Chapter Summaries

Shin joined Nao and Nawaki in the fight against the Stone Ninja after they were pushed to the brink. White Zetsu completed his mission by taking the fatal blow meant for Shin, and Shin awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as night fell.

• Nao and Nawaki weakened as they fought off the Stone Ninja, and Nawaki was knocked down while trying to protect the Hagoromo.
• Nao blocked a Stone Ninja from killing Nawaki, and Shin reached through the Hagoromo's window to kill the attacker.
• Shin left the Hagoromo to aid Nao and Nawaki, then used dust and smoke to kill four Stone Ninja despite his dwindling ocular power and stamina.
• A sensory Stone Ninja exposed Shin's position, and the Stone Ninja rushed toward him through the smoke.
• White Zetsu took the kunai thrust meant for Shin and died, causing Shin's three Sharingan tomoe to join as the Mangekyō Sharingan awakened.

Shin awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used its abilities to save Nao from a fatal wound before protecting her and Nawaki from the Stone Ninja. With Nao unconscious and his power nearly spent, he stayed behind to cover their retreat.

• Shin awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amatsukami and Magatsukami to replace Nao’s fatal wound with an unharmed outcome.
• Shin activated Susanoo and repelled the Stone Ninja, though using it drained his ocular power and blurred his vision.
• Shin carried Nao to Nawaki and told him to escape with her while Shin stayed behind to fight.
• Nawaki carried the unconscious Nao away, and Shin used Susanoo to stop the Stone Ninja pursuing them.

The Great Toad Sage warned Jiraiya that an outsider would destroy the ninja world, with all of Jiraiya’s future disciples joining him, before creating a new world with the God Tree. Meanwhile, Hagoromo considered whether to accept this future, and Nawaki reunited with Tsunade at the border of Earth Country.

• The Great Toad Sage summoned Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku and revealed that his earlier prophecy had changed.
• The Great Toad Sage prophesied that an outsider would destroy the ninja world, gather Jiraiya’s future disciples, and leave only one country with no ninja villages.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that the destruction would end war for ordinary people, then reverse-summoned him into the night.
• The Great Toad Sage told Hagoromo Otsutsuki that the outsider would use the nine tailed beasts and the God Tree to destroy and remake the world, leaving Hagoromo to decide its fate.
• Nawaki met Tsunade at the border of Earth Country and embraced her, while Nao’s fall into the ground disrupted their reunion.

Nao and the others searched for the missing Shin but found no trace of him. Meanwhile, Shin awakened in Madara’s underground hideout and used his knowledge and Mangekyō ability to convince Madara that the stone tablet had been altered.

• Nao and the main force searched the battlefield for Shin but found only destroyed ground, Stone Ninja corpses, and no sign of the missing Hagoromo.
• White Zetsu brought the unconscious Shin to Madara’s hideout, where Shin pretended to wake up and act confused.
• Shin identified Madara and revealed that he knew the secrets of the stone tablet and the powers of the Uchiha and Senju.
• Shin told Madara that the stone tablet had been tampered with, and Madara began checking its inscriptions.
• Shin stayed alert for Black Zetsu and considered using his Mangekyō abilities to escape.

Shin used Impure World Reincarnation on the second-generation White Zetsu, reviving Hashirama to investigate the truth behind the stone tablet and Black Zetsu. Hashirama repeatedly mistook Shin for a young Madara before finally recognizing the real Madara.

• Shin asked Madara for Hashirama Senju's cells to verify his suspicion about who could use Yin-Yang Release, and Madara ordered White Zetsu to prepare them.
• Shin took a cell from Hashirama Senju's flesh, stored the remainder in a Uchiha clan pendant, and used Impure World Reincarnation on the second-generation White Zetsu.
• Hashirama was revived and mistook white-haired Madara for a child, then mistook Shin for Madara and asked whether the two were father and son.
• Shin corrected Hashirama and blurted out that his father was Uchiha Chiken, leaving Hashirama confused about how he had been reincarnated.
• Hashirama examined Madara again and finally recognized him by the red patch on his face.

Shin summoned Hashirama to prove something and seek an answer he could accept, while Konoha learned that Shin and Jiraiya had vanished. The Third Hokage suspected a conspiracy behind Shin’s disappearance, and Nao recorded her grievances against him at the Grass Country camp.

• Hashirama questioned Shin about Konoha’s wars, and Shin explained that he had reincarnated him to prove something and find an answer for himself.
• Hashirama apologized to Madara for what had bound the Uchiha after his death, while Shin sat down to conserve his ocular power.
• The Third Hokage learned that Konoha had captured Han, lost Roshi to the Stone Ninja, and that Shin and Jiraiya had gone missing.
• Orochimaru told the Third Hokage that Jiraiya had vanished in a cloud of smoke, but the Hokage dismissed him despite his claim that Tsunade could vouch for it.
• The Third Hokage suspected a conspiracy behind Shin’s disappearance but avoided confronting the possibility that Konoha had been betrayed.
• Nao wrote a list of accusations against Shin in her notebook, including that he had left her to face danger and used Genjutsu on her.

Shin used his Mangekyō Sharingan’s Genjutsu to reveal the hidden history of the ninja world to Madara and Reanimated Hashirama, then showed them a possible future ending with Kaguya’s return. A mysterious voice interrupted the vision, and Shin recognized the arrival of someone who could answer his questions.

• Shin brought Madara and Reanimated Hashirama into his Genjutsu space and claimed his left eye could reveal the ninja world’s true history.
• Shin showed them how Kaguya Otsutsuki ate the God Tree’s fruit, later cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and created the White Zetsu.
• Shin revealed that Hagoromo and Hamura sealed Kaguya, while Indra and Asura’s conflict began the cycle of reincarnation that shaped the Uchiha and Senju.
• Madara accepted the revelation and laughed, while Reanimated Hashirama focused on Madara rather than the implications of the history.
• Shin showed a possible future in which Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi succeeded, Black Zetsu betrayed him, and Kaguya returned.
• A gentle voice told the three to stop, and Shin froze the scene, recognizing the being who could answer his doubts.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared before Shin, Madara, and Reanimated Hashirama, explained that Black Zetsu had stolen Madara’s Rinnegan, and asked Shin to stop him. Shin agreed on the condition that Hagoromo would not interfere in the real world, then woke with Madara and Hashirama and joined them in sealing the underground space to expose Black Zetsu.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki revealed himself as the Sage of Six Paths and said he could not read Shin’s memories.
• Hagoromo explained that Black Zetsu had stolen the Rinnegan of Indra’s reincarnation and asked Shin to confront him.
• Shin agreed to stop Black Zetsu while Hagoromo promised to govern only the Pure Land, and Hagoromo granted Shin powers of Yin and Yang.
• Hagoromo addressed Madara and Reanimated Hashirama before fading away, leaving the three men to face the threat of Black Zetsu.
• Madara, Shin, and Reanimated Hashirama woke in the real world and sealed the underground space, after which Madara called for Black Zetsu to show himself.

Shin, Madara, and Reanimated Hashirama tried to trap Black Zetsu, but Black Zetsu evaded their blockade and used Planetary Devastation to crush the underground space. The three struggled to hold the space open, and White Zetsu confirmed that Black Zetsu was not at the center of the trap.

• Shin used Amatsukami to locate Black Zetsu while Madara and Reanimated Hashirama prepared to restrain him.
• Black Zetsu passed through the barrier with Yin-Yang Release, and the three combined Myōjin Gates, Wood Release, and Senjutsu-enhanced restraints to trap the apparent target.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had already decided to trap them and began collapsing the underground space with Planetary Devastation.
• Madara expanded his Susanoo while Shin and Reanimated Hashirama used a Susanoo-clad wooden dragon to hold the contracting space open.
• White Zetsu appeared and reported that Black Zetsu had not been inside the center of the blockade.

Sakumo was reassigned to the Grass Country as Konoha prepared to concentrate its forces there, while the Third Hokage worried about threats on several fronts. Trapped beneath Chibaku Tensei, Shin committed to the New Crescent Moon Eye Plan and began preparing to grow strong enough to end the war himself.

• Sakumo studied photographs of the destruction in the Grass Country and learned he would take over as commander-in-chief there.
• The Third Hokage weighed Konoha’s dangers and resolved to persuade the major clans to reinforce the Land of Hot Water.
• Shin, Madara, and Reanimated Hashirama survived the underground space’s shaking, and Madara warned that breaking the Chibaku Tensei seal would be difficult.
• Shin recognized that their confinement gave Black Zetsu more time and vowed to pursue the New Crescent Moon Eye Plan despite Madara’s doubts.
• Shin resolved to build a legend, eventually oversee a parliamentary nation from the moon, and first become strong enough to end the Shinobi World War.

Shin began training under Madara and Reanimated Hashirama after they set an immense standard for his power, while Sakumo prepared to leave for the Grass Country with reporters from the Uchiha Newspaper. The reporters' true mission was to find Shin, who had been missing for nearly two months.

• Madara and Reanimated Hashirama told Shin that his abilities and inherited powers made him responsible for reaching an extraordinary level, then began training him in senjutsu and ninjutsu.
• After more than half a year away, Sakumo returned home, and Inuzuka Shizune made him promise to call her every day while he was on the battlefield.
• Sakumo arrived at Konoha's North Gate the next morning to lead a group toward the Land of Hot Water, while Shibi Aburame assigned Kaede to gather material alone.
• Uchiha Mumei introduced himself to Sakumo as a senior reporter and accompanied the group toward the front.
• The Uchiha reporters were actually heading to the Grass Country to search for Shin, following Chiken's order that they not return without finding him.

Shin pushed his Susanoo to its third form and used Magatsukami to restore his eye power, but the technique could not repair the life force he lost. Madara forced him to confront the risks of relying on his Mangekyo or accepting Hashirama’s cells, and Shin refused the preserved flesh before deciding he could find a scientific solution.

• Shin used his immense computing power to speed up his Susanoo’s attacks, but Madara countered with armored Susanoo and overwhelmed him.
• Shin restored his depleted eye power with Magatsukami, then coughed blood as Susanoo’s backlash eroded his life force.
• Madara warned Shin that injuries could eventually make him blind and asked whether he would spend eye power to save an injured companion.
• Madara offered Shin a choice between the Eternal Mangekyo and Hashirama’s cells, prompting Hashirama to realize Madara had bitten him to obtain his flesh.
• Shin recognized that Madara had preserved the flesh for decades but refused to transplant it, then declared himself a scientist and considered finding a way to make the cells safe.

Shin spent more than half a month refining the Super Hashirama Serum until he produced a version without side effects or the risk of assimilating the recipient’s cells. Meanwhile, Sakumo’s teasing and an anonymous newspaper report provoked Jiraiya into attacking him, and Shin ended the chapter exhausted and dreading the workload ahead.

• Shin used Hashirama’s cells to test and improve his serum, while Madara explained that the cells’ tendency to devour and replace normal cells resembled cancer.
• Sakumo reunited with Jiraiya at the Grass Country frontline and accidentally irritated him by boasting about his married life.
• An unnamed Uchiha arranged for a newspaper report about Jiraiya’s childhood peeping, and Jiraiya blamed Sakumo and chased him with a blade.
• Sakumo realized how damaging false rumors could be and resolved to toughen his mind after Jiraiya cut his hair.
• Shin completed version 19.0 of the Super Hashirama Serum, then collapsed and worried that the serum would leave him no chance to rest.

Uchiha Shin endured the Super Hashirama Serum and emerged with a body comparable to adult Hashirama Senju, while Madara and Reanimated Hashirama renewed their shared commitment to peace. Black Zetsu entered Kirigakure in the isolated Land of Water, continuing his pursuit of Kaguya Otsutsuki’s resurrection.

• White Zetsu injected the serum into Shin’s isolation chamber, and Reanimated Hashirama used his Chakra to accelerate its fusion with Shin’s cells.
• Shin used Amatsukami to skip ahead through the expected five-year transformation, but he instead found himself running around the ninja world before the pain finally stopped.
• Shin broke out of the chamber with a transformed body comparable to adult Hashirama Senju, and the Sage of Six Paths’ remaining Yang power had grown to the size of a fist.
• Reanimated Hashirama apologized to Madara for neglecting his feelings, and Madara accepted the apology while they continued to support Shin’s New Crescent Moon Eye Plan.
• Black Zetsu arrived in Kirigakure and entered the village as he pursued the resurrection of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Black Zetsu possessed the Third Mizukage to push the war toward a new climax, while Shin tested his growing power against Madara and Reanimated Hashirama. After his Susanoo was overwhelmed by Hashirama’s giant Buddha, Shin awakened its complete-body form and prepared to continue the fight.

• Black Zetsu infiltrated the Third Mizukage’s office, subdued him, and took control of his body.
• Shin continued battling Madara and Reanimated Hashirama with his white Susanoo after finishing his serum treatment.
• Hashirama attacked Shin with his giant Buddha, while Shin used precise movements to cut through its wooden hands.
• As the Buddha’s assault overwhelmed the Susanoo, Shin pushed himself to grow stronger and protect the Ninja World.
• Shin’s Susanoo transformed into its complete-body form, and he raised its greatsword against Hashirama’s Buddha.

After Shin fell unconscious from wielding his Perfect Susanoo, Madara and Hashirama reflected on Konoha’s corrupted Will of Fire and resolved to support him. A month later, six nations declared war on the Land of Fire, forcing Konoha’s clans to mobilize while Shin continued training underground with the two legends.

• Shin lost consciousness as his Perfect Susanoo faded, and Hashirama praised his power.
• Madara and Hashirama discussed how the Will of Fire had become corrupted and placed their hopes in Shin.
• The Land of Water and the Land of Frost declared war on the Land of Fire, and the Third Hokage convened Konoha’s leaders.
• The Rain Country declared war on five other countries, including the Land of Fire, prompting Konoha’s clans to volunteer for battlefields.
• Chiken and Meitoku decided to take the field personally, while Shin fought Madara and Hashirama in the underground training space.

The Uchiha search for their missing Second Young Master ended without clues, while the frontlines in Grass Country and the Land of Hot Water remained active. Black Zetsu, possessing the Third Mizukage, saw an opportunity to move while the others had left.

• Nameless called off the Uchiha search after learning the current clan head would reach Grass Country by the next day, and the group returned after consulting with the Sand ninja.
• Nao and Nawaki reported that they had wiped out five teams of roughly forty Waterfall ninja, and Nao left the mess hall angrily after seeing Jiraiya hand Tsunade a napkin.
• Hi fought Wuzhe and Wenzhe until nightfall, then escaped the surrounding Inuzuka and Aburame reinforcements in his complete Lightning Armor.
• Black Zetsu, controlling the Third Mizukage, watched the Hagoromo aircraft and headed toward Konoha after realizing that the others had left.

Shin received Madara and Reanimated Hashirama’s permission to undo Planetary Devastation, while Black Zetsu attacked the Uzumaki Clan compound in Konoha to seize the Nine-Tails. Mito, Uchiha Cocoon, Uchiha Chiyuki, and the Anbu fought back, leaving Black Zetsu restrained and under Chiyuki’s control.

• Shin asked Madara and Reanimated Hashirama for permission to break the Planetary Devastation seal, and they agreed.
• Black Zetsu used the Third Mizukage’s body to trap the Uzumaki Clan compound in a massive water prison and declared that he would destroy Konoha.
• Uchiha Cocoon brought Uchiha Chiyuki to the compound, where the two elderly survivors joined Mito and the Anbu in confronting Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu repelled the attackers with Shinra Tensei, but Cocoon and Mito resisted the shockwave and continued fighting.
• Mito used Nine-Tails Chakra to bind Black Zetsu with Adamantine Sealing Chains, while Cocoon weakened his body with his Mangekyō ability.
• Cocoon struck Black Zetsu with the Great Dragon Fire Technique, and Chiyuki used her Mangekyō ability to twist the Third Mizukage’s neck uncontrollably.

Black Zetsu revealed the Rinnegan inside the Third Mizukage’s corpse and targeted Mito and the children who arrived at the scene. As he attacked with chakra-sealing rods, Mito and the five elders moved to protect the children.

• Chiyuki twisted the Third Mizukage’s neck, but Black Zetsu revived the corpse and revealed the Rinnegan.
• Kurama warned Mito that Black Zetsu could make tailed beasts disappear forever if he killed her.
• Kushina led Minato, Shikaku, Choza, and Inoichi from Hokage Rock to investigate a giant sphere of water near her home.
• Black Zetsu said he had stolen the Rinnegan, but Kushina interrupted before he named its original owner.
• Black Zetsu absorbed some of Mito’s chakra and fired chakra-sealing rods at the children, while Mito and the five elders shielded them.

Shin escaped the Chibaku Tensei after Madara entrusted him with the Uchiha Clan’s future, then returned to find Black Zetsu attacking the Uzumaki Clan. Black Zetsu was about to kill the children, but Shin arrived in time to block his attack.

• Shin tested his Mangekyō ability on the Chibaku Tensei and learned that its delayed strike damaged the earth beneath the untouched surface.
• Reanimated Hashirama refused to leave the Pure Land, while Madara gave Shin the Uchiha Clan fan and entrusted the clan to him.
• Black Zetsu overwhelmed the defenders in the Uzumaki Clan territory, killed Cocoon, and blasted a hole through Chiyuki’s chest.
• Black Zetsu tried to take Mito and kill the five children, but Mito’s seal resisted his Rinnegan, and he estimated that breaking it would take at least three years.
• Shin arrived and used Madara’s fan to block Black Zetsu’s black rods aimed at the children.