Chapter Summaries

Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei on Sarutobi Hiruzen’s gathered forces, devastating the camp and leaving Hiruzen surrounded by ruins and the dead.

• Tsunade confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over his betrayal of the Senju Clan and Nawaki’s death while Konan kept her from charging.
• Pain leaped into the air as Minato, Konan, Tsunade, and Kushina revealed their combat preparations and blocked Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Great Fireball Technique.
• Pain gathered the Rinnegan’s power and warned that those who did not understand pain could not understand peace.
• Minato teleported his teammates away as Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei, crushing and burying most of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen surveyed the ruins and realized that his clan’s combatants, the Anbu, and the allied ninjas had all been killed.

Pain’s Shinra Tensei devastated Sarutobi Hiruzen’s encampment, and Tsunade’s group closed in to destroy the Sarutobi Clan. The survivors were trapped as Kushina restrained Sekishu, while Minato confronted Ryunosuke’s Nue before withdrawing.

• Black Zetsu sensed Nagato leaving the Uchiha Clan Compound and hurried toward the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Pain’s Shinra Tensei flattened Sarutobi Hiruzen’s encampment, leaving Sekishu Sarutobi among the few survivors and shocking spies from across the Shinobi World.
• Pain reunited with Minato, Kushina, Tsunade, and Konan, while Tsunade urged them to finish off Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Ryunosuke Sarutobi emerged from Nue’s Pocket Dimension and tried to help Sarutobi Hiruzen escape, but Minato blocked their path as Tsunade vowed to destroy the Sarutobi Clan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Ryunosuke and Sekishu to flee and charged Tsunade, but Kushina bound Sekishu with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Ryunosuke transformed into Nue, which resisted Minato’s kunai and began absorbing his Chakra; Minato then signaled Konan and vanished.

Tsunade and Minato defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen and sealed Nue, but Ryunosuke Sarutobi ordered Nue to self-destruct, tearing through space and forcing the group to retreat. The blast drew the attention of a mysterious man in an underground base, who left through a Black Space Door to keep something from being discovered.

• Tsunade overpowered Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Minato stopped his jutsu before sealing him in place; Tsunade vowed to make him witness the Sarutobi Clan’s destruction.
• Pain used Planetary Devastation with Konan’s help to trap Nue, while Zetsu realized Pain was Nagato and hurried toward him.
• Ryunosuke Sarutobi ordered Nue to self-destruct to avoid being trapped in the Pocket Dimension.
• Minato sensed the danger and teleported his teammates away as Nue’s explosion shook space and left crack-like patterns in the air.
• A man in an underground base noticed Spatial Curvature had reached 8, worried that others might discover something, and entered a Black Space Door.

After Minato brought Tsunade and the others back to confront the Sarutobi Clan, Jigen appeared and abducted Sekishu Sarutobi and Ryunosuke Sarutobi. Zetsu recognized Jigen’s aura as possibly belonging to Isshiki and panicked, deciding he had to retrieve the Rinnegan.

• Asuma reached the wounded Hiruzen Sarutobi, learned that Pain and the others had attacked, and was told to take Konohamaru out of the Land of Fire.
• Minato returned with Tsunade and the others, and Asuma stood between Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi before choosing to face the attackers.
• Jigen emerged through a spatial gate, knocked Sekishu Sarutobi unconscious, and seized him and Ryunosuke Sarutobi.
• Jigen opened another spatial gate and disappeared with the two Sarutobis, leaving Minato’s group stunned.
• Zetsu suspected Jigen was Isshiki and resolved to retrieve the Rinnegan immediately.

After Jigen appeared and Black Zetsu tried to seize Nagato’s Rinnegan, Minato teleported the group to safety. Senyo identified Jigen and sent Minato and Tsunade to retrieve Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Orochimaru discovered the Rinnegan’s restriction could not be removed safely.

• Jigen’s overwhelming presence alarmed Tsunade, Minato, and Pain, and Minato decided they needed to consult Senyo.
• Nagato’s eyes suddenly caused him intense pain, and his Shinra Tensei scattered those nearby as Black Zetsu lunged for him.
• A Nine-Tails Cloak vanished Nagato from Zetsu’s reach, and Minato teleported the others away, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen and Asuma behind.
• At Orochimaru’s base, Kabuto tested improved Curse Mark patterns and found they increased natural-energy absorption by seventy percent.
• Minato told Senyo about Jigen, Zetsu, and the Sarutobi Clan’s Summoning Beast; Senyo identified Jigen and sent Minato and Tsunade to retrieve Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Orochimaru examined Nagato’s Rinnegan and found its core restriction could not be removed without damaging the eyes, so Senyo suggested destroying them.

Tsunade killed Sarutobi Hiruzen and had Minato capture Asuma and Konohamaru, then turned to dealing with the Sarutobi Clan members and Hiruzen’s followers. With Minato’s help, she screened the civilians gathered in the Daimyo’s Mansion and sent thousands for review and transport to Konoha.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Asuma to flee with Konohamaru, but Tsunade and Minato returned and Tsunade killed Hiruzen.
• Minato searched for Asuma and Konohamaru, captured them, and brought them back to Tsunade.
• Tsunade considered what to do with the Sarutobi Clan members, then went to the Daimyo’s Mansion and met Hisayo Norio.
• Minato proposed a way to identify people who hated Tsunade, and Tsunade agreed to use it.
• Disguised as Tsunade, Minato used the Nine-Tails’ Malice Perception to screen over twenty thousand people and identify more than five thousand for arrest and transport to Konoha.

Senyo questioned the reanimated Sarutobi Hiruzen about the Gozu Tennō Plan and considered how to counter the dangers posed by Jigen and Black Zetsu. As news of Akatsuki’s victory spread, a blond-haired man approached Kakuzu, while Senyo interrupted Kisame and Anko’s outing to give Kisame a message to deliver.

• Senyo had Orochimaru reanimate Sarutobi Hiruzen, who revealed that Shigaraki Tanuki had continued the Gozu Tennō Plan and that Hiruzen had arranged for an attack to supply its living sacrifices.
• Senyo worried that Jigen had taken Nue and some of the Nine-Tails’ chakra and that Black Zetsu might reclaim the Rinnegan, then asked Orochimaru how many people Nagato could resurrect.
• Kakuzu read reports in the black market about Akatsuki destroying the Sarutobi Clan, and a blond-haired man leaned beside him and asked to join his organization.
• Kisame and Anko enjoyed an outing in Konoha and exchanged matching puppy charms.
• Senyo approached Kisame and Anko, then asked Kisame to deliver a message.

After returning Tsunade to Senyo, he revealed ways to revive the dead and explained the future threats tied to Nagato’s Rinnegan. He promised Tsunade that Dan Katō and Nawaki would be revived if she worked with Orochimaru to prepare a body for Hashirama.

• Minato returned Tsunade, Asuma, and Konohamaru, while the Daimyo's Mansion recovered stolen funds to compensate the trade associations.
• Tsunade asked to see Dan Katō and Nawaki, and Senyo told her that Chiyo’s Life Reincarnation and Nagato’s Rinne Rebirth Technique could revive the dead.
• Senyo showed Tsunade the Water of Life and explained that Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina, Nawaki, Dan Katō, and Hatake Sakumo would be revived.
• Senyo used a genjutsu to explain the origins of Nagato’s Rinnegan and the future enemies, including Obito, Madara, and Black Zetsu.
• Senyo told Tsunade to work with Orochimaru to create a body for Hashirama, promising Dan Katō and Nawaki’s revival as her reward.

Obito learned that Nagato had recovered and allied with the Uchiha, while Orochimaru had revived Minato with an enhanced Impure World Reincarnation. After Obito and Zetsu discussed retrieving the Rinnegan, Kisame met them and offered intelligence on Nagato, saying he would follow whoever won.

• Zetsu told Obito that Nagato had joined the Uchiha and that Minato had been revived with the ability to use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Zetsu explained that he had controlled Nagato during the battle, but Minato had teleported Nagato away before Zetsu could recover the Rinnegan.
• Obito and Zetsu agreed to find Nagato so Zetsu could control him while Obito took the Rinnegan.
• Tobi reported that Kisame had come to their contact point, and Obito and Zetsu went to meet him.
• Kisame told Obito he had come to provide intelligence on Nagato and would follow whoever won.

Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hatake Sakumo, Dan Katō, and Nawaki, reuniting them with Kakashi and Tsunade. Senyo said they could be truly revived next, and the chapter ended with Sakumo learning the truth about his death and urging Kakashi to start a family.

• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation using Asuma Sarutobi and Konohamaru Sarutobi as sacrifices for Dan Katō and Nawaki.
• Kakashi reunited with Hatake Sakumo, while Tsunade embraced Nawaki and explained the jutsu to Dan Katō.
• Orochimaru welcomed Nawaki and brushed aside his apology, while Dan Katō warned Tsunade not to confess because his return would only cause her more pain.
• Senyo revealed that the summoning was only the first step and that the three could be truly revived, prompting Dan Katō to comfort Tsunade.
• Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo that Sarutobi Hiruzen had framed him and that Hiruzen and Danzo had been executed; Sakumo then teased Kakashi for not starting a family.

Konan and Kakuzu discussed the Akatsuki’s plans as the organization prepared to lure Obito and Zetsu into the open. At Orochimaru’s laboratory, Nagato resurrected Dan Katō, Nawaki, Hatake Sakumo, Minato, and Kushina, with Senyo sustaining Kushina using her own vitality.

• Konan praised Kakuzu for his last operation and told him the Akatsuki’s destruction of the Sarutobi Clan had been staged with the Uchiha.
• Konan ordered Kakuzu to pretend to meet the Akatsuki at the Land of Rain border, then leave if Obito and Zetsu appeared.
• Kakuzu told Konan that Deidara wanted to join the Akatsuki, and Konan said to ignore him for now.
• At Orochimaru’s laboratory, Nagato began the Rinne Rebirth Technique to resurrect five people while Senyo unlocked Kushina’s level-four bond and obtained her full vitality.
• Nawaki, Minato, Dan Katō, and Hatake Sakumo regained living bodies before Kushina, whose resurrection Senyo’s clone sustained with her own life force.

Senyo confronted Obito and revealed that Madara had orchestrated Rin’s kidnapping and death to manipulate him. The chapter ended with Senyo pressing his fingers against Nagato’s Rinnegan and asking Black Zetsu whether his revelation was true.

• Kakuzu met Nagato and Konan at the border of Amegakure, then left when Nagato told him Obito had arrived.
• Senyo emerged from Nagato’s shadow and told Obito that Madara’s men had kidnapped Rin as part of a plan to make her the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and turn Obito against Konoha.
• Obito believed Senyo’s accusation and turned on Black Zetsu, but Zetsu urged him to focus on obtaining the Rinnegan.
• Nagato exhausted the Rinnegan’s ocular power by repeatedly using Shinra Tensei, while Senyo hid in his shadow and Konan’s paper clone dispersed.
• Senyo emerged again, relieved Nagato’s pain, and pressed his fingers against the Rinnegan as he asked Black Zetsu whether his claims about Madara were true.

Senyo forced Black Zetsu to reveal that Madara had orchestrated Rin’s kidnapping and that Infinite Tsukuyomi was meant to revive Kaguya, not fulfill Obito’s dream. Nagato destroyed both Rinnegan, leaving Zetsu’s plan in ruins as he tried to lure the broken Obito into helping him revive Rin.

• Senyo threatened Nagato’s Rinnegan until Zetsu confessed that Madara had arranged Rin’s kidnapping to drive Obito into darkness.
• Senyo forced Zetsu to explain that Infinite Tsukuyomi would revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Zetsu revealed that he was her son.
• Zetsu told Obito that the technique would drain its victims’ Chakra and kill them, shattering Obito’s belief in his dream.
• Obito and Zetsu lunged for the remaining Rinnegan, but Nagato used Senyo’s finger to destroy it.
• Zetsu tried to steady himself after his thousand-year plan failed, then offered the devastated Obito a way to revive Rin.

Senyo confronted Obito about using Rin as an excuse for his crimes, then revealed that Rin had been revived. Rin rejected Obito and condemned his violence, leaving him devastated as Zetsu was captured and sealed.

• Senyo accused Obito of wanting a dream world only so Rin would love him, and Rin arrived with Kakashi, Kushina, Minato, and Senyo's original body.
• Zetsu tried to escape underground, but a sealing formation blocked him, and Senyo captured and sealed away his power.
• Rin confronted Obito about the Nine-Tails' Rampage and the lives he had taken, while Obito blamed Madara and the loss of Rin for his actions.
• Rin rejected Obito's excuses and told him she had never liked him and had always liked Kakashi.
• Rin said the Obito she had cared for was the boy who dreamed of becoming Hokage, not the butcher who wanted to overturn the Shinobi World.

Rin killed Obito after rejecting him, but Black Zetsu broke free, possessed Obito, and escaped with him into the Kamui Dimension after gravely injuring Senyo. Minato rushed the group to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru began treating Senyo.

• Rin kissed Kakashi to spite Obito, then told Obito she would never love him and would marry Kakashi.
• Rin stabbed Obito through the heart with a kunai, and Obito died without resisting.
• Black Zetsu broke Senyo’s seal, pierced his abdomen through Susanoo, and possessed Obito’s body.
• Minato attacked the possessed Obito, but Obito escaped with Black Zetsu into the Kamui Dimension.
• Minato brought everyone to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru treated Senyo and ordered Karin, her mother, and Tsunade to be summoned.

Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Karin saved Senyo after Black Zetsu’s attack, while Obito survived in the Kamui Dimension and began considering Black Zetsu’s plan for revenge against Madara. Senyo remained unconscious as Obito agreed to hear how Zetsu intended to proceed.

• Orochimaru used Jugo’s tissue and Senyo’s Sage Mode to temporarily seal his wounds, then Tsunade and Karin helped regenerate his organs with the Water of Life and Karin’s vitality.
• Karin stayed beside the unconscious Senyo, while Mio worried about Karin’s attachment to him.
• Minato told Orochimaru that Kurama identified the energy that pierced Senyo as the power of Kekkei Mōra.
• Black Zetsu failed to take over Obito, who awakened with a strange dark power and forced Zetsu to detach from him.
• Black Zetsu offered Obito revenge on Madara by making him the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki and sacrificing him to Kaguya; Obito asked how Zetsu would do it without the Rinnegan, and Zetsu said he had other means.

Orochimaru offered Nagato experimental replacement eyes, and Nagato agreed to receive them. At home, Naruto reunited with his resurrected parents, shared the family meal he had long wanted, learned of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s death, and discovered Minato had restored Kurama to him.

• Orochimaru explained that his experimental eyes had no cellular will but might not evolve, and Nagato agreed to have them implanted.
• Naruto returned home and found Minato alive with Kushina, who told him Senyo had brought them back to life.
• Naruto shared a meal with Minato and Kushina, then began to reconcile with his father.
• Minato told Naruto that Senyo had expelled Sarutobi Hiruzen from Konoha and that Hiruzen had died.
• Minato restored Kurama inside Naruto, and Naruto joyfully realized Kurama had been saved.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha seeking Tsunade, but the guards treated him as a Rogue Ninja and captured him without resistance. Tsunade met him at Konoha Hospital and refused to untie him.

• Jiraiya arrived at Konoha after learning that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others had been killed and Asuma and Konohamaru had been taken away.
• Hitomi Hyuga confronted Jiraiya at the gate and demanded that he surrender without resistance before seeing Tsunade.
• Hitomi Hyuga sealed Jiraiya's Chakra, bound and gagged him, and had guards carry him to Konoha Hospital.
• Tsunade examined the decayed Rinnegan in Orochimaru's laboratory, and Orochimaru arranged for Jiraiya to be brought to them.
• Tsunade laughed at Jiraiya's restraints, removed the gag, and refused to untie him because he was a Rogue Ninja.

Tsunade and Orochimaru forced Jiraiya to confront Sarutobi Hiruzen’s crimes, then expelled him from Konoha. Meanwhile, reports spread that Senyo had been gravely injured as the Ghost Legion advanced toward Konoha.

• Tsunade took Jiraiya to Orochimaru, who summoned Sarutobi Hiruzen with Impure World Reincarnation and controlled him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted to plotting Nawaki and Dan Katō’s deaths, exterminating the Senju Clan, and misusing the Fourth Hokage’s inheritance while abusing Naruto.
• Tsunade withdrew Jiraiya’s wanted notice but expelled him from Konoha, refused his requests to see Senyo, and mocked his faith in the Child of Prophecy.
• Jiraiya left with Mio and abandoned his plan to ask the Great Toad Sage about the prophecy.
• Black-market reports claimed the Akatsuki leader had been seriously injured or killed, while Kakuzu returned to Amegakure and handled the organization’s affairs.
• The Ghost Legion advanced toward Konoha to capture Miko, and Iwagakure allowed it to cross the Land of Earth as other villages watched warily.

Karin spent her eleventh birthday at Senyo’s hospital bedside, where she reflected on how he had rescued and cared for her and Mio. As Karin’s feelings for Senyo grew, Ruri and Zhiyu arrived just as she leaned toward him.

• Karin watched over unconscious Senyo, while Mio brought her favorite foods and reminded her that it was her birthday.
• Mio worried about Karin’s rapid physical development and her apparent affection for Senyo, but decided to wait before discussing it.
• Karin remembered how Senyo had freed her and Mio from their hardship in Kusagakure and given them a safe home, education, and companionship.
• After Mio left, Karin told sleeping Senyo that she was another year older and leaned closer to his face.
• Ruri and Zhiyu entered the room, startling Karin as she hurriedly stood up and greeted them in embarrassment.