Chapter Summaries

Isshiki transformed into Karma State Two and overwhelmed Nagato, whose Rinnegan abilities could not stop him. As Isshiki nearly killed Nagato, Nagato unexpectedly manifested a shattered Susanoo and realized his Rinnegan had produced a Mangekyō Sharingan ability.

• Isshiki entered Karma State Two, gaining a horn, greater strength, and a limited five-minute window to fight.
• Nagato attacked Isshiki with several Paths of Pain abilities, but Isshiki resisted them while Black Zetsu briefly restrained him.
• Nagato’s Human Path extracted the bear’s memories instead of Isshiki’s, while the Naraka Path partially reached Isshiki’s soul.
• Isshiki revealed his Byakugan and unfamiliar right eye, prompting Obito and Void to discuss the Ōtsutsuki’s ties to shinobi clans.
• Isshiki dismantled Nagato’s attacks and struck him with a punch, but Nagato survived beneath a shattered blue Susanoo.
• Nagato stared at the Susanoo and questioned why his Rinnegan had manifested a Mangekyō Sharingan ability.

Nagato awakened Madara’s Mangekyō Sharingan powers, learned that the eyes were tied to the Sage of Six Paths, and unleashed Tengai Shinsei against Isshiki. He trapped Isshiki with Planetary Devastation just as a storm of meteorites devastated the Land of Grass, leaving Isshiki’s fate uncertain.

• Nagato’s Rinnegan transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan, and he used Susanoo to survive Isshiki’s attack.
• Isshiki told Nagato that the Sharingan were incomplete eyes inherited from the Sage of Six Paths’s descendants, deepening Nagato’s suspicions about his eyes.
• Nagato’s Susanoo grew additional arms and faces, and he summoned a massive barrage of meteorites with Tengai Shinsei.
• Void sheltered himself, Obito, and Black Zetsu beneath the Thousand-Armed Buddha Statue as the meteorites devastated the Land of Grass.
• Isshiki opened a space-time tunnel to escape, but Nagato used Planetary Devastation to drag him back and encase him in rock as the meteorites struck.

Nagato defeated Isshiki after surviving the meteor shower, but Isshiki’s soul escaped his grasp and a fragment appeared beside Ryuuzetsu, planning to revive through Karin. Nagato left convinced that his new power would let him change the world, while Isshiki’s threat endured.

• Ōnoki and other witnesses watched the meteor shower devastate the Land of Grass, while Deidara destroyed Ōnoki’s office in excitement.
• Void, Obito, and Black Zetsu emerged unharmed as Nagato’s giant construct dissipated, and they worried that Nagato had become too powerful to manipulate.
• Nagato used the Naraka Path to draw out Isshiki, who survived the meteor strikes but collapsed as his weakened body ran out of time.
• Nagato impaled Isshiki with Black Rods and seized his soul, but Isshiki’s soul dissipated before the King of Hell could consume it.
• Nagato questioned Void and Obito about the Sharingan and Rinnegan, then wondered whether Hitomi had inherited her Rinnegan through Uchiha and Uzumaki ancestry.
• Isshiki’s soul fragment appeared before Ryuuzetsu and told her to care for Karin until he could revive inside her and destroy the world.

Isshiki's death triggered Karin's Karma, while Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to make her loyal to Genitsu. Genitsu then arranged for Hiruko to fuse with the White Snake Sage's remains, and Nagato's group returned to Amegakure to meet their new recruit, Zabuza Momochi.

• Isshiki died after placing his revival data in Karin's Karma, and Ryuuzetsu resolved to protect Karin while the mark began restoring him.
• Shisui told Genitsu that he had used Kotoamatsukami to make Karin acknowledge only Genitsu, then left after Genitsu discussed his damaged eyesight and possible entry into the Eye Organization.
• Genitsu summoned Hiruko and had Kabuto prepare the White Snake Sage's corpse for a bloodline fusion ritual, despite Hiruko's fear and uncertainty.
• Nagato, Obito, and Void returned to Amegakure after killing Isshiki, and Nagato explained that the leader had dealt the decisive blow.
• Konan told Nagato that Zabuza Momochi had arrived as a new recruit, and Nagato agreed to meet him.

Zabuza arrived at Akatsuki and challenged Hiruko to prove his strength, but Hiruko defeated him after fusing with the White Snake Sage’s corpse and gaining Sage Jutsu. The chapter left Hiruko recognized as a powerful Akatsuki member while Void considered adding more sages to Hiruko’s body.

• Zabuza met Kisame and demanded to know whose blade was stronger, but Nagato dismissed Zabuza as weak and the Akatsuki members debated whether to recruit him.
• Void ordered Zabuza and Hiruko to fight for a ring, and Hiruko returned from a ritual transformed with white scales and a snake-like body.
• Zabuza attacked Hiruko with Kubikiribōchō, Hidden Mist Technique, and Great Waterfall Technique, but Hiruko’s Swift Release let him evade the attacks.
• Hiruko used Sage Jutsu-enhanced Scorch Release: Overheated Steam Kill to vaporize Zabuza’s waterfall and badly burn him, winning the fight.
• Nagato approved of Hiruko’s strength, Void praised him, and Void considered making Hiruko absorb the Toad Sage and Slug Sage.

After the Land of Grass battle, Shisui sought to join the Eye Organization and investigate Setsuna, while Itachi suspected Sasuke had a mysterious connection to Setsuna’s Mangekyō. The chapter ended with Hinata telling Naruto she planned to leave Konoha.

• Zabuza accepted Nagato’s offer to join the organization as an outer member after losing to Hiruko.
• Shisui visited Setsuna to learn about his standing in the Eye Organization, but Setsuna dismissed his chances of joining.
• Shisui told Itachi about the Land of Grass battle and his plan to enter the Eye Organization, while Itachi shared his suspicion that Sasuke’s hostility toward Setsuna was connected to Indra’s Eye.
• Naruto complained about Sasuke’s better theory grades before Hinata quietly told him she wanted to leave Konoha.
• Naruto realized Hinata’s plan amounted to defection and asked if that was what she meant.

Naruto urged Hinata to stay in Konoha and grow stronger after she revealed her wish to escape the Hyuga Clan, while Sasuke questioned the Uchiha Clan’s strained ties with the village. Shisui was recruited as the Eye Organization’s sixth official member and assigned to assist Shin.

• Hinata told Naruto she wanted to leave Konoha, and Naruto examined the Caged Bird seal on her forehead before advising her to stay and become stronger.
• Neji and Sasuke arrived, and Neji warned that Hinata should not discuss defecting in public while Sasuke and Neji argued about their clans’ abilities and members in the Eye Organization.
• Sasuke fought Neji and returned home bruised, then asked Fugaku about the Uchiha Clan’s relationship with Konoha before visiting Genitsu for answers.
• Genitsu reassured Sasuke that the Uchiha situation would not spiral out of control and began teaching him Lightning Release.
• Hitomi brought Shisui to the Eye Organization’s base at the Valley of the End and named him the official member codenamed Monster.
• Shin emerged from a failed cloning experiment and told Shisui to follow him on a mission.

Shin and Shisui met Orochimaru to negotiate cloning technology and the revival of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, while Shisui learned more about the Ōtsutsuki and the Eye Organization. Orochimaru proposed a trip to Konoha to seek the Uchiha Gunbai, as Nagato separately decided to return to Konoha to read the Uchiha stone tablet with his Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan.

• Shin told Shisui they were going to meet Orochimaru and revealed that Indra and Asura were the ancestors of the Uchiha and Senju and Uzumaki clans.
• Shin and Shisui entered an underground chamber, where Orochimaru offered to negotiate for Shin's help as a laboratory assistant.
• Shin asked Orochimaru for advanced cloning technology and the revival of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and Orochimaru warned that cloning Sharingan was extremely difficult.
• Orochimaru proposed that the three of them infiltrate Konoha to obtain the Uchiha Gunbai, and Shin showed interest in the weapon.
• Nagato decided to return to Konoha and read the Uchiha Clan's stone tablet using his Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan.

Nagato infiltrated Konoha and read the Uchiha stone tablet, learning about the Sharingan’s progression and the Eye of the Moon Plan. After revealing his own Sharingan and Mangekyō to Fugaku, Nagato tried to leave the shrine, but Fugaku blocked him.

• Nagato set out for Konoha with Konan and Hiruko, dismissing the danger they might face there.
• Itachi sparred with Sasuke, then warned him to avoid the increasingly arrogant Uchiha and spend more time with Naruto and the others.
• Nagato, Konan, and Hiruko entered Konoha through a passage Black Zetsu opened in the barrier and went to Naka Shrine.
• Nagato read the stone tablet and questioned the origins of his Rinnegan after discovering its accounts of the Sharingan and the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Fugaku confronted Nagato in the shrine, and Nagato revealed that he could use both the Sharingan and Mangekyō before threatening to kill Fugaku if he did not move.
• Fugaku stood in Nagato’s way, refusing to let him leave the shrine or endanger the village.

Nagato attacked Fugaku at Naka Shrine, and their Susanoo battle drew the Uchiha and Konoha forces. Kazue and Setsuna joined Fugaku against Nagato’s stronger Fourth-Stage Susanoo, leaving the four fighters poised for a desperate clash.

• Fugaku confronted Nagato at Naka Shrine, but Nagato’s Shinra Tensei began collapsing the chamber and forced Fugaku to activate his Susanoo.
• Nagato and Fugaku fought with their Susanoo as Uchiha clan members, ANBU, and Root agents gathered to watch.
• Fugaku used Future Sight to evade Nagato’s attacks, but Nagato advanced to a Fourth-Stage Susanoo and pinned Fugaku down.
• Kazue and Setsuna joined the fight with their own Susanoo, surrounding Nagato with three third-stage giants.
• Kazue drew the Sword of Totsuka and Kusanagi Sword as Fugaku explained Nagato’s power seemed abnormal, and Nagato challenged the three Uchiha to face him.

Nagato fought Fugaku, Kazue, and Setsuna while Akatsuki’s other attackers threw Konoha into chaos. Hiruko captured Sasuke, and Itachi awakened Tsukuyomi as he faced him.

• Fugaku, Kazue, and Setsuna attacked Nagato with their Susanoo, but Nagato grew two more arms and countered them.
• Setsuna used Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi to shield himself from Nagato’s magatama, while Kazue struck Nagato’s Susanoo with her Kusanagi Sword and was blasted back by Shinra Tensei.
• Kazue used Izanagi and Setsuna used Amaterasu to tear open Nagato’s Susanoo, then Kazue launched the Sword of Totsuka toward him.
• Konan attacked Konoha with explosive tags, but Jiraiya and Shibi stopped them and learned that Hiruko had also invaded.
• Hiruko confronted Itachi and Sasuke, then swallowed Sasuke with his Chimera Technique after Itachi wounded him.
• Itachi saw Sasuke captured, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and used Tsukuyomi against Hiruko.

Uchiha Itachi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan while trying to save Sasuke and used Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu against Hiruko. After the Third Hokage intervened and Hiruko retreated, a colossal blue Susanoo appeared, leaving Itachi and the Third Hokage facing a new threat.

• Uchiha Itachi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and trapped Hiruko in Tsukuyomi, torturing him through repeated deaths for seventy-two hours.
• Hiruko endured Tsukuyomi, entered Sage Mode, and attacked Itachi with Scorch Release, forcing Itachi to use Susanoo and Amaterasu.
• Hiruko tried to seize Itachi with the Chimera Technique, but the Third Hokage arrived and protected Itachi while Itachi freed Sasuke from the purple matter.
• The Third Hokage and Hiruko fought until Hiruko retreated as more Konoha shinobi approached.
• A colossal blue Susanoo, one or two hundred meters tall, appeared before Itachi and the Third Hokage.

Nagato unveiled his Perfect Susanoo and overwhelmed Konoha’s defenders until Genitsu arrived and transformed into Planet Godzilla to face him. As the two giants prepared to fight, Nagato’s eyes changed into the Rinnegan, revealing a possible link between the Uchiha clan and the Sage of Six Paths.

• Nagato summoned the Perfect Susanoo after Kazue, Setsuna, and Fugaku failed to break through his defenses.
• Jiraiya, Shibi, the Third Hokage, Itachi, and other shinobi attacked Nagato, but he easily repelled them.
• Genitsu arrived, stopped the Third Hokage from attempting the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and ordered the others to stand back.
• Nagato and Genitsu transformed into enormous blue giants and clashed in the middle of Konoha.
• Shinobi and Uchiha clan members saw Nagato’s Mangekyō Sharingan become the Rinnegan and speculated that the Sage of Six Paths belonged to the Uchiha clan.

Genitsu fought Nagato’s Perfect Susanoo in and around Konoha, overpowering its defenses with his Godzilla Mode while Nagato tried to destroy the village. As their battle continued, Konoha’s Uchiha debated the Rinnegan’s origins, and a two-tailed cat suddenly appeared amid the destruction.

• Nagato attacked Genitsu with Susanoo, and their first clash wrecked buildings across Konoha before Genitsu hurled Susanoo into the forest.
• Genitsu damaged Susanoo with his claws and External Radiation Technique, while Nagato attempted to repair it and insisted he would destroy Konoha.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei at close range, but Genitsu resisted, tore open Susanoo’s chest, and fired Spiral Atomic Breath into its wound.
• Fugaku, Kazue, Setsuna, and Itachi discussed Nagato’s Rinnegan as Uchiha clansmen speculated that the Mangekyō Sharingan could evolve into it.
• Itachi argued that Nagato and Hitomi were more likely born with their eyes, while the Third Hokage worried that Uchiha ambitions could lead to civil war.
• As villagers wondered where the Fourth Hokage and Kakashi were, a huge two-tailed cat appeared in a ruined part of Konoha.

Orochimaru, Shisui, and Shin infiltrated Konoha’s ANBU base to steal the Uchiha Gunbai, where Minato and Kakashi confronted them. Shin’s fight with Minato ended without a clear victor, while Kakashi transformed into the Two-Tails and faced Orochimaru.

• Orochimaru led Shisui and Shin into an ANBU base, where he unsealed the Uchiha Gunbai and Shin marked it with his eye technique.
• Minato appeared to stop the theft, and Kakashi joined him as Shin and Orochimaru fought the Konoha ninja.
• Minato revealed that Shin was not an Uchiha and suggested Orochimaru had captured him for experiments, enraging Shin.
• Guy kicked the gunbai away, and Shin unleashed a barrage of ninja tools that drew ANBU into the battle.
• Shin and Minato traded attacks, with Minato marking the gunbai and Shin marking Minato’s kunai, but neither gained a decisive advantage.
• Kakashi completed his Two-Tails transformation and confronted Orochimaru.

Orochimaru escaped Konoha with a fragment he had stolen and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Tobirama Senju, asking where Madara Uchiha's corpse was. As Orochimaru described the transformed Shinobi World and his plans, Tobirama learned that the Uchiha's standing remained poor and struggled to make sense of the new era.

• Kakashi fought Orochimaru as the Two-Tails while Minato defeated Shin's ninja-tool storm, but Shin escaped with Shisui after Minato wounded him.
• Orochimaru gathered fragments from the ruins and escaped Konoha by splitting into countless snakes, while Shin recovered the Blast Sword and Shisui led him away.
• Orochimaru captured a civilian and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Tobirama Senju, then demanded to know where Madara Uchiha's corpse was hidden.
• Orochimaru told Tobirama about the Rinnegan users, the Ōtsutsuki Clan, the Mangekyō Sharingan users, and the poor relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Orochimaru revealed that Hashirama Senju and two Madara Uchihas were active in the Shinobi World, and Tobirama questioned whether they were fakes.

Orochimaru brought Tobirama to the battlefield, where Tobirama recognized Madara’s Susanoo and learned about Genitsu’s role in protecting Konoha. As Genitsu defeated Nagato, Black Zetsu stole one Rinnegan and escaped, but Genitsu took Nagato’s remaining eye and killed him.

• Orochimaru escorted Tobirama to the devastated Konoha Forest and identified Nagato and Genitsu as the two fighters.
• Tobirama recognized the blue Susanoo as Madara Uchiha’s and questioned how Madara’s power had appeared in Nagato’s battle.
• Genitsu overwhelmed Nagato’s Susanoo, and Black Zetsu tried to flee while stealing one of Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu escaped underground with the stolen eye after using Shinra Tensei to resist Nagato’s pull.
• Genitsu seized Nagato, removed his remaining eye, and snapped his neck before cutting off his head.

Genitsu killed Nagato, claimed one Rinnegan, and confronted Orochimaru, who escaped with Tobirama after reviving him. Genitsu returned to Konoha as the village learned of his victory, while Kazue remained certain he would not lose and wondered about the Rinnegan’s connection to ocular power.

• Genitsu held Nagato’s severed head and one Rinnegan while White Zetsu fled and Black Zetsu’s betrayal left the Rinnegan divided between them.
• Orochimaru arrived with the resurrected Tobirama and tried to bargain for Nagato’s remains, but Genitsu rejected him and attacked.
• Genitsu shattered Tobirama with White Hot Light, but Tobirama later used Flying Thunder God to block Minato and escape with Orochimaru.
• The Third Hokage and Minato arrived, acknowledged Genitsu’s victory, and discussed his right to keep Nagato’s body and the Rinnegan.
• Konoha’s ninjas argued over whether Genitsu could defeat Nagato, while Kazue assured the Uchiha that Genitsu would not lose.
• A villager announced that Genitsu had returned and won.

Genitsu killed Nagato, preserved one Rinnegan, and exposed Obito’s attempt to retrieve it before reviving Nagato in a new body. Nagato awakened without his eyes, and Genitsu confronted him about the revival plan he had prepared.

• Genitsu returned to the village with Nagato’s head while the Uchiha debated Nagato’s motives, and Fugaku ordered a search for Konan, Hiruko, and Orochimaru’s group.
• Minato, the Third Hokage, Fugaku, and Jiraiya discussed Nagato’s invasion and Orochimaru’s revival of the Second Hokage.
• At the Root base, Genitsu preserved Nagato’s Rinnegan and told Kabuto that Nagato was an Uzumaki descendant rather than a reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths.
• Obito arrived to demand the Rinnegan, and Genitsu revealed that Black Zetsu had taken the other eye before creating a new body for Nagato.
• Nagato awakened with empty eye sockets and found himself unable to control his new body, while Genitsu challenged him to explain whether he had prepared Izanagi, the Naraka Path, or Rinne Rebirth as a way out.

Genitsu defeated Nagato, who used Izanagi to escape death, while Orochimaru and Tobirama uncovered a White Zetsu disguised as Madara’s corpse and Orochimaru claimed its body. After Nagato’s supposed death reached the Akatsuki, Konan challenged the claim that their leader was dead.

• Genitsu revealed that Nagato had prepared Izanagi, took Nagato’s Rinnegan for Kabuto, and watched Nagato vanish as the technique rewrote his death.
• Genitsu told Minato that Nagato had survived, then warned Kazue that the Akatsuki might target her eye-restoring dōjutsu.
• Orochimaru and Tobirama opened Madara’s sealed coffin, discovered that White Zetsu had been posing as Madara’s corpse, and discussed how Madara might have survived using Izanagi.
• Orochimaru used Living Corpse Reincarnation to take over White Zetsu’s body, and Tobirama departed with him using Flying Thunder God.
• The Akatsuki members questioned Hiruko and Konan after news spread that Nagato had died, and Konan asked who had said their leader was dead.