Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yoru confronted Umino Irubi after Irubi blamed the clans for the war and challenged Yoru over the Third Raikage’s escape. Yoru defended the clans’ sacrifices before the tavern crowd, then exposed Irubi’s lack of battlefield experience, leaving him pale and the shinobi suspicious of him.

• Asuma Sarutobi, Kakashi, and Shisui watched an argument in the tavern over the Third Hokage’s wartime record.
• Mimura accused the Third Hokage of starting wars and hiding from the front lines after his son was killed during the Cloud Village Collapse Plan.
• Irubi redirected the dispute toward Uchiha Yoru, accusing him and the clans of causing the war by failing to kill the Third Raikage.
• Mikoto revealed that Irubi had recently been promoted despite lacking the strength for Chunin rank and had repeatedly provoked conflicts against the Uchiha.
• Kakashi threatened Irubi with a short blade, but Yoru intervened and argued that the clans had shed blood and suffered losses to defend Konoha.
• Yoru asked Irubi whether he had ever been to the battlefield, and Irubi’s silence left the tavern crowd suspicious and angry.

Uchiha Yoru rallied Konoha shinobi in a tavern by urging them to unite and fight the invading villages, while Asuma Sarutobi concluded that his father and clan had failed Konoha. The chapter left Asuma rejecting the Sarutobi Clan crest as he went out on a mission.

• Uchiha Yoru challenged Umino Irubi and reminded the tavern that young Uchiha Shisui and Hatake Kakashi were already taking on war-related missions.
• Uchiha Yoru condemned Konoha's loss of morale and called on the shinobi to defend their homeland, stirring the crowd into roaring, “Ten Thousand Victories!”
• Asuma Sarutobi was inspired by Uchiha Yoru's speech and decided that Konoha needed a Hokage who would lead from the front.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received an ANBU report about the tavern gathering, then assigned Team Seven a C-rank mission to eliminate bandits in the Land of Fire.
• Asuma Sarutobi resented his clan's reluctance to send its members to war, rejected the Sarutobi Clan crest, and let its armband sink into the river.

Uchiha Yoru led Konoha’s elite reserve unit into battle against Kirigakure’s force in the Land of Whirlpools. After both sides unleashed large-scale Water Style attacks, Konoha broke through the mist shinobi’s formation, and the chapter left the forces locked in a chaotic melee.

• Uchiha Yoru led the hundred-person Konoha unit toward the Land of Whirlpools as Kakashi and the others discussed the island’s destruction and received reports of Kirigakure’s elite force.
• Kakashi warned that the reefs ahead were ideal for an ambush, and a Hyuga ninja detected more than a hundred and fifty mist shinobi, including the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Suikazan Fuguki led Kirigakure in a massive combined Water Style assault, and Uchiha Yoru ordered Konoha’s Wind and Water Style users to open a breach.
• Seventeen Uchiha Jonin used Rasengan to tear through the tsunami, creating waterspouts that also dispersed the mist shinobi’s concealment.
• Uchiha Yoru clashed with Suikazan Fuguki and Jūzō Biwa, then used a one-handed Fire Style technique to burn mist shinobi and help Konoha launch its attack.
• The Hyuga Clan revealed underwater traps among the reefs as Konoha and Kirigakure fought in close combat.

Uchiha Yoru and Konoha’s forces fought Kirigakure at the Land of Whirlpools, with Yoru holding off three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist as the Uchiha’s Sharingan helped suppress the enemy. After Kirigakure retreated, a Swift Hawk brought news that the Land of Fire’s border had been breached, and Yoru ordered his army to abandon the mission and rush to reinforce it.

• Uchiha Yoru fought Suikazan Fuguki, Jūzō Biwa, and Raiga Kurosuki, using his lightning-fast swordsmanship and ninjutsu to counter their attacks.
• Uchiha Yoru’s intelligence about the mist shinobi and their weapons unsettled them, while Uchiha Yashiro used his Sharingan to expose Kushimaru Kuriarare’s hidden wires.
• Konoha’s Uchiha and other clan shinobi battled Kirigakure across the reefs, with Might Duy fighting after opening four of the Eight Gates.
• Suikazan Fuguki fused with Samehada and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen ordered a retreat after hearing that their plan had succeeded.
• Uchiha Yoru caught Suikazan Fuguki in a Sharingan Genjutsu, but Fuguki escaped with Samehada’s help as Jūzō Biwa covered the retreat.
• A Swift Hawk delivered news that the Land of Fire’s border had been breached, and Uchiha Yoru ordered Konoha’s forces to abandon the Land of Whirlpools mission and rush to the border.

Konoha retreated to Kikyo Mountain after a surprise alliance attack by the Rock, Sand, and Cloud Shinobi, and Uchiha Yoru arrived to help Orochimaru organize the defense. Amid preparations for a prolonged war, Orochimaru showed Yoru his research into chakra and the Tailed Beasts, and Yoru recognized immortality as its central goal.

• The Rock, Sand, and Cloud Shinobi launched a coordinated invasion that broke Konoha’s frontline, forcing Orochimaru to retreat to Kikyo Mountain while Jiraiya and Shimura Danzō suffered severe injuries.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru assessed Konoha’s troop shortages, and Orochimaru declared Kikyo Mountain the village’s last defensible line in the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yoru and other reinforcements arrived, and Yoru argued that Konoha could exploit the enemy alliance’s divided forces and stretched supply lines in a prolonged war.
• Ōnoki, Ebizo, and A agreed to keep their forces united and attack Konoha head-on, while the Shinobi World reacted to the invasion of the Land of Fire.
• Orochimaru shared his research on chakra, Sage Jutsu, and the Tailed Beasts with Uchiha Yoru, who identified immortality as the goal of Orochimaru’s work.

Uchiha Yoru, Orochimaru, and Tsunade agreed that immortality could enable them to unite the Shinobi World and end its wars, and they pledged to create a new era together. Their plans were interrupted when they discovered White Zetsu spying on them.

• Orochimaru explained that his research into Tailed Beasts had inspired him to seek immortality by freeing souls from their bodies and transferring them into new ones.
• Uchiha Yoru warned Orochimaru about the dangers of separating souls from bodies, but supported continued research and revealed his ambition to unify the Shinobi World through lasting strength.
• Orochimaru identified Tsunade's support as a key reason Yoru could become Hokage, and he and Yoru agreed that immortality could help them bring peace and create a new era.
• Tsunade joined Yoru and Orochimaru, admitted she was drawn to immortality research, and embraced the idea of becoming a god like her grandfather.
• White Zetsu listened to the trio's plans from the soil until Yoru, Tsunade, and Orochimaru appeared above him and exposed him.

Uchiha Yoru, Tsunade, and Orochimaru captured a White Zetsu clone and divided it for research, while Yoru declared his intention to display his strength and become Hokage. As the allied Cloud, Rock, and Sand forces approached Kikyo Mountain, Konoha prepared for battle, and enemy sensory ninja detected a terrifying chakra presence.

• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Yoru captured a White Zetsu clone, and Tsunade revealed her research into its Wood Release cells and possible connection to longevity.
• Tsunade divided the White Zetsu specimen between herself, Yoru, and Orochimaru, while Yoru said he would demonstrate his power and pursue the Hokage position.
• Konoha received word that the Cloud, Rock, and Sand forces were advancing with at least five thousand ninja, while reinforcements remained three days away.
• Uzumaki Kushina summoned Gamabunta, Manda, and Katsuyu as Konoha's forces prepared to defend Kikyo Mountain.
• Ōnoki, Ebizo, and A heard their sensory ninja report an immense, rapidly growing chakra presence on the battlefield.

Uchiha Yoru unleashed his immense Sage Body and Mangekyo power at Kikyo Mountain, devastating the Shinobi Alliance with massive Fire Style attacks and overwhelming its troops in close combat. As Ōnoki prepared to strike him with Dust Release, Yoru mocked the alliance and declared that mere sand was beneath him.

• Ōnoki, Ebizo, and A recognized Uchiha Yoru on the battlefield, while Konoha's shinobi were stunned by the vast Chakra pouring from him.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade activated their Cursed Seal Sage Modes, and Jiraiya admitted that his own Sage Mode remained unreliable.
• Yoru used Sage Art: Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame to engulf the advancing Shinobi Alliance, whose Water Style defenses could not prevent casualties from the flames and steam.
• Yoru charged into the alliance's formation and attacked with Sage Art: Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, giving Konoha's forces an opening to clash with the disorganized enemy.
• A and Killer B attacked Yoru, but he answered with Fire Style: Dust Concealment Technique as fighting spread across Kikyo Mountain.
• Ōnoki took to the sky and formed Dust Release, while Yoru looked up at him and declared, "Mere sand, not worth half of me."

At Kikyo Mountain, Uchiha Yoru fought Ōnoki and the future Fourth Raikage A while Konoha’s forces battled the allied Cloud, Rock, and Sand Shinobi. Yoru survived their combined attack and wounded A, while Ōnoki grew increasingly afraid of how much Yoru resembled the man he dreaded.

• Ōnoki trapped Uchiha Yoru in a Dust Release barrier, but Yoru escaped the attack through his Mangekyo illusion, and the future Fourth Raikage A warned Ōnoki about the ocular technique.
• Ōnoki and the future Fourth Raikage A teamed up against Yoru as Jiraiya fought Han, Orochimaru fought Roshi, and Uzumaki Kushina overpowered Killer B.
• Ōnoki enhanced A’s speed, and A’s Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop threatened Yoru, who used Flying Thunder God to evade the strike and counter with a Monster Strength Punch.
• A’s counterattack broke through Yoru’s Lightning God Armor and wounded him, but Yoru’s injuries began healing as he laughed and praised the battle.
• Ōnoki feared Yoru’s potential and noticed Tsunade commanding Konoha’s forces, then cursed Hiruzen Sarutobi for allowing the Senju and Uchiha to unite.

Tsunade commanded Konoha’s forces through the battle at Kikyo Mountain while Uchiha Yoru fought Onoki, the future Fourth Raikage A, and Rasa. After revealing his right Mangekyo’s power to absorb and redirect Dust Release, Yoru endured their combined assault with an enhanced Susanoo and prepared to continue the fight.

• Tsunade coordinated Konoha’s troops and medical support as they held off the allied forces with fewer casualties despite being outnumbered.
• Uchiha Yoru struggled to evade Onoki and A, then used lightning attacks to strike nearby Rock and Cloud Shinobi.
• Rasa trapped Yoru with Gold Dust while Onoki and A restrained him and Onoki launched Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique.
• Yoru absorbed and redirected Onoki’s Dust Release with his right Mangekyo, which Ebizo identified as a space-time dojutsu.
• Onoki, Rasa, and A attacked Yoru together with stone and Gold Dust golems and a powerful strike from A.
• Yoru revealed a second-stage Susanoo reinforced with Lightning God Armor and Sage Jutsu chakra, then announced the fight’s next round.

Uchiha Yoru used Susanoo to fight the allied Cloud, Rock, and Sand forces at Kikyo Mountain until Ōnoki ordered a retreat. Konoha celebrated its victory, while Yoru concealed the true nature of his Mangekyo abilities from Kushina and the enemy.

• Uchiha Yoru activated Susanoo and fought Ōnoki, Rasa, and Fourth Raikage candidate A, overwhelming their giants with its strength and Lightning Style attacks.
• Ebizo learned that Yoru still had considerable Chakra, while Konoha’s medical support from Tsunade and Katsuyu helped its forces endure the prolonged battle.
• Ōnoki, Rasa, and Fourth Raikage candidate A ordered their forces to withdraw after recognizing that the stalemate and Konoha’s healing advantage would worsen their losses.
• Ōnoki raised an earthen wall to block Yoru’s Great Fire Annihilation, allowing the allied forces to retreat as Konoha’s ninjas cheered their victory.
• Kushina offered Yoru Chakra, but he told her to restore Tsunade first and admitted that he had deceived others about the abilities of Kyouka Suigetsu and Kami no Kaeshi.

After Konoha repelled the allied forces at Kikyo Mountain, Tsunade treated the wounded while Ōnoki and the other leaders recognized how Konoha’s medical strength could sustain a long war. Yoru learned more about his Mangekyo and Kushina’s life-force-consuming healing ability, as the chapter ended with the Third Great Ninja War spreading across the nations.

• Tsunade organized medical treatment at Kikyo Mountain, while the allied forces struggled to care for their wounded until nearly a hundred Sand Shinobi Medical Ninja arrived.
• Ōnoki, A, Ebizo, and Rasa acknowledged Konoha’s strength and agreed to restrain their villages’ rivalries and cooperate against it.
• Tsunade examined Yoru’s Mangekyo and warned Kushina not to expose her healing constitution, explaining that overuse could permanently drain her life force.
• Yoru and Tsunade discussed the alliance’s strength, the hidden risks of the Mangekyo, and the war ahead; Yoru promised not to start a war before he could suppress the Shinobi World.
• In Konoha’s Year 46, the Third Great Ninja War erupted as Cloud, Sand, and Rock forces attacked Konoha, drawing many smaller nations into the conflict.

In Konoha Year 49, Hiruzen and his advisers assessed how the five-year war had weakened the shinobi villages and discussed Uchiha Yoru’s failing Mangekyo and plans to elevate Uchiha Fugaku after the war. At Kikyo Mountain, Samui, Yugito, and Mabui joined forces with Genma Shiranui’s squad to eliminate an enemy infiltration team, then saw Yoru’s Susanoo battling in the distance.

• Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu reviewed the war’s toll and how Root had helped drive White Ninja defectors from Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen and the advisers discussed Uchiha Yoru’s worsening eyesight, the Uchiha Clan’s increased Sharingan numbers, and a possible plan to raise Uchiha Fugaku’s standing after the war.
• Hiruzen praised Minato Namikaze’s growing skill with Space Ninjutsu and his successful supply-line missions.
• Samui killed a Cloud Shinobi with Chidori Stream, while Yugito and Mabui guarded her; Mabui confirmed their squad had eliminated its infiltrators.
• Mabui’s squad met Genma Shiranui, Raido Namiashi, and Tatami Iwashi, and the six returned toward the Kikyo Mountain battlefield.
• Samui and Yugito admired Yoru’s Susanoo from afar, while Mabui wondered why the Shinobi Alliance kept deploying massive war machines against him.

At Konoha’s rear camp, Uchiha Yoru returned from battle exhausted after using Susanoo against Ōnoki’s forces, then secretly spent time with Kushina and Mikoto. Kushina and Mikoto reaffirmed their trust in Mabui, Yugito, and Samui, while Yoru went to meet Orochimaru.

• Kurenai Yuhi and Shizune treated wounded ninja as returning teams reported that they had eliminated infiltrating enemies.
• Uchiha Yoru arrived at the rear camp, where Tsunade recognized that he had used his Mangekyo again against Ōnoki.
• Yoru encouraged Samui and told her, Mabui, and Yugito that they were companions he wanted to protect, not tools.
• Yoru, Kushina, and Mikoto secretly spent time together inside a tent protected by a barrier, while a Konoha Jonin passed observations to Root.
• Kushina revealed the Cursed Seals beneath Mabui, Yugito, and Samui’s tongues, and Mikoto praised their loyalty and promised to teach them the next day.
• Mikoto told Kushina that Yoru had gone to see Orochimaru.

Uchiha Yoru visited Orochimaru’s laboratory beneath Kikyo Mountain, where they discussed White Zetsu research and cultivated Tailed Beast Chakra. After learning about Minato Namikaze’s mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge, Yoru planned to use Susanoo and Kushina’s growing power to reclaim the border with Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade.

• Uchiha Yoru met Orochimaru in the Kikyo Mountain laboratory and heard about his research into White Zetsu’s immortality and Yoru’s evolving body.
• Orochimaru showed Uchiha Yoru cultivated Chakra from the One-Tail, Two-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Eight-Tails, while explaining that research into fusing Tailed Beast Chakra had stalled.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Yoru that Minato Namikaze had been ordered to destroy Kannabi Bridge, a plan intended to force the Rock Shinobi to retreat and make Minato a celebrated hero.
• Uchiha Yoru rejected harming Konoha’s victory for political advantage and suggested using Susanoo-clad Nine-Tails power to change the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yoru said Kushina could maintain the Six-Tails state for ten minutes and proposed that he, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade reclaim the lost border together.

Uchiha Yoru learned that Minato Namikaze had requisitioned Kakashi Squad for a secret mission and prepared Konoha forces for a counterattack. As Kakashi and his teammates entered Rock Shinobi territory, a hidden observer watched them on Madara’s behalf.

• Konan refused Minato Namikaze’s deployment order, and Uchiha Yoru punished her publicly before explaining that he would report her absence as a secret intelligence mission.
• Uchiha Yoru discussed Kakashi Squad’s mission with Kushina Uzumaki and Uchiha Mikoto, then ordered Konan to quietly assemble elite ninja for a counterattack.
• Kushina Uzumaki reported that she could control the Five-Tails state and maintain the Six-Tails state for about ten minutes.
• Kakashi led Uchiha Shisui, Might Guy, Uchiha Obito, and Rin Nohara through Rock Shinobi territory to create a diversion for Minato Namikaze’s top-secret plan.
• A hidden observer watched Kakashi Squad and remarked that Uchiha Obito, whom Madara had chosen, seemed unimpressive compared with another junior.

Uchiha Yoru led Konoha’s forces in a risky night assault on the Shinobi Alliance, dismissing Jiraiya’s concerns about leaving Kikyo Mountain undermanned. The alliance detected the attack, but Kushina, Yoru, and Mikoto advanced in an Armored Susanoo formed around the Nine-Tails and devastated the enemy’s defenses with a single sword strike.

• Uchiha Yoru argued that Konoha could exploit an enemy attack on Kikyo Mountain and criticized Jiraiya and the Third Hokage’s handling of the war.
• Orochimaru sided with Yoru, while Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru prepared to support a direct assault on the Shinobi Alliance.
• Onoki and Ebizo discussed their plan to keep Yoru alive and use his book, My Struggle, to undermine Hiruzen Sarutobi’s rule.
• The Shinobi Alliance’s Sensory Ninja detected Konoha’s approaching forces, and Onoki recognized the terrifying Chakra of Yoru’s Mangekyo.
• Kushina entered the Six-Tails state as Yoru formed Armored Susanoo around the Nine-Tails, with Mikoto and Kushina joining him inside.
• Yoru’s Armored Susanoo Nine-Tails swept its sword across the battlefield, leveling the rock formations and defenses as Onoki ordered the alliance to defend.

Konoha’s fighters shattered the Shinobi Alliance’s defenses with combined Sage Arts and Susanoo Nine-Tails’ Lightning Cutter, then rampaged through its rear and destroyed supplies. Ebizo persuaded Ōnoki and A to retreat, leaving both armies poised to regroup.

• Uchiha Yoru, Mikoto, Kushina Uzumaki, and Jiraiya combined their Fire and Wind Release attacks, while Orochimaru’s White Shock Technique disrupted the Alliance’s defenses and let the flames devastate its front lines.
• Susanoo Nine-Tails knocked back the Five-Tails and hurled the Four-Tails and Eight-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains, then pierced the Alliance formation with Uchiha Yoru’s Lightning Cutter despite Ōnoki’s Dust Release.
• The Five-Tails attacked the Eight-Tails under Mangekyo Genjutsu, and Susanoo Nine-Tails charged through the Alliance’s rear, wrecking supplies, equipment, and wounded soldiers.
• Uchiha Yoru dismissed Susanoo, and Konoha’s fighters continued their assault as Tsunade healed allies and Orochimaru unleashed a flood of venomous snakes.
• Ebizo warned Ōnoki and A that destroyed supplies would weaken the Alliance’s forces, so the Cloud, Sand, and Rock Shinobi began retreating while Konoha refrained from pursuing them relentlessly.

Uchiha Yoru led Konoha to defeat the Shinobi Alliance at Kikyo Mountain and reclaim the Land of Fire’s borders. Near Kannabi Bridge, Kakashi received Obito’s Sharingan after Obito was crushed, then Yoru arrived to rescue Kakashi’s squad and reveal that Konoha had won, just as a yellow figure appeared.

• Tsunade used Katsuyu to heal Konoha’s shinobi as Uchiha Yoru’s Susanoo drove the Rock, Sand, and Cloud forces into retreat.
• Ōnoki, Ebizo, and A ordered their armies to withdraw along separate routes while Konoha pursued them and attacked their escape lines.
• Konoha’s counterattack spread across Kikyo Mountain, and by noon Yoru’s forces had retaken the border defenses and driven the three enemy villages from the Land of Fire.
• Near Kannabi Bridge, Obito was trapped beneath a boulder, gave Kakashi his Sharingan, and entrusted Rin to him before the pit collapsed.
• Kakashi, Shisui, Might Guy, and Rin fought surrounded by Rock Shinobi until Uchiha Yoru appeared and routed the remaining enemies.
• Yoru told Kakashi and the others that Konoha had won, but a yellow figure appeared, prompting Yoru to draw his lightning-wreathed Kusanagi Sword.

After Uchiha Yoru reunited with Minato Namikaze and Kakashi’s team, he reported that Konoha had retaken its borders and pushed the enemy villages back, while Minato had destroyed Kannabi Bridge. As Konoha celebrated its victory, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Uchiha Yoru secretly monitored and decided to concentrate Konoha’s elite forces against Kirigakure.

• Minato Namikaze appeared behind Uchiha Yoru, but Yoru exposed Minato’s attack as Genjutsu and the two put away their weapons.
• Rin Nohara told Minato Namikaze that Obito had saved her, and Uchiha Yoru reported that Konoha had driven the Rock Shinobi, Cloud Shinobi, and Sand Shinobi beyond the border.
• Uchiha Yoru ordered Kakashi and the others to leave as they passed Rock Shinobi retreating, and Minato confirmed that Kannabi Bridge had been destroyed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports of Konoha’s victory, ordered reinforcements to the front, and told Danzo to have Root secretly monitor Uchiha Yoru.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu agreed to gather Konoha’s elite forces and strike Kirigakure.