the iceberg.

Soji absorbed the Gelel Ore Vein while merging the seven elemental types of Chakra, even as the Space-Time Teleportation Array opened a rift that threatened to swallow him. Just before being pulled into the mutated Space-Time Teleportation Black Hole, he broke through to the Six Paths level.

• Soji realized the splitting sky came from the Space-Time Teleportation Array and chose to stay at the iceberg rather than abandon his breakthrough.
• Soji focused on fusing the seven types of elemental Chakra while the array's suction grew stronger and the iceberg shrank.
• The array targeted Soji after he absorbed the Gelel Ore Vein, and its rift mutated into a powerful Space-Time Teleportation Black Hole.
• Soji was dragged toward the black hole as his skin, clothes, hair, and body changed into a Six Paths-level form.
• Soji successfully fused the seven types of elemental Chakra and absorbed the entire Gelel Ore Vein, breaking through to the Six Paths level.

Soji broke through to the Six Paths level but was pulled into a space-time transport Black Hole before he could escape. He split his soul to prepare a backup in Mizuki Ember, only for the transfer to leave Mizuki Ember with Soji’s Karma and a means to resurrect him.

• Soji reached the Six Paths level and realized the space-time transport Black Hole was about to swallow him.
• Soji decided not to abandon his body, but used Living Corpse Reincarnation to send part of his soul into Mizuki Ember as a safeguard.
• The Black Hole swallowed Soji’s body, and a streak of purple light followed him inside before the Black Hole vanished.
• Mizuki Ember discovered that Soji had planted the Starry Sky Otsutsuki Clan’s Karma in his body, giving Soji a path to resurrection if his main body died.
• Mizuki Ember noted that Soji had absorbed the entire Gelel Ore Vein during his breakthrough and would now have to consider how to reach the Kekkei Mōra level.

After Soji’s main body was swallowed by space-time turbulence, his Mizuki Ember avatar reassured Otsutsuki Genji and returned safely to Kirigakure. Trapped in the turbulence, Soji discovered he had gained Karma and Yomotsu Hirasaka, while the meteorite from Hoshigakure accompanied him into the void.

• Soji’s Mizuki Ember avatar told Otsutsuki Genji that he could not sense his main body’s condition but could use Karma to help it find its way back.
• Soji’s avatar returned to Kirigakure and calmed the villagers, who had been preparing to sail to the isolated island to check on him.
• Soji’s main body drifted through space-time turbulence and found the Hoshigakure meteorite had followed him out of the Reincarnation Mirror.
• Soji explored his new Six Paths abilities and learned that he could implant Karma and use Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Soji wished he had also gained Kaguya Otsutsuki’s Amenominaka.

Soji drifted through the Space-Time Turbulence while waiting for the teleportation array to send him somewhere, then spotted a possible exit. As he approached it, an unknown existence fixed its gaze on him and filled him with unprecedented fear.

• Soji realized he needed to reach the Kekkei Mōra level to obtain the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and settled on a reliable method to do so.
• Soji avoided opening a Yomotsu Hirasaka passage in the Space-Time Turbulence after his sixth sense warned that it would trigger a deadly storm.
• Soji summoned a Truth-Seeking Orb, enclosed himself inside it, and waited passively for the Space-Time Teleportation Array to carry him onward.
• Soji spotted a streak of white light and approached it, believing it was the array's exit.
• Soji felt an unknown gaze fall on him and shouted in fear, but the presence continued watching him without responding.