Chapter Summaries

Yakumo reassured Karin that Senyo might return her feelings someday, and Karin resolved to become his bride while keeping her crush secret. In the command tent, Senyo asked Tsunade about Sunagakure’s poisons and assured the leaders that his energy was nowhere near depleted after the day’s fighting.

• Yakumo comforted Karin by arguing that Senyo had not rejected her and that he treated her better than Sasuke treated girls who liked him.
• Karin cheered up and vowed to grow up and become Senyo’s bride.
• Yakumo urged Karin to keep her feelings secret, and Karin agreed to conceal them from everyone else.
• Senyo entered the command tent and asked Tsunade whether Sunagakure’s poisons posed a serious threat.
• Tsunade explained that Sunagakure was still using familiar poisons and that Konoha’s antidotes could neutralize them.
• Senyo asked about the unit’s losses and future strategy, then said the day’s battles had only been a warm-up and Karin could replenish his energy.

Senyo planned to draw Sunagakure’s army of eight thousand into the Land of Fire while coordinating the timing of Iwagakure’s pursuit of Fugaku’s team. The chapter ended with Senyo’s group beginning its retreat toward Konoha.

• Senyo confirmed with Tsunade that their team would act as bait and retreat the next morning, while Dan and Yakumo would later use the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Senyo stopped Dan from discussing plans after the war, warning that talking about future plans on a battlefield could jinx them.
• Senyo and Hatake Sakumo discussed Sunagakure’s stagnant poison tactics and puppet designs.
• Senyo planned to stagger the battles against Sunagakure and Iwagakure so his clone could support Fugaku’s team, and offered to handle reconnaissance so the Hyuga scouts could rest.
• After a night’s rest, Senyo’s team began retreating toward Konoha.

Rasa and Chiyo assessed Senyo’s Susanoo, Sunagakure’s terrain disadvantages, and the threat posed by other villages’ movements. After learning Konoha’s forces were retreating, Rasa chose to pursue Senyo’s troops rather than advance directly toward Konoha.

• Chiyo reported to Rasa that Senyo’s four Shadow Clones could use Susanoo and that his true body could grow even larger, prompting Rasa to consider how difficult a battle against them would be.
• Rasa revealed that he had brought two adult sandworms, while Chiyo cautioned that their combat capabilities and controllability still needed testing.
• A scout reported that Konoha’s forces were withdrawing from the battlefield.
• Chiyo learned that Kumogakure was advancing toward the Land of Fire and that Ōnoki’s forces had joined with Uchiha Fugaku’s army, bringing their combined numbers to around five thousand.
• Rasa decided to pursue Senyo’s retreating forces, and Chiyo agreed to make the arrangements.

Ōnoki visited the recovering Roshi and learned that Uchiha Itachi’s genjutsu had tortured him for seventy-two hours, leaving him unable to use his full strength or safely transform. With Konoha’s forces retreating toward the Land of Fire and Senyo’s Susanoo-equipped force threatening the battlefield, Ōnoki and Roshi agreed that Iwagakure needed to attack Fugaku’s unit quickly.

• Ōnoki teased Roshi about being defeated by Uchiha Itachi, then asked what kind of genjutsu had incapacitated him.
• Roshi explained that Itachi’s ocular technique trapped him in another dimension for seventy-two hours and admitted that his recovery remained incomplete.
• Ōnoki told Roshi that Akimichi Choza’s unit had joined Uchiha Fugaku’s forces, which numbered around five thousand and were retreating toward the Land of Fire.
• Ōnoki reported that Senyo’s Shadow Clones could use Susanoo and that Sunagakure had lost several hundred men after Senyo controlled four thirty-meter Susanoo at once.
• Roshi urged Iwagakure to defeat Fugaku’s force before it could join Senyo, and Ōnoki said his troops would catch up with Konoha by the next day to attack together.

Tobi and Black Zetsu discussed the pursuing armies and Hiruko’s plan to attack Uchiha Fugaku’s force with the Storm Dragon. The next day, Iwagakure caught up with Fugaku’s unit, and Senyo’s clone prepared a hidden attack.

• Tobi reported that Iwagakure and Sunagakure were pursuing Konoha’s forces, while Black Zetsu knew Namikaze Minato had been resurrected as the likely Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Black Zetsu asked Hiruko which force he would target, and Hiruko chose Uchiha Fugaku’s side to attack the Uchiha’s strongest fighters.
• Black Zetsu told Hiruko that Iwagakure would catch Fugaku’s unit by the following day.
• Iwagakure’s force of roughly seven or eight thousand caught up with Uchiha Fugaku’s unit, and Uchiha Shisui warned Senyo’s clone about their numbers.
• Senyo’s clone said he would hide and surprise Iwagakure, while Shisui affirmed his support for Senyo’s goal of unifying the Shinobi World.

Senyo prepared Shisui and Mayumi for the battle while Fugaku ordered Konoha’s forces to attack Iwagakure. As the armies clashed, Fugaku and Itachi engaged the two Jinchuriki to create an opening for Senyo’s covert strike.

• Senyo told Shisui to stay concealed and support the ranks where needed, and instructed Mayumi to accompany him if he entered the battle.
• Fugaku ordered Konoha’s forces to attack after two Tailed Beast Balls flew toward them, and the armies surged together.
• Fugaku confronted Han, whose Boil Release kick fractured Fugaku’s skeletal Susanoo before it began to evolve.
• Itachi fought Roshi with ordinary ninjutsu while Roshi’s Lava Release Chakra Mode shrugged off the attacks.
• Itachi avoided spending ocular power on stronger techniques and used his mild attacks to create an opening for Senyo.

Itachi and Roshi clashed on the battlefield while Senyo waited for Ōnoki to appear. Senyo captured Roshi, but Ōnoki’s attempt to stop him pierced Roshi with Dust Release.

• Itachi used Susanoo to attack Roshi, but Roshi countered with Lava Release and forced Itachi to retreat.
• Hiruko lunged at Itachi from behind, but Itachi escaped by turning into a flock of crows.
• Senyo ambushed Roshi with his ocular power, overcame the Molten Lock Seal, and captured him.
• Ōnoki emerged from underground and fired Dust Release at Senyo to prevent him from taking Roshi.
• Senyo used Roshi as a shield, and Ōnoki reshaped his attack but still pierced Roshi’s abdomen.

Ōnoki’s forces suffered heavy losses as Senyo killed Roshi and attacked Iwagakure with Susanoo, while Mayumi pressed Hiruko with powerful Susanoo archery. Tobi appeared to warn Ōnoki that Konoha had lured them into a trap, and Hiruko faced another arrow as he tried to escape.

• Ōnoki’s concentrated Dust Release destroyed Senyo’s clone’s arm, but Senyo’s Malice Perception let him evade the fatal beam.
• Mayumi’s red-black arrow pierced Hiruko’s skeletal Susanoo and cracked his Steel Release defense, forcing Hiruko to flee with Swift Release.
• Senyo killed Roshi and summoned a thirty-meter black Susanoo as Ōnoki demanded to know why he had arrived.
• Tobi emerged from the ground and warned Ōnoki that Konoha had lured Iwagakure into a trap.
• Senyo fired one Yasakani no Magatama at Tobi and sent six more into Iwagakure’s forces, causing widespread explosions.
• Mayumi blocked Hiruko’s escape route with a magatama and shot another arrow at him, prompting Hiruko to summon Susanoo again.

Hiruko was overwhelmed by Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami Radiance and escaped with Black Zetsu, while Mayumi joined Senyo’s forces and helped turn the battle against Iwagakure. As Ōnoki’s forces faltered, Roshi rose despite his fatal wounds and saved Ōnoki from Mayumi’s arrow.

• Hiruko blocked Senyo’s light arrow with Susanoo, but Shisui approached and incapacitated him with Kotoamatsukami Radiance.
• Black Zetsu wrapped Hiruko and escaped underground using the Mayfly Technique, while Mayumi attacked Ōnoki and cleared nearby Iwagakure shinobi with the Phantom Body Flicker Technique.
• Konoha’s forces rallied at Senyo, Shisui, and Mayumi’s arrival, and Iwagakure’s troops were driven back after Roshi was taken down.
• Ōnoki called out Roshi, who sat up and used his Lava Release Chakra Mode to plug his fatal wound with lava.
• Roshi destroyed Mayumi’s arrow with a lava fireball, saving Ōnoki, then angrily confronted him for putting the village above all else.

Roshi sacrificed himself to unleash Lava Hell, transforming the battlefield into a sea of magma and allowing Sun Wukong to emerge. Senyo staggered Sun Wukong with his ocular power, and Ōnoki followed with Dust Release.

• Senyo recognized Fugaku's exhaustion, and Fugaku withdrew while hiding the Mangekyō Sharingan's weakness.
• A Hyuga ninja warned Senyo that Roshi's Chakra was dangerously condensed, so Senyo kept his distance and hurled a giant Yasakani no Magatama at him.
• Roshi told Han to say no more, then unleashed Lava Hell as Senyo's attack struck and blasted his body apart.
• Roshi's magma spread across the ground, and Sun Wukong rose from the molten field as everyone retreated.
• Senyo used his ocular power to make Sun Wukong stagger, and Ōnoki launched Dust Release, Original World Stripping Technique.

Senyo and Konoha’s forces faced Sun Wukong’s escalating attacks while Ōnoki escaped with Dust Release. The chapter ended as Sun Wukong unleashed even more chakra and a huge volcanic crater erupted beneath the battlefield.

• Ōnoki’s Dust Release cut off part of Sun Wukong’s tail, enraging him and causing lava to surge beneath the ground.
• Ōnoki fired a signal flare that prompted Iwagakure shinobi to withdraw, then blocked Senyo’s attacks with a Dust Release shield and escaped into the sky.
• Senyo abandoned his pursuit of Ōnoki, signaled Konoha’s forces to retreat from Sun Wukong, and then attacked the tailed beast with Susanoo.
• Sun Wukong blocked Senyo’s sword strike, but Senyo kicked him away, sending him crashing to the ground.
• Sun Wukong pounded the earth with another surge of chakra, causing a massive volcanic crater to erupt.

Senyo defeated Sun Wukong, who reverted to Roshi’s stone-like form, then pursued the retreating Iwagakure forces to inflict heavier losses. He launched a Sage Art attack into their packed formation while Itachi and Mayumi targeted Ōnoki, who answered with Dust Release.

• Senyo’s ocular power knocked Sun Wukong unconscious, and Roshi’s stone-like body crumbled after the Four-Tails’ Chakra drained away.
• Senyo judged that Iwagakure’s orderly retreat would let too many shinobi escape and pursued them in Shadow Release and Sage Mode.
• Iwagakure shinobi attacked Senyo with Lava Release and Water Release, forcing him to leap from the shadows and transform into flames.
• Senyo ordered Konoha to halt its pursuit and told Itachi and Mayumi to target Ōnoki while he flew above Iwagakure’s packed ranks.
• Senyo unleashed Sage Art, Fire Release, Sea of Fire Descends, as Itachi and Mayumi fired at Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki countered their incoming attacks with Dust Release, Boundary Severing Technique.

Senyo unleashed a vast Sage Chakra-enhanced Fire Release that engulfed the fleeing Iwagakure force and killed thousands. Ōnoki gathered the surviving troops and tried to regroup them as Konoha pursued.

• Senyo used Dojutsu Boundless Realm as his flames descended toward the Iwagakure forces.
• Han warned the Iwagakure ninjas to flee, but Senyo's five-kilometer sea of flames engulfed more than two thousand of them.
• The trapped Iwagakure ninjas failed to extinguish the Sage Chakra-enhanced flames, and many burned to death as the forest caught fire.
• Konoha's forces cheered as they killed Iwagakure survivors who escaped the inferno, while Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Mayumi kept Ōnoki from descending.
• Ōnoki reached the front of the retreating force and ordered the survivors to regroup before Konoha surrounded them.

Ōnoki ordered the Iwagakure forces to abandon comrades trapped in Senyo’s flames and reshape the terrain to block Konoha’s pursuit. After the surviving Iwagakure ninja retreated, Senyo returned to Konoha’s forces, where Light resolved to train hard in Sage Arts.

• Ōnoki rebuked Kitsuchi and ordered the Iwagakure ninja to abandon those still trapped in the burning area.
• The Iwagakure divisions raised an earthen wall and opened a deep abyss to block the pursuers, then Ōnoki ordered the survivors to retreat.
• Senyo’s clone watched the trapped Iwagakure ninja die, and Senyo returned to Konoha through Boundless.
• Fugaku and the Konoha forces welcomed Senyo as he appeared at the battlefield.
• Light sensed the Sage Chakra in the air and resolved to train hard in Sage Arts.

Senyo sent Fugaku and Choza to lead their forces toward the Kumogakure battlefield while he flew with Itachi, Shisui, and Mayumi to reinforce the Land of Rivers. Tobi headed for Kumogakure to warn them about Senyo, who explained that conquering the Shinobi World would be pointless until the Land of Fire could govern its own territory effectively.

• Senyo assigned Fugaku and Choza to clean up the battlefield and then lead their forces northeast to aid the fighting near Kumogakure.
• Senyo selected Itachi, Shisui, and Mayumi to accompany him to the Land of Rivers as reinforcements.
• Tobi witnessed Senyo rout the Iwagakure shinobi with a powerful Fire Release technique and concluded that only Madara Uchiha might be able to oppose him.
• Tobi used the Mayfly Technique to travel toward Kumogakure and warn them about Senyo's strength.
• Senyo used paper wings and Chakra Transfer to fly with Itachi, Shisui, and Mayumi toward the Land of Rivers.
• Senyo told Itachi that unifying the Shinobi World required effective governance and that the Land of Fire had not yet fully developed its own resources.

Senyo outlined a strategy to strengthen the Land of Fire through war, resources, technology, and education while energy from dead Iwagakure shinobi flowed toward a mysterious figure in the passage to the Pure Land. As Sunagakure approached the Konoha camp in the Land of Rivers, Senyo went to meet them after asking Tsunade about Hashirama Senju’s rival, Madara Uchiha.

• Senyo told three companions that the Land of Fire should profit from the Ninja Wars, develop instant communication, and build the strength to govern more territory.
• Senyo’s clone sent its remaining ocular power to his original body, while Senyo reflected on the need to improve education.
• Souls of fallen Iwagakure shinobi entered the passage to the Pure Land, and the energy separated from them flowed into a crack where a horned figure sat.
• Tsunade told Senyo that Sunagakure’s forces were about to arrive at the Konoha camp in the Land of Rivers.
• Senyo asked Tsunade about Hashirama Senju’s rival, Madara Uchiha, then headed toward the battlefield, leaving Tsunade wondering about his strength.

Senyo faced Rasa and the advancing Sunagakure army while Gaara and the others watched, hoping Senyo would avenge Gaara’s past. Rasa prepared to attack with a vast supply of real Gold Dust, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Senyo positioned himself and three clones ahead of the Konoha forces as Rasa arrived with the Sunagakure army.
• Gaara recognized his father Rasa and trusted Senyo to defeat him, while Naruto and Sasuke encouraged Gaara.
• Kurama Yakumo complained to Karin that Senyo’s strength left her little chance to fight.
• Rasa challenged Senyo, then ordered his troops to unleash a huge stockpile of Gold Dust.

Senyo and Rasa began their battle, with Rasa using golden sand defenses and enormous underground sandworms to counter Senyo’s Amaterasu and Susanoo. Senyo expanded his Susanoo to fifty meters as Sunagakure forces pressed Konoha, while Rasa spread golden sand across the battlefield and prepared his next move.

• Senyo used Amaterasu, but Rasa avoided the flames with a golden sand shell and reinforced his defenses.
• Rasa summoned two enormous sandworms, which burrowed underground and shook the battlefield.
• Senyo summoned four Susanoo and sent them charging at Sunagakure, but a giant sandworm burst from the ground and knocked them aside.
• Rasa sent a sweeping tide of Gold Dust toward Senyo as Senyo leapt into the Sunagakure camp and disrupted its troops.
• Sunagakure shinobi attacked Konoha from both flanks while Senyo increased his ocular power and grew his Susanoo to fifty meters.
• Rasa spread golden sand across the battlefield and watched Senyo’s giant Susanoo warily.

Senyo escaped Rasa’s Gold Dust trap by revealing his full power and summoning an enormous, armored Susanoo. The Sunagakure ninjas lost their will to fight as Rasa realized the legendary Susanoo was real.

• Senyo wounded a sandworm with a Thunderous Force strike, but another sandworm trapped his Susanoo underground.
• Rasa buried Senyo’s Susanoo beneath a wave of Gold Dust, believing his trap would kill him.
• Senyo and his clones vanished before his Chakra erupted and blasted Rasa’s Gold Dust away.
• Senyo formed a two-hundred-meter Susanoo covered in black armor, with wings and two enormous swords.
• Tsunade and Sasuke stared in awe as the Sunagakure ninjas dropped their weapons and Rasa recognized the Susanoo from the books.
• Senyo declared that the Susanoo was the Uchiha Clan’s true power.

Senyo used Susanoo’s War God Form to overwhelm Rasa and slaughter the Sunagakure forces. Chiyo ordered the survivors to retreat, but Senyo reached for her as the chapter ended.

• Senyo’s Susanoo struck Rasa and the sand shinobi with a devastating sword slash, then pierced the ground and killed a charging sandworm.
• Senyo swept his sword across the battlefield, sending nearby sand shinobi flying as Rasa formed a massive Gold Dust cube and rammed it into Susanoo.
• Susanoo stood unharmed, and Senyo kicked Rasa away, leaving Sunagakure’s forces terrified and disorganized.
• Senyo continued cutting down Sunagakure’s shinobi while Chiyo shouted for everyone to retreat.
• Senyo turned and reached out to seize Chiyo.