Chapter Summaries

Kisame Hoshigaki escaped the Raikage and recovered by absorbing the Chakra stored in Samehada. After Konan saved the critically injured Deidara with the secret Water of Life, she decided the Akatsuki Organization had achieved its goal against Kumogakure and would not continue the operation.

• Kisame Hoshigaki withdrew after detecting a signal, avoiding the Raikage, then absorbed Samehada's stored Chakra and recovered.
• Konan returned with Sasori and Deidara, whose injuries showed how badly the fight with Kumogakure had gone.
• Konan gave Deidara the Water of Life, restoring his heartbeat and putting him into a stable sleep.
• Sasori began repairing himself and the Third Kazekage Puppet while Kisame rested and Kakuzu asked Konan whether they would continue the operation.
• Konan said the Akatsuki Organization had already achieved its objective by weakening Kumogakure, and she told Kakuzu that Konoha's strength exceeded his imagination.

After Kumogakure’s forces struggled with the aftermath of the Akatsuki Organization’s poison attack, Senyo’s group reached Konoha’s encampment and reunited with Sasuke and the Uchiha Clan. Meanwhile, Rasa led Sunagakure’s exhausted army to the border of the Land of Rivers and ordered a brief rest before entering the Land of Wind.

• Kumogakure’s warriors suffered from Sasori’s poison, and their commanders concluded that the Akatsuki Organization had also taken losses, including Deidara’s severe injuries.
• Senyo’s clone guided Itachi and the others to his real body, and the group arrived at Konoha’s encampment.
• Sasuke saw Shisui alive and was stunned, while Uchiha Clan members gathered to welcome Shisui.
• Senyo ordered the group to continue pursuing Sunagakure.
• Rasa brought Sunagakure’s remaining forces to the Land of Rivers border and ordered the exhausted shinobi to rest before entering the Land of Wind.

Senyo caught Rasa’s retreating Sand shinobi with a colossal flying Susanoo and began a devastating assault. As Konoha’s forces pursued the scattered survivors, Senyo used his sensory abilities to find and kill those hiding underground or beneath camouflage.

• When the scouting unit failed to return, Baki reported its absence to Rasa, who ordered the Sand shinobi to set off immediately.
• Senyo’s enormous winged Susanoo appeared in the sky, and Baki ordered the Sand shinobi to scatter and flee.
• Senyo struck the ground with his sword, killing hundreds of Sand shinobi as the survivors ran in terror.
• Senyo landed and released Hatake Sakumo, Tsunade, Kato Dan, Itachi, Shisui, Mayumi, Karin, Naruto, Sasuke, and the Uchiha clan members, then ordered Konoha’s ninja to pursue the fleeing enemy.
• Senyo used Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to detect Sand shinobi hiding beneath camouflage or underground and attacked them with his sword.

Rasa and more than a thousand Sunagakure elites created a massive tornado to delay Senyo and help their comrades escape, but Senyo destroyed it and used his sensory ability to slaughter the scattered ninja. Rasa survived a casual strike and fled with a few dozen others as Sunagakure’s forces were devastated.

• Rasa poured out his Chakra and joined more than a thousand Sunagakure elites in using Wind Release to form a gigantic sand-filled tornado.
• Senyo flew to the tornado’s eye and destroyed it with repeated sword strikes, scattering sand across the battlefield.
• Senyo used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to locate groups of Sunagakure ninja through the sandstorm and cut them down with shockwaves.
• Senyo’s casual sword strike sent Rasa flying, leaving him with minor injuries and deep despair.
• Rasa fled toward the outskirts with a few dozen surviving ninja, while the rest of his forces were slaughtered.

Senyo stopped slaughtering the fleeing Sunagakure shinobi after killing nearly three thousand, then joined his followers as they searched the desert for survivors. He told Tsunade about Hashirama and Madara’s strength, and left her question about his own power unanswered.

• Senyo withdrew his Susanoo after his Mind's Eye of the Kagura detected only a few scattered Sunagakure shinobi remaining, and he descended to meet Karin and Sasuke.
• Gaara, Naruto, Hinata, and the others admired Senyo while Hyuga clan members helped search the sand for survivors and Tsunade’s group directed the operation.
• Senyo told Tsunade that Hashirama’s True Several Thousand Hands Buddha had stood three times taller than his Susanoo and described the Senju Clan’s past advantage over the Uchiha Clan.
• Hinata covered Naruto’s mouth when he began to mention the Senju Clan, and Naruto stopped struggling as Tsunade glared at him.
• Tsunade asked Senyo how his strength compared with Hashirama’s, and Senyo said he could not know because he had never fought him.

After defeating Sunagakure’s forces, Senyo sensed a powerful presence descending from the moon and identified it as a new enemy. He warned his allies that greater threats remained and urged Itachi and Shisui to become stronger.

• Karin offered to restore Senyo’s stamina, while Tsunade recalled Karin’s feelings for him and wondered whether Senyo knew about them.
• Senyo assessed the surviving Sunagakure troops and explained to Kurama Yakumo that souls traveled to the Pure Land, a separate space from the Shinobi World.
• Senyo sensed a concealed energy from the sky, then Karin noticed a more powerful energy descending from above.
• Senyo told Karin that the arrival signaled a new enemy and explained that people lived on the moon, though their timing seemed unexpected.
• Senyo told Tsunade they would discuss the lunar enemies later, then urged Itachi and Shisui to grow stronger because future crises could not be left to him alone.

The Great Elder used the Giant Tenseigan to search the Shinobi World and discovered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the Grave of Mountains. Knowing he was near death, he began channeling his remaining Chakra into the artifact and urged the Second Elder to prepare Toneri to carry on their clan’s mission.

• The Great Elder sensed a familiar presence in the Grave of Mountains and realized it was the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• He ordered a puppet to summon the Second Elder, then began activating the Giant Tenseigan with his Chakra.
• The Second Elder arrived and warned the Great Elder that his frail body could not withstand the strain.
• The Great Elder insisted he would not let the statue escape again and told the Second Elder to raise Toneri as his successor to fulfill Ancestor Hamura’s mission.

The Great Elder summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path back to the moon, but the effort killed him. Second Elder Aoteng sealed the statue, offered the Great Elder’s Byakugan to the Giant Tenseigan, and vowed to raise Toneri, unaware Black Zetsu had infiltrated him.

• The Great Elder summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from the Graveyard of Mountains, then collapsed after his Chakra was drained.
• The Great Elder died after ordering Second Elder Aoteng to seal the statue.
• Second Elder Aoteng removed the Great Elder’s Byakugan and offered it to the Giant Tenseigan.
• Second Elder Aoteng covered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with sealing marks, preventing it from being summoned away again.
• Second Elder Aoteng mourned the Great Elder and promised to raise Toneri and fulfill their ancestors’ mission.
• A tiny speck of Black Zetsu silently seeped into Second Elder Aoteng while he tended to the Great Elder’s body.

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki awakened by absorbing the souls of fallen Sunagakure ninja and discovered that Uchiha Senyo had disrupted his plans for the destined Children of Fate. He traced Senyo’s immense Sage Chakra to the battlefield in the Land of Wind and hurried there to intervene.

• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki absorbed energy from the dead Sunagakure ninja and used their memories to learn how the war had unfolded.
• Hagoromo discovered that the Uchiha Clan had survived and the Children of Fate had not matured as his plan expected.
• Hagoromo identified Uchiha Senyo as the likely cause of the altered future after seeing memories of his powerful Fire Release and Susanoo.
• Hagoromo left the gap between the Pure Land and the living world, intending to restore the world to its destined path.
• Hagoromo examined the Iwagakure battlefield, sensed Senyo’s lingering Sage Chakra, and sped toward the border of the Land of Wind.

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki sensed that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had been returned to the moon and went to investigate Senyo. He entered Senyo’s consciousness space, where Senyo recognized him.

• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki sensed a probing force from the moon and watched a beam target the Graveyard of Mountains.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki realized the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had been summoned back to the moon and sealed away.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki traveled to the ruined Land of Wind and sensed Senyo near the battlefield.
• Senyo detected approaching malice, restored himself by biting Karin’s wrist, and searched for the unseen presence.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki entered Senyo’s consciousness space, and Senyo recognized him as a soul body.

Senyo confronted Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki over sealing Kaguya and perpetuating the conflict between his sons, accusing him of hypocrisy and causing countless deaths. Hagoromo defended his choices, but Senyo left him facing accusations that he had knowingly sacrificed lives to preserve his plans.

• Senyo called Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki the world’s ultimate evil for sealing his mother and inciting his sons to fight across generations.
• Hagoromo defended his rebellion against Kaguya, recalling how she sent Haori to the God Tree and how Haori’s death awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Senyo accused Gamamaru of using Haori’s death to manipulate Hagoromo and questioned why Hagoromo had not revived her with the Rinnegan.
• Hagoromo insisted he had sealed Kaguya to protect the people and the Shinobi World, and Senyo briefly appeared to accept his explanation.
• Senyo then accused Hagoromo of arranging Indra and Asura’s repeated reincarnations so they could seal Kaguya again, calling him a coward who knowingly caused suffering.

Senyo confronted Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki in his Spiritual World, rejecting his claims that fate required Senyo to die and defeating him with overwhelming spiritual power. Hagoromo escaped, and Senyo asked Karin to summon Dan Katō and Kurama Yakumo.

• Senyo accused Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki of using fate as an excuse for failing to find another way to stop Kaguya.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki attacked Senyo, but Senyo resisted his ocular power and struck him with lightning.
• Senyo's Spiritual World produced a massive sun that burned Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and forced him to flee.
• Karin asked Senyo what had happened, and Senyo reassured her that he was fine.
• Senyo told Karin to fetch Dan Katō and Kurama Yakumo, and she hurried off to find them.

After Senyo drove Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki from his body, Hagoromo visited Gamamaru to learn about Senyo’s nature. Gamamaru revealed that Senyo had disrupted fate because he came from outside their world, leaving Hagoromo to consider where Senyo might have originated.

• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki fled after realizing Senyo could attack his soul, then decided to seek answers from Gamamaru.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki reached Mount Myōboku and met the aged Great Toad Sage, who recognized him.
• Gamamaru told Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki that four years earlier an unknown force had torn through his dreams and altered the future he foresaw.
• Gamamaru explained that Senyo survived the Uchiha clan’s fate and disrupted the destinies of everyone he encountered, including Mount Myōboku’s inheritors and the Saviors Twins.
• Gamamaru said Senyo did not belong to their world, and Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki considered whether he came from an independent space or a greater universe.

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki sought a way to defeat Uchiha Senyo and traveled to an ancient ruin in the Land of Wind to retrieve the Sword of Ninja Love. Meanwhile, Senyo gained Dan Katō’s Soul Power and Spirit Transformation Technique, leaving him with greater control over his body and a new ability to develop.

• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki decided he had to eliminate Uchiha Senyo to regain control over the Shinobi World, despite his weakened soul-body state.
• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki traveled to a buried ruin near the Land of Wind’s border and found the Sword of Ninja Love on an underground altar.
• Senyo opened the Star of Bonds and unlocked Dan Katō’s bonds, gaining Soul Power and the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Senyo’s increased Soul Power raised his eye-power limit and clone limit to seven, while improving his control over his body.
• Senyo tested his new control by rapidly growing his hair and fingernails, then trimmed his nails with his weapon.

Senyo discovered that he could not use the Spirit Transformation Technique to leave his body, so Dan Katō and Kurama Yakumo helped test his unusual soul. Dan Katō concluded that Senyo’s Soul Power had become so strong that he had achieved Soul Embodiment, and Senyo asked him to explain what that meant.

• Senyo tried the Spirit Transformation Technique on himself and a clone, but neither left the body, while his main body glowed like Dan Katō during the technique.
• Dan Katō and Kurama Yakumo used their soul abilities and sensed that Senyo’s soul was unusually active.
• Senyo’s glowing weapon shattered Dan Katō’s Soul Power kunai, and Ido’s kunai could not pierce Senyo’s skin.
• Ido failed to invade Senyo’s body while Senyo’s soul was active, but entered his sea of consciousness after he dispelled the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Dan Katō explained that Senyo could not leave his body because his Soul Power had reached Soul Embodiment, and Senyo asked him to elaborate.

Senyo discovered that his Spirit Transformation Technique let his soul control his body and fly, then told Dan Katō and Kurama Yakumo that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki might attack him again. Rather than retreat to Konoha, Senyo decided to stay and ambush Hagoromo, while Rasa and the surviving Sand Shinobi fled through the desert.

• Dan Katō explained that Senyo’s soul had fused with his body, enhancing his control and allowing Spirit Transformation attacks to damage souls.
• Senyo used the Spirit Transformation Technique and found that he could fly by lifting his body with his soul.
• Senyo told Dan Katō and Kurama Yakumo that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki had attacked him and might strike again.
• Dan Katō asked whether they should end the battle and leave, but Senyo insisted they stay and ambush Hagoromo.
• Rasa and more than forty exhausted Sand Shinobi hid beneath a sand dune after fleeing the massacre caused by Senyo’s Complete Body Susanoo.

After Sunagakure’s forces scattered, Rasa learned that Konoha’s search was progressing poorly and tried to rest despite his fear of Senyo. He was then summoned into his Spiritual World, where Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki identified Senyo as an outsider who had shattered the continent’s balance.

• A Sunagakure scout reported to Rasa that Konoha was searching inefficiently and in the wrong direction, leaving their forces safe for now.
• Rasa ordered his forces to rest until the temperature dropped, while privately resolving that he would resign if he returned to Sunagakure alive.
• Unable to sleep because he remembered Senyo’s Susanoo slaughtering Sand Shinobi, Rasa felt an strange intuition and found himself in his Spiritual World.
• Rasa recognized the mysterious visitor as Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, who explained that he had lingered in the world through Chakra to witness the end of the Ninja Sect.
• Hagoromo showed Rasa an image of Uchiha Senyo and said Senyo was not native to the Shinobi World and had shattered the continent’s original balance.

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki recruited Rasa to lure Uchiha Senyo to the Dragon Vein at Rōran, and restored Rasa’s strength with his Chakra. Rasa prepared Sunagakure’s shinobi to travel there and secretly told Baki that Hagoromo had visited him.

• Hagoromo told Rasa that Uchiha Senyo had to be eliminated and asked him to lure Senyo to the Dragon Vein.
• Rasa agreed to serve as bait, hoping to make up for Sunagakure’s losses and avoid being held accountable.
• After waking, Rasa felt Hagoromo’s Chakra healing his injuries and ordered Baki to bring him the map.
• Rasa found Rōran on the map and ordered the Sunagakure shinobi to rest before departing for the ruins.
• Rasa asked Baki whether they could contact Pakura and the others, then quietly revealed that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki had visited him.

Rasa convinced Baki that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki’s power gave Sunagakure a chance to defeat Uchiha Senyo, and ordered the forces to gather at a chosen location. When Senyo learned Sunagakure had regrouped there, he suspected the site held a hidden threat and summoned Minato for help.

• Rasa demonstrated his increased Chakra to Baki and explained that killing Uchiha Senyo was Sunagakure’s only chance to change the war’s course.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure’s forces to gather at a rendezvous point, and Baki agreed to arrange the plan despite the danger of using Senyo as bait.
• For two days, Senyo waited for Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki while Konoha searched for Sunagakure, but Hagoromo did not appear.
• A subordinate and Dan Katō reported that Sunagakure’s forces had gathered again, prompting Senyo to inspect their location on a map.
• Senyo realized the map was missing crucial information and summoned Orochimaru; Minato arrived using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Senyo learned that Sunagakure was luring him toward Rōran and the Dragon Vein, and decided to go there with Dan Katō rather than avoid the trap. Meanwhile, spies reported Senyo’s enormous Susanoo, sending the black-market price of intelligence about him soaring as Kumogakure’s messengers hurried back to camp.

• Minato confirmed that the map showed Rōran, and Senyo explained that he suspected Sunagakure was leading him to the Dragon Vein.
• Senyo declined Minato’s offer of help and told him to prepare to deal with Kumogakure after Senyo finished his task.
• Senyo agreed to take Dan Katō with him to Rōran, concerned that Dan might be ambushed.
• Spies watching the Land of Wind saw Senyo’s towering Susanoo and estimated that he had destroyed most of Sunagakure’s nine-thousand-strong army.
• The spies’ reports sent Uchiha Senyo-related intelligence prices soaring, and intelligence brokers flocked to the Land of Wind.
• Kumogakure’s people obtained the intelligence from the black market and hurried back to their encampment.