Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ci wiped out the Kirigakure pursuers, then watched Kisame Hoshigaki kill Suikazan Fuguki under the Mizukage’s orders. As Kisame raced for Samehada, Uchiha Ci sealed the Hachibi Horn and fired a Sage Art cannon at Kisame, the sword, and Kisame’s chakra-absorbing shark technique.

• Uchiha Ci unleashed a sweeping beam that killed the ten Kirigakure Jonin pursuing him, while Suikazan Fuguki survived by dropping to the deck.
• Kisame Hoshigaki appeared behind Suikazan Fuguki, stabbed him, and said he was following the Mizukage’s orders.
• Kisame used Water Style: Water Shark Missile Technique to rush toward Samehada, while Uchiha Ci used his Blood Dragon Nine Sealing Technique to knock the sword away and attack him.
• Uchiha Ci sealed the Hachibi Horn in a scroll as Kisame’s Great Shark Bullet consumed the Blood Dragon and surged toward him.
• Uchiha Ci aimed a Sage Art Giant Cannon at Kisame, the Great Shark Bullet, and the airborne Samehada, then fired.

Uchiha Ci’s Senjutsu cannon overwhelmed Kisame Hoshigaki, but Bai Lan, the Third Mizukage, arrived and trapped them both in an Extreme Ice Prison. Bai Lan ordered Kisame to kill Uchiha Ci, and Kisame began fusing with Samehada.

• Uchiha Ci’s Multi-Lotus Unconnected Cannon pierced Kisame Hoshigaki’s Great Shark Bullet Technique and struck him, but Bai Lan blocked the beam with an Extreme Ice Shield.
• Bai Lan froze the sea, summoned four ice dragons, and trapped Uchiha Ci inside an Extreme Ice Prison after predicting his escape.
• Kisame explained that Bai Lan’s Extreme Ice could freeze kinetic energy at the molecular level and that he cast ninjutsu without Hand Seals.
• Bai Lan ordered Kisame to kill Uchiha Ci and threw Samehada to him.
• Kisame stabbed his palm on Samehada’s barbs, bled onto the blade, and activated Samehada Fusion.

Uchiha Ci fought Kisame and Bai Lan inside an ice prison while trying to uncover how the Third Mizukage could sense and cast techniques without visible effort. He discovered Bai Lan’s Extreme Ice Eye, but the ice prison was breached and Kisame’s water wave struck him.

• Bai Lan hid within the ice prison and planned to have Kisame drain Uchiha Ci’s Chakra while he blocked Senjutsu and Genjutsu.
• Kisame launched Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave as Uchiha Ci attacked him and the ice wall with a Senjutsu cannon and Great Dragon Fire.
• Uchiha Ci forced Bai Lan to open his eyes to protect Kisame, then used White Shock Eye against him.
• Bai Lan vanished from the wall, and Uchiha Ci spotted a cracked Extreme Ice Eye that had been observing him.
• Uchiha Ci’s Great Dragon Fire broke through the ice prison, but Kisame’s water wave crashed down on him.

Uchiha Ci was trapped inside Kisame Hoshigaki and the Third Mizukage’s massive underwater prison, where they planned to drain his Chakra and kill him. As they summoned sharks and waited for him to weaken, the Sage’s Heart in his chest began drawing in Natural Energy and awakening a powerful force.

• Uchiha Ci deduced that the Third Mizukage used Ice Style: Extreme Ice Eye to see across the battlefield and avoid the Sharingan, then mocked his poor taijutsu.
• The Third Mizukage and Kisame Hoshigaki trapped Uchiha Ci with ice dragons and Kisame’s Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave, then encased the enormous Water Prison in ice.
• Kisame Hoshigaki explained that his Chakra-infused water would drain Uchiha Ci’s Chakra while the sinking Ice Ball and deep-sea pressure weakened him.
• Kisame Hoshigaki summoned a thousand sharks to attack Uchiha Ci inside the Ice Ball.
• Uchiha Ci remained calm as the Sage’s Heart took shape and began drawing Natural Energy toward him.

Uchiha Ci turned the deep-sea trap against Kisame Hoshigaki, killing him and taking Samehada. As Bai Lan waited at the surface, a sun suddenly lit up in the darkness below.

• Kisame Hoshigaki wondered why Uchiha Ci’s Chakra seemed so weak and why the sharks avoided him as the Ice Ball sank deeper.
• Uchiha Ci appeared behind Kisame Hoshigaki, overwhelmed him with his Sharingan, and declared that he would let him dive to his heart’s content.
• Uchiha Ci hurled Kisame Hoshigaki headfirst into the seafloor more than four thousand meters below, killing him.
• Uchiha Ci took Greatsword Samehada from the wreckage and claimed it as his own.
• Bai Lan argued with Tobi at the sea surface and insisted that no one could survive the depths, not even Madara Uchiha.
• Bai Lan saw bubbles erupt from beneath the sea, then spotted a sun lighting up the darkness below.

Bai Lan used Tobi’s power to summon a Wood Golem and attack Uchiha Ci after escaping the explosion Uchiha Ci had triggered beneath the sea. Recognizing Tobi as a White Zetsu and realizing Madara Uchiha had targeted him, Uchiha Ci resolved to kill Madara before he could retrieve the Rinnegan.

• Uchiha Ci detonated excess Natural Energy beneath the seabed and used the blast to launch himself through the air after Bai Lan.
• Tobi transformed into armor around Bai Lan, lending him Chakra as he fled across the sea.
• Bai Lan stopped, summoned a forty-meter Wood Golem, and sent six ice dragons bearing the Five Elements at Uchiha Ci.
• Uchiha Ci recognized the White Zetsu on Bai Lan as the being that would later possess Obito Uchiha and realized Madara Uchiha had noticed him.
• Uchiha Ci concluded he had to kill Madara before Madara retrieved the Rinnegan from Nagato, then focused on Bai Lan.

Uchiha Ci unleashed his fully developed Sage Transformation and confronted Bai Lan’s six elemental ice dragons head-on. After overpowering one dragon and absorbing its chakra with Samehada, he summoned Susanoo and used it to hand him a gigantic Thunder Sword, then leapt outside its protection to chase the remaining dragons.

• Uchiha Ci infused himself with Natural Energy, reaching Sage Transformation: Curse Mark Two and removing Sage Mode’s side effects.
• Uchiha Ci caught an ice dragon’s head with one hand, forced it beneath the sea, and cut through its body with Samehada while absorbing its chakra.
• Uchiha Ci discarded Samehada and summoned a Torso Skeleton Susanoo as Bai Lan tried to control the remaining dragons.
• Uchiha Ci had Susanoo hand him an eighteen-meter Thunder Giant Sword, then jumped beyond its protective range and charged after Bai Lan’s five dragons.

Uchiha Ci charged through Bai Lan’s ninjutsu and discovered that the supposed Absolute Zero ice walls used Tobi’s Spore Technique to absorb Senjutsu. Trapped by the ice field, he turned his Sage Art power inward and prepared to break through with a new fist technique.

• Uchiha Ci sprinted across the sea at hypersonic speed and smashed through five of Bai Lan’s giant dragons.
• Bai Lan froze the sea and raised a forest and ice walls to slow Uchiha Ci and block his Senjutsu attacks.
• Uchiha Ci used his Sharingan to see Spore Technique within the ice walls and realized that Tobi’s power, not Absolute Zero, was absorbing his attacks.
• Bai Lan celebrated that Uchiha Ci was trapped and declared that his next attack would kill him.
• Uchiha Ci struck his own Black Sun Mark, circulated the resulting Sage Art power through his body, and unleashed Senjutsu: Multi-Lotus Unconnected Cannon Strike Fist.

Uchiha Ci defeated the Third Mizukage Bai Lan and Tobi, then learned that Madara Uchiha had been manipulating events to push him toward the Moon Eye Plan. He saw a chance to use what he knew against Madara and secretly placed a Curse Mark on Bai Lan.

• Uchiha Ci struck Bai Lan from three hundred meters away, then used lightning to destroy the Giant Wooden Man and capture him.
• Uchiha Ci used his Sharingan to incapacitate Bai Lan and Tobi, tore Tobi from Bai Lan's body, and erased the part of Tobi's memories that revealed him.
• Uchiha Ci read Bai Lan's memories and learned that Madara had made him a puppet and had spared his life after the Battle of Green Reef.
• Uchiha Ci realized Madara wanted him to become the executor of the Moon Eye Plan and had preserved Bai Lan as part of a plan to drive him into darkness.
• Uchiha Ci decided Bai Lan could help him kill Madara and secretly branded a Curse Mark onto Bai Lan's neck.

Uchiha Ci left after planting a Curse Mark on the Third Mizukage and headed toward Turtle Island to advance his Sage Mode before confronting Madara Uchiha. Meanwhile, Madara read the Mizukage’s memories and planned to reveal the Moon Eye Plan, while Mei Terumi argued with Yahiko and claimed she could make Uchiha Ci join Akatsuki.

• Uchiha Ci judged that he was not ready to face Madara Uchiha and resolved to strengthen his body and Sage Mode on Turtle Island.
• Uchiha Ci found a directional instrument among the wreckage of the Thunder Ship and walked north across the Sea Surface.
• Madara Uchiha arrived atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, read the Third Mizukage’s memories, and decided to reveal the Moon Eye Plan to him.
• In Yunming City, Mei Terumi argued that Akatsuki should focus on the Land of Water rather than the Land of Rain, while Yahiko challenged her motives.
• Mei Terumi told Yahiko that she had a way to make Uchiha Ci join Akatsuki.

Uchiha Ci reached the Island Turtle, changed its direction to avoid Madara Uchiha, and went to True Waterfall to face his true self. There, his older self appeared and demanded to know why he had nearly become a Super Kage in three months and where his five hundred million was.

• Uchiha Ci used Orochimaru's Genjutsu Potion to approach the Island Turtle without provoking it.
• Uchiha Ci followed Orochimaru's route map to the Island Turtle's brain and changed the creature's direction.
• Uchiha Ci reflected on the memory tricks he had planted to keep Madara Uchiha from pursuing him.
• Uchiha Ci reached True Waterfall after Xiao Jin fled from him.
• Uchiha Ci sat on the earthen platform, and his bloodied eighteen-year-old self emerged from the waterfall and demanded an explanation and his five hundred million.

Uchiha Ci entered the True Waterfall and faced the desperate version of himself from three months earlier, who demanded to know what happened to their promised five hundred million. Unable to answer or gain his younger self’s acceptance, Uchiha Ci watched as the youth tried to kill himself and vowed to stop him from returning home.

• Uchiha Ci realized the True Waterfall had created a weak copy of himself and that he had to earn his younger self’s acceptance to proceed.
• Youth Uchiha Ci accused him of abandoning their hard-won deal for five hundred million and recounted the dangerous accidents they had endured.
• Uchiha Ci fell silent when Youth Uchiha Ci asked whether any of the money remained, and the youth concluded that his former self had been lost.
• Youth Uchiha Ci threatened to kill himself, questioned Uchiha Ci about joining Kumogakure and pursuing a Tailed Beast, then drove a blade into his own neck while vowing not to let him succeed or prevent his return home.

Uchiha Ci shattered Turtle Island’s True Waterfall barrier and entered the underground training ground, where he discovered a natural-energy genjutsu and triggered a hidden mural’s awakening. The headless statues began to move as the statue with a head silently cried out that it was hungry.

• Uchiha Ci refused to reconcile with his inner self and punched through the True Waterfall barrier, destroying the mountaintop and revealing the underground palace.
• Uchiha Ci inspected the palace’s statues and suspected that the bloodstained Beast-Headed Gate concealed a real danger rather than the joke Killer B had described.
• Uchiha Ci put his head inside the beast’s mouth, was decapitated by its jaws, and quickly restored himself after discovering a natural-energy-powered genjutsu.
• The palace shook as the wall crumbled to reveal a mural of an eclipsed Blazing Sun and a Crimson Moon connected by a tree trunk, surrounded by nine Black Tomoe.
• The twenty-one Headless Statues began contorting in apparent agony, while the lone head-bearing statue silently mouthed, “Hungry, so hungry!!”

Uchiha Ci uncovered an ancient mural and a jade pendant in an underground palace while the Land of Lightning announced a Five Nations Summit and bounties against him and his allies. In Yunming City, Kakuzu led Oya Castle En away from Akatsuki’s assigned reconnaissance to meet their real employer, the Uchiha Clan.

• Uchiha Ci discovered a hidden mural that preserved ancient history and revealed a dark chamber containing the Magatama Jade Pendant once worn by the Son of the Land of Heaven.
• Newly promoted officials in Yunming City announced that the Land of Lightning would host a Five Nations Summit at Tenshukaku the next day and declared Uchiha Ci and his accomplices wanted.
• The officials announced a one-billion-ryo bounty for Uchiha Ci and an eighty-million-ryo bounty for Kakuzu, prompting Oya Castle En to question Kakuzu about his motives and loyalty.
• Kakuzu dismissed Oya Castle En’s suspicion, warned that Yahiko’s reconnaissance plan risked exposing them to a Kumogakure trap, and urged him to follow.
• Kakuzu told Oya Castle En they were going to meet their employer, the Uchiha Clan.

Kakuzu and Oya Castle En met with the Uchiha clan to discuss their plans for Yunming City and the coming assassination operation. After Uchiha Fugaku subdued Oya Castle En, Kakuzu explained that joining Akatsuki would help him protect Uchiha Ci and hinted at a plan to celebrate God's descent.

• Hina guided Kakuzu and Oya Castle En through a hidden barrier into the Uchiha compound, where Uchiha Seiichiro led them to Uchiha Hikaru and Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Hikaru gave Kakuzu the Deployment Map of Yunming Inner City and told Oya Castle En that the Uchiha clan had protected his daughter and would invest in his fighting arena and Underground Black Market.
• Oya Castle En reacted violently when he learned his daughter had been taken into Uchiha protection, but Uchiha Fugaku subdued him with Tsukuyomi.
• Uchiha Hikaru told Oya Castle En that Uchiha Ci's life had to come before everything else in the next day's assassination operation.
• Kakuzu explained that he joined Akatsuki to better protect Uchiha Ci, then hinted that he intended to offer a gift in celebration of God's descent.

Uchiha Fugaku revealed that his Mangekyō Sharingan had warned him of a coming tragedy involving Uchiha Hikaru, Uchiha Seiichiro, and the Uchiha group in Yunming City, and he had come to prevent it. Just as Hikaru asked how Fugaku would tell Uchiha Ci about a sensitive matter, Seiichiro reported that Jiraiya had arrived urgently.

• Uchiha Fugaku explained that his Mangekyō ability, Kura-no-Hime-no-Mikoto, had shown him a vision of Hikaru, Seiichiro, and the Uchiha group dying at Oya Castle En's hands.
• Uchiha Fugaku recalled that the vision also showed Uchiha Ci awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and slaughtering on a vast battlefield, and he resolved to prevent the tragedy.
• Uchiha Hikaru welcomed Uchiha Fugaku's arrival, saying his presence would help protect Uchiha Ci during the coming revenge mission against the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Hikaru asked Fugaku how he planned to tell Uchiha Ci about a sensitive matter, leaving Fugaku visibly uncomfortable.
• Seiichiro interrupted to report that Jiraiya, a member of Konoha's envoy, had arrived outside the barrier in great urgency.

Uchiha Hikaru and Uchiha Fugaku discussed the Uchiha Clan’s growing support for war before Jiraiya arrived with a prophecy naming Uchiha Ci as the Child of Destiny. Jiraiya asked to meet Ci, and Hikaru said Ci would appear at the Five Nations Summit the next day.

• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Hikaru that many clan members supported Ci’s revenge against the Land of Lightning, while Uchiha Yashiro had petitioned the Hokage to send the clan to war.
• Uchiha Hikaru invited Jiraiya into the tea room and suspected he had come to mediate between the Uchiha Clan, Konoha, and the Land of Fire’s Daimyo.
• Jiraiya explained that Ci’s actions could be cleared if Orochimaru authorized the mission, then revealed that he had come because of the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy.
• Jiraiya declared that Uchiha Ci was the Child of Destiny, a figure destined to forge a new path, and said his disciples and Ci had already come together.
• Jiraiya asked Uchiha Hikaru and Uchiha Fugaku to let him meet Ci, and Hikaru said Ci would appear at the Five Nations Summit the next day.

Uchiha Ci mastered two Yin Release Sage Arts in Turtle Island’s hidden room and uncovered the history behind the room and its magatama. After claiming the Yasakani Jewel in its true form, he left Turtle Island and set his sights on the Land of Lightning.

• Uchiha Ci studied the hidden room’s Natural Energy and mastered Sage Art: Yin Release Wind Cutter and Sage Art Yin Release Illusion Transformation.
• Uchiha Ci concluded that ancient sages had used the room’s techniques and history to buy Hagoromo Otsutsuki time to grow strong enough to defeat Kaguya.
• Uchiha Ci touched the magatama on the altar and obtained the true form of the Yasakani Jewel, which the Sage of Six Paths had once fused into his bloodline.
• Uchiha Ci hung the Yasakani Jewel around his neck, left Turtle Island, and announced that he was heading to the Land of Lightning.

Jiraiya arrived at Yunming City for the Five Nations Summit and saw that Kumogakure had turned the inner city into a huge fortress to kill Uchiha Ci. As Youth A boasted that nearly eight thousand ninja had formed an impenetrable defense, a red-haired Amegakure ninja appeared and unleashed Almighty Push on the eastern army.

• Jiraiya entered Yunming City and saw its inner city converted into a heavily fortified military camp designed to trap Uchiha Ci.
• Youth A told Jiraiya that killing Uchiha Ci justified Kumogakure's extensive defenses.
• Jiraiya saw the summit delegates, including Suna's Baki and Yura and Iwagakure's Roshi and Dong Sirren, while Yura reported that Suikazan Fuguki had never arrived.
• Youth A listed the allied clans and units gathered in the city and claimed nearly eight thousand ninja had created an unbreakable defense.
• Dong Sirren spotted a red-haired Amegakure ninja soaring above the eastern wall, and the newcomer used Almighty Push against the wall and the army behind it.

Sasori revealed that Kumogakure and its allies had assembled a force of more than ten thousand to defend Yunming City, but Yahiko and the others remained committed to their ambitions. Yahiko confirmed their resolve with Mei Terumi and launched Akatsuki’s operation against the city.

• Sasori outlined Kumogakure’s three defensive rings and explained that Yura’s intelligence gave him details about five of the seven units.
• Yahiko reported that Kumogakure had recalled its forces from the Land of Frost, bringing the defenders and Daimyo-backed reinforcements to more than ten thousand troops.
• Sasori taunted Akatsuki about confronting such a large army, but Yahiko thanked him and reaffirmed the group’s determination.
• Yahiko asked Mei Terumi to confirm that she was pursuing their dreams rather than seeking Uchiha Ci’s power, and Mei declared their goals.
• Yahiko climbed the hill, urged Akatsuki to bet their lives on their dreams, and announced the start of the operation.