Chapter Summaries

Karin visited the temporary hospital, where she learned Sasuke and Kiba were recovering from poison-related injuries, then went to the supply depot to ask Neji to team up with her. Neji accepted, and Karin’s new team was set to form as Tenten prepared to return home.

• Karin visited Sasuke and Kiba at the temporary hospital and advised Sasuke to be more cautious on missions.
• Shino revealed that Karin was Senyo’s fiancée, and Sasuke confirmed it to Kiba.
• Kakashi arrived and ordered Kiba, the mission captain, to submit the mission report.
• Karin found Neji and Tenten transporting supplies and congratulated Tenten on her pregnancy.
• Neji said he would look for a team after Tenten returned home, and Karin asked him to team up with her.
• Neji agreed to join Karin’s team.

Karin and Neji recruited Rock Lee, then took a night patrol mission as Konoha continued its campaign in the Land of Wind. Kakashi arranged for Hatake Sakumo to lead surrendered Sunagakure shinobi to Konoha’s greened outskirts, while Shion arrived to take on another patrol.

• Karin invited Rock Lee to join her and Neji’s team, and he eagerly accepted.
• Kakashi assigned Neji’s team to patrol an area at night and advised them to carry antidotes.
• An Anbu reported that Hatake Sakumo had safely led two hundred surrendered Sunagakure shinobi through the Demon Desert to Konoha’s reclaimed land.
• Kakashi ordered supplies prepared for Hatake Sakumo’s group and planned to use the former captives to persuade more Sunagakure shinobi to surrender.
• Shion arrived with her companions, and Kakashi offered them another area to patrol.

Karin, Neji, and Rock Lee patrolled Konoha’s desert outpost while Karin sensed White Zetsu gathering intelligence. On another patrol, Shion and her teammates crossed paths with Obito and Moryo, who prepared to attack her.

• Neji briefed Karin and Rock Lee on their three-hour patrol route and the dangers of fighting in the desert.
• Karin used the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura and detected White Zetsu hiding underground to gather intelligence.
• Shion, Ajisai, and Light patrolled their route while Shion planted warning formations and Ajisai insisted they complete a second round.
• Obito arrived beside Moryo and watched Shion’s team from behind a dune.
• Moryo identified Shion as the shrine maiden’s successor and warned that her energy was powerful, so Obito decided they would attack her together.

Shion, Hotaru, and Ajisai were ambushed by Obito and Moryo while returning from patrol, but Shion’s inherited Miko power let them resist until help could arrive. After Moryo learned Shion had obtained the inherited power, he attacked her while Obito advanced through her defenses.

• Shion and Hotaru evaded Obito’s surprise attack, while Ajisai’s Snowstorm Jutsu was destroyed by Moryo’s energy.
• Shion activated the Sky-Crossing Formation, repelled Moryo, and Ajisai fired a distress signal.
• Ajisai summoned a giant panda as the three prepared to hold out against Obito and Moryo.
• Shion’s bell cracked and her violet power surged; Obito brought Moryo through the formation, but Shion struck Moryo with her energy.
• Moryo broke Shion’s energy wall with Super, Active Fist, and Shion sent two more walls at him as Obito approached her using Kamui.

Hotaru, Ajisai, and Shion fought Obito and Moryo, but Shion stayed behind so the others could escape. When Moryo drained her power, Shion awakened the inherited strength of generations of Miko and transformed, leaving Moryo terrified and fleeing.

• Hotaru entered Sage Mode and cracked Obito’s Susanoo with a punch, while Ajisai and Shion stopped the giant Shuriken from harming the group.
• Obito and Moryo advanced on Shion, who ordered Ajisai to take the injured Hotaru and escape while she held them off.
• Shion released her Miko power to resist Obito, but Moryo began pulling the purple energy into himself.
• The sealing stone in Shion’s transparent bell shattered, and Shion awakened the power of generations of Miko, transforming with pinkish-purple markings and a new dress.
• Moryo recognized Shion’s immense power, panicked, and fled as Shion declared she would destroy him.

Tsunade charged into battle and shattered Obito’s Susanoo, but Obito escaped by sacrificing his arm and retreating into the Kamui Dimension. Shion used the inherited power of the Miko to annihilate Moryo permanently, then reunited with Tsunade as Konoha’s main force arrived.

• Obito tried to drag Shion into the Kamui Dimension, but Shion’s light ribbons connected him to the earth and prevented him from escaping or moving her.
• Tsunade punched through Moryo’s chest, then destroyed Obito’s armored Susanoo with her Heavenly Foot Kick.
• Obito turned his bound arm into Wood Release and sacrificed it to escape into the Kamui Dimension.
• Shion used the Miko’s inherited power to strip away Moryo’s energy and annihilate his soul.
• Tsunade checked on Shion and Hotaru, and Shion said Hotaru was injured; Konoha’s main force arrived.

Shion defeated Moryo and forced Obito to retreat, while Senyo watched from the shadows. Back in Konoha, Senyo claimed several bond rewards to increase his ocular power and began absorbing them.

• Obito retreated into the Kamui Dimension after Tsunade shattered his Susanoo, then planned to revive the Gatekeeper with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Senyo's clone reached Shion's battlefield and watched her break her seal, defeat Moryo, and drive Obito away with Tsunade's help.
• Karin, Neji, and Rock Lee arrived after the battle, and Shion told Karin that Moryo had been destroyed and she had inherited her power.
• Kakashi and the main force arrived, and Shion promised to demonstrate her transformation after they returned.
• In Konoha, Senyo claimed ocular-power rewards from Shisui, Zhiyu, Mayumi, and Sasuke, then began absorbing the power as it flowed into his eyes.

Senyo learned from Ryūsetsu that Obito had killed Mui and Muku and stolen the Box of Ultimate Bliss, then promised to avenge them. In the guest room, Ryūsetsu used Dragon Life Reincarnation on Muku, leaving her own fate uncertain.

• Ryūsetsu told Senyo that Obito had killed Mui and Muku and taken the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Ryūsetsu asked Senyo to avenge her, and he agreed to pursue Obito.
• Senyo went to the clan office and asked the elders to summon him if Ryūsetsu ran into trouble.
• Senyo flew toward the Land of Grass while Ryūsetsu secretly brought Muku's body out of her scroll.
• Ryūsetsu left a letter in Muku's hand and used Dragon Life Reincarnation to try to bring him back.

Senyo learned that Ryūsetsu had sacrificed her life to revive Muku and took her body to Orochimaru's Laboratory, promising to save her. In Suna City, Sasuke, Kiba, and Shino gathered intelligence while avoiding several factions, and Sunagakure shinobi considered contacting Konoha as a hidden observer watched them.

• Senyo found Muku grieving over Ryūsetsu's corpse and read her suicide note, which revealed she had used Dragon Life Reincarnation to revive him.
• Senyo told Muku not to stop him from saving Ryūsetsu, then brought her body to Orochimaru's Laboratory with Muku following.
• Sasuke and Kiba waited for Shino outside Suna City after escaping pursuers, and Sasuke reflected on how his teammates' abilities complemented his strength.
• Sasuke and Kiba discussed Karin's engagement to their master before Shino arrived and warned them that three factions were following them.
• Three Sunagakure shinobi identified the team as Konoha shinobi and planned to make contact later without alerting Pakura's people.
• After the groups left, a white head emerged from beneath the ground and sank back down.

Black Zetsu and Obito discussed Konoha’s growing strength and planned to use Impure World Reincarnation, while Senyo revived Ryūsetsu with the Water of Life. Orochimaru identified Ryūsetsu’s unusual eyes as a possible inherited ocular gene, and Senyo asked whether she wanted to revive Mui.

• Black Zetsu ordered White Zetsu to keep monitoring the Land of Wind and considered using Sasuke or Karin against Konoha.
• Obito told Black Zetsu that Moryo had died and asked him to use Impure World Reincarnation to bring someone back.
• Senyo used Dragon Life Reincarnation and the Water of Life to revive Ryūsetsu, who reunited with Mui.
• Orochimaru asked Ryūsetsu to undergo experiments after learning her Kekkei Genkai could revive others and noting her ring-patterned eyes.
• Senyo showed Mui and Ryūsetsu a Hōzuki Lantern and asked whether they wanted to revive Mui.

Senyo arranged for Mui to be revived with the Impure World Reincarnation and told him Konoha planned to unify the surrounding minor nations and ninja villages. Mui agreed to cooperate with Senyo for the sake of the Land of Grass, while a prison riot began at Hozuki Castle and Orochimaru complained that the Sarutobi Clan was nearly depleted.

• Senyo told Muku and Ryūsetsu that Konoha would bring Kusagakure and other neighboring villages under its control, and urged them to help prevent needless deaths.
• Ryūsetsu revealed that Mui's treated body was hidden in a cave beneath Hozuki Castle's northwestern cliff, and Senyo sent his clone to retrieve it.
• Senyo, Minato, Ryūsetsu, Muku, and Orochimaru gathered in the cave, where Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation to revive Mui with a living sacrifice.
• Senyo explained Konoha's plans to Mui, who pledged himself to Senyo to protect the people of the Land of Grass.
• After a commotion began in Hozuki Castle's prison cells, Mui warned of a possible riot, and Orochimaru interrupted Senyo to complain that the Sarutobi Clan was almost used up.

Mui returned to Hozuki Castle as an Impure World Reincarnation and stopped a prison riot by restoring the Fire Style: Heavenly Prison marks. Back in Konoha, Senyo explained that Mui’s return would prevent Obito from reanimating him, while Orochimaru began examining Ryūsetsu and hinted at a valuable discovery.

• Prisoners at Hozuki Castle rioted after the Fire Style: Heavenly Prison marks vanished, believing Mui had died.
• The marks reappeared and burned the prisoners as Edo Mui arrived with Muku and Ryūsetsu, forcing the inmates back into their cells.
• Mui told the guards he would pass the Fire Style: Heavenly Prison on to Muku and dismissed Kusagakure’s ability to punish him.
• At Orochimaru’s laboratory, Senyo explained that Obito had taken one of Mui’s arms and that Mui’s reanimation would prevent Obito from reanimating him.
• Orochimaru sent Ryūsetsu for examinations and said the genes in her eyes could yield a surprise.

Obito discovered that Hol’s lake held energy drawn from the earth veins, then tried to revive Mui with Impure World Reincarnation, but the ritual failed. He opened a hole in the Box of Ultimate Bliss to absorb its dark Chakra and strengthen himself, until someone ordered him to stop.

• Obito sensed earth-vein energy in Hol’s lake and went to Disonas with Black Zetsu to revive Mui using a piece of his arm.
• Disonas’s Impure World Reincarnation failed twice, and he explained that Mui’s soul was not available in the Pure Land or had been destroyed.
• Obito abandoned the attempt and entered the Kamui Dimension to examine the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Obito failed to pry open the box with wood vines and a Black Rod, then used Kamui to make a hole in its side.
• Zero-Tails absorbed the black smoke escaping from the box, while Obito used the resulting dark Chakra to strengthen his body.
• The hole began to repair itself, and an unidentified voice told Obito not to damage the box further.

Obito questioned Juushi inside the Box of Ultimate Bliss and used its resentment to strengthen his body while resisting its promise to grant wishes. At Konoha’s front line in the Land of Wind, Keima offered Tsunade intelligence to help Konoha take Suna City and unify the Land of Wind.

• Obito moved the Box of Ultimate Bliss out of his Kamui Dimension and learned that Juushi was trapped inside as its gatekeeper.
• Juushi explained that he had been forced to open the box without enough Chakra, and Obito repeatedly opened holes in it to absorb dark Chakra and strengthen himself.
• Obito tested Juushi’s claims about the box granting wishes, but ignored his temptations after recalling Moryo’s warning.
• Juushi offered to teach Obito the method of sacrifice so Obito could open the Box of Ultimate Bliss himself.
• Sasuke brought three captured Sunagakure shinobi to Tsunade, and their leader, Keima, presented a deployment map as an offer to help Konoha capture Suna City.

Keima offered Tsunade intelligence in exchange for surrendering Sunagakure officials, and Konoha's leaders considered how to verify the offer. Senyo urged Minato to develop more capable shinobi rather than let Konoha depend on a few powerful people, while Deidara and Kurotsuchi headed toward the Land of Wind front lines.

• Keima gave Tsunade intelligence and a contact code, and Tsunade sent the offer to Minato for discussion.
• Minato brought the report to Senyo, who told him to have Karin and Dan investigate whether the intelligence was genuine.
• Senyo explained that he had left a hidden clone in the Land of Wind and urged Minato to delegate government work and accelerate Naruto's training.
• Minato said Naruto had learned the Rasenshuriken and Sage Technique and that he was gradually training Kakashi, Shikaku, and others to take on more duties.
• Deidara and Kurotsuchi flew toward Konoha's stronghold after Deidara's marriage and village responsibilities delayed their return to the front.

Minato organized Konoha’s planned ambush against Sunagakure after receiving intelligence about Suna City’s defenses. Karin and Dan Katō verified the information, leaving Konoha to prepare for the surprise attack the next day.

• Minato assigned elite squads to attack Sunagakure’s outposts and invited Deidara to join the assault on Suna City.
• Deidara and Kurotsuchi returned from their wedding and handed out wedding candy before Deidara eagerly agreed to fight.
• Karin rode Gaara’s Sand Mat to Suna City and secretly mapped its ninja defenses from a concealed sand pit.
• Dan Katō used the Spirit Transformation Technique to verify the city’s fortifications and patrol schedules.
• Karin’s reconnaissance and Dan Katō’s findings confirmed the spy’s intelligence, so Konoha began preparing for the next day’s attack.

Gaara and Deidara launched the first assault on Suna City, using an enormous Clay Bomb and a sandstorm to throw Sunagakure into chaos. Minato’s elite forces then arrived and began clearing defenses, while Sasuke’s and Neji’s teams engaged Sunagakure guards.

• Gaara and Deidara flew over Suna City, where Sunagakure spotted them but could not reach them.
• Deidara dropped C3 No. 18 on a Sunagakure gathering point, killing dozens and injuring hundreds in the explosion.
• Gaara scattered sand across the city and concealed Flying Thunder God Kunai in the dust before signaling Konoha’s forces.
• Minato led dozens of Konoha elites into Suna City, and the teams split up to carry out their assigned missions.
• Choji destroyed the spike trap near the city gate while Sasuke led his team against the Sunagakure guards.
• Neji, Kimimaro, and Haku fought their way onto the southern city wall and clashed with its defenders.

Neji, Kimimaro, Haku, Gaara, and Shion sabotaged Suna City's defenses, allowing Minato to teleport Konoha's main force into the city. As Konoha overwhelmed Sunagakure's weakened defenses, Risa ordered the defenders to retreat.

• Neji led Kimimaro and Haku in deflecting crossbow bolts before Gaara arrived and helped them attack the Sunagakure shinobi.
• Neji located the Poison Mist Sprayer, and Kimimaro destroyed its mechanisms with Sawagari no Mai while Haku and Gaara covered their retreat.
• Shion and her team destroyed the Mirage Illusion Formations near the eastern gate and fired a Signal Flare.
• Minato saw the Signal Flares, activated Golden Body Mode, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Konoha's main force to Suna City.
• Konoha's forces charged through Sunagakure's damaged defenses, and Risa ordered all Sunagakure forces to withdraw from Suna City.

Konoha captured Suna City in a surprise attack, while Karin’s squad searched for hidden Sunagakure shinobi. In Sunagakure, Pakura learned of the city’s fall and struggled to decide how to defend the village against Konoha’s next assault.

• Konoha’s forces entered Suna City, and Karin, Shion, Yamanaka Ino, and Hyuga Neji located and exposed hidden Sunagakure shinobi.
• Black Zetsu learned that Konoha had captured Suna City and inferred that a traitor within Sunagakure had revealed its defenses.
• Pakura reviewed a financial report showing that Sunagakure could no longer sustain its defenses after trade cutoffs.
• An Anbu told Pakura that Suna City had fallen after Deidara’s aerial bombardment and Namikaze Minato’s attack on its fortifications.
• Pakura realized that Minato could use the Flying Thunder God to transport many people and wondered whether Sunagakure should flee or fight.

Pakura received intelligence from Black Zetsu or Obito naming Sunagakure traitors and prepared to use it while defending the Land of Wind from Konoha. She met Victor of Kami Medical Equipment, who brought extra military supplies and offered to demonstrate special items.

• An Anbu delivered Pakura a scroll identifying Sunagakure shinobi close to Elder Kazuo as traitors and reported that Black Zetsu or Obito had left it.
• Pakura ordered the intelligence kept confidential and told the Anbu to bring its sender to her if he returned.
• Pakura reviewed Sunagakure's defenses and planned to abandon two small settlements while fortifying Arasuna City against Konoha.
• Pakura summoned Baki to meet the Land of Wind daimyo's caravan and spoke with Victor of Kami Medical Equipment.
• Victor said his company opposed Konoha's invasion and had brought extra military supplies, including special items he offered to demonstrate.