Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Konoha exploited the five-second interval in Deva Path Pain's Shinra Tensei to destroy him and the Preta Path, while Konan's paper Exploding Tags blocked the Konoha ninja's advance. The remaining Pains revived their fallen bodies with Hell King Yama as the battlefield disappeared beneath Konan's bombardment.

• Naruto used his tailed-beast-cloaked clones to pressure the Pains, then launched a Rasenshuriken during Deva Path Pain's Shinra Tensei interval.
• Akimichi Choza struck the Preta Path with an enlarged Human Bullet Tank, letting Naruto's Rasenshuriken hit and destroy Deva Path Pain.
• The remaining Pains gathered the shattered bodies of Deva Path Pain and the Preta Path, and the Hell Path summoned Hell King Yama to restore them.
• Asuma led Konoha ninja in an attack, but Konan unleashed thousands of paper Exploding Tags and stopped their advance with a barrage of explosions.

Akimichi Choza was killed when Deva Path Pain revived and impaled him, devastating Konoha’s morale. As Jiraiya confronted Nagato, Deva Path Pain unleashed Super Almighty Push, leaving the battle at the brink of catastrophe.

• Deva Path Pain used Banshō Ten'in to pull Akimichi Choza back into the fight and impaled his heart with a Black Rod.
• Konoha’s ninja mourned Choza, while Tang Ping realized Hell Path’s revival ability had caught them by surprise.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and faced the regrouped Six Paths of Pain as Konan withdrew from the battlefield.
• Deva Path Pain rose into the air and declared that the world needed to feel pain.
• Jiraiya tried to stop Nagato, but Deva Path Pain unleashed Super Almighty Push.

Pain used Super Almighty Push to devastate Konoha, while Tang Ping and Izumi watched from Hokage Rock. Tang Ping revealed that he had come to make the Sage of Six Paths notice him, and Konoha was left in ruins.

• Pain unleashed Super Almighty Push near Konoha's South Gate, sending a massive wave of debris across the village toward Hokage Rock.
• Tang Ping watched the destruction with excitement, while Izumi remained unafraid and discussed the Rinnegan's power with him.
• Tang Ping explained that Nagato could not use the Rinnegan at its full strength because it had not returned to its true owner.
• Izumi recognized Pain's attack as the "carrying rice" Tang Ping had often mentioned, and Tang Ping confirmed it.
• Tang Ping sensed the Sage of Six Paths watching him and revealed that he had come to Konoha partly to show the Sage his condition.
• Pain's attack left Konoha almost entirely destroyed, with few intact buildings or survivors visible.

Tang Ping and Izumi watched Nagato’s attack devastate Konoha, then followed Konan’s paper crane to his hideout. Nagato resurrected the village’s dead and died, while Konan prepared to carry his body away.

• Nagato’s Super Almighty Push destroyed Konoha, but Jiraiya, Naruto, Asuma, and many other powerful ninjas survived and searched for Nagato’s real body.
• Tang Ping and Izumi left Konoha as Naruto broke free of Planetary Devastation in his Nine-Tails form, and they followed Konan’s paper crane toward Nagato’s hideout.
• Konan recognized that Nagato’s behavior had changed and relied on her Spiritual Power to resist the Sage of Six Paths’ influence and surveillance.
• Naruto, Jiraiya, and Konoha ninjas reached Nagato, who entrusted his dream of peace to Naruto and used Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life to revive Konoha’s dead.
• Nagato died after the resurrection, and Konan embraced his body; Jiraiya let her leave without attacking.

Asuma and Konoha’s elders persuaded Jiraiya to keep Nagato’s Rinnegan, and Konan willingly handed the eyes over before leaving with Nagato’s body. Tang Ping and Izumi met Konan in secret, and Tang Ping prepared to revive Nagato.

• Asuma argued that Konoha should keep Nagato’s Rinnegan to protect Konan and gain power, while Jiraiya hesitated and the elders backed Asuma.
• Konan quickly removed Nagato’s eyes and gave them to Jiraiya, then flew away with Nagato’s body as Konoha focused on the Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya sealed the eyes and ordered the Konoha forces to return to the village, planning to address Akatsuki’s threat.
• Tang Ping and Izumi revealed themselves to Konan after she had flown away from Konoha, and she asked whether they would begin.
• Tang Ping confirmed the plan and crouched beside Nagato’s body to begin his revival.

Tang Ping revived Nagato after keeping his soul out of the Pure Land and removing his Rinnegan, restoring him to his former personality. Nagato learned that the Rain Country had achieved the peace he once sought, while Tang Ping prepared to use Akatsuki in a coming war without letting the conflict engulf the country.

• Tang Ping summoned his God of Death Clone, returned Nagato's soul to his body, and used a refined Life Potion to revive him.
• Nagato awoke blind, and Konan tearfully explained what had happened while Tang Ping produced a cloned corpse for Akatsuki to believe Nagato was dead.
• Konan told Nagato that he had been manipulated as a chess piece, and Tang Ping explained how the Rain Country had become peaceful with Blazing Sun Country's support.
• Tang Ping revealed that Akatsuki would soon wage war against the Shinobi World while the Rain Country drove it out and stayed clear of the fighting.
• Nagato accepted that the Rain Country now resembled his dream, then fell asleep from exhaustion; Konan left with his cloned corpse and entrusted the real Nagato to Tang Ping.

After Konoha was destroyed, Tang Ping took advantage of the chaos to recruit clans, villagers, and potential ninja for Blazing Sun Country. As Nagato recovered and joined Blazing Sun Country, new developments began in Konoha.

• Ninja clans Tang Ping had previously approached began leaving Konoha, joined by their friends and companions.
• With Konoha's leaders distracted by rebuilding and the Rinnegan, nearly ten thousand people quietly departed for Blazing Sun Country.
• Tang Ping personally oversaw the recruitment drive, further weakening Konoha's future talent pool.
• Nagato recovered without his Rinnegan, joined Blazing Sun Country to support Rain Country and thank Tang Ping for protecting Konan, and began learning the Blazing Sun Will.
• Changes arose on Konoha's side while Tang Ping continued poaching talent.

Konoha’s leaders met to decide who would receive the Rinnegan, the Sage’s Eye recovered after the village’s destruction. Kakashi and Naruto declined, so Jiraiya chose Asuma, but an Anbu arrived with startling news before the meeting could move on.

• After a week of reconstruction, Jiraiya gathered Konoha’s leaders to decide who should receive the Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya considered Kakashi, Asuma, and Naruto, but Kakashi said the eye was a keepsake from Obito and withdrew.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura argued that Naruto was too young and that Asuma better represented the Will of Fire.
• Naruto declined the Rinnegan and urged Jiraiya to give it to Asuma.
• Jiraiya chose Asuma, who promised to use the power to protect Konoha and oppose the Blazing Sun Country.
• An Anbu rushed into the Hokage Office with news that left everyone stunned.

Jiraiya learned that the Blazing Sun Country had recruited thousands of Konoha’s people and accepted Shikamaru’s plan to protect the remaining talent without provoking a direct war. The chapter ended with Konoha preparing to recall its clans, display military readiness, and use the Five Kage Summit to address both Akatsuki and the Blazing Sun Country.

• An Anbu reported to Jiraiya that the Blazing Sun Country had recruited over ten thousand people, including members of several ninja clans.
• Mitokado Homura warned that Konoha’s shrinking talent pool was making it harder and more costly to train ninja, while Kakashi suggested Konoha could not match the Blazing Sun Country in a fight.
• Shikamaru advised gathering and monitoring Konoha’s remaining promising clans and villagers, then threatening war to deter further recruitment.
• Jiraiya ordered Asuma and Kakashi to stage preparations for war and summon the scattered ninja clans back to the village.
• Jiraiya assigned Utatane Koharu to prepare Asuma’s Rinnegan transplant and decided to deal with Akatsuki before attending the Five Kage Summit.

Tang Ping ended Blazing Sun Country’s recruitment operation after Konoha confronted him, having recruited more than ten thousand shinobi prospects. At Akatsuki’s headquarters, Konan declared that the mission had not failed despite Pain’s death, and prepared to reveal what the organization had gained instead of the Nine-Tails.

• Tang Ping ordered Blazing Sun Country’s reception force to withdraw when Asuma and Kakashi confronted him, ending the recruitment operation after more than ten thousand people had joined.
• Asuma released his Punch Blade and privately longed to transplant the Rinnegan, unaware that doing so would make Akatsuki target him for the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Konan arrived at Akatsuki’s underground headquarters in the Grass Country, where Obito accused her of failing the mission after Pain’s death.
• Konan insisted the mission had not failed and looked toward the remaining Akatsuki members as Obito waited to learn what she could offer in place of the Nine-Tails.

Obito continued Akatsuki’s Ten-Tails plan and declared war on the Allied Forces after learning Konoha had taken the Rinnegan. Meanwhile, Tang Ping returned to the Tenshukaku with more than ten thousand recruits, where Uchiha Mei asked whether Konoha had really been destroyed.

• Konan presented Nagato’s corpse and confirmed that Konoha had taken the Rinnegan, while Akatsuki’s jar contained Nine-Tails Chakra taken from Sora.
• Obito ordered Akatsuki to continue the Ten-Tails plan and prepare to declare war on the Allied Forces.
• Sasuke volunteered for the declaration-of-war mission, and Obito assigned him to work with Danzo, giving Sasuke a chance to confront one of the people he blamed for the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.
• Akatsuki’s members left the underground base to prepare for war and planned to target nobles and Daimyo with available bounty orders.
• Tang Ping returned to the Tenshukaku with more than ten thousand people who had shinobi aptitude.
• Uchiha Mei asked Tang Ping whether Konoha had truly been destroyed, and Izumi confirmed it while expressing her hatred of the Hokage Faction.

After Konoha’s destruction crippled the Hokage Faction, Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei prepared to exploit the coming war between Akatsuki and the Allied Forces. Tang Ping also planned for the final battle and the Sage of Six Paths, while Hinata Cang Yue secretly considered assassinating Allied leaders.

• The Hokage Faction mourned the destruction of Konoha and the loss of the profits that had supported its growth.
• Tang Ping urged his allies to seize the Five Kage Summit and Akatsuki’s coming declaration of war, and Uchiha Mei confirmed Blazing Sun Country was ready.
• Tang Ping hoped to gather enough Spiritual Power to reach the Six Paths Level, while Hinata Cang Yue considered using Akatsuki’s name to assassinate Allied Forces leaders.
• Tang Ping planned to let the Ten-Tails and Infinite Tsukuyomi proceed, but intended to prepare countermeasures and watch the Five Kage Summit.
• Tang Ping planned a barrier to detect or block the Sage of Six Paths around key locations, and hoped to lure him out of the Pure Land.

Tang Ping arrived in the Land of Iron to observe the Five Kage Summit, which had drawn unprecedented attention as Daimyo and nobles sought help against Akatsuki. After entering an embassy under his cover as one of Terumi Mei’s guards, he saw two people he wanted to meet and immediately wanted to leave.

• Akatsuki’s assassinations frightened Daimyo and nobles, who blamed Blazing Sun Country for weakening their authority over ninja.
• The Daimyo and nobles sent envoys to the Land of Iron and offered the Five Great Ninja Villages vast resources to destroy Akatsuki.
• Tang Ping traveled to the Land of Iron, where envoys, spies, and Chakra-enhanced samurai gathered for the summit.
• Tang Ping used the God of Death Clone’s Soul Vision to detect hidden presences and considered harvesting White Zetsu for Blazing Sun Country.
• Tang Ping entered an embassy posing as a Land of Water ninja and one of Terumi Mei’s guards, then saw two people and wanted to leave.

Tang Ping spent the night with Terumi Mei and Pakura before joining them for the Five Kage talks. The chapter ends as the two Kage and their guards head to the meeting venue, with Tang Ping replacing Chōjūrō as a participant.

• Tang Ping entered the room where Terumi Mei and Pakura were drinking, and the next morning they kicked him out.
• Tang Ping encountered their guards: Zi Luo, Gaara, Chōjūrō, and White, whose strength reflected how much Kirigakure and Sunagakure had grown.
• The chapter described White’s rise to Kage-level strength under Terumi Mei’s support and Tang Ping’s guidance.
• Tang Ping took Chōjūrō’s place as Kirigakure’s participant in the Five Kage talks.
• In the afternoon, Terumi Mei and Pakura each headed to the meeting venue with two guards.

Tang Ping accompanied Terumi Mei to the Five Kage Summit, where he sensed that several Kage had grown stronger and noticed the summit was vulnerable to an infiltration. Sasuke, Danzo, and Jūgo prepared to enter the venue and declare war, while Terumi Mei understood Tang Ping wanted her to let the intruders act.

• Tang Ping disguised himself as a Kirigakure guard and followed Terumi Mei to the castle hosting the Five Kage Summit.
• Sasuke, Danzo, Jūgo, and a Root Ninja from the Yamanaka Clan infiltrated the castle under the samurai's Sharingan genjutsu.
• Sasuke and Danzo entered together, each intending to complete their mission before seizing a chance to kill the other.
• Tang Ping warned Terumi Mei that the infiltrators would not affect their plans, and she understood that the Kirigakure delegation should avoid drawing attention to them.
• At the summit hall, Tang Ping sensed that Jiraiya, A, and Ōnoki had grown much stronger and then examined the Kage's guards.

The Five Kage Summit began with A accusing Jiraiya of responsibility for Sasuke capturing Killer B, but Jiraiya and Shikamaru turned the accusation back on him. A then proposed forming an allied army to destroy Akatsuki and reclaim the Tailed Beasts, and Mifune interrupted before the other Kage could respond.

• Mifune opened the summit, and the Kage tested one another's resolve with waves of pressure.
• A accused Jiraiya and Konoha of failing to control Sasuke after he captured Killer B.
• Jiraiya denied responsibility, and Shikamaru helped him counter A by bringing up the Uchiha and Blazing Sun Country.
• Ōnoki and Pakura urged the summit to move on, and A proposed forming an allied army to destroy Akatsuki and reclaim the Tailed Beasts.
• Terumi Mei declined to commit Kirigakure's supplies, and Mifune interrupted to announce that he had news.

At the Five Kage Summit, the leaders negotiated contributions to a coalition against Akatsuki, with Pakura securing Sunagakure's participation by demanding lower tariffs and permission to accept refugees. After Kirigakure also agreed to join with limited forces, the summit turned to choosing a commander, and the conference hall was suddenly disrupted.

• Mifune announced that each country's daimyo would cover the coalition's logistics and wages, and A began discussing troop contributions.
• Pakura said Sunagakure would not join because of its recent conflict with Blazing Sun Country, while A and Jiraiya urged her to fight Akatsuki.
• Pakura demanded lower tariffs and open migration routes for refugees, and Jiraiya promised Konoha would persuade the daimyo to agree.
• After receiving Jiraiya's guarantee, Pakura pledged Sunagakure to the coalition, and Terumi Mei agreed to send limited Kirigakure forces.
• Jiraiya and A prepared to contest the coalition command, but something changed in the conference hall before either spoke.

Uchiha Sasuke and Danzo revealed themselves at the Five Kage Summit, prompting Fourth Raikage A to attack Sasuke while the other Kage watched cautiously. As Tang Ping judged the fight from the sidelines, Jiraiya confronted Danzo, and the two began their own battle.

• Four cloaked figures attacked the summit, revealed themselves as Akatsuki members, and startled the gathered Kage.
• Fourth Raikage A attacked Sasuke with Lightning Release Hot Knife, and Sasuke blocked the blow while the other Kage held back and watched.
• Tang Ping observed the fight and thought Sasuke was fighting too cautiously, while remaining alert to possible interference from the Sage of Six Paths.
• Jiraiya stepped forward to confront Danzo because Danzo knew too much of Konoha's secrets.
• Danzo attacked Jiraiya, hoping to prove himself more suited to be Hokage.

Danzo and Sasuke displayed their strength against Jiraiya and A as the Five Kage watched for an opening. After Sasuke awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, the Kage began attacking Danzo and Sasuke, and Ōnoki prepared to use Dust Release.

• Danzo used Wind Release: Vacuum Sword against Jiraiya while Kakashi and Shikamaru guarded the battlefield.
• Sasuke awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, counterattacked A with Chidori Sharp Spear, and grazed his chest.
• A recognized Sasuke's Mangekyo and stopped his assault, but Terumi Mei attacked Sasuke with Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique.
• Pakura attacked Danzo, Terumi Mei pressed the attack, and Ōnoki prepared to strike with Dust Release as the Kage moved to capture the two men.
• Danzo tried to explain that he had not come to fight, but Ōnoki shouted for the attack and began forming Dust Release, provoking public outrage.

Ōnoki and A revealed their newly advanced abilities and overwhelmed Sasuke and Danzo at the Five Kage Summit. Sasuke was left gravely wounded, and Ōnoki halted just before striking him with Dust Release.

• Ōnoki used a precisely controlled Dust Release barrage against Sasuke, showing that his improved technique had greatly reduced its Chakra consumption.
• A transformed his blue lightning into Black Lightning and revealed that he had mastered Storm Release.
• A shattered Sasuke's initial Susanoo with an elbow strike, and Ōnoki followed with Dust Release; Sasuke survived inside a damaged Susanoo and countered with Amaterasu, but struck Ōnoki's Earth Clone.
• The Five Kage overwhelmed Sasuke and Danzo; Danzo used his Resurrection Coin to escape, while Sasuke was severely wounded.
• Ōnoki prepared to finish Sasuke with Dust Release but suddenly stopped at the last moment.