Chapter Summaries

Genitsu developed a Sage Jutsu that let him absorb Natural Energy by using Godzilla-transformed clones, though Planet Godzilla consumed the Sage Chakra he produced. As he searched for a site for a fourth Sacred Land, Deva Path Pain went to Otogakure to recruit Orochimaru and learned that Genitsu was entering the Land of Rice Fields.

• Genitsu experimented with Toad Oil, animals, plants, and Godzilla assimilation before discovering that draining a Godzilla-transformed Nuclear Release Clone produced Sage Chakra.
• Genitsu repeatedly drained and absorbed clones to strengthen himself, but Planet Godzilla consumed his Sage Chakra and excessive absorption risked disrupting his body's balance.
• The Fourth Raikage and Mabui discussed attacking Konoha with a divine artifact left by the Sage of Six Paths, despite Konoha's powerful shinobi.
• Genitsu decided to search the Shinobi World for a place to establish a fourth Sacred Land.
• Deva Path Pain arrived in the Land of Rice Fields to recruit Orochimaru, and Zetsu reported that Genitsu was approaching.

Deva Path Pain attacked Orochimaru in Otogakure and rejected his attempt to steal the Rinnegan, while Orochimaru fought back using reanimated Danzo and Sasori of the Red Sands. Jiraiya arrived, recognized his former students Yahiko and Nagato in Pain, and faced all six Pains as the battle continued.

• Deva Path Pain learned Jiraiya was heading toward the Land of Rain and flew to Otogakure to confront Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru agreed to join Akatsuki, then immediately attacked Deva Path Pain to seize his Rinnegan and was repelled by Shinra Tensei.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Danzo and Sasori of the Red Sands, and the three fought Deva Path Pain while Otogakure was devastated.
• Jiraiya entered the Land of Rice Fields, found the fleeing refugees, and approached Otogakure after sensing the battle.
• Deva Path Pain revealed that he knew Jiraiya was there, and Jiraiya recognized the connection to Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.
• Pain declared that Yahiko no longer existed, summoned the other five Pains, and prepared to fight Jiraiya.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Danzo, and Sasori of the Red Sands fought the Six Paths of Pain, uncovering the Human Path and Naraka Path's ability to revive bodies and seize souls. Jiraiya struggled to enter Sage Mode as Gamabunta retreated, leaving the battle unresolved and Jiraiya in danger.

• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Danzo, and Sasori of the Red Sands fought the Six Paths of Pain, while Gamabunta held back the Animal Path.
• The Human Path revived after Danzo cut him in half, and the Naraka Path nearly pulled Danzo's soul into the King of Hell before Orochimaru and Sasori of the Red Sands intervened.
• Jiraiya and his allies took down the Asura Path, but Orochimaru made little progress and Gamabunta struggled against the regenerating Hellhounds.
• Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima and tried to gather Natural Energy, while the Deva Path and Preta Path pursued him.
• Gamabunta retreated to Mount Myōboku after the Hellhounds overwhelmed him, and he asked for a messenger toad to request reinforcements for Jiraiya.

Minato hesitated between rescuing Jiraiya and protecting Konoha as the Hidden Cloud delegation arrived, while Tsunade joined Jiraiya and Orochimaru against Pain in the Land of Rice Fields. After the Sannin destroyed five Paths, a masked man arrived and formed a second Planetary Devastation just as Deva Path Pain prepared to use his own.

• Minato prepared to leave Konoha to rescue Jiraiya, but Homura and Koharu urged him to stay, and the Hidden Cloud peace delegation's arrival interrupted the decision.
• Tsunade reached the Land of Rice Fields and joined Jiraiya and Orochimaru against Deva Path Pain and the remaining Paths.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and nearly struck Deva Path Pain, while Orochimaru used the opening to destroy the Naraka Path.
• Tsunade and the others defeated the Human Path and Animal Path, leaving Deva Path Pain as the only surviving Path.
• Deva Path Pain formed a black sphere to use Planetary Devastation, but a masked man arrived and formed an identical sphere of his own.

Genitsu and Deva Path Pain clashed with their Rinnegan, and their Planetary Devastations devastated the battlefield before they argued over which organization should lead the pursuit of peace. Black Zetsu secretly recognized the danger and potential of Genitsu, while Deva Path Pain prepared to reveal more of his strength.

• Genitsu and Deva Path Pain each used Planetary Devastation, and their black spheres collided, sending destructive shockwaves across the battlefield.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Danzo, and the sages struggled against the suction as Sage Fukasaku identified the technique as the one the Sage of Six Paths had used to create the moon.
• Genitsu and Deva Path Pain tested each other's ocular power, and Pain discovered that Genitsu could match his Rinnegan pressure.
• Genitsu explained that the Eye Organization sought to uncover the mysteries of two supreme life forms and prepare for a Creator God, while Pain said their organizations shared a goal of permanent peace.
• Black Zetsu overheard them and suspected Genitsu knew about the Ten-Tails and Ōtsutsuki Clan, then considered approaching or infiltrating the Eye Organization.
• Pain demanded that Genitsu join Akatsuki, but Genitsu told Pain to become his subordinate, and Pain declared they would settle the matter by strength.

Genitsu defeated Deva Path Pain, then fought Nagato’s true body and used God of Reversal to immobilize the Naraka Path’s King of Hell. Nagato responded by summoning a meteor with Tengai Shinsei.

• Nagato rejected Zetsu’s suggestion to recruit Genitsu and flew toward the battlefield to fight him himself.
• Genitsu destroyed Deva Path Pain by pulling out a Black Rod and driving it through the puppet’s forehead before Nagato arrived.
• Genitsu and Nagato began a close-range battle, with Nagato using the Deva and Asura Paths while Genitsu countered with Shinra Tensei and Black Rods.
• Nagato summoned the King of Hell through the Naraka Path, but Genitsu’s God of Reversal stopped its hands and disrupted its connection to the Pure Land.
• Nagato acknowledged Genitsu’s unusual ocular technique and activated Tengai Shinsei.

Toneri sensed Nagato summon a meteor from the Shinobi World and feared the Rinnegan could rival the Giant Tenseigan. Nagato unleashed Tengai Shinsei against Genitsu, who faced the falling meteor without fear and prepared to destroy it.

• Toneri woke after sensing a spatial disturbance, discovered that someone in the Shinobi World was summoning a meteor, and suspected Nagato had the Rinnegan.
• Nagato used Tengai Shinsei to pull a meteor from outer space, exhausting himself as it descended toward Genitsu and the Land of Rice Fields.
• Jiraiya and the two sages were stunned by Nagato's power, while Orochimaru grew more impressed with the Rinnegan.
• Genitsu observed that Nagato's meteor was only about twenty meters wide and questioned whether the eyes were truly Nagato's.
• Nagato continued pulling the meteor down as Genitsu walked toward it, recalling that he had destroyed a meteor before.

Genitsu used Takamagahara to shatter Nagato’s Tengai Shinsei and moved to take his Rinnegan. Jiraiya intervened to protect Nagato, while Danzo and Sasori of the Red Sands tried to claim Deva Path Pain’s corpse, leaving Genitsu facing several powerful opponents.

• Obito and Black Zetsu watched the battle and discussed Nagato’s limits, their plans for Rinne Rebirth, and the need to investigate the Eye Organization.
• Genitsu surrounded himself with the dimensional space created by Takamagahara and split Nagato’s descending meteor apart.
• Nagato reeled from the loss of Tengai Shinsei, rejected Jiraiya’s appeal, and questioned whether Genitsu was truly the Eye Organization’s leader.
• Genitsu advanced to take Nagato’s Rinnegan, but Jiraiya attacked with Sage Art fire techniques and declared that he would not hand Nagato over.
• Danzo and Sasori of the Red Sands tried to take Deva Path Pain’s corpse, but Nagato blasted them away and refused to surrender it.

Obito and Void intervened when Hitomi cornered Nagato, but Hitomi revealed himself as Genitsu and fatally wounded Nagato while trying to take his Rinnegan. As Genitsu and Obito raced for the eyes, Black Zetsu seized Nagato’s remains and dragged them underground, keeping the Rinnegan out of Genitsu’s reach.

• Obito brought Void to the Land of Rice Fields, where Hitomi was overpowering Nagato despite the Sannin’s presence.
• Obito and Void attacked Hitomi with Susanoo and Wood Release, but Hitomi broke through the forest and pursued Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Hitomi used his space-time technique to reach Nagato and tore through his body, leaving him mortally wounded with his head and part of his upper body intact.
• Hitomi revealed himself as Genitsu and tried to take Nagato’s eyes, while Obito used Dual Kamui and Orochimaru tried to seize the opportunity.
• Black Zetsu separated from White Zetsu, took control of Nagato’s remains, and dragged them underground before Genitsu could reach the Rinnegan.
• White Zetsu joined Black Zetsu and Nagato’s remains, helping him escape with the Rinnegan.

Genitsu defeated the forces opposing him, killing Orochimaru and leaving Nagato gravely injured as Black Zetsu escaped with him. In Amegakure, Obito and Black Zetsu faced Nagato’s fading consciousness while Obito’s suspicions of Black Zetsu grew.

• Black Zetsu possessed Nagato’s patched-together body and fled underground, while Genitsu drove off Obito and Void and stopped Jiraiya’s group from escaping.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima trapped Genitsu briefly with Sage Art: Toad Chant—Immovable Wisdom King, but Jiraiya and the others used the opening to escape.
• Orochimaru stayed behind to seize Genitsu’s Rinnegan, but Genitsu broke free, killed him, and destroyed the Impure World bodies of Danzo and Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Obito, Black Zetsu, and Void returned to Amegakure with Nagato, whose body had been rebuilt from his remains, White Zetsu, and Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu said Nagato’s consciousness was fading and asked whether Obito would take Nagato’s eyes, while Obito silently regarded him with suspicion.

Nagato survived his defeat by Hitomi and fused White Zetsu and Black Zetsu into his damaged body, refusing to surrender his Rinnegan or join Obito's Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. As Nagato prepared to rebuild the Akatsuki and pursue the Eye Organization, Hitomi reconsidered his plans for the devastated Land of Rice Fields.

• Obito confronted Black Zetsu about his hidden possession ability, while Black Zetsu explained that he had modified White Zetsu's spore-based possession.
• Nagato regained consciousness, drew life force from White Zetsu to repair himself, and used the Rinnegan to bind Black Zetsu into his body as well.
• Obito declined to intervene when Black Zetsu asked for help, and Nagato declared that he would pursue peace by gathering the Tailed Beasts rather than following the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
• Konan arrived and learned that Hitomi had defeated Nagato; Nagato sensed White Zetsu's life force and ordered the Akatsuki to recruit members, prepare to capture the Tailed Beasts, and track the Eye Organization.
• Hitomi surveyed the ruined Land of Rice Fields, abandoned his plan to make it a Godzilla Sanctuary base, and thought of a better idea.

After the battle in the Land of Rice Fields, shinobi villages learned that an Eye Organization member with the Rinnegan had forced the Akatsuki to retreat. Jiraiya set out for Flame Mountain to develop a way to counter the Rinnegan, while Kumogakure's delegation secretly prepared an assassination plot against Konoha's strongest shinobi using the Amber Purifying Pot.

• Spies reported the destruction in the Land of Rice Fields, Orochimaru's death, and the battle involving the Akatsuki to shinobi villages across the world.
• Ōnoki investigated the reports and postponed Kumo's peace talks with Konoha, before Deidara blew apart his office with an explosion.
• Jiraiya told Minato that an Eye Organization member with the Rinnegan had driven the Akatsuki to retreat, then announced he would go to Flame Mountain to master its flames.
• Genitsu refused Minato's request to help negotiate with Kumogakure and continued monitoring the Hyuga Clan.
• Kumogakure's delegation secretly planned to kill Minato and Genitsu, with the leader revealing that the Raikage intended to use the Amber Purifying Pot against Genitsu.

Genitsu used Iroha’s Byakugan evolution to persuade Hizashi to spy on the Hyuga main family, then arranged for the branch family to exploit Hidden Cloud’s attempted kidnapping of Hinata and slaughter its delegation. As Hizashi backed the branch family’s actions, Huomen secretly stole the Caged Bird Seal formula scroll to study.

• Genitsu showed Hizashi how Ōtsutsuki transplants had transformed Iroha and promised the branch family a chance to break the Caged Bird Seal and evolve the Byakugan in exchange for monitoring the main family.
• The Hidden Cloud delegation leader abandoned plans to target Genitsu’s disciples and instead kidnapped Hinata, prompting Hiashi to kill him while rescuing her.
• Hizashi led the branch family in killing the remaining Hidden Cloud envoys, leaving Hiashi shocked and unable to stop the massacre.
• Huomen used the commotion to enter the Hyuga secret chamber and steal the scroll containing the Caged Bird Seal formula, intending to study it.

After the Hyuga Clan killed the Hidden Cloud delegation, Genitsu pushed Konoha to stand firm, and Minato ordered preparations for war with Kumogakure. As both villages mobilized, Shin Uchiha focused on awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Hizashi defended the Hyuga Clan's killing of the Hidden Cloud delegation, while Inoichi reported that the envoys had not been controlled by genjutsu.
• Genitsu rejected the advisors' calls to appease Kumogakure, and Minato decided that Konoha would prepare for war under Genitsu's command.
• Hiashi suspected Hizashi and the branch family had been manipulated, while Hizashi privately sought a way to evolve the Byakugan beyond the Caged Bird seal.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered a surprise attack force into the Land of Fire after Mabui warned him about Genitsu's Nuclear Release.
• Shin Uchiha ignored the looming war and wondered how to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and what ocular technique he would gain.

Shin proposed using transplanted Sharingan to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Genitsu helped him test the idea with eyes taken from revived Uchiha. Shin briefly awakened the Mangekyō but could not sustain it after the borrowed ocular power faded.

• Shin argued that implanting Sharingan throughout his body could supply the ocular power needed to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Genitsu agreed to test the plan.
• Genitsu used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Uchiha shinobi, took their Sharingan, and sealed the eyes to prevent them from collapsing.
• Shin implanted about sixty Sharingan across his body, and Genitsu released the seals to pour their ocular power into him.
• Shin endured the surge of ocular power and briefly awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in his own eyes.
• The borrowed power faded, Shin's eyes reverted to Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Genitsu concluded that Shin could not sustain the Mangekyō without continued support from other eyes.

Genitsu supplied Shin with more Impure World Sharingan and made him an official member of the Eye Organization. Meanwhile, Konoha's elite force marched toward the Hidden Cloud front, where Genitsu expected to face both Yugito Nii and Killer B, while Kazue prepared to test a new ability.

• Genitsu gave Shin sixty more Impure World eyes, taught him the Binding Seal Formula and Binding Seal Release, and named him an official member of the Eye Organization.
• Kazue departed with Uchiha clansmen to join the war effort, while Fugaku noticed that her Mangekyō ocular power had grown rather than declined.
• Obito learned that Nagato had recovered and taken control of Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, and he considered using Tobi to replace their lost support.
• Genitsu led Konoha's two-hundred-person force toward the front and learned that Hidden Cloud had deployed Yugito Nii with no more than four hundred troops.
• Genitsu suspected Killer B and possibly the Fourth Raikage were also involved, while Kazue revealed her eagerness to use a new ability and claimed she would eventually make every Kusanagi Sword her spirit weapon.

Genitsu and Kazue discussed the Sword of Totsuka and her plan to confront the Fourth Raikage as Konoha’s forces marched to meet the Hidden Cloud invasion. In the ensuing battle, Kazue nearly erased the Raikage with her Mangekyō technique, but he escaped and demanded to know what power she had used.

• Genitsu was surprised to learn Kazue had obtained the Sword of Totsuka, and Kazue offered to take on the Fourth Raikage.
• Genitsu led several hundred Konoha fighters toward the border while the Fourth Raikage invaded the Land of Fire with Yugito Nii and Killer B.
• The Fourth Raikage charged at Konoha’s force, and the two sides clashed across the forest.
• Kazue attacked the Fourth Raikage, but her Kusanagi Sword could not pierce his lightning-protected body, and his punch cracked her Susanoo ribs.
• Kazue used her Mangekyō Izanagi to threaten to erase the Fourth Raikage, who retreated before the technique could take effect and asked what her eye technique was.

Kazue nearly killed the Fourth Raikage with the Sword of Totsuka, while Genitsu overwhelmed Killer B and the Eight-Tails in their colossal forms. The Fourth Raikage summoned the Amber Purifying Pot and challenged Genitsu, waiting for him to answer.

• Kazue used her third-stage Susanoo to block the Fourth Raikage’s attack, then nearly sealed him with the Sword of Totsuka before Killer B warned him to dodge.
• Genitsu spread radiation across the battlefield and attacked Killer B, who held back the Amber Purifying Pot while waiting for the Fourth Raikage’s signal.
• Genitsu and Killer B transformed into their colossal forms, and Genitsu proved larger and stronger, pinning down the Eight-Tails and devouring one of its tails.
• The Fourth Raikage deduced that Kazue’s spiritual weapons drained her ocular power, then broke away and summoned the Amber Purifying Pot.
• The Fourth Raikage challenged Genitsu and waited for him to answer aloud.

Shin Uchiha arrived on the battlefield and demanded the Amber Purifying Pot from the Fourth Raikage, while Genitsu and Kazue continued to overwhelm the Hidden Cloud forces. Obito, watching from afar, was stunned when Shin introduced himself as Madara Uchiha.

• The Fourth Raikage failed to seal Genitsu with the Amber Purifying Pot, and Genitsu freed the Eight-Tails after it lost two tails.
• Kakashi fought Yugito as she transformed into the Two-Tails, while Kazue escaped the Amber Purifying Pot by using Izanagi and attacked the Hidden Cloud ninja.
• Genitsu and Kazue pressed their advantage, and the Fourth Raikage struggled to find a way to retreat as Genitsu threatened to take a Tailed Beast.
• Obito and White Zetsu watched the battle and discussed weakening the major ninja villages and investigating the Eye Organization.
• Shin Uchiha entered the battlefield, demanded the Amber Purifying Pot, and claimed his name was Madara Uchiha, shocking Genitsu, Obito, and White Zetsu.

Shin Uchiha appeared during the battle, claiming to be the real Madara Uchiha and demanding the Amber Purifying Pot and other weapons. His Mangekyō powers proved unimpressive when he unleashed a barrage of ninja tools, but he then marked the pot with his left eye and declared it his.

• Shin Uchiha arrived at the battlefield, called Akatsuki's Madara a fake, and demanded the weapons from the Fourth Raikage and the others.
• Shin released the seals on his Sharingan and revealed his Mangekyō as he charged the Fourth Raikage.
• Shin's right-eye power unleashed a huge supply of ninja tools at the Fourth Raikage, but the Raikage's Lightning Release Armor withstood the attack.
• Obito and White Zetsu recognized that Shin's Mangekyō powers controlled ninja tools, and Obito dismissed them as trash.
• Shin unsealed ten more Sharingan and used his left eye to mark the Amber Purifying Pot, declaring it his.