Chapter Summaries

Mu Yue battled Uchiha Madara’s towering Susanoo and destroyed it with his ultimate lightning strike, but Madara survived by using Izanagi and killed Mu Yue. The chapter ended with Obito and Shisui watching Mu Yue’s life force disappear.

• Uchiha Madara expanded his Susanoo to more than eighty meters, while Kitsuchi withdrew the Iwagakure force from the battlefield.
• Mu Yue used Flower Tree World Advent and rebuilt his Wood Golem, but Madara’s Susanoo eventually split it apart.
• Mu Yue unleashed Musou Isshin, shattered the Susanoo, and sent Uchiha Madara crashing to the ground as the battlefield erupted in celebration.
• Uchiha Madara used Izanagi to survive, then pierced Mu Yue with Wood Release spikes and repelled the disciples and Konoha ninja who rushed to intervene.
• Madara sent Wood Clones to hold off Mu Yue’s allies and struck down Mu Yue, whose life force vanished before Obito and Shisui’s eyes.

Obito and Shisui awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan after witnessing Mu Yue’s apparent death, and Shisui used a Restoration Elixir to heal Mu Yue’s wounds. Uchiha Madara moved to take Nohara Rin, but Obito’s new Mangekyō ability erased half of his Susanoo as Shisui charged in to attack.

• Obito remembered how Mu Yue had guided him from the Academy’s dead last to a celebrated ninja before seeing Mu Yue struck down by Uchiha Madara.
• Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Shisui awakened his own after grieving over Mu Yue’s lifeless body.
• Shisui gave Mu Yue a Restoration Elixir and removed the Wood Release branch, healing Mu Yue’s wounds, though Uchiha Madara insisted that Mu Yue was dead.
• Shisui vowed to find a way to revive Mu Yue and avenge him while Uchiha Madara formed a Susanoo and moved to take Nohara Rin.
• Obito’s Mangekyō ability distorted space and erased half of Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo, and Shisui charged at Madara.

Uchiha Madara overwhelmed the Konoha fighters as they tried to protect Nohara Rin, but Kakashi drew on Enma and Mu Yue's remaining Chakra to unleash a new attack. The battle was left at its most desperate as Madara reached for Rin and Milotic sensed a sudden wave of heat.

• Shisui trapped Uchiha Madara in Tsukuyomi, but Madara shattered the genjutsu and injured Shisui with the backlash.
• Uchiha Madara's Susanoo severely wounded Might Guy and broke Kakashi's White Fang Short Blade, leaving Kakashi struggling with despair until Lycanroc helped him stand.
• Milotic used Life Dew to heal the Konoha fighters, and Kakashi picked up Enma, drawing back Chakra left in the blade by Mu Yue.
• Kakashi released his Yang Seal, entered Thunder Breathing Chakra Mode, and struck Susanoo with Enma as lightning poured into the blade.
• Obito and Shisui tried to support Kakashi, but Uchiha Madara summoned an eighty-meter Susanoo and reached for Nohara Rin while the others were too exhausted to stop him.
• As Milotic gathered Water Release Chakra, it sensed a sudden wave of scorching heat.

Mu Yue revealed that he had faked his death with Izanagi, then returned to the battle with his Byakugan restored and the Chakra from his Yang Seal. He overwhelmed Uchiha Madara with Blue Flare and defeated him, leaving his disciples gathered around him.

• Celebi carried Mu Yue underground, where system notifications confirmed that Obito and Shisui had awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan and that Mu Yue’s Byakugan was ready to evolve.
• Mu Yue replaced his damaged eye with a Byakugan, released the Chakra in his Yang Seal, and used Celebi’s kunai to teleport back into the battle with Flying Thunder God.
• Mu Yue’s Blue Flare overwhelmed Madara’s Fire Release and burned away his Susanoo, while Obito, Shisui, Kakashi, and the Konoha ninjas recognized that Mu Yue was alive.
• Madara used Izanagi to evade Mu Yue’s attacks and tried to seize Sharingan from a White Zetsu, but Celebi lifted the eyes out of his reach.
• Black Zetsu fled as Madara urged Obito and Shisui to seek the secret on the Naka Shrine stone tablet; Mu Yue’s Blue Flare then pierced Madara and brought him down.
• Mu Yue dispersed the remaining flames to preserve Madara’s body, and his disciples gathered around him.

Mu Yue and his disciples recovered after their battle with the Black-Robed Uchiha, whom they identified as Uchiha Madara, and returned to the main camp. Kakashi received Enma and Mu Yue gained a powerful Lightning Release reward, while the group discussed their newly awakened Mangekyō abilities and their risks; Jiraiya was left stunned when Mu Yue revealed their opponent’s identity.

• Mu Yue healed the wounded, gave Enma to Kakashi, and received a perfect-level Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation reward.
• Obito used a Shadow Clone to remove the spiral covering from the Black-Robed Uchiha and exposed an ancient-looking face, leading Kakashi and Shisui to suspect Uchiha Madara.
• Mu Yue stored Uchiha Madara’s corpse in a scroll and led the group back to the main camp as Obito and Shisui explained their Mangekyō abilities.
• Kakashi and Obito considered ways to use Shisui’s ability, and Mu Yue warned Obito and Shisui that overusing their Mangekyō could blind them.
• Jiraiya asked whether Iwagakure had set up another threat after seeing the team’s injuries, and Mu Yue told him they had fought a ninja suspected to be Uchiha Madara.

Mu Yue’s report of a battle with a mysterious Uchiha wielding Susanoo led Jiraiya and Konoha’s leaders to suspect Uchiha Madara had returned, while Iwagakure feared Mu Yue’s growing power. As Konoha’s fronts quieted and Kirigakure weighed a peace treaty, Iwagakure representatives arrived in Kirigakure.

• Mu Yue told Jiraiya about the black-robed Sharingan user and showed him the aged corpse, prompting Jiraiya to report the threat and tell Mu Yue to stop leading missions temporarily.
• Iwagakure scouts examined the devastated battlefield, found their own dead and signs that Konoha’s forces had survived, and reported that Mu Yue was likely the victor.
• Kitsuchi and Retsuishi decided to withdraw to the western border, while Ōnoki ordered scouts to check Mu Yue’s condition and spies to investigate Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received the battlefield report, suspected the dead man was Uchiha Madara, and ordered Jiraiya not to act rashly while Konoha watched Iwagakure’s response.
• Kirigakure and Iwagakure’s forces paused their fighting as Konoha sought peace with Kirigakure, whose leaders debated the terms while holding more than a thousand prisoners.
• A Kirigakure Anbu informed the Third Mizukage that representatives sent by Ōnoki had arrived in the village.

The Third Mizukage and Rasa weighed Ōnoki’s invitation after receiving intelligence that Hanyu Muyue possessed powerful Wood Release, while Iwagakure sought Ninshu’s help approaching Kumogakure. Ninshu refused to take sides, but the villages ultimately agreed to attend Ōnoki’s conference in the Land of Earth.

• The Third Mizukage avoided deciding whether to negotiate over Karatachi Yagura and considered sending a trusted jonin to investigate Ōnoki’s invitation.
• After reading Ōnoki’s report about Hanyu Muyue’s Wood Release, the Third Mizukage suspected Muyue had defeated Yagura and considered sending a representative to the Land of Earth.
• Rasa judged Ōnoki’s intelligence plausible, agreed Sunagakure could attend the meeting, and assigned Pakura to the mission as a way to constrain her.
• Kitsuchi asked Sōsuke to help Iwagakure approach Kumogakure, but Mu Yue refused to involve Ninshu in conflicts between the Five Great Ninja Villages.
• Iwagakure contacted Kumogakure directly, secured its agreement to attend the conference, and the various villages sent ninja to the Land of Earth on the appointed date.

Iwagakure assembled Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Hidden Mist Village to plan an ambush that would kill Hanyu Muyue, and the four Kage ultimately agreed to join the operation. As Iwagakure launched an attack in the Land of Grass to draw Muyue out, he prepared to face the alliance while Hidden Mist Village secretly chose to negotiate with Konoha instead.

• Dodai, Pakura, and Suiyu met with Kitsuchi, who presented evidence of Muyue's strength and proposed ambushing him in the Land of Grass.
• Dodai agreed to cooperate, while Yashamaru and Suiyu said they needed approval from their Kage; Pakura refused to take part in the mission.
• Rasa approved Sunagakure's involvement, while the Third Mizukage and Genji decided to offer Konoha the alliance plans in exchange for protecting Hidden Mist Village's prisoners.
• Ōnoki secured the Third Raikage's, Third Mizukage's, and Fourth Kazekage's personal participation and arranged diversions to keep Konoha from sending reinforcements.
• Ōnoki ordered Retsuishi to attack Konoha's forces, prompting Jiraiya, Kakashi, Obito, and Muyue to prepare for the advancing Iwagakure army.

Mu Yue’s Wood Release turned the battle at the Land of Grass border in Konoha’s favor, but Iwagakure’s plan to kill him brought Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, and Rasa onto the field. As Mu Yue confronted the Kage, Kakashi realized the Four Great Ninja Villages had joined forces against him, and the Third Mizukage appeared with a Water Release defense.

• Mu Yue unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, creating a forest that attacked Iwagakure’s forces and protected Konoha’s ninja.
• Kitsuchi used Mountain Earth Technique to force Mu Yue to escape with Flying Thunder God, allowing Ōnoki to attack him with Dust Release, which Mu Yue dodged.
• The Third Raikage charged Mu Yue, but Mu Yue met his lightning-wreathed hand chop with his own and remained unharmed.
• Rasa attacked Mu Yue with Gold Dust while Kakashi realized the Kage from the Great Ninja Villages were coordinating to kill him.
• Obito and Shisui prepared to use their Mangekyo abilities to protect Mu Yue, and the Third Mizukage appeared with Water Release: Mirror Dome Technique.

The Third Mizukage betrayed Ōnoki’s alliance, and Hiruzen Sarutobi joined the battlefield as elite forces from several villages gathered for a massive fight over Mu Yue. As the battle resumed, Mu Yue began overpowering Rasa, leaving the Fourth Hokage battered and Sunagakure ninjas rushing to his aid.

• The Third Mizukage blocked Rasa’s gold dust and revealed his betrayal, while Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked Ōnoki and exposed the assassination plot.
• Ōnoki urged the gathered Kage to continue fighting, and elite forces from Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, Konoha, and Kirigakure arrived.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered the opposing villages peace talks, but Ōnoki rejected the offer and launched the battle again.
• Obito’s Kamui failed to catch the Third Raikage, and Mu Yue asked the Third Mizukage to hold him off while he targeted Rasa.
• Mu Yue opened the seventh Gate and used Stone Breathing Chakra Mode and Armament Haki to break through Rasa’s gold dust and strike him with a Serious Punch.
• Rasa flew through the battlefield after Mu Yue’s punch, and Sunagakure ninjas rushed to help him.

Mu Yue overwhelmed Rasa and summoned a massive Wood Golem that devastated the enemy forces, turning the battlefield decisively in Konoha’s favor. Ōnoki could not break free from Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked to negotiate peace, but Hiruzen rejected unconditional terms.

• Mu Yue severely wounded Rasa with a single punch, while Shisui killed the Sunagakure elite puppeteer Tian Li and Konoha’s fighters pressed their attack.
• The Third Raikage charged at Mu Yue with his One-Finger Nukite, but Mu Yue withdrew from his enhanced modes and summoned a towering Wood Golem.
• The Wood Golem regenerated its damaged leg, resisted the enemy forces’ attacks, and smashed through Iwagakure’s ranks as the Third Mizukage kept the Third Raikage occupied.
• Ōnoki tried to attack Mu Yue with Dust Release, but Hiruzen Sarutobi pinned him down with his Five Elements Release and forced him to defend himself.
• Seeing Iwagakure’s defeat was certain, Ōnoki asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for unconditional peace negotiations, and Hiruzen refused.

After Mu Yue helped Konoha and Kirigakure defeat the allied forces of Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure, the enemy villages agreed to stop fighting and hold peace talks. Hiruzen Sarutobi began negotiating compensation and alliances, leaving the victorious and defeated Kage to meet on unequal terms.

• Ōnoki agreed to compensate Konoha and form an alliance, then ordered Iwagakure to cease fighting and retreat.
• The Third Raikage and Rasa declared that Kumogakure and Sunagakure would also make peace, ending the battle in victory for Konoha and Kirigakure.
• The Kage praised Mu Yue for his battlefield achievements, while Rasa worried that his defeat would damage his reputation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mu Yue that he deserved the greatest credit and privately planned to investigate Shimura Danzō's death through Sōsuke.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered the Kage for peace talks in a Wood Release meeting room, with Mu Yue and Karatachi Yagura serving as guards.

The Five Great Ninja Villages ended their war and formed an alliance, while Yahiko considered how Ninshu could help preserve peace. Kakuzu returned to the Land of Rain and went to ask Sōsuke why he had killed Shimura Danzō.

• The Five Kage agreed to stop fighting, withdraw their forces, and form an alliance after arguing over reparations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Kage left the meeting, and the villages began withdrawing their forces as news of the peace spread.
• Yahiko celebrated the agreement with Nagato and Konan but warned that Konoha could ignite another war.
• Konan pointed out that Sōsuke was already spreading Ninshu in the Land of Birds through Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu asked about Shimura Danzō's death, then decided to speak with Sōsuke directly, and Yahiko followed him.

Mu Yue reassured Kakuzu that Ninshu would survive Konoha’s response to Shimura Danzō’s death, while Konoha welcomed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the victorious shinobi home. Obito admired their triumphant return but decided peace mattered more than experiencing a scene like it himself.

• Kakuzu confronted Mu Yue for killing Shimura Danzō without warning, and Mu Yue said he had kept quiet to avoid disrupting Kakuzu’s work in the Land of Birds.
• Kakuzu asked whether Mu Yue had a plan to protect Ninshu, and Mu Yue assured him that he was strong enough to safeguard the region.
• Konoha shinobi welcomed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mu Yue, and the returning troops with cheers as they approached the village gates.
• Ōnoki recalled his first visit to Konoha, while the Third Mizukage looked forward to the release of the Hidden Mist Village prisoners.
• Obito admired the triumphant return and imagined experiencing one himself, but Kakashi pointed out that it followed a war, so Obito chose to hope for peace instead.
• Obito wondered whether his performance would earn him a distinctive nickname.

After returning to Konoha, Mu Yue gave his disciples a month to rest and went to repay Tsunade for lending him the First Hokage's Necklace. The chapter left Tsunade stunned when Mu Yue revealed he could make an identical necklace.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the ninja forces, escorted the four Kage to their accommodations, and told Mu Yue to visit the Hokage's Office at four in the afternoon for good news.
• Obito speculated that Mu Yue might become Hokage, while Mu Yue guessed Hiruzen Sarutobi might instead make him Hokage Advisor and reminded his disciples that leadership was about serving villagers.
• Mu Yue gave his disciples a month of rest, then checked their Life Mission progress and visited Tsunade's home to repay the meals he owed for borrowing her necklace.
• Shizune woke Tsunade by claiming Mu Yue had brought groceries, but Tsunade found him drinking tea without food and pinched Shizune for tricking her.
• Tsunade asked Mu Yue to raise the necklace's rental fee to three meals a day, and Mu Yue revealed a pale green crystal necklace he could use to replace the original.

Mu Yue accepted a four-year cooking debt from Tsunade, received Hiruzen Sarutobi's appointment as a Hokage Advisor, and recounted his battle with the suspected Uchiha Madara. After Kushina and Minato Namikaze returned to Konoha, the friends reunited at Mu Yue's home, where he prepared a meal and gave Minato a Chakra necklace to pass to Kushina.

• Tsunade accepted Mu Yue's pale green crystal as partial repayment and set his cooking debt at 1,461 days.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mu Yue that he would be appointed Hokage Advisor at the Jonin Meeting the following week, then asked him to recount the battle with the suspected Uchiha Madara.
• Mu Yue reported the battle, and Hiruzen Sarutobi considered searching Senju Tobirama's sealed records for information about Uchiha Madara.
• Kushina and Minato Namikaze visited Mu Yue after Kushina's training ended, and they discussed Mu Yue's rise and the end of the war.
• Kushina struggled to advise Mu Yue on his Yang Seal, while Minato Namikaze joined Mu Yue in the kitchen to help prepare their meal.
• Mu Yue gave Minato Namikaze a finished Chakra necklace and asked him to give it to Kushina.

After the war, Obito wandered around Konoha looking for company, then followed Asuma to a Ninja Academy event and discovered Yamato was thriving at school. Asuma began a demonstration and chose Yamato for the student guidance segment.

• Minato Namikaze accepted Mu Yue's gift for Kushina and thanked him before preparing ingredients.
• Obito searched for friends to spend his vacation with, but Rin was busy at the hospital and Kakashi was training, so he took photographs around Konoha.
• Obito met Asuma, learned he was headed to the Ninja Academy to give a speech, and followed him there.
• Obito visited Yamato's classroom, answered Hyuga Oriko's academic questions, and reassured himself that Yamato was enjoying school.
• Obito greeted his former teacher Iketani Isamu, then slipped away from the event speeches and went to train near the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Asuma defeated a Ninja Academy Chunin Teacher in a demonstration and selected Yamato for student guidance.

Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Hanyu Muyue as Hokage Advisor and Minato Namikaze as Jonin Commander, advancing Obito Uchiha’s Life Mission progress past its first settlement milestone. After the Jonin Meeting, Muyue joined a high-level meeting and reviewed intelligence linking Shimura Danzō to Hanzo’s apparent plot against Sōsuke.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Hanyu Muyue’s appointment as Hokage Advisor, and the jonin applauded.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Minato Namikaze Jonin Commander, triggering Obito Uchiha’s mission progress to reach 54.6% and granting Muyue rewards.
• Muyue checked Might Guy’s mission and saw it was at 49.9% progress, just short of its next settlement milestone.
• After the Jonin Meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi called Muyue to a high-level meeting, where Muyue reviewed intelligence about the Land of Rain.
• Muyue learned Konoha suspected Shimura Danzō had cooperated with Hanzo in an apparent attempt to kill Sōsuke, though the circumstances suggested Sōsuke might have staged a coup and killed Hanzo.

Konoha’s leaders agreed to negotiate with Ninshu and demand Sōsuke’s death, while Mu Yue celebrated his new position with friends and students. That night, Mu Yue’s eyes transformed as his right eye turned golden and developed eight triangular patterns.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Konoha leaders discussed Hanzo’s death and agreed to begin negotiations with Ninshu, demanding that Sōsuke die.
• Mu Yue returned home and welcomed Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze, and his students for a celebratory dinner.
• Orochimaru tasted Mu Yue’s cooking, was astonished by the experience, and wondered whether Mu Yue had developed a cooking-related Ninjutsu.
• Mu Yue researched Sealing Jutsu, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach a mountain when a strange sensation began in his eyes.
• Mu Yue’s Chakra surged through his eyes, and his right eye turned golden with eight triangular patterns around the pupil.

Mu Yue tested the two abilities of his evolved right eye, Sukunabikona and Daikokuten, and discovered that he could shrink attacks and objects, fly, and store black cubes that interfered with perception. The next day, Hiruzen sent Orochimaru to negotiate with Ninshu over Sōsuke’s killing of Danzo’s advisor, leaving Orochimaru curious about whether Mu Yue had evidence of his collaboration with Shimura Danzō.

• Mu Yue discovered that his evolved right eye could shrink energy attacks, objects, and his own body, while Daikokuten transported him to a time-stopping dimension and let him release its black cubes.
• Mu Yue found that the black cubes blocked Observation Haki, could be shrunk and stored instantly, and could help him launch surprise attacks when paired with Daikokuten.
• Mu Yue discovered that his evolved Byakugan also let him fly, then checked Celebi’s progress and planned to visit Mount Myōboku once its Power of Time and Space improved.
• Hiruzen summoned Orochimaru and assigned him to lead negotiations with Ninshu, demanding that Sōsuke pay one life for killing Danzo’s advisor.
• Orochimaru met the negotiation team and noticed Shisui, wondering whether Mu Yue had evidence of his collaboration with Shimura Danzō.