Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha learned that the Uchiha’s Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan through the Senju’s power, then pressed Shirou Emiya for the Sage of Six Paths’ path to permanent peace. Shirou’s oblique account of an ancient world-altering technique led Madara to conclude that the Shinobi World had entered its worst era.

• Madara Uchiha realized that Hashirama Senju’s Chakra could help his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan evolve into the Rinnegan and learned that the Uchiha descended from the Sage of Six Paths through Indra.
• Madara Uchiha blamed Tobirama Senju for keeping the Uchiha and Senju clans’ shared ancestry secret and reflected on his broken ties with Hashirama and the Uchiha Clan.
• Madara Uchiha asked Shirou Emiya whether the Sage of Six Paths had left a way to achieve permanent peace, and Shirou said he could not reveal the entire answer because he was not good at lying.
• Shirou Emiya described a former Rinnegan wielder who abandoned a powerful plan for peace after being persuaded that people could understand one another, prompting Madara Uchiha to mock the idea.
• Shirou Emiya recounted how weak people defeated a god who sought to reshape humanity’s fate, and Madara Uchiha concluded that the Shinobi World had entered its worst era.

Madara Uchiha met Shirou Emiya and tried to recruit him to change the Shinobi World, but Shirou declined and prioritized treating Hashirama Senju. Madara left after warning Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo to tell Hashirama that he would not start a war for now.

• Madara invited Shirou to join him in using the Rinnegan to change the world, but Hashirama discovered that Madara had used a Wood Clone to lure him away.
• Madara revealed that Tobirama had arranged for Hashirama and the Anbu to follow Shirou, hoping to draw Madara out.
• Shirou refused to join Madara, saying he had promised to find materials to treat Hashirama and that Hashirama was needed to preserve peace until Madara obtained the Rinnegan.
• Madara accepted Shirou's decision, asked him to keep their discussion secret, and prepared to leave as Hashirama approached.
• Madara removed the coverings from Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo and told them to inform Hashirama that he would avoid war with him for the time being.

After Madara Uchiha left, Hashirama Senju learned he had promised a temporary peace that might last until his blind eye recovered. Worried that Madara would threaten Konoha after Hashirama died, he planned to track Madara down, while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo stayed with Shirou Emiya to protect him.

• Shirou Emiya freed Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo and told them Konoha's ninjas were likely on their way.
• Hashirama Senju arrived with Anbu ninjas and learned from the boys that Madara Uchiha had promised not to start another war for the time being.
• Shirou Emiya estimated that Madara's blind eye would take at least twenty years to recover, but said Hashirama might have only ten years left to live.
• Hashirama Senju decided to search for Madara and try to kill him before his own death.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo chose to stay with Shirou Emiya and train to protect him, and Shirou promised to bring them back to Konoha if he could not save Hashirama within ten years.

Over ten years, Shirou Emiya traveled with Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo as Hashirama Senju pursued Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju's tailed-beast plan drew other villages into the conflict. After helping young Hanzo in the Rain Country, Shirou decided to return to Konoha, worried that Hashirama's life was nearing its end.

• Hashirama Senju captured most of the tailed beasts and distributed them among the major villages at Tobirama Senju's urging, hoping to involve them if Madara Uchiha targeted the beasts.
• Madara Uchiha controlled the Hidden Cloud Village's Eight Tails while fleeing Hashirama Senju, and Shirou Emiya repeatedly encountered the two during their travels.
• Hashirama Senju spared Kakuzu after learning that he earned money as an assassin to support orphans and impoverished elderly people.
• In the Rain Country, Shirou Emiya offered to remove Hanzo's dangerous Salamander Poison Sac, but Hanzo declined the operation so he could retain his poison powers.
• Shirou Emiya told Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo that they would return to Konoha, fearing Hashirama Senju's time was almost up.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and Shirou Emiya returned to a greatly transformed Konoha after ten years away. At the village gates, they met the young Jiraiya, who introduced himself with extravagant boasts.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo registered at Konoha's gates, where Kamizuki Izumo recognized them and told them about their peers' promotions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reflected on how their decade of travel had broadened their outlook and strengthened their abilities.
• Shirou Emiya and the others explored Konoha and saw its colorful buildings, busy streets, and growing population.
• Shirou Emiya used a breeze to stop a white-haired child from crashing into him, and the child mistakenly declared him an intruder.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen introduced Shirou Emiya to the child, who announced himself as Jiraiya and boasted about his future greatness.

Shirou Emiya returned to Konoha without finding the God Tree Remnants, and Tobirama Senju revealed that Hashirama Senju’s life was nearing its end. Shirou hinted that he had a secret last resort, but said he would reveal it only to Hashirama when he was close to death.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen bought Chestnut Juice for little Jiraiya and the other children, then asked about changes in Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju met Shirou Emiya and learned that his group had failed to find the God Tree Remnants.
• Tobirama Senju told Shirou that Hashirama Senju had stopped searching for Madara Uchiha and seemed unusually vigorous despite nearing the end of his life.
• Shirou explained that Hashirama’s healing and endlessly dividing cells consumed his lifespan, and that the God Tree Remnants or Yang Power could only prolong his condition temporarily.
• Tobirama discussed the Netherworld Pure Land and the Death Reaper, hoping to learn Shirou’s possible solution.
• Shirou said the Death Reaper would not save Hashirama and vowed to reveal his secret only to Hashirama when he was near death.

Shirou Emiya watched the Sage of Six Paths’ remaining Chakra while testing whether he would interfere in the living world by observing Hashirama Senju near the end of his life. He found Hashirama gambling with his granddaughter Tsunade and was invited to join them.

• Shirou Emiya reflected on how he had avoided meeting the Sage of Six Paths and planned to use Hashirama Senju’s impending death to test the Sage’s intentions.
• Shirou Emiya arrived at Hashirama Senju’s home and found him gambling with little Tsunade, who kept losing.
• Hashirama Senju lent Tsunade more money so they could continue playing, while Tobirama Senju watched with mixed disapproval and sympathy.
• Hashirama Senju welcomed Shirou Emiya, introduced Tsunade, and invited him to gamble with them.
• Tobirama Senju looked helplessly at Hashirama Senju’s invitation, believing Shirou Emiya would never indulge in gambling.

Shirou Emiya refused Hashirama Senju’s invitation and avoided accepting a gambling mission, then met the five-year-old Tsunade, who admired him from bedtime stories and dreamed of becoming a medical ninja. He encouraged her to seek him out while he stayed in Konoha, unknowingly affirming the child who had always been destined to receive his Crystal Coffin.

• Shirou Emiya rejected Hashirama Senju’s invitation and declined to accept the mission to beat Tsunade at gambling because he feared being trapped by his poor luck.
• Hashirama Senju introduced Shirou to Little Tsunade, who recognized him as the hero of her bedtime stories and admired his medical work.
• Hashirama praised Tsunade’s chakra control, and she declared that she would become the greatest medical ninja and save people from suffering.
• Shirou told Tsunade he would stay in Konoha for a while and invited her to ask him anything she wanted.
• Shirou introduced himself as a medical ninja and solemnly shook Tsunade’s hand, while Hashirama and Tobirama watched the moment with deep respect.

Little Tsunade happily learned medicine under Shirou Emiya’s guidance while accompanying him to Konoha Hospital. There, she corrected the explanation for Orochimaru’s food poisoning, catching his attention as she left with Shirou.

• Little Tsunade followed Shirou Emiya to Konoha Hospital, riding on his shoulders and asking about her studies and Chestnut Juice.
• At the hospital, Little Tsunade watched Shirou explain illnesses and treatment to patients in simple terms.
• Orochimaru was brought in after getting food poisoning from string beans and green peppers, which his parents blamed on mixing the vegetables.
• Little Tsunade explained that the beans had likely been undercooked, and the Medical Ninjas revised their notes.
• Orochimaru watched Little Tsunade leave with Shirou Emiya and became curious about them.

Shirou Emiya reflected on how he was guiding future events around Orochimaru while caring for Little Tsunade. At Hashirama Senju’s home, the family gathered as Hashirama’s life neared its end, and he collapsed just after losing one last gambling round to Tsunade.

• Shirou Emiya explained that Orochimaru was central to his plan for the Crystal Coffin and avoided meeting him directly so Orochimaru would not suspect the resurrection scheme.
• Shirou Emiya took Little Tsunade to Konoha Commercial Street, where she praised Orochimaru as foolish and worried she might need to protect him at school.
• Shirou Emiya brought Little Tsunade to Hashirama Senju’s home, where Hashirama gave her an emerald pendant before they began gambling.
• Shirou Emiya noticed Tobirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, the family, and many Anbu gathered, while Tobirama worried that Hashirama might not be alive to visit the next day.
• Hashirama Senju promised to erase Little Tsunade’s debts if she won the final round, and she chose low and won.
• Hashirama Senju collapsed onto the gambling mat as Little Tsunade celebrated her winnings.

Hashirama Senju neared death, and Shirou Emiya revealed to him and Tobirama Senju the secret of the Netherworld Pure Land. The chapter ended with Tobirama recognizing that the Sage of Six Paths was the legendary being Shirou described as having transcended life and death.

• Hashirama Senju collapsed, and his family gathered around him as Little Tsunade refused to leave his side.
• Tobirama Senju asked Shirou Emiya to let Tsunade stay, hoping she might learn the secret of the Netherworld Pure Land, but Shirou initially refused to let her witness it.
• At Hashirama Senju's request, Shirou let Tsunade stay and placed a Curse Mark on her forehead, putting her to sleep; Tobirama then agreed to remain too.
• Mito Uzumaki entered Nine Tails Chakra Mode and left with the others to help guard the area while Hashirama, Tobirama, and Shirou remained in the room.
• Shirou explained that souls in the Netherworld Pure Land could not perceive time, and that only beings who had transcended life and death could truly experience it.
• Tobirama Senju identified the Sage of Six Paths as the legendary being Shirou's description fit.

Shirou Emiya explained that the Sage of Six Paths could control souls and potentially use Yang Power to keep Hashirama Senju alive, but no one knew whether the god would intervene. Hashirama agreed to try to attract the Sage’s favor, even after Shirou warned that the attempt could leave his soul lost Between Life and Death.

• Shirou Emiya explained that ordinary souls in the Netherworld Pure Land lacked awareness of time and space, while gods could locate and summon them.
• Tobirama Senju realized that the Sage of Six Paths could prevent a soul from entering the Pure Land and use Yang Power to return it to a living body.
• Tobirama Senju asked whether the Sage would save Hashirama, but Shirou Emiya said the god’s thoughts were unknown and might disregard their peace and crisis.
• Hashirama Senju accepted the possibility of meeting the Sage, while Tobirama Senju reacted with anger at the god’s apparent indifference.
• Shirou Emiya warned Hashirama that dying might leave his soul lost Between Life and Death, and that only this outcome could give the Sage a chance to notice him.

Shirou Emiya placed Hashirama Senju in a near-death state so he could seek the Sage of Six Paths in Between Life and Death. Hashirama awakened with a message from the Sage, leaving Tobirama and Shirou to learn that the Sage had intervened.

• Shirou Emiya explained that souls with unresolved obsessions could become trapped in Between Life and Death, where the Sage of Six Paths resided.
• Hashirama Senju chose to risk being stranded there, holding on to his obsession with Madara Uchiha, and entrusted Konoha's future to Tobirama Senju.
• Shirou Emiya placed Hashirama at the boundary between life and death, preserving his body while they waited to see whether the Sage would respond.
• Shirou Emiya prepared to leave with Little Tsunade and suggested that Hashirama's funeral arrangements should be made, as Tobirama feared the plan had failed.
• Hashirama Senju suddenly awakened, apologized to Tobirama, and said the Sage of Six Paths had asked him to apologize to Shirou Emiya.

After Hashirama Senju died, his obsession with seeing Madara kept his soul in the space between life and death, where he met the Sage of Six Paths and asked to return to the living world. The Sage recognized Shirou Emiya’s influence but said his own remaining chakra was needed to guard against a crisis that could destroy the Shinobi World.

• The Sage of Six Paths noticed Ashura’s chakra had kept Hashirama Senju’s soul in the space between life and death instead of returning to the Netherworld Pure Land.
• Hashirama Senju waited beside a bonfire, fixated on seeing Madara, until the Sage of Six Paths arrived and questioned who had told him about the place.
• Hashirama Senju recognized the Sage of Six Paths and explained how his friendship with Madara had ended in conflict and remained unresolved at his death.
• Hashirama Senju asked the Sage to return him to the living world, explaining that Shirou Emiya had sent him to seek help.
• The Sage learned that Hashirama’s brother had used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Shirou and lamented that his own remaining chakra had to guard against a crisis threatening the Shinobi World.

Hashirama Senju returned briefly to apologize to Shirou Emiya and reveal that a crisis greater than Madara threatened the Shinobi World, then died again. Shirou left with Little Tsunade and accepted a mission to obtain Hashirama Cells, while Mito asked him to care for the child.

• Hashirama Senju told Tobirama Senju that the Sage of Six Paths had briefly brought him back, warned of a greater crisis than Madara, and would guide his soul to the Netherworld Pure Land after his death.
• Hashirama Senju urged Tobirama Senju to return Shirou Emiya's soul to the Underworld and never again use Impure World Reincarnation on him, while Shirou said he stayed to guide Little Tsunade's medical training.
• Hashirama Senju collapsed and died again, and Tobirama Senju caught his body as Shirou Emiya left with Little Tsunade.
• Shirou Emiya accepted the S-Rank mission to obtain Hashirama Cells and considered getting them from Madara Uchiha or Tobirama Senju's sealed laboratory supply.
• Mito Uzumaki told Shirou Emiya that Kurama had explained his plan and asked him to care for Little Tsunade for a few days.

After Hashirama Senju’s funeral, Shirou Emiya comforted Tsunade and met Madara Uchiha, who came to pay his respects and warned that Konoha’s peace would soon collapse. Madara departed promising not to act before obtaining the Rinnegan, while Shirou offered to answer his questions and then tricked Black Zetsu with a claim that he had found the Sage of Six Paths.

• At Hashirama Senju’s funeral, Shirou Emiya told the mourners that Hashirama would live on through his legacy, and Tsunade vowed to remember him.
• After the funeral, Tsunade blamed herself for winning her final wager with Hashirama, but Shirou reassured her and led her away when he sensed Madara Uchiha nearby.
• Madara Uchiha placed flowers at Hashirama’s tomb and told Shirou that Konoha’s peaceful order would likely collapse without Hashirama.
• Shirou said he planned to return to the Underworld, but Madara urged him to stay and offered to seek his guidance; Shirou agreed to answer his questions before leaving.
• Madara promised not to make unnecessary moves before obtaining the Rinnegan, then departed after declaring that his path to peace was right.
• Black Zetsu appeared after Madara left, and Shirou claimed he had found the Sage of Six Paths, leaving Black Zetsu inwardly cursing Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

Black Zetsu panicked when Shirou Emiya revealed that the Sage of Six Paths had contacted him from the Underworld and urged him to return. Fearing the Sage would threaten Kaguya’s resurrection, Black Zetsu planned to revive Shirou after his return and persuaded him to let Black Zetsu guide Madara in his name.

• Black Zetsu asked Shirou Emiya how the Sage of Six Paths could still be active after death, and Shirou explained that the Sage had met Hashirama Senju and told him to return to the Underworld.
• Black Zetsu feared losing Shirou’s trust and resolved to recover the other half of his corpse so it could use Impure World Reincarnation to revive him again.
• Black Zetsu worried that Madara Uchiha would make the Eye of the Moon Plan spiral out of control without Shirou to guide him.
• Shirou Emiya offered to tell Madara about Black Zetsu, but Black Zetsu said Madara would accept its guidance only if Shirou’s identity and reputation stood behind it.

As the First Shinobi World War spread across the great nations, Tobirama Senju reformed Konoha and sent its forces to fight while relying on Shirou Emiya to treat severely wounded soldiers. The chapter leaves Shirou teaching Little Tsunade that saving more people ultimately required greater power.

• After Madara Uchiha visited Hashirama Senju's grave, Shirou Emiya reassured Konoha that Madara had come to pay his respects, while Tobirama Senju focused on looming war and village reforms.
• Tobirama Senju expanded Konoha's institutions, promoted Uchiha Kagami, and ordered the Uchiha Clan to form the Konoha Military Police Force despite objections.
• Hidden Sand Village invaded the Land of Fire, and Hidden Stone Village, Hidden Cloud Village, and Hidden Mist Village joined the conflict, engulfing the shinobi world in war.
• Tobirama Senju sent Konoha's forces to confront Hidden Sand Village first and arranged for severely injured soldiers to be sent back to Konoha for Shirou Emiya to treat.
• While Shirou Emiya operated on a wounded soldier, Little Tsunade assisted him and asked how they could save more people, and he quietly answered that they needed greater power.

Shirou Emiya worked through the night saving wounded patients at Konoha Hospital, where Hatake Sakumo came to admire his compassion and skill. Shirou began training Sakumo in a combination of Lightning and Water Release that could become a Kekkei Genkai.

• Hatake Sakumo helped Shirou Emiya and Little Tsunade through the hospital’s exhausting night shift.
• Shirou told Sakumo that Tobirama had summoned him back from the Underworld and explained why he had devoted himself to saving people.
• Shirou reassured Sakumo that training to protect loved ones was worthwhile, bringing them closer.
• Sakumo assisted Shirou with Lightning Release currents to treat a patient’s irregular heartbeat.
• Shirou invited Sakumo to become his assistant and taught him to combine Lightning and Water Release, revealing that the technique could create a Kekkei Genkai.

Shirou Emiya continued treating Konoha’s wounded while Tobirama Senju considered how his medical abilities could affect the war. With the Hidden Stone Village assembling a huge force, Danzo urged Konoha to press Shirou into service, while Hiruzen proposed asking him to use his ties to pursue peace; Tobirama had yet to decide.

• Shirou Emiya helped Hatake Sakumo train in Lightning Release and Water Release while encouraging Little Tsunade in her Yang Release studies.
• After treating a surge of wounded through the night, Shirou heard that Tobirama Senju had defeated the Hidden Sand Village and secured a peace treaty.
• Tobirama Senju reviewed Shirou’s hospital results and considered sending him to the front, while Danzo and Hiruzen argued over how to involve him in the war.
• Tobirama Senju revealed that the Hidden Stone Village had assembled at least four thousand troops near Konoha’s northern border.
• Danzo urged Konoha to obtain Shirou’s power by any means, while Hiruzen proposed asking Shirou to use his favor with the Hidden Stone Village to negotiate peace.