Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ci used genjutsu, Aoda, and a combined water-and-wind sword technique to defeat Yugito’s Two-Tails transformation, then plunged toward Yugito with a finishing strike. Killer B ambushed him from behind, but Uchiha Ci revealed that he had anticipated the attack.

• Uchiha Ci used Sun Halo Dance and White Shock Eye to disorient Yugito and Two-Tails.
• Uchiha Ci summoned Aoda and combined Sage Art with Inorganic Reincarnation to bind Two-Tails.
• Uchiha Ci cut open Two-Tails’ head with Hurricane Water Vortex Sword, exposing Yugito.
• Uchiha Ci dove toward Yugito with Composite Ninjutsu: Cho'on Shinzanto Water Fang Blade.
• Killer B attacked Uchiha Ci from behind with a lightning-wrapped hand blade, and Uchiha Ci said he had been waiting for him.

Uchiha Ci used a substitution and Aoda’s concealment to launch a surprise attack on Yugito with a blazing chakra sword. Yugito stood her ground and unleashed a barrage of tracking fireballs as Ci began his decisive Uchiha Style: Setsuna Sky Slash.

• Killer B struck the apparent Uchiha Ci away from Yugito, but the figure turned out to be a clone made of White Smoke.
• Aoda revealed Uchiha Ci, who leaped out, caught the Kusanagi Sword, and charged at Yugito with a blazing white Light Sword.
• The Hachibi realized Ci had used the summoning smoke and genjutsu to coordinate his attack with Aoda.
• Yugito rejected Killer B’s warning to flee and fired dozens of tracking Nezumi O-tama at Ci.
• Uchiha Ci dodged through the fireballs and swung his Light Sword, beginning Uchiha Style: Setsuna Sky Slash.

Uchiha Ci attacked Yugito as she fled, then broke the Iron Armor Seal on her chest to release the Two-Tails. Killer B began gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb as the Two-Tails’ chakra surged forth.

• Uchiha Ci used Setsuna Sky Slash to cut apart the fireballs surrounding him and charged across the Two-Tails toward Yugito.
• Yugito froze in fear and fled, so Uchiha Ci hurled his Kusanagi Sword and melted away her legs.
• Yugito asked Killer B to use a Tailed Beast Bomb to kill Uchiha Ci and prevent him from taking the Two-Tails.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and began gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb as Uchiha Ci plunged his hand into Yugito’s chest.
• Uchiha Ci used the Four Symbols Unsealing Jutsu to shatter Yugito’s Iron Armor Seal and release the Two-Tails’ chakra.

Uchiha Ci used the freed Two-Tails Matatabi to stop Killer B from unleashing a barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs, then proposed an alliance based on their shared desire to escape their captors. The chapter left Matatabi and Uchiha Ci facing Killer B in the Valley of Hell, with Yugito dying nearby.

• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails Complete Form and began preparing to fire Continuous Tailed Beast Bombs at Uchiha Ci.
• Uchiha Ci summoned the Two-Tails Matatabi, who attacked Gyuki and forced open his mouth, diverting the Tailed Beast Bomb blast into the sky.
• Gyuki recovered and punched Matatabi away, but Uchiha Ci realized his gamble had worked because Matatabi had stopped Killer B from attacking him.
• Matatabi lamented Yugito's impending death, and Uchiha Ci accused her of abandoning her Jinchuriki despite being able to lend her power.
• Uchiha Ci told Matatabi that only he could give her freedom and proposed they join forces against their common enemies.

Uchiha Ci’s plan left Killer B and the Eight-Tails isolated in Valley of Hell, and they tried to flee as the Uchiha forces closed in. Just as the Two-Tails prepared to pursue, Uchiha Ci ordered her to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb at a severed Eight-Tails tentacle.

• An old man watching the battle sensed a powerful newcomer approaching and wondered how Uchiha Ci would face the threat after fighting the Two-Tails.
• The chapter explained that the Chinoike Clan’s absence cut Killer B and Yugito off from Kumogakure’s army, as Uchiha Ci had anticipated while arranging for Oya Castle En and Namikaze Minato to support the operation.
• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B to abandon his fight and escape, so Killer B made Gyuki shrink and flee toward Valley of Hell’s southern exit.
• Uchiha Setsuna ordered the demolition squad to destroy the southern exit and led the other Uchiha after Gyuki, while the Two-Tails joined the pursuit.
• Uchiha Ci stopped the Two-Tails and told her to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb at the severed Eight-Tails tentacle on the ground.

Uchiha Ci guessed that Killer B was hiding inside the severed octopus tentacle and had Matatabi attack it, forcing Killer B to reveal himself. Trapped with the Valley of Hell’s southern exit blocked and Konoha forces closing in, Killer B fled toward the Ringed Cliff.

• Uchiha Ci ordered Matatabi to strike the severed tentacle with Fire Style: Fire Rat Ball.
• Killer B emerged from the tentacle after the Hachibi warned him that the southern exit had been destroyed.
• Uchiha Ci spotted Killer B’s hiding place, and Matatabi’s attack forced him to transform and run.
• Uchiha Setsuna recognized the real Killer B and led the Konoha Ninjas in pursuit while Uchiha Ci and Matatabi closed in from behind.
• With both routes blocked, Killer B turned toward the Ringed Cliff, intending to jump into the Valley of Hell and rely on the Hachibi to absorb the impact.

Uchiha Ci cornered Killer B at the edge of Valley of Hell and unleashed a gigantic flaming sword, convinced that his growing power could eventually surpass the Tailed Beasts. Just as the attack descended and Killer B seemed ready to fall from the cliff, the Third Raikage arrived with Black Lightning and struck at the blazing sun.

• Uchiha Ci pursued Killer B to the Ringed Cliff while drawing Dark Chakra from Two-Tails to restore himself and strengthen his techniques.
• Killer B found himself trapped between Uchiha Ci and the abyss, while the Kumogakure shinobi outside the valley sensed his weakening Chakra.
• Uchiha Ci formed a sixty-meter Flowing Flame Greatsword and declared that he would kill Killer B with Boundary Sword: Eight Million Gods' Pressure.
• Killer B, unable to resist the descending sword, began to lose hope and teetered at the cliff's edge.
• The Third Raikage descended in Black Lightning and attacked Uchiha Ci's blazing sun with Hell Stab: Four-Finger Thrust.

Uchiha Hikaru confronted Kakuzu about his connection to Uchiha Ci, arguing that Ci had inherited Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear through Kakuzu’s original heart. Hikaru concluded that Kakuzu had stayed in the Valley of Hell because he saw Ci as an heir, while Kakuzu remained silent.

• Uchiha Hikaru visited the shack where Kakuzu was chained and questioned why the rogue ninja had not escaped.
• Uchiha Hikaru revealed that Ci had used Earth Style: Earth Spear, a technique Kakuzu alone was known to possess.
• Uchiha Hikaru showed Kakuzu a length of black thread and deduced that Ci had learned Earth Grudge Fear through Kakuzu’s original heart.
• Uchiha Hikaru suggested that Kakuzu saw the parentless, overlooked Ci as an inheritor who shared his past and dangerous mission.
• Uchiha Hikaru declared that Ci was the reason Kakuzu had remained with the Uchiha Clan in the Valley of Hell.

Uchiha Hikaru hired Kakuzu for one hundred million ryo to save Uchiha Ci, but the Third Raikage arrived and shattered Uchiha Ci’s Flowing Flame Greatsword. Kakuzu chose to continue the mission, demanding additional payment.

• Uchiha Hikaru offered Kakuzu one hundred million ryo to save Uchiha Ci, hoping to protect the child the Uchiha Clan lacked the power to defend.
• Kakuzu accepted the payment and promised to do everything he could to save Uchiha Ci.
• The Third Raikage descended through the lightning and destroyed Uchiha Ci’s Flowing Flame Greatsword with two fingers.
• Uchiha Hikaru feared Kakuzu would abandon the mission, but Kakuzu said he would continue for extra pay.

Uchiha Ci fought the Third Raikage A in the Valley of Hell, but his Sage Art genjutsu failed to stop the Raikage's attack. He narrowly dodged a strike and saw the Raikage's arm tear through the smoke where he had stood.

• The Third Raikage A descended through a storm and pierced Uchiha Ci's Flowing Flame Greatsword with Hell Stab: Four-Finger Thrust.
• The shattered sword's backlash badly injured Uchiha Ci, and the attack knocked Two-Tails to the ground.
• The Third Raikage A rushed through the smoke and attacked Uchiha Ci from behind.
• Uchiha Ci activated Sage Art: Sharingan: White Shock Eye: Genjutsu: Heavenly Return, but the Raikage continued his attack.
• Uchiha Ci dodged with a sideways leap and Donkey Roll as the Raikage's arm struck the place where he had been standing.

Uchiha Ci realized that Third Raikage A’s Lightning Armor and reflexes made him far more dangerous than expected, but he used traps to seize the initiative and prepared a hidden composite attack. The chapter ended as Uchiha Ci charged with his Kusanagi Sword, unleashing his Super Sonic Vibrations Vacuum Blade.

• Combat Intuition warned Uchiha Ci that Third Raikage A’s sudden grapple had nearly killed him, and Ci recognized that A’s speed and Lightning Armor surpassed his expectations.
• Third Raikage A vanished at high speed, so Uchiha Ci shut his eyes and used his danger sense to detect A’s approach.
• Uchiha Ci sprang away from A’s flying kick and summoned Earth Grudge Tentacles that burst from the ground to obstruct him.
• Third Raikage A cut through the tentacles and smashed out of Uchiha Ci’s Three-Way Seal, but Ci used the opening to charge with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Uchiha Ci revealed that his trembling sword concealed a fused Wind and Lightning Release attack: Super Sonic Vibrations Vacuum Blade.

Uchiha Ci attacked Third Raikage A with a blazing fist, but A read his movement and pierced his heart with a Hand Blade. As A reached to finish him, Uchiha Ci launched a sudden counterattack aimed at the Raikage’s chest scar.

• Uchiha Ci charged Third Raikage A and combined Katon: Chakra Mode with Shattered Blade Flame Fist to break through his Lightning Armor.
• Third Raikage A recognized the attack, used sound to locate Uchiha Ci, and pierced his chest with Hell Stab: Two-Finger Thrust.
• A lifted Uchiha Ci by his impaled chest and prepared to tear off his head, believing the injury had crippled his attacks.
• Uchiha Ci stayed calm, raised the Kusanagi Sword, and unleashed a golden sword light toward the lightning-shaped scar on A’s chest.

Uchiha Ci used a sonic composite ninjutsu to damage Third Raikage A and pierced his palm, but A unleashed a stronger Lightning Armor and seized Ci. The chapter ended as A lifted Ci overhead and slammed him toward the earth with Rai-Ga Bakudan.

• Uchiha Ci unleashed wind and lightning blades that ruptured both his and A's eardrums, then aimed a golden sword strike at A's chest scar.
• A blocked the strike with his left hand, but the golden blade pierced his palm before Ci pulled free and launched a spinning attack at A's head.
• A intensified his Lightning Armor by drawing down a bolt of lightning, stopping Ci's sword and overwhelming him with his speed.
• A grabbed Ci by the waist and pants, lifted him overhead, and began the Rai-Ga Bakudan slam.

Uchiha Ci was defeated by Third Raikage A and left gravely injured, but Uchiha Setsuna distracted A and pulled Ci toward the Konoha formation. A recovered and prepared to attack the group with Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite.

• Konoha's arriving ninja found Third Raikage A holding the bloodied Uchiha Ci, whose chest had been pierced and whose body was badly burned.
• A slammed Ci into the ground with Rai-Ga Bakudan, shattering his body as Killer B declared him finished.
• Uchiha Setsuna attacked A and B with his Phoenix Sage Fire Wild Dance Technique, then used kunai and threads to pull Ci toward the Konoha ninja.
• A recognized Setsuna's diversion, declared his body had recovered, and gathered lightning at his finger for Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite.

As the Third Raikage charged the Konoha ninja with his one-finger Lightning Spear, the defenders struggled to find a way through his Lightning Armor. Uchiha Setsuna and five Uchiha launched a coordinated fire attack while Setsuna pinned his hopes on Uchiha Ci surviving.

• Sarutobi Shinnosuke identified the Third Raikage’s one-finger Lightning Spear, and the Konoha ninja feared they could not withstand it.
• Aburame Ryoma proposed using insect techniques, but Aburame Shikuroo explained the Lightning Armor and the battlefield conditions had made his Nano Poisonous Insects useless.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke asked whether his Wind Style: Shinichi Character could pierce the armor, but Hizashi Hyuga warned that he would likely be killed before he could strike.
• The Third Raikage accelerated toward the Konoha forces, and five Uchiha fired Great Fireball Arrows under Uchiha Setsuna’s command.
• Uchiha Setsuna tracked the charging Raikage with his Mangekyō Sharingan and urged Uchiha Ci to survive so he could witness another miracle.

Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Ci tried to stop the charging Third Raikage A with fire, deception, and a sword, but A fought through their attacks and knocked Ci away. Ci returned at the last moment with a massive azure sphere aimed at A as he charged the Konoha Ninja.

• Uchiha Setsuna pierced the fiery arrows with his lightning-charged finger, then unleashed Great Fire Annihilation and hurled the badly injured Uchiha Ci toward A.
• Uchiha Ci revealed he was still alive, used a White Snake to cling to A, and emerged from it to trap A with White Shock Eye.
• Uchiha Ci spat out the Kusanagi Sword and drove it into A's Lightning Armor while A was caught in the illusion.
• A acted on instinct, struck Ci with black lightning, and knocked him off his shoulder, but the Kusanagi Sword pierced his armor and lodged in his shoulder.
• A charged toward the Konoha Ninja, but Uchiha Ci reappeared beside him and swung a massive azure sphere at his right arm.

Uchiha Ci used a hidden Snake Clone to trick Third Raikage A into piercing his own chest, but A survived by changing his attack at the last instant. A killed Inuzuka Tsume and left Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Shirakumo Hayama’s fates uncertain before confronting Uchiha Ci again.

• Uchiha Ci’s Snake Clone struck A’s arm with a massive Rasengan, forcing A’s One-Finger Nukite through his own Lightning Armor and into his chest.
• The Konoha Ninja praised Uchiha Ci, and Inuzuka Tsume, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and Shirakumo Hayama charged to finish A off.
• Hizashi Hyuga and Uchiha Ci warned them to retreat, but A survived by turning One-Finger Nukite into Four Finger Hand and stopping it before it pierced his heart.
• A grabbed Inuzuka Tsume’s Two-Headed Wolf and tore it apart, killing Tsume, then struck Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Shirakumo Hayama and sent them crashing into the trees.
• A attacked Uchiha Ci, whose leg was ground away by the lightning but regenerated, and deduced that the Tailed Beast inside him helped him sense danger and keep fighting.
• A exposed his muscular body and ghost-faced back, then reached for a giant jar marked with the character “Dust” as he declared that the fight would end.

Uchiha Ci lost the Two-Tails’ support when the Third Raikage promised to let her leave, then faced the Raikage and the Eight-Tails together. The chapter ended as the Eight-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb aimed at Uchiha Setsuna’s Konoha group.

• The Third Raikage offered Matatabi three years of freedom if she left, and she immediately ran for the southern exit, abandoning Uchiha Ci.
• Matatabi’s departure sharply reduced Uchiha Ci’s Chakra recovery and the range of his perception and emotion absorption.
• The Third Raikage revealed that Killer B had gathered enough Chakra to manifest the Eight-Tails’ complete form.
• The Third Raikage ordered Killer B to kill Uchiha Setsuna’s group with a Tailed Beast Bomb, and the Eight-Tails began gathering Chakra in its mouth.

Orochimaru discovered Kumogakure’s plan to use the Amber Purifying Pot against Uchiha Ci and launched an attack on the undefended village. At Valley of Hell, Third Raikage A charged at Uchiha Ci as Killer B’s Eight-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Uchiha Ci gathered multiple types of Chakra into his sword for a desperate move.

• Orochimaru found Kumogakure’s secret files and learned that the Third Raikage planned to use the Amber Purifying Pot to strip away the Two-Tails’ immortality.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant eight-headed white serpent into Kumogakure, beginning his assault on the village.
• At Valley of Hell, A prepared to seal Uchiha Ci by forcing him to answer through pain while Killer B readied a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Uchiha Ci poured wind, fire, lightning, and water Chakra into his Kusanagi Sword and closed his eyes as he prepared an almost impossible attack.

Uchiha Ci crippled his own senses to evade the Third Raikage A’s attacks, awakening his Combat Intuition and swordsmanship. He left A alive and unleashed Lightning Release: Kirin toward Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Uchiha Ci cut his throat and disabled his hearing and sight to avoid A’s speed, shouts, and sealing technique.
• Uchiha Ci’s Combat Intuition rose to SS rank, granting him All Weapons Mastered and Foresight, while his Sharingan’s insight sharpened.
• Uchiha Ci read A’s movements, dodged his attacks, and maneuvered behind him, but chose to keep charging toward Killer B instead of striking A.
• Uchiha Ci used Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation to ignite the storm clouds above the battlefield.
• Uchiha Ci called down Lightning Release: Kirin as Killer B in Hachibi form prepared to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb at Uchiha Setsuna.