Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ci used Lightning Release: Kirin to blast the Eight-Tails and its Tailed Beast Bomb, leaving Killer B badly injured. As Ci rushed to seize B and use him to force the Third Raikage to retreat, A moved to kill Ci himself.

• Uchiha Ci recognized that the storm clouds and the Eight-Tails gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb gave him the chance to use Kirin to protect Uchiha Setsuna and the others.
• Uchiha Ci summoned a massive lightning beast from the storm and struck the Eight-Tails, driving its Tailed Beast Bomb into its body and destroying its Complete Form.
• Killer B was left charred on the ground, while Uchiha Ci, having exhausted his Chakra, rushed toward him to take him hostage and buy time.
• Third Raikage A recalled that Uchiha Ci had given up a chance to strike him in order to protect others, and praised Ci's resolve.
• Third Raikage A decided that Uchiha Ci was too dangerous to leave alive and prepared to attack him with the giant jar on his back.

A hurled the Amber Purifying Pot at Uchiha Ci and began forcibly extracting Zero Tail, leaving Uchiha Ci weakened and facing certain death. A sudden reaction involving Tsunade's Necklace and Yamato's Curse Mark suggested that others were about to intervene.

• A recalled that Uchiha Ci carried the Tail-less Tailed Beast, Void, and hurled the Amber Purifying Pot at him.
• The pot's power seized Zero Tail and began dragging it out of Uchiha Ci, weakening him and threatening his life.
• The emerald Senjutsu Chakra at Uchiha Ci's Curse Mark made Zero Tail cough up Tsunade's Necklace.
• Yamato's Curse Mark heated and formed the word Zero on his palm, and he prepared to act after recalling Orochimaru's words about burning for Konoha.

The White Snake Sage moved to take control of Uchiha Ci and escape with Zero Tail, while Orochimaru prepared to stop her and faced Kumogakure’s new weapon. The chapter ended with Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon breaking through Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon and destroying two heads of the Eight-Branched Serpent.

• The White Snake Sage saw Uchiha Ci being caught by the Amber Purifying Pot and decided to abandon him, take over his body, and use Zero Tail and the Divine Artifact for her escape.
• Orochimaru noticed that the White Snake Sage had activated her contingency and recalled how he had planted Hashirama Cells and the First Hokage Necklace in Zero Tail to counter her plans.
• Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to defend against Kumogakure’s three-barreled cannon while sensing the situation around Uchiha Ci.
• Orochimaru used Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands to interfere with Zero Tail, but Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon drained the chakra of nearby ninja and fired.
• The Chakra Cannon pierced all three Rashomon gates and pulverized two heads of Orochimaru’s Eight-Branched Serpent, leaving him shocked.

The White Snake Sage seized Zero Tail and Uchiha Ci’s heart to become its Jinchuriki, but Yamato and Orochimaru moved to stop her. As Uchiha Ci collapsed after losing Zero Tail, Third Raikage A approached to kill him, facing a group of Konoha shinobi who refused to retreat.

• The White Snake Sage used Transmitting Distant Shadow to take Uchiha Ci’s newly formed heart and Zero Tail, becoming Zero Tail’s Jinchuriki and escaping the Amber Purifying Pot with a false body decoy.
• Yamato used the First Hokage’s necklace and Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands to pin down the White Snake Sage, while Orochimaru’s hidden consciousness rose inside Zero Tail to attack her.
• Uchiha Ci’s body began failing after Zero Tail was extracted, and he struggled to reach Killer B with a kunai before collapsing.
• Third Raikage A left the battle over Zero Tail and approached Uchiha Ci, declaring that he would kill him.
• Third Raikage A raised his Hand Blade and aimed Hell Stab at Uchiha Ci as Uchiha Setsuna, Aburame Ryoma, Aburame Shikuroo, Hizashi Hyuga, and Kenji Hyuga stood their ground beside him.

Uchiha Setsuna held off Third Raikage A with Izanagi while the wounded Konoha ninja tried to create an opening, but Kakuzu arrived and bargained to join the fight. As Setsuna’s Mangekyō power expired, Kakuzu seized Uchiha Ci, tore out his eyes, and told him to jump down as he fell into darkness.

• Uchiha Setsuna used Katon: Chakra Mode and Izanagi to shield Uchiha Ci and repeatedly attack Third Raikage A, while the Konoha ninja coordinated strikes against A.
• A unleashed Lightning Release: Black Spot, blasting the Konoha ninja away, while Setsuna continued to reappear and harass him through Izanagi.
• Kakuzu arrived, negotiated with A for payment, and agreed to help kill Uchiha Ci in exchange for the promised bounties.
• Uchiha Ci counted down the last moments of Setsuna’s Izanagi as Setsuna’s Sharingan went blank and A caught him by the throat.
• Kakuzu grabbed Uchiha Ci, dug out his eyes, and silently told him to jump down before Uchiha Ci fell into darkness.

Uchiha Ci survived his fall after Kakuzu secretly implanted a new heart, and his newly awakened Ten-Tails Body slowed his death. Madara Uchiha found him at the bottom of the valley and began preparing to repair and reshape him, but a Transcription Seal activated Amenotachikara in Ci’s empty eye socket.

• Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear Tentacles implanted a new heart in Uchiha Ci and stitched his wounds, while the system granted him new abilities and an incomplete Ten-Tails Body.
• Uchiha Ci’s new physique slowed his death, but he collapsed from exhaustion and crashed at the bottom of Valley of Hell.
• Madara Uchiha arrived, killed a White Zetsu clone, and planned to use its Mimicry Technique and Hashirama Cells to repair and cultivate Ci as a contingency.
• Madara Uchiha opened a jar of Three Tomoe Sharingan and prepared to replace Ci’s eyes, intending to later kill the Evil God Cult boy and the Kirigakure girl to awaken their Mangekyo.
• A Transcription Seal in Ci’s eye socket activated, revealing an illusory Mangekyō Sharingan and triggering Amenotachikara.

Madara Uchiha saw Uchiha Ci’s Mangekyō Dōjutsu restore his body, then withdrew as Oya Castle En arrived after annihilating the Chinoike Clan. En placed a pair of Ketsuryūgan in Ci’s empty eye sockets and carried him away, declaring that the Uchiha was now a death row prisoner.

• Madara Uchiha recognized Uchiha Ci’s Mangekyō Sharingan and watched Amenotachikara rewind Ci’s wounds and restore his body.
• Madara Uchiha reflected on Ci’s unusual techniques and physique, then said he could continue fighting but found the situation insufficiently refined.
• Oya Castle En killed the Chinoike Clan and declared that he was abandoning his old surname to become Oya Castle En.
• Madara Uchiha destroyed the White Zetsu, put away the bottle of Sharingan, and left the scene as En approached Ci.
• Oya Castle En saw the Uchiha crest on Ci’s clothes, took Ketsuryūgan from the corpse he carried, and pressed them into Ci’s empty eye sockets.
• Oya Castle En picked up Uchiha Ci and his daughter, then called Ci a death row prisoner under the curse of bloodline poison.

Kakuzu collected the enormous bounty payments for Uchiha Ci and refused to sell the young patriarch’s Sharingan. After learning that Uchiha Ci was still alive and wanted in the Capital of the Land of Lightning, Kakuzu headed there despite his unease over the boy’s apparent death.

• Kakuzu overheard bounty ninja discussing the major incidents, including the Battle for Hell Valley and the disappearance of Uchiha Ci.
• The Head of the Underground Exchange paid Kakuzu the bounties from Sunagakure, Kumogakure, the Uchiha Clan, and the Land of Fire.
• Kakuzu broke the Head’s finger when he offered to buy Uchiha Ci’s Sharingan, and Kakuzu refused to sell it.
• The Head told Kakuzu that the Lightning Daimyo had raised the bounty on Uchiha Ci, leader of the Undying Heretics, to thirty million ryo.
• Kakuzu left the Kinkisho and traveled southeast toward Yunming City, the Capital of the Land of Lightning.

Sasori slaughtered the bounty hunters at the Kinkisho, developed a Chakra-core pistol, and learned that Hidan was posing as Uchiha Ci in Yunming City. He set out to turn the city into a hunting ground, while a young man carrying an infant and dragging a blindfolded youth arrived at a town along his route.

• After Kakuzu left the Kinkisho, bounty hunters discussed Uchiha Ci’s supposed death and the rumors drawing people to Yunming City.
• Sasori recalled witnessing Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon and tested his own Chakra-core pistol by killing the Kinkisho’s steward and poisoning the bounty hunters.
• Sasori extracted Chakra from a corpse to create a new Chakra Core, then looted the exchange.
• A subordinate reported that Hidan was acting under Uchiha Ci’s name and had gained an immortal body through the Evil God's Ultimate Trial.
• Sasori ordered his subordinate to spread the news and gather people interested in Uchiha Ci, then headed for Yunming City.
• A young man carrying an infant and dragging a blindfolded youth stopped at a town gate on Sasori’s road.

Uchiha Ci woke after losing his eyes and sensed Amenotachikara restoring them as his Sharingan devoured the Ketsuryūgan, beginning an unprecedented Dojutsu Kekkei Tōta evolution. Realizing Uchiha Setsuna was dead, Ci erupted with killing intent, but Oya Castle En attacked him and buried him fifty meters underground.

• Uchiha Ci awoke as he was dragged through a ruined town, perceiving the world with his evolved Combat Intuition, which he called Mind's Eye.
• Uchiha Ci realized Amenotachikara had restored his Sharingan, which was devouring the Ketsuryūgan and evolving into a new Dojutsu Kekkei Tōta.
• Uchiha Ci remembered that Uchiha Setsuna had fallen into the Third Raikage's hands and concluded that the old man was dead.
• Uchiha Ci's eyes transformed into scarlet Vertical Snake Eyes with a Star-shaped Black Cross Pupil and Three Black Tomoe, releasing a raging Chakra storm.
• Oya Castle En scolded Ci, summoned a Blood Dragon, and smashed him fifty meters underground before demanding that he surrender his mind to the Sage of Six Paths and his body to En.

Uchiha Ci awakened Susanoo after Oya Castle En blasted him into a crater, then used the giant flaming skeleton to challenge his captor. Neither man wanted to fight, and the chapter ended with them proposing a deal at the same time.

• Oya Castle En held his crying daughter and watched Uchiha Ci lie in the crater after his attack.
• Uchiha Ci's talents fused into an Incomplete Sage of Six Paths Body, awakening Susanoo and raising its control to a half-body skeleton.
• Uchiha Ci tore away his blindfold, summoned the thirty-meter flaming skeleton, and demanded to know who was the prisoner.
• Oya Castle En mistook Uchiha Ci's eyes for Mangekyo Sharingan, then hesitated to fight because his daughter was in his arms.
• Uchiha Ci worried about his dwindling strength and wanted to leave to rescue Hidan and check on the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Ci and Oya Castle En simultaneously proposed making a deal.

At a meeting with the Fire Daimyo, Danzo proposed luring the Lightning Daimyo to the Land of Fire to stop Kumogakure’s wartime funding, but the proposal was rejected. Hiruzen decided the Lightning Daimyo must be protected until he received Third Raikage A’s apology, while Danzo left to meet Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku.

• Danzo urged the Fire Daimyo to invite the Lightning Daimyo to the Land of Fire so Konoha could cut off Kumogakure’s military funds, but the Fire Daimyo refused.
• The Fire Daimyo praised Uchiha Ci and questioned Hiruzen about the missing Uchiha Ci and Orochimaru before leaving the meeting.
• Hiruzen told Danzo that the Lightning Daimyo must not die before receiving Third Raikage A’s apology and that Konoha should protect him.
• Danzo accused Hiruzen of hiding information and left, believing Hiruzen was trying to undermine him and claim credit for Root’s achievements.
• Danzo went to the Uchiha residence, where Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku were waiting.

Oya Castle En told Uchiha Ci how his wife’s death led him to massacre the Chinoike Clan, then asked him to guide him to Yunming City so he could target the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo. Neither knew the way, but their search for a guide was interrupted by Sasori, who approached them with a hand cannon.

• Oya Castle En recounted how his pregnant wife was sent to the Daimyo, returned after Kumogakure intercepted the envoy, and later died by suicide, awakening his Ketsuryūgan.
• Oya Castle En explained that he wanted Uchiha Ci to guide him to Yunming City because they shared Kumogakure as an enemy.
• Uchiha Ci agreed to help Oya Castle En and revealed that he also needed to reach the capital to deal with Hidan’s followers.
• Uchiha Ci and Oya Castle En realized neither knew the way and decided they needed to find a guide.
• Sasori arrived in the ruined Town of Frost, spotted the two shinobi, and drew the hand cannon beneath his Black Robe.

Sasori got lost while pursuing Kakuzu, then encountered Oya Castle En and Uchiha Ci during their battle. After his puppet attack failed against Oya Castle En's Ketsuryūgan, Sasori ambushed Uchiha Ci at close range, firing two hand cannons at the blind boy.

• Sasori lost Kakuzu's trail and followed his map to a ruined town near Frost-Lightning Path.
• Sasori rushed toward the battle after sensing powerful Fire Release and cold Chakra, then attacked Oya Castle En with a puppet, threads, and a hand cannon.
• Oya Castle En dodged Sasori's light bullet and used Water Hail to sever the puppet's Chakra Threads, revealing that Sasori had attacked with a Sand Clone.
• Sasori recognized Uchiha Ci as the more vulnerable target and approached him underground with Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique.
• Sasori sprang up within seven steps of Uchiha Ci and fired both hand cannons at the blind boy.

Uchiha Ci picked up Sasori’s hand cannon and used his Susanoo to capture Sasori after he ambushed him. He knocked Sasori unconscious with Sharingan genjutsu and told Oya Castle En that they now had a guide.

• Uchiha Ci noticed Sasori sneak up behind him but ignored him as he excitedly examined the hand cannon.
• Sasori recalled how he had turned his childhood friend Little Worm into a Human Puppet, then drew his Twin Pistols and fired at Uchiha Ci.
• Uchiha Ci’s flaming skeletal Susanoo blocked Sasori’s bullets and seized him, while Uchiha Ci recognized the captive as Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Sasori protested when Uchiha Ci pointed the hand cannon at him, but Uchiha Ci fired beside his ear and said he needed an obedient guide.
• Uchiha Ci opened his Sharingan and knocked Sasori unconscious with genjutsu, then told Oya Castle En that they had found a ready-made guide.

Sasori woke after Uchiha Ci and Oya Castle En captured him, then learned they wanted him to guide them to Yunming City. When Sasori revealed that he was traveling there to kill Uchiha Ci, Uchiha Ci concealed his identity and posed as Uchiha Fugaku, leaving Sasori convinced he had found a useful ally.

• Sasori woke with a bump on his forehead and confronted Uchiha Ci and Oya Castle En, who explained that they wanted directions to Yunming City.
• Sasori challenged his captors and threatened to fight, but Uchiha Ci warned him to cooperate or die and insisted they needed him as a guide.
• Sasori recognized the Uchiha clan crest on Uchiha Ci’s clothes and asked whether he was connected to the missing Uchiha Ci.
• Sasori revealed that his mission was to kill Uchiha Ci at the Daimyo’s Mansion in Yunming City.
• Uchiha Ci claimed to be Uchiha Fugaku, also known as Uchiha Yanzu, and Sasori believed he wanted revenge on Uchiha Ci over the clan’s patriarch position.

Sasori, Uchiha Ci, and Oya Castle En planned around the upcoming meeting between the Third Raikage and the Daimyo, but their departure stalled when none of them could read the map. In Yunming City, Hidan revealed he had obtained the Daimyo’s blood and vowed to kill him if the war continued; Mei Terumi agreed to help.

• Sasori explained that the Third Raikage would meet the Daimyo in Yunming City in a week to apologize and plan the next offensive.
• Uchiha Ci and Sasori discussed how the Daimyo’s decision would shape Kumogakure’s next move and how Uchiha Ci’s head could serve as a political offering.
• Sasori asked whether either Uchiha Ci or Oya Castle En could read his map, and the three sat back down without setting out.
• Hidan watched Kumogakure Ninja escort Yugakure prisoners to an execution ground and blamed himself for the deaths of his companions.
• Mei Terumi warned Hidan that she could not keep helping him if he risked himself to save the prisoners.
• Hidan showed Mei Terumi the Daimyo’s blood and vowed to curse him to death at the Five Nations Summit if he continued the war, and Mei Terumi agreed to help kill the Daimyo.

Mei Terumi promised Hidan she would save the captured Yugakure renegades, while Hozuki Mangetsu forced him to surrender and challenged his faith in his bonds. Mei revealed that she was using the planned assassination of the Lightning Daimyo to test her vision for a nation without a Daimyo, and sent Mangetsu to the execution ground, believing others would intervene.

• Mei Terumi promised Hidan she would save the captured Yugakure renegades, but Hozuki Mangetsu ordered him to bind his hands and go to the rear.
• Hidan surrendered to protect his people, telling Mangetsu that the bonds formed through life and death could never be severed.
• Mangetsu questioned Mei about Hidan’s supposed blood, and Mei admitted it was fake before explaining that she wanted to test what a nation without a Daimyo would become.
• Mei revealed that the Yugakure Ninja could serve as an excuse for others to attack the Lightning Daimyo, then ordered Mangetsu to release a Kirigakure Jutsu at the execution ground.
• Mangetsu asked whether Uchiha Ci was still alive, and Mei insisted he would not die easily and that she would not be powerless this time.

Uchiha Ci, Sasori, and Oya Castle En reached Yunming City and discovered it was sealed after a mass raid on the execution ground. As Sunagakure and Iwagakure envoys arrived, Sasori led the group away to find lodging, leaving Uchiha Ci astonished that so many powerful figures might be waiting their turn to assassinate the Daimyo.

• Uchiha Ci, Sasori, and Oya Castle En followed the coast to the Land of Lightning, questioned bandits for directions, and reached Yunming City the next day.
• Uchiha Ci learned the city had been sealed after the Undying Heretics raided the execution ground, while Sasori explained that many factions wanted the Daimyo dead.
• Sasori said that anger among ninja could threaten the political balance, and Uchiha Ci realized his influence had helped set Hidan and the Land of Hot Water on a path toward reform.
• Sasori spotted the arrival of Sunagakure envoys Elder Chiyo, Pakura, and Yura, followed by Iwagakure envoys Kitsuchi and Roshi.
• The city admitted only the envoys, so Sasori took Uchiha Ci and Oya Castle En to find his former lodging, and the others mocked him for forgetting the way despite having visited before.

Chiyo and Pakura planned to use the alliance talks in Yunming City to push Kumogakure toward war with Konoha, while Sasori brought Uchiha Ci and Oya Castle En to a hidden workshop. The chapter ended with Sasori preparing to use his spy Yura to investigate Uchiha Fugaku.

• Chiyo suspected Rasa had let Ebizo die and encouraged Pakura to consider taking responsibility for Suna’s future.
• Pakura concluded that Suna needed an alliance with the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth to force Kumogakure into attacking Konoha.
• Chiyo agreed that the opportunity was approaching and said that night would be a night for killing.
• Sasori led Uchiha Ci and Oya Castle En to a hidden workshop stocked with tools and firearms.
• Sasori aimed his newly named Rebel Bone Cannon at Uchiha Ci, who refused to help with the experiment and left.
• Sasori wrote an intelligence request and sent it with a puppet, ordering Yura to investigate Uchiha Fugaku.